THE WEATHER FAIR; SOMEWHAT Co LER TODAY VOTOW Abp Ap MW t r tgan 4, ASSOCIATED PRESS DAY AND NIGHT IVIRE SERVICE I I I VOL. XXXI. No. 17. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1920. PRICE FIVE CENTS NEW YORK MAYOR READY TO SUSPEND ALL PUBLIC WORK WISHES TO DISCOVED IF THERE IS OPEN COMPETITION IN BIDDING DECLARES PEOPLE ARE NOW ROBBED BY TRUSTS Legislative Committee Proposes Let. ter to Be Sent to Governor Smith (By Associated Press) New York, Oct. 22.-New York is ready to suspend all public work un- til it is learned if there "is open com- petition in bidding for the work." This announceemnt was made late today by Mayor Hylan when the joint legislative committee adjourn- ed until Nov. 4 after its counsel had asserted "it had only scratched the surface in its investigation of the building trust." Developments in the building situ- ation came in a dramatic fashion this afternoon after Mayor Hylan had ad- dressed the board of estimate de- claring that the building trust, the coal trust and other trusts have built a wall around New York greater than the great wall of China." Rescind Contracts While the legislative committee was quizzing witnesses in one chamber of the city hall the board of estimates, meeting in another, rescinded four contracts involving nearly $7,000,000 worth of work on the New York] county's proposed court house. The mayor also authorized an in- vestigation of all transactions for school houses. "I want the people to know that they will be protected against the men who are, seeking by means of combinations and unfair practices to mulct the people," explained the mayor. Extortion Charged Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the legislative committee, declared that a widespread system of extortion was being practiced by unscrupulous la- bor leaders to obtain vast sums of money from employers under the threat of calling strikes or actually doing so. The legislative committee has pre- pared a letter to be forwarded at once to Governor Smith requesting him to designate Attorney General Nutton as proecutor in connection with the in- quiry. HOBBS, PHILLIPS WRITE FOR DAILY Interest is already being manifest- ed in the Political Sunday supplement of The Daily, which is to be issued Oct. 31. Prof. W. H. Hobbs, of the geology department, who is now supplying the Detroit Free Press with a series of political articles, will contribute an article giving his opin- ions on the political issues of the day. Prof. U. B. Phillips, of the his- tory department, is also to write on some pertinent facts relative to na- tional politics. Students on the campus are taking an active part in the campaign this fall and have signified their inten- tions to contribute to this supple- ment. Collins Declines '23 Dent Nomination Because- of other student activities I hereby decline the nomination for As They Farce Each Other MICHIGAN F.B. Nelson R.H. Perrin Q.B. Dunn R.T. R.G. C. Wieman Wilson Vick WOLVERINES AWAIT ILLINI L.H. Usher R.E. Goebel Carney L.E. L.G. Dunne L.T. Goetz L.E Cappon Hellstrom R.E. Olander L.T. Smith Depler L.G. C. Bob Fletcher Q.B. Mohr Ems R.G. R.T. Peden or Ralph Fletcher L.H. Walquist R.H. Crangle F.B. ILLINOIS THREE FIRES OCCUR IN UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS WITHIN PAST TWO DAYS; TWO START IN DESKS CONFLAGRATIONS UNEXPLAINED; NIGHT WATCH ON CAMPUS INCREASED Three fires, all of origin unknown and two of which have started in desks, have occurred in University buildings within the past two days. The firstwas a small blaze in one of the exhibition rooms of the Zoo- logical museum, was discovered and extinguished within a short time on Thursday. Yesterday morning at 11 o'clock it FIVE CONFERENCE GRID0 OUTFITS FTER TITLE MICHIGAN-ILLINOIS. WISCONSIN- OHIO GAMES TODAY MOST IMPORTANT (By Associated Press) Chicago, Oct. 22.-Five undefeated conference elevens are among the six teams which will meet tomorrow in the race for the Big Ten cham- pionship. Wisconsin plays Ohio State's last year's runner up at Columbus; Illi- nois title winner in 1919 meets Mich- igan at Ann Arbor, and Iowa, defeat- ed by Illinois last Saturday after winning from Indiana earlier in the season, meets Chicago here. The Illinois-Michigan and the Wisconsin-Ohio contests are general- ly considered the most important of the day for all four are considered of championship calibre with little to choose between them. Victory for Il- linois and Wisconsin or Ohio State would practically eliminate the de- feated teams from the race, while de- feat of Illinois by Michigan would tighten the race for Illinois is looked upon to have an excellent chance to retain the championship won last year. Wisconsin has been looked upon with respect by all conference teams since its 27 to 7 defeat of Northwest- ern last week and has shown a rapid, slashing attack which is almost irre- sistible when in form. Ohio State owns a victory over Purdue. Chicago has defeated Purdue, while Iowa, aft- er defeating Indiana, lost to Illinois. Iowa, however, is not considered weak and there appears little to choose. All the other conference' teams have off days. FLAGS IN UNION BANQUET ROOM LEFT HANGING FOR VISITORS Emblems of Thirty Universities Sent Here for Educational Conference In order that visitors in the city for the Illinois game can view the decorations placed in the banquet room of the Union last week for the educational conference banquet, the flags and banners will be left hang- ing another day. Approximately 30 college and uni- versity emblems, officially sent here for the conference, together with the national and state flags, the latter bearing the seal of Michigan, consti- tute the group. Among the banners there are those of the