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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
HUN SHIPS UNDER HAMMER
LEvIATHAN AMONG THOSE
THAT ARE OFFERED FOR SALE
rron"sals for PURCHASE OF Vessels viii
lie Received Only From
American buyers.
my Assocluted Pre-

WASHINGTON, Jan. o.-Ihirtv for
mcr German passenger ships, seized
when the United States entered tho
war. including :he Lcv!athan, tho larr
est vessel afloat. the AEamennon tho
George Washington and others Wl,ici,
We're the pride OF the German nercan-
,iie marine. were offered for sale today
by the Shipping Board.
,.,p proposaIs Tor the purchase, Of tho
airy 90 VIII be received only FROM
+Nnericin buyers. and must include n
pledge TO use the ships on lines desig-
mated by the Shipping Board.
former German liners for sale was de-
tcrmined principally by.the cost of re-
conditioning them for passenger SER
Vice Chairman Payne said in announc-
Man, OF the vessels sSw ore used by tie
war Department as transports both be-
iors anu after the armiStice. and the
cost of rehtting them for passenger
service has been estimated by Shipping
Board officials at Approximately S50,-
100000.
Restrict Sale of Vessels.
BY restricting the sale OF the ships
to American interests and to permanent
service on designated lines, the board
expects to accomplish the establish
ment of its proposed passenger SER
along the Same lines that would have
been followed had the board itself put
the lines into service.
The ships are to be turned over to
the successful bidder upon payment OF
30 per cent OF the purchase price and
satisfactory fulnl.ment OF other terms
OF sale Such OF the vessels rs are
not sold at this time will be used by
the whole of the fleet has passed into
private hands.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
215 MILES IN SO MINUTES
American Records Broken by Air Mail
Riot FiytnE From Cleveland
to Bellefonte, I'n.
TBy Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-All Anne rican
records for n nonstop flight Of more
t.nld tnan s49 miles are believed by post
day by James II. Knight, an air mail
pilot, who flew with a load of mail
from Cleveland to Bellefonte, Pa, n
distance OF 2l5 miles. in eighty three
The flight was made at an average
OF l56 miles an hour, which was seven
minutes better than similar trim
made by Knight last September. The
start from Cleveland was made in a
snowStorm ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
GREAT BRITAIN PLANS BIG
OVERSEAS TRADE OFFENSIVE
VIII Send Touring Trade Exhibitions
10 somth Africa, Australia. New
Zcnlnnd and Canada.
Epy Associated Press. I

= LONDON, jan. The British gov
trade Offensive, declared Sir Hama r
Greenwood. head OF the department. OF
overseas trade. In the course of an
the scheme II includes sending Of
touring trade exhibitions 70 South
africa, Australia. New Zealand and
Canada.
Sanction for the plan has already
been received from the Treasury De-
partment, Sir Hamar said, and Ii was
proposed also To send similar exhibit
ttons to South America and the United
States.
He considered that 1920 promised to
De the greatest year in the history of
British trade, barring strikes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
WAR WORKER MURDERED
Oklahoma Man Believed TO Have Been
Killed ns Result of Draft
Activities,
fBy Aasoclnied prens l

:, K0NAWA, OKLA, Jan. 2.-Thomas
I.asland, prominent in Seminole County
var work. was found dead near here
t0oay with three shotgun wounds i'm
MS body An, unsigned note found in
one one or his pockets lead officials to be-
IieVe that he was killed by persons
connected with the draft Redistribution
said: "o'e
You helped to get a lot of us fel.
M ,oWs INTO the army TO get killed and
"pW T we are going TO get you"
'as wo members of the county council
ia lense and draft boards during the
war nave received similar messages.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
ROBBERS BRAVE DEATH
Hotel Thieves Climb Narrow Ledge to
Window on Fourteenth
. Floor,
IRy universal servicc.l

BALTIMORE, MD, Jan. 2.-Taking
chances of being dashed TO death, a
pair of daring hotel robbers used n
narrow ledge outside the Hotel Emer-
son today 20 enter the fourteenth
StutZ, of Washington.
They filed suit case with fine
dresses and lingerie owned by Mrs.
Stutz and valued at $500, and made
their escape. carrying the plunger, by
the same dangerous route, single
slip upon which would have meant
certain death.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
BRYAN KNOWS NOTHING
OF MICHIGAN PROPOSAL,

