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Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-06
A Comparison of Casualties.

Q. How do casualties at the battle
of Argonne Meuse, the dead-engage-
ment Of the world war in which Amer
leans participated. compare with the
casualties at the deadliest battles Of
the Civil War? r. w. H. .s
A. American casualties ut Argonne-
Meuse were 1873 per cent Of those en-
gagged. Al Gettysburg the casualties
were 20 per cent, at Murphysboro, %
per cent, 1t Shilo, ~ per cent, and at
ChicxamauSa, % per cent.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-06
JOHN II. KENNEDY WAS
PIONEER OF 1877

John II. Kennedy, who died last
week at San Diego, was one of the
earliest settlers of Western Colorado.
He was a bachelor, coming from
Missouri to this county in August of
1877. This was the same summer the
Coats families came to that valley.
Mr.. Kennedy was aged 63, but we
have not learned his place of birth.
His father and mother accompanied
him to Colorado, and both died at
Doyleville in 1893 and are buried in
the cemetery there. An uncle, James
Hamilton and family still living at
Doyleville, are the only relatives
known, except an aunt in Missouri.
Mr.. Kennedy had been in poor
health for some years. He had been
in California all the winter, but re-
turned this spring, selling his ranch
on Razor creek to Zed Scott. He
was very eccentric man but kind
hearted in q great many ways. He
thot great deal Of his fine horses,
and it is said sometimes would hire a
man and team to do his work rather
than let inexperienced drivers, as he
thot, abuse his own farm teams.
Nothing is known Of the circum-
stances of his death except the press
account wired from San Diego, that
he had bequeathed all his fortune Of
$4,000 to q blind newsboy, who vol
unteered to give him a TRANSMISSION Of
blood in order to save Kennedy's life.
The Washington times., 1919-01-19
5DuNo. 1


name of the collector.
The painting is on a wooden panel and
the original evidently is the work of some
follower Of Dobson, who painted some time
after Van Dyck and was influenced by his
style. With the fake painting, which is of
Charles l. of England, came a long pedi-
gree which was just as real as the paint
ing. showing where it had been and how 1t
came into possession OF the sellers. Vari-
Gus noted American and European art "ex-
perts" inspected the painting and declared
il genuine.
Farina, by tests of the pigment and
other investigations, found that there was
something under the ivan Dyck." He
started to clean the panel Picture 40. 2
shows half the face of Charles l. and half
of a noble of his period, identity and
painter unknown. In this picture the
black mustache of the king has been
cleaned from one side of the lace, also
part of his black hair and part of the curls
falling down over the lace collar.
In picture No. is shown the real orig
inal; the lace gone from the collar, its
shape changed, the long black mustache
and beard of the king gone, and in their
place a smaller white mustache. The
faker with fine irony, had chosen a panel
for his ivan Dyck" in which the subject
had white beard of the shape known as
Van Dyck.
The Washington times., 1919-01-19
5luNo. 3

Farina explains that takers have me-
chanical and chemical methods Of hiding
the freshness OF fake paintings and caus-
ing the formation of cracks that seem TO
be due TO age. A crack due to age is in
variably sharp, like a crack in glass
When the edges turn at all they turn out
ward. Cracks in fresh paint due to atmos.
pheric conditions, such as heat, on the
other hand, turn inward. These cracks
are made by the too rapid contraction of
the paint
An electrical device is used by takers.
according to Farina, which applies a re-
iected heat to the painting and produces
the 'age cracks" Chemical methods also
are used. The most widely known test"
OF the so-called experts" is to stick a
needle into the paint. II the pigment Is
so stone hard that il turns into dust under
the steel point they say the painting is
really an ancient old master. II the needle
goes through softly, II is fresh paint. But
by the modern methods Of taking even the
fresh paint may be made stone hard, so
that the needle test means nothing. When
an expert is in on the fake he can also.
in most cases, make it look as IL he is
making the test when he is not.
In the Van Dyck painting fake, for in
stance, only the face and collar of the
original have been painted over. The
larger portion OF the original pigment is
still showing and has not been touched.
The Washington times., 1919-01-19
New Distressing
Discoveries of the Skill
of Unscrupulous
Artists In Deceivine
Wealthy and Earnest,
But Decidedly
Amateur Collectors of
"Old Masters

