-_ , THE WEATHER COLDER; PROBABLE RAIN TODAY ~r~flk i6r :43 atl ASSOCIATE] PRESS DAY AND NIGHT MI SERVICE' L. XXVIII. No. 2. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917. PRICEI THREEI NAW . Jniversity Oversubscribes Its Liberty Loan Quota by More Than $42,o FRENCH SOISSONS DRIVE' OCCUPIES NEW ADVANTAGES POILUS NOW IN SIGHT OF LAON AND FACING AISNE CANAL DEMORALIZATION SEEN IN PRISONERS' ORDERS Enemy Abandon Large Quantities of War stores; Captives Num- ber 17,000 With the French armies in France, Oct. g5.-The French victory of Tues- day, northeast of Soissons, is still be- ing extended. Monkey mountain, east of Vauxaillon village, and the greater part of the forest of Pinon has been occupied. The French now have Laou in sight and face the Aisne canal. Contradictory orders taken from prisoners show cer- tain demoralization in the German command and the question is Tasked whether another pretreat is intended. EDITOR CAN USE U. S. MAILS AGAIN James Helber May Send Paper As Third Class Mail Matter Pending Government Decision. . Upon signing a sworn statement that no editorial comment would be made either on the war or regarding the policies of the government, James Helber, publisher of a local weekly newspaper printed in German, was permitted to mail this week's copy as third class matter pending his applica- tion for a renewal of second class mailing privileges. Second class privileges were taken from Helber because of seditious and disloyal utterances made in his paper a short time ago. A decision by the postoffice department at Washington on the request for a renewal of the privilege is expected within a few days. NEW DRAFT LAW READY1 FOR WILSON'S APPROVAL r MICHIlGAN SHOWS .SPIRIT BY BIG ITOTAL 0F8242,550 LARGE INCREASE EXPECTED DUR- ING LAST DAYS OF CAM- PAIGN PROFESSORS LOVE AND RIGGS LEAD WORKERS AUSTRO-ITALIAN DUEL CONTINUES STUBBORN CADOMA'S MEN RESIST ATTACK. ERS AGGRESSIVELY ON 25 MILE FRONT. SENIOR LITS NAME OFFICE NOMINEES Two Nominations Made For Each Office At Meeting Yesterday. Senior literary students held their first meetii yesterday afternoon in "BEAT NEBRA5N MEETING TO6N YOST EXPECTS ONE OF HJ GAMES OF SEASON 4 SATURDAY FOUR FIRST CALIBI ,ATALKERSdONPRO( On the twenty-five mile front run- the Economics building and nominat- Students and Pnrchase $99,500 in Bonds Faculty Subscriptions Amount to $143,050 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * HOW MICHIGAN OVERSUB- SCRIBED HER $200,000 LIBERTY LOAN QUOTA * * * * * ALL MEN OF CLASS DRAWN FIRST IN ORDER ONE TO SERIAL BE The ten highest subscribers: * Zeta Beta Tau ............ $6,500 * Phi Kappa Psi ............ 6,370 * Delta Gamma .............. 5,600 * Newberry residence ........ 5,450 * Senior engineers .........1.4,050 * Trigon ................ .. 3,450 * Theta Delta Chi............,050 * Alpha Delta Phi. .. . .. .... .3,000 * Beta Theta Pi ............ 2,850 * Martha Cook dormitory ..'.. 2,600 * Student subscriptions, to date...............$ -99,500 * Student subscriptions, yesterday ...............12,650 * Faculty total, to date.... 143,050 * University total, to date. 242,550 * * * * * * * * * * * * * French forces in the Aisne region continued to develop their successes of Tuesday, when they made a rapid advance over a front of about six miles, capturing important German positions and thousands of prisoners. Following up the minor successes Wednesday, the French again attacked Thursday along the entire line forcing the Germans to abandon Monkey Moun- tain, east of Vauxaillon, the village and forest of Pinon, the village of Pargly- Filain,,and the extreme east of the line at numerous fortified towns and other points of vantage. The latest drive of the French brings them within sight of the important railway junction of Laon, the objective sought for, which now is a scant eight miles away. Large quantities of war stores were abandoned by the enemy in their retreat and additional guns and0prisoners were captured. The num- ber of prisoners taken since the drive began now exceeds 12,000, more than 200 of whom are officers. An indication of the rapidity with which the drive has been carried out is the total number fo guns the Ger- mans were forced to leave behind them. These amount to 120, among them several howitzers, not to mention several hundred small calibre pieces such as mine throwers and machine guns. RECEPTION FOR SENIOR GIRLS TO BE HELD THIS AFTERNouN Dean Myra B. Jordan's reception to the senior girls will be held this aft- ernoon at Barbour gymnasium. Those in thereceiving line are: Dean Myra B. Jordan, Mrs. # Mary B. Hutchins Mrs. John R. Effinger, Miss Grace Greenwood, Miss Agnes Wells, Miss Sarah Hollands, Miss Alice Evans, Miss Marian Wood, Miss Marion Daw- ley, and Miss Louise Potter. Anna Lloyd, '18, president of the judiciary council, will decide upon the committees to be elected. The re- ception will begin at 3:30 o'clock. U. S. Marines Possess Balboa's Sword Washington, D. C., Oct. 25.