ESTABLISHED 1890 5kk .Iaxitg MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS i 0 VOL. XXXVII. No. 166 TEN PAGES ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1927 TEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS - - UNKNOWN NUMBER Il AS CRAZY DYNAMITER BLASTS SCHOOLHOUSE, UI'RTY.SEVEN ARE KNOWN DEAD Wi EN TWO EXPILOSIONS WRECK C1IOOIL MANIAC BURNS OWN BARN State Police, Doctors, Nurses Recover Bodies And Clear Wreckage As Bereaved Parents Watch (By Associated Press) BATH, May 18.-The cunningly' conceived work of a madman caused the death today of at least 37 men, women and little children and the1 serious injury of at least 35 other persons when a dynamite trap ex- ploded in the Bath Township Con- I solidated school house, completely wrecking the wooden north wing of the building. Two terrific blasts of dynamite and gunpowder, planted in the partitionsf of the basement and in other parts of1 the building, wrecked the schoolhouse as students and teachers were at work. The handiwork of Andrew Kehoe, expert electrician, farmer and dis- grunted treasurer of the Bath town- ship school board brought sorrow to every home in this little town and throughout the township.1 Not content with the destruction he had caused, the demented farmer caused the death of Emery E. Huyck, principal of the school and two by- standers by firing a shot from an army rifle into a box of dynamite in' the rear end of his automobile. This explosion tore Kehoe's body into pieces, instantly killed Huyck, tore the legs from Glen Smith, postmaster of Bath, and killed Nelson McFarran. 1 Smith died on the way to a Lansing hospital. d Prior to the explosion Kehoe had set fire to his farmhouse and out- buildings which were burned to the ground. -uried calls for help sent to the Michigan State police at East Lansing and for nurses and doctors brought immediate response with the result that by late afternoon the ruins of the building had been torn away.{ .The bodies of the little children, few of whom were older than 12 years, were stretched in a row on the ground covered by blankets carried to the scene by neighbors..j Lt. Laurence Lyons, of the State police, one of the first to arrive, took immediate charge of the rescue work. Within an hour after the explosion State police and the fathers and mothers of the children had recovered{ a score of burned and torn bodies from the wreckage.. As body after body was handed out the screams of mothers could be heard above the noise of the workers tearing madly at the bricks and timbers which I obstructed entrance to the center of the building. One young boy sat weeping on a timber. He had been hurled through a window by the blast. The body of his ten-year old sister had just been brought from the ruins. Automobiles rapidly spread the news! throughout the township and brought terrified mothers and fathers to the school. Little groups gathered in the schoolyard, largely women weeping. Axe and shovel applied in the base-' ment of the school building disclosed a network of wires and hidden charges of dynamite and gunpowder. The wires were cunningly concealed in the partition and run through pipes and pieces of bamboo poles. A shorted wire which led through the basement of the wooden structure to a concrete structure recently constructed, prob- ably saved the lives of children in the other buildings. SOUND AUTHORITY! WILL SPEAK HERE' This afternoon at 4:15 o'clock in Natural Science auditorium, Irving S'andorf. '23E, will speak on "The Usej of the Electric Harmonic Analyser in En gireering". Mrt Sandorf after com-- pleting his course here has been con- nected with the Development and Re- scarch department of the American Telegraph and Telephone company in New York City. While with this department he has been engaged in research on the prob-i lem of sound analization and breaking down the vibration of sound. It is through work such as this that the noise in our telephones and motors NINETEEN ENDURE TERRIFIC TORTURE OF HONOR GROUPS Ten members of the junio literary class, having proved their mettle by a long, perilous journey across the burning sands and down the river Nile, were initiated into Sphinz, junior honorary society of the College of, Literature, Science, and the Arts, at their annual banquet last night at the Union. The men who entered, the por- tals of the organization after passing, through the initiation rites are: Fred- erick Asbeck, Harlan Cristy, Edward