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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-10-18
DuveenS Buy 1t From Duke OF
WeStmlnster-G. F. Hearn
Paid S5O,OOOfor Other.

The cabled announcement in to-
days newspapers that Gainsboroush's
blue Boy" the most famous Of the
painters many works and one of the
best known pictures in the world, had
been purcha sed from the Duke of
Westminster by the Messrs Duveen
and would soon be placed on exhibit
ton in this city calls to mind the ex-
istence of another Gainsborough's
Blue Boy" purchased by George A
Hearn in 1899 and given the place Of
honor in his collection of master
pieces.
This latest sale will doubtless re-
vive again the controversy which has
srisen whenever the Blue Boy" has
changed hands in the last century and
half. Artists, critics and collectors
the two identical pictures and both
are held by connoisseurs 10 be the
work of the great English painter, but
there has never yet been settle
ment OF the question as to which is
the original and which the replica.
When Mr. Hearn purchased his
Blue Boy" the price he paid was
said at the time to be in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000. then considered II
high figure even for "A masterpiece,
The Duveens are reported to have
paid the Duke of Westminster El70,-
900, or about 3s5O.0OO at normal ex-
change. This estimate is based upon
the fact that the Duveens bought at
the same time Sir Joshua Reynolds S
portrait of Mrs. Siddons as the
Tragic Muse" paying 600, 900 for the
two. Some time ago the Duveens Of
fered the Duke fl50,000 for the "Bluc
Boy" alone. but this was rejected.
The Gainsborough owned by the
Duke, which hung for years on the
walls OF Grosvenor House, has been
held by British artists to be the orig
inal Blue Boy" while others, OF
capable judgment. who have exam
franftnuad m GacanA D.xaN
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Call for Conference Between
big Five" Chiefs and Labor
Board In Line With Mr..
Harding'S Desires.
President Not Ready Yet 10
Take a Personal Hand in the
p Situation Until Board Shows
What 1t Can Do.
Strike Is Officially Regarded as
Aimed at Existing Orders OH
Wage Cuts, Not at Antici-
pated Reductions.

WASHINGTON, Oct 1s.--rhe Cab
met went into session to-day on the
railroad strike situation. II was ~
pectcd some Government poiIiH
might crystailze nt the meeting
The Administrations efforts Tor the
present, Il was learned on high au
thority. will be confined to moves
along the line OF concIliation and ar.
bitration. Drastic action, which
might include court inJunctions. the
use of troops and in a grave emer-
gency. the seizure or the lines, viii
he taken only after an actual tie up.
The impression was given in Ad-
minist"ation quarters to-day that a
freight rate reduction was under con-
sideratlon. High Administration o.
ficials indicate an announcement
might come within y few days. :
II was made plain that the con-
alteration being given to the rate
1uesth n was independent OF the pres
'nt labor wage '&ngio and tae
,hreatened walkout OF the railroad
employees.
The action OF the Railroad Labor
Board in summonins railroad union
chiefs Ia Chicago for conference was
described In high official circles to
day as first step 10 determine
whether the railway board Ia to be
regarded as an efficient Government
agency or failure :.
The step, II was learned to-day af-
ter tho Cabinet meeting, ia in entire
accord with the desires of the Ad-
ministration. although the indlca tions
W. 2 that President Harding was moi
ready To take a personal hand in the
situation so long as the board was
working toward solution. No con
ference between the President and
the brotherhood chiefs Is In immedi-
ate prospect, It was said.
President Harding has been as
sured by the Railroad Labor Board
members tina tho formal request oil
proceeding involving additional wage
cuts from the railroad managements
is before 1t, whatever the railroad
heads may have said publicly. II Is
considered important by officials thai
no Misunderstanding be incurred ar
TO this and the strike is officially re-
garded as aimed at an existing order
OF the Railroad Labor Board. and not
anticipated orders.
The first move OF the day bearing
on the strike situation was a con
ference at the white House between
the President and Secretary Davis.
who was summoned to Washington
from a trip through the Middle West
within a few hours after announce
ment was made il Chicago that a
strike call had been issued. The
Secretary spent most OF yesterday
surveying the situation from the
Labor Department standpoint and
was understood to have laid his
views before Mr., Harding at to-day's
conference
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FALLS FROM CAR
IN HUDSON TUBE;
CRUSHED TO DEATH
Train Held. Under River for
More Than Two Hours Un-
til Body Is Moved.
L. l.. BARRON, VICTIM.
N yStery as to How He
Dropped - One Story Is
That Door Swung Open.
L. l., BARRON, VICTIM,

