Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1921, Page 34

sof E wistt here at this time ser detin concerning the n ssary preliminaries to the con tion of the plans of the commvittee in- terested in this form morial. S building considered de: committee were submitted t lor's judgment during his drives about the city, and Misa Mary §’IUs\i‘ i Taylor, iree touring this coun! for mor: eral who made a tour of ins great British foundry ough during her v s t < when oth up for informal dise Forjuerly it was necessary’ fog carilloneur, ehimes « 1 chromat achievement casting is the d by t 1 hail ummer. enterta he carillon “lub on V mmittee sslo: us the is termed, arefully his ¢ n and of the intervals, in the art very tune” which the bel he accuracy of a he carillon jus of t ted Hal C movement for the erectioh here of & national peace carillon receiyed a diglinct impetus last week through thit interest and influence of K. president of the great on company of Loughbgrough. fland. who. was one of several no- visitors to the National Cipital MR, Taylor has been spending some t tions because of the luck of acc but ngle vib and cd as try of w peace me- tions ruble by Mr. Tay- for ction of of the Aris afternoom al teu, < Of the mutier cume n, lack of the of earil of a m ned n th land. ~cale “of resent; ganizations, o v strument ay for the Plans for “music week.” which will be celebrated in W week June. will be discussed at a meeting of .the music group composed of rep- ives of churches, musical or- centers and $:15 in May or the fi community fvic organizations April s, p.m., at the Thomson School, 12th and L streets northwest. Permanent chair- men of commitiees and other officers ay with oneur 1o spe- mposition for Tavlor north and will for England Mr hington the last rst week at will be selected at this meeting. It will be proposed at the meeting that the celebration parade. tentativel Eentnts one of the salient Plans _made already take the form have features have pe Dent- infor- wmma- Cryder, maost he " composi- a latest hod tion town has hromatic of a been al mu- - Mention his an t | the the the he he the ion to and a of MUSICAL iNSTRUCTION MR. S. M. FABIAN 13th <t __ Phone Franklin 31 Real MET] and Monmouth Hetel 5830 nw. . $10.00 for Six Lessons'. HAWAIIAN HOD on Steel - Guitar. Ukulele “Hula Biues,” latest e _Ph. Franki LrETe e s vl Washington Conservatory of Music SUMMER RAT MAIN_7838. 2 1406 N H. AVE. AT SPECIAL HAWAIIAN M 5 MUSIC CLASS excerpts from sical churches, tions during * Morning - Music Cluj Wi week an unusual program. which will D a when t the Rubi directing, rer, an organ recital b lehem, the o~ business meeting will be held there will be a This meeting will active members. i xoprano Mrs. i 1 evening, the pro 'ty of the : Harrison, friends who were present last Sunday evening enjoyed a musical treat the program offered by Lieut. Horace by an obbligat “There Is No Death” (O'Hara), giving as encores 1a"" free bow and well developed tech- “Minuet in_ the _achools “other_organiza music week.” progra clul from the v ¢ regare musicals for April include this Announcements cekly ickerbocker The- Friday morning at 11 o'clock program will be given v Club, Claude Rob: and _Carolyn Curtis, so- rano, of New Yo 1d Helen Ger violinist. Ay there will be r.J. KFred Wolle, -h Choir of Beth- e at hevy 22 the annual the irs. Charles W. Fairfax in the afternoon, when election of officers. be open only to given at the K conductor of the hi which ‘will take p of Mrs April residenc e cirele. ce of K Fred Fast. baritone; Miss Gertrude I. contralto: Mrs. John J. Stahl Arsenio Rulon, violinist. and Nogley, organist. will par- the West Friday e a hington Bup! rranged Wi under the direction of® Singers, ~ Katharine Douglas Jones, | | hington Univi a one-act pla gram the gu anive: Preceding the pro- | ts. including the facul- | eceived . president of n Women, assisted by (Raff),'Miss Gertrude Nelowich; “Pol- onaise, C Sharp Minor" (Chopin), Miss Framces Cureton; “The Fair” (Gur- litt). Glenn B. Carow '(aged five); iebestPaum” (Liszt) artin _ A. Dowd; “The FErl-King” :(Schubert- Liszt), Miss_ FElizabeth Muldrow. Mary ‘Helen Howe. soprano. with Marie Howe Garziglia. accompanist. and Lieut. Jean Labat, baritone, with Capt Dy Pont accompanis?, will assist Edith B. Athéy, organist; in giving &’ Program of French compositions Tue! day evenin in Central High School Auditerium. The male chofr of St. Aloysius|® Church,. under direction of Glenn W. Ashley. organist, will repeat 1is East- er music at the 11 o'clock mass today The sploists will be Masters Frank Littleton and Aloysivs McGowan and Mesxr: William G Schiller. Wilding and Law- Students of the Washington College of Music wera heard Friday evening in an informal concert giving the fol- © Sharp Minor” | Miss Bertha Luber: Miss Ethel (D'Hardelo) ind “Song of Suns (Maley). Misx | Poole; piano, “Dmpromptu, F (Chopin), Miss Gertrude (Rogers) ng- tRachmaninoff) violin, “Maz Blins: volce, i o t op. Miss Ruth Kiefiner; Lammermcre” (Sing othy Dick; .plano, * (Schumann), M voice, “Love” (Huerter) and Vers Avalent des Ailes” (Hahn), Miss ! Rose Lang: violin (Ten Have), Miss “Berceuse Op. Ruby Booth; (Bizet) lee), Mis hel Cohn; piano. Blue Eyes’ Y Murrell: piano. “Witches' Dance” (MacDowell), Miss Doris Thornett: violin, *Cou- certo, A Minor, First Movement" (Ac- calay), Kenneth Douse; volice, lorn - a number of past presidents. Anniversary services will be held | today at the Ninth Street Christian Church, when special program will be given under direction of