Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1932, Page 4

A—4 =» THE EVENING WASHINGTON, REDISTRICTING BILL IS EXPECTED 300N Nearby Virginia Congress Division Threatened by Measure. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Stafl Correspondent of The Star RICHMOND, Va., January 20.—Com- plete destruction of the eighth district and the division of the “spoils” among the first, seventh and tenth districts will be proposed in a bill that is to be introduced in the Senate before the end of the week, according to information réceived here today. Passage of such a bill would bring to a full realization the worst fears of the eighth district delegation in the General Assembly The measure every ounce Virginia legi erate. will be ene ators are able to gen- Plans of Bill. Details of the redistricting bill were made public for the first time today. According to this bill the City of Alexandria and the counties of Arling-{ ton, Fal Prince William and Staf- ford, all of which are now a part of the eighth district, would be combined with the first district, which consists of the citfes of Newport News, Hampton and Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotssylvania, Caroline, King George, Westmoreland, Richmond, Essex, King and Queen, Middlese: ancaster, | Northumberland, Mathews, Gloucester, | York, Warrick and Elizabeth City, | forming in area one of the largest dis- tricts in the State and reaching form Alexandria to Newport News { The seventh district would acquire | the counties of Loudoun, Fauquier, Orange and Culpeper, which are now & part of the eighth district. Hope in Decision. The eighth district delegation ex- ! pressed elation over the decision of the opposition to make known its plan, claiming that they are now in a much better position to work toward the sal- vation of the eighth district as it now stands. Their chief obstacle, it is said, is that the plans as proposed come from the district in_which reside for- mer ‘Goy. Harry F. Byrd, and there is a general inclination on the part of members of the General Assembly to| do nothing that would weaken him as | & presidential cendidate The eighth district delegation, s formerly organized, is engaged in nego- | tiations whereby they hope, through trade with representatives of other dis- tricts who also wish to maintain their | integrity, to save the Northern Vir- ginia section as it is now formed Both Representative Howard W. Smith of the eighth district and S. Otis Bland of the first district were in Richmond yesterday afternoon, the former having been here for the past two days. Representative Bland at- tended & meeting of the first district delegation. Those in attendance re- fused to comment upon what transpired there, but it was assumed that the meeting was an indication that the first district is determined if any change is made in its boundaries it will be an agdition rather than a subtraction. “Such a combination as is to be pro- gpeed by the early measure would throw epresentatives Smith and Bland in the same district and would precipitate & “battle royal” when a choice be- tween the two becomes necessary at the néxt election Both Sides Confident. Bland's supporters are confident that the strength he would derive from the thickly settled Newport News section would be more than sufficient to elimi- pate Smith, but this is doubted by the Northern Virginia "delegation, which has been assured that the Fredericks- burg strenth would be thrown to the northern end of the district, in which that city has the most interest. Leaders in the Northern Virginia section, lying adjacent to the National Capital, want to take no chances of their representation coming from the Newport News section, believing that the large amount of Federal aid that has been fofthcoming during the past severa] years would be greatly lessened | in the future by failure to retain rep- | resentation that is familiar with local | affairs. ‘Fhe proposed Early bill is but one of many redistricting measures that are expected to be introduced, and its appearance will probably be the signal for the introduction of the various other plans. It also will be the open- ing gun of what promises to be the biggest battle of the present session. DIVORCEE MURDERED IN RICHMOND HOME Police Searching Near Charlottes- ville for Man Charged With Killing Woman. Bpecial D tch to The RICHMOND, Va, January Bearch for Stewart Newsom, garage mechanic, who is charged with the murder here last night of Mrs. Violet Applewhite, d divorcee g made by Richmond officers in ighborhood of Charlottessille to- ar 20.