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The Piano Teachers' Association re
sum?*d its meetings last week at 1410
N street northwest, the president,
Krank Norris Jones. l?eing In charge.
Th. winter's program of events was
MiransH. and a bulletin will sliortlv be
issued for the use of the members. Tlie
principal topic of the evening was
' lion Can the Association Help Toward
the Greattr Success of its .Members'."
and many interesting suggestions were
made. A constitutional amendment was
adopted whereby all piano teachers in
the District of Columbia may become
members of the association, provided
they are vouched for by two members
?>t' the association and their credentials
passed upon by the committee on mem
bership. Such an amendment should
enable the association to double its
list of members. Committees on enter
tainment. membership, current events
and publications were also appointed.
The association will publish shortly a
music teachers* directory for the dis
trict of Columbia, copies of which will
be left for general distribution at the
prominent music stores. All piano teach
ers desiring to have their cards publish
ed in the directory must apply for mem
bership or renewal of membership before
November 15. and communicate with
the secretary. Miss I'earl \\ augh. Hill
side apartments, regarding their an
nouncements.
No piano teacher who is not a mem
ber will be included in the directory.
The committee on publication will make
a canvass of vocal, violin and all teach
ers of music in the District not piano
teachers, whose cards will be included
in the directory if so desired The peti
tion for the crediting of the outside
*?tudy of music in the high schools, pre
sented by the association to the high
school authorities, was read, as also
the general working plan presented by
ihe executive committee. Its adoption
in the high schools, although in a
simplified form, is a matter of great
moment to all interested in the progress
of music in the District. The present
conditions for granting credits were ex
plained and application blanks dis
tributed among those present.
\V. T. Taber. organist and choirmaster
of the First Congregational Church, has
resigned his position, and will play there
for the last time today. Mr. Taber holds
the position of paymaster's clerk in the
grmy, and has l>een ordered to report
for duty in New York. He will leave the
city tomorrow. The second "evening
with tiie choir"' will be given this even
ing. under the direction of Mr. Taber,
with the following program: Organ pre
lude, "Fantasie in F," by W. T. Best;
chorus. "I'nfold Ye Portals," by Gounod;
trio, for soprano, alto and tenor, "Pro
tect Us Through the Coming Night," by
Nicholao. Mrs. Smart. Mist* Smith. Mr.
Ogden: chorus. "Far From My Heavenly
Home." by Housley: soprano solo and !
chorus. "Inflamatus," from the "Stabat
Muter." hv Rossini; offertory, organ solo,
"Romance," by Tours; anthem. "Hark.
Hary, My Soul," by Housley; bass solo.
"My Task." by Ash ford. J. Walter
Humphrey; chorus. "And the Glory of
the Lord," by Handel; organ postlude.
"Torchlight March," by Guilmant. At
the morning service the following
musical numbers will be given: Organ
postlude. "Processional." by Chauvet;
anthems. "Gloria.'' from twelfth mass,
bv Mozart, and "The Lord Is My Rock."
by Woodman; offertory, quartet. Mrs.
Smart. Miss Smith, Mr. Ogden and Mr.
Humphrey. "Lead. Kindly Li?ht." by
Housley; "Or^an Prelude." by Guilmant.
? ?
The first rehearsal of the Rubinstein
Club was held at the Raleigh Hotel
Wednesday morning with a record at
tendance for the first of a season's re
hearsals. Much interest was manifested
In Mrs. Blair's plans for the year, many
applications for membership were re
ceived and all indications point to a
prosperous season. Some beautiful
Italian music was taken up for re
hearsal in preparation for the second
concert?the first. November 15. being
an artist's recital by Miss Inez Barbour
of New York. Miss Barbour sang at one j
of the club concerts last season, ap- :
pearing twice on the program and re- ]
ceiving many recalls. The opportunity
for hearinu her in any variety of songs i
beinK; limited on such a program, the i
board, in response to a very general de
sire on the part of the club members,
both active and associate, have ar
ranged to have her give the entire pro
gram" A meeting of the examining
committee was held Tuesday, and of
the eight singers applying for mem
bership five w?re accented, but were
necessarily placed on the waiting list,
as the active membership list is now |
full. As a vacancy occurs the pla?es
will be tilled from the waiting list. The
roster of associate members is always
open, as there is no reason for limiting
the number. Applications for member
whip. either J*?-tive or associate, should
be made to Miss Blanche Yewell, 3004
13th street northwest.
