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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
REPORTS AGREE
RUSSIAN DRIVE
AAlTS IN EAST
Further Advance Near Gear.
torysk Will Threaten One of
Strongest Austrian Posi-
tions: Teutonic Allies Wait.

London. Jan. Cl 30 =. M A,-
cordiug To- official adNiccs from Vi
emma the lighting ON the eastern fr"nt
has decreased ~ violence. the Rus
SONS haVlng ceased to attack with
yigor between the Pripct aud the Bcs-
snrabian frontier
The only gain officially announced
Tor the Russians yesterday was at
Cznrtorysk. the scene of many san
culinary struggles here 1t - said the
Austrians were driven from the cen.
etory
Any advance in this region wi'l
threaten koVcl one of the strongest
Nustru-Gcrman positions.
The Tcutunic allies still lnrcatcn to
cxpcl the French and British from
their Macedonian positions nut no
forward move has been detected thu'
far IN that direction. strong Turkish
tn. Thraeian frontier of Greece. hu'
Il IL suggested that the Turks may
attempt to make good some of the
territorial iuss,s they suffered during
the Balkan wars
The British pu5h, b. still concerned
chiefly with the domestic crisis. Not
withstanding the heavy majority fo!
IN. compulsion biil on first reading
IN tn. nous. of commons. the press %
speculating on the possibility "f a
bt.ak-up uf the political truce WIN
a general election as the hnai chap
ter ot the controversy.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
JURY OF FARMERS
AND STOCK RAISERS
TO TRY STRIKERS

Castle Rn,b. Colo. San ~ jury
of -tn, hmrn tld farmers was agreed
lpoa In the district court here TO-DAY
in th, irIal ut 'ouu former strikers oh
charges oi murder IN .unnection with
the killing OF MAJOR g. T.. Lester Iu
th, disorders at Walsepburg ~ Aprli.
iHlN THIRTY -n. .sht iti"rmrn hid been
examined since the hesring began
Iauuar Proceedings Wcrc adjourn
cd uuti Nondat 10 give tlm" to hrins
witnesses nom Nilseuhurg
Mttur Lester was 10 ,omuand OF
the hospital corps OF the Colorado nA.
tiondI guard when allied during th"
battle between striAug coal mia"rs
ana miiua. The present ease ves
transferred from Huerlano county uu
a change ut Venue The defendants
are charles Quinn EuoCh Nun Fred
Garcia a.d MtNc savage ,untl+-
Utu,r Na. srauLed Charles pNcL a
rfth defendant nu account ot illness
Tho members Of the Jury are
Gcorg, Eu0llson. ~to,kman. charles
Brruss. stuckmap' y towel,
stoCkmar 30, Morrrlli farmer VIII
nm Laiscu. farmer q n stewart.
StuC man charles putton, farmer .
flaA Jones farmer " l. Lyons far
mer John Eggenbers-r, farmer; John
Roth-chloss. tanner, Asher Hilyen,
farmer
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
Identity of Submarine Still in
Doubt, Nothing Definite
Will Be Done Until Details
Are Obtained.
NO WARNING GIVEN,
DECLARE SURVIVORS
Senate Foreign Relations Com.
mittee Meets to Consider
Matter, but Adjourns Until
Further Date.
tBy Evening Herald Leased wusl