Hulse, Paul J. Kern, Ernest McCoy,] John Miller, Ralph Popp, George Rich, John Tarbill, and Edward Wachs. While these events were transpiring nine members of the engineering class scrubbed their way into Tri- angles, junior honorary engineering society. The Engineering arch receiv- ed its semi-annual cleaning at the hands of the neophytes. The men whoi were admitted to that ancient organ- ization are: Harold Bailey, John Ber- gelin, William Fortune, John Gilmar- tin, George Hubbell, Richard Williams, Otto Pommerening, Phillip Slayton and Richard Spindle. Frank Cory, who was killed reently in an automobile accident, had also been voted to mem bership in the society. ANNOUNCE DECORTIVE PLAN OF SENIOR BALL' Unique Lighting Effects And Floralt Decorations Feature Setting 1 Of Annual Senior Dance JACK CRAWFORD TO PLAY .1 By combining unique and fantastic indirect lighting effects with elaborate1 floral decorations, the Union ball- room will be transformed into a color- ful flower garden in which the class of 1927 will hold their annual dance I tomorrow night. Colored shadows in futuristic designs will cast their odd shapes over the walls and ceiling, harmonizing with the dignified beauty of the ,ballroom in its softly illuminat- ed spring garden setting. Stately palms, ferns, clusters of al- mond blossoms, intermingled with tu- lips, daffodils, ad peonies will adorn the chaperone booth at the south end of the ballroom. Surrounded by a hedge of arbor vitae and boxwood blossoms, the orchestra will play from beneath an arched palm and climbing wistaria arbor having a background of ferns, tulips and daisies. A huge basket of dogwood blossoms and pam- pas grass, banked with palms and ferns will decorate the fireplace. Wrought iron candelabras and stand- ards filled with cut flowers and ferns placed around the ballroom will com- plete the decorative effect planned. by the committee. Use of the small ballroom and the balcony porch has also been granted, it was announced! yesterday. Indications point to an evening of incomparable dance music and enter- tainment by Jack Crawford and his; orchestra of Chicago night club fame. who promise to outdo themselves in their first engagement on this cam- pus. They have also played at the junior class dances of the University of Wisconsin and at Notre Dame, and come directly fromhtheir engagement at th'e opening of the new Hotel Ste- vens in Chicago. Stuart H. Sinclair, general chair- man of the committee, yesterday an- nounced a complete sell out of the 325 ticket limit to members of the senior class.1 WEBB APPOINTED TO CITY POSITION F. C. Webb, formerly associated with the state highway laboratory at the University has been appointed pavement inspector by City Engineer George H. Sandenburgh. Mr. Webb, whose appointment is subject to the approval of the board of public works will be in the service of the city during the summer con- struction program. He is now on duty on Dexter Avenue where curb and gutter construction in preparation for paving is in progress. Recent rains have delayed the Dex- ter Avenue project, the city engineer reports. Excavation of the roadway will follow curb and gutter work; which will be completed. soon. The Henry Street storm sewer is nearing completign. according to an announcement by 'the city engineer'.I A 1FI1 Del D)FrDFC SECOND MAYIFESTIVAL CONCERT TO FEATURE music ,O EBEETHOVEN TONIGhT'S PROGRAM TO MARK HIUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF3COMPOSER'S DEATH TO HONOR KELSEY, LLOYD Program Will Be Presented By Choral Union, Chicago Symphony Orches- tra, Metropolitan Opera Quartet With the Beethoven numbers as the main features, the second concert of the thirty-fourth annual May Festi- val will be held in Hill auditorium n tonight. A repetition of last night's crowded audience is expected by Charles A. Sink, secretary and busi- ness manager of the School of Music, sponsor of the Festival. Compositions by Ludwig Von Bee- thoven, including the "Leonore No. 3" will fill the entire program to- night, in observance of the one-hun- dredth anniversary of the death of the composer. A quartet from the Met- ropolitan Grand Opera company, the University Choral union, under the direction of Earl V. Moore. and the Chicago Symphony orchestra, will present the program. The Choral Union comprises a body of more than 300 voices. As a mark of respect to the late Prof. Francis W. Kelsey, of the Latin department, who was