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VOL. XXVI. No. 127.
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1916.
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'COMPLETE PLANS
FOR PROTECTING
RIVER CANOEISTS
1OAT LIVERY TO SECURE f a NEW
CANOES To REPLACE ONES
UN DER 15 FEET
INSTALL NEW MOTOR BOAT
Common Agreement Comes as Endd
of Agitation of Boat Club and_
Others to Obtain Safety
At a joint meeting of the officials
of the U. of M. Bot Livery, the East-
ern Michigan Edison company, the
City Council, and the University Boat'
club yesterday afternoon, a definite'
undelrstanding was reached whereby'
50 new canoes of the latest model will
replace the older ones now in use on'
the Huron river, an individual life'
preserver will be furnished for each
passenger, a motor boat outfitted for'
emergencies will be maintained at
the boat house, and a police officer
will be detailed to patrol the river.
This common agreement came as a
culunination of the agitation by minem-
bess of the Boat club and others to
make the river safe. Mr. W. J. Saun-
ders, of the U. of M. Boat Livery.
made the announcement that as his
share in the campaign he has thrown
out all canoes under 15 feet, to the
number of 79, and they are now to
be found in the scrap heap.
For use in case of emergency, a.
power boat equipped with grappling
hooks, life preservers, and a pulmo-
tor will be maintained in readiness at
the boat house. This launch will also
be used by a police officer who will
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IMIICAI HOLDS NNUL
ELECTION OF OFFICERS'
Every Member to vole by Depositing
Card- 1i Ballot Boxes on
the Campus
Members of the student Y. M. C. A.
will hold their annual election of of-
ficers today. The nominees for next
year's offices are as follows:.G
President: W. M. Walsh, '17, Grant
L. Cook, '17L; vice-president: Merle
Doty, '18, Willis D. Nance, '17;
secretary and treasurer: Rudolph
Wuensch, '17, Carl W. Neumann, '18,
A. V. Wakefield, '18.
Every member of the "Y" is eli-
gible to vote. Twelve ballot boxes
will be placed in the halls of each uni-
versity department and will be there
all day until 5:00 o'clock. The voting
will be done by filling out election
cards, which have been sent by mail
to all members of the "Y They may
be secured at the "Y" office or from
1000 SCHOOLMASTERS
AT ANN ARBOR MEETING
Departmental Couventions Predomin-
ate on Program; Facilty Mem-
bers Give Lectures
MICHIGAN MEETS
WISCONSIN TEAM
IN DEBATE TONIGHT,
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HILL AUDITORIUM SCENE
SEVENTH MID-WE STERN
CONTEST
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9:00 o'clock-General session. *
auditorium New Science build- *j
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2:00 o'clock - Departmental *
conferences. *
4:00 o'clock-Meeting of the *
presidents of the Federation *
clubs. *
4:15-Address by Miss Ellen *
Churchill Semple on "Barrier *
Boundaries in the Present War,"
auditorium, New Science build- *
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8:00 o'clock-Miss Semple will
deliver an address on "Geo-
graphic Influence of Japan,"
auditorium, New Science build-
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Michigan pedagogues assumed full
sway over the city of Ann Arbor and
the campus of the university yes-
terday! With the arrival of the early
trains this morning, fully 1,000 teach-
ers will be in attendance at the fifty-
first meeting of the Michigan School-
masters' club, and the twenty-second
Classical Conference.
Departmental conferences predom-
inate in the program of yesterday and
today. Lectures were given by W. W.
Bishop, university librarian, Prof. C.
L. Meader, of the Latin department,
Prof. L. C. Karpinski, of the mathe-
matics department, Mr. H. J. Wiegand,
of the German department, and Prof.
C. 0. Davis. of the education depart-
ment.I
Today's program includes among its
speakers Prof. G. H. Judd, of the Uni-
versity of Chicago, who will speak
on the subject, "How to Make Scien-
tific Studies in Education Effective,"
and Miss Ellen C. Semple, of Chicago,
who will deliver an address on "Geo-
graphic Influence in Japan." Dr.
