0 THE WEATHERI CLOUDY; PROBABLY RAINI TODAY Stit i tau at ASSOCIATEI LEASED WIRE WESTERN CONFERE] EDITORIAL ASSOCIA'T VOL. XXXIV. No. 65 EIGHT PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1923 EIGHT PAGES PRICE, FIVE HUER TIST AGTION IMPERILS OBREGON REGIME INMEXICO INSURRECTIONISTS, 22,000 STRONG' GATHER UNDER COMAND OF SANCHEZ "Cotton Stockings" Offends Critical Taste Of Mr. Cowles, REBEL LEADERS PLAN ' PROVISIONAL POWER Federal Violation of State Rights Is Cause of Uprising In Republic r Vera Cruz, Dec. 7.-(By A. P.)- Guadalupe-Sanchez, leader of the re- bellion against the government of President Obregon, in a message sent today to all the chiefs of military op- erations in Mexico, announces that "twenty-two thousand men, two hun- dred and thirty machine guns, four batteries of artillery and all warships in the Gulf of Mexico and, last but not least, that power of public opinion, are backing the Huertist movement against the Obregon government and General Calles." General Sanchez then makes a plea to the country inviting the people to Join the movement in order to avoid bloodshed. The gun boat Bravo sailed for Tus- tam with troops under orders of the rebel leaders. Obregon Movements Uknown Up to noon today no news had been received as to the state of affairs in Mexico City and nothing is known as to whether President Obregon has al- ready moved troops against Gen. San- chez. Thus far there has been no abnormal occurrence at Vera Cru or the advance post held by the rebel troops. Vera Cruz, Dec. 7.-Troops in the entire maritime zone have Joined the' insurgent movement against President Alvaro Obregon and Gen. P. Elias Calles, according to reports received at an early hour this morning. The rebellion is said to embrace the whole of the Huasteca oil region. Plan Provisional Government Leaders of the movement, including Adolfo de la Herta, Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez, chief of military operations in this district, and Jorge Prieto Laur- ens,. are preparing to set up a provi- sional president. Rafael Zubaran Cap- many isreported to be slated for the post., Several deputies of the National' Congress, most of them prominent in' the Cooperatista Party, which is sup- porting the presidential candidacy of de la Huerta, are either in Vera Cruz or are on their way here. Leaders of the revolt have offered guaranties and employment to the people, and have given assurances that trade will be protected. Many landowners have joined the rebels, hoping thereby to regain the properties they lost under the law compelling landholders to share their estates with their tenants. Oppose Federal Interference From the message sent to President Obregon by the instigators of the movement here on Wednesday night, it appears that the purpose of the movement is to prevent federal inter- ference with the affairs of the states. The telegram referred to "the viola- tion of the sovereignty of the states of San Luis Potosi and Michoacan, which states ck independence and guaran- ties for the free functioning of their respective powers because of federal interveltion." It is recalled that con- troversies recently resulted from the gubernatorial elections in these two states, the effect of which was to bring the federal government into conflict with state officials.- By Jason Cowles The whole trouble with the opera can be explained by the. failure of theI much-touted "Lady of My Tapestry 'number to get across: it is inconsist.- ent. ,What good does it do to have a handsome fellow warble a song about the beauty of the lady on his tapestry! and then have a lot of women stetj out from some windows back-stage, much to the surprise of the audience, if these same women are about 90' per cent ugly? The brunettes weren't so bad, but all of the blondes wer, hideous. If all the scenes in the opera were' like the one between Nedda Calvert and Jerry,-in other words, burlesque, the show would be a good deal better than it is now. Of if all the scenes were like the ones where Ames ap- pears alone, the show would be a g'eat deal better. It is the combina- tion of these two entirely different motifs that weakens the production. Furthermore, what good does it do tW have the stunning hero in his Wool- gore