EST ALISHED 1890 Jr I 4 ai4 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ...... ......- -- ; f __ ____. VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 39. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1927 EIGHT PAGES ................ . BANK OFFICIALS of r PLA N TO0 ERE1CT LARGEBIDN xNEW STIRICTTURE TO INCLUDE TODERN 1HOTEL ROOMS AND OFFICES WILL FACE MAIN STREET Hope To Complete Big Project In Tljnm To Accommodate Visitors To Games Here Next Fall Officials of the Ann Arbor Savings! bank announced tentative plans for a new building to be erected at the northwest corner of Main and Huron streets in a statement issued yester- day afternoon by Wiliam L. Walz,j cashier of the bank, The structure, according to present plans, will be from eight to ten stories high and will include a modern hotel as well as a bank and' office building. Confirming reports that such a, structure was planned, Walz stated,1 "We are contemplating the razing of the present structure and the erection of an up-to-date, modern, fire-proof, bank, ofhice, and hotel building. Preliminary sketches have been made which make us believe that the building will probably be eight to ten stories in height. The bank will; retain its present location, with con-1 Mderably larger space, having a main banking room 60 by 100 feet, three stories in height, with a mezzanine j and basement. The plans also show; about 100 office room and 120 hotel I rooms, each equipped with bath. Walz stated further that a number of ex- perienced operators are desirous of leasing the hotel. In addition, he de- scribed the offices as planned to be+I of the most modern type,many of them already having been reserved. Controlled by Bank The building itself will be owned by the bank organization and J. E. Beal, owners of the present bank block oc- cupying the site of the contemplated building. Discussing the contemplat- ed structure and the advantages to be derived from it, Beal issued the fol- lowing statement: "After Ann Arbor had passed the 20,000 mak in popula- tion, hotel meh all 'over the country, eager to build hotels at strategic points began to drop into town to look up locations. Inevitably thct- would come back after looking over C the town, to the corner of Main and huron streets, opposite the CountyI Presents Testimony In Conspiracy Trial ANNUAL CENSUS FROM~Is Slated For Post OIn Foreign ServiS NUMBER OF ADVANCED CREDIT STUDENTS ENTERING IS EXCESSIVE YEARS TOTAL IS 12,614 Records Reveal Substantial Decrease In Enrollment of Freshmen In Various Schools Though the number of entering freshmen is considerably lower this fall than a year ago, the enrollment of the University shows an increase of 103 students over last year, according to the official count completed by the offiec of Registrar Ira Smith yesterdayt afternoon. The number of students entering, this fall with advanced standings from1 various junior /collegessand other in- stitutions is larger this year than in any year in the past, and the grand FOOTBALL NUMBER OF GARGOYLE ce hWILL APPEAR ON CAMPUS TODAY The new football number of the 'the number as well as the cover Gargoyle which goes on sale today on drawing. Another feature drawing is the Campus, the November issue, in- by Elbert Vyse, '28. eludes many special drawings and "How to Play Football" is discussd articles on football themes. j fully with the prediction "just fiftten The colored cover is done by Maurice minutes a day." For this feature Lichtenstein, '28, and is entitled "Just Coach Snivil and Coach J.J.J. Twerp a Couple of Good Flagkmen." Licten- have been interviewed and a discus- stein has two full page drawings in sion of favorite plays ends with no score. Many diagrams illustrate the I plays. Editorials on the campus election, the Student Council, and a prediction of a razz for the "Mimes new operatic- burlesque,O The Same to You' make up uithat section of the magazine. The usual sections are run, The "Music HathCharms" and the "Books." In Plais To Offer Chicago Fine ro ranit the latter, Charles Horton Cooley's On Last AwayFro-Home Trip new book, "Life and the Student" is For This Year reviewed as well as books by H. C. TO r VE TW O NCER(T S ' Witwer, VictoreMacClure, George Moore, Barry Benefield, Negley Far- son, and a book of poems by Dorothy The 'Varsity band will lea1f at Parker. noon tomorrow for the Michigan-Chi- In this issue there are 27 pages of cago football game at Chicago, Satur- editorial matter, the largest number ur, day, to participate in one of the most which appears in any college humor ilce active programs ever given by the publication. The number of pages has ice. band on an away-from-home trip been increased this year and the Tin b lrA h nr m m oe NT1 rin i nivo - --- A4..