George H. Allen, of Berlin, Germany,
will speak on "The Tactius of the
Battle of Cannae Compared with the
Tactics of the Battle of Tannenberg."
Dr. James P. Haney, of New York
City, and Prof. Royal ,B. Farnum, su-
pervisor of drawing and industrial
training of New York, will speak at
the Art conference.
I1. 1. A. A. REFUSES TO
HATE NINE SEMESTER RULE
At a meeting of the M. I. A. A. yes-
terday afternoon at the Ann Arbor
high school, the movement to substi-
tute a nine-semester athletic ruling in
place of the present eight-semester
ruling failed to go through. As a
result of this it is feared by several
of the smaller schools that the larger
NEGATIVE SPEAKS AT URBANA
Adams, blunter and Toplon, Speakers
for Varsity, to Uphold
Affirmative
Michigan and Wisconsin meet in
the second annual Mid-West league
debate at Hill auditorium at 8:00
o'clock tonight. In this contest Michi-
gan takes the affirmative and Wiscon-
sin the negative. This is the seventh
debate between the two universities.
In. the contest last year at Madison,
which was the first with Wisconsin
since 1906, Michigan won by an un-
animous vote.
The question to be debated upon is:
Resolved, that the federal government
should own and operate all public
service telephone and telegraph sys-
tems in the United States.
Michigan's affirmative team has been
resting since the final practice Wed-
nesday night with the negative team,
which left yesterday for Urbana to
meet the University of Illinois. The
affirmative team is composed of the
following men: William T. Adams,
'17, a member of Alpha Nu; Richard
S. Munter, '16L, a member of Webs-
ter society, and Irving S. Toplon, '17,
a member of Adelphi House of Repre-
sentatives.
The men on the Wisconsin team are
Hernan A. Zischke, Guy Black, and
Forrest R. Black, who are all mem-
bers of Delta Sigma Rho, the national
honorary debating fraternity. They
arrived last evening from Madison.
A dinner will be given before the de-
bate for the chairmen and judges.
Following the contest, the Michigan
Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Rho will
hold a reception for the teams and
officials at the Union.
CAPTURE GERMAN
OPiRCYGCHRGE
Ernest Schiller Locked Up in Dela-
ware After Taking British
Ship
THREATENS TO BLOW UP BOAT
Lewes, Delaware, Mar. 30.-A tall,
blond-haired young German, giving
his name as Ernest Schiller, is in the
lock-up here tonight, charged with pi-
racy for having captured a British
ship with a crew of 56 single handed
on the high seas.
Schiller stowed away on the Brit-
ish steamship Matoppo in Hoboken
and crawled out of the lifeboat at 8:00
o'clock last night as the steamship
had cleared Sandy Hook. With two
ugly-looking revolvers, Schiller made
his way to the cabin of Captain Rich-
ard Bergner, and took charge of the
jvessel.
He kept the British captain a prison-
er in his cabin while he smashed the
{ wireless outfit. Schiller then marched
the two wireless operators to the
captain's quarters and sent for the
second engineer, to whom he issued
instructions to keep the vessel on
its course during the night. He finally
was captured and his plans were frus-
trated.
Schiller threatened to blow up the
ship if the crew failed to obey his or-
ders, and durinkg the whole night his
every command wag obeyed. After
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PONTIUS AND DOUGLASS
TAKE PLACE OF SCHULZ
Will Work With Linemen and Back.
field Respectively; MlcGinnis to
Coach Freshmen
Miller Pontius and Prentiss Doug-
lass have been engaged by the Michi-
gan Athletic association to act in the
capacity of assistant Varsity football
coaches next fall, according to an an-
nouncenment made by athletic authori-
ties last night.
These men will teplace "Germany"
Schulz. Miller Pontius, better known
in the football realm as "Brute" Pon-
tius, will work with the linemen, while
Douglass will take the backfield in
hand. Coach Yost will continue to
act as head coach and will have full
authority.
Ralph McGinnis will be installed as
coach of the All-Fresh football squad
in place of Douglass. McGinnis had
charge of the scrubs last fall and his
work created a favorable impression
upon the Michigan athletic author-
ities.
