TA4E WEATHER IFAIR AND COLDER BUY THAT LIBERTY BOND NOW! C1r tIJnk aitt I ASSOCIATED PRESS DAY AND NIGHT 'WIRE SERVICE TODAY p VOL XXVIII. No. 14. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TEN CONGRESSMEN Ml'HI~iAN'R IF TO VISIT ALLIESI FI ,l 1fNINI WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1917. PRICE THREE CENTS > I Lul il III IU TO LIBERTYLOAN REACHEs' S 1,350 COMMITTEE ASTONISHED AT STU- DENTS' TARDINESS IN SUB- SCRIBING MONEY -j THREE FRATERNITIES CARRY HALF OF SUM Campaign Tent Near Law Building to Be Run by Volunteer Or- ganizations Michigan students have subscribed $11,350 to .the second Liberty loan is- sue. Tuesday's total was $7,050. At the rate of $7,000 a day, Michi- gan will not reach half of the $200,- 000 quota assigned in the nine remain- ing days of the campaign. Three fra- ternities have carried approximately half of the total subscription to date, Zeta Beta Tau having $2,350; Alpha Delta Phi, $2,300, and Phi Kappa Psi, $1,450. "We can't believe that these returns are representative of what will actual- ly be subscribed, but rather that many organizations are slow in lending their aid by sending in early subscriptions," was the statement issued by the Uni- versity loan committee Tuesday. Office hours for the committee who will receive the reports and subscrip- tions of the University loan worlMrs have been changed from 4 o'clock to 3:30 o'clock daily. The office in room 268 New Engineering building will remain the same. The present rate of subscription means an average contribution of about $15 per student. This is a 301 cent per student per week payment by which the University must measure its student patriotism.; All women living in houses of six; or less are invited to a loan session at Newberry residence Thursday after- noon at 4 o'clock. Albert Horne, '18,, antl S. S. Atwood, '18E, Anna Lloyd,1 '18, president of the Women's league,I and Mildred Mighell, '18, women's editor of The Daily, will'speak. Wom- en who are not in touch with the Lib- erty loan drive in the University arej asked to attend. The campaign tent pitched on thet campus near North University ave-1 nue and State street will be managede by the Trigons this week. Next week1 some other volunteer organization will take charge. The man in the tent will solicit bonds among the students, who have not yet been approached. Liberty lights burned in the win-r dows of every Ann Arbor school Mon- day night in celebration of the ruralr school day which was set aside bya Gov. A. E.-Sleeper. Patriotic programsa were given in all the schools.r The local Liberty loan committee reported the purchase of $363,200 worth of bonds Tuesday. Arrange-t ments are being made for a monsterp parade to be held Saturday, a halft hour before the M. A. C. game. Thet committee is planning to have all the1 captains and workers on loan teams join in and march to the game in at body.- GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES NEAR $3,000,000,000 MARKv Washington, Oct. 16.-Government expenditures since the beginning ofe the fiscal year July 1st, are nearingt the $3,000,000,000 mark. The total re-I ported on the treasury statement yes-a terday was $2,921,075,341. This is1 nearly $800,000,000 more than the re-b ceipts during this period includingn that portion of the first Liberty loann paid since the fiscal year began. p Unofficial Ambassadors to Confer with Representatives at Fore eign Capitals Washington, Oct. 16.-Ten members of congress, travelling in unofficial capacity but carrying special pass- ports arranged by the state depart- ment, are on the way to Europe to yisit the war friends and fraternize with, the parliamentary representa- tives of the Allies. The visit is a development of the re- cent cabled and personal invitations of representative members of the Brit- ish and French parliment for closer affiliation of the parlimentary bodies of the allied governments through per- sonal conferences at the British, French and Italian capitals.; President Wilson did not favor con- gress officially accepting the invita- tion at this time and neither house took action but the ten members ar- ranged their trip informally. Other representatives are expected to fol- low soon. TAXES LEVIED ON" THETA.TICKETS Price May Be Raised Ten Per Cent on Admission to Local Play- houses STATE EXHIBITORS WILL MEET IN DETROIT TO DISCUSS PLANS Theater Box Office Records Must Be Kept Open for Federal In- spection Admission taxes amounting to one cent on each 10 cents or fraction thereof will be levied on all theater- goers beginning Nov. 1. Just how this levy will be made is as yet uncertain in Ann Arbor' Its administration has been left entirely to the theater managers. They may either incorporate the tax in the price of their tickets or they may increase the price by the few cents necessary to comply with federal law. "We will collect a separate tax from each ticket at the box office," said Mr. G. S. Greening, manager of the Ma- jestic theater yesterday. "This plan has been worked out in Canada for the last three years, and we will fol- low it here. Tickets which were form- erly 30 cents will