STABLISHED 1890 4t1t V w 4 mlP MEMBER ASSOCIATE! PRESS 79 SIX PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1932 'PRICE FIVE =Z======;= LES OF RUSHING MP1AINTS CL9AIM Wisconsin Insurgent Council Meets;I Gould Says Fraternities Must Report Offenses. NO COMPLAINTS FILED e&fratcrnity all to Be in April; Budget Not Exceed $1,000. Held to Unofficial information regarding ic infraction of rushing rules was csented last night by Howard ould, '32, secretary-treasurer of ic Intcrfraternity Council, at a :eeting of this body held in the rioi4. No official information has cen placed in the hands of the ed the on yet, "T I ;ainst any iratrernity ion of the rules. s to Houses. ? to the Interfrater. act as ferrets to dig Gould said, "it is up ties themselves." rorden, '32, president, who knew of viola- them. "If there are the rules and the of- iot dealt with," he (fce of the dean of e forced to take over at of ithe rules next ie intensive rushing plained at the meet- .t was ,stressed that oe made with fresh- eriod until the eligi- s out. Following the ay put .s they at the Associated Press Photo Senator Robert M. Lafollette, jr., secking to boost prosperity, has in- troduced a bill for a $5,500,000,000 issue of "prosperity bonds" for im- me ate expansion of federal, state an local building projects. California Enjoys Snow as North Has Freak Spring Heat (By the Associated Press) A queer inocgepodge of winter weather yesterday brought snow to the desert, spring flowers to the middle-west, and d e a t h dealing tornadoes to the south. Eleven died in tornadoes that rip- ped through Alabama and Missis- sippi. A new record January 13 warmth was registered in New York, Chi- cago, and other eastern cities, and residents of Riverside, Cal., saw the first snow there in 40 years. Sacra- mento had its fifth snowfall in the last 18 years. . Near the head of California's Im- -perial valley, normally one of the warmest spots in the nation, snow covered the ground. Travail lay in the wake 1of the floods and tornadoes in the south and an 8-mile gale that struck Boulder City and Las Vegas, N. M., Tuesday, wrecking the Hoover dam tent city. Spring shrubs bloomed in Ohio and snow mantled great areas in the west. Ohio also was visited by a windstorm that injured two far- mers and damaged dwellings. Thermometers read 65.3 in New York. It was 32 below zero at Drumheller, Alta., below freezing in usually balmy climes of the south- west and sub-zero with heavy snow in the western Dakotas. DEBATE ON CO-EDS SET FORTONIGHT What Mysthrjous Influence Do Women Use on Professors Is Question. Debating on the subject: Re- solved: That Women Receive their Grades for other than Scholastic Reasons, Alpha Nu and Zeta Phi Eta, both forensic organizations, will meet promptly at 8 o'clock to- night in the Alpha Nu room. The contest will be judged by Beach Conger, '32, editorial director of The Michigan Daily, Edward McCormick,'32, president of the student council, and Miss Kather- ine Koch, '32, president of the League. Charles Rogers, '34, John Huss, '33, and Robert Thomas, '32, will uphold the affirmative side fdr Al- pha Nu, Dorothy Davis, '33, Alice Schleb, '32, and Mary Pray, '35, speak for Zeta Phi Eta. Cl ancy Apparently Heas RealLwdown Excessive undergraduate tip- pling at the University of Michi- gan as exposed by the.Robert H. Glancy outburst of day before yesterday certainly seems to be well established after a consul- tation of the records. ys The student directory reveals the fact that the student body contains three Barrs, a Ginn, a Champagne, two Beers, and a Belcher. Not to be outdone the faculty also boasts a Belcher. COUNCIL UPHOLDOS STAND ONDANCES1 Resolutions to Enforce Wearing of Pots' Adopted at Meeting. Fraternity house parties may be held on the same nights as class dances and other class functions. This stand was re-affirmed last night at a meeting of the Student Council. Earlier in the semester, the council decided that if class parties cold not stand by themselves, they Were a worn out tradition. In spite of rumors to the contrary, they still maintain this idea, it was said. Plans were made to secure men' prominent in various industries to come to Ann Arbor to speak to stu- dents on vocational fields. + Noel Candler, '32E, and' John Denler, '32, were appointed on a committee which will investigate the feasibility of this and submit plans regarding their findings, to the council. A resolution regarding the wear- ing of 'pots' by freshmen was drawn up and passed unanimously by the council. All of Michigan's general frater- nities at the Interfraternity council meeting held Wednesday night unanimously voted to support the following Student Council resolu- tion: "Resolved: That all fraternities and the representatives of the stu- dent body, the Student Council, shall definitely enforce the wearing of 'pots' by freshmen." Contract Players Can Enter Bridge Tourney Apparently there are almost as many auction as contract bridge players on the campus. Last week they Union began registration for a contract tournment, with the add d provision that if there were eno gh entries there would also be an auction match. To date there are almost asmany teams signed up for the old fashioned game as there are for the newer one. At any rate, teams may sign up for the tourneys at the main desk of the Union for the rest of this week and all of next. Cancel Reparations, Mussolini suggests MILAN, Jan. 13.