MAN TO DO HIS DU S I AII)'6 Ar 4:3at t TEMPERATURE 1 1 a .! DAY AND NIGHT API SERVICE 17. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1917. PRICE THREE ( NT5 DISPLAY DTISM WITH IPURCHASIN6 I T Y SUBSCRIPTIONS EACH $118,500 TOTAL SHMAN BUYS 0 LIBERTY BOND ents Make Purchases with Earned by Manual Labor CAMPUS WILL GO HUMORLESS AWHILE Gargoyle to Be Out at End of Month with War Features, Verse and New Art Because of conditions uncontrollable by its staff, the Gargoyle will not be issued until the latter part of the month. The sheet will undergo radical changes this year, both in form and content. Sprightly bits of , life taken. frow letters of men in the service will be featured each month. These bits will be made very personal so that the men will be recognized by their friends at once. Plenty of snappy verse is also promised for each issue. Nine men and one woman make up the art staff this year as compared to the two men of last year. The work of most of the staff has not been seen on the campus before. Spirit Of France Shown In Letter Thomas F. McAllister, '18, Describes Pitiable Conditions Abroad . e I'" ' A q k !. PLOT TO BOMB SHIP UNCOVERED BY U.S. I f I subscriptions1 loan reached to the sec- a total of ty purchases Friday were and the student total for the 700, a slight decrease in the tions of the previous day. The 4d subscriptions -of both to- 2,500. ty of the University. have $85,950 worth of the issue to r S. Ensign, '21, is the only n to buy a $1,000 bond. He $1,700 to put him through his ars in the University. Richey '19, one of the team captains, e sale. :ampaign among the faculty tinue for several days longer. pected that the University will he maximum amount set, if lent drive continues to grow. almost sure that the Univer- 1 reach its quota," said Mr. Bacon, '02, director of social * * * *, * * * * * * s and figures about Liberty * in the University: * ay's student subscriptions, * * ay's faculty subscriptions, * *~ / rr ',F ItI3II - L ullh[Il lI1 Eu" (I Friday bonds purchase, ty total to date, $85,950. rsity total to date, $118,- * * * * To Meat Princeton's quota Mich- * an has $281,500 yet to go. * Owing to failure of societies to * rn in their reports, the figures * the 12 highest subscribers is * t available. *''* -* * * * * * * * * ities at the Union, "but it means work and lots of it, and we ld not be too confident at the cal moment." non's Organizations Buy Heavily ports from various members of Liberty loan campaign committee Lhe campus show that the women be well represented, when the reports are in. wberry residence has $1,625 ged; Martha Cook, $1,300; Col- te Sorosis, $1,250; Kappa Kappa ma, $1,200, and Alphi Phi, $1,050. all of the money has been col- d, but the figures represent the oximate amounts pledged last the dormitories hair dressing and shining establishments have been up by the girls to earn bond y. One girl will pay for her pur- e by playing at a "movie." "Lib- fudge and cakes are now on narket. Some of the girls have ned regular positions. "I have ured jobs for four-girls already," Alice Kraft, '18, in charge of the at Martha Cook dormitory. of the committees reported that women were showing excellent t and they were confident that the es would be increased to a large t before the end of the campaign. Saturday's Parade Cancelled cause of insufficient time the Lib- loan parade has been postponed Liberty day, Wednesday, Oct. 24. :al subscriptions for this city have ied $460,950. The county com- e reports the purchase of $699,- iorth of bonds. rses at Dr. Peterson's private tal -raised their subscription to 0. silanti subscriptions totaled $179,- "There is black, black every where -young widows, old women, children, officers, with crepe on their arms and a look of unutterable whariness and exhaustion," writes Thomas F. Mc- Allister, '18, from Bordeaux. The let- ter appeared yesterday in the October number of the Alumnus. The letter written to Regent Harry H. Bulkley tells of the trip of the Michigan ambulance unit which left here last May for France. "The young girls and the old men seem to have the most spirit, and that in spite of the fact that they appear, to be doing the bulk of the manual labor," McAllister says in speaking of Paris. He states there is much life and spirit in the capital. Several other communications from Michigan alumni at the front appear also, along with a list of faculty mem- bers and alumni who are in military service. McAllister when in college was a member of The Michigan Daily staff. MINISTER BLAMES WAR ON GERMAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM Albany, N. Y., Oct. 19.