ESTABLISHED 1890 it1 .IaiIti MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XXXVII. No. 25 EIGHT PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1926 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS REPUBLICAN SENATOR, INDIANA KU KLUX KLAN5 ATTACKED BY WITNESS NEW TESTIMONY BY BRADFORI) GIVES DETAILS OF INDIANA POLITICAL CORRUPTION HIGH KLANSMEN NAMED Inside Story Of Dissension At Meeting Of Hooded Order In Wasigton Is 1Disclosed TARIFF REDUCTION WOULD ASSIST EUROPEAN RECOVERY, SAYS GRIFFIN "The plea for the reduction of tariff rates set forth in the manifesto signed by many internationally known econ- omists and bankers points the way to- ward the solution of many European financial difficulties," said Prof. Clare E. Griffin, yesterday. "Ever since the war, when new countries were formed1 and each one was so anxious to pro-I tet itself, high tariff rates have hindered the return to normalcy." Conditions in Europe are essenti- ally different than those in this country, said Professor Griffin. In Europe there are many countries, so small that they cannot find a market1 for their products at home, nor pro- The tariff question is not as serious as fessor Griffin stated. our own boundaries; takes cares of most in United States in Europe, Pro- We have within a market which of our products, and we can produce practically all we need. However, large industries are realizing more and more that high tariffs are a burden. Manufacturers no longer need protection to compete with production of other countries. Free trade has long been the philosophy of economists, declared Professor Griffin. However, changes can only be affected when producers -themselves demand it. If free trade is established some of the weaker indus- tries will suffer immediate hardships, but when the transitory stage is passed, conditions in the economic world wil be immeasurably bettered. 9 (By Associated Press) duce all they need. To sell, a country KANSAS CITY, Oct. 25.-An amaz- must buy, and a high tariff on imports ing tale of political intrigue in Indi- in most cases invokes hardships on the ana, through which ran the names of country which levies it. Senator James E. Watson, Republican candidate for re-election, and high QjIfljD officials of the Ku Kluz Klan, was re- lated here today to the Senate cam- FO ,S E ILpi nf d Co mteb Ra h B.T A N In addition, the witness made charges of wholesale political corrup- tion in Lake county, particularly in Party of Students, Varsity Band and East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, Players Will Leave for Baltimore during the Republican primary last Via Two Routes May, and asserted that there had been a general "shaking down" of bootleg- TICKETS ON SALE AT UNION gers and dive keepers by peace officers working in the interests of what was iMore than 75 tickets for the special described as the Watson organization. o Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, train to the Navy game have already the committee chairman, who still was been sold in Ann Arbor according to carrying on the inquiry by himself, officials of the railroads in a state- also was told that it was "well known mnyesterday.' Besides these tickets among the klansmen of Indiana that Senator Arthur R. Robinson was a {more than 50 tickets have been sold "klansman." Bradford said he could for the team, and 70 for the Varsity not say whether the senator still is a band. Railroad accomodations may member of the hooded order. also be purchased at the main desk of Ar Thh had b the Union this afternoon, tomorrow After the hearngherehabeenafternoon, and until 2 o'clock Thurs- closed to be reopened at St. Louis day afternoon. probably'tomorrow, Senator Reed an- The first special train will leave at nounced that if Senators Watson and 3:20 o'clock Thursday afternoon, and Robinson desired to refute the new besides students it will carry the team evidence presented to -the committee, and band. This train' will arirve in they would be given opportunity to do Philadelphia at 10:30 Friday morn- so through affidavits. i. Bradford, who with Wallace C. ing, and it will be stationed on a sid- raerdo whLoanspotInd.,pedJing so that the sleepers and diners Granger, of Logansport, Ind., proved may be used by the occupants. The the star witness of the day, freely con- team will not stop in Philadelphia, but ceded that he was an ex-klansmen, will proceed directly to Baltimore. The that in the fight in Lake county he band and'other occupants of this train was lined up with the anti-Wtson, will' remain in Philadelphia until. 10 forces and that most of his testimony o'clock Saturday morning, at which had been obtained at second hand. dtime they will leave for Baltimore The first startling bit of testimony arriving there two hours later. This given by the witness was that he had special will leave Baltimore at 6 been informed by Walter F. Bossert o'clock after the game ariving back in of Indianapolis that Senator Watson i Ann Arbor at 10 o'clock - Sunday had sat in on a conference of Klan morning. officials at which the resignation of The student special will leave at Bossert, an Indiana grand dragon, had 4:30 o'clock Friday and go directly to been forced by Dr. Hiram W. Evans, Baltimore, arriving there at the imperial wizard of the Klan. Pennsylvania depot at 8:45 o'clock Besides Senator Watson and Dr. Saturday. This special will begin the