The Weather Snow, much colder in south portion Sunday; Monday gen- erally fair. womm'd LY ]v Sir igau Ar 4:3at 't Editorials The First 98 Years ... Spare Time Opportunities . . VOL. XLV. No. 123 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1935 PRICE FIVE CENTS Wolverines Take Fifth Consecutive Swimming Crown Score 59 Points Illinois And Big Ten Meet To Lead Iowa In Defies Treaty Robertson Takes Two First Places K asley, Relay Seven Drysdale, Medley Team Victorious; Records Fall URBANA, Ill., March 16 - (') - Michigan won its fifth consecutive Western Conference s w i m m i n g championship tonight with a total of 59 points in a meet that saw every standing Big Ten record, with one ex- ception, shattered. Illinois finished in second place with 25 points, and Iowa trailed close- ly behind with 24. Other teams scored: Ohio State 20, Northwestern 14, Chicago 9, Wisconsin 7, Indiana 4, Minnesota 3. The title-winning Wolverines placed four -individual champions and one relay winner. Chuck Flachmann won two first places for Illinois in eclipsing the Big Ten record in the 50 and 100-yard dashes, and Bill Busby of Iowa annexed first place in the fancy diving to account for the other first places. Michigan's 300-yard relay team clipped 7 seconds off the old record and bettered the National Collegiate mark in winning the event in 3:03.5. Taylor Drysdale set a new mark at 1:39.3 in the 150-yard back-stroke. Jack Kasley, ace Wolverine breast- stroker, set up a new record in the 200-yard event, with a 2:30.3 race. Tex Robertson smashed the old 440-yard free-style record by 8 seconds with a 4:58.6 effort. The other mark was bettered by th ' 40',free-style relay squad whenI negotiated the distance in 3:40.1. SUMMARIES 400-yard relay: Won by Illinois (Hansen, Hickey, Overman, Flach- mann); second, Michigan; third, Ohio State;- fourth, Chicago; fifth, Iowa, Time, 3:40.1. (New Conference record. Old record by Michigan 3:43.6.). 200-yard breast-stroke: Won by Kasley (Mich.); second, Wehmeyer (Ia.); third, Horn (N.); fourth, Col- ville (O.); fifth, Vandervelde (Mich.). Time, 2:30.3. (New Conference record, Old record by Schmieler, Michigan, 2:31.4). 150-yard backstroke: Won by Drys- dale (Mich.); second, Cody (Mich.); third, Westerfield (Ia.); fourth, Jew- ell (N.); fifth, Webb (Minn.). Time, 1:41.9 (New Conference record by Drysdale in preliminaries, 1:39.3. Old record by Drysdale, Michigan, 1:41.6). 50-yard dash: Won by Flachmann (Ill.); second, Kirar (Wis.); third, Taraskell (Wis.); fourth, Hansen (Ill.); fifth, Rollinger (N.). Time, :24.2. (New Conference record set by Flachmann in preliminaries, :23.4. Old record by Flachmann, :24.). 440-yard swim: Won by Robertson (Mich.); second, Barnard (Mich.); third, Woodford ().; fourth, Wilson (C.); fifth, Strack (Ind.). Time, 4:58.6. (New Conference record. Old record by Kennedy, Michigan, 5:06.4.). 100-yard dash: Won by Flachmann (Ill.); second, Bryant (0.); third, Schneidermann, (Ind.); fourth, Dal- rymple (Mich.); fifth, Hansen (Ill.). Time :52.9. (New Conference record. Old record by Wilcox, Northwestern, :53). Fancy Diving: Won by Bill Busby (Ia.); second, Fehsenfeld (Mich.); third, Diefendorf (Mich.); fourth, Jansen (Ill.); fifth, Grady (Mich.). 220-yad free-style: Won by Rob- ertson (Mich.); second, Jacobsmeyer (Ia.); third, Wilson (C.); fourth, Bry- ant (0.); fifth, Barnard (Mich.). Time, 2:18.2. 300-yard medley relay. Won by Michigan (Drysdale, Kasley, Dal- rymple); second, Northwestern; third, Iowa; fourth, Ohio State; fifth, Min- nesota. Time, 3:03.5. (New Conference record. Old record, 310.4, by Mich- igan). Lecture Series For Freshmen To Begin Designed to aid freshmen in ad- justing themselves to University life, a series of lectures and discussions for freshmen men relative to their individual exeriences and problems -Associated Press Photo. ADOLF HITLER National Crime D rive Pushed By Authorities Treasury Agents Arrest Nearly 2,000 Criminals During Two-Day Period WASHINGTON, March 16 -[P)- Nearly 12,000 treasury agents renewed their drive today on the nation's crim- inals. Indications were that by to- night, the second day of intensive roundup activities, the total arrests might reach 3,000. Harrassed by raids and activities from the land, sea and air, demoral- ized underworld elements sought new refuge havens from the relentless pur- suit of Federal agents. 