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XXXIV. No. 86
TWENTY PAGES
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1924
TWENTY PAGES
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ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO
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ERICAN WAR VESSELSs
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TheWeek's News
In Brief
The following column is a sum-
mary of the news of the world
during the past week. An at-
tempt has been made to present
the most important happenings as
briefly and concisely as possible.
NATIONAL
The military defenses of Panama
Canal were theoretically smashed tc
pieces in the mock maneuvers being
held by the United States navy and!
the marines in order to determine the
strength of the canal fortifications
The defense isr said to be "woefully
weak".
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania
said that he "knew of no scandal in
our history to compare" with the way
in which our government is falling
down on the job of prohibition en-
forcement.
BALCONYI RI I
BREAKS, INJU RING
300 SPECTATgORS
EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS ATI
ARMY TRACK MEET FALL 12
FEET 0 FLOOR
CATASTROPHE CAUSED
BY CROWDED STUDENTS
Christian To Palay
At Organ Recital
YPalmer Christian, University organ-
ist, will make his second public ap-
pearance in Ann Arbor, at the twi-
light organ recital at 4:15 o'clock this
afternoon in Hill auditorium. The re-
cital was postponed from Wednesday
because of Mr. Christian's absence
from the city. The program, whichI
follows, promises to be of particular
interest.
Sonata in G minor, Opus 28 Elgar
Allegro raestoso; Andante expressivo
Pantomine Jepson
Toccata and Fugue in D minor Bach
The Swan Saint-Saens
Rhapsody Cole
Liebestod (Tristan and
Isolde Wagner
Thie concert if, free tf fhn rblit
MELLON OPPOSES
DEMO0ATIC TAX
REDUCTION PLAN
DECLARES THAT GAR'NER'S PLAN
IS "POLITICAL AND NOTE.
ING ELSE"
SURTAX RATES CAUSE
DIVISION OF SENATE
Senator Couzens Challenges Personal
interest of Secretary of
Treasury
The Day's News At
The Capitol
With the senate in recess the house
devoted the day to consideration of the
interior appropriation bill.
Henry Ford notified chairman Kahn
one of the house military committee
that his muscle shoals bid "still
stands".
Representative Sherwood, demo-
crat, declared the prohibition enforce-
ment situation a menace to society.
Secretary Denby and other navy de-,
partnent officials gave details of the
poposed polar flight to the house
Nava.] enmmitt,++a
VARSITY DEFEATS
HAWKEYEQUINTE
BY 23-18 SCO1
CAPACITY CROWD SEES MICHIC
FIVE KEEP CONFERENCE
SLATE CLEAN
KIPKE IS HIGH SCORER,
COLLECTING 10 POIN'
Haggerty and Cherry Play - St4
Game for Victors; Funk
Stars for Io'wa
in View of Rebel Occupation
City and Danger to
Yankees
of
Physicans, Surgeons, and
Rushed to Scene from
Hospitais
Nurses
Washington, Jan. 19-(By A.P.)-
The governors of Arizona, New Mex-.
co, and Texas were informed by sec-
-etary Hughes tonight that the feder.
d government had granted the re-
uest of the Mexican government for
he passage of Obregon troops from
laco, Arizona, to Elpaso, Texas, and
hence into Mexico.
In his telegrams to the officials of
he three states tonight, Secretary
4ughes asks that they provide any
ransportation oir other facilities pos-
ible requested by Mexican officials
o expedite the troops' movements.
Naco, Arizona, Jan. 19-(By A.P.)-
'he arrival of 350 volunteers from
outhern Sonora today swelled the
>rce of federal troops awaiting per-
ilssion to cross to the American side
0 1,750.
Between 600 and 1,000 cavalary
roops from southern Sonora, are due
o arrive in Naco, Sonora, late to-
ight. to
Washington, Jan. 19--(By A.P)--
he cruiser Omaha and a half dozen
estroyers have been ordered from
anama waters to Vera Cruz. The
xpectation is that the war ships willf
roceed immediately to the Mexican
ort, which is headquarters for the
e la Huerta rebels.
