THE WEATHER FAIR AND COOLER _ODr M kit b aili ASSOCIATED DAY AND NIGHT WIRE SiEJNTICE VOL. XXIX. No. 72. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919. PRICE THREE CENTS GERMANY FILS TO OBEY TERMS OF ARMISTICE HOOVER AND DAVIS REPRESENT U. S. AT WAR COUNCIL MEETINGS FOUR NATIONS SEND TWO ENVOYS TO PARIS Allies Send Food to Vienna; Commis- sions Afford Relief to Serbia and Rumania (By Associated Press) London, Jan. 9.-Germany has fallen behind during the last; month in turning over munitions according to the terms of, the armistipee. A checking today shows a shortage of 685 heavy guns, 7,000 machine guns, 1,000 trench mortars, 600 airplanes, 4,736 engines, 5,000 motor lorries, and 130,00 railway ears. Paris, Jan. 9.-The meeting of the srupreme war council, which had been set for the-end of this week, proba- bly will be deferred for a few days because of the absence of some of the principal members, Among those with whom President Wilson conferred today were \ Pre- mier Orlando, of Italy, who has Just arrived at Paris, and Baron Sonnino, the Italian foreign minister. Conferences Contine Meetings The conferences, at which Secre- tary of State Lansing, Colonel House and Lord Robert Cecil are engaged, concerned the league of nations, were continued. London, Jan .9. - The associated governments have decided to estab- lish a supreme war council consist- ing of two representatives each from France, Italy, the United States, and Great Britain, according to an official statement tonight to deal with the questions of food, finance and ship- ping resources with relations to re- building and supplying liberated and enemy territory, and to co-ordinate its work for that done with Allied and neutral countres. Hoover and Davis Represent U. S. At the request of the-war depart- ment the Earl of beading and Sir John Beale will, for the time being, represent Great Britain. They will start for Paris immediately. Herbert Charlesr Hoover and Norman Davis will represent the United States and Etienne Clementel, the French minis- ter of commerce, and Monsieur Vil- train, France. "Certain emergency measures, the outcome of informal discussions, are already affording relief to Serbia and Rumania," the statement says. "Con- cerning Austria and Germany the in- ter-Allied commission has been work- ing for some time and has already visited Vienna and Prague. The food situation in these territories is seri- ous and is rendered more serious by transport difficulties. Allies Send Food to Vienna "Meanwhile, arrangements are be- ing made for the supply of a certain quantity of food stuff, and some sup- plies already have been sent to Vi- enna. But further action will be re- quired when the commission reports to the supreme council." LEUIT. CLAPP. '16, GETS WAR CROSS First Lieut. Kenneth S. Clapp, avid- tLion, 16, has been awarded the Amer- ican. War Cross for bringing down a number of enemy planes. Lieutenant Clapp enlisted early in the war in' the British Royal Flying Corps and received his commission at Fort: Worth, Texas, after he transferred to the American Aviation. While in school, Lieutenant Clapp was a mem- ber of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Univ. of Neb, Give Formals Pan-Hellenic at the University, of Nebraska has decided that formal par- ties may be held by the fraternitiesl this year. The cost of the parties is1 Old Time ixer to Warm Boards In order to increase the fund for the University Women's war chest in France, an All-campus mixer will be given from 2:30 to 5 o'clock Satur- day afternoon in Barbour gymna- sium. The proceeds of the dance are to be added to the $50 already laid aside by the Athletic association and sent to Miss Alice Evans, former women's gymnasium instructor, who is doing orthopedic work in France. The fund is to be used to help women who are doing war work there. Ike Fischer will furnish a four piece orchestra. An unusually large crowd is anticipated and a spirited pre-war mixer will replace the rather pepless atmosphere of war time dances. The following chaperones will be present: Professor and Mrs. W. R. Humphreys, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wood, Miss Lucy Elliott, Miss Marion Wood, Miss Marion Dawley, Lieuten- ant and Mrs. J. Hayden. BANNE LUMNI WEEK EXPECTED THIS JUNE NEW MICHIGAN UNION TO BE CENTER OF ACTIVITY OF REU4ION Indications are that the ^lass re- unions of June, 1919, will be larger and more successful than those for the past two. years Due to the war and the resulting depression in all conventions and reunions, the com- mencement week of 1918 and 1917 fell far short of previous years, Plans for 75th Reunion Made The Alumni association is making plans for the 75th annual reunion at which the classes of '64, '65, '66, '67, '83, '84, '85, '86, '02, '03, '04, '05, will be repiesented. It is expected that over 2,000 alumni will return to participate in the exercises of com- mencement week. Several facts give promise of a greater attendance than former years, the most important of which is the re-establishment of pre- war customs and the return of men in service. The Michigan Union with its com- pleted clubhouse will be