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VOL XXVI. No. l
GERMANS ADVACE
TWO MILS INBIG *
6TEARMY OF CRO~WN PRINCE TAKES
"3000 PRISONERS IN
ATTACK
CRISIS AGIN DUE IN GREECE
R~ussian ii lerun Te ll una Tht
War Wll Be Continued Until
Germany Is Crshed
I ndoi, Fe~b. 23.--Fightiig te great
est battle witneSd on the wester
front siiwe the battle of Yprs las
May, the Grmian riry under Crow
Print, Wilhein which is striving t
take Verdun, today sna.shed throug
the French lines for a distace o
nearly two miles and captured 3,00
prisoners 10 miles north of the fortress
Cecil iMde War Trade inister
Loaadon, Feb. 2.--Ten appojtmeni
of Lord Robert Cecl, a Unionist, a
war trade minister was officially an
nounced in] the house of ( flhfloeas to-
day by Premier .Asuith, Lrd Robert
Cecil was parliamentary uner-sere-
tary for foregn affairs He will be
res ponsible for the policy of the gov-
ernmeant concerning merchandise pass-
- through the nu tral countries
;rnxl d the central powers.
Pro-Gernaus Losing Ifluece
Itoe,, Feba. 13.---It is learned from
A diplomstic source that a ministerial
crisis is probable in {Treece. Th
faro-German party is reported to be
losing its inluece, owing to Rtou-
inania's attitude and Bulgaria:, cose-
qluei refusal to participate in a:
id stro-G1erriau attack on Salonil.
)blnf nteit-gii King Offered Comanid
Itome, Feb). 23.--Czar Nicholas of
Russia has offered a nominal military
command in Russia 10 King Nicholas
of Montengro, who already is an
honorary field marshal in the Russian
army. T1'he Montenegrin king has re-
fusedt the offer because of II health.
Ruissiha to Strengthen U. S. Relations
Petrograd, Feb. 23---War until Ger-
mny. is completely crushed in order
to prevent a repetition' of the world
war was the keynote of the speech of
Foreign Minister Sturmer before the
re-eonivened duia today
In his speech M. Sturne also said
that the Russian government will
seek to strengthen the commercial re-
lations between Russia anl the Unit-
ed States.
Czar Nicholas. in addressing th'
durna, dwelt chiefly on the capture
of rzeru. In regard to Rouniania
he said, "Roadniania will not betray
her own interests and when the hoar
strikes sloe vii know ow to realize
lier ndatial unity."
'U f'IVoreter
I.1 ing Disfriued
Iflagaz'ne UofIForestry (Clu Coialiis
liany Snappy Articles
1l'Th". of1,&L" Foreser. the semi-
annuetl nagazine o the Forestry club,
is being ditributedl to foresters all
over the world. It contains 40 pages
of the suappiest articles regarding
forestry that hsve been put ot by
the club for a number of years. A full
page eut t;' he n X313iene i ld<inis t
usedla totisicwhilo in th,
midle th-1-re is all excellent cut o
the ntew o tre lodge at the forestry
farm.
It conltains j0", usual section, "News
from i thz_ ?-i e ? i n owich appear let-b
terns"tfrm rauarlte fo iresters. Sone -F
thing 1 " ni this issue is theintla
tion ofasctnndr h heig
t "orSters oC_'n'Their 4VaCa. tin,"tell-
ing wkhere d1it'.even t forestes pet??
their Gctn as uie.0. .
White, '17,'s te (esnAeitor.
ANN ARBOR1, IMIC IGAN, THUTRSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, y1,;i1
YIJ1~iFVR CENTS
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Ro ,ecei G ash for
War Relief .fund
I-!! 19a(Creek Residents f'outribul e
Pi) to Cause; Procure Clothes
for Women and Children
z4trw PREAPARENESS BEFORE
S~FLLBOU 0 UIECE 1* 4000
Thle latest opening of the boxes about
the campus brought $5.53 to the cof-
fers of the War Relief committee.