Washington, Jan TN" suniun
r,uc crisis .tii of uncertain status boz
cause o' lnr, of details. was placed Do,
President Wilson before tine cabinet
TODAY in its first meeting luro his ro.
turn irum Not springs Va The HcI-
ate furclsn relations committee also
met To- Duusidcr IA" situation. hut a.
Chairman Ston. vas detained at tn"
White House by conference with the
prcs dent adjourned without action.
Although more than /, week has
90 4sod sine" ~. steamer Persia MAS
sunk lu m" Mediterranean with the
lu-s uf American HE. officials today
were jill uniformed 49, to whether
the Ncss.i was torpedotd aud " so.
the naiiouhut, of the ,ubmarinr. De-
veionmcnts TO-DAY continued - md
cate that the American goycrnment
would withhold action pending official
adViccs determining these points
overnight clolupncnts included
the roccip, of dispatches from Ambss-
sadur Pcnneld ~ virnnn gcnttirg that
the Austrian government was without
information crGcer1inr the incil"at
NJ "a the uight Of January 4 and from
Consul Garrois al Alexandria. Egypt
stating that he hld obtained aihdnVits
FROM tWouty-on. surti, orr aud that
al confirmed pre-, ious statements thar
no warning vas given and no vessel
was seen
Ambassador Penheld's dispatch add
.d that F.ruu RuTian. IA" Austrian
foreign minister has asked what m
formation concerning IA" Ia, idcut wa
10 po~scssio1 OF the United state
oH,crs ana Grew of the Persia, con
sul Garrcls reported. nave l'f' AloN-
anirn for England Their atiidav'tA
viii be- sought upon their arrival there
a. the Dthlncf assembled u Wo'
made plain that the member. agreed
with the president that IN the case uf
the Persia nothing could bc done until
all the itrts were at hand. some
ncn.hers expressed the opinion that
Il II. ght never be learned whether IN"
persin was sunk by a suhmrl ne ana
Dr. so what nation was responsible.
Rcgurdl-ss of the outCom" ot TN
Persia case. however. the majority OF
the cabinet members are rcprcscni"d
as believing that IA" time dls come
tor muNlns certain that ne further ~
.tark- on merchant ships carrying
Americans viii %. made
The administration leaders nr" "a .d
tp re"l that co1tinucd loss "f Amer
can lives viii lead the United state
into hostilities
secretary Lansing SAL hr eNpcrto'
20 confer with Count berlstorn the
German amhaas1dor late t"daF over
tho lusitauu negotiations An carl
settlement has 1"en Indicated.
Tho p,rsH incident va. ta@rl up
only hricfis rf the cabinet meeting be
cause Secretary Lansing had no doi
mite recommendation tu ma ,' Iu IN"
absence 20. -peOihc facts REGARDING th"
SINKING Of the ship one cabinet
u,mbrr said th5t the We1i.uu of the
foreign situation at the meeting vas
"ur.y -tip,rnDlu.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
ITALIAN LINER
WILL Be ASKED
TO REMOVE GUNS
Collector of Polt of New York
Submits Result of Verdi In.
vestigation to State De-
partment.

Washington. Jan Collector Ma
louca report on the Italian liner gnu
scppc Verdi which arrived at Sew
york Yesterday with two guns mount
ed, was received to-day Do, the treas.
ury department and forwarded To- the
state department without being mad'
public. II is understood Collector Nh
tones ncutrIlits investigators report
cd there were No Italian navy gunuors
aboard and that all the mcmhors ni
the crew were regularly r" The col
lactors opinion d. understood tu %"
that "a, presence uf th. guns has no.
altered the Ncrdi's character of q
mere hartman His opinion. however
Is not binding upon IN" state depart
mcnt which Be- understood to luor
with dlsiaNnr upon any merchant ship
entering American ports with arm1-
mrnt
Il has been indicated tunt the de-
partmont will ask the italian govern
mcni To- have the guns removed bcfor,
the Verdi sails
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
CONDITIONS IN HOMES
RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY
BOYS IN REFORMAT0RY

santa Fc. y NJ. Jan Home ."n-
ditIons are responsible tor fhr ptr--
crce u th" NcW McN.co reform school
uf thirty N-Uine ut the futt' zone hots IN
that institution 40 the end ui The last
hsral Nsai NJ statistic contained IN
the annual report H' tine board n.
trustees 10 ioNcruur Mcdonald are %
bc taken l- conclusive pruuf T!es"
statistics show ina 'hr mo'hrts uf
eleven and the father. "i 'iRhi "' ne"
1oIs ar. dead thif ne mother ui one
iS insane. th1t sN ave. 'NIcNmF oi
mmuy dlsrurd thlt the .rru'- "I
four are separated suJ ibtf tuur utNt
.ustcr mothei- ana I've .u-tei hiN'r-
The highest number enrolled dur.uF
the year was i3 eight Wer" pnrolcd
during the year one W9~ paid"ir
four nnl-hcd their sentence ara our
escaped.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
AMERICAN EXCHANGE
REACHES INFLATED
VALUE. IS BELIEF