- t is alleged that Newsom \ Mrs Heights, a few min- urned home, slipped went to bed room and fired three bul- | ton DX ce of | jacking job until he had heard Middle- y in the pre |Cab Driver’s Identification of | phases of alas one of the two men who hired a Applewhite | the cab driver's identification of Mid. | the Musicians' FOUR GREAT ARTISTS LISTED ON MUSICAL BENEFIT PROGRAM Bauer, Kochanski, Kindler| and Nina Koshetz to Be | Heard Here January 29. | | Proceeds of Concert Will Go| Toward Relief of Jobless Musicians. | | 1 BY E. de S. MELCHER | As an added feature of this Winter's | musical rennaisance in Washington, & giant festival is being planned as a benefit for unemployed musicians, | which should be included among the most important musical events this city has ever known. Four artists—Nina Koshetz, Harold Bauer, Paul Kochanski and Hans Kin- dler—wlll appear in & benefit program, which will be held Friday night, Jan- uary 20, at the Library of Congress. The proceeds will go to the Musicians’ Emergency Aid, of which Walter Dam- rosch is chairman, in conjunction with Foundation, headed by Rubin Goidmark. | Koshetz, Bauer, Kochanski and Kin- | dler—four of the greatest exponents of their particular art appearing on | a single program, is something new | in the matter of local concerts. Rus- sio’s greatest performer of native songs, who has been honored to the extent of having had eight modern composers | write songs especially for her: a pianist whose talents have won for him decora- | tions by the French government Bnd‘ applause of the world in general; & violinist who ranks among the best— | and a cellist who still is among the | blue-ribbon artists. Fame Won by Kindler. The cellist is Hans Kindler, who has won such respect and admiration for his brilliant musicianship at the helm | of the National Symphony Orchestra. | that the public has forgotten his first laurels were gathered with his cello. | Long before he dreamed of the Na- tional Symphony, Mr. Kindler came to | Washington as & soloist of immense | reputation and world-wide fame. He had served well his term as first cellist | under Stokowski’s baton in the Phila- delphia_Orchestra—he had played here many times—last season as one of the stars at Mrs. Townsend's morning mu- | sicale—and if reference was made to him as a musician it was taken for granted that it was &s & great maestro of the cello rather than &s & great maestro of an orchestra The benefit concert of the 20th, which should crowd Mrs. Coolidge's small but technically perfect auditorium to the | doors, will mark Kindler's debut here this season as a solo artist. Other cities have recently heard him in that ca- pacity, but Washington will have him | only as a fourth to one of the most in- | teresting programs we are likely to get. It is seldom that four such artists are heard on a single evening. For this reason there is more than casual | interest attached to the concert. | Special Committee. i Its sponsors, that organization known | as the Friends of Music, whose con- | certs at the Library of Congress are among the most distinguished in the country, have made every effort to se- | cure the best in music and that they have succeeded is obvious A special cammittce, composed of Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs. Tracy Dows, Miss | Grace Dunham Guest and Mrs. Myron | W. Whitney, is arranging the details for this affair. All of these artists are well known to Washingtonians. Mrs. Townsend has presented all of them at various times and they have made frequent appear- ances here both in solo recitals and as soloists with orchestras. Miss Koshetz has been described often ported as it deserves. as the perfect v her appearance in Washington last Spring at the cham- ber music festival at the Library of Congress was the occasion for special | praise by no less an authority than Olin Downs, and earlier in the season she had won an ovation at a morning musi- cale for her interpretation of songs— and since her valued days with the Moscow Imperial Opera she has climbed to the heights of success in this coun- try, s0 that her annual recitals in New York are among the important events of the Winter. Such eminent too, composers, as Rachmaninoff, Prokofief!, Gretchaninoff, | Joaquin Nin, Georges Hue and others have written sorgs for her, and she is generally known as one of the most beloved and popular artists of the con- cert stage. Master of Violin. Harold Bauer, whose planistic virtues need no ballyhooings, and whose years of rich rewards as a past master of his art have won him the admiration of both the public and the real musicians, was once distinguished in another field. Just as Kindler has put his cello in the background in favor of the baton, so Bauer has done away with his violin in favor of the piano. Bauer was first trained as a violinist, studied with his father and Adolph Pol- litzer, made his debut in London and toured for nine years as maestro of the strings. It wasn't, in fact, until Paderewski made the suggestion to him (presumably not because he was a poor violinist) that he turned to the other field and began his studies in Paris on an instrument which has served him | even better than its predecessor. Now Bauer fs seldom thought of as a “fiddler"—it is to be doubted if even he thinks of himself that way. To be as great a pianist as he is should be enough worry for one particular life- time. Kochanski Popular. Kochanski, whose violin produces tones of impeccable beauty, and whose command of the bow is a career in it- self, is also familiar as an artist in this city—and popular—since he re- turns to it year after year—and is al- ways urged to return again His work is known with enthusiasm around the globe—his travelings have been wide and extensive—and his ac- claim as great as that of the three other artists who