a, I] E DAILY $2.50 HE WORLD AND CAMPI S ~1. Phones :-Edltorial 2414 Business 960 TELEGRAPH SERVICE BY THE NEW YORK SUN NES FI VOL. XXVI. No. 38. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN,.WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS SCHROGEDER U RGES THAT MORE MEN ENTER ATHLETICS ALUMNUS ASKS FOR GREATER PERSONAL INTEREST IN TEAMt TRIANGLES INITIATE 10 MEN "Tom" May Emphasizes Import.mee o Whole Student Body Pulling T ogethe Mvore Michigan men mut come out .'or athletics," was the keynote of a speech delivered by Werner W. Schroe- ler, '161, at the third annual Union otball smoker held at Waterman gymnasium last night. The student epresentalive held that "the students wra;ft take a personal interest in the team.u, aId i more material does not turn oat Michigan will either lose her plcznt position in athletic circles or go back to profezsionalism." Schroeder emphasized the point tha every student on the campus is still behind Coach Yost and that they will be "with him to the finish." In speak- ing of Captain Coach, he said, "It takes lots -of nerve to stick with a losing team to the finish, and this year's cap- tain did this job well." More than 1,800 students crowded into the gymnasium, and with their "come-back" spirit expelled the gloom of defeat that has visited the Wolver- ine camp this year. "Tom" May, of the Detroit Free Press, gave the opening speech, taking the place of James Schermerhorn, who was unable to be present. In the course of his speech he emphasized the importance of pulling together, and that this year's "bump and knock" would give many a student the real viewpoint of life after he had finished his work in the university. Coach Douglass, of the All-Fresh, after a brief speech on Michigan's chances for next year, announced the names of the 14 members of the All- Fresh squad who are to receive their numerals. Douglass stated "that Mich- igan's chances for next year are better than they have ever been before, in view of the splendid material on this year's yearling squad. The Glee club started off the pro- gram by leading a number of college songs, while the band added several numbers to the program. Owing to the serious illness of Charles B. Sikes, '16, the Michigan Concert quartet was unable to appear. F. W. Grover, '18, last year's opera star, drew a big ap- plause with several popular songs. The awarding of the "M's" was the significant part of the program, 15 Varsity men receiving the coveted in- signia. Prof. L. M. Gram, of the engi- neering department, presented the cer- tificates to the players. AMERICAN KILLED BY YAQUIS Indians Pat Main From U. S. to Death and Torture Companions El Paso, Nov. 16.-Joseph W. Tays, an American, has been killed by Yaqui Indians. He and seven of his com- panions were marched naked in the boiling sun across the desert. When they begged for water, dripping can- teens were brandished before their faces, but they were denied a drop. Then they were lined up and shot. Five of them were killed including Tays. Two Indian teamsters escaped. Such are the details of the killing contained in a letter received from 0. H. Tays by Joseph Tays, of this city, who is an uncle of the murdered man. Cabinet Club Holds Initiation Cabinet club, an organization of Washington, D. C., students, held its annual initiation banquet at the Un- ion last night. The initiates were: Gilbert. T. Hauke, '18E, Gilbert C. Platt, '18E, Clifford C. Buchler, '19, and Carol W. Porter, '19. The activities of the club during this semester will be the holding of dinners at the Union, the chartering of a special car to take all members home for Christmas vacation, and the holding of the annual Christmas dance in Washington, D.. C. Takes Issue on Mvilitary Plans Graduate Disagrees With Opinions Brought Out in Professor Hobb's Letter Editor of The Michigan Daily: Since the publication of the some- what unexpected decision of the uni- versity senate to recommend compul- sory military training for first and second year men, I have followed the discussions which have appeared ir The Daily with no little interest. I planned to present , my own views f earlier, but am glad that I delayed doing so, for Professor Hobbs' letter which was published in yesterday's Daily and which purports to be at t least semi-official, provides me with an excellent point of departure. It seems to me that there are at least two fundamental questions in- volved in the senate proposal. (1) t Do we want military training in the university at all? (2) If we have it, shall our system of military training tbe compulsory or voluntary? Though it might be better to consider the first question before the second, let us assume that we are to have some sort t of military training and proceed to I the consideration of Professor Hobbs', I remarks on voluntary training. In the final paragraph of his letter three reasons are given which make "a system of voluntary training * * * inadvisable." These are, (1) that it has previously failed when tried in other institutions; (2), that the Unit- ed States government will not bear the financial burden of maintaining our professor of military training if we choose the voluntary system; and, (3), that "the very idea of military training seems to imply the substitu- tion of voluntary effort by obedience to authority where the wishes of the individual are not consulted. On