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LOCAL K. OF C. WAR
FUND TOTALS $2,600
$300 Gives to Fund at Meeting
in Chelsea Friday
Night
Held
paign managers show that $2,600 has
been subscribed to the Knights of Col-
iTIFI- umbus war fund drive in Washtenaw
AT county," stated Mr. Herbert T. Weath-
erbee last night.
Three hundred dollars was given to
the K. of C. fund at the meeting held in
Chelsea Friday night. The remainder
)ING of the towns in the county donated the
same amount to the fund.
Fund Gases Monday Night
$16.50 The local campaign will be com-
pleted by a rally at the.opera house in
Dexter tomorrow night. Final report-
of the ward managers of Ann Arbor,
s cer- and the different committees will be
nment made to the Right Rev. E. D. Kelly at
a meeting to be held at 7 o'clock to-
morrow night in the Knights of Col-
ughout umbus hall.
these "Some are in doubt as to the real
er Or- purpose of the campaign," sai 1 Rev.
which Fr. M. P. Bourke last night. "The
Knights of Columbus have taken over
the work of erecting and directing the'
means recreation centers in the different en-
triotic campments. In addition they are pro-
The vidint and paying for workers and
to sell. secretaries in charge of these build-
1917, ings and the activities they represent.
stamps Pay Salaries of Chaplains
0, par "Last, but not least, they are pay-
vill be ing the salaries and expenses of a
tent to number of post chaplains accompany-
woman, ing the army now in France and st. -
S. tioned at Camp Custer, and other home
2 camps, in addition to the regularly
at the commissioned army chaplains.,
nonths "The work they are doing is ab-
, 1918, solutely necessary, for it means the
ed one safe-guarding of the religion and mor-
ng the als of these young men, who are to be
stamps the fathers of the future, who at a crit
>ld for ical period of their lives are taken
cashed. away from the restraining and refining
;o pur- influences of home, and whom the
n pre- church and its representatives are.
stamps thus striving to protect in their new
Wilson Increases Price Of Coal
35 Cents To IMeet Miners,' Raise a
Washington, Dec. 1.-A general increase of 35 cents a ton was
added to the price of anthracite coal at the mines today by Presi-
dent Wilson to meet a propos3d wage increase for anthracite min-
ers. The new prices are effective today and will add more than
S$3&,O00,000 to the public's annual coal bill.
The increase in wages was agreed on by operators' and miners'
i representatives here two weeks ago contingent on higher coal prices
= to absorb the raise. They asked that prices be raised at least 45
. cents a ton as a result of their negotiations which were submitted
= to the fuel administration.
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NAUTICAL COURSE
APPROVED FOR 1918
Prof. &. H. Curtiss of Astronomy De-
partnmet to Have Charge of
Course
President Harry B. Hutchins has
approved a course in navigation to be
given by Prof. Ralph H. Curtiss of the
astronomical department,.during the
second semester of the present acade-
mic- year. The new course will be
pntered in the curriculum of studies
as astronomy 22.
The course was formed priamrily
for students who are interested in
pautical service, and to prepare a num-
ber of University men for navigation,
as a part of their regular college work.
No Prerequisites Required
No definite prerequisites are requir-
ed, but familiarity with trigonometry
and the use of logarithms will help
those entering this new navigation
course.
The principles of piloting and gen
eral seamanship, dead reckoning, rules
of the road of sea, nautical astronomy,
and signalling, according to the inter-
national code will be included.
Special stress will be laid on the
subjects which were covered under
avigation in the reserve officers' train-
ing camps for the benefit of the stu-
dents enrolling in the naval reserve
units.
Consideration will also be given to
the additional topics included in the
curricula of the free navigations
schools of the United States shipping
board,
BRITISH POSI
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SACRIF
TO WI?