the artist to clean
the entire portrait.
When this was fin
ished there was re-
yealed a Holy Fam
lily group by some
unknown fifteenth
century student over
which some really
great but unscrup-
lous painter = had
limned the supposed
del Sarto.
1t was this dis
eovery, according to
a friend of Mr..
Johnson's, that in
duced the collector
to go through his
galleries and with
The Washington times., 1919-01-19

mingled anger and sorrow in his
heart destroy all those in which doubt had
become certainty.
This friend himself the son of one of
the notable wealthy collectors of Philadel-
phia, is quoted as saying: while I did
not see him do it, am convinced that John
G. Johnson cut from their frames all the
paintings which he had believed to be old
masters and put them in the furnace with
his own hand to prevent the art world from
learning how he had been fooled"
Still another extremely interesting en-
hibit Is the three reproductions shown be-
low the Johnson del Sarto" These are
of the bogus Van Dyck collection purchased
at high price by another Philadelphia
collector and exposed by Professor Farina
The artist has obtained permission to repro
duce the fake" and the painting that was
The Van Dyck That Wasn't One
No. THE Painting of Charles I.
of England Bought By a Philadel-
phia Millionaire AS An Actual
Portrait By the Great Artist Van
Dyck.
No. 2-The Painting Half Cleaned
with the Portrait Over Which 1t
Was Painted Revealed at the Left
Side.
No. 3|The Evan Dyck" Gone,
Leaving on the Canvas the Portrait
Over Which 1t Was Painted-the
Bust Of Some Unknown Courtier
Of Charles Time Done by An I'm
Known Artist and Valueless.
The Washington times., 1919-01-19
No. ~

of these pigments died with them. and that
the determination of a pictures genuine
ness is chemical rather than artistic.
1t was before this agreement was made
that the rich attorney bought what was
represented to him as The Holy Family"
by Andrea del Sarto, an Italian master
whose period was from 1886 to 1881. For
five years the supposed del Sarto, beau
tiful group "attested" by many experts,
hung in the Johnson hc~le on South Broad
street. Then, after a while. two horizontal
cracks appeared-they can be seen on the
reproduction of this painting in the left
hand frame at the top of this p1ge. Pro
fessor Farina had repeatedly told Mr.
Johnson that he thought the painting was
spurious, but the attorney would not lis
ten to him
He had been told. he said that the tech
nique was so delicate and the painting so
extraordinary that it would be fatal to the
beauty of the picture ever to clean or re-
store it.
The cracks, however. made it certain
that something had been wrong with this
advice, for it was supposed to be painted
on a wooden panel and the cracks were
not with the grain Of the wood.
Johnson thereupon sent the portrait to
Farina to be restored, irrespective of the
consequences. After little work upon it
the artist sent for the attorney.
He had cleaned of bit of the chin of
the Madonna and there, beneath, was re-
vealed a much heavier and rather ugly
chin. Johnson then gave permission for
The Washington times., 1919-01-19

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The Washington times., 1919-01-19

- great Weaitn CAME 10 tnen' iei' 'ne
4 = urye to invest in "old masters" was
the noted attorney John G. Johnson. OF
PhiladelpI ia. Mr.. Johnson was, perhaps,
the most famous of the Philadelphia col
lectors, and of the millions he amassed in
his practice he spent many in purchasing
what were sold to him as great paintings.
When Mr.. johnson died he left his col
lection to the City of Philadelphia. 1t was
then appraised at s4,5OQ 900. 1t has never
as yet res ched the goal he destined for 1t,
because OF dissension, and also because OF
certain extraordinary conditions that have
been discovered.
In this magazine a few weeks ago there
was revealed one phase of these conditions
among other notable collections. 1t was
told how remarkable discoveries by Pro-
fessor Pasquali Farina, an artist and re-
storer of International reputation, proved
that many "attested" masterpieces are
nothing but bogus works painted by skilled
craftsmen over very ancient and usually
entirely worthless pictures and sold to
amateur collectors for outrageous prices.
In the galleries that Mr.. Johnson be-
queathed to the City of Philadelphia many
canveses which II is a matter of public
knowledge he had acquired are missing;
but for the first time the mystery of what
became of these paintings Is explained.
Mr.. johnson was convinced of their spuri-
!ousness before his death and, 1t is said,
!. shut himself up in his gallery, ripped out
! from the frames in anger and deep distress
the "fakes" that he had bought at such
expense and burned them in his cellar
furnace.
; How many hundreds of thousands of
dollars went up in smoke in this proceed
ing Is not sure, but one notable instance
has now become known which illustrates
very completely the methods pursued by
the unscupulous sellers.
Professor Farina has a deep personal in
terest in the Johnson collection. He was
for fourteen years in virtual charge of it,
and during the last half dozen years of Mr..
Johnson's life he always bought his paint
ings with the distinct understanding that
he might return them within one year and
get his money back il his expert would
not declare them genuine. The lawyer be-
came thus confident of Farina's Judgment
only after many months of association
with him, and after Farina had demon
strated the truth of his contention that the
real "old masters" are painted with pig
The Washington times., 1919-01-19

