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The Washington times., 1925-09-22
DIVA INSISTS ON
SAILING WITH
OWN PIANO
Gamma WaIska Refuses to
Leave on Aquitania When
Request IS Denied
BY InternationaI News. Service.

PARIS, Sept. 22.--Mme. Gamma
Walska Mccormick, aspirant for
operate honors both in America
and on the Continent, must have
her own piano, when she travels.
r Not just any piano for her per-
sonal use, but her own instrument.
The Cunard line, It was learned
today, would not agree to the in
stallation of Nine Walska's own in
strument, 40 she cancelled her pas
sage aboard the Aquitania October
10, and will sail for America on the
White Star liner Olympic Septem-
Der 80, piano and all.
The Cunard officials offered rea-
sons~ for their refusal, intimating
that If every passenger wanted his
own piano, bath tub or furniture
the steamers would be in a contin-
ual state of internal change.
Nine. Walska sought the White
Star Line and was promised she
might have her piano, or even a
pipe organ, IL she wished.
The Ritz tea.room and Paris
musical circles buzzed today with
the report that the ambitious diva
may become the patron of one Of
the largest symphony orchestras in
America,-either in Chicago, Boston
or New York.
Walter Straram, Nine. WalslSa 3
voice culturist, who is sailing at
the same time as his pupil, will
conduct a large symphony orches-
ira in America this fall, in con-
nection with Nine. Walska's ap-
pearance in concerts, but neither
would confirm nor deny the report
that xhe singer would be the or
chestras patron and financial
hacker,
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
WATER SYSTEM
CONTRACT TO
BE LET
Last Major Unit at DaIecarIia
Reservoir to Cost D. c.
$3.50, 800

The contracts for construction of
the last major unit in the District 8
new SO 900, 900 water supply system,
the superstructure to the new Dale
carlia reservoir, will be awarded
within the next few days, follow
ing the opening Of bids today.
Only. one bidder submitted a pro.
posal. This was the Charles w.
Tompkins Company. Of Washing
ton. whose bid was $3.50, 800.
The contract will call for the con-
struction Of great building more
than 800 feet long and 400 feet
wide, to contain all the pumping
and filtration machinery, offices,
chemical laboratories, and chemi-
cal storage tower. Seven dwellings
will be constructed adjoining, 10
house employees who may be called
upon for emergency service.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
WILBUR AT AIR INQUIRY DEFENDS NAVY AVIATION BUREAU
STUDENTS GET LONGER
PERIODS FOR SUBJECTS

The time to be spent on various
subjects in the elementary schools,
for opening exercises and similar
activities has been modified this
year, 1t was announced today at the
office Of Superintendent Frank w.
Ballou.
Changes in the time to be spent
in the various periods Of the weekly
programs have been made mostly
in the first two grades. Opening
exercises which consumed five min.
utes daily, will cover twenty min
utes a day. Handwriting lessons
have been increased from fifty min
utes to an hour and quarter q
week for the first two grades. Read
ing will cover an hour and forty
minutes instead of an hour and
fourteen minutes each day for first
grade pupils. The entire schedule
covers five hours a day for the
first eight grades.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
CIVIL SERVICE LISTS
POSITIONS NOW OPEN

The following Government posi-
tons are now open and wifi be
filled shortly by open competitive
examinations by the Civil Service
Commission, which will give full in
formation and application blanks
to all interested:
Junior sanitary engineer, Public
Health Service, $780, associate
sanitary engineers, $4,000; assistant,
81 400; business assistant, $1,S60;
associate financial economist, $4,000;
assistant scientific add, $1,000; ware
house examiner, $4,000; assistant
81 400; plant pathologist, 50, 800: as
sistant, 81, 400; associate parasitolo-
gist, $4,000; instrument repair71aan
at ogden, Utah, $3.50.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
NEW AUTO TITLE LAW
TO BE DRAFTED HERE