University of Minnesota and Smith college, institutions of which President Burton was formerly the head. was discovered that a fire, apparently starting in a desk, had been burning for some time at the end of the cor- ridor in the fourth floor of University hall. The third blaze was reported at 4:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon. This last fire also started in a desk located in room 301 Mason hall, and to all appearances had been burning for about 15 minutes. All three of the conflagrations were extinguished with chemicals, the fire department being notified only in case of the last fire. No explanation has been offered as to the origin, but in order to guard against any further outbreak, shoulhi the fires have been set, the night watch on the campus has been in- creased. That these fires were started by matches in the drawers of the desks seems unlikely, according to Mr. Fei- ner, of the department of buildings and grounds, for two reasons, first, because it is in direct violation of a University ruling to have sulphur "strike" matches in any building on the campus, and second, because in the case of all the fires therehassbeen no occasion for the use of matches In the vicinity of their origin, smok- ing being prohibited. BOTH TEAMS LOOK FOR HARD BATTLE Dunn, Usher, Perrin and Nelson Will Start in Backfield; Forward Wall Strong DETERMINATION GREATEST ASSET OF YOST'S ELEVEN (By Bob Angell) Although Michigan and Illinois are not ancient rivals, the struggle be- tween the two football teams this afternoon on Ferry field will be char-' acterized by all the feeling which is customarily attributed to long stand- ing animosities. The Illini have been victorious in a majority of the athletic contests with Michigan since the Wolverines returned to the Conference. The Maize and Blue warriors are deter- mined to stem the tide this after- noon and start it flowing in the othe, direction. On the other hand, the In- dians are out for another Big Ten football title and are not likely to look tolerantly upon any interfer- ence with their plans. Teams in Good Shape The men of both teams are in good shape with the single exception of Steketee, who is still suffering from the burst blood vessel received in the M. A. C. game. The big fullback will be the only Michigan regular out of the line-up when the whistle blows this afternoon. It is likely, however, that Stek will get in before the con- test is over. According to the dope the Illini will have the edge on the Wolverines. They have six regulars of the 1919 championship eleven back, and as many more substitutes from last year. If Ralph Fletcher starts the backfield will be exactly the same as that which figured in the 29 to 7 de- feat of Michigan at Urbana a year ago. However, the Illini are not over- confident, according to Coach Zupp- ke, but realize that they will have' their hands full to beat Michigan. Wolverines Determined The greatest single asset which the Wolverines possess is their deter- mination. They realize that theirs is a fighting chance and they are going to take advantage of it. The atti- tude of the team is well expressed by Coach Yost: "We have worked hard for this game. We expect a hard game, and we are going to make Illinois know that they have been through a hard game." If both teams play as well defen- sively as it is expected they will, the game is likely to develop into one of kicking and passing. Jack Dunn will probably do the booting for the Wolverines, and he can be relied on to equal anything that the Indians can show in this respect. As to "Hurry Up" Yost Tells Five Students That Illinois Fine Team Leads Wolverines Two SPIRIT INSTILLED AT MAS ETN Thousand Has Classes CAPTAIN GOETZ MICHIGAN GETS THIRD IN FIRST DAY OF GOLF MEET (Special to The Daily) Chicago, Oct. 22. - Complete re- turns from the first day of the Con- ference golf tournament being held on the Olympia Country club course at Chicago show Michigan's representa- tives, Ingham and Welch, to be in third place among a field of seven universities. The Wolverine golfers are putting up a stellar game and are close on the heels of the leaders, Drake and Chicago. Today's play will be decisive in the first All-conference golf tournament, and at present it appears that the race for high honors lies between the three leading teams. Standing at the conclusion of yesterday's play was: Drake, Chicago, Michigan, Wiscon- sin, Ohio State, Illinois, Northwest- ern. High scores are: Knepper, Chi- cago, 75-78; McKee, Drake, 76-78; Ingham, Michigan, 81-79; Welch, Michigan, 86-84. EXPECT 600 ILLINI ROOTERS AT GAME Six hundred students from the Uni- versity of Illinois will arrive in Ann Arbor this morning to witness the game, according to K. L. Wilson, pub- licity manager of the Athletic asso- ciation at the University of Illinois. This is the number that had signed Friday to make the trip. The prob- abilities are that more than this will be on the train when it pulls in this morning. A- larger number than the local as- sociation had anticipated is expected and considerable concern is being shown as to where the overflow will be seated. It was first announced that nearly 500 would make the trip PROFESSOR BRUMM AND FRED LAWTON GIVE SHORT TALKS (By Joseph A. Bernstein) If the Michigan football team this afternoon will fight like Michigan students, last night in Hill auditor- ium, cheered, Illinois is beaten. But mindful of the fact that victor- ies aren't victories until the whistle has blown and there is a difference in the final score, the Wolverines are not goingonthengridiron this after- noon overconfident. Coach Yost made this plain last night at the pep meeting when he, aft- er insistent demands from the galler- ies, bluntly