- / MajorsGeneral Douglas McArth above, is first on the list of ma; generals, slated for foreign servi At the present time he is commandi building, as he best place for account of the extra width of two streets which are thus1 adapted to higher buildings. Need For Hotel Felt "As the city has grown to inhabitants, not counting the it on those better 25,000 12,000 The testimony of Edward C. Finney, pictured above, first assistant secre- tary of the interior, was considered of vital importance by both sides in the i Fall-Sinclair oil conspiracy case which was yesterday declared a mistrial, and is expected to-figure largely in the next trial. JIHOP COMITET HOLD DESIGN CONTST f Judges Will Pick Three Designs For Final Consideration By Entire J-Hop Committee Personel OPEN COMPETITION TODAY Decorative schemes for the class of 1929 J-Hop will again be selected by competition ths year, according to announcement made yesterday by Al- fred C. Bowman '29, decoration chair- man for the affair. Details in sub- mitting designs will be largely the same as in former years, and the contest will be open to all who are interested. Professional decorators and art clubs are free to plan schemes and submit them as well as students; no connection with the University being necessary. Competition for the awards will open today, according to the state- ment,; and all designs must be in the hands of the judges or the committee by Saturday, Nov. 26 at the latest. No designs submitted after the specified date can be considered. The judges that have been named by the committee to act on all de- signs are Dan Emil Lorch, Prof. Wil- liam C. Titcomb, and Prof. Jean P. Slusser, all of the architectural col- lege. Three schemes from among those submitted will be picked by the judges, and the final awarding will be made by the entire J-Hop committee. The prize for the selected scheme will be $25. Additional arrangements will be made for the awarding of the con- tract according to whether the win- ner be a student or a professional organization. The sketches of all schemes sub- mitted should show the colors as far as is possible, the committee states. They should convey a clear idea of the whole effect as it will be carried out in the gymnasium, where the J-Hop will be held, as in former years. Special emphasis is placed on the part played in any design by the booths, stands for the orchestra, fire exits, running tracks and entrances. The final requirement is to be taken into consideration in that the whole scheme shall be fire-proof when, finally erect- ed. Despite the awards of former years, students are ,especially urged by the committee to take part in the contest. All designs must be submitted to Bowman at 806 Hill street by the date set for closing the competition. GRIDGRAPH WILL SHOW PLAYS OF GAME SATURDAY Showing the play by play results of the Michigan-Chicago game Satur- day, the gridgraph in Hill auditorium will function for the last time this year. As in previous displays, the results shown on the board will be brought direct to the auditorium from Stagg ield in Chicagoby a specially leased Western Union wire. The board again will be under the direction of Charles I A. Livingston, '28L. The Varsity reserve band will pro- vide the music for this game, as the regular band will make the trip to Chicago with the team. Two Varsity n a r_1oa -~ -1%41mh na n f , a !'