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id ca cei EE a a © CARPENTER PLAYED FOR MILLION STAKE Writ Uncovers Strange Story of a Man Who Matched Wits With Experts Toronto.--How a closely guarded game for million dollar stakes was patiently played for more than two years by a Bulgarian carpenter and a Macedonian railway laborer has been brought to light by a writ is- sued at Osgoode Hall claiming pos- session of certain alleged works of art. A story of exceptional versatility and cleverness centres around the ambitious Jean Kosto, whose dreams of wealth transcended the limits of his profession of building showcases, taking him first into the business of repairing violins, and finally involv- ing him in a grand scheme of specu- lation in the pictorial works of old masters. . Speaking 11 languages and gifted with unusual personal charm, 'Kosto undertook to purchase paintings of unsuspected value, confident that his self-cultivated discrimination would eventually pay dividends running into many thousands of dollars. The soundness of his judgment may be "put to the test shortly. When Kosto migrated to this country in 1914, he made the ac- quaintance of Kosto Tanasoff, a fel- low-passenger. Although he installed a set of showcases which were the pride of a small restaurant which Tanasoff established on Bloor street near Ossington, he had no hesitation of urging the sale of the eating place in order that the proceeds might be invested in works of art. Tanasoff sold out and joined the enterprise of his persuasive friend wholehearted- ly. He put up capital totalling $2,013 = for the purchase of pictures. Used Trade to View Pictures Although Kosto had established a music and violin repair business at 405-7 King street east, and a restau- rant on the north side of King a short distance east of Toronto street, he gave up his commercial interests on securing Tanasoff's financial backing, and devoted himself osten- sibly to carpentering, but actually to the purchase of the paintings which he believed would make him and his backer wealthy. He was a remarkably. skilful car- penter, Tanasoff declares, and his trade was the means of gaining access to many places where pictures were hung. It became understood among local art dealers and amateurs that Kosto occasionally bought piec- tures, and by means of this reputa- tion and of accidental encounters, he collected 72 oils of all subjects and sizes on behalf of himself and Tdna- soff. Now Tanasoff has issued a writ against Kosto and against the Wind- gor Truck and Storage company, claiming an order to declare him the owner of the works of art and an order for the possession of them. He alleges an agreement under which Kosto was to store them with the Windsor company in their joint be- half, and contends his partner re- tained a storage receipt made out in his own name. Although Kosto has kept up storage charges from a Pasadena, California, address, for two years, Tanasoff has been in the dark as to his whereabouts. He has grown tired of waiting. Confident of Ability Tanasoff relates that Kosto spent five years in Paris and three years in 'Rome, frequenting picture gal- leries, mixing with art students, por- ing over catalogues and histories of art, absorbing a wide knowledge of antique paintings. He had familiar- {zed himself particularly with such works as had been known to exist and had subsequently dropped from sight. He approached the business full of confidence in his ability to know the real thing when he saw it. In his suit at law Tanasoff, whose English is limited, has availed him- self of the advice of a friend, Naum Phillips, a Queen street east business man, Between them the two men told The Mail and Empire last night the story of the project from the begin- ning. Their knowledge of the actual paintings was restricted. Beyond the fact that they were almost all in elaborate frames, Tanasoff recalled ---- Sirencih After Childbirt "After my baby was born 1 was very weak and run-down. I was not able to do any heavy work but I had to be around on my feet all day. The strain proved too great and I vas real sick for about two months. My mother advised Lydia E, Pinkham"s Vegetable Compound and I started to take it. You should have seen the change in me. I am now well and strong and in good spirits. I have taken the yegetable Compound ever since if I feel my en lacking. 