Vrs 5- I 1 THE DAILY $1.00 NEWS OF THE WORLD AND THE CAMPUS op. "a. tit 7 . 37P GA _...-- .1 nAIl Phones:--Editorial 2414 Business 960 T1ELEGHAP11 SERVICE BITV K \E1 YORK SUN VOL. XXVl. No. 113. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS . MORGAN DECLARES READYFOHR DEBUT FINAL TDRESS ]REHEARSAL IS SUCCESS; OIRCLHESTRA iNI GOOI) SLTAPE PLAN PRIZE FOR ,1917 BOOK 4 ofjjm(' iThinks Reward Would Serve as lnceintii e for Scenario Writers in Future Promise Prur All Required Aid (Geran'aii\ Declaration of War Brings omise of Assistance fro Allied Powers _. 3 After the second complete dress re- hearsal of "Tres Rouge" Director Morgan declared the production as ready for the initial performance at 8:00 o'clock tonight. The greater part of the final rehearsal was de- voted to a smoothing out of some of the individual acting, dancing, and the orchestra work. The songs of the show are in good shape ,and to- gether with a splendid array of cos- tumes and scenery should make much towards the success of the opera. Much of the difficulty faced in re- hearsals was the orchestra., which did not get started on the music until late last week. Considerable improve- ment was shown with the musicians last night, and with another rehearsal today the management is practically) certain that this part of the show will be as good as that of previous years. Those who witnessed the last dress rehearsal last night commented upon the music. costumes, and the scenery, and it is expected that these three features will contribute the most to the 1916 production. Others who have witnessed dress rehearsals of previous operas expressed the opin- ion that the rehearsal last night was better than that of any other final dress parade they had seen. The Spanish costumes in the last act give the show a professional and luxurious atmosphere, wiil e thelight, modern apparel worn in the first part of the show gives a sense of modern- ity. The two acts furnish a variety of dress and color, while the lighting (Continued on Page Six) TAU BETA PI TAKES IN 15 J-ENGINEERS London, Mar. 14.-Sir Edward Grey. secretary for foreign affairs, speaking in the commons today, said that Ger- many's declaration of war against Portugal had made necessary the old position regarding the payment of compensation by Portugal for the ships requisitioned by her. Portugal, Sir :Edward Grey said, has been assured that Great Britain and her allies will offer all the as- sistance Portgual requires. New York Solons Want 'em To Vote State Legislature Favors Amendment Submittim IWImaI's Suffri'nue to Popuhir Vote Albany, Mar. 14.-The state legis- )ature today passed by a vote of 109 to 30 the constitutional amendment proposing to give women the right to vote. The senate judiciary commit- tee is expected to report the amend- ment, and the advocates of the cause believe the senate will pass it. This will mean that the suffrage question will be submitted to the people agaIn at the fall election of next year after it passes the ne : legislature. Gr-ad Says U. S. Has Useless Guns' R. W. Ileinrich, '16E, Now Lieutenant' in Marines, Makes Startling State- ments in 'T'alk Before Adelphi FINAL GONCERT OF MUSIC CLUBS COMES MARgH H3 FEW MEMBERS AFFECTED BY ELI- GIBILITY COMMITTEE; HAVE ' GOO) PROGRAM - ANNOUNCE ITINERARY OF TRIP Senate Council Approves Dates Taking, 1mUsici'ans to Western, Coast; Alumni Plan Receptions After long weeks of hard practice, and with the added incentive of par- ticipation in a two weeks' western trip during the spring vacation, the com- bined glee and mandolin clubs will make their final bow to the campus Thursday evening, March 23, at Hill auditorium with an excellent' pro- gram of songs and syncopated melo- dies. Contrary to the experience ,of form- er years, the axe of'the eligibility com- mittee found few victims among the musicians; so that the clubs remain intact as they have been since the first rehearsal of the year. The add- ed advantage of continual practice to- gether uinder the able direction of STheodore Harrison has made a star of every man and complicated the work of selecting the men for the an- nual spring trip. The Senate Council reviewed the proposed itinerary of the trip Monday, afternon, and approved all the plans in connection