Joseph as follows: Morning, ‘8o- prano, “O Lord, Bé Merciful” (Bart- Jett), Mrs. D. H. Lawson; .choir an- them, “Praise the Lord, O My S::llo Smart). Evening, soprano : ‘Arise, Shine, For Thy Light Is Come™ (MacDérmid), Mrs. T. R. Pir- te; choir anthem, “Break Forth into Joy" (Barney). Members of the Arts Club and their n lLake, baritone; Helene Woy- violinist; Barbara Hildreth, vio- t, and Mrs. Howard Blandy, ist. Mr. Lake's volce is of beautiful quality and his songs, rang- ing from grave to gay, furnished am rle scope for a display of characteris. retatio He was especial- in his singing of Massenet's made additionally effective by Miss ti v h nterp: app: “Toreador, Hola the Flames of Love’ ipes of Gordon's Men’ ‘Evening Song” (Blumenthal) and n the Time of & the popular “Macush- (Reichardt) and Woytych plays with a fine, Miss nique, making an excellen pression in_ “Scene de la Czardas"” (Hubay), (Mozart). ‘Wiegenlied” (Max “Spanish Dance (Sarasate), “Migno (Thomas). and. responding to the recalls, gave ' unaccompanied. s Hildreth is ane of Washington's Reger). A talented young music students and de- '} (Dvorak). 3uch of the sucte VIOLIN, PIANO STUDIO:" JOSEPH F. K t. Phond ) - Olive $1 per bour; half izmw fonas, 1412 hour sons, guaran stration. 2 to 10’ POPULAR MUSI GUITA six lessoss. HA Behool of Mandoll 5+ Hawiian Rteel Guitar P ith Hotel. 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Faure's a planist, recently from Naple Ba b lighted her hearers with her good tone and expressive rendition of “Lamento,” & Russian com- position. and 'as an encore, “Cradle Song” (Hauser). The program open- ed with the trios, “Melody” (Tschai- kowski) ‘and “Gavotte” (Padre Mar- ni) and closed with “Slayic/Dance” of the affair was due to the admirable work at the piano of Mra. Howard Blandy. who arranged the program. * Beulah Beverly Chambers and Mme, Busanne Oldberg entertained at 3 miusical Sunday afternoon, When Rose Valerie Pollig’ sang arias from “Carmen” - and _“Cavalleriz Rusti- n played Wienfaw- " “Legende” and Vieuxtemps' “Polonaise.” for violin; Marie Viccu, Italy, ve selections by d Chopin; Miss Pollio and Clark_sang operatic duets Chambers played “Nocturn “Rhapsody” (Liszt) An lnjoy‘ble program was_given recently at Foundry 3. E. Church, under the auspices of the Epworth League, among those contributing to the siccess of the evening being Mrs. Orme Thorpberry., accompanied hy Miss Russell; Mrs. Fannie Shreve Heartsill, Miss H. Marie Koontz, Frances P. Heartsill and Miss M. Katharine Floeckher. Adolf Torovsky. organist and cholr- master of the Church of the Epiph- any, will give a recital the evening of April 13 at the Mount Vernon Place M. E, Church. Campanol 1 soprano: Kathryn Rigg! harpist: uise HWVZ‘D nll{ Katharine E.Thomp- son, Alice Deleslyne Taylor. pianist, gave the program last week at the Friday Morning Music Club, their numbers Including “Bird of the Wil- derness” (Hors n ‘Chanson In- (Rimsky-Korsakoff); “At the (Hageman); “Rejoice Greatly." Elizabeth “Chansop g 8! “Krelsterian: (Schumann),~ “Barcaroll (Rubinstein); _“Cracovienne tastique” (Paderewski), Miss Hoover: L’Amour, #'Envole” and “Bergere (eighteenth century). “Les &'Isahan” (Gabriel ~ Faure Chanson de Florian” (Goddard), Mi Thompson; ‘‘Fantasie - Imprompt (Chopin) ~and “Ballade, A Fla (Chopin), Miss Taylor. 3] Arthur Chester Gorbach, baritone. with Katharine Floecker as accom- panist, and Mabel C. Linton, planist, will ‘give the program of this even- ifig's musical at the-Arts Club. Miss Katharine Foss, dramatic. so- left Wednesday for Panama, where,.in.company with several other young artists, she will give a series of twelve concert: Adolf Torowsky, organist and choir- master of Epiphany Church, waa the sbloiat at two recent concerts at An- mnapolis. Md., playing the Mendelssohn “Concerto in .G -Minor’ with the Unifed ' States- Naval Academy Or- chestra, of which he is the conductor. Miss Fannie Helner, planist, of the music department of the. National Park Semingry, Forest Glen, Md., was emi. monthly musical tea at the Smith studios, when she was heard in & group of modern compositions, among them “Romance,” by Sileli _ Night,” by Palmgren, a by Rachmaninoff. The preceded by the ries of talks by August King-Smith on “Beethoven ahd .the Romantic School.” Musical ‘numbers were contributed also by Miss Aileen Rice, Miss Bessie Cline and Preston Haynes. Miss Hazel Gibson Wobd, soprano, and Raymond Monaghan. violinist, were the assisting soloists Friday evening at Temple Baptist Church, when B. Frank Gebest presented his pupils in recital. Miss Wood sang "Jasmine Door.” by Scott; “Tes Yeux,” by Rabey (with Wiolin obligato): “Spring Song.” by Phillips, Miss Louise ‘Thompason assisting at the piano, and Mr. Monaghan's numbers included “Concerto Militaire,” by De Beriot, C. E. Christiani piano. Mr. Gebe: teenth Rhapsody, (Bac Miss Rose Bernstein; “Wedding Day (Grieg). Miss Ruth Baxter: “A la Bien Aimee” (Schutt). Miss Lily Al pert; “Impromptu. Op. 90. No. 4 (Schubert). Miss Hilda Hanes: “Hex entazz” (Schytte). Howard Katzmann *Gondoliera® (Moszkowsky). Miss Claire Philomene Sgueo; “La Fileuse™ (Speaks) and “Ratn,” Miss Caro- Ida Burk: piano. “Nocturn (Chopin) and “Moto Perpetuo” (Mac- Dowell), Miss Evelyn Thurston. Four young Washington musician Constance, Frances and Rosemar Finckel, pianists, and George Fin- ckel, cellist, assisted by Louis B. Thompson, will give an ttractive musical Friday evening at the Y. M. C. A. The program will include compositions by Meszkoeski, Chopin. MacDowell, Gregh, Lack and Haydn, Schumann