ESTABLISHED 1890 '('lapap 114 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS . VOL. XXXVI. No. 104 EIGHT PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, FEBRAURY 20, 1926, EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS .I:' s am m m amma w !-. - - _ __ _ -- - - 1 SEN GON TAX RE41 A TN ESRE D U C T I O N! ;H DECISIONI CANCEL COV OCATION FOR WVASHI~ITONS BIRTHDAY Word was received yesterday by President Clarence Cook Lit- tie, to the effect that Robert A. Falconer, president of the Uni- verity of Toronto, who was scheduled to speak at the Wash- ington convocation, Monday, Feb. 22, had suffered a broken arm, and will be unable to at- tend the gathering. As a result the convocation has been can- celled. No classes in any college of the University will meet Mon- day, the day being a legal holi- day in commemoration of the birthday of George Washington. EUROPEAN DOCTORS' TO ATTEND DETROIT1 MEDICAL CONGRESS FOREIGN SPECIALISTS WILL GUESTS AT ANN ARBOR MEETING BE PROVIDES $381,009,000 CUT IN 1926; $342,000,000 THEREAFTER EXPECT APPROVAL house Restores Inheritance Tax And Other Items To Bill Which Senate Repealed (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-Tax re- duction, amounting to $381,000,000 this year and $343,000,000 thereafter, was agreed upon today by Senate and House conferees on the revenue bill. This compromise, which must be ratified by both branches of Congress before the bill becomes law, repre- sents an increase of about $50,000,00 over the total written into the bill by the House, but is $75,000,000 less than voted by the Senate. It was de- scribed as acceptable to the adminis- tration as within the limits the treas- ury can afford. Force Restoration Iouse conferees forced the restora- tion to the bill, with some modifica- tions, of taxes on inheritances, auto- mobile passenger cars, and admis- sions and. dues, which the Senate had voted to repeal. Senate conferees, on the other hand, obtained greater re- ductions in some of the surtax rates than were voted by the House. The compromise measure will be placed before the House for ratifica- tion Monday or Tuesday. If approved, it will be taken to the Senate the fol- I lowing day, and upon its approval there, it will be sent to- the' White House for the signature of President Coolidge, which is expected to make it -- law in ample time for it to become effective before first income tax in- stallments are due March 15. Dissatisfacton Apparent While considerable dissatisfaction was apparent on both sides as a re- sult of the inheritance tax compro- mise, which often involves allowances of a retroactive cut in this tax, lead- ers expected immediate ratification of the bill by the two chambers. The conference agreement on the points in dispute follows: Restoration of the modified inheri- tance tax rates voted by the House, including the provsion allowing 80 per cent credit on account of state in- heritance tax payments. Retroactive cut in the inheritance tax, whereby the increased rates vot- ed in 1924 will be eliminated in favor of the lower rates in the 1921 act. Allowance of the increased reduc- tions.in the surtax rates, applying on incomes between $26,000 and $100,000, as voted by the Senate. This involves a saving of $23,000,000 anuually to taxpayers in this class., Repeal of the capital stock tax as voted by the Senate. Increase of the corporation tax, now 121-4 per cent, to 13 per cent for this year and 13 1-2 per cent thereafter. Restoration of the 10 per cent tax on admissions and dues, but with an increase in the exemptions to apply on tickets costing 75 cents and less,! rather than 50 cents and less, as vot-! ed by the House. Restoration of the automobile pas- senger car tax, with the rates re- I duced from 5 to 3 per cent. Retroactive reduction in the gift tax to make the lower rates in effect on inheritances in the 1921 law effec- tive . This tax, as far as the future is concerned, is repealed by the bill. Increase from $50,000 to $100,000,, the exemption from the inheritance tax. GENEVE. - Both Owen D. Young and Prof. Allyn A. Young of Harvard have been invited to sit on the League of Nations' commission which is to prepare for the International economic of conference. CONSTANTINOPLE. - Dr. Ralph Cable Collins of Trinidad, Colo., has arrived here. He is to make a health