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VV THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. Cv THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 14, 1921. REFORM LEAGUE ATTACKSMETHODj Prohibition Enforcement Personnel Contains Many! With Criminal Records. ! Baltimore, April 14. Activities of the National Civic Service Reform League, In combatting appointment of "loose and inefficient" prohibition enforce ment agents, .are reviewed in the re 'port of the council of the league read th annual meetine here today. Reiterating charges that the ;n-j -dishonest men and women, some with : criminal records, the report urges sup port of a bill before Congress requiring that all dry agents be placed under I civil service regulation and subjected tn the customarv examinations.- It also takes sharp issue with provisions) in the measure msisiea upon oy me Anti-Saloon League, which would per mit appointment pt ' .persons, without previous experience in criminal inves tigation. - The Anti-Saloon organization, the re port alleges, "prefers to let these places continue as political spoils rath er than agree to the normal method of providing for their competitive class ification under the civil service law." 'Until the latter method is undertaken. it continues, the enforcement of the prohibition law will not be freed from the odium in which it is now held. The league's long opposition to the svstem of appointing postmasters "which remain in office permanent'v or until removed on charges, purely political appointees" is set forth In tb report, which proposes an open com petitive examination for such incum bents in order to continue in office. These views, the report asserts, have been concurred in by the President and the Attorney General. ' Commenting on the Federal civil service provision giving absolute pref erence to soldiers and sailors and widows of former service men. the rc- 'port asserts: "As time goes on, the manifest un fairness of veteran preference is be ' coming more and more apparent to the members of Congress. The effects 'in the efficiency of the service will be -carefully noted by the league and the "evidence secured will be placed before "the appropriate committee of Cpngres ,'with ffie request that this vicious leg islation, be repealed." Literal Birdie Was Made by Virginian Roanoke, Va,, April 14. Flay ing on th local country dub links yesterday afternoon, Robert F. Stone, University of Virginia stu dent, became a claimant for the 1921 freak rolf shot when he made s literal "bfrdle' with a drive shot and brought down a dove flying high in the air. Stone teed up his ball, smashing out a long drive, which shot to the right, climbed high, and then swerv ed over the center of the fairway. A pair of doves, , flying about a hundred and fifty, feet above the ground, darted across . the fairway. Feathers began a-flying and orfe of the doves fluttered to the ground. Examination revealed a - broken wing. POLICEMEN AMBUSHED "nuhiin. Anril 14. Five nolicemen were ambushed last night at FeiMmore, county Limerick, one of them being killed and three wounded. DAM ON BROAD RIVER GAVE WAY YESTERDAY Columbia, S. C, April 14. The dam on Broad river, just above Columbia, crumbled Wednesday afternoon from unknown causes, the impounded wa ters . rushing through, the breach to seriously menace the city's water sup ply and power. Shortly . af ter the break occurred, the water in the , Co lumbia canal, which supplies power to operate the . pumping station and hy dro-electric plant, began to fall and the six electric generators and three pumps were idle last night, one pump being operated on the few feet of water now flowing. The break opened shortly after 3 o'clock, 60 feet of theNiam being torn away by the loosed waters. The river was not at flood stage and recent examinations had found the huge crib dam in good condition. J DR. S. C. MITCHELL TO SPEAK SUNDAY The meeting for men at the Young Men's Christian Association Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock promises to be one of unusual interest. The speaker will be Dr. S. C. Mitchell of Richmond College, Richmond, Va. This will , ie the second occasion on which he has spoken this season before the , Young Men's Christian Association. The musical features of the meeting will consist of the singing of a nun ber of spirituals by the Biddle College male quartet. The association orches tra will also assist in the service. M. JUSSERAND IS NOT "ONTHE JOB" Is Alleged to. Have Failed to Keep