Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1931, Page 22

T B BANKER ATTAINS - ¢ CENTURY OF LIFE '!}Im Dwight Peck Celebrates Hundredth Birthday Anniversary. Sipecial Dispatch to The Star. -~ BALLSTON, Va., April 25.—John Dwight Peck, retired lumberman and Banker, will celebrate his 100th birth- day anniversary at the home of his grandson, Prank E. Peck, at Herndon tomorrow. ~Mr, Peck was born April 26, 1831, in where he received his early education in the public schools of that State. Becomes Architect. receit an education he the al l’l;d buud\n:w business, and when about years ol he, with other brothers, founded the Peok Lumber Manufacturing Co., with ‘which he was associated until his re- tirement about 25 years ago. He was also founder and t of the Peck- ville National Bank for more than 30 retiring at the age of 80. He was founder of the Peckville Methodist Episcopal Church, where he to Virginia in 1908. four years in the Union tenant with a Pennsyl- He is a member of ity and is a credited of the oldest mem- ! g1t 4 . He has just re- of several months the Summer he York State. member -brother, | grandchildren, great- shd 1 great-great-grandchild. sl CHILE TIGHTENS PURSE 3 TO BALANCE BUDGET Maintenance of Credit Abroad Ote : Reason for Economy Given by Ibanez. the Associated Press. ¢ SANTIAGO, Chile, April 25—Bal- o the national budget snd of the country’s present JEFFERSOH GRAIN FIRM : 1S ADJUDGED BANKRUPT filbfllfi“ of $50,102 Listed, With Assets of Only $42,121 Claimed | by Company. { @pecial Dispatch to The Star. ~ MARTINSBURG, W. Va., April 25.— ‘The Myers & Hardy, with tor at Reedson and a this city, creditors has been set for| 'are listed at $42,121.49. includ- | estate valued at $10,000; open $19,135.93, and bills and 9. Liabilities are given ! $50,102.91, including unsecured debts | ,500. The firm had been pre- | put inta the hands of receivers, action in s State court. | Fire Officials Named. AIRFAX, Va., A 25 (Special).— ‘llln' ‘Willlams, thg;uo! the Fairfax Pire ent, has appointed his assistants for the coming year. Charles L. Smith was appointed engineer; Elmer Dove, John Sisson, and Franklin , assistant engineers: George | first assistant chief; Fred Hollis second assitant chief; Lewi Coyner, ; John Whalen, lieutenant; Renee Pfalzgraf, Roy Hollls and Charles , hosemen; Dr. Ford Swetnam,| . James E. Nickell was| president and Thomas P. Chap- secret; -treasurer, at the 1 Chat Back Stage i With Opera Star iim Pons Congratulated pn “Lucia” Singing—Re- : turn to Ophir Hall. the Associated Press. ! ‘WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., April 25— and Queen of Siam went to e yd':'lfl from Purchase to ter County center to hear’ Pons in the Metropolitan Opera 's presentation of “Lucia di . King Prajadhipok and went back stage alterward in Prench to Miss Pons. | Pons was congratulated by the monarch, who, saying he had the opera before but was fa- ith it snd difficult to sing. | only two automobiles in , the King and Queen and three attendants in| Prince Svasti, one of uu‘ in a box at the opera with . Ward, Republican county | ; Miss Dorothy Ward and Edson 8. Jones, sister of the po- leader. performance the King and returned to Hall, country . Whitelaw Reld, where ying while in the United is graduation » tone. The music, observed it must. — 100 Years THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 26\ 1931—PART ONE. Old Today ARLINGTON COUNTY RESIDENT STILL HALE AND HEARTY. JOHN DWIGHT PECK. Music and Musicians Reviews nn-d News of Capital's Programs. Chamber Music Festival At Library Ended Last Night. OLLE'S Madrigal Singers, Dr. Hugo Holle, conductor, gave the closing program of the three- day chamber music festival in the Library of Congress last evening. Dr. Holle and his 10 singers came from Germany to give the concert last evening, and were enthusiasti- audience sing without accompaniment, though there were several numbers with Et:no. are careful of the pitch and ve colorful tone and good enun- ciation. The shading in their work ly remarkable, the even reaching the single amount of volume for the forte passages was astonishing after very delicate pianissimo. ‘The program chosen for last eve- ning’s concert gave interesting con- trasts between the German, Italian and Netherland part songs of the oy