1 | also take Liver Pills find them a wonderful hes for constipation." --Mrs. James Robson, Box 693, Fernie, British Columbi . a E. Pinkham's etable Compound Lydi Veg Jey & | ro little; and apart from his conviction that a genuine Rubens, a Titan, and a da Vinci were am them, he was in the dark as to their origin. It was in September, 1924, while Kosto was fitting Tanasoff's new restaurant' with showcases and shelves that the agreement was struck, according to the latter. In substance, the story told reporters is that Kosto's confidence in the fin- ancial possibilities of old masters in- trigued Tanasoff. Potential profits were estimated in six or seven fig- ures. The restaurant was sold three months later, and the great adven- ture was on. Made 72 Purchases During the two years that followed, the tale goes, Kosto completed his 72 purchases. Representing himself in many cases as the disinterested agent of his partner, he, was able to secure certain paintings he had observed in the course of his clandestine investi- gations, Tanasoff says. The latter learned from Kosto the technique of cleaning and restoring begrimed specimens, and their growing gallery was never out of the sight of one or the other. While Tanasoff earned his bread at the. roundhouse, Kosto worked on the pictures; and when he came home at night he did his own share of the cleaning, with a gun beside him in case of attempted robbery, while Kosto pursued his quest for more canvases. In May, 1928, Kosto felt the time was ripe, and with the 72 pietures he set out for Detroit with the in- tention of hiring a gallery to exhibit them for sale. They had previously been offered $100,000 by a New York millionaire for their Rubens, and though Tanasoff wavered, Kosto waas firm. For their prize package one million was the price. Naum Phillips declares that pro- hibitive duty on the antiques inter- fered with Kosto's triumphal entry into the United States; and that af- ter making an unsuccessful attempt to smuggle them across, he was obliged to store them in Windsor and proceed on the search for pros- pective purchasers without samples. That he left them in his own name is given as grounds for the lawsuit entered this week by Tanasoff, three years later. Found Partner Gone In spite of Kosto's frequent writ- ten reassurances that everything was all right and wealth was imminent, Tanasoff impatiently went to his partner's Detroit address to see for himself in March, 1927. The art expert had departed leaving a Chi- cago address, from which, however, Tanasoff's anxious letters were re- turned undelivered. Later that year a letter came to Toronto from Pasa- dena, Calif.,, bringing further ex- pressions of high hope. At that time Kosto said he had been forced to go into the contracting business to support himself while searching for purchasers; but he anticipated early Neverthel from that day to this Tanasoff's efforts to communi- cate with him were useless, he says. There is still a large package in storage at Windsor, Tanasoff has learned. It is marked pictures, and the storage charges have been regu- larly met by Kosto. But Pasko Tana- soff is going to take action. Under the terms of the judgment awarded him, he has 18 days to come to an agreement with Kosto after the lat- ter is served with an injunction pro- hibiting sale of the pictures. When that will take place, nobody knows. If Tanasoff can satisfactorily dis- pose of the collection, he intends to split with Kosto according to the agreement. In any event, he wants his $2,013. From photograpss which were made of the pictures, the group is believed to include works from the brushes of Leonardo de Vinci; Tho- mas Hudson (1701-1779), a pupil of Richardson, the master of Sir Jo- shua Reynolds, England's most fa- mous 18th century artist and art critic; David Toniers, 1882-1649; Franz Hans, 1580-1666, of the Dutch school; Jan V. Huchtenburgh, 1646- 1733, famous for his paintings of bat- tle scenes; A. Van Beyeren, 1650- 1670; and J. B. Gruze, 1725-1805, an authentic painting by this master of the French school. Bought from Englishman The alleged Rubens, Tanasoff says, was formerly in the possession of an Englishman who lived on Sackville street. If the picture is the one it is thought to be, it hung for 150 years in a London art gallery before be- ing purchased by a wealthy New Yorker, in whose family it remained for 50 years. For another 50 years its whereabouts has been unknown. It 'shows a Madonna with child, sur- rounded by pastoral scenery and domestic animals, Tanascoff recalls, but as to its title or the names of its previous possessors, he is ignor- ant; beyond the fragmentary history given above. The Sackville