-A sword, broken, and rusty, but with the hilt intact, said to have been bathed in the waters of the Pacific by Balboa centuries ago, is among the prized relics of the United States Marine Corps. The weapon was found in the grip of a dead revolutionary leader by a Marine during the rebel uprising in Nicaragua in 1912. It formerly re- posed in a museum at Leon. At that time the steel of the sword was in fairly good condition and could be bent double without breaking, after four Washington, Oct. 25.-- New regula- tions for applying the army draft were virtually completed tonight at the of- fice of the Provost Marshall General and probably will be submitted to President Wilson tomorrow for final approval. The president already has approved the general planunder which all reg- istered men not yet called will be classified in five groups in accordance with their availability for military ser- vice. Provost Marshall General Crowder tonight cleared up the question as to how the draft numbers now held by the 9,000,000 uncalled registrants will be applied to the new classification. In each local district the key madef up from the draft numbers in the or- der of their drawing will be applied to each class or group. In other words, men of class one, in which will be placed those of the least value at home and with the slighest obligations to dependents, will be called in the order of their serial numbers until the class is exhausted just as though all other classes had been exempted. When class one is ex- hausted, the same process will be ap- plied to class two and so" on down to class five if it ever should become necessary to carry it that far. FIRST PUBLICATION DANCE AT UNION NOVEMBER SECOND. The first publications dance of the year wile be given at the Union on Nov. 2. The affair will be informal and limited to those connected with stu- dent publications.. Songs, band bounce features, and the latest dancing steps will be intro- duced. The chaperones of the evening will be members of the Board of Con- trol and their wives. To Study President's War Message Lansing, Mich., Oct. 25.-Study of the president's war message is' urged upon the schools of Michiga'n by Sup- erintendent of Public Instruction Fred L. Keeler, and knowledge of it is necessary for teachers by reason of the fact that five of the questions on United States history at the examina- tions to be held in April and August of next year will be on the message. Chaperones for Dance Announced The Union will hold its regular Sat- urday night dance tomorrow evening at the Union building. Mr. and Mrs. J. H, Cissle will chaperon. The com- mitteemen are : Donald M. Springer, '19E, chairman; M. Moore, '19, and L. T gnbindla 1*A (By Herbert G. Wilson) The University of Michigan has oversubscribed her $200,000 Liberty loan quota by $42,550. The entire loan purchase of faculty and students combined, reached a total of $242,550 last night. Faculty sub- scriptions totaled $143,050. These fig- ures include $5,000 of the bonds bought by the Regents. Students in the Uni- versity have rolled up a total of $99,- 500. The students bought $12,650 worth of the issue yesterday. One of the least expected sources of a large purchase of the loan was among the girls of the Library staff.. The Library subscription was $3,500. The two canvassers obtaining the largest amount of bond sales are Prof. Clyde Love of the mathematics de- partment, and Prof. H. E. Riggs of the engineering college. Professor Riggs sold $15,000 worth while Professor Love's quota totaled $42,000,, all signed for by faculty members. "We expect to give the country a surprise," said Mr. Francis Bacon, '02, executive chairman of the committee," the last day ok the campaign ought to be a stimulus to those who bought $50 bonds, and those who didn't buy at all, to get that 'grand and glorious feeling' of being a practical