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,MEETINGPRO0GRAM,
Final Alterations Announced
for Annual Conference
of Highway Experts.
MANY SPEAKERS ADDED

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Pledge of $20,000,000 to Help
Bankrupt City in Solution
of Huge Money Problem.
NEW CRISES FACE BOARD
MA;, ncial- tc
CHICAGO, Jan. 25,.-~Temporary
solution of Chicago's finmncial

Final changes have been m~ade in
the program for the sixteenth an-
nual conference on highway engin-
vering to be held at the University
Feb. 11-13, inclusive, it was an-
nounced yesterday by Prof. 1R. L.
Morrison, of the department of
highway engineering and highway,
transport, in charge of arrange-
ments for the conference.
The number of speakers has
been increased, and a few speakers
have been engaged to supplant
those who were unable to come. it
was announced. An entire morn-
ing's program, that of Wednesday,
Feb. 12, has been dedicated to the
state department of highway en-
gineering.
At that time, V. R. Burton, depu-
ty state. highway commissioner,
will speak on "Michigan's Trans-
portation System." Prof. W. J. Eim-I
colons, of the department of high-
way engnieering, director of the
state highway laboratory, will re-
port on "The Effect of Unsound!
Particles of Coarse Aggregate .on
the Strength and durability of
Concrete." J. T. Sharpensteen, as-i
sistant maintenance engineer of
the state highway department, will
read a paper on "Control of High-
way Loading." C. E. Foster, chief'
engineer of the highway depart-
ment, will preside.
One of the most attractive talks
at the conference, from the stand-
point of popular appeal, will prob-
ably be that of Pyke Johnson,, of
the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce, who will show a
movie of South American life and
tell a number of stories, including
one of a railroad company which
built tracks In circles because it
was being paid by the state ac'cord-
Ing to the number of miles of
tracks laid.
University students will be ad-
mitted free to all regular meetings
of the conference, and will be per-
mitted to p -, a !e tickets for the
aofficial conference banquet.

It is no cmmnl realized whatt le s evaporat~ion of thne tuingsten i ands for beacons.
a scientifi roa :nce lies behind ! ilam~ent and therefore less black- For advertising purpo ses, van-te bilat o a1' e d ets
th ins>lint on hercodor to ; e int; of the bulb. Argo n is as s-1 ous colors are neec. If' electricity,
a~~~~~~~~ gnoueeti h i eCd to fill CCrL:if types of tubes is passed throug!h :t, glastu~be fill-
bre~ithe bwu which, thirty-five Used in radio sets which are oper- ed with pure neon, an orange credl
r , cn ~~to exist. atecl from the Iili hi g circuit; and'lighlt is obtained: the addtition of : ayi, pt0 wi ;1f r u e s d i at r h r itl e c r a o ;iv " a b u
known thaiy thpe g whi Chmnowyrs.light. Green isobtaine~d by,:using
knlln Aeiran ir tl s whichilu Neo1n is more expensivei thaonlar-' a yellow glass tube w ith 1 the blue
for ~ ~ ~ ~ "01 mace.~ i~i o xs o , ostng about ;1.00 per culbic light. Helium in yellow glass g-ives
only i-1 the -'gn adws therefore, foot, Whlil^ a 5onuiChaft fipure2 ar-i a golden color. Althiough; neon is
mned lh'elitiiu. t oil can Ibe boughs;for . few cdol- 3expensive, the amount used iin a
Argn. ecme f i; nernes.Mars. Neon conducts electricity bet- sign is small becauit i is used at
is used In ilinri inc-,ndescen t evr h n any other gas~and there-; a very low pressure. The aZctual
eletri Itnrls, artculrlytheby glows with the orange red lightI cost of the lgas in a small tube
eletri lmps Patiulaly heso familiar in advertising signxs. three feet long is only a1 few cents.
smaill onts such as are' usedl in au- J.V
tonblelehig't.The large The color of the light is such thatl At the beginning of 1,his century
ones Harettilled \ thjP0~contaiin- it. is visible even in sunlight and it these gaseous eeeta uh
ink a little nil rogen1. Stial lamps will penetrate fog and haze farth- had no commercial inicne
giv mre igt ithitssconum- r Ula an,~ry oilier color. 'phis Today, their manufat'ctreandi
tioi f ~ieil ~t~h odemaukes it highly desirable for it-, represents ain inlve.,t mcmi 01oreii~

fir I problem was several steps nearer
The ottanli ng developmnentI
.viat the ann-ouincemnent by ilas I.
istrawri, chairman of the Citizens W
IRelief committee, that; a $2j,t0Q-;

Assocatcd 1'r~ss IPhoto3
Herbert L. Pratt, -
President of the Standard Coil
Company of New York, who, ac-i
cording; to charges made by the
Anti-Saloon league, has been grant- I
ed immunity from fines on liquorj
that was smuggledl into his estate.
Announce RateChanges
f or Flo Flying School
Announcement was made yester- I,
day by Lieut. Leonard Flo, presi-
dent of the Flo Flying school of the
reduction in rates to prospective
students of aviation during the
winter months. The reduction,
which took effect last week, has al-
ready created a stimulus in student
enrollment which was greatly in-~
creased as a result.
Flo recently returned from a~
photographic tour of the northern,
part i of the state, where he corn,-
pleted an air survey of the tern,-I
tory neighboing Gaylord and oth-.
or Michigan cities.
MUST PROVE RUM'S PRESENCEI
LANSING, Jan. 25.-Positives
proof of the presence of liquor is
required for convictions under the
prohibition laws, the supreme court
has ruled.

,tIUU ljool lk ie b i P.1edf'ctrPy IUSI- ; aEpRA&cjc L1ethis ul U
ness, industrial and railroad inter--! __________________
ests to loan money on tax arues-i-
f~orn,, tr PolTh,to
pmItion warrants. J. ;. Fenton, lti
However, the announcement was siltl ftrdsadcsos
ccompniexd by an ul~imatum that iitr ftae andt' frsom s, RAE THEATRE
no loans would be made until tine , who is the representative ro
public officials agreed to co-oper-1 Australia in the naval conference - ii, WestI-Imoi Street#
ate in cutting all possible expenses.1 being conduxcted at London. { Opposite Painters Restaur'ant {
F ridlay 'Was another pay clay for l ------SHO1WING-
13,200 teachers---but board of edt-Scals arFrm- SUND AY AND) MOND>AY Y
cation officials today were still Sod:%aAllaorIForkm _
seeking money to meet the payroll. Pot .oes Con'eec ~ ~ j A l iailkhf
IThe county boardl voted to pay - -- - -
back salaries of 4,000 employes in Plans for the socialist labor I G AD PtHY
tax anticipation warrants of smallI forum. which was scheduled to meet! ~ N YSEIA
denominations--to. be cashed at in Ann Arbor on the night of, Jan- NIGHT"
neighborhood stores and banks. ! uary 26 have been changed, it was-
Added to the crisis was the an-l announced by Richard. O'Neill, act- Also all ta lking Comsredy and mews -
inouncement fhrm trustees of, the1 ing state secretary of the socialist Tuesdlay
Chicago ;sanitary district that it; labor party yesterday. The hall in "OiLD CALIFORNIA"
must sell more than $6000,000 worth I which the forum was to have been'
of anticipation warrants or default ' held was refuised the committee iii
bond interest due Feb. 1.1 charge.

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