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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-24
New Suits.

New Suits.
E. w. Williams filed suit yesterday
against the Southwestern Telephone
& Telegraph company for Sl,00o,
claimed as damages by reason OF the
telephone company having placed
poles on property Of plaintiff.
T. Havis Nixon is named as defend
ant and the st. Louis Southwestern
Railway company as garnishee in two
suits on notes filed in the circuit
court yesterday. j. F. H. Wilson is
plaintiff in one action, asking for
Judgment for $1,000, while the Grant
County bank is plaintiff in the other,
which is an effort to obtain Judgment
for $S43.61.
The Burk Brick company instituted
suit against B. J. Mcbride and j. n
McGammon ct al, for $216 and inter-
est from July 81, 1913, claimed as
balance due for brick furnished de-
PENDANTS for the construction OF a
building for the special school district
Of Pine Bluff
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TRINITY PUMP HAD
ONLY CROTON WATER
subway Diggers Smash Belief
in Its Medicinal
Qualities.

The march OF progress, as demonstrated
by the work of John +, Keenan,, foreman
for Contractor Frederick l.. Crawford. and
his men in excavatns for the new subway
section L. route 4, has smashed a belief
cherished for many years by persons in
the lower part of the city who long
patronized an old "town pump" which up
to 1--WE or six years ago stood on the side
walk in Trinity place few feet from
Thames street. The story was that the
pipe of the old pump tapped "A bubbling
spring from which came the best and
unrest water" IN New York.
The shovels and picks OF the subway
makers disclosed yesterday that the
former summers OF Croton, who travelled
far and near to quaff the refreshing well
waters, alleged by many to possess
medicinal properties. were in the same
class with certain men OF to-day with
whom, according to President Wilson,
business depressions are simply psyoSoios-
icsL in other words, the patrons OF
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LIGHTNING HITS RACING
BALLOONS; TWO LOST
Pair of Contestants Driven to
Earth-FOrestcrs Hunt
Missing Pilot.

PORTLAND. Ore, June ia terrific
electrical storm. overtaklng the four bal
looms which started from hire late Thurs
day afternoon for the Northwest's first
national balloon race. has driven two OF
them to earth and the grayest fears are
entertained for the safety OF the other
two
A message brought BY carrier pigeon
indicates that Capt. John Berry of the
Million Population Club. a st. Louis bal
loon. Ii seriously injured. but the location
of the ballon IL not known.
Lightning struck the Uncle Sam three
times and she came down neif oregon
City Neither Capt II. T. Honeywell
nor his passenger. Or, W. L, stewart,
was injured. The message brougit b.
the carrier pigeon this afternoon vas
from George c. Morrison, passenger of
Capt Berry. II says simply that the
balloon was struck by lightning. that
Berry Is hurt and asks for immediate aid.
Another carrier. bedraggled by the storm
arrived an hour later. but brought no
message.
The two balloons from which nothing
has been heard are the Kansas City III,
piloted by John Watts. and the Spring
field. of which Roy Donaldson Is in
charge. They had az passengers Roscoe
Fawcett and Wilbur Henderson of Port
land.
capt. Honeywell ana Dr. Stewart had a
thrilling experience. They were caught
In a vortex OF driving winds. The second
bolt to strike the balloon started a fire in
the rigging and they were trying to make
a landing when third bolt flung thern
down upon a peach orchard. Both men
felt each OF the three shocks severely. but
had fully recovered when they reached
Oregon City to-day.
The rangers OF the United States forest
service are looking for the lost balloons,
and the whole countryside has been ASKED
TO give aid.
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VANDERBILT BACKS
BOYS FLYING BOAT
Invention Of 4. VI. O'Ncill, Is,
and Cornelius, Jr.. 16. Said
to Be "FOOlprOOf."

CONCORD, y. H.. June IA new type
OF hydroaeroplane. invented by A. NJ,
o'Nein OF Pittsburg, a fifteen-year-old
schoolboy In collaboration with Cornelius
Vanderbilt. Jr,, l6 years old. and said to
be financed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, sr,.
will be tried out at Muskoka Lake,
Canada, In few days.
The young inventor worked on the
theory at st. Paul's School, in this city.
O'Neil is stu student there and Van
derbit has just been graduated.
O'Neill has formed a company. OF which
ne is president; young Vanderbilt Is vice
president, and Mr., Vanderbilt, Sr., is
treasurer.
II the invention works according to the
IDEAS OF the young inventors. the craft
Will revolution!ze aeroplane construction
and make travelling through the air prac-
ticaliy cafe. 1t Is claimed for the new
plane that no matter what position It
may be IN when the descent 10 started
Il will light on an even keel when It
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SAYS PRINCE swINDLED HIM.
Werthcim, Failed Merchant, Accuses
Prince, Ksiser's Friend.
Special cable Despatch 10 Tun Sun.


