AGE FOUR
THE MICHIGAN DAILY.
I.
PROFESSOR BAILEY INVENTS NE AUTO STARTER
BAILEY ANNOUNCES
NEW AUTO STARTER
Cuts and Specifications Sent Out to
Scientific Journals For
Early Rev ew
REVOLUTIONIZES OTHER, DEVICIE
To be announced next week in au-
tomobile journals throughout the
country is a new electric automobile
starter invented by Prof. Benj. F.
Bailey of the electrical engineering
department. Announcements, specifi-
cations and photographs are being
mailed out by Professor Bailey to the
journals and magazines in which the
announcements are to appear.
The invention which comes as a
result of four years' work and inves-
tigation, is announced through the
Disco Co., for whom Professor Bailey
undertook the work. The starter is
of the two-unit type in that it sep-
arates the generator, used for charg-
ing the batteries when the engine is
running, and the motor, which is used
for starting the engine. The motor
outfit weighs 15 pounds and is cap-
able of developing 15 foot-pounds of
torque; in other words it will lift a
weight of 15 pounds at the end of a
lever one foot long. One foot-pound
of torque per pound of weight was an
object aimed at by the inventor when
designing the outfit.
The generator weighs only 17 pounds
but will develop ample power to
charge the batteries. Together, the
generator and the motor weigh only
32 pounds which is a lighter weight
than any other system has, either of
the one-unit or of the two-unit type,
that is at present on the market.
The generator is but seven inches
long and about four and a half inches
in diameter. The motor is about the
same. Together the two units pre-
sent a very compact and simple ap-
pearance, simplicity being one of the
features sought for by the inventor.
Every connection, wire and contact
point was investigated with the view
of doing away with unnecessary com-
plication. The result is that there is
only one connection to be made to the
motor,. one wire leading from the bat-
teries to it. In the generator a spe-
cial invention, which is the big fea-
ture of the whole outfit accomplishes
the duty of regulating the current by
a device which is simplicity itself, and
which takes the place of a complicated
mechanism used on other makes.
When the engine is running at full
speed the generator is charging cur-
rent into the batteries. At a speed of
550 revolutions per minute the cur-
rent has become so weak that there
is danger of discharging the batteries
through the generator and thereby
ruining it. To overcome this difficulty
an automatic regulator has been de-
veloped, in other makes, which auto-
matically cuts off the current when
the speed has dropped below a certain
point. The device is a complicated
one and is the main source of trouble
in any system. In old forms the reg-
ulator box contained delicate springs,
adjustments, and six contact points.
The springs are apt to lose their resili-
ence, adjustments have continually to
be made, and the contact points rust
and corrode, making a poor electrical
conductor.
In Professor Bailey's regulator
there are no adjustments, no contact
points that can rust or corrode, and
no springs. The device consists of a
cylinder of copper and an insulating
material, and is closed at both-ends.
It is two and one-half inches in diam-
eter, one-half inch long, and is fasten-;
ed to the generator shaft. The cylinder
is filled with mercury which, while the
engines is running at full speed,
spreads out in a thin ribbon over the
interior of the cylinder. This metallic
ribbon is a conductor and it forms the
connection between two electric con-a
tact points which are placed on oppo-
site sides of the cylinder and in thel
path of the ribbon. While the engine
continues running at full speed the
ribbon remains completely around the
inside of the cylinder, the electrical
connection being made and the gen-
erator charging into the batteries. As
soon as the engine speed drops too i
low, the mercury tends to resume its
place in the bottom of the cylinder,
the electric connection is broken, and
the generator can not longer chargel
into the batteries.t
You will get quality and moderate
prices on your printing jobs at The1
Ann Arbor Press,(
RED CROSS SEALS MEET
REAIY SALE EVERYWHERE
Wreath Comes,to New Pubhcaiions II U NRTURNS
Dr. T(Arn Love 1and Their Auth o',!At The Theatres V MYMCDflNE ITNI
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tale Hlead(,iarters in
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Backed by thIe Medical department
f the university and heartily endorse
y Governor Woodbridge N. Ferris, the
:ampaign for the sale of 6,000,00(
Red Cross Seals in the state of Mich-
gan has been launched from the state
headquarters in Ann Arbor. Scarcely
a week old, the campaign bids fair to
meet with great success, if the early
returns are to be taken as a criteron.
