The Weather Generally fair in north, most- ly cloudy and much cooler in south, with possibly some light snow or rain today. L Mittian I aitj Editorials Passivists Or Pacifists .. . One For Borah .. . VOL. XLVI No. 140 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1936 PRICE FIVE CENTS Existence Of League Imperiled British Foreign Secretary Warns Nations Combined Action Must Come Now Hints England May Soon Quit League Poison Gas Forms Subject Of Controversy Between Eden And Aloisi GENEVA, April 20. - (') - The League of Nations admittedly was in peril tonight because of its failure to settle the Itao-Ethiopian war. Anthony Eden, foreign secretary of Great Britain, issued two warnings as a result. The first was that unless nations now prepared to take com- bined action against an aggressor now they must not expect help from Brit- ain if they get themselves into dif- ficulties later. By aggressor Eden meant Italy. His second warning was that un- less nations fulfill their duty of col- lective security Braitain may lose her faith in the value of the League and turn to other methods of safeguard- ing her interests. This was a hint that Britain may one day abandon. the League. A spirited clash between Eden and Baron Pipeo Aloisi of Italy over Italy's alleged use of poison gas against Ethiopia marked today's ses- sion of the League council. Conceding failure in an effort to end the Italo-Ethiopian war, League members expressed deep pessimism in reviewing the situation. Italy made plain that she demands virtually all of Ethiopia. The Council at a public session to- night adopted a resolution expressing regret that League peace efforts had failed and appealing again for a "prompt cessation of hostilities and re-establishment of peace." Italy voted against the resolution and Ecu- ador made a reservation concerning a part that dealt with sanctions. The Ethiopian delegate in an im- passioned speech asked if the council would be satisfied "with addressing a platonic appeal to Italy." "Is that the assistance which na- tions of the world promised to give the victim of aggression when they signed the Covenant?" he asked. The council then adjourned its special session until the next regular session, scheduled for May 11. Homecoming Is Scheduled For May 15, 16, 17 The sixth annual Spring Home- coming jointly by the Union and the League, will be held May 15, 16 and 17, John C. McCarthy, '36, president of the committee in charge, an- nounced late last night. The purpose of the Homecoming is "to get people to come and see the University in operation" McCarthy stated. Special exhibits, displays and other features will be sponsored by the various schools and departments of the University especially for the Homecoming. Five thousand invitations are being sent to the parents of students who reside in Michigan as well as to the relatives of other students who live within a certain radius, including Chicago, Buffalo and certain other large cities. The Homecoming is being spon- sored jointly by the League and the Union and plans for several events are under consideration. The com- plete program will be announced some time in the near future. Members of the committee are: John C. McCarthy, recording secre- tary of the Union, Charlotte D. Rue- ger, '37, president of the League, co- chairman; Robert Dailey, '37, secre- tary; Dean Alice Lloyd; Dean Joseph Bursley; William Dixon, '36; Wil- liam Wilsnack, '37; Betty Anne Beebe, '37; Thomas H. Kleene, '36; and Harriet Heath, '37. Hell Week Action B(1ouncil Seen M ann Spring Parley I By Faculty A Favorable Comments Are GiFen By Professors On Panel Discussion By TUURE TENANDER Favorable recommendations for the Spring Parley, to be held April 24, 25, 26 were given yesterday by sev- eral members of the University fac- ulty who will act on theParley panel. Prof. John L. Brumm, chairman of the journalism department, who was chairman of the first Spring Parley back in 1930, was very enthu- siastic. He said that the parley "is one of the finest institutions we have developed on the Michigan campus." According to Professor Brumm, Mich- igan has set the pace for other col- leges in establishing the Spring Par- ley. "It provides an excellent oppor- tunity to better the relationships be- 19 Are Killed As Arabs Rout Jews In Riots Several Incidents Between Two Nationalities Cause Renewed Strife JERUSALEM, April 20.