ESTABLISHED 1890 )MR-4mw A*1 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN .. . ........ . ......... ... ........ VOL. XLL No. 101 EIGHT PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS I THOMPSON WINS IN CHICAGO RACE FOR NOMINAT N Supporters of Albert Concede Victory to 'Big Bill'. Peasants Cliastize Unproductive Trees (By Associaed Press TEXCOCO, Mexico, Feb. 24.- Fruit trees of the nearby Hue- xotla region which bore a poor crop this year were subjected to- day to a severe lashing, with the admonishment that they do bet- ter next season. The peasants of the region be- lieve that the trees require chas- tising when they do not bear well and make the occasion mo- tive for gay festivities. After a series of native dances and other formalities, a score of the best physical specimens of the tribal manhood administer 10 lashes each to upward of fifty trees, using leather straps espe- cially made for the ceremony. DAI ASKS FULL PROBEIN SENAE Lobby Committee to be Revived for Inquiry Into Alleged Illegal Contribution. ROD 0COMMISSION OFFICERS TESTIFY IIN B09OAR NQUIRY $upervisors Quiz McCalla, Luick, Ferguson in Investigation of Irregularities. Presents DecisionSUPREME CURT SUSTAINS DR LAWS9VALIITBYUNANIMOUS OPINION; ROBERTS G1IS RULING Judgment Transfers Liquor Fight to Field LYLE IS SECOND NO NAMES MENTIONED Campaign Funds Committeemer Made Investigation But Found No Evidence. (By Assoc 'ted Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.- The BULLETIN (0v Associated Press) ChICAGO, F e b. 24.-Com- plete Republican returns show- ed Thompson to be nearly 70,- 000 votes ahead of his nearest opponent in t h e Republican mayoral n o m i n a t i o n race. Thompson polled 293,220 votes as against 224,750 for Lyle. Al- bert and Schmidt ran third and fourth respectively w i t h 98,976 and 13,211 votes. Cer- mak, Democratic c a n d i d a t e, overwhelmed his opponent by piling up a majority of 285,000.; (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Feb. 24. - "Big Bill' Thompson, invincible as ever, won his fourth mayoral nomination in the Republican primary election tonight, defeating by a plurality of approximately 50,000 the crime- battling judge, John H. Lyle. Against Mayor Thompson in the April election will be pitted Anton J. Cermak, com- mander-in - chief of Cook county democracy, who won his party's{ nomination hands down. In the few . precincts tabu- lated in the Dem- ocratic primary tonight Cermak , had more than 60 votes to every one cast for hisr single opponent, MAYOR TH1ZVPSO. John B. Devoney.' Takes Early Lead. Thompson lumbered into the lead from the start and less than two hours after the polls closed the Daily News, supporting Albert, con- ceded the nomination to the in- cumbent and predicted he would win by 50,000. Thompson himself said he expected to beat Lyle by 60,000. With 337 precincts missing, Chi- cago's cowboy mayor had corraled 250,887 votes, while Judge Lyle har- vested 200,386 and Alderman Arthur F. Albert, leader of anti-admin- istration forces in the city council and a partisan of Senator Charles S. Deneen,t railed with 87,782. Defeat Rare. To "Big Bill" Tompson, the pic- turesque, blustering bombastic 17y of nearly 62 years, it was another sweet victory. Defeat he has rarely tasted. Al- derman some decades ago, on a' reform platform; thrice mayor with an interval of four years when he retired voluntarily as a schism severedrhis own policy, he emerges now from perhaps the severest test of his career with the opportunity to win the mayoralty for the cov- eted world's fair term and with it count more years in the executive chair of America's second city than any other man. Stat e ulletins (Bv Associated Press) February 24, 1931. HEAR REPORT ON PROBE n Committee Seeks Explanation for Dismissal of Bailey, Engineer-Manager., Three members of the county 1e roadcommission-- George W. Mc-. Calla, chairman; Otto D. Luick, andN Clark Ferguson-testified before the ; d Washtenaw county board of super- r visors who, since the appointment Owen J Roberts of an investigating committee Jan. Supreme court justice, who de- e 26, have been conducting an in- livered the court's opinion overrul- - quiry into alleged irregularities of I ing Judge William Clark's decision the commission. ing Jd Wia Cak dcin I mvalida~tino thA E~io hn~h rn TO LEICTURE HERE[ Will Replace Luckner, Who Was Injured in Accident, on Oratorical Series. Count Luckner, who was sched- uled to speak in Hill auditorium March 3, has been forbidden by f doctors to do any lecturing because of his recent accident, it was an- nounced yesterday by Henry Moser, manager of the Oratorical associa- ! tion. Dr. Daniel Davenport, sole survivor of the Davenport African expedition, will lecture instead and talk on "Jungle Hazards." '"The injuries Count Luckner sus- tained in an accident last month," stated Moser, "were much more serious than they appeared to be at first. His doctors-have forbidden him to lecture for several weeks. However, it may be possible to arrange a date sometime in May, j or perhaps next year. This addi- tional lecture will be added with- out cost to the