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VOL. XXXVIII, No. 44. 1 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1927
EfIGHT PAGES
FOURTH RADIO N IGHT
UNIVERSITY PROGRAM
TO BE GIVEN FRIDAYI
hENNA, FREEMAN WILL RENDER
SOLOS TQO FILL PLACE OF
ORCHESTRA
WIEMAN WILL GIVE TALK}
School Of Muxic Orebestra Program
To Be Postponed Until
Fifth Program
Plans for the fourth Michigan Night
radio program to be broadcast by sta-
WRECKAGE AND DESOLATION MARK WAKE OF TORRENTS
AS RAGING FLOOD WATERS OF NEW ENGLAND SUBSIDE
Leo Turner '28, Wins jI
Annual Poetry Prizel E IJILV uH
_ _ __ . was - - - _ a w r -.- r- - - -r- - - a - -
One of four annual awards byNTf[
"Poetry," a magazine o verse, for ex-
cellence of material submitted has I
been made to heo C. Turner, '24.
Turner's contributions consisted of a
group of eight poems, "In Oklahoma."
Turner has been writing varied
kinds of poetry for several years, not
making any attempt to bring it be-
fore the public, however. During the LODGE PLATFORM OPPOSED OPEN LODGE TRAILS WET CANDIDATE
Iast summer he spent some time at the POLITICAL FIGHT TO BY 6,000 VOTE MARGIN
Yadoo colony in New England where DECIDE ISSUE IN EARLY CONTEST
he was associated with a group of
American intellectuals. Many of his ELECTION I QUIET
poems have been purchased recently ISCI N . BULLETIN
by other publications to be featured - -w
in the near future. Smith Platform For Election, Changej (>y Associated Press)
' After Defeat In Primaries, Shows DETROIT, Nov. 9, 2 a. m0-215
Sensational Results preecncts out of 606 showed a
R A LD vote for Lodge of 33,598; and for
HEN SLuI HEAVY VOTE CAST Smith, 39L
(y Associated Press)
AS 1027 OPERA CAST ca'DETROIT, Nov. 8.--Mayor John W. Smith, wet candidate for re-
election, was forging steadily ahead of John C. Lodge, exponent of a Imlit-
ical creed that the office should seek the man, on the basis of early returns
in the non-partisan mayoralty contest here today.
._ Lodge, who was generally conceded to have the support of the Anti-
FIRST PERFORMANCE WILL BE saloon league and other dry organizations, had lost by heavy majorities
GIVEN DECEMBER .) AT precincts he carried over Smith in the primary last month.
WHITNEY THEATER I -In one precinct where Smith gained 42 votes in the primary election as
tion WWJ, the Detroit News, this
Friday night, were announced as
complete yesterday afternoon by Wal-
do M. Abbot, of the rhetoric depart-
ment, who is program manager and
announcer, with one necessary
change made in the program as pre-
viously arranged.
The appearance of the 70 piece or-,
chestra from the School of Music,
scheduled for this week's broadcast,
has been postponed until the fifth ra-
dio program two weeks from this
Friday night. This was found neces-
sary as so many of the members ofi
the orchestra also play in the varsity
band which is scheduled to appear in
Hill auditorium the same night forj
te pep meeting before the Navy foot-
ball game.
Will Have Two Soloists
Replacing the orchestra on the mu-.
sical side of the program will be two
soloists, Kemp Kenna, known in Un-'
iversity circles for his connection
with the University of Michigan Glee
club and the Union operas during hisI
undergraduate days. Kenna will ren-I
der several vocal solos and Marion
Strubel-Free'man, of the University
School of Music, will play several;
violin solos. She has played previ-
ously on a Michigan Night radio pro-
gram this year.
Four addresses, featuring football,
law and aviation have been arranged!
to complete the fourth program, ac-
cording to Mr. Abbot. Elton E. Wie-,
man, head coach of the Varsity foot-i
ball squad and Harry Tillotson, busi-.
ness manager of the athletic associa-I
tion, who has charge of the distribu-
tion of tickets for alt-home-1ttral'
games, will be the first speakers on
Placid streams in four New England states became torrents from excessive rainfall and caused the loss of many
lives and damage in the millions. This photo shows the Connecticut river at Bellows Falls, Vt., where the dam-
age and the suffering have been great. This is the latest picture to reach this section of the country, depicting
the ravaging flood just before it began to subside Monday.
