I THE DAILY $1.50 NEWS OF THE WORLD AND THE CAMPUS r + "* MM+ YYIIWIW M IIYIIII r J / s lV' L Plones:-Editorial .414 Business 960 TELEGRAPH SERVICE BY THE NEW YORK SUN VOL. 'XXVI. No. 82. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS t TEUTONIC ALLIES SON TO LAUNCH EGYPT CAMPAI6N HINTS ]ROPPEI) BY KAISER AT NISH INDICATE EARLY . % ATTACK WANT BARATONG RETAI!ATION Italian Liner Reports Activlties of U-Boats in Mediterranean on Docking Amsterdam, Jan. 21.-Kaiser Wil- liam dropped a broad hint that the Turco-German campaign against Suez and Egypt would begin soon, in his address at Nish, where he conferred decorations on Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria band Crown Prince Boris. "We have been challenged by our enemies, who envy Germany anfd Aus- tria their peaceful flourishing pros- perity," said the Kaiser. "In the most lighthearted manner they have endangered the development of the whole of Europe in order to fight us, but our loyalty as allies has been the root of our strength. "We have had a hard fight which (Continued on Page Six) JOLIET I UNDER, T O ATER Thousand Persons Are Driven Their Homes When Des Plaines Overflows from1 NO CASUALTIES YET REPORTED Joliet, Ill., Jan. 21.-Tlie worst floodf since 1902 ingulfed Joliet today. Water ran five feet deep in the streets. Nearly a thousand persons were driv- en from their homes. Rockdale, a manufacturing town, re- ported six feet of water on the level and business suspended. The whole valley of the Des Plaines river is inundated. No casualties have been reported.? The loss was estimated at several hundred thousand dollars in several blocks. Police. and firemen rescued many families in rowboats from houses where the water was too deep to wade. GREAT WARSIPTo FLY 1NA1R NOWBEING BUILT' Superdreadnought Will Be Sent to One of Belligerent Powers; Can Carry Crew of 30 New York, Jan. 21.-An aerial sup- erdreadnought that is being built in a factory in the United States for use by one of the belligerent powers of Europe is described by Alberto San- tos-Dumont, the aeronaut, as six times- larger than any yet tried, and is ca- pable of cruising more than 600 miles at a speed of 75 miles an hour, with a crew of 30. The power plant consists of six 160-horse power motors and one of 40 horsepower. With about eight Ipssu gers it can carry oil and gasoline weighing 5,250 pounds and a load ot f.0 0 pounds of ummunition. It is armored in all vital spots and is designed to arry te new aeroplane guns projeing iui cotiinetre shells. NE1 ,SItM FOVR LAW EXAMS AROUSES INTEBEST ON CAMPUS A great deal of interest is being iken by faculty and students of all- departments in the coming law ex- aminations, since they will be under new system, the success of which will mean a very great change, most probably, in the manner of holding examinations for the entire university. The law school holds sessions until the day before the examinations begin, with ,the intention of forcing the stu- dents to review throughout the se- Taft Says Teddy Will Lose In Race BelievesRooseveltWould Bea1eq if Ile Were to Head Ticket of epublitmus Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Jan. 21.-"With' Roosevelt on the Republican ticket I would not hesitate to say that the Republican party would be beaten,,, said former President William Howard Taft when interviewed today by the press board %f Vassar college. "With Mr. Whitman as the Presi- dential candidate it would be hard to tell what the result would be. It would be the same if Mr. Hughes were nominated but evidently he does not want it. I am not only beaten out of the race but I am kept out of it." Mr. Taft said that although Presi- dent Wilson minimized the question of prepaiedness a year ago he made it the. chief subject of his message this year. He declared that he be- lieved it would be difficult to put Mr. Wilson's plans in operation, saying that it would tak $200,000,000 to car- ry them out. Mr. Taft said that a large navy was the most important feature of national preparedness plans. Only Five J-Hop Tickets Stll Left Decide to Hold Open Sale for Short Time to Allow Accommodations for Chaperones Only five tickets for the J-Hop are left from the last day's sale, held yes- terday. Owing to the fact that some. of the fraternities and house clubs have not definitely decided as to the number of chaperones for their house parties, it has been decided that the sale of these tickets will be held open for a short time. Any one desiring either one of these five tickets that are left from the regular sale, or chaperone tickets, may call Earl Par- dee at 1166, and leave their applicatio Is Not Confirmed Miitary Authorities Have No Knowl- edge as to How Report Was Started El Paso, Tex., Jan. 21.