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VOL. XL. No. 11. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1929 EIGHT PAGEb P
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AMERICA ANSWERS
BRITISH INVITATIOII
TO LONDON PARID1
Washington Accepta
British Offer
on Navies
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Find Mf ~ezeklsSHU TERTO AWARD
OUOPERATION
PROMISED
Tokio, Rome and Paris
Word Not Yet
Received
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 10.-
The American acceptance of Great
Britain's invitation to a Naval
Limitations conference in London
next January was sent to theBrit-
ish capital this morning almost at
the moment of the departure of
Prime Minister MacDonald from
Washington.
It was the first acceptance in re-
sponse to the invitation of Oct. 7th
asking the powers to participate in
the proposed conference. With the
formality disposed of, American of-
ficials were awaiting word from
Tokio, Paris and Rome regarding
the attitude of those governments
toward the British invitation.
Press dispatches from Japan,
France and Italy concerning the at-
tention which is being given by the
officials of those countries to the
invitation were being keenly
watched. President Hoover in his
informal talk with Mr. MacDonald
during the past week had assured
the Premier that full cooperation
could be expected from the United
States in the limitation movement.
Has Been Long Pending
The attempt to secure either a
reduction or limitation of sea arm-
aments in catagories oTher than
those included in the Washington;
Arms Treaty of 1921 was initiated
by President Hoover soon after
coming into office. Through Am-
bassador Dawes in London, ne-
gotiations looking toward an agree-
ment between the United States
and Great Britain on the points of
difference which stood in. the way
of a successful conference of the
three powers, the United States,
Great Britain and Japan, were
begun immediately after the Am-
bassador's arrival in London.
These discussions between the
Ambassador and Prime Minister
MacDonald had at their climax the
invitation to the powers after An-
glo-American naval parity had
been agreed upon. Another result
of these discussions was the visit
to the. United States of the Pre-
mier, who left today for England
by the way of New York and Can-
ado.
American Response Is Brief
The American response to the
British invitation was unusually
brief, consisting of a single sen-
tence.
"I have the honor to refer," the
acceptance said. "to the note which
you were good enough to address
to the Ambassador on October 7th,
and I take great pleasure in in-
forming you that the American
government hastens to accept the
invitation of Hi Majesty's govern-
ment to a conference on naval arm-
ament to take place in London the
latter part of January, which will
unite the powers signatory to the
Washington treaty in a discussion
which will anticipate the prob-
lems raised under Article XXI of
that treaty as well as broaden its
whole scope by the inclusion of
other catagories 'of ships."
The note, which was made pub-
lic by the State department was
signed by Ray Atherton, the Amer-
ican charge de affairs at London.
The article referred to in the
American note applies to the calling
of a conference to consider the pro-
visions of the treaty of 1921 with a
view to its amendment by mutual
agreements.
Until he leaves Saturday to re-
join them in New York, he will
consult with State department offi-
cials. reviewing the work done by
President Hoover and the Premier
during their talks and putting into
shape the material for the prepara-
tion of memoranda in London.
LAFAYETTE HEADQUARTERS
Alumni headquarters for all
Michigan men attending the
Purdue-Michigan football at
Lafayette, Indiana, Saturday,
After a seach that lasted nearly
a week, the body of Dr. Jan Metze-
laar, who was drowned in Granc
Lake, Presque County, Mich., or
October 4, was found early yester
day morning by members of the
field trip party with whom Metz
elaar was engaged at the time o
the accident. The body was brought
to Ann Arbor yesterday afternoon
Funeral arrangements wer
made immediately upon receipt of
the message from Grand Lake. Th
funeral service will be held at For-
est Hill cemetery this afternoon at
4 o'clock, although by request o:
Mrs. Mezelaar, the committal wil
be entirely private.
Dr. Metzelaar, who has been con-
nected with the StatehConservation
Board and the University Museum
for several years, was drowned
while on an excursion for scientific
data concerning marine life.
NEW OBSERVATORY
LI N S INSTALLED
Visitors Will Examine
Moon Through New
Telescope
Angell Hall's observatory will be
open to the public both this eve-
ning and Saturday evening from 7
until 10 o'clock, according to Prof.