Weekly reherirsnls are being held by I
the Motet ("ho^-il Socie'v under the direc-|
tlon of o?to Tornev Simon in prepara
tion for the first concert of the season,
which will be elven in December. At
the preliminar\ meeting on TuesdaV
nisht t^e social feature predominated. E. j
H. S. Emory acting a? chairman of the
reception committee. Durinsr the evening
the following members rendered vocal
numbers: W. K Braithawaite. Miss Ethel
Foster, Miss Marian Mac Fall, Mrs. Mor
gan Bradford, l.ouis Thompson and John
Waters.
Miss Bessie Latham Gibson lias invi
tations out for a musical Wednesday
evenlnu at the Washington Club when
she will present some advanced pupils
In a well arranged program of songs,
mostly from the modern composers.
Amonir those contributing to the affair
will be Mrs. James H. Doran. Miss
Hester Irene Munger. Mrs. A. Ebeltoft
Rolle and Mr. and Mrs. Gibson.
A section of the Criterion Orchestra
will furnish the music at the wedding re
ception of Hurlbut G. Wintield and Miss
Mai guerite K. Bouck, on November it.
and the weddins marches will he rendered
by Paul R. Hallam, the pianist of the
orchestra. Mr. Winfield is the founder
and director of the Criterion and Miss
Bouck is the assistant pianist of the or
ganization.
The flrst of this season's recitals unde
the auspices of the District of Columbia
c hapter of the American Guild of Organ
ists -vill take pli|ct- Tuesday evening at
x o'clock '.n Trinity Kpiscopal Church,
and will he riven by C. Melville Ashton,
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? For If years ? \
' one of the newcomers m Washington _
Mr Ash ton is from New York ^lt> '
was for some time organist of the J"'rst
Presbyterian Church of Princeton, N. J
He win assistfd in giving the program
by Mrs. Gumprecht, for many years con
tralto soloist of St. Patricks L^hurch.
who will sing a composition, \ em
Creator." written by her husband. Ar
mani Gumprecht. organist of St. Mary s
Catholic Church and musical director or
the Washington Saengerbund. Trinity
choir, under the Ui~e<.ti.on of Oscar
Franklin Comstock. will also contribute
three numbers, ''Glorious Things of 1 nee
Are Spoken" and "The Spacious Firma
ment on High.'' both by Haydn, and
! "Te Deum in G." by Mr. fomstock. Tli?
; organ numbers by Mr. Ashton will in
clude "Praeluduim." ? by Rudolph Bibl;
"Ora Pro Nobis." by Liszt, "I'antasie
and Fugue" in G minor, by J. S. Bach,
and -'Sonata No. 8." opus 132. by Rhein
i berger No car?is of invitation are issued
'to these affairs, but. any one interesteJ
is cordially invited to attend.
The Gaelic Society will resume its= meet
ings Wednesdav * evening at the New
j Willard and Miss Jenni- Glennan has
arranged a program of quaint songs
Scotch. Welsh and Irish?for the enter
tainment of the members The numbers
will include the solos "The Sweet of the
Year." music by Needham. words by
K. T. Hillson. sung by Miss Edna Hill
yard; Scotch suite for violin, by John
McGhie, Miss Lillian Koechling: two
Welsh songs. "Gwlad Y Delym" and
"Suo Gan." Griffith Kvans; "The Hour
I Prdve False" and "The Banks of the
1 Daisies." words by Gravis, music by C.
V. Sanford. Miss Edna Hillyard: two
' Welsh songs. "Codiad Yr Hedydl" and
"Bugail Yr Hafod." Griffith Evans. Miss
Jennie Glennan will preside at the piano.
An entertainment given for the bene
rit of the Wallach School playgrounds
took place Friday evening at Eastern
High School, and was a success both
musically and financially. The aftair vas
under the direction of Miss Hinkle and
Miss Julia May Raw lings. The music
and recitations were interspersed by en
semble dances by the children, and each
number was received with well merited
applause. Included in the program was
the contralto solo. "Str <le la Yampa.
from "II Trovatore" by Verdi, Mrs. Pol
lard: recitation. "The Royal Princess."
by Rosetti. Miss Hodges: tenor solo,
"Dreams of the Summer Night," by Haw
lev. Mr. Sillers; recitation. "A Few Min
utes in Dialect." Mr. Callow; contralto
solo. "Sunset." by Buck, Mrs. Pollard:
part song. "In This Hour of Softened
Splendor." by Pinsuti, sung bv a quar
tet composed of Mrs. Edwin Callow, so
prano: Mrs. Nellie O'Hara Pollard, con
tralto: Messrs. Frederick Sillers, tenor,
and Edwin Callow, bass. Brvon Blodgett
assisted as accompanist.
