16 THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1921.
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ARBUCKLE CASE
IN COURT AGAIN
Fifth Appearance of the
Comedian; Both Sides
Are Silent.
By M. D. TRACY.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
-San Francisco, Sept. 17. Reserving
the right to remain silent, Roscoe
(Fatty) Arbuckle and his half dozen
tflwvprs settled down tonight for a.
Ions fight to save the comedian from
prison or worse, as the penalty for
the alleged murder of Virginia Rappe.
Arbuckle's half million dollar for
tune, his great organization of aides
who have engineered him to the too
of the motion picture profession and
all the skill of some of California's
leading criminal lawyers, have been
thrown into the fight on his behalf.
On the other hand. District Attorney
Mathew Brady announced he was far
fro.m satisfied with an appropriation of
$1,000 for special investigation in th-. Ar
buckle case and that he would repeat
his request next week to the county
board of supervisors for unlimited
funds for the prosecution of Arbuckle.
Arbuckle's activities consisted of onet
brief visit to court. He appeared before
I Superior Judge Louderback long enough
' to hear his lawyers agree to postpone
I his arraignment on a grand jury indict-
ment charging manslaughter, until Sep
I tember The postponement was
I agreed to because the district attorney
I had announced he would prosecute Ar
j buckle for murder and not manslaugh
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! FIFTH SEPARATE COURT. I
It was the ntth separate court in
which Arbuckle had appeared in con
nection with various phases of the
case.
The week ahead carried the prospect
of cuietude for the famed comedian
until Thursday when will come before
Police Judge Larazus for his prelimi
nary examination-
The plans of the defense were hid
den behind a veil of secrecy. It wa.
generally believed, however, that at the
preliminary hearing an attempt will be
made to force the prosecution to per
mit the reduction- of charge to one of
manslaughter.
"I won't even say we expect to
acquit Arbuckle." declared Attorney
Frank Dominguez, in Los Angeles, to
day.
He is chief of Arbuckle's counsel. Hj
refused to discuss the Arbuckle affair
in any way.
Arbuckls's legal staff here was just
as secretive. But from the offices of
bis various lawyers there were messen
gers and aides scurrying in and out
and it was plainly evident that plenty
was being done.
Arbuckle has. been spending most of
his time in jail reading tattered jail
magazines, chatting with Albert Mar
tin, his cell mate, and "doing nothing."
"While chief interest naturally cen
tered around the murder charge against
the big comedian, the P'ederal authori
ties in San Francisco and Los Angeles
said tonight they were ready to press
i their investigation of where the liquor
for Arbuckle's "party" came from to a
Early thi3 week evidence on the sub-
i ject will be laid before grand juries in
both cities.
MISSING WITNESS.
San Francisco, Sept. 17. First word
came this afternoon of the one missing
witness in the Arbuckle case, whose
testimony has been characterized as
indispensable by District Attorney
Brady.
The sheriff of Minden county, Ne
vada, wired the district attorney that
Dr. Arthur Beardslee, first physician
to attend Virginia Rappe after she
was seized with the illness that re
sulted fatally during a party at Ros
coe (Fatty) Arbuckle's rooms at the
St. Francis hotel and who departed on
a hunting trip the day after attending
her, had just departed from here for
Bridgeport, Calif.
.District Attorney Brady immediately
wired the sheriff of Mono county, Cali
fornia, in which Bridgeport is located,
I to search for the physician and notify
mm to return here with all haste.
The intimation was given that, if he
did not return at. once voluntarily, he
would be formally subpoenaed and re
quired to return.
MEMBERS OF EFIRD
FIRM CONFERRING
The owners of the Efird chain of
stores were busy Saturday and Satur
day night engaging in conferences and
clearing up the mass of detailed work
resulting from the disastrous fire ot
Thursday night. E. L. Efird, secretary
and treasurer, with headquarters in
Winston-Salem; J. W. Efird, New York
representative, and, J. R. Efird, of Co
lumbia, came to the city yesterday for
conferences with J. B. and P. H. Efirl.
regarding plans for re-opening the
Charlotte store.
J. B. Efird, president of the chain,
was unable to make any announcement
as to future plans Saturday night. H;
said he was engaged in clearing up
details and that this work would re
quire several days. After this task has
been concluded, he may be in a posi
tion to make a definite announcement.
