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and all London flocked to see this por-
trait of the authenticated beauty, the
vaincst woman OF the eighteenth
century.
Al American criminal, Adam Worth,
I thought that so valuable a picture
could be made to serve his own per-
sonal needs. Raiding Agnew's one night,
he pasted tissue paper over the cam
vas. removed 1t from It's frame. rolled
it up and escaped with 1t under his
arm. He had no notion OF selling It.
He realized that he could never dispose
OF a painting so famous. But he was
short of funds and pal OF his was held
in prison awaiting $4,000 bail So
Worth wrote anonymously that should
Agnew meet his crony's bail. the pic
ture would be returned. To the GRIM
!nal the trick seemed certain TO Sue
ceed. But 1t did not work. Agnew re-
fused TO enter into any such arrange
ments
Worth was never caught. He hid the
portrait in the false bottom OF trunk
that was shipped to America and stored
in New York. Brooklyn and other cities.
Twenty-Five years later. when he was
on his deathbed, he returned it to Ag-
news, marVelously intact through an
immediately for $l50oo0. Today 1t Is
valued at several times that sum.
Romance surrounds many treasures
in the Morgan collection. Concerning a
wonderful piece OF jewelry which Mr.
Morgan acquired from Florentine no.
bleman, the following story is told by
the art expert. DR.. williamson
This jewel of enameled gold had
been made In the fifteenth century by
the renowned Renaissance artist. Chi
berti. II was stolen from Pictro de
Medici by Lorenzo the Magnificent.
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Whether or not Lorenzo actually did
the stealing himself or hired some
bullies to do so, we cannot discover.
In any case, II came directly into Lo-
renzo's possession and remained among
his heirs until 1t was sold TO Mr.. Nor
gan. No wonder Lorenzo coveted 1t.
The enameled goldwork is magnificcntly
done
Jewelry thieves should not be con-
fused with art thieves. The two types
are quite separate and distinct. Jewel
thieves are "second-story men" with
daring enough to attempt a big job,
Art thieves are moody criminals who
are capable Of being haunted by an
idea. They are often intelligently in
clined and endowed with rare imagi-
native powers. They might be called
"misdrected poets"
For example. last Summer a burglar
broke into the Metropolitan Museum
and made good his escape with six min
iatures painted on ivory. Among them
were CoSway's Miss Vaughan" and
Miss Wales" Englehaart's Lord Rob-
ert Fitzgerald" and Plimer's Frances
Courtney" Their combined value as
paintings was about 100000 and they
were framed In diamonds. Near them
was another miniature that was worth
Sl25.000. but In its frame no diamonds
blazed. Detectives at once assumed
that the burglar was not an art thief
that he wanted only the precious
stones. This theory was confirmed in a
few days when two OF the stolen frames
were found in pawnshop. where they
had been pawned for mere SIS apiece.
From these frames the exquisite minia-
lures had been recklcssly pried loose.
Doubtless they were destroyed. Not the
slightest trace Of them has ever come to
light
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Recently a New York gang tried a
new scheme to make art thieving
profitable. Unable to find either
fences" or customers for their pur-
loined treasures. they hoped TO create
a reward market. They began stealing
works of art for the big rewards that
might be offered. Perhaps they were
inspired by the Woolworth pearls ven-
ture--that necklace of wonderfully
matched pink pearls which was sue
cessfully returned, no questions asked.
Tor $4,000 cash. In any event. they
launched their scheme on grand
scale. with half a dozen different rob-
berries which netted them rarities
enough to start museum.
Then--through the curious secret
channels which criminals use-~they be-
gan to negotiate for rewards. They
communicated not only with the own
ers. but also with the insurance COM
panies involved. Quickly the police
commissioner cut these hopes short He
announced that any one offering re-
ward for these goods would be arrested
for compromising a felony.
What happened next?
Art stealing in Manhattan stopped
almost overnight. No great art rob-
berry has been attempted since
Perhaps the clevercst tactics ever at
tempted by art thieves were those en-
ployed many years ago in the stealing
Of Gainsborough's Duchess of Devon
SHIRE" now owned by Mrs. Herbert L.
Satterlee. daughter OF the late J. p.
Morgan. A few days before the theft
the picture had been put up at auction
in London and had been bought by
Agnew's for $4,000, the highest price,
at that time. ever given at an English
auction for a single painting Agnew
exhibited 1t at his fashionable shop.
