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VOL. VIII, No. 12
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1927
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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SHEFFIElD RESIGNS
POSIPTION AS ENVOY
TO MEXICAN PEOPLE
Roy Lane Of 'Broadway' Fame Talks
On Life And Youth And Barristers
An Interview, by W.]K. LonnsoI
PRESIDElNTS COOLIDG(E ACCEPJ
RESIGNATION
. AT ONCE
ENO XPLANATION GIVEN
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Leaving Of Post Comes At Critical
Period In United States And
Mexico Relations
(By Associated Press)
RAPID CITY, S. D., July 9.-The
resignation of James Y. Sheffield as
ambassador to Mexico was accepted
today by President CoColidge shortly
atter it had been tendered.
The post will remain for the time
being in the hands of the charge de
affaires as Mr. Coolidge has not de-
cided when the resignation shall be-
come effective. He does not antici-
pate that Mr. Sheffield will return to
his post after he makes a contemplat-
ed six-weeks tour of Europe.
H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld, the
charge, is regarded very highly by the
President. While it is the usual prac-
tice of Mr. Coolidge to fill vacancies
quickly, he does not want any con-
clusions' drawn because of the failure
to make an immediate appointment to
this country, where relations have
been troubled for some time.
The President was said at the ex-
ecutive offices today to be unaware of
any new developments in the con-
troversy over the Mexican oil and
land laws, but there were indications
that Mr. Sheffield is concerned over
recent steps by Mexico in the oil situa-
tion.
Mr. Sheffield offered no explanation
for his retirement, except to indicate
tht twas not -benase--of health or
lack of support by the administration.
In his presence, Everett Sanders, sec-
retary to the President, explained that
the President and the ambassador
reached an agreement last summer
that if the ambassador would consent
to return to his post he would be
relieved this year.
Several names have been suggested
to the President as successors to Mr.
Sheffield, including T. E. Campbell,
former governor of Arizona; Charles
Beecher Warren pf Detroit; John Gar-
rett of Baltimore; and Silas Strawn
of Chicago; and he expects to make
a choice within the time which would
ordinarily be consumed by the am-
bassador in leave of absence.
Mr. Sheffield was named ambassador
to Mexico in the fall of 1924, shortly
after Mr. Warren aid John Payne had
concluded negotiations with that
country on the basis of which rela-
tions were resumed between it and the
tnlted States.
The oil and land laws coiftroversy,
has been bubbling almozt ever since
and there are indications here that
a critical stage in this situation is
gap'roaching.
However, Mr. Coolidge intends . to
maintain silence until he has con-
ferred with the state department.
TEXAS TO ENLARGE
MEN'S DORMITORY!
..AUSTIN, Texas, July 8.-Proposed
changes in the dormitories for men
at the University of Texas will provide
rooms for approximately 60 more stu-
dents during the coming year, accord-
ing to V. I. Moore, dean of men at the
University.
With the increased capacity the
dormitories will accommodate 160
students, said Dean Moore. Besides
the additional rooms, a new apartment
is being built fo rthe student manager
nd family, and a reception room is
fuimished in order that the students
mayetertain visitors. '\he gymna-.
sium is 'o being enlarged and made
full sixed th some additional gym-
nasium equipinnt being added.
The men's ronims when completed
will each be fitted 1ith hot and cold
water, steam heat and the necessary
linens, according to Dean Noore. Dur-
ing the summer session of tht Univer-
sity there are about 50 men wbj room
~-i the dormitory.
WISCONSIN.-George Little, form-
erly of Michigan, is continuing his
drive before the legislature for a new
"Be real!" is his slogan, and I be-
lieve that I have never, met a man
who was more himself, more natural,
more unaffected, more a man. Wal-J
lace Ford is the "Roy Lane" of
"Broadway," that romance and trag-
edy of a New York night club now
playing at the Garrick Theater in De-
troit.
Mr. Ford is easy to meet and easier
to talk to. He has what we blunder-
ing fools call personality, and a bad
word it is; but he draws one so that
while in his presence you also are
yourself. And after all such a power
is true personality.
"Youth," said Mr. Ford, "is the
greatest thing in the world." And he
mentioned J. M. Barrie's "Courage"
which deals with the great battle be-
tween youth and age. "Look at Lind-
bergh, Jackie Coogan . . . It is
youth that always wins because they
have the guts." And although I ad-
mit that "guts" is an accepted bar-
barism no word can replace it. I
admired the man for his use of it. Mr.
Ford told a story of how a father and
son grew up together, and often rode
horseback. All of the son's life had
been carefuly watched by the father
and the union between them was great.
One day, when the boy was around
seventeen, the two were slowly can-
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I liked his summing up of the star
system, which was simply-"An audi-
ence views a play now, for the play;
not for the actors." Broadway is a
splendid example of this for each one
of the cast is a finished actor or act-
ress and it is this well balanced com-
pany that makes the play the success
that it is.
