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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1918.

EIGHT AMERICAN
GUNNERS KILLED

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Seven'More Injured in Expiosion of
Three-Inch Shell West
of Fort Worth
HEADQUARTERS COMPANY GUN
CREW COMPLETELY WIPED OUT
Six of Infantrymen Instantly Killed;
Two Others Die Within Short
Tine
Fort Worth, Tex., May 8.- Eight
ILI I American gunners were killed and
seven injured, more, or less seriously,
)VOST near Benbrook, a few west of Fort
Worth, when a three-inch shell ex-
ploded at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
,egisla- One gun crew, made up of members
years of the headquarters company , of the
within 141st infantry, was entirely wiped out,
day of and a second crew in headquarters
nd the company of the 142nd infantry suf-
'reneral fered heavy casualty.
mmen- Six of the men were instantly kill-
ed ,and two died within a short time.

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lyEarly A Singer
he Mme. Claudia Muzio, the Italian
for soprano, who will sing ,at the Friday
ay star night, concert, of the May Festi-
he val series, May 15 to 18, in Hill audi-
ium, is the youngest star of the Met-
ropolitan Opera company. She is call-
ed "The Child of the Opera" because
her earliest memories were connected
JS with life behind the scenes.
She was born in Pavia, Italy., She
ta- intended to be a harpist but her re-
l's markable voice was early discovered.
et, After studying for a year under Cas-
rd. aloni, a noted Italian soprano who
a- was one of the first interpreters of
ow Verdi's operas, Mme. Muzio made hdr
or debut in Italy as "Manon Lescaut."
Her father was assistant stage man-
of ager and director of the Covent Garden
>r- opera and the New York Metropolitan.
Her mother sang in the chorus of the
Metropolitan. ,From the time she was
six years old she grew up among op-
eratic surroundings, playing around
the wings of the opera house and imit-
o ating the artists whom she saw.
Since her debut in Italy she has
sung in most of the music centers of
as Europe and also in Cuba and South
he America. Her past season has been
h spent in the United States, where she
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MORTARBOARD TO
INITIATE FIFTEEN
Mortarboard, senior honorary so-
ciety for women, elected the follow-
ing new members at its last meeting:
Ada Arnold, Mararet Atkinson, Hazel
Beckwith, Hannah Champlin, Edith
Duemling, Groeso Gaines, Ida Belle
Guthe, Emily Loman, Doris McDonald,
and Emily Powell. -Initiation will be
held on May 23.
Interest in this society has been
greatly stimulated since it became a
charter member of a national society
of the same name this spring. The
other charter members were Ohio
State, Syracuse, Swarthmore, and Cor-
nell. Since the organizatioi was es-
tablished, Illinois and Colorado have
been added to the list.
RILROAD UOMMIdSION
INCLUDES ALL ROAD EMPLOYEES
WITH MONTHLY PAY OF
LESS THAN $250
}'Washington, May 8.-- All railroad
employees, whose monthly pay in
December, 1915, was less than $250,
have been recommended for wage in-
creases by the railroad wage commis-
Extent of Increase
The recommendations, if adopted by
,Director general McAdoo, would give
the workers $100,000,000 in back pay,
and would add $288,013,718 to the pay-
roll of 1917.
Wage advances do not represent
net increases over existing pay, but
are based on the month of December,
1916. In some cases, deduction will
almost, if not altogether, cover the,
increase according to the report.
Apprentices Omitted
Slight increases of $20 a month are
proposed for all employees,. except ap-
prentices receivihg $46 or less and all
others up to $239 would get advances
ranging from 43 per cent down-
ward -to 4.6 per cent. Above $239,
flat increases will be given to make
the wage $260.
Mr. McAdoo is studying the report
which was made public tonight, and
will decide what increases should be
allowed.
"AMAZONS" READY
FOR PERFORMANCE'
Snappy action, clever costumes, and
well-polished lines characterized the
first dress rehearsal of the "Amazons,"
which is to be given at 8 o'clock to-
night and tomorrow night in Sarah
Casw-ell Angell hall under the au-
spicesof the Women's league. Harm-
ony between the dress of the charact-
ers and the well-chosen scenery was
also a conspicuous element. In fact,
all details of the rehearsal indicated
a splendid production.
"After eight weeks," said Professor'
Raleigh J. Nelson, the director in
charge, "I am delighted with the tal-
ent displayed by the cast and espec-
ially with the enthusiasm with which
each -member has thrown herself into
the action of the play. I am sure of
pleasing everyone with our interbre-
tation of "Amazons."
CUSTER SETS STANDARDS
FOR CAMP MEDICAL METHODS



WYVERN ELECTS NEW
17 SOPHOMORES

Wyvern, honor society for junior
women, elected the following sopho-
more girls to membership on Tues-
day night:
Laura Peacock, Sue Verlenden,
Dorothy Williams, Elsie Erley, Mar-
guerite Cliapin, Ruth Jennings, Marion
Ames, Lucy Hoffman, Kathryn Glass,
Doreen Potter, Alice Comstock, Grace
Hall, Ruth Abbott, Jesse Metcalf, and
Constance Hopkin.
Initiations will be held on May 22.