-Governor Nacio Emriquez of the state of Chi- huahua arrived at Juarez this after- noon accompanied by his staff. "I came here to organize the civil government of the State of Chihuahua on the border." Governor Emriquez said of the report of Villa's capture: "I have no knowledge as to how the report started and I have had no con- firmation of it." The military author- ities are trying to get news from their outlying commands. The governor declared that a cam- paign against General Benjamin Ar- gunedo and his allied forces was about to be launched by some 4,000 men, un- der personal command of General Brebino, who has left Chihuahua City for Torreon to assume direction of the military forces against Argunedo. Speakers Attack Naval Weakness Speakers at National Security (,on- gress (Criticize Navy and Those Responsible Washington, Jan. 21.-Broadsides of criticism were aimed against the navy, the naval system, and those respons- ible for it by speakersbeforedthe Na- tional Security Congress today. George von L. Meyer, former sec- retary of the navy, asserted that in- creasing appropriations would do no good until the basic faults, one of proper organization and lack of per- sonnel, were remedied. Charles E. Curtiss, president of the International Curtiss Marine Turbine company, criticized the secretary of the navy for putting forth inaccurate statements regarding the cost of build- ing battleships at the navy yards and private plants and suggested an in- vestiEation of the nroblem. HOBBS EXPRESSES HIS OPINIONS ON GARGOYLENUMBER' CLAIMS PUBLICATION LACKED AN, ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF ; ' ~THE FACTS; AGAI NST CLASS DISCUSS ION Michigt Man Offers Tract of Land for Use of University if Mill- tary Training Is Adopted In airinterview yesterday afternoon, Prof. W. H. Hobbs, of the Geology department, in commenting on the, :military training issue of the Gargoyle, expressed the opinion that that pub-, lication, in intimating that he was in the habit of using his classroom as a means of propagatng his ideas in re- gard to military training, was acting beyond its authority, and without any- adequate knowledge of the facts. 1hProfessor Hobbs strongly condemned the practice of using the classroom for the purpose of expressing partisan ideas -in regard to the war. He as- serted that although he understood that this was done in other classrooms, he himself had been most careful to 'abstain from any word or action which would afford students the slightest opportunity to draw any such conclu- sions. He intimated that a full and free discussion of the subject of military training was at all times to be encour- aged, but he did not regard the class- room as the proper place to carry on such discussion. . In regard to the Gargoyle, he re- marked, "I do not consider the attack personal, but the Gargoyle is speaking without a knowledge of the facts. I am afways very careful to exclude all matters of partisan interest from my classroom. Entirely aside from facul- ty regulations in that regard, I, per- sonally, do not approve of that way of doing." Discussing the prospects for mili- tary training at Michigan, Professor Hobbs announced that Mr. W.rE Us- derdown, manager of the Huron Farms company, has consented, in case mili- tary "training is adopted, to allow the university the use of a large tract of unimproved land situated near what is known as the Blake farm, about fwo miles down the Huron river. This lend, now controlled by the Huron Farms company, an adjunct to the (Continued on Page Six) YUN' CORONTION IS STOPPED BY UPRISING, Military Number Has Largest Sale Only a Fe1nCop (lies Ava~ilble at Va- rions News Stands All previous sales records or the Cargoyle were broken yesterday when the Military Training issue was prac- tically sold out within a few hours, after its first appearance. Last night no copies were available except a, small number in various news stands. The business staff reports the campus sale to belarger than ever before, 250 copies having been sold in less than .0 minutes during the period between the 10 and 11 o'clock classes. The issue really taken on the na- ture of a philippic, -but the sarcasm contains no touch of acrimony, and the satire, being of the most genial sort, in no way mars the general ef- fect. A high standard of excellence in both art and general reading matter, combined with the