suit sing a romantic song to the beautiful heroine if he can't quite get to the top note? Even if Ames does change his clothes every three minutes after the first scene. . Ames, moreover, didn't seem to fit his part very well. He is very fem- inine, and as long as he doesn't have to be anything more, he is quite charming, as several other reviewers1 have said already. But when he has to say some lines that have something besides femininity in 'them, he fails. These lines should be deleted, possibly. Ames will never be able to say "for example" naturally if he rehearses from now till the show goes on the road. Probably nobody else could either. A handsome bouquet was presented to the principals last night, on behalf of The Michigan Daily, by courtesy of the BluMaize Blossom shop. I G A to U n d TI su a o w i tb th is p to fb ti e g tb tb a to c le in w 1 b I lw st 'tb A W U p ci Co ct w PEHRORMANCE HERE reat Demand for Seats Occasions Additional Showing of Mimes Production LDVANCE SALES SHOW' / POPULARITY IN EAST A second extra performance of "Cot-. on stockings" the eighteenth annual< nion opera, will be given at the Whit-< ey theater Thursday, Dec. 13, it was ecide'd by Union officials yesterday. 'he unusual demand for seats that left, uch a large number of students un-I ccommodated, caused the scheduling1 f the extra showing. < Seats for the additional performance 3 vill go on sale at 10 o'clock this morn-! ng at the box office of the Whitney heater. Due to the late scheduling of he extra show, every seat in the house4 s available and an exceptional op- ortunity is offered for those who wisi o obtain good seats. The showing of a second extra per-1 brmance of a Union opera comes for he first time this year after the larg- st seat sale ever known for a Michi- an opera. Every seat was sold for! he six regular performances and for he extra performance tonight' far in' dvance of the time of the show. Following the presentation of "Cot-I on Stockings" Thursday night, thel ast and members of the company will eave for Toledo where the first show- ng of the 1924 opera on its road trip till be made. The opera will play in' 5 cities this year, the largest num-] er ever attempted. Advance seat sales in the houses where the opera will play on its trip how that the reception of the show here is practically the same as in Ann krbor. Several of the cities have! tired Homer Heath, manager of the Inion, in an attempt to schedule extra erformances. In New York, where; 'Cotton Stockings" will be presented,' n the Metropolitan Opera house,spe- ;al seats have been placed on the ower floor ofathe giant theater to ac- ommodate the large numbers who wish to see the show. SC A CHRISTMASFUND MICHIGAN WOMEN WIN DEBATE HEREJ Fleming Acts As Judge of Contest; Dean Hamiliton Presides for Mrs., Burton To'WN ER-SlERILING BILL IS ARGUED WITH OHIO STATE Michigan's team was awarded the decision over the team representing Ohio State university in the second annual woman's debate of the Michi- gan-Ohio league held in University Hall last night. The question was: "Resolved, that the Towner-sterslingbill should be en- acted." Michigan upholding the aff- irmative side wasurepresented by Catherine Stafford, '24, Florence Full- er, '25 and Clara Lau, '25. The Ohio negative team was composed of Flor- ence Worrell, Ruth L. Rice, and Fran- ces Wagstaff. The debate proved spirited and in- teresting. Each speaker Was given twelve minutes for her constructive argument and five minutes for her rebuttal..' Michigan advocated the enaction of the Towner-Sterling bill because: certain conditions in the educational system demand a remedy; this rem- edy must be national in scope: the Towner-Sterling bill provides an eff-I ective plan of state and national co- operation. The negative debaters op- posed the hill, maintaining that there is no need for so radical a change, that,the bill is faulty and defective as a federal aid method, and that such a' plan involves a dangerous tendency toward federal control of education. Prof. Edwin G. Fleming of Miami university acted as judge of the de- bate. Dean Hamilton presided as chairman because of the illness of Mrs. Marion L. Burton. Columbus, Dec. 7-Michigan's neg- ative team composed of Joanna De- Witt, Mary McCully, and Elizabeth VanValskenburgh defeated Ohio State university here tonight in a debate on the Sterling-Towner bill. BALDWN MINISTRY LOSES CONTROLOF LABOR AND LBERAL VOTES OUTNUMBER CONSERVA- TIVE BY 90 EXPECT RESIGNATION OF PREMIER BALDWIN Returns Indi'ate Election of Eight Women to New Pairlment: Gain of Three London, Dec. 7.