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Evening star., 1932-02-01
COMPOSER OF STATELY MUSIC.
M. E. DOWNEY," MERELY MARY
How Young Irish Girl of Middle West
Prod duced "Missa Nativitatiis" and
Played on Great Occasions Revealed.

ped over the 30-year-old line without
having married.
Most people think that they can
marry Just as you would fling on a coat.
I faced the idea squarely and came to
the realization that a woman cannot
fulfill her personal ambitions and be an
intelligent wife at the same time, Vt
she explained.
Confirmed CIasSicist.
Miss DoWney has never been caught
up in the trend of modernism. She is
a ClaSsiCiSt through and through, and
she says the GregOrian chant is ever
source of delight to her
1T isn't usually performed properly
in this country, you know" she said
1T should be fairly fest in tempo
Profound melancholy is only one side
of Gregorian music; through it all is a
triumphant JOY carried along unCeaS-
ingly from phrase to phrase
The Credo in her Christmas mess is
built on such a theme. 1t took her a
year to write the mass, which is her
second one Her greatest diSappoint-
ment came when she was unable to
hear it when it was presented at st.
PatriCkS on Fifth avenue. one OF the
most importent cathedra1s in the coun-
try. Her duties as organist and choir
conductor at the Church of st. Theresa s
in Brooklyn prevented her presence
there
She is now writing the composition
of funeral mass and, in all probability
it will be published and played like its
predecessors. under the manniSh sigma
nature, M. E. DOWney.
Evening star., 1932-02-01
JERSEY VETS HOLD
f. OFF OK. Of HOOVER
Failure of Immediate In.
dorsement Laid to Anti
Dry Pressure.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The incessant swing Of political
weather vanes has brought new develop
ments in the contest for the years
presidential prize.
The engrossing Smith Roosevelt poser
in the Democratic fold developed a bit
over the week end, but most conspicuous
OF the new factors was one affecting
the practically unoppoSed Herbert
Hoover
Anti-prohibition pressure on the Presi-
dent was the Interpretation placed here
on the New Jersey Republican Commit
tees failure to come out at once for the
denomination OF Mr.. Hoover.
Decision Put OF.
This State was one of the first II on
roll under the Hoover banner in 1923,
but now its party heads have pu of
deciding whether to send their dClega
tion to the convention uninStructed or
to support the President.
DemocracyS news was led by a MaSSa-
chusetts declaration for Alfred E. Smith.
Gov. Ely and Senator Walsh important
in the party councils of the Bay State
were the supporters Of the enigmatically
silent New Yorker
lime is soon 10 DFlng SIlOWQOWn Oh
his intentions, however Work for Gov
RooSevelts declared candidacy is being
pushed in Massachusetts and many
other sectors. There is a prediction
that Smiths name will go formally into
New Hampshire's March primary.
Collision Indicated.
II he makes no move to stop 1t, this
State and one or two others in the East
will bring Smith into head-on COLI
sion with his successor at Albany.
The week end brought also new call
for a third party, uttered by John
Dewey of Columbia University, head Of
the League for Independent Political
Action. 1t was he who, a year ago,
started a short-lived boom for the vet
eran George Norris of Nebraska Dewey
and his cohorts now name no candi-
date
Evening star., 1932-02-01
Newman
On Spain, the Republic"