street Englishman had wagered away his substance on race-horses, the story continués, and one day when he had a 'sure tip" he sold the painting to Kosto for $100. The horse won and paid him $1,800; and although he regretted the loss of the picture, and wanted to buy it back at several times what he had taken, Kosto was satisfied with the bargain he had made. NAPOLEON, CANINE STAR, TAKES ACTIVE PART IN "DANGER PATROL" Canine performers have ever been popular with picture fans th world ovr, and like his namesake, Napoleon Bonaparte is a leader among them. In "The Danger Pa- trol," Rayart's mew north woods drama, he carries off high honors. He is the pal of Sergeant Daley of th R. N. M. P. on his long patrols in tracking fugitive criminals. Nap plays a most important part in the production which reaches a dra- matic climax when at a word from his master he leaps at the throat of a murderer who stands with levelled gun ready to add Daley to his list of victims. Truly Nap seems entitled to wear the insignia of the Mounted for heroism in the line of duty. "The Danger Patrol" will show at the New Martin Theatre, where it. opens Thursday for a 3-day run. William Russell and Virginia me Faire have the leading with Wheeler Oakman, Rhea Mitchell, Ethan Laidlaw and Bert- ram Johns lending able support. Truly an all star cast was assembl- ed by Producer Duke Worne, In the Lower St. Lawrence country surrounding Murray Bay the home arts have not been lost in the The Province of Quebec, advances of our machine age. through its Department of Agriculture, Steamship Lines, through its shops, have done much to encourage these homely crafts. From September 9 to 14 the Provincial Government will conduct the first annual festival of Quebec handi- crafts at the Manoir Richelieu at Murray Bay. The home economics branch of the department of Agriculture has been instructed by the Minister, Hon. J. L. Perron, to make every effort to scoure the most representative types of handicraft workers as well as the most skillful. Elevator Manufacturer Writ- es Book on Education of Children paper Writers Recom- mended by Author New York, July 31.--Modern methods of education are all wrong, men. educational system in his book, "Schools," but offers ideal school which he "Graceland." A nation must be saved, See de- complish this, "The children must be saved from their mothers and from pedagogues, the women must be rescued from themselves and the men must rule their homes again, { "It is hard to conceive how the 'schools could be worse than they .are--worse for the children, worse for the parents, worse for the tax- payers, worse for the country," the elevator maker writes. "The public schools are directed 'entirely by the state superintendent of schools, The main reason why the public schools have deteriorat- ed so greatly is that these men are of a low order of intelligence. There are in the public schools about 25,000,000 scholars. The harm the state superintendents of them of their native mental alert pess, their keenness of perception, their mental flexibility, to lessen their mental capacity for all the years to come, to sadden their lives, to injure permanently thew eyes, their nerves, their hearts and their whole physical systems, to cause some to have nervous pros- tration, some to go insane some to commit suicide and with it to s deprive the children of a real edu- and Canada Quebec. Spinmers, weavers and wood carvers will be at the Manoir carrying on their work. century atmosphere, will provide an appropriate back ground for these workers, woollen goods which have been famous for generations. As well as the workers, there will be on display and for sale some of the best work from the habitant homes of The hotel, with its 18th who are producing the The opening of the exhibition will be a. significant event in the revival of the handicraft arts and it will be attended by many persons in public and private life who, are interested in the promotion of this work. ication to which they are justly en- 'itled." Memorized Facts Packing multitudes of memoriz- d facts into the child mind is everely condemned as is organiz- d play, See characterizing Profes- or Thorndyke"s works on child 'lay 'and recreation as "such jar- on as could be found only among "ie mental wanderings of college rofessors." Examples of danger in "cram- * ming" by excessive book study are IN SCHOOLS URGED TOO MUCH CRAMMING School Histories By News- according to Alonzo B. See, eleva- tor manufacturer, noted for a rug- ged individuality, in