DEFEAT
TO AD JUST LABOR
SUPPLYTO NEED-S
Bureau on Industrial Service Created
- as Section of Defense
Council
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DEAN
PLACED AT HEAD OF BUREAU
Officials of American Federation of
Labor To Co-operate With
Government
Washington, Dec. 1.-Labor supply'
will be adjusted to war needs by a,
newly created section of the councill
of national defense. The new section
is. known as the bureau o industrial
service. This bureau , of which L. Ca.
M rshall, dean of the University of
Chicago school of commerce, is
the head, will will andertake
to, investigate the increasing number,
of labor problems arising in direct
ratio to the growing demands for
war supplies.
This inquiry, it is announced, will
have four main objects: namely, to
determine present and probable future
demand for labor in war industries.
to determine, in connection with the
priorities committee on the war Indus-
tries board, relative priorities of the
labor demand, to arrange for supply-
ing the demand through the depart-
ment of labor or other governmental
or civilian agencies, and to determine
neds for the dilution of labor, includ-
ing introduction of women into indus-
try.
MILITAR;Y ,SERV[BICE
GUOTS INROLLMENT
Large N umber of Students Called
From University During
November
AViXTION CORPS APPEARS TO
BE MOST POPULAR BRANCH
Na i 1 'R esere List Still Open to Ap-
plicaunts; Subject to Any
Sea Duty
War continues to have its effect
upon the enrollment of the University.
be
for a
mps
one
un-
o -100, it
person to
ps will be payable
he secretary of the
gibe, not to exceec
e date of their is-
?ERCIIANTilAN
V PACIFIC COAST
Dec. 1.-The first
launched under war
a federal merchant
ter here today. The
by Mrs. Woodrow
christened by the
:er of this port. The
ucted in 120 days,
d's record for ships'
Chicago Starts Campaign Dec. 9
Chicago, Dec. 1.-Members of the
.nights of Columbus will start their
; 00,000 campaign for army and navy
%work here on Dec. 9. This amount is
-esignated as Chicago's share of the
$3,000,000 being raised throughout the
nation.
A letter addressed to Archbishop G.
,V. Mundelein to Leroy Hackett, state
deputy of the Knights of Columbus of
;his city, gives permission to have the
subscriptions taken on the date de-
signated, and commends'the work to
the Catholic laity and all others who
vill contribute.
Citizens Observe
?Ieatless Tuesday
ects Freshman Spread Plans
5 are being made to keep the
n spread simple this year on
of the war. Refreshments are
;ht and decorations few. Yet
sic is being secured and there
a number of favor dances.
ertainment will begin at 8 o'-
iday night, Dec. 8.
rine Loveland, '20, is chair-
.he general committee. Under
following committees are at
finance, Doreen Potter, '20;
ath Jennings, '20; badge, Lucy
, '20; refreshment, Anne
s, '20; printing, Delia Imnder-
; music, Elizabeth MeDonald,
ving, Pauline Benedict, '20;
orations, Marguerite Chapin,
4 Busy With Russian Army
ngton, Dec. 1.-While nego-
vith the Bolsheviki regime.for
istice and a separate peace,
military authorities have re-
heir camnaign to disorganize
That meatless Tuesdays are being
observed by a great part of Ann Ar-
bor housekeepers is evident from the
ttatements of meat dealers. Proprie-
tors of 15 markets were interviewed.
Four stated that their sales Tuesday
were only one-third of other days and
give others that they were only half
as large as the average. One said
that he sold practically no meat on
Tuesday. The other five who were
ppproached said their sales on that
day decreased but not to any great
proportion.
Ann Arbor people are using little"
or no pork since the price has made
,such large advances. Local dealers
report decreases of from 25 to 75 yer
cent in the sale of pork in compari-
1 on with the same period last year.
Though one market has noticed no
difference, another one has practically
no call for this kind of meat. One
lealer has quit handling salt pork en-
tirely as his sales of it were so few
that it did not pay to bother with it.
