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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01
CANADA PLACES EMBARGO
Order Adopted by no.
M mlhIon CnblAet. ~

minion Cabinet.
OTTAWA. October 31.--The Canadian
government to-day placed an embargo
on the expectation to any country DIT
war with Great Britain Of any articlea
which will be OF use to Thorn In prose-
cutting the war.
a far-reaching Ncontraband of wnr
order adopted yesterday by the Do
minion Cabinet also prohibits the ex-
portation Of contraband to any neutral
country which wSuld in turn re-export
the, materials to Great Britain's en-
emies.
Among the articles specifically men
toned as contraband are nickel, nickel
orc. WOODEN goods. food, explosives,
horses, fodder. leather, coal. copper.
petrol. aeroplanes and barbed wire.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01
STORE DIRECTORY

FIRST FLOOR
Oficc Furniture
Gaa Ranges
Kl,cnef. Cabinets
bathroom Ware
Clock.
Special Displays
General Ofics
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01
Shot While Hunting.

WINCHESTER, VA, October 3I.-
Joseph Fisher. OF Shenandoah County, is
In II precarious condition, tho result OF
being shot accidentally to-day by Omar
FitzsimmoRs, with whom, he was hunt
ing. Fisher came within range just as
his companion shot Mt q rabbit. Tho
entiro load entered his face near the
left eye.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01

Important; step to DO taken
Sers Will be to agree next
a. system of exchange of
b certificates that may DO
erican merchants In lieu of
pr 400.0o0,00o or more of
gland to strike the balance
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01
KILLED by Fall From Horse.

WINCHESTER. VA, October 3I.-
Thrown headlong from her riding horse,
which boltcd suddenly. Mrs. Mary Al
len, aged forty, wife OF John Allen, of
White Hall, Frederick County. suffered
injuries to-day from which she died
Her husband and two daughters sur
y!vc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01
HELD AT MUsKoGEE, OKLA.
Eour-Year Child, Taken From Home in
st. Louis, Located with Nurse.

ST. LOUIS. October 31.-Virginia Lee
Gerhard. the four-year- child who
was taken from her home here last
Monday by her nurse, Julia Krususky,
is held with the nurse by the police at
Muskogee, Okla. A telegram to this
effect was received to-day by tho Chief
OF police OF st. Louis from the Mus
kogee chief
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01
BUS IMPETUS
TO AMERICAN MONEY

decided upon for opening the
and Liverpool cotton cx-
lis that already fixed by
tAdoo for opening the Fed
Banks Throwing open the
. Exchange and tho huge Fed
b banking system, 1t is pre-
to-day, will at once give n
impetus to American
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01
zlG
|AIExCHANGEs.
lining Out Of Con.
merican and
ms DATE CHOSEN
Time Already Fixed for In
ton Of New Banking Sys.
nd Two Events Expected to
npettis to Money Situation.
al to The Times-Dispntch.l

NOTION. October 31.--An out
Stfcd-up cotton markets OF
try was worked out to-day
tllcs conference OF Federal re-
I'D private bankers, together
trS George Paish and Basil b.
representing the British
~, tt was agreed to open up
neously. on November 16, the
5rk and tho Liverpool cotton ex-
gorge spoke authoritatiyely, he
pr his government MS to tho
oil exchange.
ne fsst vital move. coming
conference, of tho American
GERS to relieve the stress of
money affairs, duo to the
Important, step to be taken
ers will be to agree next
"a system OF exchange of
q eertifcates that may DO
erican merchants In lieu of
pr s400.0o0,000 or more of
gland to strike the balance
BUS IMPETUS
TO AMERICAN MONEY
decided upon for opening the
and Liverpool cotton cx-
Is that already fixed by
tAAdoo for opening the Fed
banks Throwing open the
IchanEek and tho huge Fed
b banking system, 1t is pre-
to-day, will at once give n
impetus to American
q ion with the reopening OF
FORK Cotton Exchange. il
also that a group of New
Frs has agreed to under
AN of about S1o.0oO.ooO to
ton brokers through the
e. will break on them with
Gnnption of trading and save
Eom disaster
Hdreda of brokers on both New
and Liverpool exchanges had
y contracts. known to the profess
iae Spreads and straddles," In
hands when the exchanges were
a. These contracts had been en-
Into nj prevailing prices. which
much higher than anything that
be obtained now. Consequently,
, brokers would be ruined If they
called on to make So6h with
aid from banks.
- FOOD OF DlSASTSR
EOSrERCOsiE IA big LOAN
likelihood of disaster to many
s was one of the principal OBJ
to he overcome in arranging
reopening of the exchange, and
not provided for until the New
bankers stepped forward. The
600 will be- loaned to the brok-
\IsHaia-by assessments against
ions that they make after
resumed on the exchange
plan for the assistance of
s on Liverpool exchange Is
.ked out, Sir George Paish
the conferees.
~ Department officials arc
that this new plan Will work
entire success. and that II
Festablish the cotton industry.
Tho New York exchange Is
mot only Will tho Federal re-.
BANKS and the new Federal re-
system be III full operation, but
135, 600, 900 cotton pool will be
y distributed. and conditions gem
will be as favorable as extern
Preparations can make them for 4
otion of cotton Trading.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
Daughter of George Finds One of Her Fathers Masterpieces
Hidden Underneath of Silver Gray Paint "Coo Its Atmosphere

