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SIX PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1932
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PROSECUTOR ASK(S
GRANDl JURY QUIZ
ON. FORD RIOTINGi
Criminal Syndicate Is Blamed
for Monday's Uprising
at Rouge Plant.
SEEK
FOSTER
Hold 30 Participants
Investigation by
Higher Group.
Betty Gow, trusted nursemaid of the kidnapped Lindbergh baby, has
been quizzed at length by the New Jersey police, in an effort to shed
some light on the case. Her friend Henry "Red" Johnson was ques-
tioned by officers of'Hartford, Conn., when suspicion pointed to him.
DETROIT, March 8-(iP)-An im-
mediate grand jury investigation of
Monday's fatal lot at the Ford
Motor Co.'s Rouge plant in Dear-
born was promised today by Prose-
cutor Harry S. Toy.
Asserting that investigation thus
far had indicated that the demon-
stration was the result of acts of
criminal syndicalism, the prosecu-
tor revealed that he had evidence
showinig that several persons "some
of whose names are at presnt un-
known, openly incited the group
toward a riot."
A search, was being pushed . to-
night for William Z. Foster, na-
tional head of the communist party,
in the United States, and four lead-
ers of local communistic groups
whom the police accused of fo-
menting the riot which resulted in
four deaths and more than three
score injuries.
Prosecutor Toy said his investi-
gations have failed to show that
the affair was "a hunger a'ch or
an unemployment march.' He said
he would take steps tomorrow to
place the matter in the hands of
the county grand jury.
More than 30 participants in the
riot were held for investigation to-
night. Besides the four dead, there
are 28 injured in hospitals, seven
of whom are officers who attempted
to quell the riot. Harry Bennett,
head of the ^F1 service 'depart-
ment, is suffering from head in-
juries inlted by the mob which
surrounded his automobile at the
gates to the factory. Although his
condition was reported not serious,
he was given a blopd transfusion
today.
Henderson Addresses
Local Speech Group
"How to Make an Effective
Speech" was the subject of an ad-
dress by Dr. William H. Henderson,
director of the University exten-
sion dirision, at a meeting of Alpha
Nu and Kappa Phi Sigma, debating
societies, at 7:30 o'clock last night
on the fourth floor of Angell hall.
Dr. Henderson illustrated his talk
by a speech within a speech, en-
titled "The Teaching of Democ-
racy."
Carl Forsythe, '32, city editor of
the Daily, will address the society
next Tuesday night on the subject
of deferred rushing. The meeting
will be open to the public.
R OOSEVE:LTHEAD
IN FIRSTPRIMR
Smith Trails in Democratic Poll'
in New Hampshire; Hoover
Is Uncontested.
CONCORD, N. H., March 8.-(P)-
Democratic voters of New Hamp'-
shire today recorded their choice
for president between Alfred E.
Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt
in the first presidential primary of
the.year.
Returns from 13 towns in North-
ern New Hampshire showed the
Roosevelt-pledged slate of candi-
dates for delegates running about
four-to-one ahead of the ticket
pledged to Smith.
The total for the.13 towns showed
158 votes for the Roosevelt ticket
and 39 for Smith. Except in two
towns in which the Smith ticket
ran ahead, the proportion of four-
to-one was generally maintained.
These towns are in the country dis-
tricts. in which the Roosevelt
strength was expected to be heavi-
est. No returns were expected from
the cities where the Smith strength
centered, until late in the evening
as the city polling places remain
open until 8 p.m.
A 4fm 1*1., 1"ann r nt . r a n o~ rn 'IIx.,~,nc.
on Possible Offer
of Princeton 'Pot
Rumors on the Michigan and
Princeton campuses that President
Alexander G. Ruthven was being
considered as a possible successor
to John Grier Hibben as head of
Princeton were denied last night.
Official sources at Princeton de-
nied the rumor, while President
Ruthven, when told of it, stated: "I
have not information to that ef-
feet."
