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THE MICHIGAN DAILY

WEDINESDAY,

3.5.1E

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TODAY
D Lectures in Economics
aturai Science auditorium.
0-Vocational conference in
ur gymnasium.
(-_Freshman Girls' Glee
eets at Miss Hunt's studio.

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Bar-
club

00-Skating carnival given by the
Luther league of the Zion church
at Weinberg's coliseum. Tickets
may be obtained from the commit-
tee.
00-Meeting of the officers of the
Pennsylvania club at the Union.
00-Varsity, band rehearsal in the
School of Music.
30-Meeting of the Student council
in the old Union.
30 - Important meeting of the
Round-Up club in the old Union.
30-U. of M. Zionist society meets
in room 205 University hall.
TOMORROW
30-The Comedy club meets in the
Circle Francais rooms.
" . U-NOTICES
%tholic Students' club will hold the
first meeting of a series of dances to
be given this semester, Friday night,
eb. 28, at .the Parrish hall.
aseball candidates report to Coach
Lundgren this afternoon in Water-
man gymnasium.
Why did Viola Dana wear trousers?
ee 'The Gold Cure" at the Arcade to-
ty.
Those who advertise in The Mich-
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udents.--Adv.
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MICHIGN AVIATORS HAE
VARIED LIES, AT FRONT
FORMER UNIVERSITY MEN RANK
AMONG FIRST IN LIST OF
AMERICAN BIRD MEN
(By T. F. M.)
In spite of the fact that one of the
disappointing features of the war was
the failure of American aeroplanes to
appear on the fighting fronts of
France, aviators from the University
of Michigan upheld the glory of their
alma mater, as well as did the fight-
ing men in other branches of the serv-
ice.
Captain Diekema Decorated
Among the most prominent of the
air fighters was Capt. Willis A. Die-
kema, '14, who was one of the first
American aces on the front. Captain
Diekema, after engaging in a score of
air fights, during his first month on
the front, received the almost Incred-
ible recognition for a novice, of six
officially accredited victories over
German champions. He received of-
ficial credit for three in one day.
Since that tlme, his record has almost
doubled, but for several of the lat-
ter, he has not received confirma-
tion, due to the fact, that the ene-
my planes were descended so far on
the other side of the lines. While in
college, Captain Diekema was known
as the composer of "A Model Daugh-
ter," one of the best Union operas
ever presented by the Michigan thes-
pians. His "Friar Song" was long
sung by the old Friar society, and
when that organzatoin disbanded, the
song was adopted by the Toastmas-
ters, and is sung at all their meet-
ings.

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engaged in the same work. The Mich- 49,768 AMER ICANS
igan man headed for him and they DIED IN BATTLE
both fired a round at each other.
Ohrstrom then turned on his tail be-
fore the German could recover him- Washington, Feb. 25.-Deaths dur-
self, and shot several bursts into the Ong the war in the American Expedi-
boche, sending him at first out of tionary Forces and among troops in
control, and finally setting him afire. the United States from all causes, the
It is believed according to latest war department announced today,
computations that this was the last numbered 107,444.
German descended by an American In the expeditionary forces the total.,
pilot. J was 72,957. Of these 20,829 resulted1
from disease, 49,768 from injuries re-
DRY DEVOTEES ORGANIZE IN ceived in battle and 3,354 from all
COUNTY TO FIGHT AMENDMENT other causes.
Deaths from disease among the
Meeting Called Sunday to Discuss troops in the United States totaled
Plans for Opposing Beer and 12,737 and from other causes 1,756,
Wines giving a total for the troops in this
country of 34,493.