-(By A. P.)-With, the exception of a few seats in the Orkney and Shetland islands and some of the university returns which have not yet been received, the new House of Commons is complete. At 11 o'clock tonight the returns from yesterday's general elections showed the standing of the parties as follows: Conservative, 259; Labor Party, 185; Liberals, 148; other parties, 10. Thus in the new House, the gov- ernment will win the minority in the neighborhood of 90 votes as against- the combined opposition parties. These. figures, however, may vary somewhat, according as different compilers re-1 gard scattered members as belonging. to one or another of the big parties. It is understood that Premier Bald-' win has summoned a meeting of the cabinet for Monday to consider the sit- uation and that a meeting of the Con- servative party to debate its next step, and possibly to elect a new leader to replace Mr. Baldwin, whose policy the country has rejected, will resign and that, in any case, owing to the unseat-' ing of several of the ministers, re- construction of the government is un- avoidable unless, as seems extremely likely, the whole cabinet should re- sign. . : London, Dec: 7.-(By A. P.)-Eight women will sit in the new Parliament, it was indicated by election returns1 tonight, as compared with three form- erly there. .Mrs. Margaret Wintring- ham, liberal, for the South division of Lincolnshire and Mrs. Margaret Philp- son for the Berwick-on Tweed division of Northumberland; were re-elected. Lady Astor defeated her opponent. These will be joined in the new Parlia- ment by the Duchess of Atoll, con- servative, Lady Tarrington, liberal, Susan Lawrence, Margaret Bonfield, labor, and Dorothea Juwson, labor. ENTERTAI VAR ITA DETRIT CLUB TONIGHT 11! Michigan's undefeated Varsity foot- ball team will be entertained by the University of Michigan club of De- troit in the annual football bust. which will celebrate the close of another . Maize and Blue season of victories. The affair will be held at 8 o'clock at the Board of Commerce in Detroit. The delegation going into Detroit will include the "M" men, reserves, freshman letter men, coaches and trainers, Varsity band and cheerlead- ors and officials of the Athletic as- Isociation. The special interurban cars for the party will leave the depot at Noon today for Detroit, returning after the bust tonight. It is expected that Imany students will go in during the day to attend the affair.. At Detroit the party will march to the Capitol theater from the station, led by the Varsity band. They will be the guests of the Detroit alumni at the matinee performance at that theater. All "M" men and coaches will dine j at the University club at 6 o'clock. Another dinner will be held at the same time at the Board of Commerce for the rest of the party. The footballf bust will begin at 8 o'clock at the latter place. Songs and yells will open the prog- gram. speeches will be given by Coach Fielding 11. Yost and other members of the Michigan coaching staff and prominent Detroit alumni. Moving pictures of the team in action will be flashed on the screen. Gen- eral admission to the bust is $1. NOTED EDITOR IS GRADUATE - UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL Speaks Today OF Willis John Abbot Editor of the Christian Science Mon- itor who will speak at the noon lunch-i eon at the Union today for delegates to the Western Gonference editorial association convention. SET FOR TONIGHTI Architect To Be Guest Of Honor; Booth of Detroit News Will Speak MEETING WILL BE SIGNAL FOR GATHERING OF PROMINENT MEN A reception and dinner, to be given by the architectural college in honor of Eliel Saarinen, noted Finnish Arch- itect who is teaching a class in ad- vanced design here will be given this afternoon and evening. The recept- ion will be held at 3:30 o'clock in the corridors of the Architectural college when many of the more