1 ESTABLISHED 1920 C, 4 #'ummi~r li~irhigan aitlj MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS .,,,, .,r ,.,,, .,,. .... .. ----- - VOL. XT., NO. 31. FOUR PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1931 WEATHER: Mostly fair PRICE FIVE CENT'S WEATHER: Mostly fair PRICE FIVE CENTS ROB'BINS, JONES FAIL IN SECOND TOKIO ATTEMPT Texans Land in Alaska After Twenty-Six Hours in Air FOG, CLOUDS HIDE REFUELLING SHIP Round - World Flyers Give up Attempt to Beat Record. UNLUCKY TEXANS FORCED DOWN Bulletin. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-(AP)- Mrs. Hugh Herndon, Jr., today received a cable from her hus- band announcing that he and Clyde Pangborn had abandoned their attempt to beat the Post- Gatty round-the-world flight record because a wing on their plane had been damaged. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 3. -(P)-Unfavorable weather to- day foiled the second attempt of Reg L. Robbins and Harold S. Jones, Texas aviators, to fly from Seattle to Tokio in a single jump. Tired after 26 hours, 33 minutes in the air, and chagrined at their defeat by the elements, the flyers }1,. 3 3 .._.. .r.,,,r7oto 'Fn Reg Robbins (left) and Harold Jones, the two flying Texans who yesterday were forced to abandon their second attempt to make a non- stop flight from Seattle to Tokio. They have announced that they will not try again, thus giving up an opportunity of winning $25,000 of- fered by a Japanese newspaper for a successful hop. Enrollment Indicates Increase for 1931-32 landed their monoplaner ort Worth at Weeks field at 7:35 a.m. Freshman enrollment in the Uni-' (12:35 p.m. Ann Arbor time). They versity will probably be greater this said they would not attempt the fall than last, if present totals can flight again. be used as a criterion. Although Landed With Difficulty. the total enrollment to date is only Fog and clouds over the lowerJ 875 as against 889 this time last Yukon valley, which they were fol- year, the literary college enrollment' lowig twardtheBering sea, for the fall term totalled 658 yes- lowing toward theBr terday, or 38 more than the corres- slower tr-motored refueling plane. f ponding time last summer, Regis- After a search, they abandoned trar Smith said. their attempt- and landed here. I Lowering clouds made their land- Women's League Gives ing difficult. Robbins said he I Last Tea Dance Today cruised three hours over the city Las__Tea _DanceTday_ before he found a hole in the clouds, which hung at 300 feet, and located The final tea dance for non-resi- the airport. dent faculty in the University will The refuelers were reported late be given from 4 to 5:30 o'clock this today to have landed at Ruby, a afternoon in the Women's League small settlement about half way be- building in honor of professors in tween Fairbanks and Nome. the Colleges of Medicine, Engmeer- Ending of the second attempt in ! ing and Architecture, Pharmacol- this manner bore out Robbins' and ogy, Dentistry, and the Health Ser- Jones' contention that the neces- vice staff.t. l e d sity for refueling en route presented An invitation is also extended to one of the most difficult obstacles. faculty who have been nvited to The first attempt, early in July,! former teas and could not attend' was abandoned near Nome when to University professors not in the weather conditions and an under-, Summer Session, and to students. powered motor made final refuel- ' ing contacts impossible. Sink Completes Plans The flight was for a $25,000 prize for Autumn Concerts posted by Asahishimburns, Japanese newspaper, for the first non-stop Plans for the 53rd annual Choral flight between Seattle and Tokio. Union series of 10 concerts to be PiSiberia. given this fall are now complete, Pangborn, Herndon Aui eria. Charles A. Sink, president of the TOKIO, Aug. 3.-(A)-Cyde University Musical Society, said Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, yesterday. Three symphony con- American globe-encircling aviators, certs featuring John McCormack arrived at Khabarovsk, eastern Si-. and Rosa Ponselle are included in beria, at 3:50 p.m. (1:50 a.m. Ann the series. Arbor time), after flying 950 air miles from Chita, Siberia, thoughC rain and fog that hid the Chingan! lo s muse oung mountains over which they soared. Patients at Hospital The Rengo news agency dispatch reporting the arrival said one wing Clowns and other entertainers THEATRES, CHURCH! Open Air Theatre in Ancient Athens Could Seat 18,000 Says Professor Blake. "Attendance at the Greek Theatre was a religious function where, in' the center of the orchestra, the al- tar of Greek God Dionysius was built," said Prof. Warren E. Blake of the Greek Department in an il- lustrated discussion of the Greek Theatre at the Natural Science auditorium yesterday. "Only once since then has the theatre and the church been combined, and that under the name of miracle plays," Professor Blake said. The origin of the word orchestra, Professor Blake explained, was the 'place for dancers' who performed dances of worship to their God, and so are the words pulpit and pew reminiscient of the stage of the Roman theatre. "Twenty-three centuries have failed to obliterate the open air theatres of the Greeks in many cities of Greece and in the Theatre of Athens built to accommodatae between 17,000 and 18,000 people," Professor Blake said. "Thus, it would seem, that perhaps 75 per cent of the free citizens of Athens in the year 325 B.C. could have found seats