ures, as he explained to ne, needed moFs
luminosity. The yellow ochre whiah be
smeared over them gave them Just this
quality. 1t was a lesson I shall never
forget
Mr.. Inness actually modelled IN the
paint He would manipulate It with his
finger nail much as a sculptor models his
clay. This was the secret Of the sim
picity Of his painting
at was marvellous to see what Nj
Inness could do with simple black and
white pigment He used 20 scold me for
using so many eoiors, and, By way Of
demonstration. I have seen him apply
just black paint on his canvas in q way
that gave him all the effects that another
painter might have taken a dozen colors
to obtain.
II remember distinctly the picture which
Mrs Hartley found under the coat of
what she thought was printing. It stood
in his studio for years, and supposed II
was a completed work. However, I an
now positive that Mr.. Inness decided it
was too warm in tone and had swiped
over it a coat Of silver gray paint, made
by mixing little black with white,
THAT the picture had already been
worked over several times BY Mr.. Inness
is evident from an examination Of it. The
white flecks that Mrs. Hartley supposed
we're caused by the silver gray coat going
through the early pigment we're in reality
caused by the partial coming through Of
a sky which Mr.. Inness had originally
painted, where the distant wood now APP
pears. There are also signs that he had
set his trees backward, painting grass
on the spots where they formerly stood
''The work is a very great picture, in
spite of the fact that Mr.. Inness was not
satisfied with it and would have improved
it 1t belongs to his very best period. He
was probably interrupted at his work, the
paint dried, and soon afterward he went
to Europe to reeuperate his health. He
died in Scotland If Mrs. Hartley had
not removed the outer coating Of paint
it would probably have been possible to
have brought the painting out in the way
in which Mr.. Inness intended, thus o.
tanning the effect he sought"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
l,TT UTU9IN WOODLANDS NOW

AoI3iRs, F the painting b. george George
Inness which his daughter. Mrs.
J. Scott Hartley, widow of the sculptor.
found on a canvas which the artist had
obIiterated by spreading over it a coat
of silver gray paint, has caused much
discussion of Inness and his methods
among New York artists Much wonder
was expressed that the artist should de-
stroy so fine a picture. According to
Mr.. Elliott Daingerfield, Inness' biog-
rapher and his closest friend in the pro-
fession of painters. the artist never in
tended to destroy his work, but merely
to improve it by means of a peculiar
process he continually made use of-that
of smearing a picture over with fresh
and then with a cloth and
solvent wiping most of it off again. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Daingerfield, the artist
wished to change the atmosphere" of
" Autumn Woodlands, AIontclair," and
was interrupted in the task by death.
Mrs. Hartley had kept the canvas for
nearly twenty years without knowing
that a masterpiece by her father was I'M
derneath the silver gray paint that alone
showed One day not long ago she no
ticed a peculiar coloring on a part of
the surface and, scraDing off some of the
paint, discovered a landscape beneath.
She continued the process until the
whole picture was Dared, and it turned
odt to be a warm autumnaI scene in
Inness' very best manner of composition.
1t had been signed by Inness and dated
1890" It was the very warmness of
the work, Mr. Daingerfield asserts, that
caused Inness to keep it in his studio four
years without disposing of it. The artist
realized that something was the matter
With it, and finally, Just before he started
abroad, where he died in 1894, began the
process Of cooling its atmosphere"
Mr.. Daingerfield and Inness had ad-
Joining studios in the old Holbein stu
los. in Fifty-fifth street, New York city,
md a great friendship sprang up between
hem. Mr.. Daingerfield became in many
ways Inness' pupil, applying a great deal
# his methods in his own chosen field, that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