As is customary on the last Sunday of
each month, the choir of St. Paul's Lu
theran, Church will give a musical serv
ice at S o'clock this evening, and on this
occasion will be assisted by the gifted
violinist. Miss' Eugenie do Guferin. Her
i numbers will include Bizet's "Intermezzo"
I and "Vision." by Drdla; Mrs. Brylawski
! will sing "The Broken Pinion," by Her
| bert Johnson and Mr. Aldridge ?kill ren
der "My Task," by Ashford. The quar
tet numbers will be "Lord God Al
mighty," by Verdi: "Peace, I Leave With
You." by Roberts, and "My Savior's
Voice." by Gabriel. Mrs. Bertha Hansen
Gottsman. soprano, has resumed her
place in the choir with Mrs. Julian Bry
lawski. contralto: Herbert F. Aldridge.
tenor, and Charles F. Roberts, basso, and
Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly, organist
and director.
A sacred song iust from the press whs
given its premiere last Sunday morning
by Mrs R. H. Dalgleish at the Washing
ton Heights Presbyterian Church. It
is entitled. "Eternal Life," and was writ
ten by Herndon Morsell for Mrs. Dal
gleish and dedicated to he".
Messrs. Jasper, Kahlert and Burns will
sing at the Westminster Memorial Pres
byterian Church this mornnig their se
lection being the trio, "Praise Ye," from
I Mendelssohn's "Attila." and at the even
ing service J. Torney Donaldson will
| render "The Lord Is My Light," by Al
litsen.
At the mass meeting of the Southern
Baptist women's missionary convention
to be held at First Baptist Church at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon, the string quartet,
composed of Mrs. S. V. Gusack. first vio
lin: Frank Howard, second violin; Miss
Lilian Milovich. viola, and Arnold Land
voigt. 'cello, will play "Ave Verum," by
Mozart, and Miss Florence Noack will
sing "The Ninety and Nine" by Cam
pion. At the 11 o'clock-service this morn
ing the vocal quartet. Miss Florence
Noack. soprano: Miss May Whitaker.
! contralto: E. R. S. Embrey. tenor, and
Raymond Moore, basso, will sing "The
i Lost Sheep," by Shelley, and the of
l fertorv number will be a violin solo,
"Meditation." by Massenet, played bv
Miss Milovich. Mrs. Barry will preside
as usual at the organ. ?
| At the Church of the Covenant this
S afternoon at the 3:S? o'clock service the
| offertory number will be by Sydney Lloyd
; Wrightsop. who will sing. "O God Have
I Mercy." from the oratorio "St. Paul."
I und the double sextet will render the
| following musical program under his di
rection: Anthems. "I will Lay Me Down
! in Peace," by Hilles, incidental solo, by
Richard Backing: "God So Loved the
World." by Moore, incidental solo by
Mrs. Walter Gawler: tenor solo, "In the
Night Shall My Song Be of Him," from
? "Triumph of David." by Dudley Buck,
Le Roy Gilder: anthem ."Before the Heav
ens Were Spread Abroad," by Parker,
incidental solo. Mr. Backing, and "In
Heaven the Stars Now Are Shining," by
Rheinberger.
Miss Grace Rials, soprano, will be the
offertory soloist today at the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church, when she will
be heard in Hawlev's beautiful setting
of the hymn, "Still. Still With Thee," and
the quartet will be heard in two anthems
?"Oh How Amiable." by Maunder, and
"Abide With Me," by Lincoln.
Miss Florence Noack. soprano, will as
sist at the musical service preceding the
wedding of Miss Isabel Curriden and Mr.
John Weyrick Wednesday evening at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
She will sing "O Perfect Ix>ve." by Bur
leigh: "Adoration." bv Maurice Thelma.
and the old favorite, "O Promise Me."
The Monday Morning Club, Mrs. A. M.
Blair, musical director, held its first
?>oard meeting this season at the apart
ment of Mrs. Elliott Woods. There was
much enthusiasm and a large number of
applications for membershin were pre
sented. The first musical event of their
season will be a program given by club
members. Mrs. Blair having consented to
break the retirement of years and con
tribute one number. The club will give
also an evening concert in January, the
program to be made up of compositions ;
by Puccini. Debussey and others of the
modern school.