MIAMI. FLA. Jan. 2.-"It must be
a mistake, for have heard nothing
OF It,, said w. j. Bryan today when
shown the dispatch from Detroit that
MS name would be entered in tho
aries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan arrived in A1iam,
last week to spend the winter at their
home here.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE
Between 10000 and $4,000 Pound. n,
fowder Wrecks Du Pont
Plant.
rBy Associated Press. !

the grinding mills OF the Haelev MA NJ
of the Du Pont Powder Company, blew
up this morning. Five workmen were
killed and one was injured.
1t is estimated that between go. oOo.
and $4,000 pounds OF powder exploded.
which accounts for the severity of the
shock and the extent of it's effects.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
BRYAN'S NAME WILL BE ON
MICHIGAN PRIMARY TICKET
Commoner's Friends. Action Taken
Without Consulting Him,
He Says.
ny Assoc,a ted Press. ]

DETROIT, MICH. Jan. 9.-Wul;am
Jennings Bryan will be entered in
Michigan's presidential preference
primary as candidate for indorse-
ment as Democratic nominee for
President, according to local friends OF
the former Secretary Of State
#. Petitions in his favor. which will
require only 1000 names. will be in
primaries will be held April 5.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
HEN DIES AT AGE OF 81
brood Last Spring and I..,a
EGGS I'm the FaIl--Turned
White nt IL.
fRy AssocInted d Press. !

DANIELSoN, CONN. Jan. 2.-The
death Of Eusatia Pallidani, 80, a SPAN
Oldest hen in the United States. is an
nouneed by the owner. James Bianch-
ard, OF Dayville. In her youth Eusatia
When rs her black plumage became.
white. She mothered brood last
spring, and Laid eggs in the fall.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
236 COUNTS AGAINST KUN
Hungarian Government Demands Ex-
tradition of Iioishevist Chief OF
Hungary.
icy Universal Service. ]

shcv:st chief OF Hungary, is charged
with murder in 236 different cases, and
is ACCUSED of being concerned in the
deaths> OF 100000 hungarian prisoners
of war in Russia from infectious dis
eases. Specifying the charges. the
Hungarian government demands his
extradition.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
MINTS BREAK RECORD
u. 5. Coinage During 1913 Aggregated
o0s.O0o.0OO Pieces Of
Money.
fBy Associntnd prnss

WASHINGTON. Jan. o-Estab,ish-
lsag st,ss new ,,, v,n record mInts Of the Tinted
Soa.es Soine S@urinS @or 1913 produced 3s,91i,i95
,nents. Director Baker OF the Mint
nnreIn ton IN nnSounceq ias s today The prodnc
The total number OF coins ne Ave.,
can money was 7SS,G4a.0oo va1un u,
SSeGia?aoop Soiara! o1nsI"ding ed" as7e half
dimes; 76,S95,000 j-eent uieces IVY y9
oSS.935,000 pcnnSes. ana
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
TOLEDO CITY OFFICIAL
HELD AS BANK R0BBER
Councilman w. R. Rogers Charged
with BurgInrizing Pleasant
willie Institution.
IRY Associnted Press. ]

I. LANCASTER, OHIO, Jan. 2.-W. r.
Rogers, Toledo, City Councilman, was
bound over to Common Pleas Court in
Mayor c. q. Rubles court today on
charges of burglarizing the Pleasant
ville Bank on February 10 last. His
bond was fixed at $4,000.
: Rogers was one of the more than
a hundred alleged criminals recently
rounded up. by Department. of Justice
agents I'm Toledo.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
Returns verdict OF Suicide.

NTLANTA, Jan. 1.-A verdict OF
suicide was returned today by a cor
oner's jury that Investigated the death
here yesterday OF Dr.. W.. NJ. Greenlea,
former missionary, physician, educa-
tor and linguist. He returned 10 At
lanta fortnight ago in i'll health and
was found shot to death in his rooms.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
WOMAN is NEW YORK JUDGE
Mrs. jean III. Norris Is Appointed CITY
Magistrate by Mayor
HYMN.
my Associated Press. !

