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cipal Court, In washington. The
case before him was the disputed owner
ship Of Buddy, a handsome and intelligent
Eskimo dog.
Mr. Keeley Morse, proprietor of a well
known millinery shop in Washington,
swore positively that he had bought the
dog, and he was backed up by many wit
nesses. And yet no less a parsonage than
MatorGeneral Eli A. HelmiCk, Inspector
General of the United States Army, sup
ported by the testimony Of his wife and
daughter. Florence Helmick, swore that
the dog belonged to him.
There was no question in the mind OF
Judge Kimball that both claimants OF the
dog we're perfectly sincere. Mr.. Morse
called his dog Prince; General Helmick
called the dog Buddy. Were there two
different dogs, one named Prince and the
other named Buddy, and was 1t possible
that General Helmick and his wife and
daughter were mistaken in thinking they
recognized in the shopkeeper's dog Prince
their own missing Buddy?
The evidence seemed to be about equal
ly balanced. There was only one remain
ing thing to do-to call the dog and let
him testify.
"There is one thing in this world you
cannot buy. and that's the wag of dogs
tall" the old humorist, Bill Nye, once
said.
A dog does not need to be sworn under
oath. There is no need to cross examine
him. The testimony of the witnesses for
plaintiff and defendant may be open to
question or suspicion, but the wag OF the
tail of a dog is incapable of perjury.
And now call the dog" His Honor
commanded the court officer. The animal
had been held in confinement in Judge
4 imbalrs private room while the testi-
mony was being taken in the court room.
In another moment the court officer re-
turned leading the dog by the collar.
Officer and animal approached the wit
ness stand and suddenly the dogs ears
rose and his nostrils quivered as he EVIL
IDENTIFY caught a scent which was familiar
and grateful to his keen senses. With a
turn of his head and a swish Of his tail
the animal bounded to the chair where
Mrs. Helmick sat, and raising his forepaws
to her knees pressed his nose 10 ner
cheek and licked II. while the delighted
animal continued TO wag his tail with en-
thusiastic Joy.
All eyes in the court room turned to the
face of Judge Kimball, and His Honor, his
gaze still fixed upon the affectionate dem
onstrations of the dog, at once awarded
the animal to General Helmick. Buddy
had settled the case by giving unequivocal
evidence which turned the scale.
The dog is about half the size of we'll
grown collie. He is all white, with long
hair and pointed ears-the breed common
" known as Eskimo dog But a wet, y
summoned as a witness by Mr.. Morse, tes-
tjfed that from his knowledge and expert
ence he could state that the dog was not
IN Eskimo dog, but was a dog"
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mongrel IL the dog were not really mine?
You bet he is my dog, and mean to get
him back If l have to carry the case to
the Supreme Court"
Somewhere in the dispute a mystery
los hidden. There can he no question Of
the sincere belief of KeelCy Morse that
the dog belongs 10 him; tho lIolmiCks arc
equally sincere in their conviction that
he is their dog.
Are Buddy and Prince one dog or two
dogs? Sherlock Holmes. with all the EVIL
dence in the case before him, would surely
find the problem puzzling
In the meantime, while the question
pends, Miss Florence Hemick has posses
sion Of the dog. His eyes are as bright
his nose as brown, and the hair on his
back as 1uffily erect as ever, When any
tody comes to the front door he runs for
ward with cheerful bow.bow of greeting
and expects his salutation to be returned
with a petting.
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ant. defendant in the case, Mr.. Keeley
Morse, has not yet had his side
of the case fully presented to the
readers.
Undoubtedly It is his honest belief that
the dog is not Buddy at ALL but his own
dog Prince In fact. he knows 1t, and he
brings Witnesses to prove it--personS OF
unimpeached reputation, who swear that
they saw the animal in Morse's shop AID
in his possession before the date on which
Buddy disappeared from home.
Kelley Morse, at the trial, testified that
he bought the dog from peddler on the
18th of October, 1891, in New York, at the
corner of Thirty-fourth street and Fifth
avenue. He paid $62 or $72 for it-he
doesn't remember which-took no memor-
andum Of the transaction from the ped
dler and brought the dog to WASHINGTON
the following day. He kept II in his place
of business, the millinery shop on F
street.
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Mr.. keeley Morse, Who Still Insists
That the Dog Is His and Will
Appeal the Decision to the
Supreme Court.