The library led with $1.75, followed
by the engineering building with $1.50.1
Thie Union box, which contained only
19 cents last week, ranked third with
$1.10. The box in the medical build-
ing c"ontained 70 cents, while the law
libing footed the list with 47 cents.
Quarry's (rug store, the only box not
et the campus, contained $2.46. Bat-
tH" Creek, Mtich., which has relief as-a
sociation, has sent $60.00 to Mrs. L.j
P. Hall, chairman of the Ann Arbor
conmittee.
Since the extreme winter weather
has passed :the committee has turned
its a ttention to~ procuring summer
clothing for. women and children refu-
gees. Work is still being carried on
for the. equipment of hospital beds,
and there is great need for clean
blank'-ts and comforters.
Mr. Thomas Nickels has given the
rrinnzlttee the use of his window in
l>e ewarcade on State street, where
di exhibit of the_ kinds of work being
doewill be shown, today.
Women 's League
Will Present Play
"The( Q' een's Progress" Will Be Ghik
lint1H11l Auditorium in April
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P ~oto h)er on 1Arriv ing' at 'Michigan ('C ii liiShin
"The Queen'4s Progress" is the name,
of the Shiakespearean pageant to be,
r iven April 28 in Hill auditorium, un-
der the direction of the Women's,
letgue., The book for the production9
inow completed, and the committee
is ready to make selections for the
catst.1
Professor HI. A. Kenyon, master of
the pageant, will be in his office, room
23, oldJ engineering building, this aft-r
ernoou from 2:00 to 4:00 o'clock, Fri-
dcay 2 :00 to 4: 00 o'clock, and Satur-
day from 10:00 to 12:00 o'clock, to
ineet -men and women who wish to
take part in the pageant. There are
an equal number of parts for men and
women, who can act, sing or dance.
No previous experience is necessary,!
although any work in Shakespearean
reading will be of help. The dances
are i e charge of Miss Evans.{
May 10 is the date now announced
for thew closing of the poster contest,
instea,,ii of May 1, as earlier set. There
wil b a first prize of $10.00.
X- ay Dis$closes
Fracture in Arm
11. .il. lanimsde'n, '19, Rests Easily in'<
Hosp1ital; Will Be Out in About
Two Weekst
Two serious fractures of the left
arm of 13. M. Lumslen, '19, who was
hit by- the Michigan Central trainI
which killed Elbert S. Bryant, '19,
Tuesidayv afternoon, were shown in an
X-ray, photograph yesterday.
No internal injuries have manifested
themselves so far, and the patient was
reported resting well at the university
hospital late last night. AttendingI
physicians expect Lumsden to leavet
the hospital in about two weeks.
SENI-OR ENGINEERS
WILL HEAR WOOD
Expert of University of Illinois to
Speaki on "D)on't Be eJust
Engineers
jSenior engineers will today listein
to a lecture by Ira 0. B~aker-, profes-
sor of civil engineering at the Uni-
versity of Illinois. who is one of the
foremost engineers in the country.
The lecture will be held at 11:00
o'clock in West Physics hall. While it
is intended p~rimarily' for senior en-
gineers it is open to all students who
are interested and who can attend at
this time without conflict with their
work.
Professor Baker while being well
past 60 years of ag'e is alert, active
and quick-motioned. llo is a pleasing
j (Countinu ed on P~are $Six)
LEADERS OPPOSE WILSON'S
EFFORT TODEGIOE ISSUE
P'residenit Put in P~redicament; Rleply
to Another 'Note Received
fromt Austria
Washington, Feb. 23.--A graVe_ turn
in the subniarin- controvers.Vcame to-
day when formidable opposition flared-
tip in Congress to President Wilson's
determination to force a showdown
with Germany.