Miss Harriet Harding lias been en
gaged to sing at the Metropolitan Meth
] odist Church during the month of No
vember and will take up her work with
I the quartet during the corning week in
1 preparation for the service next Sunday.
Mtss Harding has a lyric soprano voice
and lias spent several years in study un
der prominent local teachers. She was
presented in recital last spring bv Mrs.
Melvin. at 'be Mount Pleasant Congre
gational Church, and left Immediately
after for Paris, where she spent the
summer coaching under one of de
Rezke's assistant teachers. She sang at
West Street Presbyterian Church for
two years and for the past two years
has been the soloist at Calvary Methodist
Church, where she concludes her serv
ice today. This morning she will sing, by
: request. "No Night There." by Danks,
' and in the evening the chorus choir will
render numbers from "Queen Esther"
and the "Inflammatus." from Rossini's
"Stabat Mater," with Miss Harding sus
taining the obligato and solos. Herman
Amiss will be. as usual, at the organ.
Miss Grace Carland. alto, has been en
gaged to sing with the quj-rtet of tlij;
Luther Memorial Church and will take
up her new duties today.
An "evening with the choir" will be
given at Trinity M. E. Church this even
ing under the direction of Mrs. Duncan
L. Richmond." The choir will be assisted
by Charles Trowbridge . .ttman. bass
{soloist of Old St John's Church. Lafay
i ette square, who will slug the "Pro
? Peccatis" from Rossini's "Stabat Mater."
j .V. ladies' quartet, composed of Mrs. Ruth
i Simpson, Mrs.-Albert Johnson, Mrs. John
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Waters and Mrs. James Kerr, will sing
"Faith, Hope and Love," by Shelley, and
"Protect 1's Through the Coming Night,"
by Cursohn.fmn. William Hill, violinist,
will play "Madrigal." by Simonetti, and
the chorus will sine "Praise ?e the
Father," by Gounod. Miss Helen Burkart
will assist at the organ, and win render
also th?- solo numbers, "Andantlno," by
Lemart;. and "March of the i.riests,"
from "Athalie," by Mendelssohn. Mrs.
Simpson. Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Waters and
Mrs. Kerr were heard in two numbers,
"Welcome, Pretty Primrose Flower." by
Pinsuti. and "Mammy's Lullaby," an
adaptation from Dvork's 'Humoresque,"
at the farewell reception given the Rev.
Mr. Plnkharn at Immanuel Baptist
Ch"-ch Wednesday night.
Miss Florence Noa<k. soprano, was the
soloist last week at the annual recep
tion of the College Women at the Wash
ington Club. She was assisted at the
piano by Mrs. Grete von Bayer, in her
interpretation of the cavatina, "Plus
Grande dans son Obscurite," from Gou
nod's "Queen of Sheba." and for an en
core, "Rococo," by O'Hara.
Truman K. Burchard will assist the
choir of the Fourth Presbyterian Church
this evening, singing with Miss Christine
Church the duet. "Love Divine. .1 Love
Excelling," from "Daughter of Jairus,"
by Stuiner. and the choir will sing "Seek
Xe the Lord." by Perry, with Miss
Church directing.
Miss Emma Cohen, mezzo-soprano, will
sing this afternoon at the Jewish Foster
Home, when she will be heard In "Merrily
I Roam." by SchlafBrt. and the "Boat
Song." by Sobeski. Mi*s Cohen will be
assisted by Miss Rose A. Peake as ac
companist.
A combination of instruments, violin,
harp and piano, will be heard In various
local affairs during the season. The trio
was arranged by Mrs. Warner Gibbs to
assist in some of her musicals, and is
composed of three talented young people.
Miss Margery Snyder, violinist; Miss
Clara Ross, harpist, and Miss Marie Han
sen, pianist.
TRAGEDY UNDER PROBE.
Howard Gorley and Eleven-Year
Old Son Suspected of Murder.
Spr-cial Hispatob to Tbe Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md.. October tS.-The
coroner's jury, which investigated the
tragic death last Sunday afternoon of
eighteen-year-old May Turner, at the
home of her uncle, Howard Corley, near
New Buena Vista. Bedford county. Pa.,
a few miles from Bedford, yesterday
rendered a verdict of murder, caused by
a shotgun in the hands of either Howard
or John Gorley. Howard Gorley, forty
two years old. father, and John fiorley,
aged eleven, son, were locked up in the
Bedford jail. The lad is held as the mur
derer and the father as an accessory.