-Dr. Henry Van Dyke, former United States min- ister to The Netherlands, charged that the German system of education brought on the war, in an address last night before the convocation of the University of the State of New York. In .90, the speaker said, the Ger- man emperor addressed a so-called educational conference at Berlin, and, after speaking of the need for ex- pansion, declared that the "school ought first of all to have opened the duel against democracy," and added: "Gentlemen, I am in need of sol- diers. We ought to apply to the su- perior schools the organization in force in our military and cadet schools." Bearing out his a-ssertion that the. sinking of the Lusitania was a malic- ious and premeditated act, Dr. Van Dyke said that although the big pas- senger steamer was sunk on May 7, 1915, the medals presented to the sub- marine crew bore the date May 5. STERN METHODS EMPLOYED TO CHECK SCHOOL RIOTS RAILROADS SHOULD BE UNRESTRICTED -DAMS MICHIGAN PROFESSOR SPEAKS OF GOVERNMENTAL' CONTROL "It is probable that greater efficiency SM. A. C. LOAN Small numbers at the mass meetingI 4nd better service will be gained from in Hill auditorium last night did not leaving the railroads where they are for the next two or three years," said Prof. Henry Carter Adams yesterday, when discussing the possible govern- mental management for the duration of the war. "That is not to say that it may not be advisable for portions of the trans- portation facilities of the country to be taken over, but this should be in response to some pressing exigency. It is not wise to take any step at this time which will commit the country to public ownership after the war," Professor Adams said further. "It is a- mistake to assume that the railroads are not -capable of rendering satis- factory service. Much has already been accomplished under the leader- ship of Mr. Daniel Willard to put transportation on a war basis." Professor Adams explained that there are more than 100 organizations at. work constantly, to perfect the ef- ficiency of the railroad.. Every system is in close touch with every other. They work as one organization and are' all experts in their line. While in Washington, Professor Adams visited the general accounting offices of that branch of the commit- tee .of public safety which has to do with transportation. He found that so perfect is the system of accounting that each night a balance is shown on the books as accurately as in any bank. ANN ARBOR LIBERTY LOANERS ADDRESS AUDIENCE AT MILAN Before a Milan audience of nearly 500, an Ann Arbor delegation com- posed of Fred Heusel, Assistant Prose- cuting Attorney Leslie Lyle, and James Schermerhorn, Jr., '18, last night aroused enthusiasm in behalf of the second Liberty loan. Mr. Heusel acted as chairman of the meeting, in- troducing. the speakers and telling what Ann Arbor had done vtoward making up its share of the quota. Mr. Lyle depicted the horrors of the great European conflict and showed the ne- cessity for immediate subscription to the loan. Schermerhorn swayed his audience with tremendous force. At the close of the meeting, when a call was issued for those to rise who had already subscribed to the loan, or intended to -do so, nearly everyone in the hall arose. A number of prominent citizens of Milan also made short addresses, the chairman for the township confidently predict- ing that the $90,000 allotment would be oversubscribed by October 27. mean little enthusiasm. From the first cry of "coats" to the last note of the "Yellow and Blue," the program was a series of /surprises and spirit injec- tions. A slight change in the program announced, was made but the audience evidently did not mind the change. Major Ward Wright, of the third Canadian battalion, wounded in the battle of the Somme, now engaged in recruiting Canadian citizens in' the United States with his headquarters in Chicago, accompanied Frederick Fenton to the city and upon the re- quest of the committee addressed the meeting. Pleading that because the United States had been neutral for three years, he should be allowed the same privilege for a few minutes, he pass- ed quickly over the M. A. C. war and went "over the top" after the Liberty loan question. By a mixture of hum- or and thought Major Wright made, in the words of Judge George P. Codd, a wonderful address. .Hon. Edward Shields