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does not help solve the chamber music
problem of this country, which - not IN
the production of more music, but IN the
opularization of that which has ALREADY
been composed. OF considerably greater
value In. the solution Of this problem 10
the plan Of the Society for the Publca- :
ton OF American Music, which pup.
fishes the works adjudged TO be the most
worthy. but which carries with II no
money prize.
of all the various literatures OF music.
there is none richer In masterpieces tnan
chamber music. There are unduestion-
ssbly more great string auarS,eths h ,nao man
condition obtains with regard TO tne
piano trio and the sonatas for violin
and piano. Disregarding duets without
piano and the string trio as not tur,
nishing a sufficiently broad harmonic and
contrapuntal basis for the development
of really great musical thoughts, the
other chamber music combinations nolu
their own pretty well with the orchestral
or even piano literature in point of num-
Der and quality.
Therefore the question is not the com
position of more music, but the getting II
before the people who really like and ap.
preciate this great musical form. All
over the United states chamber-music
lovers have read of the annual Berk-
shire competition, but as the works are
not published and put before them at a
reasonable price, the matter ends Tor
them with the reading OF the outcome
TT WOULD seem a great deal more
J. effective plan for the donor OF this
liberal prize TO divide It, setting aside
sufficient sum to insure the distribution
OF the music through one of the great
music-publshing houses at a reasonable
price and giving the remainder or the
$1,000 to the composer as a prize.
At the risk of being deemed com
mercial," II Is necessary to say that TINS
matter of cost has a great deal to do
with the popularization of chamber
music composition. II does not matter
so much about an orchestral composition,
because the market for them is very
limited and Ia confined to organizations
which can pay practically any price
within reason. The classic orchestral
compositions may be had at relatively
low figure and the amateur orchestra is
technically unable to play the modern
works.
But the chamber music. market is de-
pendent upon the amateur, There is
| not a sufficient number of professional
| chamber-music organizations In this
country to pay the cost of bringing out
a new string quartet. II every one OF
them should purchase copy. Therefore
| to break even" let alone making a
proht. the publisher must reach tn,
amateur market, and this he can do only
| by putting the works on sale at a price
sufficiently low to attract the man OF
moderate means, for, unfortunately, thu
amateur of the greatest musical dis.
elimination is usually not sufficient 5
equipped with this worlds goods to in
dulge in $40 and s12 or even S5 compost
tions. -..
IL the plan of the Berkshire competi
tion were remodeled in this manner Il
would do considerably more to advance
chamber music In this country than tn,
award of $1,000 prize to a distinguishes
| foreign composer.
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Guide to Photopldys ...........
for the Week. to Come