AND NEWDIPLOMACY
Former British Ambasador To Italy
Says New Form Is Essentially
,- An Outgrowth of World War
EXPLAINS OLD SYSTEM
"The New Diplomacy, although it
has existed to some degree for many
years, is essentially an outgrowth of
the World War," stated Sir Rennell
Rodd, former British Ambassador to
Italy, in his lecture yesterday after-
hon in Natural Scieiice auditorium.
Sir Rennell .Rod is well known as a
the program. Coach Wieman, the sue- w
cessor to Fielding H. Yost, director I and diplomat, having served in
of intercollegiate athletics, will make .the foreign service of his country for
a few remarks concerning football, 37 years.
although his definite topic has not "By the Old Diplomacy," he said
been announced. Tillotson will ex- "we mean that method of diplomacy
plain the method of ticket distribu- which was formerly employed between
tioi in accordance with the increased
demand for tickets in recent years. two nations through the action of its
Sunderland Will Speak ministers or ambassadors, each in the
Prof. Edson I. Sunderland, re- interest of his own Secretary of State.
search^ professor in the law school, This method was employed when just
will be the third speaker on the the countries of Europe were engaged
program, his talk being intended pri- in negotiations but the great influence
marily for those Interested in the le- which the United States and Japan
gal profession or those who intend tolhave come to exert, have added new
study law. There are, however, ac- properties which must be realized.
cording to Announcer Abbot, many Function Is Changed
problems in connection with the re- "In the past the function of the Old
search work which will be of interest Diplomacy was always the same, to
to the radio audience. preserve the balance of power, but]
The fourth speaker on this week's the New Diplomacy has brought aboutI
program is Prof. Lawrence V. Ker- a-decided change."
ber, of the department of aeronautical "It is the opinion of many people
iesearch in the University, who will that the diplomat merely makes ar-
reeac i heUivritwh il/rangements poa eel ae in foreign courts for the
talk on the economic problem in avi- ;eints of hi cour and e-
ation. Professor Kerber is the de- best mterest of his country and en-
signer of the plane that broke th( gages in the social life which existed
to such a degree under the old sys-
world's altitude record recently atf tem," he said. "This however, is a
McCook field, Dayton, Ohio, the plane "wrong impression for many of the old
attaining a height of 38,700 feet. court customs have been dropped and
BOTA IST r~the duty of the diplomat of today is
BTTNIST TO TALK to hell those in need and to conduct
TO W CLUB the affairs between nations to the best
LJ M N' ',7 4 V .7 i nterest of all those concerned."
('onsiderable Change Noted
Prof. Harley H. Bartlett, of the bot- "There has been a considerable
ainy department, and director of the change before the present time," he
botanical'gardens, will be the speak- said. "It was formerly the custom to
er at the regular meeting of the gar !get the advantage over your rival.
den section- of the Faculty Women's This was done by veiling bad inten-
club in room 110, lecture room of the tions in the language of various docu-
main library at 3 o'clock tomorrow ments which might at a later time be
afternoon.i interpreted differently. This has be-
Professor Bartlett, who returried come rarer at the present time and;
recently from a leave of absence dur- when such cases are found, they are
ing which time he visited the orient, condemned by public opinion. The
will talk on his experiences in rhe Old Diplomacy," Rodd explained,
East, particularly in Java and For- "reached its inevitable end in thef
mosa. World War for the statesmen would
not look forward into the future but
w e eelyconcrnedipoaywith the pres-
CHEERING SECTION SEATS cutst"te of affairs."
in der that all students who iplomac eplaced the
in oderthatallstudnts whoOld in the post-war period when it
signed to sit in the cheering section ! was employed in many political and
and procured their uniforms for that economical issues and it has thus be-
purpose, but who received seats out- come of such importance. The com-
side of sections 21, 22, and 23, may ;plex international interdependence is
exchange their seats for seats in the now dealt with by the new method, the
cheering section, the office in the conference of ministers of many na-
main lobby of the Union will be open j tions. Here the questions are given
again from 3 to 5 o'clock this after- more openness and the frankness with
noon. which they are dealt with is a very
All students who signed to sit in important innovation."
