,THER SNOW;WARMER [ TOADY LASf r tigan iI3 atij ASSOCIATED PRESS DAY AND NIGHT ITIRE SERVICE VOL. XXX. No. 90. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENT SUES HENRY FORD FO R $5ODDOOF ACCUSES DEARBORN INDEPEND- ENT, AUTO KING'S PAPER, OF LIBEL ATTACKS ON "MECCA," "APHRODITE," ALLEGED American Stage Under Influence of Scum of Nation, States Article, Claim (By Associated Press) Chicago, Feb. 1.-The praecipe in a $5,000,000 damage suit against Henry Ford and his paper, the Dearborn In- dependent, was filed in circuit court today by Morris Guest, play producer, who alleged that an article in the In- dependent on Jan. 22, 1921, contained "libelous, slanderous, and false state- aients" concerning Mr. Guest and cer- tain stage productions he has han- died. flay Condemned The article mentioned in the suit was said to have attacked "Aphro- dite" and "Mecca" in particular, term- ing them the most "salacious, specta- cles ever shown in America." Guest's attorneys announced it had had planned to file similar suits n Detroit today. The article which was alleged to have been libelous was ;loted in the praecipe. It asserted tat the American stage was "under tth influence of a group of ticket spec- ultors, prize ring habitues, and Bow- erv-characters." - Debased Public, Claim Aftr saying that "Mr. Guest stalks befoe his fellow Jews as the most sur e'sful lreducer if the year," the arti le declares that Mr. Guest was not V great producer, but a "great panl'4er to a public whose taste he has bfeer no mean factor in deba , -- -* aewspapesa was a umnmbel' ticket spec- 2' ne of the pub- i CITY TO NOMINATECMICHIGAN MEETS OFFICERS IN MARCHLL AGGIES SATURDAY nauri a nnr n une --_--- - Nominations for city officers under the present and the proposed charter will be made at the primary elections March 2, and the petitions for the placing of names on the ballot must be in the hands of the city clerk by 4 o'clock Feb. 9, according to an- nouncement from the city clerk's of- fice. The city officers which are to be elected by the city at large at the coming election in April are to be, under the present charter, a mayor and a president of the common coun- cil. Under the proposed charter, two councilmen at large must be elected who will take office if the charter, which is to be voted on at the same time, is approved. All of these men will be nominated March 2. TICKETS TO SOPHOMORE PROM WILL COST 55AD NUMBER TO BE SOLD LIMITED TO 215, CAPACITY OF UNION A price of $5 has been set by the Senate Committee on Student Affairs for the tickets to the Sophomore prom, and they will go on sale in about two weeks. The number of tickets to ba sold has been limited -to 215, the capacity of the Union. Every precaution will be taken to insure that sophomores only obtain tickets. The plan which has been adopted by the Sophomore prom com- mittee is to place the tickets on gen- eral sale, as it will be absolutely im- possible to handle the matter in any other manner. - On the day of the sale the treasur- ers of each class will look up the pros- pective buyers in their records before a sale can be consummated. Every ticket will be numbered, and the buy- er will sign his name to a numeri- cal list which will be used for rec- ognition on the night of the Prom. It is thought that by such procedure the salo of tickets will be limited to soph- C l1or" only. ('ArfT h BY hETECTIVES SAVE LAHRE UMI State Industries Can Cut Costs By Consulting University's Research Records, Says White DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH BEGINS SERVICE "By co-operating with the Univer- sity a considerable amount of the mil- lions of dollars which are being spent annually by private state industries in independent research could be saved," said Prof. A. E. White who is in charge of the newly established engineering research department. "All state industries would find it .profit- able to consult with the University's existing records on the results of ex- perimental problems," he continued. First Step Taken Yesterday the department of eng- ineering research took its first active step toward improving the situation in the state by sending information concerning this technical service to more than two thousand industrial plants. This service consists of plac- ing at the disposal of the various con- cerns all of the existing experimental data on different phases of industrial investigation. The technical library service will cover the translation of any foreign material relating to the particular subject at hand, technical digests, abstracts, bibliographies, and photostatic reprints of industrial dis- cussions from current periodicals. Library Co-operation Desired Co-operation with local libraries in this matter is especially desired by the department. However, as ordinary libraries do not regularly carry this kind of material, they will necessarily communicate with thelibrarian of the University of Michigan or with the department of enginering research. The