Elwyn Lee Barron. head represent
ative OF the j. Walter Thompson ad-
vertising agency and ono of the best
know men in New York in the
business, was killed this morning by
falling from a train in the Hudson
Tube between the Erie station and
Christopher street, Manhattan. Mr..
Barron was on his way from Ibis
home, No. Browns Terrace, Ergle-
wood, n. j., TO his officcr No. pa
Madison Avenue.
The body was badly mutilated AC-
.,ording to the police OF Jersey City 1t
had been stripped Of the personal Of
,ccts that should have made for quick
Identification before 1t was turned
over to them. Police Captain Hcggln
aid he planned to know before night
who was responsible for having gone
through the effects Of Mr.. Barron pre-
vious to the arrival Of the Coroner.
Although the accident occurred at
S35, it was almost o'clock before the
identification was made. The line un-
der the river was tied up until l0+5
For more than an hour the passcn-
gers on tho stalled train were in the
tube under the river until they could
be removed and taken back to Ho-
bokcn. 4 shuttle service In the other
tube was maintained until the cars
were jackci up, the body removed
and service rc-csta biishcd.
Tho company in statement said
the protection for passengers IN the
train was such II could not under
stand how man could fall beneath
tho cars until an Investigation had
been made.
Passenger ON the train had two
| versions of tho accident. One was
that Mr. Barron w1s crossing from one
car to another at tho point where the
! train enters uudcr the river. There
is sharp curve here and he is said
to nave been thrown off. The other
story is that an ovcrcoat he carried
caught In the door as he entered and
It failed to close properly When
the train hit the curve the door is
said 10 have swung open, and he,
| leaning against II at the moment. fell
| out.
| Mr. Barron was thirty years old and
/ leaves widow and one child. The
body was taken by the railroad com
pany TO the Henderson Avenue yards
and later turned over to the police
and by them removed to Hughes's
Morgue
When the Identification was made It
became necessary 10 notify Mrs. Bar
ron. She was not told OF her hus-
bands death but that he had been
seriously injured, the police humanely
dcs ring to prepare her for the shock
| She said he had left home on the
| 755 train.
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MRS. ST|LLMAN
IN NEW ACTION TO
PROTECT BABY GUY
Would Make Bankers Broth
ers and Sisters "Parties
to Issue"
CASE AGAIN POSTPONED
Hearings Not to Be Resumed
Until Nov. % on Account
of Referees Illness.

The order obtained by John E. Mack,
legal guardian Of Guy Stillnan. ask
ing that all the heirs of James Still
man should be Joined as parties to
the issue" IN the divorce action OF
OIL Cornelius J. Sullivan Of Mr.. Still
mans counsel II is returna'ble before
Justice Morschauser at White Plains
next Friday. Tho measure has been
taken by Mr.. Mack 10 protect the In
heritance Of Guy against any future
attack from. the sillusn heirs on the
question of a,ss s4rs stfrsry. = ---@'.'s ~
Surrogate Daniel J. Gleason visited
his once in Poughkecpsic to-day for
the first time since the hearings in the
divorce case were adjourned last
spring. He has been seriously i'll. and
with the consent Of all concerned the
resumption Of the hearings has been
again postponed from Oct. 25 to Nov.
20.
The order, result OF the latest action
of Mrs. Stillman's forces, places in the
role of those who may desire to ques-
tion Guy Stillman's legitimacy and
interest in a $31, 200, 900 estate, the
bankers two sisters, Mrs. Percy and
Mrs. William G.. Rockefeller. and his
brothers, Charles Chauncey and DR..
Ernest C. Stillman, who are executors
of the will of the late James Stillnan.
II Mrs. Stillman wins the scheduled
controversy the bankers brothers
and sisters become parties to the is
sue" and may, If they SO desire, ap-
pear at the hearing and present evil
dence.
In the estate left by James Still
man trust funds Of s3,50O,oo0 are cre-
ated for the FIVE children. For all those
save James A. the will provides that
In the event the beneficiarIes have no
children, on their death the fund Is
divided among the children of James
A. Stillman.
For the banker. the will provides
that the executors, upon the death
OF my son, James A. Stillman. divide
the said trust fund into as many
equal shares as he may leave chill
dren. one share for each child"
The widening of the suit has the
approval of Mrs stillman, who Is
quoted by an intimate friend as char
acterizing 1t as "the right thing for
Guy"
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WILL USE CANAL
TO GET COAL HERE
IN CASE OF STRIKE
Jersey Central Subsidiary Prepares
to Put Large Fleet Of Barges
in Operation.