Special Movies
ACADEMY OF MUSIC - "suds" ba G
mary Pickford In a pathetic role, but
WIN comedy. and one which she rIavs
with much feeling. Frederick Fem
hi, and ,hchard Pryee wrote the story
lon and has Imaginative romances
Based on Maude Adams's "'Op O. NV
unumb, II Is about n little girl who
ives squalid sort OF life as laun.
dress IN the slums of London. Opens
this afternoon
...- New Productions
STANLEY Lady Roses Daughter"
Lloyd comedy, are the chief attrac.
tions Elsie Ferguson Is the star in
the former piece, which Mrs. Hum
phry Ward wrote and Hugh Ford d.
rected The star enacts three parts
In which heredity plays an importa MT
part in search for love.
VICTORIA--"The Figlirehead" Is Eu-
gene O'Briens latest contribution to
his starring roles and Selznick has
given him Anna Q. Nillson as leading
lady r. Cecil Smith wrote the piece,
which has for It's hero man who
in graft.ridden city and fights the
gang" when he meets the right girl
REGENT-"Thc Deadlne' is by Paul
II. Sloane and has George Walsh as
the star. 1t is a tale Of mountain
folks and a feud. Dell Henderson d.
rected and Irene Boyle. Virginia ,Valii
and Joseph Hanaway are In the sup
port.
CAPITOL-"Guilty of Love" has Doro.
thy Dalton for Its star. Avery Hop.
wood wrote the piece and II deals with
n girl who Is married to man at the
point, of a pistol but events show the
marriage 70 be harbinger of happi-
ness. Harley Knowles Is the director.
Remaining PhotopIays1 .,
CHESTNUT STREET OPERA HOUSE
Way Down East" the d. W. Grif-
rescue scene. In which Richard Bar
thelmess saves LILLIAN Gish.
RCADTA-"Civilian Clothes" starring
Thomas Meighan In role Of butler In
the home Of the girl he married while
an officer In the A. E. F. delightful
comedy.
Reviewed Heretofore
CE--"Humoresq the story of
the struggles Of a Jewish family and
their son. Fannie Hurst wrote the
piece and II has Vera Gordon as the
mother. Others are CASTOR Glass and
Alma 'Rubens.
GREAT NORTHERN-"Ram with
Monroe Salisbury. first half OF week.
THE Yellow Typhoon," with Anita
Stewart, latter half.
TMPERIAL-"Don't Ever Marry" with
Marjorie Daw. Going Some,' with
Cullen Lands. latter half.
MARKET STREET-"Yes or No?" with
Norma Talmadge. Whats Your
Hurry" with Wallace Reid, latter
half
ALEXANDRA - "The Family Honor"
with Florence Vidor and vaudeville.
Tho Shadow OF Rosalie Byrnes," with
Elaine Hammerstein. latter half.
COLONIAL whats Your Hurry
with Wallace Reid. "The Yellow Ty.
phoon." with Anita Stewart. latter
half.
LOCUST AND STRAND-"What's Your
Hurry" with Wallace Reid.>
BELMONT - THE Invisible Divorce
with star cast THE Double-Dyed De-
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apartment for that purpose when he is
Killed IN an accident. The dramatic
events that follow lead TO a reconcilia-
tion between the young wife and her
Harley Knoles, who directed "The
Cost" with Violet Hemings, and Little
Women" staged Half an Hour"
CEcIL b. DE MILES latest produc-
~ tion, Something TO Think About"
Is different in theme from anything he
has attempted In the past He has ex-
tall upon human story OF real folks.
Something to Think About opens an
engagement at the Arcadia week Of
October 4. .
The story. written by Jeanne Macpher-
son: who transcribed, Male and Female
and why Change Your wife? ~ to the
screen, centers around Ruth Anderson.
daughter of the village smith. A rich
man, man, David Markley. lives in the neigh
Ruth as q small girl. sends her away to
school She returns a young and beauti-
ful woman, and II Ia understood that she
and Markiey are to marry. On the i'm
pulse OF the moment she elopes with a
Young man of the village Her husband,
killed In an accident. leaves her desti-
tute ana. returning to her native town
20 md her father blinded, she is in
leads to her reconciliation with Markiey.
a cast that Is practically ali-star in
terprets something to Think About
tiioria swanson has the role of the hero
Inc. The picture marks the return of
Elliott Dexter to the screen as leading
man. Theodore Roberts is the old black
smith and Monte Blue has an imports a Mt
part
IMMINENT AUTHORS PICTURES
~ announces Leroy .Scott's Partners
Of the Night" directed by Paul Scardon.
Mr; scott worked on the adaptation IN
coilaboration with the scenarist, Charles
Partners Of the Night" was prepared
TOT the screen by the man who has '"The
Mhip. Sporting Life" and THE white
Heather to his credit. The title covers
= series or seven detective stories thai
formed the most successful mag zine
feature OF the kind that leading maya.
alne mas ever published. A young lieu
.ent detective finds his every move and
smnoition In his profession blocked by n
suIPperlor who Is r. crook. and whom he
Intimately exposes by the aid OF n fe.
male criminal after number Of scenes
tn9t make excellent screen material,
" VIII be the feature Of the Victoria
week Of October 4. - - s'' !"
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FAMOUS PIckFoRo cuRLs LOST

