'o,4, i~wi a iiv Assoc] PRI DAY AND NI "' SERF ,Y 1 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1918. PRICE 1APTURE 9,000 AUSTRIANS; 1 TROOPS GAIN NEAR GUISE; i PROGRESS ON FOUR FRONTS TRAIL TO- DER; HUN HT , RANGE T TIME tuate Kraguiezetz,, heast of Belgrade, Serbia 55 e Associated Press) . 28. - More than 9,000 ere taken prisoners in on the Italian ding to the war, oday. Fifty-one front office guns Associated Press) 28.-Still further pro- ade by the French e and they have the east of Perron ice announced to- ,tors have been ex-' the Associated Press) the battle zones the Allies rncing .with marked success. e, the German battle line is isintegrating under the viol- he Allied offensive; in north--': , the Austro-Hungarians are reed back by the British, ad Italians with heavy loss- n killed, wounded, or made near the shores of the Med- ,n in Albania, the Italians ng the Austrians toward the ran front, while in Asiatic both in Syria and Mesopot- British are fast clearing the om their former strongholds. ritish Gain Near Mons of Valenciennes, in France, irshall Haig's forces, not- ling stiff opposition, has ad- he line in the general opera- eh has in view the capture iennes, and then pressing on Mons and Maubeuge, in the converging movement that is between Belgium and the re- ;h of Verdun. Further south, Oise river to 'the region of he French have gained a L'tory by forcing a retreat .emy in the big salient north and are threatening to cause pse of the entire German line , American troops have been nto the line near Rethel and anced nearly a mile and tak- rous prisoners. erman war office admits the of the thrust of the French the Oise and Serre rivers, hat the German lines were n Sunday night west of I east of Crecy. Use Long Range Guns C'est la Guerre Groan Poor Sophs The pole was there all right, the sign would have held the freshmen as it has held many more like them, and the spirit was willing, but the army and the law were too much. State street was wet and how they could have rolled the peanut! With what ease would it have slid along the pavement! The next consignment ,of hats for. the $. A. T. C. men. who are still in their ,adolescence will probably need to be several' sizes larger. Even though the students of the ever-wise sophomore class, who had assembled, were trying to save the quartermas- ter trouble, 'twas no -use The captives were all ready to ex- ercise their vocal cards in their hor- rible high school yodels when the arm of the law-an awfully long arm, by the way-swept the hazers aside. And the fight was. off! Thus did the cocky ones find a ref- uge Sunday night and they departed to their homes in happy ignorance of the fact that when they become up- perclassmen they will make the slrangest representatives of upper- class dignity that have ever graced the fair campus of Michigan. State street, once the Rue de Senior in the even- ings,, has become the gamboling place foir the most infantile collection of college students that Tom Lovell ever recited "The Sna, the Sna, the Begu- tiful Sna" to. C'est la guerre! DEBATING LEAGUE CANCELS CONTESTS In communication with the univer- sities of the central debating league comprised of Chicago, Northwestern and Michigan, and with those of the mid-west debating league comprsed of Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan, Prof. Thomas C. Trueblood, of the or- atorical department, found that at 'least four of these unversities had agreed to relinquish intercollegiate de- bating activities until after the war, or at least for this year's duration. The northern oratorical league con- test, however, will be held the same as usual. The universities in the northern oratorical league are Wis- consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Oberlin, Northwestern, and Michigan. The oratorical contest this year will be held the first Friday 'in May at Northwestern university. Orations of those who expect to participate must be completed by February 1. TOMORROW LAST CHANCE FOR FILLING NAVAL UNIT QUOTA Men desiring to enlist in the Uni- versity naval unit have only until tomorrow night to do so. Twenty more men are needed. The unit now numbers 480 men. SEVEN MEN ARRIVE FROM GREAT LAKES Yesterday the following men' re- ported from the Great Lakes naval training station for active duty with the Michigan naval unit : Verne V. Ry- on, Alvin G. Henry, Arthur Arthur A. Koebrich, George V. Brown, Robert L. Hesse, James J. Sorenson, Delbert D. Smith. These men are to be as- signed as company commanders in the