'DOUAU MONT REGION
French Fire' Repulses Teuton Attack;
Constant Fighting Near
Narodch
IN RUSSIAN
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VILLA NEARLY LOSES LIFE FROM ATTACK
BY ONE OF HIS VICTIMS; REPORT FIGHT
'WITH BANDIT CHIEF THREE DAYS AGO
SLULL
OFFENSIVEf
Paris, March 30.-After 12 days of
comparative quiet in the Douaumontt
region, the Germans renewed their in-
fantry attack in this sector today.E
There had been heavy artillery bom-
bardments of the French lines here
for some days in preparation for the
attack and the assault was accompan-
ied by the throwing of burning liquids.
The attack was completely repulsed.r
Shortly afterwards a second attack
was launched and again the efforts.
resulted in failure. The German
losses in both attacks were consid-
erable.
Last night the Germans made sev-
eral counter-attacks against the
French position in the Avancourt
wood. All the attacks were repulsed
by the French fire with heavy losses.,
RUSSIANS HALT ADVANCE
London, March 30.-The Russians
have at last halted their onslaught
amainst the German line between
Dvinsk and Vilna, according to to-
day's erman waruoffice statement.
This is the first lull since the new
Russian offensive in this sector be-
gan.
The last two weeks having been
marked by continuous violent fighting
east of Lake Narodch. Russian ar-
tillery is still battering at Field Mar-'
shall Von Hindenburg's line in the
north, particularly around Jacobstadt,
and also in the region of Widey, south
of Dvinsk.
GORITZ BATTLE RAGES
London, Mar. 30.-Semi-official Ber-
lin advices assert that the battle at the
Goritz bridgehead, in which large
numbers of Austrians and Italian
forces have been engaged since Sun-
day, is still in progress. Today's Aus-
trian war office statement said that
Italian infantry attacks have begun
on this front and in the Derdo re-
gion. Artillery duels are still rag-
, ing on both fronts, however. 4
Vienna admits that the Italians suc-
ceeded in getting a foothold in the
Austrians'trenches east of Fielg.
Counter-attacks for the purpose of
ejecting them are now in progress.
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* Mid - West League Debate t
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* Subject: "Resolved, that the
* federal government should own
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* telephone and telegraph systems *
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* tionality waived." *
* Time: 8:00 o'clock. *
* Place: Hill auditorium. *
* Chairman: Gov. Edward F. *
* Dunne, of Illinois.
* Judges: Prof. Victor A. Ketch- *
* am, Ohio State University; Judge *
* J. W. Eggeman, Fort Wayne, *
* Indiana; Hon. Thomas L. Sidlo, *
* Cleveland, Ohio. *
* Music: University band, be- ,*
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JAMES KNOX SPEAKS TONIGHTY
Talks on Subject, "Personal Prepar-f
edness," in Newberry Hall.
"Personal Preparedness" is the sub-
ject of a lecture to be given by James
S. Knox, head of the Knox School of .
Salesmanship, of Cleveland, at 7:25
o'clock this evening in Newberry hall.I
This lecture will be of especial in-i
terest to students of business admin-i
istration and economics. A few tick-
ets are still to be secured from Mr.i
Fred Ritzenheim, over Lyndon's.
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WHAT'S GOING UO
Weather for Ann Arbor and vicin-J
ity--Cloudy with moderate east to
northeast winds.3
TODAY
2:00 o'clock-Soph lit Shook party,
Armory.
4:00 o'clock-Gep. B. Catlin of the
Detroit News speaks, room 202 W.
hall.
5:00 o'clock-Senior architects' meet,
312 New Eng. building.
6:30 o'clock-Alma college club ban-
quet, Newberry hall.'
7:00 o'clock-Alpha Nu meeting, U-
hall.
7:15 o'clock-Intercollegiate Social-
ist Society meets, Newberry hall.
7:30 o'clock-Jeffersonian society
meets, Jefferson hall.
7:30 o'clock-Webster society meets,
Webster hall.
