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Show GOVERNOR IS INVITED TO COAST MEETING r RCI8K. Wa., Oct. H. Oovernor' Daeta has received an invitation 'from Governor Gover-nor Louis K. Hart af Washington to attend at-tend the conference of governor at fitaa Krancleco November 14 on anlformlty of automobile traffic regulation Governor ljavia la In American Fails a ad haa not answered th Invitation. (rov.mor Hart haa Invited tha gnver-nora gnver-nora of all states wit of the Horsy mountains to attend tha conference, and tin th Invitation haa requested tha exe-lives exe-lives to advise whether or not they think me representatives of the various highway high-way and automobile department andatd attend the conference. The questions of tax on gasoline, reg-Ist reg-Ist rat tons and permits for transient lour-! lats, speed regu.atione and other questions ques-tions affecting the tourist problem in each of the states will be taken up at th conference, tiovernor Hart says he la calling the conference early so that the . solutions arrived at for t base various problems may be studlrd by the gover-nora gover-nora and submitted to their respective leal slat urea. ART COLLECTING IS CAUSE OF RIVALRY IN EAST AND WEST PHILADELPHIA. Ta, Oft. 14 (By 1'. I'.j Th war of th art is on Kast against West. The Wldener coilectinn of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania and th Huntington collection of California ar trlelng for Ih final championship, th world's tltl In art collections. With the recent acquisition of ftem- brand ( 's famous masterpiece, Th Descent De-scent 1-Yom the Cross." tha Widener museum offset the prestige won by Huntington, by bis purchase of Gainsborough's Gains-borough's The Blue Boy" for $oo, ooo. While tha purchase price of tha "Da-acent "Da-acent From tha Cross" has not been made public. It Is said to run considerably consid-erably over th amount Widener paid for his last Kembrandt. rumored ta have been $500,000. Th lecent Krom tha Crose" Is tha flowering of the genius of tha great iHjtob master and marks tha culmination culmina-tion af his efforts to Interpret religious fervor. Like other "old masters,' It haa had a long and varied history and for many years Its authenticity was doubted. doubt-ed. At last restored and reinstated to We rlghifu'. pUce In tha art world, It moved from owner to owner, until H yi sold at Christie's. London s famous fa-mous auction room. This Is tha thirteenth Rembrandt Widener haa added to his great an collection at Klklna Park, bis beautiful eetiie near her. While Huntington haa been building a magnificent museum out on hla California Cali-fornia aetata, Widener baa bean quietly acquiring picture after picture. Th winner In the contest will be th public, for it la said that both Direction Direc-tion will eventually he left to the people. peo-ple. The city of Philadelphia Jaa recently re-cently been enrlche. by th wonderful collection of Fngltah painting, valued nt more than li aooeo. left a by tha lata John H. McKaddett. |