The Weather Lower Michigan: Fair today and tomorrow; continued warm. ,-z4r Si rign I ati Editorials the Very 'Free' City Of Danig.... Farley On Leave ... Official Publication Of The Summer Session VOL. XVI No. 9 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1936 * _____-----.- ------ - - - - --.------ ------ PRICE 5 CENTS Frank Murphy Confers With State Leaders Philippine Commissioner Meets Pres. Roosevelt Again Today At Capital May Have Important BearingOn Ticket New Dealers See Murphy As Possible Candidate For Governor's Chair WASHINGTON, July 8.-(P)-~ Frank Murphy of Detroit, high com- missioner to the Philippines, will confer with President Roosevelt again tomorrow and with three Michigan Democratic ,leaders due to arrive in time for the White House confer- pence or shortly afterward. Thursday's conference, one of the several Murphy has had with the President, is expected to have con- siderable bearing on Michigan's state ticket in the 1936 campaign. New Deal campaign strategists were reported to be interested in see- ing Murphy become a candidate for governor with Rep. Prentiss M. Brown, St. Ignace, Mich., running for the seat now held by Sen. James Couzens, Republican. Farley Denies Knowledge James A. Farley, chairman of the National Democratic committee, how- ever, said at his press conference to- day he did not know what Murphy was going to do, and denied he would interfere in the selection of state candidates. "I am not going to interfere with the selection of any state nominee," said Farley in response to a question as to his interest in the Michigan political situation. Brown, accompanied by National Committeeman Edmund C. Shields, and Don Kennedy, of the Michigan State Highway Department, were ex-, pected here tomorrow. Murphy said recehtly he hoped to bring several Michigan party leaders here for a conference. Murphy Due Friday The high commissioner was plan- ning to leave for Detroit Thursday night, arriving there Friday morning with a decision as to whether he will make the race for governor. Po- litical sources both here and in Michigan were confident he would be a candidate and that Brown would be his running mate for the Senate. Asked what the Democratic cam- paign organization proposed to do to cope with the sharp criticism of the New Deal by Senator Vandenberg (Rep., Mich.), Farley said he would be taken care of "in stride." Vandenberg Opens Attack Vandenberg, who refused to seek the vice-presidential nomination on the Landon ticket, already has be- gun his campaign attack on the Roosevelt administration policies. During the last session of Congress he was a chief figure in the anti-ad- ministration moves. Avoiding a definite committment on his own political plans, Murphy said he had tentatively recommended J. Weldon Jones as his temporary successor at Manila, the appoint- ment hinging upon Murphy's de- cision to reenter Michigan politics. In any event, Murphy said he ex- pected to "remain in the Philippine picture" and indicated appointment of his permanent successor might be deferred several months. Jones, former insular auditor and Murphy's financial adviser, has been executing some of the high commis- sioner's duties since his chief left Manila two months ago. Continuing a round of official con- ferences on Philippine affairs re- sumed yesterday when he returned from a week-end trip to Detroit, Murphy urged his proposal that con- versations be held this fall prelimin- ary to the. Philippine-American trade conference scheduled for next year. GERMAN STUDENTS MEET More than 50 students of advanced German attended a reception of Prof. and Mrs. Henry W: Nordmeyer at their home at 1416 Granger Ave. Tuesday evening. Professor Nord- meyer is chairman of the German department. The reception was held for the purpose of acquainting Sum- Only Geology Students Allowed On First Niagara Trip In 1905 Excursion Was Originated' By Dean Edward Kraus, Prof. Scott Relates The annual excursion to Niagara Falls, to take place next week was originated in 1905 by Dean Edward Kraus and was intended in the begin- ning for geology students only, Prof. Irving D. Scott of the geology depart- ment, and leader of the trip this year, said yesterday. Although later the excursion was revised to include anyone in the Sum- mer Session, the geological flavor of the trip has been retained, Professor Scott said, and a member of the ge- ology department directs the trip an- nually. Prof. Louis J. Rouse of the mathe- ,matics department will have charge of business arrangements for the excursion. Will Leave July 17 The trip this year will be held the weekend of July 17 to 19. The party will leave Ann Arbor at 3:40 p.m. Friday by rail, and continue to Welland, Ont., from where they will travel the remaining few miles to Ni- agara Falls by bus. Saturday will be devoted almost entirely to a demonstration and in- terpretation of the geological fea- tures exhibited by the Falls and