HE WEATHER [R NOT QUITE SO COLD TODAIf Ap 4I Dattv ASSOCiA TED PRESSJ DAY AND NIGHT WhR SEBYICE I .r nIy-- VOL. XXIX. No. 129. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1919. PRICE THREE CENTS PERMANENT BORD FINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO MEET AT SEAT OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS EVERY YEAR BOTH EMPLOYERS AND WORKMEN HAVE VOTES First Session of German Financial Agents With Peace Commission Held at Compiegne (By Associated Press) London, March 31.-The completed draft of the convention creating a permanent organization for the pro- motion of labor interests and inter- national regulation of labor conditions consists of 41 articles. Meetings of the general conference will be held at least once yearly. The conference will include representa- tives of the employers and workers. Each delegate may be accompanied by three advisors and when women's rights are involved at least one of the advisors may be a woman. The conference will meet at the seat of the League of Nations where the international labor office will be es- tablished as part of the league organ- ization. Financial Commission Meets Paris, March 31.-The first meeting between the financial commission of the conference and the German finan- cial agents will take place at Com- ptegne, Thursday, where an indefinite session will be held to arrange the exchaige of German securities for food stuffs. In addition to Compiegne, commit- tees are also working at Cologne, for the disposition of raw material, and Rotterdam on arrangements concern- ing shipment of food and at Sta con- cerning the details of taking over Ger- man shipping. The committee at Rotterdam is the one that looks after Belgian relief work before the armistice was signed. CHICAGO PROF. TO TALK ON ALGEBRA Prof. H.. 0. Rugg, of the University of Chicago, will be the principal speaker at the mathematical confer- ence of the Schoolmasters' club con- vention, which will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday, April 3, in the lec- ture room of Tappan hall. His sub- ject will be "Standardized Tests in First Year Algebra." "Should Algebra Be Taught Prior to the Ninth Grade" is the subject of Mrs. Edith J. Rauch, of Northwestern high school, Detroit, who will also be a speaker. The speakers for the session to be held at 2 o'clock Friday, April 4, at the same place, will be Universitymen and will include Prof. R. H. Curtiss on the subject, "Navigation," Prof. J. W. Bradshaw on "Ballistics," Major Peter Field on "The Firing of a Large Cal- ibre Gun," and Prof. W. B. Ford on "Mathematics After the War." Miss Sadie M. Alley, of Northwest- ern high school, Detroit, is chairman of the, conference, and Miss Mary Louise Welton, of Ann Arbor, is secre- tary. CANOES AVAILABLE FOR USE ON HURON Although the private canoe shelters are still being repaired, canoes are available for hire, and quite a number of students have taken advantage of the fact to navigate the less turbulent sections of the river. The Huron is flowing more slowly than is customary so early in the year, which accounts for the unusual number of enthusiasts that has been seen on the river this spring. The local canoe livery is open during the day, but so far this season has been closed at night. DRESS REH 4ARSALS START FOR PLAY Costumes have been distributed, and dress rehearsals have comnmened for "The Much Woo'd Maiden," the Class- ical club play to be given at 8:15 o'clock Thursday night in University hall. Saturday afternoon witnessed the first of the dress rehearsals, anddthey will. continue daily until the day of the presentation. George D. Wilner, grad., director of the play, and author of the adaptation of Plautus' "Casina," which is being used, expressed himself as well pleased with the progeress of the players to date. Tickets for the play have been plac- ed on sale at the Busy Bee and in University hall corridor. All seats will be reserved for the performance, and reservations must be made in University hall before Thursday. This play forms a part of the en- tertainment provided for the School Masters' convention which is in ses- sion here this week. Many Homeops in Service Abroad News of some of the Homeopathic medical graduates who are overseas has been received by Mrs. Hugh Hilde- brand in letters from her husband, Lieut. Hugh Hildebrand, '15H, who is with the 19th motor command in Brassenhien about five miles from Coblenz. Lieut. Clifford Mandeville, '17H, and Lieut. Milton Darling, '13H, are with the field hospital of the 2nd division about five miles from Coblenz. Lieut. Robert Criswell, '15H, is serving with French hospital S. 