There they will join the ' cruiser j
ichmond.f
It is assumed that in ordering the
hips to Vera Cruz the Washington
>vernment acted in view of the rebel
ccupation of the city, and the alwayF
resent 'possibility of harm to Amer-
an nationals. or their interests.
Elpaso, Texas, Jan. 19-(By A.P.)-
lproximately 1,200 Mexican federal
oops enroute to the interior are 'due
Elpaso tomorrow morning from Na-
o, Sonora, and will be transferred tc
.arez immediately according to ad-
es received here today.
Mexico City, Jan. 20-(By A.P.)-
overnment airplanes will bomb the
bels at la La Tiedad de Cadadas to- I
orrow, according to orders given by:
resident Obregon after an Inspec- }
on of the machines at Iratuato.
New York was selected as the place j
of the next democratic national con-
vention, to be held June 24. This i,
the first time in more than 50 years'
that New York has entertained the
national delegates. More than 200,-
000 persons will probably attend. The
city offered $255,000 for the conven-
t tion.
tion. * * * .
The Senate undertook the investi-
gation of the Bok Peace plan, pre-}
sumably to see whether it was intend-
ed as League of Nations propaganda
Other cases of alleged political pro-'
poganda involving the bonus andI
world court issues will be considered
by the investigating committee. ;
New York, Jan. 20.-(By AP)--Dur-r
ing the running of an event in the
annual junior and senior track and
field tournament in the 13th coast
defense army, Brooklyn, a 100 foot
of the balcony railing collapsed this
afternoon, throwing 300 cheering boys
to the floor 12 feet below. Six of
them were seriously injured and 60
others were hurt.
All the spectators on the side of the
balcony where the railing broke were
boys ranging from 14 to 17 years ofi
age, students at the Utreht Commer-
cial and Eastern district high schools.
Crowded to Balcony
The running track was beneath
the balcony. To see the results of the
440 yard run which was being con-
tested the boys rose ina mass and
leaned against the railing. It gave
away as the runners crossed the fin-
ish line.
The balcony was made of iron, but.
fastened to a wooden base which gave
way against the surging of the boys
and those packed against the railing;
. 30 o lt.~ I lkU L e pup c
with the exception of small children.
It will begin promptly and the doors Washington. Jan. 19-(By A.P.)-
will be closed during numbers. secretary Mellon fired a broadside at
the democratic tax reduction plan to-
night as the house ways and means
committee concluded its public hear-j
ing on tax revision and prepared tci
start work Monday on new rates
scheduled. The secretary branded thel
SPONID OF, 0.G plan advanced for the democrats byl
IU1Representative Garner of Texas as a1
substitute for his own program of tax
InxeineHndcp'ast reduction as "political and nothing
Inexperience Handaps Orslty nelse"
(cutest Ag t 'Olt At the same time house democrats
hands" served notice that they would accept!
no compromise on their plan in the
DOTY SCORES MOST POINTS committee and would carry the fightl
OF MEET FOR WOLVERINES to the floor where republicans have
j admitted they are on the defensive}
Michigan's inexPerienced wrestling' because of recent changes in house
team bowed to defeat at the hands of rules.
Purdue .last night in Yost Field house Meanwhile lines were being formedj
in the Senate which indicated a re-
by the score of 20-6.' 1newed fight on the surtax rates of the'
Coach Barker's men showed flash- secretary of the treasury. While Sen- I
es of real scientific wrestling at ator Couzens, republican, Michigan
times but experience was sadly lack- renewed his campaign against Mri
Mellon's surtax rate proposals in an-
ing i o cother letter to the secretary, Senator1
the Boilermakers was the first ex- Ladd, democrat, Virginia, and a for-
perience on the mat for most of the mer secretary of the treasury predict-
Wolverine grapplers, while most of ed that congress would accept the
the Purdue performers were ol principal of the Mellon plan as to a
e. Displaying the best brand of 1
Senator Couzens called on Secretary ketball seen in Ann Arbor this y
Mellonto reveal what effect the Mel- Michigan's Varsity five nosed out I
llon tax plan would have on his own last night by the score of 23 to
lom tax. awoSuperb passing, fast footwork, and
eye for the basket gave the Wolh
ine team the victory.