2,000 Arrested1 Nearly 2,000 arrests have been made. During the night scores were' arrested as the agents searched doz- ens of ships for smuggled goods and narcotics, raided counterfeit money plants, battered into opium dens and harried bootleggers and tax evaders. Local police in many cities were cooperating with the Federal officers in the campaign. The drive, it was indicated, will be pushed vigorously today and tomor- row. Treasury officials reported that the narcotics and custom bureaus, coast guard, secret service, the alcohol tax unit, and the intelligence division of the internal revenue bureau were "cooperating perfectly in their first coordinated drive." "Big-Shots" Taken{ Narcotic Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger reported that his investi- gators are striking "a terrfic blow" against the dope traffic, arresting scores of the so-called "big-hots" in the racket. Coast guard cutters and planes were patroling the eastern and gulf of Mexico coasts, pursuing six Brit- ish ships, alleged rum runners, in an attempt to prevent them from land- ing their cargoes. A rum runner however, was re- ported to have evaded the blockade and landed 6,000 gallons of illicit al- cohol in Louisiana. Agents thus far have seized millions of dollars in narcotics, lottery, tick- ets, jewelry, automobiles, boats and stills. State To Drop Remaining Charges Against Insulls CHICAGO, March 16 -(P) - The only remaining State charges against Samuel Insull, Sr., and his brother, Martin J. Insull, will be dropped, it was announced today. State's At- torney Thomas J. Courtney instruct- ed his assistants to nolle prosse in- dictments containing aother charge of embezzlement against the two. Courtney stated: "In view of the acquittal of the In- sulls (Samuel and Martin) on the strongest indictments against them, and because of the fact that the evi- dence in the pending case has been Amendment To Relief Bill Is Approved McCarran Measure Fails; Is Downed By Roosevelt Supporters Emergency Relief Extended By Act Giant Act Has Delayed Entire Relief Program Of Administration WASHINGTON, March 16. - - (IP)-The Senate today ap- proved an amendment to the $4,- 880,000,000 relief bill extending the Emergency Relief administra- tion until June 30, 1936, but a- tion on a proposal to extend the Public Works administration until June 30, 1937, was deferred until Monday. WASHINGTON, March 16. - (P) - Elated over the defeat of the McCar- ran prevailing wage amendment, the Roosevelt forces in the Senate sought today to turn back a bi-partisan at- tempt to chop the $4,880,000,000 work and relief bill down to a fraction of its present size. To maintain the momentum of last night's drive, in which they beat the McCarran amendment 50 to 38, and passed an administration compromise, 83 to 2, the leaders summoned the Senate to its first Saturday meeting since this Congress began. They were intent on sweeping the, giant bill, center of a debate which has delayed the whole Roosevelt program,, to the White House in a form accept- able to the President. They were confident they could do this, though a final vote is not ex- pected until the middle of next week. Republican regulars and a sizeable bloc of Demociats were ready to at- tempt to cut the bill. For instance, Senator Byrd, (Dem., Va.) and Adams, (Dem., Colo.) want to slash it to $1,- 880,000,000 and $2,880,000,000 respec- tively. The Democratic leaders were de-1 scribed as confident these efforts would not get very far - despite the fact that Senator Glass (Dem., Va.), who is in charge of steering the buf- feted measure as chairman of the ap- propriations committee, is known to be in sympathy with the idea of a smaller appropriation. The successful compromise - to which most of the McCarranites ral- lied after the defeat of their amend- ment-was proposed by Senator Rich- ard B. Russell, Jr., of Georgia, who at 37 is the youngest member of the Senate. It leaves the President free to pay "security wages," estimated by of-l ficials at $50 a month, provided they do not "affect adversely" the wage scale in private industry. On all per-1 manent Federal building projects,] however, he must pay the prevailing rate. Dean Clare E. Griffith To Talk In Vocational Series The next lecture on the vocational guidance series, arranged by Dean Edward H. Kraus of the literary col- lege, will be given at 4:15 p.m., Tues- day, in Room 1025 Angell Hall, by Dean Clare E. Griffin of the School of Business Administration, who will speak on the opportunties and re- quirements for work in the field of; business. On Thursday Dean Albert C. Furst- enberg of the Medical School will; speak on the requirements for admis- sion to the school and the various, fields of work open. Police Seek New Clues In Boy'sDeath Neighbor Reports Seeing Streicher Alive Late On Murder Day Relations Quizzed By Local Officials