FOUR' THE MICHIGAN- DAILY _FOUR' THE MICHIGAN DAILY. ,. ._ SECRETARY OF TREASURY MAKES ANNUAL REPORT I I q M'9DOD0GIVES OUT TREASURY REPORT SECRETARY OF FINANCES MAKES SPEECH TO CONGRESS; RECOM- MENDS NEW TAXES MUCH GOLD NOW IN COUNTRY More than $20,891,000 in corporation taxes and over $4,600,000 in personal taxes are still due the United States government, according to the state- ment of Secretary of the Treasury Mc- Adoo issued to Congress yesterday ir' a speech which echoed the President's message in proposing the fiscal pro- gram for the year of 1916. Secretary McAdoo pointed out thai past examination of the personal and corporation returns showed that 62 per cent of those returns investigateC disclosed that an additional tax wa' due the government. He made this condition of affairs the basis for ar appeal for a more adequate collectior force. Discussing this matter, he said: "It is absolutely certain that the government is losing, through inaccu- rate returns and evasions of the law, a sum many times greater thar the cost of the necessary field force te investigate and check the returns andI to bring to account those who are failing to make returns as required FRAN CES STARR Inl "M ario -Odiie" at the AWhlitney ater TIonight. The TE MUSIC000UMN _ _. _ _ by law." That the income tax should be s changed as to effect many who ar( now not under its sway, was the sec- retary's idea, and to increase the re turns under this tax he suggests tha it be made to include married person with an income as low as $3,000 and single persons with $2,000 incomes. A present exemption comes at $4,000 an $3,000 respectively. "The financial situation of thi country," the secretary continued "has never been so strong and favor able as it is now. Our financial re sources are the greatest in our his tory and our banking system, through the creation of the federal reserve sys tem, is now the strongest in the world In every respect the economic an financial condition of the country is extraordinarily sound. It is greater than that of any other nation, and i we use our resources and our oppor tunities intelligently and wisely, w shall establish the prosperity of thi nation upon an impregnable founda- tion for many years to come.' By far the greatest stock of gold ever held in the United States is in the country at present. The secre- tary's report showed that on Novem- ber 1, 1915, this stock totaled $2,198,- 113,762, in comparison with a stock of $1,805,876,580 on January 2, 1915. The present stock will still be greatly augmented, he added, according to all indications. Among other things touched upon in his comprehensive report, the sec- retary laid emphasis upon taxes for gasoline, crude and refined oils, in- comes and automobile horsepower. He recommended the addition of two cruising cutters for the coast guard service on the Pacific coast, harbor cutters for New York city and San Francisco and legislation for another Pan-American financial conference in Washington during 1917. DR. H.H. CUMMINGS BACK FROM TRIP TO ROCHESTER, MINN. Dr. Howard H. Cummings, execu- tive head of the University health ser- vice, has Just returned from a trip to Rochester, Minn., and Chicago. While in Rochester, Dr. Cummings conferred with Edward C. Rosenow, the eminent bacteriologist connected with the laboratory of the Doctors Mayo of that city. During his stay in Chicago, he attended a number of clinics held in the various hospitals of that city. AtTeThar t d When David Belasco presents Frances Starr at the Whitney theatei s tonight in "Marie-Odile," local the- , ater-goers will see this talenteL - young actress in a type of role which - she has not portrayed for several sea- - sons. The title part in this play is h said to be a new departure for Miss - Starr, who has lately been appearing . n roles of a stronger dramatic and d emotional nature. In "Marie-Odile,' s Miss Starr plays a part full of maid- r enly charm, fresh and delightful ideas f of childhood and untainted innocence - and it may be said that in her por- e trayal of the part she is without a s rival. The Marbury-Comstock company, producers of "Very Cood Eddie," a aew musical comedy by Philip Bar- - holomae aind Jerome Kern, has se- - ected the Garrick theater in Detroit - for an engagement beginning next Monday evening, previous to taking the show to New York. The plot of the play, which is ex- ceedingly clever, deals with the tribu- lations of two newly married couples, away on their honeymoons, who find themselves separated and paired of not exactly as they set out to be. The complications resulting fror the switching of husbands and wives have been handled in an uproariously fun- ny, yet delicate manner. The songs which accompany this production are perhaps the best that Jerome Kern has ever written and i is said that surprises are in store foi the audiences of the play. A MARliRIAGE CYCLE.