The Sunday Oregonian., July 01, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Page 5, Image 65

WAR, DESOLATION, AND RUMORS OF REVOLT FILL DAYS NEWS
Arras Cathedral Ruined by Germans in Manner Surpassing That at Rheims Sun Scorches Italian Troops Fighting in High "Alps.
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ANEW type of anti-aircraft gun Is
now being- used by the battleships
of the United States Navy. One
of the first of the new weapons is
on board the recently commissioned
torpedo-boat destroyer, Davis. There
are two of these guns on the newer
boats In the torpedo class, one In the
front and the other In the rear. ' As
quickly as they are turned out by the
munition factories and tested, they are
being added to the ships.
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Major Richard Lloyd George, eldest
eon of David Lloyd George. Premier of
Great Britain, recently married Miss
Roberta McAlpln. daughter of Robert
McAlpin. of Totterbridge. Hertford
shire. The bridegroom had been con
valescent for some time and was stay
ing at Bath, where the marriage took
place. The route from the hotel to
the church was lined with smiling
Tommies presenting arms. The Premier
and many prominent personages were
present at the ceremony.
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When Parisian midinettes. with wom
en working in allied trades, called a
general strike, 15,000 of them walked
out. Women tailors, glovemakers and
even bank clerks took part. But the
petite frolicsome midinette took the
leading part. When It came to pre
senting a petition to the Deputies,
was a pretty little midinette who was
raised up to the wall where she spoke
with enthusiasm to the committee sent
out to hear their case.
Latest reports Indicate a general
waning of the strike, 20 of the 40 trade
divisions on strike having been given
the desired Increase.
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The latest and greatest Italian drive
Is on the Trentlno front. The soldiers
haul artillery pieces up the Trentino
Alps, so that they can strike effectively
at the Austrians. The Italians are
Hearing Trieste, the great naval base
of Austria, and have hopes of cap
turing this supposedly impregnable
stronghold In the near future.
Reports are that Spain is In revolt.
A pro-ally mass meeting In Madrid
was attended by 20.000.
Rumors of a serious revolutionary
movement have been current, but there
has been almost a complete absence of
news from the Peninsula since the ap
pointment of the new Dato Cabinet.
One suggestion Is that a movement to
bring Spain into the war is materializ
ing, but the little information available
is to the effect that the crisis is pure
ly a domestic one and largely due to
the demands for reforms by the rank
T and file of the army.
Arras Cathedral, one of the most
beautiful cathedrals in Europe, is an
other of the victims of German fiend
ishness. When the British entered
Arras they found this cathedral a mass
of ruins, walls battered down, all the
costly furnishings torn from their
placements and destroyed beyond re
pair. Arras Cathedral was treated even
worse than that of Rheims.
A traveling fortress that crushes all
before it is the little known St. dia
mond "tank" France's latest jugger-
ztaut of war.
This traveling fortress Is the most
gigantic of its kind. On the roof are
mounted revolving turrets. They are
bo arranged that by sliding a section
of the plating they can be used for
portholes from which to point machine
guns and rifles.
The tank moves over the ground, no
matter how rough, by means of the
caterpillar chain drive.
When fighting In the high Alps, the
sun is one of the greatest enemies of
the Italians. Its scorching rays add
much discomfort to the men and burn
the skin. To protect themselves the
troops smear their faces and hands
with & blackened grease that baffles
all attempts of the sun to cause dis
comfort and burns to the troops.
The soldiers fighting in the snow
covered mountains are usually uni
formed in a suit of white to match
)f the snow and make them indistinguish
able. The blackening on their hands
and faces affords a most unusual con
trast. The men in the darker bued
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uniforms are a more distinct target
to the enemy snipers.
The men are forced to wear sun
glasses, another protection against the
sun's rays.
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Red Cross nurses who mend clothes
of officers reserves at Fort Myer are
of Inestimable service to the young
DEATH OF TERESA CARRENO SHOCKS MUSICAL
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greater and the further reaching
through Its divine Interpreter. What
Teresa Carreno did for piano playing
of the present day both by example and
through her Influence as teacher Is
beyond estimation; what she did as
wife and as mother when finally fate
grew more kind, and what Arturo Tag
liapietra has been as father to the
children of the master artists whose
lives had been linked with that of the
great Carreno before him. represent
something which can only be ap
proached with bent head. In prayer, and
are, like religion, something which lay
between herself and her God.