prominent works of Mr. Saarinen will be on dis- play. An opportunity to meet him will also be given at this time. Following the reception will be a pageant, held in the assembly room of the Union and depicting the develop- ment of art throughout the ages. It is to be made up of students of archi- teoture, and is under the direction of Henry S. Booth, '24. A dinner inl the main dining room of the Union4 I 1 follow at 7.:30 o'clock when Mr.! .George G. Booth, of Detroit, will make the address. Mr. Booth is president of the Evening News association, and gave the, talk at the first meeting of the Western Conference Editorial as- sociation last night. He has not yet made announcement of the subject for his talk. President Marion L. Bur- -ton, President emeritus Harry B. Hut- chins, Dean Mortimer E. Cooley of the Engineering college, and Ralph Booth, of Detroit will be the guests of honor, while Prof. Emil Lorch of the archi- tectural college will preside. More than 200 students are expect- ed to attend, and a special delegation of eighty is to come out from Detroit. Many prominent architects from the various towns throughout Michigan and Ohio are also to make trips to Ann Arbor for the occasion. Playmakers Give Miniature Comedy YOST WILL SPEAK AT I COMBINED GATHERING Editorial Conference De'egates to See "Cotton Stockings" This Afternoon Visiting editors will be addressed at luncheon today at 12:15 o'clock in room 318-20 of the Union by Willis John Abbot, '84L, editor of the Christ- ian Science Monitor. . Mr. Abbot became managing editor of the Chicago Times in 1892 and has been engaged in journalistic workj since that date. He became editor of the Christian Science Monitor in 1922.- Meet at 9 O'clock Today Events on the program of the Con- ference for today start at 9:00 o'clock with a joint meeting of editors and business managers in the reading room on the second floor of the Union. This will be the only business meeting of all of the delegates collectively and finishes the actual work of the conven- tion for this year. At this meeting Coach Fielding H. Yost will deliver a short address before the representa-. tives of Big Ten journalism. Word was received last night from Maj. John Griffith, commissioner of intercollegiate athletics in the West-( er Conference, that he would be un- able to speak at the joint meeting this morning due to an engagement to talk before the Big Ten club at Pittsburgh tonight. This noon, Major Griffith is speaking in Cleveland and by stopping in Ann Arbor, he would be unable to fulfill his engagements. Major Griffith regrets his inability to attend the con- vention meeting and sends his best wishes to the delegates. He will be in Ann Arbor Monday and Tuesday with the Physical Educational council of the state at its meeting here at that time. To Witness Union Opera l Following the luncheon at the Union, visiting editors will be guests at the matinee performance of the Union opera "Cotton Stockings." Th'e per- formance starts at 2:00 o'clock at the Whitney theater. The visiting journalists were guests of various fraternities yesterday at luncheon and at 2:00 o'clock theifirst meetings of the convention were held in the Union. Managing editors and! business managers held their first ses-, sions simultaneously in separateI rooms of the Union. Discussion of numerous matters bearing on the var- ious phases of journalistic work were held by the two divisions. BO'OTH CALLS SERVING MANKIND PURPOSE OF MODERN NEWSPAPE A8BBOT SPEAKfS AT LUNCHN TOI OUTLINES PRINCIPLES LE1 TO JOURNALISTIC SUCCESS MADE BUSINESS MANA( OF DETROIT NEWS A' Asserts Crimes and Sensational cles in Papers Undesired by Public "Serving mankind in a constri way; shucking away the destri bad things and using them only means to overcome the bad" i purpose of the newspaper in the ent era of civilization, Georg Booth, president of the Detroit ning News association, declare fore the third annual banquet c Western Conference Editorial as tion last night at the Union. "There is one thing that the p of today demand," Mr. Booth "and that is reliable knowledge. lishers say that they must giv people what they want. They d their papers to crime and the s tional type of newspaper aricles. is not what the people want. what