Speaks Hon. Edward Shields of Lansing, still possessing the spirit that help- ed the team of which he was a member for four years win when all hope was apparently lost, arrived late after a series of mishaps on the trip. Shields had an intimate knowledge of the Aggies, but, in spite of the spir- it of optimism which he said has been prevailing in East Lansing during the past week, expressed no fear of the result of today's game. "His talk was a typical pep talk of excellent qual- ity," was the remark an upperclass- man made to a new man on the cam- 1 us. Professor Wenley Issues Prophecy Prof. Robert M. Wenley of the phil- osophy department, prophesied victory on the condition that the whole student body desire and work for it.- Profess- or Wenley is a good prophet, for, ac- cording to hisownstatement, he has foretold victory three times when Coach Yost said there was no chance. Frederick Fenton, the main speak- er on the Liberty loan side of the meeting, confined himself strictly to his subject and did not touch upon football. "The peace party," he de- clared, 'is in the front line trenches. Any' man or woman who has the wherewith to buy Ma bond and does not is worse than the deserter from the front." Judge George P..Codd presided over the meeting and his wit and truisms were well received. Judge Codd com- plimented- the men now at the Univer- sity upon the fact that they are betteri in most respects than the men of 1 (Continued on Page Six.) 1 LET'S SHOW HIM OUR PATR IOTISM-$200,000 WORTH OF IT ENTHUSIASM REIGNS AT BIG PEP MEETING GAME AND LIBERTY SUBJECTS OF AD- DRESSES Alleged German Held for Attempt to Place Explosive on Transport New York,. Oct. 19.-On 'a charge of conspiracy to place an explosive on a United States converted transport, formerly a merchant liner, Charles W. Walnum, believed to be a German, was held without bail by a United States commissioner this afternoon for ex- amination on Oct. 24. Walnum claimed to be a Norwegian and said he had taken out his first naturalization papers in this country. He pleaded not guilty and told the au- thorities he was not a spy. The former German ship is at a Brooklyn dry dock. James McLaugh- lin, employed at. the yard, filed affidavit setting forth Walnum's alleged at- tempt to bribe him by offering him $20 to effect Walnum's entry to the yard and across to the ship in company with a girl. Walnum and his com- panion, according to the charge, were to pose as sight-seeers. No 'Hocking 'Deru Kaiser Bill Here John H. Page, '20A, Wins Free Ticket to M. A. C. Game Offered in Yell Contest "Beat the kaiser! Buy a bond! Help the boys Across the pond!" Most architects build, but some rhyme. The Liberty loan yell contest was won by one of the latter class, John H. Page, '20A, who may obtain the free ticket to the Michigan-M. A. C. football game by calling at The Daily offices betwetn 9 and 10 o'clock this morning. A large number of yells were sub- mitted to the contest judges. GERMANS SILENT ON BIG NAVAL BATTLE Russians Report Huns Are Landing Troops on Dago Island; Cap- ital to Move (By Associated Press.) Singularly reticent is the German war office in its latest official com- munication with regard to the opera- tion of the German naval forces against the Russian squadron, which is presumed to be bottled up in Moon Sound. The reports merely deal with the naval battle which resulted in the sinking of the Russian battleship Slava. The most recent communica- tion from Petrograd gives few further details of the situation. From this latter communication, however, the fact is gleaned that the Germans at noon Wednesday began to land troops on Dago Island after a bombardment and that the German naval units are engaged in the con- quest of the three islands and in at- tempting to destroy the Russian fleet, comprising at least 10 of the newest dreadnaughts, about 10 cruisers, not less than 50 torpedo boat destroyers, and between 8 and 10 submarines. That the seriousness of the situa- tion is fully recognized by the Rus- sians is indicated by the fact that the Russian capital is to be moved from Petrograd to Moscow in the near fu- ture. Artillery duels continue the princi- pal method of warfare in the major theater of the war. The British and French are still pounding the German positions in Belgium with the Germans answering the fire vigorously. Mt. Clemens Club Elects Officers At the initial nreeting of the Mt. Clemens club last night the following officers were elected: Adolph Wend- ler, '18E, president; Herbert Lichtig, '18D, vice-president; Barnett Malbin, '19D, secretary; Harold Donaldson, '20E, treasurer, and William Fox, '20, sergeant-at-arms.'