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The funeral services of Carreno were
singularly appropriate and in keeping
with the honesty and directness with
which she lived. They were held at
her late home, 740 West End avenue.
The bier, covered with most lavish
floral tributes, and the hundreds of
telegrams received by her husband
were the only signs of display from
which might have been noted that she
was an International figure.
The few friends assembled included
some of the. world's most noted artists
Paderewskl, whose grief showed the
esteem in which he held his colleague:
Elman ; Mrs. Edward A. MacDowell,
widow of her dearly beloved pupil;
Kathryn Kidder-Anspacher; Ernest
Hutcheson; Emma' Thursby. who was
of the original concert company when
Carreno and: her associates made early
musical history in this country, and a
few others, together with some of her
most devoted pupils who have been
studying with her to the last lessons
THE SUNDAY
men in training at the post. The
young fellows have not reached that
state of military perfection where sew
ing Is one of their accomplishments
and therefore fully appreciate the work
being done for them. Greeting the
Red Cross workers on their arrival la
a neatly arranged pile of khaki mls
oellanies badly In need of mending.
that she rave Helen Wright, Adelaide
Okell, Leslie Hodgson and others.
William Armstrong, a lifelong friend;
Richard Copley, under whose guidance
the great artist recorded many of her
most successful tours; Ernest Urchs. of
Steinway & Sons; J. W. Cochrane, who
was responsible for her coming to
America last season; Victor Wlnton and
Vera Bull, of Wlnton A Livingston,
who had made a number of engage
ments for her next season; Otto Wag
ner and many who in a greater or less
degree had been associated by friend
ship and business ties, lent their pres
ence. The honorary pallbearers were:
Messrs. L. J. Paderewskl. Ernest
Hutcheson. Walter Damrosch. Walter
Henry Roth well. Josef Stransky.
Mischa Elman. Franz Kneisel. Albert
Spalding and Charles H. steinway. The
funeral service was read by Dr. Louis
K. Anspacher, of Columbia University,
who followed the Episcopal ritual for
the dead by a superb eulogy on the
great artist and woman, which he sup
planted with a deeply moving reading
of "Thanatopsis." A friend of the dead
artist played -Nearer. My God. to Thee"
on the piano which had responded so
often to her genius, and Sirs. Delphlne
Marx sang with an Infinitude of feel
ing and a most beautiful contralto
voice "Oh. Rest In the Lord" from
"Elijah" and another aria fitting the
occasion. Ernest Urchs cabled the Nor
wegian composer Sinding. requesting
that he attempt to reach Mme. Car
reno's family with the sad information.
The eldest daughter, Emelita Sauret,
Is married to a brother of Captain Hans
Tauscher. Mme. Gadski's husband;
Teresita Carreno-Tagliapletra, daunt,
of the, second husband, herself a fa
mous pianist, is married to an Eng
lishman named Blois: Giovanni Talgia
pietra, named after his father, has fol
lowed his footsteps onto the operatic
stage, and the two younger daughters.
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The women are expert needle-workers
and within a short time their patch
ing la complete and joy reigns supreme
In the officers' quarters.
children of D'Albert, to whom Carreno
was married from 1892 to 1895, are
Hertha, married In Munich, and Eu
genia, who was married in Berlin last
April, after cabling to her mother here
for her consent.
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Antoine v. JC de Vally. the Belgian
tenor who, has been working with little
success to establish a season of French
opera in New York, has completed all
arrangements to give a Summer season
of grand opera in Canada. M de Vally
and his associates will open in Mon
treal, where they will remain for five
days, after which they plan to visit
Ottawa and Quebec. The repertory
will be devoted exclusively to French
works, and while making a propaganda
for musio of that country they will
lend themselves to a patriotic plan by
which between the acta the officers of
the recruiting service of the 258th Ca
nadian Regiment will make patriotic
addresses.
Those who will open the season at
His Majesty's Theater in Montreal will
include the sopranos Clementine de
Vere, Alberta Carina: mezzo-sopranos,
Betty Delmo, Artha Williston: tenors,
Antoine de Vally, Georges Simondet,
Gabriel Martin; baritones and bassos.
Cartellanos-Varillat, Genla d'Agarioff.
Charles Barreau; conductor, Romauldo
Sapio, and the general direction will be
in the hands of Mr. de Vally, who
will have as his associates in the ex
ecutive departments the Honorable P.