unit. The work of completely reorganiz- ing the unit was begun yesterday. The men are being assigned to permanent barracks and are grouped as much as possible not only in barracks, but al- so in companies according to their class and college in which they are enrolled. It is expected that this sys- tem will result in a much better, grade of academic work done by the men. The increase of company com- manders has necessitated forming more companies in the unit. FLU EU UMIC WINESU PNEUMONIA CLAIMS 8 CONVALESCENT MEN GET FREE CONCERT An endeavor was made Sunday aft- ernoon to entertain convalescent soldiers and sailors,torchestras and singers making the tours of the in- firmaries and barracks. The work was carried on with the co-operation and under the direction of the war camp community service. Ike Fisher furnished three orches- tras and Company 13, which possesses a musical organization of its own, a fourth, the four furnishing music in -y different places. Several individ- uals with accordians, banjoes, man- dolins, and guitars made a tour of barracks and institutions not possess- ing a piano. , Several business men of the city accompanied the entertainers and told stories to the men. C U PERITTED SPECIA TRIP HERE CITY PHYSICIANS USE MAYO STAR TO LEAVE NEW YORK IN SERUM AS PREVENTIVE MEASURE OPERA SEASON TO FILL ENGAGEMENT Infiluenza and pneumonia have claimed eight victims in the S. A. T. C. since Saturday. The dead are: Lawrence Knox, of Plainwell; Lisle Saxton, of Lake View; Ralston Flem- ming, of Alma; John Arthur, Elmer Ross, both of Grand Rapids; Benja- min Lambers, of Freemont, and Les- ter Loring, of Mattawan. Saxton as married just three weeks ago. There were fewer new cases of in- fluenza reported yesterday both from the naval unit and the S. A. T. C., two men from each branch were taken ill. For the benefit of the S. A. T. C. men convalescing from the disease the war camp community service sent or- chestras around to play at five con- valescent infirmaries Sunday. During the afternoon several business men of the city entertained the patients with addresses. Mayo Serum Used Here A preventive serum discovered at the Mayo hospital in Rochester, Minn., is being used by some of the city phy- sicians. It is employed purely as a preventive measure and not as treat- ment in a case of the disease. It has not been used long enough to deter- mine whether or not it is of value, but it comes to Ann Arbor well, recom- mended. In th city there were 18 new cases of flu and seven of pneumonia report- ed. The three deaths among civilians were: Oscar Yedele, Fred Root, Miss Donna Fralick, and Miss Opal Oven- shire. Miss Fralick, of Sycamore, Ohio, had just begun her senior year as a nurse in the University hospital training class. Miss Ovenshire was a student in the Ann Arobr high school. All medical students in the S. A. T. C. have been detailed to the hospitals as orderlies. It is not known for what length of time they will be left there. Schools to Stay Closed While the epidemic has abated con- siderably in the' student body, Dr. J. A. Wessinger, city health officer, an- nounces that the public schools will remain closed until next Monday at least. The high school authorities feel that the epidemic has slackened enough to re-open but the health de- partment is taking no risks and the schools will be closed until all danger is passed.. DR. T. G. MASARYK SIGNS BILL SITTING IN HISTORIC CHAIR Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 28. - Dr. Thomas G. Masaryk, head of the Cze- cho-Slovak republic, signed 'the dec- laration of common aims of the dem- ocratic union of mid-European na- tions, on Saturday. He was seated in tlhe same chair in which John Han- cock signed the Declaration of Inde- pendence. The convention represented 65,000,-- 000 persons now under Teutonic rule. They purchased a liberty bell, a re- plica of the first, with money obtain- ed by voluntary contributions. This bell rang out the defiance of the op- pressed nation 'to Germany's war lords, after the declaration was signed. Enrico Caruso's Ann Arbor concert, which has been twice postponed on account of the state-wide ban on pub- lic gatherings, will take place later in the season. Mr. Chas. A. Sink, secretary of the University School of Music, has received positive assur- ance of this fact from Mr. Gatti-Ca- sazza, general director of the. Met- ropolitan Opera company, with which Caruso is under contract beginning Novi 4. It is an unheard-of precedent for Caruso to leave New York during the opera season but