Iundol. Jan. THE rise in Amerl.
can exchange yesterday IA New York
To over as. followed hS dealings here
today at i1St is believed bS the mar
kot 30 be- artificial aAd occasional by
purchases of stcrlirg ~ Ncw YORK "1
a ialrlv harc market The advance
may not ne altogcthcr unconncctcd
with the mobilization s'hcmo us u
would naturally be to the interest ~
the authorities 10 push cNchang" ~
high as pu~sibl, tnd thus reap the
advantage uf tie consequent lower
level Of prices 81 American bonds
The advance trsnsfcrs 20 i'N'
makes gold export Improbable, which
Is the goal the .ommittcc had been
working for sine the Auglo-rrcuch
credit WAS ARRANGED In America last
fall Those who lnd oNcrsold rushed
to buy freely today. sending the rate
DOWN point to i.th
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
PRESIDENTS SPEECH
ON PAN.AMERICANISM
FAvORABLY RECEIVED

Washington. Jan President WI
sons address before the Pan -Am"tl-
can Scientific cons ress hast night. IN
which he outlined the government y
plrn for Pan. \merican alliance
guaranteeing absolute political ind"-
pendcncc and I, ritorial intcgri'N,
was favorably commented on 10y dele
gates today.
The United Stat proposcs. IN 70
president said. tha0 al the America
nations shan agree 20 settle all pond
mig disputes as DIn as possihl" hN
nmicahlc process AID To dispose "i AN
disputes IN the fut ire 10y arbitration.
Furthermore. al countries under
the plan would ire that no r"v"lr-
tiuuary expedition shall he outiittod
against or supple. for roVoluuonls1i
shipped to nciRhh' ing states.
Announcement VS. made of tn" see
lection of Lima. e. "a. as the meeting
place of TIA. next q, nsfess In 1871.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
N Ulll|NC Of
NAVAL OFFICERS
IS CR|TIC|lEO D
Illinois Congressman Believes
Secretary Daniels Wrong in
Limiting Admirals in Their
Talk About Preparedness.

Wash ug;on. jan i--rr'tt'ttf
Daniels recent rc.usal to permit Rear
Admiral knight pr Rear Admiral tlsk
Ia speak in chicago ou the navy pio-
gram was made the basis today uf +"
request bs Representative Hritt"n RE-
publican. OF Illinois, u'tnrc IN" mousse
naval committee. that action Dee thN'n
20 prevent au. attempt uu tn" pnf'
Of the secretary &" mu2z.c naval "Hl-
Gers appearing bctut, the comm m.ii"e.
or tu assign officers tu usifni post
acNond tine practical rctca uf the CON.
mitte,.
bcmnornflg mcW n'rs h1llcu2rd ih'
nasis Tor the intlmntiun aud Nj Hrit'
ten replied chat Admiral fist ha'
boon granted thirty DAYS leave ON con-
dit.on that h" not talN ur write on
preparedness.
The committe. took no action on
! the request
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
Court Instructs Jury to Disre-
gard Testimony Tending to
Show Attempts to Influence
Legislation.
QUESTION TO BE GIVEN
DECISION IS RESTRAINT
Action Hinges on Whether AL.
legged Conspiracy to Limit or
Hamper Trade Was Formed
by Defendants.
10y Evening Herald Leased wire,

