The Weather Generally fair Friday and Sat- urday; rising temperature Fri- day. i E4r 5k i tgan ~Iaitjj Editorials Speaking Of Jefferson, Mr. Hearst ... The Appointment Of Dr. Elliott .. . VOL. XLVI. No. 23. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1935 PRICE FIVE CENTS Troops Of Abyssinia? Or Is It Ethiopia? Some Say Yes, Some Say No Italy Are Removed Il Duce's Move Regarded As Foremost Break In War Tension Annexation Of Rich Province Is Made Want Legalization Of Its Possession Which Is Part Of Ethiopia ROME, Oct. 24.-(P)--Italy threw the responsibility for reinforc- ing European peace into Great Brit- ain's lap tonight by announcing the independent withdrawal of one divi- sion of her troops in Libya. A government spokesman disclosed Premier Mussolini's decision with vis- ible pride in the belief that it rep- resents "a major contribution" to the solution of the problem of peace, not. only in Europe but also in East Af- rica. Italy emphasized that the reduction was being undertaken without any reference to a decrease in Britain's naval strength in the Mediterranean. The concentration of Fascist troops in Libya had been interpreted by London as a threat to Egypt. Withdrawal Move Starts Simultaneously, in a way which indicated that the order was not an idle gesture, the Steamship Sannio, capable of transporting 2,000 men, sailed from Naples for Libya to take away the first contingent of approx- imately 15,000 troops involved in the withdrawal order. Political circles here regarded the move as the first definite break in the tension which gripped the Mediter- ranean area since Britain's powerful Home Fleet steamed through the Straits of Gibraltar weeks ago into what Italy regards as "our sea." The matter, of course, does not dis- pose of the TtliT 3 fridfie. But in informed quarters belief was expressed that it lays a foundation for a solution, impossible so long as Italy and Britain were at loggerheads. Victory Hoped For War gains on two fronts gave Il Duce accomplished facts with which to confront the League of Nations in an attempt to legalize Italy's Ethi- opian conquests. Big and rich Tigre Province, Paken by Gen. Emilio de Bono, has been formally annexed. Where troops have advanced from the NorthandhSouth they have planted the Italian flag with the pop- ular expectation that the flags will stay. These armies are ready for a big drive on Harar, where they would meet and thus link Italy's colonies of Eritrea and Somaliland. Italians hope a victory may come next Monday, the thirteenth anniver- sary of the Fascist march on Rome and into power. Southern Ethiopia Scene Of Warfare ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 24.--()- Heavy fighting between Italians and Ethiopians in the Webbe Shibeli riv- er sector of southern Ethiopia was reported here tonight, although of-' ficial confirmation was lacking. At the same' tme, Debjazmatch Nasibu, governor of Harar Province and a leading Ethiopian commander. told the Associated Press at Harar that large scale military operations were impossible in the southern area because of heavy rains. He asserted "all reports of big battles are pure fiction," after an inspection of the low-lying Ogaden province. "The rains will continue another fortnight," he said, "thus blocking Italian maneuvers which thus far have been confined to sporadic air raids and attacks on our frontier posts along the Webbe Shilbeli river." Debjazmatch Nasibu said his troops were holding positions in mountain' ravines and passes to strongly resist any advance of the Fascist forces under Gen. Rudolfo Graziani, com- mander in the southern area. Election Is Held By Senior Medics The senior class of the Medical Isthe land of the dusky Haile Se- lassie rightly called Ethiopia, or should it be Abysinia? Writing in the fall issue of the Al- umnus, Prof. William H. Worrell of the Oriental languages and litera- tures department holds that Abyssin- ia is correct and that Ethiopia is the name of only a section of the land. Earlier in the year the Internation- al Geographical Association de- clared that Ethiopia was the right name. Professors in the University geography department agree with the International Association, ex- palining that Abyssinia is but the name of a plateau in, the country of Ethiopia. So what? Newspapermen prefer Ethiopia be- cause as The Daily pointed out it "fits" in headlines better than Abys- sinia. Nobody knows what the gen- eral public prefers, but it is a fact that if Ethiopia prevails, a good many persons will miss saying, as they leave a friend: "Well, Abssynia." r f t l L E Court Grants Elliott Plea To Oust Voelker Fitzgerald's Appointee Is Given Decision By 4-3 Vote Dissenting Opinion Written By Potter Lawyers, Doctors Are To Tangle In Gridiron Classic The lawyers will be arguing with the