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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

A s-xtst Of, charming numbers,
adapted primarily fer educational pur-
poses IN the school or home have bcca
sr.anRed on Victor records. Ore is
An lush Folk Sonr,' interpreted ~
i-aura L.ttcGe,4 On tic rr~crse Of
the record she also presents nh. Love.
Bur a Day and The Years at the
Spring"
For pure patriotism William Sterling
Barn. gives rcadinp of The Amcri-
ran flag On another record. tue re-
verse Of which contains The Name
Of Old Glory" nv the same reeiter.
The VICTOR Military Band rnakes las
sdnesticnai contribution in selections
ffom "An1erftan Country Dances" the
hsst OF which IS he Circle No. p"
On the reyers~ e the same record ap-
pears Portland Fancy No. !, oTex-
sTkana": No 2. ''fcune America
a couple Of seu,in entail songs on
one Victor record enliven the months
repertoire Of musical nff~rines Wh-a
Tn Gore You'll Soon force IL pre-
serit5 ~ tA~ prnri-ss Gasffe,. On
the reverse you'il ll,d "7Feegiav Vii
how Lane" sung ~ i.sasy Barr and
Frans CroKtou.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28
ORCHESTRAL EFFECTS
DEPEND ON CONDUCTOR

At the concert the other day a
small. but very audible voice near US
asked mamma what does that fun
ny man shake that stick for?'' And
many times have we heard a like
query from older lips.
That body OF traineS@ musicians
many with years, of experience If
their profession, should require Some
ONE 10 mako them play in tune Is, To-
ia novice. something Of an anomaly
YET the men who can WELD the baton
are few in nurntrar. and upon them
depends largely the success or failure
Of tho body az musicians under their
control
Every Instrument in the orchestra
every voice in chorus or solo work
las its individual tone, every artis'
g'eat or humble his or hfr particulac
temperament. all perhaps alike in
tnst one point. which is that each
has way which he believes Is just a
little better than any other.
The conductor, however, has n
plan of his own which may not at
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28
MUSICAL JUDGMENTS
THE PUBLIC RENDERS
Composers often Annoyed by Over
estimation OF Their Seron-
dairy Works.

We are told that whenever Richard
Wagner visited a city ii was almost
an invariable custom for the town
band to serenade the famous composer
With the march from 'Tannhauser."
be choice. however. did not please
wagner who, one night when the
he Hdmaster appeared after the per-
forrnance TO pay his respects. testify
asked. did ! never compose anything
nut the "Tannhauser march,
Fut Wagner was not the only mas
ter Of music thus irritated. 1t is very
do ahtful in fact. If any composer
cte ice Of the public at large Of his
most popular composition,
10 a musician. Handel's Messiah"
alone would insure his fame, but to
the passerby he is the man who wrote
THE Largo" an aria. by the way, from
"&crxes." q forgotten opera, and in
it's present-day form bearing little re-
sesnblance to the original.
Zach included in a suite lovely
air which some one discovered sound
cd welll when played on the G string
alone Of the violin. and so Bach's Air
for the G string" was born AMI be-
came popular Rubenstein. the won
dcrfuI pianist and talented orchestral
composer. is best known today by his
Melody in F." a piano triiie. Sehu-
mann. beloved of n'arists the world
over. once wrote little thing called
''1'raumerei" which the people have
adopted as their very own, and n1ught
they care for his lahors upon other
and larger subjects.
V hen very young, Mendelssohn
wrote a Wedding March" Now we'd
ding marches by the hundreds have
tcen written before and since. hat no
bride Is properly wed without this par
ticular march. and little wots she
whether he ever wrote another n ste
Schubert wrote hundreds OF songs
as well as piano music, masses and
sym phonies. but there is only. one
Schubert ''Serenade"
Chopin. II Is said, at drinking
rnrty ~ a skeleton beside the piano
and comp posed the Funeral March
without which no military funeral IS
complete, and upon this rests by far
ths larger part of his popular fame
Counod's "Faust" is stranger to
MOST people, but his ave Maria" IS
hand what Dvorak wrote. and receive
for an answer: 1.-THE Humoreske"
To the popular mind Sn'livar
stands or falls by the Lost Chord"
Noszowski by the ''Seranata," Mas
c4pnf nv the "Cava1ieria rnterre72s."
MeSSenet by the '"fhai9 Meditation.
and Rachmaninom by the prelude in
G Charp Minor; while the great
achievero auts oflFsoseIni and sunrs are,
tBf "wIrarn sTeIl''s ana
the poet and Peasant overtureg
beethoven is entirely unknown in
the star niece" category. while II Mo-
zsrt has' a place there il Is Though
the GLORIA" from the Twelfth Mass,
which II is doubtful If ne ever saw.
II is interesting TO note that with
the execution Of the Rossini ann the
SHpre cVcrtures. all tho popular ia
vcrites above mentioned arr short, or
corr parativelv So, most Of them no
doubt being "thrown orr by the COM
pcscrs g mere tri aes.
II is likewise peculiar that there is
in no instance ANYTHING like n second
choice save only IN the case Of the
Pilgrims Chorus from "Tannhauser."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28
Cll,ck sings another
oId-tlne negro melody