Already an honor prize has been
awarded, going to George Dent, Jr., o
Midland, Michigan. Prizes are given
to the children in rural districts sell-
ing 100, and to those selling 200 in
city districts. The award of honor is
a silver medal, with the legend, "Mod-
ern Health Crusader," embossed in
red. Other medals are given for the
sale of smaller amounts.
The seals, with a holiday design and
a red cross, have become a familiar
sight to city and country dwellers in
the past few years. They go on sale
before the holidays, and their appeal
to the "generosity of the Christmas
shopper rarely goes unheeded. The
cause, that of the prevention of tuber-
culosis throughout the country, is one
that is receiving a great deal of atten-
tion from public and private charities.
Those interested in the sale of seals
are asked to communicate with Carol
F. Walton, the secretary of the move-
ment in this state, who may be found
in the Medical building. Stores and
local shops are expected to help in
the campaign, and an offer is made o
75 per cent of the proceeds of their
sales, if they amount to 100,000 or
over.
COLU BIA UNIVERSITY
TO FICHT FOR MILLIONS
Will B eTept Case W-Tiding ti ht of
i leges ct Protec:
;egticies
Columbia University stands ready
to defend its claim to 5,000,000, re.
c(ntly bequeathed to that instituio.
by the late Amos F. Emo, against th
declaration of Mr. Emo's riative
that he intended to give no such su
for educational purpcses.
A feeling has grown in colegiat
circles that unless the legacies fron
wealthy men are protected with great-
er zeal, there will be a marked fallin
off in their number. The Emo ques-
tion thus becomes a test case, th
outcome of which holds much interes
for the other schc'ols and colleges o
the country.
Telephone Coipanies Divide Territory
Lansing, Mich., Dec. 3.--Plans fot
one of the biggest telephone deals
ever made in Michigan were filed to-
day with the state railroad coin.-
sion for approval. The Michigan Stat
Telephone Co. and the United Home
Telephone Co., the big independent
company of western Michigan, have
agreed to divide their property in sev--
en counties so as to avoid duplication
and eliminate competition. The coun-
ties affected are Ottawa, Muskegon,
Newaygo, Lake, Manistee, Oceana and
Mason.
The Michigan company's holdings in
these counties are so much smalle
than those o the United that the
latter will pay $163,689 to the Michi-
gan to balance the deal.
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From time immemorial, the phil- THE LAW BREAKERS.--By idgwell
->sophers of every clime, race and na- Cullum.--Geo. W. Jacobs & Co., Phil-
tion have stroked their beards and adelphia, publishers.
neditated upon the question of human This is a typical story of the grat
'appiness. "What constitutes joy?" northwest at the time when lawless-
they have asked, "and what are the ness and the loaded arms reigned su-
,onstituent parts of earthly bliss?" preme. 11 is neither better nor wvorm
Long h ve they pondered, long en- than hundreds of stories of its type.
leavored to find a formula to fit that excepting perhaps that it is dragg-d
aesthetic state. But all in vain. It out to such an extent that the reader
was not fated that Socrates or Aris- is inclined to yawn in some of the
totle was to answer this question, most exciting parts. The usual love
'(ant and Hegel strove in vain. But theme is interwoven around the main
it remained for a philosopher of a plot, which is very intricate and keeps
nore recent date, a philosopher much the reader constantly on the alert.
nearer home, to answer this moment- However, to one who enjoys this kMd
ous query, of a story, "The Law Breakers" will
no donbt prove interesting.
When a letter written on the sta-- A
tionery of, and purporting to have-
come from the offices of the Detro': --
Free Press, arrived in Ann Arbor yes- DICK DEVEREUX. -By David Tod
terday, and was handed to Dr. Toni Gilliam.-Stewart & Kidd company.
Lovell, poet, and cobbler of old shoes, This is a rather uninteresting re-
he wasted no time in philosophical mance of the Civil war period. Dick
speculatiou as to the possible sender, Devereux, in addition to the usual at-
but straightway tore it open. A $1.0; tributes characteristic of heror, i
'bill fluttered out. The Philosopher of
Awl Things stood aghast until he had
inishied reading the following letter:
Dr. Tom Lovell,
Ann Arbor, Mich.:
We beg to acknowledge receipt of
your favor of even date, with enclo-
lure of your poem endorsing Henry
Ford the man, and his peace plan, and
in reply thereto, enclose $1.00 cur-
rency. The poem will take up only
a small space in verse measure, and
we pay by the inch.