. total of the enrollment on Tuesday the Third Corps area. He is sched- ~ 'iitmeaw' ~ it i;pic ia agraiii~o utra -lhaChicago, late Friday afternoon, and matter will be continued throughout night was 10,614, of whom 914 are ex- uled to succeed Major General Fred will go directly to the Steven's hotel the year. tension students. The total number W. Sladon as commander of the Phil- where they will stay during the night. ; last year was 10,313, including 716 ex- iplpine department when the latter's Friday evening, they will be present JUL}CHD[r tension students. The total number term expires in the spring at a banquet given by the Michigan 'S N rlTofesmnntedhiyahw---lu icuboCiaginoncin of freshmen entered this year, how- alumni club of Chicago in connection IU IU ever, is only 1,642 compared with 1,817tm 1 ~~~~ ~ ~ ~C AlhfPTQwith the Detroit alumni club. At this'aya grnic ledi 7 B SN S 0 M T~ bnut Freshmen enrolled in the College ofnet President Clarence Cook LI Literature, Science and the Arts this Il n eea te oalswllS U G D B C U C year total 1,153 as compared with 1,216 give addresses. Of special interest to MOeaaoAXhenube nhall will be the initial presentation of a oyear ago, and the number in the Umedley of Michigan airs which has Final Plans Made For Pep Meetings tecture is 323 compared with 404 last__ been written by Nicholas Falcone, di- On Night Before Ninnesota rector of the band. About ten of the And Navy Game year. Disc'ussion, on Cuts in CorporationmoepulrMciatnsaei- Including the students who attended Income Taxes Occupies Time corpoa i hin PLAN FIRST CONVOCATION the summer session this year the Of House Committee Saturday this number. . theirTNAN grand total is 12,614, as compared with I Saturday noon, they will give their 12,313 last year. The figures this year 400 MILLION CUT SOUGHT they will play at the Windermere hotel All students of the University are include 7,344 men, 3,270 women, and urged to participate in a send-off for 3666 summer students making a grandAsaensti Michigan alumni luncheonty football team when it fo Ther thegVarsityctootballrteamwhenn- total of 14,380, from which are sub- ( Associated Press) The biggest function for the organ- ves tomorrow for the Chicago tracted 1,666 who attended both the WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-Through ization will be at Stagg field in the laves tomorrow fo the Chicgo summer session and the regular term. its various trade organizations, busi- afternoon when the football teams of game, according to the terms of a the wo chols illmee. Te 'ar-relolurtion unanimously-' adopted by Same Number of Women ness today placed its argument for a the two schools will meet. The Var- the Student council at its regular The total number of women stu- reduction in the tax on incomes of band, which numbers about thehsam eekly meeting held last night at the dents in school here Tuesday was e-~ corporations before the House Ways As no plans have been received from Union. Only a small turnout of stu- aetly the same as the total on theianMenComte amaoiyfChagplndtathebd dents saw the team off to the Illinois same date last year, being 3,270. and Means Committee, a majority of Chicago, it is planned that the band The figures for the individual the spokesmen advocating a three and will enter the field, march to the place contest, and since the largest delega- in front of the Michigan stands, where toofheYear, including the band, schools and colleges on the campus one-half per cent cut, compared with they will form a block "M," and play will accompany the team to Chicago, over the two-year period follow: Col a one and one-half per cent reduction "Varsity." the council members advised that an lege of Literature, Science, and the recommended by the treasury. This will be the last time that the appropriate send-off be arranged. Arts, 5,630 this year as against 5,528bFnlpla fo th last year; engineering college 1,214 Discussions of this levy, now thir- ana band s e to p ly o th ti Fnl pans f he ep meetingto this year as compared with 1,211 last teen and one-half per cent on a cor- nd th e d enilg ett them-ae he te nish before the Nv year; architectural college, 1,542 this jprtosnticmmk eti selves for the evening after the game. game were also drawn at the meeting ya aginstr 1,548 las yea; 4 d tsporations net income, make certain They will return to Ann Arbor on the last night and the committee in year schgainsth4syear; edgai reduction and, occupied the commit- same train with the team, Sunday charge reported that the two alumni ical School, 666 this year as against Imrig ~kr a enscrd 605 in 1926-27; nursing school, 236 tee's attention to the exclusion f morning. jspeakers had been secured. A pep this year as compared with 256 last practically all other subjects. The number of men making the trip meeting will also be held before the is not yet known, but it is expected Minnesota game, according to the year; Law School, 565 this year as Democratic committee members fre- that about 