The famous P!ckford curls have been
lost!
Lost. not to oblivion. but lost for a
picture.
curls are valuable things. too. One sold
for nearly 100000 worth Of Liberty
Bonds once
The curls have been Strengthened out
in an awful manner with specially pre-
pared cosmetics, so that Mary can typify
the little English slavey girl in "Suda, It
her second United Artists picture. now
on view at the Academy of Music
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The Critic Talks
~ to Music Lovers

TNHE prize Of $1,000 offered at the an
= nual chamber music festival held at
Pittsfeld, Mass, went out of the country
this year, the successful composer being
no less parsonage than G. francesca
Malipiero, whose orchestral tone poenl
Una Pausa del Silenzio," has been per-
formed in this country by both the
Philadelphia Orchestra and the Boston
Symphony. ...s.
The annual competition was thrown
open to the composers of the world for
Nthe first time this year by the donor of
ners of the prize on the two previous
occasions when 1t has been awarded were
Tadeysz 1arecki and the famous Swiss
composer, Ernest Bloch, both residents
Of this country. . ...
THE winning quartet is in single
i movement and bears the motto Ri
spetti Strambotti" 1t takes about
twenty-five minutes to play and, as the
name indicates. is based upon two an
cient forms of Italian poetry, he RI
spetto. a sort of short madrigal, and the
strambotto, a grotesque In miniature.
The judges were five men, all of whom
were eminently qualified to act in that
capacity. as three of them are men of
much practical experience in chamber
music These were Louis Svecenski, for
merly viola player in the kneisel Quar-
tet, and who had the unusual experience
of filling that position from the time of
the organization of the quartet by Mr..
great violinist: Ugo Ara, the original
viola player of the Flonzaley Quartet,
and Emmeran Stoeber. cellist of the
Berkshire Quartet. The other judges
were Ernest Bloch, the composer and
winner of the prize last year, and Felix
Borowski, the Chicago composer and
critic.
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THE Philadelphia musical season is
i rapidly getting under way. and the
prospects for the most brilliant one the
city has ever known look brighter eacn
week. AT one swoop the operate output
Of the city has been practically quad
rupled, while the orchestral seasons will
remain about the same as in former
years. always admitting the possibility
of hearing the Chicago, Bodansky Phil
harmonic (New York; and Russian or
chestras. although none of them has
been announced
1t is more than likely that there will
be a far larger number of solo recitals
here this season than ever before. The
ice will be broken by the veteran Ysaye
next week and the date of Gabrilowitsch
has been announced. There have also
been sundry long-distance thunderings
by press agents of world famous artists
to come and the great majority of them
Will materialze. The musical attrac-
tions this season in PHILADELPHIA will
probably go considerably over the 200
mark and, what Is more to the point, the
great majority of them will be well
worth hearing.
Therefore. the music-lovng public of
Philadelphia may face the Immediate
future with confidence, even though a
small portion of apprehension may force
its way into the mixture. The confidence
| Is based upon the fact Of an unusually
fine season the apprehension upon the
contingency that the funds may not hold
out to the extent of hearing all tina I
| should be attended.
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THE weakness of the plan of the Berk-
i shire competition is that the winning
OF the prize does not carry with II the
publication OF the work. In this way il
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-08
NO NEW STREET
WORK NEXT YEAR
Appropriation Only Sufficient to
Keep Thoroughfares in
Repair

