I ESTABLISHED 1890 Pb it I ; I . m " , pgo"'," . .__.__ ..__...._ ._.__ ._...__ . . ___ T...__. . . _____ ._ .._._ ...._. I , , , )L XLII. No. 80 SIX PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1932 I s B co/ ;r k,;, , .. r Brown Announces Hoover Candidacy WINS POST PRICE WAR ENDS AS RATES GO UP 5i5 ET Charges Against Mellon Denied by, House Committee WASHINGTO, Jan. 14. -- (/ - Assertions that Secretary Mellon, in his private capacity as a capitalist, intervened last June ir negotiations President Will Stand for nomination at Convention. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-(/P)- The name of Herbert Hoover was formally put into the Republican Presidential field today by his Post- master General, Walter Brown, of Ohio, in the face of threatened challenges from the party inde- pendents of the Northwest. In a terse statement, Mr. Brown said the President "will stand for renomirtion" an;, whatever is nec- essary to get Convention delegates for ,him will be undertaken. Brown said po decision has been reached on the North Dakota pri- mary of March 15 which Sens. Nye and ,Frazier, of that State, are urg- ing Hiram Johnson, of California, to enter. France Already in Race. But Sen. Johnson has given no answer and whether serious opposi- tion to the President's renomina- tion will be made was still uncer- tain tonight. Nye was informed today by the North Dakota Secretary of State that it had been decided that cars- didates must file in the North Da- kota primary by Feb. 13. 1 Joseph I. France, former Repub- lican Senator from Maryland, has announced he is seeking the nom- ination, but the anti-Hoover forces have been looking elsewhere for a delegates to the Convention to be chosen by. primaries number only about 300 of the 1,100 total, far short of a majority even should all be won. " The only way the President can be renominated," Brown said, "is to get delegates to the Convention. There are about 24 or 30 different meth6ds by which these delegates are selected, and the President's friends will conform to these meth- ods in the different states." Al Smith's Name May be Used. NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-(/Y)-The Evening Post says former Gov. Al- fred E. Smith will make no ob- jection to the use of his name in state primaries.. It says Mr. Smith will not com- mit himself regarding the use of his name for the Democratic Presi- dential nomination, but "if anyone should write to the effect that his name will be used if nothing is heard to the contrary, it is under- stood that nothing will be heard 'to the contrary.'" n's announcement brought rward as the campaign man- the President, with whom ferred later in the day. He eted to take over the chair-_ he co- is ext ed as the spokes- political strategy nt's intimates. xpected to make nent, when it'be-. DMS comes necessary for him to declare his intentions under the Ohio- Pri- mary Law.., / While Brown'said that delegates will be sought as the law of each state provides, he added there was .no decision as to whether Mr. Hoo- ver's name would be entered in. the North Dakota primary March 15. May Battle For California. Among other states holding pri- maries is California, home State of both President Hoover and Sen. Johnson. Should Johnson enter the contest there, the State is expected to become the first important poli- tical battleground of the campaign. The name of Sen. Borah, of Ida- ho,, has been brought back very, definitely into the Presidential pic- ture, but the Idahoan will say noth- ing whatever about his intentions either. One thing that is worrying the anti-Hoover group is the fact that" State Bulletins (By Associated Press) Thursday, January 14, 1932 BAY CITY-The department of health announced today it had found the typhoid carrier who was the source of infection resulting in the deaths of two women and ill- n.-ess of several others following a wedding party last month. The car- rier's identity was withheld. FLINT-Helen Joy Morgan, 27- year-old heiress, was sentenced to serve from 20 to 25 years in the Detroit House of Correction today following her conviction of second degree murder for slaying Leslie Casteel, who was her garage me- chanic sweetheart, last Apr. 23. LANSING-M. N. Henry, of Low- ell, was appointed to the state board of pharmacy today by Gov.. Wilber M. Brucker, succeeding Or- ville Hoxie, of Grand Rapids, whose term has expired. JACKSON-The body of C. R. Van Auken, 66, Detroit, was found beneath his overturned automobile near Somerset Center. Officers said the car apparently had overturned several times after leaving high- Gov..Roosevelt Indorsed. VALLEY CITY, N. D., Jan. 14.