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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
RunyOn to Keu,
Zone Fare Charges

TRENTON, Sept. 20.-Governor Run
direct the members Of the New Jersey
Public Utilities Commission to appear
before him between September 23 and
October 7 to show cause why they
should not be removed The announce
ment was the result of petition from
the Commissioners of Montclair asking
for the removal of the commissioners
for neglect of duty and misconduct in
office in connection with their approval
Of the zone fare system on trolley
lines.
1t is set forth in the petition that
the establishment of the zones has
caused disturbance of the public peace,
that the plan was put into effect with
out notice to the municipalities affected
and before an appraisal of the trolley
companys property was completed. and
that the fares charged are inequitab BILE
and fixed without regard to franchise
requirements.
In Camden, which has been the
centre of disorder fomentcd by ship
ward workers, Mayor Charles II. Ellis
called a special meeting of the Council
for this evening to consider the "in-
tolerabe trolley situation and a sug-
gestion to petition the Public utili-
ties Commission for an immediate re-
hearing on the zone system. The
Mayor Will ask that the commission s
permission be sought to restore the s.
cent farc> within the city limits of
Camden.
The Public Utilities Commission is
sued a statement saying that condi-
tons in Camden should not be taken
to indicate general public disapproval
of the zone plan, as those responsible
for the disorder were prone to seize
upon any pretext for riot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
Auto Drivers
Fight Death i'm
Blazing Racer
Louis Chevrolet and His
Mechanic Travel a Mile
Enveloped in Flames at
the Sheepshead Speedway

Twenty five thousand spectators at
the Sheepshead Bay Speedway. yester-
day saw two thrilling escapes from
death 1t was day Of thrills and
record breaking
by Tar the most spectacular accident
of the day occurred shortly before 6
o'clock, at the completion of the 10th
mile in the 150-mile race. Louis Che
vrolet, who had been alternating with
his brother, Castor, in leading the
field around the two-mile track, sud
denly put on burst of speed as he
was turning the northwest banked
curve. AS he did so his machine burst
into a mass Of flames.
Tearing along at two miles a minute
close behind his brother, he flashed
past the grandstand, his car mass of
seething flame. For thirty breath
taking seconds he and his mechanic,
Kenneth Goodson, fought desperately
stands and upon the infeld were. held
spellbound.
Standing on the rear cowl the two
men fought hard to bring the machine
to a stop, while an aureolc of flame
seethed about them. Close behind
came Ira Vail and Ralph milford so
close that the tongue of flame which
swept back of Chevrolet's car almost
reached them.
Rubbed Along Wall to Stop
Chevrolet was tugging gamely at
the emergency brake, but his efforts
seemed in vain. Then he began to
edge his burning car toward the small
concrete guide wall that edges the in
field. BY rubbing along the wall he
finally halted the cars blazing course
Goodson leaped for their lives They
were badly burned about the arms,
legs and feet. Ambulances were rushed
to their assistance and surgeons
quickly rendered first aid. Afterward
the two men were able to walk back
to the pit, while the crowd cheered
vigorously.
The other escape from death oc-
Cured earlier in the afternoon, during
one of the three ten-milc sprnts. 1t
was in the finishing lap. while Louis
and CASTOR Chevrolet were running
neck and neck for the finish, that
Ralph Milford in a Duesenberg. put
on burst of speed in the back
brothers at the northwest curve.
He had scarcely passed the field
when one OF his tires went fiat This
sent the machine sweeping down the
inclined track, and at that moment the
tire rod of the machine broke. Out of
control, it dashed into the ground
alongside the inheld sending up a
shower of dirt in column twenty
feet high. 1t looked as though both
men had been killed.
Louis Chevrolet narrowly escaped
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Continued on page sirteen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
Germans Start
Dye Trade Fight

German dyestuff manufacturers, after
five years Of forced quiescence, are
reaching out to get back export bust
ness lost to the United States during
the war.
American exporters of dyestuffs
learned of this yesterday when it be-
came known that several orders placed
here had been cancelled by Spanish
and Oriental firms which had received
cables from the Badische Anilin und
Soda Fabrih, one of the largest Ger
man dycstuf concerns, stating that
orders could be taken shortly.
The seriousness of this development
has not been overlooked by the Ameri-
can manufacturers and exporters, who
expressed fear yesterday that the Ger
man concert had succeeded in getting
cables through TO all of its prc-war
customers. Other large German manu-
facturers are expected to adopt the
same tactics. The activity of the Ger
mans is regarded in the industry as
the firing of the first gun i'll the war
for the. domination of the worlds dye
stuff markets.
Dealers in dyestuffs asserted that
American manufacturers ought to be
able to meet the Germans on even
ground and retain their customers in
all kinds Of colors excepting the vat
dyes and shades made exclusively in
/Germany. The other colors can be
made in this country, they said, to
undersell the German manufacturers
because of the large available stocks
of crudcs and intermediates at tho dis
posal Of the American manufacturers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21