madrgais “and " chamber day an chamber choruses. In addition the composi- tions gave ample opportunity for the singers to show their versatility, for the German songs were not all of s lighter vein, yet the Italian songs demanded coloratura ability. Two Mozart songs for soprano, tenor and ‘were particularly delightful and singers were recalled and gave encore in which they sang beau- the legato as well as the The last numbers were from the Hermann and Bela modern the Erd ow-nx“:mmx flensi len, ,” was less offensive to the lovers of the classics than much of the music by this com 3 | Prancisco Macia, nd accompaniment. ‘The singers are Hedwig Cantz, Gertrud Dreher and Maria er, sopranos; t Kramer, Eliza | Keller and Else Sihler, contraltos; Anton Knoll and Hermann Ziel- | lesch, tenors, and Hans Hager and | Max Mrakitsch, basses. Dr. Holle has trained this up to sing with ecision in a , and their voices | lend well, the humming of the men resembl instruments. The concert was a fitting close to the fifth annual festival of the Eliz- abeth Sprague Coolidge Pom;lugom Bros String Quartet Gives Fourth Program of Festival. 'HE last of the instrumental pro- grams, and fourth in the series of five events, offered in the Library of Congress FPestival of Chamber Music, was presented in the Eliza- beth Sprague Coolidge Auditorium yesterday morning. This was the | only program devoted entirely to that outstanding form of chamber music—works written for string quartet. Also, this program featured as its central number a string quartet written expressly for Mrs. | Coolidge’s competition and dedicated to hér. Tt 'was the fiTtieth work by Serge Prokofieff, one of the younger | Russians, written last year, and | given its first performance in public yesterdsy. As is usual at these fes- tivals in the Library. critics and lead- ing musicians, as well as distinguished patrons and lovers of music, led by Mrs. E. 8. Coolidge, the founder, filled the auditorium to capacity. This exceptionally critical audience warmly applauded at the conclusion of the new work. The Prokofieff work and also quartets by Schubert and Beethoven, were played by the Brosa String Quartet of London. This group had its initial program in America at the festival of chamber music spcnsored by Mrs. Coolidge in Chicago last Fall and made their debut in Washington in & program in October. The members are Antonis Brosa and David Wise, violins; Leonard Rubens, viola, and Anthony -Rini, . violoncello. They have been organized only two or three years, according to re- port, and their playing shows the _lack of complete co-ordination and PHONE NEISSST 4% Regular Delivery Over 100,000 families read The Star ever day. The great ma- jority have the paper delivered larly every evening and Sun- y morning at a cost of 1% cents daily and 5 cents Sunday. If you are not taking advan- et B e e b 5000 now and service will start lished finesse that make for the hest degree of beauty in this exacting art. Their playing is at times quite jerky and individualistic. The most satisfying number was the Beethoven “Quartet in E Minor, Opus 59, No. 2,” which was written in the first of three periods of that great composer, and has the merry, light mood first established by Haydn. Schubert’s “Quartet in G Major, Opus 161,” which opened the pro- gram, was tedious, with the most notable passages being those of the third movement, in which the -cello takes melodic theme and has the doMinant position in its develop- ment. Both these classical works were well chosen to give the modern, featured number every opportunity | 4o be heard to best advantage. ‘The Prokofiefl wonk seems to have one chord that really unites the four instruments ever so often in a recur- ring melodic passage. Aside from that the work gives the impression of a cleverly compiled mass of sounds with varied tempos and with each of the four players madly racing along his own part totally regardless of his three companions. After hearing Prokofiefl’s new quartet for strings one recalls the more vividly that it is his piano and operatic works that have won him greatest renown rather than symphonic or _string compcsitions. B.T. ZAMORA WILL CONFER WITH CATALONIAN CHIEF Spanish President Leaves Madrid as Crowds Cheer on Trip to Barcelona. By the Associated Press. MADRID, April 25.