Nrw NorN Jan The ease
against William Rookrfyilcr ana ten
other former directors or the NrN
YORK. New Haven aud Hartford r'li-
run J. chntsed with criminal .onspit-
a,s under the |h'rnau law. was suh-
mittod TO the iurN trda,
The case wac given Ip the iurl AFTER
Judge Hunt has delivered ms chur...
when counsel iui the defense -a,d
thcy considered p. .rtnlc io their
case.
judge Hunt said IA, iur, wouii
first bat. tu u, satisfied thai the con
.piracy chargcd against the defend
ants WIS continuous ON" from 1880.
IA" date ui he enactment of the Sh"i-
man law. u1iu the date oi the indict-
Mclt. otherwise the ,ts' Jailed The
cnsr fuIl"d also b, said. f ar any
tin,c before the three scar p"riod COW
cred bs the statute uf umitauon. the
fury considered the alleged con~pirac,
ceased
William HoDNofcIlcr wa the only
defe 1dant not IN court When judge
Hunt be. iu his rcmnflss IN, hargo
against the defendants being % Wisiir-
mcanor his pfoscnc" was mo-, legally
required
The ,ourt after desoribing ~. In
dictmcnt. hrsl Instructed the iur, that
the case should b. considered without
rogald 60 any testimony that would
indicate. amy attempts to unflu"
legislation bN bribery cor corrupt
means.
Discussing the sherman not hu said
that 10 did not prescribe q limit jo
acquisitions and that large enterprise
ma, in q certain sense b." p"rm.tt'd -
mouopolizc commerce. Masuiudc Of
huslnrss was not u, Itself violation
uf - iaw.
"rhr crominai act he said, 'is n
con~puing 10 RESTRAIN freedom oi ac-
tion and uuduly restricting or sup
pressing cumpct.uuu
TIE Grst question for the jurN to
decide. hc said was whether "ha' X
IN 1890 or Whereabouts there existed '
conspiracy 10 munopoli2c comuccr" =.
II the government does not satisfy you
that - conspiracy existed al that time.
then tho whole case of the government
fails
Judge Hunt qXplainel that The al
legged conspiracy mus, nav" hrer q
continuous one from iS1O INTO th'
three year period covered by the stat.
ute OF limitations.
The court held TINT the charge ale,
could not p, sustained unless the iur,
wae satisfied thpt the defendants oi
any OF them intended tn enter an Ii'
legal CouhIutfinI.' Intent. he said
was ~, chological and not to Dee ~.
corinIncd hN nNod rule of law
Tho sound lines agreement ~ lls'
Ia, court characterized a- 'obuuA .uu'
tu 'hc ~urruuu law hul sald mat Il
WINS for the fun iu consider whether
| u was KEPT u force after lN'O lu tui
| thrraBDe uf the con piracy Discuss
! ing The trstmunN ut Nh Molicu Judg'
| Hunt said h" mad 'thouGht thcr'
| would bc no serious challenge g. q
! the accuracy ot he statements 'u'
| that the oult dispute among guuuso
would ar.sr rrum the Inference % h
drawn from them.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
Captain Of Unseaworty Vessel
Permits Boat to Batter
About in Gales; Hurricane
Encountered.
WIRELESS CALLS
FOR HELP FORBIDDEN
Passengers and Crew on Thes.
saloniki Suffer Much From
Hunger and Thirst; Virtual.
ly Held Prisoners.

New York. Jan. 7--Thc IL pas
scngcrs who were forced tu abandon
the sinking Grcck steamer ThcSsalun.
iii AT sea arrived here to-day on the
steamer Patris OF the sam" line and
gave vivid descriptions of the hard
ships they suffered during ia. i've
weeks tnat tn. Thessaloniki was bat
tered b, = series ul terrific gales.
on Christmas day, passengers said.
the supply at meat on the Thcssalon-
iki was entircly exhausted. "nN a few
gallons OF water we're lett aud tn,
ships officers began to portion out
short ratinns of tn. meagcT supply ot
food which remained.
The Thcssaluniki first sprung leah
when she encountered hurricane
which RACED tor twelve hours on De
ccinber 81
capt ain Goulandis said hc had been
unable ia make solar observations by
rcasod of the almost continuous
storms. and II was FOR THIS reason
he added, that he sent out six .rron"-
GUS messages reghrding the post ou
of his vessel
~, wns making his firs' voyage a.
q master
Tho captain repeatedly refused 1
send cat wireless calls FOR hcip - IN,
bchost of both crew aud passenger
according to william william. nat.
uraiizcd citizen ot ~, United State
who was "a passenger returning iron
Greece. William said
"Tha Thcssalonik itft plgcacus No
Ncnhcr SO. Ou December 81 the urs
severe storm came up aud the first tht
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
$1,000 900 IN
REVENUE STAMPS
TAkENbYL L0OTERs
Big Government Vault in St.
Pau! Robbed and Valuable
Negotiable Paper Success.
fully Taken by Thieves.

