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No. 93.
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1918.
PRICE THREE
.EDO 0BUSINESS-
ICTION PARTLY
WEPT__BY FLOOD
CING PLANT MAY BE CLOSED
BY RISE OF MAUMEE
RIVER
JSTRY IN PERIL.
[F FLOOD CONTINUES
ENGINEERS APPLY
TO ENTER RESERVE
Moore than 270 students have now
applied for enlistment in the engin-
eers' section of the enlisted reserve
corps, according to a statement made
by Secretary L. A. Hopkins of the
engineering college yesterday after-
noon. The men have been leaving in
groups of 10 for Detroit, where they
are being enlisted by Major Phelps.
At the present time only 20 have
been accepted. The .Pother applica-
tions have either been refused or are
under consideration by the war depart-
ment in Washington. Records are
now being compiled of the students
who have been refused entrance to
the corps. These men will be .sub-
ject to the draft.
Secretary Hopkins' interpretation of
the order authorizing the establish-
ing of the corps is that students who
have been accepted will not be allow-
ed to transfer to any other government
service until the completion of their
college courses. At this time they
may transfer to other brances of the
service if they so desire, or may be
discharged.
Concert Tickets
Meet Ready Sale
wI1SON LICENSES
FOREIGN TRADE
Imports and Exports Will Be Reduced
To a Minimum Under
Plan
WORK FOR MOST ECONOMICAL
OPERATIONS OF TONNAGE
FESTVALTO HAVE
UNUSUALPROGRAM
Matzenauer, Martinelli, Middleton, De
Luca, and Stracciari Among
Vocal Artists-
"CARMEN" WILL BE OFFERING
OF UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
Ganz and Bonnet are Instrumentalists;
Children's Chorus To Present
"Into The World"
Predict That Americans and
Will Control Ocean and
Ships
Allies
ARMY STORES MEN
DISBANDED TODAY
The fifth army stores course dis-
bands today, and the men are free
until next Thursday, when they must
report to receive their assignation.
The only concluding exercise was the
banquet held Thursday 'night at the
Union.
It is probable that on returning
they will entrain in a body for a
southern point.
The next course starts Saturday,
Feb. 23. The 150 successful appli-
cants have been notified, and routed
to a supply depot where they will be
outfitted completely before reporting
here. Local draft boards will induct
the men into service.
Upon arriving they will enter upon
approximately the same schedule as
that governing the graduate class,
rooming whereever they see fit and
eating at the Union.
The average age of the men com-
pleting the course today is 26 years.
They were selected on the basis of
previous experience and personal
qualifications.
Vernon Castle
Kiled fi'yFall
NO
KUEHLMANN -SAYS
HUNS ARE STILL
FIGHING USS1i
AUSTRIAN TROOPS NOW OCCUPI
ING UKRAINIAN TOWN BY
TREATY
SIGNS YET OF
BIG GERMAN I
Section of City
Rising Waters of
River
Safe
Toledo, Feb. 15.-Toledo's business
ection on the river frontage was
ooded today with the' Maumee river
en and one-half feet above normal.
his is only the fringe of the business
ection, but one of Toledo's most im-
ortant public 'servants is in danger
f immediate possibility of being put
ut of commission. This is the Water
treet power house-of the Toledo Rail-
rays and Light company, which furn-
shes 85 per cent of the power used'in
he city for individual plants, street
a.rs and lighting.
Corps of Men Working
A large corps of men 'were working
einforcing the walls an pumping
'ith power pumps today in an effort
o keep out the water which is sev-
ral feet higher outside the plant than
a. The effects of the stoppage of the
lant would mean a complete suspen-
on of industry. Several plants which
re not engaged in the manufacture of
'ar munitions are threatened by the
ood.
Several of the business establish-
ents on Water street were closed by
de flood today. The chief retail sec-
on of the town, on Summit street is
bout 30 feet higher than the flood
egion, and is safe according to pre-
ous records.
Clear of Ice
The river is pradtically clear of ice
r 10 miles above Toledo. At the
wn of Defiance, the river was two
et above flood stage, had caused
tmilies living in the lowlands to
ove out.