patrons of the Oratorical association." The tickets for the Luckner lec- ture will admit patrons, he stated, but the tickets will not be taken up. Dr. Davenport was sent late in 1924 by the Societe Bacteriologique de Belge, into the Belgian Congo to conduct a survey of the tsetse fly, which is the cause of sleeping sick- ness. At the invitation of other governments, he and his two col- leagues extended their work into the Cameroons, French Equatorial Africa, Nigeria, Sudan, Angola and Rhodesia. POLLOCK SPEAKS * AT CLUB SMOKER Professor of Political Science Lauds Debating Training- "Despite the growth of modern newspapers, the spoken word is still indispensable for the support of public opinion," asserteduProf. James Pollock, of the political science department, speaking last night before the Alpha Nu smoker. Professor Pollock gave as exam- ples of how the power of oratory may be used to either perverted or valuable ends the recent passage of the veterans' loan bill in Con- gress, and the Hiller victory in the German elections. He showed how emotional speaking, unbacked by logical reasoning, operated in the former case, in putting through a bill which he characterized as "the most outrageous piece of legisla- tion passed in a generation." ,of Revision or Repeal; Contention of Judge Clark Overruled. Senate's lobby committee was re- vived today to investigate published reports that an unnamed senator had received from $100,000 to $150,- 000 from a domestic company while Congress was considering the Haw- ley-Smoot tariff bill. The committee was called to meet tomorrow after Senator Davis Republican, Pennsylvania, former secretary of labor, asked Senator Caraway, chairman of the lobby committee, for an immediate and complete investigation of the re- ports. Nye Makes Report. A full inquiry also was demanded on the Senate floor by Senators Borah, Republican, Idaho; Robin- son, Democrat, Arkansas, and Nye, Republican, North Dakota, after Borah read a story published in a New York newspaper. Nye, chairman of the campaign funds commitee, said his commit- tee had made a partial investiga- tion of the reports but had aban- doned its inquiry when it found no evidence of money being contri- buted to the senator's campaign fund. Turned Over Evidence. Questioned by other senators, Nye said he had turned what evi- dence he found over to the lobby committee because he felt his com- mittee had no jurisdiction and not, because he felt there was nothing to investigate. 1 Not once during the Senate de- bate was the name of the senator involved mentioned. MICHIUAN SENATORH DEFENDSLOAN Bill Vandenberg Decries Belief That There Will be Raid on Treasury. (73_y Associated I'M s I WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.Onthe eve of receiving a veto message from President Hoover of the Vet-1 'erans Loan Bill, Senator Vanden- berg protested in the Senate todayl against "this constant effort to make the country believe that in this plan there is some awful raid upon the Treasury." "This is no raid," he shouted, aft- er another analysis of the bill. "Not a single penny is to be taken from the Treasury except fundsI held in trust for the veterans." He said he had demanded an ex- planation from John E. Edgerton, president of the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers, for his letter to President Hoover expressing fear the bill would cause an increase in taxes. "I ask," continued Vandenberg, "is not such an unwarranted state- ment a needless menace to busi- ness?" t >, , At the opening session yesterday, the report of the investigation was read to the supervisors. Four para- graphs in length, it hinted at the expenditure of money without ad- ' vertising for bids, illegal expendi- tures on township roads, and the payment of bills without authority of the county treasurer. In conclu- sion, the committee in its report demanded an explanation for the dismissal of A. R. Bailey, engineer- manager of the commission. Probe Methods. Business methods of the commis- sion, rather than the sifting of charges made by Bailey, was the center of the inquiry. Following adoption of the committee's report, McCalla, Luick, and Ferguson were called to explain the findings list- ed by the investigating committee and explanations were under way by noon. The meeting throughout the day was orderly, except for a verbal battle between Supervisor Gilbert Madden and, John F. Kirk, attorney for MCARa and Luick. Bought Road Oil. At the afternoon session, the su- pervisors questioned the commis-1 sioners concerning the 21 cars of asphalt road oil which Bailey charges the commission purchased. without bids, specifications, or in- spection. When questioned about the ex- penditure of money on township roads, the commissioners pointed out that, although illegal, the road board believed that the township roads had been taken over by the county. Today's session will be devoted to the legality of Bailey's dismissal, and the awarding of contracts for roofing of a repair shop. PERU LEADERSKS PACT WITH ERES) Col, Luis M. Sanchez Denies He Will Run for Office. of President. (y Associated Press) LIMA, Peru, Feb. 24.