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VOL. XLV No. 67 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1934
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Police Search For
Missing Student;
T C-u
Balkan Crisis
Is Eased As
League Actst
Aid In Crime Annual
War Is Asked
Henry
Russel
By President'
I
Last Ve
Father Of Boy Believes He
Went To Look For Work
In Detroit
Low Marks Caused
Sttudent To Worry
Raymond Diefenderfer Is
Sought By Parents After
Disappearance
Detroit police instituted a search
yesterday for Raymond G. Diefen-
derfer, Jr., 18-year-old freshman of
Sheridan, Wyo., who disappeared from
his rooming house at 1110 Olivia
Street about 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
1, and has not been seen since that
time.
Diefenderfer sent a letter to his
father in Sheridan, in which he said
that he was a failure in school and
believed that he was losing his mind.
'"There are times when I cannot re-
member my name," he wrote. "I am
not worthy of you."
Marks Were Low
Prof. Fred B. Wahr, assistant to
the dean of students, who talked
with the boy's parents about the dis-
appearance, stated last night that
although Diefenderfer's marks were
low enough so that he received mid-
semester warnings in two subjects,
they were not low enough to indicate
that. he would fail at the end of
the semester.
He was said to be an excellent stu-
dent in high school and was a member
of a national honor society.
His father appealed to the Detroit
police because he believes that his
son went there looking for work.
The father is 'stopping at the Statler
Hotel to aid in the search, while the
boy's mother is at the home of rela-
tives in Chicago suffering from a
nervous breakdown.
The same day, Dec. 1, that Dief-
enderfer wrote his father the letter
questioning his sanity, he also wrote
several "very rational letters," accord-
ing to Professor Wahr, which leads
the parents to believe that it was
really a matter of hurt pride which
prompted him to run away.
Sent "Rational" Letters
Although these letters were dated
Dec. 1, they were not mailed until
Dec. 3, two days after Diefenderfer
had disappeared. The letters were
postmarked Ann Arbor.
Dean of Students Joseph A. Bur-
sley said last night that the parents
are perfectly sure that he is absolutely
normal and that the things he said
in his letter arise out of worries over
his studies and the opinion that his
parents might have because of them.
"They are sure that he is safe, how-
ever," Dean Bursley said.
Diefenderfer was pledged to the
Sigma Chi fraternity in the fall and
members there last night said that
he was an exceedingly popular boy
and seemed to be happy.
"If ever a boy was sane, Ray was,"
one member commentedI. "Nothing
ever seemed to worry him and he
certainly exhibited no change after
midsemester grades came out."
The missing student is described as
being 5 feet, 11 inches tall, weigh-
ing 175 pounds and having brown
eyes and hair. He is thought to be
wearing a light tan belted overcoat
and a dark suit.
Lecturer To Speak
On Botanical Trip
L. Williams, assistant curator of
economic botany in the Field Museum
of Natural History, Chicago, will pre-
sent a lecture, illustrated with colored
stereoptican slides, on "The Marshall
Field Expedition to the Amazon, 1929-
'30," at 3 p.m., Friday, in Room 2003
of the Natural Science Building.
Mr. Williams was in charge of the
Peruvian division of this expedition,
in search of plant and wood speci-
mens. At present he is organizing
the material collected on the trip, to-
gether with the large amount of other
samples of foreign and domestic
woods, reported at about 13,000 in
number, belonging to the Field Mu-,
en i ec. ' Jugoslavia, Hungary Bow Roosevelt Calls On Nation
ToResolutionDeploring To Cooperate In Drive
King's Assassination Against Criminals
Disappears
.. Resiit Is Hailed Makes KeynoUe At
.<;. !~:: As :eae Victory Cr ime Conference U i tI
. Its
Hungarian Government Is Chief Executive Decries
Asked To Punish All Lack Of Facilities In 0
Officials Involved Local Enforcement
GENEVA, Dec. 10 - (P) - War WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.- De- 'Give
threats in central Europe precipitated manding the "backing of every man, At
tonight when Jugoslavia and Hun- woman, and child" in the country,
gary bowed to the League of Nations, . The
the council of which unanimously President Franklin D. Roosevelt last
adopted a resolution "deploring" the night issued a national call to arms The
crime at Marseilles. against crime before law enforce- the dra
The action of the two opposing na- ment officials from all over the se
United States. againse
ions in acceptingh esutMore than 500 sheriffs, policemen, 8:30 p.m
viewed asntreat Lpeae ictry En detectives, lawyers, and criminologists ion Ope
Ithe interest of peace. Central Eu- har teihifnxeutveashe
rope had been threatened by war as sondd the eyoef ofuAttorney- on the b
a direct result of the assassination of General Homer S. Cunmins' crime Theater.