American -delivering the goods. I have urged every solicitor to bunch his efforts in a final shove to put the Liberty loaa over in Michigan, big." "Why any member of the University who is two-thirds American can re- sist the temptation to buy a bond when every real citizen has the fever, is more than I can comprehend," de- clared another committee member. "It seems to me that the University can do better than that, and I feel like get- ting up on the top of some building and telling it so." All faculty members and students who have bought bonds at the local banks are expected to report the pur- chase to the University headquarters' at the Union, so that Michigan may get her full credit. Team members, captains, and solic- itors are requested by the committee in charge to turn in all their reports to the executive department at ,once, so that accurate tally may be kept of the contestants in the last days of the drive. Persons holding applica- tions for bonds must turn them in not (Continued on Page Six) J ning from Monte Rombon to the Bain- siza plateau, the battle'between the Austro-German forces and the Italians apparently is growing in intensity. Though the Austro-German forces are the aggressors the Italians are stubbornly' resisting everywhere. Although the German war office asserts that gains have been- made at various .points along the line, the Italian official communication does not concede any losses except on the east bank of the Isonzo plateau. To the contrary, this communication as- serts that on the Bainsizza plateau, where the Germans had announced successes, and on the west slope of Monte San Gabriele, enemy attacks were repulsed and that the Italians even took several hundred prisoners. Not alone does the German war of- flee claim that the Italian line bar- ring the way to the Flitsch basin and to Tolmino was over-run, and that positions were captured on the Bain- sizza plateau, but that large quanti- ties of booty were taken by the Aus- tro-Germans and that more than 10- 000 prisoners fell into their hands, in- cluding divisional and brigade staffs. FIRST STINT OF LOAN IS REACHED Treasury Estimates Total Subsrip. tions at $,200,000,000 Mark Washington, Oct. 25.-Liberty loan totals passed the three million dol- lar mark today and headed for the five billion dollar maximum with every indication that by contribution of the relentless campaign, the latter figures would be reached when the books closed Saturday. Although unoffical estimates from the 12 federal reserves do not total the figure, officials tonight expressed the conviction that subscriptions were passed the 3,500,000,000 mark. "Victory for the second Liberty loan is in sight," Secretary McAdoo an- nounced tonight upon his return home from a trans-continental tour in behalf of the loan, "but it has not yet been achieved." Compiled from estimates submitted by local committees and federal re- serve bank headquarters, the total unofficial estimate of subscriptions as announced tonight by the treasury was $3,200,000,000. This sum is regarded by many officials as ultra-conserva- tive. 12 NAMES ADDED TO GRADE A LIST Seniors Have Majority of New Addi- tions; Seven Women and Five Men. ed the following for class officers: President, James Schermerhorn, Jr., and Albert E. Horne, Jr.; vice-presi- dent, Lois E. May and Mildred C. Mighell; secretary, Louise A. Irish and Marie C. Macaulay; treasurer, Charles F. Boos and Herbert W. Giessing; stu- dent councilmen, Fred W. Sullivan, Gordon C. Mack, Philip Pack, and Ber- nard G. Krause. Arthur G. Ipple was elected orator- ical delegate and J. B. Ded was chos- en student councilman for one semes- ter. Two student councilmen for the entire year will be elected from the four nominees. Care cu d Sorrow Vanish Tomorrow Gargoyle Press Agent Tells Joys of October Number to Daily Reporter Mars the majestic, magnificent, mighty stalks through its pages and cries "Hoighty-toighty"-rattles his coat o'mail, clashes the scutum, as for the Huns, why he swears that he'll shoot 'em. Aesthetic Athena with wisdom and wit, theGargoyle enlivens in "doing her bit." There are essays and epi- grams, mild or most furious, amusing the idle or aiding the curious. "Brighter and snappier than ever be- fore" (on sale tomorrow at any book store). "Bigger, and better we're read ready to greet you" (Boys on the street will be happy to meet you.) Smiles for the faculty, balm for