A new title law for automobiles
for the District OF Columbia will be
drawn up by the Corporation Coun.
sci in accordance with the approval
of the Commissioners, who today
studied the Indiana and Michigan
statutes pertaining to title law.
Following the suggestion of Direc-
tor of Traffic M. o. EldrlAge, who
In his report to the Commissioners
recommended that a new title law
be enacted here, a bill will be sent
to Congress as soon as 1t conYenes.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
MISSING BOOKMAKER
IS SAFE WITH FRIENDS

CHICAGO, Sept. 22.-Belief that
Harry Bedford, nationally known
bookmaker and gambler, had been
kidnapped and was being held for
ransom was dissipated today when
he notified the authorities he was
with friends and unhurt.
His supposed abductors, three
men who held up Belford and his
wife, threw him out of his car and
drove 1t off, he said.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
Up! HOT
AFTERNOONS
To re URN
Present Cold Spell Nothing
Unusual for September,
Says Forecaster

The cool wave which hit Wash.
ington So suddenly today Is normal
September temperature. according
to the Weather Bureau. ''The only
reason 1t seems so cold Is because
of the abnormalIy warm weather
We have been experiencing all this
month" bureau officials declare.
The temperature will probably
remain about the same tonight and
tomorrow and there will probably
be showers, the weather man says.
Today's lowest temperature was
Sc degrees early this morning, which
is just degrees lower than normal
for this time of year.
The hot weather is not all gone.
however. the weather man says,
and we may expect a few hot days
during the rest of this month and
in October.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
ILLICIT love IS
BLAMED FOR
Staying
Daughter and Stepfather
Maintain Innocence in
Death Of Mrs. Holt

WAUKEGAN, ILL.,, Sept. "a
jealousy of rniddle-aged woman
over the friendship between her
married daughter and the latter'a
young step-father was offered by
Lake county authorities today az
the motive behind the killing of
forty-nine. year-old Mrs. Lille Holt,
shot four times-in head, breast
and stomacf--at her Fox Lake
home.
The daughter, Mrs. Clara Harco,
thirty, and Mrs. Hollis husband,
Arthur, thirty-nine, in Jail under
charges Of murder, still insisted
today that Mrs. Halt had shot her
self in pique because the couple
fingered at golf until the Sunday
dinner grew cold.
Stories Vary
States Attorney A. ". Smith,
however, pointing out that the
stories told them by Mrs. Harco's
husband, Albert, held as a material
witness, had not dovetailed until
they had gotten together with an
attorney. continued his if1vestfga.
ton.
Frank admission by Mrs Harco
that eleven years ago, before the
marriage of either herself or Holt,
they had kept company was in
terpreted by Smith as offering the
motive for the murder, which he
insists took place.
On the other hand, Mrs. Harco,
Holt and their attorney asserted
that the admission was the best
possible proof that the accused
couple had nothing to conceal about
their relations.
Mother had no reason to be
jealous" Mrs. Harco maintained.
Arthur lived next door to US after
my fathers death. If he had
loved me, why didn't he propose to
me instead Of to mother"
Cries Were Heard
Evidence so far gathered by the
authorities include the statement
of a neighbor that shortly before
the shots which ended Mrs. Hollis
life she was heard to cry out,
Help, for Gods sake; statements
of Chicago neighbors Of the Hareos
that Holt had a key to their apart
ment and visited there when Harco
was out of town, and a report by
the coroner's physician that il was
improbable that after receiving any
one of her four wounds, Mrs Holt
could have shot herself three times
more.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
THREE. INDICTED
ON Staying
CHARGES
Grand Jury Holds Many to
Answer to Courts for
Varied Crimes