the Jugoslavian king, Alexander. conference in Constitution Hall here. Emplo
Hungary, in diplomatie terms, is Ask Twoe(i Objectives 100 stud
aqustedany auhorites hoseaction The President asked two objec- of "sets
F l ~against fany authoritiescewhose cul-e
pability has been established" and tives from the conference: that it scenes,
."communicate -to the council the evolve a scientific plan for an admin- in man
cmsunsice tthesoncilthe-istrative structure that will embrace predeces
fect." all governmental law enforcement the prod
--Couruesy Detroit Free Press. This action was sought by Jugo- agencies, national, state, and local; as a co
Aand that it interpret the problem of critique
-------A-M.N-------- UnEiay s d m crime to the "people of your country." the emp
Until the very last the diplomats'i President Roosevelt called crime a Althou
interest in the Jugo-Slav-Hungar- 1 ,symptom of social disorder," and elapsed:
O r e stra Toianitesaid the way to cure it was to "st'art and reh
OsTn Hueas brealel m with crime prevention" and proceed, trast to t
Present Fifth The HungarianHungarians Tgovernmentdegoth through prosecution, all along the practice
final draft of the resolution for set- line. Repression, he pointed out, RussellN
finldrft of the esltiton. Te "cannot :take the place of training that the
Concer Today tlement of the issue late tonight. The and guiding the youth of our coun-
Concert Today council then suspended its session un- dtry."expectati
til Budapest deliberated. Relief was rT been iro
__xpsstil Budspeste r e Re wan Though he is convinced that "state hearsals
expressed on all sides when the Hun- an oa gnisaewrig'ihdrd
Boston Symp honyM rsIadlclaexie r okn ihdrd
y p yMarks garian received his urgent instruc- increasing effectiveness toward law
Its Eleventh Appearance tions "Vote for the resolution." enforcement, toward the common ob- Descri
In official circles at Belgrade, em- jective with the Federal government" mov
In Ann Arbor phasis was placed upon Jugoslavia's the President decried the fact that Rhythm'
willingness to accept the smallest "ofttimes bandits are better equipped respect f
The Boston Symphony Orchestra, ! kind of satisfaction, such as a League than the officials." ners Flyi
under the baton of Dr. Serge Kousse- resolution condemning international Crime Inter-Related of the U
vitzky, will present the fifth of this terrorist action. This was regarded The fault lies he continued, in faculty,
season's Choral Union series concerts by observers as a complete reversal the "lack of failities of trained addition
at 8:15 today in Hill Auditorium. of attitude, since it was reported at men" in the field of local law en- have be
More than 110 musicians com- Geneva Sunday night that Jugo- forcement. "on the
pose the personnel of this great or- slavia. would consider any such reso- "We fail to realize that crime is One o
ganization which will be heard for lution unacceptable, an inter-related problem of immense tracted n
the eleventh time in Ann Arbor to- A spokesman for the Belgrade Gov- difficulty," he told the delegates. In of Rober
night. ernment declared in the capital that advising that the public must under- ine, supp
Now in its 53rd season, the orches- Jugoslavia wants only moral satis- stand all crimes, and that it is not dancers.
tra has been directed by Dr. Kousse- faction, and feels that she has earned enough to know about only one crime,
vitzky for nine years and has been at least that much by her calm atti- President Roosevelt asserted that even
recognized as one of the country's tude. It was made clear, however, "lynching is, unfortunately, no longer
outstanding orchestral units. that a decision to leave the League of confined to one section of the United Ed
The program which will be present- Nations was very probable in case States."