Books Of Tool And Die Company Are To Be Investigatel Edward Streicher, uncle of Richard Streicher, whose body was found in Ypsilanti beneath a foot bridge nine days ago, was called to state police headquarters yesterday to aid police and county officials in the hunt for: possible clues to the identity of the child's slayer. The parents of Richard Streicher were also brought to the station for their fourth questioning at the hands of investigating officials. With them, were brought in the books and ac- counts of the Streicher Tool and Die Co. of Ypsilanti, a firm in which both the boy's parents and uncle are in- terested. Officers hoped to uncover some possible motive to fill in the now vacant background of the slaying. Late last night no progress was re- ported. A change in the hour at which Richard was last seen alive was pro- vided yesterday by Mrs. Walter Win- eager of Ypsilanti. Mrs. Wineager reported that between 4:30 and 5 p.m. the day of the murder she saw Rich- ard and an unidentfied small boy playing on a sled in front of her+ house. Mrs. Wineager lives in the first house east of the Streichers'. As the coroner's finding placed the time of Richard's death between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m., Mrs. Wineager was believed by officials to have been the last per- I son with the exception of the murder- er to see the boy alive. It was be- lieved to have been but a matter of a few minutes afterwards thaW theimut- derer appeared. Police are deluged by a multitude of reports but have no reliable clues. A trip to Elkhart, Ind., by members of the group of officials working on the crime in response to a mysterious tip from that city proved fruitless. Other officers have been investigating the report that a ransom note was re- ceived on the afternoon of the murder by the maternal grandparents of theI slain boy at Scott Lake, Mich. The+ grandparents were called to head- quarters for questioning yesterday, but nothing new was elicited. Neither ap- parently had any recollection of such+ a note. A report yesterday morning by the fingerprint expert of the Ypsilanti police, Patrolman William Franklin, revealed that of 13 fingerprints found on the boy's sled eight were those of the father and mother, both of whom had handled the sled before the child disappeared. Police believe that the slayer may have touched the sled and that his prints are among the five which have not as yet been identified. Senate Votes To Extend Emergency Relief Work' WASHINGTON, March 16. -(P) - The Senate today approved an amendment to the $4,880,000 relief bill extending the emergency relief ad- ministration until June 30, 1936, but action on a proposal to extend the public works administration until June 30, 1937, was deferred until Mon- day. Army University Professors Comment On Action Of German Reich Prof. Heneman States Action To Be Expected Harlow J. Heneman of the political sciencedepartment, in commenting; last night on the action of Germany, said that such action by the Reich could well be expected since that country hasfbeen rearming more or' less openly for some time past. Mr. Heneman also expressed his opinion that Germany has had a strong case in denouncing the Ver-; sailles Treaty as far as armaments go ever since the War. Her case might reasonably have been weakened in the eyes of the other World powers since Hitler seized the government, he said,j but other countries have not disarmed in accordance with the spirit of the; treaty and therefore Germany could be expected to take some action on her own part. One reason why the action came at this time, Mr. Heneman said, might be that both England1 and France have recently made commitments which might reasonably put Germany in aj mood to retaliate. In the case of Eng- land, he explained, it was the White1 Paper, the official document issued by the British cabinet, which gave notice1 of Britain's stand on the armament question. France recently extended the period of compulsory military trainingi from one to two years.1 Europe Aflame As Result Of Hitler Decree Germany Now Admits It Has 'Official' Air Force;- Washington Stirred (By Associated Press) Intense excitement gripped Euro- pean capitals Saturday as the Ger- man government, suddenly sloughing off the military provisions of the Ver- sailles Treaty, decreed compulsory military service in the Reich. The action following soon after General Hermann Wilhelm Goering's announcement that Germany has an "official" military air force, was taken in many quarters, to be the Reich's di- rect answer to the French adoption of1 two-year compulsory service and the recent