THE WEATHER CONTIN ED FAIR TODATf LL Ulnlurrinr AT YOUR DOOR THREE TIMES A WEEK . X No. 21 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1919 PRICE THREE CE WAR DEPARTMENT TO SLAS H PICES IN H.C.L.BA TTLE. GOVERN IENT TO COMBAT PRICES OF COMMERCIAL DEALERS FOOD PRICE DICTATOR ASKED IN NEW BILL House Committee Begins Considera- tion of Cold Storage Legis- lation LONDON POLICE THWART RED PLOT London, Aug. 11.-Seditious docu- ments were seized by the police today in a raid on London's western suburb of Acton. The papers captured dealt with a suggested seizure of arms and ammu- nition from the military stores by revo- lutionaries and the establishment of a soviet government in London. Important arrests are regarded as probable in the course of the week in connection with the seizure. Other' raids, it is said, are contemplated by the authorities.' ANDREPJ CARNEGIE DEAD RATER 3 DAYS' ILLINESS PNEUMONIA CAUSES DEATH OFl PROMINENT FINANCIER AND PHILANTHROPIST fichigan Alumnus First American To Receive Oxford Professorship To the University of Michigan has elected Fellow in Semitics there in fallen the honor of having one of her 1903, serving until 1904. He was then alumni appointed to the first professor- made international fellow of Columbia ship ever held by an American on the university to France, retaining this Washington, Aug. 11.-A price war between the war department and com- mercial dealers in food-stuffs loomed this afternoon when it was announced by the department that, since its an- nouncement regarding the coming sales to the public of army surplus food,. retail dealers handling similar kinds of food have in many instances lowered their prices to meet with the army food quotations. The war de- partment answered this move by an- nouncing that it would continue re- vising its prices downward. The total value of the surplus food that has been allotted by the war de- partment for public sale is $83,459,928, it was announced this afternoon. Information in the hands of pack- ing house inspectors of the depart- ment of agriculture probably will be used, should permission be granted by Secretary Houston, in the department of justice drive against food profiteer& ond hoarders. Furnish Information Attorney-General Palmer, in a mes- sage to Secretary Houston this after- noon, asked that, if consistent, these inspectors "furnish United States at- torneys, upon request with informa- tion within their possession." The attorney-general instructed district attorneys thro_, ut the coun- try to get in touch iihm iately with the former state food ministrators and co-operate with the in the cam- paign to ferret out violat as of the food control act as rapidly as 'ossible. faculty of Oxford university. The dis- tinction comes through the person of Prof. Stephen Herbert Longdon, '98, whose appointment to succeed Dr. A. H. Sayce as professor of Assyriology has been announced by the authorities of the museum of the University of Pennsylvania where Dr. Langdon serv- ed for the two years as curator of the Babylonian section. Dr. Langdon was born in 1876 at Monroe, Mich., where he studied pre- poratory to entering the University of Michigan. He took his Bachelor's de- gree here in 1898, and the following year won his Master's diploma. He re- ceived his B.D. from the Union Theo- logical seminary in 1903 and his Ph.D. from Colu bia university in 1904. It was at the latter institution that his genius for deciphering the Sumerian text was first recognized and he was Decide Doubles Titles't'omorrow Lenox, Mass., Aug. 11.-Andrew Car- negie, one of the world's most prom- inent financiers, steel magnate and philanthropist, is dead at his summer home, "Shadow Brook," of bronchial pneumonia. He had been ill but three days and the sudden end, which came at 7:10 o'clock this morning, was wholly unexpected. Had Mr. Carnegie lived until next Nov. 25 he would have been 84 years old. At his bedside at the time of death were Mrs. Carnegie, John Boyn- ston, his private secretary; the family physician, and members of his home >staff. Mrs. Roswell Miller, his daugh- ter, was not present. Mr. Carnegie had been enjoying the summer in the Berkshire hills, spend- ing most of his time at his favorite outdoor pastime-fishing. Three days ago he was stricken with a cold, and it rapidly developed into pneumonia.' His condition, however, did not become alarming until last night. News of Mr. Carnegie's illness was not known outside the family circle. New York, Aug. 11.-The passing of one of the greatest and certainly the most picturesque of world financiers, at his Massachusetts summer home to- day, aroused much speculation as to what will become of the Carnegie for- tune, variously estimated at between $300,000,000 and $400,000,000. Andrew Carnegie's wife, who was LouisehWhitfield, of, New York, sur- vives him. He leaves only the one child, Margaret, who recently was mar- Washington, Aug. 11.