French Informed of Events at Washington. Paris, April 14. Criticism of Jules i. Jusserand, French ambassador to the United States, for his alleged t ure to keep the French public inform ed as to the state of affairs In "Wash ington, appeared in editorials published here today relative to the message of PresidentHardin g to Congress. A number of this morning's newspapers, notablv I'Homme Libre, and The Gaul ois, joined The Temps in deploring this state of affairs. The Cablegramme, a new daily representing important bus iness interests said: - "M. Jusserand was not kept informed as to what was going on at the White tt j :v inKv.iso nf thp senate. noust auu hi -ho iuuuiw - . Underthe pretext of not wanting to or- fend American opinion, ue una aged all initiative to promote our inter ests and has left us recently in prodi gious ignorance of things over there. It pains usthat we must speak thus of such a man as M, Jusserand, but we are at a point where success in the past cannor compensate for failures in the present." ' - The text of Mr. Harding's message had not reached Paris last night,, and most of today's papers contented them selves with presenting such extracts as had been cabled to this city. Edito rial comment continued to interpret the message, as, on me wnuic, w to France . , Under the caption "President Hard ing's good sense." The Figaro said: "President Harding seems to hae de cided upon insisting in both America and Europe upon the policy of good sense Nothing could be happier for France, whose interests tave-irtw suffered from fancnui iua anaWilsonism in particular. rJ1' dent Wilson did take into account the facts. His views had always to pre vail, notwithstanding realities. Writing in the same vein, Pertm ax," political editor of The Echo de Paris said: "The clear, decisive lan guage of Mr. Harding renders us a. Ireat service." The communist Hu rnanite said: "Mr. Harding's message Sis us that the Internationale alone can pacify the world. FIFTY PER CENT TAX. Paris. April 14. The Chamber of Deputies today adopted the bill provid ing for a 50 per cent tax on German imports as a penalty on Germany be cause of non-fulfllhnent of her repar tions obligations. The vote was Z9S to HEAD OF BIG AOTOMOBILE COMPANY IN CHARLOTTE TO MAKE ADDRESS i Xs- if ' v i. ? ") -!- .A' I ? H i si, hi Si 5 S PROGRAM FOR DIXIE INEGROGIKL IS BEINfi ) . Tr(lT. Ul II If 'L-I'l1 uv t7 k rr. SCHOOL IS ARKAXNUriiif ovuuuui I ' ; ammmmmt pmmm H mm mm mm mbw mmmmm " :''-'""'!'""'" -' ; r---simwA ttfiluS V 0 r - V . n ICiO The following list of Victor Records includes some of the best' standard -selections, ever produced. Look them over and find j the selection you have been waiting for so long.; .v-. ' , . ARTHUR PRYOR'S BAND ' . i. Officer of the Pay March King Cotton March Our Director March Yankee Shuffle March Whistler and His Dog Warbler's Serenade Shepherd's Life in the Alps Cosmopolitan Overture Rienzi Overture Walkure Magio Fire Scene All others by Pryor's Band. - ' HAWAIIAN SELECTIONS Cuhna Medley Hawaiian Guitars Hula Medley Hawaiian Guitars Maui Aloha Hawaiian Guitars . . Pua Carnation -Hawaiian Guitars - Aloha Land Hawaiian Waltz Hawaii, I'm Lonesome for You INSTRUMENTAL TRIOS Silver Threads Among the Gold Oh, Promise Me (From Robin Hood) No. ..Arthur Pryor's Band 16386 ..Arthur Pryor's Band , .Arthur Pryor's Band-16795 . . .Arthur Pryor's Band " . .Arthur Pryor's Band 17380 .Arthur Pryor's Band , ..Arthur Pryor's Band: 35282 . Arthur Pryor's Band . .Arthur Pryor's Band 35387 Vesselas Band Price .85 , V x ....... .Lua-Kafii 17774 Lua-Kaili . Louise-Ferrera 18087 . .Louise-Ferera . .Louise-Ferera--18380 , .Louise-Ferera .Venetian Trio 17816 . . .Venetian Trio .85 II: Maiden's Prayer. Violin, Flute and Harp.... Neapolitan Trio 17893 3 i Sound of the Harp, Violin, Flute and Harp A Little Bit of Heaven, Violin, 'Cello, Piano . Where the River Shannon Flows Old Folks at Home. Violin, Flute, Harp , My Old Kentucky Home, Violin, Flute, Harp. Miracle of Love Gavotte. (A Letter) Schubert's Serenade, Violin, Flute, Harp Tilt's Serenade, Violin, Flute Harp Sweetest Story Ever. Told.... Simple Confession. Violin, Fulte, Harp My Mammy Fox-Trot Humming Fox-Trot '. UNCUS JOSH Uncle Josh's Troubles in a Hotel Uncle Josh at the Circus , Uncle Josh Playing Baseball Uncle Josh on the Fifth Avenue Bus I'm Old But I'm Awfully Tough ; Uncle Josh Joins the Grangers Uncle Josh and the Fire Department........... Uncle Josh at the Roller Skating Rink VOCAL SELECTIONS Home, Sweet Home My Old