ESTABLISHED 1890 LL it4 i an 13 aAirl MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS I VOL. XXXVII. No. 144 EIGHT PAGES ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1927 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS __-" WOLVERINES TO MEET WILDCATS IN SECOND BIG TEN GAME TODAY PALMER OF NORTHWESTERN AND MILLER WILL BE THE OPPOSING PITCHERS GAME TO START AT 2:301 Contest Marks 23rd Baseball Game Between The Schools; Purple Strength Unknown' Michigan 'will battle Northwestern at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon on Fer- fy field in her second Conference base- ball game of the current season. The Wolverines are anything but down- hearted because of the Purdue defeat, and after two days of practice are bent on redeeming themselves and getting a fresh start in the chase for the championship.I Yesterday afternoon Coach Fisher was undecided as to who would ap- pear on the mound for Michigan, but favored Miler to try his luck once again, provided his arm is not sore before game time. In case Miller is' unable to pitch it is likely that Ruetz will be the second choice, althoug' Asbeck may be selected. The loss of the Purdue game, which, incidentally, is the first ever dropped to, the Indiana institution, cannot be blamed on Miller, regardless from what angle it is viewed. Any pitcher that holds the opposition to seven hits',; and strikes out six men deserves to win, and had his support shown any I semblance of a punch at all Michigan l would have been on the long end of the score. However,{today is anoth-er day. I Varsity Band Dances In Colorful Setting ,Alt Masonic Temple FLODS AUS GRAT~ICHGANRADO IGHT en Willis Of Ohio r'FOOD CASE HEA MIHIGN RDION Rplaces =Harrison HVC O-LANDS RED BY V In Speaking Series /,HA OC Y Sen. Frank B. Willis of Ohio, will OF MISSISSIPPI RIVEF TALKS FROM FACULT Mtasethe laStHar on Mississippi, as the last speaker on the Oratorical association series at 1 I R E E T 9 A O F STU DEN T C A R S AT M EETINGSHU E O N XMN T In an atmosphere of pageantry, the IVarsity band held its third annual formal dance last night, in the Ma- sonic Temple ballroom, when over 150 couples danced from 9 o'clock to l1 o'clock to music furnished by Sey- mour Simon's Tunesters of Detroit. The grand march, which was held shortly after 10 o'clock was led by Arthur Cook, '27A and Dorothy Dart, '30, and was announced by Heralds using the golden trumpets which pre- cede the band on the football field. The wearing of band capes by mem- bers of the Varsity organization, with the gold lining thrown back during the grand march made an impressive showing, set off by the black and I white of formal dress, and bright eve- ning gowns. Decorations of yellow and blue supplemented an elaborate screen, 20 by 40 feet, upon which was painted in life colors, and several times life-sized, a base drum, sup- ported by uniformed men, and figures of a drum major, director, a drummer, and a fife player. This screen hid the orchestra for the first two dances, and later the head of the drum was brok- en, revealing the musicians. President Clarence Cook Little and Mrs. Little, and Robert A. Campbell and Mrs. Campbell were patrons and patronesses, and Coach Fielding H.l Yost and Mrs. Yost were guests. J.1 Fred Lawton, '11, and Mrs. Lawton;' Earl V. Moore, '12 composer of "Var- sity," John Wannamaker and Mrs.{ Wannamaker, and John Lawton, '23 former drum major were among the guests. Director and.Mrs. N. J. Larson, and Nicholas D. Falcone, director of the Reserve unit and Mrs. Falcone attended. iuriv ini Tnl TAI V ) .3 ! ( I i 1 i i NINETEEN LOST WHEN LAUNCH "PELICAN" SWAMPED1 BY LEVEE BREAK MANY FAMILIES IN TREES Red Cross Working Hard To Rescue All Victims Before Water Level I Reaches Extreme Height (By Associated Press) MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 22-Thirty- eight known dead, upward of 75,000' homeless, more than 7500 square miles of land inundated and the crest of the flood still to come. This was the story the lower Mis- sissippi valley told tonight, and along with these reports came others of ad- ditional breaks in levees, endangering hundreds of persons and threatening to add millions of dollars to the al- ready enormous property loss. The numiered dead yricluded 19 persons who perished when the 'gov- ernment launch Pelican was swamped by a break in the Mississippi river PROF. BLICKE MAKES SPEECH ABOUT ADVENT OF NEW KINDS OF DRUGS SWIMMING LESSON GIVEN Amazon Valley Discussed By James As Possible Productive Region Still Unexploited Natural