-The house agriculture committee today began ,consideration of cold storage legisla- tion recommended by the president, hearing experts from the department of agriculture. Similar legislotion is expected to be taken up soon by a sub-committee of the senate interstate commerce commission, which was ap- pointed today by Chairman Cummins. The sub-committee is composed of Senators Townsend, of Michigan; La- Follette, of Wisconsin; Watson, of In- diana; Underwood, of Alabama; and Smith, of South Carolina. Lower Prices Abroad Senator Myers, Democrat, of Mon- tana, told the senate today he under- stood that supplies purchased here with money loaned by the United States to foreign governments and the $100,000,000 fund appropriated by con- gress to relieve distressed peoples in Europe, were being sold abroad at lower prices than those now demanded of the American people for the same articles. The senator was speaking in sup- port of his resolution requesting the judiciary committee for an opinion as to the advisability of restrict exports. He declared he believed the people of the United States should not be "bled white" in order to aid the remainder of the world. Price Dictator A fair price administrator for the District of Columbia would be pro- vided for, under a bill being prepared by district officials for submission to congress. Announcement to this effect was made today following a confer- ence between Federal Trade Commis- sioners Murdock and Colver and the district commissioners. The measure also will p de for the licensing of all wholes s and retailers of food, wearing apparel and fuel. The admin- istrator would Abe given power. to re- voke licenses of profiteers. Legislation proposing the licensing of corporations having capital or as- sets of $10,000,000 or more and ou- thorizing federal supervision over the issuance of stocks and securities, was introduced today by Senator Kellogg, Rhe-nicen, nf Minnesota. ried to Roswell Miller, a young re- serve officer in the United States navy. None of the ironmaster's associates professed to know today what provi- sion he made for the Millers in his will, though at 'the time of the wed- ding Margaret Carnegie was called "the world's richest heiress." The "Steelmaster's" end was peace- ful. He began to experience difficulty in breathing last evening and physi- cians were hurriedly summoned from Pittsfield. They remained at the bed- side throughout the night, as did Mrs. Carnegie. Some few hours after her father's death Mrs. Miller arrived from Mill- brook, N. Y., accompanied by her hus- band. Lenox, Mass., Aug. 11.-Announce- ment was made this afternoon that the funeral of Andrew Carnegie would be held from the home and would be strictly private. No date was given out. It was stated that burial may be made at Pittsburgh instead of New York. In spite of his advanced years the unexpected death of Mr. Carnegie startled the summer colony here. To the neighbors, who saw him fre- quently, he had become a fixture, and many failed to realize his declining physical condition. It was two hours after his death when the news became known. Immediately summer colonists began calling the house by telephone, and many drove in their cars to the house. DR. A. H. LOVELL WILL TALK ON WAR DUTIES OF SAPPERS "Duties of Sappers in War" will be the subject of a lecture by Dr. A. H. Lovell of the engineering college to be given at 5 o'clock this afternoon in the Natural Science auditorium. While in France as a lieutenant-colonel Dr. Lovel observed carefully the work of the sapper, and his lecture will be a-hr t - fnr ~~ r Merkel and Munz will play Fisher and Bassett in the final round of the doubles tournament at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon on Ferry field. C. N. Mack, Varsity tennis coach; has agreed to umpire the match and a large crowd of tennis enthusiasts is expect- ed to view the battle which will de- termine the championship of the cam- pus. The singles finals will be played at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. As a result, the semi-final matches must be played by Friday night. Angell has already qualified for the singles finals, while Munz and Bowers were given additional time to play off their preliminary match owing to the fact that Munz was participating in another tournament. Angell defeated Breakey in the up- per half of the singles semi-finals, 6-3, 6-1. Worth will meet the winner of the Munz-Bowers match in the other semi-final. The winners of these semi- final round battles will clash in the championship round Saturday after- noon. Some fine tennis is expected tomor- row and Saturday in thenchampionship games. Merkel and Munz have appear- ed to best advantage in the doubles matches to date, but will meet a good pair in Fisher and Bassett. Angl and Munz have shown the most consistent play in the singles, although Bowers and Worth have been playing some good tennis. DEAN E. H. KRAUS TO ADDRESS EMBALMERS' ASSOCIATION Dean E. H. Kraus will speak Wed- nesday afternoon before the Michigan State Embalmers' and Funeral Di- rectors' association now in convention at the Arcadia in Detroit. His sub- ject will be "Our Course in Embalm- ing and Sanitary Science." In his talk Dean Kraus expects to bring out the aim'of the University in offering this corse and to appeal to the associa- tion for closer co-operation with the University. Because of the fact that the Univer- sity has as severe entrance require- ments for this course as for the Uni- versity, there has not been an unusual- ly large attendance during the past few years. Dean Kraus will present the matter in person in the hope of obtain- ing more students for this course. CHANUTE FIELD AVIATORS DISSATISFIED AT TRANSFER Rantoul, Ill., Aug. 11-There is much dissatisfaction at Chanute field' over an order today to send 339 men, al- most the entire personnel, to Ross field, near Los Angeles, Cal., for train- ing at a balloon school. These men enlisted with the promise that they might remain at a post near their homes and learn to fly. Many of them; have already taken flying instructions and some have reached the solo stage. It