81 Paul Minn.. Ian, From So
To 50 O00 in cash. and internal revenue
stamps which may total $1,000. "oo in
Nnllc were stolen from the office 4
the collector of Internal revenue las
night when the vault door was blown.
The robbery was discovered to-day h>
n. &. Ryan q ianitor
Collector Lynch -tat"d that the rob-
hogs had carefully taken negotiable
stamps aud had left unnogotlable
stamps. Each point checked 10y fed
erul agents und police In their inNcs
tlaation indicates that the robbery not
only WITS carefully planned ana exc
cnted hui that il was committed by
individuals well informed,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
HUNDRED STRIKING
GIRLS lombard ALL
WINDOWS OF FACTORY

Poushkeopsie. \ y Jan More
than 100 giris Str'king ipr hlsnor
wag,s slthrred before tne clsnr fac
tors uf samuel I Davis and company
here today and bombardcd the "in-
doWs with icicles ana similar misslcs.
Three uf IN. strikers ~erc arrested
aud fined 8 each
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
CHINESE CUSTOMS
HOUSE IS LOOTED
Inr Eyenlns ncrnld Lsa,sd wireI

Canton. 'hinu Jan. e. one hun-
drod men today attacked and looted
the Chinese customs huun" on IA"
boundary of kuwluon Tho maruud-
ors posted procamatinus dcscrihinf
themselves az r"yolutionari,s.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
CUI,IsTi\> MISSION NHtis
WITuDii\N FROM DANGER

-haWphAI jan . Th0 0UlhnflIl"N
of the proyin of Szc-Chuou have
been advised OF the withdrawal "f
Christian missionaries from interior
stations,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07

Met at noon. Rear Admiral
stanford contiuu Il testimony be-
fore naval comm tt.e.
Foreign rclu ons commute.
agreed tu 'on-ii"r mex FRIDAY
proposed legisla on To- regulat"
water power at Niagara Falls
Rcpiesentat,Nc Gardner IN
spcrch opposcd nparso on arms
ana war munit' ~.
Rcprcsenlalive Sent introduced
hill, to create ual iunai park service
under the interior department.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
LEGATION SECRETARY
AT ROME HAS RESIGNED

ROmr, Jan q, I''du n. M 7 IInIph
" HE. "a sscr.tsrN ut the American
cmbass, here has resigned Tor per
sonnl rensnns. Hc expects to leave
shortly for the Riviera.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-24

Paris Correspondence Of The AS
sociated Press The series OF inter-
national conferences between the al
lies are 10 be continued according 90
the present program with a discus
sion at the next session Of the follow
ing subjects:
/, Prohibition of Commerce With
the Enemy"
,. Execution Of Contracts"
3. Collection of Debts iu Enemies
Territory"
4. "sequestration Of Enemies
Goods"
3. Patents and Trademarks"
6. Prohibitions OF Imp0rtatlons ana
Expectations"
7. Organization of the Economic
Struggle After the War Involving
Customs Agreements Between Allies,
Supervision Of Naturalization, and so
forth"
This next conference is 10 he inter
parliamentary, the delegates heins
from the parliaments OF the different
countries.
In addition 20 this continuation ug
nterparliamentary discussion. "A MARI
time conference with delegates from
each OF the entente powers Will be
held in Paris in December 90 discuss
the basis of an understand between
the allies on questions concerning tho
merchant marine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-24
MISUSE OF SEA POWER.