by the gorge. A trip will be taken to the end of the gorge at Lewiston, N Y., and will include stops at the Whirl- pool, Niagara Glen, Whirlpool Rapids and other places of interest, Professor Scott said. Sunday morning the party will visit the more popular places of interest at Niagara Falls. The Maid of the Mist trip, a little steamboat excursion which takes one right up to the Falls will be made by many, Professor Scott added. Sunday morning trips to Goat Island and the Cave of the Winds will also be included on the schedule. The Cave of the Winds is operated by H. O. Wright, a Mich- igan alumnus. Back Sunday Night The group will leave Niagara at 4:35 p.m. Sunday and arrive in Ann Arbor at 11:15 p.m. Those interested in making the trip should consult with Miss Beck in the Summer Session office in Angell Hall, and reservations should be made by Tuesday, July 14, but will be ac- cepted until noon of Thursday, July 16. The earlier registration is desir- able, according to Professor Scott, to insure hotel accommodations at the Falls. The group will make Tem- Tourists Invade Upper Peninsula LANSING, July 8.-(A')-The state highway department cited traffic fig- ures for the week end of July 4 today to show that tourists are pouring into northern Michigan to escape high temperatures for the two hottest months of the summer. . A department survey, made by WPA workers, showed 27,340 cars with for- eign license plates entered Michigan past four counting stations on border highways. That figure is 54 per cent of all the cars counted at the sta- tions. Traffic over the ferries at the Straits of Mackinac on July 3 exceeded that for the same day last year by 79 per cent. On that day the ferries carried 2,458 cars, the second largest transfer in the history of the service. perance House its headquarters while at Niagara. Geologystudents, especially those enrolled in geology classes at the present time, can make arrangements to make the trip by auto. Professor Scott will accompany the party going in cars and will explain the geolog- ical features met with en route. The cost of the entire trip, includ- ing fares, meals and accommodations will be approximately $17, Professor Scott said. The railroadfare of $8.90 must be paid at the time of registra- tion for the trip. Third Religious Parley Panels Are Announced Conference Will Be Held Here July 12, 13, 14; Pauck Gives First Talk The schedule of lectures and panel discussions for the third annual Con- ference on Religion to be held July 12, 13 and -14 has been announced by Dr.t Edward W. Blakeman, counselor of religion. Prof. Wilhelm Pauck of the Chi- cago Theological Seminary will open the conference with a lecture on "Critical Issues of Contemporary Culture" at 8 p.m. Sunday, July 12 in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The second day of the conference will begin with a meeting at 11 a.m.E Monday in the University Library.- Prof. Henry A. Sanders, chairman ofj the department of speech and lin-I guistics, will talk on "Epistles of Paul in Third Century Manuscripts." The Rev. Howard Chapman will be the chairman of the meeting. At 12:15 p.m. a luncheon will be held and following there will be a discussion on "The Minister or Teacher in His Community." "How Fresh Translations of the. Bible Serve a Spiritual Purpose" is I the topic of a lecture to be given at 2 p.m. by Prof. Leroy Waterman of the, Oriental Languages Department. A symposium will be held at 3 p.m. with the subject "Common Problems in Religion and Psychiatry." Prof.- Theophile Raphael of the Health Service, Prof. Howard Y. McClusky of the School of Education and Dr. Blakeman will lead the discussion. At 8 p.m. Professor Pauck will talk on "Religious Conflicts in Germany" in Natural Science Auditorium. Prof. Louis M. Eich, Secretary of the Sum- mer Session, will be chairman for the evening. Professor Sanders will open the third day of the Conference at 11 a.m. with a continuation of his lecture on '"Epistles of Paul in Third Century Manuscripts." At the luncheon to be held at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Union, the dis- cussion will be on "Student Youth and the Church." The Rev. H. L. Pickerill, Professor Pauck and others will assist. "Unrealized Spiritual Resources of the Bible" is the subject of Profes- sor Waterman's address to be given at 2 p.m. At 3 p.m. The Rev. Allison Ray Heaps will be the chairman for the meeting at which Professor Pauck will talk on "The Outlook for Pro- testants." The conference is open to all stu- dents interested in religious education and to ministers of nearby cities. G. 0. P. Chief Hits Roosevelt Catch Phrase John D. M. Hamilton Asks Who 'Economic Royalty' Represents In U. S. Campaign Manager Talks In Wisconsin People Sick Of Sham Wars On Big Bankers, Kansan Tells Party Members MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 8.