owing to the condi- tions of postponement he has been granted permission' to make a special trip to Ann Arbor to fill this engage- ment. The pre-festival series will accord- ingly be opened on Saturday evening, Nov. 16, by Anna Case, prima donna soprano of the Metropolitan Operk company, assisted by Mr. Gilbert Spross at the piano. The board of health has assured Mr. Sink that there is little doubt but that the influenza epidemic will'have entirely abated by that date. New Title G iv e n Captain Ily Rookie Capt. V. C. Vaughan has received another title. He is now, in the lan- guage of a rookie in the S. A. T. C., a "guy." Captain Vaughan's new honor was copferred upon him yesterday morning when 'one of the latest ac- quisitions of the S. A. T. C. entered the office of the infirmary ' at South Ingalls street and inquired for Cap- tain Vaughan. "You're looking at him now," an- swered the captain, to whom the ques- tion was addressed. "Oh, are you the guy?" queried the new recruit, obviously ignorant of the fact that such disrespectful lan- guage renders the speaker liable to court martial and consequently "what- ever punishment the court martial may direct." (Editor's note:-Captain Vaughan accepted the title graciously and the rookie still lives, unconfined in guard house but now cognizant of the ne- cessity of following the rules of mil- 'itary courtesy when addressing his superior officers). Women at Chicago Begin Training The University of Chicago Women's Training Corps has been organized in- to nine companies, with nineteen com- missioned officers. On account of the number of women taking this work more officers are needed, and will be appointed as soon as possible. Com- pany competition will be introduced and encouraged by the instructors and officers. Americans Trade Bread with French With the American Forces in France.-A common sight along the highways of France where American troops are in camp is to see the Amer- icans trading their white bread sup- plied by the army for the darker bread baked by the French peasants. NOTE UNCHANGED, Washington, Oct. 28.-While Ger- many's latest note to President Wil- son was being delivered to the state department today through the Swiss legation, cable dispatches from Eur- ope brought information that he Aus- tro-Hungarian government had caus- ed another communication to be dis- patched to the President asking that immediate negotiations for aL armis- tice be entered into without awaiting the exchange of views from Germany. The Vienna government asserted that it adhered to the same point of view given by the President in his last communication, upon the rights of the Austro-Hungarian peoples, es- pecially those of the Czecho-Slavs and Jugo-Slavs and requested that he be- gin overtures with the Allied govern- ments with a view to ending hostilities on all Austro-Hungarian fronts. Washington Remains Quiet The official text of the German note did not differ materially from the un- official version received by cable. No official comment is forthcoming, but it is known that no response will be made at present to the communic- tion, which is believed to have been dispatched with the primary purpose of satisfying the German people that their governr6ent is not ommiting any opportunity of forming an armistice and peace. Regarding the reviewed assurance in the German note that the constitu- tional structure of the German gov- ernment has been changed to demo- cratic lines, it is pointed out that the truth of this statement and the scope oc' he changes already ade or pro- jected after all are matters to be dealt with in connection with peace, and not in arranging an armistice. A strong indisposition was evident of- ficially to yield to the apparent intent of both the German and Austrian ne- gotiations to combine these two es- sentially different functions in one phase of the negotiations. Austrian Note en Way In the case of the Austrian com- munication, now supposed to be on its way to Washington through the medium of the Swedish government, it also was noted that an effort was made to show that Austria has com- plied with the President's demand for the recognition of the rights of the Czecho-Slavs and Jugo-Slavs and oth- er oppressed nationalities in Austria. It does not appear that the complete independence of these people has been guaranteed, and probably sufficient assurancemust'be had on that point before the Austrian proposals will 'be transmitted to the Entente powers or 'submitted to the military experts. The Michigan Daily staff will have a picture taken for the Michiganensian at 12 o'clock to- dayat White's studio.aThose whoes names appear, above the editorial column are expected to appear for it. AUSTRIA'S ANSWER, Amsterdam, Oct. 28. - her reply to President Wils all the views expressed by identin his note of October Austria says she is wi ready, without awaiting th other negotiations, to ne peace and an immediate ar all Austro-Hungarian fror It is understood that he couched in the "most e terms," but .to intimation a has been made public. (By the Associated P London, Oct. 28.