On Spain, the Republic"
STUDENTS Of mob psychology
were in their element yesterday
at travel talk in the National The
ater, where E. NJ Newman, the lee
turer, presented stirring movies OF
the Spanish reVOlutiOniStS in action.
They were shown lOoting and burn
ing converts. Other shots revealed
the destruction On numerous statues
and works of art. Much of the havoc
was wrought without apparent rhyme
or reason.
The pictures disclosed that Madrid
has many characteristics Of an
American city Americans who
yearn for a retreat free from traffic
lights need not seek relief in the
Spanish capital. because the signals
have been installed at all busy inter
sections there.
The Malaga Gorge. rivaling Amer
iCa'S Grand Canyon, is one of the
scenic wonders Of NaWmanS tour
Also included are views Of Corpus
Christi day in Toledo the burial
place of Christopher Columbus, and
San Sebastian, the fashionable re
sort.
A light touch was added to the
program by movies of the quaint
ceremonies at a Galician wedding
The native costumes were an eyefull.
The bridegroom mother, In keeping
with tradition. danced in a court
yard until all the gifts had been pre-
Sented.
GimpseS also were given of Valla-
dolid, where CeryanteS wrote Don
Evening star., 1932-02-01
j. s. LAND CLAIMS
co TO CONGRESS
Bills to Pay s615,OO0 for
Quantico and Yorktown
Posts introduced.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Claims against the United States to.
falling $6l5, 900 for lands acquired al
Ouantico and Yorktown, Va, for Ma.
rise and naval posts during the Worlc
War were carried to Congress today II
bills introduced by Representatives
Smith and Bland of Virginia.
The largest amount claimed $375000
is by receivers of the Quantico Co., Inc.
which held 1000 acres of land in Prince
William County now used for the Guam
tico Marine base. An additional $780,
600 is sought by Bruce Mcintosh, re-
ceivcr Of the estate of DR.. Hugh B
Hutchinson, for 5000 acres more in
Cluded in the Marine post.
$4,000 for Prince William.
The bills also would provide 1000
for Prince William County for streets
and highways" near QuantiCO, which
were included in tracts taken over by
the Government in 1918. In York
County in which the Yorktown mine
depot is located. S65,OOO was asked for
public roads and lands appropriated by
the Government for the depot
All the lands were taken over by
presidential proclamation November 4,
1918.
$500. 900 Less Than Rent.
Counsel for the claimants contend
the presidential proclamation was with
out precedent or authority, and that
.aore than 100000 already paid by the
Government under claims resulting
from the proclamation constitutes less
than rental to which the land owners
are entitled.
The amounts of $375,OOO and $780,
900 are the some as those agreed to by
the Navy Department and land own
ers in 1918 in options signed with the
Navy Department.
Evening star., 1932-02-01
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February IN. E.
DOwney composer of the ma ajeStic mass,
"Missa Nativitatis," which strobe forth
in Gregorian rhythm from the dim
depths Of ST PatricK's Cathedral for
the first time on Christmas day, is just
Mary to her friends
young Irish girl. from the Middle
West, shy, and unaSSuming. Mary has
the distinction of being the only woman
composer of church masses in America.
When she was IT, Mary, who prefers
10 be known as NJ. E. DOwney, played
the organ for a chorus of $50 men. the
Seminary Choir of the Cathedral in St.
Paul, MINI her birthplace Since then
she has played in San Francisco, in
Nova Scotia. in Kansas City and in New
Jersey. She has composed string quar-
tets, piano and voice solos and liturgical
music.
Hard Work Wins.
Somehow when women succeed in
their work. people think it's because of
some God-given and mysterious en-
dowment." Mary said yesterday.
ITS just hard work, concentration
and constant attention to physical fit
ness. the same old things which are
taken for granted in the lives of sue
ceSSful business men"
Hers is one profession, she believes, in
which a member of the fair sex cannot
capitalize on the fact that she is a
woman. In fact. Miss Downey has bowed
to the public demand in one respect
the name Mary never CreepS into a
program or on the cover of manu-
script; the use of initials instead she
saws, is a necessary deception.
Because she believes she could not
combine a domestic career with her
musical career, Miss Downey has step
Evening star., 1932-02-01
WAGNER WILL OFFER
REPEAL RESOLUTION
Concerned With Constitution S
Sanctity, Not Seeking Liquor,
Senator Declares.

Senator Wagner, Democrat. New York,
was planning today to offer a reSOlu-
ton in the Senate calling for outright
repeal of the eighteenth amendment.
We know that prohibition was a
mistake" Wagner said. We know
that the attempt to enforce it has been
a failure Let us be honest with our
selves and admit the failure"
He said he and others advocating
repeal of the amendment are not seek
ing liquor, but are concerned with the
sanctity Of the Constitution, which is
daily deseCrated."
Prohibition, he said. was intended
TO abolish the saloon" but has created
the more dangerous speakeaSy."
1T was intended to destroy the
liquor traffic" he added 1T has only
transferred that traffic into the hands
of the lawless for their special en-
riChment
1T was intended to develop a Nation
Of abstainers; it has brought up a gen
Grafton without knowledge of tenn
peranCe.
1T was intended to impose upon our
people a single national standard: it
has succeeded in breaking down every
local standard"
Evening star., 1932-02-01
Music and Musicians
Reviews and News of Capitals Programs.