survey of Turkey on behalf of the Rockefeller Foundation. E L REHOLUTION IN ART Waldo Frank, Novelist, Discusses Modern Trend In Literature; Defines Word "Novel" "WORLD IS DECADENT" With "The Revolution in Art and Literature" as his subject, Waldo Frank, American critic and novelist, and author of "Our America," "Holi- day," and "Salvos," as well as various critical essays on literature and the (drama, presented a lecture yesterday afternoon in University Hall on the revolutionary trend and the decad- ence of modern art. Mr. Frank divid- ed his lecture into two phases, using, firstsexamples from the pasteto em- phasize his points, and later, giving, a more definite and complete discus- I sion on modern literature itself to-I gether with its motives and aims. "In the past," asserted Mr. Frank, "all art was the culmination of all that had gone before. It was, in short, culminative endeavor." This particu- lar culminative endeavor is what Mr. Frank called scriptural art, which is the result of all aesthetic experience of the past. "A good novel," Mr.! Frank continued, "is a good story well told, and in this sense we may take Cervante's 'Don Quixote' as the typical example of this definition." "Modern literature, that is the lit- erature which we are producing to- day, and which will be read tomor- row," he said in conclusion, "is.in the last analysis completely decadent. In fact all America today and the world we are living in is decadent, for Amer- ica is merely the pieces of Europe, and all that is ancient in civilization is combined in America and exempli- fled in our literature." Mr. Frank was the guest of Mr. Oakley Johnson during his stay in Ann Arbor, and was entertained last night at a reception of the various members of the faculty of the rhet- oric and English departments. '28 Engineers To j Start Activities' Listening to speeches by represent- atives of the athletic department to enter the activities of the intramural department 100 per cent engineers of the class of '28 began their class ac- tivities for this semester last Tues- day. Tentative plans for a banquet to be held Tuesday, Feb. 23, were announced.I Leslie D. Weston was chosen a mem-j ber of the Student council of the engi- 1 neering college, by a vote of 27 to 26,1 over Harlod L. Matheson. Chester H. Hamilon has been elected treasurer to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Daniel D. Cluff, who was killed in an automobile accident on Feb. 5. Illini Take Lead In Basketball Race BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 19.-Il- linois jumped 'into the lead in the Big Ten basketball race here tonight by nosing out Indiana in a furious en- counter, 21 to 20. With a whirlwind offense and an uncanny eye for the basket, the Illini took an 8-point lead at the start, and were never headed. Indiana was be- hind 12 to 10 at the half. In the sec- ond period, Illinois again gained an 8-point lead. A desperate Indiana ral- ly led by Kreuger and Sponsler fail- ed by one point. Diggings Show Site Of Ancient Palace BAGDAD, Irak, Feb. 19.--Excava- tions at Ur of the Chaldeas, mention- ed in the Bible as the birthplace of Abraham, have disclosed the site of, EXPECT 5,000 Hospital Clinic Sessions To Be Held For Week As Part Of Full Program Two noted European physicians will be guests in Ann Arbor next Thurs- day, when the American Congress on Internal Medicine, meeting through- out the week in Detroit for its twelfth annual clinical session, will conic here for a one day program of demon- strations and clinics. Dr. Knud Faber, professor in the University of Copenhagen, and Dr. Jacques Fores- tier of Aix les Bains, France, whose research work with iodized oil has attracted considerable attention, will attend the Congress as specially in- vited foreign guests, and will be pres- ent at the Ann Arbor session. Both these doctors are scheduled to ad- dress Detroit meetings of the conven- tion. Doctor Faber was educated at the University of Copenhagen, and enter- ed his career as an interne in the State hospital there. In 1893, he was made reserve physician, and in 1896, chief physician and professor of clini- cal medicine at the Fredericks hos- pital, Here his research work in the field of internal medicine estab- lished him as the head of the medical profession in Denmark, and in 1910 lie returned to the