TUESDAY, \MAY 27, 1930. -i oI.rm... . ___ __ __ TTL CH A N IYA ItY __ _ __ _ - wmmwm" . - - ,b ii - DEMOCRATS BELAY USING PR HIBIT 1I Imminent Party Split Prevents Action; Will Not Decide Until Fall Convention. NEGLECT NOMINATIONS Outstate Drys Withold Support of Wet Platform, Repeal Movement Indorsemenf. (By Associated Press) LANSING, May 26.-A threaten- ed split in the ranks of .the party has blocked the proposal of wet Democrats to make prohibition an official issue in the state primary GRAF ZEPPELIN WILL START TOWARD LAKEHURST TLiquor Purchaserjf4I FROM PERNAMBUCO IN NEXT STAGE OF LONG FLIGHTUI LFound Not Liable SWAGOFLOG FLIT__Fou__NoLe leRICtiby 'pir" e Co r 5 EMFI5tDRI&I I ' STS N R[EORD a~UP MORI : E-w . I AKE U RS T I,_. .. _ .. - . Jump Above Mojave Accepted Unofficially; 28 MCJi tr to TLa (Continued from Page 1) Desert . es beverage purposes any criminal lha- Takes bility." Maj. Edwards to be Marshal Day's Program Planned campaign. In a pre-primary conventi'on i Jackson Saturday, out-state dry delivered a flat ultimatum. They served notice that if a wet plat- form was constructed for Demo- cratic candidates they would nei ther reconize the organization no support the ticket. Their defy caused the meeting tc sidetrack the issue. The wets un- doubtedly had enough votes in the convention to carry their point, bu they feared the consequences of a walkout by the drys and the re- sultant impairment of p a r t y strength. The Democratic party will take no sand on the issue until its fall convention, which comes after the primary. If Democratic can didates for governor, lieutenant governor or United States senator run as wets their platforms will be their own and not those of the party. Other Subjects Forgotten. The wet and 'dry controversy rose to such heights in the Jackson gathering that the aims of the pre- primary convention were all but defeated. The object of the meet- ing was to indorse candidates for state Qffices and draft a platform. Neither was done, the task of se- lecting candidates for the state ticket being turned over to the cen- tral committee. After the furious battle over pro- hibition and the decision to post- pone action on that issue, the plat- form was forgotten. The fight started when a report was submitted s'uggesting the Democrats take a stand, one way or the other. Wayne county dele- gates voted strongly wet. Although only about 50 delegates from that county were present they voted theilr full delegate allotment of 371. Drys Roar Protests. Dr. M. S. Pittman of Ypsilanti, temporary chairman, ruled this procedure was in order. Outstate drys roared protests. W. A. Seeg- miller of Owosso, Charles F. Kim- merle of Cassopolis and others charged Wayne county with at- tempting to dominate the conven- tion. Their remarks set off the fireworks and four county chair- men announced they were not go- ing to be forced into a wet position, would refuse to abide by the ac- tions of the convention and their delegations were quitting the con- vention. The convention was in an uproar. Three Eaton county delegates car- out their threat and marched from the room. Delegates from Sag- inaw, Shiawasse and Kent counties, who said they were through with the convention, remained when Henry H. Heinman of Niles, chair- man of the Democratic central committee, took the reins of the convention from Dr. Pittman and restored order. Heinman ruled that only those actually present could vote. Nordheim Will Lecture Today on Electricity Prof. Lother Nordheim of the University of Gottingen will lecture on "The Mechanism of Electrical Resistance" at 4:15 o'clock today in Room 1041, Physics building. Mr. Nordheim who is from Ohio State university, is a member of the younger generation of theoretical Physicists and a student of Born at Hilberd. He is best known for his work on the theory of conduction of electricity through metals and his contributions to the theory of quantum mechanics. Western Lumber Mills Reduce Timber Output (By AFsociated Press) PORTLAND, Ore., May 26.-Col. W. B. Greeley, secretary and man- ger of the West Coast's Lumber Men's association, has announced that many lumber mills in the ;ouglas fir region of the Pacific northwest have curtailed produc- tion for an extended period. . r f ..... .. .. 111 , icJ..v: x s a,.,sir:*aatr:.rJ."r tt.:"a,;ri:;:;;r;",,, .,_ ':,.k . .. L .. /-o ivAiia Ecto.W3. The second case was that of Al- by Units. IiMilitary Uis JUMPER LOSES SENSES fred E. Norris, a New York baker, __who was indicted for conspiracy MANY GROUPS TO MARCH LO (By Associated Press) with a Philadelphia bootlegger from P LOS ANGELES, May 26 - Bert whom he frequently ordered liquor P .departmeHt, will be the speaker at White, 27, today held the unofficial When arraigned he entered a plea thepMemorial day bservance i world's parachute jump record, the of "nolo contendere" intending Ann Arbor, which is being arrang- result of a leap Sunday from an contest the question. He sought ' O ed by the militry units of the city. airplane as it soared 25,000 feet attack the question entered by Vie i Maj.'Basil Edwards of the Uni- above the Mojave desert near Lan-I Federal District court at Phila fl- versity will be marshal of the day's caster, Calif. phia and was sustained by fthe program, which will include a pa- rade and ceremonies at the inter- T t h le t inCircuit of Appeals, which tool; Ithe section of Rose Ave., White St., and fabric, White dropped from the broad ground that the purchas i of the Belt Line cutoff. plane piloted by Earl Gordon and liquor was no offense under ithe Participating in the celebration hurtled through the air in what prohibition law. will be the Michigan