At the first session of tha'inqiiest, 'Hon
day. the father insisted that he knew
nothing at all of the shooting and at the
same time the boy gave as his story that
he had heard a shot and, going into the
kitchen, got the gun from the corner
and had taken it out on the porch to
examine it, with the barrel pointing to
ward the window, when it was accident
ally discharged. The boy, explaining
why he told a different story Monday,
said his father told him he would "knock
hell out of him" if he did not give the
same explanation he gave Monday.
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day. the father was in the barn and the
other two children. Forest, aged eight,
and Paul, aged four, were playing in the
yard. The father declared that he knew
nothing of the tragedy until he was sum
moned to the house by John.
The authorities anticipate there will be
a full confession in connection with the
case. The trial will come up in No
vember. No motive for the shooting is
known. The girl Was of unblemished
character.
TRY TO FLOAT LIGHTER.
Naval Ordnance Craft Still on the
Mnd at Last Reports.
Efforts were still being made yesterday
to float the naval ordnance foundry
lighter, ashore on the Virginia side of the
river between. High point and Hallowing
point, and it was expected, as the tides
' were making full, that sbe would be pull
ed off at high water yesterday evening.
The last telephone message received late
yesterday from Indian Head by the man
ager of the tug Capt. Toby, which is
working on the vessel, stated she was
still on the mud, but the tugs were still
working on her.
On the high water Friday night the
lighter was moved, but not pulled into
deep water, and the coming of fog and
thick weather forced a suspension of
operations. The lighter is bald to have a
car and a naval gun on it. Members of
the crew of the tugs out on the river In
the storm that tore the lighters away
from the tug Triton say that the storm
was ofexceptlonal severity and that the
big hawsers holding the lighters and tug
together, which looked heavy enough to
withstand anything, snapped like cord.
The other stranded lighter, which was
floated Thursday, was brought to the
navy yard here to have the cars on her
removed and to be repaired.
Smoker for Sigma Chi Members.
Members of the Sigma Chi Fraternity
of this city gathered at their frat
house. 1432 M street, last evening to
participate in a smoker. The affair was
Wholly informal, being only for mem
bers of the society.
Miss Leola Blanche Kilmer of Martins
burg. W. "Va., and Newton Clarke Kline
of Morgan town, W. Va.. were married at
Martlnsbnrg Thursday at the home of the
bride's sister, Mrs. C. H. Harris. .
w. I. LAUCK IS CHOSEN
Will Direct the Inquiry Into In
dustrial Conditions for Fed
eral Commission.
W. J. Lauck, an authority on labor
problems, was yesterday afternoon named
chief investigator of the new federal In
dustrial commission at a meeting held
at the New Willard Hotel. Mr. Lauck
was selected over John B. Andrews, who
had been also suggested for the position.
M. Lauck will immediately establish
headquarters in the offices selected by
the commission in the Southern building
and direet tlie other investigators of the
commission in their work of Investigating
industrial conditions throughout the'Unit
ed States.
B. M. Manly of the- bureau of labor
statistics, who has conducted investiga
tions of the cost of anthracite coal and of <
the steel industry, was named yesterday
as expert in charge of the investigation
into industrial conditions and into the
underlying cause of industrial unrest.*
R. F. Hitter Chief Clerk.
R. P. Rltter. secretary to Judge Car
land of the Commerce Court, was selected
i as chief clerk or secretary of the com
I mission, but has not definitely accepted
' the position, although he Is expected to
do so without delay, in view of the fact
that the Commerce Court has been or
dered abolished by Congress.
Two other experts in charge of gen
eral divisions of the work outlined by
the commission remain to be selected.
One is to have charge of the probe Into
private agencies. Including associations of
employers and employes, and the other is
to look Into the relation of legislatures
and courts to labor and capital.
Meets Again December 88.
When the commission adjourned late
yesterday afternoon it was decided not
to hold another meeting of the entire
commission until December Frank
P. Walsh, chairman of the commission,
and several other members will remain
in Washington for several days, how
ever. until the work of the commission is
well under way.
E. M. H^ss & Co. of Lancaster. Pa.
have bought the bankrupt Knrka Fertlll