president of the board of the directors of the School of Music, and to the late Dean Alfred H. Lloyd of the Graduate School, the Funeral March from the Eroica Sym- phony will be played by the orchestra, in place of the "Scene from Fidelio 2," which was to have been liven by the quartet. ' Quartet Will Sing "Missa Solemnis, a choral work, will be presented by the quartet, con- sisting of Betsy Lane Shepherd, so- prano; Elsie Baker, contralto; Arthur Hackett, tenor; and William Sim- mons, baritone. The Choral union and the orchestra will support the num- ber. The orchestra is under the di- rection of Frederick Stock. Arthur Hackett has recently re turned to America from a three-year absence in Europe. He has had con- siderable experience in the field of oratorio and concert, and has ap- peared with the greatest symphony orchestras in the country. Elsie Baker is well known through her singing' for records. Simmons and Shepherd are prominent figures in the musical field. Choral Union To Sing, The Choral union will appear again in the Friday and Saturday night programs, while the orchestra is sup- porting all of the remaining festival concerts. The feature of last night's program was the appearance of Madame Ernes- tine Schumann-Heink, in one of the last concerts of her fiftieth anniver- ary seasson. The' Chicago Symphony orchestra, with Dr. Howard Hanson, of the Eastman School of Music, Ro- chester, N. Y. as guest conductor, presented the "Heroic Elegy", writ- ten by Dr. Hanson at the request of the national committee for the Beet- hoven centenary anniversary. FORMER MANAGER MAY BUY INDIANS (My Associated Press) CLEVELAND, May 18.-Tris Speak- er, former manager of the Cleveland Indians, and several associates are in the market to purchase the Cleveland baseball club, it was learned here to- night. Speaker, who now is playing with the Washington club, approached Mrs. James C. Dunn, owner of the Indi-! ans, in Chicago last week with a proposition to purchase the teamj which he managed for years. Mrs. Dunn, months ago, signified her willingness to sell provided that she receives the price that she be- lieves right. She informed Speaker, it is understood, that her price is $580,000, or $200 a share for her hold- ings, and Speaker replied that he would continue the negotiations. Friends of the veteran baseball star revealed here today that it is his greatest ambition to return to Cleve- land as part owner of the tribe. Several prominent Cleveland men are reported to have joined Speaker I in his proposition. I?1ICI-IPRA kvW lCfIL 1700 YEAR BOOKS ISSUED FIRST DAY FLOOD PERIL CAUSES riinLi riaL ru ?!ore than 1700 of the 1927 Mich- HI H I fl lii IIII iganensians were distributed yester- I 11 I IU i Ull day, the first clay of distribution, it was announced by Wayne Brownell, 28, business manager yesterday. The NUPMISSISSIPP ,'clc in thebasement ofrthe Library and will continue from there until ATACHATAFAAYA BASIN IS SCENE Friday when the year-books will be OF LATEST MENACE FROM removed to the 'Ensian office in the NEW LEVEE BREAKS Press building. The books will be held for those who have bought them until ONE DIES AT MELVILLE JTune 1. Anone who has lost histrecei Telephone Operators Spread News Of the Press building. Either a receipt or Imminent Treet; nhabitants a duplicate must be presented in or- Of 27 TCwms Urged To Flee dci' to obtain a copy of the book. More'I than 3000 copies will he distributed (By Associated Press) within the next two weeks. NEW ORLEANS, May 18-Inhabit- ants of 27 towns in the path of the wall of water sweeping down the Ata- chafalaya basin tonight were beingI J ~warned to flee their homes under in- I structions issued early tonight by flood relief director John F. Parker. I Mr. Parker, basing his warning upon ja bulletin of the New Orleans weather 11 Honor For Scholastic Excellence Of Business Administration School Is Given By Dean Day IS SECOND YEARLY AWARD Presentation of the Delta Sigma Pi' key for proficiency in scholarship was the' main feature of a banquet held last night in the Union by mem- bers of the fraternity for the faculty and seniors of the School of Business Administration. The award was made to George L. Hull, '27B. Ad. Dean Edmund E. Day was the principal speaker at the dinner.i "This award represents not only a recognition of a high degree of scholarship and intellectual capacity, but at the same time a great amount of hard work," Dean Day stated. "To these