NEW YORK, Jan. Mrs. Jean II.
Norris was appointed city maEis-
the unexpired term Of Magistra tc
Henry III. Curran. tho new president
of the borough. OF Manhattan, ending
april l, 1927. Her salary will be $4,000
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
cHiNA's Ex-PREslDENT DIES
From Death Bed Eene Kuo-ChanE
Sends Fighting Factions Message
10 End Their Strife.
fBy Associated Press. !

PEKINC, Jan. a.-Former President
Feng Kuo-Chang, OF China, died here
today.
In a circular telegram, issued from
his death bed to warning governors,
he urged cessation of civil strife and
reconciliation between the factions OF
the north and south.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03

$50 Cash for Information
on What Can You Do with An Glec-
trio Fan In winter" In January Pop.
ADV 'a'-''- 80 y : ''''-~'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
Loses Race WItb Dcntb

AUBURN, n. Y, Jan. 2.--Edwin v.
Morgan, United States ambassador to
the United States TO greet his DIVING
brother. Frederick Morgan, whose
death occurred today while Ambas-
sador Morgan was still on the ocean.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
II Cnn he Done.

II Can He Done.
3s suit of clothes $500. Read article
on cutting costs of living. in January
PopuIar .p Science Monthly. All news
/. STANDS. stands. s Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03

A New Years Resolution: Buy seats
for sousas Band at the Corley Co.--Adv..
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
Results Of Raids From
Atlantic to acific

with the Department of Justice
raids on Reds yet in progress, at
nm carly hour today arrests re-
ported were nS follows;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-16
INDIAN SONGS SOURCE
OF MUSIC FOR FUTURE

Indian songs are exerting an in
ereasing fascination over the Ameri-
can people. This interest has led to
tho discovery of many curious facts
about the art which most deeply ex-
presses the desires and aspirations OF
the only genuinely native American.
It has been found that song is a
spiritual part OF the Indians life and
he uses this means of expressing him
self in ceremonial and dance, in life
and in play. And yet, odd as 1T may
seem. with the exception of their love
songs, Indian songs rarely have
words; they generally contain mean
ingless monosyllables much like our
nonsense rhymes. But whatever their
faults, they are always spontaneous
and natural.
Many singers have recognized the
possibilities Of using Indian melodies
as part of their program and these
have met with marked success. Dur
ing the last year Sousa has been Civ
ing this music a great deal Of atten-
ton and on great many occasions
has had as one of the numbers OF his
programs Orem's Indian Rhapsody.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-16
Scholars AID to Music

The man who can do music as great service as
any is the scholar Chastity of language, wealth OF
illustration security of taste stand him in good stead
when he bends to the task of delivering in words the
message Of tones. Tones interest us because OF some
thing which is behind themselves, something which voice
or instrument has said in way and which words
must now say in another. 1t is translation which is
needed; and translation which tells the whole truth
and nothing but the TRUTH and yet does not read like
one is the work of a scholar.
Sir Henry IIadow began to do music this service
a generation ago His writings raised musical criticism
to higher plane His somewhat daring pronounce
ments have lived to be truisms and the absence OF any
exaggeration has left nothing to be contradcted by
later achievement.
From Music and Letters Quarterly London.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-16
COLORED PEOPLE HERE
WILL PRESENT PAGEANT
Community Service Plans to De-
veIOp Musical Phase.

Among the coiored citizens OF
Washington there is an ever increas-
ing interest in the educational rec
rcational work that has been the r"-
suit OF the organized efforts OF Com
munlty Service. Incorporated.
The negro, with his natural gift OF
song. offers a vertable gold mine here
in Washington, that is waiting TO be
developed under expert leadership.
Among the thousands Of colored
Government employees. here lies
most fertile field for the development
Of a Worthwhile community music
program. Plans are being developed
for the presentation of "a pageant to
be produced sometime during tho
month Of January. 1921. The feature
OF this pageant will be the musical
phase which is being slowly deve OPP
ed by group organization methods
throughout the city.
a play leaders institute ~ being
conducted at Howard University un-
der the direction OF the Colored Work
Department of Community Service OF
the District OF Columbia and con-
stitutes an excellent feature OF the
work.
The Play Leaders Institute. colored
work department, takes as its motto:
Self improvement for the good OF
others" II out of this effort, the
native musical and dramatic gifts OF
the negro are brought into being, II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-16
6. W. u. GIRLS TO OPEN
SECONDHAND STORE