75 men, Robert A. Camp- plans of the council. against 534 during last year; College q e ty s e1h w te op r tionb u aIe ,R b rtsA a p x e td- in s t f Parmacy, 96 thisa year comx coulask ed hto 10 ecorporationd bell, and Director Nicholas Falcone It was announced that a contest fori with 113 last year; School of Den- the tax ireduction held to the treasury will make the trip on the special train. the best fraternity decorations will be wit 13 as yar Shol o Dn- heta rdutio hldtothteaur staged in connecion with the Minne- tistry, 374 this year as compared with maximum of $225,000,000. The wit-L sotage. A oca bine mn h 400 last year; School of Education, nesses were not inclined to discuss LARUE RECOUNTS o game. A local business man has 740 this year as compared with 706 the administration estimates. EVENTS OF TRIP donated a cup for the best decorated last year; School of Business Admin- 1 Wiile the committee was in session, _sdEr t wih_7latyer;ad rdut college of architecture has agreed to istration, 114 this year as compared Senator Harrison, democrat of Miss-' xeine nonee narb apointg af rcomiteue tos juged te with 57 last year; and Graduate issippi, returning to the capitol, an- Experiences encountered on a rub- oappoint a committee to judge the School, 804 this year as compared with nounced he favored a tax cut of Ier exploration tri 732 last year. The School of Forestry $400,000,000, the same figure urged by ern part of Brazil were recounted last Nov. 13 was set as the date of the night at a meeting of the forestry club first Sundaysuetcnoai. and Conservation has an enrollment of Garner and Representative Collier, tystudent convocation. 24 students. Mississippi, another minority member by Dr. C. D. LaRue of the botany de- The University moving picture is One reason for the decrease in the of the 1louse Committee, and also Sen- partment who spent last winter in the nearing completion, as far as the reg- freshmen class enrollment, officials be- ator Simmons, ranking democrat on j tropics. Dr. LaRue told of taking long ular part of the filming is concerned, lieve, is the fact that the admission the Senate Finance Committee. trips up the rivers and of the difli- it was reported by John Starrett, '28E, requirements were raised higher this ______,_-_ culties of cutting trails through the a member of the committee apointed year than ever before; and the second jungles in order to reconnoiter the by the Student council to assist. Sev- reason to which the decrease can be y T aterritory for possibilities of growing eral laboratory scenes, and scenes of attributed is th'e comptete ban on - - . - rubber there for American firms. Con- special events, such as the honor so-j student automobiles, which may have Aids A ir I Ii auSe tinuous rain bothered the party to a ciety initiations, still remain, but oth- been responsiblIe for some decrease. _certain extent and their , sleep was erwise the work is nearly finished. NEW YOR K, N o v. 2. -Colonel disturbed by sounds of tapirs and The fall games will be held on the APPLICATIONS FOR Charles A. Lindbergh's flight to Paris jaguars prowling through the woods, morning of the Navy game, Nov. 12, J HOP DUE BACKC last May so stimulated public confi- but no great dangers were encounter- as announced previously. " O Ldence in aviation that since then ed, Dr. LaRue said. All applications taken out last week United States Air Mail poundage has William Pletcher, '27, also spoke CURRENT SEASON for tickets to the class of 1929 J-Hop increased more than 50 per cent, Wil- at the meeting, telling of his ex-C must be turned in today at the side lianm T. MacCracken, assistant secre- periences as a forest ranger in Nez OF COA'EDJ Y CL UB desk in the Union lobby between 1 tary of Commerce for aviation, said Pres National forest in western Mon- OPENED BY PLA Y' and 6 o'clock. tonight. tanawhere he spent the summer. ====--- ---=====--=--- Comedy Club opened it current SfASON PREDICTS DIFFICULTY FOR GOVERNMENT dramtiseolastngh"inth TO WIN VICTORY IN FALL-SINCLAIR OIL SUIT s theatre with the production of GeogeS. Kaufman's and Marc Con- - ------ --- nelly's three act romantic comedy, "Although the supreme court's re- The last suit ended in a verdict of guilt or innocence of the defendants. "Dulcy. Phyllis Loughton, '28, direc . . gulity for Sinclair on the contempt No Direct Evidence tor of last year's