with it. The members will leave Tuesday afternoon, April 4, for Chicago, and on arriving there will leave at once over the Northern Pacific route for Minneapolis, where in conjunction with the Minnesota club the first concert will be given on the evening of April 5 on the state university campus. th er cities on the tour include Great Falls, Montana, Friday evening, April 7; Helena, Saturday evening, April 8. and Spokane, Sunday evening, April 10. From Spokane the trip to Portland will be made by boat down the Co- lumbia river, and the concert in the Rose City given on Tuesday evening, April 12. Aberdeen, Washington, will be entertained by the singers, Wednes- day evening, April 13; Tacoma the following night. and Seattle on Fri- day. While in the latter city the clubs will be the guests of the students and faculty of the University of Washing- ton. Germans Report Action at Verdun Official Statements.Announces Capture oil Two British and Two French Aeroplanes Berlin, via London, Mar. 14.-The German official statement issued to- day mentioned no action in the Ver- dun region, and says that, generally speaking, there was no change on the western front. The official statement is devoted to air exploits. It an- nounces the bringing down of two British and two French aeroplanes, the latter northwest of Verdun. Lieuten- ant Immelmann, who brought down a British machine west of Arras, was thereby credited with his first suc- cessful attack on enemy aeroplanes. ENGLISH BILL GALLS FOR ENORMOUSASSESSMENT Army Estimates Measure Provides for Four Million Men at Daily Cost of $15,000,o0o London, Mar; 14.-Harold J. Pen- nant, under-secretary of war, in- troduced the army estimate bill in the House of Commons today. The meas- ure calls for an army of four million men at an expense including munitions of $15,000;000 daily. Mr. Pennant said that it was not in the public interest to give the numbers of the men now serving in the army or training for it. Ie paid a tribute to the wonderful discipline of the man, considering their short training period, and said that the success in recruiting was an augury of victory. At the outset of the war, he said, men concealed their property and feigned defects to prevent enlist- ing. The government and the minister of munitions, he said, were con- sidering the question of single men entering the munitions factories to es- cape military service. It was impossi- ble, he said, to undertake that every single man in the munitions far- tories should - be taken before any married men. Mr. Pennant also announced in the House of Commons today, that ar- rangements are being made for the ex- change of all British prisoners in the hands of the Turks, STRICTEST CENSORSHIP ESTABLISHED ALONG MEXIAN DODE BY AMRICANS CATTLEMAN HELD BY BANDITS fREEE[ TROUBLE BEGINS FOR WA R sORMEs El Paso, March 14.-The ex- pedition to pursue Francisco Villa now has an official censor. He is lieut. Martin L. Schallen- berger, aide-de-camp, and his first bulletin was: "The concentration and mobil- ization is now being arranged. Brig. Gen. Pershing is engaged in studying out the strategic plans of movement." 'War" correspondents are al- ready having their trouble w1.'h the 'censorship." Lieut. Scha~l- lenberger, they ,say, refuses to do anything, to aid the corre - pondents, who have to gather their own equipment and even transport their own horses to concentration points. TO GIVE[ LECTUREIS Prof. Paul Van den Ven, of University of Louvain, Will Speak During Schoolmasters' Convention DR. LOEW ALSO ON PROGRAM Prof. Paul Van den Ven, of the Uni- SOLDIERS PLACED ON GUARD OVER TELEPIONE AND TELEGRAI'llLINES TAKE MAN THOUGHT TO BE SPY Mexican Waiter Arrested in Columbus May Rlave Assisted Villa; Find Booty in Room BULLETIN Washington, Mar. 14. - Thil resolution aithorizing the Presi- dent to recruit the regular army to full war strength was adopted in the Ilouse by a vote of 236 !o I SIGNAL CORPS PLACED IN CHARGE Alumni and Associate Elections Be Given Out at a Later Date Will TN1'I.IATION BANQUET .MARCH 29 Fifteen students of the junior engi- neering class are today wearing the white and seal button which is the token of their election to Tau Beta Pi, national engineering honor frater- nity. Those who are honored by the