is understood that only four men will be retained at Chanute field. No word has yet been received as to the disposition of the officers. Informa- tion from the war department is that men are being taken from all the northern flying fields to supply troops for the Mexican border. post for two years, and studying at the Sorbonne and the College de France at Leipzig. In 1908 he was made reader in Assyriology ot Oxford, a position corresponding to professor in Ameri- can universities. here his work came under the notice Dr. Sayce. The lat- ter has been the acknowledged leader in archaeology for the last fifty years. He is the man who first gave to the world definite information as to the identity of the Hittittes, referred to in the Scriptures but nowhere else in his- tory until he translated ancient rec- ords referring to them. He was also the first to translate Cappadocian writ- ing: Another Appointment Expected The announcement of Dr Langdon's election to the professorship of As- syriology is expected to be followed by a still more important appointment. For some time the scientific wold has known that the British government plans an exhaustive survey of all the ancient lands wrested from the Turk, chief among them Babylonia, the ter- ritory between the Tigris and Euphra- tes rivers. Work of Expeditions Although scores of expeditions have been sent to the ruins of the more fam- ous cities within the last 50 yeors, none has done more than scratch the sur- face. In 10 years of digging explorers for the museum of the University of Pennsylvania obtained 50,000 tablets, half of which were retained by th.e Turks, but did not even reach the Temple proper, now known to be the storehouse of inscriptions set up to the gods by each succeeding conqueror. Nippur, where the university explorers worked, was the famed sacred city of the ancients. It has been identified as the Calneh of the Bible. PROFS. RUGHARD AND NEWCOMBE TO VISIT BIOLOGICAL STATION Authority was given Prof. J. E. Rughard of the zoological department and Prof. T. C Newcombe of the bot- any department at the recent meeting of the Board of Regents to visit the biological station at Lake Douglas be- fore its close this summer for the purpose of studying its location and with a view to making suggestions as to whether it would be advisable to move the station to some other point on the lake. The present location was selected when the station was started 11- years ago. The belief exists, however, that a more suitable location could be se- cured, and that this better site would afford better facilities for research and study. Professors Rughard and New- combe will probably leave the early part of next week for Lake Douglas. CHINESE BOYCOTT JAPANESE . GOODS, DECLARES MINISTER London, Aug. 11-Lou Tseng Tsiang Chinese foreign minister, who has just arrived in England, corroborated re- ports of an extraordinary boycott of Japanese goods throughout China, as the result of the Japanese policy in Shantung. He said: "So far as I am aware, the boycott is nlow general and the people are refusing to handle Japanese goods of any description. This state of af- fairs exists among all classes and it is naturally causing a good deal of perturbation. "I am hopeful, however, that my own and the Japanese governments will shortly come to some amicable arrangement." PROF. J. R. HAYDEN CHANGES TOPIC OF TONIGHT'S LECTURE Prof. J. R. Hayden of the Political Science department, who is to lecture, at 8. o'clock this evening in the Natural Science auditorium, has changed his topic to that of "The President, the Senate, and the Treaty" from "Brit- ish National Politics" about which he was first to have talked. Professor Hadyen is a prominent political scientist and he has made a special study of his subject. During the war he was in command of one of the 16-inch naval guns in France. PRINCE OF WALES REACHES AMERICA St. Johns, N. F., Aug. 11.-The Brit- ish battleship Renown, bearing the prince of Wales to America, arrived off Conception bay early today, escort- ed by the cruisers Dauntless and Drag- on. Preparations have been made for the prince's reception here tomor- row. The government authorities have planed a luncheon for the prince and an automobile tour of the pic- turesque country around St. John's. He is to be the guest of honor at the first regatta to be held on Quidi Vidi lake since the war. From Newfoundland he will go to New Brunswick .and then proceed to Canada, where a busy itinerary has been prepared for his 10 weeks' stay. It is expected that the prince will return to Montreal from his tour of Canada about October 27 and then proceed to New York and Washington on a brief visit. REDS EFEAT KOICAK DMSK COLLAPSE NEAR Johin CAPITAL MENT OF ANTI-RED THREATENED EVACUATION Washington, Aug. 11.