I C, 14 p #ummr THE WEATHER GENERAL Y A TII)NY itF k :43 a tl ASSOCIATED PRESS DAY AND NIGHT WIRE SERVICE i VOL. XIII. No. 41 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS H R ING SEEKS AID OF CONGRESS COL CONFERENCE MAKES DEFINITE SETTLEMENT PLAN RE-EST.ABLI1ISIt11 ,NN OF WAG F CONF TU('T BE FOlFT - PART OF PIROGR.AN INDIANA OPERATORS TURN DOWN B I DS Believe Consideration of New Terms Will Open the Fields (By Associated Press) Cleveland, Aug. 8.--With a definite program for ending the soft coal strike read for consideration tomor- row, the joint conference of the lead- ers of the striking union miners and coal operators today awaited expect- ed arrival of other operators, espe- cially those of Illinois and Indiana. Re-establish Contraets In brief, the program for settle- ment calledtfor re-establishment of the wage contracts that expired last March 31, the eve of the beginning of the tie-up, and also creation of an advisory commission of inquiry through whose influence it was ex- pected that disputes would be settled without strikes. Terre Taute,. Ind.. Aug. 8.--The In- diana bituminous coal operators asso- ciation will not attend the Cleveland conference called by John L. Lewis, president of the united mine workers' association, it was announced follow- ing a meeting' of the scale committee here today. Turns Down Bid A. M. Ogle, president of the national coal association, who also is an In- diana operator, said he would not gof to Cleveland and in a statement de-! clared that hope of a settlement at Cleveland had been "diminished if not killed by undue publicity." COSTUMES AND SCERYS PRESIDENT ASKS THAT HOUSE AND SENATE HOLD CONTINUOUS SESSION; UNION LEADERS GATHER IN CAPITAL ACTION INDICATES GOVERNMENT MAY TAKE DRASTIC STEPS FOR SETTLEMENT REJECT HARDING'S PLAN, S A Y SHOP EMPLOYEES Southern Down Railway Workers Turn All Offers for Ending of Walkout TWO VIEWS OF THE PROPOSED NEW LAW DORMITORY AND CLUB, WHICH IS THE GIFT OF A GRAD- UATE OF THE LAW SCHOOL. IT IS EXPECTED THAT WORK ON THE NEW BUILDING MAY BEGIN THIS WINTER OR EARLY NEXT SPRING. NEW- LAW DORMITORY TO HOUSE 150 MEN; WILL PROVIDE RESEARCH FUND Expect Property for Site to be Ac. quired for Construction In Winter or Spring ALL LAW STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN CLUB Although all of the site for the pro- posed new Lawyers' club has not been secured, it is expected that the prop- erty will be in the possession of the University soon in order that the building may be started during the coming winter or next spring at the latest . The structure will be a combined club and dormitory building to be located on South University avenue between State street and Tappan ave- nue. This provides for the headquart- ers for a club to be organized and Final details are being arranged for made up of graduates of the Law the plays which are to be put on by school and of other lawyers who may the class in play production under the direction of Prof. R. D. T. Hollister be selected to membership, and of stu- tomorrow and Friday evenings in Un- dents in the Law school. iversity hall auditorium. The dress Plans of the building include bed- --I------ -" 4p., « t '4, " ,.z - 11 - viously connected with the University or not, shall be eligible to member- ship, subject to being elected by the governors.. . "All dues and all profit from the operation of the building shall be used exclusively for legal research work, to be expended from time to time as the governors may deem best. This legal research work will render possible the study of comparative jur- isprudence and legislation, national and state, and also of foreign coun- tries, 'ancient and modern. Such work should be of use in proposed legisla- tion, and besides leading to the pro- duction of reliable law treatises and studies, would help to systematize the law as a science. Commends European Plan "The European plan of giving leis- ure time to professors to pursue their studies and produce original works, may well be applied in America to professors of law, who at present are absorbed too exclusively in class room work. A legal research fund could be used to pay part of their salaries, thus giving them time for original research. "The character of the legal pro- fession depends largely upon the char- acter of the law schools. Real lawyers were never needed more than now and they have grave responsibilities. There never was a time when they had so much power as now. It will be for the lawyers to hold this great republic together, without sacrifice of its dem- ocratic institutions." Plans Made Plans for the building have been made by Ydrk and Sawyer, of New York City. Sketches of the building show it to be of beautiful Gothic de- sign with great care exercised as to harmony with nearby buildings and the future new Law