no other conditions can the idea of dis- cipline be inculcated." Professor Hobbs might have en- lightened us further on his first ob- jection. Why has voluntary training failed? Has it been because, in such experiments as have been made with it, the government has not furnished the instructor and that as a result the instruction has been faulty? Has it failed because of insubordination on the part of the students who elect- ed to join the corps? Has the failure in these previous experiments not been due to the fact that, in schools where it has been offered on its merits along with the various other subjects in the curriculum, military training has been unpopular (and, perhaps, deservedly so)? In the second objection to volun- tary training, the Ethiopian in the woodpile shows his head. Unless we have compulsory training, we are told, "no detail of a United States army officer, whose pay and allow- ances are met by the government, is possible." This is interesting, in- deed. We are to have compulsory military training because otherwise the university would have to pay for its owp professor of military training, (a professor whose courses might not be largely attended if made elective). But the plan calls for the payment of $14 by each underclassman to the treasurer for his suit, etc. The re- sult is that, to save the university ex- pense, these students, many of whom will take the training only because compelled to, are to pay their $14, for what they do not want and for that which they would not need if the voluntary system were established. It is with hesitancy that I attempt to put into plain English, what seems to be implied in the third objection, as quoted above. If I interpret this objection aright, it seems to be this: You can't teach the idea of discipline to those who want to learn it; you can only COMPEL those to learn what discipline is who do not want that knowledge. In other words, if I submit myself voluntarily to the com- mands of a professor of military training, I can not learn the idea of discipline. Perhaps Professor Hobbs does not mean to imply this, but if he does not, why this particular objec- tion to a system of voluntary train- ing? To sum up: Professor Hobbs tells us that we are unlikely to succeed with voluntary training, simply be- cause other schools have tried and failed. We can't succeed, again, be- cause we can't get the government to furnish us with an instructor under (Continued on Page Six) r FORUM CONSIDERS. MILITARY RILL Student Organization to Discuss Question at First Meeting Tonight the GATLHERINW TO LAST ONE HOURI 1* i * * * * * * * ' S* * * * * * 'I * * * Forum Ieeting Subject: Compulsory Military Training. Time: 7:30. Place: Michigan Union. Chairman: Harry D. Parker, '16D. ', *S *i *e * * * * * * * * * * * * e If you have any views on the "Com- pulsory Military Training" question, or want to hear some, the first Forum of the year, to be held at the Michigan Union at 7:30 o'clock tonight, will be the place to'express them or hear them. The proposed question is recom- mended because of action and recent proposals made by President Wilson and ex-President Taft, who believes such a system "will tend toward dem- ocracy in athletics." The question has special interest to the campus because of the recent action of the university senate. Objections most common to the pro- posed question are the "'compulsory" part of the proposed plan and the ad- ministrative details of the plan, no- tably the $14 for a uniform. The meeting will be called at 7:30 sharp, and will last only one hour. The time has been limited so that stu- dents might atteml the meetings with- out injury to their work. N BE ESTABLISHED SOON j Bible and Religion to be Topics Discussion at Meetings in McMillan Hall of Traffic Blockade Broken At Last Biggest Jam in History of Lakes End- ed When Grounded Ships Are Floated Detroit, Nov. 16.-The biggest blockade in the history of traffic on the Great Lakes was lifted this morn- ing, after three ships, aground in the United States ship canal near here, were floated. A line of at least 100 lake boats was held up for 24 hours, and the procession extended from Port Huron to the canal Millions of bushels of grain and hundreds of thousands of tons of iron ore were included in the cargoes of 78 of the larger ships. More than a score of other-ships containing 140,- 000 tons of coal were also help up by the pam, and were forced to wait in Lake St. Clair and the Detroit river. The process was begun Monday morning when the steamers Nor- mania, Percival Roberts, Jr., and Col- onel ran aground in the narrow chan- nels near St. Clair Flats. The cause was a fierce northern gale which blew the water down Lake Erie and piled it up against the shores near Buffalo. The water lowered at least four feet after the three steamers ran aground, the lowest ebb being 15 feet. The loss from delay and congested port conditions which are now result- ing will cost the owners at least $100,000. The owners have tried to distribute the 'vessels as evenly as possible among the ports to relieve crowded port conditions. Hence sev- eral leviathans formerly bound for Toledo, will steam to Buffalo. The long procession filed through the Detroit river and past the City of the Straits like a huge naval parade for several hours today. VARSITY GUESTS OF ALUMNI AT ANNUAL DETROIT SMOKER Motion Pictures, Cheers and Band to be Features at Wolverine Rally Detroit alumni of the University of Michigan have set Saturday evening, November 27, as the date for the an- nual smoker to the Varsity football team. The smoker will be given in the auditorium of the Board of Com- merce, and James K. Watkins, '09, will have charge of the affair. Motion pictures of the team in ac- tion, cheers and the Michigan band will all be made use of to give the proper atmosphere to the occasion. Three speakers have been secured for the occasion but the general empha- sis of the smoker will be placed on enthusiasm. The committee in charge expects to make this the largest Wolverine rally ever held in Detroit. LACK OF HANDBALL PLAYERS DELAYS ANNUAL TOURNAMENT Waterman gym will be the scene of the usual handball tournament among1 the students interested in that sport, but up to the present time no one has reported for practice, so it is impos- sible to tell when the tournament will begin. Dr. George A. May, director of the Waterman gymnasium, requests that all, men who intend to take part in the sport this winter report to him in the near future so he can select] someone to organize the players and make out a schedule for the tourna- ment. The athletic association will award cups to the winners in both sin- gles and doubles, as was done last year. ZAL-OAZ GROTTO TO PRESENT CIRCUS DURING COMING WEEK Zal-Gaz Grotto, No. 42, of the Mys- tic Order of the Veiled Prophets of of the Enchanted Realm, will present an indoor circus from November 20 to 27 to Weinburg's Coliseum. Ten acts of a varied nature will be in- cluded in the program. Rollo, the Limit, will feature the bill with a death-defying loop-the- loop act, while other acts will include a troupe of performing Polar bears, bare-back riders and the "Diving Dolphins." Call' Conscription Unnecessary London, Nov. 16.-The British gov- ernment is no longer considering con- scription. , Premier Asquith an- nounced in the Commons today that' he, together with} other members. of the cabinet, believe that compulsory service will not be necessary. Begins in Earnest to Get the State of Sonora Villa Control from El Paso, Nov. 16.-Carranza's effort to get control of Sonora from the Villa forces, and at the same time to elimi- nate Villa as a factor in Mexican rule, was set under way in earnest today, Lazardo Cardenas, at the head of 2,500 cavalry, left Naco, Sonora, to occupy Cananea. The fort was evacuated yesterday by the Villa forces. Cardenas probably will. have some fighting before getting into Cananea, as official reports from General Obregon state that a sniall force of Villa troops, forming the rear guard of his army, is encamped 20 miles south of Naco. General Calles entered Naco at noon today with 4,000 troops. According to official claims, Carranza's army num- bers 7,000 infantry, 2,500 cavalry, 20 cannons and 45 machine guns. Gen- eral Obregon issued orders at noon for the advance to begin tonight. The Villa force is concentrated between Llama and Santa Ana, 60 miles north of Hermosillo. TRIANGLES INITIATE 10 JUNIORS NeophytesrPolish Brass Triangle in Arch During Afternoon Ten candidates for Triangles, junior engineering honorary society, assidu- ously polished the symbol of the so- ciety in the engineering arch yester- day afternoon. Having completed their work to the satisfaction of the members of the so- ciety, they were marched around the campus, put through an initiation and admitted to the organization's secrets. A banquet was held at Catalpa inn fol- lowing the trials of the men. Profs. J. R. Allen, H. H. Higbie and A. E. White, of the engineering faculty, were the principal speakers. The initiates were: J. F. Meade, J. V. Kuivinen, R. L. McNomee, J. H. Otis, H. E. Ramsey, J. L. Whalen, M. G. Robinson, W. Brodhead, T. W. Rea and H. H. Whittingham. SENIOR ENGINEERS WILL HOLD SECOND ASSEMBLY Senior engineers will hold their sec- ond regular assembly at 11:00 o'clock tomorrow in room 348 of the engineer- ing building. A man prominent in the engineering profession will speak after the regular class business. The speak- er's name will be announced in The Daily tomorrow. The class president, H. H. Phillips has announced that he will appoint all the remaining committees at the meet- ing, as well as bring up some new business of an important nature. During the meeting tickets will be sold to the "'Turkey Day Dance" to be given by the class at the Union on November 24. Class dues amounting to 50 cents will also be payable at Thursday's meeting. Guards Protect Bethlehem Works South Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 16.-Al- leged Teutonic spies are being guard- ed against at the plant of the Bethle- hem Steel company. Uniformed guards armed with guns and riot sticks, are patrolling every foot of the general munitions works A fire brigade of 50 men is constantly on duty. Y. M. C. A. School for Studies in, Religion, a new institution for carry- ing on religious educational work in the unversity, will be organized at a meeting for those inteersted at 7:00 o'clock tomorrow night in Harris hall. Arrangements have been made to er- roll as many as 200 students in the work. Rev. Lloyd C. Douglas has been se- cured to give the opening talk, and a committee of 20 men have been per- sonally calling on men during the past week in order to insure the success of this meeting. The idea underlying the whole plan is to form groups of from seven to 10 men, who under the leadership of some of the faculty or some upperclassmen, or some of the student pastors of Ann Arbor, will conduct an open discus-- sion on special problems. Special attention has been paid to bringing out a large number for this first meeting so as to insure the suc- cess of the meeting in U-Hall on S _ day night, for which occasion the com- mittee in charge is to bring Mr. David R. Porter, of New York City. CHANGE LAW TO STOP ?LOTS Sherman Law May be Amended to Cover Dynamite Cases Washington, Nov. 16.-It was dis- closed after today's cabinet meeting that the attorney general probably will recommend in his annual report the amending of the Sherman Anti- Trust law, so as to cover any re- straint of trade by plotting to blow' up munition factories. The Federal authorities have found' that the United States statutes are not sufficiently broad to permit them' to deal adequately with these viola- tions of law and that dependence must be put chiefly in state laws. At the cabinet meeting the presi- dent's address to congress was dis- cussed. The larger part of the ad- dress will be devoted to the subject of national defense. Miners Buried by Explosion Seattle, Nov. 16.-About 75 miners are believed to have been buried this afternoon when an explosion tookl place in a coal shaft at Ravensgale, 751 miles from here. TARRANZA STARTSBOUT ',TO GAIN TITAL POSITION of SERBIANS DRIVEN BY BULGARS FROM BABUNA DEFiLES FRENCH, HELD ON GERNA, ARE UNABLE TO SEND REIN. FORCEMENTS PRAISES COACH AND CAPTAIN Allies Warn Greece Against the Pro- visioning of German Sub- marines London, Nov. 16.-The Daily Mail correspondent at Saloniki, telegraph- ing the latest news from the Serbian front, says that the Serbians have had to retreat from their strong position in the Babuna defiles because they were in imminent danger of being turned by a mass of Bulgarian cal- vary. The French, being held on the left bank of the Gerna by a considerable force of the enemy, were unable to send reinforcements to the Serbians. The Bulgarians' defense against Getovo is on a tremendous scale, and the Ser- bians are falling back toward the south in the direction of Trilep and Monester. Italians Start Anti-Bulgar Fight London, Nov. 16.-The bombardment of the Bulgarian force of Dedeagatch by the Italian cruiser Tiervantz is de- scribed by dispatches from Rome as a prelude to Italian participation in more extensive land operations against Bulgaria. Rome dispatches also say that the entente allies have warned Greece that her ports will be blockaded unless the reported provisioning of German sub- marines by Greek vessels is stopped. Greece Gives Entente Concessions Other advices say that Greece has modified somewhat its position, making it more in favor of the allies by agree- ments to place Serbian troops on the same footing as Franco-British forces in case of a retreat into Greek terri- tory by the ententatroops. The modi- fied rules read that all troops of the entente lines will be permitted to re- turn to the seacoast without interfer- ence should it be necessary for them to do so. Berlin Reports Balkan Triumphs Berlin, Nov. 16.--(Official report from Balkan theatre.)-The pursuit of the Serbians progressed vigorously yesterday. More than 1,000 Serbians were captured. We took two machine guns and three cannon. British Steamship Dunelf Lost? Halifax, Nov. 16.-Fears are ex- pressed in ship circles for the safety of the British steamship Dunelf, which sailed on October 16 from Sidney for Manchester. It has .not been-reported since. Lens Shelled by Entente London, °Nov. 16.-Lens has been under bombardment by the French ar- tillery since October 22, according to an official statement issued by the Ger- man war office today.. This is the first definite announcement that the allied artillery is bombarding this city, which is the goal of the Anglo-French forces in the Artois region. According to the German statement, no military damage has been done by the shelling. The statenient says merely that 33 civilian inhabitants inhabitants were killed and 55 wounded. Poincare Visits Pont-a-Mousson Paris, Nov. 16-Pont-a-Mousson, t: most bombarded town in France, vws visited Sunday by President Poincare. The town has sustained 178 bombard- ments since the opening of .hostili- ties, and is now virtually deserted. The president inspected the ' devastated quarters and left $400 for the poor who remain. ** * * * * * * * * * * * * Ad W. Riter siys:- * * Mr. Student: You read The * * Michigan Iiaily. You are vital- * ly interested in its financial suc- * * cess. * * Dovs not this fact insure to * * YOU its advertising value Mr. * * Merchant? * * * * * * *. * * * * * WHAT'S GOING ON 1 TODAY Union Forum, Michigan Union, 7:30 o'clock. Freshman engineering assembly, 348 engineering building, 11:00 o'clock. Junior laws meet, room D, law build- ing, 1:30 o'clock. Vesper services, Newberry hall, 5:00 o'clock. Alpha Nu society meets, Alpha Nu rooms, 7:00 o'clock. Adelphia meets, Adelphi rooms, 7:00 o'clock. Ex-President Jones of Michigan State Normal college speaks, Newberry hall, 7:30 o'clock. TOMORROW Senior pharmic class meeting, room 300 chemical building, 1:00 o'clock. "Y" School for Studies in Religion meets, McMillan hall, 7:00 o'clock. Dixie club all-southern smoker, Mich- igan Union, 8:00 o'clock.