discrimination shown in selection of exchanges, un- doubtedly form the basis for the great, popularity which this number has won., DEAN LLOY MAKES CLUBOOMPLANS (.diate Department Will Try to Se- cure Social Center for Grad- nate Students HAS BEEN PROVEN SUCCESSFUL1 Tentative plans ,are being made by Dean Lloyd of the graduate depart- ment to secure clubrooms for the use of graduate students, which it is hoped will fill a long-felt want in the social line. Separate rooms will be pro- vided for the men and for the women, if the plan proves feasible, and a recreation center will be established, it is hoped, which will enable the stu- dents of the department to meet often- er and get to know each other better. "The plan has proved a tremendous success in other large universities, notably Harvard, Columbia and Chi- cago," said Dean Lloyd. "Of course the one at Harvard makes no provi- sion for women, since there are none in the department. "There is an immediate need for something &f this kind," he continued. "1 hope to procure temporary quarters of some kind until something more permanent can be arranged for. Ev- entually, 1 think, rooms can be had in the new Michigan Union building, but that is anticipating a little. "The rooms will serve as a read- ing room and general meeting center. When we get in the Union quarters perhaps coffee and a light lunch could be served. Receptions could be held and at convenient times little depart- ment gatherings of various kinds. "At present there is very little so- cial life among the students of this department. Most of them are not living at home, and so feel the need of some kind of social diversion and relaxation. And since they are older than the general run of undergradu- ates, and not quite so intimately con- nected with student activities, their pleasures must necessarily be differ- ent." BLOOD TRANSFUSION SUCCESS Method Used in the Restoration of Life of Chicago Gas VictimI VRSITY DEBATING TEAM CONQUERS NORTHWESTERN I DECISION OF i * OF THREE BIf DEBA'TES F~Reports received at TIhe * mieligan Daily ofice' late lst * night indicate that Chicago * * came out vitorious in two of * * the three Central league de- * bates. * The Midway orators conuier- * ed Michigan in a close contest * iat Mandel hall in Chicago and * * also defeated Northwestern at * Evanston. No details other than * the decisions were obtainable. * * With the defeat of Northwest- * er at Ann Arbor,. Michigan * * broke een, while the Evans- * * ton university lost its two con-* o tests. * S* SELECT EDITORS' Of '16 YER BOOK Choosing of Representatives from Each Departmient Has Proven to Be Effective I1T 1DEPARTMENT HAS THREE At the meeting of the board in con- trol of student publications held yes- terday, the following seniors were se- lected from the various departments to act as associate editors of the 1916 Michiganensian: Engineering - Humphrey M. K. Grylls, Gordon D. Cooke. Literary--Muriel M. Tyson, Edward P. Wright, Irwin C. Johnson. Combined courses--E. S. Thornton, Homeop. Law-John F, Scott, Clarence H. Swain son. Medicine-Sam W. Donaldson. This action is in accordance with the usual custom of choosing one or two men from each department to work in conjunction with the managing editor n producing the annual. In past years this practice has been found very ef- fective, since it enables the staff to get in close touch with the work of the different departments. U, S, PECE ENOYS Td G O TO STOCKHOLM TODA Delegates Consigned to Pass Through German Territory in Sealed Car The Hague, Jan. 21.-American members and alternates of the reutral peace conference, who had their prep- arations for departure made several days ago and had been awaiting a ruling by the German authorities, will leave here at noon today for Stock- holm. They will pass through German territory in a sealed car. The Scandinavian electing commit- (Continued on Page Six) CLOSE GONTEST; IDGES TWO TO ONE OUT OF 16 DEBATES WITH INSTI- TUTION MICHIGAN HAS NINE TO HER CREDIT NEW SYSTEM PROVES SUCCESS Teams Closely Balanced in Argument; Michigan Speakers Superior ' in Delivery Continuing her established record in forensic activities, the University of Michigan won a closely contested de- bate from Northwestern university in :Hill auditorium last night by a split decision, two judges voting for the affirmative of the literacy test ques- tion, supported by Michigan, and one casting his ballot for the negative, as advanced by Northwestern. The teams were closely balanced in the argument they advanced, but the Michigan speakers undoubtedly were