drugs, which for hundreds of years were the chief medicinals used i< the relief of pain and in the treatment of disease, are fast being replaced by synthetic drugs, prepar- ed in the chemical laboratory fromj coal tar products, said Prof. Frederick F. Blicke, of the department of phar- maccutical chemistry, in the opening address on the Michigan Night Radio program broadcast last night from the University. He continued by naming a number of synthetic medicinals that are now used in the place of the older natural 3 oclock Tueday, April 26, in Hill auditbrium, according to an announce- ment by Prof. R: D. T. Hollister of the public speaking department. Senator Willis was educated at Ohio Northern university from which school he received his master's degree. He turned to teaching for a time, and for 12 years held the position of profes- sor of history and economics at his alma mater . He was elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 19001 in which capacity he served two terms. Ohio Wesleyan, Miami, and Ohio universities gave him the degree of LL.B. and he was admitted to the bar shortly afterwards. From 1911 to 1915, Senator Willis was a member of the 62nd and 63rdl Congress from the eighth Ohio district, after which he was elected to the gov- ernorship of his state. He served in this capacity for two years. He was elected to his present position as sen- ator from Ohio in 1921, his term of office lasting until 1927. Serious Accidents And Difficulties In Enforcing Rules Given As Reasons For Probable Action Because of the present situation relative to the student operation of automobiles is believed to be "extremely grave" and existing rules difficult to enforce, the Regents will probably ban student owned auto- mobiles in May, it was revealed last night by President Clarence Cook Little. The statement given by the President follows: "The recent ghastly automobile accident resulting in the death of one student and the serious injury of three others-one perhaps fatally-was discussed at the meeting of the Board of Regents. Coming as it does as a culmination of a series of accidents stretching over several years and involving loss DANCE ARRANGEMENT of students' lives, the Board felt that the situation was extremely grave. D "The Board felt also that the pres- ent situation is unsatisfactory in that the existing rules are not being en- forced by the students and probably Committee Hits Decided Distribution are not possible of enforcement. oi PritegHas DeiTed ltib n "It has therefore under considera- Of Programs Will Take Place tion for the May meeting further re- At Entrance To Danice strictive action of a comprehensive nature which if taken will be solely TICKETS GOING RAPIDLY to protect the lives of undergraduates and other students of the University." Tickets for the seventh annual Mil-. -- itary ball, which will be held April! SHOULD CARS BE BANNED% 29 in the Union ballroom, are going very rapidly, according to John Lov-J The Daily's comment on the ette, '27E, chairman of the committee. abolition of student cars, a step Only a few tickets remain for sale and which the Board of Regents in- these may be procured at the R. O. T. dicated would be taken in May i I IIPIu R I u I Palmer May Pitch ITILIILL Northwestern will probably send _ Wiliam Palmer to the hill to oppose Coach Fisher's selection. Palmer U 1 [I learned about college pitching from "Skipper" Mather, the Michigan fresh- man mentor, in 1924, but dropped out Wisconsin P of school to enter Northwestern, and Student has since risen to the position of ace In of the Wildcat flinging staff. Just what amount of strength the HAS SPC Evanston school possesses on the dia- mond is problematical, as they haye Dr. Alexa yet to play a Conference game, and philosophy there is no basis for comparison with versity of Conference teams. However, it is in- members of teresting to note that while on the cation, at 11 spring training trip the Wildcats lost ing, in Hill to Oklahoma A & M, "15-0, and bowed john has cho to Mississippi 14-0. cation of the Outside of Palmer, the only -other The servi! twirler that has earned his spurs is series of c Mills, a veteran of the 1926 campaign, auditorium u and forms, with Vandenberg behind! Student coup the :plate, practically the entire and the Schc strength of the Wildcat battery. Mel- Dr. Meikl ich at first is the only other man to ence as pres bring joy to the heart of Coach Kent. sity, and is r His hitting on th'e spring trip has been gressive edu far better than the others, and he