Tonight the president finds himself
confronted with a threat from import-
ant Democratic leaders in the house
that a resolution would be put over
his opposition warning Americans
rom traveling on armed merchantmen.
Not since the submarine issue was
raised has the president found himself I
in such a discouraging predicamut.
At the minute when he needs the
strongest support to carry his issue
with Germany to a successful conclu-
sion he finds hihiself deserted by many
of the influential leaders of his own
party, who are asserting openly that
Congress will not stand behind him in
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ILife
Veaiy 31eiii (to eeive
''lheii l Thais 31 oriilg
FOR OPERA TICKE[5
NO S1PECIALTIES T I S1 YE AR
"Tres Roug e,'' thle Uion~ opera, wyill
be produ(cd at the Whitney theater on
Wed nesday, Thursda, Fridlay and Sat-
urdaiy evenings, March 15, 16, 17 anti
18, includling a matinee on Saturday
afternoon. The ticket sale for the
ive performance v\Oll be held at the
Hill auditorium box office on Friday
and Saturday of l thisweek and Mon-
dlay, 'Tuesday and Wednesday. of next
Peary Predictsa
Cornmercial vWar,
(11. C . I.4Jackson)
"Ceonadore P'eary, do youl find it
more iinterestig to tour America thar
to ina ke Eas for the North Pole?"
The vretirc'd 1nited states navy offi-
er ladbc i n his chair, pulled
thmgh~iiiyathis flowing brownish
raytnon~tcbefor a moment, while
the ~gcI of a' smile dawned in
hiskeni-tolblueeys
"Vel,"besaid. "both have their
a~lant~esand disadvantages, but
trm criccs Ilhave gone through
J ;-1d. hclsy that miy dog
trai Laa~ ~oelleyto arrive on
sc'bedule Mail Oof OUr railroad
trains."~
T.Ihe j s rotic explorer is deep-
ly Jicrs then l advisability of an
- adpt on c i o Swss ilitary system
in ii: Ui lt'd tats, elliving it would
beeeu (te in case of peace or
war, a en of improving effi-
Ci (fcy.
A.ft fthecloetof the j ,rwent Euro-
l} 'r1i artber,- will bl a tremendous
un I'1111d oil I ag , ix)
WH ' OING N1
Weather fr Ann Arbor and vicinity:
i~t &cec~ -enor eng. assembly,
West . ;.ic hll.
I :tP he 'lit class meeting, Tap-
2P3 dek'Upper Peninsula men
o In I[vi ib nin
- - 10 e'c '~-~ -itnd IIQ'wc, IIiA-
dii't o i3a.
K b ce'- 'iiicclub meets,
n_.. > ima';hal.
:' 4l 0 o E 3 ek--r. R. tH. Bonilla
week.
The securing of slips, entitling lif'e-/
miemb ers to secure their tickets, be-
rail at the Uinion yesterdlay, and the
earl- rush for first chances at t he
tickets indicate: the interest show -n
ini this ),ear's lpro(ilction. Slips will
be given out to yearly I 'nion membecrs
begi ining at 9:00 o'clock this nmorning.
The comml'ittee in charge wvishes [)s
announce that there will be no featur-e
acts this year. the opera being so
written that no specialties are re-
Ifrillan tSkt
In Band lOunce
GE~NERAL ADVOCATES ADPT1
OF SWISS MILITARY
SYSTEMa
SCORES SMALL SIZE OF ARI
Rear-Admiral Explains Value of Cam.
Patrol, System; Endorses Forme'
Speaker's Theories
"Take the whole mobile army of te.
United States into the Yale boVl ad
each of them could have a. neat" de-
lared General Leonard Wood, wh6;
.vith Rear Admiral Robert K. Peary
ipoke on "Preparedness" to an aui.
m'ce of over 4,000 in ill auditorium
;fst evening under the auspices o
,hie local National Security Leau,*
branch.