desired information will then be sent through the local libraries. The papers may be kept for a period of two weeks with time extension priv- ileges. Fire, Fire, Call Of 4 ra ternies "Fire, fire everywhere!" Boy, page Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his lim- itless water. In the last 24 hours four fraternities have been visited by the thing which makes the Russians rush and which made the Indians like wa- ter. Clouds of smoke first made their appearance at the Sigma Nu house at 11:30 o'clock Monday night, issuing from some waste that had been ig- nited by the furnace pipes between the floor and the cellar. A damper was. put on the threatening sparks with a pail of water. A few minutes later more hot stuff which would have made Vesuvius glow with envy poured out of the Trigon house chimney. Wonderful winter weather was all that saved the roof as the moulten soot gushed over the shingles until the fire chief ar- rived half an hour later. At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the pest settled on the Phi Gamma Delta house. Flames started from the chim- ney and caught on the roof before put under control by the fire department. The last blaze victimized the Nu Sigma Nu house early yesterday after- noon. For a time the roof had the temperature of an Arizona plain in mid-summer, but the flames were soon! extinguished without serious damage. CLOPPET TO GIVE LECTURE ON ANATOLE FRANCE TODAY A lecture on Anatole France, the! well known French author and dil- ettante, will be given by Jean B. Clop- pet, director of the Cercle Francais,. at 4:15 o'clock today in room 203, Tappan hall. The address, which is under the auspices of the Cercle Francais, will treat of Mr. France's excursions into the various fields of poetry, literary criticism, short story writing, and socialism. Young on Farm Bureau Committee The forestry department of the Michigan State Farm bureau has cre-! ated a committee, of which Prof. L. J. Young of the University's forestry department is a member, to propose to the state legislature improved for- est fire laws. Michigan's rejuvenated basketball team meets M. A. C. in its next game at 7:30 o'clock Saturday night in the Waterman gymnasium. The Farmers have shown to good advantage in games thus far this season, and the Varsity's victories over Purdue and Chicago indicatethat the game should be hard fought. Tickets for the game will be dis- tributed from 9:30 to 12 o'clock and from 1:30 to 5 o'clock Friday morn- ing and afternoon in University hall. The supply of pasteboards is limited to 2,200, which will be given out as long as they lagst. Tickets will be exchanged for athletic coupon num- ber 34. EATON TO REPRESENT UNION T CONFERENCE GOES AS DELEGATE TO 111. L T. FOR MUSICAL CLUBS l A MICHIGAN SIXTH IN SIZE OF U. S. UNIVERSITIES1 LITERARY COLLEGE FIRST IN NUMBER OF MEN STUD'ENTEI Paul Eaton, '21, president of Union, was named yesterday to resent Michigan misical clubs the rep- and Guest's career I 'Tes-t 1-'enry. icolored. charged with 'Cid v con. th ?urd(:c of his wife. Lulu Henry, is }> t'e theatr's last Friday m;ornng, was taken into J'cl' conriued .)A at< 2:0 o'clock yesterday aft- _e : i1 in Detroit, by Harry Smith, x;Y ENTS dei t sheriff of Washtenaw county, r VAH ad .arren C.1 ichardson, a- colored «0et ctive. The arrest was made at -r Qr corner of Hastings and Clinton sne s, and quite accidental, Henry Regardimig Minor i)eta, 5 an his f r year old daughter hap- Present Stains J'-W g to pass by the officers. _e alleged murderer and the girl Explaining the atet ord p r- wen brot it back to Ann Arbor at taining to discharges, retajire pt' G 0 0c ck lst ,eniug. They Were last confirmation of rating, summei cruis- e Friday morning. Soon aft- es, victory medals, and organization d . Henry was found in her of reserves Lieutenant-con-nIri.r rOO above a Washington street fruit Broadhead, who is the senior naval e- with her head crushed by blows serve officer of Michigan, wll speah at ro a bllnt istrument. She sue- a meeting of the University studec i " d hlatn F:it' ght. The pre- the naval reserve at 8 o'clo'k ompor ary hearmu- ~il b held before row night. JIUic of th Pece Tunnn. It is said that men on the iative reserves do not generally keep in IAt,' GlEE CUB T° ? 1afE touch with the questions ;it.on IA I:E ! _ 4CE ON 1EB. 22 mander Broadhead will discus. and: it is with the purpose of making the i ee o the Girls' G ; .ub will clear, besides acquainting the mee no'uee a from I to 5:30 with present conditions, tat w wfl & lt, n Vmingt-s bt Aday at speak. : > ernice Ni're.s, '21, He has been authorized _ organ u'es. . 'he club. L.s enpointed naval reserves into units for the ir or; f i comittees to make fin- pose of drill and maintaining -ci ; r eme-ts: Tickets. MaryChase, ency. Part of his talk will dcx oted '24, Prs, Etty Payne, '21 music, to explaining plans for the organ'. - bet avi' %- cheekig, JoyceVan tion of such a unit in Ann Arbor. As.." pubi ily, Dorothy O'Con- At 7 o'clock tomorrow evening t . l fandy, Ada N,-ten, '22. meeting will be held at the LnL ;A lh- .