present, in fills his position as though he were the philosopt 44,-~ 4h i Cnh CP HITEDUCATION' rofessor Will Open Third1 t Convocation Series f 1111 Auditorium- )KEN -HERE TWICE nder Meiklejohn of the department of the Uni- Wisconsin will address the University, in Convo- o'clock on Sunday morn- auditorium. Dr. Meikle- osen for his subject "Edu-{ Spirit." ce will open the third onvocations held in Hill under the auspices of the ncil, the Women's league, ool of Religion. ejohn came into promin- ident of Amherst univer- egarded as one of the pro- cators of the country. At addition to his duties in hy department at Wiscon- !n'O d in w lins mif a a 1 i 1 l a i accustomed to the Job. isin, n ei s engagea in woring ouL Solheim and Johnson form the key- plans for a new experimental college stone sack combination and Smith which he will supervise there. will be seen at third. In the outfield His speech on Sunday will mark his Kempf, who is the best hitter on the third appearance here during the past squad outside of Melich, Janetz, and: two years, his most recent address Panosh have earned regular posts. being given under the sponsorship of Northwestern Beat Michigan Once the Student Federation of America1 A glance at the record books dis- last December. closes some interesting facts about Michigan-Northwestern baseball rela- ROCKNE ASSUMES; tions. The first game between the two DEFIANT ATTITUDE schools was played in 1891, and froml that date until the present time 23' OVER ELIGIBILITY games have ben staged, with' the in- _ vaders from Ilinois winning on just ! (By Associated Press) one occasion. That game was played CHICAGO, April 22.-Knute Rock- in 1902 when the Wolverines were on ne, director of athletics at Notre t'he short end of a 9-7 score. Dame, exploded a bomb in Western The worst defeat inflicted by Mich- Conference athletics today by de- igan came in 1900, When the Purple claring one of the universities, which came to Ann Arbor, and after nine in- 1 he did not name, was going out of its nings of comic baseball the game end- way to question the athletic eligibility ed with the score of 26-2. 1 standards at Notre Dame. Northwestern has been in a base- This situation was given public ball rut for a nunber of years, main- recognition here last night when ly because they were unable to attract Rockne addressed members of the the high school players that enter' Notre Dame club of Chicago. some college every fall. In the past "It is my contenttion," Rockne said, they have had some good men, but "that this university should either never more than one or two at a time, prove the things it hints or shut and as a result were unable to as- up." semble a ball team that could serious- The famous football coach said he ly threaten the more powerful teams welcomes any investigation of Notre! in the Big Ten. Dapie's athletics. "We do not play! ___g _____this university," said Rockne, "nor RITO LA BREAKS RECORD do we have anything to do with them. RiT A RA 1R But there is an evidence of animosity on their part towards Notre Dame's NEW YORK, APRIL 22-Willie Rit- athletic standards. We meet other ola, Finnish-American A. C. distance members of the, Western onference on star, tonight clipped 9 1-5 seconds a friendly basis with regard to the from his own 5000-yard world record standards of Notre Dame, I can say, during a three mile handicap run at that we extended to the Western Con- the 369th Infantry track games here. ference the same privilege of investi- Ritola covered 5000 yards in 13 mint gating as that given the Rockefeller utes 29 4-5 seconds and went on to and Carnegie foundation fund rep- cover the full distance 'r. 14 minutes, resentative. These last two were' lseconds. satisfied 'with what they found. The j Big Ten refuses to accept the in- levee at Knowlton's Points, Ark., drugs; quinine being superceded by, while on a rescue mission last night. pyramidon, phenacetin, aalol and as- I riI In his appeals for help for the suf- rprin: the German creation of plas- IE I ferers, President Coolidge quoted Red . mochin to combat the micro-organ- Cross officials as saying that 75,000 isms responsible for malaria, the use was a conservative estimate and that of novocaine as a local anaesthetic, this number would be doubled or in th-e place of cocaine. "Some of the ILL trebled if the floods rise to the pre- adverse properties of natural drugs - dicted 'height within the next few I which the chemist tries to eliminate Current Events Examination Sched- days. in synthetic substitutes are the high