bought him in New York. Miss Hclmck
was politely invited into the shop to dis.
Cuss the matter, but argument led to moth
ing, and finally the Young lady drove away
without the dog.
She promptly appealed to her father
and the General, very indignant went to
see the young man in the millinery shop
who had said that his name was Kelley
Morse. He threatened to have Mr.. Morse
arrested; but against this course he was
advised by his attorney, who suggested
that the object in view would be better
accomplished by obtaining a writ Of re-
plevin. This was done, the writ charging
Mr. Morse with the wrongful retaining Of
the plaintiffs chattcl-tO wit, one white
Eskimo dog"
This brought the affair into the Munci.
raj Court General TIolmiCk testified that
the dog was lost or stolen November 6,
1921. He said that he was able TO fix the
date so definitely because it was on that
day that he attended the memorial cere-
mony at Arlington, and, on returning
home. found the dog missing.
The General said that he was able to
identify the dog by his eyes. which are
exceptionally bright: by the brown color
OF his nose, by slight discolor-
alton Of his back. and by a fluffy erect.
ness Of the hair on that portion Of his
anatomy
Mrs. Helmick. her daughter, Florence.
and also her son, testified to the same
eject, asserting that the dog was unques-
ICl 1870 nv
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Supreme Court.

tionably their dog Buddy.
A photograph Of the ami
NAL, taken with Miss Hell
mick. was shown to the
court.
Then was called the star
witness, who came bounding
into the courtroom with his
bushy tail awag and gave the
evidence which determined
the verdict, as already said.
Rut Stay, The other claim
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sold. Months passed, and
there was no news OF lost
Buddy.
Then. one fine day, Miss
Florence Helmick. riding
down town in her car. saw a
dog which looked remarkably
like Buddy in front of a shor
on F. street. She stopped the
car and called to him. Tho
dog came frisking up to hel
and responded with affection
ate delight to her pettings. Il
was surely Buddy himself.
But a moment later a rather
stout young man came out Of
the shop. a place where hats
were sold, and expressed as
tonishment at her claim that
the dog was her property.
He said that the dogs name
was Prince and that he had
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Naturally. the decision runle6 MI.
Morse's feelings considerably. It
was not the end of the matter, how
ever. Mr.. Morse has carried the case
to the Court of Appeals, with an ap-
pliCatiOn for a writ of error.
The application asserts:
GD That no evidence was offered
to identify the dog as the HelmiCk's
dog other than their mere say so.
C2) Tha. the court erred in admit
ting as evidence a photograph OF
Buddy, submitted by General Hell
mick. without showing when or by
whom it was taken.
(3l That the real owner of Buddy,
Miss Florence Helmick, was not a
party 10 the suit.
(D That the day mentioned by
General Helmick as the date of the
ceremony at Arlington was not the
correct date, the ceremony in ques-
tOin having been held not on Novem-
ber 6, but on November II.
Other claims of error by the lower
court were added to these.
Thus the case stands at this writ
ing. And Kelley Morse says: "Is It
my dog? / ask you, would be likely
to go to all this trouble and employ
an expensive lawyer to defend my
rinhtc in q mutt that Imam Ia hn n
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the court to throw the suit overheard and
enter judgment in Morse's favor, on the
ground that the plaintiff had failed to es
tablish any right or interest in the dog
But this motion was overruled by Judge
Kimbal who decided in favor of the
Plaintiff, General HelmiCk, as already
stated.
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Photograph Of the Dog-Is He
"Buddy" or Is He Both Buddy"
and "Prince?"

A ND now call the dog said Judge
"A Edward B. Kimball, in his NUM-.
= cipal Court, in Washington. The
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timentality, without any sort Of the
atrical posing. The Jew is sitting
down quite simply looking in front
of him. Yet we find in his wistful
eyes which are looking far into the
distance, in his solitary self, all the
sorrows and the sufferings, all the
experience of our sorely tried people
throughout the ages, and maybe even
ray of hope for a brighter future.
Of this picture we may assert with
justification that it is absolutely out
of the question that a non-Jewish
well. 1t is my profound conviction
that it is impossible for non-Jew
to express as much Jewish emotion
as we find in this work, which is sat-
urated from the first to the last stroke
of the brush with the Jewish spirit.