ppearing with him on the January 20 program. ‘What he will play on this auspicious evening is a question—just as no one knows what Miss Koshe z will sing, or Mr. Bauer and Mr. Kindler. But it doesn't really matter. These artists have demonstrated before that their taste is as flawless as their artistic execution. They are all being awaited with great eagerness—in a cause which is emi- nently end urgently worth while—and which it is to be hoped will be sup- BOARD GETS MORE MIDDLETON DATA Policeman Told—Hear- ing on Sayer. Testmony regarding identification by & taxicab driver of Wallace J. Middie- ton, suspended twelfth precinct police- man, as, accomplice of Jack H. Cun- ningham, slain police informer, in a hi-jacking case, was heard today by the Police Trial Board. The case of Middleton was one of two heard by the board, the other being that of Policeman James T. Sayer, fourth precinet, charged with assault The Middleton case, which has been continued several times, was brought before the board for consideration of additional evidence. The _suspended policeman is charged with conduct prejudicial to the good order and dis- cipline of the force The hearing today centered around Middleton's _indentification use in an al- the rear of the cab last Spring for leged hi-jacking. in 1200 block of I street Officers Are Questioned. Defense atiorneys questioned Detec- tive Sergts. H. E. Brodie and Howard E. Ogle extensively today concerning dleton. The taxi driver, it was brought | e made his | found in- was a forn ) r murdered woman, police | home in the 300 bloc Mrs A Washir , & Mrs. R COLONIAL BEACH FIRE SUSPECT CONFESSES Colored Man Held to Grand Jury in Burning Home of Mrs. Sophie Bowie. By the Assoclated Press. COLONIAL E 20.—P! Pollard statem vesterday fire to near here, Monday night. ing burned to the ground Pollard wes beld for grand jury sc- tion after a hearing yesterday. When gasoline was found on furni- ture in the burning bui'ding, indicating the fire was of incendiary origin, police secured bloodhounds, which led them to Pollard’s house. Pollard sald he and another colored man planned to burn the home of a Mr. Boulware before Saturday. CH, Va., colored confe: 1 & signed ed setting The build- Benefit Sale Saturday. The Washington Unit, League of Coast Guard Women, will conduct a “favorite recipe sale” at 1201 Connecti- cut avenue Saturday from 10 o'clock in the morning to 5 in the afternoon. Profits will go for relief work among ! the right to vote in any election. January | Applewhite lives in | Seyer B. Roberts. | | | he home of Mrs. Sophie Bowie | able the board to summon other wit- | to make a further study and one to Pn-' cut, was not willing to pick out Middle- as the “large man” on the hi-| ton talk In the Sayer case the policeman is accused of using a blackjack to attack Jack Sheffield, 30, near the latter's of Linworth | southwest last November 12| slso was charged with using Janguage to Sheffield’s wife, &n place abusi he alleged assault took place follow- ing Sheffield’s arrest on a charge of | parking in a restricted zone near his | home. Sheffield testified Sayer at first was going to give hi ticket, but later tock him to the police station. Start of Investigation. | Capt. Jeremiah Sullivan, fourth pre- | | cinct commander, started an investiga- tion when Pvt. William P. Als, who ccompanied the patrol to Sheffield’s | home, called the captain’s attention to a wound on Sheffield’s head. Later, In- | spector O. T. Davis joined Capt. Sulli- | van in an inquiry into the affair. | ‘Three cases were continued by the board, two to enable defense attorneys nesses. The cases included thal of Willlam T. Murphy, ninth precinct, charged with neglect of duty in allow- ing George E. Hicks, & prisoner held on nousebreaking charges, to escape at Gal- licger Hospital on January 14; R. A. Willlams, 37, of the third inspection district headquarters, charged with con- duct unbecoming an officer, and Police- | man L. E. Cline, charged with using unnecessary violence. PERU TO LIMIT VOTES | LIMA, Peru, January 20 (#).—The | National Assembly has approved an elghth article for the Peruvian con- of the army and navy and priests of It stitution which would deprive membenl CRIMSON-STAINED | PIPE SLAYING CLUE Believed Dropped by Suspect After Killing of Mrs. lisley and Her Maid. A blood-stained pipe, that may have been used in the slaying of Mrs. Agnes Boeing Iisley, socially prominent Mid- dleburg, Va., sportswoman, possession of Washington police today. The pipe was turned over to Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of detec- tives. A coat believed to have been dis- carded by George C-awford, colored, suspected of having committed the double murder, is another bit of pos- sible evidence sent to headquarters by a resident of Montgomery County, Md. Found by Read Worker. A member of & road gang found the pipe, which is about 3 feel long, near Cub Run, about 10 miles from Fairfax, Va. He turned it over to William Mc- Farland, a resident of that section, who, in_turn, gave ft to Inspector Burke. The pipe, according to the inspector, will be turned over to the District chem- ist for analysis to determine whether or not the blood with which it is stained