C P 'umrr ESTABLISHED 1920 llrbigan cil MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I VOL. XI, NO. 19. FOUR PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1931 WEATHER: Fair Tuesday. PICE F!I~'VE UIN'J'b 'LOVE AND CHANCE' OPENS TOMORROW Repertory Group Will Present MarivauyComedy Under Mercier's Direction. FEATURE UNUSUAL SETS Eight Months of Work Required o Pe:rfect Business,' Mercie Saes. 'wo hundred one years ago, "Love and Chance" was first per- formed by the players of the house- hold of Louis XV, according to an announcement issued yesterday by the Play production department. The Marivaux comedy will be open- ed by the Repertory players.tomor- :°ow night for a week's run at the Lydia Mendelssohn theatre. Second English Presentation. The play will be under the di- rection of Jean Mercier, noted young French director. The pre- sentation here will mark the second time it has been given in English, M. Mercier having produced it once before the Cornish Drama School in Seattle, of which he is a director. In order to preserve its essential flavor of high French comedy, M. Mercier has spent eight months in working out the stage business for the production, he stated yesterday. The most unusual factor in the play's mounting, he said, will be the use of a "stage within a stage" for the imaginary sequences while the realistic action takes place in front. European Versions Planned. M. Mercier studied with Jacques Copeau and other well known Euro- pean directors. From Ann Arbor, he will go to Europe to present "Love and Chance" in Italian and German versions. G. L. Strachey, noted scholar and commentator on French literature, says of the play. "The beauty of the little piece depends upon the infinitely delicate art which pic- tures each charmingly absurd, mi- nute transition in the process of de- lusion, misunderstanding, bewilder- ment, and explanation, with all the varietites of their interactions and shimmering personal shades." ELIF INTION DACE Balloon Cowvrs 21.5 Mles; Wins Right to Represent U.S. in International Contest. AKRON, O., July 20.-(IP)-The United States navy balloon today won the national elimination bal- loon race coming to earth at Maril- la, N. Y., at 6 a. m., 25 miles farther than the Goodyear-Zeppelin bag, which reported it landed at 8 a. m. at Stevensville, Ont. Official distances gave the navy- entry a distance of 215 miles and the Goodyear VIII 190 miles. The two bags thus earned the right to represent the United States in the international Gordon Bennett races. By going farthest, the navy bag won the P. W. Litchfield trophy in the national elimination. The navy bag was piloted by Lieut. T. G. W. Settle. Frank Trot- ter and Roland Blair, the novices who raced for the first time last year and won, piloted the Goodyear VIII. The entry of radio station WJR came down at 1:05 on a farm be- tween Wesleyville and Harbor Creek, near Erie, Pa., roughly 115 miles from the starting point. The other three entries landed Sunday night after drifting much shorter distances. The United States army balloon No. 2 stayed aloft only 35 minutes and covered only 12 miles before it landed late Sunday. The "Del- Mar-Va" of the Eastern Shore as- sociation made only 20 miles, while the army No. 1 landed at Custard Pa., near Meadville, Sunday night Approximately 75,000 persons en- dured temperatures above 90 de- grees at the airport to watch th start of the race. M!/anuel, Disonar Like Shorts, Shirts, Spats; JIabber T hrill's Harlem NEW YORK, July 20.-(IP)-Man- uel and Disonar, two coal-black African youths f r o m Uganda brought here by Martin Johnson, explorer, to take care of gorillas, had a police conservator today. Things happened when the two were turned loose in Harlem, New York's Negro center. A Harlem impresario had an idea that members of his race might like to hear the native tongue of their forefathers. They did. Thousands paid 50 cents each while I ie boys jabbeed. Tnks boys receiv- ud a dollaf bill and a pair of panrts peg lecture.. 'hy did this a week. Each has sev cin pairs of pants. They spent their money on subway rides, spats, bnort5, hlirts and ice cream. The impe ario made severa thousand ,olra. T'hen i nebody with idea on capt%1 and labor chiseled into the cae and gave tle twro Uganda cit-- izens a pep talk. M. Johnson received demands for union wag'e.s $ a day, hotel room downtown, automobile and shiny shoes. He appealed to the police, setting fortn ne had promised a native chief that the two would be re- turne to Africa in good condition. A police lieutenant agreed to see that civilization did not spoil them. 