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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1931
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PARTIAL FIGURES
FOR FOSTER BILL1
Margin Against Capital
Punishment Measure
Mounts Steadily.
Bulletin
DETROIT, April 6-(AP)- j
Late unofficial returns from
1,516 out of 3,407 precincts
gave 159,763 votes against
the Foster capital punish-
ment bill and 116,739 votes in
favor.
ealty Falls Behind in Early
Returns
Regent Junius Bel
Returned to Office
WAINNER OF OILCAN
TO BE ANNOUNCED
AT MEETIING TODAY
Name of 1931 Recipient Will be
Divulged to Members of
Sigma Delta Chi.
WILL PREPARE GABOON
Waldo Abbot, Present Holder of
Trophy, Will Speak at Grid
Fest Tomorrow Night.
Final preparations for the ninth
annual Gridiron banquet, to be held
tomorrow night at the Union, will
be made by the committee in charge
today at a special meeting this
noon.
The name of the winner of the
Oil-Can will also be divulged to
members of Sigma Delta Chi, pro-
fessional journalistic fraternity, who
will prepare a special edition of the
Gaboon, annual publication of the
organization, which will be distrib-
uted during the banquet tomorrow
night.
The committee in charge of the
selection of the recipient for the
1931 trophy has come to a definite
conclusion, it was stated yesterday.
Waldo Abbot, holder of the Oil-Can
at the present time, will make the
speech of presentation to the new
incumbent, while more than half
of flh nuimi nrneo Ii tl
DETROIT, Apr. 6.-(P)-Op-
ponents of the proposal to re- Regent Junius E. Beal
establish the death penalty in
Michigan found cause fortsatis- DETROIT, April 6.-(R)-Repub-1
faction in early returns from to- lican candidates for Regents of the
day's referendum. An early mar- University of Michigan, Junius E.
gin of a few hundred against the ,BSeal and Ralph Stone, both incum-
capital punishment proposal stea- bents, were leading by more than
dily mounted as additional fig30,0004votes according to reports
diy mutdaadiinlfg- from 400 precincts.
ures became available.
When the vote from 248 out of
the - state's 3,407 precincts had
been tabulated, the figures showed:H
Yes, 15,523; No, 20,426.
This margin of 4,939 against the
death penalty had been accumu-
lated i 32 counties.
Tn nn instanc hnuourwrei
iaa ;a14' sa^sa UQEa4G ., ^al.i3 W G Y;Gi . W G.Y. 4. ..
complete figures from any one
county included in the total and
the vote from the cities also was
lacking.
Party voting appeared to be the
rule on the balloting for the elec-
tive state offices, in which the Re-
publican candidates were piling the
usual, heavy majority.
Chippewa, Houghton, Ingham,
Jackson, Marquette, Presque Isle,
Muskegon, Shiawassee, and Wex-
ford counties, on the face of early.
returns, appeared to be voting
heavily against the death bill.
On the other hand, Oakland, La-
peer, Manistee, and Hillsdale were
voting in favor of it in early figures.
Returns from 36 out of Ingham
county's 65 precincts gave 5,261
negative votes and 3,352 affirma-
tive for the proposal. Muskegon in
five precincts showed 506 against
and 165 in favor, while Oakland
county, represented in the tabula-
tions by the the complete vote for
Royal Oak, gave 790 affirmative and
425 negative votes.
First returns from Wayne county
came from 99 precincts and showed
a margin against the proposal. The
figures were:
Yes, 5,020; No, 6,539.
St e(Assotated Prest
Monday, April 6, 1931
ADRIAN-The Order of St. Dom-
inic will receive 68 young women at
St. Joseph's college and academy
here tomorrow. The Rt. Rev. Mich-
ael J. Gallagher, bishop of Detroit,
wil preside over the ceremonies.
DETROIT-Thomas J. Shilson,
72, died suddenly at his home here
today. Mr. Shilson, who was man-
ager of the Detroit office of the
state tax commission, was the
father of Gilbert T. Shilson, Asso-
ciated Press correspondent in Lan-
sing.