Evans, others at the session included Ireturn journey at 6:30 o'clock Satur- Joseph Huffington, in charge of Klan f day, and will arive in Ann Arbor at political affairs in Indiana, Robert 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning. McNay, then a Klansman, and the Dining car prices on the student mayors of Indianapolis and Evans-~i special have been materially reduced. ville. Bradford said he had been told Breakfast, $1, lunch, $1, and dinner of this conference also by James Bo- $1.25 are the prices which the rail- lin, then secretary to Bossert. road company have announced. Diner "Bossert told me there had been a;servce will be available on the stu- terrific row at the Washington confer-1 dent special at all times, other than ence," Bradford said, "and that he the stop in Baltimore.i finally threw down on the table his resignation both as Indiana grand iF E H ANG O P dragon and as an officer of the nation- FRESHMAN GROUPS al Klan." TO HOLD INITIAL Both Bradford and Granger charged H L i~i* there had been "adeal" whereby Bos- MEETING TONIGH T sert was to be deposed because he in- sisted on keeping the Klan non-parti- Beginning a program of get-together san and that W. Lee Smith had been eing acprogram to gttogeher made grand dragon in his place so meetings, scheduled to last throughout that the Klan would "go down the the year, freshmen members of the line" for Senator Watson. first three class groups organized by Senator Reed announced that it the Underclass department of the would be impossible to follow up these Undeclasseeatof the new leads on Indiana's tangled pol- Union will meet at 7:15 o'clock tonight tical situation before the election. He in separate rooms of the Union. Cards plans to close the hearing at St. Louis have been sent out to each of the first tomorrow if Mrs. Vivian Tracy Wheat- year men in the three groups meeting craft, vice-chairman of the Indiana this evening, informing them of th State Republican committee, who is in the hospital there, is able to give meetig room number, and explaining her testimony. in detail, the purpose of these gather- It is the purpose to question her iw, and the nature of entertainment, about the testimony given today by a: future speakers and activities. Frank J. Prince, a newspaper corre- J.hn Molenda, '28, will talk to each spondent of Indianapolis and AV. A. F. 'of the groups. After a program of Douglass, western correspondent o: entertainment, music and yells, every v1 1 i ACOOISTWILL GIVE LECTURE TODAYl Dr. Morley Will Speak on "Results The 1926 Field Season; Is World Authority" of ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY ARMENIAN EARTHQUAKE MOUNTS EYE WITNESS GIVES GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF DESTRUCTION BY EARTH TREMORS 600 REPORTED DEAD Incomplete Information Sets Total of Injured at 1,000 and Property Damage at $60,000,000 (By Associated Press) LENINAKAN, ARMENIA, Oct..25.- Fragmentary reports over crippled wires from Karakala and other towns in the teritory laid waste by the earth- quake Friday night indicate an even greater loss of life and more wide- spread havoc than at first reported. IThe latest estimate, admittedly made 1 on incomplete data, laced the deaths as high as 600, with '1,000 others maimed or missing and a $60,000,000 loss. It will be weeks before the full ex- pense of the catastrophe is known ow- ing to the fact that a large part of the population in the earthquake, widely scattered, and not registered. No American Killed It was established today that no Americans in the widespread chain of relief stations conducted by the Near East Relief in the devastated areas are among the victims although several of their Armenian assistants perished. (By Associated Press) LENINAKAN, Oct. 25.-Dr. Joseph Beach, director of Near East Relief operations in the Caucasus, tonight gave the Associated Press a graphic eye witness narartive of the catas- trophe. "I was at dinner with my American colleagues," he said, "'when a terrific4 trembling, surging noise rent the air; a thousand windows smashed and the building oscillated; awakened orphans shreiked in terror and the floor reeled under my feet. All the light failed and we expected momentarily the roof to fall and smother us. "My first thought was our 9,Q00{ orphans. I hurriedly ordered lanterns. and candles and directed the staff to hasten to their posts, which was al- most impossible in the utter darkness i 1 ti 3I Declaring that there is more re- ligious interest among college stu- dents at the present time than there ever has been in the past, Dr. Joseph Fort Newton, in an interview follow- ing his convocation address Sunday characterized modern youth as the "best generation of young people the world has ever seen." "Some ministers ought to get down on their kness and ask forgiveness for some of the things they have said in criticism of the present younger gen- eration," remarked the Philadelphia rector. Dr. Newton explained that he has had a splendid opportunity to observe and study the tendencies of young men and women by reason of'the fact that PHILADELPHIA RECTOR SAYS MODERN GENERATION BEST WORLD HAS SEENE he speaks before a college or univer- sity audience once each month, after which he mingles with the students for two or three days for personal contact. He has addressed student bodies in every leading university and college in the country. If anything, the