THE WEATHERJ FAIR AND COOLER TODAY . e tr rt it0 - -; -' r~a ;f r 1 s 'i ' iV, I^kx...-.- VOL. XXIX. No. 62. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918 PRICE THREE CENTh COPNE 5 AND 6 FIRST Of SECT. A TO BE RLAS DISCHARGE OF TWO COMPANIES TO TAKE PLACE TODAY IS PLAN MEN WILL NOT RECEIVE RAILROAD FARE HOME Last of Examinations Completed; to Release Five More from Hospitls Close on the heels of section B, 425 men from section A of the S. A. T. C. were dismissed from tbe service yes- terday. These men comprised com- panies 5 and 6,- both being freshman engineer detachments. These are the first men from ection A to leave and they were also the first of the section A men to be examined. Their papers had all been made out previous to yes- terday and their payment, the only other necessary act to complete their discharge, began yesterday morning, and was finished by noon. The pay roll is all here now and the payment of the men will be run off as fast as possible. In addition to companies 5 and 6 who were paid yesterday, com- panis 7 and 8 received their pay and will be given their discharges at an early hour today. Turn in Blankets Yesterday The men from companies 5 and 6 turned in their cots and blankets dur- ing the day, some of them being car- ried down to the Union and others go- ing on the motor trucks. The blank- ets are to be turned over to the quartermaster, but the cots are to be stored at the Union for the present. Work was begun at once on the fra- ternity houses which these companies occupied and by last night the Phi Delta Theta house was in first class shape. The University will continue this work on the other houses as soon as they are vacated. Will Not Get Faire Home Men in section A will not receive their railroad fares it was announced at headquarters yesterday. The gov- ernment provides that men who are inducted into the service shall receive their railroad fare back to the point of their induction when they are dis- missed. It is because of this regula- tion that the section B men will be given mileage back to the point of their induction but as all the section A men were inducted locally they are not en- titled to it. No substantiation is giv- en at headquarters to the report that reduced rates would be given to the men of section A. RPractically the last of the examin- ig was completed yesterday when three men were looked over. Only five men are left in the hospital and these will be released as soon as they are able to leave. The total number of those who were kept in the army as physically unfit to be discharged came up to 112 for section A and five for section B. At present there are no cases of influenza among the army men. "ARMENIA, AMERICA AND PEACE" SUBJECT OF TALK BY WOMAN Mrs. Bertha Papazian of Boston will address the Cosmopolitan club at 4:15 o'clock Friday afternoon in Sar- ah Caswell Angell hall on the sub- ject of ."Armenia, America and the World Peace." She has given this same lecture at Wellesley and Emer- son colleges and the larger cities of the country. Although she is an American she is working in the inter- ests of the Armenian cause. She will give another lecture at 9 o'clock in room 101, Economics building. No ad- mission will be charged and the pub- lie is invited to attend. GLEE 'CLUB HOLDS TRYOUTS TONIGHT Owing to the demobilization of the S. A. T. C., the University Glee club has not yet been fully organized. There are vacancies for all voices and the men are urged to tryout. In all prob- ability there will be a number of short trips to other cities, but Mr. Theodore Harrison. does not expect to make as long a.tour as the 1916-17 club made. The .tyout is to be held from 7:30 o'clock to 8:30 o'clock tonight in Mr. Harrison's studio, room 206, Univer- sity School of Music. Freshmen are not eligible to compete for places. FHIING Of S. A.T C B yUNIONVOLUNTUR OFFICIALS PROTEST ATTITUDE OF STUDENTS TOWARD EFFORTS The relations between the Union and the University regarding the S. A. T. C. mess have been misinterpreted by many students on the campus. The patriotic attitude of the Union in of- fering to undertake the stupendous task of feeding 3,600 men three times a day is not appreciated by the aver- age student. Although the Union was the only organization in any way equipped to do this, the action was purely voluntary. The actual expenditure per day for each man is $.67, of which $.46 is for food and the remaining $.21 for help, clerical help, equipment and renewals, light, freight, and incidentals. Gov- ernment auditors will go over the books of the Union when the S. A. T. C. has been completely disbanded and then the government will pay the sum of all the expenses to the University, who will reimbrse the Union. The menus are modeled after those 6f other camps and are subject to change at the discretion of the commanding officer. Serving of the food is in charge of mess sergeants, who requisition the amount of food necessary each day for their com- panies. In most camps a cooking unit serves 250 men while here one kitchen pro- vides for the entire 3,600. The steam- ing facilities that have been install- ed in each mess hall keep the food hot until it is ready to be served. The cost basis contract will satisfy the most curious that the Union is not making and never did intend to make any profit. MILITARY POLICE GATHER WANDERERS Military