A ,Y, AUGUS~T 18, 1937 THE MICHIGAN DAILY MM- N EW S Of The DAY The News Of The World As Illustrated In Associated Press Pictures (By The Associated Press) Ship Head Asks U.S. To Back Vessel Mortgages WASHINQTON, Aug. 17.---)-La- than D. Smith, Chicago steamship and shipbuilding executive, told the House merchant marine committee today proposed federal insurance of vessel mortgages would help revive the shipbuilding industry on the Great Lakes. Testifying on a bill by Representa- tive Cochran (Dem., Mo.) to have the government guarantee mortgages / finance construction of inland water- way and coastal vessels, Smith said the measure "offers encouragement; which is very necessary." Under Cochran's bill, mortgages would be guaranteed in the same manner as the Federal Housing Ad- ministration now insures housing mortgages. Devil's Causes. Lake Storm Property Damage ADRIAN, Aug. 17.-(IP)-Three cot- tages and five trailers in a camp at Devil's Lake were damaged early to- night by trees blown over during a storm. No one was hurt. In Adrian several streets were blocked by trees and poles. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mills and their two children, Mary Jane, 8, and Dean, 4, were in their trailer at the lake camp when one tree fell on it, another toppled over on their au- tomobile. New Warden Warns Of Prison Overcrowding JACKSON, Aug. 17.-(A)-Warden Joel H. Moore of the State Prison of Southern Michigan said today that Americans and other foreign citizens living in Shanghai fled by hundreds into the International Settlement (above), seeking the protection of American marines, 1,050 strong, and garrisons maintained by other powers which were mobilized for the "worst." Armed forces of both nations poured by thousands into the Chinese seaport. Panic gripped the native populace. Streets and alleys were choked with fleeing residents of the Chapei and Kiangwang areas, as the crossfire of Chinese batteries and Japanese warships battered native districts. Fires have ravaged the town and an acute food shortage now menaces its inhabitants. Play: Repertory Players production # "Daughters of Atreus." NOW! TWO FEATURES! Og 4 Joe Connor, 26, University of Minnesota student, won the world Pi.A$e birling title at Escanaba, Mich., by PC v dethroning the champion of ten A years' standing, Wilbur Marx, of Eau Claire, Wis. Connor is shown exhibiting the deftness which won him the log rolling title. Brandegee and Borah. There was, however, a second and more comprehensive treaty conclud- ed at about the same time. This isb f known as the "Nine Power Pact" or n the "International Treaty for the Pa- cific." In additon oate "Big Four" aJarch t ft poO (Continued on Page 4) AND A KISS FOR EVERY Blue CLUE Books ALL SIZES fS -- Extra Sw ifGt'dsy.FTHE Mayer DAY Drug Store 30 S. State St. Coming Saturday _ - JOE E. BROWN -__ _ _"RIDING ON AIR" Far Eastern Conflict Pr Of Neutrality Act, (3 whether the Four Power Pact has, or, esen s 1 1. C d Test can have, any application to the exi- gencies of this particular situation. That is the first point. # t S y The second, and even more import- ommentator Sa) :: + ant point to observe is that when the Senate consented to the ratification of this interesting treaty, it attached 9 overcrowded conditions at the oraneh (Continued from Nae 1) state prison at Marquette are a men- qe. part of the price of peace between Moore, justreturned from his first men and nations. So much for the visit there as assistant state director new Neutrality, which may now have of corrections, said he will recom- an opportunity to demonstrate its mend the transfer of about 50 in- .validity as a contribution to interna- mates to other prisons. tional law as well as national welfare. He said he found 50 or more pris- Call For Joint Action oners sleeping in corridors. General What of the Pacific treaties, to conditions, including inmate morale, which we are a party, and which are were good, Moore said. still "in force," never having been Warden Moore plans to inspect the denounced? By their spirit and im- state reformatory at Ionia soon. plications, if not by their letter, they call for joint political action by the AAprincipal powers having interests in i DA AA * e China and the Far East. * D" There is no incompatibility or con- tradiction between the terms of the (Continued from Page 2) treaties and the spirit and purpose of the Neutrality Act, as some per- estes, the son of Agamemnon and sons have alleged. On the contrary, Klyaitemnestra returns years later to they are complementary. The treat- avenge his father's death and finds ies call for conference, for frankness, that he must kill his mother 'to do so, and for diplomatic cooperation be- Propelled by his firey sister, Elektra, tween their signatories; but there is he confronts his mother with the nothing whatever in them that calls sword. Klytaimnestra cries mercy, for the determination of "the ag- not for herself, but to save her son gressor" in the Far East, by the Unit- the remorse that she knows such re- ed States Government or any other venge will bring. Orests kills her, only signatory, contrary to what the to go krazy in theend as the mother- 'Chinese students and many senti- slayerk