ed tonight is in three parts. The the League should decide to take no Warning that the "drug traffic, the T
opening composition to be heard is action whatever as a result of what traffic in stolen goods, and the inter- 1
Mozart's overture to the opera, "The was termed the intervention 'of Italy state character of some criminals are
Marriage of Figaro." This will be fol- in the conflict over charges against making for the destruction of the In
lowed by the playing of Beethoven's Hungary. American home," the President said
"Third Symphony," better known as Discuss Racial Origins there was a need of "common action"
the "Eroica." The conflict arising out of Jugo- 'for control. "It is important," he
The "Eroica," which Beethoven slavia's charges that Hungary har- stated, "that we recognize the in-PrOfe
himself preferred above all his other bored the terrorists who killed King creased scope of law enforcement." 1 Mye
compositions, is in four movements. Alexander broadened today at Gen- Sounds Hopeful NoteC
The first is impetuous and swift- eva into disputes over racial origins Although he assailed the fact that Con
moving, the second an elegiac funeral resulting from impassioned speeches law enforcement is "impaired by the
march, the third a swift scherzo, and made by the foreign ministers of the lack of public support and under- Dean
the final a series of variations Little Entente nations. standing," he struck a more hopeful of educa
The program will be concluded with Tewfik Rushdi Bey, Turkish for- note when he declared that "under for Was
a composition of Modeste Moussorg- eign minister, became angry at' a re- the leadership of the attorney-gen- national
sky, "Pictures at an Exhibition." This mark of Nicolas Titulescu, of Ru- eral we are getting better results than legislatic
has been specially arranged for full maiaotteoii fHna-ee eoe"planning
tempraryFrech cmpoer, on-mania, about the origin of Hungar- ever before."
orchestra by the well-known con- ians in Asia. He withdrew from the people of the United States This i
Rael.Ravl'sarrngemet, madeiinCouncil meeting for half an hour are looking to you for a constructive Joint Co
1923, was made at the special re- (composing a reply, with friends urging program of action in which they can in Edcuca
que3,stfDr moudevtzkye s r that he moderate his theme. participate," he told the conference. son is a
quest of Dr. Koussevitzky. Finally be came back and made a "You can render a great public serv- conferen
Pictures at an Exhibiticords Moussorgsky's speech before the Council. ice in this regard, and I am confident state su
imptessions of the paintings of his "Remarks were made here as to the you will not fail to respond." structio
friend, Victor Hartmann. Originally, origin of peoples," he said solemnly. Patrick J. Hurley, secretary of war national
they were composed in a number of "I have the honor to represent a peo- in the Hoover cabinet, presided at a limited
little musical character sketches as a ple of Asiatic origin and I hope no last night's session, and Attorney- responsi
piano suite. one intends to cast a reflection up- General Cummins and Henry L. lation. C
on us." Stimson preceded the President. conferen
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Factors In Europes UnresDc16
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By ARTHUR M. TAUB economic nationalism might appear Thomas
A Student-Faculty Roast, to be Economic factors behind the cha- to lessen the danger of war by ending educatio
given under the combined auspices otic conditions in Europe are diffi- i the struggle for world markets and week wit
of the Aeronautical and Mechanical cult to isolate and set up as the by removing international loans from Theyt
divisions of the A.S.M.E., will be held single reason for present unrest, but the picture. "If the general pattern ing the
at 6 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 19, at that they exist and exert a large if of the world economy were construct- meeting
the Union, it was announced yester- not the largest influence on European ed anew this might be .the case. But from Big
day. policies was maintained by Prof. as conditions exist at present, the Myers w
Professor John L. Brumm of the Leonard Watkins of the economics de-I world is specialized; it is geared for 00k pul
ijournalism department will deliver partment yesterday. foreign markets; natural resources I tIdt]
the main address of the evening. Dean The depression itself, he declared, and capital are unequally distrib- tIon.x
Lectureship Awarded
Graduate School Dean
on Presents
26th Annual
pera Tonight
Us Rhythm' Opens
Lydia Mendelssohn
ater At 8:30 {
dichigan campus, as well as
matic world in general, will
e itself in retrospect when at
. today the 26th annual Un-
ra, "Give Us Rhythm," goes
)oards of Lydia Mendelssohn
ying a cast of approximately
ents and involving 22 changes
," including five different
this year's show will differ
y respects from any of its
sors, according to members of
uction staff. It is described
npromise between a campus'
and a broadway revue with
hasis on the revue.
