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VOL. XXVII. No. 59. ANN ARBOR, MICHICAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENT
GOODFELLOWS ASK
FOR STUDENT AID
IN CHEER CRUSADE
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PROCURE 4
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POOR IN CITY
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TO COLLECT CAST-OFF SHOES
Give Benefit Play In University Hall
Wednesday Night to Obtain
Necessary Funds
Thtere is real poverty in Ann Arbor
and plenty of it. Tht big Goodfellow
movement, which has just begun the
work of providing Christmas cheer
for the poor of this city, has found
that it will need the aid of every stu-
dent organization if the task it has
undertaken is to be successfully
handled.
More than W0 families require inter-
mittent or constant aid from the Fed-
orat^d charities according to a state-
ment made last night by Mrs. Maria
Peel of that organization, and it is the
children upon whom the greater part
of suffering falls. lverything possible
is bming done at this time to procure
clothing and provisions which will re-
lieve the situation.
Children Need Shoes
There is a serious need for shoes.
Doz'ens of children in Ann Arbor have
never been provided with footwear of
any kind. Cast-off shoes and clothing
can be hut to immediate use and stu-
dents are urged to save such mater-
ial until the Goodiellows announce the
day upon which it will be collected.
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Help to clothe a "kiddie."
Give one child a "feed."
Go to the Goodfellow lecture.
Donate your old clothes and
shoes.
Contribute used Christmas
trees.
Save toys, decorations, and
play gifts.
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ASQUITH TO SUPPORT
LLOY-GEORGE CAINET
Former Premier Charges Wide Spread
Movement Against Himself
and Sir E. Grey
London, Dec. 8.-Speaking at a
meeting of the Liberal party members
of the hots of lords and of commons
today, former Premier Asquith
charged a wide spread movement
against Sir Edward Grey and himself,
but absolved Lloyd-George from any
part therein. He lauded Lloyd-George
in glowing terms.
"I hope to give the new govern-
ment all the support my experience
has brought me, and I trust I may be
helpful."
Viscount Grey, speaking to the
same gathering, said he understood
Arthur J. Balfour, first lord of the
admiralty, under the coalition cabinet,
would be foreign secretary in the
Lloyd-George ministry, and Lord
Cecil, minister for blockade, under the
cabinet just passed, would be made
undersecretary for foreign affairs. As-
quith said he felt it his duty to re-
sign "not the leadership of the Lib-
erals, but his place as premier."
BRUMM TO ADDRESS FRESHMEN
Rhetoric Professor to Speak at 1920)
Assembly Monday
Prof. John I. Brumn of the rhetoric
department will be the chief speaker
at the second fresh assembly to be
held next Monday afternoon at 4
o'clock in the auditorium of the
Natural Science building.
After the assembly, there will be
a regular class meeting and commit-
tee reports for the ensuing year will
be given. No definite social program
for the year has been arranged, but
the activities of the class in this de
patment will soon be under way under
the social committee. All loyal mem-
bers of the class are expected to be
on hand for the assembly Monday.
U S, OFFICIAL TO LECTURE
F. C. Howe, Immigration Commis-
sloner, to Discuss War Outcome
Frederic C. Howe, United States
commissioner - of immigration, will
give a lecture on "The Social Outcome
of the War" in University Hall, Dec.
12, under the auspices of the Inter-
collegiate Socialist society. This or-
ganization was instrumental in bring-
ing Lincoln Steffens to Ann Arbor
some few weeks ago, who suggested
to the club that Mr. Howe would con-
sent to speak here if properly so-
licited.
Mr. Howe will deal primarily with
the social and economic conditions
likely to result from the present war.
He contends that if the greed for mar-
kets was curbed, future wars would
be an impossibility.
An industrial revolution is antici-
pated by Mr. Howe, who hopes that
the government will assume owner-
ship of the merchant marine, rail-
roads, food supply, and all other fac-
tors of vital importance to the gen-
eral public.
