F'HE WEATHER UNSETTLE~D-PROB- ABLY RAIN TODAY r f31fr qan &ritt UNITED P1 DAY AN1,NI, WIRE SERI, GiT lU F I t- VOL. XXVII. No. 173. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1917. PRICE FIVE CE GOVERNMENT STILL *HOPES TO CRUSH ANTI-WAR PLOTS Troops Stop Riot In Last St. Louis Five Infantry Companies and Cavalry Troops Patrol Sec. tion of City One FEDERAL AND STATE ON TRAIL OF RIOT TERS OFFICERS PLOT- LUMBERMEN FLEE TO ESCAPE REGISTRATION Minneapolis Socialist Leaguers Decide Not to Register and Take Con- sequences By Carl .. Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, May 30.-The govern ment today hoped it had crushed anti- conscription plots. Officials are not positive, however, that this is the case. Riots like those of Civil war days were still regarded possible, so that the hand of the go- ernment is rounding up plotters in ad- vance and appears to have killed the work of propogandists partly at least. Officials on Watch Federal agents, United States Mar- shall, local police and city patriotic orders are at work over the entire na- tion to turn up men who would thwart American war plans. They will con- tinue their task until registration day next Tuesday, and if necessary nation- al guardsmen will be called into ser- vice to quell disorder. Trail Leads to Pro-German Quarters The government investigating trail led today in many instances to pro- German quarters. The thoroughness of the entire registration propoganda convinced authorities here that it was largely a pre-conceived program of Tuetonic agents. In any event the per- petrators thereof will be punished to the fullest extent of the sedition law, or if the new spy bill passes, the cases will be punished under that measure. Lumber Men Flee to Escape Draft St. Paul, Minn., May 30.-Evidence that lumber jacks and logging men are fleeing into forests of northern Minnesota to escape registration was seen today in a report from State Forester Cox, who was sent into Min- nesota woods to investigate plot charges. Every precaution to prevent concert- ed opposition to draft registration in lumber camps is being taken by the state public safety commission in its secret session. Refuse to Register Minneapolis, May 30.- Members of the young peoples socialist league in Minneapolis today announced that they would not register next Tuesday, and would take the consequences if federal officials want to prosecute them. TEXAS MAIL CARRIER CHARGED WITH THREAT TO KILL WILSON Dallas, Texas, May 30.-W. A. Berg- feld, Hastell, Tex., mail carrier, was arrested here today charged with threatening to take the life of Presi- dent Wilson. Bergfeld was accorded an immediate hearing before United States Commissioner May, who set his bond at, $10,000. NATIVES OF ALLIED NATIONS IN FRANCE MAY BE CALLED Paris, May 30.-The government to- day introduced a bill in the chamber of deputies to compel natives of allied countries now residing in France, to enter military or naval service. Gymnastic Field Meet at Riverview Chicago, May 30.-The International Gymnastic union's track and field meet will be held at Riverview park on June 3 under the auspices of the Danish-American Athletic club. St. Louis, May 30.-East St. Louis today was virtually under martial law. Five infantry companies of the Fourth Illinois national guard, and one cav- alry troop patroled the down town sec- tion and the negro section and plants where negroes are employed. Citizens continued today to protest the importation of iegroes from the South and it is thought that the mayor will take some official action. A ma- jority of the negroes imported have departed. Lieutenant-Colonel Crayton, commander of the troops, and Mayor Mallmon announced today that the situation was under controldand that further rioting is not feared. ANNUAL DILY-GARGOYLE FRAY ENDS IN DELUGE CONTEST CALLED IN SITH; RE- PORTERS PROVE GOOD MARATHONERS Vindication and revenge are The Daily's. For the personal edification of those Gargollans who so far forgot them- selves yesterday, and who neglected to come out to south Ferry field, it may be said here and now that The Daily mauled and kicked the alleged funny guys all over the lot. The mauling- score if you wish-was 32-10. But six innings of the scheduled nine were, played. Both sides were perfectly willing to call it quits at the hour of noon, so quits it was. Glenn M. Coulter, '18L, president of the Union, also was perfectly willing to state that it was a day. The honor of The Daily was well upheld by H. C. L. Jackson, the man- aging editor, who refused to allow a hit for the first quartet of innings. buring these