police scoured the streets of Ann Arbor last night to round up soldiers and sailors who were wan- dering around without discharge pa- pers or passes. The guard house was filled early in the evening and the men could not be released as fast as they were brought in. When taken before the officer of the day, they were quizzed and then sent to report to their com- pany commanders. Even this system did not relieve the congested guard house. Fraternity rooms and other gather- ing places were raided by the mili- tary police at various times during the evening. A number of men were tak- en from these places. Even The Daily offices were raided when a soldier who was being followed by one of the sen- tries entered the building. No other military men were found in The Daily n'ffice, however. Company 13, section A, (was the unit on police duty and the details were n (nmmand of sergeants and corpora1e. The police had no trouble in their raiding. Vacant looms Must Be Listed at Once A large number of demobilized S. A. T. C. men are desirous of rooms. So far a comparatively small list of vacancies has been sent in, and as it is imperative that rooms be obtain- ed immediately, it is strongly urged that all householders having vacant rooms either leave a notification to that effect at Lane hall, or call 823 at once. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC SHOWS HUGE INCRIS OFFICIAL REPORTS TO MICHIGAN HEALTH BOARD CAUSES SERIOUS ALARM (By Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 11.- Warning tot the country that the influenza epidem-t ic is by no means ended and that allt possible means would be taken to caret for health, was issued by Surgeon- General Blue tonight. Reports show an increase of the dis- ease, practically from one end of the1 country to another, and in his state-I ment, Doctor Blue advised the clos- ing of the public schools on the first sign of the reappearance of the epi-t demic. He said the disease apparentlyE now tended to occur more frequently among school children.- State Faces Same Danger Lansing, Dec. 11.- That the statet is facing another outbreak of influ- enza, possibly of more serious pro-t portions than the first, was the opin- ion expressed by some officials hereI yesterday, when new cases reported to the board of health numbered 2,063,c the, highest figure issued in several weeks.x Today's total almost equals the heaviest reports during the October epidemic. The number in Detroit jumped to 158, Kalamazoo, where a general closing order went into ef-I feet today, reported 129, and the epi- demic at Grand Rapids was about sta- tionary, with 109 cases.7 State Officials Lack Power . Health officials announced they have received complaints from several sec- tions of the state that individual quar- antines established by the local au- thorities were not being maintained. Health officials should bring it to the attention of the various county prose- cuting attorneys, it was said, for state, officials are without power to act on the matter. With the quarantin now in the hands of the health officers the health boards will watch the method of fighting the epidemic before more drastic measures are taken. The plan1 is recommended to local authorities,1 but if they deem it necessary, the state board will not object to local closing orders. The state authorities are now concerned chiefly with keeping the disease within bounds. "V7Jring Activities Vlack, " All Agree That the immediate resumption of student activities is a good move is the general campus opinion. "I believe," said Registrar Hall yes- terday, "in the resumption of all cam- pus activities of a wholesome nature insofar as it may be done without im- pairing scholarship. I believe , in pleasure as well as hard work,, but pleasure must not be allowed to con- flict with studies." Mr. Hall feels that this move will tend to improve the morale of the University. Theron Van Dusen, '19E, president of the Student Council, thinks that the re-instatement of all campus cus- toms will have a beneficial and re- constructive effect upon the Univer- sity. "There seems to be an enthu- siastic attitude towards the re-in- statement of the opera," he said. "The talent on the campus is plentiful and indications point towards an all-man show. The J-hop should be included among the activities, but it should not be as elaborate as those of former years." Don Springer, '19E, does not feel that the second semester will be need- ed to make up work lost through the confusion caused by the S. A. T. C. "I feel," he said, "that this work can be made up before Feb. 17, thus giv- ing us a fresh start for the second semester. I am heartily in favor of returning to the old order of student life." Clarence Roeser, '19E, considers that the matter of re-establishing cam- pus activities should be looked at from the view-point of the returning student-soldier. "The S. A. T. C. man has seen Michigan as he knew it completely effaced. Those students returning from training camps will want Michigan to be as they left it, normal. Thus it is necessary to se- cure this state of affairs by re-estab- lishing the time honored traditions of' tL e University. SANTA CAUS U N HAND R HGHDLSS O ARTIME GOOD FELLOWSHIP METHOD MAKE ANN ARBOR KIDDIES HAPPY T,0 Only two weeks till Christmas! Only two weeks till Santa Claus comes with, dolls and little tin horns and