-Lieut. Col.' Luis M. Sanchez Cerro, provisional president, today tendered an olive branch to the insurgents who have occupied Arequipa, second city of the republic. In a manifesto to the army he renounced his candidacy for the constitutional presidency of the country and then issued a decree cancelling the scheduled general elections and providing for election of members of a projected constit- uent assembly. In the manifesto he asked the soldiers not to be deceived by "those who made commerce of po- itics." He promised that the prin- ciples outlined last summer when a revolution placed him in power would be carried out. Stock Market Shows Increasing Purchases Imy Associated Press> NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-The bulls put their shoulders to the wheel in the stock market today and prices rolled $1 to $7 a share high- er in extremely active trading. So vigorous was the rally during. the first hour that the high speed ticker was eight minutes late. I ,,v .dn eio ge±- tIueent amendc- , . ment. The ruling was presented I before a crowded courtroom. Italy, France May Enter Londor Compact With England, Japan, America. (BY .Associated I'ress) ROME, Feb. 24.-Transformation of the London naval three-powei pact into a five-power treaty with 1 Italy and France adhering appear- ed a distinct probability tonight. Word that the British foreign minister, Arthur Henderson, and A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, had left for Rome to present here a conditional accord reached in Paris was hailed with satisfaction in circles conversant with Italian official views. In the same circles it was con- I sidered that the basis of the Franco-British accord, as far as it was known in Rome, was generally acceptable to the foreign office. As R. L. Craigie, British admiralty ex- pert, initiated the conversations and as Italy has been constantly in touch with them through diplo- matic channels, it was taken for granted that the British officials were coming to Rome because they knew a settlement was possible. DA WES WILL KEEP AMBASSADORSHIP (By Associated Press) LONDON, F e b. 24.-Charles G . Dawes today set at rest reports that he intended to resign as ambassa- dor to the Court of St. James and return to America, either in con-I nection with the f o r t h c o m i n g World's Fair at Chicago or for poli- tical work. The fair, he said, was "a year ahead ofritself" so far as prepara- tions were concerned' and every- thing was progressing so very fav- orably that his presence at Chicago was not needed. Chaplin Visits w H gse; Still Dislikes Talkfes (8y Associated P s. ) LONDON, Feb. 24.--Charlie Chap- lin visited the House of Commons Monday and after he had heard the debate remarked to one of the members that he liked the talkies less than ever. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-With vigor and emphasis the Su- preme Court today upheld the constitutionality of the Eighteenth Amendment. In a clearly-worded and unanimous opinion it sustained the validity of the amendment against the contention of Federal Judge William Clark of New Jersey who had ruled it had been improperly ratified. The decision, announced by the court's youngest member in years and service, Associate Justice Roberts transferred the peren- nial battle over the liquor laws to Daily Finishes Plan the field of revision or repeal. It placed the entire question to Handle Tryouts upon the shoulders of Congress and lent an added significance to Plans for handling 100 or more the much-discussed and much- tryouts for The Daily editorial disputed report of the Wickersham staff will have been completed commission. by this afternoon when the freshmen will be given their first The Clark decision was based prshmn i ltb p ie terfirn upon a contention that the amend- opportunity to participate mhr ent to be valid would have been extra curricular activities, other ratified by state popular conven- than athletics. tions rather than by the state legis- Freshmen men who will tryout latures, for The Daily editorial and busi- ness staffs will assemble at 4 Counsel supporting Judge Clark's o'clock in the Press building on decision argued the fifth article of Maynard street. Women tryouts the Constitution differentiated be- for The Daily will meet in the tween amendments making changes same offices at 5 o'clock. in governmental machinery and The Daily editorial staff has those affecting the liberties of the outlined a schedule which will people. be followed in training the new States to Decide. men. The training period will last 10 days during which every phase of editorial work will be covered. Students wishing to tryout for the Gargoyle business staff will meet in the Gargoyle offices in the Press building at 4:15 o'clock this afternoon. Michiganensian business tryouts will also assem- ble in the Press building at the same hour. -L--TO------S-CUSS FAULY1N1ITE Will Address Educators Explaining Details New Insurance. Today, of The annuity plan as proposed by the Board of Regents will be the subject of discussion when Prof. James W. Glover will talk to mem- bers of the faculty this afternoon in the Natural Science auditorium. Professor Glover will answer all questions and give detailed ex- planations of any points desired to those who are eligible for the annuity. Approximately 20 years ago the Carnegie foundation for the ad- vancement of teaching, pledged faculty members who satisfied cer- tain requirements in this and other universities a pension to be given yearly after they had attained 65 years of age. Recently the founda- tion discovered it would not be able to meet its promise entirely and informed those eligible to this effect. The Regents propose that if the members give five percentj of their salary to a fund they will" supply the deficit so that the 165 will receive regular incomes.