Of figure painting. When seen in his stu
do in the Gainstorough Studios Mr..
Daingerfield said concerning the newly
discovered painting
Contrary to the general notion re-
garding this picture, can positively
state that Mr.. Inness never intended to
paint it over, but that it was merely
passing through one of the processes
which he so frequently used Of covering
a picture with solid color, then bringing
it through the color so as to change its
atmosphere II have seen him do this
many times He would paint a picture
and keep it ii his studio for weeks, study
ing it and thinking it over. Then sud
denly he wopld decide that it lacked lu-
miRosity, or that it was too warm or too
cold, and would seize his brush and
spread color entirely over it. obliterating
everything, so that one not familiar with
his method would think he had destroyed
it.
'He would then set to work to bring
the picture through the yellow or gray
or brown veil which he had spread over
it Taking a cloth he would wipe away
part of the new pigment, and now and
then he wOlld use other color to bring
out parts of the Obliterated work At the
end of few hours the same picture
would be back on the canvas. but it
would have. an entirely different atmos-
phere.
'SOmetims Mr.. Inness would be inter
rupted in LIS work, or he would grow
tired and le$ve the task so that the paint
would dry. Then the work became more
difficult, arr he would have to remove
the paint With solvent. The process.
however, was the same, and the result
would always be a better picture than
before he bliterated it.
81 remenber one occasion very dis
tinctly WHEN Mr. Inness came to his
studio from Montclair with five pictures
which every one admired. They were
complete il every detail and were most
beautiful. Mr.. Inness, however, was
not satisfied with them. He used to re-
gard them with that peculiar look that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

verdict Of guilt was pronounced Mary was
seemingly as Indifferent to her fate as she
had appeared when first taken to Police
Headquarters. But it was noticed that
when the prisoner was returned to the
prison cell, Immediately following the rem
dering of the verdict, her counsel held a
long consultation with the presiding
judge. When Mary was recalled to the
dock to hear sentence pronounced upon
her it was with a buoyant step and air Of
confidence that was amazing in one who
was about to suffer the sealing of her
doom.
The reason for this was soon apparent
The judge, after addressing the prisoner
and reviewing her criminal career, said
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
adephia Detective, Who Glasses Her as One of the
BoIdest Operators" in the Profession"

Police Headquarters, an efforts to pick up
bsr trail were futile and Mary was on her
vav rejoicing. One year later she vas ar
rested in St Louis and returned to the
Philadelphia authorities.
In discussing this woman a clever Head
1nartsrs detective said -
~AIary is Just as smooth to-day as she
aver was. We have noticed that she has
been working alone of late. She is now
that We term a bag opener" confirming
ber ouerations to thefts Of that character.
T,bsre was a time when she worked with
ber e - That means she had cOnfed-
crates. sometimes men and women just as
stJIful as herself, and again with children
vbo we're adopts in the art Of separating
The unwary from their valuables. In
+bose DAYS she would work the crowded
tboro7gEfares, such as Fourteenth and
ITwenty-third streets and lower Sixth ave
1ue. in New York city. She would direct
the operations Of those working under her,
and was duly careful to see that her oper-
a+ives turned over intact to her their loot.
She could stand by and watch the opera
lions of each and knew at once whether the
pickpocket had distracted purse OF bill
from the handbag he had opened or had
gotten the watch from the pocket Of the
man he had jostled on the sidewalk There
was no fooling Mary, and woe to the thief
who tried to hold out on her
In those days Mary raid her mob"
good wages. They did not share in the
profits Of the spoils, but were paid q stated
sum each day instead. She had dealings
with the cIeverest fences in the city, and
instead Of letting the fence get the lions
share, she always demanded and received
this for herself. From what I have been
told-and I have every reason to believe
.fft-Mary would clean up in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000 or $4,000 around Christ
mas time. when the streets were filled
with shoppers. She could 90 through a
crowd in a store with the slippery ease
Of an eel, and when she emerged to the
street, it was a safe bet that she came
with pockets lined with the Christmas
savings Of many unfortunates-
"The little boys and girls that worked
for her we're all artists in their line. They
had been carefully drilled and schooled
until they could slide in and out Of
crowd, getting at least something Of value
from every person they rubbed against
These children worked the sidewalk, while
the men and women Of the mob would take
crosstown car line and operate in first
one car and then another until they gar
nered a score Of watches, purses and wal
lets. A fayorite trick Of the pickpockets
was for two or three Of them to take up
their stand at a corner and wait for a
crowded car to come along. When the
scramble to board the car began one Of the
thieves would spring to the lower steps
Of the car. Chances were there was a
crush on the platform, and he would re-
main on the lower step, blocking the prog
ress Of others behind him, and apparently
struggling to make his way to the plat
form. If some one behind him attempted
to struggle on to the step below him, the
thief ahead Of him would turn and throw
his arm about his waist, ostensibly to pre-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