mitee concude hearings o the t The Yost field house, where the g:
itte cwas played, was filled to capacity
__ill_ fore the opening whistle was ble
The cruiser Omaha and several de- Mre than 10,000 people saw the
stroyers at Panama were ordered tc Harry Kipke opened the scoring
Cz the cruiser Richmond at Vera the game when he dropped in a p
crux. ty basket after. he had receive(
short pass and dribbled beneath
Wolverine basket. He dropped i
foul shortly afterward, giving M
igan a lead of three points before
3 Iowa scoring machine opened up.
Iowa Scores
Schick made a foul good for
"point for the Hawkeyes, after wl
Deng, receiving a pass, broke aN
Parliament Adjournment Until Non. from the man guarding him and di
day Called Wp.se ot ped in a basket, increasing the Mi
Time igan lead to four points. Janse, 1
--- ky Hawkeye center, scored from
EFFORTS TO FORM REACTION neath the basket, bringing the Ic
IN FAVOR OF BALDWIN FAIL total to within two points of the 'V
verines, the closest that they
London, Jan. 20.-(ByAP)-With proached during the entire game.
parliament adjourned from Friday af- Haggerty came back by mal
prliamentiadjonedayfromeF ia good on two fouls before Funk too
ternoon until Monday, the political pass and with a short dribble, dr
pot has been left to simmer over the ped a basket. Kipke took a prE
week end. Many politicians are com- pass under the basket and added t
menting on the "needless waste of more points to the Wolverine to
'All that is needed for world peace:
is for the. United States and the Brit-
ish Empire to agree not to supply food
or money or to sell munitions to any
country which contemplates or at-
tempts to start war," said Sir Charles
Higham.
tumbled as
the others
rushed to
but a few
a great cataract. Most of
of the 5,000 spectators
exits in a mad, scramble
onlookers went to the aid
* * *
The State department gave ObregonI
permission to send his troops across
the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and
Texas to enter Mexico at a more ad-
vantageous point, provided the states
were willing. Arizona and New Mex-
ico acquiesced, but Texas objected.
* * 4'
The State department will "protest
most vigorously" against the block-
ade of Tampico which has been in-
stituted by the revolutionary forces
It holds that Mexican politics has nc?
right to interfere with commerce.
Dr. Lowell, president of Harvard
stuck a pin in the educational bal-
loon when he advocated further lim-<
itation of enrollment in his university
The progressive insurgents in the
Senate exploded their greatest bomb-
shell-a flat proposal for government
ownership of railroads. They want
two trunk lines criss-crossing the
country from California to the Atlan-
tic seaboard. Capital of the govern-
ment corporation to be $5,000,000,000
V n tho B kl h
of the injured.
Doctors Rush to Scene
Two physicians assigned to watch
after the athletes were among the
first to extricate those scrambled on
the floor, but in a trice 400 physicians
and surgeons with 30 nurses arrived
from five neighboring hospitals al-
most simultaneously with 250 police
reserves from five precinct stations
and 30 firemen from two engine
companies.I
Many of the fallen untangled them-I
selves and limped off, since the major-
ity were only stunned, but ascore or
so were unconscious and were taken
away in ambulances.
PREIUMINARY CONVENTION
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE]
New York, Jan. 19.-(ByAP) -De-
claring they had laid the foundation
for the most successful democratic
national convention in history, party
leaders today turned over to the local.
citizens non-partisan committee the
job of completing preliminary ar-
rangements for tie big June session.
,"It's going to be the biggest attract-
ion we ever staged-the biggest show
ever pulled in Madison Square Gar-
" said Cordell Hut cha'irman of
bands at the game.