0. S. near Paris. Capt. Harry Hammel, '15H, has been serving with the British for the past two years. Major Hugh Beebe, of the Homeopa- thic faculty, and Capt. Roland, a for- mer assistant of Dr. D. W. Myers, are at the evacuation hospital No. 19 near Trevais, France. Lieut. Frank McMullen is reported ill with pneumonia. Lieut. Robert Ideson, '14, is with the 12 Aero Ob- servation squadron. Capt. B. Falder, '14H, is at evacuation No. 6 at Co- blenz. Capt. A. B. Smith, former Homeopathic faculty member, is also in Coblenz. MEET LIFE'S CALL SAYS DR. DOUGLAS "Every man receives his call in life," said the Rev. Lloyd C. Douglas, speak- ing before the Jewish Students' Con- gregation Sunday evening at Lane hall, "and it is up to him to hear that call and be ready and not afraid to an- swer it." Thatthe main fault of today is the failure of men to answer the call, be- cause they fear to try new paths and prefer to follow the line of least re- sistance, was maintained by Dr. Dou- glas.' "A student comes to college and de- cides to study medicine because his grandfather has willed him a case of instruments. He soon finds that his interests lie in journalism. But he is afraid to break away. The result is that he becomes an indifferent doc- tor, where he might have become a good journalist." Dr. Douglas believes that a man should follow his inclinations, for he can do best what he likes best. "An engineer hears the call to become a lawyer, but Is reluctant to leave his end of the campus to come over to a part of it with which he is not fa- miliar. This is not as it should be. If the call comes, obey it. It may mean harder work, but it will pay in the long run." WARNER ADJUDGED INSANE BY BOARD Robert Warner, who last week shot and killed' Irma Casler (Perkins) in a little school house in Lodi township, was Monday adjudged insane by a com- mission of three physicians appointed by Judge G. W. Sample. They recom- mended that he be confined for an indefinite period. He is to be brought before Judge Sample at 9 o'colck Tuesday morn- ing for commitment to Ionia State Hospital for the Insane. His father, ERiram Warner of Jackson, was in Ann Arbor Monday afternoon to ask that his son be left in Washtenaw county jail for a few days, to give his mother a chance to come and see him before he is sent away. It is expected that the request will be granted. The sanity commission reported that Warner is suffering from the dementia typ- of insanity. He is normal most of tne time, but is subject to out- breaks such as resulted in the death of Irma Perkins. Investigation of his life history showed signs of degen- eracy. He was not regular in school attendance, and has also been subject to fits of abstraction. MUTUAL SYMPATHY AMONG NATIONS OF LEAGUE NECESSARY PROFESSOR VAN TYNE GIVES VIEWS OF SITUATION BE. FORE FOR X3I IRELAND AND GERMANY ARE AGAINST ENGLAND British Navy is Given Large For the Allied Vic. tory CreditI That a League of Nations would not succeed simply Vecause it had a cov- enant, but that its strength would ex- ist rather in antunderstanding between t he various nations composing it, and an appreciation of each other, with this particularly true of England' and and the United States, was the opinion expressed by Prof C. -. Van Tyne, of the history department in a talk be- fore the student forum Sunday night in Lane hall on "The Relation Be- tween England and the United States." With this statement as a basis for his talk Professor Van Tyne reviewed the work of the British during the great war, declaring that the empire's navy had been responsible in a large measure for the Allied victory. He cited its work in th convoyance of 26,000,000 troops, a feat for which it is giver little credit by the American public, but which is not overlooked by Admiral Sims of the American navy. Turning to the Irish situation, Pro- fessor Van Tyne asserted that the in- formation on which many people in this country based their judgments was obtained from the Irish who had come to this country a number of years ago, when conditions were far different in their homeland. He said that in reality the Irish had greater representation per unit of population in Parliament than England. "The United States must either side with England, in perfect understand- ing, or side with Ireland and Germany against England," he continued. Professor Van Tyne offered the op- inion that thetone reason why the Sammie and the Tommy had never Leen on an extremely friendly footing was that the tvo were so nearly alike in all respects that neither could un- derstand why they were not exactly alike. MICHIGAN TEACHERS TALK AT BANQUET Michigan schoolmen were