We note that you treat the peace
plan and expedition from an entirely
new angle, one worthy of commenda-
tion and of emulation by those prob-
ably better known, if less meretorious
than yourself. Are we mistaken in as-
suming that you are the Dr. Toni
Lovell who recently was complimented
by the secretary to the President of
the United States, for a contribution
on his approaching nuptials?
If you are the same writer, will you
not favor the Free Press with con-
tributions of your work, of a some-
what longer style, on any subject that
suggests itself to you? We will pay
more for longer poems in proportion,
if they are accepted for our use.
As you doubtless know, the Free
Press for years has made it a policy
of encouraging the efforts of hitherto
obscure poets. In that way, the Free
Press printed first the works of Will
Carleton, of Ben King, and later o
Mrs. Annie McHenery, of Lum, Mich.,
and of Edgar Guest of Detroit. We
see little difference between your work
under the proper encouragement of
the muse, and of theirs. Therefore we
are constrained to communicate this
Criendly note to you, hoping that you
will favor the Free Press with your
efforts.
If you are approached by literary
agents, scheming publishers, or rep-
resentatives of reading circles or lec-;
ture bureaus, we would request that
you delay until communicating with
us first. We claim as a Michigan in-<
stitution, the right of priority over;
them for your efforts as issued. We7
believe our aims justify for the pub-
lic welfare the request herein made.1
May we not be further favored byl
your efforts? Crudities of composition
are more than offset by the high qual-
ity of your concepts, and the way you]
execute them.
Sincerely,t
J. KNIGHT.t
Literary Department.t
That was the letter. Just one sheet
of paper typewritten, and a green-1
hued steel engraving. Yet that letter
and its contents seem to solve the
question of mortal happiness -- at
least for the Hans Sachs of Ann
Arbor.
"For three years," said the poet
when ixterviewed, "I have tried to win
'eeognition, but have, up to this time
racticaily failed. Only once did a
?niversity publication print any effort
c> ine. Th t appeared in the Gar-
goyle last y-ar. But now THIS! My
heart is too full. I can say no more.
No, that dllar shall never be spsnt."
The poem, short as it is, is yet un-
fortunately too long for us to printe
cc length, but in substance it wishedt
Mr. Ford and party Godspeed, and -
-ade them pay no attention to harping t
critics, as the writer had, himself, suf-
ered from these creatures.n
Always see The Ann Arbor Press
possesesd of a dual personality. His
other self is a rather consrvative
personage going under' the name o
Cranshaw. From this material t t
author creates all sorts of peculiar
situations. In one instance I)ick
Devereux, as a Confederate captain.,
undergoes the change to his other
self, Cranshaw, who curiously enouyhb
is strongly in sympathy with the
North. The book has few good points
and would have little or no appeal
to the average reader. - L. A. A.
PLASHERS MEI AD.- Pv Conuten
Macaenzie.--Harper and Bruthers.
Coming from a writer heralded as
the foremost of England's younger
authors, "Plashers Mead" is somewhat
of a disappointment. The tale is more
haunting than vivd, im pressioniti
than impressive. It is remarkably
well balanced, lacking in hysteria, nd
a smooth style carries it through.
The love of a young woman, un-
spoiled and totally uns ophisticated,
somewhat stupid but with the ca--
pacity fo unlimited affection, ano an
impecunious, unr ,cornhized poet, car-
ries the two from sublime lai hts t
depths of disillusionment, loss of faith
and uInhapiess. hle ifn nate o
the woman isto oohigh above that of
the unconscousl y sel fish and blind
hero to make possible any but a deso-
lating end to the story. - J. J. R.
THE LOG OF A NON-COML3ATANT.-
By Horace Green.'--New York:
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
Among the most recent of the books
to be published concerning the Euro-
pean st'uggle must be recognized, "A
Log of a Non-Combatant," by Horace
Green, staff correspondent of the Nee.
York Evening Post, and special cor-
respondent of the Boston Journal.