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churches 10 adopt the Rurmau mission
and sustain JudSon In his arCuouS tolls,
Than he no Baptist has done more
for the cause Of Education, lie found
ed the Columbian College In the Dis
trict of Columbia. which he henevo~
lently intended, by It's central position
To ditfuSe knowledge, both literary 'and
religious. through these United States
And II, for want ot deserved patrunaAe
that unfortunate institution. which Mas
the special subject of his prayers and
tolls, for the last Is years Of his lite,
failed 10 fniflii the high purpose OF Its
founder, Yet the spirit of education
awakened hy his labogs shall accom-
plish his noble aim,
"tuther Rice
with a portly person and eon,mandinS
presence combined a strong and brill
liant intellect,
AS n Theologan. he was orthodox,
n Scholar. his education was liberal.
tie was an eloquent and powerful
Preacher, seit"aenylng and indetatl~
gable philanthloplst,
Ills frailtieS with his dust are en-
tonhed, and upon the Nails og Aioa
his virtues engraven,
"ay order Of the baptist Convention.
state ut South Carollna, this monua
ment 10 erected to his menoiS,"
special exercises IN observance cI the
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The most noted case of mutilation
was that Of Murillo's vision Of st.
Anthony" It was the largest canvas
ever painted by an old master, and was
the pride of the cathedral at Seville.
Murillo is called the painter OF
heaven" In his Vision Of st. Anthony
the skies have burst open and the in
fant Savior appears to the saint in the
midst of golden shaft Of sunlight
soft clouds. st. Anthony Is kneeling
and stretching out his arms to receive
the Child of God. Every stroke of the
brush in this picture is full Of beauty
and tenderness. The expression of the
saints face Is one Of intense yearning
and devotion. On the table is a vase
of white lilies, so realistically true to
nature that birds are said to have tried
to perch on them and peck them.
The painting was so much admired
that the Duke of Wellington sought to
buy 1t for 100000. Shortly thereafter
a thief ruthlesSly cut the figure of st.
Anthony from the rest of the picture
and left ragged hole in the canvas.
With this fragment he escaped TO
America A few weeks later he entered
the shop of New York art dealer, Of
fering to sell a small, newly framed
painting of kneeling saint for $3.50.
The dealer recogniZ: 4 the fragment,
bargained about the price until the po-
lice could be summoned and succeeded
in turning the culprit over to the Span
ish consul. Happily the canvas has
since been patched together so that the
piercing is scarcely detachable.
Religious compositions have especially
lured the art thieves. In the Metro
politan Museum today is a fifteenth
century Flemish panel-"The Risen
Christ Appearing to His Mother" by
Van der Weyden-~which was stolen long
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District Church. Almost Old Nation Observes Birhda
Bapts Held Washington Meeting Early Days Century
Foundations for First Baptist on-Noed Missionary Was Identified
With Work Here When Members We're Making Plans EXPANSION

on a lot IS by 81 feet was purchased
for S225, situated on the southeast cor
ner of Nineteenth and streets. Rev.
William Parkinson preached the dedi-
catory sermon and continued TO supply
the church. without salary. until 1904,
when ne declined reappointment as
chaplain Of the House Of Representa-
tives.
From 1904 until May 81, 1907. the
little church was dependent upon tenn
porary supplies OF visiting clergymen to
fill the pulpit. During 1907. Rev. Oba-
diah B. Brown OF Newark. ~ j., be-
came the first regular pastor Of th9
church. which then consisted OF n
members. His pastorate continued for
43 years. making 1t one OF the most
notable In the city as To duration, as
we'll as In other respects. He was
leader In all civic and educational en-
terprises and was incessant IN his
labor Of love for God and his fellow
man. being affectionately known IN The
Washington people as Father Brown"
or "Parson Brown"
The most noted Baptist of that time
in this country was Elder Luther Rice
He was sent out as a missionary from
the remarkable coterie Of young Con.
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first in the city. in 1919. and 1t was for
some years conducted as a union
school. the teachers being Of different
denominations. The colored children
were admitted to separate part of
the room (under the gallery.
The church membership had greatly
increased. and in 1888 the building was
taken over by eolored Baptists. The
church then moved TO another brick
building on Tenth street. between f and
+ streets, later TO become well known
III history as FordS Theater, where
President Lincoln was shot by John
Wilkes Booth, The building was first
used OH June 26, 1894. A union OF the
First and Fourth Churches was effected
In 1850. and the lattcr's handsome new
edilce on the cast side of Thirteenth
street. between q and IL streets. be-
came the church home. Rev. Isaac
Cole. pastor OF the Fourth Church. be-
came co-pastor with Rev. DR.. Hill.