-(P)- John D. M. Hamilton, Republican campaign chief, tonight called Pres- ident Roosevelt's reference to "ec- onomic royalists" that of "a harried and driven candidate." "Who are these economic royal- ists?" Hamilton demanded in a speech prepared for delivery before the Wisconsin state Republican con- vention. "We are not told. "They are no more identified than those mythical great bankers who, according to the President, told him our national debt could safely go to, $70,000,000,000." The president put the phrase "ec- onomic royalists" into the 1936 po- litical dispute with his acceptance speech at Philadelphia on June 27. In that speech the president said: "Out of this modern civilization, economic royalists have carved new dynasties ... our allegiance to Amer- ican institutions requires the over- throw of this kind of power." Hamilton's reply tonight came in criticizing Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau's recent radio report on Federal finances. Hamilton said the report "failed to convey the entire truth," and said the voters would de- mand specific information on the national deficit. Then he added: "Nor will the electorate's insistence be diverted by the setting up of straw men, whether by President Roosevelt or others. "I know well how to appraise the import of a charge made by a har- ried and driven candidate that all his opponents are economic royalists." Health Service Report Is Issued By Dr. Forsythe General Increase Is Shown In Use Of Its Facilities By Students In 1935'36 A Health Service report for the nine months of the regular academic year of 1935-1936 was issued yesterday by Dr. Warren E. Forsythe, director, showing a general increase in the use of Health Service facilities by the student body. "In general, the report was not as favorable to student health as was that of 1934-1935, which was, how- ever, unusually good," Dr. Forsythe commented. "The increase of serv- ices generally is a continuation of the growing use of the department for conditions not usually thought of as illness. "The less favorable student health during this year is indicated by the increase of deaths and hospitalized patients, strinkingly for pneumonia and appendicitis. Increased enroll- ment is a factor in comparative data, but the marked increase of pneu- monia is unexplained. "The X-ray examinations of chests of all new students for the detection of tuberculosis was the outstanding new feature of the year's work. It ,will probably be repeated next year." The report itself showed a total of 100,948 dispensary calls, as com- pared with 98,175 for 1934-1935 and 84,945 for the previous year. Pa- tients hospitalized elsewhere than in the Health Service infirmary num- bered 290 during the past years, as compared with 239 and 228 in the previous periods. Room calls numbered 1,187 lasI year, about 130 more than in either of the two previous years, and in- firmary days jumped 298 from the 1934-1935 figure to 6,991 for the cur- rent report. Students receiving 'service per 1,. 000 capita enrollment numbered 962 1ast year. 938 and 941 in the two nre- Steel Strike Split Looms In A.F. Of Le Green Allies Await Action Of Lewis In Washington Meeting Today Green Repudiates A. F. Of L. Laxity Federation Councilmen Almost Unanimous For Craft Unionization WASHINGTON, July 8.-(/P)--The American Federation of Labor's ex- ecutive council recessed tonight with- out a discussion of its scrap with John L. Lewis or his steel organization campaign. After voting to charter the Ameri- can Newspaper Guild as an interna- tional union, the council decided to see whether the president of the Unit ed Mine Workers made a requested appearance at tomorrow's session be- fore voting on whether to oust him from the Federation. Ann Arbor Suf fers Hottest Day Since '34 Summer School With the thermometer at the Uni- versity Observatory officially record- ing a new high of 102.2 degrees, Ann Arbor yesterday experienced the hot- test day in two years. Not since July, 1934, when a tem- perature " of 105 was recorded, have the citizens of Ann Arbor had to face such a blazing sun as they did yes- terday. Already in the morning indica- tions were that the day would be the hottest of the year, for at 10 a.m., the mercury had succeeded in surpassing the 90 mark, registering at that hour 91.7 degrees. From this point on the mercury climbed stead- ily and at 1 p.m. stood at 99 degrees. At 2 p.m. the thermometer reached ,the 100 point. Here, however, it did not stop, but kept on mounting until it struck the high point of 102.2 later in the afternoon. The biggest jump was recorded in the forenoon, the thermometer leap- ing up 10 degrees between 9 a.m. and noon. No cases of prostration were re- ported at the University Hospital, the Health Service or St. Joseph's Hospital, students and townspeople evidently having been forewarned by the heat of Tuesday, when the mer- cury mounted to 90.2 degrees. Saginaw was apparently the hih h Lewis, leader of the Federation point inthewstate,-enjoyg