—President Alcala Zamora left for Barcelona tonight. A large crowd acclaimed him when he arrived at the station, which was decorated in much the same fashion as it used to be for the arrivals and de- partures of King Alfonso. Tonight the crowds shouted “long live the President.” Zamora said he would attend the conferences of the International Com- mittee on Olympic Games and the Spanish-Irish ~ foot ball match at Barcelona. He said that he would also take advantage of his trip to talk with Catalonian political leader, in an effort to adjust the prob- lem of that province temporarily until the constituent assembly considers it. The President’s notion on the Cata- |lonian problem, it was said, is that it should be left for the constituent as- sembly in its entirety, the province meanwhile being subordinated to the government at Madrid. Dr. Douglas Freeman to Speak in Interest of Business and Profes- sional Women’s Convention. Special Dispatch the The Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 25.—The sec- ond radio address by Dr. Douglas Pree- man of Richmond, editor of the News-Leader, which he is giving in the | interest of the “Old Dominion” bi- ennial convention of the National Fed- eration of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, will be broadcast Mon- day evening at 9:30 o'clock instead of 9:15 o'clock as at first arranged. His topic will be “What to See in Virginta.” utes from Station WRVA, Richmond, which operates on a wave length of 1,110 kilocycles, or 270 meters. The convention on whose bshalf Dr Freeman is broadcasting will be held in Richmond July 6-11, 1931. 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Following rendition of Key's hymn, “Lord, With Glowing Heart I'd Praise Thee,” Maj. Francis Scott Key Smith, grandson of the author of our national anthem, will speak on “The History of Francis Scott Key.” ‘The memorial tablet will be pre- sented by the District branch of the organization. It will be accepted from Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, president of the District group, by Bishop James E. Freeman, acting on behalf of the Ca- thedral chapter of the soclety. Tablet Will Be Unveiled. Mrs. Samuel Z. Shape, president of the national organization, will extend greetings, and the tablet will be un- velled by Mrs. Clement M. Sheriff, chairman of the committee in charge of the exercises. After the tablet has been dedicated by Bishop Freeman, those present will join in singing “The Star Spangled Banner,” under the direction of J. F. M. Bowle. ‘The ceremony at the Cathedral will be followed at 7 p.m. by a buffet sup- per. After the supper, a business meet- ing will be held. ‘Tomorrow's program begins at 8:30 o'clock in the morning, when the chair- man of the Credentials Committee will meet members of her group on the seventh floor of the Willard. An hour later, the committee will meet the members of the national board for registration in the rear of the cabi- net room at the hotel. ‘Will Visit White House, ‘The board will meet in the cabinet room at 10 o'clock, and all national officers and State presidents are ex- pected to be present. From 3 to 4:30 oclock tea will be served at the or- ganization's headquarters, 1461 Rhode Island avenue, and at 5 o'clock Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover will receive the delegates at the White House. Monday evening's program, begin- ning at 8 o'clock, follows: March, “The Stars and Stripes For- ever,” United States Marine Band; en- trance of national officers and charter trustees, escorted by pages: meeting called to order by Mrs. Shape; invo- cation, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, | chaplain of the House of Representa- | tives; presentation of colors, Capt. C. C. |Gill, U. 8. M. C.; “Star Spangled Ban- | ner,” United States Marine Band; | allegiance to the flag, assoclate council, |led by Mrs. Reuben Ross Holloway, chairman of correct use of the flag; the Creed, led by the author, William Tyler Page; presentation of State flags, Capt. @ill and Mrs, Holloway. |OFFICIAL TO AID FIXING OF INCOME TAX RETURNS Revenue Commissioner Announces Dates He Will Be in Dranes- ville District. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., April 25.