Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1923, Page 35

FIGHT SAVES TOWN FROM FORESTFRE 145 Forest Rangers in Min- |F aked Statuary { Charge Denied by Mugseum Expert By the Associated Press. 3 NEW .YORK, June l.—Edward Robinson, director of the Metro- politan Museum and authority on all art subjects, today disputed cable reports that 20 per cent of the Gothic statuary in the museum THREAT OF LASH GONE, CONVICTS REFUSE WORK Florida Camp Bosses Report Re- volt Spreading in Ranks of Workers. By the Asspriated Pre TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 1.—The first “reactions” from Florida's con- MOTHER AND 3 DROWN. Boat Overturns During Crossing of River in Nova Scotia. YARMOUTH, N. 8., June 1.—Mrs. Edward Hatfleld and three of her children, the oldest seven, were drowned_in Tusket river at Forks Quinan, Yarmouth county, when & boat in which they were crossing the.stream was oyerturned. e OLDEST DAILY PAPER SOON OUT OF BUSINESS Munsey Announces New York Globe and Advertiser Will Merge ‘With Sun Monday. NEW YORK, June 1.—The oldest daily newspaper be mergép with the New York Sun, already owned and published by Mr. Munsey. Mr. Munsey's announcement, made in the form of a statement to readers of today's Globe, said. “For the present the name of the consolidated paper will be the Sun and the Globe. Later the name will be simplified, but at the outset of the consolidated paper it is important that both names be used in full.” The Globe and Commercial Adver? tiser was founded in 1793, —_——— DIES IN DIVING SUIT. State Official Drawn Lifeless From Water. Arnold R. es for the ‘state, died while submerged 1n & diving Buit i ‘the Connecticut river. Doe, who is said to have had little experience in diving, asked divers working from a barge to be allowed After he had beén down about twenty minutes and had giveér no signal, the men. drew him up,.and after taking,, off the diving suit found him dead. It'* is believed he suffered from anm In- ternal hemorrhage. The diving suit was said to have been in good condition and the air supply perfect.. . A Touch of Nature. From the Bostos Transeript. viet reform of banning corporal pun- ishment were reported to the com- missioner of agriculture from three sources and in telegrams and letters. . A. Ewing. president of the West Florida Naval Stores Company of Pensacola. which leases county con- vie under a practice that will be olished Japuary 1, told the commis- sioner that his hired prisoners were refusing to work.’ Similar reports were made by several wardens. Ap- parently the commissioner’s order di- recting that no more prisoners be whipped, in line with legislation re- cently enacted, has just reached these camps, it was stated, and its effect is being felt. Generally unsatisfactory conditions among the convicts were reported in each case. “The men are laying down,'yaccording to the reports, while in some instances they had cursed the guards. The commissioner instructed is spurious. z “I feel perfectly safe,” said Mr. Robinson, “in stating that the charges 'are incorreet. 1 have never, heard of L. Cornillon, the Parls art dealer, who doubts the authenticity of our exhibits, and until he makes specific _charges naming certaln pleces which he believes to be fakes, 1 cannot take Iiim_seriously. . Everything bought by the Metropolitan is very care- fully investigated beforehand, and judged as to its authenticity and its artistic value by experts. The charges made in Paris by Cornillon state that a certain French dealer, whor he does not name, has for vears succeeded in selling bogus Gothic statues to museums both_in this country and in ‘Europe. When remonsirated with by Cornillon the dealer is said to have replied that the fakes were good enough “for these dirty Americans. An investigation has been start- ed In Paris by the society to safe- guard French art, according to re- | commissioners of public institutions ports, and the charges will be |could promulgate substitute regula- thoroughly sifted tions for the whi Black mamba, a poisonous snake of South Africa, travels so fast it ca keep pace with a galloping horse. nesota Check Advance of Flames. to go down into the river. A diving| “One never hears a breath of scan- suit was put on him and he was low- {dal about Alice.” ered about forty feet to the bottom. “Why? Hasen't she any friends? Lo they are if they knew .how to go|A. unsey, who . ought the paper a about it. few days ago. On that date, it will By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., June 1.—The, for- est fire situation in the vicinity @ White River, Ontario, and in north- ern Minnesota is better today, accord- ing to reports reaching here. Dying down of the winds and heroic efforts by townspeople saved White River temporarily yesterday and last night, although the town, menaced for several days, is not safe yet. In Minnesota the fire near Wilson lake, at the boundary of the Superior national forest. has been checked by 145 state and national forest rangers after threatening to advance into the forest. Town-Ready to Flee. At White River preparations for flight in_a train of box cars have been made. Yesterday scores of persons moved their belongings to the rall- g residents even| that the men be put in solitary con- finement and other means of disci- pline worked out until the board of blaze from spreading y. The engines were kept moving from one side of the town to the other and the pumps noured water on structures threat- ened. Canadian Pacific and Canadian Na- tional railroad wires east of Port Arthur, Ont. went down last night, bhecause telegraph poles were burned down by fires. 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