cost 33 cents after Nov. 1. There will be some confusion at first, but we must become ac-_ customed to it." Mr. S. A. Moran, manager of the Arcade theater, and president of the Michigan branch of the American Ex-4 hibitors' association, stated that no! definite action had been taken in the matter. "I will call for a meeting of all state exhibitors in Detroit prob- ably next week, in order that we may have some understanding between us7 and may act in unison," asserted Mr. Moran. "I cannot say now'just how we shall handle the situation," declared Mr. J. F. Wuerth, owner of the Wuerth and Orpheum theaters. "Any action which the state board may take will be fol- owed out." "Mr. Whitney of Detroit will have ' to decide what plan is to be carriedt out here," replied the manager of thet Whitney theater on being questioned. The new law contains several pro-t visions, the most important of which follow: "A tax of one cent for each 10 cents or fraction thereof must be paid by the person paying for such admission.t In the case of a child under 12 theE admission tax is but one cent regard- less of the amount of admission paid1 by or for such child. Where the maxi- mum admission charge is five cents, no tax is levied." Persons using a passes will be required to pay the tax 11.V I dlU ~U1 IlULM ATTACK ON DESEL Huns Strive to Sieze Whole Island; Fleet Meets Resistance In Gulf of Riga BERLIN REPORTS ISLAND OF ABRO OCCUPIED BY TROOPS French Regain Lost Territory Along Aisne Sector by Counter Attacks BULLETIN London, Oct. 16.-According to news from Berlin in an undated dispatch received by the admiralty by wireless, Germany is expected shortly to declare the cost of the United States, Canada, and Cuba war zones. Apparently there has been no ces- sation in the rapid program of the Germans to sieze in its entirety the Russian island of Oesel at the head of the Gulf of Finland, but although their troops now have taken the greater portion of the island, the help they had expected from their fleet in putting down Russian opposition in adjacent waters is meeting with considerable resistance from the Russian warships. In a small battle with torpedo craft and possibly light cruisers, the Rus- sians have sunk two German tropedo boats and damaged two others to the north of Oesel Island where the 4us- sians themselves lost a torpedo boat destroyer. The German vessels whichE were accompanied by battleships put to sea after the engagement. The German land forces now are driving hard against the southwesternt portion of the island of Oesel with the1 object of capturing the batteries at Serel which dominates the eastern en- trance to the Gulf of Riga.t Berlin reports that Abro Island, offt the southern coast of Oesel and RunoI Island in the middle of the Gulf oft Riga, have been occupied by GermanI troops. It is asserted that 2,400 pris-r oners, 30 guns, 21 machine guns, ands several airplanes were captured by the Germans in Oesel.N The troops of the entente allies aref still keeping to their trenches in9 Flanders, probably awaiting a bet-N terment of soil conditions which thev recent rains and flooded streams ren-.f dered almost impracticable to attack. To the south along the Aisne, the Ger-t mans after a lively bombardment have again attacked French positions and succeeded in penetrating their en-d trenchments. As has been customary,D however, the French immediatelya counter attacked and regained the losti ground.c MEDICAL STUDENTS WILL BE EXEMPTED Those Called By Draft Boards MayI Secure Counter-Order; Dents ' IncludedE Medical students above their fresh-V man year and hospital internes whoI have been drafted into the nationalt army by local boards may now beB discharged from camp and return tod the universities to complete their courses. This was a ruling made by he president in his supplemental reg- ulations governing the execution of he selective service law. Each student so discharged must,d iowever, join the enlisted reserven corps, which consists chiefly of mena who have been sent back from can-a onments to finish their medical cours- c es. That the men are subject to call at any time is the only condition in-b posed upon them.d Medical students who have beenn called by their local boards and de-t lire to finish their courses shouldd apply to the surgeon-general of the army. Wit every request must beT enclosed th order of the local board calling for physical examination, af- idavit evidence of the status of the applicant as a medical student, andz petition to enroll in the enlisted t reservecorps. Upon order they maya >e discharged by their local boards.t BOOST YELLS NEEDED FOR LIBERTY ORIVI COMPETITION OPENED BY ATH LETIC ASSOCIATION TO AID LOAN "Yes, go ahead, I'm for it," was th way in which Mr. P. G. Bartelme spok when asked his opinion of a booste scheme which local Liberty loan cam paigners have devised. A request for yells boosting the Lib erty loan has been sent out by th athletic association of the University The best one will bring a free ticke for the M. A. C. game to its composer Competent judges will be selected to choose which of the yells will receive the prize. On account of the great amount of material it is expected that competi_ tion will be strong. For this reason contributions should be turned in to the editor of The Daily as soon as possible. 