and Liszt, Bruch, Kronol, Godard and Squire. i The quartet and chorus chotr of the First Baplist Church will repeat this evening the captata, “Death and Life” (Shelley), sung by them last Sunday. The soloist will be T Florence Howard. soprano, and d rector, Miss Mgry Beiser, contralto; Harry Kruger, tepor, and Frank Haneke, bass, with Mrs. Edmund Bar- ry, organist. ; Edythe Marmion Brosius, harpist, gave a recital Friday evening, at st Dominic’'s Hall, assisted by Agnes Whelan, soprano. Mrs. Brosius gave a generous program of compositiona- by Hasselmans, Schuecker, Massenet and Renle, responding to many re- calls with a group of Irish airs. Mis: Whelan, was in fine voice and en- tically received, adding several to her programmed selec- Franceska Kaspar Lawson, 80prano, give a recital Thursday after- noon, at Winchester, Va., for the benefit of the local D. A. R. chapter. The Sunday morning musical serv- ice at the Cleveland Park Congre- gational Church will include a duet, “Forever With the Lord” (Gounod), by Mrs. Paul Yoder and Mrs. Arthur Henning. Mrs. ncis Hawes, ac- ‘tompanist. “Trial by Jury. Gilbert and Sullivan, was pre under direction of Harry 1 CI by members of Electa Chapter, No. ©. E. 8, Friday and Saturday even ings, at the Masonic Templ costia. Mrs. Corine Fragier, sopram sang the part of the deserted b Arthur L. Simpson, temor. the 'de fendant bridegroom; Filllus tenor, the pretentious counsel; W. Tucker, basso, foreman of the jury; William Scantlebury, bas: carried the comedy in the character of the simple-minded ush: Harry I Clarkson, baritone, of the J\lds‘".-llo\red an operetta by nted, at Continental Wednesday night, n, the operatic Hall, Martin Richard: tenor of St. Margaret's, was recef with enthusiasm as he rendered s group of three songs, “The Birth of orn” (Leoni). “Happy Song" (Del Riego) and the “La Donna E' Mo- bile,” from ‘Rigoletto.” For his encore he gave “O Sole Mi He gdded a sermon to the appeal made by Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, when, while the pledge cards were being signed, he sang with touehln& power | | K(vlinl'l Recessional, ‘Lest We For- et.” ‘(,‘lnt. Benter's concert with his twenty-piece orchestra of the Navy Yard Band was enjoyed by all music lovers present. The Interior Department Band and Orchestra will give their eleventh pub- lic rehearsal in Y.h‘:nwdllaflum of the Interior building ursday evening at 8 o'clock. The band numbers will in- ‘Egyptian Suite” (Cleopatra), and “Fesatival” and Sousals (Mendelssohn) for plapo and orches- Mr lCl-ll‘l Moran Bern- oist: 5 selections from ‘Lady B?fly' and Kreisler's “Liebes- freud” will be the orchestra numbers. The Indian office quartet will sing two mnumber! ‘Star of the Summer Night” and “Over the Hills at Break f Day." rs. Walter G. Wilmarth, Charles E. Myers and Howard Farns- worth will be the sssisting soloists. Rho Beta' Chapter of Mu Phi Ep- sllon Sorority entertained recently at the fifth of concert series in the chapter rooms at the 'Washington Col- lege of Music. The guest of honor was Martin Richardson, tenor, and the program was as follows: Piano duet, “Henr; (German), Nellie T, violin, VIII Dances' oel, Elizabeth “English Music,” “Salute “La Capri- Y. N pa (Cyril Scott), Oulda McCafferty; voice, trio, “Snowflakes” ~(Cowen), ~Lillle Wimer, Inez Miller, Beulah Dunwoody; plano, “English Folk Dance,” arranged for piano by Grainger, Emmsa Louise ‘Thompson; voice, “Passing By” (Pur- cell), “Drink to Me Only” (old Eng- “Then Youw’ll Remember M (Balfe), aria fr ‘are Lelve" (Han- del), Martin Richardson, accompanied by Paul Fishbaugh; violin, “Even Song” (Edward Johnson), Alice Mor- an; rom “A Cyele of Life" Prelude.” (b) “Down (c) “Love, 1 Have Won You,” Martin Richardson. Mrs. Henry Hunt McKee, organist and choir director of Ingram Congre- gational Church, is spending the Easter holidays at Atlantic City, and the music today Wwill be given by the choir, with Hazel Bachschmid, so- prano: G. A. Johnson, b ustaining | the solos. Kathryn Riggs, harpist, will contribute to the program both services. " ‘The Rebew Orchestra, under direc— tion of H. W, Weber, will give a pub- lic tomorrow evenin, lectu hall . ler Church. The solols no; Mi W. Eames, and the Wallace' Hawallans, instrumentalists, “will a: sist in giving the program. Among recent events of uhusual in- terest was the recital at which Nahiba Daoud presented her class in a pro- gram of piano numbers, among them “Spanish Dance No.3" (Moskowski), y. alte” (Bilbro), “Lit- March” (Frederiksen), Kalil Rustic Fiddler” ~ (Presser) mith). Helen Mari; “Minuet (Moszart). “Peasant Dance” (Smith), Thres Bears- (Boamitt)s Sttnget Ty reo Bea: mitt), in G” (Beethoven), Dorothy %n; & (Tschaikowsky), Miss Daoud. Howe ldramatic {tlal public bow in an enjoyable pro- & {bers, ischool. P {that another progra ned Adams, Kachael Stone, Rhoda Foster, | Delorege Sarah . igram included the works of Handel, {Somervilt, bach, Convent, cital by pupils of the junior clusses of th ful from memory and rendered able stvle the following program: Frances Butler; “The G low). Miss Margaret Watkins; O’Connor; Meudow ‘Whitfleld mann), * Katherine MacFarlan. the * Problems of Unemployment and In- venes here Wednesday and closes ‘with special services at the New York /Avenue Presbyterian Church Sunday night. bes: | Streets, _when ved ‘| and mal; TA” (Reinbold), “Elfin Dance™ Alice . Lauderdate; “Sere- . “The” Lark's Song Marjorie Henkle "Serenata” (Moskowskl), “Gavotte,’ ignon"" (Thomas), Ellzabeth enetian Gondola” (Mendels- Hunting Song.” Rebecca ‘Gavotte” (Bach), “From . (MacDowell), “Gipsy . Helen Macoughtry (LaForge), “Butterfl Frances Arnold ). Concha Ackad; “Romance in (Rubinstein), (Ravina urne in Under the direction of Mary Helen | at the head of the vocal and departments of Madison School, the Troubadours at an aster entertainment made their ini- of music and They are all cram dramatic num- students of the and S0 successful was their erformance last Sunday evening m is being plan- season. The of Vera for later organization in the is. componed nd Betty Bostic. Mildred ie Totten Mullens and Marie ‘Howe Garzig- panist. The pro- iruebi mith was the acc Liszt, Haydn and Offen- Visitation ‘luded a re- Pre-holiday events eorgetown, i The yout numbers n credit- music department. musicians gave their “The Miss (Par- Alle- (Weber), Miss Nancy Hamil- ez20 from “Cavalleria Rus- Miss Julia Lunsford; Catherine ““Curious _Story” (Heller), Miss Rosemary Whitfield; ‘‘Coqueting Lark” ~ (Marschal-Loepke), Berceuse from Miss Eleanor “The Rider's Story” (Schu- (Kjerulf), Miss Woodpecker” (Harker blins’ Jocelyn' At a recent tea of the College Wom- en’s Club, in honor of the charter members of the club, at which Miss Emma Harper Turne, founder of the club, was hostess, a brief musical program was given by Katharine Rich, soprano, and Wilbur C. Fielder, tenor, with Emelie Margaret White at the piano. The Progressive Musical Club of ‘Washington held its monthly meeting at the home of Mrx. Abbie Higgins Fri- day evening. Miss Helen Ryan played two numbers. and Misses Mary Mil- ler and Pauline Homiller, Frances mith and Emily Calfee each gave a selection. Masters Charles Leder, ‘William Calfee and Edgar Holser also contributed to the program. The program was followed by a talk on oratorio, ““The Creation.” by Haydn, and the story of the opera “Martha.” excerpts from each being rendered by Mrs. H. Higgins. Mi Ryan gave a short biography of Schu- mann. The Mount Vernon Place Quartet, consisting of Mrs. Fannie Shreve Heartsill, soprano; Miss Marie Koonts, contralto; C. E. Myers, tenor, end Francis P. Heartsill, bass. gave a con- cert of popular and classical numbers at Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South Wednesday evening. Mrs. Frank Akers Frost presided at the organ This concert was arranged by Thomas A. Groover for the benefit of the parsonage fund. Theresa Druley, soprano, of Okla- homa, rendered several songs at_the recent reception at the home of Mrs. M. Paterson, 55 Bryant street, in honor_of Miss West of New Jersey. Mrs. Bates accompanied at the piano, SALVATION ARMY OPENS CONGRESS NEXT WEEK dustrial Depressions to Be Considered. An interesting program has been ar- ranged for the Salvation Army Na-|¢ tional Social Congress, which con- The convention will mark the first time In the history of the organization ithat the united bodies have met in iconclave. Delegates representing every social institution of the “army” east of the ‘will be present. ue lers, but, accord- ing to tentative plans, industrial de- pression and unemployment will be the two subjects mostly discussed at the coming Convention. _“Meet the need” is the slogan adopt- ed by the advance guard of workers. All business sessions will be held at the New York Avenue Presbyte- rian Church, 13th street and New York avenue, .while several special demonstrations will be staged at dif- ferent theaters in the city. On Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock the delegates will be recevied at the White House by President and Mrs. Harding. Saturday will mark the ground-breaking ‘ceremonies of the mew industrial home, 1 and former Commissioner Henry B. F. Macfarland will act as - master of ceremonies. At 4 o'clock of the same day dedi- calidn services will conducted at the New Salvation Army Hotel, for- merly the Dewey) which has been converted into a home for self-sup- porting young women of Washingto: Many prominent Washingtonians, in- cluding the wives of several cabinet officers, will be present. ‘The anniversary of the birth of Gen. ‘William Booth, founder of the Salva- tion Army, will be observed Sunday bx special services in the morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Cosmos Theater, when Commissioner and Mrs, Thomas Estill will conduct, In the pulpits of most 1 promi- nent churohes of the city speakers from the Salvation Army will addreas the congregations. A mass meeting will be held at the Belasco Theater Sunday afternoon, when Commander Evangeline Booth, daughter of the founder, will speak on “The World's Moat Beautiful Story, Gen. Pershing will preside, and many prominent government of- ficlals will be guests. Commander Booth will be the prin- cipal speaker also at the closing exer- clses Sunday, which ‘will include spe- cial services at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. National Vaudeville Benefit. In recognition of the important part the organization known as the Na- tional Vaudeville Artists i 1 in the elevation of vlude'lll‘:llyt:ng dignified gational institution, the vaudeville managers are giving the actors’ organization every encourage- ment possible. One of their plans to help the actor 18 to set aside one day each year when every vaudeville theater will turn over to the National Vaudeville Artists the entire receipts of the ‘matinee performence on that day. The combined proceeds ho de- will go toward establishing o fu:d'"t'::lr'w nr:nrm?nt insur- each mem! e s lowing ou Dation-wide B. F. Keith's Theater, Pfld‘:y J::n noon, April 8, the date smet for the annual national testimonfal. will stage 2 show of fun, melody and other elements as a spec induc, ment to the people of Washington turn out in large numbers and give the Natfonal Vaudeville Artists a :'I:mper sum as the quota from thi y. ‘This testimonial is not & an appeal for chl-rfivfmh:r::, the m;l!n,e'.;:a‘lll\l'n rzfl |flllll value for the ! 