Temporary offices have been establish
ed over the H. J. Lamar Company, cn
North College street.
E. L. Efird and J. W. Efird were
hoth in New York Thursday night.
They wera telegraphed Friday and ar
rived in the city yesterday.
TEMPERANCE DAY TO
BE OBSERVED HERE
Temperance Day will be observed in
Charlotte today with a special temper
ance service conducted at Tryon Street
Methodist church at 8 p. m. It will
be under the auspices of the Charlotte
chapter of the Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union and will take the place
of the regular service at Tryon Street
Methodist church at that hour.
Mrs. George W. Pressley, president
of the Charlotte W. C. T. U. chap
ter, will preside at the meeting. The
principal feature of the meeting will be
two addresses, one by Mrs. W. B. Lind
say, one of the leaders in temperance
work, on the subject of "Missions and
Temperance", and another by D. E
Henderson, of the Charlotte bar and' sup
erintendent of the' Sunday school of
Tryon Street Methodist church, on the
"Law Enforcement".
In addition to the two addresses,
there will be a program of special music
rendered.
NO COURT NEXT WEEK
' There will be no session of civil
court here next week, as had been ex
pected because the cases on the calen
dar for trial were all disposed, of In
some way or other before the end of
Saturday's court. The only jury case
tried on Friday was that of the iSelwvn
Hotel against Griffin & Carman, proprie
tors of the barber shop in the base
ment of the hotel. It was an ejectment
suit and the jury ruled with the plain
tiff, also decreeing that the barber shop
o-weu me hulci rent since Januarv 1
at, the rate of $125 a month. The de
fendants cave notir tvioir
peal the , case to the Supreme Court
' John M. Robinson and Henry Dockerv
were attorneys for the hotel "and Jake
(F. Newell was attorney for the barber
shop proprietors.
When young, freckle-faced Timothy
Callaghan . saw freckle-faced Wesley i
Barry in "Dinty" at the neighborhood !
i a 1-11 : T ftise-t.. I
where Timothy lives, he decided that
he would like to play in pictures ami
maybe his freckles would bring him
fame. He took his fate in his own
hands and journeyed to Los Angeles.
There he met his hero, Wesley, and
asked to be his understudy. The
likeness between the two boys was
certainly striking enough to warrant
hiring Timothy, but alas for adventure,
Mr. and- Mrs. Callaghan also jour
neyed to Los Angeles where they
rescued their youn'g son and heir from
his movie career.
The two boys had their pictures
taken together anyhow and here they
are. The boy in the street suit is
Timothy, while the head is the well
known "Dinty," who is soon to play
"Penrod."
IN THE "SPEAKIES."
Juanita Hansen, the serial star, has
signed a contract to play fourteen
weeks in vaudeville on the Pantages
circuit. She is appearing in a "single"
Urn, devised by herself, and is to be
shown exebuting several- of the film
stunts which have made her famous.
WON'T SHE BE EDUCATED?
Bessie Love has been going to every
possible school lately. Not that she
is flunking in any of them, but when
she gets through, she'll' be "some"
girl if she expects to be as accom
plished as the schools will make her.
Tainting, sculpturing, language have
been listed. Now it is said that she
has developed considerable technique
as a toe dancer under the guidance
of Theodore. Koslpff. The previous
report on Miss Love was that she was
writing "good night" stories for chil
dren.
BOB GORDON TO REMAIN.
Robert Gordon was inveigled west
by Messrs. Selig and Rork to play the
leading juvenile role in ."The . Rosary,"
which has just been completed, and
the chances are he will remain there,
as his work in the picture is said to
have elicited an excellent offer.
The humbH? beginnings of many
of our American actors who have
since achieved distinction on the screen
are shaded by the start and meteoric
rise of ' Fola Negri. the brilliant
European actress, whose latent film
vehicle, "One Arabian Night," L soon
to be released in the United States
by Associated First National Pictures,
Inc.