Plans to relieve rail freight traffic
as much as possible and at the same
time prevent n tie-up of coal ship
ments for New York from coal dis
tricts around Scranton. Pa. are being
made by the Lehigh Coal and Navi :
cation Company. which is controlled
by the Central Railroad of New Jer-
scy and which has tidewater coal
pockets at Perth Amboy and Eliza
beth.
The company plans TO recommis-
sion a large number OF barges, which
have been tied up for six months in
Staten Islsnd Sound. and bring coal
down the Raritan Canal after a short
overland haul OF about fifteen miles
from the coal fields TO the canal. Re-
cruiting OF barge crews already has
been started. The Perth Amboy ami
Elizabeth pockets supply much OF the
coal for New York.
-
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STRIKE SITUATION
RESULT0FSTRATEGy
R.R.EXECUT|VES
Capital Believes Union Men
Simply Had to Call What
. They Considered "Bmff."
bH Ddrid Laurence.
Especial Correspondent Of The eve.
ming Worldly

WASHINGTON, Oct. IS Copyright
l'2D.-Frevailins opinion to-day
among numbers Of the Cabinet and
others in touch with the railroad situ-
alton Is thar there VIII be no strike.
rhis Is based mostly on knowl.
edge that the labor leaders them
selves are not eager for n test OF
strength and that the railroad execu-
tivcs canna, afford 10 take an arbi-
trary attitude toward any compro-
mise solution that may be proposed.
Many u compromise Is being con-
sidered. The chances are that the
calling of the strike as protes,
AGAINST a second wage cut will lose
ita main justification when propo-
sal Is made that the Interstate Com
mcrce Commission and Railroad
Labor board be given an opportunity
TO work out a programme whereby
reductions In wages shall bc passed
en- to the consumer through chca per
freight rates.
A. 1t is now, the labor leaders ella m
the frst cut in wages of last July
wasn't passed on. The railroads
claim the wage cut wa sn't hig enough
to warrant a drOo In rates The
ST. Ike has been called mostly to pre-
vent a second cut The request for
second cut In wages, It is suspected
is largely the strategy of the railroad
executives in wishing to make sure
the acceptance u the first cut.
shippers organizations seem TO bt
placing as much blame on the United
States Railroad Labor Board as on
either OF the parties to the contro-
versy for the failure OF the railroads
to reduce rates. The Railroad Labor
Board, on the other hand. claims II
hasn't been able to operate single
handed, since it could not know how
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STOCKHOLM. Oct. lS---Julius Kron-
berg, widely known artist, died here
yesterday
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WILL MOBILIZE
AND ARM HER VOLUNTEERS:
PRISONERS RENEW bURN|NGS
Open Challenge to Sim Feln
Expected to Have Serious
Consequences.
CAMP RIOTS ON TODAY.
Outbreak at Spike Island Re-
peated, With More DeStruc-
ton by Interned Men.


BELFAST. Oct. Is Omitted lrcsS).--
Tho Ulster NuUutr, ,re are to he armed
and r,ob,,zca
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- nave -u9h serious l'nsequen III
1ali ard which constitutes an open
,halranr, in Si1u Trin has becr do
,,,o., ,.sp.,,.., ,-,,..,.o,,s,,
N Wa 'hn"'''c"1 ''-''N' o'3d"S'' u
tl'e Eritish rrlU~" tu Pro' 'ent irish Re
publican ir,,n.. drt,l#ny.
,,,,. ....,. ,.. ,,,. ,.,,, go, ror
N'''' ''' "" '"'
land has over known shoud pieaH
IN the negotiations cauS" ngh'ihs pe-
tween North ana South to begin CAIN
olics in Belfast have long been III ter
ror OF the day when Cnionist irregular"
should be mobiIized. and consider
able emigration southward across the
Boyne was expected to follow the
modifying OF the Volunteers.
out the night in the North Queen
street area, and as a result the riot
act forbidding assempiaGe OF more
than persons was again IN
force to-day.
In statement to-day, answering
assertions in the Irish Bulletin (Sinn
Feln's propaganda sheet that parti-
hon would gravcly lnjure Ulster. Sir
James Craig denied this adding:
''The six counties will hang to-
gether. Ulster les not a bargaining
factor in the situation. She cap
never be coerced."
LONDON, oct Is ASSOCIATED
Pressl 1.-THE revolt Of the interned
prisoners in the Spike Island camp
reported from Cork last night, is at
trIbuted in sim Fein quarters to al
di,io,s n, tho por, Islavl c,p,n in
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-10-18
Committee Passes BiII 10 Fund
Allies Debts.

