>ry M Daily. A rnur, funt Ui n 'ws.-Adv. ertisers. Uli POW'SSTATEMENTS DECLARES NO FOUNDATION EX- ISTS FOR SUCH BE- r cLIEFS Refuting the declaration of Dr. Al- ueS ]ay ,bert Porta, an eastern astronomer, that great disturbances in the heavens s were to take place Dec. 17, Prof. il- limJ. Hussey, director of the Uni- versity observatory, stron'gly attack- ed Doctor Porta's theory, Saturday.; Dr. Porta claimed that because of the eclipse of certain planets, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions of unusual severity would be notice-' able all over the globe. D E Planets in Line 8:30 -- "It is true that several planets will 8:30 be in line with the earth and sun es., 9316-M about the middle of December," said - Professor Hussey, "but they will have Today no effect on the physical condition of g (y the earth. There are many stars and planets rotating about the sun and it happens that Mercury, Mars, and Sat- urn are partially in a line with- the earth and sun. These planets are not necessarily close to each other and there is absolutely no foundation for what Dr. Porta says." IT RE According to Professor Hussey, the the super heliocentric longitude of seven planets ith a color- including the earth will be about the er of Ven- same on Dec. 17. "Mercury travels around the sun in three months," [ON stated Professor Hussey, "and it is ,ushman and g Hearts," bound to come in conjunction with ON 'the sun at short intervals." Honor and Many Alarmed ly, "Cupid's ~Ln lre Many people became alarmed over ._ _ the statements of Dr. Porta, and in regard to this Professor Hussey quoted from an auithoritative'book on astron- i omy by a former University scientist: "Superstition,"' said Professor Hus- sey, "is confined now to those ignorant persons who have no knowledge of science, and no more alarm should be felt at this time than when a comet appears." Lillian Gish, first introduced to, the American public in "The Birth of a Nation," will play the leading femin- ine role in "Broken Blossoms." AMERICAN PUBLIC AGAINST N4W WAR -DICKINSON. "The American public does not favor war with Mexico," said Prof. Edwin D. Dickinson of the Law school, Sat- urday, who was professor of political Mexico would not result in improved conditions of self-government for the Mexican people,'but would only incur for us the enmity of the South Amer- ican republics who would regard a Mexican war with disfavor. BRITISH RAJITCA .1'ILL GIYE LECTURE HERE MONDAY NIGHT "The Children of the World," the subject of a talk to be given by B.! The Screen THE MAJESTIC Sporting spirit almost ties Wallace science at Dartmouth college before Reid up to an old maid for life in he joined the University faculty. "The Lottery Man," showing the first "Such a war would result in more part of this week at the Majestic. loans by the government, additional As Jack Wright, a special writer on inflation of the currency, and increas- his college chum's newspaper, he bor-.. ed high prices. The world in general rows $500 to take a "flyer" on the is sick of war," stock market, promising either to re- Professor Dickinson believes that turn the money or to furnish the big- the Mexican situation is no more acute gest circulation-boosting story that at the present time than it has been the paper has ever published. i during the past nine years. He said He loses and declares that he will that the United States had legal just- Donalson ana canaidate ror pariame o'clock Monday evening in th al Science auditoriumi. An a of 25 cents will be charged. Mr. Langdon-Dairees on trip to this country impres oralsly members of the facu heard him speak. Michigan Daily advertisin one recognized means ,.of studenttrade. White and Colored Collar Attached Shi 711 NORTH UNIVERSITY AVE. R! [7 FF. put himself up as a prize for a lot- tery that the paper will run, and will marry the winner, tickets to be sold for a dollar a piece. While the project is being planned out, Wright meets his chum's cousin and falls in love with- her, but before he can stop the plan from being made public, it is pensationally announced. Buying up -Air the coupons he can is of no avail, for when the lottery is held an old maid bias the winning number. Help comes, however, when it is discovered that this elderly person has stolen the ticket from her maid, who is in love' with the butler and who refuses the prize. ification to declare war on Mexico for the 217 American murders that had occurred during eight years, since 1910, but that he considered it would not be the policy of the government to favor such action. He said that the Jenkins incident was no more justifi- cation for war with Mexico than a number of similar previous cases. Dear Sir:--Here be my ticket. Have been married 3 times. S umhow they die. Glad: to try Lottery man if young & strong. "MRS. SADIE DUNN." A select line.of baked goods Hot and Fresh at al of the day is what Ann Arbor's NEW FEDERAL BAKERY is offering the readers of The Daily. Our University its student body and the citi.ens generally of Ann Arbor THE ARCADE "The i Jeff "If the stars and planets were ex- tinguished, our eyes would miss them, that is all. Out of the ancient world has come a mass of beliefs regarding eclipses, comets, and meteors. "All' people held them to be signs ,displayed from the heavens as a warn- ing to mankind. Nearly every decade of years" throughout the middle ages saw Europe plunged into alarm by I the appearance of comets. Eclipses were regarded in the same light, being Simplicity characterises "Broken Blossoms," David Wark Griffith's lat- ,est production, which will be presented for four days beginning today at the Arcade. In this w9ak he has turned away from the enormous spectacles that have created so much admiration, end he has centered interest exclus- ively around a few characters. Aband- oning, for the momient the pageant, he. has used his skill in making ad- vances in the present screen methods of character study of the individual. In "Broken Blossoms" he has striven to bring, out better than ever before the finer shadings and highlights of romance. SCHOOL OF DANCING 516 E. William St. JEANETI'E KRUSZKA RESIDENCE PHONE 1780-W STUDIO PHONE 1422-J surrounding territory. You will be pleased both with Federal goods and way Central will respond for telephone number 1609-W. FEDERAL BAKING CO. 114 S.- MAIN STREET , . i -- i. n ntl# loo i.r..y. a .ri ,{ V I, n "C ::r;,~ JAN.: FOUR DAYS-COMMENCING TODAY EXTRA MATINEE AT 4:30 ON SUNDAY D. W. GRIFFITH'S '* ' 0 . "1 "Broken osso After you have seen this picture you will understand what the New York Tribune meant when it said: "We wanted to rush up to every one we met and cry, 'Don't miss it! Oh, Don't miss it!'" in j'~lkeiD.ooW. w I Every art is its golden age, bringing those wondrous works that live on through all the years. And it seems that a' golden age has dawned for the newest of all arts-the motion places he comes, R labor. bringing with him the match- or 1a from the South with "THE BIRTH OF A NATION," popular dramatic entertainment ever created. in from Babylon and glorified Palestine with "INTOL- 'E," the mightiest spectacle man ever has conceived. picture. The master artist of S ields of Flanders with "HEARTS OF THE of the war made for the French and Pritish I the screen has brought to us a creation of such exquisite won- der and beauty, of such haunt- ing charm and purity, that all I id now, from London and China, DAVID WARK ITH brings for its showing to the world else seems as of yesterday. "BROKEN BLOSSOMS" V. As startling an advancement in the cinema art as were the other triumphs of htis world genius. A drama of profound emo- tion, of exquisite delicacy. It is a worthy expression of Mr. Grif- fith's great talents.in their rich maturity. Special Music 'each Evening la T~di ffitk's'broken Blo~som ' especially for this photoplay will be sung during each perfor- "BROKEN/ BLOSSOMS" played at the George M. Cohan Theatre, New York, at $3.00 top, and has im ished a four day run at the Orchestra Hall in Detroit at. $1.25 top. Our admission price, 50c, tax 5c, Total 55c.