mental friends of China in this coun- Valentine B. Windt has directed try appear to believe. There is, how- this last Michigan Repertory offering ever, authority in them for coopera- with a keen sense for the human tive action by the Powers, looking to and tender parts of the drama, com- removal of the cause of the conflict bining these qualities with the un- -a very different matter. derlying beauty in both the charac- The moralistic, or legalistic ap- ters and expression. Deep with in- proach-the attempt by political au- tensity and emotion, "Daughters of thority to stigmatize the guilty or ag- Atreus" is not lacking in the sweep gressive party, and intimidate him, and movement that makes for very is a step leading directly towards interesting and enjoyable theatre. war. Consultation looking towards removal of the causes of conflict, Major Standings AMERICAN LEAGUEy W. L. Pet. New York .............72 33 .686 BETTER Detroit ............61 43 .587 Chicago..............62 47 .569 Boston ................69 45 .567 hake Cleveland .............48 53 .475 .hAn 'Washington ...........49 55 471 lP AdLv . St. Louis.............33 70 .320 On TheAve Philadelphia... .........32 70 .314 nue -"-"-" Yesterday's ResultsBanySinth other Detroit 11, Chicago 7.adl soe? New York 8-6, Washington 0-4. great m 20th Cleveland at St. Louis, rain. C sntr O X Today's Games Detroit at Chicago. Boston at Philadelphia. . Cleveland at St. Lois (2). Washington at New York (2)., NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Chicago ...............66 41 .617 New York.............62 43 .590 St. Louis ..............56 47 .544:. Pittsburgh .............57 48 .543 Boston ................52 56 .481 - Cincinnati .............44 58 .431 Philadelphia .......,...43 65 .398y Brooklyn...............41 63 .394 Yesterday's Results+ Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 2." New York 4, Boston 1. Philadelphia 11, Brooklyn 1. St. Louis at Cincinnati, night. Today's Games without any obligation or implica- ily settled by diplomacy, and is "like- an important reservation, of only one tion of coercion or violence against ly to affect the harmonious accord sentence in length. It read: "The even the apparent aggressor, looks now happily subsisting between United States understands that under in the opposite direction. Herein lies them" they shall "invite the other the statement in the Preamble, or the important difference between the Parties to a joint conference to which under the terms of this treaty, there American and the European ap- the whole subject will be referred is no commitment to (the use of) proach to peace. for consideration and adjustment." armed force, no alliance, no obliga- What precisely do the treaties con- China Nat A Party tion to join in any defense. cerning the Pacific say? It is im- Who shall invite the others? The Treaty was signed by Charles portant to know what we are talking The treaty is discreetly silent as to Evans Hughes, Senators Lodge and about. The first treaty is known as that. Presumably, the power most Underwood, and Mr. Root for the the Four-Power Pact, and was con- directly concerned or gravely threat- United States; but the reservation eluded at Washington, Dec. 13, 1922, ened. That might be supposed to be was attached principally by the ap- by the representatives of the United China. But China was not a party to prehension and initiative of Senators States, the British Empire, France this treaty; and the present contro- TYPEWRITERS and Japan. (It was ratified, and versy is not between the actual signa-- subsequently proclaimed on Aug. 17, tories at least not yet. FOUNTAIN PENS 1923; it came into force, therefore, Article 2 of the Four Power Pact Student Supplies exactly 14 years ago). reads: "If the said rights are threat- Requires Conference ened by the aggressive action of any pDM oil Its preamble reads: "With a view other power, the parties shall com- Us M OETE to the preservation of the general municate withone another fully and 314 SOUTH STATE STREET peace. and the maintenance of their frankly, in order to arrive at an un- rights in relation to their insular derstanding as to the most efficient pcsseEsions and dominions in the re- measures to be taken, jointly or sep- gion of the Pacific-" Its terms are arately, to meet the exigencies of the brief and reasonably clear. The particular situation." high contracting parties agree that Obviously, what these four powers "If there should develop between any then appeared to have in mind was of them a controversy arising out of the possibility of 'aggressive action" any Pacific question, and involving from the direction of Moscow, not their rights, which is not satisfactor- Tokyo! All in all, it is doubtful V~ >; NEW THING , C 9 MIC -a , i Sh H HERE .. .and no. where else ...is the place to get your new -. - - They're Easy To Get When YouBuyNThem s ;HIGAN DAILY WAY There's always something new coming out that strikes your fancy . . , some- thing to wear, something for your home, any one of hundreds of different things !. Wise women aren't deprived of the things they want . . . they shop The Daily ads, where they know it's a simple matter to make their budgets meet their demands.