b~rf N~b lA.. a pwr -p.yY . -..o:.. ~~ - u-.a.- ,>= HrIE l)AILY NE)V FTlE ,'WORLD) AN!)D Ar, at Its lciAN LM Phio yes:-Editorial 2414 gr Business 960 TELEGRAPH SERVICE BY T] NEW YORK SUN .. _.,__.. . ._ . _ ___._ - -r- --- -- -. __ -. , .._ VOL. XXVI. No. 108. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1916. PRICE FIVE CEN' START CAMPAIGN TO MAKE HURON SAFE FOR CgANES MOTOR-CYCL I POLICE MEN TO PA- TROL IANE ROUS PARTS OF IIVER BRYAN TO TALK ON THE WAR1AND ITS LESSONS Former Secretary Pays Aib Expeiases; lProeeeds t~o to War Relief Willi am Jennings Bryan will speak in iil auditorium at 8:010 o'clock Sat- urday evening on "The War and Its _____ LF.< '1' * 'I 4 ' 'f* * * IVANT TO DISCONTINUE MII)-IVEEK l) ANCES Favoring the movement to abolish mid-week campus dances, the heads of league houses, at a meeting yesterday, heartily en- dorsed a petition to the Senate Council to that effect. This ac- tion is 1n accordance with the growing feeling among the wom- en of the campus, and comes through the representatives of a large number of them. To Hold Costume FRENCH STRENGTHEN WEAKENEDPzrd Fi LINELI to Write '-ext s Opera' AISIAN TAKE Hill NEAR THRIM I uvijuuiiiinIns.11IU&En i~n LlltI IILLIILUI 4' 4' * x: ::: 'I; *: 'I', :* * *: an outrage, a travesty." ("1."owes Bickinson, whose lecture on "International Reconstruction Af- ter the War" will be given in Sarah iCasell Angell hall at 8:00 o'clock tonight is recognized as on6 of the greatest masters of prose style now living. In the United States he is best known for his two books "Letters. - a of John Chinaman"r and "A Modern Small (hildreni in ermanan Act Receive The first named volume appeared Repeated A ; p 1 atse; me. 'asch anonymously in 1902 and created a Awain Pleases furor over the country, everyone who Y.P(l.1.! T'l 1SHOW) 13T IMPROVE 3IENT read it being convinced that the au- thor was a Chinese. At that time William Jennings Bryan made the Michigan's foreign students scoredIstatement that the author never saw an unqualified success in the secondss performance of the All Nation Re- I t i de o ympWsnm. vue given last night in Hill auditori- "A Modern Symposium," which ap- um before an audience of 4,00peo- peared later under the author's name pie. From te primitive tom-tom secured an appreciative circle of war dance rof the AricanZuls tot readers at once, and is still cited as the magnificent. spectacle of Human- one of the most charming bits of lit- ity reviewing (.he, cast of more than erature appearing in recent times. 200 as they slowly made the steep Aside from his literary pursuits, ascent of the path of progress,. the Mr. Dickinson is well known as an entire ensembl singing the "Pit- authority gn the subject of interna- grim's Chorus~ from . Thannhauser, tional relations, his association with the Revue was. one of the most ef- prominent international thinkers in fective pageants ever produced in England and elsewhere having given Ann Arbor. him unusual opportunities for study- Albertina :Rasch, premiere dan- ing world affairs. seuse of the Metropolitan Opera of Since the outbreak of the war he New York and of the Royal Opera of has been a frequent contributor to the Vienna, carried the house by storm magazines of both England and Ameri- with her interpretive dancing. Her ca. Of special interest are his ar- work, especially in the Hungarian ticles entitled "After the War" and dance, was roundly applauded by the I "The War and the Way Out," which audience. Madame Rasch is without ran in the Atlantic Monthly. doubt, ore of the finest exponents of The lecture tonight is given under classic dancing that has appeared in the auspices of the World Peace Ann. Arbor within recent years. Foundation, and the general public is The dancing of Miss Dorothy Conger invited to attend. of Detroit and her ballet of four danc- ing girls in the Greek act was effect- ive and was one of the bright spots inIROOSEVELT NOT A CANDIDATE a succession of appealing acts. The music of the second perform- Cables I)isavowal in Dispatcl to Secre- ance showed considerable improve- tary of State of Illinois ment o% er that of the previous eve- ning and the co-ordination of the New York, Mar. 8.-Colonel Theo- work of the orchestra and the per-' dore Roosevelt has cabled disavowing formers lent the final touch to the his candidacy for the presidency. success of the venture. His secretary today sent the 'fol- The scenic. and lighting effects lowing dispatch to the secretary of showed the results of the experi- state of Illinois: "I have today re- ence gained, by the men Tuesday eve- ceived ,the following cable'for trans- ning and n.o serious mishap occurred mission to you- to break the continuity of the pro- "'I hereby disavow candidacy of any gram. 