British White Paper criticizing German rearmament. Telephone wires between London,t Paris and Rome, prime movers in at- tempt to weld European nations into an inclusive security agreement that might lessen the dangers of war, were kept hot as statesmen of the three nations consulted as to the signifi- cance of the German move. WASHINGTON, March 16. - (') - The German rearmament declaration that stirred Europe today re-echoed in the White House here with Presi- dent Roosevelt summoning state de- partment officials to his desk shortly after word of the action reached the capital. There was immediate speculation on the conference's import in view of the fact Germany's action in quadrupling its peacetime army violates not only the Versailles treaty, but also Ger- many's separate peace treaty with the United States.- OnCapital Hill, Senator Borah, of Idaho, ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations committee, saw nothing in the German move for the United States to "get excited about." "Those whom we must sympathize with are the taxpayers of Germany," Borah added. PARIS, March 16. -() - Official circles today said that Germany's open defiance of the military clauses of the Versailles Treaty threatens to toss the whole suggested scheme for European peace into the discard. The announcement at Berlin was regarded by French officials as direct answer to the French government's action in extending the compulsory military service to two years, approved by the Chamber of Deputies early today. In parliamentary circles, it was sug- As Slosson Says Peace Hopes Are Shattered Peace hopes will be shattered by an almost inevitable European arma- ment race of the utmost seriousness, as a result of Adolf Hitler's decree of compulsory military training and de- mand of release from further obliga- tions under the Versailles treaty, thinks Prof. Preston W. Slosson of the history department. "Whether other nations will adopt a fighting attitude can not be said. Certainly there is some degree of justification in Germany's charge that disarmament in Germany was to have been followed by general dis- armament, and no such action has taken place," Professor Slosson said.- "With the exception of the territor- ial settlements practically no portion of the Treaty of Versailles remains as it was originally written. The Treaty has been violated in many ways; the reparations agreements,; though less serious, have not been paid according to agreement. , "Russia was the first modern coun- try to devise a system of compulsory military training," said Professor Slosson in tracing the history of the military policy, "and the success of the Prussian system during the Napo- leonic war caused it to be imitated everywhere throughout Europe ex- cept in Great Britain. The Peace Conference at the end of the war limited Germany to a standing army of 100,000 men of long-term voluntary service, with no compulsory service, pointed out Pro- fessor Slosson. "Now, Germany hasE not only repudiated Versailles with respect to the size limitation (al- though this was suspected more thanj a month ago) but now takes the new step of reintroducing the principle of compulsory service." Huey Long Denounces Gen. Johnson Again ATLANTA, March 16.- P)- Sen- ator Huey P. Long today rapped Gen. Hugh Johnson as a "dead mackerel" and said he planned to campaign in1 several states during the 1936 elec- tions. Definitely announcing his plans to seek reelection to the Senate next year, the Louisiana "Kingfish" turned on Senator Joseph P. Robinson, Dei- ocratic Senate leader from Arkansas. "I like Joe Robinson so well I want to go back to the Senate so it will give him an excuse to get out," Long said. Results Of Case Club Contests Are Announced Winners in Case Club competitions in both freshman and junior divis- ions which were held during the past week were announced yesterday by Milton Selander, '35L. The winners in the freshman arguments proved themselves superior to more than 200 of their classmates in competitions held throughout the year. Honors for the freshmen in the final arguments went to Clinton Sandusky, Charles Lemert, Jacob Weissman, Rowe Bolmer, Phillip Barnthouse Olin Scott, Walter Bien- eman and Elbert Gilliom. Out of the 80 men originally en- tered in the junior Case Club con- tests, Donald Quaife and Patrick Quealey have earned the right to meet Frank Barnaka and Earl Kight- linger in the final competition for the Henry M. Campbell Award. The presentation of the award will be made on Founder's Day, after Spring Vacation. The faculty men who acted as judges in the semi-finals of the jun- ior