PAGE six THE MICHIGAN DAILY WED)N J 1:SDA'Ys JAN U.'1Li Y 1, I J C Alleged Cause For Death Of 476 Workers Molinari To Be Guest Director For Orchestra Symphony Concert Will Be Last Of Friday Series -Atsociated Press Photo. Charges that 476 men contracted silicosis while digging this tunnel at Gawley Bridge, W. Va., and later died were being investigated by a House labor subcommittee. Gleaming portions of the tunnel are almost pure silica rock. Powdered particles in it, when breathed, cause silicosis, a lung disease. Prophet Scoffs At War Talk; Believes No Issues At Stake' ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21. - (W) - A his-( is that no coalitions of approximately tory professor who2accurately fore- equal power exist. cast the World War says there is no "No one country can assail the immediate danger of another major whole of Europe " he explained. "In conflict. 1934 Great Britain, France, Italy, and Dr. Roland G. Usher, head of the Russia agreed mutually to oppose Department of History at Washington Germanaggression. Even if Ger-j University, in 1913 published "Pan- manypis re-armed, she can hardlyat- Germanism," a book which foretold tempt a move against these great the outbreak of the last great war. powers. Today, after weighing the factors "There is little possibility of Italy's disturbing the peace of the world, Dr. p ee Aby ssiign sprad- Usher predicted it would be at least pr~esent Abyssinian campaign spread- Usher prdictdstwd bef e at last ing war through the Mediterranean, several decades before another large- because Mussolini has thereby iso- scale war would burst. lated his country from the support His prophecy is based on precedents of France, England and the smaller and belief that there is no issue at powers." stake important enough to foment a world-wide war. Dr. Usher pointed out that even if Italy and Germany should unite, their One Great War Per Century geographical separation would largely "The great wars in the past have nullify the military value of the al- come once a century," he said. "The liance. world was shaken with war from 1618 to 1648, from 1702 to 1713, from 1793 to 1815, and from 1914 to 1918. This Docket Of Circuit is one argument history affords: That wars of magnitude do not tread upon Co urt Is Reduced each other's heels._ "Every war of any consequence leaves lots of minor issues unsettled. A considerable reduction in the These are sources of contention be- number of cases on the county cir- tween individual countries for a gen- cuit court docket was reported by eration or more after the major issue Mrs. Luella M. Smith, court clerk, to has been decided. the Judicial Council of Michigan re- 'Fundamental Issue' Lacking cently. "Today there are plenty of small During the last quarter of 1935, 289 issues to vex nations, but the greatc fundamental issue is lacking to set cases were disposed of while only 225 off the spark pf universal conflict." new cases were taken up, the report The historian said the world can states. Typical of the reduction was look "quite confidently to several dec- the drop in criminal cases pending, ades of peace before another general from 29 on Oct. 1, to 12 at the end war." of the year. "It is always feared that the little A total of 81 days of court was wars following a major war will re- held during this period by Justices open the general issue," Dr. Usher George W. Sample and Homer Fer- said. "But for three centuries they guson, and juries served altogether haven't. The next great war will some 27 days. Of the cases heard, grow out of a new issue." i222 were not contested, although tes- A further reason for believing that timony was sometimes taken on spe- general war is not imminent, he said, cial issues in those cases. For Current Semester The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Bernardino Moli- nari, guest conductor, will close the Choral Union Series for the first sem- ester, whe nit appears in a concert here at 8:15 p.m. Friday at Hill Audi- torium. Mr. Molinari, the distinguished Ro- man orchestral conductor, is visiting America this season, and will appear as guest conductor with several of the symphony orchestras. He appeared here several years ago with the De- troit orchestra, which is well-known in Ann Arbor. The orchestra has made numerous appearances here, usually under the direction of Ossip Gabrilowitsch, di- rector and noted pianist, or under the baton of the assistant conductor, Victor Kolar. The program which Mr. Molinari has selected will open with the Over- ture to "The Roman Carnival" by Berlioz, followed by "Thirteenth Sym- phony in G Major" by Haydn, with the movements, "Adagio, Allegro, Largo, Manuetto, Trio, and Finale; Allegro