KALAMAZOO--A school for po-
lice recruits, the first in the history
of the local department, opened
today under the direction of Ivan
Roberts, former corporal of the
Michigan state police and a mem-
ber of . the Kalamazoo force for a
year. live students are enrolled so
far.
LANSING - Highway Commis-
sioner Grover C. Dillman removed
special loading restrictions for
motor vehicles operating over
trunk-line highways south of the
of te previous noiaers ox the on -
Southern Party Leaders Demand Can will attend the banquet.
Platform on Economics, Copy of Washington Dinner.
Not Prohibition. The trophy was originally pre-
__ sented to some faculty member
WASHINGTON, April 6.-(p)__ whose prominence in local, state,
Discord within the Democratic par- and national life had placed him
ty on prohibition broke out afresh much in the limelight during the
today over the letter from Chair- previous semester. At the time of
man Raskob polling members of the the presentation, the usual "razz
national committee on their views fest," ieplica of the Washington,'
toward his plan to modify the "Gridiron" for politicians, accom-
Eighteenth Amendment. panied the trophy. With the devel-
Aopment of the custom, however, the
A number of southern party lead- Oil-Can has become a symbol of
ers immediately renewed their de- honor and reward for meritorious
mands for subordinating prohibi- service among the faculty members.
tion to economic issues in the 1932 Features on the program tomor-
campaign and went forward with row night include an all-campus
their plans to block adoption of the movie, taken, written and acted by
Raskob platform. members of Sigma Delta Chi, sev-
They said they regarded the eral skits concerned with recent
chairman's letter, made public yes- campus events, speeches by promi-I
terday, as an effort to commit the nent legislators, faculty members,
national organization before its and other celebrities, and the pre-
meeting next winter. Isentation of the Oil-Can. The movie
"Economic problems must have will be of special attraction because
first place in any Democratic pro- of the local interest involved in
gram," said Senator Hull, of Ten- both situation and theme.
nessee, a former chairman of the Tickets On Sale.
national committee and a leader of Tickets for the banquet will re-
the group opposing Raskob's eco- main on sale today only at several
nomic and prohibition views. stores throughout the city and with
Hull characterized Raskob's letter members of the organization. Res-
as "a strenuous attempt to make ervations may also be secured at the
prohibition not only a partisan is- Union. Edward S. McKay, '32, treas-
sue, but a paramount partisan is- urer, stated yesterday that frater-
sue, which automatically would, for nities and other campus organiza-
an indefinite number of years, ex- tions may secure special tables to-
clude serious or deliberate consider- gether by calling the Union or Har-
ation of all other issues and prob- old O. Warren, jr., '31, at the offices
lems, by party agencies, no matter of The Daily. Tables will be reserved
how vital and pressing." at no additional cost for as few as
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Gandhi May Make
Tour of America
NEW DELHI, India, April 6.-
I()-Mahatma Gandhi, Indtian
national leader, is considering
carrying out his long cherished
desire to visit the United States,
where he expects to find a sym-
patheticresponse to his fight for
Iindependence in India.
It became known today the
Mahatma may go to America
either before or after the see-
ond round table conference in
London, which he will attend.
He would make the trip as a
private citizen and without for-
mal invitation and without com-
initment to any organization.
It is considered unlikely the
British government will 1 o o k
with favor on the proposed trip.
However, the .leader's friends
here believe he will carry out
hisrintentions regardless of the
official attitude of London.
PROBE OF MAINE S
DEATH INSTITUTED
Sergeant W.H. Pigg Shot While
Reprimanding Guard in
Nicaragua.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Apr. 6.-
(/P)-A searching inquiry was under
way today into events of Saturday
night which culminated in the
shooting of a marine corps sergeant
and a subsequent dramatic contact
between a naval surgeon and the
president of Nicaragua.
The marine corps sergeant, W. H.
