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New-York tribune., 1921-01-22

to the testimony of Colonel Abadie,
former comptroller general of the
Shipping Board, concerning auditing,
was made here tonight by Secretary
Of the Interior Payne. The latter was
chairman Of the board at the time the
incidents in dispute occurred.
The statement in part follows:
Colonel Abadie presented to me q
written statement (probably in Feb
ruary, 1920, recommending that the
books Of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Corporation, be audited. 1 immedi-
ately issued an order directing that
the audit be made, assuming that
Colonel Abadie would have the audit
made by his own accountants.
"In a few days l was informed by
the treasurer that Colonel Abadie had
made contract with Perley Morse &
Co. to do this auditing, and that the
expense would likely be in the neigh
borhood Of 100000. I immediately
telegraphed Perley Morse & Co. not to
proceed, and directed Colonel Abadie
to make the audit with his own force.
"This resulted in an interview be-
New-York tribune., 1921-01-22
Army Captain Acquitted
Of Wrong in Tug Deal
Court Martial Clears Harrison.
Who Sold $l8,5OO Boat
for $2.500

Captain Ramon B. Harrison, of tho
United States Army Transport Service,
Hoboken, who was charged with selling
for $4,000 tug for which the city CT
Newark was ready and willing to paw
$4,000, was acquitted last night, after
court-martial proceedings against him
had been concluded Major William A.
Turnbull, judge advocate, contended
that Harrison caused loss of $1,000 to
the government. The defense main
tanned that Harrison did not receive
any offer from the city of Newark, or
any other bidder SO high as the one at
which he sold the tug.
The tug, the Grover Cleveland, which
Harrison sold to Ernest Rudolph, who
later sold it to the city of Newark for
S18,5O0, was condemned as absolutely
useless for fireboat purposes by Edward
Bulene, marine engineer of the United
States Transport Service, who said it's
actual value was not more than $1,000.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-22

tween Perley Morse and myself, and
with Colonel Abadie, and after giving
consideration to the matter 1 decided
that notwithstanding the cost it would
be wise to permit Morse to proceed
with the audit.
Charges meantime were preferred
against Morse by the Bethlehem peo-
pie, and a hearing was had. This was
participated in by Commissioners Ste
vens, Donald Scott and myself. The
result was that we declined to inter
fere with Morse and directed him to
proceed with the audit.
"The Bethlehem people then declined
Co permit Morse to have access to their
books. When this come to my knowledge
notified the Bethlehem company that
they must submit the books to Morse
for audit, and that he would charge
the company for all of the expense
occasioned by their refusal. Morse
and his men were meantime idle be-
cause of the refusal of the Bethlehem
company to permit the audit to pro-
ceed. 1t was this expense that 1 in
New-York tribune., 1921-01-22
Es-Ship Board Man
Offers to Fight CiIlen

When Martin j. Gillen left the
witness stand yesterday at the
Shipping Board inquiry, he
walked straight to q seat occu-
pied by Franklin Brooks. for
merly district supply officer with
the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
and demanded:
Have you been going around
telling people I'm q crook?"
Mr.. Brooks is recovering from
an operation and carries two
canes, with one of which he Of
tered to thrash Mr.. Gillen. Mr..
G'llen agreed to the proposal, but
the sergeant-at-arms interfered,
and the two men were led away
oy friends in opposite directions.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-22

torn to tatters. The man wore even
less. The child was naked. Thev have
oeen living in a tumbled down cabin
which is said to have been the home Of
oushwhackers during the Civil War
and ate wild fruits, roots and herbs
together with such animals and fish a. a.
they could trap. The old man declares
that he caught his wife in a steel tran
many years ago. She has only one eye,
having lost the other in a fight with q
Sheriff W. E. Welsh, who made the
capture, escorted the trio to the countv
poorhouse near Ellisville. The nres-
ence of wild man in the swamps near
Lux has been reported at intervals for
many years and it Is believed the can
ture of Parsons solves the mystery.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-22
'id Man, Wife and Baby
Captured in Mississippi
s 80 Naked and Parents in
1a'srs sn Driven From Lair. in
jun9lesr bv Flood
s1sctal Dl.rn.n.