At Fort Wayne, Ind., the flood mark.
ached the 20 foot stage and the
orst flood since 1913 was predicted.
ORTHERN ORATORICAL LEAGUE
WILL CONDUCT PRELIMINARIES
Preliminaries for the annual cony-
st of the Northern Oratorical league"
take place early in March, will be"
eld this coming week.
Senior tryouts are to be held at 37
clock on Wednesday afternoon;
.nior tryouts, at 4 o'clock on Tues-
Ly afternoop;.sophomore tryouts, at
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon.
hey will be held in room B of the
aw building.
From these preliminaries, two sen-
rs, two juniors and one sophomore
ill be chosen for the final prelimin-
"y.
Those who will compete next week
e as follows: Seniors: F. W. Cone,.
A. Lanbgrt, R. W. Ward, Rutht
uston, Bernice Jones, June Brooks,.
d Lois May; juniors: 'H. A. August,.
. M. Buod, Kelsey Guilfoil, and Her-
rt Parzen; sophomores: Thomas j
rson, G. W. Corwin, and C. H.-
Washington, Feb. 15-All foreign
trade of the United States, export and
imports, was put under license today
by President Wilson as a part of a
general program of the American and
allied governments for releasing ships
to transport troops and supplies to
Europe.
The less essential exports and im-
pOrts will be reduced to a minimum
and materials regarded as necessary
will be transported by the shortest
hauls possible The Allies are
working in close co-operation with
the United States, and the trade
routes of the world in many instances
will be shifted to bring the most
economical operation of tonnage.
Control of exports and imports and
of bunker coal by the United States
and the allies gives them control of
neutral tonnage and officials predict
that virtually all the ocean going
ships owned by the neutrals will be
in the American and allied services
before many months.
Rosen Delights
Large Audiene
The first sale of tickets for the Wed-
nesday concert of the Varsity Glee and
Mandolin clubs promises that the
audience will be one of the largest
that has heard the musical clubs for
some time. A comparatively few tic-
kets were distributed yesterday to the
sellers, but they were sold almost as
soon as they were given out.
The clubs' appearance tliis year
was delayed earlier in the season and
music lovers have been awaiting the
announcement of the concert for some
weeks. More than 80 men compose
the organizations. The posters were
placed in conspicious places yester-
day and Thursday, and the adverfise-
ment met with immediate response.
Results Satisfactory.
Richard H. Kheun, '19E, is in charge
of the ticket sale, and he reports that.
results so far ark quite satisfactory.
The price this year, set at 35 cents, in-
cludes the war tax. Stuart L. Sonne,
'19, and Walter S. Riess, '20, are in
charge of the program advertising.
Charles R. Osius Jr., '20, is handling
the publicity for the clubs.
The Mandolin club offers an excel-
lent program for this concert. The
organization numbers 20 men, and it
has exceptionally good talent. The
Glee club of 60 voices works in close
harmony with it in several joint num-
bers. The "jazz sextet of the Mando-
lin club and the two quartets of the
Glee club, with Robert R. Dieterle,
'21M, as soloist, will give several se-
'lections.
MAN IS AN ARTIST WHO NEVER
REACHES HIS IDEAL-DR. IDEN
A program of unusual merit has
been promised for this year's May
Festival in Ann Arbor, on May 15, 16,
17, and 18.
The list of soloists includes such
famous and popular names as Matzen-
auer, Martinelli, Althouse, DeLuca,
Muzio, and Middleton, of the Metro-
politan Opera, and Stacciari and
Sharlow of the Chicago Opera com-
pany. Ganz, the pianist, and Bonnet,
one of the world's leading organists,
are the principal instrumentalists of
the Festival.
The Chicago Symphony orchestra,
under Frederick. Stock, will as usual
hold a prominent plade on the pro-
gram, taking part in five of the six
concerts.
Choral Union
The University choral Union, under
the direction of Dr. A. A. Stanley,
will offer two attractive numbers,
"The Beatitudes," by Caesar Franck,
and Bizet's ever popular "Carmen."