J-LITS TO HAVE JOYFUL TIME
Lively Program Arranged for Smoker
at Union Monday Night
Big doings, and the old convival
feeling, always engendered by cider
and doughnuts, will hold sway, when
the junior lits hold their annual fall
smoker at the Union next Monday
evening.
Committees have been at work for
the last week, making arrangements
and a lively program of talks punctu-
ated with songs. Novelty acts will
serve to pass the evening away in
goodfellowship.
Lyman Bryson of the department of
journalism will enliven the evening
with a talk to the juniors, while Cap-
tain C. C. Smith of the Varsity foot-
ball team; Owen Watts, president of
the class, and Frank Grover will con-
spire to make the event a round of
linked sweetness. Tickets can be had
at the Union and from committeemen.
Officer Guilty of Wells-Fargo Theft
Los Angeles, Dec. 8.-Patrolman A.
JT. Griffith this afternoon confessed
that he robbed the Wells-Fargo mes-
senger yesterday of $20,000.
Deny Rumor of
Jiore Small Pox'
Girls Strike at j
Hoover factory
City Health Officer Clains That No Demand Increase in Pay and Friday
Cases have Developed Since Afternoons Off, But Are
Wednesday Refused
"Nothing has developed since Wed- The Hoover Steel Ball company was1
nesday," said Dr. J. A. Wessinger, lo- forced to close down its inspection
cal health officer, yesterday, when jdepartment late yesterday afternoon
asked about the smallpox situation. He when 140 girls went on a strike de-
denied that there was any truth in manding an increase of fourcents an
the rumor that more cases had de- hour and Friday afternoons off. The
veloped. girls will not be given their demands
The effect of the warning issued by and none of the strikers will be rein-
the University health service, that all stated, asserted L. J. Hoover, owner
students should be vaccinated to pre- Iand manager of the factory, last night.
vent a general epidemic, is clearly At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon as
shown by the figures compiled by the the day force was leaving and the
department during the last two days. night shift was starting to work, 140
Yesterday there were 154 vaccina- girls in the inspection department
tions, including 30 in Dr. Pratt's of- walked into Hoover's office and made
flce, and 144 Thursday. The total their demands. The owner of the fac-
number of vaccinations since the first tory refused them and the 140 girls
sign of smallpox in Ypsilanti in Oc- started to march up and down Edwin
tober is about 500, including 52 treated street, where the factory is situated.
in Dr. Pratt's department. The owner of the factory sent in a
Dean Wilber B. Hinsdale of the riot call, but before the police ar-
Homeopathic Medical School, ordered rived the girls had dispersed.
all students of that department to take The women in the factory have been
the necessary treatment. The seniors ;getting 6, 8, 12, 14, and 16 cents an
and juniors of the medical school were hour and many have been laid'off with
vaccinated yesterday, while the sopho- no pay, according to one of the strik-
mores and freshmen will probably be ers. This, however, was denied by the
treated today. owner of the factory. Mr. Hoover re-
Three medical fraternities applied to fused to comment on the situation,
the service for vaccine and a liberal outside of stating that the wage earn-
supply was delivered yesterday morn- ers' demands would not be granted.
ing.
FAVOR POLITICS IN ELECTIONS
BELGIAN PLEA OF AMERICAN
Mehigan wants Varsity basketball.
This is the answer of the student
body to the question proposed to them
by the student council yesterday morn-
ing. During the three hours that the
1etitions were on the campus over
1,700 signified their desire to see the
court game instituted at the Univer-
sity as a major sport.
Officials in charge of signing stated
that fully nine-tenths of the men who
came in contact with the petitions
signed them. The number of signa-
tures could probably have been tripled
had the blanks been available a day,
or so longer.
Thus far, practically all oppositior
to Varsity basketball has centered
about the lack of competition. The
students were fully cognizant of this
question when they signed the peti-
to 3,000 people, will accommodate but
1,500 people on account of the fire
laws in regard to exits. Anent this
condition of affairs it is interesting to
I note that when the athletic associa-
tion sent out its recommendations for
the remodeling of the gymnasium, it
stressed the fact that the lack of exits
had prohibited the admittance of large
crowds in the past and recommended
that three new exits be built.