I was surprised to find that Mr.
Ford intends to study law, and holds
aspirations to someday become a crim-
inal lawyer. "Everyone should know
the law, and know it well," he stated,
and I can find much truth in those
words. "Roy Lane" has been a fre-
quent visitor to Detroit criminal
trials and has watched those cases
which he has attended with the closest
interest. "An actor has so much spare
time," he explained," that why not
use it? Last year I studied dancing,
and it was my ability to dance that se-
cured me this job in 'Broadway.'"
Mr. Ford created Junior in "Pigs,"
the vehicle which the Rockford Play-
ers, of this city, will use week after
next. In this play he spent 170 weeks
in New York and 33 weeks in Chicago.
As my interview drew to a close I
harkened back to those opening
phrases that he gave me-"Be real!"
Certainly a strange motto for an
actor!
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tering down a bridle path. The boys
horse reared and dashed away, prob- JOHNSON RESIGNSk
ably having been bitten by some in- AS PRESIDENT of
sect. The father's heart nearly AEENT UF
stopped; he was afraid that his son AMERICAN LEAGUE
would fall; his son did not have his
guidance. But in a moment the dust (By Associated Press)
cleared and the boy was seen far NEW YORK, July 9.-Under strong
ahead, safe. "Come on, Dad!" he pressure exerted by a majority of the
called. The father was behind. The club owners chiefly because of ill'
boy was independent. Here, the gap health, Ban Johnson today resigned
between youth and age appeared fom the presidency of the American i
Youth's problems is to close this gap. league He will quit the office he has
Mr. Ford had little education held since the founding of the circuit
through the ordinary means, but as 27 years ago, not later than Novem- I
he said the theater is one of the ber 1, and probably much sooner
greatest educators after all for one Simultaneous with his abrupt re-'
must have a very wide range of sination, which the club owners ac-c
knowledge to be an intelligent actor. pected "with regret," the 61-year-old
executive, in a characteristic gesture,
BVHDIPLU P1 11 refused a proposal that he become
I "president-emeritus" and retire on full
pay under a contract which still has
eight years to run at an annual figure;
of 40,000. In rejecting an arrange-
-{ ment which would have meant $20,-
Parisien Reception Comes To Close 000 for the life of the contract, ther
As Flyers Leave For Various veteran stipulated in his 33-word!
Destinations statement of resignation, that his com-
pensation will "end upon my retire-
SPENDS WEEK IN PARIS '"en'" ..
JohnsonPis to decide when he will,
(By Associated Press) formally go out of office, if he decides
BULLETIN to do so before November 1, but it is
PARIS, July 8.-Commander Rich- understood he will relinquish his job
ard E. Byrd tonight told French news- within a few weeks or as soon as the
papermen at a dinner in his honor affairs are in shape to be turned over
here that he planned to start on his to a successor.
projected South Pole aerial expedition Who that successor wil be the club
"before the end of the year." owners did not decide today at their I
PARIS, July. 8.-The hectic week of suddenly called special meeting here.
reception and honors which Paris has It was believed that the magnates
been showering on the heads of the were prepared to name one of their
six American transatlantic aviators own members, E. F. Barnard, presi-
who have been here, came to a close dent of the Cleveland club.
today. Edward G. Barrow, secretary of the
Tomorrow at noon, exactly one Yankees and former president of the
week from the hour at which they International league, also has been
arrived in Paris by train after their mentioned as a possible successor in
dramatic landing near the beach at spite of his own denial. Likewise
Ver-Sur-Mer, Commander Richard E. there has been something of a boom
Byrd and his companiona will leave for Major Jimmie Walker of New
for Dunkirk. York, but Col. Jacob Rupert, Yankee
Clarence D. Chamberlin flew to owner, declared today he "didn't think
London this afternoon and parted com- Walker would consider the job, even
pany there with the transatlantic if it was offered him."
plane Columbia and his companion!
on their historic flight to Germany, MITCHELL LEA VES
Charles A. Levine, who immediately INTRAMURAL POST
returned by air to Paris.{
Professor Elmer D. Mitchell, direc-
500 A TTEND FIRST tor of intramural sports, will be re-
FACUL T Y SOCIA L lieved of his duties in that department
and will take up his duties as associate
More than 500 students attended the professor in the department of physi-
Faculty Reception given last night in! cal education next year, it was an-
the parlors of Barbour gymnasium. nounced yesterday by Frank E. Rob-
This was the first of the all-campus bins, assistant to the president.
affairs of the summer session. After Professor Mitchell's duties will be
the reception there followed two hours in connection with the four year cur-
of dancing to the music furnished by riculum in physical education which
Jim Cross's four-piece orchestra. The was inaugurated last year. This is a
parlors were decorated with palms and course designed for students in phy-
flowers. sical education and coaching of
Dean E. H. Kraus, head of the sum- sports. Professor Mitchell will con-
mer session, and Mrs. Kraus, Miss tinue to act as an advisor to the de-
Alice Lloyd, office of the Advisors of partment which he is leaving. As
Women, Regent Junius Beal, and Mrs. yet there has been no one appointed
B'eal, and Dean G. C. Huber, of the to fill the vacancy in the intramural
graduate school, and Mrs. Huber were! department left by the new appoint-
those in the receivng line. nent.