In 1862 the building was struck by
tornado which demolished the lofty
steeple. the weight OF which. with that
OF the massive bell. crushed the roof
and side walls. Almost as soon as the
building was repaired 1t was taken over
by the Government as a hospital for
soldiers. as the Civil War was then In
progress,
The corner stone Of the present build
ing at Sixteenth and o streets was laid
In 1asa. and In 1890 was dedicated by
DR., c, A. Stakely
The list Of pastors who have served
the church Is: Rev. Obadiah II. Brown.
n
iaan-l 1860, Rev. DIR, George w. Samson,
la60-ia63, Rev, DIR, A, q, Gillette, lad3-
l86o. Rev, DIR, J. II, Cuthhert. 1880.
iaa7; Rev, Dr, Charles A, Stakely. 1897
1000, Rev. Df. Il, II. Pollard. acting pas
tor. l00O~lan2 Rev, Charles r. Winhig-
ler in02-lDO9. Rev. w. w. McMaStet.
l00D~iola. Rev, Dr. Henry Allen Tup-
per, iala-i0aa. and Rev, Samuel Judson
Porter, the present pastor,
ItiDER RICE who established the
first Sunday school here later went
to Edgefeld County. s, G., where he
died and where In a small cemetery to-
day II his tomb, The inscription on the
tomb Ia IA follows;
"heneath this marble are deposited
the remains OF Elder iluther Rice thorn
March aa. i7a3, died Sept, %, lsS6l, q
minister OF Christ Of the baptist de-
nomination. lie was u native Of RoN-
horo, Maaa,. and departed this life IN
Edgeiield district IN South Carolina.
In the death OF this distinguished sesv-
ant of the Lord Ii "A great man fallen
IN iarael'
''rhan he. perhaps no American has
done more for the great missionary en-
tefntise II Is thought the f1rst Ameri-
can foreign mission ON which he went
10 India. associated with Iudson and
others. originated with him. And II
toward ,hdson for 4 faithful version OF
Gods word; 50 they viii through gener-
ations To come Arise up and eall~~Rice
blessed For Il was hla eloquent ap-
peals for the heathcn ON his return to
America which rauaed our Baptist
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g of Great Masterpieces Has Always Been Profitless

She pinned II beneath her skirts and
escaped with 1t, taking train to
France. At Lyon this woman With
bulky skirts was detected by another
woman.
But the woman with nerve enough
to ROB a cathedral was not easily out
done She bargained and offered
half interest for aid In going free. The
second woman accepted. But, as 50
often occurs, chance intervened where
cunning seemed likely TO prevail: the
first woman remained convinced that
the only safe place for the picture was
beneath her dress. They had reached
Florence together, when a pin became
unfastened and one corner OF the can
vas dragged on the pavement. gen.
darme took notice. Whereupon the
| adventure Of the Correggio came to an
| abrupt end.
! Marshal Soult plundered Spain from
| one end to the other and temporarily
| transformed the war office into an
/ art gallery until he could install the
! pict1ireS In his home
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assisted IN the organization of the
church They we're Lewis Richards OF
Baltimore, Adam Freeman. William
Parkinson. chaplain of the House of
Representatives. and jeremiah Moore OF
Alexandria, Va, who preached ths
sermon
On The date Of organization of the
FIRST Baptist Church Thomas Jefer'
son. the third President of the United
states, was Ia Office and Congress was
holding s@cond session IN Washing
ten At that time The city had not
.ncmp9iated snd contained ieas than
1000 inhabitants. r street WAS IN
main thofouzhtafe and Pennsylvania
avenue was aU unimDf0Yed road.
Al the keoJnd meeting ai lie church
heId ~ the home Of Charles Rogers hn
Aslch IL 1909. steps were taken ~
/ erect house. NJ worship IN The
Autumn VI that yea A BRICK building
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ManCa PhnndRa sHavBen Art
CnntSM

ago from the cathedral at Granada and
never returned. From the Dresden
museum Correggio's Reading Mag
dalen" was stolen and later discovered
by accident under barn flooring. And
a. Holy Family" by Raphael taken
from private chapel In Rome, a gcner-
alton later was found by peasant in
his hayloft near Genoa. The peasant
knowing nothing about art. used II to
keep the wind from blowing through a
broken window.
Among the pictures painted by Fra
Angelica fa his monastery was the fa-
nous Madonna Della Stella" In 1911
this Madonna of the Star" which had
been conceived In plOuS solltude. was
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The Water porterS.

\ ROUND fountain IN one Of the
principal squares II Quito assemble
every morning the cisyS aguadcreS,
These water l,crters differ fSNM the less
eneIgettc ones cf Scu.e south American
cities III carrying tGselr lars accn theiy
backs instead " on ire backs ct mules
Their eartnen lara are aecr. have
Vide mouth ana ncid about Au ltteyS.