uled To Take Place At 9 O'clock Peonle Caught In Delta toxicity and the undesirable by and This Morning In Angell Hall M. L. Kaufman, former member of after effects," he explained. "It is the Mississippi levee board, in a state- hoped to produce a drug with a great! $PRIZE IS OFFERED ment at Rosedale tonight said hun- curative action and at the same time $5 RSE dreds of persons were caught in the having a low toxicity toward the pa-C deta and were in danger of drowning tient, exerting no by or after affects. Inteslate Crt N e nYork Times unless aid reached them during the It has never been discovered, but it is terwlleat 9uorlot today in night. He appealed for boats to assist among the synthetic rather than theest will meet at 9 o'clock today in roo 2003 Angell hall, to write the in the rescue work, natural drugs, that medicinas of such room 203Agl h ,t1riete- Many families are in trees and on a high type may be found. examination arranged by the local housetops, he said. "The flood is A further advantage of the synthetic ommittee for the prize of $250 and a1 spreading fast. I cannot number the drug, as pointed out by ProfessorI bronze medal. This prize is given at I persons caught in it. None of them Blicke, is that of the possibility of each of the twenty universities enter- made preparations for this disaster.-I domestic production. Most of the na- ed the contest. No one had moved their families to tural drugs come from foreign a-d In addition to the prizes given here the hills, ndnhcase ofreuplands the winner will have an opportunityt "We know these women and chil- aih e case o sswr te to compete for the grand, national migt b cu of, h asertd.preize of $500 which will be awared dren are in the flood, crying for help! Swiming Coach Talks are final wainatioo ay 1 but the people of Rosedale can give A.is esnfrsimr en after the final examination on May 14. F butthepeole f Rsedle an I- A first lesson for swimmers, being± Only the winners of local ontests will 1 them little assistance because we lack an explanatiOn of the crawl stroke, n be all owed t take part in this- final facilities. was given to the radio listeners by "This isthe most disastrous flood M examination. I~~~~~~ thscutyhsMvrhd"atthew Mvann, Vj sity swimming At the examination this morning1 this country has ever had." coach in the second talk of the pro- tommtteminarge il furnish Among the lower branches of the gram. The lesson was' divided into the cmmittee in charge will furnish Arkansas and down the Yazoo delta three parts: the arm stroke, the leg to bring blue books. Each contestant a vast panorama of suffering and action, and the breathing. To learn will turn over to the examiner a seal- desolation was spread before the Red the first two phases of the crawl edw hite envelope with a nom-de-- Cross and other relief agencies. Cities, stroke, the listeners were advised to ge oit ndin wih i nme- towns and plantations were inundat- practice on dry land first, later usingadrreit and in which s his name ed; refugees were huddled together in tht and address. This no-de-guerre will more than a score of camps and the ithe same actions in the water.- ( then be written on the examination1 moe thnrscreofnap andtrnd heIn concluding his lesson, Coach sheet and the examiner will not knowl fate of others remainedl undetermined. Mann gave four general rules that th1ae ftoeetrdi h Dater And Food Shortage Mn gv orgnrlrlsta the names of those entered in the i M are than 200 persons were ma-Iapply to the successful mastering of I contest. rne that20 ersns w' Ca- the stroke: First, the hands are al- Last year only 12 schools were in- don, Ark., by from ten to 28 feet of ways pressed forward and downward, luded in the examination list and water. The town was short of water he advised; secondly, the kick is a lift this year the competing schools wereE and almost without food, the refu- up and not down; complete relaxation increased to 20. The contest is to be gees said in their urgent call for of the body must be observed at all an annual event and it is hoped that help. times; and lastly, the breathing must interest will grow from year to year.f Greenville, Miss., was fled eay be through the mouth and not the The time covered by the examination erynose. will be from May 1, 1926, to thef today when waters of the Mississippi Prof. Preston E. James, of the geo- present. ' ' let through by a crevas at Slots graphy department, in discussing the Landing, flowed over the municipal Aniazon valley, sees great possibil- levee cutting off the