THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XVII
NUMBER 6L
WETS GET HARD BLOW IN SUPREME COURT
Wartime Prohibition Act Declared Constitutional by Unanimous Opinion
Doesn't Fix 2.75 percent Beer
Court Decision Means Clamping Down of Lid Where Federal Court Injunction Lifted
Washington, Dec. 15.—In a decision that swept aside all contention of the liquor interests, it supreme court today by unanimous decreed that wartime prohibition was constitutional.
It must continue force until peace is declared.
The decision probably means defeat of all efforts to dispose of the huge stocks of liquor now in the country, as international prohibition becomes effective.
The decision read by Justice Brandeis before a court crowded with attorneys of the liquor interests and the prohibition forces, took up the action of the liquor interest in their attacks on a lawmaker who there was no foundation for them.
The action today does not settle the constitutionality of the Boistead Enforcement Act or of the legality of the sale of 2.75 per cent beer.
The court decision means the clamping down again of the lid in all sections where it was lifted, by federal court injunction, and subjects all who sold intoxicating liquor to prosecution.
In Louisville, St. Louis, New Orleans and Providence, courts held the act unconstitutional.
In New York, Boston, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, and Chicago along the
Pacific Coast and other places, the a.
was unheld.
The decision was a sweeping victory for the contention of the prohibitionists and the government. It means that the millions of gallons of intoxicating oil now stored throughout the country, and valued at about 1 billion dollars will be a total loss unless peace is proclaimed before Christmas, or if it is not effective. Because of the decision, the government will loose 440 million dollars in revenue from whiskey unless the ban is lifted before January 16.
BOOKS OF THE WEST
Willard Wattles Has Compiler Bibliography Useful to Contestants for Poetry Prize
Contestants for the $50 Kansas Poetry Club and all others interested generally in Mid-Western literature may submit poems or essays in books compiled by Willard Wattles. Some are old favorites, half-forgotten and others are new to the general public; but all are indispensable to an appreciation and understanding of the poets.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 15, 1919.
"The Hoosier School-Master," by Edward Egleston. The Works of Mark Twain. "The Story of a Country Town," by Ed Howe. The Poems of Owen Valley, by Margaret Hill McCarter. "Barbed Wire and Other Poems," by Edwin Ford Piper. "A Step-Daughter of the Prairie," by Margaret Lynn. "A Son of the Middle Borer, by Hamlin Garland"; "Biondons on the Mountain," by Song of Hugh Glass" and "The Song of Three Friends," by John G. Nehardt; "Spoon-River Anthropology," by Edgar Lee Masters"; "Adventures While Proaching the Gospel of Beauty," by Vera Lindenius; "Dionnon," by Ursula Walt; by Walt Mason; "The Great Valley," by Meredith Nichols; "Cormuskins," by Carl Sandburg; "The Poems of John McCurrex"; "Rivers to the Sea," by Sara Teresa; "Uncle Walt," by Walt Mason; "The thirty poems represented in Sunflowers, a Book of Kansas Poems," collected by Wilhelm Waties; "Lantern in Gethsemane," by Wilmatt Wattl
Jayhawker Editor Says "Turn in Glosses Soon"
Those organizations that have had their group pictures taken should have their glasses in the hands of employees who will be going on Christmas holidays, said Luther Hangen this morning. "A number of the men's group pictures have not been taken," said Editor Hungen. "Most are already at the men are in the coal fields."
"The Juniors and Seniors are having their individual pictures taken," Hangen said, "while the Freshmen and Sophomores have not started and will have to wait until the upper classmen are out of the way."
GERMANS ANSWER NOTE
WILL SIGN PROTOCOL
Even Scrapa Flow Incident Incident Gives Promise of Settlement
Paris, Dec. 15. — The German reply to the Allied note demanding signature of the peace treaty protocol was submitted at 10:20 o'clock this morning. Baron von Lersner handed the note to Paul Dutesta, secretary of the peace conference with whom he discussed its contents.