—Commis- sioner of Revenue J. U. Kizcheloe has announced the dates when he will mezt residents of Dranesville district | to assist them in preparation of their returns on incomes, tangible and in- | tangible es. ‘These returns | must be in the Commissioner’s hands | not later than June 1, subject to a 10 | per_cent penaity. On May 1 and 2, Kincheloe will be in Herndon at the office of Arthur M. Buell. On May 4 he will be in Colvin Run at Cockrell's store; May 7 at H. L. | Oliver's store in Forestville; May 8 at store, Shady Oal May 9, | White's store, Dranesville; May 11, | Dove's store, Navy; May 12, Bowman's store at Navy. | COLONEL ENTERS RACE Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, April 25—Col. Frank B. Varney, who commanded & | company in the World War and later | became colonel of the 246th Virginia | National Guard, now retired, has filed | notice with the city Democratic Com- | mittee for the State Senate from the ! ON AIR TOMORROW NIGHT | district composed of Lynchburg and the | County of Campbell. He is to be opposed by R. H. Lang- horne of Evington, the incumbent. Births Reported. The following_births have been reported nours Hardee P. and Lena R. Harrell. girl, Smith W. and Elizabeth Brookhart, girl. | i Dorothy Reed, girl | Warren B. and Loraria C.' Pran | Walter 8. and Jane Greene, girl. | Irvin G. and Mary G. Kohimeler. girl. | Allen 8. and Kathryn Jonnson, gi . Lee and Virginia Douglas, girl. Tt 3 Lewis and Reg:cu Johinson, boy. and Edna B. Calhot | Lueas T. and Lucille Mo | George and Alice Johnson, boy. Established 34 Years $ 3.50 F and G Streets Heads 1812 Group THREE CHILDREN DROWN Five Others Rescued When Boat Capsizes in Mill Pond. MOBILE, Ala., April 25 (#).—Three | children, members of a school picnic party, were drowned near here today as a small outboard motor boat capsized and threw them into a mill pond 12 feet deep. Five others were rescued. ‘Those drowned were Billy Stewart, 12; Ruth Wilbur, 11, and Harold Browning, 14. All the bodies were re- covered. IELCOME PLANNED FOR GEN. HIGEINS World Salvation Army Head, on U. S. Tour, to Visit Capital May 8. Gen. Edward J. Higgins, head of the International Salvation Army, will be entertained at luncheon by Sir Ronald and Lady Lindsay at the British Em- when he visits this city PFriday, May 8, it was announced today. Gen. Higgins is to deliver an address in Constitution Hall at a public gather- ing that evening at 8:30 o'clock. The British Ambassador is honorary chair- man of the general reception committee for his visit here. Among entertain- ments planned for Gen. Higgins wilt be a luncheon at the British embassy. Bishop James E. Freeman of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington has been announced as one of the speakers at the meeting in Constitution Hall. To Attend Counclls. Gen., Higgins is to arrive in New York from London Thursday, April 30, and while in this country will conduct officers’ councils in New York, San ancisco, Chicago and Atlanta, cover- ng the four territories of the Salvation rmy in the United States. ' He is expected to remain in this ‘country about four weeks, it is said. , Isaac Gans has been named chair- rgan of the reception committee to meet Clen. Higgins at Union Station on the nworning of his visit here. He is to be irgroduced to the audience at Consti- tution Hall by Secretary of State Stim- som. Committee Is Named. John Hays Hammond is honorary vice chairman of the general reception committee here. H. L. Rust, jr, is genetal chairman of the committee. Other members of the general com- mittee are Mrs. John Jay O’Connor, Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, Corcoran Thom, Roberty V. Fleming, John Poole, New- The boat was in charge of J. D. Mc- Pherson. He said the children sud- | denly rushed to the bow and it was| forced below the surface of the water. When the boat swamped, McPherson | seized his two-year-old daughter and swam with her to the shore. | Two youths standing on the bank | dived in and helped the other children to safety. Wedding Licenses Issued. FAIRFAX, Va. April 24 (Special).