THE CHARLOTTE NEWS; CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 11, 1921,
iff
RATTLE
DURING BALLOTS
Upper
Silesia is Preparing
for oeii-i-'ciciiiiuuiiiuu
Amidst Terrorism.
py CARL D. GROAT,
mitpd Press Staff Correspondent. "
!"LirT Upper Silesia, Feb. 11. Up-
Oiipein,
Upper saesia, ireD. n. up-
is preparing ior seif-ae-
terminatiqn amidst - -, terrorism. The
fabulously rich coal district is armed
to the teeth and suffering the penalties
of armament.
. Murders, hold-ups and the most bru
tal atrocities are commeti. AnH thov
are becoming more so. The resident
population lives in dread of violent dem
onstrations. . v
. ."Polish violence is unquesttonably-at
tne iooi or an our,-difficulties,'.' Xandrat
uumouick., wrraan leaaer, told me to
day. "The Germans are systematlcallv life.
ing force against us," Herr Korfanty,
Polish leader, declared. '
"A real clash between the two na
tionalities seems impossible prior to the
Looking
For
Sunshine
You'll find it right here at THE BANNER FURNITURE
COMPANY. There is always an air of cheerfulness in
the display of good furniture, especially if it is fairly
priced. . " .
And speaking of fair prices rthat"s one of our "hobbies.'"
This rainy weather affords you ample opportunity to
come and look over our goods and prices. You can take
plenty of time to make your selections and if you do
see anything you need just ask us to send it out to
your home.
'
You don't need to pay cash just have it charged
and pay for it by the week or month. By this method
you are not deprived of its oise and r comfort while
paying.
, "' '-" '" " ' -;.-...-ir"j, 5 -A'" it i
THe Banner Furniture Co.
Out of the High Rent District.305 E. Trade St.
plebiscite, but., it., may,; conieC between
the first and second days of voting orl
inay ureas out. when the results have
been announced," said a prominent Eng
lishman, a member of the interallied
commission here. ,
The British representative admitted
the district was crammed with weap
ons. . . : ". , -;
"There ils chance ; for a great ex
plosion here,' he -said. "In fact, I
think it is inevitable."- . v -,
I talked with French; German.) Po-
iisn, jsruisn and American observers
nere. aii appeared to believe that vio
lence will come. There was some talk
or sending a delegation to President
elect Harding of the United States, urg
ing him to use his influence for saner
ana quieter conditions during the pleb
iscite. . ' -
Germans here charged .Poland with
sending , bands across the border to per
petrate unspeakable outraees In order
to influence .voters against casting their
ballots for Germany.- Also, it was
charged, the hope was that many Up
per, Silesians living .abroad, - but plan
ning to return for the plebiscite, would
oe irigntenea from the project. ,
Apparently authenticated cases of
! rape and mutilation , were presented by
viciuia.ua as me worK or .foiisn invad
ers. . , :
Upper Silesians .have a grim Joke re
gar-ding th e"Entkleidung kommissioh"
(Disrobing commission), which is a band
of robbers which steels ' jewelry and
clothing, leaving their victims to find
tneir way home naked.
Fifty -five cases of murder were re
ported between September and January,
whereas murder was virtually unknown
in the district prior to' the war.
Germans charged that Polish troops
paid by Polish propagandists and. the
Polish Red Cross, have been scattered
through the district. This is denied
emphatically by Polish authorities.
While I was in Kattawitz a murder
of. the most brutal nature occurred only
a short distance from my hotel. Th
next night there was a spectacular bat
tle in which grenades and revolvers fig
ured. There was also a series of rob
beries. Police were not noticeable dur
ing these disturbances.
One element which is disturbing both
Germans and Poles " is communism.
There were many evidences of ,its
growth in the district. Russian Bol
sheviks have been as busy in Upper
Silesia as they have in other parts of
the world.
93 QUAKES FELT 1B0Y-ED MARRIES !
IN U, S. LAST YEAR AMERICAN GIRL
Fewer Earth Tremors Were Miss Virginia Mackay-Smith
CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING.
Roanoke, Va., Feb. 11. Co-opera
tive marketing of farm products by
marketing associations of growers was
endorsed nere rnursaay at me ciusms
session of the group conference of
farm -extension workers from Ken
tucky, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia,
West Virginia and North and South
Carolina. .'