superior in presentment,. due to their forceful, direct and earnest delivery. Interest in the contest was height- ened by th-e fact that a win for the Methodists would even up the score between the two schools. Last night's debate was the sixteenth meeting be- tween them, and the victory was the ninth for the supporters of the Maize and Blue. * The debate was the first given under the new method of allowing all stu- dents free admission to university forensic contests and 2000 were pres- ent to welcome the inauguration of the system. The presence of the band add- ed additional interest. W. M. Brucker, '16L, opened the case for the affirmative. He pointed out the change which had taken place in the immigration problem and proposed a remedy, the literary test, Such a test was shown to be in line with our present policy of immigration, to be sound and reasonablegand to be one which would make the solution of our problems easier. The opening speech for the negative was given by E. E. Voight, who con- tended that such a test would judge ° a man not by his ability or usefulness but by the opportunities for education he had enjoyed and that its adoption would discriminate against the deserv- ing peasant class in favor of a ques- tionable city population. J R.-Cotton, '16, continued the af- firmative case by showing literacy to be a qualification which could be eas- ily secured if the prospective immi- grant possessed the ambition and stamina to prepare himself for it, and that literacy was desirable as it made the immigrant more likely to be assim- ilated. The negative contentions of Charles D. Lowry demonstrated the lack of connection between literacy and character. A. J. Stoddard, '17L, closed the af- firmative case by citing the benefits to (Continued on rage Six) SPEAKS ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Chinese Emperor Indefinitely pones Ceremony as Result Post- Pekin, Jan. 21.-The coronation of Yuan Shi Kai as emperor of China has been postponed indefinitely. The rea- son given officially is the uprising in southern China. The foreign office notified the vari-j ous .legations today that the Chinese government had decided that the en- thronement would take place early in February, but that Yuan Shi Kai had issued an order cancelling the arrangements, in view of the dis- turbances in Yunnan province. No intimation was given when the en- thronement will take place. Government officials estimate that not more than six months will be recpuired to quiet the disturbances in the south. Hopewell, Va. l -er d- a gc $100,000 was do b} t n a 150,000-gallo Pont company's r ,y- ports had give, xx t z E. Chicago, Jan. 21.-Blood transfu- sion in cases of gas asphyxiation has been pronounced a success. Dr. Karl A. Meyer made an experi- ment on Gustave Mussel. The man : thM poi 01 (dOith WihC ao J;Ae'( a the~ county L tfl. a u ea Sloi., ii w A-' etiC1ar d,. I. - A WHAT'S GOING ON.P Weather for Ann Arbor and vicin- ity-Cloudy and somewhat colder. TODAY Senior Lit dance, Barbour gym, 2:30 o'clock. Chess club meets, 401 U-hall, 6:15 o'clock. Cercle Francais presents "La Gram- maire," Sarah Caswell Angell hall, 8:00 o'clock. Michigan Union dance, Union, 9:00 o'clock. Upper Room Bible Class, 444 S. State street, 7:00 o'clock. -TOMORROW "Joe" Robbins speaks, "Y" meeting, Arcade theater, 6:30 o'clock. Menorah society election, Newberry hall, 8:00 o'clock. Dr. Frank Gunsaulus lectures, Pres- hvterian church 7-:0A'clnnk Jacob S. Shields Lectured on the Fun- damental Doctrines of His Church Jacob S. Shields, member of the board of lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston, Mass., in a lecture on Christian Science as the religion of divine law, in the Whitney theatre Thursday afternoon, said: "The Mosaic law, 'Thou shalt have no other gods before Me' is the origin and basis of all true religion. Christ Jesus taught the same law. Christian Science accepts the law in all its completeness, as expounded by both Moses and Christ Jesus. "Jesus came to present to the world a godly wisdom by which sin, disease anf death could be eliminated. That there is a divine law, wisdom, and power which was a secret from the world, is evidenced by the marvellous demonstrations of Jesus. "He understood the law which leads men to the realization of eternal life. The same divine law is operative and available today; is always pres- ent, and universal because it is in- finite" P ESBYTERIAN ChURCH J ON I R O AN PA RE VISIO 1S - LFO ) A. RRF19 71A S M , . u - Thee:x oin b S k eOil. I, _.__ _ _ _. __- - - - --- ----------__ , '