Thousands have sung the song Nelly
Was a LADY on the stage and of il.
AND thousands more have wept silently
as ihey have listened to il, bat nobody,
perhaps, has ever sung the words with
more perfect artistry or with a nobIcr
voice. thar Alma Chuck, who puts INFO
q new Nictrola Record she has made or
this song the expression few artists
ever achieve.
You never know in what fresh d.
rection CaruSos versatility is gong to
spring forth. His Interpretation OF the
d AunurNo-T osti "a Nucchelia" "a
l-itlc, Posey( on Victrola Record just
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

something n t w
II IL one Of the
IN Q st dchshtjul
songs in t'ie popu-
lar manner, that
ever came cat OF
Sunny Italy. Ad-
ditional interest
attaches to Z h C
song. as Mrs.
Caruso has made
a translation Of
the " ord S into
English.
Esther Walker
is at il again
THIS month she
has the lovesick
blues IN Il ng
he sings on a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

All resemble those OF his satellites
ana IL is his task to get the very best
OUT of all these elements and ANAL
gah1ate them into harmonious
whole, rejecting alike the personality
of the leader and the artistry of each
individual.
Much orchestral music, especially
that of the older composers, conveys
no adequate idea of the intention of
ne composer as to expression or
'Sharalc effects, and in many in
Sthhees even the tempt are omen to
question This Is where the labor az
the conductor lies. and il the reason
WY II Is said that a certain work e.
interpreted" by a leader. which ia
10 saw that we are listening To his
conception Of what the composer in
tended to say.
In this connection IT. is curious
tact that many composers are failures
with the baton. On tho other hand
an ahle conductor may bring out Of
composition oven finer results thar
ne compos had thought OF orig.
When we attend tho concert ana
sec tho man with the stick" GRE 70.
- ?" and fro we must
remember that his work. ali unseen
!" IN ara. has already been ac
'omplished. aid that We are hearsr~
fhiy the flushed product
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

and toitO8HN WIN
attention 10y the
- hoie m usi c a |
w., rld
Zanclits appear
nrce brings to
mind that other
youthful prodigy,
jason a Heiietz
who was the, iau
slezl s~rsa ION OF
ecNef3l Sc a s 0 n S
ago, And ficitctE
has iuSt made a
rev Interpretation
or q FIctTola Rec
ord Ia "a 25nlri
I,fei Ter apttce."
$40 things arc to
tc considered IN
--. ..s...,-l Il~,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28
NEW MUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYS

harmonixsd, Between the strophes
there is an occasional and delightful
hcll-rctc. and just before the close q
few harp-tones are scattered across it,
like q handful of geuss on rich back
ground.
The famous passage from Saint
Saen's biblical opera The Dellge" is
the subject for an Interpretation on
Nictrola Record this month by Efrenl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

Il IL A't- , = l. - - u
m ost interesting
number, being a
thoroughly uelod-
ious composition,
Of which Zimbai.
list has made a
wonderful record.
Lambert Murphy
sings two modern
tenor songs both
on his latest Vic
tor Record. Each
has ~ exquisite
violin obbiigato
that adds rich aess
to the orchestral
settinr and gives
added emotional
inter est TO the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

Omaha hasehalt fan says he would
IKE TO sec tire Giants play at the Polo
rounds, but doesn't understand how
ne Fan" ran be a success with ponies
and mallets
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