State hospital as director. His discoveries revolution- ized the treatment of such diseases as anemia, digestive troubles, and gas- tritis. For the past several years he has also been giving time to the Uni- versity of Copenhagen, where his lec- tures on internal medicine have re- ceived much favorable comment. He is said to devote the greater part of his talks to the generalities, rather than the details, of his subjects. A copy of several of these lectures has been published under the title, "A Text Book of Internal Medicine", and a later work, "Nosology", has been translated into English. Doctor Forestier first attracted at- tention when he was assistant to Pro- fessor Sicard, an eminent, specialist on the nervous system at the Univer- sity of Paris. Doctors Sicardl and For- estier together discovered the use of iodized oil injections for the localiza- tion of 'tumors of the spinal column. Since that time Doctor Forestier has successfully employed this oil for a number of other things, among them the demonstration of the enlarge- ments on the bronchial tubes and lung cavities. The oil used for these injections is composed of iodine and poppy seed oil, and as it is absolutely non-irritating, it can be freely used for experimentation and diagnosis.- More than 5000 physicians from all parts of the country are expected to be present at both the Detroit and Ann Arbor sessions of the Congress. There will be a full program of clin- ics and meetings in the Detroit hos- pitals throughout the week and Thursday in the University hospital, as well as talks by President Claren ' Cook Little, members of the medical faculty, and by prominent doctors from other localities. 13 Engineers Make Perfect Records All-A records were made by 13 stu- dents of the Colleges of Engineering and Architecture during the first se- mester of the 1925-26 school year. The seniors holding such records in the Engineering college are as follows: Max W. Benjamin, Clarence A. Brady, and Clark E. Center. Members of the class of '27 achieving the honor are: James DeKiep, Robert W. Miller, Waldemar J. Poch, Earl R. Riethmil- ler, John B. Verhoek, and Lal C. Verman. Four sophomores also made the all -A record: Walter Arch, Daniel D. Cluff, Edward A. Ravens- croft, and Winfried E. Reichle. 'Two freshmen in the Medical school: George L. Patee, and Richard L. Sutton, received all-A records. John F. Huber, a sophomore in the same school also received a perfect record. Overcoat Thefts Lead To Warning Seven overcoats have been stolen from the University buildings during COOLIDGE, ILL, CONFERS WITH NE WSPA PERMEN (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-Plainly showing the effects of the severe cold which has kept him in bed for nearly two days, President Coolidge return- ed to his office late today for his semi-weekly conference with news- papermen. The President returned to his desk for the first time in forty-eight hours. He had spent most of the day in bed, having called off a morning meeting with his cabinet, and cancelled other engagements for the day. In husky voice, he conversed for about 15 minutes with reporters on current questions, interrupting his replies to questions to order Rob Roy, his snow white collie that had ac- companied him from the executive mansion, into a leather chair. The President walked from his liv- ing quarters to his office under a covered porch, partly protected from an unusually raw day and a bluster- ing snowstorm. ENGLISH DBT CANIDATES MEET OF QUESTION WOULD BENEFIT ALL CONVINCED PROMPT COOLIDGE HOPES 'FOR RATIFI'CATION Of ITALIAMN PAC6T Team To Be Selected By March Will Sail From Montreal On May 1 D)ISP'OSAL AWAR I)yTESTIMfON IAtLS TO DEB ATING 'iR)TEAM MET lIE. l'Sf Award of the Sen. James 1 Couzens testimonial to members of the two teams which repre- sEnted the University in Central league debates during the past semester, was made by Prof. Thomas C. Trueblood, head of the public speaking department, before his class in debating yes- terday morning. SThe Couzens testimonial of $50 is presented annually to each man representing the University in varsity debates. Yesterday it was awarded to John H. Elliott, '26, E. R. Comberg, '27, and John Yeasting, '27, who composed the I affirmative team; and Harry Gervais, '27, Thomas V. Koykka, I '27, and Philip N. Krasne, '27, I members