m-g faction that thinks all the workers perature of 105.5 and Adrian was sec- in each big industry should be or- pn vath a mfrk5.5 1nd dr ee- ganized into one big union, has said ond with a mark of 105 degrees. he would not appear. No apparent relief was in sight last - "The council knows how I feel," night, for continued fair and warm he told reporters. was predicted for today. Craft Unionists In Control j . Craft unionists who think that a B' A udience machinist, for instance, should belong to the Machinists' Union no matter At FNi* ht where he works, control 16 of the AtFrst Ni ht council's 17 votes. A substantial ma- jority of them are reliably reported Of 'Post Road' to favor ousting Lewis and the 11 unions affiliated with him in the committee for industrial organiza- Aircooled Theatre Draws tion. -F c l e t d n s In a talk with reporters after the Faculty Men, Students, council meeting, Green spoke bit- Townspeople terly of Lewis' statement last night that the committee for industrial or- A large and enthusiastic audience ganization had undertaken the steel organization campaign only after the iescaped the sweltering heat last A. F. of L. had talked of a campaign night, gathering in the air-cooled for two years without doing anything. Lydia Mendelssohn theatre to wit- "Mr. Lewis said we never had a ness the third play of the Michigan plan for organizing steel," Green Repertory Player's season, Steele and said. Recalls Dissension Mitchell's "Post Road." He then recalled that dissension Among the crowd of first-nighters within the Amalgamated Association were many prominent faculty mem- of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers had bers, townspeople, and Summer Ses- prevented a campaign in late 1934 sion students. and 1935. Last spring, he recalled further, he Seated near the front of the had presented a plan to the executive atre were Prof. John G. Winter, cou redcapleaotfunds an "chairman of the Latin department, counilhad alld fr fudsandand director of the fine ar ts division, was about to send organizers into thewihMsWntrPof Hebt steel towns when the Lewis commit- Kenyon, of the Spanish deprtment tee stepped in. director of the Lydia Mendelssohn The funds he had raised, he said, theatre and Prof. Max Handman of did not equal the $500,000 pledged by thecn s depatment and Mrs the Lewis faction- "but we expected He eiconomicsanepartment. to raise more than that as the cam- paign progressed." Prof. Louis A. Hopkins, Director Gain ad tof the Summer Session and Mrs. Grased mred thn$500,00tr hed Hopkins also attend the perform- raised more than $500,000 for the ance. Others who were present were' .miners in 1927 and 1928 "when .they Prof. Avard Fairbanks of the fine arts were down and out." department and Mrs. Fairbanks, Prof. The Lewis group faces three James K. Pollock of the political sci- charges: ence department and Mrs. Pollock. 1. Creation of the committee for Te pent an Mrs oll industrial organization to, promote The speech department was well unionization by industry in direct represented by Prof. Waldo Abbot, contravention of the federation's director of the University broad- craft union policy, casting service, Prof. Gail E. Dens- 2. Furnishing assistance to the more, and William Halstead, man- radio and electrical workers' union, an ager of the Michigan High School organization refused an A. F. of L. Forensic Association. charter after the council had decided' Others who attended were Charles that radio workers should belong to E. Koella of the French department the electrical workers' union. and Mrs. Koella, Mrs. Byrl Fox 3. Promoting organization com- Bacher,sassistant dean of women paignis in steel, automobile and rub- and Mrs. Earle W. Dow. - Several ber with no regard for the craft students were present, including Re- unions' claims to some of the em- becca Bursley, Mary Johnson, Mary ployes in those industries. Bohr, and Elizabeth Palmer. Circuit Court Trial Awaits BettyBaker ustice Reading Has Wife Of Local Policeman Held For First Degree Murder [rial Is Scheduled For October Term Women Predominate At Turbulent Hearing Of Confessed Slayer Mrs. Betty Baker, wife of an Ann lrbor policeman, was bound over to ircuit Court for trial, without bail, n the murder of Clarence E. Schneid- r, local restaurant worker, on June 9, following examination before Jus- ice of Peace Harry W. Reading yes- erday afternoon. A courtroom, crowded with spec- ators, mostly women, heard a stormy ession which was frequently inter- upted by verbal altercations between rosecuting Attorney Albert J. Rapp nd Junior Defense Counsel John W. :onlin. Conlin Asks Bail Admitting that a crime had been ommitted and that the defendant was undoubtedly guilty of the shoot- ng by her own statement, counsel or the defense asked that Mrs. Baker >e held on reasonable bail inasmuch s there was not definite proof that he was guilty of first degree murder, or which no bond