Kentucky Home My Ain Folk A Perfect Day Go to Sleep My Dusky Baby. Rockin' Time. Vocal Trio A Perfect Day. Solo Love's Dream After the Ball Neapolitan Trio. ....McKee Trio 17898 ... McKee Trio ..Venetian Trio 18127 Neapolitan Trio McKee Trio 18243 McKee Trio .Neapolitan Trio 16995 Neapolitan Trio 17143 Neapolitan Trio Paul Whitman's Orchestra 18737 .Paul Whitman's Orchestra Cal Stewart 16193 , . . . Cal Stewart ...Cal Stewart 16228 , ...Cal Stewart ...Cal Stewart 16403 . .. .Cal Stewart Cal Stewart 16931 . . . .Cal Stewart Elsie Baket 18045 .85 Elsie Baker .Imperial Quartet 17872 I .85 .Imperial Quartet . .Kline-Baker-Dunlap 17918 .85 . .Kline-Baker-Dunlap ...Elizabeth Spencer- 18250 .83 . , . Elizabeth Spencer Star-spangled Banner Elizabeth Spencer 18338 .S3 La Marseillaise' .Hamilton Old Folks at Home ; Elsie Baker 16389 .85 My Old Kentucky Home Harry McDonough Annie Laurie Elsie Baker 1638S .85 Ben Bolt ..Elsie Baker Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground Dunlap 17305 83 In the Evening by the Moonlight Hayden Quartet These Records have been out of stock for months and we take great pleasure in announcing that we have .them all and shall be glad to play them for you if you will call at our store. TheAndreM ; . Incorporated. ' ' ' ' ' Oldest Music Store in: the Carolinas . Phone 3626 ; 213 N. Tryon St Trfr ! fen JOHN N. WILLYS President of Willys Overland Company. John N. Willys, one of the most prominent figures in the automobile manufacturing industry and head of the Willys-Overland Company, arrived in Charlotte early Thursday, accompa nied by several executives of his com pany. Mr.' Willys came to deliver the principal address at the convention of the dealers in North and South Car olina in the cars his company manu factures, which convened at I o'clock Thursday at the Southern Manufac turers' Club. , One of the largest gatherings in the county at any school commence ment, it is expected, will be that at the Dixie' school , commencement Thursday and Friday. A. recitation and declamation contest Thursday morning and Thursday night are to be features, while a play, "The - Average Man," will be presented Friday night. The participants in the declamation and recitation con tests are: Recitation Contest The Return the Hoe. Lillian Freeman; Mammon and the Archer, Louise Brown;-At Hus band's Experience in Cooking, .Lucire Allison; When Gerf Gets Home, Wil lie Bigham; The Octoroon, fva Bailes; Changing Color, Annie Rnyn?' The Sweet Girl Graduate, Edith, Mae Stowe; They Sans., For It. Catharine Neel; Mary Queen, of Scots, Mjldred Youngblood; The One-Legged Geose, Bessie Brown; Ben. the Tramp, Annie Brown; Bud's Fairy Tale, Rose Spract; A Yankee in Love, aiane ra.ue, The Bald Headed Man, Lucy Mitchea; Sister Ernestine's Beau, Virginia Wil- vvn.rionrB With a Refractors' Cow, Mildred Lineberger; The Loyally of Men. -Dorothy Montgomery. . , Declamation Contest Life's Retro spect, Edgar Berryhill; Powerof Ideas, Dennis Weaver: The Home and the Republic; William Bailes; The Dead Hand of the Past in Europe, Wilson McGin; A Pan-American Policy, Earl Black; The Destiny of Democracy, Howard Allison; A Tribute to Washing ton, William Clark; Launch Out Into the Deep, Harrys Brown; Love Tour Farm, Arthur Freeman. The National Flag, Paul Cathey; A Southern Court Scene; William Brown. Ddelivery of medals and prizes. Presentation of seventh grade cer tificates. " Friday night, 8 o'clock. The Aver age Man, High school play. HERO OF 1904 TO GET HIS MEDAL OF HONOR Washington, April 14.--Chief Gun ner Robert Edward Cox, U. S. X., was on President Harding's callers' list today to receive a congressional medal, of honor for extraordinary hero ism on April 13, 1904, on the occa sion of an explosion on the battleship Missouri which caused the loss of 30 lives. A , flare back from the after turret guns set fire to powder near the magazine, but Cox flooded the magazine and saved the vessel. J en uuuweii, negro living w Myers-Park, was in Charlotte 'p.'41" hiw in search of his flaii.rv, '.'Ul! " J f - . D " 11. wen rni to!. xi ns lor tiircc . yy He has not lward anything as t0 -whereabouts of tiw lu-yearol.-j '! si: ice she went to the . Myws St,S'r; scJiool one morning three wixk minutes and then left. tf' The frlrl accompanied coin1)Uni0l1fi . frv.liool, they -w'injr into th bui i;, c i-T-vr stood in tbe vird a.j thi.u-b g pecting1 to. enter in ri short while t?' ponipaniens saw nothing mere of arid a search of the c:ty has not The father reuoried the watWton iwlir.e two das nfwr she disEppt-, Officers have ma- a search l1nQ v, MOtified officials ti neighboring tow C arid citiS. " " n reason colli 1 ho adv.