water supply of ties of development of the region, but SPECIAL EXAMvi the 12,000, inhabitantsand 6000 refu- in a different manner than yet at- ARE ANNOUNCED gees. The electric ' light and power tempted. The land- was described as plant was threatened. being one of th 'world's greatest Additional examination schedules The Mississippi broke through the deserts, an area of more than 2,000,000 for special classes in the College of levees at adlditional places during the day. A new crevass occurred six square miles supporting less than one Enginaering and /:chitecture have dai.eA nrthofStsccuandiandperson per square mile, inhabited by been announced through the office oft miles north of Stots landing and a race of mixed blood; although a Louis Hopkins, secretary of the col-t breaks were reported below Rosedale lowland it is not swampy, and having lege. and at of Greenville.issashort distance a climate "monotonously warm but Courses in . M.1 and 2, will bei the mai Grleve riy Lnever reaching points set by our sum- examined on Monday, June 6, from 2t The main levee aezrrday.,La., opI mer heat waves in the Middle West". - to 6 o'clock. Classes in C. E. 2, and, posite Natchez, Miss., was reported ko Travel is difficult and possible only Drawing 2, wil also have the finals at be crumbling with another break ex- because of the network of navigable this time. Lana Army engineers have abandonedI -the Am dieertthe head oAbe-d rivers, therefore the cities are all Surveying 2 and 4 classes will meet the main dike at the head of Albe- located along the banks of the on Wednesday, June 8, from 2 to' marle Bend, north of Vicksburg,. streams, the region that is the most 6 o'clock. Students in M. E. 3 courseZ where waters were flowing over the afflicted by diseases. will be examined on Saturday, June top. ywl eeaie nStraJn Wit both wire and railroad com- Rubber Industry Declines 4, from 2 to , o'clock and, finals in munication with the Misissippi delta The rubber industry, which had shop courses 2, 3, and 4, will be given country badly interrupted, adequate grown to rather large proportions, ac- on Thursday, June 9, from 8 to 12 reports covering that section were un- cording to Professor James, collapsed o'clock. available tonight, but from such in- almost overnight because of the de- The only other special examinationI formation as came through it appear- velopment of the plantation system in is in E. E. 2a which will be given on ed that Leland, Shaw, Moore, Indian- such places as Malaya and Sumatra. Saturday, June 11, from 2 to 6 o'clock. ola, Belzoni, Percy, Silver City, Hol- "Thousands and thousands of rubber These periods may be regarded as andale and Mayorsville would receive workers left the region. Today the iregular sessions by instructors pro- flood waters. The town of Scott, near many beautiful buildings are rapidly viding there is no conflict with the Rosedale, already was under water. falling to ruin. Walls and roofs are rest of the examination schedule giving in and are not being repaired, which was published yesterday. MAY 4 LAST DAY pensive flooring wharves are allow- J No single course is permitted to ed to sink, grass grows in many of the give more than four hours of exam- FOR INVITATIONS city streets, and some of the smaller ination and no date of examination villages are entirely abandoned. The may be changed without the consent Final opportunity to order an- settlements are in frank decadence," of the classification committee. ; nouncements, programs, and invita- I the speaker explained. A. member of the engineering facul- tions for Commencement on June 20 Professor James concluded by as- ty to act as a representative of the and other senior class functions will ° serting that attempts at colonization classification committee for the pur- be given Tuesday afternoon and Wed- based on the same idea as those pre- pose of adjusting misunderstandings nesday morning, May 3, and 4, at a viously attempted would fail, but if and errors and arranging schedules desk in University hall. Invitations Brabil should stimulate the coloniza- for students with conflicting examina- and announcements are 15 cents each, tion of its river Central plateau, that tion periods, will be announced at a C. office or from the committeemen. The tickets are priced at $4.50 andl limited to 275., It has been decided by the commit- tee not to distribute the programs un- til the night of the affair and then at the entrance door. The committee has also completed the list of patrons and patronesses. Included among