R. H. Curtis, Director of the ob-
servatory. Tickets must be procured
from the astronomy office for at-
tendance as it is impossible to
handle more than 30 guests an hour
at each observation.-
Contrary to the general belief,
the best time to observe the moon
through a telescope is during the
first quarter, its present position,
and not at full moon. This position
is found only once a month, or more
accurately, every twenty-nine and
a half days which will make an-
other observation impossible until
the tenth of next month. The ob-I
servatory'will be open at that time,
but that will mark the last opening
to the public until some time in
March.
All those' desiring tickets are
urged to procure them as soon as
possible, as they are being given
out very rapidly. According to
Prof. R. H. Curtiss, Director of the
observatory, this will be an excel-
lent time to view the solar system
through the University's new 10-,
inch telescope.
Rooms For Football
Week-Ends Available
Many rooms will be available for
students desiring to rent them for
football week ends, it was an-
y PRIZES FOR POSTER
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I __IIIN SHOW
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Secrecy Shrouds Title;
e Plot of Annual
Production
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t TRY4UTS FOR CASTMEET
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1 Choruses Subordinate
Special Numbers
For Routine
Posters to be used in the local
and advance advertising for the
1929 Union Opera are due at the
office of the Mimes theatre by 5
o'clock October 18, E. Mortimer
Shuter, director, announced yester-
day. All students who are interested
in submitting designs should see
Shuter any afternoon this week or
next in his office at the Mimes
theatre. First prize for the winning
design will be a gold medalion with
an emplem symbolic of the work,
and second prize will be a silver
medalion cast from the same die.
Nature of Show is. Secret.
The exact nature of this year's
production has not been disclosed
by Shuter, and no comments are
forthcoming from him in regard to
the particulars of the plot. Com-
plications of the plot and how they
are derived are being guarded jeal-
ously until a formal announcement
is in order. It is expected that these
details will be revealed in the near
future.
Because the veil of secrecy sur-
rounding the details of the show,
and also the name of the produc-
tion, it will be necessary for all
contestants to consult Shuter so
that they may understand the na-
ture of the poster that is wanted,
he explained.
I Chorus Learns New Steps
Two moresroutine steps have been
added to the repertoire of the
chorus and a lengthy practice is
being held each day to familiarize
the try-outs with the art of chorus
work. Speciality numbers are still
being subordinated 'to the routine
steps.
Try-outs for positions in the cast
met last night to read the book of
the production and familiarize
themselves with the theme. But no
defininte parts will be assigned for
several weks.
The name of this year's show is
being kept as quiet as the particu-
lars of the book, but it is generally;
understood that it will be an-
nounced soon. ,
WILL BROADCAST
M'DONALD T A L K
Sell -Out Likely
For Ohio State
IAll grandstand seats for the
IOhio-State game have been sold
and indications point to a complete
sell-out for the Harvard game, an-
nounced Harry C. Tillotson, busi-
ness manager of the athletic asso-
ciation, yesterday after the last
checknup on the ticket situation.
According to Tillotson, a few $4.00
box seats are the only unfilled seats
left for the Ohio game, and appli-
cations for the boxes' will be ac-
cepted at the Administration
building. A small bloc of grand-
stand seats and some boxes at the
Harvard game are as yet unap-
plied for. Applications may also be
mailed to the ticket office.
The first Michigan quota of 1-
000 seats and an additional ship-
ment of 500 tickets for the Purdue
game tomorrow have also been sub-
scribed for, according to Tillotson,
and no more Purdue pasteboards
are available at the Administration
building.
Applications for the Illinois and
Minnesota game away from home
are now being received, and ex-
tra tickets for the Iowa tilt in the
Stadium may also be obtained. E
GOAS WELL FLAME
Gigantic Torch Lights,
Oklahoma City
Streets
(By Associated Pres)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Oct.
10.-Two men crouched behind
metal shields continued today to
pit their skill against a gigantic
roaring torch flaming high in the
air over what once was the Sinclair
Oil & Gas Co.'s No. 3 stamper well,.
in the Oklahoma City oil wells.
Thundering loads of high explo-
sive near the 100-foot pillar of fire,
and directing final connections of
a battery of approximately 20 steam
boilers, M. M. "Mack" Kinley and,
his brother, F. T. Kinley, prepare
to snuff out, in one giant pu, the
flame which, fed by 50,000,000 feet
of gas a day, was whipped and
writhed over the Sinclair lease
since shortly before 3 a. m. Tues-
day.