Crusty old bachelor in sarfnaw saws
there ere one hundred reasons for al
vnrce, One is marriage: the other
ninety-nne don't count.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

new Victor Record. blues NV
NAUGHTY Sweetie Gives TO MeN". ON
the reverse Of the record she siugs
Sweet Kisses, song OF consolation
from the land OF dreams.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

rms Christmas at least. curious
"'Fss VIII not have To plead in ex
tenuation that they didn't know THAR
American.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

IL the French government is making
~1a MS suits 10 sell for siI, our Ave and
tFh-cent store ought to try to drd gut
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

how IL is donc.-Rochester Herald.
cucumber tn u Ford pickle with q
Cadillac baby.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

rre--f-t--and q great one. WITH tfue
baritone voice of great range, power.
hs.ettness and fexibpty.
It's introduction to Victor audiences
l. made through his two install Nictgaia
Records ,nst out: "Ihe Span 81
Dancer and Dear lara respectively.
lis ouclstic debut takes place this
taonsh. With tie Metropolitan Opera
Company in New York; ard never.
perhaps. has q first appearance been
attended wsth greater auguries for the
future. Ills career will be watched
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28

CHRISTOPHER Columbus bad an easy
voyage, nj that He didn't have 10
keep lookout for U-hoats.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-28
YOUNG BARITONE
ENTERS LISTS OF
GREAT ARTISTS
Another star Of first magnitude
appears in the Victor galaxy.
Many others shine in the
musical ornament

HE greatest find
OF the year in new
musical talent il
undoubte lily T b {
youn Chilean
baritone. Renato
ZaneIli TO witt,
a single step, has
ia X en- his place
among the grca {
living singers. He
is only in TIE
tventies, but for
all that he IS not
simply an artist
OF the future, he
is an artist OF the
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-31
HOPE TO HAVE PRELIMINARY
 TREATY SIGNED IN APRIL:
 GERMANS OFF TO VERSAILLES

PARIS, March 2S.-(P)-According to statement made today is the hope of the peace conference have the preliminary peace treaty in shape for signing by April twentieth. It thot that earlier date would be pos sbe but owing the many amendments and alterations that made the original draft it will be least that date before things shape In the of the league of nations the amendment of Leon Bourgeois which pro- vided for permanent military and naval staff for the league rejected.
 GERMAN COMMISSION ON ITS WAY
 BERLIN, March 28.-(H)-The financial commission which will act for Germany the preliminary peace ference at Versailles left Weimar for that place today. They have been equipped with the fullest instructions what proposals accept and what offer the conference settlement These instructions known only few outside of the members of the commission The financial! commission of the powers will this delegation Yer sales Saturday and the conference will i'm mediately prelminaries needed.
 GUARD FOR PRESIDENT
 PARIS, March 28.-H9-Increased precautions have been taken safeguard President Wilson and the preers of the allied nations No special incident has developed this action but the French government is taking chances attempt being made the lives of the important members of the delegations Their pres activities compel them around than form ery which presents greater opportunity for harm to be done them.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-31
STRIKE CALLED
 AMONG WORKERS AUSTRIAN ROADS

VIENNA. March 2S.-(P)-The transportation systems of Austria are threatened with a shutdown if the strike which was called today is per mitted to spread. AS it is this city Is threatened with traffic shortage.
 A general strike has been called which threatens to spread to all the roads in Austria. Many are inclined to believe that the strike is the re- suit of soviet propaganda that has been circplated among the working men for the purpose of aiding the threatened Lenine invasion from Hungary. The men struck partly out of sympathy for Hungary and part ly for an increase of pay. with the Hungarian factor in the majority.
 It is feared by some of the officials that the strike may bring on revo- lution and lead to the establishment of a soviet republic in German Aus tria.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-31
TRAIL TRAVEL
 BECOMES HEAVY

After season of light travel on the Valdez trail the indications are that the spring rush to the interior is on. All interiorites who have been sojourning on the Outside are coming in with rush.
 Three persons arrived by the Brow CT line yesterday afternoon and oth- CTS also arrived with private rigs. Those to arrive by the stage were B. w. Miller and Gus Hakman.
 Sunday will witness the arrival of ten more by the way of the stage and several more are expected to arrive either by private rigs or the old standby-mushing. In addition to the ten passengers mail is al. 50 expected.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-31
DEMAND MADE ON GERMANY TO ALLOW POLISH TROOPS TO GROSS
 LAND; GERMANY HAS SAID NO