at the theatre." EDUCA11TION CLUBS PLAN DINNER DANCE Men's, Women's Organizations Announce Gala Event ; for August 11. Jointly planned by the Men's and1 Women's Education clubs, a ban-j quet and dance will be given Aug- ust 11 in the ballroom of the League building, according to announce- ments made last night by Prof, Fred G. Stevenson, president of thel Men's club, and Miss Marguerite Hall, chairman of the Women's committee for the event.] At the banquet, Dr. Arnold Som- merfeld, of the University of Mun-] ich, will deliver an address on "TheI New Education in Germany," and, Prof. Thos. M. Marshall, a visiting faculty members from the Wash- ington university in St.Louis, willI give a talk under the title, "Con-1 fronting the Actual."] Dean J. B. Edmonson, of theI School of Education, will act as toastmaster for the banauet which GERMANY61GIN AID BY INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTSBANK Directors Vote Participation in Rediscounting Credit of $100,000,000. THREE MONTHS RESPITE Committee Will Consider Change of Short Term Credits to Long Term Loans. BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 3.-(P) -The Bank of International Set- tlements went to the temporary re- lief of Germany again today. The directors voted renewal of the bank's participation in the $100,- 000,000 rediscount credit which ex- pires Friday. It was generally assumed the Bank of France, the Bank of Eng- land and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York would act in agree- ment with the World bank and thus make the entire $100,000,000 avail- able for the Reichsbank for a pe- riod up to three months. Special Needs to Be Studied. More far-reaching in its possibil- ities for restoring German financial stability was the action of the World bank directors in constituting a special committee to study Ger- many's immediate needs for new credits and to examine the pos- sibility of converting existing short- term credits into long-term loans. The directors set the first meet- ing of this committee, of which Albert H. Wiggins of New York is the American member, for next Saturday afternoon. Taking note of a statement of ac- counts showing the bank's position on July 31, an official communique issued after today'stbrief sessionL said, "The total of this statement! is 1,632,000,000 Swiss francs (about' $318,240,000), or a reduction of 148,- 000,000 francs (about $28,816,000) as compared with the previous statement." Decline Explained. The communique explained that the decline was due in part to the Hoover war debt plan and in part to the fact that some central banks had been "compelled to sell foreign exchange in order to meet with- drawals of capital from various Eu- ropean markets." HROUSFLIGHT FACES LIDBRGS Original Itinerary Over Barren Lands to Be Maintained, Colonel States. CHURCHILL, Man., Aug. 3.-(IP) -Forging northward above their water-spotted trail to the Orient, Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh took off at 1:45 o'clock Eastern Standard Time this afternoon for Baker lake, 375 miles away. They spent the . morning thoroughly overhauling their plane, replenishing its fuel supply and checking engine and radio, to make sure. that all was well and they would not be cut off from the world again as they were for hours before and after their arrival at Moose Factory. The flyers circled over this town, trying their wireless, be- fore, heading into the north. Baker lake is a small settlement of a few whites, including only one woman and native Eskimos. From there they will turn westward, heading toward Aklavik, 1,115 miles away. Just before departing, Colonel Lindbergh said his original direct route over the barren lands from Baker lake to Aklavik would be maintained. This hazardous trail will take the flying couple over the Bathurst inlet. As they proceed northward, the nights are getting shorted and the northern lights are brilliant. They had only five hours of darkness here last night and that period was made interesting for thme by the spectacular plav of Aurora Bore- Direct With Contact German Albert H. Wiggin, Chairman of the governing board of the Chase National bank, New York, who has been appointed a member of the committee set up by the Bank of International Set- tlements to inquire into, further credits to be extended Germany. Mr. Wiggin is expected to sail soon. EDISON CONTINUES TO FIGHTDISEASES Inventor Said to Be in Good Spirits But Will Never Be Out of Danger.' WEST ORANGE, N. J., Aug. 3.- (AP)-Thomas Alva Edison, fighting a complication of diseases, showed more activity and more interest in ,outside affairs today than at any time since Sunday when his son, Charles, revealed the 34-year-old inventor was "critically ill." Mr. Edison had a good night and slept seven hours, one more than the previous night. His physician, Dr. Hubert S. Howe, said the pa- tient was in excellent spirits. Later Mr. Edison sat at his living room desk reading newspapers. Dr. Howe said he would issue bulletins on the inventor's condi- tion four times daily. Messenger boys made regular marches up the half-mile hill on the crest of which the inventor's home is situated, bearing messages from many points. One was from Sir Thomas Lipton, wishing the in- ventor a speedy recovery. Among those calling by phone were Harvey Firestone, Sr., andi .Henry Ford, two of Mr. Edison's closest friends. Dr. Howe has revealed that his patient is suffering from diabetes, Bright's disease, ulcers of the stom- ach, and uremic poisoning. Made Bankers 3NEGROES DEAD IN CHICAGO RIOT; POLICEMOBILIZE Householder's Eviction Causes Violent Outbreak. POLICEMEN HURT BY FRANTIC MOB Crowd Shouts Threats; Authorities Fear Red Plots. CHICAGO, Aug. 3.