7:30 o'clock-Alpha Nu meets, U-
hall.
7:3 o'clock-Adelphi house of Rep-
resentatives meets to attend 4Md-West
debate, U-hall.
8:00 o'clock-Mid-west debate, Wis-
consin vs. Michigan, Hill auditorium.
8:00 o'clock - Annual senior law
"Crease dance,".Granger's.
9:00 o'clock-Shook party, Mich-
gan Union.
OMORROW l
MEXICAN ASSAILANT SEEKS RE-
VENGE FOR MURDER OF
FAMILY
HAD DEALT WITH AMERICANS
No Details of Battle Given; Message
Received Stating That Outlaw
Was Shot in Leg
BULLETIN
San, Antonio, Mar. 30.-General
Funston announced this afternoon
that'no supplies had been shipped
from El Paso via the . Mexican
Northwestern railroad. He re-
fused to say when they would be
shipped.
Field Headquarters, American Ex-
peditionary Forces, Colonia Dublan,
Chihuahua, Mar. 29.-By motor truck
to Columbus, Mar. 30.-It has been
learned here that Francisco Villa
nearly lost his life a few days ago on
the Carrolitos ranch, a short distance
from this place, where he tortured
and put to death five Mexicans. One
of his victims leaped upon him and
was strangling hint when the Villista
officers beat him senseless with the
butts of their guns.
Mucho Polanco was the name of the
Mexican who almost succeeded in end-
ing Villa's career. The murder of five
members of the Polanco family was
said to have been intended as a warn-
ing to other Mexicans against having
dealings with Americans.
Investigation showed that the Po-
lanco family was involved with no po-
litical faction in Mexico but that they
had the record of uniform honesty
and reliability in dealing with the
American manager of the Corralitos
ranch, where they were born and
reared.
FIGHT WITH VILLA
San Antonio, Mar. 30. - Fighting
three days ago between the Villista
troops and a detachment of Carranza
forces near Duerrero was reported to-
day by General Pershing to General
Funston. No details of the engage-
ment were given, but General Pershing
said Villa forces were mioving south.
It was believed Villa was with them.
Other despatches received at- head-
quarters from General Pershing deal
with routine matters and contain no
mention of a fight by American*troops
with Villistas, or intimation that he
has been trapped.
VILLA SHOT IN LEG?
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members of the election comnittee. ones will drop out of the association.
3:00 o'clock-Junior Girls'
Sarah Caswell Angell hall.
9:00 o'clock - Michigan
dance, Union.
U-NOTICES
Play,
Union
El Paso, Mar. 30.-General. Gavira,
Carranza commander at Juarez, said
tonight that he had received a mes-
sage from Madera, Mexico, which
stated that Villa had been shot .in the
leg. General Gavira said the message
came from what he considered a re-
liable source, but that he had wired
General Berta'ni at Madera for con-
firmation.
SURVIVOR TELLS OF HARDSHIP
Fireman of Submarined Steamship
Relates Story to Consul
Queenstown, vii London, Mar. 30.-
Joseph Gleason, of Boston, a fireman
on the steamship Eagle Point, sunk
by a submaripe, says that he was in an
open boat with 21 other survivors for
hours in 4 freezing northwester and
a heavy sea.
The survivors were sitting in water
thigh deep and had no chance to save
their belongings.
The American consul has taken
+Gleason's testimony.
Portugal Preparing; Fears Submarines
Lisbon, Mar. 30.-Portgual is mak-
ing thorough war preparations, says
the Secolo. The possibility of a sub-
marine attack on Lisbon is causing
grave concern.
9:00 to 6:00 o'clock, exhibition of
the paintings of Betsey Graves Rey-
neau, McMillan hall. The exhibit
will be open all this week.
The Y. X. C. A. book exchange will
be open on Saturday from 11:00 to
1:00 o'clock.
Choral Union ushers please report
at the debate in Hill auditorium to-
night.
WV. T. Ah)AiISIt.
Affimattive telM, hti
S. MUNT'IlR, I. S. TOPLON
debate with Wisconsin tonight.
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