-y Alice Freeman Palmer, .' 6.-I-oughton Mifflin Co. For thirteen years, ever since Mrs. Palmer's death, Professor P lmcr haE deliberated before giving to the pub- lic the poetic worhs cf which his wife told h i o:1I her death bed. Much of ,c werks he had never seen; all was in a frareetry state, and, acceerd- in, to hr deire. all was to be de- stroyed. Yeeling, however, that so nchbe a tribute to n:arried life and. so complete a revelation of the char- acter already mch in the public' mind, should not be denied the public. Profeeser Palmer has carefully ed-' ited about fifty of the poems which he found among his wife's papers. ; These verses are the intimate, per- sonal expressions of a womanly soul, characteristic of an introspective and The opening number will be a Rus- sian composition, "The Cherubim Hymn," by the celebrated Gretchan- inoff. This composition is sung by the Cathedral Choir of St. Nicholas in New York as part of the Greek church service. Following this will ie the Chanson Joy-use de Noel (Old French), and the "Adoration of the Magi," by Peter Cornelius. Mr. Wil- iam A. Kerr, of Detroit, will sing the incidental solo of the Cornelius com- position. A novelty of the program will be a choral duet for sopranos and contraltos from a recent opera by the French scholar Widor, entitled, "The Fishermen of St. John." The piano accompaniment suggests the chiming of Christmas bells. Gounod's superb "Hymn of the Apostles," which is the finale of the oratorio, "The Redemption," marks the climax of the program. The last chorus will be Berlioz's tender "Shep herd's Farewell to the 1-loly Family," sung by a small choir with an invisibl echo sextette singing from the organ chamber, On account of the convention of the State Grange, which is to be held i Ann Arbor next week, the regula faculty concert scheduled for Thurs- day afternoon will be given next Tuesday evening, December 14, in- stead and the program will be mad a special feature for the entertainment of the visiting delegates. A program of unusual interest and variety will be offered. Earl V. Moore university organist and head of the organ department of the University School of Music, will appear in sev- eral selections, offering numbers which exhibit the wonderful wealth of tone and combinations found in the big organ. The Westerman male quartet, com- posed of Kenneth N. Westerman, W. Scott Westerman, U. Stanley Wilson and Harry Carlson, will occupy a prominent place on the program. Miss Nora Crane Hunt, contralto, of the School of Music faculty, will be heard in a group of songs, while Miss Marian struble, a favorite in Ann Arbor, who is now head of the violin department in Hinsdale Callege con- servatory, will also appear as guest soloist. While the concer. is given in the nature of a complimentary treat to the visiting delegates, the general public is reminded that it is open to every- body and all are invited to listen to the program. Tomorrow afternoon at 4:15 o'clock the third public students' recital of the season will take place at the School of Music hall, at which time advanced students from the piano, vocal and violin departments will ap- pear in an interesting program. The School of Music students string quar- tet will also make its first appearance at this time. The general public is invited to listen to the following program: Quartet, G major.............Haydn (First movement) Miss Lucy Cannon and Mr. Byron Hildinger, Violins J. P. Cooley, Viola W. B. Moore, Violoncello Two Etudes . .................Chopin Grace Richards Aria: Kenst du das Land (Mig- non) ...................A. Thomas Alice C. Lloyd Moto Perpetuo...............Weber Gertrude Flowerday Le Concon ..................Daquin Romance...............Saint-Saens Margaret Ewing The Ypsilanti Normal