Special Cable Despatch to TuE Sun.
BERLIN, June 12.-wolf Wertheim. the
proprietor OF the large department store
OF that name. which failed through the
collapse of the Princes trust, announces
through the German press that he has
sen, Il telegram direct to the Kaiser.
charging Prince Maximilien Egon zu
Fuerstenberg Hohenlohe. the head of the
trust and one OF the Kaiser's most in
innate friends. with having knowingly
swindled him.
Herr Wertheim charges that Prince
Fuerstenberg committed this swindc 10y
selling him $1,000 900 worth OF worthless
stock at 10 per cent. above par. Herr
wertheim asked the Kaiser to see that
Justice was done.
He lntimates that the bankruptcy pro-
ceedngs and the investigation into the
causes of the failure OF his store will dis
close sensational and questionable fnan-
cial transactions by members Of. high cir
cles of the nobility.
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Undoubtedly n Masterpiece.

The picture acquired by the Italian Gov
eminent for 500 lire. slO0. is undoubtedly
one of Morettos masterpieces of consid-
cradle value, althouGh II Is said that II
was sold TO Mrs Fishs husband for only
$4,000.
Alessandro Bonvcno. better known as
III Moretto.' Cthe Blackamoor) was a
celebrated painter OF Brescia, belonging
to the Venetian school He was born at
Royato in l49s and studied first under
FloraNanti Terramola of Brescla. after
ward with Titan In Venice.
In later years he conceived great en-
thusiasm for Raphael, and although his
style became partially Raphaelesque it
was still novel in its combination OF d.
verse elements, ana highly attractive
with fine pencilling. a rich yet not lavish
use of perspective and decorative effect
and an elegant opposition of light and
shade. lie eXcelled In holiness OF idea IN
subject ANA nobleness of conception.
His best pictures represented religious
subjects. generally Madonnas, grand in
form and attitude. for printing which. II
j. reported. he prepared hil self by prayer
and fasting. as he was "A man Of child
like personal piety This preparation
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The domestic tangle OF State Auditor
James j. Brady which brought into
prominence one OF his hackers, G. H.
Munday interpretations and principal
stockhoder OF the LOrimer bank, is also
asserted to have pllye part In "A feel
ing OF uncasness on the part of de-
positors.
Among the heaviest deposltors in tho
affected banks Is the city Of Chicago
which has on deposit $965,000 In the
Lorimer Institutions. The Sanitary Dis
trct OF Chicago is also n heavy depositor
In at least one Of these banks rs are
other public officials. The city IL pro-
tected by surety bonds which guarantee
the deposits.
The Lorimer bank has hoated a num-
Der OF large bonds issued for religious
and charitable institutions, To what ex-
tent these last are involved has not been
reyeaIeo.
The list of stockholders OF the Lorimer
main bank number more than 900. It
reads like n political roster of the State.
The heaviest stakeholder is &. II. Munday,
who is listed as owning 2.606 shares
The Lorimer holdings aggregate 900
shares.
The La Sale failure also concerns the
AFFAIRS of the Southern Illinois Traction
system, in which Lorimer and his ASSOC
ciates have between 100000 and S600. 900
tied up.
Munday, who helped TO organize the La
Sale institution, placed much stock In
South Illinois, particularly among par.
ties largely interested In six banks
which nc controlled, He started in life a.
2 r''rY~ngsr boy.
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Modigliani then says that the following
were the real facts OF the case. namely
|. Mrs Fish went to the expectation
office alone and OF her free will declared
that the picture was worth 500. Mo-
body told her that the declaration of the
price was n mere formality. as was proved
during an investigation ordered by the
Premier.
9 The employees of the Milan eNpor-
tation office are instructed to explain the
law and Its consequences. 1t has been
ascertained that the official in charge at
the time when Mrs. Fish submitted her
picture for expectation Attempted" to
explain the law. He was not bound to
know English, and although aided by a
foreign agent who was present It was
not easy for him to make the lady under
stand Italian, In any case it seems that
she understood.
Il do not know" added DR.. Mod gliani,
whether II Il similar case happens at a