City Council informed the directors Of
the Street and Sewer department today
that the appropriation set aside for the
department for the coming wear would be
S3I2. 900 Last wear the appropriation
was S240O00 When the high cost Of
materials and labor are taken INTO aC-
count. this appropriation means that there
will be no new work done the next wear
according to a statement made by officials
OF the department.
The department will endeavor to collect
the ashes, light the streets and make as
mauv repairs to streets as possible, but
the extra $1,000 over last wear 5 budget
will no. permit of much less The depart
ment had asked for more than S400, 600
with which to do new work 1t considered
necessary.
The rate of wages paid for labor in the
department has been gradually increased
In the past two years from 35 TO 80 cents an
hour But even this price does not satisfy.
A gang Of Spanish laborers who were
receiving fifty cents an hour. engaged in
building a sewer, struck for SIXTY cents an
hour Yesterday The request was refused
and the Spaniards refused to continue
at work
Tilghman johnson sent letter TO the
directors today asking that something be-
done to stop the dust nuisance on Gilpin
avenue. Mr.. johnson wrote that the
thoroughway was ID his opinion one Of
the poorest in the city, and requested that
the department do something TO lay the
dust, because living conditions were un-
bearable p at resent.
The directors discussed the matter and
are having plans prepared for paving the
seventeen blocks on the avenue. Il is
estimated that the work could not be
done for less than $4,000
The Wilmington Gas Company asked
permission to open ten streets for the
purpose of making extensions Of service,
repairing leaks and seeking new leaks.
+ G. Salloway applied for a renewal
Of his plumbers license, which was
.4rted
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-08
ARMED HIMSELF To
BRING HOME BREW
FROM PHILADELPHIA
But Roman Stelnozeryk Was
Rounded Up by the Police Be
fore He Got Here.
FINED; HELD FOR COURT

Admitting. in Municipal Court today,
that he was the distillcr of the liquor
found IN his possession. and that ne put
a set nf steel knuckleS in his pocket when
ne set out from Philadelphia with It.
Roman StelnazCrvk was held III $500 hail
for court on charge of having the liquor
Illegally. and fined S25 and costs or
carving concealed deadly weapon
lie was arrested with the satchcl and
the brass knucklcs near the Pcnnsvlvania
station Yesterday by Police Officer Roden-
hlscr. He had recently come from hls
home in Philadelphia. where he concoctcd
his home brew.
The check signed "Iames \. Andcr-
son. hut not signed by him, was pro-
,luccd in court today when James II.
Stafford appeared for the second time on
a charge Of forgery Stafford waived \
further hearing and was held IN $500 hali
Tor trial IN the Court OF General Sessions.
\ fine Of 5000 was imposed upon
Ethnos J. Frank for assaultng Thomas
Leonard at Franks restaurant. Second
and mon streets, on the night Of May ).
Leonard. who remembered nothing Ter
fa,lr weeks. when he was IN the hospit al
with u fractured. skull was very clear
,hout the assault. lie pointed dramat-
t'AttN 10 Itnh tpAl'tN, StN iiiE. iANAN -
the man that did It.
other evidence was conflicting. but the
nudge SAID nc was convinced IF Frank :
guilt Several business men testified -
his good character.
Thomas Phillips. arraigncd on q charge
of breach IT the peace. admitted that he
had had trouble with his wife. blt pleaded
with tears il his eyes for a chance 70 live
with her The case was referred to Dc
tectlvc Horace Mcdaniel.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-08
BETTERS STILL FAVOR
JOHNSON AND M'ADOO

New York. June : Johnson and Me
Adoo continue favoritcs in the election
betting rs quoted IN The Wall Street dis
trict Each Is Ut even money.
\ few over SUNDAY. changes in odds
were posted Harding. against whom : 10
l had been quoted, was changed 70 ,
tol; Butler went from Toto 5to |, Hughes
from ) to | to | and Knox from 10 % ;
10 /. Coolidge remained unchanged 1T :
to against. as did Wood At 7 to ), Low
den 1T s TO ). Hoover a. 10 and Atlcn
ut 10 | Sproul added as an entry yes
terdav, got odds Of ) to | against his
chances.
Democratic odds, virtually unchanged.
are McAdoo even Edwards to against.
Cox , 70 |. Clark to l, Davis : to /.
Marshall 10 to /, Wilson and Bryan 20
to |.
Betting continues extremely light, and
those willing To bet generally want to
wager that any named candidate will not
win rather than that he Will
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-08
MILES ]. BENNETT DEAD.
Lifeless Body Found in His Apartment
Last Evening.