is that of either of the dead women. The coat was discarded by & colored man, said to answer the general de- scription of Crawford, who fled when Charles Higgins and a boy named Trig- ger, who live near Rockville, came upon him asleep in & patch of woods mnear Derwood Leaves Coat Behind. The man awakened as Higgins and his companion spproched, they said, and darted into the underbrush, leaving his coat behind. Higgins gave the garment to Law- rence L. Cecil, who notified Detective Sergt. Harry K. Wilson, chief of the homicide squad. At Wilson's request, the coat was taken to headquarters for examination. Red smudges o it, at first believed to have been blood, proved to be brick dust, inspection revealed. Higgins and his companion saw the man Sunday. Yesterday, Oscar Dille- hay encountered a man of the same | general appearance in another woods : several miles from the one in which | the coat was discarded. 12 ENTER GUILTY PLEAS TO LIQUOR CONSPIRACY Nine men and three women charged with conspiring to violate the prohibi- tion laws pleaded guilty yesterday be- fore Justice F. D. Letts in District Supreme Court. They were indicted with 24 other per- sons last December 3 after police had raided several places here where they are alleged to have engaged in the manufacture of peach brandy. All of those admitting their guilt to- day had previously entered pleas of not guilty. They were Harry Zimberg, Abraham Zimberg, Joseph Zimberg, | Helen Zimberg, Bernice Zimberg, Louise Zimberg, Nick Macchiarleala, Gus Le- vigne, Louis Specter, Samuel Specter, | Charles C. Maggio and Ellis L. Morris. and h"i maid, Mrs. Mina Buckner, was in the ICHEVY CHASE ZONE CHANGES SOUGHT Developments of Connecticut Avenue Tracts Would Re- sult in Filling in Lake. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. Application for the rezoning, which would allow apartment houses, stores and industrial usage, of three tracts of land on Connecticut avenue, in North Chevy Chase, extending north from the new fire house of the Chevy Chase Fire Department, opposite the Columbis Country Club, to the Capital Traction Co. car barns and approximately 1,500 feet deep, was made by the Chevy Chase Land Co. to the Board of County Commissioners yesterday. The company also applied for re- zoning of a large portion of the block in Section la of Chevy Chase, along Wisconsin avenue just north of the Dis- trict line and bounded by Wisconsin avenue, Montgomery avenue, Belmont street and Western avenue. All of the land on which rezoning was requested is now zoned residential “A.” allowing bullding of one-family dwellings only. Both applications were referred by the commissioners to the Maryland-Nation- al Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion for study and recommendation, while a public hearing is expected to be arranged on the matter at a later date. Would Fill in Lake. The plans for the changes in the area east of Connecticut avenue as presented to the Commissioners aiso call for the filling in of Chevy Chase Lake, leaving & stream in the channel. With' the exception of the channel the lake is largely & swamp at this time. The total amount of land in this area on which the re-zoning is asked has been estimated to contain between 10 and 15 acres. Two large parcels of the land along Connecticut avenue and to the east of the avenue are asked to be zoned resi- dential “C,” which would allow the building of apartment houses. Another strip, running 200 feet along Con- necticut avenue south from the c barns, would be zoned commercial “D,” under the application, which would ai- low the building of stores, while a large stretch of land along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad extending ecst from the car barns about 1,000 feet and about 200 feet deep is asked changed to industrial “E.” which would allow its use for industrial purposes. Wisconsin Avenue Change. The application for the change of zoning on_ Wisconsin avenue asks that lots 1 to 15 and 20 to 30, inclusive, in Block 6, Section 1A, Chevy Chase, be changed from residential “A” to resi- dential “C,” which would allow the building of apartment houses. A por- tion of this block along Wisconsin ave- nue from the District line now is zoned for stores, ihe application s'ows. An officiel of the Chevy Chase Land Co., in discussing the matter touda stated that no arrangements for d velopment of these various parcels of land have been made, but that the company wants to have it available for whatever type of development which seems most suitable at the time build- ing actually may be started. The compeny expects to grade the area along Connecticut avenue nerth from the fire house and east to & depth of about two blocks, if the cpplication is granted, this official stated. VARNEY IS INSTALLED BY MASTER MASONS Police Lieutenant Takes Office as Circle Club President at Ceremony. Lieut. Frank Varney of the second police precinct was installed Monday night as president of the Circle Club of Master Masons of Washington during & ceremony held in the Hamilton Hotel. ‘The ceremony was conducted by H. F. Chandler, chairman of the ad- visory board of the master Masons. National League of Masonic Clubs, told of the convention to