6. re.-HURLEY LEADS NEW UNION OFFICERS PROF. J. C. PARKER CHOSEN TO TAKE PLACE OF DEAN BATES ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS George F. Hurley, '16-'18L, was elected president of the Michigan Union at a meeting of the board of directors held yesterday. The title of president in absentia was conferred upon Charles W. Fisch- er, Jr., '18, who was elected president last spring, but who is now in the service. Prof. John C. Parker was appointed to the board of directors to fill the position left vacant by Dean Henry M. Bates, who is on leave of absence at Harvard. The election of a law vice-president to succeed Hurley will take place at the next meeting of the board of di- rectors, after the nominating commit- tee has made its report. Richey B. Reavil1, '19, has been appointed chair- man of a follow-up Union member- ship campaign. The board of directors decided, as a war measure, not to hold the annual football smoker or banquet this year. To take the place of this affair, there will be some sort of mass meeting when the "M's" are awarded to the football team. The complete personnel of the Mich- igan Union executive staff is as fol- lows: George ,F. Hurley, '16-18L, presi dent; Waldo McKee, '18E, Carl W. Neumann, '18, Justin L. Powers, '18P, and Thomas L. Tolan, '18M, vice-pres- idents; Cecil C. Andrews, '18-'20L, re- cording secretary; Evans Holbrook, 'OOL, financial secretary; Homer L. Heath, '07, general secretary and man- ager; Frank M. Bacon, '02, director of student activities; Prof. William A. Frayer, Prof. John C. Parker, and Dr. Reuben Peterson, faculty repre- sentatives to the board of directors; Henry W. Douglas, '90E, Lawrence Maxwell, '74, Stanley D. McGraw, '92, Walter E. Oxtoby, '98L, and G. Fred Rush, '89, alumni representatives to the board of directors; and Wilfred B. Shaw, '04, member of the board of directors. BLAZE DESTROYS ONE MILLION TONS OF HAY AT CAMP CUSTER Battle Creek, Oct. 16.-A fire of un- determined origin at Camp Custer to- night destroyed a million tons of hay and gave about 1,000 of the national army men their first experience in fighting flames. Major Robinson, who discovered the blaze, said it started to puff up sud- denly from the middle of the three million pound pile at the remount sta- tion. An investigation is being con- ducted. IOWA CITIZENS OBJECT TO STATE-WIDE PROHIBITION Des Moines, Ia., Oct. 16.-Iowa citi- zens apparently have declined to bind themselves to state-wide prohibition, according to late returs tonight re- ceived from all but three counties in, the state.: The count of votes gives $197,279 against, and 196,341 for, the proposed constitutional prohibition amendment. Statutory prohibition now prevails in Iowa. I 1 e DRIVING THE LIBERTY LOAN r TO SUCCESS IN MICHIGAN Total subscriptions-Monday, $4,300.- e * Tuesday, $7,350. t Student total to date, $11,350. Michigan's quota, $200,000. Nine working days lef, at pres- ent rate of subscriptions will raise but $63,450. Faculty subscriptions to date, $59,000. The three leading fraternities ~-Zeta Beta Tau, $2,350; Alpha Delta Phi, $2,300; Phi Kappa Psi, $1,450. These organizations carry about half of the total student subscriptions. Board in control of student publications, $2,000. Adelphi house of representa- tives, $100. To beat Princeton's quota of $400,000, Michigan has $327,450 to go. In other words, Michigan Needs to Speed Up. , BOND SALE REACHES. S1,OOO,ODO MARK TREASURY OFFICIALS DOUBTFUL OVER SUCCESS OF SECOND LIBERTY LOAN Washington, Oct. 16. - With 14 working days gone and only 10 more to come, Liberty bond sales. were be- lieved by treasury-officials tonight to have just touched the $1,000,000,000 mark, a result which has led them to wonder if the $5,000,000,000 hoped for could be attained in the final days of the campaign. Officials figures representing actual sales reported tonight to the treas- ury department as of the close of bus- iness yesterday placed the total at $528,230,850, or a little more than half the $1,000,0001000 believed to - have been subscribed. These figures do not include the result of the two day can- vass made by 600,000 workers in the Minneapolis district and places the amount in other districts far below th: sums reported unofficially. The official totals include $56,145,000 from the Chicago federal reserve district. "Granting the most reasonable al- lowance for unreported sales,' the treasury department statement contin- ues, "The situation is not encourag- ing." Army sales continue to increase un- til tonight the boys in khaiki had bought more than $25,000,000 in bonds. SUGGEST STUDENT COUNCIL FIND SUBSTITUTE FOR ANNUAL BATTLES BOTH CLASSES FAVOR MOVE OF OFFICIALS Wil Be First Time in History of Campus That Encounters Have Not Been Held "Resolved that in view of the dang- ers involved and in view also of condi- tions incident to the war the Senate council does not approve the flag rush and push-ball contest; the Sen- ate council