-Complete col- lapse of the Kolchak movement in Si- beria was forecast in reports reaching Washington today. Kolchak forces have fallen back almost 200 miles from their former advanced lines and Omsk was said to be threatened with evacuation. Failure of the allied and associated governments to get adequate supplies to Admiral Kolchak, the advices said, had forced him to fall back steadily before the greatly superior bolshevik forces composed of veterans whose officers include many Germans who fled to Russia when the armistice was signed. Officials here are known to regard Kolchak's efforts at an end unless most radical measures are adopted by outside governments and it was sug- gested that the president might call the attention of congress to the im- minence of bolshevik control of all Si- beria. Military Problem The proposition of extending aid to Admiral Kolchak received the support of President Wilson and his assistants at the peace conference in Paris, but the getting of supplies to him was found to be more of a military. than a diplomatic, problem. France, Eng- land, and Japan were in position polit- ically to offer supplies, but the posi- tion of the United States was not so clear on that point. Some officials here held that for the United States to participate in any extensive suppcrt. either in supplying the forces or in adding man rbower to the army, con- gressional action would be necessary. Yanks Far from Kolchak The American force already in Sibe- ria is far from the Kolchak-bolshevikl lines. It was placed there for the an- nounced specific purpose of guarding of supplies at Vladivostok and the pro- tection of the trans-Siberian railroad. The status of the British force was quite different, for the mission of that army was to establish a line of com- munication with. Admiral Kolchak's army, making possible the use of Archangel as a base of supplies. It has failed. The stretch between Arch- angel and Kolchak has increased until it is now apparent little hope remains of Kolchak recovering unless much larger forces are sent to his support. Military Problem The supplies the French and British have succeeded in getting through have ben almost negligible, and Japan be- cause of the distance and her loca- tion has not been able to contribute even a small part. The probable withdrawal of the Brit- ish volunteer forces before another winter is construed officially here as due to a desire of the governmeifm not to add to the already serious disturb- ance of political conditions at home. ITALIAN LABOR COUNCIL WILL MEET TO DISCUSS STRIKES Rome, Aug. 11. - The national council of the Italian Labor Federa- tion will begin a special meeting at Milan Aug. 15 to discuss the situation created by the various strike move- nients in Italy, according to the Avan- ti; The meeting will last three days. 11. Bateman, '14E, Ap To Assist New Faculty Member GOVERN.' WITH BLANCHARD TO GET CHAIR. OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERING HER[ REGENTS PICK COLUMBIA PROFES SOR FOR NEWLY CREATED POSITION TO INSTALL HIGHWAY TRANSPORT COURSI Prof. Arthur Horace Blanchard Columbia university has been chose by the Regents to fill the newly trea ed chair of highway engineering. Pr fessor Blanchord will have charge o the course in highway engineering fo merly given by Prof. J. J. Cox and wi also have supe~ision of a general e pansion in this department. John E. Batemen, '14E, who for th past four years has been connecte with the Michigan state highway con mission has been oppointed to assi Professor Blanchard. The undergrai uate courses in highway engineerin will be expanded and a course in hig way transport will be established, t latter being an entirely new one in th University curricula. Professc Blanchord will have charge of the r quired courses in both subjects. Professor Blanchard has been activ in practical engineering work for mo than 20 years. After graduating froi Brown university in 1899, he served consulting engineer to several con struction companies, at the same tizr holding a teaching position on ti Brown faculty. In 1911 he becam professor of highway engineering Columbia, where he had taken his ma ter's degree in 1902. Professor.Blanc ard is the author of several text bool and has contributed extensively to ti field of engineering literature. FRENCH LETTERS DEVELOP IN WA] That French literature has been d veloped by the war and that furthi development will be caused theret was* the substance of the lectui "French Letters and the War" give Monday afternoon by Prof. Arthur Canfield, head of the French depar ment. The speaker declared that t French literature abounds in pictur of heroism, of deep cmoral feeling, ar of a responsibility to the sense duty-all of which have been produ ed by the effect of the war upon t hearts of the French people. He sho ed that the lower type of literatuni was Parisian, not French, and th this Parisian element is formed by t demand of the cosmopolitan people Q the world who go to Paris to se their pleasure. The Germans seized upon this tyi as a basis for calling the French decadent race, declared Profess< Canfield, and they widely spread th false doctrine. Fortunately the wor is seeing that the bad is not repr sentative of the French people, h said. According to the speaker thin which may seem peculiar to America are often commonplace to French pe ple, and things which may seem of li tle consequence to the Americans a often considered by the French as ac of depravity. He used this point I show that the standards of the tv nations are different. Professor Canfield then traced t development of French literature fo 'lowing the Franco-Prussian war, am showed how the literature had ris to greater heights after the defe He said he expected even greater d velopment after the late victory. BRITISH COAL MINERS' DEMANDS ARE REJECTE London, Aug. 11.-The strike in t1 Yorkshire coal fields, involving 20( 000 miners, apparently will be fougi to a finish. The coal controller ye terday told the men's leaders it w impossible to concede their demand To do so, he said, would mean a stril in every coal field in the country f< similar concessions. No further coi ferences have been arranged. It said the strikers' funds will last on: another fortnight . A