views on the rising generation, schools and wu- See 'mot only attacks the entire new the names clares in his foreword, and to ac- ESS] our yard. this: -- We don't ask you to buy from us = simply because we have a stock in give us the money you give our' competitors. When you come to the point where you must buy lumber or in- terior trim of any kind, that you protect yourself by taking just a moment or two to acquaint your- self with an honest dollar's value on standard grades. You can't possibly judge what you are getting unless fully acquainted on this one point. Oshawa Lumber COMPANY, LIMITED 25 Ritson Road North TELEPHONE 2821-2820 We don't ask you to What we do ask is 3 you are college ' professors, See declares. "There is no class so universally and so justly spoken. of in terms of derision as the college profes- sors," the book says. 'For their schools do these children is to rob! intellectual vagaries have lost them the respect of right-thinking people. "School histories should be writ- ten by the best writers 1ur ine newspapers and magazines, written in their attractive * style which awakes interest ard leads on with unflagging interest to the conclu- sion by the pleasure of reading." < Clear English A strong grasp on word mean- ings and use of clear English is urged by See. There would be only men teach- ers in Graceland, the ideal school but the women now teaching would be allowed to remain until they were replaced. "But no woman teacher, 'even for the short time she is permit- ted to remain in the schools of Graceland, will be allowed to smoke cigarettes, bob her hair, use lip- sticks, wear knickerbockers, wear skirts up to her knees, or other- wise dress indecently." Nor will she be allowed to cor- rupt the children's English by the use of slang. Evolution is not going..to be taught in Graceland schools, ac cording to See, because '"'most of] the authorities now say that we are not descended from the mon keys after all." According to a United States De partment of Agriculture expert] feeding worms on a diet of moss and moss and milk increases thei value as fish bait by turning the a delicate pink, An English farmer has succeed ed in fattening young pigs for mar ket by subjecting them to ultra violet rays for ten weeks, the high er price obtained more thaw pay ing the cost. UNDERSEA PLATEAU FOR PLANE LANDING Six Mile Area in Atlantic Between New York and Bermuda Chartered Philadelphia, July 30.--A sub- sea lozenge plateau lying in the west Atlantic midway between New York and Bermuda, at a depth of 1,200 feet, has been charted by the United States navy at the re- quest of Edward R. Armstrong of Holly Oak, Del., inventor and ae- veloper of the Armstrong sea- drome, The seadrome is a marine land- ing stage for airplanes and the New York-Bermuda drome, it is propos- ed, will be the first unit in a sea- drome route connecting the United States with Europe via the Azores and Lisbon. The plateau is the site for the huge mushroom anchor by whose twin three-and-one-half-inch slot cables the seadrome will be fasten- ed to the ocean floor. The resus of the soundings were learned late- ly from Capt. W. W. Smyth, com- manding officer of the U.S.S. Han- nibal, when the naval hydrographic survey ship returned to its dock in Philadelphia navy yard. Plateau Six Miles Long It was found, Capt. Smyth said, that the plateau is roughly six miles long, lying at a mean depth of 1,200 feet. The surrounding ocean floor lies at a depth of be- tween 18,000 and 20,000 feet. The plateau itself is the centre of a ecir- cle whose periphery would pass through between New York, Atiun- tic City, Cape Charles, Cape Henry and Cape Hatteras on the west, and Nassau, Bermuda, on the east. The radius of the circle is about 300 miles. After choosing the ex- act spot where he proposed to an- chor the drome, a huge steel struc ture roughly resembling a many- legged kitchen table, Mr. Arm- strong found that the latest hydro- graphic data was that obtained by the crew of the U.S.S. Savannah, under Capt. Robley D. Evans in the late eighties. Soundings Are Taken He accordingly requested the navy department to obtain sound- ings, which were taken both win the radio fathometer and with the sounding lead at the end of a steel cable, The fathometer is an electric os- cillator fixed in the bottom of a ship, which sounds a note down- ward. This note, travelling through the water, at the rate of 4,800 feet a second, strikes the ocean floor and rebounds. 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