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DEBT CONFERENCES
LEAD TO POPOSAL
Arms Limitation Looms as Chief
Problem Before European
Reparation Parleys.
FRANCE ASKS RENEWAL
Would Recommence Discussions
With Italy on Cuts in
Naval Equipment.
(By Associated Press)
Disarmament began to cowd into
an important place today in repa-
ration discussions in European cap-
itals.
Plans are being made for the ex-
pert committee on the Hoover mo-
ratorium plan to meet at London
next Friday, on the same day that
Prime Minister MacDonald and For-
eign Minister Arthur Henderson of
Great Britain will leave for Berlin
to return the visit of the German
chancellor and foreign minister.
To Send Observer.
It was announced at Washington
that the United States would send
an observer to the London expert
meeting and the announcement was
also made that the Ameican gv-{
ernment would also accept an invi-
tation received today to participate
in the general disarmament confer-
ence in Geneva next February.
Secretary of State Stimson arriv-
ed at Rome last night almost si-"
multaneously with a proposal from,
the French government to the Ital-
Ian government suggesting a re-,
newal of Franco-Italian naval lim-
itations discussions.
Germany Gives Promise.-
Germany's ambassador at Paris
gave to Premier Laval the solemn1
word of his government that it
would not use funds realized by the
reparations moratorium for build-
ing armament.
Preparation was being made in
Paris for the visit next week of
Secretary Stimson, and the belief
prevailed that the Secretary would
discuss disarmament with the
French officials as he is expected to
do with the Italian government.-
Syndicate Approved.
The German government, by an
emergency decree, put the stamp of
legal approval upon the credit syn-
dicate organized Tuesday night to
back a foreign loan of $125,000,000.
H 0 UIAIH0ITTEORE
LAUDOSROAD PLEAN
Lecturer Sees Lake Highway As
Aid in Establishing
Good Feeling.
Hope for the development of in-
ternational co - operation into a
fruitful regional planning is seen
by Prof. Harlow O. Whittemore, of
the architectural school, in the pro-
posal for an international scenic
highway around Lake Superior.
"The largest crystal clear inland
lake in the world offers the most
beautiful setting in the North
American continent," Professor
Whittemore said, in a lecture yes-
terday, "and the building of a mod-
ern highway around Lake Superior
would open to the tourist and the
sightseer landscape that is not well
known today."
The cooperation of the province
of Ontario, and the States of Wis-
consin, Minnesota and Michigan
would be necessary to the building
of this scenic highway, Professor
Whittemore pointed out, but it will
open up a pleasurable highway
within reach of forty millions of
people who live within a day's jour-
ney on the North American conti-
nent.
The lecture was illustrated with
the color slides of the views on this
proposed highway and included
scenes of pictured rocks, rising to
heights from the lake, hillsides cov-
ered with virgin forests, granite
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Summer Repertory Players
Present Pleasing 'Don Juan'
A Review by William J. Gorman
For all its incoherence and its any rate, his piety is submerged in
enigmatic character - which the that honest, woeful cry for wages
present or any production can't just after the christian hell had'
mitigate - Moliere's "Don Juan" opened and closed itself. The pair
comes to a very vivid and enter- of them-the uresolved antithe-
taming stage-life in Mr. Steven's sis-are a stroke of real comic con-
production. Don Juan becomes a ception. The rest of the people who
figure of serious proportions; with haphazardly wander into the story
the admirable rationales he is able trying to make it romantic melo-
to supply himself (in the speeches drama-Elvire, Don Carlos, Don
on inconstancy and hyprocrisy) Luis, the Statue and the Spectre-
and his obvious self-enjoyment he lack a sense of humour and are all
pleasantly troubles our sensibilities, very dull.
teases that suspicion lurking in and Moliere forces a very interesting
indulged by all of us that we too style of production. As C. E. Mon-
are capable of "revolt in a great tagu once put it: "The Moliere stage'
big way," that we too could run the is severely composed. It has only
range of the vices with grand ef- a few necessary things on it. The
frontery, defying all but arithme- rest is space, and it has to be stood
tic. And Sganarelle is there always in and acted in; no pretty dodging
giving the sensible, the "christian" among tea-tables and what-nots,
reaction but in a completely bewild- no evasive fiddling with paper-
ered and sottish way. Sganarelle is knives and cigarette cases. Every
such a "cringing jellyfish" and has one must "take the floor" in the
occasionally on a small scale ma- fullest sense. It would take very
licious abilities so similar to his skilled actors with a store of tech-
master's that one suspects that he nical cunning to fill this demand to
is astounded not so much by his the brim. Alan Handley and Al-
master's vice as by his success. At bert Becker do very well. Mr.