fAs,,.a' DtsDHtoh 10 Ths Trt1urs
fssm IN Miss. Jan. n. 49, Driven
Es, 1n lair in the jungles Of Leaf
ut, lsaf Luz, by the recent hl0h
M ncsrt Parsons, alleged wild
4 ss W~day captured and brought
~ s~alel. ssel. With him was woman
tss,,s.'ms ss'ms TO be his. wife, carrying a
Ne sss-eid child with vide. frirbt-
16se.1 ss Parsons IL more than
t1szfy yssfs old and has long white
ard tangled hair, '
''nans II possible, looks worss
shs were = single garment,
New-York tribune., 1921-01-22
SpelIacy Resigns U. S. Post

- WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Tom J.
Spellacy, of Hartford, Conn.,, has re-
signed as Assistant Attorney General.
it was learned to-day at the Depart
ment of Justice. He has been in
charge of the admiralty division Of
the department for year.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-22

sisted should be charged against the
Bethlehem company.
This was the status of the case
when l left the Shipping Board"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-22
Lord Reading to Sail March IL

LONDON, Jan. 81 (Jcwish Telee
graphic Agency. Lord Reading,
whose appointment as viceroy Of In
part for that country on March II.
His appointment becomes effective
on April !.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-22
Payne authorized Audit
OF Bethlehem, Co. Books

A statement giving his version OF
certain incidents in dispute before the
Walsh committee investigating the
Shipping Board, especially in relation
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Sculpture and Painting e
Works by Emil Fuchs, MIME.
MOuroux and A. Ayinoff

In the building of the Messrs. Cartier,
the jewelers., a room on one Of the upper
floors has recently been put in shape
for the display Of silver. but prior to
its dedication to that purpose it is in
augurated by an exhibition of work by
Mr.. Emil Fuchs. This artist indicates
in the preface to his catalogue that when
q travelling scholarship sent him to
Italy, nearly thirty years ago, he was
disposed to try his hand at various
mediums, and there are pieces here
which point to his versatility. Sketches
in black and white Of old Italian types
and of nude models testify to his hav-
ing some ability as a craftsman. AS a
painter, however, he would appear to
possess no more than conventional traits
and he has done we'll to give himself
more persistently to sculpture. 1t is of
sculpture that this exhibition is chiefly
AS a sculptor, too, when he plays the
part Of the medalist, Mr.. Fuchs remains
about on the level of his painting. His
tiny reliefs lack frmness and strength
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

Bend Of the River" and so is "The
South Wind" But we note this cir-
cumstance only after we have noted
the broad truth which Mr.. Yates puts
into his landscapes and coast scenes.
He has a fine new sense Of the large
ness of nature, Of her benignant am
plitude. His hills and valleys and his
brawling streams, like his vivid blue
stretches Of the sea- have In them
simple and somehow very friendly
beauty. On sunny and gray days alike
he makes you feel that it is good to be
out of doors. In other words, his key
OF landscape sentiment is the key of
peculiarly sturdy emotion. There is
sturdiness in his technique, as there is
in his spirit. The vigor of which we
have always been aware where his
pictures have been concerned is here
again, and this time it is accompanied
ky an increase in artistic charm.
Another worker in the open air Is
showing at the Mich gallery, Mr.. Guy
Virgins. he, too, has taken step for
ward, especially as regards color. We
observe this not only in those -canvases
which are filled with antumnal tints,
but in the snow scenes, where the prob
lens of color are more difficult and in
Volve results less obvious in their mer-
il. The development which Mr.. Virgins
has achieved Is one of subtlety. Take, for
illustration, his big picture called "First
Snow study of q panoramic subject,
demanding the broad treatment of great
masses of natures forms It is the en-
semble which in this first commands
admiration, but longer study reveals
notable merits in the tone, beautiful
modulations Of the grays and whites of
which the harmony is mainly composed.
There is lot of this carefully pondered
execution in this painters work. His
winter pictures, and there are many of
them, have far greater depth than ordi-
narily goes with work in this field. Like
Mr.. Yates, he nominally leaves compost
ton to take care of itself, but actually
ne gives TO MS spontaneous impressions
an adequate balance and sometimes a
distinct pictorial interest. "a Quiet
Valley" is a representative instance.
The slight screen of trees through which
the farreaching scene La beheld lends
artistic purpose TO the seemingly artless
registration cf fact A further eShila-
rating note is struck by Mr.. Virgins
when he paints those pictures in which
rich reds and golden yellows play lead
ing parts. he gains tfsen sparkling
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