But a few years ago, Pola Negri
was a little shop girl earning fiftetn
marks a week. At that time fifteen
Tola Negri.
marks amounted to about $4 in United
States money. Now it would bring
about forty cents in American cur
rency. Pola was employed at Wert
heim's, one of the largest department
SMOOTHING WAY
FOR CONFERENCE
Administration Making Ef
fort to Remove All
Sources of Friction.
BY HARRY L. ROGERS,
International News Stan! Correspondent.
Washington, Sept. 17. The United
States is leaving no stone unturned Jn
its effort to remove all possible sources
of friction among the several Powers
over the question of the program for
the forthcoming conference on the lim
itatin of armament.
This fact was made plain today fol
lowing two important announcements,
made on high official authority, and
dealing with the Republio of Soyth
China and the controversy over the
Island of Yap, two of the most ticklish
among the numerous problems which
must be disposed of either before or at
the conference.
These statements, indicative of the
deep desire of this government to see
the question satisfactorily , adjusted
before the question of agenda comes
up for final decision, followed closely
on the heels of another statement that
the United' States would be much
pleased .to see the Shantung contro
versy settled before the conference coa
venes. The statement concerning the revo
lutionary government of South China
was almost unprecedented. It said
that the United States would be high'-y
gratified to see South China represent
ed on the Chinese delegation to the
Washington conference. It added, how
ever, that since United States has never
recognized Canton government, any ar
rangement looking to participation in
the conference by any Chinese faction
would have to be made by and through
the Pekin authorities.
The adoption of this attitude by tha
United Stat63 is taken to mean that
the Harding Administration recognizes
the practical difficulty of reaching an
agreement with all China, when only a
part of China is represented in the ne
gotiations. Only, a few days ago, Dr
Sun Yat Sen, president of the fSouth
China Republic, served notice on this
government that the Canton republic
would not be bound by any decision of
the conference unless it was represent
ee t me Hidings.
While no official announcement has
been made on the situation, it Is un
derstood that the views of the Un'tel
States as to the desirability of smooth
ing over factional differences in Chiaa
thoritfesCmmUnICated t0 the Pekin au'
The latest of a long series of "con
V"" .. . vf.iis&s5
imothy Callaghan and Wesley
B&rry. Do you know which U
which?
stores in the world, located on Leip
zigger Piatz, in Berlin.
She was talented; could dance and
play the violin to perfection. She
learned these things in her native city
of Posen in Poland. Friends urgurt her
to use the talents which were being
wasted in the great department store.
She obtained an engagenu-nr to go on
a concert tour and quit Worthetm's.
Her tour was a success Then s."ie had
an opportunity to join the Imperial
Russian Ballet and wis for tome
time a dancer in that famous group
of terpsichorean artists, appearing Sje
fore the late Czar Nicholas.
Pola returned to Berlin and then
the war broke out. She cc;ild not
arrange any more' concert engagements
and so took her old job back at
Wertheim's. The ambitious little shop
girl was not contented with her lot.
She made the rounds of the motion
picture studios, hoping to land a job.
She got one as an extra, and then
Ernst Lubitsch, who is called the
Griffith of Europe, discovered her.
That was six years ago.
Today the former little - sh ov girl
is the talk of two continents.
RIVALRY!
Hoot . Gibson is to be measured
for five reels rather than Iwj in
the future." He is going in for west
erners with a view to making certain
rivals named Hart and Rogers open
their eyes. His first long picture is
"Action," and looks tne part.
HOW THEY STARTED.
Charles Spencer Chaplin had an up
hill struggle in his early days, play
ing small parts in cheap London
vaudeville. Marshall Neilan, today
holding a front place in the ranks
of American directors, broke mto mo
tion pictures as a . chauffeur. Norma
and Constance Talmadge rose from
obscurity as extras. Anita Stewart's
first part in pictures was that of a
maid. Charles Ray carried a t-pear
as a "super" in a stock company
that went broke before he lunded in
the film world.
versations" between Secretary, of Stare
Hughes and Ambassador Shideha .m
bore fruit today in an announcement
at the State Department that "satis
factory progress" is being made on the
question of the mandate over Yap. This
statement was reiterated at the Jap
anese embassy, where hope was ox
pressed that the matter would be en
tirely adjusted before the conference.