Handley has a nice combination of
gusto and indifference. There could
be more self-enjoyment, I think:
more stepping back and looking at
his clever self with admiration
(particularly in the scene with M.
Dimanche). But on the whole his
graceful artificiality and studied
Ann Arbor Member Says Board flowing gesture realized the part ad-
Ann rbo Memer aysmirably. Mr. Becker enjoyed one
of Regents Has Not scene (when he was in doctor's cos-
Passed Revision. tume) very much. Otherwise he
_was something mediocre. These
Rudy Vallee
California
Weds
Actress
Ramsay MacDonald
British Prime Minister, who with
Foreign Minister Henderson will
leave next Friday for an official vis-
it to the German government.
NAVY D ISCOVEROS
CRUIISER fAULETS
Stern Posts on Five New Boats
Found Defective During
'Trial Trips.
WASHINGTON, July 8. -(P)-
Discovery of defective stern post
castings aboard five of the navy's
newest cruisers was revealed to-
day.
The defect, which was first dis-
covered on the Chester, one of the
new 8-inch gun, 10,000-ton cruisers
during her preliminary full power
trials, was said at the navy depart-
ment today to have also occurred
aboard the Louisville, Chicago,
Northampton, and Augusta.
Three cruisers so far have proved
satisfactory-the Salt Lake City,
the Pensacola, and the Houston.
Doubt as to whether the cause
was faulty casting or faulty de-
signing was expressed by Rear Ad-
miral George H. Rock, chief of the
bureau of construction. He point-
ed out, as a possible indication that
the cause was faulty casting, the
fact that no trouble has been ex-
perienced with the Chester since
her stern post was replaced at the
builder's expense nearly a month
ago.
The Northampton is now at Nor-
folk, undergoing this repair at the
government's expense, the build-
er's responsibility under contract
having lapsed. It will be ready
about Sept. 15.
The Augusta, Chicago, and Louis-
ville will have their stern posts re-
newed at the New York navy yard
in September and the cost will be
charged to the builders.
The Augusta was constructed by
the Newport News Shipbuilding
Co., the Northampton by the Beth-
lehem Shipbuilding Corp., t h e
Chester by the New York Shipbuild-
ing Co., the Chicago by the Mare
Island, Calif., navy yard and the
Louisville by the Puget Sound
Shipbuilding Co.
Commission Report
Scores Child Trials
WASHINGTON, July 8. - (}P)-
Criticism of the federal government
for allegedly dealing with its youth-
ful law breakers on the same basis
as older and hardened criminals
was launched today through the
White House by the now-disbanded
Wickersham commission.
A formal report on "Child Of-
fenders in the Federal System of
Justice" asserted the government
lacked proper equipment to mete
out this type of justice and recom-
mended the treatment of juvenile
delinquency be relegated almost
entirely to the states.
No explanation was given at the
White House for an apparent
switch in the commission's line-up,
whereby this report was published
ahead of a study of the deporta-
tian of aliens froni the United
A proposal for changes in the!
University administration which
would replace the treasurer by al
comptroller and an investments
manager, rumored yesterday to be
under consideration, has not been
placed before the Board of Regents,;
Junius E. Beal, Ann Arbor member
of the Board, said last night.
The proposed revision, according
to a story circulated here, would'
make John C. Christensen, present
assistant secretary and purchasing'
agent, the comptroller, and would
place Julius E. Schmedt, now as-,
sistant treasurer, in charge of in-
vestments. The treasurership, va-
cated July 1 by the retirement of
Robert A. Campbell, would be abol-,
ished.,
The proposal has never been con-
sidered by the Board, Regent Beal
said, and could not be acted upon
until September.
Other officials declined to com-
ment but intimated that the story
was entirely unofficial.
Charles Sugg Is Seriously Hurt
as Plane Hits Hill at
Ohio Airport.f
YORKVILLE, O., July 8. (AP) -
Charles Sugg, contestant in the
National Air Tour, was seriously in-
jured today in the crash of his
ship against a hill bordering on
the airport here, over-night stop of
the tourists.
