THE WEATHER FOR ANN ARBOR- SATURDAY- UJNTINUE1) lNSET- TLIED; SHIFTIN(G GALES hid L o- ' i 39 UAN e ,,,.ea. .+Q" -U UNITED PRESS WIRE DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE THE ONLY MORNING PAPER [N ANN ARBOR . . VOL. XXVII. No. 59. ANN ARBOR, MICHICAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENT GOODFELLOWS ASK FOR STUDENT AID IN CHEER CRUSADE PLAN TO AN] PROCURE 4 0 PROVISIONS POOR IN CITY CLO)T11M FOR 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. ,e * * * 'I * * * * * * * * * * 11W TO BE A GOODFELLOW f * * , f * *: *: w 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. 19r * * 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. * * * * * -1 * * * * 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.