- (P)-Premier Mussolini advised Europe in an ar- ticle in his newspaper, Popolo d'Ita- lia, today to cancel reparations as the first step to the world economic recovery. The article, which was unsigned. but was known to be from I Duce 's pen, said this undoubtedly would leave the United States in such a position that it would have to fol- low suit by cancelling war debts. It was Mussolini's second pro- nouncement through h is Milan newspaper within three -days of his personal views and therefore of the official policy of Italy. LA GEIN TRES CAINET POSITION AS FREl NCH+-PREMIERH Old Chief Given Same Position as Well as Foreign Post. TARDIEU WAR MINISTER Pierre Cathala Will Succeed Laval as Minister of Interior. PARIS, Jan. 13. - (/P) - Pierre Laval again was head of the French government as premier in the re- organization of his cabinet tonight. He also tok over the poitfoio of foreign minister, held for so long by Aristide Briand, and induced his old-time friend and predecessor in the premiers4ip, Andre Tardieu, to accept the post of minister of war, vacated by the death of Andre Maginot. Thus M. Tardieu will go to Gen-, eva as France's principal represent- ative to the disarmament confer- ence on Feb. 2. Succeeding Premier Laval in the important post of minister of the interior -is young Pierre Cathala, a disciple of Laval and Tardieu. To succeed Tardieu in the agri- culture department, which controls and cares for France's great rural population, the premier selected Achille Fould, young former under- secretary, who was'given minister- ial rank.- The French cabinet crisis, one of the briefest in the ,history of the Third Republic, thus was terminat- ed at midnight. Premier Laval said he had urged M. Briand to partici- pate in the work of the new cabinet. in whatever capacity he felt able- presumably as minister witout portfolio. FROST WINSMLOINES PRIIZEIFR OETRY Onetime Professor in Residence Here, Pulitzer Winner Is Again Honored. Robert Frost, former Michigan resident professor and twice win- ner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, has been awarded by the unanim- ous vote of the National Institute of Arts and Letters the 1931 Rus- sell Loines Memorial Prize f o r Poetry. Frost took courses here in 1922, was a poet in residence here from 1921 to 1923, and a Fellow in Let- ters, 1925-1926. The books which have earned him the high place he holds in American letters are "A Boy's Will," "Mountain! Interval," "N o r t h of Boston," "New Hampshire" (Puli t- zer Prize: 1923), and "Collected Poenis" (Pulitzer Prize: 1930). The Russell Loines fund was col- iected by friends of the well-known lover of poetry at the time of his death; an amount which is large enough, to warrant the awa~rd of one thousand dollars to some writer of poetry every three or four years. The conditions of the awards and the magnitude of the prize make it one of the most important liter- ary honors in this country. Frost is the first recipient of the prize. ComedyClub to Hold BanquetJanuary 21 Comedy Club will hold a banquet for the purpose of initiating new members, at 6 o'clock Thursday, January 21, in the League. Persons who have not as yet se- cured reservations for the banquet1 should get in touch immediately with Stanley T. Donner, '32, whose telephone is 4295, it was announced by Robert C. McDonald, president. Gradate Students to BeEntertained Students in the graduate school are to be entertained at a. recep- tion from 8:30 to 12 o'clock Satur- day night in the Women's Athletic Association building. This event is' part of the plan to provide means of social contact for graduate stu- dents who do not live at sororities or fraternities, it was stated. Following the reception there is to be an informal dance in the ball- room. Bridge tables are to be plac- ed in the committee rooms for Steel Chief Resigns 44 Assoca ted Press Pme James A. Farrell, whose rise in the world of steel over a period of nearly half a century has few equals in fact or fiction, now will retire April 18, as president of the United States Steel corporation, a post he has held for twenty-one years. EXCONVI CT SOUGT INBDOUBLEMRE Mutilated Bodies of. Rich Widow and Maid are Discovered in Cottage. MIDDEBURG, Va., Jan. 13-/P -Among the rolling hills of Vir- ginia's famous fox-hunting coun- try, police tonight sought a Negro ex-convict in connection with the killing of ,Mrs. Agnes Boeing Isley, 40 years old, wealthy sportswoman, arid her maid. Their bodies with skulls crushed, were found -today by Pault