Miles J Bennett, 64, was found dead IN
bed at his apartment 1900 West street ,
last evening. Robert Lusby, proprietor
Of the building. became alarmed when Mr..
Bennett did not appear for supper and call
ed CITY Detective Frank *. Mahoney
and Special Officer Samuel J. Gamble
They found the door locked, and enter
ing the apartment by the window came
upon the body.
Mr.. Bennett was a carpenter, who came
to this city from Greenwood, with his
wife, and rented the apartment April %
Mrs. Bennett was visiting IN Greenwood
A son, living at 1884 North Twenty-ninth
street, Philadelphia also survives MIR
Bennett
The death Of MIR Bennett, II was stated
at the coroner's Office today, was due TO
apoplexy. Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at Bethel NJ T.
Church, near Bridgeville and interment
will take place IN the cemetery adjoining
JEFFERSON CLEAvER.
jefferson II. Cleaver, a well-l1nown
citizen. died suddenly last evening at his
home, 2434 West Ninteenth street He had
hsd heart trouble for some time, but had
not been really ILL.,
For number of years Mr.. Cleaver was
engaged in the stove business IN tins city .
He leaves a widow and two sons and a
sister in Delaware City,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-08
RURAL SCHOOLS
ESTIMATE NEEDS
Special Districts Send Their Finan-
cial Requirements TO the Levy
Court, Today.

Special school districts sent To the levy
Court todav estimated school budgets
tar tho next school wear as follows
Clavmont Estimated expenditures.
S1i2. .3CiO. including $4,000 for debt scr
vice. S33. .360 for maintenance, operation
and transportation and 100000 for inn
provcmcnts and repairs Estimated income
from sources other than taxation Sl06, ,264
including s1O3. 800 other than state aid
Poll tax 81 200 Property tax, $50, 500
instruction. S19.S50.
du Pont Expenditures. S34 .707 80,
including 81 800 for permanent improve
ments and repairs and $50, 907 54foT nam
tenancp. operation and transportation
Income from sources other than taxation,
800. Poll tax. S675 Property tax
SI7.532. "a. Income other than taxation
SIG 500 Instruction. S22. GOO.
Newark Expenditures, $50 500, in
cluding So. AS for debt service and S37.-
l4I for maintenance. operation and trans
portation. Income from sources other than
taxation. SlS.43S. including 50, l3s other
than State and, Poll tax. $500 Property
tax. S35,lI6. Instruction. $40 $50
The court referred the estimated bud
gets to the committee Of the whole
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-08
I.oWDEN WINS ILLINOIS.

CH5raga. June ; Governor Lowelen
gaes MO the Republican convention IN
disputed master IN hls home state rs Il
resztlt af his victory last night nj the
iHfpa.s Caucus over Mayor Wm Hale
Thompson of Chicago hat probably VIII
los. the T. Cook county Chicago votes
which Thompson controls
The governors slate went through after
one test vote IA which his forces defeated
those al Thompson 80 - q. Senator
Lawrence \ sherman was chosen Ma
tona Committeeman 10 succeed Ihomp-
son and Senator Met Cormlek was named
fer the convention committees on reso-
lntEons.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-08
BLAMEs WAR FOR CRIME
Expert Also Condemns Criminal
Procedure as Conducive to
Increase of LaWlessness.
By Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
Detroit, June S.-Reactlon from the
war and present day criminal procedure
were responsible for the recent increase IN
crime by August Nallmere of the Depart
ment Of Criminology OF the University OF
California. who addressed the convention
Of the International Police Chiefs Assoeia-
ton here today The effects Of the war upon
crime, MIR Nollmcr said. would be noted
all countries for at least ten years.
Criminal procedure, the speaker de
clarcd was $50 years behind the times,
although criminologv had made rapid
strides forward. He urged more scientific
methods IN handling criminals and also
in selection of law officers
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-08
COALITION ELECTS 100
MEMBERS OF REICHSTAG
Parties Supporting New Govern
ment Make Rather Poor
Showing at Polls.
Il ,<.,.,..,...t rre.. H. r,ery rvralns