be held here dur- ing the “Masonic week” in May, when the George Washington Masonic Me- morial in Alexandria will be dedicated. D. D. Isbell, vice president of the Advisory Board, explained the trans- portation arrangements for the con- vention, MAJ. GEN. E. L. KING T0 HEAD CORPS AREA Army Announces Important Bhifts as Result of McCoy Going to Manchuria, Important changes in the Army were announced at the War Department Maj. Gen. Prank R. McCoy, command- ing the 4th Corps Area at Fort McPher- son. Ga. @s the representative of the United States on the commission recent- ly appointed by the League of Nations to investigate the situation in churia and the controversy between Japan and China. Maj. Gen. Edward L. King, assistant chief of staff, G-3, operations and training, at the War Department, is assigned to the command of the 4th Corps Area at Fort McPherson; Brig. Gen. Edgar D. Collins, now commanding the 16th Brigade in this city, is made assistant chief of staff in charge of the operations and training division, War Department; and Brig Gen. Perry Lester Miles, Infantry, now serving as professor of military science and tac- tics, University of California, at Los Angeles, is assigned to the command of the 16th Brigade in this city. Work Declared Key To Attainment of Ripe Old Ag Dr.Morris FishbeinPoints to Many Famous Persons Past 70 Still on Job. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 20.—Work staves off death, even in this age of high-pres- sure living. Dr. Morris Pishbein, editor of the American Medical Journal, addressing the Temple Men's Club cited prominent Americans who have exceeded the bibli- cal span of 70 years as proof of the theory that the ‘way to live long was to keep right on working. He men- | tioned: Andrew Mellon, 76, Secretary of the Treasury; George W. Wickersham, 73, recently head of the presidential com- mission; Samuel Insull, 74, director of a great utility syst-m: Edwin Markham, 79, poet: Cardinal O'Connell, 72, admin- isters affairs of his archdiocese; Ralph Modjeski, 71, still active in engineering, and former United States Senator James A. Reed, who, at 70 enjoys & large legal practice. And there are a host of others, in- needy Corst Guardsmen and their also approved making registretion of all | They were represented by Attorneys cluding Jane Addams, 71; Clarence Dar- families.” A male voters under 60 ccmpulsory, | Denny Hughes and Bart Cline, ~ - row, 74, and Lorado Tafl, sculptor, 71. CHEVY CHASE, Md., January 20— Melville Hensey, vice president of the | today, due to the recent selection of | Man- | DA 190,000 PARK BOND ISSUE IS APPROVED Montgomery Commission Guarantees Sum for Sligo Valley Unit Purchase. WEDNESDAY, By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 20.—For- {mal approval of the issuance by the' | Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission of $60,000 in 41, per cent gold bonds to the National { Commission, from which the Maryland | Commission’ will receive $80,000, inelud- | ing the one-third gift of the Federal Gov- ernment, with which to purchase park lands in the first unit of Sligo Valley Parkway, was given by the Board of County Commissioners here yesterday A resolution guaranteeing the $60,000 fssue was adopted by the commission- ers and a supplemental agreement. which had already been signed by President Hoover, the National Capita) Park and Planning Commission and the Maryland Commission, was executed by Lacy Shaw, president of the commis- sioners, and Barry E. Clark, clerk. Land Appraised at $91,038. The appraisal value of the lands to be purchased in this unit of Sligo Val- ley Parkway was shown as $91,038.52 in the agreement. This is the second lot of bonds to be 80 executed, as bonds for $96,000, which netted the Maryland Commission $144,- 000, for purchase of lands in the first unit of Rock Creek Park rave already been issued. The bonds do not begin to bear interest until eight years after their date, under the terms of the Cramton act The Washington Gas Light Co., through Attorney Robert Peter, jr., filed a petition with the commissioners taking an appeal from the assessment placed against it for its intangible property in the county and asking a reduction in this assessment of $89,223. Referred to Council. The company claimed in its petition that its intanglble assessment s $281,577, whereas this figure should be reduced by $89,225 because sufficient credit was not given them for the assess- ment on their tangible property. The petition was referred by the commis- sioners to Capt. Joseph C. Cissel, coun- sel; A. H. Griffith, county assessor, and Lawrence A. Chiswell, State supervisor of assessments for the county. Several petitions for rezoning were referred to the Maryland - National Capital Park and Pianning Commission for study and rccommendation. The Annapolis & Chesapeake Bay Power Co. Was granted permission to make certain changes in its poles in the vicinity of Spencerville. SECRETS OF POETRY BARED AT LECTURE Steddard King Describes “Assem- bly Line” Verse Writing at Central High. Prank exponent of the ‘“assembly line” school of verse writing, Stoddard King, humorist and newspaper col- umnist, laid bare some of the secrets of the craft to an