The p<Iter carries the lar ON his
shoulder, fastened with leather straps.
lie never detacheS himself nom his jar
either IL nh 1t or e. transfer It's ccn~
tents to that VI his customer, He turns
his back to the fountain so that the Jar
comes under one ot the Jets Of water,
listens to the sound Of the water IN the
jar and his ear II ~ we'll trained that
he ALWAYS walks away at the exact mo-
ment when II Is t,lled 60 the eEim,
Arriving at the house ct a customer
he aoeS to the household lar, maksA
deep bow and dtSappeaFS behind 4 tor
rent es water, FarelgnerS can never
receive without laughing tho visit et
their asuaSsoT, the reSpsetgu, mtle man
who eows 10 gaa behind n cataract oi
water.
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stolen from San Marco. The police got
on It's trail almost the first day. but the
robbers changed its hiding place so fire.
quently that by the time the police
would raid one den the masterpiece al
ready would have been moved to an
other. When the thieves were at last
surrounded they planned a final coup.
AS the Gordon Of police lined up around
the house the rogues decided to send
one OF their gang TO run the gantlee
after nightfall with the canvas under
his coat
II the gendarmes fred they would
riddle THE Madonna of the Star"
Bu: the gendarmes did fire-blank
cartridges! In the excitement the
gantlet runner dropped the picture: an
officer leaped to save it: others caught
the fugitive, and the gang inside sur
rendered.
The strangest tale OF all concerns
the woman who went into the Madrid
Cathedral and cut from its frame a
Madonna and Child" by Correggio
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BY MALCOLM VAUGHAN.

1NCE rare MASTERPIECES began to
sell at half million dollars each.
some of the brainieSt crooks in
~ Europe and America have turned
themselves into art students.
They have found out exactly what sort
of art is at present the most valuable.
They have taught themselves the COR
rect method of slipping picture from
its frame, and how. in case Of extreme
hurry. to cut the frame away with the
least damage to the picture They have
even learned such small details as that
thin paper must be pasted over paint
ing-and with special kind Of glue
If the canvas is to be rolled up with
out injury.
No one imagined that Henry c. Ghig-
eeri, who was witty at conversation.
nonchslant in manner and popular
with the women. would one day be
called the scholar behind the most
scholarly art theft ever accomplished
IN America, Today he awaits trial on
an Indictment charging him with crim-
inally receiving $lc6000 worth Of art
objects stolen from the collection of p.
jackson Higgs.
The thieves that forced their way
into the Kiggs gallery had the knowl-
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~ II J4ly !, 1901. IN the Museum.
Washington newspaper II
sha. tsu4e appeared The fol-
loving notice The FeY Ri
Eicnzfdt ot tile Baptist Church
- Baltimore viii preach IN the Treas
ury Cf!cs next Sunday" The uss N
3 Coyernsneut building ~as tbs eslstom
O. tIat tine
Tia, was the first stated meeting u
Eaptikss ;n Washington rs 81 olii'
prowlh ~ that meeting "A Baptist
church, c9nA.s4iDg u siz Hsn,bcfs ~ae
organized en MsFcn T. is9l. jn . phi
ssN flq4se ghfa& members were
Ensrles Pe9le I'OiE Cephss Foz.
Charles Rogers jain Euichan. Joseph
Eorgows and 8is #ife Sarah EyTrpv2.
That vas the formation u what is
uftN the Ftrst EaDtisi Church III this
ri,y snd ii8 i2stn anniversary Nss %"
ssItce isst salndfs
,Fo,u ,n.n!2tets Hets present sn9
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They knew what to steal! And they
had planned to steal great DEAL for
they had gathered into a central pile
everything of value In the gallery Sud-
denly frightened, each grabbed up an
armful and fed, Among the treasures
they grabbed were an early Flemish,
painting. Alteration of the Christ
Child" by Mabusc; two tapestries. ono
Gobclin in gold and silver thread de-
picting Louis XIV at the Siege Of
Ions" and marvellous statue attrib-
uted to Cellini. This latter piece was
valued at 100000. It is believed TO be
the only silver statue which survives
from the Renaissance Of Italy.
y X
VALUABLE works of art are widely
known. They arc so thoroughly
well known that. possessed by the
wrong person, they are as incriminat-
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ing as blood-covered hands. They cry
out that they are stolen goods.
What. then. could be done with the
stolen treasures Ghiggeri is alleged to
have received? Nothing but hide them
in storage It was in storage that
detectives found them.
