ESTABLISHED 1890 I,,r tt. T}*,. 4ir r att f MEMBER PRESS Vol. XXXIX, No. 130. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1929 EIGHT PAGES PRESIDEN LITL TO ACT AS JU A 'I A. K. GAGE, BAILIFF, REQUESTS RETURN OF ACCEPTANCES BY MARCH 30' ABBOT APPOINTED CLERK Sponsors Of Annual Raiz Fest Announce Comple4I Program' Important and interesting cases will feature the next session of the Supreme Court of the University, when Judge Clarence Cook Little takes his place on the bench to hear the pleas on the docket kept by clerk of court Waldo Abbot. That these two officers would ap- pear in court, was definitely settled yesterday and announced following a meeting of Sigma Delta Chi, sponsors of the seventh annual Grid-iron banquet. The jury, which has already been impanelled, will be escorted into the court room of the Union at ex- actly 6:30 o'clock on the night of April 3, by two uniformed police- men. Witnesses and the audience will then be allowed to. take their rcats around the banquet. tables, while representatives of the press will take their places immediately following. The attorneys will as- sume their positions before the court after which Judge Lttle wil .take -his place at a table. near the front of the room until after din- ner. Court Will Follow Dinner. The prison band, under the direc- tion of Robert E. Carson, willthen be lead .to the Cage at the end of the room where they will play dur- ing the meal which willprecede thej sessions. After dinner Court will be called. to order and the trial of the loquacious lubIir"twr will pro- ceed. Attorneys for the' defense have been working on their briefs for some time, while the prosecutors have nearly completed gathering evidence against those who: have been accused. According to the policy of the court, the names of the suspects will, not be. announced until after the trial. Differing from regular court proceedings, the jury will hold an open discussion, at which time the verdict will be de- cided. First Passes Are Mailed Court bailiffs have already mailed the first large consignment of pas- ses to those who have answered the subpoenas. The others will be sent out this week as rapidly as possible. It Is understood that not more than 400 persons can be accomodated in the court room, and that for that reason only the first 400 answers to j be received will be accepted. According to Alexander K. Gage, Jr., '29, one of the bailiffs incharge of the distribution of passes, all checks must be in the oMfce of the Marshall not later than March 30, at which time specifications for the remodeling of the court room are to be turned over to the contractors. He stated further, that at the rate answers were being filed with him, the entire quota would probably be filled 'before the end of this week. Checks should be payable to Sigma Delta Chi, and should be mailed to 915 Oakland avenue. In order to prevent the audience, from ,tearing the court roapmn to shreds in order to secure souven- iers, plans are being made by court officers to procure enough to. pass around to all who attend the trial.1 Honorary Fraternity Announces elections* Election of 52 freshmen to mem- bership into Phi Eta Sigma, fresh- man honorary scholastic society, in consequence of their high .averages f or their first semester at the,. Uni- versity, has een announced. Their academic averages range from half A to half B and half B, to all A In the case of two students. The total includes 29 - from the Literary college, 16 from the Engi- neering college, 5 from the Archi- tectural school, and one from the Pharmacy school. The total of those eligible maintains the stand-' ards of membership of former PRICES FALL AS MONEY SQUEEZE INVADES GOTHAM STOCK EXCHANGE (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 25.-A "money squeeze" in which the rates on call loans were advanced from 9 to 14 per cent, the highest in nine years, today brought about tne most drastic reaction of the year on the New York Stock Exchange in which prices were slashed right and left as speculators and invest- ors scrambled to get out. So great was the volume or sell- ing that the ticker ran for 58 min- utes after the closing gong had sounded. The day's sales of 5,860,- 210shares have only been exceeded on two other days this year-March 1 and March 15, on both of which occasions the price movement was upward. Hundreds of millions of dollars in quoted values were washed away by the flood of selling orders which poured into the market today from all sections of the country and European, Latin American and far eastern capitals. Final quotations disclosed a long list of net declines ranging from $1 to $20 a share. Two other stocks, 4dams Express and Equitable Trust, in which the turnover was small, lost $29.25 and $53 a share, respectively. On the New York curb market, Ford Mo- tors of Canada dropped $40 a share, and scores of others $1 to $10 a share.. Similar recessions took place in other