2 Taonny ApER! mission to the e 016,66, and September, PROPOSELAWTO GUARD INVESTORS Commissioners Sponsor Measure to Prevent the Sale of Fake Securities. Every Indication points to « speedy enactment of a much-needed “blue #ky law” in the District of Columbia for the protection of the people from fuke “brokers” and wdvertising and sclling_questionable securities. W. T. Galliher, H. H. McKee, I gcne E. Thompson, Victor Deyber and siobert A, Cissel, representing the District Bankers’ Association, «nd John L. Edwards, Willlam B. Hibbs and Kugene E. Thompson of the Waushingon Stock Exchange, after u number of conferences. huve made sulficient suggestions, patterned after the Marylanu law on tne subject, 10 pproval of the District mmissioners. The tatter have adopted a measure, drawn by the District attorney, and will sponsor it betore Congress, It is proposed in the meusure register persons melling securities in the District. The definition of the terms used re given explicitly. the term ‘broker” ‘“meaning every person, other than a salesman, who in the District of Columbla engages wholly or in part in the business of selling or otherwise dealing in any security issued by another person, or of un- derwriting any issue of securities, or of purchasing’ or otherwise acquiring such securities for another or with the purpose of reselling them, or of offering them for sale to the public on a4 commission or at a profit.” A “salesman” {s the employe of a broker or “any one who shall at- tempt, for compensation or the ex- pectation of compensation, to sell any security to any person. o Statemeats Under Oath. e proposed bill provides That if it shall appear to the Commis- sioners that in the selling of any securi- ties within the District of Columbia any person is employing or about to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to de- fraud, or for obtaining money or prop- erty by means of any false or fraudu- lent pretense, representation or promise, and they believe it to be in the interes of the public that an investigation be made with a view to the issuance of an order such as herein provided, they may require such person to file with them a° statement in writing, under oath, as to all facts and circumstances concerning the subject matter which they believe it s to the public interest ;A;J:x:;(ll;xl!. and for that purpose may e forms upon whi - ment shall be ml::. oh syrh stk The Commissioners may, require, in addition thereto, such further data and information as they may deem relevant, and make such special investigation as they may deem necessary gn connection with such matter; and for the purposes of this act the Commissioners or their deputy, duly authorized in writing by them, shall have power to require by subpoena thd attendance and testimony of witnessés' and the production of an; . accounts, records and correspond- ence relating to any matter which the Commissioners are authorized by this act to consider or investigate. The Commissioners or their duty au- thorized deputy may sign subpoenas, administer oaths and affirmations, ex: amine witnesses and receive evidence. May Foree Obedience. In case of disobedience to a sub- Poena or of the contumacy of any witness appearing before the Com. missioners or their duly authorized deputy, the Commissioners may in- voke the ald of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and_such court ‘may thereupon issue an order requiring the persons subpoensed to obey the subpoena, or -to give evi- dence touching the matter in ques- tion. ~Any failure to obey such order of the court may _be hed by such c¢ourt as a contempt thereof. That the Commissioners, upon evi- dence satisfactory to them that In the sale of any securities within the District of Columbia any person is employing or is about to employ any device, scheme . or artifice to defraud, or for obtainiag money or property. by means of any false or. fraudulent pre representation or promise, may and cause to be served upon such person an order requiring the party guilty thereof to cease and de- sist therefrom. If it shall appear to.the Com- missioners that an irreparable public injury is imminent unless such order i8 issued before a full investigation can be made, they m: pending such investigation, issue such order, but the same shall be accompanied with a request for information as to facts and the order be effective until such ::lorm“ on is l!urlnilhed and two days ereafter exclusive of Sund: legal holidays. it ‘m Servimg Noticea. Serving' of notices is provided for in section 3, service being made to the person to be served, member of partnership, president, secretary or executive officer, as desired, by leav- ing a copy of the document at the principal office or place of business or by registering or mailing a copy. A verified return of the person 80 zrv(n‘ sald order is sufficient evi- nce. Must Give Security. Orders of the Commissioners are reviewable by the Supreme Court of the District, but unless petition for| said review is flled within twenty B (days, exclusive of legal holidays and Sundays, after the service of the or- der, nor unless the petitioner, with sufiicient security approved by a jus- tice of maid court, enter into an nt to satisfy and pay actual costs