Marshall Summoned
To Aid Treaty Fight

WASHINGTON, Sept 2o.-Demo-
cratic leaders in the Senate to-day
telegraphed Vice President Marshall,
who is in Atlantic City. requesting
that he return to the capital by Mon
day. Senator'S Hitchcock, Walsh,
Swanson and others, after a confer
ence, said that, although the Vice
President probably would not be
called upon to exercise his right Of
voting to break q tic in the Senate,
it would not hurt to have him in the
chair when the proposed Johnson
amendment to the peace treaty came
up for action next week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
Business Men in Rusn
To Get Riot Insura,,c.

PITTSBURGH. Sept 20.-Thc ap-
prehension the bushes men of the
mill towns in this district, and even
of Pittsburgh itself, feel regarding
the steel strike and it's concomitants
is reflected in the eleventh. hour rush
for riot insurance. Agents of COM
panies carrying such insurance we're
overwhelmed to-day with applica-
tions. Policies were made effective
by tclegraphing applications to head
quarters.
1t is estimated that S2,OOO0OO
worth of riot insurance has been
taken out this week in the Mononga-
hela Valley towns alone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
Rumania Prepares to
Meet Bolsheyik Riots

GENEVA. Sept. 2o.-Rumania is re-
calling volunteer troops scattered
through Southern Russia for concen-
tration on the Dniester River in an
ticipation of Bolshevik disorders. ac-
cording to statement issued to-day by
the Rumanian bureau al Berne
II is said Rumania also is expedjt-
ing the repatriation of $4,000 Rumaniau
troops from Pennsylvania and else
where
Looking for a position: Consult the H.,u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21

Many women are advertising for domestic
post ions 'onsult the t'la ssified an
nouncemcnIs in days Tribune. e.--Advt.
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Continued on page sirteen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21

Partly cloudy and warmer to-day
showers at night and tomorrow:
fresh south winds.
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Continued on page three
The Washington times., 1919-10-30
NEW LABOR PARTY
MAY Be STARTED

ST. LOUIS, Oct 3o.-A new third
party may grow out of the conference
of the country's farm and labor or
ganization to be held here Decem-
Der o.
The gathering has been called by
the THE Committee of Forty-Eight," :"
which has an organization under way
in New York city. Dudley Field
Malone, former prominent Democrat,
appointed collector OF the port of New
York by President Wilson, is active
In the movement
The official convention call saws
delegates from all States will attend
The convention will be in session four
days. The Democratic and Republi-
can parties are denounced, in the
call. as unrepresentative Heavy tax
alton and wasteful extravagance of
public funds and responsibility for the
nigh cost OF living are charged
against the two parties.
Right to a decent living for a
days work." free speech, free as
sembly and improvement of trans
portation facilities are given as rea-
sons for the proposed third party
Old parties have failed in solution Of
these problems, the COMMITTEES of
Firty-eight" charges.
The Washington times., 1919-10-30

Lady
Randolph ChurchtJI
l. a d y r a n d o | p Ia
Churchill is the mother
of Winston Churchill,
Secretary for War in
the British Govern
ment and the sister
in-iaw OF tho Duke of
Marlborough.
The Washington times., 1919-10-30
LONDON AFFLICTED
W|THDANCE CRAZE
Scores of New Terpsichorian
Studios Open In West
End.