con spirito." The orchestra will next present Mr. Molinari's arrangement of "Largo" by Handel, and "Moto Perpetuo," transcribed for orchestra by Mr. Mol- inari. The closing selections will be "Sym- phony of the Seasons" by Malipiero,,9 and a symphonic poem, "The Pines of Rome" by the Italian composer, Respighi, which will include "The Pines of the Villa Borghese," "The Pines Near a Catacomb," "The Pines of the Janiculum," and "The Pines of the Appian Way." ! Probe Bullet Hole In Airplane Crash MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 21. - (P) - A theory that a pistol was fired aboard the giant airliner "Southern- er" before it plunged 17 persons to death in an Arkansas swamp held the attention of investigators today. Discovery in the wreckage of an automatic pistol and a piece of metal with a hole through it about the size of a bullet served only to deepen the mystery of what happened aboard the ship. Fresh cause for speculation was a statement of an American Airlines official, Ed Hurlburt, that he believed the weapon belonged to a passenger. Bureau of air commerce officials said at Washington that all but the "hu- man element" in the crash had been eliminated. B. M. Jacobs, airlines inspector, would not comment on the statement of Sheriff J. M. Campbell of Forrest City, Ark., that if the hole in the metal was made by a bullet, it was fired from inside the ship. DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 21. - (/P)-The Dallas News says airlines officials are investigating a theory that a passen- ger - temporarily deranged or seek- ing to commit suicide without in- validating his insurance policies - caused the crash of the American Airilnes plane in Arkansas last Tues- day night. Lost Three Sons W orley DiscussesWorley stated, whether it wants these I.OSThre t7t1. ISCISSE'sstreets for storage purposes, and thuis . n1),t to continue allowing the obstruction " S EyEEZLof tr'affic by par"ed and doble- - parked cars, or whether it wants to Coninied frcni P uk I make it possible for automobiles to was found that.50 tralic fatalities - pass easily from one part of town cuire d during the year at night time,. to another over these main thorouh- and only eight during the iay along tare. the sections of street where street With the latter end in view, accord- lighting was the poorest. iug to Professor Worley, the city can As the result of these investigat ioi: pro vide adequate means at a min- 'it was estimated that the cost of imum of cost, and the improvements improving the lighting system would would do much to eliminate the ab- be approximately $95,000 and if the normal traffic accident and fatality committee's theories prove correct, rate in Detroit. nearly 38 lives per year resulting from - - traffic accidents could be saved, Pro- fessor Worley said. An important phase of, the com- mittee's plans for improving the traf- fic situation in Detroit is a system of arterial highways to facilitate the m v m n ftafci h o g se R T R U movement of traffc in the congested~rENf areas. The recommendations involve no outlays for widening of streets or TEWEfLeY for the construction of new streets, Professor Worley observed. The plan would include it. jarge part only the pcarance of streets for traffic move- ment, possibly one-way routings of Burr1 traffic, and the establishment of bet- ter lighting and traffic signal facili- -Associated Press Photo, ties. Mrs. Charley Jones (above) of The city must decide, Professor Gawley Bridge, W. Va., told the House Labor Committee in Wash- ington she believed the deaths of her three sons were caused by breathing silica dust while em- BERNARDINO ployed on the Gawley Bridge tun- nel project. Chooe OLINARI CMembers For Debate Squad DISTINGUISHED ROMAN CONDUCTOR The harangue of the debate squad -WILL LEAD THE resounded throughout Angell Hall yesterday afternoon as some of thenTRT Y I O final selections for the Varsity de- bate teams were being made. E Twelve men will comprise the ul- timate squad; three were announced in the CHORAL UNION SERIES last night and the remainder will be announced sometime today. Clifford Christenson, William A. Centner, '38,"f Ch senoS d ma3,e, 3a; Friday, January 24-, 3;15 with Harry Schneiderman, '37, as an.F i a ,J nry, i lP' alternate, were selected by Mr. A. E. Secord, debate coach, to represent the Tickets $1.0 0 - $1.5 0 - $2.00 at School of Music University in two debates to be held on March 6 at the University of Mis- souri. -~ ---. .-- l I ', i Tyw s 7Y ;,; r. r , j, .O'.. .. ti , \ . _ r .. '+ y a rr.. ' < ....,., Give your boy advantages Lincoln never had-- vAN I.FH. S. BETTER SIGHT LAMP For Home Study ! 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