The building as remodeled contained
the same number of exits that it had
before the addition was built; how-
ever, another exit will be added within
the course of a few weeks. It should
be an easy matter to strike the two
extra doorways that the athletic as-
sociation ordered through the build-
ing, and thus allow the gymnasium to
hold its full capacity.
Michigan's present athletic status,
Michigan Wants Varsity Iasketball--
Decision JMade by 1,700 Petitioners
tions yesterday. They realized that according to some will not allow her
the competition for the first year, two to carry a new Varsity sport. There
years, or even three ears, must of are many who believe that this is not
necessity be of a somewhat inferior the case, but if it is true, that Michi-
nature-inferior not in quality neces- gan's athletics will not allow the es-
sarily, but in the athletic standing of tablishment of a sport that is carried
the schools involved. The students by nearly every other college in Amer-
have- known this and still have raised ica, the fault must lie with the sys-
their voices in approval of the sport, tem rather than with the sport.
believing that the future will bring Student opinion yesterday decided
better things in this line, in favor of Varsity basketball. It is
It has been said that the gymnasium, now up to those in charge to pass
although there is room for from 2,500 final judgment on the question.
HOLD ANNUAL FRESHMAN
SPREAD IN GYM TONIGHT
Yearling Women to Be Guests of Up-
per Classmen for Thirty-Sixth
Time in History
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors
will unite to do honor to the humble
freshman, who will be the guest of
honor at the thirty-sixth annual fresh-
man spread, to be held tonight in Bar-
bour gymnasium. Mrs. H. B. Hutchins,
Mrs. J. E. Beal, and the wives of the
heads of the various schools and col-
leges will receive ths guests as they
enter the parlors of the gymnasium,
after which the grand march will
form.
Each freshman will be escorted by
an upperclassman, members of the
senior class having been called upon
to fill out the ranks of the juniors,
who traditionally perform this duty.
The sophomores will act as hostesses,
the entire management of the affair
being in their hands.
Contrary to general opinion, the
fresman spread is not a spread at all,
but is a dance having developed into
this in its early form, when 30 girls
met to eat and sing at the room of
one of their number. Plans are being
made to receive 900 girls this even-
ing, but the arrangements are so plan-
ned that at no time are all the guests
on the floor at once. Refreshments are
served in relays in the dining room,
where a limited number of girls may
be acommnodated.
CLEVELAND STUDENTS OBTAIN
SPECIAL TRAIN ON DEC. 20
A special train has been chartered
for all students who will go to Cleve-
land on their way home for Christmas
vacation or who will make connec-
tions there for points in Ohio and
surrounding states. The train will
leave Ann Arbor at 12 o'clock on Wed-
nesday, Dec. 20. Special rates have
been secured and deposits for tickets
will now be received by Kirk Mill-
hoff, '18, at the Michigan Union.
GROCERS AID H, C, OF L. PLAN
Ann Arbor Dealer Believes Merchants
Will Assist Movement
"E.very grocer in town, I am sure,
will co-operate with the newly formed
Housewives' league in their cam-
paign," said John .McGregor, local
grocer, yesterday afternoon when
asked if the Ann Arbor dealers will
help the women of the city to fight the
high cost of living.
"I have talked with a number of
the grocermen around the city about
the Housewives' league, and I think
their sentiments are with the league.
"Everything is costing us so much
that it is impossible for us to lower
our present prices. My overhead ex-
pense alone costs me more than 12
per cent and I am making less than
that on my grocery business.
f"On a majority of my commodities,
I make less than 'a cent apiece and
that means carrying that goods at a
loss. If the league could only discover
some way to reduce the cost of the
goods to us, we would willingly lower
our prices proportionally, and I be-
lieve that every Ann Arbor grocer
would do the same."