the section should investigate the
t c'ets they receive to make sure that SCALP AND BLADE
they are in sections 21, 22, or 23, ac-i D FTfp JHTIT A T'FT
Speakers Selected, REBUILDING STARTED
Arrangements Made
For 'Pep'_Gathering IN STRICKEN
Preparations for the pep meeting on
Friday night to stimulate spirit for the Receding Streams Leave Towns Under
Navy game on Saturday are fast being BlankHomes MAreRuined Debris
completed by the committee in charge,
according to an announcement madeR
yesterday. Two of the speakers have RESTORE COMMUNICATION
been procured and arrangements have
been made for special features and (By Associated Press)
for movies which will follow the main BOSTON, Nov. .-New England's
part of the meeting. flood stricken community today took
Charles T. Rich, father of George E. up the work of rebuilding their ruined
Rich, '28, plunging fullback on the u h oko euligterrie
Varsity football team this year, will homes and industries as the swollen
deliver the main address d-' the eve- streams fell back into their normal
ning. Mr. tRich played football with channels and communication was
Purdue in 1902. At present he is a
gradually restoredwthheutde
prominent attorney of Cleveland, 0, rl with the outside
and is a conferee of Judge "Bill" Day world.
who spoke at the pep meeting before Tonight there were _ew places
the Ohio kame. which relief agencies had not reached.
Harry Kipke, '23, All-American half- A usdr nee h ato h
back in '22 and now a member of the As outsiders entered the last of the
coaching staff, will address the stu- owns in northern Vermont cut off
dents for the faculty and the team. since last Thursday by the flood, they
Kipke is one of the younger members found men armed with picks and
of the coaching staff and it is expected shovels digging themselves out of the
he will bring a message of real im- debris of wrecked homes and piles of
port to the student body. mud, erecting temporary bridges and
A new novelty will be introduced in laying out roadways over which much
the singing that will be a feature of needed supplies may be brought.
the meeting. Earl V. Moore, of the Throughout Vermont, New Hamp-
school of Music will be there to lead shire, Massachusetts and Connecticut
the singing, and he will have slides the streams continued to recede and
with the words of all the Michigan there appeared no further danger from
songs, new and old. Mr. Moore has the waters. The Connecticut was
been decrying the spirit of the stu- dropping 'all along its length and
dent body in the singing of songs for residents of towns and cities along its
the past two, years and now he has de- lower stretch breathed freely once
cided that the only way to get the more. Similar reports came from
students to sing is to teach them the along the Merrimack in New Hamp-
words of all the songs first. This will shire and Massachusetts.
be the purpose of these slides. Vermont, hardest hit by the flood,
In order that the meeting may be was on its way toward recovery. John
maintained with the student atmos- E. Weeks today called together the
phere, only students will be allowed heads of state departments at Mont-
on the main floor of the auditorium. peier and set machinery in motion
Townspeople and others are asked to to bring order out d the confusion.
go immediately to the upper floors. He appointed Fred A. Howland emer-
Members of the cheering section are gency finance commissioner, and
asked to sit in the front of the main named committees to carry on the
'door so that they may lead the crowd work of restoring conditions to
in the cheers. The cheerleaders will, normal.
be present as well as the band and There were few reports of food
there will be all of the accoutrements shortage. Newport, Vermont, where
of a real pep meeting. a famine was - feared, reported that
bThe chairman of ho the meeting will there were no fatalities and thateout-
man of the student council committee lished by which a food supply was as-
on 'pep meetings. sured.
There was talk of a special session
University To Have of the Vermont legislature to take re-
lief measures but no action was taken.
Three Delegates At The Vermont capital received a supply
of cash for its banks and Governor
W ashington Meeti g Weeks was oiered a fund of $10,000
- L for relief work by James L. .Colgate
of Old Bennington, Vermont.
President Clarence Cook Little,
Dean Carl G. Huber of the Graduate UNION ANNOUNCES CHANGE
School, and Dean John R. Effinger of,
the College of Literature, Science, iN DANCE TICKET SALES
and the Arts will attend the 29th an-
nual conference of the Association n A change of custom regarding the
American Universities to be held in sale of Union dance tickets has been
Washington, D. C., on Thursday, Fri- announced by officials in charge. In
day, and Saturday. The three men the past, students presenting any num-
will represent the University at the her of Union cards could obtain as
conference, which will be held at the many tickets as they had Union cards.
