I . CUUULELJ, Y V IJUW * Itg ASSOCIAT PRESS DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE 27. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1918. PRICE I M7&ยง i LIANS BAG 50,000 s RECOIL ES HURL iH TROOPS WESTERN FRONT ENCH MARE T GAINS ,PARATES ABOVE PIAVE FLU DECREASING; SCHOOLS OPEN SOON No new cases of influenza or pneu- monia were discovered among S. A. T. C. men yesterday and only seven of influenza and two of pneumonia were reported among civilians. This is the smallest number of new cases since the beginning of the epidemic. Dr. J. A. Wessinger, city health of-, ficer, announced last night he was so encouraged by the reports that if the condition does not change for the worse today he will permit the schools to re-open on Monday. I Three S. A. T. C. Men Die Three S. A. T. C. men died from pneumonia following attacks of in- fluenza. They were: Theodore E. Ebbett, Co. 3, of Morley; Ortie Meyers, Co. 1, of Allegan; and Oscar Henry Holmes, Co. 4; of Ecsanaba. Fifteen S. A. T. C. men were re- leased from the special company sta- tioned at the old Union building and detailed to their own companies yes- terday. About that many more S. A. T. C. men were discharged from the infirmaries and detailed to this spec- ial company. Contrary to the rumor that theaters and public places will be reopened Sunday or Monday, Dr. Wessinger s Dan- Sea ssianBlack -s to Allies (By the Associated Press) talian army headquarters, +Wed- day, Oct. 31 (8 P. M.).-In answer Austria's announcement that she i ready to evacuate Italian terri- y, Italy has officially replied that offer has come too late. It is as- ied that the Italians will endeav- to drive the Austro-Hungarians n the soil before the Armistice s advancing from the ve captured 50,000 Aus- is advancing, taking thousands of prisoners and many cannon. Allies Push Beyond Piave The Italian armies are pushing aft- er the enemy in the mountains and on the plains. Allied troops have reached- Sacile, 18 miles east of the Piave river. The Austrians, on de- serting Asiago, left great quantities of munitions- behind them. The problem of the Allied command- ers now is to throw enough cavalry and light troops across the Piave river, which is still low, to overtake and capture the main sections of the Austro-Hungarian army. Washington, Oct. 31.-Italian troops, have reached Ponte Delle Albi, north- east of the city of Belluno, thus defin- itely dividing the Austrian armies, said an official wireless message ar- riving here tonight from Rome. In the Grappa region the Italians renewed the attack today and captur- ed the Plateau of Asiago, and the sa- lients of Solaro, Monts, Spinoncia, Prassaolan, Asolne, Col Caprile, and Col Dennato. Italians Rout Austrians The Austrians have been complete- ly routed east of the Piave river, an earlier dispatch said, and they are with great difficulty sustaining the in- cessant pressure of the Italian troops in the mountain region, on the plain, and on the Alpine foot hills of Vene- tia. Enemy masses were described as "streaming in confusion down the mountain valleys in an attempt to reach the passes on the Talliamento." Prisoners, guns, war materials and store houses, scarcely touched, fell into the hands of the Italians. Czecho- Slovak troops are operating with the third Italian army, which is press- ing and overcoming the enemy. The total number of prisoners now exceed 50,000, and of the guns cap- tured more than 300 have been counted. Summary of War Situation More than 50,000 prisoners have been taken by the Italians, British, French, American and Czecho-Slovak forces, and everywhere from the mountain regions to the plains of Venetia, the enemy is being sorely tried. In the mountains where stiff resistance had been offered to keep the foe from en- tering the back door of Austria, the enemy's front is cracking under the violence of the attacks, and important (Continued on Page Four) says they will remainc Governor of Michigant ditions to be such tha safely opened all over closed until the announces con- at they may be the state. Sergeanr-m'ajo To DgrillWomen Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 5, Ser- geant-major Fischer, assisted by Miss Marion Wood and Miss Marion Daw- ley, is to have charge of the women's class in military training. This class, is now held at Palmer field at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday'and Thursday. Dur- ing the winter the work will be car- ried on in Barbour gymnasium, and -if a sufficient. number of women en- roll, a battalion will be formed and given intensive training on a strict military basis. This plan has been. carried out with great success at the University of Chicago, where an en- tire unit has been organized. The military authorities here favor the plan and feel that the discipline and good posture -resulting from such a .training are decidedly worth-while. The new class will be formed in two weeks, and all those interested are asked to see Miss Wood at her of- fice, Room 143, New Science building. CLASS ABSENCES MUST BE EXCUSED The number of absences in the classes of the literary college is de- creasing 'daily and since the- confu- sion caused by the influenza epidem- ic has almost subsided, the rules gov- erning absences will, from now on," be applied to the limit. The committee on attendance an- the following hours during which the students not in the military organizations may call to present ex- cuses: for men, from 10:45 to 11:45 o'clock on Wednesday, and from 2:45 to 3:45 o'clock on Thursday; for wom-. en, from 10:30 to 11:45 o'clock on Monday and Thursday. To the rules announced