National was believed the highest altitude The Supreme Court in an opi ron guard units, the R. O. T. C. unit, jump ever attempted by man. He i by Justice Sutherland held the plea varsity band, Welch post of the G. said he was unconscious from the was equivalent to one of "gu ilty" IA. R., Ross Granger camp of Span- time he leaped until somewhere in and that the trial court had i rop- ish War Veterans, the Women's midair, and that he landed 28 m r t rr ee Ree corps, American Legion, 40 utes after regaining his sense§. His circumstances, it found there! was et 8, The American Legion auxiliary, parachute was tripped automatical- no question open which wou d re- the Ann Arbor High school band, ly by a cord attached to the plane. quire it to ruld whether the pur- Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts. Some concern was felt for Whitei chaser who orders knowing llegal The organizations will follow a after Gordon landed and reported 1transportation to be involved. would line of march from the Armory to that he had been unable to locate be guilty of conspiracy. Main St. to Packard St., to State the parachute rider in the air. Gor- St., State St. to Granger Ave., and don said he dived and circled the I Business Honor Society Granger Ave. to White St., and the pot where White jumped but the W' I 1&. . cutoff intersection where the exer- wind evidently carried the para- W lI tiate GraduateS!cises featuring the observance will chute away from the course of the Beta Gamma Sigma, rcently r be held at 10 o'clock. plane. The jumper was not located Graves of veterans ini cemeteries until an hour after he reached the: in Ann Arbor and viciniV will e ground. He suffered no ill effects, Business Administration students, decorated during the day, the mil- except temporary loss of speech. willinitiate a number of alumni itary organizations planning a city- who would have been eligible for wide observance as this year's cel- NEW YORK (AP)- in making: mbership the he aternity ebration. '75000shaes f cmmo stck existed at the University, when available to employes in its latest they were here. HAVANA-(AP)-A Cuban com- offering, the New York Central Although it is understood that mittee to study air mail service railroad virtually gives away $3,- the names of those to be initiated between Cuba, the United States, 750,000 in paper profits. The stock were acted upon at the last meet- and other American countries has is offered at $130 a share on an in- ing of the fraternity, they haveI been provided by a decree of Pres- stallment basis to employes. not yet been revealed. i ident Machado. Associated Press Photo The northward Journey from Pernambuco, Brazil, to Lakehurst, N. J., is the next stage of the of the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin from Germany to America and return. The map shows ble's route northward. At the left is Commander Hugh Eckener. long flight the dirigi- l I 'O1L ELL DRILLIN STARTEDNEARCITY Work on Exploratory Well South of Pinckney Begun; Depth{ of 1,200 Feet Reached. REGION WILL BE TESTED With the active drilling of an ex- ploratory well between Ann Arbor and Pinckney, the possibilities of this district as an oil-producing section are receiving the close scru- tiny of field operators. More than 1,200 feet have been penetrated by the Glennbrook Oil Co., which plans to drill through six proven sands to determine if oil exists in this district. The com- pany's well is located one and one- half miles south of Pinckney and three and one-half miles west. The drillers have been instructed to tr-t thoroughly the region's possi- bilities as mentioned by R. A. Smith, state geologist. IMfr. Sith has made it known that he believes the discovery of new wells in the sector extenlding from Ann Arbor through Deerfield and north to Owosso is highly probable.J In support of his belief, a test well drilled to the Dundee sands at a location seven miles west of Durand has brought in a well de- livering approximately 200 barrels of oil per day. The Dundee sands are one of the six to be explored by the Glennbrook company north- west of Ann Arbor. With the opening of new fields in the Mt. Pleasant area and an increasing amount of activity in the Saginaw and Muskegon sec- tions, Michigan has assumed a place of importance among the oil- producing states of the. Union. At the end of 1929 there were 508 ac- tive well; in the state with a total production for the year of 5,000,- 000 barrels of o. The Glennbrook well, it is pre- di'cted, is the first of a large num- ber eventually to tape the Ann Ar- bor-Owoso anticline. The Glenn- brook company has approximately 750 acres near Pinckney. Officers of the company are: H. C. Eastman, Midland, president; William Mulkins, vice presisdent and field manager, and R. B. Ves- sey, treasurer and general man- ager, both of Flint. John Fyfe is secretary. Dozing Motorist Given Lodging in Chicago Cell (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, May 26-The driver's seat of a moving automobile, to quote Howard Gessler, is no place for a snooze. He was returning home from a party Sunday and he was tired. So. as his car moved along at a fair- ish clip, he fell asleep. An automobile will invariably take advantage of a snoozing driv- er. This one wandered into a ditch full of water, and got pretty badly bunged up. The crash awakened Mr. Gessler. Water began to ooze in. Gessler i crawled outa window, yawned and went away to get some dry cloth- ing. When he returned, policemen were pawing through the wreckage, hunting bodies. Gessler told them there were no bodies. "I just fell asleep." he said. 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