COPENHAGEN, March 23.-(P-According to aWemar despatch relations between Germany and the all lies will be further strained unless the demand made by tie allied high command is complied with The crc,nl- is unusual and involves the question of de- eated nation refusing the demands made upon by Its conquerors.
 DANZIG IS THE KEY NOTE
 According the information received here the German government has had presented to demand from the allied high command for permission to be granted to the Polish troops that being returned their country land the Baltic port of Danzig and march thru German territory Poland.
 GERMANY MAY REFUSE
 When the idea of using Danzg landing port by the Poles in returning from the first suggested the German made objection and stated that it would resist such action to the utmost, i'm plying that armed resistance would be used The allied high command responded promptly that the demand would be enforced if to resort to to do Altho the German government has made reply to the demand yet is the opinion of political students that is to her interests grant the request for it would entail another period of strife within its borders for it is under stood that the allies will take cation from Germany regard to undoing situation that bot about thru its actions Others of the opinion that Germany has desire the present force in Poland strengthened by e addition of these seasoned and is therefore using every of preventing the union being made As the reply of Germans received the allies will make iileir preparations accordingly.
 GERMANS INCREASE GARRISON
 PARIS, March 28-(P)--1hc answer to the demand of the allied high command regarding the of the port of Danzg and German territory by Polish troops in making their return home is believed be contained in the tions of the German government which reported to be in creasng the strength of the garrison at Danzig. This ton is taken indication that Germany intends to
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-31

Most of the northerners in Seattle will come up to this coast this sum- mer The Northwestern will be here tomorrow with full load. met many nOrtherners in Seattle. Frank Cook and MOritz Newman are work ing in a candy factory and they will be up this way soon. Mrs. Casper Nelson is working in the Fairbanks restaurant on First avenue conducted by Alex Capewell and associates. Nels also worked there for time. Alex Carey, and Ray Erchinger are doing well and so is Jim McCracken in his garage business. at least so they told me. Aaron Kennedy and Tom King are working for the Ma tional Grocery company. their wages being $115 per month. One could get along better on $90 per month in Fairbanks than on $115 in Seattle. such are times outside. Kennedy owns a fine home. Morris Hofstad is conducting an ice cream layout on Westlake avenue He Is serving milk and soda pop, different stuff from what he was used to in the Wigwam saloon. but outside of that he said he was doing good in the summer and breaking even in the winter He looked like a real busi ness man when he got into his tin lizzie which he uses for his delivery of ice cream Abe Stein and son were in Seattle. Yesterday heard that Abe was down with the flu. and also that Fred Haggren had the flu
 One night shortly before left for Cordova was up to a Pioneer social and there I met Joe Mathews and wife and many other Fairbanks people whose names I cannot think of at the present. Chas. Lake and John Patten came strolling up First lavenue one evening and tapped them on their shoulders and advised them to go slow. Scotty Lyons came rushing into the Diller hotel one night on his way home, blacker than a nigger. He is working for some iron works in Seattle and lives at Foster, town out of Seattle. He said that he was doing fine-this was before the strike. He Is out side to stay, he told me. There are now four in the family so I guess he will have to stay. The Diller. Arlington and the Northern hotels are the main camps for the north erners and they are talking mining all the time, and most of them wish that they were back to the Yukon or home. rather, once more. I am on my way and don't be bit sur prised to hear this summer that am up on the Yukon
 Say hello to Gus Peterson. Tell him I will write to him soon. Give my best wishes to your wife and all my friends from an old side. kicker.
 Sincerely yours.
 AUG. R. UTBERG.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-31
TO GO TO RUSSIA
 AS VOLUNTEER

LONDON. March R)-Briga dier.General w. P Richardson. of the American forces. will leave this city within the next few days in command of an expedition of troops whose destination will be northern Russia.
 The expedition will be made up of men who have volunteered for this service from the American forces now awaiting transportation home from French ports. The exact mean ing of the movement is not known but 1t is believed that it Is a relief measure for the troops in the Arch angel sector.
 MAY BE FORMER ALAskANS.
 SEATTLE. March 28.-R)-Ac- cording to press despatches Briga- dier-Genenl w. P. Richardson. who will lead the volunteer American expedition into northern Russia. is believed to be the same officer who served on the Alaska Road Commis- sion few years ago.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-31
ARE COMING IN
 TO FAIRBANKS