E. Blondin, the Colonel and officers of
the 258th Regiment of Canada. T. C
McCormlck and Arthur Landys, of New
York. The repertory will include
"Faust," "Cavalleria Rustlcana," "Ma
non." "Werther" and "La Favorite."
The Italian operas will be sung In
French.
The work of engaging artists for a
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Fall season of grand opera in Mexico
City under Michel Sigaldi is progress
Ins under the agent, A. Bararozzi, who
announces as definite Tamaki Miura,
Maggie Teyte, Ester Ferrabinl. Llna
Reggianl. Anna Fitziu. Lillian Eubank
and Maria Gay, sopranos and contral
tos; Zenatello, Zinonleff, Mejla. Kittay
and Basacacci, tenors: De Segurola,
Ballester, Stracciari and Lazzari, bari
tones and bassos. Carlo Nicosia Is
named aa first conductor.
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Although the announcement is made
of a highly Interesting programme, the
value of which is heightened by the
presence of the Amerioan soprano Anna
Case, there is a strong feeling of dis
appointment among those who hoped
for the resumption of exactly the an
kind of concerts which were offered
last season and which represented un
deniably the finest music heard in Sum
mer ever since the days of Theodore
Thomas and Anton SeldL At this time
Walter Henry Rothwell was presented
to New York in the capacity of sym
phony conductor and to say that he
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swept everything before him Including
critics, public and even his orchestral
men is putting it mildly. He was ac
claimed the' great conductor that he Is
and he placed Summer music on a to
tally different plane from anything
that had been anticipated. He had
many obstacles to overcome too, to say
nothing of the barn Madison Square
Garden, In which it was superhuman to
have secured the artistic effects which
marked his work, the infantile paraly
sis kept thousands away from public
gatherings. notwithstanding which
many times people were turned away
from the Garden.
The concerts this season will be
given In a much smaller auditorium.
St. Nicholas rink, at Columbus avenue
and Sixty-sixth street, and will be of a
different character, inasmuch as several
places will be given to patriotic num
bers of this country and of the allies
and there will be patriotic addresses by
well-known men. A recruiting office
will be held downstairs, consequently
there are many who wish that New
York might have the privilege
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of enjoying both sorts of concerts.
Pierre Monteux, conductor of the
orchestra, will be remembered as
brought to this country to conduct the
Russian ballet. He is also engaged for
French repertory at the Metropolitan
Opera-House next season. The con
certs will be given twice weekly begin
ning Wednesday evening. The rink la
being transformed Into . Summer gar
den with & pergola effect of the bal
cony and arched lights will be hung
with wistaria and the orchestra wHI be
set on a stage supporting white col
umns while the allied flags will hang
all over the room.
Following a season which kept her
almost constantly In the public eye, ac
complishing such astounding things as
giving a Carnegie Hall song recital,
singing an operatic performance In the
evening and starting on a trip for a
concert tour at night, the great artist
Frieda Hempel made up her mind to an
ideal rest during the Summer.
She rented a lovely estate at Cedar
hurst, L. L, for the Summer and al
ready began to figure upon bow many
vegetables she could raise for Winter
use of those who might need it more
than she. She had quite made up her
mln das to the laying out of the dif
ferent gardens, she knew just where
she wanted peas and beans, where the
tomatoes would have the best chance
and she had serious intentions of
adding chickens to her repertory of
farm accessories. But her dreams were
blighted and Mme. Hempel expects to
appear In a new role, the stage set
tings and scenery for which will be
laid in the Nassau County Courthouse
at Mineola. It appears that a day or
two after taking possession of this
attractive looking home, Mme. Hem
pel found out that the plumbing was
very defective and that it was having
a harmful effect upon her health.
She had her physician come from
New York, hired an engineer to make
tests of the sanitary conditions, had
a chemical analysis made of the water
and forthwith demanded a cancellation
of her lease. As her landlord does
not see his way clear to return the
money which she paid for the house
it is likely that the case will be fought
in the open. Meanwhile Hempel will
undertake an automobile tour which
will give her six weeks through the
Catskllls. Adirondacks. White Moun
tains and she will explore Maine going
to the lake districts. Upon her return
she will go to Long Beach, where she
will begin the study of her new roles
for the Metropolitan and acquire new
repertory for her concert programmes,
her concert tour beginning early in
October In Oklahoma and including
appearances In California, Oregon and
Washington. She will not visit the
Coast, however, until after her season
at the Metropolitan and her Carnegie
Hall reeltal already announced for
February 2&