LONDON, Oct. 3o.-wher- the idea
that the late war, with it's four-year
ban on dancing, was actually over at
last began to permeate Britain, sages
and pessimists held up despairing
hands, and opined that the mania for
dancing would soon wear away. :.
Nothing so intense could be ex-
pected to last. England, staid and
sane as of Nyore, wouldn't be more
than mildly bitten by the bug which
Yankee officers, Y. NJ. c. A. misses
and "cullahed" camp entertainers had
brought to these shores.
But the late and unlamented war
has been overdose into a year and
by all the feverberations from the
West End. Britain's adoption of the
tango, clang and clamor, hasn't really
done more than get off to slow and
bunglesome start yet.
Watch it grow" and where will
it ever end are the typed comments
OF those daily and weekly journals
which build circulation among the
housemaids and East Enders by
chronicling each and every move in
the zone of white lights and a. m.
homeward taxis.
Literally scores of new dancing
clubs, 'tsalons" and so-called private
dancing parties have opened their
doors at liberal prices in Oxford and
Regent streets, in Piccadilly and Ham
over Square.
From there comes the unrnistakable
sound of bull turned loose in the
pots and pans department of a hard
ware store, and one knows that a per-
spring drummer is reaching for more
tinware than the musicians union of
five years ago ever dreamed Of. He
must rest, so the awsome call OF a
bereaved trombone takes up the
theme.
Across the street hurry a couple.
He- has silk-wrapped pumps tucked
under one arm. The girl who is
tucked under the other is clad in a
manner to tempt the pneumonia
germs of London's water-logged at
mosphere, but miraculously she es-
capped. Although the sale of pumps
in West End shops has been a thing
of astounding proportions, Nnot all
the men follow the rigid rule of years
ago when a man without pumps simp-
ly didn't venture onto a ballroom
floor.
Intermine'ed with the bare-backed
silks and the white shirt fronts are
officers in uniform, wearing heavy
knee boots with soles half an inch
thick. There are many casualties
and apologetic officers lead fair
casualties to quiet corners and make
their peace with peach melbas at 81
to s1.50 per.
The meca of meccas is the West
End, the white light section of Lon
don, but all the suburbs have their
secondary attractions. Here the de-
mand for places to dance has become
such that the movie houses in some
instances are being cleared of seats
and converted into dance halls.
The Washington times., 1919-10-30
DEATH OF PATTI
|. CREATESCOMMENT

! The death OF Adelina Patti at the
age Of seventy-six is causing almost
as much of a stir as did the death Of
Queen Victoria. In the realm OF mu-
tsic, especially operaA Patti was in
every sense a queen, more truly rul-
fing indeed In her domain than the
revered English woman on her
throne
A quieter world would feel even
more sharply this wrench with the
past but even as it is, newspapers
are devoting columns to the woman
with the voice shat was only once.
The note In these comments univer-
sally is one OF regret that such a JOY
10 the ears Of a former generation,
such q powerful influence over the
souls OF men, should be little more
than a tradition to our older con-
temporaries, and only legend to the
younger ones. I'VE do not even know
what we missed" is the burden Of
the pfaint, "for we have no means of
comparing the art Of our present. day
divas with the glory that was
PATHS
The critics Of so-called mechan-
ical music are fast disappearing, and
one incident after another brings
fresh evidence of the wonderful serv-
ice the phonograph and piayer-piano
are rendering mankinds Necessarily
crude at first, their flaws and i'm
perfections are being eliminated, and
they emerge from the cloud of criti-
cisms an acknowledged boon to musi-
cal art and 70 civilization PATHS
death emphasizes anew. what the
phonograph might have done and
what IL is doing.
Think what it means that not only
can we conjure up in our homes and
at our convenience the voices Of
Caruso, Chuck, and Farrar. but that
our children will also have these at
their beck and calf How Interesting
IL would have been to compare the
evidence of our own ears the recorded
voices of Patti. Jenny Lind and Melba-
That cannot be, but our grandchhd-
rem will be able to make comparisons
between the greatest songbirds OF our
day and supreme talents not yet
'boru There will never again be quite
such loss as that of Patti"
The Washington times., 1919-10-30

the best known sociological writer's
of the country, believes firmly that
music can effectively be employed in
cases of Juvenile delinquency. thus
aiding greatly in preventing a young
wrong-doer from becoming a harden
ed criminal. While good forces ia
human nature should be encouraxed
and stimulated. the evil ones should
be provided with adequate substitutes.
And here. according to DR. McKeever.
Is where music comes in. to play a
large part in modern corrective work.
The Washington times., 1919-10-30
MUSIC CALENDAR