securities mar- kets. DAEANNONCE Last Social Function Of Cla'ss Of 1929 To Be Held Friday, May 3 SUTHERLAND IS CHAIRMAN The 'annual Senior ball will be held on the night of Friday, May 3,..it was' announced yesterday by Loy M. Sutherland, '29, general chairmaw .of the vommittee ''The announcement followed a meeting of the general committee last Sun- day at the Union. The committee has been working, quietly for the last two weeks on the plans for the final social func- tion of the classes of 1929, and the announcement of the date was the first to be made by the committee of the whole. At the same time, Sutherland made the following ap- pointments to committees: chair- man of music, Edward T. Bur- roughs, '29; chairman for favors and programs, Gerald J. Harring- ton, '29; chairman for tickets, George Martin, '29; chairman of publicity, C. E. Baker, '29; chair- man for decorations, Fanton Raber, '29. The orchestra for the dance will be signed within the next few days, it was said on good authority, and the committee has already been carrying on negotiations with Victor recording organizations. The ticket sale will commence the first part of 'next week, Suther- land said, and will continue throughout the week and will also be held after Spring vacation if necessary. The dance will be held in the Union ballroom as has been done in the past few years, he added. High Officials Attend Marshal Foch's Burial (hy Assoiated Press) PARIS, March 25.- -Marshal Foch will be laid to rest tomorrow near the tomb of Napoleon under the golden dome of Invalides chapel. All the nations of Europe whose armies were allied with France under Foch's command have sent high civilian delegates and military detachments to attend the national funeral which his grateful country has prepared ,for him. Dean Wahr Will Lead Open Forum At Hillel Fred B. Wahr, acting dean of stu- dents, will conduct the Open Forum Discussion group at 7:30 o'clock to- 'night' at the Hillel foundation, itf was announced yesterday. Al- though his subject has not yet been announced, Dean Wahr, who is also associate professor of German, will undoubtedly speak on some phase of German literature. All; students interested are welcome to attend. 1 i l I .i # I ( The Associated Press indices of 50 leading industrials dropped 6.6 points, 20 rails 2.2 points and 20 uitilities 5.3 points, with the rail- road figure at a new low level for the year. This was the sharpest break since December 7, last, when the industrials dropped 7.7 points, the rail 3.4 points and the utilities 8.6 points. Today's reaction comes as a cli- max to a series of official warn- ing4 against excessive use of credit, for speculative purposes, and an] increasing credit stringency. On February 7, the federal reserve board issued a warning which was virtually disregarded by Wall Street as prices subsequently acvanced to record high levels, and only last Will GO 1ON, AIR. T HURSD AY N11 IGHT SONGS FROM JUNIOR GIRLS' PLAY WILL GO ON THE AIR THROUGH WJR ONLY TWOTALKS LISTED Entire Musical Score Of Production Will Be On Program; Orchestra Will Also Entertain week the federal reserve total of' Featured upon the twenty-third brokers loans was boosted $166,- Michigan Night radio ,program of 000,000 to the highest level in his- the current year will be the broad- tory. casting of the Junior Girls' Play, During the past week, however, "Forward March", which. has just the credit reservoir which Wall finished a week's run at the Whit- Street has been using to finance ney Theatre, it was announced its "bull" campaign has been' .yesterday by Prof. Waldo M. Abbot steadily drained. Bankers accept- of the rhetoric department, who is ances were advanced one-fourth of announcer and program manager one per cent last week and another for the local studio. one-eighth of one percent today, Includes Two Talks placing them one-half of one per Only two talks will be given on cent above the prevailing federal this program in place; of the usual reserve rediscount rates. Chicago four, the main part of the hour of and other middle Western corpo- ! broadcast being given over to the rations and individuals, which have j musical portion of the program, been heavy lenders of call money Mary B. Henderson, executive see- in New York have withdrawn. j retary of the Alumnae Council, will deliver a short talk about the Wo- men's League building, while Dr. Walter R. Parker, professor of; i Ophthamology in the medicalJ school, will talk on "The Child's Eyes." The musical portion of the pro- gram will include all the music of the Junior Girls' Play sung by the1 various soloists of- the production. Stockholm Professor Gives First The numbers will be accompanied Talk omn European Influence by the entire orchestra directed by TlkOnEuroeanInuBob Carson and "Bud" Lewis, and 'the singing chorus. The program1 for Thursday night is as follows:1 WILL TALK AGAIN TODAY Entire Program1 "Julie"-solo by Helen Bush