they will take the easiest. Facts Most Important "Current events, of all kinds, w in a reliable manner; acts and and facts, that is what the : want. Today we are living in a where there is a hunger for k edge. The efficiency age is paE few years ago efficiency was th word of business, of newspap everything. But it was talke death. Every branch of the i paper today must be tested as t knowledge that it Imparts." "This service may not alone t: plied to the news column of a m paper. The advertising, the cil tion, every branch of the jourw enterprise may be tested, and. s conform 'with this one thing. T. this. alone can the service tha public Ademands be attained." Mr. looth,. speaking from yes experience as owner and ublisi a series of the most prominent papers of the state, outlined t delegates-the principles that ha his journalistic attempts to the si that they have attained, He tC his start in the newspaper worl Business Manager at 24 "When I was 24 years old I wa denly told that I had been plac business manager ,of the Detroit fing News," he said. "I went int office with none of the exper that should precede the respons: of such a posftlon. In one we the cashier's cage and, In the ci tion department and in the sal 'partment and as business man had to learn those things that of a newspaper such as the New then, a success. "There was a radical wrong4 paper' then. - An individual ed policy was finding its place I columns. The editor was expr his personal feelings to the ete he was causing the downfallh paper. 'He was not using the ii of obtaining good will feelings b will processes" Mr. Booth told how he stepp and bought a paper in Grand I in order' that he could emb actual form the theories that i devised in his period as businesE ager of the Detroit EvenIng The thing that made the vent success, according toMr. Booti the idea that newspapers we only valuable to their owners tangible viewpoint but from a will aim. "The good will is wor times the tangible values," he a Young Man Has R"sponsIbili It is upon the young man of that the responsibility of pres the newspaper rests, Mr. Boot] "The executives of a newspaper be changed every 10 years," h "It is the only way to pres'erve 1 stitution of the newspaper. men grow out of touch with the The day is changing while the I behind. "The young man has ideals," h d on. "The young man is a drea has more ambition, more of ti to do than the older man. The up in themselves the importa dany cause." S Preceding Mr. Booth, PresideD P ion L. Burton stressed to the , gates the importance that the pr 5 of Mr. Booth had at the meeting t ; are signally honored to have Mr. with us," he said. "He is not TILLEY WILL INTRODUCE, VAHCHEL LINDSAY MONDAY PLOTTERS SENTENCED RERGOOLL KIDNAVCHR Mosbach, Baden, Dec. 7.-(By A. P.) -Corliss Hooven Griffis, of Hamilton, Ohio, was sentenced today to serve 21 months in prison for conspiring to kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the American draft evader. Carl 'Sterber of Paris, was sentenced to 18 months; Faust Gagarin, a Russian prince, to 8 months, and Eugene Dictor Nelson, of Chicago to 3 months imprisonment for their share in the .plot which the group attempted to carry out at Eber- bach in August. All the defendants will have sub- tracted from their terms the period of their incarceration before the trial, and Nelson was set free today as the court considered his term had been served. Gri s also was fined two trillion marks. On pronouncing the verdict the presiding judge admitted Griffis was DRIVE GOES OVER-TOPI Funds more than necessary for the G Students Christian Association Christ- mas party were obtained when the financial drive carried on Thursday went over the top. More than 500 tags were sold by the students who were stationed at various parts of the campus with buckets. Those who participated in the drive include David Bromberg, '25, chair- man, Milton Staub, '26, R. C. Straub, ,25, Victor Prescott, '27, Alexander Campbell, '27, G. D. Thompson, '26, Robert Hooper, '27, William Ruble, '27, J. A. Whitworth, '27, G. M. Sand-i ers, '27, K. E. Kennedy, '26, Charles' Schumacher, '27, and Thomas Now- tan, '27. I The party at 3 o'clock Tuesday for the 200 needy children which is to be given with the funds