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Captain Diekema was several times
decorated by' the French, and carries
also the American military decora-
tions for bravery, and courage.
Cruelly Treated in Prison
Wilfred V. Casgrain, '18, entered
aviation in May, 1917, and arrived in
France with the first American aerial
squadron in July of the same year.
Lieutenatn Casgrain went to the front
with the first Yankee aviators, includ-
ing Capts. Eddie Rickenbacker, Camp-
bell, James Norman Hall and others.
Lieutenant Casgrain had been a few
weeks on the front, when flying over
the German lines, he saw two German
aeroplanes, and diving at the nearer
of the two, opened up with a burst
of machine gun fire, and continued
until his opponent's plane burst into
flame. While attempting to come out
of his drop, the linen was torn from
one of his wings, and he made a mi-
raculous landing in No Man's Land.
Unfortunately, in believing himself to
be near the American lines, he was
surrounded by German infantry, and
taken prisoner. He was then sent up
to an island in the Baltic sea, for
seven months' captivity. He relates
the experiences of harsh prison life
and barbaric treatment, narrating the
instances of allied prisoners,'who went
insane, as a result of cruelties in-
fieted and of men killed in cold
blood by their Tuetonic captors. Ten
days after the. signing of the armis-
tice, Lieutenant Casgrain saw one of
his comrades in captivity, a British
officer deliberately shot and killed by
a German sentry, and another seri-
ously wounded.
Lieutenant Casgrain was decorated
by the French commanders with the
Cross of War, with a citation to the
French army corps, for great skill
and bravery.
Barely Lives Through Captivity
Paul Eaton, '19, was in the same
escadrille as Casgrain, engaged in
several of the big campaigns in the
air, and last May attacked several
German airplanes ;while flying in the
American sector. Artillery observers
from the ground say that he was hold-
ing his own against the field, when
suddenly his plane was seen to drop
several hundred feet, and just right-
ed before landing. Eaton was taken
prisoner by the Germans and held in
captivity for about the same time as
Casgrain and when he returned to
Paris 'in early December, his friends
found that he had been shot through
the lungs several times with machine
gun bullets, and had barely lived
through his .harsh captivity.
Has Final Kick at Boche
Lieutenant George Ohrstrom, '18,
who is now back in Ann Arbor at-
tending the literary college, went
through the campaigns of Chateau
Thierry, and the Argonne during the
lais t days of the wvar. On the day be-
for'".the armistice was signed, Ohr-
strohm was flying over the Meuse near
Sedan on a scouting expedition when
he came upon a German fighting plane

Mr. Newton C. Fetter, secretary of
the University Y. M. C. A., has been
appointed chairman of the committee
representing Washtenaw and Jackson1
counties which will conduct the fight
against the "saloon" or "beer and
wine" amendment to be submitted to
the voters of the state on April 7.
, Sunday afternoon, at a meeting in
Lane hall, 130 dry workers in Ann
Arbor were addressed by Mr. Burton
Browne, a member of the state food
and drug commission, and by Repre-
sentative Charles A. Sink. The city
will be organized on the block sys-
tem in each ward, and the citizens
will be instructed in the proper use
of the ballot to obtain a-dry state.
In Washtenaw county the organ-
ization which served in the state-wide
campaign against booze two years ago
will again be called into service.
CLEMENCEAU CONVALESCENT;
COTTIN TO BE EXAMINED
Paris, Feb. 25.-Premier Clemen-
ceau's progress is such that he is nw
classified as convalescent.
Latest reports indicate that the
greatest difficilty experienced by his
physicians is in keeping him in his
apartments.
The premier's would-be assassin
Emile Cottin, is to be given the third
degree by the Paris . miltary court.
Several persons having political in-
clinations similar to Cottin were ar-
rested yesterday.
ADELPHI ELECTS OFFICERS FOR
SECOND HALF OF SCHOOL YEAR
Officers of the Adelphi House of
Representatives were elected for the
last half of the scholastic year 1918-
19 at a meeting of the society held
last night in the Adephi club rooms
as follows:
Kelsey Guilfoil, '20L, speaker; Lau-
rence H. Seltzer, '20, clerk; Simon
Shetzer, '21, assistant clerk, and Her-
bert E. Neil, '19, sergeant-at-arms.
The next meeting of the society will
be held at 7 o'clock Tuesday night on
the fourth floor, University hall.
Captured Goods to Clothe Prisoners
Coblenz - Two hundred thousand
yards of German army uniform cloth,
taken over by the, American Army of
Occupation as abandoned material of
war, was shipped from Coblenz re-
cently to France to be used in cloth-
ing German prisoners. Part of the
shipment consisted of cloth intended
for German officers and this is to be
made into suits for German officers
who are still prisoners at the several
camps in France.
U. S. Helps Restore Statue of Marceau
Coblenz, Feb. 25.-At the request
of the French government, the Amer-
icans have decided to requisiton a
plot of ground in Coblenz, across the
Moselle from the city, for the restora-
tion of a monument erected to the
memory of General Marceau, one of
France's youngest commanders of the
revolutionary epoch. The American
requisition was made in agreement
with the German civil authorities and
is only for the time of American oc-
cupation.
Marceau became a genearl in 1793,
at the age of 24 years, and three years
afterward was killed while fighting
against the Austrians.
Ex-Soldiers to Get Public Lands
Washington, Feb. 25.-Survey' and
classification of all unentered public
lands and cut-over, logged or othe
unused lands covered by the govern-
ment with a view to disposing of them
to discharged soldiers is provided fo