rounds, the infield of this publication worked like a set of pro- fessionals. In 'passing out the checks for laud- able work the whole Daily team looked well. But the work of Wehmeyer Clark, Schermerhorn, and Carey as the infield must not be overlooked. Schermerhorn went back of second for a hard hit bal, and after making a hair-raising stop, got his man at first by a perfect heave. Long distance clouting by the win- ners brought the total up to 16-0 at the end of the second. Folz was using his own invention of the bean ball about this time in an unsuccessful at- tempt to ward off clouts. The rest of the contest was more o less of a slaughter of the same order until Fitzgerald had to go and violate inviolable tradition and q'ustom by pitching for Folz. Fitz whiffed a row of Daily substi- tutes in order in the last of the sixth. The Gargoyle attempted to stage a rally at the expense of the tiring Jackson, but succeeded in amassing but six runs. Shoenfield, who played right field for the Gargoyle, was the real scintil- lator of the contest from the losers' (Continued on Page Six.) ABANDON BRASS POWDER CITP TO AVERT NAVAL ACCIDENTS Washington, May 30.-To make im- possible a repetition of the recent ac- cident on the Mongolia, in which two Red Cross nurses were killed, the brass type of powder cups used in Am- erican naval guns is to be abandoned for wood or fiber substitutes. ated the naval guard on the Mongolia The investigating board has exoner- and attributes the accident to an un- explainable defection at right angles of a portion of a brass powder cup. SENATE HAPLAIN AT MSSEETING Rev. George L. Cady of Lansing Will Be Main Speaker at Pre-regis- tration Exercise MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS TO PARADE CITY IN UNIFORMS Registrar Hall to Explain to Men De.. tails of Registration and Exemptions The Rev. George L. Cady of Lan- sing, chaplain of the Michigan state senate, will be the principal speaker at the patriotic mass meeting in Hill auditorium next Monday evening for the University students and Ann Ar- bor men who will register on June 5 for the selective draft. Details for the event were arranged at a conference of the committee in charge of the meeting at the Union at Tuesday noon. Parade Before Meeting A patriotic parade of all military organizations in the city will be a fea- ture of the meeting. Music will be furnished by Otto's Knights Templar band and the Varsity band. Earle B. Moore and Charles A. Sink of the School of Music will have charge of the musical part of the program. The ground floor will be reserved for all those who are to register Tuesday, and the galleries will be open to the general public. It is estimated that there are 2,000 men of registration age in the city. Registration Explained George J. Burke, former prosecut- ing attorney. will preside at the meet- ing. Rev. N. C. Fetter will offer prayer at the opening of the exercises. Reg- istrar Arthur G. Hall will explain th details of the registration and the method of procedure. Registrar Hall is the official registrar of this precinct and is in close touch with the rules of registration. The committee in charge of arrange- ments for the patriotic mass meeting consists of Messrs. R. A. Campbell, L. C. Douglas, H. J. Abbott, Registrar A. G. Hall, and Dr. T. S. Langford. The sub-committees are as follows: Pa- rade, Colonel A. C. Pack, Major C. W. Castle, S. W. Millard, Chris Donnelly, and B. F. Savery; speakers, L. C. Douglas, H. J. Abbott, and Registrar A. G. Hall; music, C. A. Sink, Erwin E. Schmid, and L. D. Wines; publicity and printing, H. L. C. Jackson, '18, H. H. Johnson, and D. W. Springer. Ush- ers and decorations, W. C. Hollands, L. H. Flook, and William Schultz. VILLA TAKES TOWN Force Under "Chico" Cano Captures City Near Border El Paso, Tex., May 30.-A Vilista force under "Chico" Cano today cap- tured the Mexican town of Ojinada op- posite Presidio,- Texas, after a battle with Carranzaistas lasting several hours, according to information which reached military headquarters here. Bullets fell into the American town of Presidio, but so far as could be learned no Americans were injured, the report said. Villa is headed for the captured city where it is said he will establish his headquarters. The Carranza defenders are fleeing to Jiminez. Chicago Boys to Farm in Michigan Chicago, May 30.-Agricultural camp No. 1 for high school boy volunteers has been opened near Frankfort, Mich., by 10 boys who have been taking man- ual training in Chicago's public schools. Ninety boys will leave for the camp within 10 days. Evanston Celebrates with Pageant Chicago, May 30.