two factors is added that of the elements of character-almost the most important in the whole consider- ation. "There are other men in the school, as was well demonstrated during the competition for the key, whom one could set apart as almost sure bets for success in the business world. These all combine the traits which have been mentioned." Dean Day spoke of the comparative infancy of the School of Business Administration as considered with the others on the campus, but added that it was headed right, as such awards and traditions as that of the scholar- ship key portended. He said that the part played by the students them- selves in the experience of the school was most 'important, and that he had hopes for more frank relationships with the faculty as had been encour- aged so far. In conclusion he ex- pressed the thought that something tangible and beneficial would come of this unique relationship-enjoyed by those in none of the other schools and colleges because of the wide differ- ences in enrollment.i This is the second year that the award of the key has been made. No (other basis is considered other than that of scholarship in the two years of work which the school embraces. The judging of the competitors was done by Dean Day and Prof. John P. Mitchell.I NOTED COMEDIAN AND DANCER DIE (By Associated Press) LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 18- Maurice Mouvet, world famous cab- aret dancer, died oftuberculosis this evening in a private hospital here.( His wife, EleanoriAmbrose, the fifth and last partner of his fame, and his brother Oscar attended him in his last moments. There had been a turn for the bet- ter last week, and his brother had ar- Sranged to leave, but a relapse came at I the end of the week and it was appar- ent there was no hope. Maurice sank rapidly and became unconscious yes-! terday. NEW YORK, May 18-Sam Bernard, well loved comedian, whose funny faces and grotesq.ue dialect have de- lighted three generations of theater- goers died of apoplexy Tuesday night at sea. News of his death was report- ed today by a wireless message from the liner Columbus to the North Ger- man Lloyd offices here. He was 64 years old. TOWN WIPED OUT WHEN DAM FAILS (By Associated Press) bureau today, charting the path of thej flood through the section, had a corps of telephone operators spreadingthe message to the inhabitants urging them to speed the evacuation if they would save their belongings. There will be no forcible evacuation but the message of the flood relief dictator strove to impress upon the! inhabitants the seriousness of the flood danger and the imminence of the threat. NEW ORLEANS, May 18-Five hun- dred persons ,grouped on the narrow crown of the levee above Melville. Louisiana, today saw the last link con- necting their town with high ground cut off.! Bridge Carried Away , A span of the Texas and Pacific bridge connecting Melville with the1 east bank of the Atachafalaya river collapsed, carrying to his death Tony Pitilala, a farmer. Few persons, however, were left inj the immediate path of the two expand-j ing lakes of Avoyales and St. Land- rey's parishes tonight. Fed by flood waters in crevasses in, the Atachafalaya levees at Melville and in the Bayou DesGlaises ram- parts, the lakes joined at Big Bend to engulf virtually the whole of two parishes. Spreading outward from the Bayou DesGlaises crevasse the flood had sub- . merged Morrow, Big Cane, Palmetto, and Rosa. Ooelousas on a ridge in the DARGUE TO MAKE FLIGHT O V E R 33 EASTERN S T A T E S (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 18. - Major Herbert L. Dargue, who commanded the Army Pan-American flight, will Sleave Washington next Monday on a good will tour of the eastern half of the United States, which will take him across 33 states. The flight which is expected to con- sume more than six weeks will be made on the "New York II," flag ship on the Pan-American flight. Walter 0. Lochner, of Canton, N. J., presi- (lent of the National Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries will be a passenger. Messages of good will from official Washington will be personally delivered to the governors of the states visited. Many cities on the itinerary where stops will not be made will be circled by the airplanes. The itinerary con- tains Fort Wayne, Detroit, Lansing and Grand Rapids. 'WRECKAGE A E S NOT FRENCH AIRPLANE1 Court Action 'Delays Bertand Flight; Inclement Weather Prevents Byrd Departure MODOC RESUMES COURSE (By Associated Preis) WASHINGTON, May 18.