school building. The University authorities and the faculty of the Law school have ex- pressed their belief that the donor has shown real vision and a deep appre- ciation of the problems of the legal education and the law, in making the provision for the gradual accumula- tion of a fund for legal research, as stated in his letter. This plan is likely to mark the beginning of a great epoch in education and research in this country . CONDITIONS RECOGNITION GUARANTEE OF SAFETY TO AMERICANS .ONI STUDENTS TO TOUR DRUG PLANT TODAY Students will visit the extensive lab- oratories of Park, Davis and company, Detroit, manufacturers of pharmaceu- tical supplies, this afternoon, under the direction of Mr. Carlton Wells, di- rector of excursions. The party will leave the Packard and State street station of the D. U. R. railway at 1 o'clock and arrive at the laboratories at 3 o'clock. Special guides will conduct the visit- ors through the main departments of the industry. PROTECT U.S CITIZENS HUGHES WARNS MEXICO (By Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 8. - President Harding has asked congressional lead- ers, in view of the menacing indust- rial situation arising from coal and rail strikes, to hold the house, now in recess, continuously in session, along with the senate, after the house re- convenes next Tuesday. The prospect was that, failing furth- er settlement possibilities of the labor controversies, the administration might call for legislative action to enable the government to cope with conditions which thus far have failed to react favorably to efforts on the part of the executives. Leaders to Confer Meanwhile, the leaders of all union organizations in the railroad field be- gan to gather in Washington for con- ferences to determine the response which shall be made to President Hardings's latest offer. B. M. Jewell, chairman of the group of officers of the striking unions, de- clared that he had received hundreds of telegrams today from locals of the shop craft "telling us to reject the President's offer, and not a single one asking its acceptance." Separate conferences between tae Southern railway officialssand repre- sentatives of the striking shopmen on its lines broke up finally today, when the men declared that only a national settlement of the strike could be ac- cepted by them, even though the rail- road conceded seniority rights to re- turning strikers. Hint at Federal Control Suggestions were advanced that con- gress might be asked to authorize re- sumption of federal control over the railroad systems should Harding find it impossible to terminate the strike satisfactorily with the further possi- bility that direct legislation amending the transportation act might be sought to make the railroad labor board in wage matters binding upon manage- ments and employees. EXAM SCHEDULES READY SATURDAY Schedules for the final examinations in all schools of the Summer session are now being printed, and will be out Saturday morning, according to advice from the Summer session office. The schedule is exactly like the one in the summer catalogue, being the same for the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Colleges of Engineering and Architecture, the School of Educa- tion and the Graduate school. The Summer session will officially end at 6 o'clock, Friday, Aug. 18. Classes being continued up to Wed- nesday noon of that week. As soon as papers are corrected and the required reports are handed into the dean's of- fice, standing will be mailed to stu- (Continued on Page Four) rehearsal for "The Rivals which will! be given on Friday evening will he held this evening. It is anticipated by Professor Hollister that the play will' be done with a finesse not customary in the usual amateur production. Staging effects have been construct- ed under the supervision of the direct- or. A curtain cyclorama has been ar- ranged at the rear of the stage whichj will give the effect of depth and ex- WILL TAKE ROADS YEAR TO GET EQUIPMENT BACK INTO CONDITION Cl AIM STRIKE BREAKERS A R E HIRED IN EUROPE Craft Officials Will Not Reply to the President's Proposal Until Friday's Conference (By Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 8.