Society girls in the senior class OF
the department OF arts and sciences
at George Washington University
think il is more fun waiting on "A
second hand store than slipping tea,
working the "how dy' stuff sitting
In theatcr boxes, or shaking mean
foot at a dance.
The senior class. which includes
some young women from the best
social circles. has decided to go into
the secondhand business The class
needs $500 5000 for blankets for the
football team and $500 for "A me mortal
for the university. The students have
decided to raise the money by holding
rummage sale during the Christ
mas holidays.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-16

and buy your Victroa where only Victrolas sold.
You are offered notwithstanding but the worlds
greatest talking machine be purchased here Coupled
up with our personal service immediate deliveries and
venent paynents-there is advantage in purchasing
Victroa here For ChSmaS-we featuring two styles
in Voas that have been accorded great popularity by
customers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-16

Couperin. and following with varied
repcrtory from Beethoven to the
moderns with Kreisler and Zimbalist
compositions among the living violin
composers.
Miss kronheim was received with
much enthusiasm She sang Mimi
aria from La Boheme" and songs
OF Curran and Rurleigh. John Monroe
was II sympathetic accompanist.
FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB.
The program tomorrow morning at
the Friday Morning Music Club. held
Club, will be Beethoven progr m.
gwen by Mrs Frank Howard in songs
Mrs. Alice Morgan, violinist. and
Miss Frances Gutelius. pianist.
There will be no meeting on either
December "a or 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-16
DAMROSCH DIRECTS
/ At Central HIGH.
Explains "Oberon" at Piano in
Brilliant Concert by His
Symphony Players.

Brilliancy mark ed the concert given
IN tho auditorium OF Central High
School on Monday night by the Sym
phony Society OF New York. with
Walter Damrosch conductor, in the
series under the auspices OF the Wash
ington Society of Fine Arts.
In the overture, "Oberon." by Weber,
taken from the principal theses OF the
opera, Mr.. Damrosch. at the piano.
explained the call to the fairies. an
nouncement of their approach and
the procession. He called attention
to the elm orchestration OF the vio-
Inns and to the brilliant orchestration
OF the whole overture.
The Mendelssohn Symphony No.
in A. the second number. undoubtedly
gives the composers Impressions of
sunny Italy. He does not undertake
the character OF Italian music except
in the last movement. He rather por-
trays the moods OF Italian people in
the allegro vivace, their gayety of
life; while tho andante con motto is a
romatic ballad partaking of mourn
ful aspect. of darkness and Of gloom.
The con motto moderate is gra-
cious minuet, and might have been
written by Haydn or Mozart. The
fourth movement, Saltarello, is a roll
licking brilliant Italian dance.
Although Mendelssohn may lack the
depth of great composers and the
intimacy of Shumann, in purity Of
diction and in clarity OF form he is
n model and master" said Mr.. Dam
rosch.
The Andante Cantabile, by Tschal-
kowsky, with its beautiful melody.
and Beethoven's "Polonaise," which
was received most enthusiastically,
comprised the third number.
Bizet Suite from "LArlesienne." in
four movements, fairly sparkIed and
Elittered. concluding delightful
program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-16