section half of it could continue
without tall this combined 20
make this popular Sunday afternoon
concert more eminent than its fore
bears. The extraordinary progress
OF the orchestra playing selections
it had played earlier in the season
was so easily discernible that one
could easily wonder if it was the
same group.
Notable in the "Lohengrin"
VorSpiel, No /, was the velvet quality
of the violinS; in the Grieg Peer
Gynt Suite" the contrast Of thematic
detail, and proof of the orchestra'S
ability to create atmospheric vivid
ness; and in the Jarnefelt
"Praeludium" and dances from
Borodin's Prince Igor" the shadings
provided by MT. Kindler'S reading.
In other words, the orchestra, under
its directors hearty sWaying, seemed
completely relaxed and unafraid-
and scared upward with an easy
grace, although one or two of its
more violent crescendoS could have
stood an extra shot of orchestral
gunpoWder.
Miss Hempel-a gracious arts, II
there ever was one, and most reSpon-
sive to the giant ovation she won for
herself-firSt sang he aria "Dich
teure Halle" from Wagner's Tam
hauser, and then after her encore,
and the Grieg Suite, the Blue
Danube" All of these pleased the
audience TO such a degree that she
was forced to make inumberable
"comebackS" and bowed and bowed
and waved her hand in thanks, to
the audience-and might, in fact,
still be there, but for the fact that
when she was obviously saying
enough is enough" Mr.. Kinder
stepped gallantly into the breach,
raised his (StokOwski's) baton and
bean the "Praeludium 1t was all
n It pleasant and provoked more
CT luSiaSm than any National
Sy.Aphony program of the year.
z. de S. MELCHER.
Evening star., 1932-02-01
NORFOLK EXPECTING
LEVINE TOMORROW
Witness Against Detroit Gangsters
Returning to Face Per-
jury Charges.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va. February 1-"Solly"
Levine, whose testimony helped convict
three alleged Detroit gangsters on
charges of killing three men in a De-
trOit apartment house last September,
is expected to arrive here tomorrow
from Antwerp to face perjury charges.
Levine left the country soon after the
convictiong of Harry KeyweN, Irwin
Milburg and Ray Bernstein, his de-
parture being attributed to fear Of
gangster reprisals
Two Detroit detectives, Earl C.
SWitzer and Harold r. Branton, are
registered at a Norfolk hotel awaiting
the arrival Of Levine on the American
steamer Lake Osweya. They said they
had no warrant for Leyine's arrest but
had been detailed to protect him from
possible interference by Detroit gang
sters or their agents.
Evening star., 1932-02-01
END SPIRITUAL RETREAT

Concluding a three-d spiritual re-
treat last night students of Immacu-
lata Seminary. Wisconsin and Nebraska
avenues. today began their second Sc
mester with classes in American art.
American literature, journalism and
current economic problems.
The retreat. an annual event pro-
vided for the students by the Sisters of
Providence of st. Mary of-the Woods,
was conducted by the Rev. John F. Cox
S. J.. of st. Joseph's College, Phila-
GClDhia
Evening star., 1932-02-01
ECONOMIST TO SPEAK

unemployment and Disarmament"
Womens League Subject.
Felix Morley economist attached to
the staff Of BrOokings Institution, will
address the Womens International
League for Peace and Freedom, Feb
ruary 8, at 3 pm. at 1911 I street it
was announced today His subject will
be Unemployment and Disarmament" :"
Morley was organizer and director Of
the Geneva Office of the League Of
Nations Association. and is the author
of The Constitutional Development of
the League Of Nations" soon to be
published
Evening star., 1932-02-01
Frieda Hempel, SOloist,
with National Symphony.