New York office the official in charge
would do more for nm Italian citizen who
does not know anything about American
law and does not speak or understand
a word OF English
3, II IL not true that Mrs. Fish received
a money order for 500 from Rome five
days after she submitted the picture for
expectation, as she brought the picture
to Brera on October 3. 1911. and she waS
not yet paid until the end OF January,
1912.
DR.. Modlgliani concludes By affirming
that the procedure of the Milan expor-
tation Office was legal and correct. and
adds:
Certainly the office could not submit
| TO being deceived and was therefore COM
PEELED to apply the laws which safe
guard the rights of the State in such
cases. II unfortunately the lady herself
or some countryman of hers unfavora bly,
commented on the measures adopted, all I
can do IL to understand such comments
and also feel sorry for them"
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the pump drank psychological spring
water, but they didn't know It,
just below the surface the d.ggers I'M
earihed the top of n round wooden pump
which ran down several feet, itS sucker"
end standing IN an Old watering trough.
The trough was connected by pipe with
the city mains and was equipped with IA
valve which automatically shut on the flow
when the trough was filled. The valve was
in fine working order.
The watering trough originally stood on
the surface, but IL was covered 10 a depth
of about three feet when the street was
raised back In 1871. II was then that
the wooden pump vas Installed
The sisters Of st. Peters Girls Schoo! at
Trinity place ana Cedar street got their
water for years from the pump, being
satisfied that II was not only pure but had
medicinal properties Folks for many
blocks around refused to drink any other
water, and office boys from the tall build
ings We're kept busy on hot days trotting
TO the old pump for their employers.
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was astonished when Ave days later she
received money order for 800 from
Rome and a notice that her picture had
been purchased for that sum by the Brera
Gallery"
Tire lawyer deplores the fact that Mrs.
Fish had not been warned about the Gov
ernment's right to buy the picture and
points out that the procedure followed by
the expectation office looked very much
like a ruse 10 surprise the good faith and
Ignorance OF third parties. Lest 1t should
be suspected that Italy speculates on the
ignorance OF foreigners, "a printed notice
should be distributed TO intending ex-
porters explaining the law and its conse-
uuences.
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strikes the water at the end OF the
glide.
The boat is 20 feet long on the water
line and - feet over all. with bottom so
constructed that there will be no holding
by the water wnen it Is lifted by the
elevating planes. II will be httcd with
a cabin for two occupants and will carry
an engine capable OF eX rtinP 100 horse
power.
The main planes will have u spread Of
As feet and will be feet IN width. These
are constructed from a design original
with young ONeili. The elevator plane,
20 by feet, win be placed between the
main wings.
Young O'Neill is barely 10 years of age
He has been interested in air navigation
for several years, lie got a chance to
study aircraft when he visited leading
factories and aviation schools of Europe
on IL tour Of Europe with his father a
year ago.
The present craft had it's inception
while O'Neill was In London in June of
last year. and the work OF construction
and experimentation was commenced last
! October shortly after he returned TO
school.
Until Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., left the
school he was associated with O'Neill In
the study OF the craft Mr. Vanderbilt
Sr.. also Is Interested In the present boat.
| Young ONeill organized company 10
carry on the manufacture of his airboat
under the name or the Aeronautical Assoc
citation OF Beaumaris, Muskoka Lake,
Canada, with factory on Fairholm Island
The me mbers OF the association are 20
be young men Of not more than 20 who
have ideas and can apply them. Ac-
| cordlns to O'Neiil there is too much waste
of Ideas these days, and he proposes "a
| pick chosen crew who will apply them
selves 10 solving the problems OF aero.
nautics.
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Italy Acted within Her Rights.