-_ (AP)-Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New York, was indorsed as the Democratic Presidential candidate -by the resolutions committee at the party's North Dakota Convention today. Delegates cheered as the report was presented. CLASS ASSISTANTS~ Plans for Junior-Senior Party \ Discussed; May Be Given 'Early Next Semester. Committees for the class of 1932 in education were named yesterday by Julius Gouza, president, follow- ing a meeting in Room 4009 Uni- versity High school. At the same meeting, plans were made for a party of the junior and senior education classes at the be-i ginning of the second semester. Al- though definite announcement ofi plans was Withheld until later, the affair will probably be a bridge partyi and dance. The faculty will be pre- sent. Folloing are the committees for 1932, as appointed Wednesday: Social: Harmon Wolfe, chairman; Sylvester B. Chadman, Dorothy L. Felske, Pauline M. Richards. Finance: Amy C. Brueggeman, chairman; Martha L. Veal, Leola A. Marx, Ernestine D. Lossing. Athletic: Norman J. D a n i e Is, chairman; Martin Roy Hudson, Margaret E. Healy, Martha Boeh- mer. Cane: Ivan C. Smith, chairman; Harold D. Lindsay, Francis C. Ha- zen, Howard L. Faber. Caps and Gowns: Ivalita Glas- cock, chairman; Ruth A. Eisman, Elizabeth B. Gardner. Invitations: Barbara B. Davis, chairman; Joada Day, Arthur, R. Kooker, Paul N. Young:. Alumnae and memorial: Jose- phine K. Kriser, chairman; Cathe- lia E. Pollock, Margaret E. Rud. U.S. Slang Likened to Jargon of Jungle NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-(P)-Amer-1 ican speech is degenerating into the "jargon of the jungle," Dr. Al- lan Sinclair Will, Columbia Univer- sity professor, said today. "Oh, yeah," "Okay" and Lotta Hooey" betray the recession, he said, declaring the recurrence of "oh" sounds in modern slang is sig- nificant. When prehistoric m a n met a hungry tiger, he exclaimed "oh." English Mill Workers Battle Police Squads G R E A T HARWOOD, England, Jan. 14.-()-A crowd of about 3,000 persons clashed with mounted police today when they attempted Associated Press Photo Maj. Gen. Wililam D. Connor, commandant of the army war col- lege, on May 1 will succeed Maj. Gen. William R. Smith as superin- tendent of the United States mili- itary academy at West Point. DEOCRATIC PARTY Overconfidence Is Dangerous, 1932 Victory Not Assured, Says Executive Chairman. CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-(AP)- ing against over-confide sounded tonight by Jouet chairman of, the Democ= tional Executive Committ told Illinois party -leaders ing National victory was Overconfidence, Shouse sec'ond only in danger tot "the peril which appertair adversaries."ยง "Let the feeling once bee eral in our party that wec any candidates on ariy and we will have taken' step toward defeat," he ad it not be forgotten that be we have had an election January only to be over in November." The responsibility of th cratic Party is a great on said, for "we are at a critic in the world's history and who are chosen in Nov conduct the affairs of this, ment will have the resp for bringing us out of chao mitting us to slide into st confusion." "We can afford to havet lings either in the White7 at the Capitol," he said. The National tcommittee terested in no particular c he added, despite publish ences to the contrary. Need for a $1,500,000 w if the party is to hold and its gains made since 1928w sed by Mr. Shouse at aI of the Party's Illinois Committee" today. 11 INTRAMURAL SCO] A Teams. Pi Kappa Alpha 18, Al Alpha 7. in sight. The new flat rate was that said, was student lead rs had been will- despair- ing to accept ift meters could ns to our not be made compulsory. Independents, none of whom was ome gen- represented at the meeting, are still can elect subjects to no other limitation than platform the city ordinance maximum of 35 the first cents per passenger. All companies ded. "Let which signed last night's agree- afore this ment, however, will carry signs in won in their cab windows clearly stating rwhelmed the rates charged. The one possible "catch"- in the e Demo- new rates is that a double charge e, Shouse is made for atrip from the student al period section to west of Main street and the men return. The operators explained ember to that, this is a much longer. haul Govern- than the average, and in the rare onsibility instances it occurs they feel j usti- as or per- fled in asking the additional price. ill deeper Drivers will be told to exercise the same discretion as in the past no weak- in charging for stops where no wait House or is involved. In general, when the cab does not go out of its way in was in- picking up or dropping passenger's, andidate, the stop will be made free. ed refer- The following taxi operators and companies signed the price agree- var chest ment made last night. All will carry inci'ease plainly printed rate schedules in was stres- the windows of their cars: Arcade luncheon Cab Company, Carl Breining, Guy "Victory Breining, George Ereining, Buick Cab Company, City Cab Company, Frank Collins, Jay Dean, Diamond Cab Company, LaSalle Cab' Com- RES pany, Mac's Taxi, Leon Marsh, Red Arrow Cab Company, Standard Cab pha Phi Company, United Cab Company Yellow-Checker Cab Company., to extend a loan to Colombia were heard and at once denied today Fares Conform to Flat before committees of Congress. Rates Approved by A charge that the treasury secre- tary was active in obtaining a Leaders. Colombian oil concession during the 1(,oan