In the 115 pound match, Doty scor-
ed the only fall of the evening for
the Maize and Blue. The Wolverine
I
maximum surtax rate of 25 percentI
He declared, however, "it was alto-
gether unreasonable to imagine that
congress should feel obliged to ac-
cept a treasury plan of taxationE
! w hn t " r, a cnxxh + v.1
lightweight required but 45 seconds te I "witnoutHnyJc'angewhat so ever." time" involved in the insistence of
Senator Couzens challenged Mr. Mel- i
secure a half-Nelson and then a wrist- Ion to inform the country how much the liberal leaders on postponing the
lock on Kiltzpatriek and send the he would benefit personally from the vote on the labor motion of "no con-
highly touted grappler from Purdue reduction of income surtaxes which fidence" in the government which they
to the canvas. Too much credit can- he has proposed in his plan. say might just as well have been tak-
not be given to Karbel of Michigan whc en on Friday, as originally planned.
fought Turner to a draw in +the 12, The delay, however, Is not unwel-
pound class. Turner was conference IlB Ocome to the labor leaders, 'for while
champion at one time and is respect- ,It has disapc ne hoeo h con-
ed throughout the West as a polished ; ldiTappointedlthoseIofDtheservatve party who hoped for "some-
performer. With a 2 minute, 40 sec- VU LBU SJ i Rir thin;" to turn up" to save the Bald-!
ond advantage, the next match went win government, it has given Ramsay ;
to Miller of Purdue .who was given ad MacDonald the prospective victory
tough scrap by Red1 Gillard, Bark-i est is being displayed in te proi- and his assistants a valuable oppor-
er s best bet in the 135 pound divi- tion straw vote sponsored by Jason tunity to lay their plans for the fut-
sign. Iue
Probably the match of the evening Cowles a few days ago in his humor llefforts to form a dissenting
was the one between Rose and Dye column, if stories metropolitan ction in the liberal party to vote
papers are any proof. Cowles started ,
the latter winning for Purdue by r the vote after reading of a similar af- against the labor "no confidence'
decision. Both of these men were the fair promoted by the Harvard Crim amendment appear to have faileA, and
best bets on their respective teams ,it is likely that the Baldwin ministry
and the match had all the color of r A request was received fron the will be defeated by a majority of
professional affair. One minute, 2C Yale News late Friday night for tele- about seventy in the commons.
seconds, decided the match in favor of graphic reports on the results of the
the Boilermaker. Grubb put up a good I election here. m.o/ooden Soldier
fight against Borden in the 158 pound The votes have come in slowly so: o d n o a e
class, but the Wolverine was unable tc far, 23 single votes being the total.
cope with the speed of his opponent One fraternity has sent in a vote, ; iris W in A1I-
going to the mat in 3 1-2 minutes however, which, when confirmed, will
Rosnusser scored a fall in the next amount to 25 or 30 more. It is! Costume .Party1
match over Ferenz of Michigan. Pal- thought that students are not taking
mer, representing the Maize and Blue the campaign seriously because it be-; Practically every sororty and league
in the heavyweight division was nc gan in the humor column, whereas it ss
natch for Hawkins, who outweighed is really a genuine attempt on the e o the apus as represent-
himn, and in a little over six minutes part of The Daily to ascertain the ge at the nl eny Lessu pat
the Wolverine's shoulders were flusi' campus opinion on the matter. Igiven by the Women's League last
with the mat. The wets are leading up to this The prizes awarded for the best
point in the competition, 19 men fav-
j oring beernand light wine as against group costume went to, first Alpha
College Athleticj 9 who do not want it. The pluralityr Omicron Pi, represented as wooden
Schick and Laude made three poin
on a foul and a basket. Haggert
with a pretty run and an overhea
oass from beneath the basket brougt
the, Michigan total to 11, adding
point on a foul a moment later am
dropping in a long shot for two mo:
points after a few minutes of play.