under il, but has been
asked to withhold the
name of the collector.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-14

Owls at Whiting 80 10 II.
The teams are the last word in basket
ball. The Rayls having played twenty
-four games and lost three, once 70 the
Owls. once TO Great Lakes. and once to
oswego oe the New York State Basket
Sail League. The Rayls in turn de-
feated each Of these teams except Great
Lakes. and the sailors would not book a
return contest.
The Detroiters viii bring their regular
quintet with several new men in a dA-
perate effort to cop the title.
The Red Crowns will use the same
team that has SO successfully tutored
the strongest quintets in the West in
the games higher arts. "Swede" John
son. who Will start at forward. was
formerly Of Great Lakes: Norm Elliot.
coach Of Northwestern. viii cavort at
left forward with Dutch GrieseI and
Al Pressler as relief.
Bill Feeney. formerly IF the 7 A. G.
or Eddie" Pond. formerly OF Seward
Park. VIII play the pivot position. Harry
Frieling. Moose" Cochrane. and Knock
em-dead" Egan will attend to the de-
Tense. Frieling. now in New York City.
Will journey here 10 play with his old
team mates.
Interest around tho county has been
keen since the last battle and one Or
the biggest crowds that ever attended a
basket ball game around Chicago viii
be on hand that night. The Red Crowns
have a large following in Chicago and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-14
1910 BASEBALL SCHEDULE
OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY

ArrI 10. Hanover a. Bloominston'
April II. Indiana state Normal tTerre
Haute) At Bloomington; April Is. Rose
Poly at Bloomington; April "a, Wabash
a. Crawfordsville April IS. Notre Dame
at South Bend; April 20. Michigan Al
Ann Arbor: April IS. Michigan Aggies
al East Lansing; April 20. state Normal
at Kalamazoo: Man ?. Michigan Aggies
al Bloomington: Nav 3, Wisconsin Al
bloomington. May 10. Notre Dame At
Rloomington: May II. Ohio State at
bloomington. May 20. Franklin At
bloomington: May %. Ohio state at
columbus: Nav -. Cincinnati UNIVERSE
~ 81 Cincinnati: May so-3f. Iowa at
Iowa CITY: June 10. University Of Ha-
vana at Bloomington.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-14
Pile Sufferers! Clever Ohio Chemist
Says This Great Prescription Taken
Internally Has Never Failed

healing action. It nrst sllays all infam-
maton and then by direct contact WITH
all ulcers and piles. causes them TO heal
and disappear forever.
It's positively marvellous how speed
lily Il acts. Blessed relief often comes
in two or three days at most. even IN
cases with p~rofuse bleeding that have
resisted ali known treatments and oper-
alton. really wonderful results have been
accomplished.
The author OF this amazing discovery
desires all sufferers TO know that ha
does not want a cent Of anyonets money
unless Miro Pile Remedy decisively con-
cuars even IN the worst cases and ne
has instructed druggists all over the
country TO guarantee X in every case OF
blind bleeding or pTotruding piles.
IMPORTANT. Wha is known as
itching piles are not piles in the true
sense of the word althoug Oh this condi-
ton may accompany a true case Of piles.
For this condition Miro Pile Ointment
has been prepared as In such cases il 10
not necessary TO take the internal pre-
scripl!Qaa-Adv-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-14
zyec czronsc cases OF 40 TO SO years
Standing, with ~profuss bleeding,
have been completely cured
In from three TO ten days,