referee while the medics make an incision through left tackle in the battle of the century, now in the off- ing! For the challenge thrown down by the lawyers (see today's editorial page, and yesterday's, and the day before's) has been accepted by the incipient medicos, and in no uncer- tain terms. To the winner -sweet victory; but to the losers -the scorn of 35,000 people, for the contestants hope to stage their gridironclassic out in the stadium, just before the Varsity come out to tackle the Pennsylvania boys - that is, if University authorities are willing to play ball. Another thing - the boys are stumped on the matter of equipment. Obviously if the Athletic department doesn't consent to the use of re- serve football equipment, the lawyers can't face the medics in professional clothing, and so their combined elo- quence pleads for contributions of football equipment of any sort. Anyway, if." there's a kick-off, there'll be medics on the field. Plans For Games Made Class Of 1938 Searches For Dormant Freshmen; ---- - . Past Tea-Party Black Fridays To Be Supplanted By Real War Death Of Sharpe Possibility Of Ending In Tie Prevents Decision Women'sHours Are Supported By Assembly League-houses; Dormitory Representatives Agree On No Change The Assembly, campus organiza- tion for .non-affiliated women, voted unanimously in favor of the present I hours for University women at the 1 first meeting of the organization for the year held yesterday. The Assembly is composed of two representatives from each of the six league-house zones, seven represen- tatives from Mosher Hall and the same number from Jordan, four from Martha Cook dormitory, and two each from Betsy Barbour house and Helen Newberry residence. The or- ganization of the Assembly is com- parable to that of the Panhellenic As- sociation for affiliated women. On October 14 nineteen campus sororities voted unanimously in fav- or of the present hours, Zeta Tau Alpha casting the only dissentnig vote. The sororities which voted against any change were: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Omi- cron Phi, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Collegiate Sor- osis, Delta Gamma, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Zeta, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Sigma, Pi Beta Phi, Theta Phi Alpha and Kappa Delta. The primary question under con- sideration is whether or not women's closing hours on Friday night should be changed from 1:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. The question has arisen as a result of the system initiated this semester whereby all students are re- quired to elect at least one Saturday class. The proposed change was suggested by the League Council and sent tol all the sororities through the Pan- hellenic association and to the As-i sembly for opiniative voting. GERMANY ARMED CAMP LONDON, Oct. 24. - (P) - Wins-: ton Churchhill, former chancellor ofl the exchequer, told the house of com- mons today that "the whole of Ger- many is an armed camp." LANSING, Oct. 24.-(W)-The state supreme court awarded the office of superintendent of public instruction to Eugene B. Elliot, Republican ap- pointee of Gov. Fitzgerald today. The court granted the petition ousting Paul F. Voelker, Democratic holdover. The seven supreme court justices who ruled on the case divided 4 and 3. The controlling opinion ousting Voelker was written by Jus- tice Louis Fead and was concurred in by Justices Wiest, Butzle and North, A dissenting opinion favoring con- tinuance of Voelker in office was pre- pared by Justice William W. Potter and concurred in by Justices Bushnell and Edward Sharpe. Assumes Office Elliott immediately assumed the office, which has been vacant since July 1. Maurice R. Keyworth, Repub- lican, was elected to the office last spring. He was killed in an automo- bile accident before his term began, however. Governor Fitzgerald ap- pointed Elliott to begin the new term starting July 1. Voelker instituted court action, claiming that under the Constitution he was entitled to re- tain the office until a successor had been elected, rather than appointed. Voelker argued that no vacancy existed because he was the lawful occupant of the office until a successor should be named at the polls. The controlling opinion of the su- preme court disposed of this conten- tion. Decision Close The decision was a close one, with four justices, all Republicans, voting to oust Dr. Voelker ,and three, in- cluding the Republican chief jus- tice, voting to sustain him. Justice Nelson Sharpe, who would have cast the eighth ballot that might have made the decision a tie, died last Sunday after a. short illness. Justice Fead, in his opinion, said, "Mr. Keyorth qualified for the of-, fice before his death, and, thereupon, the term of Mr. Voelker