Hardly more than five miles from
the downtown business district, the'
f ire has cast a weird glow over the
city's streets at night, and in the
southern section of the city, three
miles from the well, has made
street lights almost unnecessary.
Some time today-the Kinley
brothers were reticent regarding;
the exact time-one man, crouched
low behind a metal shield that
grows sizzling hot despite streame
of water which constantly drench
it, will creep toward the plume of'
flame which has reared high in
the sky for more than two days..
Clad in a heavy asbestos suit, he
will drag 200 quarts of nitro-glycer-
ine almost to the mouth of the well.
There he will place it so that the
forcei of the explosion will be di-
rected at the base of the flame,
and then scurry away from the
broiling heat.
When he is safely out of range
the charge of explosive will be
fired.
The force of the explosion is ex-
pected to hurl the flame above the
gas rearing from the hole. A
heavy blanket of steam, played
from the battery of boilers onto
the mouth of the well, is expected
to retard the flow of gas until the
flame has burned out.
With the fire extinguished, the
gas will be allowed to run wild
while debris, which could not be
removed before the explosion, is
dragged from the well. Then a new)
derrick will be erected in place of
the twisted, whit-hot steel skeleton
which was dragged away piece by
piece Wednesday and efforts will be
directed toward confining the flow.,
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'Ayu iPosition
SOLDIER HONORED! ~
BY MITANA IN TALK ;:
Pulaski, Revolutionary
Hero, Is Subject
Of Address
NATION PAYS TRIBUTE
Anniversary of Death
Commemorated in
Many Cities
Speaking before an enthusiastic:y
gathering of students in the Natur-
ail Science auditorium yesterday! y
after noon, Dr. Jadeusz Mitana, 1cc-!
tuier in' Polish Literature at the
University, recounted the events in!
the life of the famous American
revolutionary war soldier, Count T. Hawley Tapping.
Casimir Pulaski. The lecture was Who will succeed Wilfred B.
sponsored by the University au- Shaw as General Secretary of the}
thorities in an effort to commemor- Alumni association. Shaw has led
ate the one hundred and fiftieth the organization since his gradua-
anniversary of the death of this tion from the University in 1904.
romantic war figure. Tapping, who has been acting ed-
TAPPING SUCCEEDS
SHAW AS ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION ,HEAD
R e t i r i n g Secretary
Has Held Post
Since 1904
RANDALL TO AID IN WORK
Association Personnel
Undergoes Complete
Change
As a result of the first complete
shift in personnel in the Alumni
Association since 1904, T. Hawley
Tapping, '11, '16L, has been named
General Secretary of the organi-
zation to succeed Wilfred B. Shaw,
'04, who has held the post since he
graduated from the University 29
years ago. Assisting Mr. Tapping in
his general work and as secretary of
the Class Officers Council will be
Fred S. Randall, '19,-'20, former
secretary of the University of Mich-
igan club of Duluth.
Mr. Tapping, who has been acting
editor of the Alumnus for the past
year and Field Secretary of the as-
sociation since 1923 when the posi-
tion was created, is well fitted for
his new work and will serve as active
director of all alumni actiylties
combining the duties of General
Secretary and editor of the Alum-
nus.
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President Herbert Hoover in itor of the Alumnus for a year,
proclamation to the people of the will continue in that post.
country concerning the anniver-
sary declared "that such datel
should be observed and commemo-
rated with suitable patriotic ex-
ercise". He set today as the suit- P A ECON I IO
able date. It is the first time that
the nation has paused to think of 'O E E T 6 1 1
the glory of this foreign volunteer
soldier.
Many Cities Observe Day
Patriotic societies throughout;
the country this week are observing Stressman, McDonald
Pulaski Days. In Pittsburgh cele- Briand, Hoover
bration was held on 'October 6, in Praised
New York, the day was October 9.r
Chicago will probably hold com-;
memoration services next Tuesday. BR ( eAssociated Press)"
The greatest affair is being held at BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N. Y., Oct.