'The boys were awed by his shiny buttons. Early Natives of State Had No Conception of Property Right, He Says. "To understand the Michigan In- dian we must conceive of him, not as pictured in books, but rather as he existed before the coming of the white man," said Prof. Wilbur B. Hinsdale, Associate Director of archaeology in the Great Lakes Re- gion, at - a meeting of the Men's Education club last night. "The Indian had no conception of property rights of land or real estate. Land belonged to everyone the same as the ocean or the air we breathe. When he signed trea- ties relinquishing ownership he didn't know what they meant, and rno one took any particular trouble to explain," Professor Hinsdale pointed out. "The social cus4;oms among the lower people we call culture, bound the Indian down far more than the people who live under government- ai law," he said. "The marriage rules and regulations among the Algonquin Indians, for example, were just as seveoe as among the whites and far more rigidly en- foreed," he stated. State Graduates Plan Gei Together Banquet Graduates of Michigan State college enrolled in the Summer Session here will attend a banquet at 6:15 o'clock tomorrow night at the Union, it was announced yes- terday, in order that they may be- come better acquainted with one another. Dean J. B. Edmonson, of the School of Education, will give the principal address; Prof, R. S. Lin- ton of Michigan State, will be chair- man; and Dean Ward Giltner, of the East Lansing school, will be toastmaster. President Robert S Shaw is planning to be present. SLeague Will Give Teas for Visiting Faculty The first of a series of three teas to be given in honor of visiting - faculty members will be given from - 4:00 to 5:30 o'clock Thursday af- ternoon for non-resident member , of the literary college faculty, in - the League building. Mrs. Juniu - E. Beal and Mrs. Esther Cram wil - pour. Wives of several faculty e members will assist in - receiving guests. . TAP UNDEVELOPED MUSICAL APTITUDE, ADVISESCHOR ISTER 13"ing Music Out of People, Not to People, Dr. Zauzig Suggests. IAOLD!lS LEADERS OPEN CONERENC M'Donald Sees Present Moment as Possible Turning Point in World History. Seven-Power Opened by Parley MV'Dovnald *1 ASKS CIVIC CHORUSES I ASKS NEW CONFIDENCE Calls for Pioneers to Bring Latent Human Resources to Expression. "Newer tendencies toward bring- ing music out of the people rather than of bringing music to the peo-' ple find an opportunity in the field of choral music," Dr. A. D. Zanzig,, musical director of the Recreational association of New York city, said in' an address on "Music in American Life" at the Natural Science audi-. torium yesterday. "In choral music; one has the opportunity of striving towards excellence and of belonging to the noble order of craftsmen with less preparation and effort than is needed for any other art," Dr. Zanzig continued. Brings Satisfaction. ( "Music taps the undevelop;ed re- sources in man and brings deeper satisfaction, for it is the most per-" sonal and least tangible of the arts," Dr. Zanzig said. Arranging of music festivals and of local civic choruses can bring music out of the people, Dr. Zanzig explained. Smallness of audiences, he said, should be no discourage- ' ment to the success of civic chorus- es because, he explained, the main. purpose of a chorus is singing and this can be done by providing good music where people meet. Dr. Zan- zig believes in taking music to the. people in this sense. Of Interest to Schools. ' "Developing musical ability is, pioneering in human resources and there has been a great development of interest in musi in public schools," Dr Zanzig said. "In music there has been a dis- placement of men by machines and' because of the radio music has be- come a primary factor in big busi- ness," Dr. Zanzig said and quoted a survey by a national broadcast-' ing company that showed that al- most 95 per cent of all radio pro- grams is devoted to music of which 35 per cent may be classed as good music. SCHORUNU DEFINES 1 i rogre4 :v.. ri e Pratices O®tlinel a GraLuate Conference. "The extent to which a school of- ficial will employ progressive prac- tices in supervision is determined by the degree to which he accepts a definition of supervision that fixes the growth of the teacher as the chief goal," said Prof. Raleigh Schorling of the educational school yesterday in an address before the first of the series of graduate con- ferences. He stated further that the prin- cipal or supervisor works with these conceptions of supervision: "assists the teacher and pupils in creating appropriate