-innn i- I father for the disappearance of ' jdaughter. She had had no tiouMe uome, h'-: said, and had been reguiirai Ver attenaance at senco;. KU KLUX KLANHAS NEARLY 300 MEMBERS the Knights of the Ku Klux Kllu I grown to nearly 300, it was announ I following a meeting or members i the Odd Fellows Hall on Wesf "w street" Wednesday night. v A big delegation of local -dm will attend the national meeting held in Atlanta, Ga., May 5 ana R I was announced. . Following this ml ing the charter will be issued to iht Charlotte klan and the imperil wjzart Colonel W. J. Simmons, likely win l liver it in person. Sflveral meetinjrs have hpp i,u . .. ."7-, , "'-'u Hi tne iasi - iew wccn.a neie, an tieal with preliminary organization work the Klan. permanent organization wi be enectea witn me aenvery of tb charter. , v uealint A3IERICAN RESPONSIBILITY? Peking. April 13. American rcspon sibility for the presence of Japanese i Siberia has been intimated in a mes orandum sent to Washington by tin government .of the far eastern repni lie at Chita'. The memorandum asfe whether the objects of the Allies' a tervention in Siberia have been attain, ed and when it .will end definitely. WOMEN GET T0WILLYS EXPECT WORK FOR PARKS, BUSINESS EARLY Luncheon to Launch Cam paign is to be Held at Selwyn Monday. At a meeting of women at the 1. W. C. A. Thursday morning interested in the park and recreation election it was decided that each woman present should try to bring at least ten other women to a luncheon at the Selwyn hotel, Monday, the purpose of which will be-to assemble the women in or der to map out plan of proceedure be fore the election; -' At the meeting Thursday morning dis cussions were heard from all sides in reference to the steps to be taken in order to keep the-park and recreation commission in operation.. The climax will be May 3, when voting on the levy ing of a tax to support the park and recreation work will take place. . "I have heard that the question of salaries paid to the - park and recrea tion workers in the main objection," said Hugh Murrill, Jr., superintendent of the park and recreation commission , who was present. 'The people do not tealize what oher cities are doing along this line. Asheville last year spent $17,938 in salaries alone out of a sum of $20,747 set aside for park and rec reation work. Goldsboro spent $3,500 for salaries out of a total of $7,000. As fov myself, I accepted the position I now hold at a financial loss. Just a short while after I .went to work I was offered an opportunity to make $1,000 more a year in something else." In pointing out the benefits from play grounds, Mr. Murrill stated that the City of Chicago conducted a test for eight years along this line, and found that, in the sections where playgrounds were built, the number of cases for the juvenile court' diminished 17 per cent. He pointed out the development afford ed the child who lias access to the playground, and now it keeps the child from being on the streets. "And the objections to playgrounds are ridiculous," went on Mr. Murrill. "I know of a ease where a woman said she would oppose them because the children annoyed her while she was playing bridge. - Another said it would wear the child's pants out." It was brought out at the meeting that, in order to secure competent men to fill the park and recreation jobs, it was necessary to pay good salaries, and if an incompetent man should try to run things it would be better not to have any park and recreation commis sion at all. A good man is needed to get out and extract the child's interest, it was declared. It was conceded that the biggest op position to playgrounds is in the places Where there are none. These, places would be the ones to receive the great est benefit from the work, and yet they fail to realize it, speakers said. It was agreed to appoint women in each waroi where necessary to induce the people to vote for the measure, and it w-as i decided to appoint committees to plaU in what manner the opposers of the measure would be handled. It was admitted that if the women did not pull together and carry the thing through, it would be hard to win. This would mean that all the work done so far would be wasted. All apparatus now in operation would have to be tak en down and stored away until some time in the future when the city came to a fuller realization of the needs. About 