It was generally agreed however
that even if Dr. Ruthven had been
offered the post andl refused It he
would be extremely relwtant to di-
vulge the fact until further devel-
opments had been reached in the
way of choosing a successor to Dr.
Hibben who is known to be consid-
ering retirement.
COUNCIL SELECTS
EIGHT CANDIDATES
Bohnsack, Deo, Dayton, Grove,
Burgess, Stevenson, Carr,
Lambrecht to Run.
The nominating committee of the
Student Council, -with a three-to-
two Washtenaw majority, met yes-
terday in the Council office and
selected five State Street men and
one Washtenaw man as nominees
from the literary college for Stu-
dent Council membership. From
these, three will be elected to office
in an all-campus election which
will take place a week from today.
Two nominees were also picked
from the sophomore class of the
engineering school. The election
will take place at the same time.
The men from the literary col-
lege are W. F. Bohnsack, Robert
Carr, Edwin Dayton, John B. Deo,
George J. Lambrecht, and Hugh
Stevenson. The engineers are Hugh
Grove and Charles Burgess.
The men were picked, by a proc-
ess of elimination, from a list of
more than 30 names which were
'submitted by councilmen. Approxi
mately fifteen of these were delet-
ed and the remainder interviewed
by the committee immediately be-
fore the electign.
The men chosen in the all-can-
pus election will take office at once
and serve for the remainder of the
semester without voting power.
They will continue to act on the
Council throughout their junior
and senior years with the power
to vote.
NEW, MEN BEGIN
WORK ON 'AIY
Forsythe to Address First Year
Men at Meeting Today
in Press Building.
Qn of the largest numbers of
freshmen to try out for The Daily
in recent years reported yesterday
at the Press building for the first
meeting. Close to 50 men reported
and, including the women and ad-
ditional men who will report to-
day, over 80 will be listed as try-
outs by the end of the week.
The first of the three fundamen-
tal talks to be given by senior staff
members will be given t 4 o'clock
this afternoon in the Press build-
ing by Carl S. Forsythe, .'32, city
'editor. His topic will be on the
general subject of news gathering
and covering a beat.
Despite the large number that
showed up, there are still accom-
modations f o r additional men,
Richard L. Tobin, '32, managing
editor, announced, but these men
are requested to report this week
so that they may receive the neces-
sary preliminary instruction before
they begin actual work next Mon-
day.
Freshmen may still report for
work on both editorial and business
staffs of the Gargoyle this after-
noon. Those reporting for the bus-
iness side of the publication will re-
ceive immediate work on the next
issue which comes out tomorrow.
Those reporting for the editorial
staff of the humor magazine will
be put to work on preparing .for
next month's issue. -
All freshmen women wishing to
report for work on the women's
staff will meet at four o'clock this
afternoon ast the Press building and
will be under the supervision of
Margaret Thompson, '32, women's
in Rushing
'Hot-Boxing,' P1
Fraternity,
With
BARTON KANE
Michigan's noble experiment-the deferred rushing pla
has brought 60 fraternities to the realization that they n
for their very existence, will be closely scrutinized at 7 :
tonight when representatives of 1,500 fraternity men meet ii
session at the Union to clamor for relief.
IHot-boxing and a mad scramble for men continued 1
as freshmen were routed from their beds, hounded on telep
luncheon and dinner engagements, and made to miss c
verbose upper classmen.
Freshmen and fraternity men alike condemned the syt
managers continued to plea for more "meal tickets," ar
flooded into the houses from the prominent e1umni who fe
financial obligations of the large expense-ridden houses.
It was understood that the Senate Committee on Stude
wou d meet at an early date, and that the fraternities are l
that body for some action. __________
Leaders sinthe'freshman -class
issued statements to The Daily last ROBIN HOOD
night which showed the sentiment
of the first year men on the cam- WILL GO ON
pus.