standard of morals today is higher than ever, in the opin- ion of Dr. Newton. He declared there has been positively no moral let down among the young men and women of America, and that the alarms of many persons on this score is "pure bunk." "The only difference I can find be- tween the young people of today and those of a generation ago," said Dr. Newton, "is that youth today does those things on the front porch which we did, in our day, on the rear stoop." IS CARNEGIE WORKER Dr. S. G. Morley, assistant in middle 'American archaeology at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, wilt deliver a lecture on "The Results of the 1926 Field Saeson" at 4:15 o'clock today in Natural Science auditorium. Dr. Morley is the foremost authority of the world on the hieroglyphis writ-! ings of the Maya Indians, who lived in' Guatemala and Yucatan 2,000 years ago. The Maya Indians are very in- teresting to the whole western hemisphere because it is said that they were the Greeks of the western world and that they parralleled the Greeks in their civilization. It is known from{ their writings and from the instru- ments that they left behind that they were interested, not only in art and literature, but also in astronomy and kindred subjects. Dr. Morley has spent the last eight summers in the region of Chichen Itza, in the center of the Maya field. Dur- ing that time he has unearthed many cities that were not known to have" existed and has made many excava- tions that have yielded rich funds for the anthropologists of the world. It SOCIETY TO CO NTINUE Offices Kept Open to Allow Students From Other Cities of State to Register WILL CLOSE SATURDAY In a special effort to get students from other cities in Michigan to vote by mail for the election, November 2, the Republican club will keep its registration offices on the campus open today and tomorrow, and the one in the Union open until Saturday. Due to the time required for mailing, it is now too late for out of the state voters to register, but those living in Michigan will have time to register, apply for ballots, and mail the latter, if they report promptly. Offices in University hall and in } front of the Library will be open from '9 to 3 o'clock, and that in room 306 of the Union from 10 to 6 o'clock. All of them are open to both men and wo- men. Notary and mailing service for registration is provided with no res- pect to party affiliation. Those who have already applied for absentee ballots, whether from Michi- gan og any other states, when they recei're the ballots, are reouested to come to room 306 of the Union .to have them notaried. Headquarters will be open for this purpose until Saturday noon. Women are especially urged to reg- ister for the election. Elizabeth Kennedy '27, is chairman of the wo- men's committee, and is making every effort to interest the women students. They can register at any one of the offices. It is emphasized that at this election not only county officers, but the governorship and all other state offices are involved. The club was founded more than thirty years ago, and has brought many nationally known speakers and political candidates here for public appearances. The last of these,was the Republican nominee for governor, Fred W. Green, '98L. Further in- formation on the present campaign can# be obtained from James R. Depuy, '27E, chairman of the executive com- Smittee, or any other members of the club. PARIS-It is now stated that Charlie Chaplin is expectedto arrive in France in January to take part in the film "Napoleon." JUNIOR LITERARY OFFICERS WILL BE CROSEN TOMORROW --- Election of officers in the Junior literary class will be held l at 4 o'clock tomorrow after- 1 noon in Natural Science auditor- ium. Five members of the J-Hop committee, representing the 1 literary college, will also be 1 chosen at this time. United States Loans $50,000,000 Total $100,000,000 Raised; Also Participates In Giving Credit NEW GOLD STANDARD 'CREATED BY BELGIUM TO STABILIZE MONEY FINANCIAL AID OF EUROPEAN NATIONS ENABLES BELGIUM TO ESTABLISH BASIS JAPAN LENDS SUPPORT Of STORM STRIKES EAST, 'KILLS THREE PERHSONS New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Hit by Heavy Gales SHIPPING IS DAMAGED (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 252.-Striking with tropical fury 4nd suddeness, Mind storms that at times reached hurric ne force, today raked sections of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Ahode'Island. Three persons were killed in thej vicinity of this city, many others in- jured, considerable property damage was caused in more than a score ofs cities and towns of the four states, and harbor and coast wide shipping was affected. In New York there were numerous injuries from falling window glass smashed by the wind and sign boards torn away and sent whirlingthrough the streets. A wind that for five minutes blew at a speed of 75-miles an hour churned the waters of New York harbor, ibatteijd the smaller vessels into helplessness and para_- 'lyzed harbor traffic in general. During the height of the blow, num- erous' calls for help were received by' the coast guard from small crafts at. the Erie basin in Brooklyn and the Sheepshead bay station. Town and cities in northern and central New Jersey suffered property 1 damage roofs being blown from many houses, trees uprooted and telephone lines torn down. Some injuries were reported. Philadelphia also was visited by a storm. In some towns the tem- perature took a precipitate drop as the I storm struck. In Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the wind tore roofs froom buildings, blew down chimneys and uprooted trees. The storm extended as far as Wash- ington, where rain and hail fell today following upon a steady downpour last night which was accompained by high winds. 