stitfy blocked out. Some pastels that
he exhibits suggest touch more adroit,
especially the "T Wharf, Boston"
At the Kingore gallery Mr.. De Witt
Parshall displays number of land
scapes he has painted in California and
Arizona. They might be described as
souvenirs of search after character,
with qualities and defects traceab bic
partly to the artist and partly to his
subjects. 1t is easy to understand
how painter is drawn into celebration
of the beauties of the Grand Canyon.
The color alone would be bound to
fasclnate him. Mr.. Parshall does fairly
well with the color. But how in the
world can he or any other artist ex-
pect to bring the Canyons forms with
in the compass Of a canvas of reason
able size? Turner might, perhaps, have
done the trick, but over and over again
when the modern artist has returned
from that grandiose scene, bringing his
sheaves with him, we have seen him
-unconsciously, no doubt-confess de-
feat. He gives US not pictures but
fragments, and they are the fragments
of an almost unthinkable colossus. We
feel certain respect for Mr.. Par
shalPs workmanship in his big West
ern paintings, but we get no JOY from
them. 1t is another story with such
pictures as he has made of the euca-
lyptus trees and live oaks of Cali
fornia. In these the character Of his
subjects is of interest and he bases
upon it some capital designs. In some
of his moonlight scenes he reaches his
highest level. The Mission of Capis-
trano" is the best of them, romantic
design in which color and the superb
shadow cast by the great arch are
handled with genuine imaginative feel
ing.
With Mr. Parshall is associated Mr..
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

In the definition Of form and he shows
no distinction in design where design
ls everything. But when he works in
the round he arrives at his full stature.
here his conception Of form may still
suggest rather superficial point of
view. only limited grasp upon struc-
ture. But, on the other hand, there is
in his hgurines and in studies on q
larger scale an agreeably picturesque
feeling for silhouette, and especially an
instinct for grace. Mr.. Fuchs has ami
nation, and it tells not only in his figure
subject, but in his busts, which are vivid,
sympathetic portraits. He can be
austere, as in the Roman head of Pinero
or the more freely robust study of Carl
Melchers. His freshest, most personal
contributions are to be observed in his
heads OF women, which are clever vital
lied things, piquantly expressive not
only of the play of features, but Of
springlike, feminine carriage.
At the Wildenstein gallery there is
small group of medals and portrait
reliefs by Nine. Annie Mouroux,
Prix de Rome, who is worthy disci-
pie Of the familiar modern French ira
dition. That tradition Is notable for
its polish. The monumental spirit of
David dangers, who recaptured some
thing Of the virility Of the early Re-
naissance medalists, long ago went out
of fashion in Paris. The established
cult there is for certain crisp dainti-
ness. Nine. Mcuroux has this dain-
tiness. and she has little of the in
allenable French strength, the strength
of the we'll trained workman. Her
linear quality might be with advantage
little more warmly personalized. But
the mere technical authority she pos
sesses is virtue by itself. 1t counts
heavily in the charming medallion of
General Pershing's young son. 1t is
visible, TOO, in her uniformly graceful
snd balanced mode of composition
MIR. A. Avinoff is another of those
Russian artists who come to US with
talents that have been formed by a
kind of eclectic experience. We do
| lot know where he received his train
ing, but in his exhibition at the Aims
lie gallery there are things which
wake diverse surmises. The minute
precision with which he draws his
landscapes might have been culti-
5ated both in Russia and Paris. 1t
suggests decidedly French influences
when it appears in his portraiture
and then his decorative fantasies make
us think at once of Persian illumina-
Tons and of that English school of
! illustration which is represented by
Arthur Rackham. A decidedly mixed
type is Mr.. Avinoff. Also he is a de-
cidedly clever type. His drawing may
be trif1e hammered, but it is skilIful
drawing, remarkably skillful. Some of
his portraits are brilliantly done, with
vitality in them causing US almost to
forget his tendency to a certain rigid
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
By Royal Cortissoz