with' Dr. Johnny Roosval of the Uni- duet. versity of Stockholm delivered the "Right Out of Heaven"-sung by first of a series of three lectures Stewart Churchill (of the orches- under the auspices of the College tra) and full singing chorus. ( of Architecture yesterday after- I,"PaiBound"-.solo by Kathleen noon- in the ground floor lecture Suggs and chorus.1 room.of the architectural building. Talk by Mary B. Henderson, exe- He spoke on "Romanesque Archi- cutive secretary of the Alumnae1 tecture 'in Sweden and Denmark" Council, on the Women's Leaguei tracing its history in the two Building.1 Nordic countries. "The Reason Why"-solo part by The speaker has done research Helen Bush, trumpet solo by Eric1 work in the field of medieval archi- Wild, and chorus. tectural remains in Sweden and is "Yodel For Me"-duet by Helen one of Sweden's first authorities on Harter and Clare Simmons. modern art and archaelogy. He is Talk by Dr. Walter R. Parker, also an author of note and has "The Child's Eyes."; published several volumes on sculp- "Mine Baby"-sung by Lillian; ture, ehurches, and art history. Setchell and Kathleen Suggs. This afternoon Dr. Roosval will "Is Anybody Coming My Way"- continue the series of talks when solo by Dora VandenBerg. he will speak on "Mural Painting "Forward March"-Helen Bush in Swedish Churches," and for and chorus. Wednesday afternoon's lecture hea 'The Breakdown"-Elaine Frost has chosen "Sculpture of Spain: and chorus. and Southen France in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries" n as his subject. The lectures are given in the architectural lecturc room and begin at 4:15. In his address yesterday, intro- duced by Prof. Emil Lorch, Dean of the College of Architecture, Dr. Roosval showed the. influence of -1. Europe on the architecture of-' Sweden, beginning with illustra (By Associated Press) tions of primitive log churches. WASHINGTON, March 25.-Pres- A feature of eleventh century I ident Hoover's official family will art in Sweden, stated the authority, be completed tomorrow with the was the extensive use of lions arrival of Henry L. Stmson, the which must have been derived new secretary of state, who was. from more southern countries. He summoned to the cabinet from the also showed the similarity between j governor-generalship of the Philip- Lombard and Scandinavian archi- pine Islands. tecture in the use of columns andi Although originally expected here portals of classic tradition. today, Mr. Stimson found upon Around Stockholm the architec- 1 reaching New York that he would ture definitely reveals the influence be obliged to postpone for 24 hours' of English art, Dr. Roosva went on .the time of his coiing to the na- The swedes showed originality byj tional capital. He will be Mr. Hoov- the addition of a central row of er's guest at the White House for columns which prevented a direct, the remainder of the week. full view of the altar. .It is Dr. A busy schedule of conferences Roosval's belief that the English on the nation's foreign problems strain was biought into Sweden by including many changes in diplo- missionaries of the eleventh cen- matic assignments has been pre- tury. Throughout the ancient, pared for the new cabinet member. Swedish burial grounds may be He will go into the subjects in de- seen Christian and pagan inscrip- tail with the president and is ex- ,tions which are entirely similar. plted, too, to cnslt at length i h ,.r 41 Knr' , rll h .. ~ . M[[N01HSSINKING OF SHIP IN MEXICAN GULF1 DEXTER HAD RIGHT TO FIRE ON IMALONE ACCORDING TO TREASURY HEAD BRITISH DESIRE REPORT British And Canadian Governments Prepared To Protest Action, Washington Infor d (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 25.-The sinking of the British schooner Im- alone in the Gulf of Mexico was defended today by Secretary Mel-1 lon who, as the supervising head of the coast guard service, held that1 the patrol boat Dexter had been within its rights in pursuing the suspected rum runner and firing upon the craft after its refusal to obey a summons to heave to. At the same time the British and Canadian governments made1 known through their diplomaticl representatives in Washington that they were prepared to protest I against the action should the cir- cumstances warrant. The first official reports of the incident were forwarded to the state department late today by the treasury department. A full report on the case has been asked by Sir Esme Howard, who' called at the! state department Saturday. The Canadian government has become involved in the case since it is believed that the vessel was ofl Canadian registry. The coast guard report of the incident will be! studied by the state department, however, before being forwarded to the British or Canadian represen- tatives.1 Mellon Defends Action 1 While Secretary Mellon has de- fended the action of the Dexter int sinking the vessel, which resulted in the death of one British mem- ber of the crew of the Imalone, both the British and Canadian viewpoints are to the effect that the incident will be a serious one if the current newspaper reports on the matter are correct. 