-Giving out figures of the condition of railroad equipment, Mr. Johnston, president of the mechanics association, said it "would take the railroads a year to get their equipment back into shape, if the strike should stop right now." C. and 0. Road Cited They further charged that strike- breakers were being "hired in Eu- rope, particularly England, by some of the railroads, naming the Chesa- peake and Ohio as one such road. "We found at Huntington, W. Va., men who have been brought over for the purpose," Mr. Johnston asserted, "and we have cabled British labor or- ganizations, asking them to spread the knowledge of these American adver- tisements and intend also to cite the cases to the immigration authorities of violation of the contract labor laws." Union Chiefs Meet Today Arrangements were made for the heads of the seven striking unions to meet with Mr. Jewell tomorrow. Though the President's final proposal for strike settlement was addressed directly to them, it was understood they would withhold their final reply to it until Friday, when officials of the four brotherhoods of train service emplpyes, the switchmen and tele- graphers will hold joint conferences with the shopcraft. Warren S. Stone, chief of engineers, has called the brotherhood spokesmen in, Mr. Jew- ell was assured, and the entire gather- ing will consider the policy to be adopted. ROBRLAN SIES LECTURE IN FRENCH "Paris, Old and New," was the sub- ject of a lecture in French by Prof. E. E. Rovillain, of the romance lang- uage department, in Natural Science auditorium yesterday afternoon. Pro. fessor Rovillain illustrated his talk, which was delivered in French, with scenes which had some historical or sentimental interest attached to them. Beginning with the buildings of the middle ages, Professor Rovillain re- counted an anecdote about each of the photographs shown. Some of the places are noW a mass of ruins, some were destroyed during the war, some have been restored and a few remain in their entirety. How the children of Paris prevent- ed the Germans from marching under the Arc de Triomphe in 1871, Marie Antoinette's attempted escape from prison, something of the life of the patron saint of Paris and many other tales of various kinds were told in connection with the scenes usually visited by the average sightseer. rooms and studies for 150, men and a dining hall to accommodate more than 300 students. It is known that the donor of the gift is a graduate of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts as well as the Law school, but his name has been withheld. Excerpts from the letter which he sent to the Regents indicate the pur- pose of the gift and some of the uses (By Associated Press) Mexico City, Aug. 8.-Mexico again has been told by Chas. E. Hughes, the American secretary of state, that Mex- ico's accomplishments regarding guar- antees for American properties and in- terests must be more of deed's and less of words if American recognition is to be extended to Mexico, according to Excelsior. A communication to this effect, the paper says, was delivered by George T. Summerlin, the American charge d'affaires, to Foreign Minister Pani last Thursday, in answer to the Mex- ican foreign office notes of May 4 and 24, in which it was asserted that Mex- ico would provide the guarantees aim- ed to be secured by a treaty of amity and commerce and insisted upon by the state department at Washington. Excelsior asserts that it has reliable knowledge of the communication, which it describes as embodying friendly insistence by Mr. Hughes that recognition of Mexico must be preced- ed by some written guarantee that American holdings in Mexico are not to be subject to confiscation. Telegraph Head to Attend Parley St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 8.-E. J. Man- ion, president of the Order of Rail- road telegraphers, said he would at- tend the conference of railroad union officials at Cleveland Friday. parise. This devise will be used in for which the building is intended: both "The Melting Pot" and "The Riv- "If agreeable to you, I will erect on als." Several columns for use in "The the two blocks on South University Melting Pot" have been built. Stag- avenue, between South State street ing, costuming and lighting for these and Tappan avenue, a law students' plays have been worked out by the combined club and dormitory building, members of the class, each person with the same advantages as you being allowed to take up the particu- have extended to other buildings, lar phase of dramatics which inter- namely, the University to furnish free ested him. Costumes for the plays heat, light and power.. . . . have been secured from Bruesser com- All Law Students Eligible pany, of Detroit. "All members of the Law school are Tickets for the performances can be to be eligible for membershop in the secured at Wahr's bookstore. Re- proposed club, subject to such condi- served seats are still available, the tions as the club authorities may pre- price being 75 cents, while general scribe. All lawyers, whether residing admission is 50 cents. in the state or not, and whether pre- iii nnn7ts n nun uan nnnII[fill mmmI I III I I I I I if I I III III III I 111111 Jill I [if 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 [1111[); play roduction Plays "The Melting Pot" THURS. "The Rivals FRIDAY _______ AT EIGHT P. M., UNIVERSITY HALL TICKETS AT WAHR'5 RESERVED 76o, GENERAL SOc Il