Three indictments charging muir
der in the first degree were re.
turned by the grand jury today,
the accused being William I'll. Fer
guscn, Denzie J. jackson. alias
Robert Jackson, alias Robert But.
Ter. and Charles HI. Baker, all
cOlored.
Ferguson Is charged with stab
bling Andrew c. White, an inmate
OF the Soldiers Home. after an
alteration on the grounds Of the
home September 2. White died at
the Walter Reed Hospital the day
following.
Jackson is alleged to have shot
and killed William b. Thompson.
also colored, July %, in front of
319 0 street southwest jackson
was arrested August "a in mis-
home at 1926 New Jersey avenue
northwest, hiding between the roof
and the ceiling.
Baker is charged with stabbing
Kelly Saxton, colored, on Pierce
street between North Capitol and
First streets. They were riding
together in an automobile and q
dispute arose between them, ac-
cordinR to the police. over the
amount Of gasoline in the machine,
in the course Of which Baker Is
alleged to have killed Saxton.
Grand larceny is alleged against
Olivia Hodge. George Franklin,
AhraAa, IAhA lion
John A. Reeves, Philip Mickens
two indictments, and housebreak-
ing and larceny Is charged against
Wallace Tinker Freeman Hawkins,
William Montgomery. Richard Gin
ton, George w Carr and BoWmen
II. Bryant Robbery is alleged
against Mary Johnson alias
Thomas, Samuel Thomas. William
Walter Hayes 1.-TWO indictmentsl.
The following are charged with
forgery and uttering: Thomas e.
Chester. james Wesley Queen, alias
J. w. King -four indictmentsD.
Katherine E. Morgan is>indicted for
false.bretenses, and Benjamin O.
Greenwood for receiving stolen
property. Larceny after trust is
alleged against James r. Walsh
and William a. Smith.
Assault with a dangerous weapon
and with intent to kill. IL charged
against: Arthur Dorsey. Charles
jackson, William McAfee, alias
Major McAfee, William u. Roberts
and Rufus Adams. Jerome Smith.
alias Lefty Smith is indicted Tor
assault with a dangerous weapon.
Joyriding is charged against
solomon jackson, Norman Luskey.
August Christian and Lewis .Jewett,
three indictments, and Philip Mick.
ems. Harvey Devall is indicted
for white slavery.
support is alleged against
Harry Winslow. Walter Bernard FL
lis, Brooke r. Johnson, Champ Pay
ton, Charles ]. Winters, alias j.
H. Wheeler, Powhatan Temple
Stephens and Frank H. Daniels.
The grand jury ignored a charge
OF assault with a dangerous weapon
against George Carr and one OF
housebrealSing and larceny against
Wellington Abrams.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
SLAYER or TWO
SURROUNDED
IN FIELD
illinois village bad Man"
Shot Sheriff and Chief
Of Police
81 InternatlonaI News Service

! ToLUCA, ILL.,. Sept. 22.--Traeksd
by bloodhounds into 4 corn field
near here, Joseph stimas. slayer Of
Sheriff orviIle Litchfield, Of Mar
shall county. and Chief Of Police
John Leonard, Of Toluca, was be-
Iieved to be surrounded today by a
posse supplied with tear bombs -
well as weapons.
Stimas Ii q survivor OF numerous
shooting affairs and known - q
bad man.
His home, when searched after q
posse had rushed IL, was found TO
be d regular arsenal, eight rifles
having been laid out 70 resist an at-
tack upon It by the officers.
Litchfield and Leonard were shot
to death when they entered the
home to arrest Stinaa after he had
capped q day OF terrorizing the vii
1age with 4 rifle by beating his
wife
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
SMITH TO GO TO CHICAGO
FOR DEMOCRATIC PIcNIC

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 22.--Upon
returning to the capitol today for
the first time since the beginning
of his New York city primary cam.
paigning, Governor Smith an
nounced officially that he would at
tend the annual picnic Of the Cook
county, ILL.,, Democratic organiza-
ton Sunday.
George Z. Brennan. Democratic
leader. and committee from the
organization will be in New York
Friday and will stop in Albany to
pick up the governor Saturday on
their way to Chicago.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
BANDITS STEAL
REGISTERED
MAIL
Pouch Containing Letters and
JeweIry Packages Are
Taken at Toledo
BY International News Service.