WASHINGTON, Oct ls.-IFayorsble
report authorizing the creation OF a
commission to arrange for funding and
refunding OF the foreign debt was
ordered to-day by the House Ways and
Means Committee, The measure Is a
substitute for the Administration bill
which would have given the Secretary
of the Treasury blanket authority over
foreign debt negotiations
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PREDICTS WINTER
COLDER THAN LAST
New York Central Expert Bases
Forecast on 1921 Records.

Or, J.. II. Dudley, who has been fore.
casting weather for the New York Cen
tral Railroad for the last ten years. pre-
dicted to-day that the coming winter will
BE- much colder than that Of l920-2l.
Ills forecast he said, was founded upon
accumulated excess temperatures above
normal per month from Jan. l. 1921. 10
Sept. 30, regarding which he said
These temperatures are the highest
oil any OF the preceding ten years"
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FORMER KING LUDWIG
OF BAVARIA is DEAD
Crown Prince Rupprecht, War
Hero, Now on ''ThrOnc."

BERLIN, Oct. IS Omitted Press).-
Former King Ludwig OF Bavaria is
dead, it was announced here to-day.
Ludwig ILL.,, ex-KIng of Bavaria who
was seventy-six years of age. became
Regent In succession to his fathr, Prince
Lutpold, who died in 1912; he was pro-
claimed King in 1913. in succession to
his cousin King Otto, who was declared
incapable of ruling. owing to mental
infrmity.
The death OF ex-King Ludwig brings
to the throne" the present Crown
Prince Rupprecht, one of Germanys
war heroes, and the man the Monarchist
Party was believed to have in mind for
Emperor OF Germany If they gained
control of the country. Rupprecht was
the eldest son OF the late King Ludwig.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-10-18
DAHL EIREANN
SENDS NEW CONSUL
TO NEW YORK CITY
Joseph Connolly of Belfast. Ap-
pointed to Succeed J. L. FawSitt,
Now on Way Across.

BELFAST, Oct. 1S.-Joseph Con-
molly of Belfast has been appointed
Consul of the Dali Eireann in New
York. replacing d. l.. Fawsitt. who
has assumed a position under the
Dali Eireann's economic representa-
tive in America.
Mr.. Connolly sailed for New York
last Saturday,
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-05-29
Mayor of Brownfield Gives Advice

The following interesting practical and timely interview
given representative OF The News by Mayor Nc Of Brown
field gladly reproduced that Amarillo have the benefit
Of the suggestions contained therein.
"A and cities usually referred to in the feminine
gender Bownd neither exception this rule.
exception feminine modcsty We have sometimes felt that
amarillo has paid the respects beauty and virtues
merit She hasn't invited Of her parties Last year
Amarillo forth trade excursion but failed to call Brown
field While Eel, little Sighted modesty babe silence
Any commercial loss dscred that may attach - that
cason is Amarios for Browniied is real nice live
above the diversity OF her products above the
the size and wealth o her trade territory She kept her head
apvc the o War rog, and Deilaton without
ING for help she will rolling any town
in the State She growing beauty size and possessions She
j. complaining flirting. but il just pity
beautiful virgin become old maid for the Of attention
Fort Worth has her koaks Abilene few postcards.
and II Paso writes occasionally but Amarillo young
and handsome oweanyway dislike to person city
overlook opportunity s.t
e" am glad to note The amarillo News has put long pants
recognized its opportunity and assumed the leadership
panson and appreciate your call why every
citizen in the Panhandle and Plains country should he glad
To the building up good daily paper close home
1t seems here is joined opportunity and hope win be
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-05-29
GREAT MIN BEiIIyl m COP

Occasionally a man IN encountered
Who bulges with self esteem an eAAg
gcrated estimation OF his Own powers
OF intellect aud learning. who flaunts
his "l,hefs and 'disb,liei,' for the In.
spcctiou of hls fellows, not a few times
against their desires. such persons
seemingly Cunsld'r u "smntt' to du.
clare their hack ct belief lu Gud. IA Tho
spirit of god. They mlkr II known
That "s''i,n'" dl0gfr'.' with M" niLlo
HlurS uf creation. thst geological luru,A.
uon r,lgtes N, claim ~ -i,i,d history
az 20 dates aud other details. and that
"its all rlsht Tor the unthinklns To h..
lic,v such s,ufC This latter is With a
great showing Of coudcsconslon aud a
uairuniylng air.
IL such persons could g.t n closeup
II themselves. and behold tho hopeless.
ness ul their attitude, they Wuull have
an entirely different opinion ~ their
stand, II such II may b. termed. With
rcisrcnc, To matters ol godliness, II
must be- recalled that the greatest men
The earth has known. have hoen stt0nx
IN their faith IN God. II proves moth.
Ing that very. very few OF rather Ia.
,alllSent men have been unbelleyers--
40 exception here and there. and yet.
when a major number Of his remark
!. hlxs l.,.s ,.r..ut... lac. 49,. e..ii.......t
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-05-29
LEST We FORGET
ny PHEBE X. WARNER.