The pilot was buried in the
wreckage of his ship. When ex-
tricated and taken to a hospital at
Martins Ferry, it was learned he
received a probable fracture of the
skull and internal injuries.
Sugg was one of the first group
of flyers to begin today's flight to
' Columbus. It has been customary
for flyers leaving Yorkville for the
west to first swing south to attain
altitude before crossing the hill.
Sugg, however, swung directly west-
ward.i
BASEBALL SCORES
American League
St. Louis 7, Detroit 1.
Philadelphia 6, Washington 3.
Cleveland 10, Chicago 6. (11
innings)
New York 13, 9, Boston 3, 4.
National League.
Philadelphia 5, New York 4.
1 Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 2.
Brooklyn-Boston (rain).
No other scheduled. ,
Moliere valets will contain a lot of
very vehement life, I believe. Mr.
Becker was not bold enough to
really richen his Sganarelle. The
Pierrot-Charlotte scene was done
very well by the slow drawls of
Frederick Crandall and Doris Ker-
lin. Elvire's voice gets so fiercely
intense that it is iridiculous.
The production of 'Don Juan"
continues throughout the week un-
til Saturday night with a matinee
on Friday.
Asks New York Canal
as Employment Aid
NEW YORK, July 8.-(P)-Colon-
el E. C. Carrington, president of the
Great Lakes Waterways association,
today sent a telegram to President
Hoover saying urgent needs of al-
leviating the unemployment situa-
tion in the United States call for
building of the Great Lakes-to-the,-
Sea waterway via the New York
route in preference to the St. Law-
rence way.
He took exception to what he
termed the president's "benevolent"
and "philanthropic attitude in deal-
ing with other countries as evi-
denced by his willingness to build
a waterway costing $500,000,000
through Canadian territory. 4
University Will Hold
Reception on Friday
Faculty and students of the Sum-
mer Session will be the guests of
the University at the annual re-
ception Friday night in the ball
room of the Women's League build-
ing. As the affair is to be very
informal escorts are unnecessary,
it was announced yesterday. Danc-
ing, with music by Kenneth Lund-
quist's orchestra, tables of bridge
and tours of the League building
have been arranged for the enter-
tainment of those attending.
President Ruthven and Mrs.
Ruthven and other administrative
officers of the University will be in
the receiving line. The reception
will begin at 8:30 o'clock.
Summer Enrollment
Shows Further Garn
Registration in summer school
yesterday reached 4,313, according
to Dean Edward H. Kraus, of the
Summer Session. The total at the
corresponding time last year was
3,991, Dean Kraus said.
Nearly half of the students, a to-
tal of 2,148, are listed in the Grad-
uate school.
Enrollment in the Biological sta-
tion at Douglas lake is now 107
This is the largest attendance in
+y hidtnru of the station. accord-
New York, July 8. (')- The
marriage of Rudy Vallee, crooner
of love ballads, and Miss Fay
Webb, of Santa Monica, Calif.,
on Monday, was announced to-
night at the National Broadcast-
ing company's offices. Vallee and
Miss Webb, who is a musical]
comedy actress, were secretly
married at West Orange, N. J.,
by Judge Herbert Lighthite.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Webb, and1
her father is chief of police of
Santa Monica, the statement
said.'
The couple met on the west
coast while Vallee was showing
his "Vagabond Lover" picture.
Mrs. Herbert Schmidt, of Hobo-
ken, N. J., acted as bridesmaid.
Mrs. Schmidt is a sister of Ken-
neth Dolan, Vallee's personal re-s
presentative. Edwin Scheuinet
stood up with Rudy and the onlyr
other guests were William Vallee,a
the singer's younger brother; Do-
lan and Jack Hyman Bushel, of
New York.j
SALE OF DIRECTORY n
WIILL OPEN TODAY
Worboys Announces Starting of2
Campus Distribution
This Morning.a
J
The Summer Student directory f
will go on sale on the campus this
morning, according to an announce- n
ment made yesterday by William R. e
Worboys, '32E, editor. Sales stands t
will be maintained in Angell hall, g
'University hall, at the center of the s
diagonal, and at the Engineering o
arch. 1
The Student directory is the only t
book which contains names, ad- n
dresses and phone numbers of all
University students. This year's vol-
ume will also contain a complete 3
directory of the Summer Session t
faculty. Over 4,500 names were al- s
phabetized by the staff of the Di- E
rectory, and the printing was ac- b
complished in record time.a
The price of the volume will be
only 35 cents. Only a limited num-
ber will be available after faculty t
subscriptions have been taken care 1
of.