obtained through the drive, has been postponed until 3 o'clock Wednesday, due to the fact that Lane Hall auditorium was sched- uled for another affair Tusday after- noon. The Christmas tree for the campus will be decorated this week- end. Sailors Do Not Swim Prof. Morris P. Tilley of the Eng- lish edpartment has been selected to introduce Vachel Lindsay, the dis- tinguished poet, Monday night in Hill auditorium. This is the first number on the annual Whimsies lecture course. No subject has been announced for Mr. Lindsay's lecture, but it will prob ably consist, for the mots part, of a discussion of his own style of poetry in comparison with the prevalent modes of writing verse., It is ex-{ pected that he will read some of h own works, two of which, "The Congo"1 and "General William Booth EnterI into Heaven," are especially well-1 known. i In their quaint little playhouse way out on Spring street, before a capacity crowd, kneeling, sitting and standing, sometimes uncomfortable, but always interested, the Ann Arbor Playmakers presented a program which marks a distinct innovation in amateur stage circles in this city. The former Dodo players took hold of a practically new idea, a minature musical comedy, and made a real suc- cess of it. Besides this there was presented a cleverly lined playlet, "A Pessimists' Paradise." This two-act comedy was written by Oakley John- son and directed by himself and Mary Johnson, with the assistance of Jose- ph H. Epstein, '25, Lodge D. Stau- bach, '24, and Hamann Lyon, '24. It was presented by cast number two last night and will be repeated with a duplicate cast tonight and with the last night's cast tomorrow. Two ex- cellent characterizations were given by H J. McFarlan and Lodge I). Staubach, '24 in the roles of the pol- itical and his right-hand man, respect- ively. R. B. Henderson, '26, played the part of the pessimist. The "alleged musical comedy" was entitled "The Iron Man" and had quite a typical plot centering around the royalty of an imaginary "Land of monkey-wrenches." It was written by Lowell J. Carr, grad, and the music. and direction are credited to Forman G. Brown.- The entire program will be repeat-t William B. Etheridge, '25, was el- ected manager of the 1924 Varsity football team last night by, the com- mittee on appointments, composed of the athletic director and the manager and captain of the 1923 squad. Ether- idge has 'worked with the football' team for the past two years, being appointed an assistant manager at the end of the tryout period of his sopohmore year which position he has held up to the present time. Edward N. Hartwick, '25 was made next year's cross country manager by a vote of the Athletic Board of Directors yesterday afternoon. Hart- wick worked this fall as assistant cross country manager, having been appointed to this position in his soph- omore year. The other appointments passed by the board yesterday are as follows: football assistant managers, H. .G. Clark, '26, 0. C. Gorenflo, '26P, Geo. H. Harrington, '26, J. G. Donaldson, '26 and R. S. Weidemann, '26, alter- nate; cross country assistants, H. G. Messer, '26, H. N. Ehrlich, '26, E. J. Seifert, '26 and R. D. Buick, '26. All appointments will be brought up for confirmation before the Board in Control of Athletics today. Steamship Lines Lay Tax Manila, Dec. 7.-The Associated Steamship lines have added 25 cents a bale to the freight rate on hemp from the Philippines to America, making the rate, effective Jan. 1, $2.25 a bale to Atlantic and $1.25 to Pacific ports. 1 i DO YOU KNOW? 1 That Voltaire, in his old age, drank fifty cups of coffee a day; that Adam Smith, the political economist, was absent-minded; that Beethoven hated etiquette; that Ben. Franklin ,had a plate of bread and cheese by his side when studying, "to repair men- Sophomore Lits Plan Union Dance Tickets for the Premiere Dansant to be held from 2:30 to 5:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Union are on sale at Wahr's and Graham's book-j stores. The dance, which is sponsor- ed by the sophomore literary class, ist the first large social event of the year for the class. Mrs. S. B. John- son and Mrs. Herman Keene will act as patronesses for the affair. Ted Rhodes' orchestra will furnishj