Felt in the World in 1920
as Compared With 1919.
Washington, Feb. 11. There were
fewer earthquakes in the United States
and throughout the world last year than
in 1919 but those or a destructive char
acter were more numerous and there
also was much more volcanic- activity.
Records compiled by Prof. Francis A.
Tondorf . director of the seismological
observatory and head of the department
of geology of Georgetown University
here, shows 93 earthquakes were felt
in the United States compared with 97
in 1919, while reports. from all parts, of
itfte' world' show 161 quakes vwere report
ed as compared with 468 in 1919.
Eleven of the earthquakes last year
resulted in destruction of life and prop
erty while in the previous year only 7
caused such" losses. The most destruc
tive during 1920 were-those, at Mendoze,
Argentina, and the ' Tepelini District of
Italy, both of which occurred in Decem
ber; and those reported from Mexico
City and Vera Cruz, Mexico; Minas
Geraes, Brazil; the Island of Tap, in the
Pacific ocean; Cadiz, Spain; the Island
of Formosa, the Island of Malta,. Japan,
Fivizzano Italy; Giarre, Italy; and
Grenada, Spain.
California reported the largest num
ber of earth tremors of any . locality in
the United States in 1920 with a total
of 62, while in 1919 California reported
80. The Georgetown University seismo
graphs recorded 82 quakes during the
year. None of the earthquakes reported
in the United States resulted in any
loss, of life or extensive destruction of
property.
In addition to California s 62-reports
for 1920, five were felt in Utah; three
each in Washington, Oregon, Missouri,
Illinois and Colorado; two each in Maine,
Tennessee and South Dakota and one
each in Wyoming, New Hampshire,
Montana,1 Virginia and South Carolina.
In Italy and the immediate vicinity
of that country, there were 127 earth
quakes reported during the first eleven
months of 1920 as recorded by the Roy
al Central Office of Meterology and
Geodynamics.
Catarrh Will Go
Help Comes in Two Minutes Complete
Relief in a Few Weeks.
Don't " go on hawking yourself sick
every morning; It's cruel, it's harmful
and it's unnecessary.
If after breahting Hyomei, the won
derworker, you are not rid of vile ca
tarrh you can have your money back.
No stomach ' dosing just take the
little hard rubber pocket inhaler that
comes with each outfit, and pour into
it a few drops of Hyomei. Breathe it
accordinsr to directions. In two min
utes it will relieve you of that stuffed
up feeling. Use it daily and in a few
weeks you should be entirely free from
catarrh. -
Breathing Hyomei is a-very pleasant
and certain-way to kill catarrh germs.
Get a Hvomel litfit today. It's sold
by druggists everywhere with guaran
tee to auickly and safely end catarrh,
crouu. couEhs. colds, sore throat and
bronchitis or money back. It's inex
pensive.
; .- - -- : -
Ends indigestion
It relieves stomach miry, so ?tom
ch belching and all stomach disease
;S? moVey back. Large box of tablets
at all drusrerists in H towns.
A! Special Sale Today ; mc
'. ; Ladies' Umbrellas JA
J $8.00 to $10.00 Values ;
I : : $6.50
Colors Navy, Red, Brown, Smoke Grey
and Black all with decorated handles and
tips.; . ' '
Several new models in Silk and Mohair
Raincoats.
: $12J2to $30a
Marries German Asked
to Leave This Country.
Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 11. Miss Vir
ginia Mackay-Smith, daughter of the
late Bishop Alexander Mackay-Smith,
of the Protestant Episcopal diocese
of Pennsylvania, and Captain Karl
Boy-ed, fornfer German naval attache
at "Washington, were married Thurs
day in Berlin.
A cablegram ' to this effect was re
ceived from the ' bride's mother by
close friends of the Mackay-Smith
family in- this city, as published by
The Lancaster Inte.ligencer.
Miss Mackay-Smith, with her mother,
left their home in "Washington last
month for Germany, but nothing was
said of the approaching wedding at
the time.