HUGE DROP IN PRICE
OF FARM PRODUCTS
Washington, Sept. 17. American cot
ton and wheat prices took a huge drop
in foreign markets, it was shown to
night .by figures made public by the
Department of Commerce. The 3,789,
236 bales of cotton shipped abroad in
the eight months ending August 31
brought only $273,932,046, while the
3,875,438 bales shipped abroad in the
same months last year brought $820,
2(1,689. Wheat exports for the eight months
this year were 206 602,944 bushels and
they brought but $339,185,401, while
99,775,041 bushels exported in the
same months for the previous year
brought $278,883,222.
A similar trend is shown in all
breadstuff's, meats, oils and grains.
FINAL PREPARATIONS
INTERNATIONAL RACE
Brussels, Sept. 17. Fifteen compeci
tors, including three Americans, W5r
making final preparations here today
for the Gordon-Benhett cup race for
balloons, which starts from Solbosch at
4 o'clock tomorrw afternon.
The aim of the contestants is to fly
the greatest possible distance, time be
ing no objective. They will start s.t
five-minute intervals.
R. H. Upson, America, will pilot the
balloon "Aero Club of America", while
the other Americans, Bernard von
Hoffman and' W. T. Vanorman, will
pilot balloons named respectively, "City
of St. Louis'' and "City of Akron."
AMERICAN RED CROSS '
PLANS A CONVENTION
Washington, Sept. 17. Plans were
practically complete tonight for the
national convention of the American
Red Cross in Columbus, Ohio, October
4 to 8. Thirty-six hundred chapters
will be represented."
President Harding will attend one of
the sessions if he can arrange to leave
Washington. Thirty speakers of na
tional and international prominence
will address the convention.
"The Pageant of the Red Cross,"
with a cast of 2,000 performers
supported by a chorus of 1,500 will
climax ithe sessions.
THREE PICTURES
AT IMPERIAL
"Mother 'o Mine" is Sperial Feature
for Monday and Tuesday
Showing.
Classical dancing on the motion
screen is coming into its own.
Five years ago the followers of the
pantomimic drama demanded rough
and ready action, spectacular scenes
end thrills as supplied by cowboys and
society melodramas, but a group of
classical dancers too highbrow! was
the general verdict.
Today, however, audiences have come
to appreciate true art as it is ex
pressed in the better types of produc
tions. Realizing this growing under
standing of asthetic interpretation,
Thomns, IT. Ince has included as a spe
cial feature in "Hother O' Mine," his
latest dramatic offering for the Asso
ciated Producers, which comes to the
Imperial Thentre tomorrow, one of the
most beautiful classical dancing scenes
ever projected on the screen.
The famous Belcher dancing girls
were secured for this incident of the
production, and it is said that in "Moth
er O' "Mine" they are making their first
appearance before the camera. The
! Belcher School is one of the most re
nowned dancing institutions in Amer
ica, its pupils being in every instance
graduates of other schools of interpre
tative dancing and highly advanced in
the terpsichorean art.
Alice Brady in New Film
After several years of successful star
ring in dramas of the smart set. Alice
Brady has turned a sudden right-about-
face, and in a wonderfully simple, ap
pealing tale of humble people and their
grim fight with poverty and discourage
ment, has achieved perhaps the fin
est role of her whole screen career.
"The Land of Hope," which will open
a two day run Monday at the Imperial
Theatre, is the new play. It is a colla
boration by the famous comedy writ
ing Hattons, Frederick and Fannie, with
Robert Milton in the story constructing,
and Fred M3rton lending his experienc
ed hand at the scenario preparation.
E. H. Griffith directed the piece.
The play presents Miss Bray in the
role of a Polish immigrant girl, who,
with a group of humble folks from her
native village, seeks . her . fortune in
America. The girl Marya, and her
lover, Sascha, both quaint, wistful, ap
pealing figures of repressed youth and
timid hope, are the oddest and most
interesting pair of lovers who have been
seen on the screen in some time-
Doublas McLean at Imperial
"Passing Thru," the latest Thomas
H. Ince-Paramount comedy starring
Douglas MacLean, which comes to the
Imperial next Friday is the humorous
tale of a young man whose willingness
$0 assume the troubles of others invol
ves him in serious difficulties.