told the audience that "there is no question about the fact that Illinois has a fine team." Five Thousand Present There were 5,000 and more students at the pep meeting last night. There were Michigan men and women there; and there were, on the quiet, a few Illini in the audience, too. Yet football games are not won by yells or speeches, and the four men who addressed the assemblage made that clear. The Varsity football team, representative of Michigan, oc- cupying the first four rows in the middle section, seemed to have under- stood. Coach Yost was unquestionably the feature speaker of the evening. It was his first appearance before a Michigan student body in public, since the dis- astrous season last year. Yost told them just why the season was disas- trous, how they could remedy the sit- uation. Nominate Officers Yesterday's class nominees as re- ported to the Student council for freshmen laws are as follows: presi- dent, Morris White and Francis Chadwick; vice-president, George Heidman and Thomas Dougherty; secretary, Georges True and Elmer Stephenson; treasurer, Jerold O'Brien and Harold Jones. The freshmen engineers' meeting which was to be held yesterday aft. ernoon for nominations of secretary and treasurer was postponed on ac- count of the small attendance until further notice. Freshman homeops nominated the following men at a meeting held Fri- day afternoon: president, H. J. Bris- bois and C. P. Schneider; vice-pres- ident, L. J. Danielewski and G. J. Williams secretary, J. Hookey and J. Henkel; treasurer, D. Lonie and A. J. Brickbauer. DAILY TO PUBLISH FOOTBALL EXTRA With the determination to break all records for the print- ing of an extra, a special Daily staff will issue the Illinois foot- ball extra, which will be on sale at the close of the game Satur- day afternoon. The extra will contain a run- ning story of the game, a review of the situation in the Confer- ence, photographs of the Illin- ois captain, Depler, Steketee, Coach Pratt, and a group pic- ture, the first to be released, of the Michigan eleven. In addition to these features there will also be stories on basketball, and a digest of the football situation between Mich- igan and Illinois since their first game in 1898. Up to Student "There isn't a man in this auditor- ium," Coach Yost declared, "but who could add something to Michigan's athletic prestige. It's up to you to do it. I'd like to ask each man here what he is doing for Michigan. You must all get the idea of service. I'd like to see the enthusiasm that you are displaying here tonight, become real action, real service to your Univer- sity." Yost was the last man in the pro- gram to speak. Insistent demands for Captain Goetz were quieted when it was explained to the audience that his energy was needed in the game this afternoon. Prof. Brumm Speaks Prof. John R. Brumm, for the facul- ty, spoke first. Short, snappy, and full of pep, he, in terms that could not be -misunderstood, told the Michigan stu- dent body just why mass meetings were. J. Fred Lawton, author of Var- sity, was the speaker for alumni. In characteristic manner, he appealed to spirited Michigan, and won his audi- ence to his cause in the few minutes that he consumed. Al Cutherbert, '21E, newly ap- pointed cheer leader, handled the cheering. The Varsity band in full force was there to add its important passing, the Illinois team is known to and accordingly that number of seats be especially strong in this depart- were reserved. ment, whereas the Yostmen have had' Contrary to previous reports, Mr.' little occasion to use the aerial at- Wilson states that at Urbana consid- tack so far this season. erable interest is being directed to- (Contiued on page Three) ward the game. president of the '23 Dental class. R. B. COLLINS. MICHIGAMUA ALUMNI INVITED TO DINNER All alumni members of Mich- igamua, who are in the city for the Illinois game, are invited to the dinner to be held at 6:30 o'clock tonight in the Michigan Union. Reservations can be made by calling Robert Cook at I31. CUSTOMS VARY Customs varying in different schools sometimes lead to misunder- standings when representatives of one school visit another. Such was the case last night at Hill auditorium, a few minutes before the pep meeting was called to order. There was no one on the platform to handle the large number of students who had gathered there early. An Illinois man, wearing an "I" sweater, entered. The cry of "coats" went up. The Illinois man, not well enough acquainted with Michigan cus- toms did not seem to understand that at a Michigan pep meeting, the proper thing for an individual in the audience to do was to "display his shirt sleeves" so to speak. The misunderstanding followed. The Illinois man, feeling that the treatment was not courteous, left the auditorium before the meeting was called to order. The incident is unquestionably one to be regretted. Some few Michigan students may have acted hastily when it might have been well to have given the wearer of the "I" a little extra consideration in view of the fact that he was a visitor. bit to the program of the evening. The meeting was declared one of the most successful mass meetings ever held at the University. Spirit was at its height. Screen projections of individual pictures of the Varsity football men were greeted with thunderous cheers and applause. Knight Mirrielees, '20E, presided over the meeting. If Michigan's football team this aft- ernoon will fight like Michigan stu- dents, last night in Hill auditorium, cheered, Illinois is beaten. DAILY TO GIVE OUT FOOTBALL RESULTS I Information regarding scores of football games will be given out from The Daily, phone 960, 6:30 until 11 o'clock Saturday evein i Vv ua1.