College choir will make its first appearance of the season on Thursday evening, Decem- ber 9, in Pease Auditorium in Ypsi- lanti, singing a program of Christmas music under the direction of Fred- erick Alexander. This is to be the first of a series of eight concerts. religious mocd. If they leave a ;reat part of Mr. Palmer's person- ality un-uessed a'. they deepen and intensify the imps ,sion of her con- plete and volemn happiness inb'cr married life. The poems are simple and unaedorned, di~.r ct in statement and in meanmig, the overflowing of a devoted ' e's love for her husband, ^^~~ 00C 10 1 3 publish Work of White and Hood Details of the work done on the heat treatment of steel during the past year by Prof. A. H. White, of the chemical engineering department, and H. T. Hood, '14E, who held the Mich- igan Gas Association rellowsnip of '14-'15, have recently been published. Professor White and Mr. Hood car- ried on an extensive research into the atmospheric conditions existing with- in furnaces operated on the high- pressure gas principle, with especial attention to the most efficient and proper method of preventing decarbur- ization and oxidation of the steel treated. In past investigations it has been shown that both decarburization and oxidation may be prevented if the furnace employed is fired externally and the metal treated in an inert at- mosphere such as nitrogen. Both con- ditions are, however, undesirable from the practical engineer's standpoint, for the provision of an oxygen-free atmosphere within the furnace calls for additional apparatus, while the lower thermal efficiency of indirect firing is well known. By the employment of novel means. an inert atmosphere in the furnace was obtained by Professor White and his collaborator. The means by which it was obtained consisted chiefly in the use of arrangements whereby the gas could be .burned in two distinct stages, that is, with a supply of pri- mary and secondary air. With the use of the right proportions of gas and air. a temperature of 2,200 degrees Fah- renheit was obtained. The chief ob- ject-that of ensuring a practically neutral atmosphere - was obtained; for the reducing gases, hydrogen, car- bonic oxide, etc., were present in quantities sufficient to set up equili- brium with the oxidizing agents, car- bonic acid, and water vapor. The London Times published two columns on Professor White's work in the issue of November 26, under the heading, ,"Gas Furnaces and Corro- sion." This year investigations of a similar kind are being carried on by the two holders of the '15-'16 gas fellowships under the direction of Professor White. B. A. Standerline, '15E, is working on the heat treatment of brasses and J. T. Naylon, '15E, on the problem of a proper oven for the baking enamels, used for auto fenders and bodies. These ovens are usually fired with gas and occasionally give defective products. The problem is to find the defect and how to eliminate it. Go to C. H. Major & Co, for wall- paper, paints, oils, varnishes, etc. Phone 237. edtdec2l CITY NEWS After an all night session, the jury in the case of the People vs. Ed. Cail, brought in a verdict of not guilty be- fore Judge Kinne, of the circuit court, yesterday morning. Cail, who is colored, was tried on the charge of felonious assault com- mitted upon his wife. It was shown during the process of the trial that he had attacked his wife on the streets of Ypsilanti on October 31 and that during the melee he drew a pocket knife and stabbed her, inflicting a large wound. While crossing the street in front of Perry school yesterday afternoon, Arthur Schlanderer, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schlanderer, 416 Hamilton Place, was knocked down by an automobile and severely bruised. Michael Heinzmann, 921 Miner street, died yesterday morning at his home following an illness of seven months. He had lived in this city nearly all of his life, and is survived by a widow and three children. The fire department was called to the Eremites' fraternity house about 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning to extinguish a slight blaze on the roof. The fire had started from sparks from the chimney and had gained very little headway by the time the com- pany responded to the alarm. It was extinguished with the aid of.chem- icals and only slight damage resulted. John Clarkson, small son of Mrs. S. W. Clarkson, was severely bitten by two collie dogs Wednesday afternoon. One of the dogs, it was ascertained, belongs to M. J. Cavanaugh, while the other is the property of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity of 644 East University avenue. The boy was taken to the Pasteur institute and will be kept for 10 days till it is ascertained whether or not the dog has rabies. 