ended on June 30. Consequently, the office was vacant on July 1." Charge Collusion In TestUtility Case BALTIMORE, Oct. 24. - (AP)- Al- leging collusion among some of those interested in a case which seeks to have the Utilities Holding Company Act declared unconstitutional, the Government today asked the Federal District Court here to dismiss the suit. In the suit, trustees of American Public Service Co., of Baltimore - now under reorganization - and Ferd Lautenbach, a creditor, oppose -the act's constitutionality. Burco, Inc., another creditor, affirms the legality of the act. United States To TaKe Part In Conference Will Join Britain, France And Others In Effort To Restrict Navies WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. -- (P) - The United States formally consent- ed tonight to join with Britain, France, Japan, and Italy in an at- tempt to salvage something from the expiring Washington and Lon- don naval limitation treaties. It accepted with alacrity an in- vitation by the British government to participate in a naval conference in London, beginning Dec. 2, aimed at extending the principles of naval re- striction incorporated in the pacts which expire in 1936. Simultaneously, on another foreign affairs front, it was disclosed that President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull agreed at a series of conferences today on the substance of a reply to the League of Nations invitation for comment on its sanctions against Italy. It was learned on good authority that their decision, as it now stands, was to dispatch early a recapitulation of the action taken by the United States under its new neutrality law. The reply would contain no comment whatever on the League steps toward halting the African conflict. The projected London Naval Par- ley called at a time of actual war, and with a tense Anglo-Italian sit- uation existing in the Mediterranean, concededly will face towering ob- stacles to any major accomplish-b ments. Kelly's Order Is Denied By Federal Court CHICAGO, Oct. 24 - (P) - Mayor Edward J. Kelly and his police were swept out of the way of "Tobacco Road's" return to the Chicago stage by Federal Court order today. After reading thelines the Mayor termed "filthy and profane," Federal Judge William H. Holly granted the producers of Erskine Caldwell's drama of life among the Southern share croppers, a temporary injunc- tion barring interferance by the mu- nicipality for seven days. At the same time he took direct issue with Kelly's findings.! "I do not find it indecent or ob- scene," the judge said, as he set tomorrow for further hearing on de- tails of the case. The judge took the script home with him. The producers' victory left them in somewhat of a quandary. The li- cense of the Selwyn Theater, where the show has been running to capa- city houses for six weeks, was an- nulled by the mayor at the same time that he closed the show. The producers scurried about look- ing for a new house and indicated they did not expect to resume until tomorrow night. Certain gestures which the mayor called indecent, Judge Holly said, could be eliminated. By GUY M. WHIPPLE, JR. Three years ago, almost tothe day, The Daily published an article in which it was stated that "Class spirit seemed to be dead or dying when last night the freshmen and sophomores met head-on, made mean faces at one another, and went home. The rampant class warfare of the past was then duly shrouded and placed on the shelf for, it would seem, all time." In view of contemporary events, and specifically the trouser-grabbing and fisticuffs of last night, when three-score outraged sophomores routed freshman stragglers, the state- ment of three years ago bobbles up for radical revision. For the campus now knows that class spirit has returned, in the fierce and unrelenting guise of long ago. We're adding that class spirit is not on the shelf, but off, and maybe it's off to stay. That the freshmen and sophomores hope class spirit is back with us for keeps is a little too self- evident to need amplification. There was enough "he-man" stuff last night to satisfy the roughest type of meat-eater. In many cases freshmen were pounced upon and grilled by police- sergeant sophomores in a futile at- tempt to. discover the whereabouts of the freshman class' mysterious "circulars," or "handbills," which were scheduled to appear in the midst of the fighting. Some first-year men took the stern horseplay in the right way, or maybe it's the wrong way, and attempted to resist. Usually this resulted in smashes to the jaws, bare thighs, ox *backs of the yearlings. To add to the fun, the sophomores stopped one or two mysterious cars suspected of carting the forbidden freshman "lit- erature." The State Street patrolman took it all in the best spirit. As a matter of fact he