1t is true, of course, that we find
Dutch influences in this picture as we
do in all of Israels' works. There are
particularly strong traces Of Rem
brandt, but the dominating note, and
this is the important note, is Jew
ish. We will admit without further
argument that every modern Jew is
influenced by his education and his
environment. If this influence is
stronger than his Jewish feeling, he
produces works of art similar to non
Jews, which is what happens in most
cases. On the contrary, however,
when the Jewish soul is more power
full than the influences received by the
artist in the land Of his birth, then
we are justified in saying that we are
in possession of work which can
be termed really Jewish. In the case
of the overwhelming majority of our
artists it is extremely difficult to
point to the Jewish element in their
work, as in the case of the great ar
fist. Max Liebermann, who is the tow
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more obscured than it was previously.
First of all, we have to determine
what is Jewish art. All the errors
which have been made by those who
have considered the question are to
be ascribed to the fact that they have
interchanged two ideas-art created
by Jews and Jewish art. A work of
art created by a Jewish artist be-
longs to the spiritual possessions of
our race if it shows qualities which
belong exclusively to the Jewish soul.
In other words, those works are to be
have been created by Jews and which
express the emotions, the passions,
the life of our people as only Jew
can express them. People have often
referred to works picturing scenes
out Of Jewish history, Jewish types,
Jewish family life, etc., as being Jew
ish art. But here, too, there is a
fundamental error due to a super
ficiality of thought regarding this most
difficult psychological problem. When
a Jew produces something on sub
ject of this kind it should be defined
Notwithstanding the subject as Jew
ish art only when it exhibits some
specifically Jewish feeling originating
in the Jewish soul.
AS an example Of what I would
honor with the description of Jewish
art, I will mention the famous mas
ter work, "a Son Of an Ancient Peo-
ple," by the Dutch painter Josef Is
raels, indisputably one of the great
est painters of the last century. The
painting depicts Jewish secondhand
dealer in street in Amsterdam, sit
ting in front of his shop which is
packed full Of old clothes, twisted
candlesticks, umbrellas and all sorts
of fotsam and jetsam. This simple
subject has been treated without SEN
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dealing with the Jews achievements
in the plastic arts is widely known
Jewish painter of Germany, who has
devoted at least as much time to the
affairs of his people as to his art
Editor. 81
There are ancient prejudices which
appear to be justified only by con-
slant repetition. One of these is the
assertion that Judaism is antagonistic
to art, but constant repetition has not
made the assertion any more correct.
People are fond of supporting it with
: the quotation from the Bible: "Thou
shalt make no craven image" and
they deduce from it very shortsight-
eddy and very specifically that Jew
ish law prohibits all artistic activity.
1t is clear, however, to every thinking
person who really studies the Tai
mud, the Shulchan Aruch and the vast
mass of Response literature of the
great Jewish scholars that the Bible
prohibition is only intended to put a
stop to idol-worship and not to the
creation of works of art on ornamen-
tai or other aesthetic grounds. On
the contrary, we see that in the ear
Hest period of our national life ap-
piled art had already attained
flourishing position among the Jews.
In Exodus, chapter 81, it is written:
"And the Lord spake unto Moses, say
ing, See have called by name Bezalel
the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the
tribe of Judah: And I have filled him
with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and
in understanding, and in knowledge,
and in all manner of workmanship,
to devise cunning works, to work in
gold, and in silver and in brass, and
in cutting of stones, to set them, and
in carving Of timber, to work in all
manner of workmanship"
With divine inspiration thus estab-
lished as the motive of artistic activ-
ity, we can on no account accept the
dictum that Jewish law is antagon-
istic to art. The Bible describes with
loving elaboration the details Of the ar
tistic work which was used in building
the Tabernacle and later in erecting
the Temple. If DIRECTORS point out
that King Solomon employed Phoeni-
clans in the erection Of the Temple.
we must remind them that Hiram of
Tyre, the Phoenicians' master builder,
who supervised the construction of
the Temple, was the son of Jewess
of the tribe of Naphtali. 1t follows
then from these historical considera-
lions that the Jewish people possessed
both original artistic abilities and the
desire to put them to use. This is
clear also in the case of the Jews of
modern times. There is evidence for
it in countless wonderfully illustrated
bibles and other manuscripts, in the
glorious golden and silver vessels of
old synagogues, the architectural
beauty of many houses of prayer, and
a host of applied art productions now
treasured in the Museum Cluny in
Paris, in the Jewish museums in
Vienna and Jerusalem and in num-
Der of private collections.