-Austria der to President Wilson's ready, according to Vienna Basel dispatch says it was to authorized quarters Si was to be sent last night o is reported to be couched in conciliatory terms. Professor Lammasch rece asked to form an Austrian c accepted on condition that Hungary immediately mak rate peace with the Allies, dispatches. Reports from V that Emperor Charles decla thing was impossible, sayin given his word of honor tc man emperor never to ma rate peace. (By the Associated Pr Copenhagen, Oct. 28. - answer to President Wils communication says: "The German goveri taken cognizance of thea the President of the Unite "The President is aware a reaching changes which h carried out in the German and that peace negotiations conducted by a people's gove ;whose hands rests, both ac constitutionally; the power the deciding conclusions. "The military powers are ject to it. "The German governan awaits proposals for an which shall be the first ste just peace as the President scribed it in his proclamatic FRESHMAN WOIM DON GREEN RI Many of the freshman gir: rying out the idea, which or Newberry residence, and ar the green bow on their left though rather late in getti the spirit of rivalry betwee lower classes is booming al cellent shape and the act! first year women is a ma tinction which W111 tend to 'freshmen girls. The usual custom of w green button is replaced by ribbon. Sophomore wowpe trusted with the job of instr first year women in the cu traditions of Michigan in way the second year men HUN REPLY ARRIVES -IN WASHINGTO1 HEICHSTAG HEFUSES TODISCUSS NOTE1 AUSTRIA TO RECOIGNIZE GERMAN ALLY SEEKS PEACE AND IIflEDIATE ARMISTICE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN FRONTS; BERLIN MESSAGE FAILS TO CHANGE FROM UNOFFICIAL VERSION EMPEROR CHARLES GIVES KAISER WORD NO' TO ARRANGE SEPARATE PEACE WITH A Complete Independence of',Slavs to Be Guaranteed Before Enten Proposal to Military Chiefs; Governmental Officials Giv Out no Comment on Two Answers (By the Associated Press) AMSTERDAM, OCT. 28.-A DISPATCH FROM BERLIN SAYS A PROPOSAL THAT PRESIDENT WILSON'S NOTE TO GERMAN NOT BE DISCUSSED IN THE REICHSTAG WAS ADOPTED BY BODY AT A MEETING HELD FRIDAY. THE CONSERVATIV INDEPENDENT SOCIALISTS VOTED AGAINST IT. the first time since the. An entered the war they have of e against the back lines of with their new long ra and are heavily bombar yon, some 15 miles distant f merican first line positions. r the territory, through wt nerican guns are throwing t that the Germans have b rcing their lines eastward, i the blasting process prove e in blazing a trail along for a quick advance by cans it is not improbable th to retreat, from the region4 Continued on Page Four) ner- pen- the nge ding rom It hich heir een SENIORS, NOTICE! ,1 medical and engineering iors in the reserve corps can do so, are requested t4 e their Michiganensian pic s taken any time today. Of ,l photographers 'are: White lio, Swain, Randall au k, and Rentschler. Thos n later than today will b appointment. Please inform photographer what it is fo ,hat he may get the correct and Three extensions of time have al- ef- ready been secured by those in charge the the of recruiting here. Enlistments were th ato have closed Oct. 3 and the quota at a east was thought to be filled at that time, but it was later ascertained that men registering previous to Sept. 12 were not eligible. This left several vacan- cies and the time for enlistments was extended to the 10th, the 20th, and fin- 'ally the 30th of October. g No further extensions of time will 3 be given. Tomorrow will be the last - chance for men to enlist. The recruiting office announces that - any college student, not in a reserve corps, who registered Sept. 12 may present themselves for examination today or tomorrow in room 345 Nat- e ural science building, r Men from this corps will be rec- r ommended for naval officer material when a call comes from the depart- ment in Washington. The men chos- en will be sent to a naval officers'