didn't interfere even when traffic at the corner of North Univer- sity Avenue and State Street was blocked, nor did he budge from his post under the stress of the sporadic "raids" on State Street restaurants. Black Thursday indeed foreshadows a quite unsafe and harrowing Black Friday tonight. .. German Professor Given Nobel Prize STOCKHOLM, Oct. 24. - (AR) - The German Prof. Hans Stemann to- day was awarded the Nobel prize for medicine. The award, carrying 160,000 kron- er (about $42,000) was in recogni- tion for Professor Stemann's investi- gations in connection with embryon- ic evolution. BERLIN - Since 1919 Professor Stemann has been at the University of Freiburg, Baden, where he holds the chair of zoology and has charge of psychological archives. Born in Stuttgart on June 27, 1869, he studied at Heidelberg, Munich and Wuerzburg and later was professor at Rostock University. In 1924 he was named second di- rector of Kaiser Wilhelm institute of biology at Dahlem, near Berlin. Fifteen Men Named To Debating Squad Fifteen men were named to the Varsity debating squad as a result of final eliminations held Wednesday evening. The members, who held their first meeting ydsterday, will remain on the squad for the first semester. The debaters chosen were: Ward Allen, '36; William Beeman, '37E; Collins Brooks, '37; Ira Butterfield '37; Ray Carroll, '37; William Cent- ner, '38; Clifford Christenson, '37; Irving Copilowish, '38; Fred Dens- more, '36; Harold Greene, '36; C. Eu- gene Gressman, '38; Howard Meyers, '37; Alvin Schottenfeld, '37; Harry Schiderman, '38; Albert H. Stein, '37. Toy Appointed To Judgeship In Supreme Court Succeeds Justice Sharpe ; Crowley Becomes New Prosecutor LANSING, Oct. 24-Attorney-Gen- eral Harry S. Toy was appointed to the State Supreme Court today by Governor Fitzgerald, who named Re- gent-Elect David H. Crowley of De- troit to succeed him. Toy's appointment, which came as something of a surprise in state polit- ical circles, is to fill the justiceship left vacant by the death of Justice Nelson E.Sharpe Sunday. He will hold office until the 1936 general election, at which time he will run for election for the balance of the eight-year term. Crowley, long a personal friend of Governor Fitzgerald, was elected to the regency of the University last spring and was to have taken office Jan. 1. It was expected here today that he will resign at that time in order.for a successor to be appointed by the Governor. Toy was sworn in as supreme court justice within an hour after his ap- pointment, while Crowley came to the state capital late yesterday to take the oath. Toy, who served two terms as. Wayne County prosecutor came into state-wide recognition during the 1934 campaign when he was electec attorney-general. Both he and Crowley are Republicans. Chapman Is Elected Head Of Sophomores In First MeetingLastNight Directs Fruitless Search For Hurd Men Of '38 Swarm Over Campus, Near Library, SeekingVictims By JOSEPH S. MATTES An indignant sophomore class who thought "these freshmen are getting too darned cocky" ganged together nore than 200 strong last night to give battle to a freshman class which didn't show up and forced the '38 warriors to ferret them out of their rooming houses individually. Promises for a battle royal loomed as the sophomore class congregated at 8:30 p.m. in the playground of University High School and began laying plans to completely subjugate she freshmen during Black Friday and to then march on to a victory in the annual fall games, Unanimously they elected Elliot Chapman, a 132-pound literary col- lege student with radiating pep, as their leader. Manifesting his ability to lead the '38 class immediately upon being chosen, Chapman led a band of?15 to the rooming house of big Tim Hurd, a fo4411 player who was elect- ed to lead ttbe freshman class yes- terday afternoon, while he sent the remaining sophomoric warriors off to let all Ann Arbor know that his class was on the warpath. Hurd Protected If Tim Hurd doesn't yet know that he has a protective landlady, he was told so last night by his fellow-room- ers when he got home from "having dinner with his father," which his landlady said he was doing. But even her vituperative tongue couldn't stop the rampant sophomores who spent some little while searching the nooks and corners for the freshman captain, but of no avail. Chapman led his scouting party to the corner of Hill and State Streets where he met the remainder of his army. Forming into a dozen ranks stretching the width of State Street, the now - confident sophomores marched down State Street chanting "To Hell With '39" to the tune of "You're in the Army Now." The fiery little leader then un- ;overed another plot. He, with a dozen other sophomores, attended the freshman mass meeting in the Natural Science