those who received invitations to be guests of honor are Gov. Fred W. green, Pres. Clarence Cook Little and Tsuneo Matsudaira, Japanese ambas-' sador to the United States who will be in Ann Arbor at that time attend- ing the Michigan Schoolmaster's club convention. Music for the ball will be provided' by Guy Lombard's Royal Canadians, of Cleveland. This orchestra is well known to University students, having played at the last two J-Hops, besides{ being national radio favorites. At! present the Royal Canadians are making a short tour of the country following which they will return to Cleveland on May 21 to play for the, summer. Decorations will consist of flags of various countries, guns and other military paraphenalia. Either uni-I forms or tuxedos will be considered appropriate; present indications are j that both will be numerous.- TAPROOM TO GET SCORES BY WIRE Ticker returns on major league baseball games will be received here- after in the Union tap room, Thomas Cavanaugh, '27L, student manager of j the Union announced yesterday. The ticker, which gives the playing by in- nings, has been removed from the billiard room inasmuch as this depart- ment and the bowling alleys have, been closed for the remainder of the season. The baseball returns, which are fur- nished by Western Union, will be posted on a bulletin board as soon as they are received every afternoon. I .i CHANGE DATE FOR MEETING OF PUBLICATNON BOARD The Board in Control of Stu- dent Publications will holds its meeting for the appointment of Managing Editor and Businessj Manager of The Michigan Daily, the Michanensian, and Gar- goyle on May 2, 1927. Each appli- cant for a position is requested ' I to file seven,-copies of his letter of application at the Board officej I in the Press building not later' than April 29 for the use of the members of the board. Carbonj copies, if legible, will be satis- factory. Each letter should state j the facts as to the applicant'sI scholastic record in the Univer- sity, his experience upon the publication or elsewhere so far 1 7 ' I!E 1 3 will be found on the editorial page of this issue. Prof. J. M. O'Neil of the department of speech of the University of Wis- consin will come to the University next year as chairman and professor. of the department of speech. His acceptance of the appointment was received by the Regenst last night. Professor O'Neil iq widely known for his theories of speech and has writ- ten several articles on public speak- ing. Because of the fire risks involved, the use of University hall auditorium, will be discontinued as soon as an- other suitable place to which the work now carried on in the old struc- ture can be transferred, it was de- cided by the Regents. Definite at- tention was recently called to the risks incident to the use of the audi- torium by the state fire marshal. Classes in play production and in dramatic reading are the principal ones to use the auditorium. Several donations for various pur- poses were accepted by the Board last night. Dwight B. Cheever gave $100 to establish the Dr. H. S. Cheever Memorial fund for loansto deserving students enrolled in the Medical school. Two $25 pries tobe awarded for the -best work in clay modeling were donated anonymously by a friend of the architectural college. H. Fletcher Brown of the Dupont Chemical company again offered a $750 annual scholarship to be granted for the academic year of 1927-28. David Denison, G. E. Uhlenbech, and S. Goudsmit of the University of Leyden, Holland, were appointed as a nucleus of a group to make theo- retical studies in chemistry. STUDENT INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT IS NOT IMPROVED Condition of Jean B. McDanel, '29, who was injured along with four oth- ers in the automobile accident Thurs- day morning on the Plymouth road in which Clarence Wobrock, '30D, was killed was reported to be unimproved late last night by Dr. Albert Kerli- kowske, chief resident physician at the University hospital.. Miss Mc- Danel suffered fractures of arm and leg, internal injuries, and severe cuts and bruises, and did not regain con- sciousness until late yesterday. The condition of the others, is reportel, as gradually improving. It is thought that no official investi- gation will be carried on by the Uni- versity authorities. No decision had been made last night by the coroner of Washtenaw countyoas to whether or not there would be an inquest held. The driver of the truck which was the cause of the creash was released froiu responsibility after being questioned.