gh just three weeks have
in the casting, preparation
earsals of the show in con-
the two and one half months
of last year's show, Director
MlcCracken declared last night
show had come up to his
ions. "The rough spots have
ned out in the intensive re-
of last week-end," he de-
bed by its promoters as "a
ing musical revue," "Give Us
" will differ in all but one
from last year's "With Ban-j
ng." Satire on the membersr
Jniversity, both student and
has been retained, but in
a variety of other subjectst
en given a mild treatment I
pan."
f the features which has at-
nost attention is the dancing
t D. Slack, cast as the hero-I
iorted by a chorus of rhythmr
The chorus was trained byt
(Continued on Page 2)t
nonson Goes 1
Conference
Washington
ssors Diamond Andt
rs Away Attending
ventions1
J. B. Edmonson of the school
tion left yesterday afternoon 1
hington to take part in the
conference on state schoolt
n and long-term educational
s a conference called by the
mmission on the Emergency
tion of which Dean Edmon-
member. Invitations to the
ce have been extended to the
perintendents of public in-
, the presidents of state and
educational associations, and;
1 number of others who have;
bilities for educational legis-
)ne of the purposes of the
ce is to secure better financ-
public education. Considera-
also be given to the defining
tional issues that should be
ed in long-time educational
s. Dean Edmonson will not
o Ann Arbor until Sunday,'
sors George E. Myers and!
Diamond, of the school of
n, are also out of town this
h convention meetings.
will be in Peoria, Ill., attend-
Manual Arts Conference, a
of vocational education men
g Ten universities. Professor,
as one of the authors of the}
blished by the group, entitled
rial Arts and Modern Educa-
week, Professors Myers and,
d attended the meetings of
Honored
Dr. G. Carl Huber Is Tenth
Faculty Man To Receive
1 Honor
DR. G. CARL HUBER
Senate Probe
Shows Graft In
Munitions Sales
Investigation Shows Arms
Salesmen Have Bribed
Government Officials
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.--(P) -
A trial of graft and bribery pay-
ments reaching from Central America
to China as competing arms sales-
men sought orders for their companies
was disclosed today in the Senate's
investigation of the munitions indus-
try.
In one instance, a letter introduced
as evidence declared that in some
Latin American sales state depart-
ment officials were "willing to -shut
their eyes to small graft on such
transactions." The letter came from
the files of the Remington Arms
Co.
President Mentioned
Civil and military officials in Mex-
ico, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guat-
emala, and even a president of Hon-
duras, as well as officials in China,
were mentioned as the recipients of
the payments in data taken from the
files of the Winchester and Reming-
ton companies.
Some officials of the two concerns,
packed before the committee, dis-
puted some of the assertions in these
letters, but with respect to others they
readily agreed that the payments
had been made.
The head of the Nicaraguan Na-
tional Guard, trained by United States
marines, was said to have received a
"commission" on orders from that
country, with the "knowledge" of the
country's president. This, the letter
said, could not be called bribery or
graft.
A man named only as Gen. Pa-
dilla was reported to have received
"presents," the largest of which was
$250, from E. E. Jonas, Remington
agent, for persuading purchasers of
sporting arms to buy the Remington
product before he, as war minister
of Guatemala, would issue a permit
for their importation.
Letter Produced
Another letter told of El Salvador
equipping its army with German pis-
tols for which Remington would get
ammunion orders "regardless of
competition." The payments were to
come from docking soldiers 10 colones
a month for the shells.
Still another epistle described a
$200 payment by a munitions agent
to a Mexican general "to make his
life mode pleasant and reform the
new law on ammunition, arms, etc."
Legislature Fumes
As Session Begins
Headed Research
During World War
Famous As Histologist And
Anatomist; Also Edited
Piersol's 'Anatomy'
Dr. G. Carl Huber, dean of the
Graduate School, has been designated
as the faculty man "having attained
highest distinction in the field of
scholarship," and, as a result, has
'been awarded the Henry Russel lec-
tureship for 1934-35, according to an
announcement made last night by
President Alexander G. Ruthven.
Dr. Huber is the tenth faculty man
to be chosen for the lectureship,
which is awarded annually. The se-
lection of the lecturer was committed
to the Council of the Research Club,
which transmitted its nominations to
the President and Board of Regents
for appointment. The nominating
committee of the Research Club Coun
cil consisted this year of members
of the faculty who have previously
served as Henry Russel lecturers.