and attractive settings for their work; holds as an ideal the situation in which each activity of a classroom shall have a genuine purpose and acceptable purpose for the pupil; studies the kind, the amount, and distribution of pupil participation; provides his teachers with a check list or some other means to study the extent to which they are applying basal principles of routine; guides his teachers through the maze of pedagogica literature bearing on the technique for studying the individual child; - encourages his teachers to study in s a systematic way the problems that a perplex them; provides technica s assistance on the validity and re- l liability of appraisal techniques; y and finally, helps his teachers t g determine specific objectives fo each major unity of work." Laval Hopes for Collaboration Between France and Reich LONDON, July 20.-(GP)-Priine Minister Ramsay MacDonald, who opned the momentous session of heads and near heads of seven of the world's greatest countries, to- day warned of the necessity of find- ing a solution of the present crisis centering in Germany. After sitting for an hour and three-quarters, during which the prime ministers of France, Great Britain, and Germany made short addresses, the meeting was ad- journed until tomorrow forenoon. Sees Turning Point. "The piresent moment may be one of the turning points in the his- tory of the world," Premier Mac-' Donald said, "for good or ill. It will cannot find a solution of the pres- ent crisis, no one can foretell what political and financial dangers will follow." He outlined the drop in commo- dity prices and the withdrawal of credit from Germany and explained how the proposal of President Hoover for a year's moratorium on war debts and raparations pay- ments had steadied the situation but had been insufficient to stop the German plunge toward eco- nomic ruin. Confidence Needed. "Our position," he continued, "is to restore the confidence of the foreign investor in Germany. Otherwise it wil be difficult to stave off the flood before it has overwhelmed the whole of central Europe, with consequences, social and political as well asnpurely fi-1 nancial, which no man can esti-1 mate." Premier Laval followed Mac- Donald. He outlined the course of the meeting which took place in1 Paris last week and expressed hope1 for loyal collaboration between France and Germany for the re- storation of confidence and creditj in the world. Bruening Speaks.; Chancellor Buening of Germany then presented his country's plight,' giving statistics to show how far' the Reich has traveled along the, road to financial ruin, delineating the measures which have been tak- en to meet the situation, and urging the necessity of immediate assist- ance. He stressed the necessity for for- eign creditors to cease withdraw- ing credit from Germany, pleading for a loan of $1,500,000,000 marks (about $375,000,000), and the con- tinuation of short-term credit amounting approximately to an- other $125,000,000. The Reichsbank gold and foreign exchange cover- age, he said, must be considerably "broadened". BANKER APPROVES FREIGHT NCREASE Some Increase in Rates Would Bolster Railroad Credit, Dick Maintains. WASHINGTON, July 20.-()- The Interstate Commerce Commis- 1 sion was told today by an invest- ment banker that approval of some increase in freight rates, even if not the full fifteen per cent raise asked by the lines, would bolster railroad credit. [ Fairman R. Dick, of New York, made this statement in response to questions by J. F. Finerty, Wash- ington attorney. t He had been asked if he felt rates l should be increased on all commod- - ities even though the commission found that in some instances an ) increase would drive traffic frorr r the railroads to other methods of transportation. .-1- -- , - - - - I Ramsay MacDonald, English Prime Minister, address- ing the opening conference of world statesmen at London yester-; .ay, described the present crisis as+ a possible turning point in the his- tory of the world. Government's Proposal to Aid Reich Will Be Placed in Stimson's Hands. WASHINGTON, July 20.