BRITAIN PRONOUNCES
AMERICAN WARSHIPS
AS TOOAGGRESSIVE
W. C. BRID)EMAN CRITICIZES
PROPOSAL OF THE UNITED
STATES
CRISIS BECOMES ACUTE
Present Situation Has Created Bad
Impression Which May Lead
To Serious Break
(By Associated Press)
GENEVA, July 8.-The crisis in the
Tri-partite Naval conference suddenly
became worse tonight.
Moving from defense to attack, in
explaining the British position, W. C.
Bridgeman, first lord of the British
admiralty, used the words "offensive"
and "aggresive" in describing those
large-size types of warships and es-
pecially cruisers which the Ameri-
can delegation has been insisting on
the right to maintain as best suited
to the national needs of the United
States.
Mr. Bridgemean, talking to the press,
painted a Great Britain which seeks
only to protect her security by pos-
sessing a certain number of small-
size "defensive" warships. While al-
luding to the United States he declar-
ed that it is impossible to reduce the
total tonnage in the various catagories
of warships if the maximum tonnage
of individual warships is to be push-
ed up until they become aggressive
types.
The first lord's declaration caused a
reaction in American circles which
he characterized as "unfavorable" at
the least but it has created the im-
pression generally at Geneva that to
the British way of thinking the United
States is seeking large size individual
warcraft because such waships are
off. nsive and even aggressive.
3,700 ENROLLED
FOR SUMMER WORK
Enrollment for the Summer session
has passed the 3,700 mark, it was an-
nounced yesterday by Dean Edward
H. Kraus, head of the Summer session.
The total number 3,725, including the
biological station, with 2,272 men anl
1,453 women.
The enrollment for this summer
shows an increase over that of last
year by 403 students. This increase
is shown by the larger enrollment
in the graduate and educational
schools; while the literary and en'
gineering colleges show a slight de-
crease in comparison with previous
years. Dean Kraus stated, that there
were more school teachers here this
summer in proportion than there has
been for several years.
The total enrollment for the respec-
tive schools and colleges is as follows:
Literary college, 1,223; College of En-
gineering and Architecture, 349; Med-
ical college, 262; Law school, 159;
Pharmacy school, 34; School of Busi-
ness Administration, 22; Educational
school, 645; Graduate school, 1,031.
There are still some students regis-.
tering and it is thought that the total
enrollment will be near the 3,800 mark
before the session ends. The figures
given above do not include the Health
Institutes which are held each week-
end. There were 51 people registered
for the Institutes.
COOLIDGE TO GET
INDIAN COGNOMEN
(By Associated Press)
RAPID CITY, S. D., July 8.-Half
of the secret regarding the Indian
name to be bestowed upon President
Coolidge in Deadwood, S. D., next
month, leaked out at the Summer
White House today. The President
understands that the name has some-
thing to do with water, and that it
may be Chief Stillwater or something
of that nature.
Chauncey Yellowrobe and the other
Indian chiefs who have met in con-
ference and agreed upon Mr. Coolidge's
name have been extremely tight-
lipped about the matter and repeated-
ly cautioned inquirers that the name
would be kept secret until the Presi-
dent had been inducted into the full
Sioux tribe.
FORD DISAVOWS
STAND ON JEWS
Henry Ford
Publisher of the Dearborn Inde-
pendent, who stated yesterday that
he regretted the policy of th\at publi-
cation toward the Jews.
TAG DAY TO BE HELD
BY RESH AIR CAMPI
Project Will Not Be Able
In Full Unless New
Are Received
To Operate
Funds
ACCOMMODATES 200 BOYSr
"Tag Day" for the University Fresh
Air Camp will be held Thursday _in
an effort to raise funds to continuer
operations at the camp. Ten boysr
from the honor tent wil be brought
into Ann Arbor to solicite funds. Thel
goal set to be reached by the selling
of tags on this campus is set at $500.1
The camp, which is a welfare pro-
ject of the Student Christian associa-
tion of the University, is situated on
a 170 acre plot 30 miles from AnnI
Arbor at Pickney, Michigan. The boyst
who visit the camp, in groups of oner
hundred each for a period of two
weeks at a time, are chosen by the
social agencies of Ann Arbor and De-1
troit. At the camp the boys are plac-
ed under the guidance of camp officers
who attend to their welfare. The camp
officers are almost all University
men. Theodore Hornberger, '27 Ed.,
is-the superintendent this year. SoI
far this summer the camp has been
full to its capacity.
Hofner H. Grafton, manager of thel
camp; announced yesterday that it,
would be impossible for the camp tG
continue operations unless adequate
funds could be obtained and perhaps
the camp would be forced to close for
the latter half of the season. Salaries,
maintenance and equipment are fixed,
he stated, but to cut the budget would
force the men in charge to reduce the
food item. "We hesitate to do this,"
Mr. Graton said.
NEWS BRIEFS
(By Associated Press)
f LONDON, July 8.-The Yale-Har-
vard track team arrived here this af-
ternoon from Cambridge, in the pink
f of condition for their meet with the
f Oxford-Cambridge team at Stamford
bridge, London, tomorrow.
The American trackmen were en-
thusiastic over the hospitality which
they had received at Cambridge and
Oxford.
*London's sporting writers have ex-I
pressed the opinion that the American
team will have a runaway victory, but
F. N. Scott, speaking for the American
athletes, was inclined to discount this
prediction somewhat.
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mild,
FORD REPORTED TO0
HAVE 'GREAT REGRET'
DVER PRESS POLICY
EDITOR OF "INDEPENDENT" EX-
PRESSES SURPRISE AT
STATEMENTS
PAPER NOT TO BE SOLD
This Action Said To Be Prelidnary
To Outside Settlement Of
Sapiro Case
(By Associated Press)
DETROIT, July 8.-Negotiations
looking toward the publication of
Henry Ford's statement that all ar-
ticles in his Dearborn Independent
hostile to the Jewish people had been
ordered discontinued have been go-
ing on for some time, William Henry
Gallagher, chief counsel of Aaron Sa-
piro in the latter's libel action against
Mr. Ford, said today.
Mr. Gallagher added that he "con-
fidently expects" that the libel suit
will be "settled out of court." Walter
F. Lynch of Chicago, law associate of
Mr. Sapiro, has been in Detroit for
two weeks in connection with the mat-
ter of the -statement credited to Mr.
Ford, Gallagher said.
NEW YORK, July 8.-Through Ar-
thur Brisbane, a stat'ement was made
today quoting Henry Ford as saying
he had ordered his Dearborn Inde-
pendent "to discontinue permanently
all articles hostile to the Jewish peo-
ple." The statement expresses "great
regret" over any injury the articles
may have caused.
Mr. Bribane's article, which was
coyprighted by the New York Ame-
rican and sent by that paper to other
newspapers, is based on a signed
statement, says Mr. Brisbane, the orig-
inal of which is in possession of
Louis Marshall, lawyer. Mr. Mar-
shall, at Saranac Lake, said the origi-
nal was in his office safe and a
photostatic reproduction would be av-
ailable to anyone desiring it.
The announcement was made at Mr.
Ford's request, said Mr. Brisbane, who
quotes Mr. Ford as saying "this state-
ment is made on my own initiative and
wholly in the interest of right and
justice and in accordance with what
I regard as my solemn duty as a man
and as a citizen."
Articles To Be Withdrawn
Some of the articles already re-
printed in pamphlet form, under the
title of "The International Jew," will
be withdrawn froni circulation, says
Mr. Brisbane, who quotes Mr. Ford
as saying that the Dearborn Independ
ent in the future will be conducted un-
der such auspices that articles re-
flecting upon the Jews will never
again appear in its columns.
William J. Cameron, editor of the
Dearborn Independent, and a witness
in the $1,000,000 libel suit brought by
Aaron Sapiro, Chicago attorney,
against the motor manufacturer, at
Detroit expressed great surprise at
the statement. "It is all news to me,"
Mr. Cameron said, "and I cannot be-
lieve it is true." He added he did not
believe the statement was a prelimi-
nary move toward settlement of Sa-
i piro's suit, based on articles appear-
ing in the Dearborn Independent .
Mr. Brisbane asserts that on behalf
of William Randolph Hearst, publish-
er of the American, he offered Mr.
Ford $1,000,000 for the Dearborn In-
dependent.
Refuses To Sell Paper
"No, I won't sell it," he quotes Mr.
Ford as replying, "but I'm going ' to
make it a house organ and I am going
to stop absolutely everything that
could possibly cause complaint-or hurt
the feelings of anybody."
Mr. Ford's statement followes:
'"In the multitude of my activities
it has been impossible for me to de-
vote personal attention to their
management or to keep informed as
to their contents. It has, therefore,
inevitably followed that the conduct
and policies of those publications
had to be delegated to men whom I
placed in charge of them and upon
whom I relied implicitly."
CROYDON, Eng., July 8.-Imper-
ial airways pilots are being armed
with revolvers to guard against aerial
robberies.