}1t1 & A rt trt Aar :43 a t, dl'? PRESS SDAY AND NIGH. r SERVICE ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1918. PRICE __ --- - i CHURCHES, PUBLIC rHEATERS; INFLUENZA ICiM iANARO AS ASE Stu- vernor mation of ev- Led to iza in is fol- h will 11 the- public ernor, fter a r and board Light Men Go To Officers' Camp The University of Michigan is soon to send eight men to an officers' train- ing camp. The athletic teams will suffer as a result. The candidates are as follows: Theodore 0. Sedgwick, Lawrence Phillip, John B. Merton, Pierce MackLouth, Edward T. Usher, Lincoln Avery, Earl H. Cress, and Jack G. Williams. No definite statement has been given out as to when they will leave, but it is expected the date is not far distant. The men will probably be sent to Fortress Monroe with a view to qual- ifying as officers in the heavy artillery. Cress and Usher leave holes in the Varsity football team which it will be hard to fill. FEEBLE RESPONSE TO BELGIAN RELIEF Text Of Governor 's Proclamation "So serious has the epidemic of Spanish influenza become in Michigan that drastic action may be necessary to prevent a fur- ther spread of the disease. Men employed in war industries are in- capacitated, with the result that work on Government material need- ed by the American soldiers in France is being impeded. "The epidemic is seriously affecting the military establish- ment, and it is the patriotic duty of every citizen to co-operate with the military and civilian health officers to check the disease. "I therefore request that, after this date, all conventions and public gatherings of every description be abandoned until such time as the State Board of Health considers that they may be held with, safety. Convention delegates may easily carry the germs of the disease into a community where influenza is not prevalent at the present time. "Unless this suggestion is voluntarily followed, it will be neces-. sary for the Board of Health to order the closing of churches and theaters and arbitrarily to stop all public gatherings. I trust that the patriotic citizens of the state will give us their best co-operation in the matter." 1 'The Colored Folk Dive 2o r Them She was tripping lightly through the Arcade, vogue without and vague within, one fist lodged -in a two-by- four pocket and the other supporting one of those what-nots sometimes ac- commodating coin. Suddenly a me- tallic sound was heard as something struck the pavement. She turned quicky and reached for what she thought was a five dollar gold piece- only to find a penny. Blushing furi- ously, she slipped, it into her purse and walked on, and thenttripped over another copper, this time appearing to fall from her starboard pocket. "Mercy, I thought I'd dropped all those in the church collection," she murmured as she stooped to pick up a third. She searched her pockets for holes and clasped her purse more tightly, determined that no others should escape. But more clattered after her, and as she added them to her collection, the casement windows above rattled, and a voice said, "Heads or tails, boys," as another penny fell. FORESTRY CLUB TO ELECT OFFICER'S AUSTRIA AND TURKS INFORM' ERI OFINTENTION TOMlAK(E PEACE Ti from the Sp in Ann Ar ately 300 ca the hospit, private hor been affec rt of the ci men whos was an S. bers of the reated for HUNGARiAN PRIMEMINISTER 11 E pan- rbor ases talc, nes. The students have but feebly re- cted sponded to the call for clothing made ity's by the Belgian 'relief headqupirters. suc- Mrs. G. W. Patterson, who is in charge A. of the collecting and shipping of the or- clothing, is hopeful of better results in- today and Monday. She says she be- ion, lieves that the students have not re- the sponded because they have been too ents busy to attend to the matter since the call was recently made directly to ubin Uni- vic- uat- is on the decrease men, is the opin- E. Vaughan, com- the corps. He said been discharged and infirmaries in id only a few new er, city health of- g upon the situa- s opinion the epi- the middle period liat he expected a number of cases He said that he per cent of the o him among ci- tudents, had re- l peaple do not with the disease heir own homes. s Overflowing Campbell Har- Earge of the con- e University hos- w filled, and peo- ht in as fast as e discharged. Of going treatlient bers of the train- e others are stu- A. T. C., and hos- have contracted precautions are sons in the hos- nurses, and pa- to use and wear np Custer have a that influenza caused by en- s, according to a uster officials re- riggs, pharmacist ospital. The re- relatively few ifluenza, but that the patient in dition that he is a serious form of The rooms in the Cornwell block are open daily from 10 o'clock in the morning until 4 o'clock in the after- noon, except on Sunday. Mrs. Patter- son says that it is very urgent that students respond today or Monday at the very latest. In case the clothes can not be delivered, phone 2214, and they will be called for. HOSTESS HOUSE IS' OPEN TO MESSAGES The Hostess house in Memorial hall has been closed to the soldiers until further notice. The influenza epidemic is responsible for this order. How- ever, a hostess remains at the desk until 6 o'clock every day and takes care of telegrams and long distance mess- ages for the men as before. At some camps this service is taken over by the Y. M. C. A. The Hostess house aims to supply the wants of .the men in a particular community, which vary as to details at the various camps, even while they are the same in essentials. The busiest day of the week is Sunday, when the hostess must establish communication be- tween the men and their friends, the work often