-(IP)-, Concrete proposals by the Ameri-. can government to relieve Ger-1 many's economic stress were ap-f proved tonight by President Hoover and placed in the hands of Secre-1 tary Stimson for submission to the interested powers. Acting Secretary Castle of the State department said they were in the nature of "suggestions." He de- clined to comment further. The proposals will be submitted to the London ministers' conference at' tomorrow's session. Telephones London. The acting secretary disclosed] the existence of the suggestions af- ter the chief executive talked by transatlantic telephone with the secretary in London. Present when' the call occurred were Acting Sec- retaries Castle and Mills of the State and Treasury departments, Ambassador Dawes, and Senator Morow, republican, New Jersey. The suggestions which the United States will make are designed to re- place the French proposals for a $500,000,000 loan to Germany. These proposals were rejected by America and Great Britain. They contained financial conditions which were looked upon as impracticable, and political conditions in which the United States would not take part. Stimson Aids. The American suggestions were formulated during several days of conferences at the White House be- tween the President and the two acting secretaries and numerous in- terchanges between the chief ex- ecutive and Secretary Stimson by cable and telephone. In response to questions regard- ing the chief executive's bringing Senator Morrow back into the con- ferences, Mr. Castle remarked that the Senator was a banker and that the problem at hand was essential- ly a banking one in which his ser- vices would be valuable. Ruthven Will Dedicate Hospital Near Saline OL WESTL Gas Is Twice Reignited as Workmen Fight for Control. UNABLEt TO CUT AWAY WRECKAGE Fire Fighters Attempt to Remove Derrick With Tractors. MT. PLEASANT, Mich, July 20.- (A)-The first major catastrophe since oil was discovered in Michi- gan cast a pall of sorrow over this city. Eight victims of the greatest well ever brought in in this field are dead, two others in grave danger, and a dozen more painfully burn- ed. In the deep woods thirteen miles east of here, a pillar of flame continued to mount high in the air. Since Sunday morning the plume of fire has ebbed and flowed like a geyser. At times the workmen, laboring in blistering heat, believed the flames under control. Twice the blaze sank out of sight as steam lines were turned on it. Each tine it blazed forth in new fury as the gas was re-ignited by red-hot gird- ers that once were the derrick. Tractors Fail. Tractors were unable to haul the twisted wreckage, and this after- noon workmen with acetylene torches were taking advantage of every lull in the flames to dash in and cut the beams. They hoped in that manner to get the debris cleared away and then snuff out the fire for good. The tragedy was the outgrowth of "'bringing in" the "Struble No. 1," the latest and for a time suc- cessful challenge of Walter L. Mc- Clanahan, "hard luck" promoter, to misfortunes which dogged his operations in this field. Indications had been good for a paying well, and Mr. McClanahan boasted to his friends his luck had changed. HIe invited them to the field to hear his pleasure and toolC them inside the inclosure. There gas, heavy as fog, blanketed the ground. Tragedy Strikes Quickly. The well came in about 5 p.m., a gusher. Mr. McClanahan and his wife, overcome with joy, remained on the grounds, surrounded by their guests. About 8 o'clock the heavy- hanging gas became ignited, from a smoker's match or an automobile backfire or some other cause as yet undetermined. Scores of per- sons were enveloped in the flames. Those wise in the ways of oil fires, including McClanahan, drop- ped to the "ground, held their breath, and rolled the fire out of their clothing. Others ran, their clothing ablaze, and that act cost several lives. McClanahan and others who followed the first rule of oily fires, "drop to the ground," are expected to live. Others are dead or dying, including Mrs. Mc- Clanahan. r Showers Bring R elief; Cooler Weather Seen DETROIT, July 20.-(P)-Show ers early today brough relief to Michigan, and broke the heat wave under which the state sweltered for four days. Weather bureau of- ficials today indicated that general- ly lower temperatures would pre- vail for the next few days. [UT7 President Alexander G. Ruthven, Gov, Wilber M. Brucker, and former governor Fred W. Green will speak +next Tuesday at the dedication of the new Ypsilanti State hospital, near Saline. An all day program for the event includes inspection of the various buildings, a concert, and several addresses, including the dedicatory talk by President Ruthven. The hospital, to be used for men- tal patients, now includes an ad- ministration building, a receiving hospital,. men's and women's main ward's, main dining hall, kitchen, power house, and other structures. American League Washington 7, Detroit 3. New York 8, St. Louis 5. Cleveland 9, Boston 2. Athletics 12, Chicago 7. National League Boston, Pittsburgh-rain. Chicago 1, Brooklyn 0.