last week by the committee has been added: Willful disregard of summons from attendance committee or , the dean shall render the offender liable to suspension. Chelsea Man In Today's Casualties Edward Hoover from Chelsea is list- ed in today's casualty list as wound- ed severely., "NO GRFT "SAYS AIRCRAFT REPORT Hughes and Gregory Lay flame on Incompetent Signal Corp > Officers HAVE NO FAULT TO FIND WITH AIRPLANE PROGRAM SINCE MAY Abandonment of Types of Planes and Failure to Salvage Caused Waste (By the Associated Press) Washington, Oct. 31. - The long- awaited report on the aircraft inves- tigation conducted during the last five months by Edward Charles Hugh- es and Attorney General Gregory was placed before President Wilson today by the attorney general, and immedi- ately made public. "Delays and waste of the produc- tion program," the report declares, "were due chiefly to the defective or- ganization of the work of aircraft production and the serious lack of competent direction of that work by the responsible officers of the signal corps." No fault is found with air- craft affairs since the reorganization of last May which placed John D. Ryan in charge. The civilian person- nel of the aircraft production board is exonerated of any wrong doing. Would Prosecute Army Men The attorney general, in a letter transmitting the report to President Wilson, says he is in "substantial ac- cord" with the findings of Mr. Hughes. The report says "no graft" is the generally accepted fact, but makes recommendations for proceedings against armyy officers held guilty of dealing with corporations with which they were interested. The chief waste of the original ap- propriation of $698,851,866, the re- port says, was in the abandonment of two types of airplanes,--one of them the Bristol-and a failure to salvage, aggregating about $24,000,000. The figures show that last May $134;000,- 000 of that great appropriation ac- tually had been disbursed and that up to Oct. 1 the expenditure had reach- ed about $140,000,000, for all aviation purposes. Refutes Bad Faith Charge Contracts let, however, committed about $470,000,000 of the fund. The figures are given in answer to the general charge that the sum had all been expended with practically no re- sults. The attorney general con- cludes in his letter of transmittal that "no such profits had been allowed as to justify a charge of bad faith." LARSON REGIMENT M E S S SERGEANT Edwin S. Larson, '20, member of Co. 16, S. A. T. C. section A, was ap- pointed regimental mess sergeant to- day by the authorities in charge. He is now in command of all army mess halls in Ann Arbor. For the past three weeks, Sergeant Larson has been acting mess ser- geant in charge of the army mess hall on the second floor of the new Union building, and he received his new appointment because of the qual- ity of his work in this capacity. Americans Register in Japan for Army Tokio, Oct. 31. - Sixty Americans are registered for military service in Tokio and 75 in Yokohama, under the law requiring registration between the ages of 18 and 45. The returns from other cities in the Japanese em- pire are not yet available. MAJOR DURKEE NOW COMMANDS S. A. T. C. Ralph H. Durkee, commandant of the Michigan unit of the students' army training corps, received yester- day by telegram a commission as major. Major Durkee received his captain- cy at Fort Benjamin Harrison about a year ago. His home is in Con- neaut, Ohio, where he was, a high school teacher. Major Durkee has been a football player and coach, which is undoubtedly where he ac- quired much of his interest in ata- letics. Major Durkee came here in the spring of 1918 and took charge of the first group of mechanics that were trained at the University. His work here has been declared to have been highly successful by both military and educational authorities and it was the reputation acquired in this work that had a great deal to do with the ap- pointment of Major Durkee as com- mandant of the S. A. T. C. and his subsequent promotion. Open Season For Wild Geese Here Breathless but beaming with his own importance, the S. A. T. C. war- rior presented himself with all nec- essary military red (and brown) tape to the Q. M. sergeant in the latter's retreat at State and Huron streets. From an inner pocket the persipring rookie succeeded in extracting the cherished document so recently hand- ed him by another young general. The document was a requisition for the following articles of bellum: 1. Extended' order blanks. 2. Paper stretchers. 3. Skirmish lines (for cleaning rifles.) 4. Cannon reports. 5. Rifile shoulder pads. 6. Oiled rifle rulers. 7. Wicker trigger guards. 8. Wooden rifle cases. Helas, the ambitious fighter return- ed to his barracks empty handed! The sergeant had regretted keenly that the supplies in question had been en- tirely exhausted. You guessed correctly, rough read- er, the obliging doughboy was the victim of a mad, mean joke. 21S. GO A. T. C. TO CAMP SUPREMEWAR COUNCILTO DETERMI ARMISTICE CONDITIONS FOR GERMA BERLIN REPORTSDISORDER IN II GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE DETERMINE TO HOLD BLAC ENTRANCE; ENTENTE CONSIDERS QUESTION OF INTERNATIONALIZATION OF STRAIT FRANCO-BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES WORK OR OTTOMAN PEACE TERMS; DARDANELLES ( World to Ask Autocracy to Surrender Hun Navy and Submarines, D1 went of Armies on Different Fronts, and Occupation of Rhin Strongholds; Government Heads Hold Formal Meeting (By the Associated Press) Washington, Oct. 31.