POST, GATTY GIVEN r
NEW YORK HNORS
Flyers Talk at Farewell Dinner1
of Aeronautical Body;-
Receive Plaques.
NEW YORK, July 8. (P)-Wiley;
Post and Harold Gatty, who re-
turned a week ago from their flight
around the world, have received1
their farewell acclaim in New York
and are going home.
They attended a dinner Tuesday
night given by the Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce and heard
words of praise from men who also
PLANE CRACKS UP
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 8. (IP)
-An airplane bearing the wives
of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty,
round-the-world fliers, cracked
up as it landed at Port Colum-
bus shortly before 6 p. m. tonight.
The accident occurred just after
the arrival of Post and Gatty in
their world-girdling plane, the
Winnie Mae. The women were
not injured. The couples are en
route from the east to their
* homes in the west.
have flown planes over seas and
to distant lands.
The Oklahoma pilot and his Au-
stralian navigator talked more free-
ly at the dinner than they have at
any time since their return.
Post, who maintained he was not
an orator, said: "I'm not going to
let that fellow Gatty get far ahead
- of me even in public speaking."
. The flyers were presented bronze
plaques. The only others to ever
- receive such prizes were Col. Lind-
OBINS, JONES
NEAR FAIRBANK
IN ITOKIOf LIGHT
Monoplane 'Ft. Worth'
Sighted on Way
to Alaska.
WEATHER IS GOOD
Strong Tail Wind Aids
Aviators in Hop
Over Pacific.
SEATTLE, July 8. (A)-Reg
L. Robbins and H. S. Jones pre-
sumably were well on their way
to Fairbanks, Alaska, early to-
night after taking off here at 6:57.
a. m. E. S. T. on an attempted
too -mile non - stop refueling
light to Tokyo.
The trim white monoplane Fort
Worth carrying the Lone Star
state flyers was sighted at many
points in British Columbia and was
expected to reach Fairbanks around
midnight eastern standard time to
make the first refueling contact
with a tri-motored supply plane
waiting there.
Weather Favorable.
Ideal weather was in sight as the
Texans started the adventure
which, if successful, will give them
a pot of gold, $25,000 offered by a
apanese newspaper for the first
light of this kind.
Riding a tail wind at an esti-
mated height of 6,500 feet, the fly-
rs made rapid strides in the flight
hat will take them overmuch rug-
;ed country, over stormy Bering
ea, probably down the mainland
f Siberia and over the Kurile is-
ands to Japan. They hope to reach
he land of cherry blossoms by 7 a.
m. P. S. T. Friday.
Start Difficult.
The Fort Worth was loaded with
00 gallons of gasoline when it took
o the air this morning after its
econd sprint down the runway of
Boeing field. Robbins, the pilot,
barely got the plane off the field
at the end of the runway.
Robbins and Jones, the navigator,
wasted no time after they decided
to leave Seattle this morning and
ifted their ship into a dusky sky
one hour and twelve minutes after
they got out of bed.
Plane Sighted.
Soon after Robbins and Jones
nonchalantly stepped into their
plane in street attire, reports be-
gan coming in of their appearance
over the Fraser river in British Co-
lumbia.
Messages said they were seen over
North Bend, Lytton, Quesnel, Prince
George and Vanderhoof. The mon-
oplane flew over Vanderhoof at
12:35 p. m. E. S. T. The town is
500 miles airline from Seattle.
The machine carried no radio
but the flyers were making cer-
tain that places along their route
recognized them.
WEATERN iAY AID
FIGHT WITH IRES
California Blazes Die "Down As
Crews Complete Week
of Struggle.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 8. (IP)-
Overcast skies and lower tempera-
tures were heralded today as allies
to fire-fighters weary with battling
blazes in northern California the
past week.
Only a few of the dozen or more
blazes which have swept thlusands
of acres of brush, pasture and for-
est still were burning.
A force of 300 men battling a
fire which burned over 60,000 acres
between Montecello and Vacaville,
Calif., was augmented Tuesday by
100 marines and sailors from Mare
island navy yard.
Heat from the blaze was report-
ed to have done considerable dam-
age to fruit crops in the region.
Fire on Mt. Diablo, which destroy-
ed several ranch homes and 500
head of cattle, has been brought