1 The coast guard report submitted to the state department said there was a continuous pursuit of the Imalone from within the 12-mile imaginary, line off the Louisiana coast by the Walcott until the ves- sel was sunk by the Dexter some1 200 miles off the coast. The coast guard 'report contend-1 ed that this pursuit was justified under international law. British Disagree The known British and Canadian positions on the international doe- trine of pursuit at sea are that this pursuit must begin within the three-mile limit of the coast-the only territorial waters limit rec- ognized by international law. The coast guard report cited a case in connection with a con- tinuous pursuit of the AmerIcan ship North, which was condemnedl by the British Columbia admiralty court in 1925, the decision being up-1 held by the Supreme Court of Can- ada. A number of legal experts,+ however, feel that the oases are not analagous as the chase after the North was begun within three miles. The coast guard's report said the Imnalone was "within four leagues (apprximately 13 miles) of our coast," while the captain of the ship has said that the vessel was nearly 15 miles off the coast; Explorers' Club Hears j Story Of Expeditions Prof. W. H. Hobbs of the geology+ department, director of the Uni- versity Greenland expeditions, has1 returned from New York where he made an address at the explorers'j FEDERALS' AETAIN MEXICAN C NTROL (My Associatqd Press) About 72 hours of intermittent fighting for Mazatlan, most impor- tant strategic point in the west coast campaign hi Mexico, has left the city still in the hands of its federal garrison wvith 58 known -rebel dead on the field and three wounded. Resumption of sniping prevented clearing the battlefield of additional dead and wounded. A message from General Carrillo, garrison commander, timed 8 o'clock yesterday morning,, brought first definite word of the casualties to Mexico City. Federal losses were put at three dead and seven wound- ed. Sixteen civilians were wounded. Federal reinforcements were less than 40 miles away and the gov- ernment was confident the insur- gents would be beaten off. Ambassador Morrow yesterday telephoned Secretary of State Kel- logg that he understood Mazatlan still could be in the hands of the federals and that fighting was over for the present. Rebels under, General Topette were reported closing in on the border town of Naco, Sonora, where a federal force is entrenched. At Juarez, supplies and ammuni- tion were being loaded on General Escobar's train as the insurgent commander-in-chief prepared to1 move south. CAMPBELL PLANS EASTERPROGRAM Band And Glee. Club Members To Give Annual Concert In Hill Auditorium ADMISSION TO BE FREE Announcement of the program to be presented by band and Glee club members in their annual Easter concert tomorrow night in Hill auditorium was made yester- day by Robert A. Campbell, sponsor of the two organizations.- The concert program in addition to several numbers by the band will include a flute solo by Roger1 K. Becker, '29E, a tenor and bari-1 tone duet by Stewart Churchill, Spec., and Otto H. Brown, Spec. Ed., and a number of selections by theI Varsity Glee club quartet.' Featured in the Easter program will be the first public use by the band of the vibra-harp, a recently developed instrument, which has been added to the concert equip- ment of the organization. Treasurer Campbell, as well as band and Glee club officials, has stressed the desire of the sponsors of the concert to extend to stu- dents, faculty, and townspeople an invitation to attend the program as there will be no admission charge. 1 The program will open with the Varsity band playing an overture, "Festival" on Luther's Hymn "Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott," by O. Nicolai, followed by Rachmanin- off's "Prelude in G minor." The Glee club quartet composed of Rolland E. Catchpole, '30, Syd- ney F. Straight, Spec., Otto H. Brown, Spec. Ed., and Vincent L. Peterson, '29 Ed, is scheduled to sing two groups of selections. The first group will be followed by Decker's flute solo, "Forest Bird" by Doptler. Massenet's "Angelus from Scenes Pitoeqe"and M. L. Lake's S"Easter Cimes Descriptive" will be the band's next selections. Fol- lowing the second group of quartet selections, Brown and Churchill will sing J. Faure's "Crucifix" as a duet number. Closing numbers by the band will be Rubenstein's "Reve Angelique," Rossini's overture to "Stabat j Mater," and the "Yellow and Blue." 'PLANS FOR REIEF OF FLOOD VICTIMS BEGIN TO MATUREH APPROPRIATIONS OF $2,000 MADE BY TENNESSEE ASSEMBLY DAMAGE TOTALS MILLIONS Governor Sampson Of Kentucky Asks Citizens To Give To Red Cross (By Associated Press) NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 25.