of the negative team. 15; SCHEDULE NINE DEBATES Members of the team which will represent the University in a series of debates to be held in England in May, will probably be selected by March 15, it was indicated yesterday, follow- ing the preliminary meeting of can- didates for the team. The first of the formal tryouts will be held late next week. Other tryouts will be held in the following weeks, and after the squad has been reduced to eight or ten, the final selection of men to compose the team will probably be made by a jury of faculty Delta Sigma Rho men. Juniors and seniors of all colleges, except the Graduate school are eligible to try out for the team. Prof. R. I1. T. Hollister, who will accompany the team on the English tour, is in charge of try outs, and will assume charge of the coaching, assisted by others in the public speaking department, after the teamj is named. Sailing from Montreal on May 1 aboard the steamship Regina, the! team will spend three weeks in Eng- land. Though the final schedule of debates has not been arranged, it is probable that the men will meet Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Oxford and Cam- bridge universities, and possibly two others. Michigan will support the affirma- tive side of the two questions which1 have been chosen for discussion; "Re- solved, that this house views with alarm the entrance of women into the learned professions and statecraft," and "Resolved, that this house op- poses the growing tendency of gov- ernment to invade the field of individ- ual 'rights." SENIOR COMMITTEE SETS DATE FORANNUAL BAL Setting Friday, May 21, as the date for the annual Senior ball, the com- mittee composed of members from the various colleges of the University or- ganized yesterday, and began the gen- eral arrangements for the affair. The event will be held in the Union ball ( room. William L. Diener is general chairman. Two orchestras, one of national prominence and the other a local or- ganization, will play at oppo- site ends of the ball room for the af- fair. Negotiations are now being car- ried on with musical organizations in the East and in the South to play, and it is expected that the main orchestra will be chosen by the end of the1 month. Tickets will be placed on sale at f first through members of the commit- tee, and later will be sold from the desk in the Union. Union Will Revive Music In Tap-Room As a beginning of the revival of mu- sic and entertainment in the Union tap-room on certain evenings of the week, the house department is arrang- ing a brief program of amusement for next Monday evening immediately fnrownith hcxh o 'l k 1,lhca1''.11gamywith OPPOSITION LOOMS President Thinks Italy, As Aly, Should Receive Leniency, As Aus- tria Got 20 Year Delay WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-President { Coolidge feels that failure of the sen- ate to ratify the Italian debt settle- ment would serve to relieve Italy of any obligation to negotiate an agree- ment. The president is confident that favorable senate action on the Italian agreement will be obtained, although he appears to be somewhat disturbed over the opposition which has devel- oped. He is convinced that prompt dis- posal of the question would be to the best interests, not only of the United J States and Italy, but of the entire world. Ratification of the agreement, which has been approved by the house and is pending in the senate, would, 'in the president's opinion, benefit the foreign trade of the United States, enable the Italian government to map out its fiscal program, and stabilize jtrade and currency generally. If the Republican party is willing to show a liberal attitude toward Italy, accepting the judgment of the Amer- ican debt commission as to that na- tion's capacity to pay, the President holds that the Democratic opponents of the funding agreement should be willing to give it approval. It was pointed out at the White House today that, until the Mussolini government became established in Italy, no disposition had been shown to fund the American debt. The question, as laid before the American commission by the Italian representa- tives was considered, as the President sees it, by a bi-partisan commission of experts who had original sources of information on Italy's capacity to pay. It was also recalled that a 20-year moratorium