- -e r the dance will be which Commander Broadhead desires urnihFl: , Cor e Rogp.s' 2potlight to meet all naval reserve officers wchestr and severai novelties have This will be followed by _i c general : ea prL ed by the music commit- meeting which all naval r,ves are Tes Tic s for ,he dance have been requested to attend.i mted i may 'o secured at either m e C 'un hook storcA :rad from membr -he firNs' U'ee 'dbb. EXAMINATION NOl" - AD The Daily will print i11.an ERAT CLUB Going On notices for tlh w - of examinations and up }ri R I Wenley, of the phi- 24 in the Saturday and s i rTih y t;eun, will address the' issues of the paper. Al ' '..ents Ira1 cl n at its meeting must be turned in B-F - 1h= in 4 of the Union. Hisi o'clock on Friday, Feb. -bjCt "s he Puzzle of Liberal- ir_.'.All em hers of' the club are riged to no thi- meetng dramatics at the Intercollegiate Con- ference on UndergraduateaGovern- ment to be held April 15 and 16 at Cambridge, Mass. The selection was made by a committee appointed by the Union board of directors: Donald J. Porter, '21, C. Stewart Baxter, '21, and Prof. John C. Parker, of the en- gineering college. The board had previously decided to send a delegate and had voted that his expenses be paid. Four Delegates Wanted LeGrand A. Gaines, 121E, president of the Student council, who was elect- ed last week, will represent the stu- dent governing body. In accordance with the four department plan of the conference the University has been asked to send delegates representing student governing bodies, publica- tions, musical clubs and dramatics, and athletics. The publications have not yet se- lected a delegate but it is likely that theBoard in Control of Student Pub- lications will take favorable action soon, according to Prof. E. R. Sun- derland, secretary of the board. The Athletic board, according to Prof. Ralph Aigler, chairman, will discuss the matter at its February meeting. 40 Universities Invited For the discussion of common problems, the committee, composed of representatives of Princeton, Cor- nell, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth and Massachusetts Institute of Technolo- gy, has invited 40 universities and col- leges each to send four delegates to the conference. NOTED CHEMIST TO DISCUSS CONSTITUTION OF METALS Dr. Zay Jeffries, chief of research for the Cleveland division of the Aluminum company of America, will speak on "Atoms and Metals" at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in room 165 of the Chemistry building. Prof. A. E. White of the chemical engineering de- partment says that Dr. Jeffries is one of the best informed men in the coun- try on the constitution of metals. "I know that, although his subject is primarily chemical," continued Pro- fessor White, "Dr. Jeffries will han- dle it in such a way that all engineers irrespective of what department they are in will be interested in the lec- ture. For this reason I hope there will be a good attendance from all fields of scientific activity." Preceding the address there will be an informal dinner at the UMion for the speaker. Those who wish to at- tend should communicate with either Prof. W. P. Wood or Prof. C. Upthe- grove. FORMER PRODUCTIONS OF THE CLASSICAL CLUE REVIEWED An illustrated lecture on "Former Productions Given by the Classical Club" was delivered by Dr. Orma F. Butler, of the latin department, at a meeting of the Scroll held at 7:30 o'clock last night in room A, Memo- rial hall. Following the lecture, plans were discussed relative to an informal dance to be given by the club Feb..25, in Barbour gymnasium. The name "Classical club" was re- cently changed to Scroll, and a new constitution was drawn up. MRS. HARDING BEGINS SHOPPING IN NEW YORK New York, Feb. 1.-The wife of the President-elect began sel- ecting today the contents of her White House clothes cabinet. Mrs. Harding did not go shop- ping but conducted a hotel suite campaign for clothes. Fifth avenue's modistes, tailleurs, and furriers followed one another into her room at the Ritz-Carl- ton, where she spent nearly eight hours inspecting their of- ferings. Mrs. Harding made it clear that there will be no foreign frills in -her wardrobe. "'Tm 100 per cent American," she told a reporter. Wilson To Call Special Session Washington, Feb. 1. - President Wilson is expected to issue soon at the request of President-elect Hard- ng a call for a special session of the new senate for March 4 to act on Mr. Harding's nomination of cabinet and other important officers. Such.a special session is customary at thel change of each administration and usually lasts only a few days. President-elect Harding will issue after his inauguration a call for a special session of the small congress for early spring, but he desires to have the more important of his offi- cital appontments confi,'rmed before that time so that his adminstration machinery