employing as many as four orderlies for assistance. SOCIAL EVENTS PROBABLY INTERFERED WITH BY ORDER CAMPUS LOAN CAMPAIGN TAKEN OVER BY WOMEN S. A. T. C. MEN CAN HAVE BOND PAYMENTS TAKEN FROM WAGES Women of the University have taken over the Fourth Liberty Loan cam- paign on the campus. The re-opening of the tent, at the corner of State street and North University avenue yesterday afternoon, brought in $550 worth of subscriptions from students. Mr. Ray K. Immel, who was in charge of the Loan among the stu- dents, was unable to get men to take charge of the booth. Marguerite Chap- in, '20, offered her services and Mr. IImmel has turned the entire handling of the campaign over to her. Booth Open to Students Only Miss Chapin said last night that she has found many women anxious and willing to co-operate, and will be able to keep the booth open from 2:30 to 5:30 o'clock daily. until Oct. 19. She announced that only students on the campus may subscribe; others are asked to purchase their bonds at the city Loan headquarters on South Main street. Members of the S. A. T. C. may pur- chase bonds at this booth if they wish to make their first 10 per cent payment at this time. Otherwise they may sub- scribe at military headquarters and in- stallments will be taken from their pay each month until the bond is paid for. Percentage Plan Explained The deficiency in the city quota has been reduced to about $290,000 by $12,- 000 subscriptions yesterday. Seventy- five persons, who had received re- minders, subscribed this amount. Mr. Ray Bassett, chairman of the . Loan committee, said yesterday that he be- liieved those who have yet failed to pur- chase bonds are merely careless or do not understand the bank's plan of pay- ment. Many who made the plea, of lack of funds, bought bonds when it was explained to them that a ten per cent payment down will secure a bond for them. This means that on a $50 bond it is only necessary to pay $5 now. The rest is payable weekly be- tween now and next April. Others who bought yesterday had not purchased previously on account of sickness or being out of town. Mr. Ray E. Bassett said that the committee looks for large sales today, as letters have been mailed to every one in the district who have not sub- scribed to this Loan. If the quota is not subscribed, personal solicitations will begin next week. Wesleyan Guild Wants New Addresses ma in tha %tndent ts'rmv train-. 392 YANKS LOSE LIVES I N S HIP COLLISIONS TRANSPORT RAMS BRITISH DE- STROYER; SUB CHASER COL- LIDES; 20 DIE (By the Associated Press) A British Port, Oct. 10 (Delayed).- A large number of American troops have been lost as the result of the sinking of the transport Otranto in the North channel between the Scot- tish and Irish coasts in a collision with the steamer Kashmire. The Otranto. after the collision, was dashed to pieces on the rocks off the South Scottish coast with. a probable loss of 372 American sold- iers. Three hundred and one men were taken to Belfast by the British de- stroyer Mounsey, the Qnly vessel which made an attempt at rescue in the terrific gale when the Kashmire, another vessel in the convoy with the Otranto, rammed the Otranto. Rescue 17 on Scottish Coast Seventeen men were picked up alive: on the Scottish coast.' Of the 699 American soldiers on board the Otranto, 310 were landed." Seventeen were rescued alive at Is- lay, leaving 372 unaccounted for. (By the Associated Press) London, Oct. 101 (Delayed). - The news of the collision reached London' Monday but nothing was known of the: fate of the Otranto until this morn- ing when the first reports came from Islay. The storm continued to make further attempts at rescue impossi- ble. No ships passed close enough to that coast in rough weather to see a stricken vessel ashore. U. S. Destroyer (By the Associated Press) Washington, Oct. 12.-In a collision between the United States destroyer Shaw and a British vessel October 9 two officers and 11 enlisted men of the destroyer were lost. Thirteen oth- er members of the crew were injur- ed. The collision occurred in Brit- ish waters. The destroyer was able' to make port under her own steam, the navy department said tonight in announcing the collision, which, ac- cording to reports, was caused bya the jamming of the destroyer's steer- ing gear. HOLDING OF ANNUAL DEBATES STILL REMAINS UNCERTAIN Plans for holding the annual de- hates with thn Central and Mida-Wet ENTENTE FORCING TEU' EVACUATE ST. GOBAD KEYSTONE ENEMY BLOCKS OS' AND ZEEBRUGGE Germans Retreat Faster TI Hurl Infantry Forward planes Wreak Hav( BULLETIN (By the Associated Pr London, Oct. 12,-Aust gary and Turkey have i Germany that they wil. President Wilson's peace according to a dispatch Central News from Amst BULLETIN (By the Associated Pr Budapest, via Basel, Oct. tor Aleander Wekerle, and rian prime minister, annoi resignation after an audie King Charles. Vienna newspapers recei say that a ministerial crisis gary is eminent and that a cabinet is probable. (By the Associated Pro London (6 p. m.), Oct. 1. Allied reconnaissances show Germans have nothing of a nature afloat and nothing i along the Flemish coast. mans are now engaged in the harbors of Ostend and Z Organiation of the Forestry club will take place tomorrow afternoon at a meeting of the students in that de- partment at the forestry farm. In ad- dition to organization, election of of- ficers will take place, as all those holding office last year have enlisted. Prof. Filibert Roth, head of the de- partment, will be present to give a short talk. There will be doughnuts, cider and "smokes" for all who at- tend, and plans have been made for a song "fest" and general good time. Freshmen intending to study fores- try are especially urged to attend by those in' charge of the get-to-gether, as membership in the club is practic- ally the only way that freshmen forest- ers can become well acquainted with the students and instructors of their department. The farm is reached by taking a Jackson interurban car and getting off at the stop called Michigan farm. The lodge is reached by fol- lowing a path which leads from this stop directly south. The festivities willy continue during the whole afternoon in order to allow S. A. T. C. men to attend at any hour that is convenient for them. FREIGHTER BRINGS 5 SUB. VICTIMS TO U. S. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Oct. 12.-Ten officers and 106 enlisted men of the Ameri- can steamer Ticonderoga, sunk by an enemy submarine Sept. 30, are re- ported, missing in an announcement today by the navy department. Mem- bers of the crew reported missing in- clude the following Michigan men: George W. Woodard, Hillsdale; William Dobekewsky, Grand Rapids; Earnest Fuller, String Port; and Phil- ip W. Terr, Muskegon Heights. An Atlantic Port, Oct. 12.-Five more survivors of the steamship Ti- conderoga arrived here today on a British freighter. Death Reprisal for Russian Hostages1 Amsterdam, Oct. 12. - Petrograd newspapers received here report that 250 hostages have been shot at Pen- za, 130 miles northwest of Saratov, as a reprisal for the assassination of M. Jaogeroff, a member of the ex- traordinary commission, and an at- tempt on the prison warders. Official Answer Received in lerlin Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 12.-A dis- patch received here from Berlin says that the official text of Secretary of State Lansing's note in reply to the peace proposal of the imperial Ger- man chancellor arrived in Berlin Fri- day. On the wings of necessity mans are flying eastwardf old battle positions from Dc Fere, and northward fron to the Meuse river. Thei toward some haven of salet talons of the Allied hawks erywhere are menacing tb Germany to Lose Al Meanwhile there has 1 broadcast further reports tro-Hungaria and Turkey, s the trend of events spells defeat, have informed Ger they will accept President peace terms. All along the battle froi lied troops are advancing. south of Douai to the eas the enemy everywhere ground eastward. Hun Gives Up Chemin-de The famous Chemin-des-] ridge which the Germans lieved to be an insuperable being evacuated, while i pagne and along the Meuse ther eastward the French a icans are pushing further their lines in the great movement which is fast d enemy from Belgium and ed portion of France. Dou pletely outflanked by the : rations of the British, whi: Cambrai and St. Quentin t and Americans are still cb enemy. To the south of E the French over a wide f crossed the Oise river an junction with the retireme enemy from the Chemin-d are forcing the Germans I the great St, Gobain forest tion at the bend of the lin turns eastward and also 1 hold of Laon, the keystone tire southern German line The retrograde movemen necessity must have a strop on the stability of whateve: the Germans may choose upon, and on their still strong fronts in Belgium Verdun to the Swiss border Allied Airplanes Wreak East of Rheims the Suippi been crossed by the Frenc merous places West o gonne forest, which now the French and Americans mans are in retreat and a : additional towns and villI been taken by the Franco Just how far-reaching will be thel effects in Ann Arbor at Governor Sleeper's request that no public gath- erings be held cannot now be fore- seen. Churches and theaters will un- doubtedly close their doors. A Uni- versity official was unable to state' last night whether the request would be construed by the University offi- cials to require the suspension of classes. Some of the social events which will be interfered with are the social for students at 8 o'clock tonight at the Congregational church, the Bap- tist guild social at 7:30 o'clock to- morrow night, and the entertainment planned for the Cosmopolitan stu- dents by the Y. M. C. A. for Monday night. Section B of the S. A. T. C. have already called off their social affairs and the Women's league mass meeting scheduled for 4 o'clock Mon- day afternoon has been indefinitely postponed. Bishop Theodore Hender- son of Detroit has been announced to speak at the Methodist church Mon- day morning and to address a stu- dent meeting afterward. Most of the churches have not announced special services this week, fearing that the nresent contingency miaht arise. men in ne smuen us nJ.L ~ ~ y L'LdtAAILLU, mw a W YtlA..&'. k (lI JILIVt ; ing corps who are members of the debating leagues have not as yet Methodist church and those who are been perfected, although the members not, will be welcomed ,to the socials and regular services of the church, of the oratory department here are which is located at the corner of corresponding with the other coileg- State and Washington streets. es in the leagues to determine wheth- As the addresses of the men in the ' er prevailing war c . ditions wi a--- S. A. T. C. have been changed Mr. low them to hold the debates as us- Roy C. Jacobson, student pastor, ual. It is hoped that the activity of would appreciate it if these men the men along military lines will not would call him at the office of the interfere with this important branch Wesleyan guild, phone 1689, or at of campus interest. It is very proba- his home, phone 1790-R. Mr. Jacob- ble, asserts Mr. Ray K. Immel of the son is in his office each day from oratory department, that the North- 4:30 until 5:30 o'clock and will wel- western Oratorical contest will be come callers at that time. held as usual.