of such proceeding. Registration is a prime necessity, and any evidence of fraud may bring cancellation ‘of registration. Registration Fees. Registration fees of $50 per annum are provided for a broker and $1 for a salesman, and fees are payable on or Lefore the first Wednesday of Janu- ary in each year. A fine of $1,000 Is provided for any attempt to sell segurities without registration, and $500 to $5,000 or jm- prisonment for ten years, or both, for attempting to sell securities after an order to refrain has been jssued. Perjury is llable to be charged in the event of misrepresentation. Bince the adoption of the blue sky law' in Maryland many sellers of “fak securities have been working in the District, and the proposed law is sadly needed. —_— MISS ELIZA HEYL, 89, DIES. Former D. C. Resident to Be Buried in Glenwood Cemetery. Miss Eliza A. Heyl, eighty-nine years old, died Friday at the home of a nephew, Thomas D. Heyl, at Charlottes- ville, Va. Interment is to be at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Glenwood cemetery here, and s to be private. Miss Heyl was for many vears & resi- dent of the National Capital, having left here about thirty years ago. She was a niece of the late’ William Harvey, for many years a printer on The Star. = o aunt of Miss Al M. Heyl of this city. She was the Heyl and William COTTONSEED OIL EASIER. NEW YORK, April 2.—Cottonseed oil was easier through a removal of liquidation, prompted by the break in lard, although oovering near the close checked the decline , Leading positions closed 7 to 12 points net lower. Sales 8,700. Prime crude, 00, nominal; prime summer yellow spot, 5.50 big. May closed 6.00; July, .98, all bid. LIBERTY BOND CLOSING PRICES. 2.—Liberty 90.30; first 16, 97.58; victory 4 ol | COURT DISISSES SUIT. Permits Amended Action Against Sale of Rhilway. DENVER. Colo., April 2 —Ancillary action brought by stockholders to set aside the sale of the Denver and Rio Grande rairoad to the Pacific Rallrosd ‘Company was dis- missed today by Judge Robert K. Lewis in federal district court. Permission, however. was granted James L. Beers, ‘representing stock- holders, to bring an wmended com- plaint ‘in ancillary action to annul the sale on ailegations of fraud and conspiracy on the part of officials of afliltated roads to defraud the stock- holders. Counsel for the Equitable Trust Compuny of New York, agaiust which, it wus announced, the amended co plaint would be filed, announced th would reist action. No dute wan set for the hearing. The wale of the roud, for a com- sideration of $5,000,000, was confirmed last Mond, NATION’S DEBT REDUCED. The nation's gross debt was re- duced $71.586,330 in March, accord- ing to the Treasury statement ye! terday. which showed the total debt to be $23.950.104,397. Of the total fed- eral obligations outstanding. £2.754. 841,000 represents short-term Treas. ury certificates of indebtedness, sev- eral hundred million of which retary Mellon has said will be re- turned during April An analysis of the Treasury's fiscal affairs for the last year reveals little change in the amoun* of certificates of indebtedness or the floating debt. The gross debt, however, which ron- sists largely of - liberty bonds and victory notes, has shown a steady decrcase. Certificates of indebted- mess outstanding March 31, 1920, totaled $2,667,220,000, less than $100,000,000 ‘below the present total of such’secluritier. , — BALTIMORE PRODUCE. BALTIMORE, April 2 (Special). — Egg receipts have been only moderate this week and under a good demand, especially from {he packers, the daily offerings were higher, 25 cents a dogen being top price for strictly fresh nearby stock. Duck eggs have declined steadily the past week, 30 cents a dozen being tpp price. In the live poultry market the de- mand is more snappy for chickens, the latter around 21; pounds and springers of 1 to 1% pounds average. ings of such poultry meet with ready sale. Old hens will bring 35 to 37 cents a pound, and winter, 45 to 50, while springers are fast sellers at 55 and 60 cents. Ducks are expected to steadily increase in receipt, now that the laying seasonm is at a close and the tendency on ducks is therefore lower, with 32 to 40 cents a pound as prevailing prices today. The turkey season is practically over, and while receipts are unimportant values show. no material change, 35 to 50 cents a pound being: quotations under a lim- ited weather. Shipments are not ad- visable. prices being practically -the same as for live stock. . The potato market continues dull and under liberal receipts of McCormicks, which ‘are more than ample for trade wants. No. 1 stock white _potatoes and cobblers are quoted at 75 to 1.00 ‘per 100 Ibs, while McCormicks sell. at 50 to 75, with all No. 2 stock selling at 25 and 35 per 100 1bs. Sweets and yams are in fair demand, with bright, fancy guality at 3.00 to 5.50 per bbl. for the for- mer and 3.50 to 4.00 for the latter. The market rules a shade easfer un- der ample supplies. No. 2 stock and culls of both will bring 2.50_to 3.00. Native rhubarb makes' its appear- ance on the market and is selling fairly well at 3 and 4 a bunch. Native spinch and kale in good d mand at 60 and 65 a bushel for the former and 15 to 20 for the latfer. Spring onions also.are 4n good d :mand at 40 to.50 per hundred.. Late winter vegetabies are overlooked and prices are.gurely nominal, depending entirely on 4uality. apd condition. Apple mark ui:nd prices un- changed, except on e stock, wh has dropped to,1.00 and 1.50 per 100 pounds. BALTIMORE,, April 2 (Special).