Ne discovery Of recent years IN the
Held 81 medicine has caused such a stir
anaonKst the medical profession as the
recent discovery that piles can be sue
ceesfuhy treated and cured at home oy
a wonderful prescription known 10 drug
Rists as Miro Pile Remedy.
Ie has been proved that go called ex-
terna1 remedies applied or inserted into
tharecEum cannot cure piles and 81 the
best only give temporary relief This
is also true Of surgical operations which
simply remove them after formation.
trouble
This prescription. although taken in
teruaiiy, Is not diEestsd n the stomach
but Is rapidly passed on ~gsd 70
the tnSastines in a short tins, reaching
the exMat Place where BY Is sootalns'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-14

Lake county which made itself known
at the last championship contest.
The game is 70 be played AZ 500
r. m Wednesday. To get there take the
Green Line car or New York Central 70
list ST.. and take big - car 70 5sth st
on Cottas sc Grove. Walk cast e Iniver-
siry.
As a preliminary WeileS Park llo ~.
team viii play Armour Square light
weights fer the championship 81 the
Chicago Parks.
Tickets are on sale at Ritter's today
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-14
CROWNS
AND RAYLS
MEET WE'D.
National Open Basketball
Championship in Which
Whiting Owls Figure, Is
Played This Week in
Chicago.

WHITING. Ind. April 1.-The fam
Gus whiting Owls big five, the Red
crowns. ara 70 play Tor the national
cpen basket bail championship Of the
United States at Bartlett gymnasium,
University Of Chicago. Wednesday. April
18th, at 500 p. m. against the Rays Of
Detroit This Is the third contest of the
series. each having taken one; the Rayls
winning one a. Detroit 81 70 20 and the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-14
NOT ENOUGH
FOR CARPENTER
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERyIcEl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERyicEl
CHICAGO. April 14-GeorEes 1aF-
French heavyweight champion.
cannot see a salary OF $4,000 week for
an American tour. The ~Frenchman.
through his manager. Francois Des-
cams. has declined such an offer made
bv Jack Curley. This news came IN 2
letter received here today by Jack Cur
icy. 2 letter which was brought back TO
America by the late Murray kellar. who
went to France recently in the hope Of
bringing CARPENTER back and placing
him under the management Of Jack
Curiey.
Are you reading The Tmes7
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-14

Children's Spring
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2-strap models, of
6ne kid and patent
leather. sizes slz to
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-14

Burson full fashioned
gauze Isle Hose, hem
med top. ear . {.
black only. 40
65c walls. pair f0C
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-14

ceiving forward passes. Circling
these ends has proven wellnigh impossi-
BILE all season.
TN the two tackles. West of Col
, gate and Henry of Washington and
Jefferson. we have men who have
for two or three years, and in West a
long-distance punter of both dry
and wet ball, as well as a field goal
kicker from placement. Henry's de-
Tense has been SO good as to practi-
cally force the attack to give him a
wide berth, and his endurance Is phe-
nomenal.
The two guards. Alexander Of Syr-
acuse and Youngstown Of Dartmouth,
guards that have ever been seen on
the gridiron, Alexander particularly
against running plays and Young
strom the terror of the opponents
when forced to kick. This man block
ed so many kicks this season that
every punter who played against him
feared him and learned to take plenty
of room when Youngstown appeared
in the line and even then found upon
occaS sion that the kicks must be hur-
ried.
weaver of Centre College is one
of the best built men for the posi-
ton of center that has ever played
lighter in actual pounds than the
usual type of center, but that weight
is so be placed that as pivot man he
can play either in the line or as row.
ing cento.. s.A.> in fact combine the
two, for ne OIL take play on or
outside tackle even when he is play
ing in the line. He is good. steady
passer and opens holes and drives
forward. utilizing every pound of his
weight He &c also very alert at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-14

