THE WEATHER PROBABLY LIGHT SNOW -CLOUDY clL4ri.Eifr i an j ttl UNITED PRE DAY AND NIGHT WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXVII. No. 92. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917. PRICE FIVE C II I I - MILITARY SCIENCE CURSE AAKENS' SMALL RESPONSE BUT 152 MEN OUT OF 5,200 HAVE SIGNED DESPITE OBVIOUS VALUE TRAINED MEN NOW NEEDED BY COUNTRY Dean Cooley Says Michigan feirly All Work Given at West Point Has By L. S. T. With an enrollment of men esti- mated to be nearly 5,200, the Univer- sity of Michigan has produced just 152 men who are willing to elect a course In military science which the national government has proposed to install in' a number of the larger universities.' Cards for the purpose were distributed1 about the campus in the offices of the various colleges before the Christmas holidays and up to the present time only this surprisingly small number have turned in their names. Professor Sargent of Harvard esti- mates ,that 50 per cent of the male' population of the country is physical fit for military service. Doctor George May, director of Waterman gymnas- ium, said in a statement made last night that he would reduce that to 40 per cent for college students. This means that more than 2,000 Michigan men can be counted upon for active military service in the event of war, which seems so imminent at present. The value of instruction in military science to these physically fit students is obvious, and the need In which the country stands of such men is now becoming an old story. Michigan will only get action out of the federal gov- ernment with regard to the immediate installation of this training by show- ing a real interest. It is the duty of this great student body to insist that they be allowed to get the basic train-' ing which a military course will pro-' vide. Although the order of the war de- partment providing for a professor of military science only calls for 100' students, the present international sit- uation calling for hurried preparations in the army and navy may make it im- possible for Michigan to get attention without a loud and insistent demand on the part of the students. An en- rollment of 152 is not enough. Dean Mortimer E. Cooley of the en- gineering college says that 90 per cent of the work given in West Point is now given in this University. It is safe to estimate that with the intro- duction of work in military science that this would be Increased to ap- proximately 95 per cent. The remain- ing work which Michigan would lack to bring its curriculum up to the standard of West Point would be only the practical drilling. The agitation for military instruc- tion In Michigan began one year ago when the University senate recom- mended to the regents ,that compul- sory military training be installed for freshmen and sophomores. The reg- ents were unwilling to make the train- ing compulsory, but they offered to do everything possible to help a move- ment for voluntary military drills and instruction. Major Clyde E. Wilson of the engineering college organized a company of men who drilled during the months of May and June. When the regents were asked to grant credit for a course in military instruction and the use of the gymnas- ium, the latter was given. The recent action of the federal government has made it possible for students to re- ceive credit. This act applies to uni- versities not affected by the Morel act requiring compulsory military in- struction in all institutions holding land grants from the government. Michigan was not affected by this act. "General order number 48 as amend- ed" is the title of the war department order which will give Michigan a pro- fessor of military scieice. It calls first for 100 physically fit students who are willing to take one college year of instruction. Three hours per week is the minimum of class room work required. The university must bond itself for all equipment furnished by the government. Actual drilling may be done on the campus or at military Senior Laws to Dance Thursday Annual Washington's Birthday Party to Be Held at Union in Afternoon Unless later conflictions in the date arise the traditional Washington's birthday party of the senior law class will be given next Thursday afternoon from 2 to 5:30 o'clock at the Union. This is one of the largest social events in the Law school and is looked forward to as second only to the an- nual Crease dance. Fisher's banjorine saxaphone orchestra has been en- gaged to furnish the music. The hall will be decorated with appropriate emblems, including hatchets, cherry trees, flags and other articles. Although this is given by the senior law class it will be open to the entire Law school and also to the campus.I The price of the tickets has been set at 75 cents. They will go on sale Sat- urday morning at the Union. The pur- chase of tickets will be limited untilI Monday noon to members of the Law school and after that it will be opent to all students. Dean Henry M. Bates and Mrs. Bates1 and Professor Robert E. Bunker and Mrs. Bunker will act as chaperones.I The committee in charge of the dance is made up of N. B. Kelly, chairman;i H. E. Johnson, H. N. Pritzer, and C. R. Lokker, '17L.1 FRNK VA ON, TO LECTUREON TRAVELS Only Man Who Ever Traveled on Foot Through South America to Talk on That Country Harry A. Franck, ex-'97L, self- styled the only Michigan man who ever became a professional vagabond, and author of "A Vagabond Journey; Around the World," will deliver a lecture on his recent travels in Southa America Wednesday evening, Feb. 21, in Hill auditorium. Mr. Franck is perhaps the only man who has ever traveled alone and on foot through South America, visiting not only every country on the con- tinent, but practically every state in1 those countries. During his travels, Mr. Franck walked a distance of at least 5,000 miles, besides graveling many miles by canoe. Carrying only a light camping out- fit, and his camera. Mr. Franck un- dertook and carried to completion travels that would have made the or- linary tourist quail before beginning them. He has never been content to acquaint himself only with the super- ficial knowledge of the country, but has always attempted to familiarize 'imself with the strangeness, and the oeculiarities of the people and their land. In Cairo he lived with profes- ;ional beggars and in Brazil he be- -ame an itinerant showman. ALUMNUS