'Student Press Club To Hear Journalist On 'The World Beat' Cyril Arthur Player, a distinguished journalist and the foreign editor of the Detroit News will address the Student's Press club at 7:30 o'clock, tomorrow night, in ,the editorial room of the journalism department in the I Old Medical building. The speaker has chosen his subject "The World Beat." Mr. Player is regarded by news- papermen as one of the three or four leading critics of foreign relations. Only recently, Mr. Player returned from Europe where he travelled ex- tensively and interviewed many of the outstanding men in European politics. The Detroit editor is noted for his ! restraint in writing and devotion tot high ideals in newspaper practice. (By Associated Press) BRUSSELS, Oct. 25. - Belgian money will go on a new gold basis to- morrow with the creation of a new monetary standard-the Belga-equal to five paper francs and with a definite gold value of .209211 grams. The Belgian franc will be stabilized at 174.31 to the pound sterling, or about one-seventh of its pre-war val- ue, but it will no longer be quoted on the foreign exchange markets of the world. Instead there will be the Belga for thew purposes of foreign trade. Belgian money, which has fluctuated in value from day to day, since the Germans invaded the country in 1914, now has the support of the leading banks of issue of Europe, the United S tates and Asia. This support is, ex- pressed in an international loan to Belgium of $100,000,000 which will be used to keep the Belgian franc up to its new par level which will make it about 36 to the dollar. On Market Tomorrow The loan will be placed upon the markets tomorrow. It will bear in- terest at seven per cent, plus one per cent for amortization and will run for a term of 30 years. The Federal Re- serve bank of the United States, the Bank of England, the Bank of France, the German Reichsbank and similar banks in Japan, Holland, Sweden, Austria and Hungary have appeared to support the loan. In addition $35,- 000,000 in credit will be placed at the disposition of the Bank of Belgii to assist in carrying out the immedi- ate stabilization plans. (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Assuming the major burden in the financial support in the Belgian stabilization program, the United States tomorrow will ab- sorb $50,000,000 of a $100,000,000 loan and through the Federal Reserve bank participate in a $35,000,000 credit for the purpose of restoring Belgian cur- rency to a gold basis. Many Nations Cooperate The operation to which America lends its aid marks one of the most important post-war steps in re-estab- lishing normal financial conditions in Europe, approaching in its signifi- cance the rehabilitation of Germany's finances and the return of Great Brit- ain to the gold standard. Seldom has the cooperation of so many countries been enlisted for the protection of another nation's financial affairs. Ger- many, Austria and Hungary, allied against Belgium in the World war are now united in their financial support of the stabilization program, partici- pating through their central banks in the international credit. The London portion of the loan will amount to 7,250,000npounds sterling and the remainder will be divided among the investment markets of Hol- land, Switzerland and Sweden. Society To Replace is the report of the work of this last summer that he is presenting here to- day. The lecture is being sponsored by the museum of anthropology andj the public is cordially invited to attend._ Reed Hits Coolidge Support Of Butler (By Associated Press) and impenetrable dusk which en- veloped us. i 3 4 f KANSAS CITY, Mo. Oct. 25.- President Coolidge's endorsement of the candidacy of Senator Butler, Re-' publican, for re-election in Mas- sachusetts, brought a caustic state- ment here today from Senator Reed,! Democrat, Missouri, chairman of the Senate campaign funds committee. The Missourian said that instead of being the "giant" pictured by the Pres- ident, Senator Butler was chiefly "celebrated" as the man who induced Mr. Coolidge to send back to the Senate a second time the name of Charles B. Warren of Michigan, as I attorney-general after it had once been rejected. Edmonson Addresses Educational Society! Professor Edmonson of' the School of Education spoke informally t members of the Men's Educational club at the regular bi-monthly meet- ing of the club held last night in the Union on the necessity of salesmar ship for educators, who desire to ad- vance materially in their profession. He declared that a man must be able to sell his ability in a tactful manner, while attempting to secure positions and promotions, and cited several in- stances where promising young edu- cators had damaged their positions by methods of salesmanship not in ac- cord with professional ethics.C Three Shocks Felt "Scarcely had we emerged from the buliding when another and moreI violent shock seemed to cleave the earth asunder, throwing everyone to the ground. There we remained