The trail at the present time should be loaded with returning Fair. banksans and interiorites. The pas senger list of the steamer Alameda, which sailed from Seattle on St. Patrick's day, showed heavy pas. senger list, many of which were per sons destined for Fairbanks.
 Those whose names were recogniz- ed as belonging to the interior were Miss Edith Bell. Mrs. w. w. Sher- rard, Mrs. J. Cleveland, of Hot Springs. A. J. Pauli. Fred Pauli, c. w. Thrift, Henry Wagner, Mrs. E. Mellich, of Nenana, Dr. P. s. Whit ney. A. c. Bell, Dan Kennedy and Mrs. J. H. Heath, who will stop off at Cordova where her husband is em- ployed. The total list of passen. gers numbered more than two hund- red.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-31
QUICK ACTION BY AMERICANS
 WIPED A PLOT

LONDON. March 28.--(R)-Quich action by American troops guarding Russian prisoners in Germany is be lieved to have nipped a plot in the bud that would have affected their release and placed strong armed force at the disposal of the Bolshe wiki.
 According to the information re. ceived 1t was the intention of the Spartacans operating in and near Spandau to effect the release of these prisoners and arm them as an acquisition to their own forces. Had the plot been carried out sev. eral thousand additional men would have been added to the Spartacan forces.
 The uprising of tho prisoners was to have taken place yesterday. the
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-31
OUT TOMORROW
 FOR KODIAK IS,

Tomorrow morning on the Brewer stage line w. T. White, assistant to Superintendent Snodgrass at the gov ernment farm, will leave for Kodiak island to assume the superintendency of the government station there. MT. Whites family will follow on the opening of navigation.
 Since being connected with the local station the new superintendent has proven to be of great assistance to Superintendent Snodgrass. who regrets very much to lose his ser. vices. MT. White also has many friends in Fairbasks and vicinity who will wish him success in his new To- cation.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-31
BR0WER STAGE DOES ITS BIT FOR THE NORTH
"Chitina, Alaska, Mar. 21. Il Drivers on the Brower Stage

"Chitina, Alaska, Mar. 21. ITO All Drivers on the Brower Stage
 Line:
 Please carry bearer to Fairbanks without any charge.
 (Signed) JOHN BROWER."
 The above indited order tells a story probably as we'll as any words could possibly do. Outside of the ac. commodation afforded by the gener. ous gift of transportation 1t meant much to the person to whom 1t was given. a discharged soldier who was coming to the northland.
 Landing In Chitina with less than forty dollars in his pocket the "doughboy" was headed for the in- terior to see the great country of which he had been told. That amount of money would not pay his road house expenses much less his trans. portation. The action of the owner of the stage line has made it possible for the boy who took chance" to visit the country and look 1t over. Somewhere in this broad expanse of territory there is niche that will hold a future for him and such a spirit as his should not go unre. warded. The ex-soldier will get along. his spirit will not be denied, and what success he may attain will in a measure be attributed to a thotful action in time of need. The coun. try needs men of both these classes
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-31
LARGE NUMBER
 ENEMY ALIENS

WASHINGTON, March 2S.--(P)- In report rendered to the depart ment of justice Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer stated that four thousand enemy aliens had been in termed during the war
 In covering the disposition made Of the interned persons the attorney general stated that six hundred had been paroled. eleven hundred had been deported. No action has as yet been taken upon the remainder or the aliens and the final disposition of them Is undetermined.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-03-31
------------ - ------ - KANTISHNA MAN WAS NOT CRAZY

News was received from Nenana today that at the hearing of Gus Nelson, who was brot in from the Kantishna country on the suspicion of being mentally unsound. the de. fendant was discharged, he being ad. juged as not insane.
 Just what did all Nelson will not be known but those who filed the information against him stated that his condition was violent and the constant attendance of two men were necessary pending the arrival of Deputy Hagen. Some are of the opinion that solitude got in it's work and he became lonesome and talked to himself.