General Wood's speechi was based
upon his view of America's inabl ty
to cope with the high grade of specal-
4zation attained by the other great na.-
linns in military matters. He pountit
cut that while this country has tre-
m0rdous resources, they are entrey
undeveloped, and that the miltia
should be under the federal. Instead,
6~ individual states authority, ifi its;.
was to be of practial aid in time of
weari.
"We have never nmet a first class 44-
ticon which was prepared for war,"
h st t d "a d w wo l no co p r:with them . , A t the close of the C ivil,
w ar -we were for the only time in our
hi. tory fully ready to meet invaer,,
and we won the respect of £aorope, as
was demonstrated by the quk ra-
ner in which Napoleon the Third grt
out of Mexico, with a surprisingly
small amount of diplomatic corre-
pon deuce."
"Our people love to talk of our ft-
developed military resources," h
said. "They are undeveloped, almost.
absolutely so. Numbers without train-
ing are practically useless. No Wol
v.,as ever frightened by the sie of a
flock of sheep. We are trusting to
Y umblers too much. We have the cour-
age and character, but we have nt
the organization necessary for pre-
paredness."v
"Throughout our history the falli.
of the volunteer system has be.4n de-
onstrated," General Wood ccntnu
"At first there has always been
spasm of patriotism, but this died a
and the use of bounties, and str
laws against desertion could not ke
'a people under armxs who werei
accustomed to discipline."K
The speaker urged an adopto
the Swiss miliary system. in Amer
for several reason,s chief among wh
was the fact that the discipline
volved would be good for the peo
b~oth morally and phyiclly. He C
tinned:
"We need discipline in this co
try to learn to accustom ourselves
orders, and we would also be a
through its use to effect an organi
tion of the mighty physical resours
which we have."
The introduction of a military tra
ing system would increase patri
ismn, do away with class distinti
and make .for national solidarity, br
cause the people would realize tW.
were doing 'something for their con
try.
A description of 'the courses l.
down in some of the. leading unv
sities, and an encouragement of t
plan mapped out at ldicgan, for
the basis for a porion of his sp,
in which he declared that therea
a need for 50,000 reserve officers
command the ideal Unitd Sates ar$
which would be compiosed of X,00,
men.
He added: "I caxiot agree with-
speakers who statec than an aray,
1,000,000 men c an be raised betwe,'
nightfall and dawn, whhcJ;h would reaU
sual:s onl"'The Seven Centuries of
' Moorish Rule in Spain," room 141, U-
f 1, >ihi-lFerris Institute 'club
hol. hm: ctUnitarian church.
0t)&l E;;k---combined Owosso-St.
Jahn ~ pary, Packard academiy.
~tJ0o'clck -Wright Saxophone
paJrt, !Union.
I
When the theoretical curtain rises
ins Hill auditorium this evening at
8:00 o'clock, the Varsity band will
strike into the first number of a pro-
gram of big scale features which have
bc-en combined -to make "Michigan's
Biggest Banrd Bounce."
Final full dress rehearsal was held
yesterday afternoon.
"Forty Yards of Trenches," v,-li I
M~orrison Wood and HenryettaIraic
berry; went on with fiished ceden t.f
while the "All Campus Revue," fea-
turing George iAl. Olsen,. '17, is (,N-
pected to have an appeal for all wvho
attend.
-;ll c.,pu_ organiizations which
oav c1.oren nmembers are requested
to sen.d a list r f their members and
offficers to Prances Way, chairman of
Loniittee on hionor points, 1501 Wash-
toenaw a-,'nne.
Final dress rehearsal of "All-Cain-
pas~ ]Revue" troupe,.12:05 o'clock today,
So~~ Utclass mueeting tomorrow at
4: t10 '0 c p. nu., in 101 Economics
Ihaildinig, for election of new baseball
and basl-etbIall manag-ers.
-Hi candidates 'for senior lit basket-
halteal) report at the gymnasium at
7-: 20 tonight.
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