discussions was, mard, by Rlep. 16 OWNERS SIGN Patman, a Texas Democrat, before )1the House committee hearing his Warn Students Against!rplea that Mr. Mellon ought to be impeached. The accusation was Independents Not based largely on newspaper dis- patches and a letter from an un- in Agreement. named citizen of Colombia. ~~~~State department officials, ap- After a brief two days of price pearing concurrently before a sen- warfare, Ann Arbor taxicab corn- ate committee investigating foreign panis agreed to an armistice last loans, denied there was any con- nection between the Colombian night, concurring in setting a rate credit and any oil discusisons which of 35 cents for the first passenger, may have taken place. Tomorrow 50 cents for two to five, and 10 Mr. Mellon's representatives will cents each for extras. The usual reply to Patman for the House com- charges of 10 cents for each stop ittee. The story of the state depart- and each three-minute wait were ment's activities with reference to also adopted. the loan and the concession was The short period of operation related to the senators by Francis at a 25-cent' rate convinced most White, an assistant secretary of of the ownersk,.that it could never state, and Freeman Matthews, the be profitable, they said. Rather assistant chief of the department's than allow any owner to secure Latin-American division. more than a proportionate share White flatly refused to give the of the cab business, however, they committee for publication corre- asserted they would continue to spondence between the department Jose. / - and the Colombian legation re- The few who were willing to garding the oil concession. He con- keep up permanently at the "war" tinued to refuse, after Senator price, particularly the Arcade Cab Johnson, Rep. Calif., had drawn Company, which was the first to from him a statement that he had cut, were brought to see that they read one of the communications to could get an equai share of trade at a New York banker. any higher rate and make an even__ larger profit. -A warn- ynce was t Shouse, atic Nd- ee, as he a -sweeps Changes Senate Reconstruction Bill in Favor of Larger Sums for Farmer. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-(A)- Prospects for an animated copfer- ence between Senate and Wouse conferees in settling differences on t h e $2,000,000,000 reconstruction corporation measure developed to- day with a House amendment. It made $200,000,000 of the cor- poration's funds available for loans to farmers. The Seriate said that $15,000,000 should be used for this purpose. The Hous, agreed to vote on the measure tomorrow and although tthere was no question that it would not be approved, other amendments may be added. These and Senate changes must be adjusted in conference before the bill goes to the White House. The Senate took the day off to- day to give committees time to get r proposals in shape for action. The finance committee continu- ing its iquiry into foreign loans 1 heard Oliv'er Townsend, former commerce department attache in 1 Peru, say that his superiors had in- structed him to be cheerful about business conditions there in his re- ports. Alpha Kappa Lambda 20, Phi Chi ;4. Delta Kappa Epsilon' 22, Tau Kappa 21., Zeta Beta Tau 18, Zeta Psi 4. Triangle 9, Phi Alpha Delta 26. B Teams. Alpha Tau Omega 13, Alpha Delta Phi 8. Phi Delta Delta 10, Sigma Chi 7. Phi Kappa Sigma 32, Tau Del- ta Phi 7. Alpha Kappa Lambda 14, Chi Phi 3. C Teams. Delta Alpha Epsilon 9, Phi Kappa Sigma 7.. Alpha Omega 13, Delta Sigma Pi 7. Kappa Nu 2, Phi Sigma Kappa 0. Alpha- Kappa Lambda 26, 'Sig- ma Chi 4. INDEPENDENTS Falcons 34, Panthers 32. Brewers 2, Runts 0. "WOMEN ARE HERE TO GIVE MEN WHAT THEY WANT," ADMIT COEDS A group of cheering heard members of Zeta students Phi Eta, women's debating society, admit that co-eds are on the campus "to give the men what they wAnt," as the men's society, Alpha Nu, which took the affirmative of the question Resolved: That Women Receive their qrades on Other than a Scholastic Basis, won a unanimous decision in the Alpha Nu room of Angell hall last night. Both direct accusals and indirect personal allegations flew freely. References were made by the men to faculty teas at sorority houses at which they claimed the women exerted unfair influence on their instructors in order to attain high grades. The affirmative asserted that reference was made to the that. it illustrated his meaning per- fectly. According to the men, the beauty of the Michigan co-ed 4las spread "even to Hollywood, where she is reputed to have the voice of Zasu Pitts, the figure of Marie Dressler, and the Face of Bull Montana." Terming ithe presence of women on campus as "prostituting intellectual activity," the men based their argu- ments on a premise allegedly estab- lished a year ago in a debate be- tween the two societies when they claim to have proven that "women students are not human." I Zeta Phi Eta refuted the mTen's argument that "statistics prove a woman's brain weighs less than that of a man," by declaring that that of an elephant "weighs even more'