- P) -New Arab attacks on Jews at Jaffa and Tel Aviv increased the death list to- night to 19, the Palcor news agency reported, divided between 15 Jews and 4 Arabs. The fresh riots sent Jews scurrying from Jaffa to the nearby all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv where the refugees were camping in the streets and parks.. The disorders, the Jewish tele- graphic agency said, grew out of re- sentment over the slayings of two Arab laborers at Neged, near the Jewish colony of Petach Tikvah. The killings were reported to have fol- lowed a holdup by Arab brigands in which a Jew was killed and two wounded. The Jewish telegraphic agency re- ported police efforts to restore nor- mal communications between Jeru- salem and Tel Aviv have met with failure. Two steamships, the Koski- usko and the Jerusallemme, were for- bidden to dock at Jaffa and ordered to proceed to Haifa. The Hadassah Hospital at Tel Aviv, the Jewish news agency decared, is- sued an appeal for volunteer blood donors to submit to blood transfu- sions for persons wounded in the disturbances. At Jerusalem, a delegation repre- senting the Jewish national council, community council and other Jew- ish groups, discussed the situation with District Commissioner J.E.F. Campbell. Dr. Lewis To Talk On Pharmacy Study Prof. H. B. Lewis, Director of the School of Pharmacy, will speak at 4:15 p.m. today in Room 218 West Medical Building in the vocational series being sponsored by the literary college. Professor Lewis will discuss prep- aration for the study of pharmacy, and the opportunities which the work offers after graduation. lea Is Lauded Is Step Forward tween the faculty and students and serves to clear up many obscure is- sues which abide in intellectual circles," he added. "The Spring Parley, which has proven successful beyond expecta- tions, serves assan excellent example of the probable result upon the in- stallment of the parley method into University teaching," said Prof. Pres- ton W. Slosson of the history depart- ment. Professor Slosson pointed out that the parley method of teaching would prevent dogmatism in problems of controversial nature occurring in subjects such as philosophy, sociology, economics and politics. Professor Slosson stated that whereas history deals with facts rather than theories, those facts are subject to various interpretations. He added that an historian's position on a parley panel is one of guiding the] discussion of different views regard-' ing historical facts. Prof. Robert C. Angell of the so- ciology department voiced the hope that the parley would not be domi- nated entirely this year by radical] groups, as he claimed the case has been in past years. He declared that the over-enthusiasm of this one group prevents a well-rounded discussion of the issues at hand. "The function of the economist at a parley," said Prof. Max Handman; of the economics department, "is to attempt to get a larger and more gen- eral view of the economic situation than that arising from a study of the economic status at one particular time In order to understand tomor- row, we must understand yesterday," he said. "Of primary importance in the Spring Parley are the ideas expressed by the different individuals taking part," Prof. John Shepard of the psychology department declared. At the parley, Professor Shepard said, faculty members often express opin- ions which would remain unvoiced in the classroom. Mitchell To Speak At Lawyers' Dinner William D. Mitchell, former Unit- ed States attorney-general, will be the principal speaker at the Law School's Founder's Day banquet Fri- day night, Dean Henry M. Bates an- nounced yesterday. The speech of the former attorney- general will climax the annual law convocation at which two honorary degrees will be awarded. The con- vocation proceedings will be held at 11 a.m. in the lounge of the Lawyer's Club. Dr. Frank Robbins, assistant to the president, yesterday declared that the names of the two recipients of the honorary law degrees would not be made public until the time of the convocation, although it is known that the degrees will be bestowed upon a Detroiter and a former stu- dent, now a resident of St. Louis. Jap Embassy Attache Enrolled In University Koichi Suzuki, a new attache of the Japanese embassy in Washing- ton, yesterday walked into the office of Prof. J. Raleigh Nelson, counselor to foreign students, to inform him that he was the fourth Japanese in recent years to be sent here by his government for training before re- porting for active duty at the em- bassy. Suzuki will spend a year at the University of Michigan perfecting his English and studying the Amer- ican system of education, Professor Nelson said. His predecessors now rank high in the Japanese foreign service at Washington. Rescue Near For Exposed Pair In Mine Men Are Told Deliverance Is At Hand; Both Have Given UpHope One Already Dead, Others Very Weak Rescuers Are Working In 15 Minute Shifts As Water Rises In Shaft MOOSE RIVER, N. S., April 21.