TOLEDO. Ohio, Sept. ga
pouch Of registered mail, twenty
five first class letters and packages
said to have contained jewelry,
were stolen today nom the regis
tered mail rooms at the union sta
ton here The bandits entered the
mail room by removing a heavy
screen and escaped without being
seen.
The value of their loot is as yet
undetermined.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
LEAGUE ARMS FARLEY
HELD UP TO CONGRESS

Express authorization of Congress
would be necessary before the
United States could participate in
any disarmament conference called
by the League of Nations, in Presi
dent .Coolidge's opinion.
The President informed callers
at the White. House today that he
would not put this government into
such conference without con-
gressioNaf sanction.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
ACTIVITY INCREASES

Robert NJ. Pill<ington, superin-
tendent OF the United States EN-.
ployment service, in his annual re.
port to the District Commissioners,
has stated that 38 per cent more
persons were given positions this
year than last year.
The report pointed out that Z, l3S
persons were given employment Ms
against 5,179 over similar period
Of last year.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
POOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
DEPENDING ON "SALLIES"

Nineteen poor school children of
the city are depending upon the
Salvation Army to furnish them
with shoes and coats.
These applications were filed with
the social service department this
week and the supply of clothing has
been exhausted. The Officials are
appealing for contributions of all
kinds of discarded garments.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
PRODUCTION OF RAW
GASOLINE INCREASES

Production Of raw gasoline in the
United States last year amounted
to 1861 900 gallons. an increase
of 1T ,6S5, 900 gallons over 1928, the
Bureau Of Mines announced today.
The figure was based on reports
by Asst producers operating 1895
Increased production was re-
ported in all states except West
Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. where
small losses were noted.
California made a "a per cent In
crease. The output OF OklahoIna,
California and Texas amounted to
II per cent of the total national
production.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
100000 Blaze is
End Of Tia Juana
Dance Halls

SAN DIEGO, Cal. Sept. ".
A score of gambling casinos,
dance halls and saloons at Tia
Juana, picturesque resort village
just across the border in Mexico,
patronized by millions Of pleas
ure seeking Americans, were de-
stroyed by fire early today with
q loss of over 1900, 900.
Only q handful of Americans
were In Tia Juana at the time.
Several thousand jewellers had
been forced to depart from the
music halls and bars several
hours before on account Of the
international border, 8 p. M,
closing hour.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
462 DIED LAST YEAR
IN BRITISH r. r. CRASHES

LONDON, Sept. 22.-Statistics
lust issued by the British ministry
of Transport show that there were
90 collisions. 40S derailments. S31
level crossing accidents, 50 fires and
"a unclassified accidents on British
railroads in 1924.
Four hundred and siXty.two per-
sons were killed and 25.G41 injured
through these accidents.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
Wharf Appeal behaved.

Decision on the appeal by John.
son and Wimsett, lumber merchants
at 1912 Water street southwest,
who have been ordered by the wharf
committee that they> Vacate their
present premises was postponed to-
day following a hoard meeting of
the District Commissioners,
The Washington times., 1925-09-22
Mitchell to be Ordered Here

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept. 22.-
Orders for Colonel William Mitchell
to proceed by rail to Washington
to appear before President Cool
idge's investigating board, will be
issued sometime today, it was an
chief of staff of the Eighth corps
area.
The Washington times., 1925-09-22

the courses in aviation instituted
at the Naval Academy.
I'VE are already enthusiastic over
the results there" said Wilbur.
Wilbur dismissed as negligible"
the possibility of air, attack by a
foreign power on American shores.
''No plane can fly over the At
lantic or the Pacific with SUI.
ficient explosives to do any great
damage to us, slle said. His con.
viction apparently was based on
the failure Of the PM planes to
reach Hawaii on a nonstop flight
from San Francisco.
If aviation is kept in its present
place. Wilbur said. he didn't want
to minimize the value Of airplanes
to the fleet.
"They are important adjuncts as
submarines and destroyers are i'm
portant," he declared. But fighting
alone, Wilbur said. he couldn't
foresee any great possibilities for
airplanes.
Admiral e. w. EberIe. chief of
naval operations, followed Wilbur.
He was adamantly opposed a uni.
fled air service as did his chief.
The Washington times., 1925-12-07
MRS. TovvNSEND'S
MUSICAL MORNING.