Catholic University of America. This will be changed and each stu-
President Little will take a promi- dent who purchases a ticket will be
nent part on te program of the con- able to purchase only one upon pre-
ference, appearing Friday morning sentation of his own card.
at the same session as President A. The change was caused by the abuse
Lawrence Lowell of Harvard universi- of the privilege formerly afforded and
LOUIS GILBERT IN PLAY
William Lewis, Davis Harbaugh, Ly-
man Crane and George Randall
Will Have Principal Roles
Casting for all but a few minor roles
of the 1927 Union Opera, "The Same
To You" has been completed, and
daily rehearsals are being held for,
the principal members in order to get
the production into shape for the open-
ing performance at the Whitney the-
ater Dec. 5. The leads in the show are
not limited to one or two members of
the cast as in the past, but are more
generally distributed, due to the
changed character of the vehicle as
compared to that of former years.
"The Same To You" will constitute
the 22nd annual production of the
Mimes of the Michigan Union.
Several members of the cast of last
year's Opera, "Front Page Stuff," will
again be seen in the new show, among
them William M. Lewis Jr, '29, "lead-
ing lady" of the last opus, Thomas J.
Dougall, '-8, Vincent C. Wall, Jr., '28,
William S. Ramsey, -Jr., '28, Theodore
Skinner, '28, and W. Davis Harbaugh,
'28. Others have been taken from dif-
ferent campus activities, or have never
been in any previous production.
Samson, Gilbert In Play
Paul Samson, 28M, captain of the
varsity swimming team last year, and
Louis Gilbert, '28, a member. of the
present varsity football team will both
have leading roles. Lewis, Harbaugh,
C. Lyman Crane, '29, and George Ran-
dall, '29, will be seen in the four prin-
cipal romantic leads around which the
plot revolves. The first two appear as
the daughters of a wealthy bond brok-
er, Graham Rand, played by Samson.
Richard C. Kurvink, '29, will take the
part of Mrs. Rand, and Robert Gra-
ham, S. of M, that of a son.
All action in the second act of "The
Same To You" will take place on the
premises of a night club, the "In'digo
Isle," whose proprietor, Gus Collins, is
played by Skinner, Ramsey, Dougall,
and Wall'made up as a trio of blues
singer, "hoofer", and chorus girl,
whose untoward actions complicate
the plot. Gilbert will perform as Wig-
gles, the butler, and Robert Wetzel,
'28, has the part of a "philosophical
detective," Dr. Rudolph Bingsetter.{
"The Same To You" has for the
locale of its first act the garden of the
Rand home on Long Island,during
the progress of a charity bazaar. The
secondact is in three scenes; the first
the backstage area of the Indigo Isle
during a rehearsal, the second the
stage entrance of the club, and the
third the dance floor itself.
Plot of Stolen Bonds
The book and all lyrics for the pro-
duction were written this year by
Wall and Dougall, who will appear in
the cast, while the entire score was
composed by Lewis, who wrote most
of the music for "Front :Page Stuff".
The plot centers around anumber of
stolen bonds belonging to Rand, which
disappear during the garden paty.
Tphe theft falls on the consort of one
of Rand's daughters, through conpli-
eating circumstances, bt is atlength
traced to its proper source in an un-
derworld organization which has for
its headquarters the prominent night
club, Indigo Isle.
The introduction of the night club
into the scenes of the Opera offers an
opportunity to Mimes to display many
of the factors for which the Union
product is famous, namely costumes,
scenery and dance numbers. Lester of
Chicago, who has planned and de-
signed the costumes for most of the
past Operas, has again selected the
wardrobes for "The Same To You".
Many of the creations for the "femin-
Lodge.
TWO JURORS REVEAL
Jurors Tell Grand Jury They Were-
Asked Probable Outcome While
Trial Was in Progress
AGENTS A RE OUN TRAIL
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.-Jurors in-
the Fall-Sinclair criminal conspiracy
trial were approached with improper
questions within the very shadow of)
the court house, two of them disclosed
today as they became grand jury wit-
nesses in the latest of the oil scandals.
Their startling statements led fed-
eral agents on the trail of the ques-
tioners, thus far men of mystery in
a case which has furnished far more
than a 'normal share of mysteries and
sensations.*-
John J. Costinette, an elderly tailor,
and Gardener P. Grenfeld, a young
cable splicer, are the jurors who de-
dared they have been questioned be-
fore a mistrial was ordered, both as
to the probable outcome of the trial
and asked whether the trial judge,
Justice Frederick L. Siddois, was "on
the square." From the descriptions'
they gave to District Attorney Gordon
each was approached by a different
man. Whether rtheir interrogators
were Burns detectives, whose activi-
ties abruptly ended the oil trial, is the
immediate point the district attorneys
office is seeking to clear up.