Even those who still handle large
amounts of other forms of pork sell
only small quantities of the salted
variety.
W. C. T. U. Waits for Congress Opening
Washington, Dec. 1.-The national
Womens' Christian Temperance Union
convening here tomorrow is awaiting
the assembling of congress with load-
ed guns. It is expected that the or-
ganization will exert every effort tj
see that the amendment for national
Bureau Collects Information
The bureau will have functions
comparable to the duties of the war
industries board, and will bring to
the defense council digested informa-
tion regarding labor questions but
will not have power to take executivel
action. Except in the case of ship-
yards and railroads, there is no ser-
ious shortage of workers in the war
industries, but with the increased de-
pand for munitions and subsistence
;upplies, it is expected that many fac-
tories will need hundreds of men.
At the same time, unemployment is
expected to result in other lines of
work not essential to the conduct of
the war and which will be forced to
curtail production by lack of mater-
ials and less purchasing of non-essen-
tials',by the public. It will be the
task of the new section, aided by union
officials te'adjust the need for men to
the men needing work. The Ameri-
can federation of labor has promised
to co-operate and will send officials
to confer with the council.
Conductors and Trainmen Ask Raise
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 1.-Demands
were presented to practically every
railroad in the country today, for an
increase in wages for trainmen and
conductors which is approximately 40
per cent higher than the present scale.
The railroads are asked to make an-
swer by Dec. 31.
A number of men have been drafted
within the last month, and a great
many have enlisted.
Reports from the engineering col-
lege state that many of the students of'
that department have been summoned
by their draft boards, and that many
are entering the service.
Some of the engineering students who
were named in the selective draft have
been allowed to finish school before
being called, while others have been
summoned to appear at once. It seems
that the draft boards have not been
advised officially on this point, .and,
are doing as each considers best.
Aviation Most Popular
Aviation appears to be the most
popular with the men who have enlist-
ed within the last month. Beside the
large number who have already enlist-
ed in this branch of service, there are
also many who have applied, and are
awaiting acceptance.
Two i-crrect impressions arepre-
valent on the campus.. with regard to
the proposed naval reserve corps in
the organization of which Captain Mof-
fatt, commandant of the United States
naval training station at Great Lakes,
III., is interested. In the first place, it
has been stated that those enlisting
za the naval reserves would =be eligible
for service on the Great Lakes and in
the coast-wise trade only. This is
wrong; naval reserves are subject to
duties in all spheres of naval activity
which the navydepartment directs.
Naval Reservea List Still Open
The report has been circulated that
the list of applicants has already been
closed. On the contrary, there is still
ample room for many others who
wish to enlist when the unit is or-
ganized. All men who desire to hand
in =their names to indicate their will-
ingness to join the corps may register
at the Union.
Several applications for the .naval
auxiliary were received yesterday by
Luther Beach, '18E, who will furnish
any information on this branch to any
one desiring it.
Although the enrollment of this or-
ganization has been officially closed J
Cleveland, the department recognizer
the superiority of college trained men,
and will not only accept applications
from Ann Arbor for a. limited time,
but have already made arrangements
with Washington for students enroll-
ing now to complete the present sei-n
ester's work before being called.
San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 1.-A Jap-
anese gastronomical invention called
aji-nomoto, intended to encourage
meatlessness in diet was brought to
America by its inventor, Dr. Kikunae
Ikeda, professor of.
try in the Imperial
kio. Dr. Ikeda will
Four Hours Credit Given
Four hours credit will be allowed
for the semester's work.- The weekly
program will consist of three hours of
recitations and lectures, and one lab-
oratory period.
The class hours will be chosen to
accommodate as many as possible of
those interested. Definite announce-
ments in this connection will be pub-
lished when additional plans are form-
ulated.
Students can consult Professor Cur-
tiss at the observatory on Tuesday
or Thursday between 2 and 4 o'clock,
and at other times by special ap-
pointments.