is allowed. Justice Reading, however, denied the equest on grounds that there was ome reason to believe that the crime nay have been premeditated, and ac- ordingly murder in the first degree. The lase will not come to trial until ifter the national elections in No- ember, when the jury for the Oc- ober term of circuit court is called. Three police officials, Chief Lewis W. Fohey, Deputy Sheriff Floyd Mat- es, and Sheriff Jacob Andres, and wo medical experts, Coroner Edwin C. Ganzhorn and Dr. Stacey W. Eoward, St. Joseph's Hospital pth- )logist, were called to establish the rime and describe Mrs. Baker's con- fession that the murder was "ac- ,idental." Enkemann On Stand Patrolman Caspar Enkemann was then put on the stand as an arresting officer and the officer who found the olice service revolver used in the shooting, but under cross-examina- tion by Conlin developed into a val- uable witness. Conlin brought out the fact that Enkemann, police gun expert, had leaned, greased, and loosened the ac- tion of Officer Albert K. Baker's po- lice revolver used by Mrs. Baker, less than a month before the shooting, thereby making it fire more readily. Developing the "accident" defense still further, Conlin drew from Enke- mann testimony that when cocked, as Mrs. Baker had stated the revolver was when fired, a gun can be dis- charged at least twice as easily as when the hammer is still on the fir- ing pin. Harold A. Schneider, brother of the slain man, testified that Mrs. Baker had told him of having twice pre- viously "taken a gun" to the deceased in an effort to scare him, because "she had to obtain the truth" about Clarence Schneider. Temperatures Soar To Record Height In State DETROIT, July 8.-GP)-A Blazing sun sent temperatures soaring to record heights in several Michigan cities today as Michigan residents sweltered under the first state-wide heat wave of the season. At least five deaths were attributed to the heat and a score of persons were overcome. The torrid wave sent -thousands to rivers and beaches where six or more were drowned in the last 24 hours. No immediate re- lief was in sight. The thermometer at Owosso's city hall climbed to 109 degrees for the highest unofficial reading reported. Both Bay City and Saginaw reported official readings of 107 degrees, estab- lishing a new all-time record tem- nerature in the latter city. Jackson ;: J i F r' (.. s l j9 l s t x i, l Dr. Smillie Shows Environment Is Not Factor In Catching Colds One of mankind's most prevalent diseases, the innocuous common cold, was yesterday explained by Dr. Wil- son G. Smillie of Harvard University in a lecture as rich with humorous' anecdote as with scientific value, to the Summer Session students who nearly filled Natural Science Audi- torium on the hottest day of the, summer. His topic was "The Com- mon Cold." Conflicting theories on the cause of the common cold were responsible for Dr. Smillie's far-flung investiga- tions which took him to the localities, in and near ,North America, of peo- ples who live the simplest lives of twentieth century civilization. - His investigations have fairly well established the fact that colds are specific inflictions that are trans- ferred from one person to another, on the coast of North Carolina he found unsuitable, he said, because the' inhabitants too often came into con-' tact with "foreigners." In the hillbilly section of southern' Alabama, where distilling "moon- shine" is the only industry, Dr. Smil- lie said he found his first experi- mental locality that met the required conditions, even though it was diffi- cult to make -friends with the moun- taineers who took them for Federal, agents and shot at them several times. A secluded community that made one trin en masse to the county seat once a year, Dr. Smillie could de- tect no symptoms of colds among the population. It was only when the local school teacher attended a con- vention at the county seat and re- turned with a cold that the ailment infected the populace. This epidemic,1 ho cnil isanarnr uifhn hrt Le Foyer Francais Members Must Speak French Or Else "Passez-moi la beurre, s'il vous plait' -merci." "Il n'y a pas de quoi." Members of Le Foyer Francais would have to go without the butter for their rolls if they did not know how to ask for it, for the rule of the house is always to speak French. However, to put them at their ease, the French conversationalists have been given a list of common terms and idioms used at the table and in gen- eral daily life. la lune," "Gentile bateliere" and other French songs. Mealtime is not the only occasion of conversation. After plays and con- certs and other social functions, the conversationalists are likely to gather in someone's room to discuss the event of the evening. And on campus they greet each other with a "Bon- jour, mademoiselle." Le Foyer Francais will hold a party July 14th celebrating the taking of the Bastille. The majority of the summer stu-