- With a deat'h toll of 38 from spring flods in southeastern Kentucky and northeastern Tennessee, and prop- erty damage running into the mil- lions, plans for the relief for the destitute went forward today. Tennessee's general assembly late today appropriated $20,000 for flood relief, and Governor Flem D. Samp- son of Kentucky issued a procla- mation calling upon Kentuckians to contribute liberally of money and clothing and other supplies to their local Red Cross chapters. Legislature Votes While the Tennessee legislators were voting they could see the Cumberland River from the capital as it steadily increased its over- flow of the low lying sections of the city. A crest of 50 feet is ex- pected by tomorrow, which will flood thickly settled sections, Already houses and factories near the river are under water. With the exception of the Cumberland and Tennessee, all other Tennessee streams were falling. The dead included seven Boy Scouts and their scoutmaster who were drowned when a week-end camping pai-ty of 21- was swept away early Saturday by a cloud- burst near Rockwood, Tenn, Six deaths and property damage estimated at $2,000,000 was the toll of flood waters of the Kentucky, Cumberland and Big Sandy rivers which swept mountain9mmw.. ties in Kentucky. Red Cross Active Red Cross workers were active today caring for the destitute, and physicians and sanitary engineers assisted the homeless, taking meas- ures to prevent and combat dis- ease as several thousand persons were given aid until they could re- occupy their homes. Meanwhile search was continued for addition- al bodies which might 'swell the death toll. Washington headquarters of the American Red Cross today informed its local chapters in the stricken section that they would be in direct charge of subscriptions for relief and that the national personnel of the organization already was en- gaged in providing relief which would be distributed through local chapters in Kentucky. Kentucky Loss Great Pulaski county, Kentucky, offi- cials set the damage there at $300.,000. The Cumberland River, which made 55 families homeless at Burnside and Sinking Creek and drove 20 families from their homes at Somerset, was reported return- ing to its banks today. Another $100,000 damage was reported in Cumberland county, a $100,000 each in Breathitt and Floyde counties and $200,000 in Pike county. Coun- ties bordering on the flooded areas also were reported to have suffered heavily. Professor C. H. Cooley Remains Seriously Ill Reports yesterday indicated that Prof. Charles H. Cooley, head of the sociology department, who is seriously ill at Dr. Cowie's hospital, passed a comfortable day and is doing very well. His condition still remains serious, however, it was stated. Professor Cooley's courses have been taken over, since his illness a few weeks ago, jointly by Professors Arthur E. Wood, Roy H. Holmes, ' and Lowell J. Carr of the sociology department. Graf Zeppelin Sends Greetings To Romans (By Associated Press) ROME, March 25.-The dirigible Graf Zeppelin while circling over the city this afternoon sent a mes- sage of good will in care of the German ambassador here. The Waterman To Discuss Motives In Religion Prof. Leroy Waterman of the Semitics department, recently re- turned from archaeological excava- tions in Mesopotamia, will speak at 7:00 o'clock tonight in Lane' Hall on 'Basic Motives in Life and Reli- gion,' under the auspices of the In- stitute of Religious Education, a wa oecrerary enogg, wno retain- ed the state portfolio until his ar- rival. Furthermore Mr. Stimson prob-I ably will go over the disarmament question with Hugh Gibson, the American ambassador to Belgium, who is about to sail for Europe to represent the United States at the coming session of the preparatory commission on disarmament, of the League of Nations. Until the present, Mr. Hoover has devoted his attention almost ,ex-i club on the Greenland expeditions. Dr. Hobbs went primarily on busi- All Adelphi Tryouts ness of next summer's expedition., Next' Monday the geologist will Will Speak Tonight' make an address at the New York I Academy of Science on the Univer- All freshmen who are candidates sity's northern expeditions, and the for the debating team of the Adel- following day he will speak at Rut- phi House of Representatives will be ger's University, New Brunswick, required to make a try-out speech New Jersey, on the same topic. at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the Adel- phi room on the fourth floor of Rain Hinders Search Angell hall on: "Resolved, that the executive functions of the state be For Curtiss Airplane I concentrated in the hands of the I governor." The team is to meet (13y Associated Press) the representatives of Alpha Nu in NEW YORK, March 25.--Rain the annual debate between the two hampered the search today for the houses in a few weeks.' 1O 0t f I 1 ----7c' -- --- ---- ---- --- ----d --- -- I i