arguments are Professors Leidy, Sunderland, Waite, Blume, Durfee A R Qim' ' Versailles Treaty Doesn't Obligate Reich Further, Chancellor Declares Action Is A Reprisal For French Decree National Safety Of State And Disillusionment Are Cited ByReichsfuehrer BERLIN, March 16-(P)-The German government, declaring Ger- many no longer obligated under the Versailles treaty, today announced approximate quadrupling of its regu- lar army. (Under the Versailles treaty, signed at the conclusion of the World War, Germany's armaments are sharply re- stricted and her standing army limit- ed to 100,000 men.) Simultaneously Chancellor Adolf Hitler, lashing out bitterly at earma- ment over Europe, disclosed that the Cabinet, in decreeing compulsory military service throughout the-Reich, acted in direct answer to the French move increasing the term of army conscript service to two years. To Increase Army The Cabinet's decree provided that Germany's future peace-time army shall consist of 12 army corps of three divisions each, or 36 divisions in all. It will number, according to semi- official estimates from 325,000 to 480,000. The Fuehrer, reiterating Germany's peaceful intentions, said her national safety demanded an increased army. He cited rearmament throughout Eu- rope, assailed violation of the Ver- sailles pact on the part of other poW- ers and said "under these conditions Germany had to take the necessary measures to put an end to her de- fenselessness." Issues Appeal He had rushed back from. Berch- tesgaden and issued the appeal in Ber- lin, emphasizing that failure of other nations to live up to the reductions of armaments called for in the Versailles pact releases Germany from treaty obligations. He emphasized that Germany is animated solely by peaceful inten- tions, but that rearmament is essen- tial to safeguard the Reich's terri- torial integrity and to command in- ternational respect as a co-guarantor of European peace. A spokesman for the Reichswehr ministry later said that it was impos- sible to give the figure of Germany's future army at present. While first official and semi-offi- cial estimates of its probable size ranged from 325,000 to 480,000, the Reichswehr official said that "the fig- ure is uncertain and will be fixed in a coming law." Hitler Attacks All Rearmament Germany Quadruples Its Bitterly Dr. Pinkus Explains Hospital's WorkIn Artificial Tissue Culture By STEWART ORTON Human body tissue, hundreds of miles from its donor, yet growing day and night for many years - flesh ex- panding, hearts beating - and all on the cold hard glass of the laboratory. Such an Alladin-like tale was told by Dr. Hermann K. Pinkus, research fellow in surgery at the University Hospital, in an explanation of the Hospital's most recent undertaking of body tissue culture in artificial media. In 1910 an obscure professor at Yale University made the accidental discovery that animal tissue could be made to grow in the laboratory, and as a result of his find there lies to- day in the University Hospital a wom- Here, in a laboratory donated by Mrs. Dorothy Parker of Ann Arbor, Dr. Pinkus has been conducting fur- ther experiments, particularly in the field that has been baffling medical experts for maiy years - that of cancer and its cure. By stimulating the growth of can- cerous tissue in artificial media Dr. Pinkus and his associates have been able to study at close range the ele- ments which make up this dangerous disease. Several discoveries have al- ready been made which will undoubt- edly prove valuable in combatting cancer. According to Dr. Pinkus, the cure for that well known curse of human- ity - the common cold -will be the Finds Hopes Unfulfilled In his appeal to the nation, Hitler said: "When Germany laid down her arms and submitted to humiliating conditions in 1918, she hoped to serve humanity. "Nowhere was the idea of the League of Nations more welcomed as a substitute for war than here. "Only because Germany expected that general international disarma- ment would follow in the wake of Germany's disarmament was she will- ing to destroy her vast military equip- ment. "No real pacification followed, yet Germany fulfilled all the Inter-Allied conditions." University Reaches Ninety-Eighth Year Tomorrow marks the ninety-eighth anniversary of the passing by the state of "An Act to provide for the organ- ization and government of the Univer- sity of Michigan." This bill was passed March 18, 1937. Two days later, March 20, 1837, a companion act was passed definitely locating the University at Ann Arbor. The law passed in 1837 is the Or- ganic Act upon which depended the