In it the author relates in an enter-
taining, easy-flowing style, thrilling
and interesting adventures on the war
front; tells of life and customs of the
Belgians, and descrbes vividly the
siege and fall of Antwerp which he
had the opportunity of viewing first-
hand. I
Having passed some little time with
both the German and French armies,t
he is able to give impressions of the
war from both sides and to tell many1
a curious adventure, illustrating the
life of the soldiers and the people.
The book is illustrated with 11 pho-
tographs taken by the author andl
three explanatory maps. It does not
try to point out a moral; the authorI
simply tells of his experiences and
his own reactions to them.
EAST CHRISTIAN PAINTINGS IN
THE FREER COLLECTION.- Byi
Prof. Chas. R. Morey.--New York:
The Macmillan Co.
ATHENIAN LEKYTHOI WITH OUT-
LINE DRAWING IN MATT COLOR
ON A WHITE GROU3N , AND A
APPENDIX: ADDTIONAL La
THOI WIT 11 OUTLNE U XWIN G
IN GLAZE VARNISH ON A WHITE
GROUND.--By Art-hur 1airbanks. -
New York: The Macnillan Co.
Both the-e valuable volumes ae in
Ann Arbor is to be favored with a
Belasco attraction on Thursday, De-
cember 9, when David Belasco will
bring 1 rances Starr to the Whitney
Theatre in the widely discussed play
:y Edwa i'd Knoblauch, entitled "'Marie-
Odile." It is said that no play of
'cent years has excelled this latest
work of Mr. Knoblauch's in poetic
conception, sincerity and delicacy of
treatment. Divided into three acts
and with the scene laid in the remote
and sheltered convent in the moun-
tainous region of Alsace during the
Franco-Prussian war of 1870, the
theme of "itiarie-Odile" is that of
mother-love as it develops in the
young novice, who from babyhood has
dwelt in the convent and has never
seen a man, except old Peter, the gar-
dener, and Father Fisher, the aged
ubaplain. In bringing this play to
1he sta e Dal.ii flelasco is said to
have achieved a distinction more
notable and in every way more sig-
nuhicant than anything he has ever
cdone for the theatre.
AT THE CA6RICK
"Experience," a remarkable drama
&i modern life, comes to the Garick
t eatre in Detroit next Monday even-
ing for a week's engagement, with the
prestige of a nine months' run in New
York last season behind it. "Experi-
ence" tells in semi-allegorical form,
the adventures of Youth who goes
forth into the big world in search of
fame and fortune. He meets Experi-
ence, his best friend, who travels with
him on the journey in which he meets
Beauty, Intoxication, Passion, Slander
and other allegorical figures. Finally,
after many adventures, he returns un-
scathed to the little cottage where
Love and Hope await him.
"Expnrience" is well written by
George V. Hobart and splendidly acted
by a cast including Emmet C. King
and Framer Coalter. It is one of the
most notable attractions on tour at
present, and as it teaches a fine moral
lesson in addition to being a good
comedy-drama, it has met success ev-
erywhere that it has gone.
INQUIRY INTO GOOVERNMENT OF
PIlI1PPINES AY 4 1STARTED
Representative Miller Will Ask Probe
in Resolution Before House
Next Week
Washington, Dec. 3.-An inquiry in-
to the present administration of the
government of the Philippines and the
relation of the bureau of insular af-
fairs of the war department with that
government will be proposed in a res-
olution that will be offered in the
House next week by Representative
Miller of Minnesota, who is a Repub-
lican.
If the resolution is adopted, Mr. Mil-
ler is hopeful that former President
Taft, who was the first American gov-
ernor of the Philippines; Secretary
Garrison and General McIntyre, chief
of the bureau of insular affairs, will
be summoned as witnesses.
The Miller resolution will provide
for a committee of five members,;
three of whom shall be Democrats and
two Republicans. It will authorize
the investigators to visit the Philip-
pines and will clothe them with au-,
thority to compel production of thej
books and papers of the island govern-
ment and to enforce attendance of,
witnesses.t
world of learning. The illustrations3
are of quite extraordinary excellence,t
so close to the worn faded originalst
as to be almost equal to them for pur-
poses of study.I
The second volume, by Arthur Fair-
banks, (a former Michigan professor,l
now director of the Boston Museum of
"'ine Arts), is also a study in a very
special field. It is a seqquel to the
author's earlier book on a slightly
c ffereht phase of the same subject.