150 women are expected to at- ten dthe luncheon Monday. In the meantime requests will be made to the pastors in the various churches to help the work along by speaking of it from the pulpit, and various banks and local concerns will be asked to donate a part of their advertising space to the work. JAMES QUERY GIVEN NAVY APPOINTMENT Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle has appointed James Query, of 614 Seigle avenue, and a senior in the Alexander Graham High school, to the Nxyal Aca demy at Annapolis, Md. This is the second appointment of a Charlotte youth to the naval academy that Con gressman Bulwinkle has made. Eugene Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Williams, a student in the High school, has' also received an appointment. - Young Query is the son- of Rev. Luther H. Query. In addition to being one of the most popular stiidents in the -High school, he is ictively inter ested In athletics and has served on the HjMix school teams. Automobile Manufacturer j Declares Country is Rap idly Recovering. (Continued from Fasre One.)-- Purccirs Women's Garments of Quality Purcells press, if the press wanted him to.. Furthermore, the press might say what it wished, and he would stand for it. .However, the press will content itself with what he said. He has recently completed, a tour of the west. He found, business pick-, ing up there. It ia also picking up in the south, he is quite satisfied. He talked about cotton as though he might have been a southerner. "People in the south woulr be just as well off with cotton at 14 cents if prices were, in proportion : as they would with cotton at 40 cents if prices were all out of proportion." He manifested interest in export plans in the south. He thinks the sale of cotton in Europe would mean much to America as it would open the way for getting rid of much of the surplus goods of this country. ; But America is not dependent : upon Europe. This country is big enough and independent enough to have good business if things do not go alright across the Atlantic. Good business will return to America before it does to Europe, Mr. Willys thinks. The spirit and the determination of the business people of this country is sufficient to make business good; andtheu the Unit ed States is almost a world within it self. Everything that mortal men needs can be procured within the boun daries of America. ,A. lot of American automobiles will be exported to Europe when conditions improve over there. Many machines have already been sent across. But the future of he American auto in dustry does not depend on Europe. Manufacturers do not -think that every body has bought a car who cm afford one. ' - There is going to be a big i'.emand for machines and the future of the in dustry is bright. Just wait until busi ness clears up and it is already clear ing up -and people will be wanting automobiles more than ever before. ! Mr. Willys sees a great future be fore American business because Ameri ca is so big and because American peo ple are so energetic and determined. Prosperity will return soon: that de sired type of if:ospeVity which comes to those who work hard and which -passes by those who merely hold out their hands. Mr. Willys came, to Charlotte Thurs day morning, arriving here at 1D:S0 o' clock. He expects to leave during the night, after spending a day in the city which he declared to have been most enjoyable. i REP. FREAR WANTS TO . men acv Txrrpi?uTr,arrc Washington, April 14. Demand for congressional investigation to disclose Interests trying to put through a sales tax was made in the house today by Representative Frear, republican, Wis consin, of the ways and means commit tee. He mentioned Jules Bxche and Meyer Rothschild, of New York, as prime movers in the campaign and charged that a huge fund had "been raised "to shove the big man's taxes on the poor man". Corset ; . j Ventilo ' than which there is no corset so comfortable, the "Ventilo back relieving the pressure of steel upon the spine and the Ventilo front shield admit ting of wider adjustment with additional ventila tion. Too, the Lox-It Clasp (another exclusive LaCamille feature) prevents pinching. And look at the lines, withal: - Perfect! ' Yesterday brought us more LaCamille Front Lace Corsets. Arrange for a fitting today. i 1 1. i i - i How To RevitalizeWornout Exhausted Nerves Tour nerve power depends en plenty of good, rich, red blood of the kind that organic iron Nuxated Iron helps make. 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