can be permanently estab- lished with the least possible delay. OVER THE WIRE STATISTICS ARE COMPILED BY RAYMOND WALTERS OF LEHIGH MEDICAL SCHOOL RANKS FOURTH IN ENROLLMENT Record Breaking Figures Due to Large Registration of Freshmen and Ex-Service Men Enrollment of men undergraduates in the literary college of the Univer- sity is highest of all other universi- ties in the United States, according to an announcement made by Raymond Walters, of Lehigh university, who has compiled the figures. Michigan's men, undergraduate literary enroll- ment is placed at 3,039, with Harvard, California, Columbia, and Princeton next in line. Libleral Arts Second Enrollment in the liberal arts col- lege here is second of all American universities, being outnumbered only by the University of California, which places its total number of students at 5,671 to Michigan's 4,574. Michigan is sixth in total university enrollment, with Columbia first, Cali- fornia second, Chicago third, Penn- sylvania fourth, and New York fifth. Its total enrollment is placed at 10,- 158, which is 203 more than in 1919 for full time regular students, and 987 more for total enrollment. Michigan leads numerically in the departments of science and engineer- ing with 2,094. Of the five largest law schools in the country this University is fifth with a 347 enrollment. Medical School Fourth The Medical school ranks fourth with 491 students, the dental college the same, with a 440 enrollment. Mich- igan has the fourth largest summer school. The record breaking enrollment here, as in other American universi- ties, is a result of large freshmen classes and abnormal registration of upperclassmen who have returned to study after service in the war. SOPH LITS MAKE RESOLUTION CONCERNING PROM AT MEETING Class Also Heartily Endorses Plans Regarding Honor System; Committees Named Adopting a resolution relative to the Sophomore Prom, heartily endors- ing the honor system for the literary college, and appointing two commit- tees was the substance of the meet- ing of the sophomore literary class yesterday afternoon. The resolution follows: "Be it re- solved, That the sophomore literary class, being fully cognizant of the in- dividual and collective moral support involved, hereby welcomes the re- ponsibility of conducting the Sopho- more Prom in such a manner that it may retain the high standard which it has enjoyed through the efforts of the classes which have preceded this class. That it pledges itself to do all in its power to keep the.faith which the committee on student affairs has imposed on it." Vernon Hillery, clas president, ap- pointed Elmer Runt chairman, V. H. Method, Edward Lambrecht, W. H. Sweet, and Paul Kilbourn on the class unity committee while R. E. Adams, Jr., chairman, T. P. Banks, and G. W. - Hyde compose the new athletic com- mittee. New Engineering Course Announced A course in engineering mechanics, embracing subject matter in engi- neering mechanics 2 and part of en- gineering mechanics 5, will be given next semester under the catalogue heading of Engineering Mechanics 2A. Berlin, Feb. 1.-Dr. Walter Simons, the foreign minister, declared in the Reichstag today .that the government would refuse to negotiate on the bas- is of the Entente decision regarding reparation and would formulate coun- ter propositions. His position was supported by all the party leaders ex- cept the communists, who heckled and Jeered him when he concluded speak- ing. Dr. Simons said the German gov- ernment was unable either to refuse or agree to participate in the forth- coming London conferenca because it had not yet been invited to send rep- resentatives. Washington, Feb. 1. - President Wilson, accompanied by Mrs. Wil- son, tonight went to the theater for the first time since he was taken ill more than a year and a half ago. New York, Feb. 1.-A resolution di- rected against Japan's occupation of Vladivostok and Eastern Siberia was adopted today at the conference in Paris of all the elements opposed to Bolshevism, according to a cable message made public tonight by A. A. J. Sack, director of the Russian in- formation bureau in the United States, and spokesman for the Russian dem- ocratic anti-Bolsheviki forces. The resolution, while not specify- ing Japan by name, says "the confer- ence must especially, most emphat- ically insist upon a final cessation of intervention in the Far East." The text of the resolution notes "with satisfaction the friendly policy of the United States of America towards Russia." Club Meetings to Be Held as Usual Girl Reserve work will be contin- ued during examinations, according tof the usual program, except in cases1 where a club meeting would interfere with the examinations of the leaders, in which case the meeting will be postponed. A valentine party is be- ing planned for all groups Feb. 11, R. 0. T. C. NOTICE 42 Students are required to complete the en- rollment in the infantry unit of the R. O. T. C. Enroll now in room 241, Engineering building.