1, Other Colleges Columbia Swimmer Breaks Record START WORK ON SPRING PAGEANT OF JOAN D'ARC PROF. KENYON, IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION, PREDICTS SUC- CESS FOR SPECTACLE The Spring Pageant to be given un- der the auspices of the Woman's League, will be managed by Alice Blodgett, '17, this year. The committee in charge are now planning to make the affair an annual one. Two years ago Joan D' Arc was pre- sented at a cost of $2,000. The pro- duction attracted a great deal of at- tention and was well attended. At that time Marian Hubbard, '16, played the part of Joan D' Arc. The cast was very large and the scenic effects elaborate. The nature of the 1916 Pageant is as yet undecided. Prof. H. A. Kenyon, who was in charge of the work two years ago, is to direct this year's pro- duction, also supervising the dancing, costumes, and music, as well as the dramatic production. "With the splendid talent available among the students this year, and the experience that the first Pageant has given us, this production will surely prove a great success," said Professor Kenyon to a Daily reporter yesterday. The executive committee of the Pageant consists of Dean Jordan, Pro- fessor Kenyon, Helen Humphries, '16, president of the Women's League, and Alice Blodgett, '16, Pageant chair- man. At a recent committee meeting the following chairmen were appoint- ed: Properties, Della Laubengayer, '17; costumes, Helen, Dow, '13; cast, Frances Way, '17; publicity, Gladys Whalan, '17; treasurer, Ruth Hutzel, '16;' secretary, Valora Quinlan, '18. Put Stop to Conductors' 'StepFor'ard' Washington, D. C., Dec. 8.-No more will the stentorian tones of the irri- tated "Conny" be heard in the street cars of this city. According to a de- cision handed down by the District cf Columbia supreme court today, rail- roads which take on more passengers than a car can seat have no right to move such passengers about "like pawns on a chessboard." New York, Dec. 8.-Swimming in the pool of the New York Athletic TICKETS GO ON SALE FOR club, H. E. Vollmer, a junior in Co- JUNIOR LIT CIRITMAS PARTY lumbia university, broke the worlds record for 100 yards. His time was Tickets for the junior lit "Christmas 54 4-5 seconds, which is 1 2-5 seconds party," to be: held at the Union Fri- better than the best previous time. day night, December 17, have been put on sale. Enough of the pasteboards Kansas Women Want Athletics will be held back this week to insure Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 8.-The wom- every '17 man an opportunity to ob- en of the University of Kansas have tain one. Earl Pardee, Theodore Cox, started a campaign for a women's Harry Carlson and William K. Nie- athletic association, which is to be mann have general charge of tickets entirely separate from that of the men. for the dance. Tonight is the Night Just three days and then departs best show of the year. Will'am B. Friedlander, Inc., producers of "Tickets Please," and other big Musical successes, present the greatest, richest, and most successful Musical Comedy ever staged in Vaudeville iiT '9 IGHT OLERK" gook by Will M. Hough, Author of "The Time, Place, and the Girl," "A Modern Eve," "A Stubborn Cinderella," etc. Music by Win. B. Friedlander. Paul A. Best, '19, Taken to His Home Paul A. Best, '19, who sustained a severe injury to his spinal column in a fall several weeks ago, was taken! to his home in Paris, Illinois, shortly afterward, is reported as doing very nicely in a letter redeived Monday by Dr. Clyde B. Stouffer of the Uni- versity health service, written by Best's father. Best expects to returni A ZIEGFIELD PRODUCTION 25 People - and Girls-Pretty Girls- Shapely Girls. The Cleverest of Come y, Compined with the Most Captivating Chorus 4, I 1 'iI 2255 2255 22, in nJ '-- . GIFT CARDS FURNISHED P41n GIFT CADS FURNISHEP STOFFLET'S Newsstand .i g -II IXmO GATWASHINGTON