SENIOR AND FRESH PHARMICS
SELECT CLASS COMMITTEES
Senior and fresh pharmic commit-
tees have been appointed. The senior
committees are as follows: Finance
John F. Maulbetsch, chairman, Seth P
Grandy and Abram Van Loos; social
Fritz Rehor, chairman, H. F. Millman
and Don Cross; invitations and cane
J. I. Millner, chairman, . Lawrence
Heustis and -Florence H. Wixson;
11Michiganensian, Lawrence Heustis
chairman, and H. A. Osborne; cap and
gown, Paul Gibson, chairman, George
R. Byrnes and Carl Thorington.
The freshman committees are: Ad-
visory, E. C. Watts, H. C. Storick, E
W. Grunow, H. J. Burchfield, and E. J
Foster; finance, H. J. Burchfield
chairman, E. C. Watts, Irma M. Neu-
mann, E. W. Grunow, and C. B. Mat-
. teson; auditing, Verne C. Eaegle
chairman, A. E. Anderson, and C. L
Butler; social, E. F. Foster, chairman
Verne G. Eaegle, Irma M. Neumann
Ruth I. Vokes, and L. M Rutz.
HOLD GREEK KING
RESPONSIBLE FOR
AMERICAN MINISTER TO ATHENS
JOINS OTHER REPRES-
ENTATIVES
CAPTURE 10,000 ROUMANIANS
German Forces Believed heavily Re-
enforced on Frnt in
Macedonia
Washington, Dec. 8.--American Min-
ister. Droppers at Athens, has joined
the other neutral diplomats protesting
to the king against actions which have
taken place in Athens the past few
days, it was learned authoritatively to-
day. The state department officials
maintain the greatest secrecy over the
situation which they said was "ex-
tremely delicate."
It is known, however, that officials
here are greatly disturbed over the
assassination and wholesale imprison-
ment of adherents of Venizelos, who
are said to have offered no resistance
to the Greek royal government. It
is not known exactly-along what lines
the diplomatic protest was made, but
it was thought probably here they told
the king he would be held responsible
for injuries received by ahy neutral
in Athens, and that he must suppress
Greek rioting.
Today's War Moves
Capture of more than 10,000 Ron-
manian troops on the nothern front-
ier near Predeal and Altschanz Passes.
German and Frerich statements as to
fighting in the west back of the Meuse
were in direct contradiction.
Paris reported recapture of the
height position which the Germans
took a few days ago.
Berlin asserted repulse of these
counter-attacks. Serious fighting con-
tinues along the Madedonian front.,
Paris Reports Attacks Repulsed
Paris reported repulse of three vio-
lent attacks east of the Cerna. The
Serbian official chronicled repulse of
repeated. Teutonic counter-attacks
against positions which the allies had
wrested from them.
Berlin claimed fa e of Serpian
night attacks near va on the Cer-
na. Salonika advice id the German
forces in Macedonia were being heavi-
ly re-inforced. The troops apparently
were diverted from Roumania prepar-
atory to a vigorous offensive.
Berlin said the Russian offensive in
the wooded Carpathians had lessened
in force since it was apparent that
the relieving of pressure on the Ro-
manians had failed. Greece was to be
formally blockaded by the allies to-
day.
INLANDER SCORES OPERA BOOR
Article in December Issue Criticises
Plan of Selection
"The Mailed Fist, or the Itching
Palm," an article by T. F. McAllister,
'18, which will appear in the December
number of the Inlander, is said to be
a severe indictment against the pres-
ent system of selecting the book for
the Michigan Union opera. The in-
justice done the authors of the book,
and the manner in which dramatic ex-
cellence is sacrified for the sake of
making as much money as possible
from the project is heavily scored by
the writer.
A cleverly executed short story en-
titled "The Woman in Drab," lays
claim to a sparkling style and pos-
sesses the, unexpected as an ending. A
number of poems as well as several
pertinent editorials do much toward
envlivening the issue.
11ooK TO FURNISH MUSIC
FOR SOP ENGINEER PARTY
Shook's orchestra of Detroit, will
, play for the soph engineer dance to
- be held Dec. 16, in Barbour gymnas-
- ium. Tickets for the party which will
, be limited to 125 couples, may be ob-
tained at the Union. Chaperones for
, the party are Prof. John R. Allen and
, Mrs. Allen and Prof. Clarence T. John-
ston and Mrs. Johnston.