every- thing. And Santa Claus is coming, too, to all Ann Arbor children any- way, so the Good Fellowship plan pro- vides. Under the auspices of the soci- al service committees of the Y. W. C. A. and the Women's league, plans have been made to dress 15 little girls and1 give them the kind of Christmas that we all want for our little sisters. Lit-1 tle brothers are taken care of by oth- er organizations. In addition to this, arrangements have been made to dress 50 dolls and $10 has been turned over for purchas- ing these dolls. It has been the cus- tom in years past for each sorority and each dormitory to take one child to dress at Christmas time. Girls out- side of dormitories, and sororities may buy dolls and dress them, or give money to buy dolls, or else dress one of the dolls already brought. These dolls can be obtained at Barbour gym- nasium where the money is also re- ceived. The following dormitories Ind sor- orities will dress little girls: Martha Cook, 2; Kent house, Westminster house, Kappa Alpha Theta, Chi Omega, Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Gam- ma Phi Beta, Delta Gamma, and Theta Phi Alpha, each one. The good fellowship work began in 1916. Very little work was done last year but this Christmas an unusually large amount is expected as a thank offering. Signs of Ye Good -.Old Days Appear Farewell! The word is once more being said in Michigan, this time not by sedate black-gowned seniors strut- ting forth off the diagonal to greet the wide world. Rather, it is shouted out by bevies of khaki-clad used-to-be S. A. T .C's as the parting word to college life a la militaire, likewise as a greeting to the return of ye good old normal school days. It is unlikely that Ann Arbor will ever duplicate some of its present scenes - the lawns of its erstwhile fraternity house - "barracks" strewn with cots and bedding and boxes and suit-cases with animated organisms in between emitting peculiarly human howls of delight; the grining student out-of-arms, laboriously limping down the sidewalk toward his new civilian domicile, with three hats on one head, a blanket for a collar, a mandolin suspended from a coat button, half a dozen pairs of shoes decorating one wrist and a suit-case or two dangling from the other; the air, normally pul- sating to the tune of "Mr. Noah," or "I Want to Go Back"-dedicated to final and touching if not exactly mus- ical tributes to the virtues of some unsuspecting sergeant; a startlingly suspicious trend of traffic toward (alas, not Joe's Oren's, Elmer's, "Tutt's," and the rest of the popular anti-bean-for-breakfast brotherhood; and last but not least, the buglers' last contribution of long-drawn, squirming combinations of sharps and fiats which anyone with an abnormal sense of harmony might construe into "Taps.' Farewell, Marn! " NAVY MEN TO BE RELEASED AS SOON AS PAPERS ARRIVE Practically all of the men in the naval unit have undergone their phys- ical examination and will be given their discharges as soon as they are received from Great Lakes naval training station. The names of the men who passed the examination are sent to Great Lakes, where their dis- charge papers are made out. "We have examined all the men in the unit except seven or eight who are away on furlough," said Lieut. Al- len L. Porter, who was in charge of the examining. These men will be examined as soon as they return. RE-REGISTRATION WORK PROGRESSES Work in the re-registering of all the male students in the University is progressing as well as could be ex- pected, according to the officials in charge. A large number of civilian students in the literary college reg- istered yesterday, while two men who had just returned from officers' train- ing camps, enrolled for the first time this year. Now that the men in the S. A. T. C. are being discharged, their re-enroll- ment and paying of fees will begin today. The civilian students who have failed thus far to comply with the request, are again asked to fol- low out the order at once. Men in the S. A. T. C. should report for re-reg- istration as soon as they receive their discharge papers, the latter to be brought with them. WILSON TO ADDESS YANKEES IN FRANCE PRESIDENT HAS AVALANCHE OF INVITATIONS TO VISIT IN EUROPE (By Associated Press) Paris, Dec. 11. - The address which President Wilson will make to the American troops, probably as soon' after his arrival in France as possi- ble, is expected to be one of the most important delivered during his stay in Europe, and it is being looked for- ward to by Europeans, who hope to gain from this a more definite idea of the President's exact position regard- ing numerous vital points. It is con- sidered likely that the Presdent will make his speech at the American front, but at what place has not yet been determined. The President, it is announced, will visit devastated districts in France, and although present plans are tenta- tive, all depending upon his own de- sires, the visits may take him into German territory. Visits to Metz and Strassbourg are extremely probable. Wilson to Lunch with Poincare President Wilson will lunch with President Poincare on Saturday soon after his arrival. The plans for Sun- day have not yet been made known. President Wilson will hold a recep- tion in the Paris city hall to which a host of officials are invited. The Associated Press is in a posi- tion to state definitely