-Turkey has unconditionally surrendered Allies; Austria is earnestly seeking peace terms, and the' remaining ral Power is making a vain attempt to force the Entente to grant it a istice on German terms. Paris, Oct. 31.-The representatives of the Entente powers b Versailles after their first formal meeting today, visibly content w: results that have been achieved. They have not finished their wor they have reached a substantial accord. Their task is moving, at have had the satisfaction that they soon will be able to mak nouncements. The Turkish armistice terms were chiefly the work British and French.' The United States had no part in making then MEN GRANT RIOTS IN AUSTRIA Berne, Oct. 31.-Military insurrec- tions occurred in both Vienna and Budapest, according to the Berlin newspapers. Tle people and troops acclaimed a republic. Vienna, via London, Oct. 31.- An Austrian deputation 'has been per- mitted to cross the fighting line for preliminary pourparlers with the Ital- ian commander, according to the of- ficial announcement tonight. Kaiser Abdicatesi London, Oct. 31.-(10:30 P. M.)- High-placed German officials at Cop- enhagen this afternoon received in- formation that the kaiser has abdicat- ed, according to the Exchange Tele- graph company, which adds: "Nothing is said about the crown prince." --A Amsterdam, Oct. 31.- The Berlin Tageblatt and Vossische Zeitung pub- lish reports of serious demonstrations at Vienna, as well as at Budapest. An all provisional soldier and officer council has been established at Vien- na, where the people are parading the streets shouting "down with the Haps- burgs." Austrians Cheer For Wilson London, Oct. 31.-Disorders prevail throughout Austria-Hungary in ad- dition to immense confusion. Serious outbreaks have appeared at Buda- pest, and . agitations are spreading everywhere, according to dispatches from newspapers. The Berlin correspondent of the Copenhagen National Tidend says, that on the Hungarian-Croatian front- ier, thousands of deserters are com- miting outrages, and railway trains are being attacked and robbed. In Slavonia several castles are afire and towns are burning. Another dispatch says that Austro-Hungarian soldiers are deserting into Serbia. During demonstrations in Prague American flags were unfurled and diminutive statutes of Liberty dis- *played. They also cheered for Presi- dent Wilson. FIVE JUNIORS ELECTED TO MEMBERSHIP IN WYVERN Wyvern, jiior girls' honorary lit- erary society, elected the following five new members yesterday: Rose Sturmer, Gretchen Jones, Margaret Jewell, Ione Brown and Pauline Ben- edict. ARMISTICE PROGRAM Washington, Oct. 30-Presider son cleared up his task as in' diary for peace and armistice of the Central Powers as pres patches were bringing the ne Turkey's surrender, and of foreshadowing an early collar Austro-Hungarian arms. Formally, as well as actuall whole question of the conditioi on which the war may end i before the American and Allie' resentatives upon which the wa end is now before the America Allied representatives in Paris next step probably will be a de of those representatives on ar terms, unless before this is re Austria follows the example o garia and Turkey and capitula the field before the great driv< her forces to pieces in Italy. Work on Armistice Progras It may be stated that the art program which -the Germans may not differ essentially frozn dictions; that it will include s der of the German navy and a rines, disarmament of the G armies, and occupation of G strongholds. The signing of th gram has not been completed any informal announcements ar mature. Exchanges between I can and Allied governments a as discussions among the repre tives in France still are in prc It was intimated that the purel itary phases of the problem pr had been worked out in advar the supreme war council, but th hurried deliberations are necess dispose of certain questions i ed in the making of permanent which must be dealt with in fixing terms of an armistice. Secretary Lansng made publi ing the day a note handed to Am dor Riano, of Spain, informin that the Turkish request that h pose an armistice and peace nE tions, delivered by the amba Oct. 14, has been submitted 1 President to the governments E with Turkey. Later the secreta nounced that the last Austriar munication, supporting a simil peal with acceptance of the stipt of complete independence for i nationalities, had been forwar' America's co-belligerents. Germany's Hold Broken Great satisfaction over the da velopments was evident every American and Allied military m (Continued on Page Four Twenty-two members of the S. A. T. C. left yesterday morning for an officer's training camp at Camp Grant, Ill. Most of the men were from sec- tion B. They were all men recom- mended by their company command- ers as showing especial ability. The men who left are: Thomas Berghouse, David O. Brown, John L. Campbell, Robert B. Dancer, Paul C. Dancer, Horace C. Evelind, Lloyd W. Ham, Charles W. Hawkins, Harold R. Gohr, Phillip J. Pelloquin, W~iber D.- Richter, Claude M. Shook, Quentin D. Soffle, Harold W. Wormley, Stanley L. Worthing, Guy V. Houston, John R. Riley, Laigh C. Anderson, Leicester K. Deller, Paul H. Garvey, William J. Modrack, and Maynard Jacobs. G. F. Godley, '21E, goes to West Point Gordon F. Godley, '21E, left yes- terday afternoon for West Point to enter the United States military acad- emy. He was enlisted in the Univer- sity naval unit, but was discharged to allow him to accept his recent ap- pointment as a West Point cadet. This action is out of the ordinary but as he had applied for the appointment before enlisting in the naval unit his discharge was granted from Washing- ton.