Show Ji AND THES TH AR I ROY ROYAL iU c- c fj Dummy and N Noisy oisy i M Members MaKe HaRe a Bi Big h V. V 1 V Showing but No Music Say SlY Union Members 1 r CHICAGO July 24 Foreign Foreign musicians s are to be placed under investigation by V V the American merican Federation of Musicians because bet beV be- be V t cause it is said they are engaged to V labor lacor in violation viola of ot the contract labor V laws V All locals s affiliated with t th the federation j t t 4 j ha have b been ce 1 instructed ri i 1 to toil collect oil t data iia and V V submit them to the national officers All V V the knowledge concerning these musi- musi f i t. t clans Ians will vill be tabulated and placed before the Commissioner of ot Immigration and V I that official will be asked to take action V that will exclude them from following the business here Many of oC these importations are men from the laboring world and have little if it any knowledge of ot music declared JoV Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- V seph F. F Winkler president of ot the Chicago r i T local loal Many of ot he bands posing as being royal ones are made up of ot what Is V. V called dummy and noisy members The V i V dummy members carry cany the instruments I f f r and go through the action of oC playing V while In reality the mouthpieces are I plugged and they make no sound at all V The rhe noisy members are the time marl marR- t j V V ers and play some ver very small parts in jr r. the arrangement of ot the music In Iii man many Imported bands a fe few tew really V 4 good musicians do the work while ele- ele elevator elevator vator starters waiters wallers teamsters and k r imen from many other n non musical walks V I or 11 so go o h t-o t Complete the band contini contin- contin t i Mr Winkler It Is is however t sal they have hae the appearance of ot being beng the l thing r res real |