They had been splendidly taken care
Of Moth balls were rolled up In the
tapestries. The paintings were covered,
first with tissue paper. then with silk.
The bronZes were bundled In WOOL And
wrapped in soft flannel was the
precious statue wrought by the bold.
bad. noble goldsmith. Cellini
Thieves think that stealing works OF
art ought to prove profitable. The idea
has long looked attractive TO them.
It has attracted many. fascinated
many. iured many forth to thefts that
were shrewdly accomplished. Yet the
idea still remains unworkable. It has
never paid any Of them a penny. The
brilliant burglars have merely commit
ted the supreme folly OF their lives.
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edge Of connoisseurs They strolled
calmly from foo to floor critically Sc
lecting the rarest works of art in the
place. As they walked about making
their choice they may even have stroked
their nlustaci1es meditatively-as Is the
custom among connoisseurs-and arch
ed their eyebrows with sudden dis
pleasure or delight.
Certainly these gentlemanly burglars
turned up their noses at a handsome
though inexpensive painting which only
a critic could have distinguished from
genuine Rembrandt. But the picture
next 70 it they removed from the wall
a S25o.0o0 Madonna and Child" said
10 be by Raphael and resembling the
celebrated version in the Widener col
lection. They pushed aside an ex-
Quisite though unimportant pair OF
csndlesticks 10 take an engraved Gin
cuecento inksisnd like one in the Nor
gan collection. From large variety of
sculptures they picked only the finest
pieces.
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Reproduced 10y courtesy of Rudolf 1-scA

Among these masterpieces were IS
by Murillo. On one OF theSe--tne
world-renowned Our Lady Of the I'm
maculate Conception" now hanging in
the Louvre-Marshal Soult set eSpe-
cial value because, he said, 1t had saved
the lives Of two very estimable priests.
An aide-de-camp. privately explaining
his chiefs remarks. addsd: The story
is quite true. The marshal threatened
to shoot the priests on the spot If they
refused to give up the picture!"
Every one knows of the theft Of
Mona Lisa" But few people know
that 1t was a New York art dealer,
F. Kleinberger. who found the painting
in Florence and led TO its recovery.
Still fewer persons know that the
Mona Lisa" which was returned TO
her place III the Louvre was until q
month ago believed by many authori-
ties 10 be fake A few weeks ago
the canvas was X-rayed and its pig
ments analyzed by chemists. Happily
IL proved original.
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anniversary were held last Sunday un-
der the direction ct Rev, Or, Samuel
ludaon Porter. the present pastor.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-11-30

krajania 20 Spisskych Vlachov tn
Ohio sa akosi vSetci nanovo So
basia, lebo toto bolo uz sieste strie
borne veselie, ktoreho som sa SUI
castnil (bar by to bolo kazdn ne
dePu.) Pravda, ze niekedy Glove
ka toho al hlava bolt, niekedy
sa dostavia al insie nasledky -
ale mic to. Clovek len mech ma
zdravy fundament, talk uz to Wy
drzi. - Ably som ale nezabudnul,
ma terajsej striebornej .svadbe p.
Vydumansk6ho, po dobrej veceri
rozpridila sa vol ma zabava i ta-
nee. No, moja harmonika mala
tam Ease pracu. Slovenske trav-
nice len sa tax sypaly. Pan Stefan
Dolny, kmotor, a p. Jan Balaz, "a
Sc sused p. Vydumanskeho sa v
ten cas- cltili ako 2O-rocnf suhaji,
lebo vsetky dievcata a zenicky do
okola povykrncali. No, a tax to
ma al byt'. Clovek ked' je ma ho-
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-11-30
FEDERACIA PRACE IA
MENEJ PRLSTAHOVALCOV
AL Jolson,
Chyrny Komediant
a Spevak

Americka Federacia Prace
vydrziava konvenciu v new Or.
leans, La, ma ktorej vynesena bo.
la rezoldcia "a este prisnejsie OBJ.
medzenie prist 'ahovalectva, neil
je terajsie. Federacia ziada Wy.
NEST prist 'ahovaleck6 kvoty ME
len pre- Europu a Aziu, ale al pre-
Kanadu a Juznd Ameriku. Odo-
vodnuje to co raz to vacsim pre-
bytkom robotn1ctva. ktore je Wy.
tiskane prace modernymi W.
robnymi strojami.
Federacia, ktora v poslednych
rokoch vel mi upadla ma clenstve,
usniesla sa prevadzat silnl kan
pan "a move clenstvo. Chce behom
roka pocet svojho clenstva zdu-
plovat'. Pocet dobrestojacich Gle
nov Federacie koncom augusta
1923 boil 1888, 913.