Mr.. -. JohnMldmay says that he was
asked by the American authorities to cx-
anime the case from legal standpoint
and that he had to admit that the Italian
law had been applied to the letter and
consequently the lady had no action
against Lhe Government.
The lady" writes the lawyer. had re-
ceived the picture as a gift from her hus-
band. who died "A few months later. She
did not know either the origin or the
value Of the picture. which She treasured
sentimentally az her husbands last gift
when she decided to return to America.
although she left all the furniture in the
villa which she owned and still owns on
Lake Como, she wanted TO take the picture
with her. She was then warned that GER
tain formalities had to be gone through
before being allowed to export the pic
ture and she was told to 80 to the Brera
Gallery in Milan. a clerk OF her
forwarding agent accompanied her to
Brera and acted AZ interpreter. At
the expectation office they asked her
To declare the value Of the pic
ture. and as the clerk explained that the
question WAS a mere Formally. she re-
piled that II was worth 500. She had
never heard about the law and did not
know that the Government had the right
OF prcemption at the price declared. She
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ITALY SEXES MRS.. HAMILTON FISFFS
VALUABLE PAINTING. PAYS HER ONLY $1OC
York Woman Threatened to Government Asserting
She Had Been Swindled but Lawyers
Found That She Had No Case.

suit OF the investigation the Government
ascertained that the procedure followed
by the Brera expectation Office was quite
legal. and Mrs. Fish was accordingly
notified that no further steps would be
taken and that she was not entitled TO
have the picture returned to her
Or. Modiglani. director OF the Brera
Gallery and the Milan expectation Office.
admits the possibility that Mrs. Fish did
not know the value of the picture. yet
he doubts that she did not know 1t was
a Moretto da Brescia. In any case he
says. Mrs. Fish prudently omitted to men
ton the authors name when she sub
mitted the picture for expectation. DR..
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TANG TAKEN OUT OF TANGO.
Dancing Masters Remove Exotic
Movements From Make Also.

CLEVELAND, June I2,--Disciples of the
tango and the maxixe managed to obtain
approval OF certain forms Of these dances
at the convention to-day OF the National
Dancing Masters Association. However.
tango fends will hardly recognize the
denatured tango approved. and lovers OF
the maxixe will look in vain for It's more
exotic movements.
Ten steps Of the tango as presented by
j. H.. Miles OF New York and Ave steps
OF the maNixe shown by j. q. lteane of
Chicago were approved.
Ballroom dances approved were Princes
Hesitation, the American Grapevine, the
Twinkle Waltz. the Scroll Hesitation. the
Canter Twostep and Canter Waltz, the
Exeter Caprice. the Elue Danube Waltz
and SoDcy's Hesitation.
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Mrs. Hamilton Fish.
She Loses Masterpiece Costing
$1,000 Because of Art
Export Law.
seec.M came Desnatch 10 Tnr w.

ROME. June Icy the peculiar work.
ing of the Italian law dealing with the ev
portaton of art works the Government,
has appropriated Mrs Hamilton Fish Of
New York 10 the extent OF a VALUABLE
painting by Mor,tto da Bresca, which
her late husband purchased for 10000
lire $4,000.
on returning to America about two
years ago Mrs. Fish who. II Is said, was
unfamiliar with the intrlcaces of the law
on art expectation. gave an offhand valua-
ton OF 500 lire sl0O) on the master
piece. and one of the Government experts
recognizing the value of the painting. ex-
,rcised his right OF preemption under the
law and purchased the picture for that
sum
The particulars OF the story how Mrs
Fish was deprived of her picture were
only .mperfectly known until Henry st.
john Nildmay. lawyer practising at
Milan. wrote a letter to the editor of tn b
Perseverance, explaining what he had to
do with the case
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-13
BLOOD TRANSMISSION FAILS.
Prof. q. q. Ramsay OF Vale Dies
Despite Two Operations.

NEW HAVEN. June l2--Otto Gus,a :
Ramsay. professor OF obstetrics ami
gynecology at the Yale medical school.
died tonight OF pneumonia In spite Of
two transfusions OF blood The blood
was taken from Dr. u. II. Moore. Sey.
eral Yale students and number OF loca,
physicians offered to give their blood. Or.
Moore's stood highest In the tests.
Prof. Ramsay was 40 years old. II
was born In New York. IL was Tradu
ated from the University OF Virginia an |
was an associate and inferno in, tn
Johns Hopkins Hospital. lie leaves q
wife and child.
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probably accounts for tho earnestly re-
ligious expression Of his sacred pictures.
lie varied his flesh tints more than was
common in the Venetian school. His back
grounds are generally luminous. and the
draperies we'll modified in red and yellow
tints. with little intermxture Of blue.
His best pictures are now in Berlin.
Frankfort and Vienna. Italy with the
single exception OF Brescia, possesses but
few OF his masterpieces.
The Law Regarding Art Works.
In 1902 a law was passed for the
preservation and protection Of the artis-
tic and historic treasures in Italy and
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Upton SAILS IN HIS AUTO.
u Goes So Fast CNot the YachD
That He's Fined.
special cable Despatch 10 TnE srN