The wedding marks the culmination
of a romance which has aroused the
interest of two continents. Miss Mackay-Smith
and Captain j Boy-ed have
been reported engaged a number of
times during the last few years, "but
each time it was denied. The first re
port was circulated shortly before Cap
tain Boy-ed and Captain Von Papen
were recalled" from "Washington by
the German government in December,
1915, at the request of President Wil
son. The two officers were charged
with having -been connected with mu
nition plots and the sending of sup
plies to German raiders from Ameri
can ports, as well as plots with Mex
ico. . Captain Boy-ed was reported to
have returned to this counrty in dis
guise in March, 1917, and to have
visited Miss Mackay-Smith at her
home in Philadelphia. This, however,
was denied by the young woman and
her mother characterized the report
as "ridiculous." Agents of the De
partment of Justice maintained a
constant watch at the Mackay-Smith
home, but nothing was discovered to
substantiate the report Boy-ed was
threre, or even in the country.
Miss Mackay-Smith first met Captain
Boy-ed in 1912.. .
Special
Offering
of
New Spring Merchan
dise
That
Will
Make
GREECE SUFFERS
SERIOUS CRISES
TO HEAR PROTESTS
ON BUTTER RULING
Live Saturday Selling
coming
from U. S.r One Hope.
Washington. Feb. 11. Internal Reve
nue Commissioner Willianria todnv sot
I February 25 for hearing representatives
it, ' t : or me Dutter ana oleomargarine mter-
JtLiCOnOmiC lOnaillOnS Xe-, ests on the recent decision by the attor-
QaviAiic Tori'ney general concerning the taxability
OeilUUb,, lA3d.ll o adulterated butter.
The attorney general's opinion holds,
Mr. Williams said, that a grade of but
tfer produced from decomposed or rancid
cream, Or from cream which is high
in . acid and has a bad odor, and which,
in both cases, has been neutralized with
chemicals before .churning, is adulter
ated butter anj is subject to a tax as
such at the rate of 10 cents a pound.
There has been an erroneous impres
sion, Mr. Williams . said, that the bu-
i reau intended to tax butter made from
cour cream and milk under the opinion
of the attorney general. Postponement
of the effective date of the treasury
decision in acordance with this opinion
from February 1 to' April 1 was an
nounced, by the commissioner.
Athens, Feb. 10. (By the Associated
Press) Economic conditions in Greec-3
are becoming serious. The exportation
of tobacco and other products is at a
standstill, the army in Smyrna is cost
ing 3j000,O00 drachmas per day and
treasury receipts are dwindling daily.
The new Greek premier has informed
Edward Canps, American minister to
Greece, that the financial situation is
desperate" and has declared that only
action by the United States iri ad
vancing some $33,000,000 on credits
created in 1918 can bring relief.
Importations at the present time are
more than three times asvKreat as ex-
portations, and hundreds of thousands
of tons of .shipping .ae idle. it ts
recognised that an internal or private
loan is impossible,! and the govern
ment faces the necessity' of increas
ing its floating debt by issuing more
bank notes, but it hesitates to do so
without receiving permission from tbe
international financial coinniission.
Food pres areTHpunting in propor
tion" -to the dealine of the exchange !
rate on the drachma, which at pres
ent stands at 15 to the dollar. It is
almost impossible to : obtain meat and
belief is expressed that it will soou
be necessary for the government to
issue bread tickets. In addition, labor
troubles appear threatening. The
strike of electricians, which was call
ed this Week, may become general un
less the men's demands for wage in
creases are granted.
i Naval engineers have occupied the
electric power station as a result of
the electricians' strike, but the curi
rent was suddenly cut off at 7 o'clock
"last evening.: The city was plungcl
into darkness and parliament was
forced to adjourn 'its isitting. A meet
ing of the labor party was dispersed
by troopers. . , - V ,
Nights
Are a Horror
Don't Suffer the Tortures of
Insomnia, Dcfri't Fitfully
Toss on the Bed Night Af
ter Night. Read the Re
markable Letter f rom W.
W. Pinner, Who Suffered
Those Same Tortures But
Found Relief in Re-Cu
Ma. Re-Cu-Ma Will Prob
ably Bring You Sound
Sleep Too. It Costs You
Nothing to Try It.