— Whart recew;r? of live cattle con- tinue Ilght and no” surplus of.top grades at the gtock yards. Demand is good for thig. sort and the market is firm. Gdod inquiry is noted for s 35 pounds ing’ and . Quotstions today at Light street whar! % Beef cattle—First quality, per Ib., 8 to 9; medium,.per 1b., 6 to 8. Bul as to quality, per 1b, 5 to 7. as to quality, per Ib, 5 to steers, per-ib. 4 to 6. quality, per lb, 5 to 7. Milk cows, choice to fancy, per head, 60.00 to "80. ommon to fair, per head, 30.00 tp 50.00. - : Calves—Veal, choice, per 1b., 11 to 12; ordinary to medium, per 1b., 8 to 10; heavy, smooth, fat, per head, 18.00 to 20.00; Tough, per head, 12.00 to :000 common, per head, 8.00 to 10. : 7 Sheep—No. 1, per 1b, 5 to 6. 0ld bucks, per 1b..4 to 5: common, per 1b, 2 to 3. Lambs, fall, choice, per 10 to 11; fair to good., per II common, thin, per 1 35 to 40 1bs., per 1b. Hogs—Straight, per 1 sows, as to- quality, ge 8t and boars, per 1 pigs, as to size and quality,. per I 12 to 15. Shoats; as to size ity. per 1b,, 10 to 13. CHICAGO, April 2 (United States bu- reau of markets).—Cattle—Receipt: 500 head; veal calves fully 1.00 lower; all other grades and classes generally 25 lower; top heavy beef steers for week, 10. 00. P! weights, 10 to 15 lower; others mostly steady with yesterday's average: good clearance; top, 10.15 early: bulk of 200 poynds down, 9.75210.00; bulk of 220 pounds up, 8.7529.35: pigs, 15 to 26 lower; bulk, desirable 90 to 120 pound pigs mostly, 9.50a9.7 Sheep—Receipts, 3,000 head, com- pared with week ago: lambs generally 50 to 75 lower; ‘shorn stock showing less loss; yearling, .25 to 50 lower; sheep, steady to 25 higher. ———— NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT. .NEW YORK, April 2.— The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $14,285.300 reserve in excess of legal requirements. This is an increase of 24,260 from last week. 2 The statement follows: ACTUAL CONDITION. Loans, discounts, etc., $4,854,228,000; decrease, $11,804,000. Cash in own vaults, members fed- eral reserve bank, $74,160,000; de- crease, $5,097,000." Reserve in federal reserve bank of member banks, $500,219,000; increase, $18,558,000. Reserve in own vaults, state banks and trust companles, $8,912.000; de- crease, $124,000. Reserve in depositaries, state banks and trust companies, $8,783,00 in- crease, $260,000. demand deposits, $3,802,735,000; increase, $93.235,000; United States de- posits deduected, $154,518,000. Time deposits, $233,050,000; decrease, $3.298,000. 3 Circulation, ° $32,234,000;" decrease, e drosate rescrye, $517,914,000. gEregate rese ,914,000. Excess reserve, §14,285,300; increase, $6,624,260. Summary of state banks and trust companies in greater New York, not included in clearing house statemen! ns, discounts, etc., $604,859,500; decrease, $2,911.500. Gold, $6,903,500; increase, $30,100. Currency and bank notes, $ 600; decrease. $122.200. Deposits with federal reserve bank, . $52,310,400; increase, $421, 900. & Total d~zosits, $636,960,000; increase, 5 455 100 Total deposits, ellminating amounts due from reserve .depositaries and other banks and trust companies in New York-city and United States d g:lltl. $686,185,100; 5, Banks: Cash in viuit, $25,543.200. !'rr;o-oz mupnm‘- a-'i ’n vault, $50, Western | The ' following chart shows sentative stocks dealt in _on the covered is the past month. up to and Friday, April 1. lower section activity of the market. See- | Industriais . Rails January 3 g Noyember 3 Low 1920 e, 66.75, December 21 . 67.83, February 11 4 Industrials . ils .. Tweaty Am Sugar Am Tel & Tel Am Can Am Car & Fdry Am Locomotive Am Smelting ten Elec Ao s Baldwin Loco Goodrich € M & St Paul Del & Hudson Erie Tifinois Central Atchison Baitimore & Ohio Canadian Pacific Ches & Ohio including winters weighing | Maren All offer- | Mareh LIBERTY BONDS Higir, Low. Liberty 3% Liberty 1st 4s Liberty-2d.4s. Liberty 1st 4/4s. Liberty 2d 434s Libesty 3d 4%s’ Liberty 4th 4%s. Victory 3¥%s Victary 43S ....... FINANCIAL GE OF MARKET AVERAGES ¢ ) the action of including the close of the _ml;rki of the chart indicates the relative £ s §AV Y UOL FVIVIS e s SIYYHS NONTIN to Date 77478, March 22 77.56, January e Date 72.25, March .68.10, March ustrial Common Stocks Used Are: Central Leather Corn Products T 8 Steel Utah Copper Westinghous Western Union Rep Tron & Steel Studebaker Texas Company U'S Rubber tric Twenty Rallrosd Common Stocks Used Are: K C Southern Lehigh Valley Louis & Nash N'Y Central Dally Movement of Averages: rthern Pacific Reading Soutbern Parific Norfolk & Western Southern Rwy Penneylvania Calon Pacific AT A Maturity da / GLANCE. Close High. Low. Yesterday. Yield. 9350 899¢ 9030 4.1l 8850 8524 *8750 485 88.10 8534 8704 498 8870 8540 8772 510 8840 8530 8.10° 525 9114 8800 9016 589 8860 8574 8720 539 9772 9580 97.58 493 9776 9586 _2{55 595 12,358 21,848 12758 21,649 495,807 3,767,004 T B96S 2380 . 3017 598 1.081 1271 NET DECLINE IN COTTON. Covering ‘as ‘Well as ‘Liquidation. But Eatter Governs Price Trend: NEW YORK. April 2.