— Marriage licenses have been issued at| Fairfax Court House to Harold E. Har- per, 24, of 505 Given street, Alexandria, and Alice Plerre, 24, of 637 Que street, Washington, D. C.; to James A. Hop- | kins, 23, of Beltsville, Md., and Laura | E. Ridgeway, 21, of Landover, Md.: to| R. Morrison Davis, 24, and Nellie Catherine Hampton, 26, both of R. F. D. | Clifton Station; to Franklin W. Hoy, | 25, of Pleasant Gap, Pa., and Georgia M. Hursh, 21, of Lock Haven, P to Ezell Hines, 21, and Alcinda A. Quan-| der, 18, both of R. F. D, Alcxandrln,} Va.. Joseph Quander, the girl's father, | giving his consent; to Stanley Wojcik, | 21, of 709 South Robinson street. Bal- | timore, Md., and Audrey Wildman, 22, | of 2714 Manhattan Avenue, Balti- more, Md. Storm Kills Cow. LURAY, Va. April 25 (Special).— During a severe windstorm, wheih up- rooted trees in orchards, unroofed -‘ number of sheds and houses, the gale blew down the silo on the datry m-m’ of Walter C. Dofflemoyer, a mile east of Luray, killing one of the cows in | his fine herd. ~Some 10 or 12 being | near were not caught by the falling timbers of the silo. | bold Nbyes, Coleman Jennings and W. J. Flather. | Gen. Higgins was elected to the su- reme position in the Salvation Army in_Februiary, 1928. The public is invited to attend the meeting at Constitution Hall and tickets fior reserve seats may be had on_request by applying to Maj. James | Asher at Salvation Army headquarters, 426 Sixth street, | P. J. BOLAND WILL CAST | VOTE WITH DEMOCRATS Importance of Decision Is Foreseen in Fight for Control of Next House. By the Associated Press. SCRANTON, Pa., April 25.—Repre- sentative P. J. Boland of this city, who was elected in November on both the Republican and Democratic tickets and whose vote in the organization of the | next House has been claimed by both parties, said today ke would ballot with the Democrats. Speaking at a Jefferson day rally of Lackawanna County Democrats, Boland saild: “I want to say right here ‘hat the Democrats will organize the next House. That ought to satisty those people who have been wondering where | I stand on the question of the House organization.” Local Democrats said Boland's vote | might be considered of great importance due to the close standing of the two major parties as a result of the last congressicnal election. Boland, whq ran on a wet ticket last year, said ne celieved repeal of the Volstead act was not far distant. SIR RONALD LINDSAY. BRITISH NAVAL REPLY REPORTED ADVERSE French Proposals Countered, Indi- cating Non-Acceptance, Is View in Paris. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 25.—French political circles were discussing tonight a report that_the British Government's reply to the French proposals on the propcsed |naval agreement, handed to the French | Ambassador in London yesterday, con- tains counter proposals, leading to the bbelief here that the French proposals were unaccepted, at least in all their details. ‘The belief here was the negotiations are not yet closed, but that apparently the past week had brought an agree- nent no nearer. HEALTH DIRECTORS' SESSION ADIOURNS Air Travel Quarantine Rules of Pan-American Confer- ence Chief Result. ‘The Pan-American Conference of Health Directors ended a week of ses- sions here yesterday after adopting s number of resolutions, including that lpvl'&)vil’gQ an_international convention to provide sanitary regulations for in- f;nudon’u nx:-;g:n g-vel. President loover, in a T the conferen htgr t;lvor;dsmés & course. e - Hugh 8. Cumming, Surgeon Gen- eral of the Public Hetl".h gvice. and Dr. Gregoria A. Alfaro, health director of Argentina, will take the views of the Pan-American Conference to Paris shortly for presentation to the inter- national office of public health. A draft treaty, prepared by the in ternational office, was before the Pane American Conference during its ses- sions. The health directors accepted the treaty in principle, with some modifications, chief among which one modifying provisions for quarantine and leaving to individual nations the ;‘“”s'flhnl dwl;:t,g;r expenses of the serv- ce shoul rne by the government . P—— er resolutions approved the work of the Pan-American gmmry Bureau, urged all governments to adhere to the Pan-American sanitary code, and out- lined the agenda for the ninth Pan- American Sanitary Conference in B\:‘e‘:mh::lr; next year. e directors also gave strong support to the lnwrmuomrum for suppression of the drug urging the closest co-operation among various governments. 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