Az inspiring echo of the war will
/. Aear5 In New York this week. 1t
s-itl reeslI US, however, not to the
sstt,sfeld, but TO the effort made by
.ss committees of the Fatherless Chill
s..n Of France to increase their
hsnsseent fund. A volume was pro
,seted to be known as Their Book,
m.aning the book Of the children, and
- hs made up of text and illustrations
..nsributed by authors, artists and
rublic figures over ali the Allied werld.
n vas not published because most of
-. contributions were not received
spf5eisntly in time before the close oS
the war. bat perhaps even more sati-
,actory results will be secured, because
all the original writings, drawings,
photographs and so on are to be put
m at auction at the American Art
Gslleries on the afternoon and evening
af February 2s. The affair opens next
Wednesday afternoon, the Esd, with q
,seeution to Ambassador Jusserand
under the auspices of a distinguished
committee The catalogue, which runs
10 S45 numbers, opens with manuscripts
by Woodrow Wilson, Raymond Poin-
care, Theodore Roosevelt, Lloyd George
and other leaders. In the military sec
lion there is q fragment from the orig
insl order that JofFre sent to the de-
voted army of Verdun. The purely
artistic souvenirs are of such men as
Sargent, RodIn and Bresnard. The au-
yhors include Joseph Conrad, Rudyard
Kipling, ". D. Howells, Thomas Hardy,
Alan Seeger and host of others. It
Is rare gathering of brilliant men and
women, all paying tribute to the great
theme Of the century, the Allied Cause.
Beyond doubt the sale will make one
Of the salient episodes of the winter.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

lard Metcalf. The season at this place
will be concluded by the annual exhi-
bition OF garden sculpture.
The ffty-fourth annual exhibition of
the American Water Color Society con-
tains an unusual number of high lights,
that is, of pictures which detach them
selves from the mass of pleasant but
unimportant things of which the dis
plays of this organization are too often
composed. There are exhibitors who
have interesting things to say. There
is Mr.. Francis McComas, with the de-
lightful desert studies which We ira
versed when lot of them were shown
st the Wildenstein gallery not long
ago. There is Mr.. Albert L. Groll, com
municating TO, his impressions of New
Mexico an invigoratingly new note of
color. There is Mr.. Edward Penfeld,
working out his idea of "The Temple
of Truth" and making it amusing both
in substance and in technique. Mr..
Spencer B. Nichols paints "a Japanese
Tea Party" and beguiles US both
through the quaintness of his subject
and the originality with which he treats
it. There is good figure work by Mr..
Arthur l. Keller; there is a handsome
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
in the Open Air
Pictures by Yates, ParshaIl and
Some Others

There is q sensation which comes
to the hardened frequenter of the
galleries only once in so often. 1t is
the sensation of recognizing in 81
familiar type the stirring of new ener-
gies, the achievement of unmistakable
progress. Such type may have re-
ieatsdly given pleasure to the be-
holder, but in the latest impression
be leaves there is more than he ever
left before. These reflections are
provoked by Mr.. Cullen Yates, in his
exhibition at the Arlington gallery.
We have seen various scattered pic
lures of his before and have been
impressed by the vigor and sincerity
Il them This is the first time that we
have seen his art at full length, 30
to say, and its appeal is singularly
fresh and persuasive.
Mr.. Yates is an exemplar Of that
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

Gordon Stevenson, a young portrait
painter new to US. He has astonishing
lightness and facility. painting his por-
traits OF pretty women with refresh
ing nervous force and q very winning
elegance. Along with his flcili goes
conscientiot interest in forra not al
ways characteristic of his type Of tai
ent. The heads in his portraits of
Rachmaninoff, Homer, Saint-Gaudens,
Captain Henry Metcalf and various
other men are uncommonly~ well mod
eled. Mr.. Stevenson has a healthy
concern for construction, as we'll as
for the decorative effect so obvious in
his portraits of women. An unfinished
canvas, the portrait Of Mr.. Spencer,
gives hint which he would do we'll to
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Good Landscapes Made
I'm the East and the West

which is most constructive in American
landscape painting, the apprehension
u nature as vital force interesting
III itself and to be expressed therefore
as something superior to the ordinary
Clements of formal picture-makinp.
ne has composition and often uses it
with telling effect. The grays and
browns of his early Moonrise" are
brought within the limits of really
felieltous design. "The Highway"
is admirably put together, so is the
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