was extended to Austria, although that nation was not allied with the United States in the world war, and it is the president's convic- tion that Congress should be willing to extend leniency toward Italy, which was a comrade-in-arms. Even if the Senate should reject the agreement, Mr. Coolidge is con- fident that a large vote will be mus- tered for ratification, indicating to Italy, in view of approval given by the House, by the debt commission, and by the President, that sentiment in the United States is favorable to the pact. PRE BRSAE IN EAST; STORM WARNING POSTED (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Wet, heavy snow tonight succeeded a smoky fog that hovered over the city most of the day. With a gale and a sharp drop in temperature predicted, storm warn- ings were posted along the coast. The steamer Providence of the Fall River Line from Fall River, Mass., and the steamer Richard Peck of the NewwI London Line from Norwich, Conn., were fogbound in Long Island Sound throughout the day. The two, due to dock at 7 o'clock this morning, car-, ried 700 passengers. Delay of ferry services jammed the Jersey tubes until it was almost im- possible to reach the trains. Surbur- ban trains and L trains were forced to hold to speeds that upset their schedules, and automobile traffic pro- ceeded cautiously. GLEE CLUB ENTERS CHICAGO CONTESTI Twenty-four Men Selected For Trip; To Give Joint Recital With Iowa, Grinnell Socieities CHEERLEADER WILL GO Following two elimination trials, selection has been made of 24 mem- bers of the Varsity Glee club to repre- sent that organization in its third year of competition in the intercol- legiate glee club contest, which will be held Monday night at Orchestra hall in Chicago. The men making the trip will leavej Ann Arbor early tomorrow morning, in order to give a joint recital withj the Grinnell and Iowa organizations in the afternoon before the University club. At 9:30 o'clock tomorrow night, they will broadcast Michigan songs3 from radio station WGN at the Drake hotel. During their stay in Chicago, the glee club members will make! their headquarters at the La Salle hotel, and will be given house privi- leges at the University club. Fifteen mid-western universities colleges will be represented in the contest, which will constitute a semi- final for national honors. The club which is successful at Chicago will' be sent to New York to compete in the national contest. In the last two years, Michigan has placed second, losinig the premier position both times by less than six points. For general competition this year, "The Lamp in the West" will be the prize number. In addition ,the Mich- igan club will sing "I'm Troubled in Mind" by Alexander Russell, for its selected son, and "Laudes Atque Car- mina," for the college number. The club members who have been* selected to appear in the contest are as follows: E. I. Herrold, '26, C. S. Higley, '26, T. J. Montgomery, '26, Benjamin Boyce, '26, Barre Hill, '26, Theodore Trost, '26, H. C. Armstrong, '26, Harry Olson, '26, R. L. Hall, '27E,I Carl Kraatz, '27, H. C. Mullen, '27,1 Otto Kock, '27, W. C. Welke, '27Ed., Maurice Judd, '27, Lawerence Segar, '27M, E. A. Ruetz, '28L, J. R. Hogle,1 '28, R. N. Detzer, '28, H. K. Cornell,, '28, P. R. Culkin, '28, J. W. Alberson, '28, B. L. 'Norton, '28, Harold Chalk, '27E, and G. R. Watland, '27E. Collapse Of Wall Kills Two Firemen VALPARAISO, Ind., Feb. 19.-Col- lapse of a wall today during a fire that destroyed the Academy of Music building here, caused the death of two firemen, and the injury of four others,' one of whom may die. The fire damage is estimated at $300,000. A rear wall of the burning buildingI crumbled precipitating the six fire-E men from the second floor to theI basement.