Today-4:30 p. m, New York
Symphony Orchestra, Walter
Damrosch, conductor, Reinald
werrenrath, soloist; National
Theater. Sis D. m, New York
Symphony Orchestra in first edu-
cational concert in the series
given by the Washington Society
of Fine Arts; subject. The SYM
phony," explanatory talk by Mr..
Damrosch; Central High School
auditorium.
Monday-Novembe 8. s:15 D.
m, Greta Torpadie, Swedish So
prano, in Scandinavian Folk
Song; first of FIVE song recitals
given under the auspices Aof the
Washington Society of Fine Arts
central High School auditorium.
Tuesday-Novembe 4, at 4:30
p. m, Boston symphony Or
chestra, Pierre Montedx, con-
ductor; Rachmanoff, soloist; Ma
tional Theater.
dnesday-November 5, at
4:30 D. m, Metropolitan Opera
Quartette; Aida, Lazzari. Hackett,
de Luca; operatic concert; Polls
Theater.
Friday-November Z, at 1870 p.
m. Freida Hempel, in recital; ma
tional Theater.
The Washington times., 1919-10-30
CHARLES TR|ER TO
DIRECT DRAMAT|cS

The chorus Of the Washington Opera
Company has been placed in the hands
Of Charles Trier for the dramatic
training necessary for the production
of Faust at the Schubert-Garrick
Theater the week of November 1s.
William Van de Wall has conducted
the rehearsals up to this time. He
has proven popular choral director.
He commands respect as a musician.
and his humor and charm of person.
ality have made the learning OF the
long score of the opera a diversion
instead of drudgery.
Mr.. Van de Wall has had long
operate experience. having been
choral director in, Amsterdam and
other European cities. and for six
years harpist at the Metropolitan
Opera.
The chorus now numbers T25.
Twenty-seven different States are rep
resented. These enthusiastic music
builders of America work eight hours
each day and rehearse three nights
each week for the sake of establish
ing opera In their Capital City. II
would not be possible to get together
such a group as this chorus anywhere
except in Washington. Thousands of
cultured workers are assembled here
in the Government Offices. They well
come, this opportunity for diversion
and social service.
The War Camp Community Service
fostered this work of the opera as a
wartime measure for. increasing the
morale of the war workers. 1t is not
less important in these crucial days.
The power of amusement could well
be given attention by leaders of the
worlds work, who sincerely desire to
establish better conditions in America
The production of Faust promises
to be the highest achievement of this
lvigourous young organization. The
advance sale of tickets has been so
great that Director Albion has de-
cided to run Faust for the entire
week. Bohemian Girl, which was
announced for two nights, will be
presented with Carmen at an early
date.
The Washington times., 1919-10-30
lEGlNSKA, THE PIANIST,
ON MUSICAL EMOTION

There seems to be two ways lof
locking at music and its interpreta-
ton. the intellectually or the emotional
wayss says LegAska. the remarkable
little pianist whose playing combines
both OF these qualities. There are
pianists who are philosophers, scien-
tists, who view their art from the
phiIosophic side. as though 1t were
on purely scientific basis. quite
apart from feeling and emotion. They
seem to take no interest in the emo
tfonAl side; 1t does not enter into
their art scheme 1 take exactly the
opposite view To me. music Is a
language, each note, every phrase,
carries a message, a meaning. To
ind and proclaim this meaning
should. to my sense. be the aim of
the interpreter. I try to find out
W hat the piece means Even as lit
tie child 1 had this idea, that music
meant something definite The music
Imade pictures for me; i could see
them I'm my mind Now I often write
verses. over the notes They may not
be much as poetry. but they express
the picture or mood / find reflected
in the music"
The Washington times., 1919-10-30

orawn the natural conclusion that they sf
torded by only the fortunate few This absolutely con-
trary to the fact Mr. Edison has placed authentic period
cabinets within the reach of every He has re-
quired that period cabinet be developed for each New
Ediscn-even the lowest-priced models.
Come in>aud hear this wonderful instrument and ees
free copy of our book, Edison and Music" 4
The Washington times., 1919-10-30
THIS POET HAS THE
L0WD0WN ON JAZZ

Somebody who knows an orchestra
from the inside out. has contributed
this humorous word picture of GER
tain OF the players to Jacobs Orches-
ira Monthly. If this poem becomes
classic the author will be sorry he
remained incog.
Who sits up proudly in his chair,
Directing with so grand an air
And never, never cuts his hair?
The Violinist.
Who swells the muscles of his neck,
And blows out blue notes by the
peck?
The Cornetist.
Who covers up the teams mistakes
And never reads, but always fakes?
A vaudeville act he makes or breaks.
The Drummer.
Who initiates the little birds
With ''oogley" runs of fifths and
thirds,
Whose music never fits the words7
The Clarinetist.
Who slips and slides and blats and
orays
And puts the "Jazz'' in when he
plays?
Who's much admired by the "Jaysf
The Trombonist.
Who takes a meat saw in his hand
And growls and barks to beat the
band?
(He's mad because he has to stand }
The Bass.
Who vamps and chords and trilIs
with zest,
And steals from each mans part the
best,
Who plays all night without a rest
The Pianist.
Don't let careless expenditure
make sieve of your purse. buy
wisely, and Increase your money held
L.
The Washington times., 1919-10-30
SAYS MUSIC WILL CURE
YOUNG DELIkQUENTS