appreciative audience at the Central High School last night and illustrated his method with read- ings of his own work. Briefly, the method as expounded | consists in acquisition of either an idea | or a jingle and the subsequent building of a verse upon it; it is contrery to the rules, according to Mr. King, to use both the idea and the jingic in one poem. That the idea need not be one of marked weight or serious import was explained when he read at random poems built around kitchen sinks, angle- worms, dingbats, women's fashions, budgeting, neckties, bass violin players, ice boxes, ofl-burning furnaces and the standardization of sizes of nuts and bolts. And that the subject matter of the jingle was equally immaterial was fllustrated by a bit of nonsense about a rabbit with rabies and its encounter with two rabbis. Quantity production has other com- pensations than simplicity, according to Mr. King, who pointed to the “one a day” school for those who would mak= poetry pay. John Keats at his death left fewer than 500 poems, he added, | which is scarcely more than a year's | output for the assembly line method. King 18 most widely known as the author of the lyrics of the wartime song, “There’s a Long, Long Trail” His appearance last night was under | the auspices of the Community Insti- tute. CHEVY CHASE TO START RELIEF DRIVE TOMORROW | Mass Meeting Will Outline Plan of Campaign to Aid Sec- tion's Jobless. Unemployment rellef as a community enterprise will take definite form to- | morrow night at & mass meeting to be held at the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, according to plans of sponsors of the meeting. The Chovy Chase dis- trict will be thoroughly canvassed, every available job uncovered will be cata- logued and an unemployed man or woman sent to do the work. ‘This plan, launched by the Clyde Kelly Bible Class of the church, is ex- pected to aid materially in lessening the unemployment problem in Wash- ington. It anticipates the co-operation of other churches and organizations in the territory affected, the majority of which have already taken an active part in finding jobs and otherwise aid- ing the unemployed. A number of speakers, including W. Jett Lauck, secretary of the War Labor | Board, will address the meeting, and an organization to carry out present | tentative plans will be perfected. | The Napoleonic war epoch began a century of Industrial individualist revo- lution: this century begins with a scien- tific_socialist revolution ' PERPETUAL | BUILDING ASSOCIATION PAYS 5% Compounded Semi-Annually Assets Over $26,000,000 Surplus $1,000,000 | Cor. 11th and E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY, President EOWARD C. BALTZ, Sccretary | country. JANUARY Music and 20, 1982. Musicians Reviews and News of Capital’s Programs. Gigli in Recital Wins Customary Ovatien. ENIAMINO GIGLI made his only Washingtcn appearance of the season yesterday after- noon in recital at Constitu- tion Hell. A large audience, which was yet not so large as it should have been, applauded vigor- ously this tenor upon whese shoul- ders many hate pianted the mantle once worn by Mr. Caruso. While it is im- pessible to say that either of them is at all like the other, Mr. Gigli cer- tainly comes closer in volume of tone to his mighty prede- cessor than any of his singing brothers. ‘Yes- terday, for in- stance, when he sang the first S8 of his encores after a firs Beniamine Giell. 80007 Songs in which he used cnly the gentlest of his surface tones—there was lit- tle question that no such manipula- tion of giant voice material would be duplicated here again this sea- son. No living tenor has more abundant resources at his command or_more_vitality in_ execution. Mr. Gigli's program included the Cesti “Intorno all'idcl mio” two songs by Palestrina, Martini's “Plaisir d’amour,” which the tenor made especially lustrous: such arias as the “Aida” “Se quel guerrier jo fossi” and the “Quando le” sere al placido” from “Luisa Miller, and songs by Schumann, Schubert, Recli, Rabey and Geehl, of which the ever-weicome “Du bist wie ems Blume,” the Recli “Pena d'amore and the Geehl “For You Alone” were outstanding. It seemed, in fact, contrary to custom, as if it was these shorter selections and the artist's many encores which pleased his listeners most. While the “Aida” aria was done with extreme eloquence and for all its worth, possibly its worth seems less than it used to, due to its multiple and continuous per- formances. There was not a flaw in its rendition, however, and after- ward Gigli received the ovation which he invariably receives after each and every one of his groups. The assisting artist in the after- noon's recital was a young violinist, Jacqueline Salomons, who proved herself a deft technician, but some- what cold in the manner of expres- sion. Her most notable work was the “Adagio Allegro” movement of the Haendel “Sonata in A Major,” in which her tcne was clear and true and her bowing free from the harsh+ ness which was discernible in her later and shorter selections. She was cordially and heartily applauded by the audience. Miguel Sandoval was at the piano and gave his invaluable assistance to this lyric program stamped so especially