Auditorium yester- day afternoon. The freshmen, after electing Hurd as their leader, read heir official denunciation which, they evealed, was going to be printed by lie Ann Arbor Printing Co. for de- ! verance shortly after 9 last night, Swarm Printing Shop Making theirsway to the printing * ompany they swarmed among the 'inotype machines and small print- .2g presses until they found the one Alich was turning out the defiance posters of the class of '39. Reading of themselves character- ,ed as "sophisticated slime of se- rated sissies," "obnoxious, odorous, Afactory, ossified otterheads," "punks :,f preverted paradoxism," and "ho- gans," and told to "hold thy heads r you shall lose them," it was an angry band which awaited the print- ng of the thousand copies for which the freshmen had paid in advance ,;even dollars. Up the diagonal the band marched. The Library was searched for wearers of pots. Three were found. Here the sophomores found their first ob- stinate captive when, surrounded by a large circle of sophomores, he re- fused to curse his class. But "diplo- macy" won out and he submitted. Group Finds Frosh Up Forest avenue tne group went, routing out freshmen along the way. The usual procedure was to remove their trousers, place them under a street light, and command them to yell "To Hell With '39," which was so distasteful to them. Then, re- leased, they would hustle back to their rooming houses, they shirt tails flying as they went. Back to the printing company they University Is Compared With Cambridge By British Student Team, Eager For 'Lion Hunt,' Leaves For 'New York Jungles' Although students don't have to attend classes, and although there is only one examination for a year of only 24 weeks and although you can get a degree in only three years, there are two things lacking at Cam- bridge University, England - co-eds and Pretzel Bells. But in spite of that, Eustace Neville Fox, Grad., who is here from Cam- bridge on a Commonwealth Fund Fel- lowship prefers the great British in- stitution to the University of Mich- igan. Speaking in a rich and rapid Brit- ish accent, he gave his views yester- day on the difference between English and American Universities. "There is a higher scholastic stand- ing at Cambridge, you know," he said, "because there are fewer stu- dents attending and because of the entrance requirement. And also for the same reason there is more of a trend toward specialization on the declared, and he said, "There is more freedom of speech back home, al- though perhaps not so much freedom of action." Fox had never seen anything that resembled a great American college football game until he came to Mich- igan, but now, full of enthusiasm, he is wondering if "our passing attack can beat Columbia." There is more participation in sports at Cambridge, he said. With an average of 290 students in each college, all take part in some form of athletics- rugby, soccer, cricket and tennis, although only the best make the university clubs, he said. British students "root fairly vigor- ously" at the inter-college games, but decorum reigns at the inter-univer- sity matches, which are serious af- fairs, Fox said. He had never heard of anything that compares with "your college yell" before he came to Amer- ica. By FRED WARNER NEAL Coach Kipke's 33 Varsity football players embarked last night - on a train that was a half hour late - for the New York jungle to go "Lion hunting from the air." At least that was how Kipke termed the expedition. "I don't know whether we'll win or not," he said. "I hope we do, and if we do, it will be because we bag the Lions with an air attack." Captain Bill Renner, however, ex- pressed the confidence and spirit which ran through the squad as they waited for the tardy train. "I think we'll take 'em," said Renner. "It'll be a fight, but I think we can do it." And Tiny Wright, Chris Everhardus and Cedric Sweet were laughing over how they were going to bring back some Lion skins as trophies. All the coaches were in a good Franklin Cappon, when the trair failed to show up, remarked to Harr:; Tillotson, ticket sales manager, who is making the trip, that "Guess we'll have to postpone the game now." And one of the players said, "No, sir. We're out for Lion scalps." It was a long sigh of relief heaved by Danny Hul- graves, '36, team manager, as the last- man boarded the train, and his worries, at least until morning, were over. The team, which pulled out at ap- proximately 7:15 p.m., was expected to arrive shortly after 8 a.m. today. A sight-seeing tour of New York City was scheduled for players and coaches for 10 a.m., and a short signal drill this afternoon. A Michigan Alumni banquet will be held in downtown New York tonight, Mr. Hyde said. More than 4,000 Michigan alumni have bought tickets out of the Ann