Bright Seraphim," a command that
means that prima donna has
achieved the highest honor possible
in England.
And then Nordica reached her
greatest operate triumph in the role
OF ELISA" in 'Lohengrin." II il
doubtful says Henry c. Lahee in his
book on Famous Singers OF Today
and Yesterday" whether any greater
representations OF "Lohengrin" have
been given than when Nordica sang
Elsa, and Jean de Reszke the title
role.
A NEWCOMER
We watched Sophie Braslau. only
last week. and felt we wero welcom-
ing a great American contralto who
is only just mounting this interest
ing ladder to fame. She Is now in
all the glow OF her first successes,
with youth. vigor. the undeniab!e gift
OF voice. and the "frst fine rapture"
OF the public's praise and prophecy.
you know / was pianist FIRST"
Miss Braslau told the writer. "It
was hearing Alma Gluck that first
made me want to sing"
SO you see how art kindles ambi-
ton. how the finished artist Is the
torch that lights the way giving in
generations as they come under the
spell OF music, Heavenly Maid.
They have been very nice TO me
at the Metropolitan. Miss Braslau
continued, letting me begin there
when l was very young, and letting
me-" she added wistfully. have just
some little chances. at first.
BIG ROLES AHEAD.
But then. though still looking for
ward to the many big roles that wait
for her maturcr years. this little ar
fist is being stepped in "the opera"
and she has been entrusted with the
creation Of the leading role in an
American opera, "Shanewis" OF
Charles Wakefield Cadman. So she
has arrived!
Have you ever thought how barren
life would be without fine music?
Have you ever thought how CRATE
full we should be for the long toll
some days and years that have
brought us this fascinatingly diverse
and ever varied Art--that Is life
vivified-for our spirit and inspiration?
ton?
Then think about the beginnings. az
well as the perfected art Let your in
terest and support keep Above the
flame in the spirit of your own Youth.
Only so will America have a native
art. Only SO will I'VE people OF these
United States develop an Artistic
Soul.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-16

Bulwer Lytton made the famous tenor
Mario live today in his lines or Aux
Italiens:"
OF all the operas that Verdi wrote
The best. TO my mind. Is the Trova-
tore.
And Mario can soothe with a tenor
note
The souls In purgatory!
REIGN OF DE REsZkE.
Probably no tenor since the days
of Mario awakened such widespread
public interest as Jean de Reszke.
lean de Reszke-and also his brother
f;douard, the great basso-created a
furore in this country during several
seasons under the management OF
Abbey and Grau. Natives OF Warsaw.
in Poland. these singers had the in
estimable beneht of musical en-
vironihent from their youth. their
mother being an excellent amateur
musician. Their home was the center
Of attraction for many notable artists
and musicians.
Jean made his debut as a baritone,
but feeling that he was not fully pre-
pared for opera, he retired for a time
and studied with Sbrislia in Paris,
returning in 1879 as a tenor In roberto
at Madrid. lie was an ideal Lohengrin,
and in this and two other Wagner
roles, Tristan and Siegfried, he won
perhaps his greatest laurels.
THE CAMPANINI SWAY.
Earlier than this the famous Italo
Csmpanini, tenor, OF Italy, held sway
in London for ten years, and he came
TO this country with Nilsson, Annie
Louise Cary, and Maurel, where he
was very popular.
Owing to some fault in his method
Of production, his voice declined
rapidly and his later years were a
series of unfortunate and unsuccess-
full attempts to regain his lost powers.
Beginning his career with a salary
OF so cents night, he rose until he
received $1,000 a night: and in one
season with Henry f. Abbey he was
paid s56.O0o--yet ne died poor as well
as voiceless.
PLACE AUX DANES.
Amcrican-born Lillian Norton OF
Pennington. Maine. became the great
Lillian Nordica, soprano who went
from leading oratorio parts in this
country to concert engagements in
Great Britain and Europe, finally
reaching Milan making her operate
debut at Brescia in "Traviata-"
AS opera singer she rose by way OF
sang in "L'Africaine," Marriage Of
Figaro" "Mignon" and the "Hugue-
nots." to the Grand Opera House in
Paris and to Drury Lane in London.
The climax of her great success in
England was when she was COM
mander by the queen to sing in West
minister Abbey. She sang Let the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-16
Great Artists Loom As
Fine Romantic Figures
In Operatic Memories
JESSIE MscBRIDE.

Great artists of the Opera How their intrigue
our imagination. And how little thought give to the
long years of apprenticeship that precede the victorious
days the gamor of the leading opera houses of the
world.
The great names stand out like figures in
the bright memories of 'the Opera''-but must not
forget in fostering the gifts of time that these
great ones too had their beginnings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-16
r. TIMES PACE gNZUSC vfrWASHNCTO AMSIC. lONERSA1G

will mean a new note most worthy
of being heard In the art expression
Of the United States.
Lieut.. Lawrence A. oxley. who dur
ing the war was the the only colored
morale officer In the u. 3. Army, IL
In charge Of the colored work. As