- (Tuesday) - () - Rescue workers hacked desperately early today at a wall of rock separating them from two men entombed for eight days in the Moose River Gold Mine, after H. K. MacDonald, Halifax physician, said the pair could live another 24 hours. MOOSE RIVER, N. S., April 20.- P,)-Minutes slipped into hours as rescuers fought through a solid wall of rock to deliver the relief they had promised tonight to Dr. D. E. Robert- son and Alfred Scadding, imprisoned for eight days in the Moose River gold mine. l "We'll reach you in a few minutes,7 a confident voice told the cold, hun- gry, sickened men crouching above a rising level of water 141 feet below the surface shortly before 9 p.m. One hour later the mine manager, F. D. Henderson, said he could not estimate the time needed to pec- trate the remaining feet of rock, be- lieved to be few. "It might be a matter of minute. then again it might be hours," Hen- derson told the crowd of anxious watchers and the weary crew of min- ers, working desperately in short shifts in a narrow shaft. "But we'll have them out by morning." One after another hardy Nova Scotian miners dropped into, the tunnel with life-lines around their waists, clawed with bare hands at the crumbled rock and dirt for 15 min- utes, passing it back to other men, then were replaced by others. Below, too weak to go to the open- ing of a diamond drill hole where food and brandy was passed to them yesterday, the co-owner of the mine and his time-keeper whispered hoarsely over a telephone line that they thought their rescuers were lying about the time needed to reach them. There was no mention from either end of the line of Herman R. Ma- gill, Toronto lawyer and co-owner of the shaft with Robertson, who died of hunger and exhaustion earlier to- day. Pollock Urges City To Obtain Vote Machines New Plant For Sewage Is Also Discussed At City Council Meeting Alderman Wilfred B. Shaw, di- rector of alumni relations, last night read to the Common Council of Ann Arbor a letter from Prof. James K. Pollock of the political science de- partment, now on leave, urging the council to consider the purchase of voting machines for the city before the impending primary and presi- dential elections. One company, Mr. Shaw told the Council, had made a bid of $980 each for the 25 machines which would be required, with payment to be extend- ed over a period of 10 years. A large saving could be effected in the num- ber of election workers, time paid for, and the cost of ballots, he said. The question was referred to the budget committee of the council. -A sum of $1,839 in the City Engi- neer's budget was allotted to the street maintenance department to aid in repairing the heavy damages suf- fered during the past winter. The council learned from a com- mittee report that patent rights for the new sewage treatment plant now under construction have not yet been settled. The company holding the rights originally asked $10,0000. WPA Clerk Is Held T in rm "c n r111na Eleven O'Clock Classes To Be Dismissed Today For Peace Convocation Ruthven Approves Peace Meet It is both significant and reassuring that students are taking an active interest in world peace. To the educated person, it should be apparent that peaceful living must be a function of civilization, if by civilization is meant an advanced stage of social development. Social evolution is only degeneration if it does not contribute to free- dom from strife, to friendliness, to tolerance, to cooperation, and to security. We may differ as to the best methods of abolishing war, but we must agree that, at least, warfare for conquest is futile and worse and that such actions as the Italian conquest of Ethiopia are, stripped of all subterfuges, simply organized murder. Since stu- dents are training themselves to be intelligent citizens of the world, t they cannot be pardoned if, in the process of securing an education,t they fail to grasp the concept of the unity of mankind. ALEXANDER G. RUTHVEN. Michig~an Nine Conquers Ohio In Opener, 12-9 Rally In Third Brings Six Runs; Goes Route Inning Larson By FRED DELANO COLUMBUS, April 20. - (Special to The Daily) - Michigan's baseball team opened its Western Conference schedule this afternoon with a loose- ly played victory over Ohio State. The final score was 12-9, the Wolverines being forced to put down a belated Buckeye rally to win. Captain Berger Larson went the route for Michigan, although hit free- ly late in the game. Ronnie Peters,' ace of the Ohio hurling corps, started for the Bucks but lasted only two and two-thirds innings before being removed. Peters walked three and hit two men in the second and was scored on five times before being taken out. The third frame was Michigan's biggest, Fisher's men getting five hits to drive in six counters. The Wol - verines counted twice more in the fifth and finished their scoring in the ninth when successive singles by Fishman and Ferner drove in Brewer who had reached first after being hit by a. pitched ball. Ohio State touched Larson for only three hits and two runs in the first five innings. They scored a pair in the sixth, however, and three more in the seventh. ThreeaMichigan errors in these two innings aided the Bucks greatly. In the eighth Ohio loaded the bases but scored only one man and could tally but once in the last session despite a pair of hits. George Rudness, fleet Wolverine center fielder and regular lead-off man, was kept out of the lineup be- cause of an ankle injury sustained in last Saturday's game at Mary- land, Torn ligaments will keep him out of Tuesday's game also. John Gee is expected to pitch. He will probably be opposed by Peters who will be after Ohio's first conference win in four games. Drama Season Sale Of Tickets' Opens At Leaoue Several More Broadway stars Are Contracted For PlaySeries The sale of season and single tick- ets for the 1936 Dramatic Season opened yesterday at the Garden Room of the League. The sale will continue daily except Sunday from; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. until the opening of the festival on Monday, May 18, according to Robert Henderson, di- rector. During the vacation Mr. Hender- son engaged several additional New York artists for the festival including Nancy Sheridan, Robert Ross and John Winthrop. Miss Sheridan was prominent in "Cynara" and also ap- peared in "The Shining Hour." Mr. Ross has been leading juvenile with Eva LeGallienne, while Mr. Winthrop is now playing in New York in "Eth- an Frome." Eddie Garr and Frances Maddux, the New York musical comedy stars, will appear here in Ivor Novello's "Party" with Estelle Winwood and Doris Dalton. The title role of "Parnell," the fifth production to be offered from June 10 through June 15, is pur- posely not being announced, it was explained, for the management hopes to secure by that time an important New York star at present playing on Broadway. Abbott Is Confined To Hospital Here Horatio J. Abbott, national Dem- ocratic committeeman from this State, and president of the Abbott Oil Co. here ,has been confined to St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital here for a week and will remain there for at least another week following a ner- vous breakdown caused by overwork and strain, it was learned here last night. Hospital officials refused to com- ment on his condition, but members of his immediate family stated that it was not critical. Ruthven Supports Drive; Professor Weaver To Be PresidingOfficer Slosson And Three Students To Speak Gather On Mall Between Architecture And High Schools The University will close shop for an hour this morning and dedicate the time between 11 a.m. and noon to peace. Eleven o'clock classes will be dis- missed, and members of the Uni- versity Peace Council predicted that "more than 1,000 students" will be present on the mall between the Col- lege of Architecture and University High School to hear Prof. Preston W. Slosson of the history department and three students discuss ways and means of keeping out of war. The Varsity-R.O.T.C. Band will play, President Ruthven, his injured limb permitting, will be on the plat- form and Prof. Bennett Weaver of the English department will preside. It was at firstexpected that the President, who has given the peace demonstration -his ardent support, would preside, according to G. Men- nen Williams, '36L, president of the Peace Council, but because his leg, which he broke Jan. 1, is still giving him difficulty he will not be able to act as chairman. Williams will open the meeting with introductory remarks, and Pro- fessor Weaver will introduce John Martin, '39L, the first student speak- er. Martin will be followed by-Pa- Members of the faculty, in rep- resentative comments, discuss to- day's peace demonstration on the editorial page, page four, of this issue of The Daily. tricia Woodward, Grad., who in turn will be followed by Michael Evanoff, '36L. Professor Slosson will then conclude the speaking part of the program. The peace meeting here is signifi- cant because it heralds a nation- wide peace demonstration tomorrow, Williams pointed out. The band will play "The Yellow and the Blue," and "Hear, O Ye Na- tions." Programs with the words to these songs will be handed out, ac- cording to Alice Brigham, a member of the publicity committee of the council. In addition to having the support of theUniversity, the Peace Council's demonstration has the backing of nearly every organization on the campus. In case of rain, the peace meeting will be held in Hill auditorium, Wil- liams said. U.S. Operation Priestley Relates Experiences Of Scott Antarctic Expedition President Ruthven Is Back In Office After Confinement By RICHARD G. HERSHEY Vividly describing his harrowing experiences when geologist of the ill- fated Scott Antarctic expedition, Dr. Raymond E. Priestley, vice-chancel- lor of the University of Melbourne, Australia, declared in an interview yesterday that the value of the data and material gathered by polar ex- peditions more than overbalanced the great money and human costs in- volved. "Until we know something about Antarctica we can neither make any generalizations about the magnetic forces of the world nor understand certain weather conditions of the world." he said. "It is absolutely nec- ac,.r nncl mnnrtant that we know. terrific Antarctic winter in 1912 liv- ing in a snow hut with clothes suit- able for the summer of that region. Following the winter, the party made a great sledge drive to Murray Sound, the base of the expedition, hoping that the ship, unable to get through the pack the previous sum- mer, would come in and take them back to civilization. They arrived at the Sound only to learn of the death of Captain Scott and his companions. In speaking about Ernest Shackle- ton, Dr. Priestley said that his ex- pedition made the "greatest ad- vances" of any polar explorer prior to 1910. It was Shackleton, he said, who discovered the South Pole was nn n ronf ~l ~ .. > 1n n n fn f- n n After approximately a three months absence from his office-although his] absence hardly meant a real vaca- tion-President Alexander G. Ruth- ven again began Saturday, April 11,; to direct the affairs of the University from his Angell Hall office. During his confinement to, first, the University Hospital and then to his residence, President Ruthven each time has transformed his room into his real office, and after the first two or three weeks following his accident January 2, the President carried on his duties, as far as pos- sible, from his bedside. One of the regular Regent's meetings was post- poned because of the President's in- ability to attend, but the regular Feb- r>>.,rv at moreh mQotinaq of the The President was unable to leave his bed for two months following his injury and made his first public ap- pearance March 12 when he spoke at the Burton Memorial Tower din- ner held March 12 in the Union by the local University Club. It was pointed out yesterday by officials that persons suffering a leg mijury similar to that received by the President in his fall on the back steps of his residence usually walk with a slight limp for at least a year. However, by horseback riding, swim- ming and other special exercises care- fully prescribed by physicians of- ficials hope President Ruthven will be completely recovered and be able to walk without any limp whatsoever hbfore the start nf the chon1 vear in Of Arms Plants Recommended WASHINGTON, April 20. -(W) - Terming it the best method of elim- inating undesirable activities onthe part of munitions makers, a majority of the Senate Munitions Committee proposed today that the Government manufacture its own battleships, ar- mor plate, explosives, guns and bul- lets. Its recommendation -concurred in by Chairman Nye and Senators Clark (Dem., Mo.), Pape (Dem., Ida.), and Bone (Dem., Wash.) - was given little chance for consideration at this session, however, because of the drive for the earliest possible congressional adjournment date. Because the four committee mem- bers who joined in urging that the government make its own war in- struments, Senators George (Dem., Ga.), Vandenberg and Barbour (Rep., N.J.) dissented. They asserted that local political pressure exerted to keep plants running full time would re- sult in more armaments, not less. Unanimously, however, the com-