-A pageant sym- bolic of the past, present, and future was held in Evanston this morning in celebration of Memorial day. Hu Socialists A rrive for Peace Conference Called by Scheidemann Copenhagen, May 30.-The German socialist delegation en route to the Stockholm "peace conference" called by the German socialist leaders, ar- rived here today. Philip Scheidemann, the German ma- jority socialist leader, who was mainly instrumental in calling the Stockholm' meeting, has been here for a number of days, holding conferences with Swiss internationalists. "The decision of the French social- ists to attend the Stockholm confer- ence will bring British socialists," de- clared Scheidemann. Other German socialists thought peace would come when the belliger- ent governments were forced by suf- ferings of the masses to follow Rus- sia's example. The German socialists all declared Russia's plan of democ- racy was what they sought in the cen- tral empires. The German socialists' view is that they are ready for "peace without an- nexations." Delegate Molkenbuhr declared that Germany and Alsace Lorraine were so intimately connected that a separa- tion was impossible. DECRATION DAY SIEKERS UPHOLD PRESIDENT HARRY B. HUTCHIN REVIEWS ENTRANCE INTO WAR CIVIL WAR VETERAN RECALLS DAYS OF '6 Presents History of Michigan's So diers In Rebellion; Sing National Airs WILSON SSERTS TRUST IN LOYALTY OF NATION PRESIDENT DECLARES MANHOODI OF COUNTRY WILL RESPOND TO CRISIS Washington, May 30. - Asserting confidence in the loyalty of the nation, President Wilson this afternoon de- clared its manhood will respond to this1 crisis "with results that will hold the attention of all mankind." The president spoke at the annual Arlington cemetery Decoration day services. Paying tribute to the na- tion's dead, the president said, "I envy them because of their great work for liberty accomplished; while we are in the midst of work unfinished, theirs has already been tested. Men who died to preserve the union also gave, their lives to preserve the instrument which we offer the world today." Fight for Human Liberty "The liberty of the nation de- scended in the Civil war is not a sel- fish liberty," the president said. "We join with other nations to fight for the cause of human liberty, which we have an opportunity to vindicate with; our blood and treasures. With the help of God, America will show that she was born to serve mankind." Mrs. Wilson was with the president. NEXT YEAR OFFICERS FOR VEREIN ELECTED German Honorary Society Choses Leaders for Both Upper and Lower Sections Officers for next year were elected by the Deutscher Verein at its last meeting of the semester held last Tuesday night in the society's rooms. The officers for the general Verein are: Waldemar F. Schreiber, '18, president; Ruth Bailey, '18, vice-presi- dent; Anna von Walthausen, '18, sec- retary; Egon Mallick, '18, terasurer; Ralph Gault, '19, auditor. The officers for the women's sec- tion are: Marie von Walthausen, '18, president; Mildred S. Schilling, '18, vice-president; Hulda Stroeber, '18, secretary; Alice Woessner, '18, treas- urer; Milda Josenhaus, '18, second vice-president. . The officers for the men's section are: Lawrence Goldsmith, '19, pres- ident; Karl Ritscher, eng. spec., vice- president; Erich Walter, '19; secre- tary-treasurer. The social program consisted of a musical selection by Florence Pad- dock, '17, and Robert J. McCandliss, '18, assisted by Emily Powell, '19. Karl Ritscher, eng. spec., and Dyme Badenstab, '20, were called on for speeches. Montana to Farm Lands with Convicts Helena, Mont., May 30.-The Ana- conda Copper Mining company has made the state of Montana a gift of the use of 2:000 acres or more of land for the year upon which to raise all the garden and other crops needed by the state prison, insane asylum, and tuberculosis sanatorium. ITALIARS MIX BLOWS WITH AUSTRIAN TROOPS GENERAL CADORNA SHIFTS RECTION OF BLOW TO NORTH' DI- By John H."Hurley (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Rome, May 30.-Like a skillful boxer who has already achieved a1 "shade," the Italian army today was "mixing its blows" against the Aus- trians on the southern front. By all the rules of the game Gen- eral Cadorna might have been expect-, ed to follow up his brilliant success, around Duino Monday by further bat- tering there. Instead, he is now mak- ing a bold shift of the direction of his blow-striking against the enemy posi- tion far to the north of Duino.y , Expect Brilliant Victory North of the Gorizia front, dis- patches declared, furious fighting is in, vogue and a brilliant victory for the Italians is expected through the turn- ing of the flank position. Hill No. 52, a tremendously strong position, was taken and held against a succession of counter attacks. In the meantime it was reported that General Cadorna was bringing up heavy guns for a renewed assault along the coast lines toward Duino and Trieste. Along this front today the counter-attack was furious. Report Extension of Lines Rome, May 30.