might have been, or else some unavoidable
accident occurred which momentarily sep
arated him from his prisoner, but in any
event Mary never reached the pier. Search
for her as he might, the detective could get
no clew to her whereabouts. Mary had
vanished, apparently into thin air, and the
dumbfounded detective ran around in
circles searching for her.
Mary did not linger in his vicinity long
enough to observe his discontinue, for
once she breathed freedom she valued it
too highly to jeopardize it for an instant.
She made tracks from that neigbborhood
as rapidly as she could, and whereas a city
wide search for her was instituted as soon
as the general alarm was sounded from
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

that if she would consent to deportation
to Germany, her native country, she would
be permitted to do so under a suspended
sentence. But if she was ever caught in
Philadelphia again she would be picked UP
on sight and at once committed to the
penitentiary for a year
There was a steamship leaving for Ger
man ports a day or two later and it was
decided that Mary should be placed aboard
her and sent back to her fatherland. She
remained in her cell until the day of en-
barkatiOn and was then taken from the
prison and in the custody of a detective
started for the pier.
Perhaps the custodian of the queen Of
pickpockets was not as vigilant as he
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

went bis falling and to aid him m securing
hrmez footing.
in reality he was but piniOning the
struggling passenger into a position Of
IheIplessness, taking due cara while en-
circIing him with his arm to seize his coast
IN such a manner as to raise it, thereby
exposing the rear OF pistol pocket, where
80 many men are foolish enough 20 carry
their wallets. If the wallet or purse re
posed In that pocket the confederate on
the street would close in On him and either
slip the wallet from its place or else cut
out the pocket with its contents Chances
are the victim would notd iscOver his loss
until he felt for his purse to pay his fare
after having struggled on to the platform
When he proclaimed his loss the man who
had aided IN his looting would, II be had
tarried long enough, eths first to com
miserats with him, for he would be tie
last Of ali those present to fan under g5s-
picion. When he conveniently could, he
would alight from the car, restaee hfH
steps and join his confederates and prepare
for just such another eneounter.
Some say Mary WIS the inventor Of tbs
scheme Of thievery, but In any event she
directed the operations Of several E5ch
squads, and she was always lucky enough
to escape conviction when picked up On
such a charge. Only once did we get any
thing on her, and that was some years
ago when she vas caught red handed
We succeeded In sending her 70 the Island
that time. At the completion Of her teEza
she went West, where she opsrafsd win
marked success, am told. When she ~
turned East she padded her own canOs,
and from then on worked alone. Somehow
other thieves had come to distrust her and
refused 70 work with her. You know n
old saying about When thieves fan QUIZ
Well, perhaps some Of them had Reason
to be aggrieved over the small percentage
OF their loot Mary allowed them when &
came to a division Of ths spOllB. Thsy
were afraid Of her, and Stunned hsr.
"In later years Mary has been woEklng
the better and more aristoeratic thorOugh-
fares Fifth avenue has been ? fertile
field for her, and many shoppers in that
vicinity have had reason to regret that
they chose an afternoon for their shopping
when Mary was abroad. She did a thriv-
ing business in the big and little shops Of
the avenue, and the mystery Of It is that
she should be poor to-day. Certainly
thousands upon thousands Of dollars have
fallen into her hands IN the last few years.
and just what she could have done with
it all battles Us. I don't think she has
planted it for If that were the case she
would be in a position to employ a high
priced lawyer 20 extricate her from her
present difficulty, for the case We got her
on in Brooklyn is complete, and we don't
think we viii have any trouble in sending
her to the Island for long stay. In any
event, bargain hunters who are nockinR
the stores at this time are much sursr Of
keeping their cash than they would Be-
were Mary circulating among them. for
she is of an inquisitive turn and 5he never
OverlOOks a bet She's the queen Of them
all, and when IN her prime hadn't a 81
perior in the world"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