Junior Girls' p cent decision setting aside the teapot Another factor which Stason men- pay, dome oil lease included evidence of charge and an appeal is now pending. tioned as adding to the. task before I conspiracy on the part of Harry S. The first and second suits were won the government counsel is the fact A review of "Dulcy" will be Sinclair and Albert S. Fall to defraud by the government and the leases that there is no direct evidence evail- found iin the Theatre, Books, and t .twere consequently set aside on the able to prove the conspiracy charged Music column on Page 4.I the government, it by no means in- Igrounds that there had been a con- by the government; the entire net of dicates that the criminal case now be- spiracy against the government. In evidence is purely circumstantial. The ing tried against Sinclair and Fall the decision, it is stated that certain government is attempting, Stason in- eludee rote, an theucastn- will necessarily result in a convic- evidence tended to convince the court i dicated, to prove that Fall and S'in- udeme, '29, CharleersLiThurston tion." E. Blythe Stason, of the Law that Fall was "a faithless public offi- clair met on Fall's ranch at Three ,28L, and William esD.Livingstone, school stated yesterday, in comment- cial." All of this, as S'tason claimed, rivers, New Mexico, on Dec. 31 pre- ,,uLcy" Will cotin ip, s run ing on the situation regarding the le- would leave the average layman to ceding the closing of the lease on the through Satd continue its run gal phases of the present trial. believe that a conviction is bound to oil lands, remaining there two days, fo theaiur ayfnight,rand tickets The entire matter is bound up in result. and planning the details of tle charg- for the remaining performances may six different suits, Stason explained, However, there are, according to ed conspiracy. It is further maintain- be secured at the Mimes theatre box four of which have already been tried. Stason, several very essential differ- ed by government attorneys that Fall oce.Tis wlt be the last dramatic The first and second are civil suits ences in the cases which may effect received $230,000 in liberty bonds production in the Mimes theatre after endeavoring to set aside the leases on an acquittal. In the first place, ac- from Sinclair. All these points pre-You h as7 Uoncluded its run. the ..lk Hills reserve and the Teapot cording to the law governing the civil 1sent great difficulties for the govern- ___,.___as_______uded ___ts __run __ Dome area. The third suit is a crim- case which set aside the oil leases, all ment in attempting to prove these inal suit against Fall and Doheny, that was necessary to permit this ac- charges "beyond a reasonable doubt," TO DAILY SUBSCRIBERS charging conspiracy, the fourth suit tion was to find a slight preponder- as it is necessary to do. { conains a similar charge against Do- ance of the weight of evidence tend- With regards to the gift of the lib- All subscribers to The Daily j heny, Doheny, Jr., and Fall, while ing to show that there was a con- erty bonds claimed by government who have not yet paid their sub- the fifth nit i the nresent ne. The !nirev noainst the TTnitd State. hut onnsel Staon sid that it i not serintions ar askd to dos o at ! COURT WILL PROBE CILARGES MADE CONVERN1NG~ TAMPE RING YOUNG JUROR IS QUIZZED Fall Issues Statement Declaring He Is Ready For Nen Trial To Begin Anytime (iy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-Another startling chapter in the dramatic story of the naval oil leases was closed today with the declaration of the mistrial in the hearingof criminal conspiracy cTarges aainst two of the fart actorsae in the lngdrama' Albert T. Fall and larry F. Sinclair. A grand jury will write new history in its investigation of charges of jury pandering before the former interior secretary and the muiltl-millionaire oil- operator and sportsman come to the bar of justice again for a new trial, probably in January. Youth Figures In Case. Meantime these principals in the celebrated case have been crowded completely out of th spotlight by a hitherto unnoticed young leather- worker, who probably has never seen his name in print before this trial. He is Edward J. Kidwell, juror number 11. For fleeting minutes Juror Kidwell this morning sat in the juror's box, pale-faced andstrembling,rthe'center of a thousand eyes, waiting