A children's -chorus of several hun-
dred youngsters from the city schools
will take part in one of the programs,
contributing in addition to a number
of patriotic airs, Benoit's "Into the
World."
Complete Program
The program has been arranged as
follows: Wednesday night, Riccardo
Stacciari, baritone, will appear in
Ann Arbor for the first concert which
he has ever given outside of New
York or Chicago; Thursday the Uni-
versity Choral union, will give their
concert assisted by Paul Althouse,
tenor of the Metropolitan Opera, and
Arthur X{Iiddleton, babiatone of the
Chicago Opera company; Friday af-
ternoon the Swiss pianist, Dr. Rudolph
Ganz will make his Ann Arbor debut
In a Tschaikowsky concerto played
with the Chicago Symphony orchestra,
and the children's chorus will also
be heard at this time.
Claudia Muzio to Appear
On Friday evening Claudia Muzio,
the leading prima-donna coloratura
soprano of the Metropolitan Opera
company will appear; and on Saturday
.afternoon Joseph Bonnet, the eminent
French organist will give his recital.
Bonnet is a product of the French
school of organists and is acknow-
ledged as the legitimate successor of1
Guilmant.
Ft. Worth, Tex., Feb. 15-Capt. Ver-
non Castle, of the Royal Flying Corps,
who braved death for two years over
the German lines with only a minor
wound, met death on a peaceful flying
field today in an effort to avert a
collision with another aviator. The
cadet aviator, with whom he was fly-
ing, was only slightly injured.
Captain Castle was killed when he
prevented what would have been cer-
tain death for him, the cadet with him
and an aviator in another plane who
was landing nearby at what is known
as the "blind angle." The aviator
could not see Castle's machine, which
Sammies Quiet Enemy Trenches I
Skillful Use of Big Artil-
lery
BULLETIN
Amsterdam, Feb. 15. - That
Germany and Austria were still
at war with Russia, was the be-
lief expressed by Dr. Richard
von Kuehlmann, the German for-
eign secretary, at the concluding
session of the recent peace con-
ferenuce at Brest-Litovsk, after
Leon Trotsky the Bolshevik for-
eign minister had made his final
statement that Russia was out of
the war and her armies would be
demobilized, but that she would
desist from signing a formal
peace treaty.
The act of war, Dr. von Kuehl-
mann said, ended when Russia
anal the Teutonic allies signed
the armistice, but when the arm-
istice ended, the warfare must be
revised. He added that because
one or two of the contracting
parties had demobilized their
armies, this fact would in no way
alter the situation.
Amsterdam, Feb. 15.-By vir
the treaty with th A U k i A b
Max Rosin made his debut in Ann
Arbor last night before an audience
that filled every available seat in Hill
auditorium. The welcome accorded
him was prolonged and P.nuine, deep-
ening into ah ovation by the end of
the Beethoven-Auer numbers which
-resulted in generous encores.
His playing is characteristic of
youth, being full of life and vigor,
spontaneous and emotional. The pro-
gram was well contrasted, ranging
from Vitali to the modern Norwegian
composer, Sinding.
Splendid Technique
His splendid technique enables him
to compass the dignity of the familiar
Vitali "Chaconne". The "Symphonie
Espagnole" by Edward Lalo was ad-
mirably rendered, the soft, sweet tones
of the allegro non troppo increasing
in interest through the andante to the
lively theme carried out in the rondo.
Novelties for Violin
Auer's arrangement of the Beetho-
ven "Chorus of Dervishes", from "The
Ruins of Athens", and the "Turkish
March" are novelties for the violin.
Rosen's harmonics in these numbers
are marvels of delicacy and skill.
The climax of the program was
reached in the masterly interpreta-
tion of Wieniawski's Polonaise in A
Major, a feat of technical brilliance.
The artistic accompanying of Mr.
Israel Toseph, a composer of note
added much to the program. His'
"Japanese Lullaby" was played by
Rosen as an encore.
"Rosen is magnificent, wonderful,"
says Dr. A. A. Stanley.