Pigg, who also was a second lieu-
tenant in the Nicaraguan National
Guard, is understood to have be-
come slightly demented as a con-
sequence of the severe strain to
which everyone here has been sub-
jected since last Tuesday's quake.
In the course of a reprimand to
members of the Guardia Nacional
he was shot and killed, and was
taken to a house nearby where
President Moncado and members of
his staff had established theij resi-
dence. Intense excitement pre-
vailed and feeling outside ran high.
Lieutenant Commander William
Hetfield, who at nearby Campo de
Marte has been in charge of the
herculean surgical task which fol-
lowed the earthquake, heard of the
shooting and, understanding that
a marine was wounded, rushed to
the house.
Hoover's Secretary
to be Married Here
WASHINGTON, April 6.-(P)-A
romance which began on the cam-
pus of Stanford university, alma
mater of President and Mrs. Hoo-
ver, will take from Mrs. Hoover next
month one of her two secretaries,
Miss Ruth Fesler.
Announcement of Miss Fesler's
engagement to Robert Lockwood
Lipman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Lockwood Lipman, of Berkeley, Cal.,
was made today by her parents,
Judge and Mrs. Bert Fesler.
The wedding, to be a quiet affair,
with no attendants, is scheduled for
about May 22, at the home of Miss
Fesler's twin sister, Mrs. James A.
Nyssander, of Ann Arbor, Mich.,
whose husband is a University of
Michigan faculty member.
Discussions led by prominent bus-
iness men and lectures by various
members of the University faculty
will mark the sixth annual confer-
ence of the Michigan Real Estate
association and the School of Busi-
ness Administration, which openst
at 11 o'clock this morning in room
222 of the Union. At the annual'
banquet, to be held at 6 o'clock to-
night in the main dining room of
the Union, President Alexander G.
Ruthven will address the confer-
ence.
The morning session will be open-
ed by Prof. Ernest M. Fisher, of the
business administration school. Wil-
liam J. Baxter, of New York, presi-
dent of the chain store research
bureau, will talk on "The Outlook
for Chain Store Locations in 1931."
J. G. Lloyd Alexander, of Grand
Rapids, chairman of the education-
al committee of the Michigan Real
Estate association, will preside.
Griffin to Welcome Men.
Maynard Newton, of Ann Arbor,
first vice president of the realtors'
organization will be the presiding
officer at a luncheon, which will be
held at 12:30 o'clock in the small'
ballroom of the Union. Dean C. E.
Griffin, of the business administra-
tion school will deliver an address+
of welcome, and a response will be
presented by Robert P. Gerholz, of.
Flint, president of the Michigan
Real Estate association.
At the afternoon session, opening+
at 1:30 o'clock, Robert F. Bingham,
of Cleveland, general counsel of the,
Guardian Trust company, will talk
on "Real Estate Financing in 1931;
and After."
Will Speak on Cities.
Prof. R. D. McKenzie, of the soci-
ology department, will d i s c u s s
"Conspicuous Trends in American
Urbanization," and Prof. Thomas H.
Reed, of the political science de-
partment, will talk on "Our Anti-
quated System of Government."J
David E. Winkworth, of Monroe,,
will preside.
"The Cost of Education" will be
the subject of President Ruthven's
address at the annual banquet.
Prof. Charles L. Jamison, of the
business administration school, will+
speak on "Strategy in War and
Business." The toastmaster at the
banquet will be J. Lee Baker, of
Detroit, president of the Detroit1
real estate board; Mr. Gerholz will'
preside.
CONGREOSS OPPOSES'
INCOME TAX RAISEI
Factional Leaders Object to Bill.
to Increase, Extend
National Levy.
WASHINGTON, April 6. -(;P)-
Factional leaders of congress looked
with little favor today on a pro-
posal by Senator Bingham that in-,
come taxes be increased and ex- i
BUSINESS LEADERSi
TO ADDRESS REAL,
ESTTEMEN HERE
Faculty, Commercial Heads Plan
to Speak Before Annual
Convention Today.
RUTHVEN TO GIVE TALK
Fisher, Baxter, Newton, Griffin,
Alexander, Gerholz
to Lecture.