we learned to recognize when he was
not satisfied with his own work.
"He went back to Montclair and
studied the scenes again. I met him at
the head of the stairs on his return and
saw a look on his face that meant he was
going to carry into execution some sort
Of a desperate resolution. I accompanied
him into his studio and saw him take gel
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

the work and even locked his door to keep
inTuders out. Late in the afternoon he
called me into his studio, and there were
the five canvases, with the selfsame
pictures on them, but so much better in
quality and atmosphere that 1 could
hardly believe it. Mr.. Inness had seen
that something was wrong with them, and
had worked out his problem. The pict-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

low Ochre and a brush and obliterate each
of the five pictures.
Mr.. Inness,' I exclaimed in cOnster-
nation, what have you done?
Never mind was the answer. Don't
worry about the pictures; they'll be all
right
II saw he was absorbed in what he was
doing and left him. He spent all day =
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-08

London. June S.-Since Mrs. Pank-
hurst, kicking and squirming, was car
ried by burly policeman from the very
gates Of Buckingham palace. where she
was making demonstration, the mill
tant suffragettes have been more active
and more ferocious than ever. The de-
struction of property has been appall-
ing, and now threats are being made
by the militants that they will no
longer respect human life.
This attitude on the part of the suf-
fragettes has increased the bitterness
of their foes, and 1t is now regarded
as certain that the first time Mrs.
Pankhurst and her followers are caught
by the mob they will be treated with
ferocity unless police are at hand to
protect them.
London papers are demanding that
the government take a f1rmer attitude
toward the wild women" The Daily
Express demands editorially that par
Lament take up the matter at once and
pass. an act prescribing penal servitude
with full rigor and ignoring the wo-
mems hunger strikes. This paper con-
tends that inaction will soon have the
country on the verge of a terrible out
break leading to war, in which inno-
cent women will suffer far more than
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-08
GREAT CONGRESS
MEETS AT PARIS
FOR THREE DAYS
All Leading Nations Of the
Globe Are Represented at
the Sixth Annual Interna-
tional Congress.

Paris, June S.--Many thousands of
millions of dollars engaged in industry
and commerce In the leading nations
of the world are represented at the
sixth international congress Of Cham
bers of Commerce and Commercial and
Industrial associations. which was call
ed together here today. Its business
sessions are to last from June 8 to
June 10 and during that period are
down for discussion many questions
of prime interest and paramount i'm
portance to the trade and commercial
relations of the entire globe.
The widespread range Of the activi-
ties OF the congress Is shown in the
fact that delegates from no fewer than
81 nations answered the rollcall, while
369 associations, including 81 in the
United States. representing nearly ev-
cry state and territory In the Union,
are affiliated to the congress.
The countries from which delegates
were announced are Argentine, Austria
liza, Austria, the Bahamas. Bermuda,
Brazil, British India, the British Isles,
Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba,
Denmark. Ecuador, France, Germany,
Greece. Hungary. Italy. Japan. Luxem-
burg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New
Zealand. Norway. Peru, Portugal, Ru-
mania, Russia, Spain, Sweden. Switzer-
land, Turkey, the United States and
Uruguay.
Among American members of the
permanent committee are Edward A.
Fflene, Boston. Mass; Bernard J..
Shoninger, president of the American
Chamber of Commerce in Paris; Harry
A. Wheeler of Chicago. president of
the Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States; John H. Fahey of
Brookline Mass, and George s. At
wood. secretary of the American AS
sociation of Commerce and Trade,
Berlin.
Canada is also strongly represented
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