elec- tion are:t Laurence W. Brunson. Ralph H. Cady. Lou R. Crandall. Donald M. Drake. Arthur E. Hecker. Ernest K. Hill. Harry R. Leach. Arthur B. McGee. Robert L. McNomee. .Tohn W. Neumann. Carleton W. Reade. Gordon Smith. Edmund A. Thomas. Chester K. Reichert. Harold B. Winchell. Alumni and associate elections will be given out at a later date after the lists have been completed. The above active members were selected from the eighest eighth- of the junior class in point of scholarship. Final selection was then based upon their campus ac- tivity. The initiation banquet will be held at the Union on March 29. In a talk before the Adelphi House of Representatives last night, K. W. Heinrich, 'lEE, a lieutenant in the U. S. marines, stated that the United States army at the present time had only 634 machine guns. All of this number are old timers, he said, many dating from Civil War times. A short time ago when the Mexicans were raiding Columbus, 13 of the guns positively refused to go off at all. Although it has been repoted that 12,000 troops are now in Mexico in reality there are only about 5,000 regulars and the remainder are militia men from Texas, New Mexico and California. Most of these are now en route to the scene of battle Lieutenant Heinrich is in direct touch with official circles at Washing- taon and so information from him is considered accurate. MEN NEEDED FOR PAGEANT Poster Artists Must hand in Work to Prof. Kenyon Before 4:00 Today Tryouts for the Women's League pageant to be held April 28 began yes- terday and will continue for several days, Professor Kenyon meeting all applicants in his office in the old En- gineering building from 2:00 until 4:00 o'clock daily. An article appearing in The Daily some days ago conveyed the impres- sion that only women are to partici- pate. Such is not the case, however, and all men interested in ;he Shake- spearean celebration are requested to see those in charge. All posters en- tered in the competition must be in the hands of Professor Kenyon not later than 4:00 o'clock this afternoon. Report Says West Is Bankrupt London, Mar. 14. -- The Gazette states that a receiving order in bank- ruptey has been made against George Cornwallis West. i a i l 1 r a 1 1 1 versity of Louvain, Belgium, and Dr. E. A. Loew, of the University of Ox- ford, England, will each .eliver two lectures here during the neeting of the Michigan Schoolmasters' club, to be held Ma:ch 2-31. Professor Van den een is a bril- liant historical scholar of -the Univer- sity of Louvain, which was destroyed early in the -war. In the winter of 1914 and 1915 he was a lecturer at the University of Cambridge, Englan(. and at present is stationed at Princeton University Profess yr Van den Ven, is the ai thor of mmi, articles and several books det.n=, with the histoy of the Byzantine Empire and the Byzantine art. He speaks English fluently and will lecture on "The First and the Second Fall of Constantinople," on Tuesday, March 28, and on "Byzan- tirne Monuments of Italy," Wednesday, March 29. Dr. E. A. Loew is among the most eminent of the younger scholars in (Continued on Page Six) Italian Oftensive fiegins on Isonzo i E T i t E' Ol Reports from the alumni in charge of the concerts in the various cities assure great plans for dinners, dances and smokers to be given all along the. route, so it is certain the entertain- ment wil not be lacking. The man- agement plans to reach Ann Arbor on the evening of April 18. OHIOANS HOLD FIRST SMOKER Students From Biuckeye State Hear, 'Talk by Prof. Henderson and Music With but few less than 100 inhabi- tants from the Buckeye State pres- ent, the first smoker of the Ohio club proved to be a success in every re- spect. Professor Henderson, of the phy- sics department, was secured to rep- resent the faculty after Professor Fri- day was unable to be present, and the talk which he gave to the members proved to be the big feature of the evening. Dean J. DeButts, '18E, and Halstead Cottington, '19, presented a piano and banjorine novelty, with the "Buckeye Orchestra" rendering sev- eral selections between the numbers. Owing to the success which followed last evening's entertainment, the club is planning an "Ohio dance" to be given after spring vacation. El Paso, Tex., Mar. 