therefore recommends that the Student council find if pos- sible, some substitutes for these ev- ents that will meet the objections felt" This resolution which was adopted at a meeting of the Senate council Monday afternoon but scarcely noth- ing was known of the action until it was read before the freshman mass meeting by S. S. Atwood, '18E, presid- ent of the Student council, ast evening when the yearlings had assembled to elect leaders and organize for the contest that was abolished. Another resolution was adopted by the c uncil immediately after this one and reads as follows: "Resolved, That when a suitable substitute for the flag rush is found permission will be granted to hold the event on a Saturday morning." This will be the first time in the history of the campus since the rushes were started that the sopho- mores and freshmen have been refus- ed their semi-yearly opportunity to battle each other. Attwood assured the yearlings that the council would take immediate steps to find some possible substitu- tion for the contests. Dean John R. Effinger of the liter- ary college, complimented the first year men upon the spirited way which they received the news. "This is the best example of college spirit I have seen in many years of college," he said. One of the prominent seniors on the campus when interviewed on the pro- position of the games said, "Person- ally I do not see the value of the games. The good accomplished is not worth the chance taken." Interviews among sophomores show that the majority of this class felt that the action of the Senate council was favorable with this class as well as with the freshmen. What action will be taken by the Student council in trying to find a substitute for the games is only a mat- ter of speculation according to one council member. COAL STRIKE HITS MINING INDUSTRY Four Miines Closed When 15,000 ]en Quit in Illinois Walk- Ot Springfield, Ill., Oct. 16.-More than four coal mines in central and south- ern Illinois, representing between 12,- 000 and 15,000 miners were shut down today. The coal mining industry of the state tonight faces virtual pa- ralysis as a result of the spreading strike of miners who demand immedi- ate wage increases, operators here stated. Miners said today they were given to understand that the new wage agreement reached at Washington would be effective without delay. Op- erators on the other hand pointed to a clause making increases contingent upon an advance by the fuel admin- istration in Illinois coal prices, de- claring present prices are prohibitive of wage increase. Military Training Classes Cancelled Military drill will be cancelled this afternoon to permit men to attend the Michigan-Detroit football game, ac- cording to orders issued by Lieut. G. C. Mullen, Tuesday. Drills will be resumed Thursday as usual. SENATE COUNCIL RECOMMENDS THAT FLAG RUSH AND PUSH-BALL CONTEST BE DISCONTINUED IN THE UNIVERSITY D. M. DICKSON, '67L, FORMER POSTMASTER-GENERAL, DIES Mr. Donald M. Dickinson, '67L, post- master-general during the administra- tion of President Cleveland and a prominent figure in Democratic cir- cles, died Monday at his home in Tren- ton. He had been in poor health for three years. Mr. Dickinson entered politics in 1872, became chairman of the Demo- cratic committee in this state in 1876, and was appointed to the national committee four years later. This posi- tion he retained' for five years. In 1887 he became postmaster-general in President Cleveland's cabinet. He re- fused a .similar position in Cleveland's next administration. Mr. Dickinson is survived by his widow, one son, Don M. Dickinson, Jr., and one daughter, Mrs. Frances D. Barbour. SOPH LITS TO ELECT CLASS OFFICERS THURSDAY NIGHT The sophomore lit class will hold its first meeting of the year in the auditorium of University hall at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening. The class officers for the coming year will be nominated. The University Zionist society will meet at 7 o'clock tomorrow in room P-162 Natural Science building. The greatest single item of expendi- also, and those holding season tickets ture was $1,571,200,000 advanced the: must pay a tax on their seat at any allies. performance Each thea Y. W. and Y. M. Cabinets Meet pelled to .su Cabinet members of the Y. M. C. A. month, a sv and the Y. W. C. A. will gather at a receipts for supper to be given in Lane hall to- accompanied night. The trustees of the Students' collected.] Christian association have been in- must be ke] vited to joint with them. to federal in The war service conference, which ness in ma is to be held at Battle Creek Friday,' ment render will be the main topic of the evening. fine of $500. for which it is held. ter manager will be com- bmit, on the first of every worn statement as to his the month. This must be [by a draft for the amount Daily box office records pt, which will be subject spection at any time. Lax- king the monthly settle- s any person liable to a Local taxi companies have peti- tioned the city council for-permission to raise their rates. The matter has been referred to the ordinance com- mittee of the council.