- Washington, Oct. 19.-The America army transport Antilles, homewar bound under convoy, was torpedoe and sunk by a German submarin Wednesday. About 70 men are miss ing. All the army and navy officer aboard -and the ship's master were among the 167 survivors. The miss ing are members of the crew, thre civilian engineers, some enlisted me of the navy and 16 or 33 soldiers re turning home. Neither the submarin nor the torpedo was seen and the transport, hit squarely amidship sank within five minutes. First Transport Lost This tragedy of the sea, the firs in which an American ship engage in war duty has been lost, is the in itial calamity to bring home to the people of the United States the rigoru of the war. It marks the first suc cess of German submarine attacks o1 American transports, and carries th heaviest casualty list. That the loss of lives was not grat er is due to the safegurds with.wich the navy is surrounding the transpor service and the quick rescue work o the convoying warships. Secretary Daniels announced th disaster tonight in a statement base upon a brief dispatch from Vice-Ad miral Sims, which gave few detais and did not say whether the loss wa by a day or night attack. An accuirate list of the missing cannot be issue4 until General Pershing reports the names of the army men on the vesse and the list of the merchant crew. Government Keeps Promise Upon a receipt of the cable ran from- Vice-Admiral Sims, the govern ment kept its promise not to withioM bad news from the public. The is suance of the statement was delaye only until the navy could telegraph t the families of the men known to have been lost. Quickly upon the wave of regret a the news of the loss of the transport name a feeling of distinct relief be cause she had met her fate homewar bound and not on the way over witi troops. The soldiers on board wer returning to the hospital or on specia assignments. Had a full complemen of the transport been on board, the loss would undoubtedly have beel written in hundreds as she was struct in the most vulnerable spot and wen under swiftly. Life Preservers and Rafts Save Iaul Officials are confident that the fe who, escaped owe their lives to1 careful attention given by the nav department to the equipping of trans- ports with life preservers andlif rafts. Lists of the ship's engineer ofcer indicate the probability that none o the engine and fireroom forces on dut escaped. Probably most of them die when the torpedo tore .its way into th engine room apartments. (Continued on Page Six) "No Victory" Is Report of Conferenci Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 19.-The organizing committee of the Stockholu conference has drawn up a manifest( declaring that, from the experience ol the three years' war, it is not rash t draw the conclusion that there will bo no victory by either side eithet t 1917 or 1918 or even later. It in- dicates, as the generaliconditions un- der which it considers peace shold be made, are the complete evauatioi of all occupied territories in Europe and the colonies and the restoratioi of devastated territories by means 01 an international fund. NUNS SINK FIRE U,,Si, TRANSPOI 70 MEN MIS!L ANTILLES9 HOMEWARD TORPEDOED BY SUBMAI WEDNESDAY QUICK RESCUE BY CONVOY SAVES N Liner Hit Amidships Goes I) Five Minutes; Reports ( Few Details New York, Oct. 19. - Agitation against the Gary system in the public schools of this city by thousands 'of boys and girls who paraded and stoned school buildings and policemen grew to such proportions today that the au- thorities were compelled today to use stern methods. The strike has been spreading daily and it was reported tonight that a demonstration on a large scale was planned for' next week. By request of the board of educa- tion, policemen were detailed today to 'gbward 32 school houses, and several 'women and children were arrested. The most serious rioting occurred in Brooklyn, in a section inhabited by' a large Jewish population. Two po- licemen were hurt by the rioters. Zeppelins Bomb Petrograd, Oct. Pernan, Russia 19.-Zeppelin air- devote of Lib- ships appeared in the Gulf of Riga and the Gulf of Finland Thursday night, according to an official com- munication issued today. Twenty bombs were dropped on Pernau on the western shore of the Gulf of Riga.- Ann Arbor Albion today1 eleven there. play