the lover, said to benifty from cover to cover. The Gargoyleers vow it'll bring back the summer. If true, this month's issue is surely a hummer. UNION PLANS FOR EXCURSION RATES TO NORTHWESTERN'l Excursion tickets to Evanston for the Michigan-Northwestern football game will be placed on sale at the Un- ion building, if the plans of the Union officials materialize. Negotiations are now being carried on with the rail- road company, and some definite an- nouncement will 'probably be made within the next few days. The price of the tickets and the date of their sale will be published as soon as ar- rangements have been completed. MORTARBOARD BEGINS FINAL DRIVE ON WOMEN STUDENTS Mortarboard, honorary society for senior girls, has undertaken a final and exhaustive drive among the wom- en. Under the leadership of Mildred Mighell, '18, every member of the so- ciety is captaining a team of eight workers, whose activities are expected to reach every woman in this Univer- sity before tomorrow morning. "Vie" L. "Beat Nebraska and win ' will be the feature of tgnig meeting at 7:15 o'clock in Iili ium. This quotation is tak Coach Yost's statement that Saturday means success for of the season. "To do this have to give everything we added. Tonight the students will ha portunity to do their part, a thing but a packed house wt that the student body is not lastic over the game upon wh ball critics have been specul length for some time. Four unusually good speak been secured according to the tee in charge. "Vic" Patten of Lansing, former end and ha of Yost's best, is one of the foi played in '09 and '10' and for two years, after his gra Besides being rated as a I speaker, he is considered as s< of a football authority. "Hal" Smith, for two years of Michigan's track team and man that ever held this posi two seasons is the second Smith was cheerleader as w track man. His reputation a speaker is unequalled. H. C. L. Jackson, ex-'18, w be present 'according to 'a li ceived yesterday. Jackson wa been this year's managing e The Michigan Daily, but was during the summer and is now Custer. He is well known on 1 pus. Prof. I. Leo Sharfman of t omics department, will be th speaker. Whether or not F Sharfman will speak upon the ics of football is not known. Robt. T. McDonald 118, m editor of The Daily, will act a man of the meeting. Last but not least the band present and will start and fi program in its own inimita as has been the custom in'the Seating arrangements and a will be the same as last week ing, but the hour of starting 15 minutes earlier. The first fl be for men only, but all men to sit on this floor must prese athletio boos at the door. 7I balcony will be for women on. third balcony will be open to I eral public. "Skee" Poleski and "Bud" son will lead cheers and a co: song leader will be present. The committee which has 'bee ing at top speed since Monday to swing the meeting consists Schacht, '18E, chairman; C. A '18E, and S. S. Atwood, '18E dent of the Student council. HAROLD TITUS WILL SPEA JOURNALISM STUDENTS M It was erroneously annoui yesterday's Daily that Harol magazine writer of prominen has recently completed the cc Army stores, would speak a today in room 102, West Hal Mr. Titus will address stad journalism at 10:30 Mnday, 29. His subject will be, WVVh I Had Known Uoon I PattengMi, "Hal" Sm Jackson, and Prof SJ WiU Instill Pep Thirty-four students received "A" grade work last semester instead of 22 as announced in Wednesday's is- sue. Charles R. Illick, '18M, and Rog- er N. Walker, '19M, should not have been listed with the "A" grade stu- dents. Following is the list of "A" grade students who were omitted in the first list. L. A. Hoag, '18M; L. C. Todd, '18M; Dorothy Avery, '20; Margaret Bissell, '20; Priscilla Butler, '18; An- its Kelley, '17; Bernice. Krueger, '17; Scott E. Lamb, '17; Albertine Loomis, '17; Floyd A. Rowe, Sp.; Lewis Rams- dell, '17; Margaret Reynolds, '17; and Helen Krueger, '17. Everything Ready for Arcade Festa Elaborate preparations have been made for the festival to be held at Nickels arcade tonight and tomorrow night. Gypsy fortune tellers and van- deville artists will be features of the occasion. Sandwiches and pumpkin pie will be served from the empty. booths on either side. "Ike" Fisher's orchestra will furnish music for danc- ing on the second floor of the Arcade. The proceeds of the festival will be given to help the Old Ladies' home.