RBEPUBLICANS SWEEP ALL CITY
'OFFICES; DEATH PENALTY BILL
LOSES HERE BY SMALL MAR6IN
him with a margin of over 7,000
votes, the first tabulations here
showed. The vote with 141 pre-
cincts received2was Scallen, 15,-
317; Bowles, 7,296.
Of the two state constitutional
amendments on the ballot, one, pro-
viding for state improvement of
landing fields, was defeated by a
2,173 to 2,151 vote, while the other,
a bond issue measure to pay out-
standing state debts was favored
by a vote of 2,285 to 2,005.
Newkirk Noses Out Hutzel.
In the mayoralty race where in-
terest ran unusually high, H. Wirt
Newkirk, Republican, was elected
to office by a majority of 604 over
his Democratic opponent, Charles
J. Hutzel. The total vote was 2,982
CONVICTS DISCLAIM
GUILT IN OHIO FIREI
Junius E. Beal, Ralph
Stone
Lead in Race
For University Regency; Landing
Field Measure Defeated.
City Republicans made a clean sweep of the city offices, and a
majority of the ward offices in the annual April' elections, yesterday.
Only by the small majority of 51 votes was the much discussed
Foster capital punishment bill defeated, the vote being 2,200 oppos-
ing the bill while 2,149 favored it.
In the election for regent of the
First Returns Show university, tabulation of city
Bowles Far Behind polls with the exception of the
Second ward, showed late last
DETROIT, Apr. 6.-(AP)-For- night that Junius E. Beal (R) and
mer Mayor Charles Bowles was Ralph Stone (R) were far in the
'lead. In six wards Stone received
running far behind his opponent, 844, Beal 861, Charles F. Hemans
Judge John P. Scallen, for re- 1(D) 177, and W. Leo Cahalan (D)
corder's court, who was leading 197.
>to 2,388.
Hugh Gibson, Clinton Grate For president of the Common
Give Pleas Denying Part in Council, Albert L. MacDonald,- Re-
Disastrous Blaze. publican, a newcomer to Ann Ar-
bor political circles, was chosen by
COLUMBUS, April 6.-(P)-Two a narrow margin over his opponent,
convicts who confessed they set the Horatio J. Abbott, Democrat, anfam-
fire of Easter Monday a year ago, iliar figure i Ann Arbor, state, and
when 320 Ohio penitentiary pris- national Democrat circles. A mar-
oners met death, entered pleas of gin of less than 100 separated the
not guilty today to three indict- two, the vote being 2,671 to 2,579.
ments charging first degree mur- In the other two contested city
der. races, Republican majorities were
er nhigh. Fred C. Perry, present in-
The convicts, Hugh Gibson, o cumbent of the city clerk's office,
Cleveland, and Clinton Grate, a was selected for his third term over
Virginian, retained their right to Archie D. Miles by a vote of 3,405
change their pleas if they wish, to 1,772, while in the election for
but William B. Bartels, former as- justice of the peace, Harry W.
sistant f e d e r a district attorney, Reading was chosen by a vote of
one of four lawyers named to de- 3,446 to 1,766 over the Democratic
fend the men, said: "There will be nominee, Harold D. Golds.
no guilty pleas in this case." Crippen Unopposed.
The pleas were heard by Judge Herbert C. Crippen, city assessor
C. J. Randall, who previously had for the past 16 years, was unoppos-
refused to confer with the convicts ed for re-election and received a
when they indicated they would total vote of 3,886.
plead guilty if he would guarantee Ward elections also ran close, the
to sentence them to the electric majority of the offices going to the
chair. republican candidates. In the First
Judge Randall named attorney ward, C. P. Collins, (R), defeated
John Connor and Dwight Swisher Erwin J. Eibler, (D), for supervisor
to defend Gibson and John T. by a vote of 282 to 258 and Red-
Eagleson for Grate. Bartels was the mond M. Burr, (R), was chosen al-
only attorney to comment, the oth- derman over Oscar Goetz, 321 to
ers saying they would thoroughly 209. Fred J. Staeb, (D), was unop-
study the case and confer with posed for the office of constable.
their clients before they, would have In the Second ward, Henry J.
anything to say. Colliau, (R), received 497 votes for
supervisor while his opponent, John
Appeals Court Denies " F. Wagner received 464. The race
for alderman went to the Demo-
Parole to Albert Fall (Continued on Page 2).