Government

ness to train
ics for the

22 FORMER MICI
MEN WIN UMM

forwarded to the a
ington.
If the governm
to the contract.

THIRTEEN GET ARTILLERY pus. This st
RANK; NINE IN training the
INFANTRY work.
Twenty-two University of Michigan The size a
students and alumni qualified for com- building wil
missions as second lieutenants in the not been dete
United States army at the third offi- Henry H. H
cers' training camp conducted at college. It
Camp Custer, which closed April 19. be of a temp
This became known with the official be impracticf
announcement by the war department cumstances
of the names of those placed-on the time in the
list of eligibles to receive commissions nent buildini
as soon as vacancies occur. 'While the
Thirteen men qualify in the field tate that c
artillery service and nine in the in- mechanics w
fantry service. They are: field ar- course which
tillery; Charles C. Ashbaugh, '16, Al- iod om Ji
len O. Beach, ex-'19E, Harry L. W. University h
Bowles, '17E, Edmund M. Brown, ex- unofficial sou
'18E, Leo O. Case, ex-'18E, Lynn W. will follow :
Fry, '17E, Rudolph C. Germanson, ex- year.
'18E, Lawrence W. Lamb, '17E, Philip
C. Lovejoy, '16, Edwin B. Palmer, '17, The contir
Carl A. Sorling ex-'18, Glenn P. Thom- on June 15 1
as/ '16E, and Charles H. Van Sickle, man gymnas
'17. Union buildi
Infantry: Theron W. Atwood, '17L, ments will b
Joseph D. Ballard, ex-'18E, Raymond the new Uni
F. Blowers, ex-'18E, James B. Mc- Professor :
David, ex-'18, Donald C. McIntyre, active part i
'17, Samuel 3. Slavens, '17-'19L, Bruce a greater c
N. Tappan, ex-'19, Claud W. Wood, war work, is
'16L. the progress

UNIVERSITY WILL
SSOUTH Of ENGI!
INSTRUCTION

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critical time of w
o this state as t
sage of our inlay
chigan's busy inte

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of the
s must

Spring Games
omore literary
in Mason hall
lity of holding
d to hear the
ee which has
angements for

voted unanimously to
the soph prom and the
o voted unanimously to
as favoring the spring
nsive Training System
8.-Lieutenant Herbert
navy has invented a new
ensive training for sol-
nervous systems have
ed by prolonged war
ain features of the sys-
f climbing trees, run-
hands, rolling on the
ording streams.

is being well received.
The Washington Times comments as1
follows: "Claudia Muzio has a beaut-
iful voice which is clear and bell-like.
Lovely to look upon, she is essentially
the opera, and who sings with vocal
trained in the standard literature of
the opera, and who sings with vocal
fineness and also possesses dramatic
heights and power.'
Delta Gamma Will Hold Benefit
Belgian babies will receive the pro-
ceeds of a card party to be given by
the Delta Gamma sorority at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. The money will
be donated through the national chap-
ter which is collecting similar contri-
butions from chapters throughout
the country.
Guests may have their choice of
games, and the only stipulation is that
.25 cents be paid to the baby fund.
Refreshments will be served.
Cosmopolitan Women to Meet'Monday
The women's chapter of the Cos-
mopolitan club will not meet Thurs-
day, May 9 as was announced, but will
meet at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening,
in the Y. W. C. A. rooms of Newberry
hall. Acting Dean Agnes E. Wells will
speak to the girls on "Promoting
Friendship Among Foreign Students."
All foreign women of the University
are urged to be present. American
students are also cordially invited.c

ENGINEERS W
ON WATER

Engineers will begin work of
Steere farm water project at on
a result of a conference of the con
council and the board of water
missioners Tuesday night. The
ell met at a committee to discus
general arrangements for tle
struction of the new waterw6rks
tem.
In order to make this propo
the greatest success possible,, it
decided at this conference tha
management of the construction
be placed in the hands of a si
committee, composed of the men
of the board of water commissi
the members of the water comn
of the council, and Mayor Erne
Wurster.
It was also decided to engage a
engineers for the project the, fil
Holland, Ackerman, and Ho
rhis is the same firm that has
looking after the revision a
rates in the city. The committ
charge of the sale of bonds will
up the work of floating the issu
mediately.
Columbia Loses to Cornell
Ithaca, N. Y., May 8.-Cornell m
clean sweep of the three game
with Columbia today by winn
to 4.

Camp Custer, Battle Creek, May 8.
-Methods followed by the medical
doctors in the camp for cases of pneu-
monia and empyema, which reached
the stage of an epidemic several weeks
ago, in the Eighty-fifth division will
be adopted as standards in all army
cantonments, according to unofficial
word received from Washington.
The percentage of lives saved here
out of the inumber of cases sent to the
base hospital was grater than in any
other camp.

Track Meet
May 8.-Holy
second annual
ay when it be-

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