-The hope that wreckage reported at sea by the Shipping board steamer Bellecline might be a part of the Nungesser- Coli plane was dashed today when coast guard seaplanes sent to the scenes to investigate reported that it, was a portion of a fisherman's dory. The Coast Guard cutter Modoc which has been stationed in the path, of the trans-Atlantic flight so that she might guide -the American fliers; by throwing up a smoke screen sig- nal has been withdrawn temporarily from that duty. Because of an in-I crease in the number doficebergs inI the traffic lanes, the Modoc wi'll re- sume duty with the international ice patrol, but she will return to her lo- cation about 1500 miles in an air line from New York in time to signal the American fliers after they take off. PARIS, May 18.-The gallant at- COLGATE SCORES 1 2 WIN OVERl WOLVERINE TEAM IN DULL GAME MICHIGAN PITCHERS WEAKEN BEFORE BATTIN4, ATTACK OF EASTERNERS ERRORS FAVOR VISITORS Hopkins, Colgate Pitching Ace, Holds Baseball Team To Four Hits; Scores Nine Strike Outs Colgate batters pounded the offering of three Wolverine pitchers while Hopkins, the Maroon hurling ace held Michigan helpless, granting only four hits during the entire of yesterday's uninteresting game on Ferry field. The final score of the fray was 12-2 in favor of the Easterners. The' one outstanding performance of the day was turned in by Hopkins, Colgate pitcher. In addition to holding the Wolverines to four hits, none of which w'nt'for extra bases, he struck out nine batsmen and dfd not Issue a single base on balls. He also made a two base hit and a single, and scor- ed one run. Hopkins had good control and change of pace coupled with ef- fective cross fire. The Michigan pitchers, however, were less fortunate. Gilmartin retired in the third in favor of Lowe after five Colgate runners had crossed the plate in the preceding inning. Lowe was removed after an inning and one- third, leaving Ruetz to finish the game. The latter mana~ged fairly well until the seventh inning, up to which time there appeared to be some hope . of a Wolverine victory. All such Ideas vanished, however, with a two run rally by Colgate in this inning. As if' this were not enough, the Maroons batted around in the ninth to add five more tallies. Michigan showed flashes of good fielding yesterday, but for the most part fell far below the Maroons in this respect, being charged with four er- rors while several other plays were a bit "off color". T-ruskowski, who substituted for Davis behind the bat, was responsible for one misplay and two other throws that were shady. Two well executed double-plays brigh- tened the work of the Wolverines con- siderably. Colgate started off the scoring in the second inning. After Hopkins struck out, Bollerman walked and took third following Jones' texas league single to left field. Cardner struck out, but Latham doubled to left sending In Bollerman and Jones. Gilmartin is- sued another base on balls, to Welch, after which Briggs doubled to right, I scoring Latham and Welch. Richard- son reached first on Weintraub's wide throw and Bridges scored. Steinberg grounded out to end the inning. The Michigan scores came in the second and fifth innings. Corriden struck out to open the second. Puck- elwartz singled to right and stole second. Kubicek struck out. The Michigan captain then scored on Oosterbaan's cutting single to center field. The other score came after Hopkins attempted to take a. piece out of the front of Oosterbaan's shirt. The big first baseman went to third SafterDavis' out, and scored ona wide pitch that eluded the Colgate catcher. L '1 IL~ VI u 1llG ~ UG }tempt of Captains Nungesser and Atachafalaya basin, was not in dlanger tmp fCpan ugse n A Coli has fired other French fliers with of being flooded. The breaks were 130 the ambition to make the Paris-New and 170 miles above New Orleans and York flight. Officials of the Levasseur on the opposite side of the rivefromAirplane company, which built the this city. '"White Bird" say they have been ap- Port Barre Is Under Water proached during the week by several Port Barre, on the western edge of well known French pilots eager for backwaters from the Melville crevasse financial support in order to brave the was under six iches of water, wic Atlantic. However, until the fate of was rising rapidly. Residents were Nungesser is known, it