whatever fate may be in store as a result of charges that he had talked freely about the case against the orders of the Court, and he said he expected to have an automobile "as long as a block." Newspaper correspondents swarmed about Kidwell as he sought to leave the court-room and followed him for a block before he would break his silence. Then hehemphatically denied the statement attributed to him by J. Ray Akers, a street car conductor, and Donald T. King, a newspaper report- er. Taken To Courthouse. Still visibly agitated, the young juror finally broke away from his in- terrogators, only to run into two deputy marshalls, who served upon him a subpoena to appear before the grand jury. He was taken back to the Courthouse and placed in the oflce of Neil Durkinshaw, young assistant dis- trict attorney conducting the grand jury inquiry. His name was finally called and he was told by Dukinshaw that he could appear before the grand jury volun- farily, and that he need not answer any questions unless he desired, as all the information he gave might be used against him at some future time. The juror gave no reply, but walked steadily down the corridor toward the doors behind which sat the score and more of men composing the inquisi- torial body. As he neared the swing- ing screens, he hastened his step, as though anxious to have done with this feature of his case. For an hour and 30 minutes he re- mained closeted with the jury. Upon emerging at noon he started down an opposite corridor from that in which the newspaper correspondents and a crowd of curious men were waiting. When the reporters overtook him he still refused to talk, but said later that he had "told the truth" to the grand jurors and he again denied that he had discussed the Fall-Sinclair case with anyone. Immediately after Kidwell emerged from the grand jury room, A. Mason Jay, vice president of the Sinclair Ex- ploration Co., went in for the third time. He was out in about 10 min- utes and told inquirers that he had refused to testify further, standing on the constitutional immunity that his testimony might help to incriminate him. He too, agreed to return to court tomorrow. While the stirring events were de- veloping at the District of Columbia in the main cdurtroom, Albert T. Fall issued a statement from his apartment at the Mayflower hotel, saying that he was ready for a re-trial immediately, and expressing regrPt that the government found it impos- sible. SOPHOMORES PICK PROM COMMIT TEE At a meeting held at the Union last night, the following were appointed to the Sophomore Prom Committee: Fred Babcock, William Demler, Harry Coll, Richard Cole, William Lowry, Alice Blome Lilliam Setchrell, Basil Carr and Lawrence Walkey. I students, the demand for a modern I hotel is increasing rapidly. This re- quirement is becoming so insistent' that something must be done about it for thousands of dollars are be di- verted to other cities where up-to-date hotels are accommodating people wh( wish to stop over in Ann Arbor, es- pecially on such' occasions as foot- ball games, May festivals, commence- ments, and conventions. We might have our share of the large conven- tions which are yearly seeking such places where suitable rooms and meals may be obtained. These factors I bring money and reputation to a I city, something of which we are now deprived. "Appreciating these demands, the owners of the Ann Arbor Savings hank block have decided to erect at modern building+ for a bank with a;I hotel -and office floors above. Efficient ! hotel men stand ready to .lease thatj portion of the block, while the .joca t n. conivenient to the County build- ! i g, city offices and the great national i highways, east and west, north and >oouth, bringing to its doors tourists from all over Michigan and other' states makes it advantageous for offic- es. It is hoped that the new hotel will E be comuleted by next year in time for the football games." { ATTEND THE SEND.0 The student body of the versity is iirged to be pres a send-off for the Varsity ball team at 5 o'clock tom afternoon at the Michigan tral station, according to th clution nassed last night. resolution follows: "The student body of the versity is earnestly urged present for a send-off for ?IVarsity football squad wh FF! e Uni- ent at foot- orrow Cen- he res- The e Uni- to be r the en it i ,, II i" !: a1 '. ~, , J ! I'