- Amendments of the latter cate- gory it was contended must be sub- mitted by Congress to state con- ventions. Early in his opinion, Justice Rob- erts said attorneys supporting the Clark ruling were asking the court to hold that Article 5 "means some- thing different from what it plainly says." "The United States asserts," he added, "that Article 5 is clear in statement, contains no ambiguity, and calls for no resort to rules of construction. A mere reading de- monstrates that this is true." Roberts Gives Verdict. The opinion was clearly phrased and Justice Roberts had delivered but a few sentences before its meaning was apparent. The, spec- tators who filled every seat in the semi-circular room, however, lis- tened intently until the conclusion: "The order of the court below is reversed." STATE SANTAIU Stock Transfer Duty to Provide Revenue for New Hospital; Brucker Pledges Aid. (fly Associated Press) LANSING, Feb. 24.--The legisla- tive movement for a new tubercu- losis sanitorium in the northern part of the lower peninsula aban- doned the malt tax as its proposed source of revenue today and em- braced a proposed stock transfer levy as a method of financing the program . Speaker Fred R. Ming claimed he ld reached an agreement with Gov. Wilber M. Brucker pledging administration support for a new hospital if the stock tax be used for construction and maintenance. The Reford bill providing for a tax of four cents a share on securi- ty transfers will be amended to per- mit the revenue to apply on the financing of the new institution. Estimates of the revenue from the proposed stock sales tax vary from $750,000 to more than $2,000,- 000 a year. A 150-bed hospital can be constructed for about $450,000. Intramural Puckster Dangerously Inured Stanley K. Levison, '31, of the Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity was in- jured in a hockey game with the PONTIAC-Dr. William H. Mor- ley, former president of Orchard Lake Village, was appointed per- manent foreman of the Oakland county grand jury this afternoon after the jury had been sworn in and had listened to the charges read by Judge Glenn C. Gillespie. MARQUETTE-Employees of the Marquette Street Railways Co. have offered to accept a 10 per cent re- duction in wages, so that the com- pany might continue in operation. The offer has been accepted by the directors of the company. An a- mendment to the company's fran- chise has been prepared for sub- mission to the city commission au- thorizing fares of seven cents for adults and three cents for school- children whe~n ticet~s sare mirchas-! Reese Outlines Way of Humanist Z Religious Emphasis Discussion Reforms in County Governments Advocaled by Professor Bromage Since humanism aims to serve the whole of human life, with no phase of life taboo, the humanisti- cally minded professional man will "plunge boldly in- to the thick of the battle for a full life for man- kind," according to doctrine ad- vanced b y R e v. D r. C ur ti s W. Reese of Chicago in his address be- buoyantly, but always definitely and with the rear bridges burned, he will tackle life's situations. Is- sues shift, needs change, men growl old and pass away; but alwaysI there remains the human struggle to wring a satisfactory life from environing situations t h at a r e sometimes none too friendly," said Dr. Reese. "But," he concluded, "with great- er knowledge comes greater con- trol, and with greater control more visions of far reaching goals." Condemning the present countyI government in Michigan as waste- ful, and inefficient through its size and complexity. Prof. Arthur WV. Bromage, of the political sciencel department, stated the case for re-t organization of county government in an article in the February issue of the American Political Science Review. He pointed out that a new system is now necessary because of the increasing industrialization and urbanization of lower Michi- gan, which is no longer a distinctlyj .rri , .11 r a nirn ir - r n constitution twenty supervisors. Nine supervisors represent an ur- ban group of 37,009 whereas twenty supervisors represent a rural popu- lation of 26,806. "Until the constitution is amend- ed there is no possibility whatever of creating compact county com- missions of three or five members elected at large. Except for the remote possibility of a county home rule amendment, Michigan coun- : ties will be saddled with large, un-