Billy Barton, the leading character por
trayed by Mr. MacLean, first draws a
sentence to the penitentiary through
having assumed the blame for a bank
theft of which he was entirely inno
cent. Before he is placed behind the
bars, however, he makes h: escope in
a spectacular train wreck and seeks re
fuge in the village of Culverton. Here,
befriending a lazy mule being beaten
by her master gets him into more dif
ficulties, and his misfortunes continue
to pile up until the final scenes of the
story when a deluge of good luck more
than evens the score.
COMMUNITYCREAMERY
PLANNED FORCHESTER
Chester, S. C, Sept. 17. Further re
ports from the county on stock sub
scriptions to the Commuity Creamery
Company were received from the com
munities today. The total amount sub
scribed up to Saturday is $4,500. Re
cent additions to the list are as fol
lows: Mclntyre Oliphant, ten shares;
J. J. McDaniel, ten shares: J. L. Can
upp, ten shares; J. P. Canupp, ten
shares; Mrs. A. Canupp ten shares;
John Rosborough, ten shares, and
C. W. Brice, five shares.
The Hupmobile is admired, and owned, by
the very wealthy, and by those wjhose annual
earnings are far more limited.
Its wonderful performance recommends it to men who
need never give a thought to economy.
r To others, its visible savings in upkeep and repairs, as well
as in every-day operation, are quite as important.
The fact is that the Hupmobile presents a rare combination of fine perform
ance, consistent economy, low first cost, low after cost, high resale price,
and sound investment value.
Touring Car $1435 Coupe' ..'.i 2400
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Coming to the Auditorium Week Beginning Sept. 26.
TWO BIG PLAYS
AT THE OTTOWAY
"The Princess of New York," Played
by Strong Cast, Opens Week
"Who Am I" Comes Thursday.
David Powell, a popular player with
American motion picture audiences, has
a role of great dramatic strength in
"The Princess of New York," a British
made Paramount picture, produced by
Donald Crisp, which conies to the Otto-1
way theatre for three days beginning
tomorrow. The picture is based on the
successful novel of the same name writ
ten by Cosmo Hamilton.
The plot has to do with the adven
tures of an American heiress daughter
of a steel king on a trip to Europe, in
volving an introduction to LrOndcn so
ciety. With the atmosphere centered
around English scenes, the facilities of
the English studio, located in the heart
of London, were especially suited for
the filming of this story. Some of Eng
land's best known landlords are incor
porated in the plot which includes a trip
to classic Oxford and scenes on the
banks of the Thames and about the
Houses of Parliament.
Director Crisp assembled a capable
cast for "The Princess of New York."
Miss Mary Glynne, who has a reputa
tion throughout England as a young
actress of charm and personality, plays
the . title- role. Opposite, her, in the
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leading male role is David ',w
who was formerly co-featured w-
Mae Murry in Paramount's British
productions. Mr. Powell has thf pa-'t
of a lovable Oxford under grruiuat'n
The cast also includes such wei; known
players as Ivo Dawson, Miss Dorothv
ane, George Bellamy and Mrs. s,-
Raleigh.
"Who am I?" a new National Pjr.
ture, will be attraction at fhe Ottowav
theatre for three days beginning
Thursday.
The production is an elaborate arj
highly dramatic sevreen play with il
element of suspense predominating.
The story tells of the efforts of i
young and beautiful girl to dirov.-,
the identity of her patents. One (L?
her search comes to an end. but th;-. j'
only tends to complicate matters, for it
is revealed that her father was pro,
"fessional gambler, and the girl has !.!
len heir to his establishment, anr S!sq 'f
to some heavy debts incurred by h,r
father. i
The situation of an innocent gi.-i j
suddenly thrust among the class of pro.
pie that frequent houses of chance is a !
most critical one, especially whn :i
keen, unscrupulous gambler marks h:r :
for his own. How she extricate? her
self from the danger that impends and
gets on the road that leads to future
happiness is presented in a manner ;
that immediately creates interest and
sympathy and holds the attention of .
the spectator until the end.
Henry Kolker directed the produc- ".
tion, which has in its cast of players
Claire Anderson. Niles Welch and oth
ers of prominence. Katherine Reed
adapted the story to the screen from
an original one by Max Brand.
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