in a bill passed today by the senate
and sent to the house. It appropri-
ated a million dollars for the sur-
vey.
This is one of the measures involv
ed in Secretary Lane's program fox
making farm homes available to re-
turning fighting men. The principa
bill, appropriating $1,000,000,000 fox
the plan, is pending.

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Figures for the expeditionary forces
cover the period from April 1, 1917,
to Feb. 16, 1919; those for the troops
in the United States from April 1,
1917, to Feb. 14, 1919.
Figures show total deaths from dis-
ease exceeded the total battle casual-
ties by more than 5;000.

REGULATION OF TRAFFIC
MAY BE RESULT OF TWO BILLS
Lansing, Feb. 25.Air traffic will be
strictly regulated and much work
provided for police airplanes if the
legislature enacts two bills introduc-
ed Monday night by Representative
Meridith P. Sawyer, of Menominee, the
House Democrat.
The first bill offered in Michigan
to control travel in the air is di-
rected against sportsmen. It prohib-
its fliers from pursuing wild duck or
any other insect-destroying game
birds.
Collisions in the air are punisha-
ble by the second bill. It would be no
crime for two pilots, bothrunning un-
der power to collide, but if a flier
whose engine was running should fall
foul of a machine that was volplan-
ing, he would be guilty of , misde-
meanor.
This bill would also solve the vex-
ed question as to how much of the
Heavens above an owner of real es-
tate is entitled to control. It pro-
vides that he may make a no trespass-
ing sign effective up to 500 feet above
the ground. No airplane would be per-
mitted to come within that distance of
any real estate without the permis-
sion of the owner.
Prof. Waterman Ntot to Meet Classes
Prof. Leroy Waterman will be Aun-
able to meet his classes in semitics
this week because of illness.
Michigan's paper for Michigan men.
-Adv.

B1enefit of
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY UNION IN PARIS
Presents an All-Star Program

CLASSICAL CLUB TO INITIATE
25 AT COMING MEETING
Initiation ceremonies for 25 can-
didates for membership will be held
by the Classical club at their next
meeting at 7:30 o'clock Thursday
evening in Alumni Memorial hall.
The following are initiates: M. I.
Anschutz, '19; M. J. Mather, grad.;
R. Hanson, '19; C. E. Klocke, '20; J.
F. Sander '21; H. M. Moore, '22; M.
Beck, '22; G. C. Stucky, '22; C. Git-
lin '22; B. E. Schumacher '22; A. T.
Kent, '22; M. A. Barber '22; V. A.
Andrews, '22; M. I. Newlin, '22; J. C.
Martindale '22; M Deam, '22; F. A.
Shirey '22; G. A. Turnbull '22; M.
Waddell, '22; M. G. Waddell, '22; V.
H. Foster, '22; 'H. E. Vogel '22; E. L.
Chamberlain, '22; I. F. Rieger, '22; J.
M. Bowers, ' 2.
Entertainment for the evening will
be a play written and presented by
members of the club. The authors and
cast will be announced later.
It is urged that all members be
present at this meeting.
lDelmnquents Hold Up Draft Board
Delinquent cases in the local draft
board offices are holding up the final
inspection and the' closing of the of-
fice. These records have been sent to
the adjutant general's office, action
by that office and on their return will
complete the local files and the final
inspection made.
The local files contain about 44,000
records or the records of all the coun-
ty men between the ages of 18 and 45.

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Comedy

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Trench

Patriotic Songs

REPORTS OF DISOUDER PART OF
SG RIW ANS PROPAGANDA SCHEME
(By Associated Press)
Paris, Feb. 25.-Commenting on the
report of disorders vin various parts
of Germany, the Matin says that
alarmist information is being sent out
by German propaganda bureaus. This
information it says is intended to
bear upon the decision of the peace
conference by attempting to arouse a
threat of Bolshevism.

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an officer in Trench army

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