the hub of the activities and will probably prove to be an inducement for a great many of the alumni to return. The Union sleeping quarters will accommodate 52 men ,and its club rooms will be at the disposal of the former students. The alumnae may be accommodated at Martha Cook~ and Newberry res- dences. Usual Program Planned An appeal will be made by the sec- retary of the Alumni association in the February issue of the Michigan Alumnus to all graduates to estab- lish class plans for the week in June. The general exercises will'follow customs of former years Alumni week will open on the Monday pre- ceding commencement, when the grad- uates will register and have class exercises Tuesday is reunion day with exercises of the different col- leges, Senior promenade, the SenQ Girls play and a student entertain- ment in Hill auditorium. Alumni day on Wednesday offers a luncheon, mass meeting and Senate reception, and a concert on thersam- pus. Commencement on Thursday ends the week's activities and the re- union, INJURED FREMAN RECOVERING FROM BAD FAI WEDNESDAY Henry McLaren who was thought to have been seriously injured in the fire which completely gutted the aig- ma Phi Epsilon house early Wednes- day morning is reported as doing well' asnd it is expected he will be able to leave the hospital within a week. Mc- Laren fell through the second dloor :> he first and firemen who rescued hll say he had a miraculous escape. 'I he headquarters of the fraternity has been moved to 432 Thompson street. Members have not yet been called together to decide what will be done about secilng permanent rooms. Luckily only a small portion of the furniture had been moved in the day before. The loss of furniture amounts to $600. NORTHERN ORATOICAL CONTEST TO BE HELD OTHER CONTESTS CANCELLED THIS YEAR; PRIZES TO BE GIVEN The only intercollegiate oratory or speaking contest of any kind which the University intends to enter into this year is the Northern League Ora- torical contest, according to Mr F. K. Immel, of the oratory department. The intercollegiate debates of the midwest league which are usually held between Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin universities, have been given up owing to the refusal of Illi- nois university to take part. The central league debates which have been held annually up to date will not be held this year. Speeches to Be in February 15 The Northern League of Oratory which is conducting the contest con- sists of several of the colleges and universities of the north and west. These are, Northwestern, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Oberlin, and Michigan. The contest, which is open to all students of the Univer- sity with the exception of Freshmen, has already started. The orators must write their speeches before Febru- ary 15 and send in one copy to the de- partment of oratory. There may be any subject chosen and the words must not exceed 1,850 In number. Finals to Be Held May 2 The delivering of the speeches here will take place about the first of March. Two Seniors, two juniors and one sophomore will be picked. The best one of these speeches will be de- livered at the final contest, which is to be heW at Northwestern university on Friday, May 2. This contest never fails to excite a great deal of interest, but the interest should be even great- er this year as it is the only inter- collegiate oratorical contest of any kind which the University is holding. Attractive Prizes Offered The winner of this contest in the University receives the Kaufman tes- timonial of $100 and the Chicago Alu- ni medal. The second man in the University gets the Kaufman testimo- nial of $50. The Lowden testimonials of $100 and of $50 are the prizes in the final contest. G. O P.'S TO NAME PARTY CANDIDATES (By Associated Press) Chicago, Jan. 9.-Party leaders from every state arrived here today to at- tend the meeting of the Republican National committee meeting to be held here tomorrow. The session will discussthe 1920 presdential cam- paign plans, Former Chairman William Hays declared that any discussion of can- didates for president was premature. The party leaders in informal confer- ences tonight discussed probable can- didates and issues. Among the 'names mentioned in the gossip were: "General Pershing; General Wood; Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts; Senator Cummings, of Iowa; Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania; Senator Harding, of Ohio; William H. Taft; Senator Watson, of Indiana; Governor Lowden, of Illinois; former Governor Whitman, of New York; and former Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts. Governor-elect Henry Allen, of Kan- sas, was mentioned as a possible can- didate for vice-president by his friends," ORCHESTRA TO BE REO GANIZED SOON Mr. Samuel Pierson Lockwood is reorganizing the University Sympho- ny orchestra. During the past fall the. orchestra had to cease activities on account of sterner duties, but will resume rehearsals at 2:30 o'clock Sunday, Jan. 19, at the School of Musie. Tryouts will be held at 7 o'clock next Wednesday and Thursday even- ings at the school. Candidates should bring some music with which they are familiar as sight reading is not considered of greatest importance in the tests. Membership is not confined to students. Anyone who is sufficiently advanced may try out. SINN FEIN FORMULTE IRISH CONSTITUTION ORGANIZATION PLANS "TO RlEN- DER IMPOTENT POWER OF ENGLAND" (By Associated Press) London, Jan. 9.