William Shepard, president of Choice musical hits fr
the freshmen literary class, said Hood go on the air at 2 i
that "from the social standpoint day over the universit
the freshmen have been deprived of WJR. The entire cast of
a great deal of activity by not hav- the glee club choruses, i
ing. fraternity affiliations." He add- a hundred and fifty stron
ed that the system is practically university symphony ore
without value since the freshmen take part in the broadca
are unable to meet enough of the The sheriff's song, th
men at the houses visited and be- chorus, the Cavalier nu
cause of the large number of fra- Brown October Ale, the s
ternities it is necessary to see. finale, the Armorer's
Engineer Gives Opinion.. among the more famili
"I think the system is terrible," that will be played.
said David Conklin,' president of H. C. Howard, director
the freshman engineering class. "It play the Sheriff, will s
has left us all at odds, so that we Dorethea Torbeson, '32
aren't sure exactly what we are do- Marion, and George D. Br
ing." Robin Hood,.
Allen McCombs, defeated candi-
date for the presidency of the
freshman literary class, said:
"My eation on deferred rush-
ing is extremely unfavorable. Im-
mediate pledging would have pro-
moted scholarship. by giving the
freshman a greater in'entive to
study. We came to take the week-
ly dinners as a matter of course, Henry Busse, Feature c
and . they became merely a waste
of time," she said. WLW, Will Bring
Hopwood Winner Talks. Band.
edging Continue.
Men Plan to A
Council Tonight.
Meeting to See
Drastic Chiang
"It does not come up to many of
the points of the old system," said
Donald Elder, recipient of one of
the Hopwood prizes in the fresh-
man division. "I believe that most
fellows would rather pledge imme-
diately upon entering school. Such
immeidate pledgng would be more
of an incentive to scholarship. The
system is all wrong, and should be
modified," he concluded.
Two of those who gave their
opinions stated that they had ob-
served cases of broken rules in
many houses, but that these were
mostly unavoidable. T h e men
voicing their opinions.are now fra-
ternity pledges in representative
campus houses.
Mrs. Ruth McCormick
Announces Wedding
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
March 8. -(A)- Mrs. Ruth Hanna
McCormick, former congresswomar'
from Illinois and widow of the late
Senator Medill McCormick, an-'
nounced late today that she ane
Albert G. Sims, of Albuquerque, N
M., will be married at noon tomor-
row in her home here.
The Rev. Paul G. Roberts, rector
of the Grace Episcopal Church, wil'
perform the ceremony.
They will leave immediately for
Albuquerque, where they expect tc
make their home.:.
: aXMontor to Give
'Faust' Reading Today
With the unpreceder
es of the J-Hop and th(
as an indication of the
terest in class -parties
Frolic committee, hav
sold more than half of
expressed confidence L
an early sell-out.
The dance will be he
2 o'clock Mar. 18 a~t
Henry Busse and his or
been chosen to furnis]
They are at the preser
ing at the Netherlan
Cincinnati, and are ext
ular there. Busse has
recordings but lately hE
ing on the air so often
had little time for this
casts at 12'o'clock evei
radio station WLW.
He wlil bring 12 piec
when he comes to An
nay bring his very pc
n's trio which he de'
Eore he organized his
vas the assistant direci
man's orchestra.
As is customary, de
yrolic will consist of se
Although the favors h
iected, they have not
announced officially.
Tickets were 'made
ill classes on the cam
lay. Previous to this, t
ng sold only to first-y
-rice this year has bee
four dollars. The tic]
)btained at the Union,
and from committeeme
Max Montor, prominent dramatic
interpreter, will give some reading.,
from Faust in the Lydia Mendels-
sohn theatre at 4:15 o'clock today.
Montor's appearance here is the
first event of an extensive program
the German departmnt is sponsor-
ing in honor of the centenary of
the death of Goethe.
Montor has a career of continen-
tal success behind him, and his
ability is equally recognized in this
country.
Date Set for .5
Comedy Clu
Spring tryouts for
will be held at 3 o'c]
day, Wednesday, ax
- afternoons of next we
dia Mendelssohn The
Preliminary tryouts
by the central comr
first two days, with a
being requested to a
the whole group in th
on Thursday. Thos