TRIEDA HEMPEL yesterday-in
l. the lingo of the theater-
I stopped the show" After
singing Strauss immortal
Blue Danube" this much
loved soprano, who Of recent years
has been specializing in Jenny
Lind" concerts, received such an
ovation as completely halted the
Evening star., 1932-02-01

see such a large audience and such
enthusiasm, and such a warm well
come as was given Hans Kinder
when he jumped in his own light
fashion onto the concert platform.
I'D it was more than pleasant, too,
10 hear after the concert was over,
and as the audience unwillingly took
its way home, such verbal bouquets
as WE'LL have yet to go to nicer
concert"
The concert was just that. The
music the mood the impetus given
it by Maestro Kinder, the suppleneSs
of the OrcheStra-Mr. MannlngS
p,ucking of the harp strings, and the
fact that when a sheet of music
fell from its stand the violoncelo
Evening star., 1932-02-01
Good Points
In Gayety Show.

4 LTHOUGH not quite as good as
was expected, the burlesque dis
play at the Gayety last night proved
far from failure. Gypsy Rae Reed
and her charming sister Gertrude
won a spontaneous ovation from the
taxpayers Rae, sophisticated,
titan haired girl. numbered among
her numerous hits. Minnie the
Moocher," and Gertrude, even better
than last year, justified her claim to
fame with several aCrobatiC special
ties. The Francis sisters and Norma
Martin make one Of the Smoothest
stepping teams on the circuit and
Mary Noel and Francis MazZa blend
ed exceedingly well with their CO.
tempOraries.
Ray Parsons. a clean-cut, straight
man, is not given as conspicuous
a part as might be desired for such
an old favorite Ray emulates the
blues singer well enough but he
can so so much more and is GER
tainly deserving of a better part
Dramatic ability of an unusually fae
degree was shown by Lester Mack in
the New Chief" With one or two
exceptions the laugh offerings fell
for q new low. with Lee Hickman
and Charlie Smith manfully trying
to save the ship. F. L. c.
Evening star., 1932-02-01

do. Wait till they do something
that will really affect US.
This war was originally private
between them and China. The way
we got in the last war was through
notes. We send so many that ma
tions can't tell which one We mean.
Our wars ought to be labeled En-
tered on account of too much PEN
manship."
Evening star., 1932-02-01
K. OF C. TO GIVE BALL
Elaborate Floor Show to Be Pre-
sented at Maytiower.

Tie annual Midwinter ball of Wash
tngton Council, No. 224, knights OF
Columbus, will be held tonight at the
Mayf1ower Hotel An elaborate floor
show will be presented. with Jimmy
Mulroe and Billy Mcintyre, tap dancers;
Mildred Miller, blues singer, and Helen
Stuart, singer, taking p-rt.
Mike Durso will be master Of Cere-
monies, with Assistant Lecturer Jimmy
Dugan at the piano. The affair is in
charge Of Lecturer Val ]. IsemGnn.
Evening star., 1932-02-01
ISAAC CANS HONORED
Prominent Capital Leader Is Feted
on 10th Anniversary.

On the occasion of his SEVENTEEN
birthday anniversary, Isaac Cans.
prominent civic leader, was the guest
of honor today at luncheon in the
National Press Club rendered by DR.
George c. Havenner. executive vice
chairman of the District Bicentennial
Commission.
Guests included DR.. Cloyd Heck Mar
vim, chairman of the Bicentennial body;
DR. George F. Bowerman, public libra
rian; Thomas E. Campbell Edwin C.
Graham j. Leo Kolb, A. K. Shipe. Ed
gar c. Snyder and Lloyd B. Wilson.
All are members OF the local Bicenten-
nial group.
Evening star., 1932-02-01

USlGCI HulG " IL
ing notes to
Japan or she
will have all
China. Every
time they get a
note they take
another t o W n
that they had
not thought Of
till our n o t e
give 'em the
idea. Quit writ
ing and warning
'ap, what not TO
Evening star., 1932-02-01
NOVENA WILL BEGIN
Two Services Here Daily Will Mark
Eight-Day Celebration.