Savannah, where a committee 10-Nicholas Murray Butler, presi-
headed by Major Gordon Saussy of dent of Columbia University and!
that city has charge of a three-day head of the Carnegie Endowment
program. A special excursion un- for International Peace toda de-
der the auspices of the Polish Armyft yd
Veterans Association left New livered the address of welcome at
York for Savannah Tuesday. Sim- the opening of the Institute for In-
ilar excursions were spoinsored by ternational Law session here. Elihu
organizations from most of the
Polish American centers, such as Root, former Secretary of State,
Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Cleve- presided.
land, and Pittsburgh. Dr. Butler told the members of
Dr. Mitana Knew Subject the Institute "you have come herei
The University of Michigan was at the psychological moment in thel
especially fortunate to have as di-1
rector of theirnexercises so wellI history of the modern world at the
informed .a man as Dr. Mitana. He precise instant when the stage has
is a native of the section of Po- been set for the largest understand-
land from which General Pulaski ing of your past."
came. During the war, he partici- "Here I will mention," he con-
pated in battles that were on many,
of the sites where Pulaski once tinued, "four great men who have
fought. The warrior is considered done much in this work in which
a national here by the Poles of, you are interested: Gustav Strese-I
America and of the free state in mann, whose passing at this mo-
Europe. He was a frantic believem m a whos pass.tthis wo-:
in liberty, and was constantly fight- Aret is a grevious lossto the worl
ing for it from the age of twenty Aristide Bindrain the twor me
to his death in 1779. The lectureat on whoseconversationg, Premier Mac-
of Dr. Mitana was fortunate be- Datd presrsient watigPrmer Mac-
cause it gave us a distinctly Polish e UDonald and President Hoover of
point of view and was for that the United States.
reason somewhat akin to the "In their conversation the cur-
spirit of the by-gone General Pu- I tam has merely risen on a new era
laski. of national conduct because it has
risen on a new era of national
LINDBERGH BACK thinking." Mr. Root in opening the
conference, said the work of the
FROM CARIBBEAN Institution is 'bringing nations
closer together.' A broad vision in
Returns After Twenty-Day Air the field of law brought to bear
Tour; Explorations Chief I on the public question of the day
Object of Trip will bring preservation, of peace
I I(By Associated Press) and order throughout the world,"
MIAMI Fla, Oc. 1..--Clhe said.
Charles A. Lindberghclanded here
at 6:12 P. M. today from Cozumel
Island, Mexico, completing a 20-day HARVARD TO SEND BAND
inspection flight around the Carib-
bean Sea during which time he Word has been, received from
made several aerial explorations of Cambridge that Harvard will
the ancient Mayan cities in Cen- send its large band to Ann Ar-j
tral America. It was dark when bor on Nov. 9, when Michigan
the plane landed.
A heavy rain that had fallen al] p the Crimson eleven on the
clday ceased shortly before the fly-~ io.Apaac fbt
ing-Colonel brought his huge one Harvard and Michigan bands
amphCbian shiudown uponthe will add even more color to one
Pan-American field completing one of the outstanding intersectional
of the most colorful aerial adven- ;awes of the year.
tures of his career.
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Achievements Are Varied.
While at the University, he was a
member of every honor society on
the campus except one and his other
achievements include sports editor
of The Daily, sports editor of the
Alumnus, athletic editor of the
'Ensian, member of the Boards in
Control of the Athletic association.
Mr. Tapping was at one time presi-
dent of Sigma Delta Chi,, national
journalistic fraternity, and worked
in the journalistic field until he
came to the University as the first
Field Secretary in the county, or
the last year-and-a-half before he
became affiliated with the Alumni
group he was Ann Arbor corre-
spondent for the Booth papers, a
new agency linking numerous
papers in the state.
Shaw Has New Office.
Wilfed B. Shaw -who pernian-
ently retires from active connec-
tion with the Alumni association
becomes associated with the Uni-
versity administration in the newly
created office of Director of
Alumni Relations, after completing
a record as the longest serving
Alumni secretary in the country.
Mr. Shaw has just returned from
the East where he completed a
survey on adult education for the
Carnegie Foundation and yesterday
entered upon his new duties.
Mr. Randall, newly appointed
Council secretary, succeeds Charles
J. Rash, '21, who has resigned to
take up other work. Mr. Randall
comes here from Buffalo where he
was a salesman for the Pillsbury
Flour company and an active mem-
ber of the Buffalo Alumni club.