--(P)- Three Negroes were killed and three policemen were injured late today in a riot by several hundred Negroes protesting the eviction of a family for non-payment of rent. The Negroes *were slain, police said, after the police had been attacked with knives and pis- tols. The crowd was dispersed by police reserves and several scores were taken into custody. Tonight every police reserve in the city had been mobilized in the south side Negroe district as a precaution against further out- breaks. Several squads were de- tailed to prevent an expected gath- ering of Negro communists in Washington park. Other squads were under orders to patrol the district and disperse any gathering threatening disorder. Mob of 500 Gathers. Today's disorders resulted when two court bailiffs started to move through the streets the household belongings of Rose Warwick from a flat building at Fiftieth and Dear- born streets for non-payment of rent. A crowd of Negroes, estimat- ed by the police at more than 500, quickly gathered, shouting defiance to the bailiffs and threatening them. Police declared the ringleaders of the mob were Negro communists who have been active recently in opposing their evictions. In the other cases, however, order has al- ways been restored by the appear- ance of police. The bailiffs, alarmed by the men- acing attitude of the growing crowd, telephoned for police assistance. As soon as the patrol wagon, man- ned by Policeman Fred Graham, Negro, and Martin Ernest and John McFadden, white, arrived, the police trio was engulfed by the crowd, many of whom carried knives, clubs, and pistols. Police Attacked by Knives. In their fight to reach the bail- iffs through the crowd, the police- men .were attacked with clubs and knives. Ernest suffered a fractur- ed skull; McFadden and Graham were severely cut on their faces, but returned to duty after receiv- ing medical attention. The arrival of a squad car caused the crowd to transfer its attentions from the patrol wagon crew to the new arrivals. One Negro drew Ser- geant Henry Lion's pistol-from his holster and pressed the muzzle against the officer's stomach. "I'm going to kill you," the Negro threat- ened. Policeman William Jordan reach- ed. over the menaced officer's shoulder and shot the Negro in the head. He fell dead. Then the crowd became wildly excited, strik- ing at the officers with knives and clubs. The police fired bullets into the crowd, and several Negroes fell, two dead. The others were carried away by persons in the crowd. Of- ficials were trying ,to learn tonight whether there were any more fatal- ities. Crowd Scatters. A riot call to police headquarters brought reserves and the crowd was scattered after a brief struggle. Police said that en route to the scene they met a strong force of Negroes in marching order, shout- ingr thraec a.&n ir, - He said careful nursing necessary from now on as think Mr. Edison would out of danger." would be he didn't "ever be of the plane was damaged and the ' from the Hagenbeck-Wallace cir- flyers were near exhaustion. cus, under the direction of Rex Ro- The field at Khabarovsk was selli, program director, amused in- muddy and rain continued. This mates at the Children's division of condition was similar to that which the University Hospital yesterday held Wiley Post and Harold Gatty afternoon. in the mire many hours at Blapo- veschensk, west of here, when they Betsy Barbour Dorm set the world-encircling record of 8 days, 15 hours, and 51 minutes. to Be 'At Home' Today 23 Hours Behind Time. On reaching Khabarovsk, Pang- Betsy Barbour residents will be born and Herndon were 22 hours at home this afternon at tea to and 58 minutes behind the time of faculty and students of the Univer- Post and Gatty. Their plane was sity. Anyone interested in seeing slower than the "Winnie Mae" of the dormitory is invited to drop Post and Gatty, but Pangborn and in. between 4 and 5:30 o'clock. Herndon had alternated in piloting and sleeping. BASEBALL SCORES The flight from Chita, the avia- American League tors said, was the worst they had Athletics 3, 6, Washington 2, 5. experienced since they left New New York 9, Boston 8. York at 3 p.m., July 27. Flying Detroit 7, Chicago 2. blindly much of the time through Cleveland 5, St. Louis 3,. rain and mist over mountains, l National League. Pangborn said it was a wonder they; Chicago 8, Cincinnati 0. NATIONALISTS STOP CHINESEREBELLION Forces of Northern War Lord Conquered With Help of Shansi Ruler. SHANGHAI, Aug. 3.-( P)-Impar- tial news sources today confirmed Nanking reports that the rebel forces of Gen. Shih Yu-Dan, north- ern war lord, had been isolated and practically surrounded by Nation- alist and allied armies and were suing for peace. Chaing Kai-Shek, president of the Nationalist government was re- ported, however, to have ordered the unconditional defeat of Shih Yan-San to remove the rebel gen- eral, the most active threat against Chiang Kai-Shek's primacy and Nanking's claim to rule China, from the political and military scene. A determining factor in the cam- paign were the legions of Shang Chen, war lord of Shansi province, which swept from the mountain passes to aid Manchurian divisions in comn4tin L thP. im nl n ti 4nn-o