Two services daily will mark the
celebration of a novena to Our Lady
OF Lourdes at the Church of the I'm
maculate Conception. Eighth and N
streets, it was announced by Rev
Francis j. Hurney, pastor Of the
church, today. The novena will begin
Wednesday and will close with the
feast of Our Lady of Lourdes Febru-
ary II. A mass will be said daily at
12:15 noon, and evening services will
be held at 7:45 with Rev. Thomas j
Ccffey. missionary-pr of the OBJ
Iates of Mary Immaculate, in charge
at all services
Evening star., 1932-02-01

"llCClO Vi pANe
resS of the after
n 90 n M / S S
Hempel, as solo,
ist with the
National Sym
phony Orchestra
at Constitution
Hall, ecllpSed all
previous SoloiSts
in the matter
of app | a u S e
and won for
herself such a
personal tribute
of affection as
few have re-
C We d before
her.
1t was hearten-
ing Yesterday to
Evening star., 1932-02-01
SLAYING CLUES HUNTED
Gotham Police Puzzled by Killing
of Colored Doctor.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February IA roomer
found DR.. E. G. Crichlow, 35, West
Indian colored physician, dead in bed
early yesterday and last night II hours
later, the police were without clue to
his slayer.
A ring from a gas stove lay on the
crumpled bed clothes nearby and the
police said it was the weapon used in
fracturing his skull Part of the third
finger of his left hand had been torn
off.
Police said the physician attended
medical school in Boston (Tufts Uni
versity) and spent year as an inferno
in hospital (Providence) in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1932-02-01
Per capita
Inquiry of 1915.

Coming down to 1915, when Congress
created Joint Select Senate and House
Committee to find out whether the local
population at that time was bearing a
fair share of the cost of maintaining
the National Capital, the city again had
Evening star., 1932-02-01

true values. as determined by sales,
were greater in most cases than the
assessment values, while here the Valu-
alton of the assessor was greater tnan
that f7xed bv the sales in transactions
amounting to more than S34, 100000 in
value.
Evening star., 1932-02-01
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington Theaters

Qmxote"; Leon and its cathedral
the cleft at Ronda, Cadiz, the
southern seaport; Barcelona, Mont
Serrat and Seville
Mr.. Newman will lecture on "Ber-
lin" next Sunday
Evening star., 1932-02-01
Will Rogers
Says:

PARIS.-Bad flying weather to-
day kept us out of Berlin. We had
Evening star., 1932-02-01

Owners of estates in England are re-
ducing rents to farmers.
Evening star., 1932-02-01
The District Is Not Undertaxed
No. /.
Charge of Inadequate Taxation as Made by Mapes
Committee Recalls Many Previous Attacks on
Same Grounds, Refuted in the Past by Pres
enfation of the Actual Facts.

Note: This is the first OF series OF
special articles discussing past and
present attempts to ShoD that Wash
ingtor escapes payment OF tdir tdres.
Evening star., 1932-02-01
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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Food Co; will be sold at auction at Wesch-
lers for unpaid repairs and storage due the
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Evening star., 1932-02-01
Argument Against Repeal.

In its argument against the proposal
to repudiate the law of 1878, then
Cnly Is years old the report declared: /:
The fact that the Nation, which at
the beginning took title by gift to
five-siXths of the area of the National
Capital, still owns more than half in
value of the real estate Of the District
irrespective of the streets of which
1t holds the absolute fee, and the fact
that Congress still exercises the power
of exclusive legislation over the entire
District conferred upon it by the Con-
stitution, combined to raise fresh
and present obligation on the part of
the Nation in respect of its Capital
independent of and in addition to the
equity arising from national acts and
representations in the creation of the
city and District.
ITO change the act of 1873 as pro-
posed by this bill. would be a clear
reputation of both the equitable and
legal obligations assumed by the Ma
ton in regard to its National Capital.
This we cannot believe Congress will do.
"A repudiation of national obligations
in respect to the Nations City would
result either in a discreditable capital,
poorly sustained by reasonable taxa
Evening star., 1932-02-01

ton upon local resources, or In the
virtual confiscatiOn OF local property
through excessive taxation.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-06

nearly ST 100000 in oil, remains to be seen.
The we'll is located in the proven area of
the field, on a lease formerly operatd by the
Mid Continent Oil Company, midway between
the main producing area of the field and the
Vanalta discovery well, a few hundred feet
south of the Montana-Alberta border.
The gusher assures additional profits to
the Askalta company, composed of Canadians
who have gone ahead with drilling in this
field while all others have been idle.
The company previously had five pro-
ducers making around $1,000 barrels of oil
monthly and completion of the No. is ex-
pected to at least double this output
Additional drilling in the field by other
operators, now resting on their oars, is ex-
pected to follow completion of this well.