A professor of anatomy and direc-
tor of the anatomical laboratories
here, Dr. Huber is recognized as an
outstanding histologist and anatom-
ist. He has written various text-books
on these subjects and is an editor of
Piersol's Human Anatomy.
Famed For War Research
Dr. Huber has also been a con-
stant contributor to scienfic jour-
nals and during the World War had
charge of experimental work on re-
pair of severed peripheral nerves for
the office of the Surgeon General.
He has maintained an active con-
nection with the teaching staff of
the University since his graduation
I with the medical class of 1887, with
the exception of a year spent in post-
graduate study in Berlin and another
period of similar study at Prague.
He first became a member of the fac-
ulty as an assistant demonstrator in
anatomy.
He was an instructor in 1889, as-
sistant professor in 1892, junior pro-
fessor in 1899, and full professor in
1903. Since 1898, he has been director
of the histological laboratories. For
the last seven years, he has been
' ean of the Graduate School.
Dr. Huber is a member of a number
of societies, including the American
Association of Anatomists, of which
he was the president for two years,
American Physiological S o c i e t y,
American Association of Pathologists
and Bacteriologists, American Med-
ical Association, Michigan State Med-
ical Society, American Philosophical
Society, Harvey Society, Society for
Experimental Biology and Medicine,
Endowment Established In 1920
The Henry Russel lectureship was
made possible by an endowment es-
tablished in 1920 by bequest of Henry
Russel, A.B., '73, A.M., '76, LL.B,
'75, of Detroit. Mr. Russel's will stated
that the income of the bequests was
to be used to provide additional com-
pensation for members of the faculty.
Later the Board of Regents decided
that $250 of the income from the
bequest should be set aside annually
to provide for the Henry Russel lec-
ture, to be given under the auspices
of the University at some time, be-
tween the Spring vacation and May
30.
It is customary to make a further
appointment known as the Henry
Russel Award to one of the younger
members of the faculty who is con-
sidered to have shown greatest prom-
ise of scholarly achievement. The win-
ner of this award will be announced
later in the year. Prof. Paul Mueschke
of the English department was the
winner last year.
The Henry Russel lecturers in the
past have been: 1925-26, Prof. Moses
Gomberg, 1926-27, Dean Frederick G.
Novy,'1927-28, Prof. Henry A. Saun-
ders, 1928-29, the late Prof. Alfred S.
Warthin, 1929-30, the late Prof.
Claude H. Van Tyne, 1930-31, Pro-
fessor-emeritus William H. Hobbs,
1931-32, Prof. Jesse S. Reeves, 1932-
33, Prof. Walter B. Pillsbury, and
1933-34, Prof. Ermine C. Case.
COAST GUARDS BATTLE STORM
ST. JOSEPH, Dec. 10.-(R)-St.
seum. Joseph Bursley, Prof. Henry C. An-
derson, director of student-alumni
relations, Dean Herbert C. Sadler of ,
the school of engineering, Prof. E. A.
Stalker, head of the department of
9 raeronautical engineering, and Prof.t
has provided the general and material ute.iA N
f , h , ,, . ,., , l~r~ hc~a nnlitnn f n nrf~lDiamonc
occasion for changes in government under these rcondntionsae partial
and far-reaching changes in economic closing of certain markets, one of the at Pittsburgh. Professor Myers, an
policies in European countries, in- results of economic nationalism, al- ex-official of the association, ad-
cluding France, Germany, and the most inevitably increases the struggle dressed the meeting of Epsilon Pi'
Balkan states. "The results has been for those remaining. In addition, the . fEpl Pi
in most cases a pronounced movement necessity under which each nation is ;Tau, the national honorary fraternity
in the field, an Professo ind
towards nationalism." jplaced to add important natural re- , apn d ~th ~PrsofDimnd-
l
.
l
LANSING, Dec. 10. - (P) - The
Legislature fumed over procedure as
it. opened an extraordinary session
Monday afternoon to settle election
disputes.
Fearing that the joint convention of
the House and Senate, demanded byl
x O. W. Boston, will be among the
faculty members present.I