THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDINESDAY, 3.5.1E - I ,. . WH AT'S GOING ON i TODAY D Lectures in Economics aturai Science auditorium. 0-Vocational conference in ur gymnasium. (-_Freshman Girls' Glee eets at Miss Hunt's studio. 1 in 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- an Daily cater to ALL Michigan udents.--Adv. CN largest sellng qualiiy pencil in 'te woi l 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. e' 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. I -- . ---I..- --- -- -wm km . 17 black degrees and 3 copying FREE Trial samples of VENUS pencils sent free on request. American Lead Pencil Co. 215 Fifth Ave.. Dept. D N. Y f all stationzers and stores tkrougkout the world. Pipes All the best makes you will find in our stock TOBACCO POUCHES 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. i I i i -... , C - r P -} - i r I i " a. r y 1 t n t 1 r mL q r Tr 0 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. Look These Ober Skt-- - lazzland Symphony i2" Piece: Jazz Orchestra Comedy UNCLE TOM'S CABIN with Variations The .Midnight Sons in HARMONY 1st Appearance this year 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. Just the kind you have looking for. been by T1. Jean Petit, formerly an officer in Trench army CIGARETTE CASES The nifty ones you will find in our selection. Lauder to Lovell. These With 5 Other Big Impersonation of Campus Celebrities by Archie D. MceDonald light.Program CIGARETTE HOLDERS Here you are sure to find one to suit you Prices and Styles for Everyone I H"'l City Cigar Store Auditori xm Friday, Feb. 28, 8:30 p.snm. Admission 35c Tickets for Sale on the .Campus Today 110 E. HURON ST. See our window then step in and see ou complete stock. n e i, w. a , 1u11l Lifle of tildeilts' Electric APplialces Washtenaw Electric Shop