Half Ends 16 to' 8
Cherry made his first score of t
game on a fast dribble the entir
length of the floor as the half ende
with Michigan leading 16 to 8. -
Iowa opened the scoring of the se
ond half with a foul shot by Fun
Kipke dropped a long shot from ti
side of the floor, repeating from a
most the same position a few mi
ments later. In the meantime, tt
Hawkeyes had added two to their t(
tal on fouls shot by Funk. Fun
scored again by the same proces
Cherry added a point on a foul, an
Janse tossed a basket. Schick sco
ed on a pretty dribble. A foul apie(
for Doyle and Kipke ended the gain
Wolverines Keep Lead Thurougihout
,Although Michigan was never in a
tual danger and always had a fe
I points in the margin to her credit, tl
Wolverine five was forced to work
its utmost to maintain its supren
I acy. In the last half, with but a fe
moments to go, the Wolverines ope
f ed up one of the finest stalling sy
tems ever displayed. . Complicat
I passing that kept the ball from o
of Iowa's hlands made the Hawkey
helpless.
Haggerty showed up well for Mic
igan. Kipke and Cherry also show(
well. Funk played well'for Iowa.
MICHIGAN
tary Ball
Date Set Apr.
25
votes on Te "ox ec nnv
General arrangements for the 192E )
ilitary Ball are being completed at been averaging eight for the plan tc
rapid rate. According to an an-: ag* *
ouncement made last night, Friday.
pril 25, has been set for the date for General Dawes, chairman of the
.e event, which, it was thought, would committee to examine Germany's re-
e the most satisfactory for all. sources, denounced "the incessant mis-
Plans at present include the use of representations and the intolerable
tree orchestras, one to be located in interjections of those foul and car-
te Barbour gymnasium, and the re- rion loving vultures-the nationalistic
aining two to supply the music for demagogues of all countries"-in oth-
aterman gymnasium. A special er words the 100' percenters. He said
irprise feature is to be incorporated it was our business to help Germany
. the programs, although no an- get well.
ouncement concerning its exact na-
re has been made. The decoration' William Jennings Bryan came out
e to be of a military character, and j with the announcement that he would
the design use has been made of support Dr. Murphree, president of the
te colors of not only the University University of Florida, for president in
id the United States, but of the al- the next convention. Dr. Murphree is
es as well. one of those who don't believe man
The Military Ball is an all-campus! sprang from monkeys.
'fair, and invitations are to be ex- * * *
(~, Mtt -V l~lnl, a~uuU
the democratic national committee.
Norman E. Mack, chairman of the
sub-committee will remain here with
,i
George F. Mara,dassistant to Mr. Hall
and on Wednesday will open offices
adjoining Tex Ricard's in the famous
garden tower where Sanford White
was slain by Harry K. Thaw in 1906.
Although theWaldorf-Astoria hotel
has been chosen for national com-
mittee headquarters, the national
democratic club in this city will be!
used for the purpose until June.
This, it was decided today, would
materially lower the preliminary con-
vention expense and enable the nat-
ional comimttee to spend just that
much more on the delegates when
they arive.
WOMAN'S DEATH CAUSED
0 Y PECULIAR ACCIDENT
Results
Chicago, Ill.-Chicago's basketball
team defeated Indiana, 26 to 6, here
tonight in one of the roughest con-
tests ever seen on a Chicago floor.
Twenty one personal fouls were called
as the result of the rough tactics of
the teams.
mest Point, N. Y.--Army's basket-
ball team defeated New York Uni-
versity today, 38 to 28.
Lake Forest, IlI.-Western State
Normal defeated Lake Forest in bas-,
ketball here tonight, 25 to 24.
not in favor of repealing the 18th
amendment, however, as the 16 to 4
tally shows. There is also a small
plurality in favor of strict enforce-
ment of existing liquor laws as evinc-
ed by the 11 to 9 vote on this question.
Cowles will continue to run the
voting coupon in his column.