."StilI Life" by Miss Clara HacChes-
ney; Mr.. r. D. Gauley not only paints
capital profile portrait in his "Ner-
cedes," but throws in q fine tour de
force in his Study of Bronze Found
III Pompeii," truly beautiful piece Of
water color; and there are any mum
Der of good landscape notss y Chaxses
Austin Reedham, c. P. Gruppe, II.
Giles, Chauncey F. Ryder, E. Il. Pott-
hast and numerous others. Mr.. George
Elmer Browne paints a trite subject
in "The Column of ST. Marks" and
lifts it above routine. Again and again
contributors to the show spiritedly
leave that exhibition bugbear behind
them. Not in several years have we
known the Water Color Society to be
in such lively vein.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Recent Paintings by American Artists

quality which we have not hitherto OBJ
served in his landscapes.
A group Of pictures ia also shown at
this gallery by Mr.. Arthur c. Goodwin,
painter of wintry street scenes in
Boston and New York. He oscillates
curiously between complete and incom-
plete command of his subject. In one
of his canvases, "The Opal Day, Boston"
the picture is all of piece, every motif
in it being handled with the same sure
ness of effect. AS rule his SNOWY
street in the foreground, with its Pc
destrians and vehicles, is well painted,
while the buildings filing the rest of
the composition seem to have baffled
him. His architectural forms are not
freely generalized, but roughly and too
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Random Impressions
I'm Current Exhibitions

A memorial exhibition Of paintings
by the late J. Francis Murphy is being
held at the Vose gallery, in Boston.
II contains twenty examples, some Of
them lent by private owners. We won
der If some of these will be shown in
the loan exhibition which is promised
for April at the Macbeth Gallery.
The Macbeth gallery, by the way,
will open on March an exhibition of
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

ity. Despite the fact that there seems
something vaguely derivative about
his style, it is impossible not to feel q
certain original force in it, particu-
larly rs regards his clean-cut tech
nique. Before little landscape like
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

follow up. It is one of his best can
vases, and its merit is partly due to its
unfinished state, which is to say that it
retains some spontaneity and breadth.
Mr.. Stevenson's art does not gain when
he labors it. That lightness of touch
to which we have referred is quality
to be cultivated, not to be smothered by
finish"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

his "Essly Spring" We forget sll about
the rather cloying sophistication which
pervades his work. At the same gal.
lery there are some portraits by Mr.
Eric Mounsbeck, not badly painted, but
inviting no particular comment.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

New paintings by Mr.. Vincent Tack
may be seen at the Kraushasr gallery.
They will remain on view until March
TO- The Bourgeois gallery is display
ing number of sculptures by the Ital-
ian Alfeo Faggi. At the Touchstons
gallery there are paintings and pastels
by Heppie En- Earl Wicks and Grace
P. Noxon, two sincere but not very far
advanced painters, and two or three
sculptures by Chester Beach. His
Dancing SnowHakes." a circular re-
lief, is the most important thing in the
exhibition, admirably designed and
modelled with refreshing absence Of
the overdone subtlety which has marked
so much of this artists work.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

paintings by Charles H. Davis and W.
Elmer schofeld. At the same time the
Society of Animal Painters and Sculp-
tors will exhibit. Immediately follow
ing these displays there will come
paintings by Jonas Lie and paintings
and pastels by Gladys Thayer
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

The next exhibition at the Mich
gallery will be given to new works by
Robert Henri. He will be succeeded in
March by Carl Melchers, who will hold
the gallery for four weeks. In April
there will be an exhibition, lasting
three weeks, of new paintings by Will
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

The "Eclectics," who are having
their sixth annual exhibition at the
Babcock gallery, are in better form
than we have known them to be on
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

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much in evidence in our school
rooms.
Enrolment at the Kerrick
school took place Tuesday morn
ing. Regular class work began
Wednesday.
School visitors during the
week were: Mrs. Norton, Miss
Cook, Mrs. ]. H. Hogan, Mrs. M.
A. McGrath and Mrs. Lees.
We are indebted to the ker-
rick State Bank and Nelson Lum-
Der Co. for a generous distribu-
ton of blotters amongst us.
Throughout the upper grades
a word study will be carried on
in connection with reading. This
will include much dictionary
work and the words studied each
day will be used as a spelling
lesson except Fridays when a
text book is used. A general