given the opportunity of hearing the opinions of the state leaders in their chosen voca- tion at the banquet of the Michigan State Teachers' association, held Mon- day evening at the Union. Discussions of special interest to those planning to enter the teaching profession were given by the super- intendents of the high schools at Hills- dale, Saginaw, Flint, Kalamazoo, Pon- tiac and Muskegon, and the assistant principal of the Cass Technical high school of Detroit. The all-year school and its advant- ages in the teaching of agriculture, in- dustry and the commercial subjects discussed. The meetings of the association will be continued Tuesday, at 9 o'clock in the morning, 2 o'clock in the afternoon and 7:30 in the evening in room B of the Law building. Discussions will be held on the social foundations of the vocational education, the training of the gifted child, effective studying, credit for outside Bible study, and the social importance of training for recreation. The Tuesday evening meeting will mark the close of the association's annual meeting. GRAND RAPIDS MEN TO BOOST OPERA IN THEIR HOME TOWN Working in connection with the Alumni of their home city, the Grand Rapids club has secured the ball room of the Pantlind hotel for a dance to be given after the production of the Opera in that city. In past years the production of ,the Opera in the Furniture City has met with marked success due to the loyal boosting. on the part of the students and alumni, a packed house witness- ing every performance. To perfect still more elaborate plans a special meeting of the club, and all Grand Rapids men'has been call- ed to take place at 7:15 o'clock Tues- day evening in Lane hall. International Tennis Meet for Allies For the first time since the war started an international tennis tour- nament will be held this June. There are a great many of the pre-war stars from all countries, except Germany and her allies, entered for the cham- pionship. Only men from the allied countries will be eligible. OLD GRADS OF '69 RETURN IN JUNE Sixteen members of the class of 1869 expect to return to the campus in June for the semi-centennial re- unidn of the class, according to word received by the alumni secretary. Mr. Dewey, the present class secre- tary, reports that out of the 96 that entered the class in 1865, 44 gradu- ated in 1869, 24 have died, and 20 are living. "A large proportion of the original class were farmers' sons," declares Mr. Dewey. "So far as I am informed not one of them followed in the foot- steps of his father. Ten took up teach- ing but only two remained in it, as a life profession. Business, law, and the ministry absorbed the rest. "It is more than likely that this will be the last quinquennial meet-' ing of the class since, of course, all are beyond three score and ten, and some have reached the four score mark. "Prompt replies have been received from all remaining members, evinc- ing a lively class spirit and leaving no doubt that all will come who can." Contest Run Bly Sunday Schools Three prizes amounting to $2,000 will be given by the American Sun- day School union for book manu- scripts dealing with important ques- tions of the day and yet possessing permanent value. The first prize of $1,000 for the best book manuscript on the subject, "Christianity and Modern Industry." The book should treat with the appli- ance of Christian principles to the re- lations of employer, employe, and con- sumer. It should include actual achievements, and the rural as well as the urban situation. A prize of $1,000, in two parts, $600 for the best and $400 for the next best, will be given for the books on the subject, "Everyday Heroism." This work should have special application and appeal to young people, and should emphasize present-day calls to com- munity service, and world-wide broth- erhood. Contestants may choose any method of treatment they wish. The length is limited from 40,000 to 70,000 words. Further information may be secured at President Harry B. Hutchins' of- fice or by writing to the American Sunday School Union, 1816 Chestnut street, Philadelhia, Pa. ." TO SEE PLAY, DAD MUST FACE POLICE Fathers of fair young maidens are generally pitied about Easter-time every year for reasons which the mo- diste knows and won't tell, and the father knows and don't dare tell. But this year it's different. Fathers of girls taking part in the Junior Girls' play are most envied of men this spring. Why? To tell you will enlist you in the ranks of the envious ones.. Those fathers who have daughters taking part in the play may attend and those who cannot claim that dis- tinction may stay at home. The only men