Announcement of the complete
new editorial staff of the Alumnus
inclueds the addition of Miss Sue
G. Bonner, '27, who is working with
Miss Esther Johnson, '28, as an as-
sistant editor.
SENIOR ACTIVITIES
TO BEGIN SHORTLY
With dates set for senior class
elections in the literary and medi-
cine schools, the annual courses of
senior class activities is about to
get under way. Senior medicine
students are to hold their election
at 11 o'clock today in the hospital
amphitheatre, and the senior lit-
erary class election is scheduled for
Wednesday.
After senior class officers are
elected, committees will be appoint-
ed to select dates and arrange
! mn fn the r if 'na c air
nounced yesterday by Kenneth National
M.' Lloyd, '30, president and To Se
houseowners who wish to list such WaN
rooms are requested to phone the,
student office of the Union any
afternoon between three and five NEW
o'clock. If these offices are not tional Br
open, the telephone operator will nouncedt
list such rooms as are reported tof
her. Premier1
Lloyd also stated that the World of Foreig
Series baseball games, which are row nigh
being broadcast from Chicago andl
Philadelphia, will be received on listeners
the radio in the Tap room. All The co
those interested in the games will the speec
be welcome to hear the results throughi
there. one Can
Broadcasting
CompanyI
end Speech Over Short
,e Lengths to Europe
(B Associated Press)
YORK, Oct. 10.-The Na-.
roadcasting Company an-
toonight that the speech of
MacDonald at the Council
'n Relations dinner tomor-
zt would be available to,
throughout the world.
impany announced that
ch would be put on the air
its coast to coast net work,
adian station, and at least
t wave-length stations and
sh Broadcasting Company
broadcast it.
DAILY TRYOUTS
* All second semester freshmen
and sophomores desiring to try
out for The Daily are requested
to report at the offices in the
Press building between 2 and
5:30 o'clock any afternoon.
two short
the Briti
would rel
The British premier is expected1
to begin speaking about 9 o'clock
(Eastern Standard Time)) follow-I
ing an introduction by Elihu Root
who will be introduced to the radio
audience by Milton Cross, NBC an-
nouncer.
SHUTER AND AMES RECALL OPERAS
OF BYGONE DAYS;_LATTER WAS STAR
"Do you remember that step seasons had passed, lie was booked
that I always forgot? And will in New York--at the 'Palace and
you ever forget the knotty legs that then at the Strand,--and now le is
thatchous o woen hd?"on tour again working up a -iew
that nchorus of women had?" show before he starts for New York
Reminiscences. ....again.
E. Mortimer Shuter and Mike "The chorus is one of the finest
Ames were turning back the years I have seen," he commented, as he
in Shuter's office in the Mimesi watched the shirtless and patless
theatre yesterday afternoon. Amesjlads with lady's slippers perform
was the leading man in "Cotton the routine steps on the stage at
Stockings," the Opera that was pro- the Mimes theatre. "We certainly
I duced in 1923 when he was still in! had a raw-honed aroun in 'Cotton,
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EIGHT ISSUES OF
TO APPEAR ON
Eight numbers of tie Technic I
will be published this year, accord-
ing to an announcement made yes-
terday by Edward R. Nell '30E,
editor. The first number which will
be a special aircraft issue will ap-
pear on campus October 23.
Prof. Felix W. Pawlowski's article
"Gliding at Michigan and Else-I
I wh ,.a" urll a shafamt.n iain
aHG' 1 ucns) or e raa ional senor
4ICH IGAN T ECHNIC fnto's
,MPUS THIS YEAR Architects' Co n t e s t
The staff of the Technic plans to Drawings On Exhibit
make each issue outstanding for its
treatment of a certain field of en-'___
gineering. The Architectural Nu m- Submitted by candidates for ad-
ber will follow the October publica- mission to architectural practice in
tion, and it in turn will be followed the recent examinations, 29 sets of
by Power, Automotive, Chemical,I drawings will be on exhibition the
)Marine, Research and Electrical. ! rest of this week in room 301 of
A new engineers' song book will the Architectural building.
be put on sale the same day as the The problem in this year's ex-
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