pro- strate and stunned, expecting death at any moment. "An hour later the earth rocked again, followed by a rolling rushing sound, like thunder, which seemed to carry utter doom and destruction with it. A hurricane of wind swept every- thing before it and .the orphans, who were only scantily clad, trembled from cold and fear. Through the jet black night, only the majestic contour of the Alagoa, the volcanic mountain with its dome of eternal snow, standing out like a beacon on the broad Leninakan plain could be perceived." Players To Present Play Twice Today "Expressing Willie," Rachel Croth- er's comedy of American manners, which was given last night by thej Rockford Players in the Mimes the- ater, will 4e repeated twice today. A special matinee will be given thisI afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and the final performance will be presented tonight at 8:30 o'clock. A review of last night's pre- sentation of "Expressing Willie" by the Rockford Players will be found in the Music and Drama column on page four. Robert Henderson, '26, and Amy Loomis, '22, who took the leading roles in the production of the Summer Stock company last summer again have the leading parts in the present production. The play is being given for the benefit of the Women's league. Parliament Resumes, Coal Strike Debate (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 25.-The House ofI Commons today took up the matter of the coal strike, which has been in pro- gress for the past seven months. De-E bate continued throughout the entire afternoon and evening but led to I t . r f p L T E Navy Day And Birthday Of Roosevelt. To Be Observed By Nation Tomorrow the Baltimore Sun, that he had stated to them that he had organized a "poison squad" among the women of Indiana to carry on a whispering cam- paign to "obtain victory by gossip."' Sophomore Receives ' Scholarship Award William C. Reynolds, '29E, has been awarded the Lloyd's Register of Ship- ping scholarship for the years 1926 to 1929, carrying with it an annual stipend of $500'. The scholarship is granted for study in'naval architec- ture and marine engineering and is' awarded for excellence in scholarship diirinzs the first Year~i of wrk in the freshman present will become part of an informal get-together, in which he will introduce himself "It is the intention of these infor- mal gatherings, held group by group at intervals of three weeks, to ac- quaint each freshman with the rest of his class members, and thus to fos- ter an active class spirit and an inter- Promoter's Arrest est in class activities," William V, . Jeffries, '27, chairman of the Under- Dims Hotel Plans class department, declared yesterday. After active organization of the Hopes of Ann Arbor citizens for the groups is under way, further plans construction of an up to date hotel will be announced by the Underclass were dealt another blow by the arrest, department. Group election of officers Saturday of A. Morrissey, promoter of1 is proposed, and intergroup competi- Ithe proposed "Michigan" hotel. Mor- tion in a variety of activities is be hissey was brought before Justice A. planned. Smokes will be provided, E. Gibson and released on a $10,000 ard occasionally there will be refresh- bond furnished by the General mna R,nVord- rn 'Chmrn nwill rnirr I f ; I (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-America will pay a nation-wide tribute to its na- tional defense on the sea when it ob- serves Navy day tomorow, in addition to celebrating the birthday annivers- ary of the late President Theodore Roosevelt. Under leadership of the Navy League, a nation-wide program has ben prepared designed to ceter atten- tion not upon memories of old battles that have made glorious the traditions of the Navy, but upon the busy, hustl- ing merchant craft that shuttle end- lessly back and forth over the seal along the coast lines. Each district commander has been directed to work out for himself in cooperation with state and municipal authorities the method of bringing before the Ameri- can people the vital relationship of the American flag ships of commerce American agriculture and industry and the floating bulwark of security the grim fighting craft give to the ocean highways and byways of trade. "This year the importance of the Merchant Marine to the future econ- omic independence of our country and its value as a vital element of national defense will be the subject stressed," said the formal order issued to all dis- Regular Meeting By University Lectures Due to the fact that Dr. William Minot Guertler, director of the Metall- Institut der Technischen Hochschule, Charlottenburg, Germany, will give two University lectures here Novem- ber 1 and 2, the Ann Arbor division of the Detroit chapter of the American Society of Steel Treaters has decided to substitute attendance at the lec- ures in place of a regular meeting, ac- cording to Prof. W. P. Wood, chair- man of the group. The Ann Arhor division of the A. S. S. T. was formed last year, and it was 'then decided to hold four meetings a year. Since the first meeting falls on the date of Dr. Guertler's lectures, it was decided to substitute them for the meeting in place abandoning it alto- gether. NORTHRUP CHOSEN CLASS PRESIDENT Philip Northrop was elected pres- ident of the Junior class of the dental college in the class elections held last week. William Gillette was chosen I