-The first publica- tion of what purports to be a Sinn- Fein constitution for Ireland was printed by the Globe. This has a pe- culiar interest in view of the Sinn- Fein proposal to hold an Irish con- gress in the near future. The 'article then set forth the Sinn- Fein aims at securing an international recognition for Ireland as an inde- pendent republic and declares that having achieved that status, the Irish people by a referendum may freely choose their ownform of govern- ment. It says that the Sinn-Fein or- ganization shall "in the name of the Irish people deny the right and op- pose the will of the British parlia- ment and the British crown or any foreign government to legislate for Ireland." It also says that the organization will "make use of any and every means available to render impotent the power of England to hold Ireland in subjection by military force or otherwise." The purported constitution declares that a constituent assembly shall be convoked to formulate measures for the welfare of the people. NOTED EDUCATORS TO SPEAK AT YPSI. Ypsilanti, Jan. 9.-An imposing ar- ray of speakers has been secured for a mid-year educational conference to be held at the Michigan State Nor- mal college on January 30 and 31 and February 1. An invitation is is- sued by the Normal to all the edu- cators of the state to attend. Because of the state wide ban placed upon public meetings at the time of the in- fluenza epidemic no State Teachers' meeting was held this year and the Normal faculty feels that owing to this fact, the conference will be well attended . Among those who will deliver ad- dresses are Dr. William C. Bagley of the Carnegie Foundation; Dr. S. Parkes Cadman of the Central Con- gregational church of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Dr. Franklyn H. Giddings, professor of Sociology at Columbia university. Specialtconferences of teachers of physical education, of music and household economics have been ar- ranged. Professor Frederick Alexan- der of the Normal college faculty will have charge of the music. BILL DEMANDS MORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Detroit, Jan. 10.-A bill giving con- tinuation work to all children up to the age of 18 who are compelled to enter employment before graduation from high school will be brought up at the next session of the state legis- lature, according to Dr. Charles E'. Chadsey, superintendent of public schools. Under the present ruling, children under 16 are required to attend school. Should the new bill pass about 20,000 children of Detroit would be affected by it. "Our idea in extending the age lm- it for continuation work is to give the children who must work as good an education as possible." says Dr. Chadsey. The plans are to make the educational training as far as possible along general lines so that the pupil may select for study those subjects which he feels he needs most in the vocation he has chosen. Enough va- riety of subjects will be provided so that all who wish to take advantage of a general education may do so. Kaiser Now Able to Walk Amerongen, Jan. 7 (delayed). - William Hohenzollern was able to walk about in the gardens at Amer- ongen castle for the first time in sev- eral weeks. His health is reported to be almost normal again. Univrsity not to Provide Tutors The University will make no ar- rangements to assist through the help of special instructors, the students who are now returning to the Univer- sity or who have fallen behind in their work. Though the University is doing all it possibly can to help the students make up back work, it does not believe that the plan of special instructors paid by the University is advisable. However, it will favor any attempt on the part of the student to secure out- side instruction. In former years a student 'who, through sickness or other causes, was absent from many of his classes usu- ally secured an instructor to tutor him and thus make up the work missed., Although- the University does not of- ficially back such tutorage, it does approve of it providing that th.e ab- sences were inevitable. S. A. T. . SOON TO BE A THING OF THE PST HEADQUARTERS VACATED TODAY; MOVED INTO UNION BUILD- ING The closing of the S. A. T. C. post in Ann Arbor is drawing nearer every day and is only postponed by the fact that a few odds and ends are yet to be cleaned up. Major Ralph H. Durkee is still busy paying bills contracted by the S. A. T. C. and getting in the discharges, several more of which. were received yesterday in time for the men to receive their pay in Ann Arbor. In the future all pay checks will be referred to the quartermaster at Chicago. Lieut. E. J. Stotter will remain until he has checked up all the equipment that was used here and shipped it to the quartermaster's sup- ply depot in Chicago. Lieut. G. I. Back who has been