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Christmas trees which fraternities
and sororities will use at the parties
previous to going home for the holi-
days, will be distributed to the hos-
pitals and among the poor. Organiza-
tions are urged to write or telephone
the Goodfellow editor if they will have
a tree which can be used by the Good-
fellows after their entertainment. In
past years a large number of such
trees have been destroyed after being
used once and it is hoped that this
can be avoided this winter.
Big :Demand for Gifts
Decorations and play gifts which
would otherwise be thrown away are
also in demand. Every house head is
earnestly requested to see that all
available material of this kind is col-
lected and held until the Goodfellows
call for it.
Tickets for the stereopticon enter-
tainment, "Picturesque America," to
be given next Wednesday evening in
University hall will be put on sale
this afternoon. Members of the busi-
ness and editorial staffs of The Mich-
igan Daily will have the pasteboards
which will be sold for ten cents each.
The entertainment will consist of
two lectures in the nature of travel-
ogues. The le-turers will be George
R. Swain, of Ann Arbor, and Norman
B. Conger, head of the Detroit weather
bureau. John E. Campbell, '18, will
act as treasurer for the Goodfellows.
DEAN EFFINGER TO SPEAK
BEFORE GRAND RAPIDS CLUB
Dean John R. Effinger will speak
at the Grand Rapids club smoker at
1:30 o'clock this afternoon at the
Union. Charles Breitung, '17E, presi-
dent of the club, will deliver a short
talk on the publicity campaign now
being carried on in Grand Rapids with
the object of bringing good men and.
athletes to Michigan. Arrangements
will be made to have a special car to
Grand Rapids at vacation time.
GOVERNMENT NOW PUBLISHED
Official Statement to Germany Pro-
tests "in Friendly But Solemn
Way Against Action"
Washington, Dec. 8.-The American
protest to Germany against the de-
portation of Belgian citizens, trans-
mitted by Charles Grew at Berlin, was
made public by the state department
today. The text follows:
The government of the United States
has learned with the greatest concern
and regret of the policy of the Ger-
man government of deporting from
Belgium a portion of the civilian popu-
lation for the purpose of forcing them
to labor in Germany, and it is con-
strained to protest in a friendly spirit,
but most solemnly, against this action,
which is in contravention of all pre-
cedents, and of the principles of inter-
national practice which have long
been accepted and followed by civilian
nations in their treatment of non-com-
batants in conquered territory.
Furthermore, the government of the
United States is convinced that the ef-
feet of this policy, if pursued, will in
all probability b-e fatal to the Belgian
relief work, so humanely planned and
so successfully carried out; a result
which would be generally deplored,
and which it is assumed would seri-
ously embarrass the German govern-
ment
Alpha Na and Webster Societies Vote
for Repeal of Present Rule
Two debating societies last night
unanimously voted for the repeal of
the present rule against the solicita-
tion of votes in campus elections.
Alpha Nu voted 40 to 0 in favor of
the resolution and Webster society
recorded an action of 2 to 0 for the
repeal of the present rule. This fol-
lows the action of Adelpi, the othe-
literary debating society, in unani-
mously passing the repeal of the pro-
hibition of vote soliciation in campus
elections. Jeffersonian, the law de.
bating society, will consider the ques-
tion at its next meeting.
KANSAS UNIVERSITY SETS
DATE FOR PARENTS' WEEK
Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 8.-The Uni-
versity of Kansas has decided definite-
ly on the week of Dec. 11-16 as par-
ents' week. The university will at
that time be thrown open to parents of
students to enable them to see their
sons and 'daughters in actual pursuit
of their studies and to give them a
true picture of college life.
Robbers Get, $6,000 in Bank Hold 1p4
Omaha, Neb., Dec.- 8.-Four masked
robbers held up and robbed the state
bank at Winslow, Neb., 50 miles west
of here this afternoon, and escaped i-
an automobile with $6,000.