not coming under the first cate- gory who will also be allowed to see the play are those who will compose the orchestra. Considerable red tape must be fol- lowed, however, before the privileged fathers may enter the theater on Wednesday night. Consent must be gained from the dean of women and the ticket specially stamped by Miss Louise Potter and then presented for inspection to a police officer who will stand at the theater entrance. Facul- ty men will not be allowed to attend. Colored posters that ar mysterious in nature have been placed in various campus buildings to excite the divini- tive powers of people interested in the play. Practically all seats in the foyer and first balcony have already been re- served. Those not having reserva- tions will be compelled to take seats in the second balcony. A dress re- hearsal was held in the Whitney thea- ter last evening. CHICAGO ORCHESTRA PLAYS COMPOSITION OF ALUMNUS Mr. R. G. Cole, '88, professor of music of the Columbia university summer session, was the composer of an overture on a recent program of the Chicago Symphony orchestra. Mr. Cole was educated in the public schools of Ann Arbor and later was graduated from the University. His musical education was obtained large- ly from courses in theoretical music elected during his college course and two years of study in Berlin. He has been director in schools of music in several of the larger universities of the country. FOCH, TO ORDER GENERAL ADVANCE OF ALLIED ARMIES IF GERMANY'S DEPUTIES FAIL. TO SIGN TREATY SHIPBUILDERS DROWNED Bristol, Pa., March 31.- A number of persons, reportsrang- Iing from 10 to 40, were drown- ed today when a scaffold of the Merchants' Shipbuilding com- pany here collapsed during the launching of a freighter. Two bodies have been recovered. About 150 persons, including workmen and spectators, were on the scaffold and many of them were thrown into the Delawarerriver when the struc- ture went down. FOREIGN OFFICE DECIDES TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 14 POINTS BUDAPEST TRIES HARD TO APPEAR OR DERLY Freedom for Only Those Who Are Willing to Live as Government Dictates 80BCHE PHOES EASY ITIM -COL SMITH GERMAN AMERICANS PROVEDt THEMSELVES HEROES s IN FIGHTINGd "The only square thing about thea German," said Col. Dan Morgan Smith of the famous battalion of death, in his talk last night at the Presbyterian' church, "the only square thing about the German is the shape of his head."t Colonel Smith commanded the bat-t talion of death when it straightened out the bow-shaped St. Mihiel sector, i a feat which General Foch had declal-t ed impossible. "The German is neither practical, brave, philosophic nor good. America has forgotten more than Germany ever 2 knew. Germans Were Inefficient v "German efficiency may be illustrat- ed by the way in which they carry onP warfare. When a German battery has 240 shells to distribute over four sec-n tors, the German mind works in the t following way: 240 shells, four sec-v tors, making 60 shells to a sector. There are 60 minutes in an hour. Very good. We will fire one shell ac minute. We will begin firing on oneb sector at 1 o'clock, fire 60 shells uponn It at an interval of one minute eachP for exactly one hour. At 2 o'clock wev will begin firing on sector number two, and so on.a "As a result of this German methode the Americans in sector one go into deep dugouts at one minute to 1 andI remain there in safety until 2 o'clock.P At 2 o'clock the doughboys in sector two retire until 3 o'clock, and so itd goes on.1 "The inefficient American mind,c however, takes 240 shells and fires nowa in one sector, now in another at ir- regular intervals so that the Germans1 are in continual fear from start to0 finish.n Battalion Meant Deathv "The battalion of death," said Col-r onel Smith, "was not so called becausea so many of its men were killed. Itv was called the battalion of death be-s cause it was the cause of so manyt (Continued on Page Six) s ENGINEERS DEBATE AT A. S. E. MEETINGf Whether or not the metric systemf of measures and weights should bet adopted in the United States was thet question debated upon by four mem- h bers of thie American Society of Eng- ineers at the meeting of the Univer-a sity of Michigan student branch Mon-s day evening in the Engineering build- ing. No decision was awarded andN each of the contestants received the ] same amount of applause as the de-F bate was held more for the purpose of enabling engineers to express them-S selves before an audience. After the debate Prof. H. C. Ander- son talked on "The Value of a Dollar." With a number of charts and graphsp Professor Anderson explained why theG