Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

The disclosure concerning the career
| of the bogus Count 'Aulby lie Gatgny,
now Oh trial in Paris for swindling
| wealthy patrons of art by means OF
| fraudulent masterpieces are rather
humiliating for the scores Of American
mlilIOnalfeS who have been filling IHelf
| homes galleries with fake Remprandts
| Rubens, NelasqueZ. GainsborOughs, etc.
paying enormous prices for cheap copies
! OF worse. Artists and connoiSseurS Oh
| the continent have long been aware oI
! the fact that u Clique OF unScrupulous
| swlndiers. principally located III Paris
| made large fortunes out of the utter ~
| norance, stupidity and vanity OF rich
| Americans In fact nearly all Europe
| knew Of it, Gu ~ the American victims
/ remained IN bIssfCI ignorance. 1t Is Il
/ well authenticated fact that there are
| more alleged Rembrandts and NelasqueZ
! III the possession of American collectors
I than were ever painted by the two mas
tiers. IL view of the fact that practical
! ~ every single canvas painted by these
! two artists IS known and accounted for,
I rte S2i!iibiiity OF the American collectors
| is really astounding and can only be ac-
| counted for by their gross ignorance on
matters of art. New York is the prln-
| cipaj market for fake Masters in this
| country and some Of these fake special
| lists are doing lucrative business.
| \ couple fresh from England made
| their first trip down Broadway recently
and stopped for luncheon with a friend
who has an Office in one of the tall build
| ings. In the course of conversation the
| woman wanted to know whose monu-
ment occupied the central place in the
front of St Paufs chapel and whose
: grave was marked by the large sarcOph-
| agus IN the south part Of Trinity church
yard. Her host confessed that he had
! passed both places daily for many years,
| but did not know, and no one in the big
office could give him the information,
/ Friends were called on the telephone,
| but they also gave up the conundrum.
! Finally q boy was sent out and when
! he returned the visitors jotted down the
names of Capt. Lawrence and Gen.
Montgomery. When it was all over the
boy asked: Nv no were they! and was
! Immediately sent out on an errand.
Now that Wall street has dressed itself
in sombre garb. with the stock exchange,
| the banking house of J. z. Morgan & Co.
and other commercial institutions draped
in sable and purple and flags half-masted
on all the principal buildings, the Ameri-
| can Spectator is asking How much did
King Edward make in his operations in
| the street, The answer most readily
reached and from the most authentic
sources: About S5,0O0OO0 or t1,000.-
900 sterling, during the declining years
OF his life And then King Edward
| plunged' in the New York stock mar
ket: he did it in truly regal fashion. On
| IL flyer" in Steel common it was re-
| ported in Wall street today that prior
TO the panic Of 1907. the King cleaned
up clear $1,O00,000 His activities
were not all confined to Steel but the
King plunged heavily in both Union
and Southern Pacific and made vast
| ~, e |. 1
The fight to determine the value of
the jeweIs, wearing apparel and mousse
! furnishings of the late Mrs. Caroline
| Webster Scherm erhorn Astcr, wdo~, Of
William AstOr,. Will be renewed i'll the
offices Of the state transfer tax apprais-
er. The result will decide whether
$1,I26, 1872 sum set by Appra ser
Yereance after experts had gwen esti-
| mates of the personal property, Is Il
correct figure This estimate, which
showed gilt parlor chairs t. be wcrtn
only $3.50. beautiful lace curtains 50.
strings of pearls and magnificent dia-
mchds to be mere imitat.ons caus ed
Surrogate Cohalan, to whom the report
was made, to reject it.
Sunday baseball is not only to be al
lowed in New York city, but is to be en-
couraged. Mt the professional game,
but baseball as played by boys in the
city parks. The announcement came
from the park commissioners office to-
day that the recent opening of the park
tennis courts on Sundays is an entering
wedge tor other sports. and that the
baseball field will be the next to be
opened to the public.
1T may be looked upon as throwing
down the gauntlet said the commits
sloner; but | believe great good can
come from this step. We intend to have
all the Fairgrounds as we'll as the parks
open to the public on Sundays as on
other days. The use of the parks is
lever more needed than on Sunday"
BY narrowing adventure in Rich
mond, Va, with fire and cold, Stephen
Green's hair turned III night from coal
black to snow white. More than that,
Green's locks, once kinky. as is the char
acteristic of his race, are now straight
as any white mans. Green and com
panlon, while hunting in the woods, lay
down and slept before their camp fire
Green awakened with his clothing in
flames. He ran four miles through the
snow for help, tearing off his burning
garments as be ran. When he reached
help he was almost nude
IN pancake eating contest William
Rudy of Elyrla, Ohio, succumbed TO the
superior capacity of William Myers, his
fellow ,employe at the Elyria iron aud
steel plant. The men ate to decide a
wager. Rudy quit at the twenty-ninth
flap jack. Myers had eaten thirty-one
at that time. The winner said he was
nowhere near his Limit when his oppo-
nent quit.
William Allen, deserter from the
Iwenty-ninth infantry, now stationed at
fort Niagara, is having lots of fun with
the Unlteo States officers and soldiers
at the fort these days. Allen crossed
Niagara river to Canada three weeks
ago, taking his bugle with him. Since
then each afternoon when the bugle
calls officers and men out for inspection
at the fort Allen has stationed himself
on the rivers edge in Canada and blown
answering calls on his instrument, fol-
lowed by succession Of derisive toots
and blasts, which make the officers fur
ions. Thus far all efforts to capture
Allen have been fruitess
just fortytthree years ago Michael