by the greatness of Gigli's really great voice E. De 8. MELCHER HUEY LONG TICKET NS INLOUISANA | —= | Allen Piles Up Greatest Ma- jority Ever Polled in i Governorship. By the Associated Press. ! NEW ORLEANS, La., January 20— O. K. Allen, chairman of the State Highway Commission, with the backing of Gov. Huey P. Long, has been nom- | inated for Governor of Louisiana by the | largest majority ever polled by a Demo- | cratic candidate for that office. | Returns from 564 precincts in yester- | day’s primary, more than one-third of the total, gave Allen a lead of better | than 50 000 over the opposition field of | four candidates. In the 564 precincts, Allen received 100,740, Dudley J. Leblanc, 30792; George Senneth Guion, 19,380; William C. Boone, 234, and William L. Clark, | 258. Likewise, John B. Fournet, running | for Lieutenant Governor on the Allen ticket, held a commanding lead of near- ' ly 15,000 over his combined opposing | fleld on returns from 414 precincts out | of 1441 in the State. The vote stood: | Fournet, 45,739; Ruvian D. Hendrick, 17.729; Lee Lanier, 2,443; Earl K. Long, 9,551;'J O. Stewart, 1,138, The incomplete vote for all other State officers also showed the Allen candidates in the lead, with Miss Lucille May Grace, candidate for register of the State Land Office and the only woman in the campaign, holding a decisive majority over her opponents. Gov. Long, who threw the full force otiTis support behind the Allen ticket, said: “It's all over. Our figures show the Allen complete-the-work ticket has been nominated in the first primary by 70,000 majority or over. The whole ticket has gone in. It is a great vic- tory—another approval by the people of ‘'what we are trying to do for the State of Louisiana in spite of this sniping opposition.” Asked when he planned to take his geat in the United States Senate, Long #aid he “was not in a position to dis- cuss that matter this morning.” He was elected to the Senate in 1930, but refuced to leave the Governor's chair until a successor he approved had been nominated. n s E Konrad Bercovici, novelist and musi- clan, claims one of the most nearly complete 1fbraries of gypsy music in the Pre-Season Sale Skp Covers and Reupholstering We will cut and make Slip Covers . for any size. cretonne or tinen. Special. . . . Special for this Week Only Recovered Reg. $89.50 Telephane Metro. 8916 3- Pc. Suite with 5 separate cush- fons, your selection of jaspe cloth, Regular i $32.50 Perfect Fit Guaranteed Upholstering 3 -Pc. Living Room Suites, In Tapestry, Velour or Frieze Complete. . $59.50 Valce Ernest Holober Co. 519 Mass. Ave. N.W. Organ Recital At Waugh M. E. Church. "THE fourth of a series of organ Teeitals was presented last night by Gene Stewart at Waugh M. E. Church, where Mr. Stewart is organ- ist_and director of music. The program, which was played from memory, was a varied one, opening with' the prelude to act 3 of “Lohengrin.’ This was followed by the “Andante” from the ‘“First Symphony” of Becthoven. These numbers, arranged by Mr. Stewart, lost little by their transcription {rom orchestra to organ, as they were played with splendid effect. “The Legend of the Mountain,” by Karg- Elert, was of special interest since hearing Karg-Elert himself in Wash- ington last week. The “Meditation at St. Clotilde,” by Philip James, had some nice registrational _effects. Sibelius’ “Finlandia” was the high light of the program. It was played in masterly fashion. The program also contained some lighter works of contrasting styles, namely, a Bach bourre2, a Delibes waltz, Ponce's “Estrellita” and, as an_ encore, & Viennese waltz entitled “Vienna, You Ate the City of My Dreams.” The assisting artist, Portia Clifford Bailey, soprano, sang two groups of songs. She possesses a voice of splen- did quality, and sings refreshingly true to pitch. The first group com- prised Donaudy’s “Luoghi Sereni e Cari.” Donizetti’s “ to Laugh.” from “Lucrezia Borgia the well known “Serenata, Toselli. Mrs. Bailey sang as a second group “Knowest Thou the Land,” from “Mignon,” by Thomas, “The Publican.” by Van de Water, 2 encore. “I Know,” by Curran was obliged to respond with a sec- ond encore, Stenson's “The Prayer Perfect.” R. W. &. Katharine Frost Gives Talk Today. { ATHARINE FROST has resumed her series of piano talks on “The Art of Listening to Music,” at the Caroline McKinley Studio, on I street, and will give a talk this after- noon at 5 o'clock, on ultra modern French and Spanish compositions by Honegger and Poulenc, of the fa- mous “Prench Six,” and Villa-Lobos, most prominent of South American composers of the present day—all of which will be featured by .Zariba Graham, at her forthcoming Wash- ington debut in dance concert Fri- day afternoon, at the National Theater. \ Concert Tonight by Rubinstein Club. "[HE first concert of the twenty- fourth season of the Rubinstein Club will be given this evening at 8:30 o'clock in the large ball room of the Willard Hotel. The assisting artist will be Steuart Wilson, English tenor. In the Viennese “Serenade,” by Stevenson, the solo will be taken by Herman Pakler, popular baritone soloist; the violin obbligato will be played by Dorothy Seamans, the cello obbligato by Daisy Fickenscher, and the second piano by Edwin Cruitt. BIG LOAN EASES NEW YORK CRISIS City Gets $12,500,000 From . Banks for Eleven Days at Six Per Cent. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jamuary 20.—A $12.- 500,000 loan enabled the city to meet | 27,800,000 in shart-term obligations to- day and has staved off for the moment a erisis in its vexed financial problem. The loan was advanced by one of | the group of banks with which city of- ficials have been negotiating for a much larger sum. It runs only until February 1 and carrles 6 per cent interest, the highest rate ever paid by the city and the maximum at which it can borrow under the law. The name of the bank was withkeld. Inasmuch as the amount of the loan represents less than half of the obliga= tions which fell due today, the city was obliged to dip into its seant cash re- serves for the balance as well as for funds to meet $5,000,000 in interest charges. Big Pay Roll Due. Controller Charles W. Berry’said the city has $24,000,000 eash on hand. By Saturday a pay roil ‘of $1,500,000 must be met. making a total of $34,300,000 to be pald out by the city this week. This will leave a cash balance of about $2,- 000,000, the lowest figure to which the city’s cash reserve has fallen since the consolidation into Greater New York. The fact that the 11-aay $12.500,000 loan is but a palliative and that the city is em a hand-to-mouth basis is indicat- ed by the problems immediately ahead. Before ¥ end of the month additional loans m be negotiated to meet $50,- 000,000 e in short-term obligations as well as #Bnds for pay rolls and other expenses. The Committee of the Whole of the Board of Estimates added $14,464903 yesterday te the total of projeets upon whieh action has been deferred until the city’s financial tangle has been un- snarled. Improvements Delayed. ‘The action was begun last week when the Board of Estimate suspended in- definitely proposals for $110,114,121 in improvements as the first step in Mayor Walker’s retrenchment campaign. The largest item upon which action has been suspended is the proposal for the issuance of $78,859,000 in corporate stock for the development of the Dela- ware water supply. . The deferred items include $87.409.- | 000 for water supply, $29,396,144 listed and $4,038814 for schools. This fig- ure does not include two school pioj= ects for which no estimates were given, Also there is a total of $1,257.02¢ in park aequisition and improvement | items. Another retrenchment move was made yesterday when several classes of skilled and unskilled eity workmen om a per diem basis were ordered on a five-day week. RITES FOR MISS ANSELL TO BE HELD THURSDAY Daughter of Retired Army Officer | ‘Will Be Buried at West Point, N. Y. Miss Elmeda Ansell, 27, who died in China December 17 while en rcute to the Philippine Islands for a visit, will be buried tomorrow in the cemetery at the United States Military Academy, West Poini, N. Y. She was th> daugh- | ter of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Samuel T. Ansell, 1957 Biltmore street. Born in Chapel Hill, N. C, Miss An- sell was educated in the District public schools, at Miss Madiera’s School here, from which she was graduated in 1921, and at Vassar College. Later she was employed in the music and print, visions of the Library of Congress. Besides her father, who resigned from the Army in 1919 and is now an at- torney in Washington, Miss Ansell 1is survived by her mother, two brothers, Burr Tracy Ansell and Samuel T. An- sell, x)lr, and a sister, Miss Nancy Lydia Anseil, RETURNED FOR BURIAL | Funeral services were held this morn- ing in St. Paul's Chapel, Rock Creek | Cemetery, for Mrs. Louise E. Perkins, ' widow of former Senator Bishop W. Perkins of Oswego, Kans. Mrs. Perkins, who died Thursday in| New Orleans, had lived in Washington | for many years during the time her | husband represented Kansas in the | Senate. The Senator died in 1892. She is survived by two daughters. | Mrs. Willfam A. Hill and Mrs. Frank | C. Letts, both of this city, and a son | Bishop C. Perkins of New Orleans. | A BANK for the 'SIX DRIVERS TAKEN IN WAR ON SPEED Woodside Complaints of Violations on Second Avenie Result in Arrests. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., January 20. —Following receipt of a number of complaints from residents of the Wood~ side area, just mnorth ef e, that autoists speed up and down Second avenue, Policeman Laurence Dixon ar- rested six drivers on charges of exceed- ing 25 miles per hour. Charles T. Young of 1320 Fairmont street, Washington, driver of a laundry truck, put up $7.50 collateral on speed= ing_charges, while Lawrence L. Foster of Bethesda, driver for another laundry, was required to leave $3.50 cou.luuf on similar charges. Four other drivers, all residents of Maryland, were summonded to appesr by Officer Dixon. The cases are set for trial in Police Court st Rockville toe morrow. Warrants were issued by Justice of the Peace David Mears. P e The British war office has received $1 “conscience money,” sent anonymously. Just Think of It— The Star delivered to your door every evening and Sunday morning at 1l2¢ per day and 5c Sunday. 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