is not likely being evacuated over the Texas and the construction company will plan Pacific although the tracks in the thyconstructios-Aomptmcyewilltplan vicinity of the town were under any further trans-Atlantic expedition. water..Bertud Obtains Injunction Towns directly in the path of the eNEW YORK May 18-Lloyd W. flood were being evacuated more INBertaud obtaied a temporary in- readily as news spread of the disas- u dtotaedy agtCoary in- trous effects of the waters to the jetion late today against Charles A. north. Levine to restrain him from supplant- 'Krotz Springs, already under a foot injg Bertaud as co-pilot and navigator; and a half of water, had been de- of the Ballanca airplane "Columbia"I serted. , on the proposed non-stop flight from sRtned. nNew York to Paris. were being jammed with refugees. Quarters at Lafayette were being ex-j tended to care for the influx expected j as the flood sweeps down the valley.l Food and clothing became a prob- lem at the Opelousas camp. A truck-( load of bread was carried there while 1 women busied themselves making cof- fee and sandwiches in their homes after equipment at the ca.mp proved inadequate to take care of the food demand.I At Baton Rouge Secretary Hoover. formulated plans for redistribution of the government's rescue fleet intot the southern Louisiana territory, lat- er leaving by train for Torras where he boarded the coastguard tug Fai- kee to continue his inspection of the area. The Mississippi fell slowly along the lower river, the weather bureau at, New Orleans estimating that half of ' the water from the Tensas basin was being diverted into the Atachafalaya basin through the Melville and Bayou DesGlaise crevasses. The crest of the flood, it reported, still was in the Ten- sas basin far above Bayou DesGlaises. HOLD ART EXHIBIT Paintings by some of the leading artists of contemporary America, se- lected from the Thirty-Ninth Annual American exhibition held in the Art With the Ballanca plane held up by the court's action continued in- clement weather oven the Atlantic as reported late toddy prevented any possibility of either Commander Rich- ard Byrd or Captain Carles Lind- burgh hopping off tomorrow morning. The temporary injunction and order - to show cause issued to Bertaud was granted by Justice Mitchell May in the supreme court in Brooklyn on applica- tion by the pilot's attorney, Leo T.- Kissam. The order, returnable next Friday afternoon, was directed against the Columbia Aircraft corporation, builders of the "Columbia", and Charles A. Levine, as the corporation's managing director. Cannot Break Contract The injunction restrains the de- fendant from breaking an alleged con- Itract made May 12, by which Bertaud and Clarence B. Chamberlain were to be allowed to fly the Ballanca plane to Paris and also from substituting any pilots for them. Bertaud claims that Levine is at- tempting to break the contract, and in an affidavit attached to the applica- tion for the injunction. Kissam stated that he spoke to Levine and that the latter said to him: "Thie flight will go on all right. but Bertaud will be out of it. I will have nothing more to do with Bertaud.". Although Byrd's plane could not be Inut through its final naces in the air E I . , : 'I i , . j I, C( f . . 3 r; i 1 'i ; 3 P, r The box score: Michigan AB Nebelung, rf.......4 Weintraub, 3b....4+ Morse, ss ..........4 Corriden, if ........4 Puckelwartz, cf ....3 Kubicek, 2b ........4 Oosterbaan, lb ....2 Davis, c ............2 Truskowski, c.....1 Gilmartin, p.......d Lowe, p ............1- Reutz, p ...........2 Totals...........31 Colgate AB R 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 R 1 2 2 0, 1 3 2 0 0 1 H. 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 H 2 3 2 2 2 0 4 0 0 2 Pa 1 2 2 0 1 4 10 3 4 0 0 0 A 10 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 E 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 E 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Welch, cf ..........5 Bridges, 3b ........5 Richardson, 2b ......4 Steinberg, ss ......5 Hopkins, p........5 Bollerman, lb ......2 Jones, c..........4 Cardner, rf .........4 Hirt, rf ............1 Latham, if .........5 27 13 PO A 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 5 1 2 9 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals ..........40 12 17 27 9 1. Colgate ..............050 000 205-12 Michigan ............010 010 000- 2 Summary: Two-base hits-Bridges. Steinberg.