LLLiC6y WimLe v rial Dey
was on the ground, and could not the status quo ante of the fr(
hear it because of the noise of his
own engine.
Captain Castle saw the collision
coming on and quickly shot up 75
feet but went at such an angle that his
engine died, unable to push the plane
farther. The plane turned on its side
and then plunged nose downward to
earth.
(By B. A. Swaney)
From a "lounge lizard" to a hero
of aviation, winning the Croix de
Guerre medal and the respect of his
countrymen at the same time, were
some of the points touched in the
metoric coreer of Vernun Castle,
dancer par excellence, who died in a
plunge from his aeroplane while in-
structing at the aviation school north
of Fort Worth, Texas. The asser-
tion is often made that the war can
transform men, and this is especially
brought out in a review of the life
of a man, who, many claimed, had
brains only in his toes, but who prov-
ed in a crisis able to rise to a noble
height and distinguish himself by his
heroism.
between Austria-Hungary and Ru
were established, Austrian-Hunga
troops Wednesday entered Brody
took peaceful possession of the t
says a dispatch from Vienna.
Thus
Galicia
gary.
the last big town in e
was returned to Austria-H
"Man 'As an artist who never reaches
his ideal," said Dr. T. M. Iden in his
Lenten talk on ;"The Penitential
Mood" yesterday noon at the Bible
Chair house.
According to Dr. Iden, one should
not be satisfied with his achievements,
but should constantly look to the fu-
ture. He emphasized the importance
of the reflective mood, which, he de-
clared, leads to the penitential mood,
and to a realization of latent powers
which one possesses, and likewise to
greater accomplishments.
To Offer "Carmen"
Saturday evening the climax of the
festival will be reached when the
Choral union, directed by Professor
Stanley, will offer Bizet's "Carmen"
with a cast of made up of operatic per-
formers of the highest rank. Mar-
garete Matzenauer, contralto, will
sing the title role; Guiseppe DeLuca
will impersonate the Toreador; Mar-
tinelli, tenor, will appear in' the role
of Don Jose; Myrna Sharlow will take,
the part of Micaela; and Arthur Mid-
dleton will appear as Zuniga.
Women Work on German Railways
Amsterdam, Feb. 15.- More than
100,000 women are now employed on
the German railways, says the annual
report of the Prussian ministry of rail
ways. The report says that the women
have done splendidly in every branch
of work, their efficiency having fallen
on the average only about 25 per cent
below that of men.
F. A. L. CROSS TO SPEAK
AT ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH
'of. Arthur L. Cross of the Euro-
history department will be the
ker at the Lenten lecture at 4:30
ck this afternoon at St. Andrew's
ch, corner of Division and Cath-
e streets. His theme will be
gland's Part in the War," and
ents and faculty members are
lally invited.
te first of a series of five Lenten
esses under the auspices of the
ersity Y. M. C. A. will be given
:30 o'clock tonight in the -Metho-
church. The speaker will be
. Harry Ward of the social science-
rtment of Boston Universityand
subject will be "The Need For a
Bolo Pasha Appeals Death Verdict
Paris, Feb. 15.- Bolo Pasha who
yesterday was convicted by a court
martial of treason and sentenced to
death, today appealed from the ver-
dict to the court of causation.
Bolo spent the night in the death
cell. No visitors were allowed to see
him as he was subjected to strict
prison regulations and was constant-
ly under the eyes of the death watch.
Predict Cold Weather for Michigan
Detroit, Feb. 15.-The mild weather
has left Detroit and lower tempera-
tures are coming, according to the
weather bureau, which forecasts 15 de-
grees above zero for tonight with
fresh west winds and clouds for Sat-
urday. The cold zone extends from
the lake regions to the gulf, and north-
ern Michigan, northern Minnesota and
the Canadian northwest.
Official Tuscania List Reaches U. S.
Washington, Feb. 15.- Eighty-two
names of known dead among the Am-
erican soldiers who were on board
the torpedoed lfnes Tuscania were re-
ceived by cable tonight at the war de-
partment. An Associated Press dis-
patch last Tuesday announced that
164 soldier victims had been buried
on the Scottish coast and gave the
names of 131 identified but tonight's
message was the first official partial
list to reach the department.