WASHINGTON, . April 6.-(AP)-
The appeal of Albert B. Fall, for-
mer interior secretary, from a sen-P PLAY FILM
tence of a year in jail and a $100,-
000 fine for accepting a oil bribe
was denied today by the District
of Columbia court of appeals. TOB H ,M I [
At the same time, the court af-
firmed the conviction of Harry M. Amateur Photographer Records
Blackmer, former officuial of .1 he See rmDaaa
Midwest Refining company, who Scenes From Drama at
was fined $60,000 for contempt of Oberammergau.
court for refusing to return from
France to testify for the govern- "Oberammergau, With Scenes of
ment in the celebrated oil trial of the Passion Play of 1930," a motion
Fall and Harry F. Sinclair wealthy picture, will be presented at 8
oil man. o'clock Tuesday, April 21, in Hill
auditorium.
Sl~h Col Con~esAlthough no commercial con-
e ceAs of any nature have ever been
King George to Home allowed to take motion pictures of
the Passion Play, E. W. Newnan
LONDON, Apr. 6. - (P) - Incon- was able to photograph a few scenes
venienced by a slight cold, King for one of his travel talks. The play
George is remaining in the royal is given every 10 years by the peas-
apartments at Windsor for the ants of Oberammergau in fulfill-
present in order to minimize likeli- ment of a vow taken 300 years ago.
SENIORS MAY STILL
ORDER INVITATIONS!
Collection of Senior Class Dues
and Sale of Subscriptions
to Alumnus' Extended.
Opportunity for seniors of the
literary college to order announce-
ments and invitations will continue
until Friday, Dean Esling, chairman
of the announcements committee,
stated yesterday. Orders will be
taken from 1 to 5 o'clock each
afternoon at the table in the lobby
of Angell hall.
The collection of the senior class
dues, as well as the sale of sub-
scriptions of the Alumnus, both of
which have been extended until
Friday, will be made at the same
place. Members of the literary sec-
t tion of the senior honor group will
ohl,n' nuioPrtt he rvmts .~for (c1lass
six men.
Among the prominent guests at
the 1931 banquet whose checks have
already been received by the com-
mittee are Fielding H. Yost, direc-
tor of intercollegiate athletics, J. A.
Bursley, dean of students, Waldo
Abbot, present holder of the Oil-
can, C. S. Yoakum, vice president
of the University, and more than
25 members of the faculty.
RIVAL CANDIDATES END CAMPAIGNS
AS CHICAGOANS PREPARE TO VOTE
Both Thompson and Cermack
Are Confident of Winning
in Mayor Race.
CHICAGO, April 6.-(P)-Seeth-
ing oratory that boiled and bubbled
far into the night in a final bid for
ballots closed Chicago's 1931 ma-
yoralty campaign.
Tomorrow an estimated 1,100,000
votes will be cast to select the next
head of America's second city-An-
sides as the rival candidates push-
ed their campaigns without paus-
ing for Easter Sunday. Cermak I tended to curb government
told his audiences that he felt he travagance.
would win by the largest vote ever The Connecticut Republic
given a mayoralty candidate in sooner had made his stateme
Chicago. At the same time he an- voring a blanket increase in
nounced that if he is elected he and an extension to small
would resign from his office as comes than responsible memt
chairman of the county board be- both the senate and house ob
fore becoming mayor. Senator Watson of Indiana
Thompson headquarters issued a Republican floor leader-said
statement in which Mrs. Bertha "I am opposed to any f
al ex-j
an no
ent f a-
levies
er in-
bers of
jected.
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