that he will visit Italy, but no date has been fix- ed. Hundreds of invitations to visit places in France and Allied countries are being received daily. It is con- sidered likely that he will not attend a number of functions in Paris for he will need all the time possible to at- tend to the urgent business which brings him to Europe. RED CROSS TO HOLD MEMBERSHIP DRIVE A national membership campaign for the Red Cross Christmas-roll call will be waged between December 16 and 23. Every adult will be solibited to take out a year's membership for -$1. If this drive proves successful it will be sufficient to finance the na- tional Red Cross for some time, thus deferring all other campaigns. The soliciting in Ann Arbor will all be done on one day, December 18. Evensar Elected Senior Law President The senior law class elected V. T. Evensar as its president yesterday after having voted three times to clear the tie between the president-elect and Jay Stough. This was the only class to have a serious tie in this year's elections. The other officers of the class chos- en at the election two weeks ago are: Emil Annebal, vice-president; Wil- liam O'Connell, secretary; John Simp- son, treasurer, and J. I. Dickenson, oratdrical delegate. R. 0. T. C. Rests with Regents Whether or not to re-establish a unit of the reserve officers' training corps was discussed yesterday at the meeting of the University Senate. They will make a report to the Board of Regents at its next session Friday. The Senate refused to state what de- cision they reached in regard to this matter. MC ADOD ASKS FOR EXENTION OF U.S.1 RAIILROADCONTROL- DIRECTOR GENERAL CLA~IS NEW PLAN WILL HELP BOTH PEOPLE AND ROADS CONGRESS TO VOTE ON FIVE YEAR PROPOSAL System Proposes to "Immensely In- crease Efficency of Entire Trans- portation Machine" (By Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 11.-Extension of the period of government control of railroads for five years until Jan. 1, 1924, was recommended to congress by Director General McAdoo. Advantages of this, Mr. McAdoo said, are that it would put the railroad question out of politics for the present, give time for carrying out an exten- sive program of improvements, and provide opportunity for a fair test of- unified control to indicate the perman- ent solution of the railroad problem. Wilson Holds Same View "The President has given me permis- sion to say that this conclusion ac- cords with his own view of the mat- ter," Mr. McAdoo concluded. The letter was addressed to Senator Smith, of South Carolina, and Rep- resentative Simms, chairmen respec- tively of the senate and house inter- state commerce committees. Mr. McAdoo explained, that to con- timue government operations for 21 -onths after normal declaration of },eace, under present conditions, would mean disruption of morale among em- ployes and officers, and can not en- able the government to go ahead with improvements, and purchase of equip- nent. - - Federal Control Helps All Another alternative, the return of the railroads to private control, with- out legislation, he said, would elimin- ate the old wasteful competition, and would be "hurtful alike to the public interest and to the railroads them- selves." He said the difficulty of obtaining immediately legislation providing a terminate solution is apparent. Puts Questions Out of Politics "There is one, a-nd to my mind only one, practical and wise alternative," Mr. McAdoo continued. "And that is to extend the period of federal control for the one year and nine months, provided by the present law, to five years, or until the first day of January, 1924. "This extension would take the rail- road question out of polities for a reasonable period. It would give composure to railroad officers and em- ployers. It would admit of the pre- paration and carrying out of d com- prehensive program of improvements of railroads and their terminal facil- ities, which would immenselyincrease the efficiency of the transportation machine. U. S. Backs Railroads "It would put back of the railroads the credit of the United States during the five year period so that the financ- ing of these improvements could be successfully carried out. It would of- fer the necessary opportunities, under proper conditions, to test the value of unified control, and the experience thus gained, would of itself Indi- cate the permanent solution of the railroad problem. "The American people have a right to this test. It is to their interest that it should be done. In my opinion it is the only practicable and reason- able method to determine the solution of this grave economic problem." Practical difficulties of continuing before government operation under ex- isting authority, Mr. McAdoo pointed out, are the growing conflicts of au- thority between state and federal jur- isdiction, inadequacy with the half bil- lion dollar revising fund for financ- ing improvements, inability to force railroads to pay for cars and locomso- tives without litigation, and to require terminal improvements. Want Men to Canvass City for Work All men who wish to aid in can- vassing the city for jobs for the de- mobilized men should apply to Mr. Fetter at Lane hall immediately. They will be remunerated for their services. S. A. T. C. MEN Your Daily will not come to your new address unless you notify the Circulation depart- ment of the change.