14,-As rigid a censorship as prevailed in the Euro- pean war zone was established, by American forces along the Mexican border today. Signal corps opera- tors were put in charge of the tele- graph and telephone offices at Co- lumbus, N. M., the concentration point of the American army of occupation. Troops here were also placed on guard in the offices of the dispatchers of the railroads entering El Paso, so that every personal and telephone con- versation was heard by a military man. The result was that the pub- lic was denied all news regarding the number of troops. However, it was known that a spe- cial train carrying army engineers ar- rived here from San Antonio and one company, said to be Company G, was left in El Paso while three other com- panies, said to have been Companies E, H, and F, went west. Great Secrecy Maintained The greatest secrecy is being main- tained as to the movement of the ae- roplane corps from Fort Sam Houston for use in the field in scouting Villa's location. It is feared that the train may be held up and it is believed here that the aeroplane special passed through early this morning and is now in Columbus. Incoming passengers from Columbus at noon today stated that the military camp at Columbus is assuming big proportions, but there is no indication that the army will be in readiness to move for three or four days. It was stated that the delay in get- ting started is due to the lack of train equipment and the remoteness of the New Mexican and El Paso frontier from the garrisons scattered through- out the country. It was reported that the first cavalry stationed at Praesidio near San Francisco has reached Doug- las, Ariz., where it will be stationed. Confirm Suspicions of Plot Suspicions of the police that Villa sympathizers were plotting trouble in El Paso were confirmed today when Mauser rifles, ammunition, pistols, and sabres were seized by the police from a house on South El Paso street. .They have been sent to Fort Bliss for safe- keeping. General Villa and his bandit band, said by creditable authority to total not more than 400, men, were today heading for Galeana, east of Casas Grandes, a distance of 27 miles. Five columns of Carranza troops are in pursuit of Villa, according to the Car- ranza consul, Garcia. Every effort is being made by the Mexicans to effect the capture of Villa before the arrival of American troops on the scene. The Mexicans feel that it would be a re- flection upon them to have the Ameri- can troops effect the capture of the bandit after the Mexican forces in such large numbers have been at the (Continued on Page Six) Telegraph Service from Front Stopped' Since Monday at Midnight; r Firing Is Heavyt Rome, Mar. 14.-Telegrams from the Italian front have been provisionally suspended since midnight. The sus- pension, it was announced, is to be very shortly lifted and was caused by military exigency. Meanwhile the preliminary phase of an Italian offen- sive is being successfully initiated on the Isonzo, where the Austrian re-en- forcements are unable to reach the first line positions which the Italians are shelling. The Italian artillery fire is very intensive. DEATH TAKES SENATOR SHIVELY OF INDIANA Washington, Mar. 14.-Senator Ben- jamin F. Shively, of Indiana, died at a hospital here late today after an illness of many months. Senator Shively, who has been in the Senate since 1909, was ranking majority mem- ber of the foreign affairs committee, and until stricken by illness, had taken a prominent part in upholding the- hand of the administration in Con- gress. He suffered from a complica- tion of diseases. WHAT'S GOING ON Weather for Ann Arbor and vicin- ity: Cold with northwest winds. TODAY 2:00 to 4:00 o'clock-Pageant try- outs, Prof. Kenyon's office, old Eng. Building. 5:00 o'clock--Y. W. C. A., Vespers, Newberry hall. 11:00 o'clock-Fresh Engineer as- sembly, 348 Engineering building. 'TOMOJIRO W 2:00 to 4:00 o'clock-Pageant try- outs, Prof. Kenyon's office, old Eng.. Building. 7:00 o'clock-Dr. Winter speaks on "Roman Cities," Memorial hall. 4:00 o'clock-Senior lit meeting, Tappan hall. This Should Interest You Another Double Page by Leach!! (The Campus in Leap Year- As it Should be and as it Is) On Sale Friday _Ie \RXLE On Sale Friday