Since the days of the Emancipation
when the walls of the Ghetto fell down
and the Jews were allowed to move
about freely, there have been in all
civilized countries slowly but con-
stantly growing number of Jewish
artists. It is not my place to speak
here of the large and indisputable
activities Of Jews in the spheres of
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school, as Israels was for four decades
the recognized and honored head of
Dutch art. Max Liebermann, who was
born in Berlin in 1847, where he is
resident, is the pioneer of modern art
in Germany. He brought to Germany
the modern conception of art created
by the Impressionist movement in
France and aided them to achieve their
victory in Germany. His master
works are the greatest treasures of
the German museums and private col
lections and he is the honorary presi-
dent of the Secessionists (Indepen-
dents) and the president of the Acad-
envy of Arts in Berlin. Lesser Uri, who
was born sixty years ago in the small
town Of Birnbaum in the province of
Posen, must be recognized as one of
the greatest colorists in Germany.
After life of denial and struggle he
has achieved universal recognition and
admiration; and the Berlin Seces-
sionists who have elected him an hon
orary member have had wonderful
exhibition of his works.
1t is particularly significant that
the Jewish artists of Germany mostly
belong to the camp of the moderns.
For example, the painters, Ernst OPP
pier, Joef Oppenheimer and Eugen
Spiro. The well-known etcher Erich
Wolfsfeld is professor at the Acad-
envy of Arts in Berlin.
The Modern National Gallery in
Berlin and other important collections
in Germany contain the works of
Franz Marc who died at the front, an
important, highly sensitive artist both
in line and pigment. He was the
much-admired leader of the EXPIRES
sionist movement, and has expressed
his views on art also in series of
extremely interesting writings.
While Liebermann has been battling
for modern art in Germany, Ernst
Josefsohn in Stockholm has been the
pioneer of Swedish painting. He has
not, however, the good fortune of
Liebermann and did not live to see
himself recognized. He lost his rea-
son and died after eighteen years of
confinement in an asylum in Stock
holm. His works which previously
were with unfailing regularity re-
jected from every exhibition to which
they were sent, are now the most val
liable treasures of the museums and
private collections in Sweden. His
masterwork, "The Divinity of the
Stream" is in the possession of Prince
Eugen of Sweden who himself an ex-
cellept painter, is the greatest adj
mirer of Josefsohn and has reserved
for him the place of honor in his pal
ace in Stockholm.
In France, too, we had Jew among
the pioneers of modern art, the great
landscape painter, Camille Pissarro,
who has immortalized French land
scape in his wonderfully luminous
paintings. 1t is sad to recall that he
was so poor that he himself had to
make the shoes for his large family
of children and that he attained rec
IGNITION only after his death.
In America, there are number of
talented Jewish artists at work, some
of them being originally from Eastern
Europe Moses Ezekiel, the highly
gifted sculptor, has gained great
name for himself in America.
: In Austria, Isidor Kaufman who
died recently achieved great fame
with his mastery, deeply-felt and
lovingly executed pictures of Jewish
Il
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RoTARlANs ENJOY OYSTER
ROAST At CAMP LET'S

washington Rotarians and their
families yesterday journeyed to
Camp Let's, near Annapolis. where
they were guests at an oyster roast
put ON by William Knowles Cooper.
president of the club.
A baseball game. with DR.. Frank
W. Ballou, superintendent Of
schools as umpire, was a feature
Of the days program.
Fifteen bushels Of oysters and
many crabs were consumed by the
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BANKS CLEAR :.
S|xb|LLIONS
FOR THE WEEK
By cesnopolitan Now. Service.

= NEW YORK. Oct. 14.--Bank clear.
ings at leading cities Of the United
States for the week ending October
70 n holiday week.. as reported to
Bradstreet's Journal. aggregate s6,.
31e, ,s02.O00, q loss of 1877 per cent
from last week, but q gain Of 1853
Der cent over this week last year., :
Outside Of New York the total is
s2,601 500 900, q decrease of 13.2 pr
cent from last week, but an increase
of las per cent over this week last
year.. New York shows q rise Of 16.s
Der cent over last year.