- GOPHERS GAI1N BIG TEN. LEAD1 PUCKSTERS 6-0 DECIDE TITLE NEXT WEEK Tl% GAMES WITH WISCONSN AND MINNESOTA PLAY TONIGHT Wolverln'e Defense Unable To Stop Olson And Kuhlman; Each Scored Twice Minnesota entered into the lead in the race for the Big Ten Conference hockey championship, by overwhelm- ing the Michigan hockey team, last season's Conference titleholder, in a fast game in the Coliseum last night, the Gophers winning by a score of 5 to 0. The Northmen earned the right to first place by the victory over the Wolverines and two tie games against the University of Wisconsin sextet, Michigan held first place before last 1 night's game, with one victory and a tie game with the Cardinal hockey team to her credit. The titleholder will be definitely decided next week when the Wolverines journey north to play Wisconsin ana Minnesota meeting each school in a two game Iseries. Varsity No Match For Minnesota The Gophers outclassed the Michi- gan team in every department of the game, showing superior speed and un- canny ability in checking. The Mich- igan team made desperate attempts, especially in the final period to get the puck into the Gopher territory, but the powerful defense of Iverson's team repelled each Wolverine effort to score. With Captain Olson and Kuhmani alternating at bringing the puck down the ice with whirlwind speed, th Gophers presented an attack which baffled the defense of Coach Barss' squad. Minnesota made five out of the six goals by bringing the puck down close to the Maize and Blue goal on brilliant passing formations which the Michigan wings were un- able to break tip. Minnesota took the offense at the start of the game, and scored the first goal within the first two minutes of play, when Thompson, left defense, pushed the puck past goalie Weitzel on Wilckens rebound. With Captaiu. Olson leading the attack, the Goph- ers continued their fast pace and fol- lowed with another tally, when Gus- tafson scored on a short pass from Kuhlman. Coach Barss sent in McDuff and Hooper at the wings in an effort to break up the passing attack of the visitors, but the Gophers' speed prov- ed too much, and before the period ended they had netted another score, the period ending 3 to 0 in favor of the Northmen. Squad Shows Improvement In the second period Michigan showed improvement in checking, and held the Minnesota sextet for the first five minutes on comparatively even terms. Roach and Gabler frequently moved up from the defense and brought the puck down the ice to the Gopher net, but on each occasion lacked a teammate to aid in passing the rubber past the goalie. Captain Olson made the lone score in the sec- ond frame, when he brought the puck down the ice unassisted and made a beautiful shot from mid ice past Welt- zel. Michigan made a desperate effort Di the final period to score against the strone Minnesota tea~~m hi .t icd Administration's Ecoi Criticized An (My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The ad-j ministration's economy program was assailed and defended in the HouseI today during the debate on the ap- propriation bill for independent of- ficers. The chairmen of congressional cam- paign committees for the two parties, Representatives Wood of Indiana, Rep., and Oldfield of Arkansas, Dem., clashed over the question of the ad-+ ministration's efficiency. Mr. Wood declared prosperity had come to the country through' Republi- # Oi itgIVIUICZULULe1m, u DU msser the net on each occasion. The offen- nomy Program sive play alternated frequently, first O y ' Michigan would bring the rubber far d Defended In Ho use into the Gopher territory, only to lose it and resort back to the defense to check the speedy returns of Olson and nothing to the government", said it Kuhlman. Four minutes after the was one "of the evils forced on the opening of the final period, Olson rac- country by the Democratic party." Mr. I ed down the ice with exceptional Oldfield termed it a "millstone around speed, and brought the puck close to the necks of the people" and, while the net by clever dodging, drawing admitting he voted for it, blamed this the Michigan defense over to the right administration for what he called its a side of the rink. A short pass to Kuhl- present uselessness. man, directly in front of the Michi- Representative Garner, Dem., Texas, I gan goal netted the fifth score of the asserted that the President had "des- game, when Kuhlman pushed the rub- troyed the efficiency of the commis- ber through the net after a hard fight sion by the personnel he had put in with goalie Weitzel. it." Reversing the formation, which net- Action of Republican leaders of the ted the fifth tally Kuhlman worked Senate yesterday in deciding to curb the puck down the ice and passed to congressional investigations was as- Olson, who made a fast shot through , i k3 can control, and that 5,000,000 more! I a1miL p. ~n wun t work iz 1, ,'vo i, 'NON