spots in the outf1eld II is almost i'm
possible for Ruth to hit a long high
fly and get away with it. He must
crash the ball on a line to the out
field. whale it through the infield on
the ground. drop a Texas Lacquer or
hit it out of the park 1t is the same
when Wally Pipp Of the New York
Americans comes up. I'll wager Pipp is
retired on at least fifty long drives
during the summer. that would be two
or three base hits, possibly many Of
them home runs. with most any other
batter hitting. Likewise il must be
about as discouraging to DOME Bush OF
the Detroit Tigers. Bush has a fine eye
and seldom strikes out. but he has no
great driving power. So when DOME
steps into the batterS box the out
fielders play in close. They make many
sensational catch Of a Texas Lacquer
from Bush that would be a base hit
ordinarily.
Now if the outfielders were COM
PEELED to play permanent position until
the ball hit the bat, Bush would have AN
equal chance of his Texas Lacquer going
safe as would Ruth with his mighty
swat. The outfielder would have to go
about an equal distance to get either
effort 1t would make the outfelders
step some to cover the territory, in
stead of shifting positions to suit each
batter and conditions of the game.
Aside from increasing the number of
brilliant catches by outfielders. there
would always be the added chance of
! the hit falling safe.
Il believe such a condition would
cause more free hitting, because there
would be more reason for taking a
healthy cut at the ball. / also believe
base runners would have a tendency
to take a greater lead. 1t would offer
greater chance for runners to ad
| vance On caught fly balls. since the
a vol Of L. :,
difficult catch. is usually in a poor po-
sition to make a throw.
However, / feel the greatest merit
to my suggestion is that 1t eliminates
to great extent the mechanical end
Of outfielding. Possibly you will dis
agree with me when ! explain what
l mean by the mechanical end of out
fielding. I refer to the constan,
, shifting Of the fielder to meet the rep
utation the batsman may have as a
hitter. as I have shown in the cases
of Ruth and Bush. Perhaps many peo-
| where TO play for the batters is an
art. but I can't see it that way. Nos;
| outfielders have the method of playing
the batters down to such scientific
degree that it is mechanical, the men
seem to shift their positions almost
automatically. If not out of order
please let me hear from you relative
| to my suggestion"
Surely II Something New.
You viii have to admit my INFORM
ant has slipped US something entirely
new. There is no denying the logic
of his contention that the fielding will
DE more spectacular. 1t is also GER
tain that with the fielders playing a
permanent position until the ball hits
the bat that many a hit would fAll
safe that is now easily taken care of
The suggestion is so radical I fear il
will not get much consideration at
this time. Nevertheless, / would like
to see the idea given a trial and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-14

jumping and spelling short forward
passs a over the middle Of the line
Weaver is the best converter OF toucn.
downs into goals. having missed put
an invaluable asset in close game.
Backs wonderful Quartet.
'rMcMillin of Centre gets the quar-
terback berth for his all-around util-
ity. speed and hard-hitting agrees
siveness. He works his team up 70
the limit of their possiblilties anu
when he had to make the fight against
West Virginia, who had just beaten
Princeton, 25 to 0. he showed tne
greatest headwork in his use OF plays,
and, with a score of to aSalhs.
him, so handled his men as to win IN
the end, IA to 6. 10
put the trio behind him would be
the envy Of any team-Casey or har
ward. Harley of Ohio state and
Rodgers of West Virginia Casey lieu
the Princeton game. coming stronger
and faster when his team was Prac
ntes Of the game After bringing his
team within scoring distance. he tnen
received the forward pass that yleldeo
the tying points. He won the ale
game, for he not only received inc
forward pass. but by quick neao any
wards necessary after he caught the
ball, winding his way through the
vale backs. He is a good forward
passer, q very fast man with the paii
and particuIarly elusive in his turning
and twisting. Harley OF ONO state
is a fitting mate for Casey and a star
drop kicker. while we have in our
tackle, West of Colgate. an ideal man
for the long place kicks. Harley also
Is one of the hardest men IN the
country to stop when once started on
run.
I'VE complete the trip with Rodgers
of West virginia, the hard-h1tt1nS
backfield man. who is even more ADEPT
at throwing the pass than any man
who has played this season. He can
throw all kinds of passes and make
them connect. In his running game
he hits fercely on and outside OF
tackles and even when grasped goes
twirling, twisting on. But. above all
this, he is q field general who has
struck the highest spot in combfna-
ton of running and forward passing
plays asinstanced when in the Prince
ton game he so used his plays and
team as to run up no less than 10
points in the first period. which con-
sisted of only twelve minutes play.
BY similar plays he brought about a
touchdown on Centre in four minutes.
This team would also be provided
with two generals and would start its
game with Rodgers giving~the signals
from the fullback position. If any
thing happened to Rodgers the gem
eralship would then devolye upon Nc
Millin. man quite competent to han
die it. The advantage of having the
fullback give the signals is very great
in this game. where the direction of
the attack in the use of the forward
pass depends considerably in sizing
up the opponents secondary defense"