Players To Give
soldiers; honorabe mention, kappa
Kappa Gamma, represented as Mah
Jong: Delta Delta Delta. represented
as Walrus and Carpenter; Sorosis,j
represented as cards. Ruth Ver-
millyea, '26, was awarded the prize
for the prettiest individual costume
and "Spark Plug", Theta Phi Alpha.
the funniest. A take-off on the Un-
U ion opera, with Jane White, '27 as
Susanne. carried off the group prize
fnrth .facmp
FC
Haggerty, f ..............2
Deng, f..................1
Boyle, c .................U
Kipke, g ................4°
Cherry, g ... ...........1
Total..............8
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1
2
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ed to faculty members, to sever-
the most prominent military and
1 officials of the country. It is
to all ex-service and R. 0. T C
Dr. Coue has returned to this coun-
try for another series of lectures on
the same old subject.
** *
te Center football team
re 100,000 fans last fall.
"Modern newspapers by presuming
p infallibility in their editorial col-
umns, and by the publication of sa-
lacious news, constitutes a menace,"
nil Mr Fit n trin k ditn of th Bl al-
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
PLAN TO ADORN CAMPUS
Plans to remove old trees
from the campus and replant
others and to remove trees that
are too close together have been
completed by the University
landscape architects, Pipkin
I a Mott.
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sai d ~zr1[ziia t cK e or r UL e DU
timore Catholic review.
It was found that 76 of 96 senators
and 373 out of 434 representatives are
members of some church or other.
* * *
Senator Borah attacked Fn ce be-
cause she has inade no effort to pay
interest on her four billion dollar war
debt to the United States, and because
An autopsy, following the sudden
death of Miss Ann Fowler of Ann Ar-
bor on Friday afternoon, revealed that
she died as a result of a four inch
needle having penetrated the skull at{
the base of the brain. according to
Dr. E. C. Ganzhorn, corner.
Miss Fowler, according to a friend,
had been in the habit of leaving;
needles in her pillow, and it is believ-
ed that in this way the needle entered
her skull while she slept. The ab-
sence of pain was attributed to the
fact that in making its entry the
needle avoided all nerves,
Annapolis, Md.--Navy defeated La-
fayette in basketball tonight 27 to 23.
New Haven. Conn.--Yale defeated
Cornell. 22 to 19, tonight in an inter-
collegiate basketball game.
Cambridge, Mass-Harvard won
eight of nine events in a' dual relay
meet with the Mass. Institute of Tech-
nology on the board track at soldiers
Field here to day.
New York.--Joey Ray, Illinois A. C.
star tonight won the special invi-
tation mile run at the Fordham uni-
versity track meet. His time was 4
Dram a Kennedy'sorcLestra furnished the FG F
music. Refreshments were . served Schick, f ... . . ...........1 2
at 10 o'clock. Laude, f...... .......2 0
"Beyond the Horizon," a three-act The patronesses included Mrs. Mar- Janse, c.................2 0
drama by Eugene O'Neill, will be pre- ion L. Burton, Dean Jean Hamilton, Funk, g................1 4
sented by the play productiodi class Mrs. John R. Effinger, Dr. Margaret Hicks, g ......i.......0 0
Thursday in University hall. This is Bell, Mrs. Wilbur Humphreys, Mrs. Kirchner, f.............0 0
the first time that a full length trag- Tobias J. Diekhoff, Mrs. T. E. Rankin,
edy of O'Neill has been attempted by Mrs. L. A. Strauss. Mrs. F W Peter- Total..............6 6
a campus organization. The produc- son, and Miss Marian Blood
tion is under the direction of Prof
R. D. Hollister of the public speak- r THIRD PHARAOH SHRINE
ing department. Detroit Sympnony I ROOF REMOVED BY CARTE
When the drama made its initial T P e dLx
appearance on the American stage ToFly T e da$4 j) Luxor, Egypt, Jan. 19-(By1
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four years ago, critics acclaimed it the
most powerful play of the year. "Be-s
yond the Horizon," was awarded the
Pulitzer prize for the best play of
1920.
The Detroit Symphony orchestra,
with Ossip Gabrilowitsch conducting
and Arthur Shattuck, pianist, as solo-
ist, will give the fourth concert in the
P.-The work of dismantling the
shrines in the tomb of Tutenkha-
men is making good progress.
Howard Carter was able today to
remove the roof of the third
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s