Special cable Despatch 10 THE SrN,
LONDON, June 12.-Sir Thomas Upton
was fined flo $500 at Southampton to-
day on the charge OF overspeeding his
automobile,
The secretary OF Sir Thomas, who at
tended court in his behalf, explained that
the Baronet had been sailing on Shamrock
~, the new challenger for the Americas
Cup. which has no speed limit. Suisse
uuently on entering his car Sir Thomas
did not realize how fast he was running.
The car seemed to him to be going
very slowly after the fast sailing OH the
challenger.
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further legislation on the subject followed
until 1907, when the Superior Council OF
Antiquities and Fine Arts. was created
and it's administrative organization under
the director general OF a special depart
ment in the Ministry OF Public Instruction
vas established.
According to the stringent regulations
now in force any private person owning
or possessing any object falling under the
law. which comprises all movable objects.
the Importance and interest of which
have been notified TO h/m. as the regula-
tons provide. cannot transfer its property
In or abandon his possession OF II without
informing the Ministry which has the
right OF preemption Mt the price for which
he has contracted to sell IT.
The expectation OF objects OF interest
is forbidden. even II their importance
has not been notified to the owner. who
is under the obligation to advise the
Government OF his intention to export. IL
having the right OF preemption. and even
IL the Government does not purchase
the object 1t may still return 1t TO the
proprietor, forbdding him to export it.
, The objects exported are subject to a
progressive tax, with maximum Of 20
per cent.
The law OF 1902 has been applied
in many cases and II has sometimes
happened that art dealers by overestlmat-
ing the value of an object which they
pretended they wanted 20 export forced
the Government to exercise the right of
preeinption Mt n very high price. Gen
orally however intending exporters. in
order TO evade paying heavy tax under
estimate the value Of the objects they
submit for expectation.
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80 MILE BREEZE COOLs CITY.
Nice for Picnics aud Things Is the
Idea for To-day.

The mercury started soaring yester-
day morning and a high humidity helped
TO make the forenoon one OF the most
uncomfortable of the expiring spring
There were no showers in any OF the five
boroughs. but the effect Of thundcrstorms
around us brought GOODNESS, after the
official thermometer twenty-five stories
in the ether, had recorded SO at T.. NJ
Then the breeze, which had been from
the southwest shifted 20 the northwest
and tuned up to thirty miles The stree;
thermometers, which had been pointing
to 95 let their silver streams fan half a
dozen degrees. The air got almost as
dry as the sort they have out In Denver,
and life was worth living again.
A half dozen persons were Frustrated
by the heat, which caused the death OF n
one-year-old child in Astoria, In the cities
10 the south and in New England the
heat beat the record for the season, Rich
mond, with 100, was the hottest place in
the country, Fair and cool for pIcnics
and other things Is the idea for to-day.
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Mrs. Fish Threatened Litigation.

Mrs. Fish protested. threatened litiga-
ton and even succeeded IN having the
Government order AN investigation about
the purchas. Of the picture, which she
claimed was illegal According to the
CorrIcre delta SeTd OF Milan. as IA re-
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Coatinaea e. Fomm Page.
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81 EXCURSION TO WASHINGTON, d. G.

Last <f season--via New Jersey Central.
Reading g. BALTIC. & Ohio--Leaves W. $50 80.
1880 Sat. night; Liberty st. 1901 mat. Ret
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

land county, Pennsylvania, August 81,
1876, and accompanied his parents to
illinois when small boy and had con
t,nued there ever since. About forty.
eight years ago he was married to
Miss Nancy Crenshaw,s who survive9
HIM, with three sons and one daugh-
ter.
He was farmer and one Of the
active and prosperous tillers OF the
soil In the fertile region in which he
lived. He was a member Of the Meth
odist Protestant church ia whose at.
fairs he took prominent part. He
was a devoted husband, kind father,
a good neighbor. citizen having the
confidence of the entire community
and a christian man in whom every
body who knew him esteemed and re-
spected.
He leaves besides his immediate
family many staunch friends who will
feel great loss to the community in
which he had lived so long, giving
valuable counsel and assisting In all
movements looking to the moral and
religious betterment of his neighbor-
hood
The remains were taken to his home
at Tioga yesterday afternoon.