-. "By a local offens- ive between Jamiano and the coast we extended our lines to the west of Nedeazza," declared the official war. office report today. Boxer Ruins in China to Be Rebuilt Tientsin,. China, May 30.-Admiral Cheng Pi Kuang, the minister of the navy, has revived thesubject of re- building the Taku forts, which were destroyed by the allies' forces during the Boxer trouble in 1900. Under the protocol of 1901 immediately follow- ing the Boxer trouble China is forbid- den to fortify the mouth of the Peiho. Easterner to Build Chinese Hospitals Baltimore, May 30.-B. Frank Ben- nett, a Baltimore builder, will leave here next month for China, where he has been commissioned by the Rocke- feller foundation to build two hospitals at a cost of $3,000,000. 16 Still Missing in Ruins of Mattoon Mattoon, Ill., May 30.-Mattoon is searching in the ruins of its storm- wrecked homes for the bodies of 16 persons missing and believed dead. Everyone in Charleston has been ac- counted for. Chicago Alumni to Raise War Funds Chicago, May 30.-The alumni of the University of Chicago at their reunion June 9 will turn their energies toward raising funds for the women's war aid of the university. Scholten Wins Oratorical Contest' Holland, May 30.-Walter Scholten won first prize of $30 in the annual Raven oratorical contest at Hope. "The United States entered thi great controversy because the ideal of liberty were being trodden unde fat,cand she will not withdraw unt autocracy is wiped off the earth." This was the statement anent Ame ica's entrance into the world war thE President Harry B. Hutchins mad yesterday afternoon at the public m morial services held in Hill eudito ium. "Citizenship implies duty and sacr fice as well as privileges," continue the president. "By obeying the law and paying his taxes a man is perforn ing only a part of the duty embodie in citizenship. The young men w leave to uphold the standards of the country may be sure that the old element at home will do its share I bring about a sudden and permane peace." Recalls Civil War Incidents Following the president's talk, Rol ert Campbell, member of the G. A. I who presided at the meeting, told 0 an incident during the Civil war I which students from the Universit: Washtenaw and Ypsilanti high school figured prominently. It was immed ately after President Lincoln's call I 1862 for 300,000 men that a sma coterie of University students orga ized a company of volunteers, whic left directly for Washington. Marching across the state of Mar land singing battle songs the regime in which the student company was part became known among the soldie as the "singing regiment." Two week after the students left Ann Arbor the saw active service at South Mountal Regiment Given New Name Describing this episode, Mr. Cam bell said, "The commander of the reg ment asked for volunteers to atta the rebels who were lodged in a ga at South Mountain. Presently one r the Michigan students signified h willingness to 'do so. Before Ior every man in the regiment was t and ready to charge. "At first the men moved slowly, b when they saw their comrades fa dead by their side they went after t rebels like a pack of wolves, and th one little regiment with its backbo of students routed a whole brigade rebels. This repulse was the first t Confederates suffered. " After that t 'singing regiment' was called ti 'stone wall' regiment." Sing National Airs During the meeting General Jol A. Logan's first memorial order w read by William Walz, 'former A Arbor mayor, and Lincoln's Gettysbu: address by Gustave Sodt. "Tenting the Old Camp Ground," "Battle Hyn (Ccntinueed on Page Six.) UPPER PENINSULA CLUB TO HOLD SMOKER AT "Y" TONIGI The officers of the Upper Peninsu club have anno~nced a smoker for 7: o'clock this evening at the Universi Y. M. C. A., to which all of the m from the upper peninsula are invite W. K. Niemann '17, will speak < "My Idea of the Purpose of the Upp Peninsula Club." There will also be a faculty speak and plenty of smokes for all. A fiv piece orchestra will furnish the m sic. Last Chance FINAL SALE Sale from to Get The 1917 of Michiganensian 8 a. m. to A Book TODAY, in University Hall 4 p. m.