Grenfeld said he was approached by
a stranger in a cigar store directly
across the street from the District of
Columbia court house.
While Grenfeld and Constinettei
were before the grand jury at separ-
ate times during the later afternoon,
C. G. Ruddy, director of the crew
shadowing the jury, and six of the
Burns operatives were called in and
lined up for possible identification by
the jurors. Apparently none was
identified as either of the mystery
men.
In the report of the Burns detectives
seized by the government in the raid
upon their headquarters there is. one
r in which Baltimore investigator H-4
reported on October 20 and ,21 that
Costinette apparently was being shad-
owed by other men.r
Besides questioning Costinette and
Grenfeld, the grand jury heard Nor-
man J. Glasscock, a juror one of the
Burns detectives said he trailed to
the Potomac flying field near Wash-
ington and there saw him in conversa-
tion with a man who drove up in a
car owned by Harris R. Pamb, a spe-'
cial assistant to the Attorney-general.
ENGLISH M I N E R S
LOOK F 0 R WORK/
(By Associated Press)
NEWPORT, Wales, Nov. 8.-A little
army of unemployed, matrialled by A.
J. Cook, secretary a the British Fed-
arafnn f Miarc cala f i 'X~-,xn ;r
Supporters of Lodge, who had re-
fused to make a campaign, in line
with his views that an office-seeker
should not "urge"' himself on the
electorate, were confident later re-
turns would switch the lead around
to their candidate. Thby maintained
that most of the Lodge strongholiis
were yet to be heard from.
Smith Supporters Jubilant
Smith supporters were jubilant over
his early 'showing and pointed to
heavy majorities piled up in districts
where he was expected to show least
strength. They predicted final figures
would show a big plurality for Smith.
Smith based his appeal for reelec-
tion on a program of liberality in en-
forcement of the prohibition law. His
flat "wet" pronouncement was made
after he had trailed Lodge in the
primary contest by approximately
30,000 votes.
Declaring his primary showing re-
sulted from covert activities of the
Anti-saloon league and other dry or-
ganizations, Smith asserted his will-
ingness to stand or fall on a policy of
opposition to the liquor laws.
Lodge, who has held pu-blic oflice
over a 25-year period, declined to
enter into a campaign fight, a stand
he has maintained throughout his
political career. He was drafted in
the present contest and did not make
a campaign speech nor issue a writ-
ten appeal. His supporters were re-
luctant to acceptthe liquor question
as an issue and pointed out that
Lodge had never publicly endorsed
the dry movement.
Record Ballot Cast.
Indications late tonight were that a
record ballot of more than 300,000
had been cast despite inclement wea-
ther. The election passed off quietly,
only a few arrests for minor disord-
ers being made.
Heavy police guards were posted
aboutvoting booths, but there was
little call for their presence.-
Election Commissioner Richard
Reading announced that names of
several voters suspected of fraudulent
registration had been taken.
So few returns regarding the var-
ous amendments voted on today had
been tabulated late tonight that an in-
dication of the tdecisions was unavail-
able. One amendment provided for
construction of a tunnel under the
Detroit river betweennDetroit and
Windsor and another for construction
c.' a $2,000,000 municipal -airport.
REMAINING DIRECTORIES,
WILL BE SOLD AT OFFICE
In the campus sale held yesterday
practically all of the Student Direc-
tories were told, according to H. C.
Wayne Brownell, '28, business man-
ager. However, according to Brown-
ell, a limited number of copies will
be. available tom the reserve stock
held for advertisers. These will be
sold to the first applicants from 3 to
5 o'clock this alternoon at the Press
Building. There will be no more
available when these have been sold.
78 for his opponent, the mayor today received 253 votes against 53 fr
I
eato of Iiners, slept.in Newport
tonight hopeful ofthe morrow.
IThe gathering did not get started
toward London today as planned, due
to a cold snap which delayed march-
ers from scattering mining districts
who are assembling here. Tomorrow,
however, the leaders hope to start the
200-mile trek for the purpose of im-
pressing Parliament with the needs of
the unemployment.
One hundred or more of the miners
gathered for the march were sleeping
tonight in quarters provided by a fund
Water Bill Defeate(
At a late hour last night it wa
learned that the $500,000 bond issu
for expansion and improvement c
the city's water system had been do
feated by the city voters.
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Your captain for the fall gar
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be elected at a meeting at 7: