THE DAILY $1.50 NEWS OF THE WORLD AND [TE CAMPUS The 1Ch i ,L 1. Phones :-Editorial 2414 Business 960 T LEGiRAP1I SERVICE B I'fIIE NEW YORK SUN .. ... - - _ _.__,.___. - T _ VOL. XXVI. No. 78. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS "WHY HAVE WAR?" QUERIES DEBS OF LARGEAUDIENC SW IAILiST SPEARKE I U 1)1WLA RIE$ CA PITAIISAI BRiEDS B I'TLQIN'ILI I)S BLOODSHED SAYS CHANGE NOW AT HAND Leader Holds Woman Suffrage to Be Step Along Right Line "Why War at all?" was the chal- lenge flung out by Eugene V. Debs in an address before a capacity crowd in Newberry hal last evening. "Capitalism breeds war. Socialis n would speed the coming of that fair day when war shall be impossible. The -warring class never had a coun- try. All wars are declared by the rul- ing classes; in all the history of the world no war has ever been declared by the people, anid in all the wars of history it is the people who have been compelled to fight." Patriotism, asserts Mr. Debs, has been the basis of a false appeal by which the working classes have been deluded into believing that their sal- vation lay in taking the lives of their fellows to satisfy a fancied wrong, while the instigators of war remained at home and waxed opulent. "Patriot- ism at long range is not patriotism at all," he declared. Says Minority Rules In opening his address Mr. Debs said, "For ages'and ages the brother- hood of man has been the dream of poets, the vision of prophets, and the inspiration of sages, but human broth- erhood is yet to be realized upon this earth. There has never been a free and self-governing people in all the history of mankind. This world has always been ruled by a minority-and a minority rule is essentially des- potic." He then traced the history of the movement toward democracy from th slaves of ancient Rome, do'wn past the serfs of medieval Europe, to the so-called "industrial slavery" of to- day. "Now we behold upon every hand the unmistakable signs of change. Competition has run its evolutionary course; when a thing becomes monop- olistic, it is ripe then for social own- ership." The speaker emphasized throughout the fact that all signs now point to a shake-up in our economicmorder. Modern industrialism, he claimed, with its enormous power concentrated in the handsof a few, and with all its degradation ie working classes, (Continued on Page Six) UNUSUAL TALENT My sterios Cartoonist of Former Vaudeville Faie to Appear with Novel i-eature WHISTLIN( ACT TO APPEAR ALSO Numerous engaging possibilities for the novelty program of the next Band Bounce were advanced at the prelfm- inary tryouts held yesterday after- noon. With such a wealth of material the management feels that a produc- tion of the All-Star variety will ap-' pear. Among the novel acts which re- ceived hearty approval was one in which a cartoonist who has won more than a local reputation draws take- offs on -the life and manner of Mchi- gan students and professors Ile spent two summers touring the coun- try in one of the better vaudeville cir- cuits, where he met with high ap- proval. In order to produce this portion of the program it will be necesasry to import a particular kind of spectro- scope, which will reflect upon a large screen at the back of the stage the pictures which the caricaturist draws in a small scale upon a piece of glass. As an added attraction to this act, the services of a clever whistler have been engaged. X-on tenegro Asks Separate Peace Teutons Hail with Joy First Break ii Ranks of Allied Powers Berlin (via Sayville, L. I.), Jan. 17. -The announcement that the kingdom of Montenegro had asked the central powers for a separate peace was made by Count Tizso, Hungarian premier, before the Hungarian parliament. The premier interrupted the pro- ceedings of the day to make the state- ment immediately after word was re- ceived of the acceptance of an uncon- ditional laying down of arms by the little Montenegiin kindom as a pre- liminary to negotiation. Both Budapest and Berlin treated the news of the first break in the Allies' ranks with great rejoicing. D/r Rosenau Talks To Big Audience )More Than 2,500 Hear Lecture in Hiil Audiorim Sunday The Ten Commandments were shown to be the basis for all authority, and respect for authority, in life by Dr. William Rosenau, associate professor .f Semetics at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, at the third Union service of the year under the auspices of the Jewish student congregation, in Hill auditorium Sunday night. More than 2,500 persons were present. The ritual service which preceded the lecture was conducted by Rabbi Leo M. Franklin of Temple Beth E,. Detroit. Americans ight 97texican TyPhus Ouggenhleims Said to Be Back of Plan to Establish Hospital in Aid of Scheme El Paso, Tex., Jan 17.-World au- thorities on typhus fever will go into Mexico to conduct an experiment in stopping the epidemic of typhus. It was announced today by Dr. Carl E. Husk, chief surgeon of the American Smelting & Refining company, that the Guggenheims are planning to fin- ance an expensive expedition to Mexi- co, where a typhus hospital will be constructed. Typhus is menacing employees of the company in several of their plants. Dr. P. K. Olitski, head of the Mt. Sinai hospital in New York, which was en- dowed by the Guggenheims, will join the party at the border. Dr. E. Lieb-! man, another world famous authority on typhus and other fevers, will be a member of the party. Washington School Suffers From Fire Flames Destroy Main Building; Loss Estimated at $75,000 Chestertown,, Md., Jan. 18. -The William Smith building of Washington college was completely destroyed by fire Sunday. The flames spread so rapidly that all the archives, including many histori- cal documents, some of them in the handwriting of George Washington, were destroyed. The loss is estimated1 at $75,000. Explosion's Cause Is Found by Board Submarine E-2 Damaged by Explosion Due to Gas Accumulation New York, Jan. 17.-The investi- gating board appointed by Rear Ad- miral N. R. Usher, commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard, to arrive at the facts about the explosion of the sub- marine E-2 on Saturday, completed its work late today and. turned over the long report of the case to the commandant. Admiral Usher said it would be for- warded to the navy department at Washington tonight or tomorrow. It is understood that the board find- ings do not contradict the prevailing theory that the explosion was due- to an accumulation of hydrogen gas. FIRST REHEARSAL S AUGURS WEILLFOR ALL NATION REUE[' ONE STUDENT APPOINTED TO GET ACTS REPRESENTING EACH NATIONALITY JAPANESE DUELSTS APPEAR Draw Round of Applause With Lively Contest; South African Act Well Prepared Several surprise numbers appeared in the first general rehearsal of"La Revue des Nations" held last even- ing in Harris hall. William H. Fort, jr., '16, general manager of the production, believes' that the distinct success of this initial step is due td the system being used, in which the responsibility for the representation of each nationality is :placed with a student of that race en- rolled in the university. Japanese duellists won applause from the participants in other acts1 and a number of foreign students who appeared to offer their assistance. Mitsuji Kiyohara, '17, and Mitsu Imake,' '18L, fought for ten minutes with two handed foils made of split bamboo, striking each other upon their padded head pieces and corselets of bamboo. Probably the South African scene, which is chiefly composed of dancing, was in the most advanced shape. This act is under the direction of William Robertson, dent, president of the Cos- mopolitan club. A slow waltz with many variations promises to be the most successful feature of this rep- resentation. A spirit dance was staged in the North American Indian portion of the rehearsal, while several Indian songs by Cadman were given. Carlos Zan- elli, '19E, also sang. Several other acts, which are less completely pre- pared, were considered by Grant L. Cook, '17L, program manager. PREMIER REFUSES TO GIVE UPCONSCRIPTION Irish Leaders Beg That Ireland Be, Included in Proposed Legislation London, Jan. 17.-Premier Asquith made the positive announcement be- fore the house of commons today that, he was not prepared to withdraw the compulsory miltiary service bill be- cause of the attack, mainly from la- bor sources, that had been made on it. Discussion on the bill was actively resumed with the appearance of other Irish members of the house to add their appeal to that of Sir Edward Carson that Ireland be included in provision for conscription. A mo- tion to that effect was made by James Chambers, of the southern division of Belfast and supported by James Craig, of the eastern division of Down. Ramona Laws, secretary for the coloniel and prominent Unionist and Ulster leader, intimated that the ques- tion was not one of principles but of expediency. He expressed regret that John Redmond, leader of the Nation- alist party, had not been able to take the course desired by the amedment. As it was, he said, if the govern- ment had attempted to force conscrip- tion on Ireland, the Nationalist party would have been driven into uncom- promising hostility. Any attempt at coercion in Ireland, he said, he be- lieved would lose more than it would gain. John Redmond supported Mr. Law's statement. Bomb Attack Successful, Says Paris London, Jan. 17.-An attack with bombs, rifles, grenades and trench mortars against the Germins at Gi- yenchy had excellent results, says to- day's official bulletin. A large fire also was caused behind the enemy's lines north of Ypres by British artil- lery. King Goes to Aid of Fire-Swept City Christiania, Jan. 17.- On a special train that shattered all records for speed, King Haakon arrived at Bergen today and took charge of relief mea- sures in the fire-swept city. Extend Year Book Sale For One Week Hecal Buying, by 1 o w('i (ItVsIU4 May Make Larger Edition Necessary The subscription saie for the Michi- ganensian, through courtesy of the printers of the booK, has ben extend- ed for one week, according to an an- nouncement made last night by Busi- ness Manager Glen Coulter. It was found on checking over the subscriptions that the edition had been largely taken up by under-graduates, and that not over three-fifths of the seniors of the university had ordered copies. For this reason negotiations were begun at once with the printers of the annual in an effort to secure an extension of the time limit former- ly agreed upon for the ordering of additional copies. Subscriptions will,; therefore, be received at the Michi- ganensian office in the Ann Arbor, Press building any day this week, at the prices which prevailed at the ta- bles last week: 50 cents deposit at the entry of the subscription, and the balance of $2.00 at the time of deliv- ery in the spring. As this is the longest time limit that the printers of the book would allow, and since the management of the Michiganensian does not care to assume the risk of ordering extra copies, this week will represent the, final opportunity for Iplacig sub- scriptions. 1-HOP TICKETS CO ON SAEAT UNION Booth Tickets Must Be Bought With hop Tickets; .Drawing for Places on Wednesday ONE-THIRD SOLD YESTERDAY Over one-third the total number of tickets for the J-Hop were disposed of during the first day of the sale yesterday. Inasmuch as the sale is' open only to Juniors during the first three days of this week, it is evident that the demand for pasteboards of admittance to the year's biggest so- cial event is as great as ever before. The invitations were not received in time for distribution at yesterday's sale, but have now arrived. The pur- chasers of tickets yesterday may re- ceive their engraved cards by bring- ing their tickets to the Union during the hours of regular sale today. The committee has decided to make no charge for the invitations. A rule of one ticket to a person is being held to during the first three days of the sale, but beginning Thurs- day the sale will open to the campus. At that time, one person may purchase tickets for a group, provided he brings in the names of those for whom he i buying tickets. Booth tickets must be purchased at the same time as the regular J-Hop tickets. A drawing of lots for booths will take place between 11:00 and 12:00 o'clock at the Michigan Union on Wednesday. Only those appear- ing with 12 or more tickets will be entitled to a booth, as was the case last year. Those who can not procure this number in their party, and who still desire a booth, will be taken care of by combining two parties. Five special music features have been provided by the committee in charge, it was learned yesterday, though they refuse to divulge what kind and nature. The firm which will have charge of the decorations of the Hop this year by a mistake was given in Sunday's Daily as being from De- troit. It is in reality from Chicago, and correction is hereby made. The regular hours of sale are be- tween 11:00 and 12:00 o'clock in the morning, and 3:00 and 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon. Leap Year Dance Tickets Go on Sale Tickets for the Leap Year dance to be given at the Michigan Union Fri- day evening will go on sale at 5:00 o'clock this afternoon at the Union desk. The committee announces that it is willing that men should ask wom- en to this affair despite its Leap Year character. Several feature dances have been planned, and the committee has prom- ised to provide- refreshments. The tickets will sell for one dollar. REPO TS F 0 MESOPOTAMl SHO B8II FICISiVEBATT ~~-,j RM -FRC NACED BY TURK11 r LY MUSICAL CLUBS TO TAKEd SPRING TRIP TOI COST To Appear i Seti e Taeonan. sl po- hanae and Pothl Whlaie in It has been settled that the Var- sity glee and mandhn clubs will make their trip to the northwest dur- ing the spring vacation. Between 3 and 40 men will make the journey, showing probably at Minneapolis, sev-, oral Montana cities, Spokane, Port- land, Seattle and Tacoma, Washing-1 ton, and other places, though they will go no farther south than Wash-t ington.a Final agreement has been made with the Fniv usity of Washington, at Seattle, to appear in a concert in that city Friday nigh, April 14. This visit will be the first appearance of the Michigan musical clubs at Wash- ington since their trip to the north- west three years ago. At that time $250 above the $400 guarantee was cleared at the Washington concert.- Of this amount $100 was given to help send the Washington crew to Pough- keepsie and $150 was put in charge of Comptroller Condon of the University1 of Washington for use as a Loan fund< for needy students. This part of the fund has been in constant circulation3 since its presentation.1 The Seattle Michigan alumni asso- ciation, composed of 250 Seattle mem- bers, have taken the responsibility of the concert at Washington and have guaranteed the required amount tol the clubs. From Seattle, the Michi- gan men will go to Tacoma, where' they will perform under the auspices of the alumni organization of that city. It was at first planned to put on a combined concert between the Wash-_ ington and Michigan clubs, but this arrangement was given tip since the Washington clubs will have their hands full with their spring opera. ITALY T EVACUATE ALBANIA Vienna hears That Italian Generals D(eide on Concentration on Nod-herai Frontier Berlin, Jan. 17.-Announcement was made from Vienna today of advices received there that Italy has aban- doned all intentions of participating in the Balkan campaign and is pre- paring to evacuate Albania. The Austrian government has learn- ed that Italian patrols sent northward from Avlona after the occupation of that port, are being withdrawn. Italy's decision, it is said, was arrived at aft- er a long council between King Vic- tor Emmanuel and his military chiefs. The King desiredto undertake the de- fense of Albania and Montenegro, but was overruled by his generals, who believe in a concentration of forces on the Austrian frontier. Dean Vaugan Returns Dean Victor C. Vaughan, of the medi- cal school, returned yesterday from New York city, where he delivered the Herter lectures at the University and Bellevue Medical School. WHAT'S GOING ON S ERETARY CIA AM1BsEILAIN 'TELI4 COMMONS OF VICTORY OF RELIEF COLUMN BESIEGED MAY TRY SORTIE 1hefeat of Either English or Turks May Make General Disaster Imminent London, Jan, 17.--The second im- portant British victory to be reported withint wo days in the Mesopotamian theater of war was announced in the house of commons by Secretary for Inda Chanberlain. The British relief force under Gen- eral Aylmer, on its way to aid the main British force at Kut-el-Amara on the Tigris, 105 miles below Bag- dod, followed up its success of Jan- uary 13 and 14 and'drove the Turks to a position only six miles from Kut- el Amara, The war office statement issued yisterday said that the relief force, after h-- g driven the Turks on January S <«u 9 to a position on the Tigris at Drah, 25 miles below Kut-el-Amara, attacked the Ottomans, driving them still further before - them. Today's announcement says that the British since then have made a gain of 19 miles toward Kut-el-Amara. In the six-mile afea that still keeps the relief force from the defenders of the fortress, a decisive battle is believed to be now in procress. The British official reports show the Turks to be in a perilous position. If the main British force at Kut-el-Amara is still as strong as is estimated, about 25,000, a successful sortie combined with continued advances of the relief force would constitute a tremendous menace to the Turks, who are now be- tween the two fires. The position of the British relief force is fraught with danger even if it follows up its latest success and drives the Turks to the gates of Kut- el-Amara fortress. Kut-el-Amara is serrounded from all sides. If the Turs' siege forces are strong enough, part of them, when the peril of the separated Ottoman' forces at the hands of the relief detachment be- comes extreme, can come to the Turns' aid through a flank attack on the British. Such a flank attack south of Kut-el-Amara would offer renewed danger to the relief force and if suc- cessful might cut off its aven'ue of e- cape, which is downstream on the Tigris. BEGINS TONIGHT Much Interest Shown by Students in Event; Ticket Sale Already Past .500 Mark ANNOUNCE LINEUP FOR MATCH Weather for Ann Arbor and vieIn ity : Fair ad contir ied cold; strom -vvesterly winds, TO) Y. Walter K. Towers lectures, 202 West hall, 4:00 o'clock. Canadian Club business meeting, Union, 6:45 o'clock. Skating Carnaval, Weinberg's rink, 7:30 o'clock. Adelphi House of Representatives election, rooms, 7:30 o'clock. Deutscher Verein meeting, rooms, 8:00 o'clock. TOIORROW - . Drawing of lots for booths at J- Hop, Union, 11:00 and 12:00 o'clock. Skating for all will, be the ord of the day, or evening, at the Womer Athletic Association benefit in Wei berg's Rink tonight at 7:0 o'cloc A short program has been arrange consisting ofia hockey match betwee teams of University men and anoth between teams of University women, grand march at 8:15 for all skater and a short -exhibition of fancy sk2 ing. Dock Schleede's band will pl throughout the evening, and prepar tions are being made for a gre crowd. The evening will not' be entire taken up by the program, which w be run off as speedily as possible, as to allow the crowd the use of t inside rink. Skating will go on ou side of the main building as usu The program will not interfere wi the use of this part of the rink. A chance will be afforded to E a number of the women stars of t Unive sity in action in their game. crowd'of tryouts for all teams we out on the ice last night, and seven gave proof of exceptional ability. T two women's teams are being coach (Continued on Page Six)