income of many corporations has dim-n inished so noticeably since 1910. "Aa landlord can adjust himself to rising e prices," he said, "by merely raising his rents. The railroads are confronted with quite another proposition-their rates are fixed by law. The railroads and other institutions like them are having considerable trouble these days in financing their up-keep as well as to 'pay dividends'." The debate and the discussion aft- erward were so satisfactory that plans' are being made for the introduction of another question at the next month-I ly meeting of the society. Student 'Council to Meet Tonight The Student Council will meet at 7 o'clock Tuesday night at the old Union building. (By Associated Press) London, March 31. - The Evening News says it understands that reliable information has been received in Lon- don that in case the German delegates refuse to sign the peace treaty, Mar- shal Foch has the authority to order the general advance of the allied arm- ies along the Rhine. Germans Stick to 14 Points The department of the German for- eign office having charge of the peace negotiations has reached a decision as to its attitude toward the negotiations, says a German wireless message. The department has decided the German government should act only in accord- ance with President Wilson's 14 points. Budapest Outwardly Quiet Budapest, March 31.-The plunge -of Budapest into anti-capitalism contin- ues with feverish efforts to show that the reign of law and order is undis- turbedq The city is outwardly quiet since the first few days in which there was much looting, especially of jewelry shops. As a result of the looting 150 persons were executed by the new regime, their communistic ideas apparently be- ing too violent. The new freedom exists for those who are willing to live as the govern- ment dictates. Two important news- papers, the Pester Lloyd, and the Azest, print only what the censor per- mits. Foreign correspondents may transmit by telegraph if they write what is desired by the government. Czechs Take Kascbau Czechs who have been fighting the communists in the southern Slovaka have captured the city of Kaschau, 140 miles northwest of Budapest and other points. The German colonists in western Hungary and Transalvana are hostile to the communists and are attempting to establish their Independ- ence. French troops at Szgeedin, southern Hungary and elsewhere it is said are permitting the communists to estab- lish themselves in control as they wish despite the fact that there were riots in small industrial centers where the communists held organized parades after the fashion in Budapest. Those entering the country may leave only by the personal permission of Bela Kun, foreign minister. The minister has acknowledged in an inter- view that Hungary's commune does not desire to make war on the Entente at present, but asserts that Hungary' wishes to live peacefully with all. He says: "Our only object is to protect the common people and defend their soil and also the industries, which are the property of the proletariat." Women Join Red Army Bela Kun makes no secret of the fact that he has merely used the last argument possibly against the En- tente saying: "While the other coun- tries of the former empire have been threatening with Bolshevism if their wishes were not consulted we merely had the courage to take this final step." The Hungarians declare that their action is guaranteed by President Wil- son's 14 points and that their ideas of personal libertyare embodied in the American declaration of independence, Women are joining the red army. Bela Kun has installed his offices in the. Royal Castle. SENIOR LITS MUST PROCURE CAPS AND GOWNS THIS WEEK Senior lit students are requested to procure their caps and gowns at George Moe's this week by the chair- man of the committee in charge of arranging for the seniors' graduating exercises. DATE OF PLAY CHANGED "Nos Intimes," the Cercle I Francais play will be presented C May 1, instead of April 26, the date formerly set. The play will I be given at 8 o'clock in Sarah I Caswell Angell hall. Rehearsals } for the play, are being held in the Cercle Francais room, and commendable progress is being attained. I- E INDEPENDENTS NOTE! Few Independents have been sending in the number of their booths with t'ie lists of their girls for the J-Hop. Booth num- bers are important if the names are to appear in the J-Hop ex- tra. Due to the fac that so few have sent complete information, Independents should send in to The Daily office lists of thei girls together with their booth numbers not later than 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.