+. Delinquency and crime were form
erly considered evils which had to be
beaten out of the miscreant's sys-
tenn. Progressive people the world
over are rapidly substituting the re-
moval of the cause and incentive of
the wrong deed for the former inef-
fective punishment of the wrong
doer. One of the most potent cor
reetive forces in doing this is music,
as pointed out by prominent sociolo-
gist.
DIR. William A McKeever. one of
The Washington times., 1919-10-30

Don't let careless expenditure
make a sieve of your purse. buy
wisely. and Increase your money held
fnGs by investing In w. 8. 8.
The Washington times., 1919-10-30

THIS letter comes from the best furnished house in all
England It's writer is England's greatest authority
furniture Praise from Lady Randolph Churchill is the
Old Worlds stamp of approval Mr.. Edison's adapta
tons of Europes richest furniture treasures.
reading of her letter, however, shows that Lady
Churchill has been led by her furniture knowledge into
mlsconcepton So artistcally conceived, eXqustely
made these Edison Period Cabinets that she has
The Washington times., 1919-10-30
MARrrr HAs Dad pAr.

cIfARLoTTEsvILLE. va. Oct -.
xsensto~ Martin spent an uncemfsrs-
Abie day. last nights bulletin. ssuuea
by DIR. Davis. his physician. annosune-
ed The bulletin fsilows: Patient
had uncomfortable day. AZ supper
condition about sane"
The Washington times., 1919-10-30
Popular Opera Singer,
a WASHINGTON Product,
GipeS Success Recipe

as welf as enthusiasm. go into the
making of an opera singer-provid-
| ing, first of all, that God has grant
ed that great gift--a voice.
The Washington times., 1919-10-30

DSsf bet eare1e~s expe~1stuso
make sieve ~ yO~r perse. ~
wisely. sHd f~crcAs> year D~sey 49,
fnss BY fsvestinx In ~. D. ..
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
By Rebecca Drucker

The actors strike casting US on our
own resources, we turned to con-
sideration Of vaudeville, dipping into
back files containing the Coming
Tower symposium "Variety's Golden
Days" for historical perspective. Well,
we'll! Was there really mellow per-
fection in all those fondly resurrected
old memories that newer generation
is denied sight and sound Of? Was the
chap who fell backward over the foot
lights so much more irresistibly funny,
the lady who sang "Ta-ra-ra-b boom-de-
ay" of q so much more devastating
charm, the trick bicyclist so much more
startling than anything we have to
show in vaudeville? Permit US politely
to doubt We would deny no one the
right to a sentimental debauch about
the past now and then, but we remain
shy Of taking all those ecstatic reminis-
cences at par.
The memory Of one not so old is
still long enough to recall the vast
dreary wastes in the variety bill of
ten years ago, of acrobat and animal
act and juggler, spaces as arid as the
insistent jazz of the present. We can
not feel that all that is unique in
vaudeville is outworn--that nothing is
alive and stirring in vaudeville. Not
easily will we admit that while we have
the dashing impact of Eddie Cantor,
the cunning indirection of Frank
Tinney, the shrewdness Of Will Rogers,
the subtle pantomiming of Bert Will
Jams, the extraordinary caricaturing of
Chic Sales rural types, the superb de-
monstration of the comic values Of in
animate objects of w. C. Fields. These
men all draw from rich sources of
comic material, and shape it with
true, unerring art.
They may have passed out of the
variety stage, in the strict interpreta-
tion of the term, but what are the roof
shows and the revues but extensions of
vaudeville? Ed Wynn and AL Jolson
are still variety artists, no matter
where they do their turn.
"Everything in entertainment from
prima donnas to trained feas" is the
extremely catholic boast of the Keith
enterprises, but the trained feas are
now present on vaudeville bill with
perceptibly diminished frequency and
the Drima donnas in increasingly large
numbers. Vaudeville has not resisted
entirely an insidlous pull toward the
"classical." Good" music, living stat
ues and ballet drama are now legiti-
mate members Of the vaudeville fam