Paul Kochanski, called by the
New York Tribune as Among the
violinists who wear the purple, =
and Lawrence Tibbett, sensational
baritone Of the Metropolitan Opera,
are the artists to inaugurate Mrs
Lawrence Townsend's nuhfcal
mornings, with a recital Wednes-
day forenoon, at 11:15, in the ball
room of the Mayflower. Gregory
Ashman will be at the piano.
Opera arias Of yesterday, in se-
lections from the much talked of
"Beggar's Opera . by Gay, the
Evening STAR from Tannhauser,
and some Russian and German
songs, viii be given by the young
baritone. Mr.. Kochanski will play,
as novelties, group OF the Span
ish popular songs, set by DeFalla,
the Kreisler setting to Logan's
Pale Moon" and that arresting
''Hopak," Of Moussorgsky, set by
Rachmaninoff, besides some of the
older classics and Vice President
Dawes MELODY"
The Washington times., 1925-12-07
| n 7 { rs A TE
CHORUS OF
MEN
Concert Thursday Evening at
Masonic Auditorium Under
Clyde B. Aitchison

The Interstate Male Chorus, Clyde
B. Atchison, director, will open its
sixth season with q concert at the
Masonic Auditorium, Thursday eve.
ming, at $50. This organization Of
forty male voices has prepared an.
other interesting program, opening
with the Prayer Of Thanksgiving T"
an old Netherlands folksong, given
in unison, that will be accompanied
by organ and piano.
Variety will be furnished In
three light selections, Memory -
THE Three Clocks" and IA Dotty
Ditty," followed by Nelson's Mary
Of Argyle and Brahms Lullaby =
A special arrangement Of the "Or-
pheus Invocation" from "Euridice''
Of Peri, has been made by Mr..
Atchison into a splendid piece Of
choral work that is stirring in its
performance.
"An Act of Up-to-date Grand
Opera" is a novelty by Frank J..
Smith that win close the program.
1t is filled with surprises. The In
cidental solos will be sung by Ross
Farrar, Thomas E. Pyne and w. H.
Whiteside.
Miss Charlotte Hartman. con-
tralto, OF this city. is the soloist.
She will sing the Samson and
Dalila aria. Amour Viens Alder" !"
Of Saint-Saens, and q group Of four
songs, including Marzials' "Twicken-
ham Ferry" and Love Is a Rover,
by Coombs. Robert l.. Feuerstein
will be at the piano for the club
and Mrs. Mabel Linton Williams at
the organ.
The Washington times., 1925-12-07
GOURBOIN IS To
PLAY CIVIC
ORGAN
viii Give Recital Thursday
Evening at Washington
Auditorium

Charles M. Courboin, noted Bel.
gian-American organist, win be
soloist next Thursday evening, at
the washington Auditorium, in the
series Of organ recitals on the new
civic MoIler organ.
Ogsip Gabrilowitsch said OF Cour-
boin. after his concert on the great
organ in the Detroit Symphony
Hall. In q letter to his manager:
.sIt is pleasure for me to tell
you OF the extraordinary success
Courboin accomplished with the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra when
he appeared here, playing the WidOr
symphony and some solo numbers.
He Ii indeed magnificent artist
on his instrument and a fine musi-
clan from every point of view.
The rapidly increasing interest In.
the organ. as q ccucert instrument,
has within the past few years re-
suited in the building of many splen
did instruments in municipal ang
orchestral halls.
Washington has now been placq
in the ranks Of the privileged citieI
It brings to us artists Of tnterns
tional fame, among whom Courboi
ranks at the top.
The Washington times., 1925-12-07
RUSSIAN PRINCE SINGS
At OWN ART EXHIBIT