It is an excecdingly careful and pains-
I 1UI i IAU,,l1 IU1 I I L
Ilinnie lloltzhauser, '1311, Spends
Two Years in
Arabia
After successfully filling the terms
of her three-year contract in two
1 years, Minnie Holtzhauser, '13H, one
of the Student Christian association's
nurses at the Michigan hospital at
Busrah, Arabia, will return soon to
this country after an absence of over
two years,
Dr. A. R. Bennett, '04, and Mrs. ,.
G. Van Vlack, also connected with the
"Y" hospital, will accompany Miss
Holtzhauser. It is expected that they
will return to the foreign field early
in 1916.
Miss IHoltzhauser las been particu-
larly active in the Busrah hospital
work andpit is because of her untiring
efforts that she was able to gain a
leave of absence. She will take a
much needed rest during her vacation.
During the last year Miss Holtz-
hauser has suffered from the intense
heat of Arabia. She has assisted great-
ly in the fight against the bubonic
plague, which has been prevalent in
that coniQjy.
UNIVERSI V PRINTER?
YES, WE HAVE ONE
Laundry lists, examination ques-
tions, engineering shop records,, pa-
tient's history charts,--these are only
a few of the items which appear on
the item book of the Department of
Printing maintained by the university
under the direction of William C. Hol-
land. Thousands of slips and cards
come daily from the little printing
shop in the basement of the economics
building, where tons of paper are con-
sumed and where a greater amount of
cardboard is used than by all the Ann
Arbor printers put together.
For the university hospitals alone
the Department of Printing does an
enormous amount of work. They sup-
ply the daily record charts, prescrip-
tion blanks, laundry lists and requi-
sition slips in constantly increasing
numbers. For the Health Service are
printed the long history charts, which
the student fills out on his first visit
-to the office, as well as the diagnosis
blanks and small appointment cards.
As many as 500,000 call slips are
made a year for desk use in the Uni-
versity Library, besides the slips for
circulation books and the book plates
which appear on the inside cover of
every library book.
The dreaded post-cards which im-
peratively summon the student to the
Dean's office or which warn him of
the swiftly accumulating fine of an
over-due book are also the product of
the Deportment of Printing. In fact,
all the thousands of slips, cards,
blanks and notices which are in use
in the university are printed here
in addition to the registration blanks
used at the opening of the school year.
Each department has its own dis-
tinctive features, as the chemistry
desk outfit lists, the requisition slips
for medical student's dispensary use,
and shop records for the engineers.
All student organizations also use ac-
count books and voucher checks print-
ed by the Department of Printing.
A good number of students have
found employment in the printing de-
partment, where they work -at odd
hours. Not a few Michigan alumni
were at one time workers in the uni-
versity print shop. And the strange
thing about it is that no one'knows
it's there. Go up to any student and
say, "Where do our examination ques-
tions come from?" and you are sure to
get a negative answer. But now we
know how to get a line on our coming
blue-books. How? Why simply break
into the basement of the economics
builing the night before the exam.
PHILADELPHIAN MAY SUE FORIP
UNLESS TAKEN ON PEACE TRIP
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 3.--Dr. Moses
Stearn, several times candidate for
mayor of Philadelphia, whose invita-
tion to go with Henry Ford to Europe
was rescinded, conferred today with
a lawyer.
The doctor was "peeved" because he
had received a telegram from Ford's;
secretary saying that he had not been
invited. He asserts that Ford per-
sonally invited him and unless Ford
takes Stearn along he will become in-
volved in a suit immediately.
Good Printing-The Ann Arbor Press-.
the Humanistic Series of
sity of Michigan Studies.
by Prof. Charles R. Morey
the Uir- -ki-g study and classification of a
The forlr, particular and beautiful variety of
(a Michi Creek painted vases. While Dr.
graduate, now professor mPrmne
ton), is a very scholarly and care 'u'
study of early Christian painigs
mostly miniature illustrations in man--
uscripts in the collection of Mr. Frecr
in Detroit. Professor Morey has done
his work in a very special and fiiffic-lt
field and has acquitted himself with
distinction, adding a volume to the
Michigan series that will add greatly
i'Fairbanks' book has a very limited
;ppeal within its own sphere, it is of
distinct use to the classical archaeol-
ogist, and a worthy addition to Anier-
ican scholarship of the minute, pa-
ti-nt an: careful kind.--Herbert R.
Cross.
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