Toinorruw. May 10. In Memorial Day
throughout our nation. The day was
brought into being long years ago m n
day Ia honor our brave soldiers who
gav. their lives Ia their oountry'H cause
during the civil War. II mad. no dit.
ference which sid" they fought for.
They were all soldiers ana all fought
for what they thought was right. They
gave their lives IT, the caiiR. they be-.
li.y.d IN. u was a beautiful thought
that some one. "a Southern Woman.
gave Ia IN. world for the custom In
reaching around the whole world.
But most of us ~ today have been
born and reared since that sad day In
our country's history. should We for.
get our debt Ia those who fought our
battles for w cen before We were borng
Are you not glad that struggle was
over before your day2 Have We not
seen all the war We want 10 nee In our
lives even though II was fought thou.
sands ~ miles away And with the
memories ~ the late World War still
olinching olr hearts should We forget
the brav. men who have been lying In
their graves for more than half cen.
turyg when We look out on the world
On one ~ our big. bright sunny morn.
ings and see the flowers bursting into
bloom. the trees spreading their shady
branches out Ia shelter nv all. and hear
the birds singing NO cheerily nv they
build their homes for the new life that
will soon fill those little homes. we can
not keep from thinking ~ the happy
names II some mans and some dear
girl's heart that ncer came true. Why
Because IIE gave his life for me and
for YOU. should We forget And the
soldiers of the CiIl War did not all no
into the battles on tho field, For every
on- on the hattie field there were more
than onr left at home. For every father
IN the fight for our country In the army
there WIS little mother nj home flght.
INK m" battles ~ Nc" fer the children
who must be cared fee whether father
ever came hack ~ not. And then there
were the children uf the war. How
they stood by muthsr's side and helped
IL fight the home battles while father
was away. Just like the children did
three and four years ago when father
crossed the seas.
II was one of those children ~ the
Civil War that came into our home and
our lives after the war was over ana
after our own mother had lain down
the burdens ~ life and left q big family
of it'll" children fer another Ia love.
and rear. and care for. When she
should have been In school learning the
lessons that would have made life more
interesting for her for half "a century.
she was In the corn field and the potato
patch working In the boiling sunshine
To keep the little home together aud
help make living for those who were
left after all four ~ her brothers had
gone to the front. She worked all those
years that the soldier brothers might
have the little old hilly home To come
hack To; hut one of them never came
hack. And to-day they are all sleeping
beneath tho stars somewhere; some of
them IN one state and some of them In
another, Should We not remember
them On Memorial bay the same M the
soldiers who fought on the field? Many
IL those mothers and children IL the
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-05-29
"siore Burlnsss In government

The United States Senate on Tuesday
practically without opposition passed
the McCormick bill establishing a ma
tionai budget, system. A similar meas
urc has beeh reported tn the house.
where u " said 90 he certain of adopt.
lon. There IN little do,ib, that con.
ference viii iron out the differences and
carry the bill through for the presi.
dents signature very shortly. Thus
will the administration make good ~
policy of more business In govern.
meni."
II In an essential s'.p In the right 81.
rection. II will not eliminate all inef
.ticisDay .or all sxtravassnce and waste.
fulness In national expenditures. hut II
VIII az least fix responslhilit for such
expenditures. and will show where ex'
travagancc and waste are allowed to
continue. Under q budget system we
can NJ least isolate our errors and even
tually provide correctives.
Tn. British budget system offers an
Illustration. The report IL Austen
Chamberlain. chancellor of the ~.
cheguer 10 the house of commons last
Monday Tor the fiscal year Just ended
showed a surplus IL sSo. 100000 pounds,
only about is.0o0.000 less than was es'
timated year earlier. How long has
II been since the expenditures Of the
United States government were within
s?o. 100000 of an annual estimate. Con,
rress under the present system. would
faint AT the shock of u deficiency ap'
preparation hill calling for NJ small an
amount.
Yet. business can be- applied. ns
proved In England. The national bud
yet legislation here opens the way for
the firs, time for such application 81
business methods In America. The
house mus, not delay the good work.
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