'labo:rate and involved as and all delegates in Illinois primaries were sone of the scenes, neverthe- who file petitions expressing prefer-, less the audience was never forced to ence for me for presidential nomina- (Colitinu(d on Page !Six) tion. Theodore Roosevelt.' " goS OSIWSPEAK ON CHINA Hon. Chas.Denby to Give Address at S :00 o' (lock Tonight in New Science 1Building LECTURE TO BE ILLUSTRATED wThe material for the lecture "China and the Chinese Language;" to be de- livered by the Hon. Charles Denby in the auditorium of the new science building at 8:00 o'clock tonight, is drawn entirely from the speaker's own experiences in that interesting country. A period of 14 years spent in the United States consular serv- ice at Peking, Tientsin, and Shanghai afforded unexcelled opportunities for a study of the customs and language. of the Chinese people, and as a re- sult Mr. Denby is known as an an- th"erity on that subject. After graduating from Princton. in 1832, lie was appointed to the secre- taryship of the Peking legation. From 1902 to 1905 he was foreign adviser to the Governor General of North China, and in 1907 became Consul General at Shanghai. Since June, 1909. he has held the corresponding post at Vienna, Austria. Mr. Denby is a brother of ex-Con- gressman Edwin Denby of Detroit. While here he will be entertained at dinner by President Hutchins and .Mrs. Hutchins. The lecture will be fully illus- trated, and an invitation to attend is extended the general public. WHAT'S GOING ON Weather for Ann Arbor and vicin- ity: Warmer, -with variable winds. 4:00 o'clock-Comedy club meets, Cercle Francais rooms. 4:30 o'clock-Professor Kenyon gives Spanish lecture, room 101 S. W. 7:00 c'clock---Girls' Upper section of Deutscher Verein meets, Verein rooms, University hall. 7:30 o'clock-Colorado club meets, Michigan Union. 8:410 o'clock---Chas. Denby lectures, Natural Science auditorium. 8:00 o'clock--G. Lowes Dickinson Science club, room Z261, new sience speaks, Sarah Caswell Angell hall. 8:15 o'clock -Meeting of Natural building. 8:45 o'clock-Keystone club dance, Packard academy. TOMORROW 4:1i o'clock--Students' recital, Uni- versity School of Music. 4:15 and 8:00 o'clock--Prof. W. S. Tower speaks, Natural Science Build- ing auditorium. 7:30 o'clock-Alpha Nu meets, room 101, U-hall. 7:30 o'clock-Webster Debating so- ciety meets, Webster rooms, Law build- in- U-NOTCE Tryouts for the J-lit relay team re- port to F. P. Randall at Waterman gymnasium at 3:30 o'clock this after- noon. AUSTRIANS GAIN 1000 YARDS OF TRENCHES NORTHWEST OF PARNOPIL METIZ RAIDED BY AEROPLANES PortmmguesA Minister to Get Papers ai Saturday Unless German Boats Are Returned London, Mar.S8.-England is mo- mentarily awaiting the dews that a great naval battle between the British and German fleets has tak- en place between the British and German fleets has taken place in the North Sea. The latest report indicating that the German fleet has put to sea cane from Scheveningen by way of Rotterdam. The captain of a Dutch lugger which imit in at the former port reported lmaving sighted a German fleet of 29 ships icluding battle- ships, battle cruisers, small cruis- ers, and destroyers off Ymnuiden, 75 miles north of The Hague and directly opposite Yarmouth, Eng land. London, Mar. 8.--Recovery of the reeling French line west of the Meuse and the recapture of positions lost to the Germans yesterday, with a conse- quent lessening of the menace upon Verdun, which has been growing in that quarter for a week, is revealed in the midnight statement from Paris. Though Berlin officially announces the capture of nearly 4,000 men and almost eight square miles of terri- tory in the section from Bethincourt westward to the 'Meuse the midnight statement makes no admission of such loss. On the contrary, it announces the capture of most of the Corbeaux wood in which the Germans established themselves yesterday. SLAVS OC(UPY PERSIAN TOWN Petrograd, via London, Mar. 8. Russian troops have captured the town of Riza on the Black sea, 35 inilese ast of Trebizond, according to an official report. The Russians also have occupied the town of Sehna, in Persia, the report adds. CAPTUREE TRENCIIES BY STORM Berlin, Mar. 8.-The capture of 1,000 yards of trenches from the Russians northwest of Parnopol was announced in an official statement from the Aus- trian war office telegraphed here to- day. The report says that the Arch- duke Ferdinand's army drove the en- emy from their entrenched positions and occupied them. MAY MEAN WAR WITh IPORTUGAL London, Mar. 8.---Unless the Ger- mhan ships seized by Portugal are re- leased the Portuguese minister to Ger- many will receive his passports Sat- urday noon, says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Zurich, which gives a report from Frankfort as ab asis for the statement. DROP 124 SHELLS ON STATION Paris, Mar. 8.---Sixteen French aero- planes dropped 124 shells of all caliber on the Metz-Sablons station today, the war office reported. All returned safe- ly except one, though 20 .machines attacked the French squadron. DESE RT NEUTRAL ZONE POSTS Paris, Mar. 8.-A Havas dispatch from Athens says the Bulgarians ceased work they had begun on en- trenchments in the neutral zonealong the Graeco-Bulgarian frontier, as a result of Austrian protests. ?iAISER IDECORATES BTCCA NEER London, Mar. 8.-Emperor William has received the commander of the Gei-man commerce raider Moewe and personallypresented him with the Or- der of Pour le Merite, according ton a Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam. Ohio State Rceeives $100) for Prizes Ohio State University has recently received $1,000 to be offered as prizes Ior superiority in military drill. Toronto, Ont., Mar. .--About 20,000 men and women, with a civic water- wagon, formed a monster parade that, marend to the house of legislature this afternoon, and presented a peti- tion containing 800,000 fignatures re- questing legislation to make Ontario dry, at least during the war. When the parade reached the armory a num- ber of soldiers pelted snowballs at the paraders. Several spectators were injuted later, when the police charged Iinto the mob. (. LOWES DICKINSON, ESQ. Who lectures tonight on "Internation. ul Reconstruction A fter 1 War."