ny Associated rrs~s u Every Evenias
Berlin lunr Reports from nearly
$50 DISTRICTS an ihc result III ht hallnting
5ag members If the nov Bolrhstsg N
~lndavs elretlou4 received III 10 IT
j riack last nlQhl showed thnf the mt
IoftY socialists. reutcrlsts and democrats.
he narti,~ nak kilg ~ ibc coalition block
baek of tho present government had elect
"a 1T deputies
The man naftios uf the conservative
organization tbs. vote showed had elected
- members. while the malu partA n he
left tie iulepcndeut socialists had elected
= members Ad,lei a. thess, ut votes af
he pruclp5l pari3es were \ slasse. IS
scattering
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-08
LOWDEN WINS GEORGIA
Henry Lincoln Johnson, His Negro
Adhcrent. Picked as States
Committeeman.
~ Associated Press 70 Every Evening

nv SEQ ia tsd Press 10 Every Evening
Chicago. Juno i Henry Lincoln John
son. an Atlanta Negro who led the tight
af the ls4y, ti.sn delrRates before the Re-
publican naftanal committee wns today
eleffs.ti National Commiaeeman frafn
stafpla hv Use state delegation
The IL a.sd sierRatea headed by Roscoe
Pickett the tlricated candidate for Nn-
tislral anmlttrsman. announced hey
would carr1 fHatr fight 20 the credentials
committee ii ttr convention.
johnson II b. hearings had told the
National Committee he would forrgo his
bapss II hsng National Committeeman
f The I.awflpa delegates were seated
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-08
APPARENT ATTEMPT
MADE LAST NIGHT TO
K|DNAP CHAS.lYONS
Brandywine Village Boy Barely
Escaped Capture by Mysteri-
Gus Man Near His Home.
MISCREANT DRIVEN OFF

What appeared TO be nm attempt to
kidnap Charles Lyons, the cight-year-old
son OF James Lyons of No , Palmer
street was made last night n stone throw :
from the boy : home.
Young Lyons had been playing with
some larger boys in an alley near hls home,
about 9 . clock. when they heard NOISE
in the farther end of the alley, which was
dark While the boys were investigating
the cause of the noise, tall man, wearing
a cap. leaped out Of the shadows and made
a lungc nj young Lyons and would have
had him, but for the interference of one
Of the larger boys, who had quickly armed
himself with bricks.
The man chased LYONS the full length Of
the alley, but, finding the older boys too
much for him, he rctreated and ran IN Q
stable belonging to G. + Fraim nearby
hiding behind some boxes
Ry that time the hoy thoroughly
scared, hnd otifed his mother and sister
of the attack His sister told two Liberty
star baseball men. Angus Coyle and
Clinton Townsend. where the man was
hiding and thCv chased him out. but
were unable to catch up with him and he
ran through the Diamond Ice house
nearby cut and thence to the railroad
which skirts the Brandywinc, escaping
IN that manner
The Lyons boy is small for his age and
might easily be taken for siN years old
His parents know Of no reason why hc
should be attacked but the general feeling
IN the ncighhorhood is that the man who
got after the boy hoped 10 splut lum
away and hold him for ransom
The whole neighborhood is stirred and
i on the lookout tor any suspicious
characters. If the occurrence IL repeated
es peclally IN that part ~ town II VIII
not be very agreeable for the supposed
kidnapper If he IS caught