Boig, Mrs. Ilsley's brother, in a cottage on her 200-acre estate , Mr. Boeing had spent the night a few yards away at the - massive Colonial manor house which Mrs. Ilsley had leased until Sunday to Miss Katrina McCormick, daughter of Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, former Illinois representative in Congress. When Mr. Boeing entered the cot- tage for breakfast, he found the body of his sister, widow of Spencer Ilsley, Milwaukee banker, on the floor of her bedroom. She had been beaten down apparently, in the midst of a desperate struggle. In a nearby room he discovered the body of the maid, Mina Buck- nr 60. McClusky Will Talk at S. C, A. Forum Prof. Howard Y. McCluskey of the psychology department of the school of education: will discuss "Russia and World Affairs" at an S. C. A. forum at 4:15 o'clock to- day in Natural Science auditorium. Professor McCluskey toured Eu- rope last summer with Sherwood Eddy. He was able to spend. con- siderable time in Russia. "Professor McCluskey should be able to discuss his subject very well," Gordon ,B. Galaty, '33, stated. (See text of resolution at botto Pof page.) Definite action on taxicab rates seemed in immediate pros last night, as representative student organizations and owners sw into virtually unanimous support of compulsory meters. ,The Student Council concurred last night with The Dail stating a definite policy on the taxi question, including the desired and the chief arguments being set forth by students. Though precipitated yesterday by a sudden price war, the question has been slowly coning to a head since The Daily rene the battle for fair treatmen students, earlier in the semesi Onera Candidates I ActionT Dlae Owners, Concur to, Try Out Today Tryouts for the principal parts in "Robin Hood," the operatic productior being 'sponsored by the newly formed combination. of campus musical and dramatic societies, will report fror 4 to 6 o'clock this afternoon, and from 7:30 to 9 o'clock this eve- ning. All who report are required to have a continuous reading of twenty lines or more for drama- tic exercise, and those desiripg to take part in the singing should have a song prepared. All selec- tions should be chosen to show the tryout's voice to its best ad-' vantage. Technical tryouts are also ask- ed to report today. US INESTIATE Fovr Americans Held as Interior, Navy. Departments Offer to Aid Inquests. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-()- The investigating arm of the jus- tice department pushed quietly but reluctantly today into legal justice in Honolulu while four Americans awaited trial for the killing that riveted attention here on crime conditions in the island territory. Amid offers of help from the navy and interior department and a House committee's report blam- ing Gov. Judd of Hawaii for condi- tions climaxed by the murder of a nativeaccused of attacking a white woman, Attorney General Mitchell's assistants silently dug into official reports on law and enforcement. Sen. McKellar of Tennessee mean- while introduced another resolution for directinvestigation by a spe- cial Senate committee. It was said at the justice depart- ment a preliminary survey under a Senate mandate might be com- pleted within about ten days. THE WEATHER Lower Michigan: Cloudy and con- siderably colder Thursday; Friday probably snow. It was urged that all fraternities let the freshmen go at 7:45 o'clock n e x t Wednesday, instead of 8 o'clock so that they may attend' a smoker, sponsored by the Student Council, at which the rushing rules will be explained to them. This meeting will also be open'to frater- nity men who wish to attend. It' was decided that the special lunheons for house presidents be abolished as little interest w a s shown in these in the past. P 1 a n s for the Interfraternity Lull1 were discussed and the body voted to have the dance some time in the mnoth of April. Worden stated that the dean's office had ;tPntatively approved a budget for the dance that was not to exceed 1,000 dollars. The Ball will probably be held in the Union. A resolution was passed to the ef- fect that the Interfraternity Coun- cil ;;o on record as being in favor of the pot tradition and permission was given to the Student Council to inform the freshmen that the body took this stand. State Bulletins (B# Assoated iress) Wednesday, January 13, 1932 PAW PAW-Undersheriff Charles Wade and State Trooper Floyd Peters left today for Vandalia, Mo., to question Bessie Brown, 14-year- old adopted daughter of Mrs. Maud Brown, who was taken from a rural school near here Monday by her father and two other men. Officers here said they wished to learn whether, the girl had gone with her father willingly. HILLSDALE - Leonard Baton pleaded guilty in circuit court today to a, charge of murder for the slay- ing of Undersheriff Harland 0. Woods in October, 1930. Circuit -Judge Blaine W. Hatch sentenced him to life imprisonment. ST. JOSEPH'S-Berrien county's board of supervisors named a new road commission today, succeeding the one whose three members were indicted last week by a one-man grand jury along with 13 highway in Unanimous Support Definite Act ioi on Taxi Chargser of Meter System. Michigan Daily, Student C *t.'V4llYJ1 5.