To hear a singer who is also a
painter is doubly interesting, for
the art OF song Is intimely linked
with that Of color. So when Prince
Serge Romanovsky gives a song
recital, at a private exhibition Of
his pictures-at the Mayflower to-
morrow, from 8 to THE National
Capital will have the pleasure Of
enjoying these twin arts in one
person.
Prince Romanovsky is a step-sun
of the Grand Duke Nicholas, of the
royal regime Of Russia. Still in lis
early thirties, he brings the influ-
ence of his heritage and his native
land into his art. His first exhibi.
ton was held in Milan in 1921, fol.
lowed by an exhibition of what was
called .ihis beautiful pictures" in
Venice.
The Washington times., 1925-12-07
PIANIST PLAYS
DUETS WITH
SELF
An Unusual Recital Tomorrow
Presented by Jordan and
Kilt Piano Houses

When Nine. Sturkow Ryder, con
cert pianist Of New York, gives her
recital tomorrow evening at the
Masonic Auditorium, beginning At
s:15, she will offer one Of the most
unique programs that have been
brought to Washington. The artist
is presented under the joint auspices
Of the Arthur Jordan Piano Com.
pany and the Homer L. Kilt Com.
pany.
Giving a program Of the great
masters, Nine. Sturkow Ryder will
use them in variety Of forms,
playing duets with herself" or Civ.
ing two piano arrangements, the
"other piano being record OF her
own playing reproduced and used as
the second pianO-an arrangement.
that she has made particularly
fascinating in the lovely WALTZ" Of
Arensky, for two pianos.
Another tWo-piano arrangement
is the March from Wagner's
"Tannhauser," arranged by Mes.
sager, and in this form she will
give the Chopin Concerto" in f
minor. In duet form she will give
as solos a Chopin group, the
Granados Spanish Dance" and a
D'Albert Suite in d minor.
As composer, Nine. Ryder will ap-
pear in q picturesque setting of Inn
pressions of "The Zoo" a graph
lcally interesting thing. Nine.
Sturkow Ryder has been soIoist
with many of the leading orchestras,
notably the New York Symphony,
the Chicago and the Minneapolis
symphonies, and Is well known as
a concert artist.
The Washington times., 1925-12-07
OPERA STAR, NOW MODESTO,
TO SING At LEE HOUSE

Harriet de Young Kaphan, former.
ly with the Chicago Grand Opera
Company, will be heard In reciIals
at the Lee House at luncheon and
dinner for three days beginning to-
day. Mrs. Kaphan is not only a
brilliant soloist, but is considered
one Of New York's foremost design.
ers, and she is combining q fashion
show with her recitals.
The concerts will be given during
the hours OF / to in the after
noon, and to 8 at night, and are
complimentary through the courtesy
of Russell Conn, manager OF the
Lee House. Mrs. Kaphan will sing
arias from Puccini's operas 'Tosca'
and La Boheme," and an aria from
Verdi's "Travia.a." besides songs of
Openshaw, Nevin, Cadman and
Densmore
The Washington times., 1925-12-07
'NGTON TIMES MONDAY PAGE OF NEWS OF THE MUSIC WORLD
Divorced Says Rumor,
But Still One At
Heart
GEORGE GERSHWIN

UEOFTJE UETCOUWIN
Who comes with Doctor Dam
rOsch and the New York Sym
phony on Tuesday afternoon, as
piano sOIOist in his own "New
York Concerto" which has set
the wags going as to whether q
symphony spirit may inhabit o,
Jazz soul, or the reverse!
The Washington times., 1925-12-07
MARINE BAND oRCHEsTRh
BEGINS CONCERT SEASON

The Marine Band Orchestra viii
begin its series Of winter concerts
in the band auditorium at the
Marine Barracks tomorrow. at 1880
D. M These concerts viii be broad
cast, throughout the season, BY
ton of America having arranged
for q special wrie to the band
auditorium for this purpose. At
the request OF many other broad
casting stations. the programs viii
be relayed BY WRC.