in charge of the signal corps work of the unit will be here until he has transferred' all of the stores and equipment to one of the permanent signal corps bases. The Sigma Chi house which has been used as the headquarters for both the army and the navy will be completely vacated today when the last of the army men move out. The officers and sergeants who are here yet are to have their quarters on the third floor of the new Union building. Major Durkee who has been using one of the offices on the first floor of the building will also move up to the third floor. -Doe May Instructs Frosh Burglars The casual observer looking over Waterman gym which is once more coming into its own after serving as a barracks for several months will no doubt be astonished to see Doc May instructing what looks to be a class of Jimmie Valentines in the art of safe breaking. On questioning Doc will explain that they are merely Freshman trying to learn the combi- nations of the lockers in which they will keep their clothes and pots dur- ing gymnasium work, which is to start soon and in which the S. A. T. C. and naval unit men can keep those towels we have noticed them carry- ing across the campus Saturday aft- ernoons since school began. CHINESE STUDENT DIES OF PNEUMONIA AT HOSPITAL HERE Lina Tsai, '20, Chinese student, died Dec. 28 at the University hospital of pneumonia following influenza. Pri- vate funeral services were held at Dolph's chapel and the burial was in Forest Hill cemetery, Rev. A. W. Stalker officiating. Miss Tsai's home was in Kiu Kaing, China, where her father and mother, Rev. and Mrs. Tsai, live. Gerald Tsai, '22E, also survives her. She had been in this country for two years, having attended school in Warrentdwn, Missouri, previous to coming to Ann Arbor last fall. Miss Tsai was an exceptional) bright stu- dent. She was preparing to enter the medical school in order to help her aunt, Ida Kahn, '98M, in her hospital in China. BEHLNIN SEIGE. HUNS TAKETOWNS FROM POLISH ARMY:- SPARTACANS START RIOTS IN FIVE TEUTON TOWNS; LOSE FIGHTS ALLIES WARN TURKS TO LAY DOWN ARMS Capital of Empire Scene of Bloody Combats; Mob Storms the Munich Bank (By Associated Press) Amsterdam, Jan. 9. - A state seige has been proclaimed in Berlin, according to a late dis- patch from that city. (The proclamation was probably made by the Ebert government.) Amsterdam, Jan. 9.-German forces have r'ecaptured the important rail- way junction of Bentschen from the Poles, according to a dispatch from Posen. The Berlin government has issued a stirring call for a volunteer army to repel the Polish invasion. (An Amsterdam dispath Wednes- day reported that the Poles had oc- cupied most of Bentschen, but that the Germans held the railway sta- tion. The Poles are said to have been repulsed in an attempt to cap- ture the station.) London, Jan. 9.-The Allies have notified Turkey that unless the Turk- ish army at Nedina lays down its arms immediately the forts at the Dardenelles will be destroyed. Copenhagen, Jan. 9. - Governnent troops have occupied all of the pub- lic buildings in Berlin and thousands of government troops are still enter- ing the capital. Spartacans Lose Fight The Berlin correspondent of the Berlingske Tidende, who sends . this information, declares that the Sparta- cans have been beaten and that quiet was partly restored today. Serious Spartacus riots are going on at Dresden, Brunswick, Dessel- dorf, Essen, and Rortmund, according to the Munich correspondent of the Politiken. Several towns in the Ruhr district are in the hands of the Spartacens. Bloody Fighting in Berlin Bloody fighting occurred at the Anhalt railway station in Berlin Wednesday night when Spartacan groups tried to occupy the building. They were repulsed. by government troops who inflicted heavy losses on them. ' Mob Storms Munich Bank During the rioting in Munich on Tuesday a mob of several thousand persons attempted to storm one of the largest banks, but was repulsed by machine guns. The riots, a dis- patch states, were promoted by the Spartacans. WOUND RESULTS IN AMPUTATED FOOT First Lieut. Clark B. Potter, 1506 Broadway, Ann Arbor, special engin- eering student in the University in 1915-16, has had his right foot amput- ated on account of infection from a wound received at Chateau Thierry, Aug. 4. Lieutenant Potter has been commended highly by superior officers for unusual bravery in leading his'/ men in the charge at Chateau Thierry. He is recovering rapidly and is ex- pected home on the next ship. Lieutenant Potter, company E of the 32nd division, enlisted in the ser- vice during the Mexican war. He has been stationed at Camp McArthur at Waco, Texas, for some weeks before leaving for France in January, 1918. He had in his command four officers and 60 men and had been in other engagements but received his first ser- ious w'ound at Chateau Thierry. Hun Caught with Fake Passport San Francisco, Jan. 9.-Baron Al- lardt von dem B. Munch, nephew of the former German ambassador, Count von Bernstoff, was sentenced to three months in the county jail for perpetrating a fraud upon the gov- ernment by attempting to enter the country with a forged passport.