New York World: In principle Great
Britain's commercial blacklist is as
plainly an attempt to terrorize neu-
trails as was Germany's submarine
warfare Germany risked the. friend
ship Of the United States by running
amuck at sea. Britain engages in the
same dangerous trifing when it IN
dertakes to say with whom Americans
shall and shall not trade.
The kaiser's submeTSibles fred first
and investigated afterward. In like
manner the kings government pro
scribes Americans supposed to be
dealing with the enemy and takes no
account of the faT-reaching Conse-
quences. Persisted in, a policy OF
this kind cannot fail to produce re
suits which may be a painful surprise
to its authors.
1t is hardly to be supposed that
many people in London believe that
the United States will not defend its
sovereignty and neutrality as boldly
against Great Britain as against Ger
many. The allies have had consider
able success thus far in bullying HOl-
land, Denmark, Sweden and Norway,
whose trade they have interdicted or
regulated, and Greece, whose SOIL they
have invaded. It ought not to be neces-
sary to remind the British ministry
that the United States is not situated
precisely as those nations are, and
that it possesses remedies for wrong
doing which they do not.
In view of the long continued Brit
ish aggressiOns upon our commerce
and the fragrant violations of our
mails, not much time should be vast
ed in argument over this latest expires
sion of hostility. What Great Britain
has done amounts to a declaration of
commercial warfare against the Uni
ted States. II may be a forerunner of
the boycott recently discussed at Par
is. If so, the time to meet it is now
The power of this country to infiict
injury upon England is so enormous
that we can only feel amazement at
the folly OF ministry which, by its
misuse of sea power, seems deliberate
Iy to have invited retaliation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-24
The Daily Story
What Came of sketch-By Edward T. Stewart.

chances OF profit by going 70 London.
and London won.
Counting up his available funds. he
found that he could get 10 London. but
~ he received no acquisition there he
would be short Of his passage money.
Again he Tipped the coin 70 determine
II he should take this added chance.
Again the risk won.
A few days later Rycrson stepped
into the office OF the London paper that
had contained the ad. and told his
story.
"Have you the sketchr' he was
asked
He at once produced IL and was
offered any price he would ask for its
use. IL was surely a likeness Of the
party sought for and the only likeness
extant. Its publication would be OF
great help in finding the original Ryer.
son told them that they could have the
picture for any price they chose 70
pay, and they drew a check for a hun
dred pounds.
SO far. so good. ~ the sketch led to
finding the original Ryerson would re-
ceive the 200 reward in addition. In
all $1,000.
The likeness was published all over
the continent, especially Ia Italy. and
finally met the eye Of its original who
had found position as croupier ut the
casino in Lucerne. He at once open.
ed a correspondence with the London
paper.
The story OF Cecil Manchester, sec
ond son OF n British nobleman, IS a vO-
luminous one in itself, far TOO long 70
be given in this episode in the life Of
an American artist. He had unwilling
~ got mixed up with rasCals and had
shared their disgrace. He had jumped
a bail bond and become a wandcrer,
his family having turned against him.
not even knowing his whereabouts
Then he had been exonerated and all
were anxious TO make reparatOn He
returned to England, where the fatted
calf was killed for him by his father,
who was rich.
Ryerson was in great luck. He was
regarded as the connecting link be-
tween Cecil Manchester and his fam
lily, who had wronged him. and both
were anxious to pour out favors upon
the artist whose marvellous likeness
had secured the wanderers return.
Having been paid the reward, be was
invited to the family residence I'm Dew
onshire, where he was wined and dined
to both his hearts and his stomach's
content. An offer OF another years
study in Italy was made him on an al
lowance of 800. But Ryerson was an
American gentleman, though a strug-
Cling artist, and declined 10 accept the
offer. However, the principal reason
for his declining it was that he made a
match with a younger sister OF Cecil
Manchester and took her back with him
to America. where he achieved a repu-
tation and wealth as a portrait painter