Mr. W. W. Pinner,, of .423 Main
Street, Suffolk, Virginia, was troubled
with An all too common trouDie
insomnia, He could not get the sound,
healthy sleep that ' nature demands
to keep the body in a , healthy con
dition. But now Mr. Pinner is get
ting sleep. In a recent letter ne
recounts the history of, his case. "I
have taken one bottle of Re-Cu-Ma,"
says Mr. Pinner, "and find it a good
medicine. I had a Daa pain m my
back and the medicine relieved tne
nain pntirelv in a short time. 1
feel better' and can recommend tne
medicine as a good - one. Before l
commenced taking it I could not sleep
and niglit was a horror to me now I
sleep well and eat every tning Deiore
. a; 1 j a
me. It IS a nne meuiwue anu n
will be my. . . medicine all . the while
in the future."
Re-Cu-Ma directly benefits four
. 1 J IAH
organs oi tne Doay ana xnrougn us
effect on these four organs, benefits
the entire system.. Its "effects on
the stomach are to keep the stom
ach in a clean, strong condition, over
come indigestion, gas on the stomacn
and other common stomacn ins. x
strengthens and aids the functions of
the kidneys and thereby ends the
pains in the back caused by poor
functioning kidneys. Re-Cu-Ma more
over contains several wonderful blood
tonics which clear the blood and
keep the . skin cledn and the blood
pure.- -! .
Re-Cu-Ma's most' important task Is
to keep the liver active. Most of
the human ills can . be directly traced
to a.n 411 functioning lfver.
i Re-Cu-Ma Is . sold in Charlotte by
the John S. Blake Drug Co., iri Gaston
ia by J. Leon Adams, in Monroe by
the Union Drug Company, in Concord
by the - Pearl Drug. " Company, and by
all good . drusslsts everywhere.
SENATOR RICCI ARRIVES.
' ' New Trk, Feb. 11. Senator Roland I.
Ricci, recently appointed ambassador
from Italy to the United States, arrived
D'Aosta, from Geno3h.. x(-shrdletao
here today on the steamship Duca
D'Aosta, from Genoa. The ambassador
was accompanied by his son, a captain
in. the Italian army, and Guido Sabetta,
forrner consul general of Italy at Chi
cago, who is to be counsellor for the
embassy.
-REPRISA-LS ARE THREATENED,
: ; Vienna, Feb. lO.-rEntente officials
are reported to have sent "a formal
note to the Austrian government pro
testing against movements having-for
their object fusion of Austria and
Germany. Reprisals are threatened if
such movements are carried on, it is
said. ,
Hosiery Day SatairHay;
$4.00 Silfc Hose
The next tune
you buy calomel
ask for
The purified and refined
calomel tablets that are
nausealess, safe and sure
Medicinal virtues retain
ed and improved. Sold
only in sealed packages. .
Price 35c
A
.linnipeoal
FOUR DAYS
Commencing Monday
Cecil B.
DeM Ule's
Production
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D R
D U
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" For Saturday selling we shall offer just four
hundred pairs of women's silk hose1 in the follow
ing makes:
Kayser, Merrell, Mcallum, Van Raalte
In the following 'shades:
Silver, Gray, Covert, Russian Calf, . Black
and White. '
In values of from $2.50 to $4.00, as a most
remarkable special, at $1.29; the pair. ,' A
SPRING FASHIONS IN DAINTY NECKWEAR
Specials in Neckwear Department,
An assortment of dainty organdie Collar and
Cuff Sets, lace trinimed and embroidered. A va-
ried assortment trom wnicn to cnoose, m vaiues
to $2.00, marked at. .
75c LACE COLLAR POINTS, 59c YARD
White and Cream lace Collar Points, "in very
dainty and pretty qualities: This week at. .59c
".., '
' ' PRETTY LACE VESTS, 35c
A very special lot of Vests, made of dainty
nets and laces. Bought at a sacrifice price, and.
a remarkable ;value at. . V. .: . . v.:.v . ... .. . 35c
WEEK END SPECIALS IN TOILET GOODS
Here is your opportunity to economize in
some of the little things that, after all, do count
up to quite a sum: ; -
50c Hinds' Honey and Almond Cream . ., . :42c
Woodbury's ' Facial Soap . H f . : . . .: .. .19c
25c Colgate's Tooth Paste. .',. .... ... ,19c
25c Cashmere Bouquet Soap. .. . : . . . . .19c ,
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Ivey & Co,