~t5q4J ~. At that time no agreement co be reached, and the Common co cil reserved action on a change the city ordinance until the vari interested parties could thresh matter out. Illness of two memo of the ordinance committee also layed action. In this interval all regular operators met together and agr upon a standard rate which v higher than any for several ye although well within the legal m, imum. At the same time Daily a council representatives started vestigations,of conditions, and v able to reach an agreement in resolution passed last night, wh consolidates student opinion, One Holds Out. In their discussions the own found that all except one of important owners were willing support meters. Meeting with operators, Edward J. Mc~orm Student council president, soun them out and discovered this to mon meeting ground. The Comon council is'understi to have been waiting for this p tion to be reached, to make a pe anent 'decision. Now that they 1 a clear understanding of wha wanted, action is expected v soon, The only question to be settle that of rates. The students favo charge of 20 cents for the first I mile, and five cents for each ad tional quarter mile.,It was indica last night by Student council m hers that they thought this cha a little high for the students comparison with rat'es in 01 cities, but allowing a fair profit operators withotit unduly tax cab riders. Rate War Continues. Matters seemed no nearer a 1 in the taxi rate war last night, though predictions of immedi victory were made by both si xKennet~h Martin - and Fren 'LeBeau, partners in the Arcade company, who started the war, serted that they could hake mo: at the 25 cent price and were : pared to stick to it,. Berle Walker, operator of Yellow-Checker company, speal for the combined opposed own said, "We don't see how any company can be run permane at such rates for any profit. believe we can stick it longer t the Arcade people, and we're gc to fight it out. Look for the to be over in a few days." If the Common council passes ordinance requiring meters, the is going to be cut off very s1 however, and there will be a scr ble to acquire them. CERCLE FRANCA TO GIVE 3 PLA First Soiree Dramatique Will Presented Jan. 19. 'SPONGE WEEK' CAMPAIGN RECEIVES PANNING FROM HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS Free Dating Plan of A.A.H.S. Boys Hits Strong Opposition. By It. Glen Winters There's no questionabout it- college students simply must take heed as to the example they set before their little brothers and sisters in high school. Take the case of Ann Arbor High for example. Rteading about the ex- periments conducted during the past months in several universities, east and west, in which campus Unfortunately for the cause, how- ever, it takes two to make any bar-- gain, especially such a bargain! To say that the damsels of Ann Arbor High disapproved of it doesn't be- gin to tell the story. Witness this outburst from the columns of the "Optimist", their weekly: "Poor, weak-minded, and puerile youths! Can you imagine-a great number of misguided males are agitating for a "sponge week." Humph! Sponge week indeed! They think that just on their feeble plea TEXT OF TAXICAB RESOLUTION A committee of The Michigan Daily and the Student Coun- cil, having conducted' an investigation of the taxicab situation over a period of more than three months, beg to present the fol- lowing resolutions to the Common Council of Ann Arbor: Whereas the investigation of rates, by The Michigan Daily and the Student Council, in cities of the size of Ann Arbor shows that so-called standard rates adopted here are higher' than the average, Whereas the so-called standard rates may be raised at the discretion of the driver on rainy nights and week-ends, Whereas under the preseni regulations there is no accurate method of measuring distance traveled or time waited, many' studnts complain that they have been arbitrarily overcharged. by drivers, Whereas owners of taxicab companies agree that the only method of solving the problem as it exists today is by means of taximeters, RESOLVED that We, The Michigan Daily and the Stu- dent Council of the University of Michigan, petition the Com- mon Council to amend section ten of ordinance entitled AN ORDINANCE TOLICENSE-AND REGULATE TAXICAB First of the two Soirees Dra tiques given annually by the C Francais, honorary Freich ro will be presented next Moi night, January 19, in the Lal tory theatre. Three plays, the of one of which- shall be made of faculty members, will be off The names of the plays and casts are as follows: Une Lettre Chargee .... by Ge ..Courb Monsieur La Brige ....Prof. A: Can L'Employe ... Prof. Herbert Ke Un Arriviste ... by Miguel Zam George Ambroise .....Paul B: