r ig.4 r 'umnu r THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR TODAY 0k 61 :43 a tl ASSOCIATED PRESS DAY AND NIGHT WIRE SERVICE 1 PRICE 3M, CENT VOL. XIII. No. 36 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1922 DRIBELL, FAMOUS AS INVENTOR OF TELEPHONE, DEAD STRICKEN IN HIS NOVA SCOTIA HOME AFTER LONG ILL- NESS INVENTION GREATEST IN WORLD'S HISTORY Idea First Scoffed at; 13,000,000 In- struments in Use at Present Time (By Associated Press) West Orange, N. J., Aug. 2.-Thomas A. Edison today paid the following tribute to his fellow inventor, Alex- ander Graham Bell: "I am sorry to learn of the death of Alexander Graham Bell, the in- ventor of the first telephone. I have always regarded him very highly, es- pecially for his extreme modesty." Sydney, N. S., Aug. 2.-Dr. Alexand- er Graham Bell, inventor of the tele- phone, died at 2 a. m. today at Beinn Breagh, his estate, near Baddock. Although he had been in failing health for several months, he had not been. confined to bed and the end was unexpected. Late yesterday aft- ernoon, however, his condition became serious. Dr. Kerr, of Washington, a cousin of Mrs. Bell, who was a guest, and a Sydney physician attended him. With Dr. Bell when he died were Mrs. Bell, a daughter, Mrs, Marian Hubbard Fairchild, and her husband, David G. Fairchild, of Washington. The inventor leaves another daughter, Mrs Eliza M. Grosvenor, wife of a Wash--; ington magazine editor.I Dr. Bell will be buried on top oft Mt. Beinn Breagh, a spot chosen. byf himself. Alexander Graham Bell lived to see experiments which he began with a dead man's ear less than 50 years ago result in a means of communication for millions of long distance telephoned conversations daily in all parts of the world. The possibility of talking ove' a wire, ridiculed then as a dream byt almost everybody except Bell, became during his lifetime a reality common-c place and marvellous. v The Bell basic patent, known inv the records at Washington as No. 174,-.. 465 has been called the most valuableg single patent ever issued in the whole history of invention. There are today Dore than 13,000,000 telephone instru- ments through which billions of tele- phone conversations are carried on each year.e Inventing a Family Hobby u Means of communication had beenu a hobby in the Bell family long beforeB the inventor of the telephone wast born. Two generations back, Alex-o ander Bell became noted for invent-S ing a system for overcoming stammer-C ing speech, while his son, Alexander Melville Bell, father of the inventorA of the telephone, perfected a systemo of visible speech.1 With this heritage, the son, born inG Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847, under- took similar experiments while stillc a lad. He construceted an artificial skull of gutta-percha and Indian rub- ber that would pr.onounce several words in weird tone, when blown into by a hand bellows. At the age of 16t he became, like his father, a teacherf of elocution, and an instructor of deafu mutes.e Bell reached a crisis in his life atu the age of 22, when he was threaten- ed with tuberculosis. The white plague caused the death of his twos brothers and the Bell family migratedp to Brantford, Canada. A meeting at that time with Sirc (Continued on Page Four) p Last Concert Of Summer Offered Perfection in tone and harmony characterized the last of the series of Wednesday evening concerts given during the summer by the School of Music. The program consisted of light and airy numbers mespecially well chosen for a summer concert. None of the selections needed either force or exceptional volume to dis- play their excellence. The Choral Union program was given under the direction of George Oscar Bowen. Mrs. Leslie G. Lamborn, soprano, of Royal Oak, rendered a number from "La Sonambula" by Bellini and re- sponded to an encore. Mrs. Lamborn was also the soloist in the Choral Union rendition of "The Banner of St- George" by Elgar. Mrs. Lam- born's voice was especially well adapted for this part. Mrs. Emma Fisher-Cross, the pi- anist on the program, displayed splendid technique by Strauss-Schutt, Mendelssohn-Liszt and Chopin. Mrs. George B. Rhead and Miss (Continued on Page Four) REED APOINTE FACULTY MEMBR Author of Three Works on American Government to Teach Civic Administration WAS FORMERLY ON STAFF OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Prof. T. H. Reed, of the political sci- ence department of the University of California, who is a member of the Summer session faculty, has been made a permanent member of the Un- iversity faculty, according to advices from the office of President Marion L. Burton. To Teach Municipal Government Professor Reed's duties will be con- fined entirely to the field of municipal government, while Prof. Robert Crane. who is conducting these classes, will devote his time to political theory. Professor Reed is an authority on reconstruction conditions in Belgium, having spent several months studying the post bellum situations in that country. He is acting as co-editor with President Burrowes, of the Uni- versity of California, in the prepara- tion of a series of books on European governments. A text of the "Govern- ment and Politics of Belgium," of which Professor Reed is the author will appear among the new works. Graduate of Harvard The new faculty member of the lit- erary and law departments is a grad- uate of Harvard university. Since grad- uation he has held many positions in public service. In 1911 he was execu- tive secretary to Gov. Hiram Johnson, of California, later city manager of San Jose, Calif., and president of the California city planning conferences. He is the author of three works on American governments: "Government of the People," "Loyal Citizens" and "Forms and Functions of American Governments." Professor Reed lec- tured Tuesday night on Belgium's re- construction, in Natural Science audi- torium. Miss Murphy Takes Vacation Miss Natalie Murphy, secretary to the President, will leave next Monday for Marshall, where she will remain until Aug. 15, when she will be join-4 ed by Dean Alfred Lloyd, of the Grad- uate school, and his family. The party will then motor to Piseco in the Ad- irondack mountains, where they will spend the remainder of the vacation period. Dean John R. Effinger, of the literary college, has been at Piseco for the past three weeks. CITIZENS REVEL AS CAR STRIKE GRPS CHICAGO LACK OF TRANSPORTATION OF NO CONCERN TO WORKERS CITY IS TURNED INTO . JOYOUS MARDI GRAS Armistice Day Celebration Tame in Comparison with Windy City Observance (By Associated Press) Chicago, Aug. 2.-Caught without transportation by the most complete street car and elevated strike in Chi- cago's history, nearly 1,000,000 Loop and wholesale district toilers Tues- day night turned demoralizing chaos into wild carnival and staged the most reckless Mardi Gras this city remembers. Not a' street car or elevated train wheel turned during the day and the second biggest city in the country took on the aspect of a beleaguered ciy. One hundred thousand automo- biles, including trucks heavily laden with perspiring mobs work-bound, poured into the Loop and jammed every street with traffic that became so heavy it was unmanageable. Miles of automobiles crammed as close to- gether as they could be, moved at snail's pace all day long. Cars Crowd Streets When the night rush hour arrived and offices poured out hundreds of thousands of workers, every street in down town Chicago was a black mass of humanity, while motor vehicles crowded the thoroughfares from gut- ter to gutter. At this moment heavy showers of rain broke loose over the struggling masses. Instantly there were wild dashes for hotels, restaurants, caba- rets and any other place offering ref- uge. There were dances in thotel lobbies, every seat in gay cabarets was at a premium, and the entire downtown district seemed to enter in- to the Mardi Gras spirit. Rain No Hindrance Groups of gay young stenographers proceeded down the streets singing and "kidding the world." Dresses ruined by the rain were laughed over. Men with umbrellas quickly found charming company. The city- wide campaign against "boulevard vamps" also went into the discard and young women rushed any automobile with an empty seat that was headed in their direction. Hundreds of trucks lined the streets, fitted out with pine seats and these were quickly filled with a car- nival crowd. One group of girls rid- ing in a truck usually earning its gasoline as a vegetable wagon start- ed singing "We Won't Get Home Un- til Morning," and thousands took up the refrain, making more noise than the usual rush and traffic din. DEAN KRAUS LEAVES TODAY TO VISIT SUMMER CAMPS Dean Edward H. Kraus, of the Sum- mer session, left this morning for Douglas Lake, where he will visit the engineering, camp and the biological station. On Saturday Dean Kraus will speak to the biologists on the advisability of moving the site of the camp at some future time. A committee reported favorably for a change several years ago. Dean Kraus will return to Ann Arbor Monday night. Kin scella Class To Give Recital Demonstration of the Kinscella method of teaching piano in classes will be given at 7:30 o'clock tonight in Pattengill auditorium by Miss Hazel Gertrude Kinscella, who has been con- nected with the public school music L i l f REFUSAL OF ROAD EXECUTIVES MAY CAUSE 45,9000 MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY MEN TO JOIN RANKS OF STRIKEI f methods department of the School of Music during the summer. Miss Kin- scella has been conducting classes for the past three weeks. Besides the class lesson, which will include staff (building, note-reading, transposition and key drills, a short recital will be given by some of the more advanced pupils. The program will be as follows: Ding, Dong Bell .........Kinscella Enid Alexander At the Party ..............Kinscella Verna Dorrow........ Marching On ...............Kinscella Andrew Mast Lightly Row ..............Folk Song Air ......................Mozart Evening Song ..............Kinscella Cecil Poor Piano ensemble-(Five pianos) Tiny Waltz ..............Kinscella Ding,Dong Bell ..........Kinscella America. R, 0. T , CONTINGENT IS NIGH INRMY RTING ~Summer session at the various R. 0. T. C. camps closed July 26, with Michigan holding her own among the other 14 universities and colleges rep- resented at the camps, according to Maj. Robert Arthur. At Fort Monroe, Va., where the ma- jority of R. 0. T. C. students have been located, Michigan ranked third in at- tendance with 32 men. Six men in the coast artillery corps have satisfactor- ily completed the course of instruction in the basic camp, and 25 men have finished the course in the advance camp. One student was relieved be- cause of illness due to an injury re- ceived in high school football. Eight men received permanent ap- pointments in battery D, the company to which the Michigan men belong. This battery tied for first place in the following events: Artillery exclusive of target practice, fixed artillery target practice,,railway artillery target prac- tice, infantry ceremonies, and guard mount. KNOW 1YOUR1,UNIERSITY "Regents Field" was the name of the University's athletic grounds when Coach Fielding H. Yost came here in' 1901. In 1904 when D. M. Ferry of Detroit, gave the money for the pur- chase of 20 additional acres of land, the name was changed to Ferry field. The football grounds on the old Reg- ents field were at about the middle of the present field, and near the ground- keeper's house, with stands seating .1,500 people. The last game playedl there was with Wisconsin, which Michigan won by a score of 12 to 0, in 1905. The concrete stand was erected in 1914.- With the addition of other build- ings and athletic facilities, the athletic plant here is now the equal of any in the country. Every cent of the money in the building of this plant has come out of athletic earnings. Tennis Tourney Continues Weather permitting, the wind-up of the third round of singles and doubles in the tennis tournament will be held today. It is imperative that this round1 be closed in order that the semi-finalsl can begin at the end of the week. I BURTON TO SPEAK AT LEGION MEET President Marion L. Burton will speak at 4 o'clock on Sept. 5 in the Michigan Union before the meeting of the second district association of the American - Legion, which will convene here for a three day session on Sept. 4, 5, and 6. The meeting will include delegates from Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe, and Washtenaw counties, and some from Wayne county.- The subject of President Burton's address has not yet been announced. STUDENTS VIIT FORD RIVER ROUGE PLNTS Leaving Ann Arbor yesterday aft- ernoon, Summer session students ar- rived in Detroit shortly before 2 o'clock to visit the River Rouge plants of the Ford Motor company. This is the plant that has been called the Krupp works of America from the standpoint of modern equipment and output capacity. Automobiles met the car and transported more than 25 men to the by-product units, the first to be seen. Then the party observed the 125 coke ovens by which part of the city of Detroit is supplied with illuminating gas. The outstanding points of interest were the two blast furnaces each with a capacity of 500 tons, which re- fine the ore to supply the Ford plants with pig iron, later to be cast or turn- ed into steel. These furnaces rise to a height of more than 75 feet and may be seen for miles. The tourists, after going 'through the gigantic foundries, inspected the Fordson tractor plant and the body factory which supplies most of the bodies for the Highland Park plant. Besides seeing the huge boilers burn- ing pulverized 'coal, and the great power plant, the students observed in operation the huge devices which un- load ore and coal from the barges and ore-boats which sail up the can- al from the Detroit river. STUDENTS TO HOLD FINAL REHEARSALS From all appearances the two plays which the class in Play Production is preparing under the direction of Prof. R. D. T. Hollister are thoroughly adapted to the talent of the class. Work on both of the plays is pro- gressing rapidly, and the casts will soon be ready for final rehearsals, preliminary to the public presenta- tion, which will be Thursday and Friday evenings of next week. . The members of the cast for "The Melting Pot" are working on their parts. Several members have appear- ed before in public presentations of the same play. The cast for "The Rivals" is like- wise moulding the work into form for presentation, and will soon be ready for the dress rehearsals. Tickets for the public performanc- es are now on sale at Wahr's, reserv- ed seats being 75 cents, while gener- al admission is 50 cents. Many of the seats have already been sold. Dean Alfred H. Lloyd Returns Dean Alfred H. Lloyd, of the Grad- uate school, returned yesterday from Montclair, N. J., where he was called recently by the death of his mother. GOVERNMENT ACTION SEEKIN SETTLEMENT HELD IN CHECK SENIORITY QUESTION IS STILL UNSETTLEI Fuel Emergency Commission Pla Given Out by Fuel Chief Spencer (By Associated Press) New York, Aug. 2.-A strike of 45, 000 maintenance-of-way' men on th New York Central "within a week was predicted here today by Wi liam M. Parker, chairman of the sys tem organization, as the result bf th roads refusal to accept Presiden Harding's plan for settlement of th shop craft strike. Washington, Aug. 2.-Further gov ernment action in the railroad strik was held in abatement today althoug railroad executives who refused Pres ident Harding's suggestions for set tlement today were understood t have advised administration agencie that the door was still open for nego tiations. If protection in seniority status ac quired by shopmen who have contin ued to- work in spite of the strik could be guaranteed, any basis of set tlement the President might find fai: would be considered by the manage ment, it was said. Negotiations during the day, it wa added, had brought no immediat tangible results. Await Further Word The result was said to be awaiting the text of the reply which unio leaders at Chicago were drafting t the settlement proposal. Secretary Hoover, who attended th session of the road executives at Ne York, saw Mr. Harding at his retur today, but said that no immediat governmental steps were to be ex pected. Other cabinet members wh saw the President for discussion o strike matters indicated that thi claims of railroad managements as ti ability to maintain transportatioi would get a test during the next fe days. It was again emphasized, however that the nation's necessities 'for a least the coal supply, had likely gov erned the President's action in the rail strike to date. Coal Plans Announced Government plans for distributio of coal during the existing emergn cy were announced- tonight by Fue Distributor Spencer after conferenc with Secretary Hoover and the cen tral committee appointed by Presi dent Harding. The federal organiza tion in Washington, he said, will car ry the distribution of available sup plies among the railways, federal in stitution and state, while the govern- ors of the states will handle local sup ply. Pending completion of the federa organization, Mr. Spencer said, three immediate stages will ensue-firs the continuation of the normal busi. ness by the operators, then priorit buyers under the inter-state corn merce commission service orde: number 23 will gradually encroac upon operators business and finally coal orders placed through the feder al fuel distributor will. absorb th entire output of the mines. Robbins to Return Monday Dr. Frank Robbins, assistant to th President, who has been spending hi vacation in Westfield, Mass., will re turn to Ann Arbor on Monday. SHAKESPEARE PLAYHOUSE Presents in Open Air Campus Theatre, at POPULAR PRICES: Thursday Night, Aug. 3rd, 8 o'clock, Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" Saturday Afternoon, Aug. 5th, 4 o'clock, Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" Friday Night, Au 4th, 8 o'clock, Galsworthy's "Pigeon" Saturday Night, at 8 o'clock, Barrie's "The Admirable Crichton" Reserved Seats, 75 Cents. General Admission, 50 Cents. Reserved Seats for four performances, $2.25. Advance seat sale at Wahr's Book Store. State street. unn tnun tntni : t n ur r n r i t u wyu uu r uunw uuuaau liilNl't llilllt1 11t11uN111I# 1111I JI iillHtil lliili