The note declares Germany's intention to execute the peace treaty. It-takes note of the allied promise to repatriate German war prisoners, then develops Germany's desires regarding Seaport flower incident
The reply, it is understand, is most conciliatory throughout. While still holding out against full repatriation demanded by the allies for the Scapa Flow incident, the impression is given that a solution will be easily arrived at. Von Lerner announced that the German navy would give up conversation with the allied representatives regarding Scapa Flow would arrive soon.
The impression prevails that the Germans will sign the protocol and exchange ratifications of the treaty before the end of this month.
PROM IS POSTPONED
Opening of Basketball Season Season Necessitates Placing Permanent Seat in Gym
The Junior Prom will not be held January 16.
This was the announcement this morning of the prom managers Bill Wells and Rudy Baumann in changing the roster for the special season. Reasons given were that the basketball season which opens with a game with the Emporia Normals here January 6 necessates the presence of permanent seats in the gymnasium.
The Prom was set early this year with the idea of preceding the basketball season, the managers say, and we expected that the season would not start until after the sixteenth, but with a game scheduled for January 6, it would be quite impossible to get any preparations made in time. The basketball season is over early in March, and new features that it would be impassible to do justice to at the earlier date.
Vill Discuss Turkish And Adriatic Questions
London, Dec. 15. —The "unofficial peace conferences" will be resumed at an early date, Premier Lloyd George announced in Commons this week and said the Adriatic and the Turkish questions would be disposed of next.
inclusion by J. TRASEER
the individual intelligence
spent Tuesday at Haskell institute
giving intelligence tests to all the
students. The Otis scale of tests
was used. Members of the class
worked under the direction of Miss
Louisa W. S. Kinner, instructor in
the course, and W. S. Hunter, professor
of psychology.
Phi Delta Chi Initiates
Phi Delta Chi, Pharmaceutical Fraternity, held initiation Wednesday night at the Kanza house for Glen Wilson, Lawrence; William Draper, Lawrence; and Ivan L. Farris, Norwich. Prof. D. H. Spencer, ed., *Innovation in Drug Research*. Watson drug laboratory analyst were initiated as honorary members.
That old Kansas spirit has come back. Loyalty and love will put K. U. First.
EVERY ORGANIZATION BEHIND LOYALTY IDEA
Many Committees Have Lent Their Support to Mamorial Plans
Membership
Faculty Members and Alumni May be Elected to Membership
BY PROF. F. E. MELVIN
At a meeting on September 25, 1919, of the University of New York, the University Affairs of the University, composed equally of representative of both student government organizations and of the University senate, a committee was decided upon which should form the Board of Trustees. This committee consists of the chairman and vice-chairman of the Joint Committee the presidents of the two student councils and Ralph Rodkey, with Prof. F. J. G. Brantz as chairman. When the idea of a K. U. Loyalty Bar of the committee mentioned it to the chairman who requested its presentation with their endorsement to the joint committee on student affairs.
Therefore the Loyalty Plan was explained to this committee on October 8, 1934, and immediately adopted as their special program with the understanding that a Loyalty Movement Co-operating Organization under Mr. Melvin be effected in conjunction with their own
Then, at the instance of the student members of the joint committee, the Loyalty Movement plans were outlined for the groups and to the Council of the W.S.G.A., who unanimously voted to concur in the endorsement of the program. Subsequently the Loyalty Movement was adopted or endorsed by the several class societies, the class societies, and various special organizations. Meanwhile, the directors of the Alumni Association had the Loyalty Movement explained to them at their meeting on November 1 and co-operate nearly in the movement.
DECIDE BASIC PRINCIPLES
This statement of the history of the adoption of the Loyalty Program afforded specialization and procedure. Thus the Program Committee though unable to create immediately the full Co-operating Organization at once decided upon the basic principles of such an organization, then appointed a executive committee to carry out details of the program as adopted, pending the lining up of participating organizations who should be represented in the general committee which would determine the movements of the Loyalty Movement.
The general Co-operating Committee comprises the members of the Co-ordinating Committee, plus the president or ranking officer of both the College and each of the classes of the University, the Graduate Club, the class societies (Schem, Torch, Owl, *Hiemets* and *Sphinx*), the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., the Quill Club, *Taurus*, the Economics Club, Editor of the Kansas, Oread Magazine, Sour Owl, Jayhawker, Kansas Engineer, etc.
THE GRAY WOLF AND THE BROWN
(Continued on page 4)
(Dedicated alink in the Coal Strike to the grasping American operator and the radical alien ("Red.")
MEMBERSHIP IS FIXED It will be noticed that in line with the basic principle of a co
They were scarcely back from a world at war, to throttle and plow
The principles upon which the organization has been effected are:
Back to the mellow lamps of home, when the war broke out again,
Not with a foe they could see and hate with the cockrush of a knife.
But a deadlier foe that lurked and stung in the very means of life.
*They knew that while they fought in France the slime of the pit*
1. The Loyalty Movement is the program of the joint committee on student affairs and of the interests there
was spread,
But they did not know till they came home how bitter was the bread.
They knew that wolves had torn the throats of the silly, trusting sheep,
But they little thought that the wolves would dare disturb a brave
BY WILLARD WATTLES
MANY ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The executive or co-ordination committee of the Loyalty Movement program committee of the joint committee on student affairs, as named above, the chairman of the Loyalty Movement selected by that body, and the president (or other ranking officer) of the university organization. Thus it includes in addition to the presidents of the two student councils, the secretary of the alumni association, the general secretaries of the University Y.M.C.A., the president of athletics, University chess club, W.A.A., president of the A.E.F. Club, president Women's Forum, and Kanan representative elected by the Kansan Board for this purpose. Other members are included as needful members of phases of the Loyalty program.
There were honest men who had stayed at home and kept the wheels in wear.
represented and hence is co-ordinated with that body.
And the men came back from the battle-front, and they thought that peace were here;
The men who fought in Argonne Wood have shouldered a shovel and pick
The winter sun went out at dusk like a spark of forgetting flame. And out of the blackness of the night the snarling wolf pack came. The huddled sheep that push and shove and circle head and tail were bleating with the dread of death in the beat of great jacqueline.
4. In so far as the program has already been adopted and concerned in by co-operating organizations the movement can be carried on with a team of three to four meetings by the use of the machinery of the several agencies uniting in the movement, the task of the loyalty executive committee being chiefly to stimulate and co-ordinate the operations of these co-operating agencies. 5. The movement particularly seeks to be able to undertake undertaskings or endorsing organizations in line with the spirit of the Loyal Movement which can be co-ordinated with or incorporated in the general program and will back so far as possible such undertakings, if they have been first approved by the Loyal Management.
When sudden the wolves that hunt in packs, the gray wolf and the brown,
Came treading the wind like a fog at night and they found the sheep
fold down
But they scattered the wolves who hunt in packs, the gray wolf and the brown.
with that job. A joint undertaking of an and the major organizations of the University and the common interest of students, alumni, and faculty, hence the organization must be co-operative representing all these factors:
3. It is primarily a student, alumni enterprise and students must have the major representation in the general co-operating committee.
man's sleep.
They have faced the sleep and slept, again on a pile of scattered straw. They have lain down sore and rised stiff and worked till their hands
And down in the mud of a frozen pit once more they have turned the trick;
The slick-paunched bolly and rodden fang that drag our nation down.
For some are wolves at an office desk and with a wooden shoe,
but we know from the men of St. Milhail that the A. E. F can do,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPOINTED FOR DRIVI
prof. Melvin and Prof. Baumgart ner Outline Purposes and Work of Meeting
Announce Names Tuesday
Resolve Faculty Members O Committee be Elected by University Assembly
The Loyalty committee at their meeting Saturday morning, started effective work by on the Loyalty-Memorial drive by appointing the members of the executive committee, which will be announced Tuesday.
Prof. F E. Melnin and Prof. W.
B. Jaumpartner outlined the purpose
and work of the meeting, and also
work done in the previous meet-
ning.
During the meeting it was moved that a temporary committee of students, alumni and faculty members be selected to attend conferences, holidays, until a permanent committee can be selected. Five of the above committee are to be selected as a nominating committee for the student represeenting the permanent executive committee.
It was then moved that a resolution, be sent to the Chancellor to the effect that the group maintains the finest possible attitude toward the faculty men who constituted the memorial committee and that their experience will be utilized in the appointment of faculty representatives of the permanent faculty. If more, than Chancellor be given the recommendation that the faculty members of the executive committee be elected by the University assembly.
WOULD LIMIT PAPERS
Bill of Congressman Anthony of Kansas Will Cut Dailies to 24 Pages
Washington, Dec. 15.—With the shortage of white paper daily becoming more acute, the House postoffice committee today begin consideration of the bill of Representative Anthony, Kansas, to limit the size of all publications transmitted through the mails.
Representative Anthony predicts that unless Congress acts speedily, scores of smaller publications will be forced to suspend for lack of paper. Reporter Rachel Koehler fiascing to allow mailing privileges to any daily of more than twenty-four pages, and Sunday papers of more than thirty-six, any weekly publication of more than seventy-five pages or fewer, may magnify of more than 109 pages.
Jason Rogers of the New York Globe, representative of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, and the magazine owners are expected to appear before the committee.
"The situation," Anthony said, "is just this. The paper mills already have contracted for fifty per cent more paper than they can manufacture in 19p0. Hundreds of smaller papers have been unable to contract for paper at any price, although the cost to the publishers per pound which was around 2 cents before the war, is now between 10 and 15 cents."
Y. W. C. A. Will Give Musical Program Tuesday
A musical program will be given at the regular meeting of the Y. W. C. A. at 4:30 c'clock Tuesday afternoon in Myers Hall. A white gift service for children will make up one number on the program. In this each member will give a present for a child. The presents will be wrap-able in white paper. The public is cordially invited to attend. The program.
Piano Solo—Caprice Vienois, Kreis
ler. Mary Prvor.
Song—Joy to the World.
White Gift Service, violin and piano accompaniment by Lauren Jackman and Johanna Glead.
Song-Little Tawn of Botheblem.
Christmas Story-Reading. The Christmas Guest, Selma Lagerlof Helen Jackson.
Vocal Solo-Those Bells So Softly Pealing, Ela McMullen
Violin Solo—Holy City, arranged by Henley. Miss Potts. Musical Benediction.
It will not be hard for K. U, alumni to back this movement. They believe in K. U.
Ku Ku Klan Boosts University Spirit—Humble
"The story in Friday's Kanan to the effect that I said in a talk to the Jurisprudence Club that the spirit of the University of Kansas toward other universities and colleges is the Prof. H. W. Tumble this morning."
"I think the Loyalty movement is a good thing for the University," continued Professor Humble, "and the members of the KU KU Klan, which made its first appearance at the Thanksgiving game, are to be praised for the showing of pop they made."
UNIVERSITY TO BURN OIL AFTER CHRISTMAS
Obtained
New Fuel Will Take Place o Coal Until Latter Can be
"We will burn oil after the Christmas vacation until we can obtain a sufficient amount of the kind of coal used in our facilities," said John Sheen this morning.
Two large cisterns near Fraser Hall have been cleaned out and will be used for storing the oil if necessary.
"James A Kimbail has made a contract with the Standard Oil Company whereby we can obtain any amount of oil we will need, but due to the greater expense we will return to coal burning as soon as possible."
Mr. Siebel was not able to make any estimate on how much oil would be used by the University in a day or what the cost would be or that length of time, only that any amount of oil wanted could be obtained and that the expense will be considerably above that of burning coal.
Lardy Ringer '23 Hears Flonzaleys
Dear Bill—Well old kid, since i first spoke to you a la letter, i ben to a coneert, which was put on or pulled whichever you are mind to pronounce it, by some guys that is persecuted to stock in that line, or maybe you dont understand me when i say stock, cause mostly when we speak of stock nowadays, we mean that we are buying some paper that says a dollar down and the rest in cash we can get all our money in. We have provided, eta, anywhere on close observance i dont think these boys has got odees of kale, for the leading gink tapped his feet to keep time when he was playing just like he was feeding the gas to his car down on the farm or anyone else.
Well the program was divided into five sections, not no like railway sections. Bill but they were five distinctions episodes but i forgot my pencil and I never played it. They played no was at a loss to know when the first sketch was thus. Well along towards the eventide, when the folks had chewed up all their programs, someone decided they were thrue, couse some of them left the platinum stage, but a majority made a bolt, crazy like somebody had hollowed fire or maybe they had left the meat on the stove at home and the poor musicians had to ditch their snipes and rush back palm to keep the house from goering L., which is an military term, the meaning of which is an military secret
On the paper that told what they were going to play they had a lot if foren stuff, and several times it aforetoffered, i suppose that is Missionary for the word that means the val尔 number slipped there memories. but all goshing aside, them fellows could get more music out of them than he did, were different stand, him i could get out of the Souza and in Chl.
Lardy
Your best bet
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FOUR ISSUES THIS WEEK
According to the custom of The Daily Kansan, there will be only four issues this week, the last week before the Christmas Vacation. As almost all students leave Friday Lawrence Friday the teacher is delayed, there will be none published on that date.
Harold R. Hall
Business Manager
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K. U. MINERS' OUTPUT 50 CARLOADS OF COAL
First Contingent of 43 Returns After Two Weeks in Pittsburg Field
Experience Worth While
Dinner at Muehleback, With Speeches by "Workers" Finishes "Vacation" Period
After mining 2500 tons or fifty cars of coal the First Detachment of the K. U. Volunteer Miners returned to classes this morning. Although the entire two weeks spent in the Pittsburg coal fields by the forty-three men was a time of hard work anms bad living conditions not a single one of them regretted his trip when he joined the Union station in Kansas City where he felt the warm reception recorded by the lobby in the lobby. W. D. Heidrik, a Kansas City cattle salesman, bought cigars for the entire crew and the husty cheers that rang out started the natives of the city.
However, these were not the finish of the yellls, for the "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" boomed from the throats of the miners several times, the car that were mined were counted by tents and fives and then the old time cry, "Did we beat the Aggies?" and the primary answer sprend forth loud and large. The men left for the Muebach Hotel, the best looking bunch of men that ever entered the precinct of Kansas City's select circles.
A banquet at noon was served at which Pat Pedroja, electric pump man and Senior Law, presided as toastmaster, with practically the entire bunch of men responding to toasts.
Wint Smith, foreman and timekeeper of the gang said a few words of appreciation of the work done by the men while in camp and especially the hearty co-operation given him throughout the trip. He told of the appreciation of the people of the state and of the success of the movement that was started with the idea of allowing freezing towns with necessary appliances to Smith, the Governor will send three members of the first contingent of K. U. Miners, a personal letter of appreciation.
After a banquet a line party at the Orpheum was staged and the miners sat through the show very quietly but when it was time to go they arose in a body and gave a mighty Rock Chalk that woke the sleepy patrons of the house. After counting the cars by tens again the Miners entrained for Lawrence.
The first K. U. Volunteers in the coal fauld mined one third the coals mined by volunteers. They lived under very adverse circumstances but were able to survive and say that he was not amply repaid in money as well as experience. The state receivers for the mines in the Pittsburgh district added $2 to each miner during their service, the nation of the excellent service by the forty-three men in the detachment.
Union Miners at Work In all Kansas Mines
Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 15—Reports today indicated union miners were at work in all Kansas mines. At the offices of the state receiver it was stated an output of 100 cars was expected by tonight.
The last of the Kansas volunteers, those who kept "dog watch," firing bolsters, etc., were relieved by union men this morning. The state troops setting up on their equipment here preparatory to their departure.
Arkansas Agrees to New Dean Payetteville, Ark. Dec. 15.—An announcement was made here today that Radford Knapp of Washington has accepted the deanship of the College of Agriculture of the University of Missouri. In January, Jan. 16. Knapp leaves the post of chief of agriculture extension service in southern states, which he has held for the last 10 years.
Yale-Harvard vs. Oxford-Cambridge? Cambridge, Cambridge, Dec. 15. Yale and Harvard may combine field and track talent and send their teams to England next summer to engage with players on the football bridge. Hawaii's athletic body will consider the subject this week and is expected to act favorably.
Thelma Auld, of St. Joseph, is visiting Julia Carman, e20.