Ensign Walter M. Simpson Visits City
Ensign Walter M. Simpson, ex- '20,
spent the week end visiting friends in
the city. Simpson left school during
the summer session joining the Michi-
gan naval militia at Great Lakes, Ill.'
He was transferred to the United
,States rifle range at Wakefield, Mass.,
where he passed the examination for
ensign. At present he is serving as
executive officer on the rifle range.
'Please Pass Me
The Aji-Nomito'
physical chemis-
university at To-
tour this country
in the interest of a $5,000,000 labora-
tory to be founded by the Japanese
government.
He has offered his invention to food
administrator Herbert Hoover, who,
it was said, will test it in the army
commissary.
The compound, according to the in-
ventor, is made of wheat gluten and
imparts the flavor of meat to any ar-
ticle of food it touches. It is prepared
as a white powder to be used like
salt. Dr. Ikeda says its use is com-
mon in Japan.
Union Building Not Offered To U. S.
Contrary to current rumor, the new
Michigan Union building has not been
offered to the United States govern-
ment for use as a reconstruction hos-
pital.
"Although the Union building has
not been proffered officially to the
government, if th~e national authori-
CIRCLE MOVEMENT
DRIVES BYNG
Defenders Regain Part of Lost
in Bitter Counter Attack
Field a Shambles
BULLETIN
Berlin, via London, Dec
The supplementary report
this evening from general
quarters says:
"On the battlefield near
bral, strong British count4
tacks against the positions c
ed by us yesterday, failed."
(Associated Press)
With the Allied Armies, I
The British hold on the more a
positions on the Cambrai fror
precarious today. Crown Prir
precht is throwing thousands o
in mass formation against the
line, in a terrific attempt t
amends for the defeat of las
He is trying an encircling m
toward the south end of the
pivoting on the west bank
Scheldt. General Byng's fore
been driven back to La Va
and to Gouzeacourt, while eve
along the 18 mile front of Fri(
tack, bitter fighting is in I
There was a hurried exodus
British from the sector, and ap
all but a few escaped in safel
Iin claims the capture of 4,0
oners and several field batte
no corroboration has come I
London war office.
Advancing Germans becir
Prompt counter attacks by
troops while the Germans w
struggling forward checked 1
ton advance before it had gain
impetus, and retrieved some of
ground. The ground over w
tide of" battle has ebbed and f
a shambles. Bodies of Geri
Briton are everywhere inte
The British troops are "dpg i
bits of human bodies and im
of war. The Germans, adva
mass formation into the fur
British machine gun fire, he
literally cut to pieces.
Quiet on Italian Fron
On the Italian front there h
no furtherrattempts by the
German forces to break thr'
Italian line. It is believed tl
is awaiting the arrival of hea
Lively Skirmish Near Jeru
London, Dec. 1.-Lively sk
between the British forces c
ing for Jersualem and opposi
ish troops in which the Britis
ed more than 450 prisonersi
ed intoday's officialrstatemer
BOLSHEVIKI PUBLISH NE
SECRET TREATY AMONG A
Petrograd, Dec. 1.-The te
secret agreement among
Great Britain, Russia, and.
been published here by the ]
government. The agreeme
Italy permission to annex ce
,ritory in return for enterin
,tente alliance, and embraces
,missability of the interventio
Benedict with a view to sto
\war.
Still Fussing Over Priority
Washington, Dec. 1.-Confu
has developed over requests
ious government department
ority of shipment for food,
munitions was far from clear
,ight after an all day conf
tween government heads a
,road war board officials.
nouncement was made after
iference, but is-was indicated
whole question would be re
the interdepartmental war cc
"With our Soldiers in France"
SUNDAY EVENING, DEC. 2ND, 7:30 P. i.
IN THE
First Presbyterian Church
HURON AND DIVISION
LEONARD A. BARRETT, Miister
PATRIOTIC MUSIC
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