Lost Ship Commandant Marries
New York, Feb. 15.- A license to
marry was issued here today to Lieu-
tenant Commander David Worth Bag-
ley, of Washington, a brother-in-law
of Secretary Daniels, and Miss Marie
Louise Harrington, of Colusa, Cal.
Bagley was in command of the Am-
erican torpedo boat destroyer Jacob
Jones, when it was torpedoed and sunk
by a submarine in the war zone Dec.
6, 1917, with a loss of 64 men.
Wife Helped
Castle's career is closely associated
with his wife and dancing partner,
Irene Foote Castle, the daughter of a
physician in New Rochelle, N. Y. Aft-
er their marriage in 1911, Castle and
his wife went to Paris. Until then
he had played small roles, in light
opera with considerable success, but
the fame of both members of the part-
nership came when the steps, which
both practiced with an empty stomach
and light heart in the French capital,
were seen by Charles Dillingham who
brought them back to this country.
Then came the origin of Castle House,
which proved that P. T. Barnum was
right when he made his famous asser-
tion.
P. T. Was Right
The Castles gave Barnum's theory
a practical demonstration when they
toured the country charging the pub-
lic $5 a seat for the chance to watch
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Prof. A. I. Crittenden To Give Lecture
"Caesar'.s Battlefields in France"
will be the subject of a lecture to be
given before the Classical club at 3
o'clock this afternoon in room A,
Alumni Memorial hall, by Prof. A. R.
Crittenden, of the Latin department.
Immediately after this lecture a
short business meeting will be held.
Plans for the Classical club play are
to be discussed, and it is urged that
every member, active or associate, be
present.
(By Associated Press)
Feb. 15.-Friday, the date set by
influential German newspapers for the
starting of the much advertised Ger-
man offensive, has passed and no ag-
gression on the part of the enemy
materialized. On the contrary, both
the British and French armies de-
livered at widely separated points on
the western front, smashes at the Ger-
man line. These attacks were suc-
cessfully carried out and resulted in
the capture of prisoners and the in-
fliction of casualties on the enemy.
Guns Lively
In the Butte du Mesnil region of
Champagne, a lively artillery duel was
in progress at last accounts, with the
Americans in all probability particip-
ating. Likewise near Verdun recip-
rocal bombardments of a violent char-
acter are in progress.
Along that sector of the front east
of St. Mihiel, where an American force
is holding the line, quiet prevailed for
the time being owing to the inclement
weather and the morass which has
formed as a result of heavy rain.
Keep Huns Busy
The Germans in front of the Am-
ericans are busily engaged on re-
pairing trenches and constructing new
dugouts to, replace those which have
been shattered recently by the accur-
ate aim of the American gunners in
handling their 75's.
The British again have hit the Turk-
ish line in Palestine a hard blow.
Northeast of Jerusalem they have pen-
etrated Turkish positions to a depth
of two miles on a front of six miles.
Germans Sink Craft -
Sneaking into the Strait of Dover,
German torpedo boat destroyers early
Friday morning, made another of their
sudden attacks on small British craft,
sinking eight of them, sqven drifters
and one trawler. Having carried out
their work of destruction, the Ger-
mans beat a hasty retreat to the north
before British naval forces could en-
gage, them.
Late German newspapers assert
that there are indications that peace
negotiations between the central pow-
ers and.Rouniania are in prospect.
Twelve Students to Take Aeronautics
Twelve students, four of whom are
lits, are enrolled in aeronautics 1, the
elementary course being given this
semester. =A large proportion of these,
according to Prof. F. W. Pawlowski of
the aeronautics department, are en-
listed in the new naval reserve corps.
Union Holds Dance on Thursday .
A dance will be held from 9 o'clock
to 1 o'clock on Thursday night, Feb.
21, at the Michigan Union. Tickets
may be purchased for 75 cents at the
Union desk after 5 o'clock on Tuesday.