—The agtion of the cotton market here todayVwas re- garded as indicating a contintied dis position to even up accounts pending an improvement in foreign labor or political news. There was covering as. well as liguldation, but the Iatter determined the trend .of prices and after selling up from 12.23 to 12.35, July broke to 12.19 in the late trading and closed at 12.23. . The general market closed barely steady at a net deciine of 13 to 20 points. % The market opened barely steady at & decline of 8 to 20 points under Wall street._and local selling, which was promoted by less favorable week-end reviews of the g je and re- ports of an easier tone in some of the southwestern spot markets: late yes- terday. Only small spot sales have been reported at the declines, how- ever, while there was very little, if any, southern " selling. here, and market steadjed right.after the call on_covering. May sold up from 11.65 to 11.83 and October from 12.75 to 12.85, making a_recovery to. within 5 or 6 points of Friday's closing quotations. ~ After the demand from seattéring shorts had been supplied, however, the market showed an absence of support and most of the active months made new low prices for the day in the late trading, with October selling at 12.79. The close was & few points up from | the lowest. There was some selling of May, ac- companied by talk of possible ship- ments_here for delivery on contract, and the near month was relatively easy at the start, which showed little chenge in its relation to later months at_the close. No change was reported In ihe British'_ strike = situation. Sales of print cloths at Fall River for'the week were estimated at only 70,000 pieces and curtailment of' production at 325,000 pieces. Western goods dis- ! tributors report 2 smaller, volume of business during the past week, but say that collections were satisfactory. N. Y. BANK CONDITION. NEW YORK. April 2—The state- ment of conditién of the Federal Re- serve Bank of New York at the close of business April 1 show; Total gold reserves, $682.233,988. Total reserves. $833.441.435. Bills discounted secured by govern- ment_war obligations: For members, $335.628,113. All others: For members, $288,430, 207, Bi)ls bought in open markat, $42, 160 : 184:601. Total bills on hand, $666.242.921. Total earning assets, $725198.624. Unaolleoted: ttems, $118,590,00 D e to members: Reserve accounts, F ri tual elr-I lation, $783,461,f 5 cufl?lllo of total reserves to- deposit and federal reserve note liabilities combined, 56.7 per cent. » . NEW YORK DRY GOODS. NEW YORK, Aprfl 2. — The dry goods markets were ‘quiet today, but the sentiment inclined toward firm- ness. Good forward business was re- ported in fall lines of cottons and woolens. Many buyers were in town for the carpet auction beginn fl'hcl bur- day. Interest was brosdeni an Erariet was still fmactive &t lap market was ptices. Broad silks continued . and hopeful. - atm ¥ SHARP RALLY IN WHEAT. Change Takes Place Nedr Close After Season’s Lowest Figures. CHICAGO, April 2.—General cover- ing by shorts and the development of an active export demand. for both old and new wheat taused a sharp rally near the close today, which carried prices upward after the low- est figures of the season had been reached on all deliveries of grains and provisions. At the finish wheat was 1% to 2% net higher, with May 137 to 137% and July 116 to 1.16%. Corn was un- changed to %a¥ 'cent higher, while oats ranged from ¥a¥% cent down to %a3 oent up, ard provisions were oft 223 to 75 cents. There was a sharp bulge in wheat ‘prices during the last fifteen min- utes of trading, and most of this held up to the close. There had been many rallies, byt most of them lacked the force. to prices. much above the previoup close, but when they did go above that level short covering was free on stop loss orders. Reports of as-high as 4,000,000 bush- els of wheat being worked for export and a St. Louls report to the effect | that wheat had been worked for ex- port based on the July delivery tended also to unnerve the shorts. Crop reports continued to show an excellent condition over the greater part of the belt. Liquidation of cash wheat was said to be on in parts of Kansas and Nebraska, the bulk of it but offerings were light, farmers be ing maid to be busy in the flelds be- cause of the favorable weather for this. work and were not selling corn and oats to arrive very freely. Pro- visions were weaker and lowér early with grains and on scattering’ selling; but rallied toward the finish |COFFEE FUTURES LOWER.’ . NEW YORK. April 2—The market for coffee futures was_lower today under scattering liquidation. Evident- 1y the showing of the Brazilian cables was a disappointment to recent buy- ers, who had expected that the ge- ported government buying would lead to advances in the primary .markets. ‘This accounted for some of the early selling and the break uncovered orders late in the morning. Fiest prices were unchanged to five' points lower with the decline extending to 6.50. for July and 6.81 for September. The close was at the lowest, showing net declines of 14 to 20 points. Clos~ ing bids: May. 6.13; July, 6.50: Sept- ember, 6.80; October.” 6.92: December, 7.15; January, 7.25: March., 7.45. Spot coffee dull, Rio 7s, 6310 68; Santos 4s, 91.al0. Cost and Yreight offers included Santos 4s at 6.35 to 9.50. and Rio 8s at 6.20 American credits. The officlal cables repo: an advance of 70 reis in the dol buying rate, with a decline of 1-16d exchange on London. 2~ highar, ) A btl;he RI&- mr.:tk“ Was l75[r¢ll ut San ures were irregular. an advance of 50‘.!0 a decline of reis. Santos cleared 6,800 bags for New York. Brazilian port receipts, 37,000; Jundiahy receipts 9,000, ——— REDUCED GROSS SALES. . CHICAGO, April 2.—Montgomery ‘Ward and Company. through F. H. Camphusen, assistant secretary. todav . announced that gross sales for Maseh, 1921, were $7,395.985, & decreasc #% 37.83 per cent compared with the same month last year. For the quarter inded sales were $18,598,529, April 1, gross § m'im * 1.99 per cent of n!.'n'ss.svx.