Thirty-seven cities report gains
over last year, while five exhibit
losses. Chicago reports q gain Of
11.2Sper cent; Boston, II per cent;
san Francisco, 1919; Cleveland. III;
Detroit, 1873; Los Angeles, IS, and
Minneapolis, 81. per, cent.
Business failures for the week end
ing October II number 366. which
compares with 314 last week, $40 in
the like week Of 1921: 173 in 1920;
s5 IN 1919, and 175 in 1918.
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(Batnrdays)

Egss-strictiy fresh. seisoted esnAisd
per dos. pee; sysr.se reesipss. y
Live pouitry-keosters, Per fb., 1e.
turkeys, per ID. -sS;' spring chickens -
10. ss3se; Keats youns, each. ssssel
prcs:sd poultry - Fresh killed win.e,
ehlkens, per :ie., ss0ss; hens. per 10.
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lambs. choies. per H. isB; live hem
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Ksis. sssIiL L..ssos, Pssr crate g So g.
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Local Stocks.

Capital Traction SIS, s5.ooo@ss,
81. .ooo@ss, s5.ooo@ss' $5,oooGss'
81, ,00099s. =. ..
washington Railway and Electric
4's, 81, ,000@74x.
Capital Traction, 4@1o2%. :.
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Potomac Electric Genl. and Ref.
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HANDsTEEL
ST0CKsLEADIN
RISING GN|ARKET
Speculative Enthusiasm at
High Pitch In Short
Session.
ny w. 8. COUSINS.

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NEW YORK. Oct 14.-Specular
uve enthusiasm was at a high pitch
and stocks were marked up still
higher at the opening of the market
today, while in the period OF
feyertsh grasping for speculative
tavorites. which In many cases fol-
! lowed, prices were pyramided to
the highest point In the current
year
Some Of the most common names
m the active list were includedS In
the tabulation of record breakers
IN 1899 prices today, these including
United States Steel, + Mexican
Petroleum, American Can, Coca
Cola. American Locomotive, and
industrial Alcohol. r.a
Oh stocks made wide forward
swings on their initial prices, and
steel etoc1Es were buoyant. Rubber
and tire stocks made further re-
opono0 to the efforts that are be-
inefsmSde to stabilize the industry
by sths restriction of crude rubber
production, Rails were not 40 ac-
tive but prices In all of the active
stocks showed a moderate i'm
prorement. -s' 80.
with the exception of Hendee.
which continued its reactionary
course motor stocks were In ex.
eslleht form, the buying Of Stude-
baker being prominent feature.
Hehdee was sold on publication OF
~ report for the year ending
Aasnst. 1929. showing a loss of si'-
United states Steel push e d
through ! 100. by which feat II ex.
oeededs It's best price record Tor as
Tar back "a 1919, In which year II
rose to 115M. The intervening period
Il sold at LOO high. in 1920. and at
70A, low. in 1921. The rise In steel
common was the signal for spirit
cd advance in the independent steel
stocks, and Gulf States sold up from
o. to above %. Republic up 2 to 81 u;
Beth. .B" to TIN; Lackawanna
New Jersey OIL shot it's bolt in the
first few minutes, for after its open
Ing at. 22O It sagged to continually
lower figures, selling down to 215.
The samekmight, be said for Mexican
Petroleum. which surged along TO
z01& for. d Atart, and wasscoinpara-
tively fquiesceiit at around EOS dur
ing the first hour. In tine second
hour II was under selling pressure
and sold 10 20f. - = ...
.Ailis- Chalmers was offered In
quantity and sold down 3points to
6a1b on pubfication Of It's statement
for fhe quarter ended June 30. .922s
which showed net earnings Of only
4 cents share on the common.
General Electric, on the othet. hand,
was In good demand Throughout the
session and sold up steadily from
182h< to 18TH.
Cuban sugar stocks were not at.
fected by the reports Of probable de.
cline IN the market prices OF raw
sugars.
The list was unsettled toward the
close by profit-taking sales. which
were most apparent in the oils and
industfiais, Rails held steady in the
final period. = ...El
The bond market was fairly active
and steady with, few important. price
changea Sterling exchange was
higher and Continental exchanges
irregular. Cotton and wheat were
steady.
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