DISCUSSES NEED OF HOSPITALS )Ionthly Magazine Contains Articles Dealing with Financial Conditions The February number of the Mich- igan Alumnus has come from the press and is almost entirely devoted to the University hospitals. According to an editorial, the two hospitals are in dire need of financial aid and the regents, at their December meeting, passed a resolution asking for an appropriation of $1,050,000 for hospital purposes, the payment to be distributed over a per- iod of six years. A brief history of the medical school since its foundation in 1850 is con- tained in the magazine, and very in- teresting statistics are presented re- garding the work done by the Univer- sity health service. A series of ar- ticles by Dr. C. G. Darling, Dr. U. J. Wile, Dr. Reuben Peterson, and sev- eral others also appear, and Miss Elizabeth Harcourt has contributed an account of the social service work which is being carried on in the hos- pitals. R. E. Atchison, superintendent of the Homoeopathic hospital, presents the needs of that hospital. The recently developed honor sys- tem is discussed at length, and the 1917 Commencement program and re- union plans for the different classes ANARCHIST DECLARES PRISONSDEGRADE MEN Alexander Berkman Tells of Life in Cell, Describing Tortures Inflicted "Outsiders are more responsible for crime than the criminals themaelves, because the outsiders uphold the con- ditions that make criminals," said Alexander Berkman, anarchist, last night in the hall of the new trade union. "The labor criminal is a higher type of man than the stupid law-abid- ing citizen who would rather see his family starve than break a man-made law in order to sustain his children." Mr. Berkman stated that 99 per cent of the criminals in the penitentiary were labor prisoners, those who were guilty of strike-breaking and of rob- bing individuals to obtain food. The professional criminals are not found in the prisons. According to Mr. Berkman they have enough money set aside either to bribe the officials or to supply a prominent criminal lawyer. In speaking of the torture adminis- tered in prisons, the anarchist re- marked: "The first thing they do is to destroy your self-respect by forcing you into a different kind of clothing; from that worn in the outside world.; They curb your will power so that you become nothing more than a cog in a wheel. The man is made ,degraded physically, mentally, and morally when he leaves the prisons than when he enters them. "The dungeon where some prison- ers are kept is usually 15 feet below the ground and three or four feet wide. The keeper takes your shoes when you go into the dungeon, and you are made to stand on the bare ground, sometimes covered with wa- ter for days. Many times the cells are infestedywith river rats and thse add horribly to your punishment." As a closing statement the speaker added, "The people who support these penitentiaries ought to know how they are governed, but they don't." MUSIC STUDENTS SECURE POSITIONS Sikes, Church, Hamilton, and Schafer Engaged for Summer Vocal Work Several students of the University School of Music have recently secured attractive positions in different parts of the country. Chase B. Sikes, '17, has been engaged as soloist in the Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian church of Detroit. Fiske S. Church, '17, also a student in the vocal department, recently was selected as a member of the Cathedral choir under the auspices of the Dun- bar Concert company of New York for a tour of 12 weeks, starting June 1. James Hamilton of Chicago, who has been doing special work under Theo- dore Harrison, has also been engaged for a tour of 17 weeks of chautauqua work through the cities of the middle west. Roland Schafer has been engaged for a 20-week tour by the Mikado Opera company. He will start for Jacksonville, Fla., about the first of April. ASK JUNIOR GIRLS TO TRY FOR PLAY Clarissa Vyn, '18, Chairman, Seeks Over One Hundred for Cast and Chorus . Junior girls are urged to try out for the annual Junior Girls' play be- tween 2 and 4 o'clock this afternoon or between 9 o'clock and noon tomor- row. Clarissa Vyn, '18, chairman of the play committee, announces that ten or fifteen girls are needed for the princi- pal parts, and that the choruses will bring the total number needed to one hundred or one hundred and fifty. Tryouts are asked to come prepared to recite a selection before the com- mittee. PROF. T. C. TRUEBLOOD GIVES TALK ON WENDELL PHILIPS Prof. T. C. Trueblood will lecture in room 302 Mason hall at 7 o'clock' tonight on "Wendell Philips, the Ora- tor or the Emancipation." DECLARES NATION MUT BE WORLD FOOD BSE Conservation of Foodstuffs Urged by Belgian Relief Commission Head Washington, Feb. 15.-One of the{ biggest problems for the United States to consider in connection withz any preparations for war is the like- lihood that the United States must be- come the chief source of food suppliest for the world, Frederick C. Hoover of1 the Belgian relief commission told the council of national defense.1 Mr. Hoover urged that every effortE be made to conserve the food reserves of the nation, and to stimulate extrar production. Food production in all European countries is almost at a standstill. Mr. Hoover said, becauset practically all able-bodied men have been sent to the front. There is also a great shortage in the normal sup- ply in Canada, Australia and every colony from which large numbers of men have been drawn for the allied armies. Mr. Hoover declared it to be< his belief that the biggest service the United States can render in the pres- ent war is not to furnish enough sol- diers, but food for the armies already at the front, and for the non-combat- ants now starving in the captured territory of Europe.< POLICE DEPARTMENT WARNS ALL TO CLEAN SIDEWALKS1 The police department has issuedI a warning to all owners of property in the city and on the campus that all sidewalks must be cleaned off or ar- rests will be made. A number of fra- ternities and sororities have refused to comply with the requests and the police officials have determined to make arrests. No~ Coal Famine Here Say Dealers Little Coal in Bunkers But Contracts Will Protect Ann Arbor; No Cause for Fear "There is absolutely no cause for fear," said the different coal dealers when interviewed yesterday afternoon regarding the danger of a local coal famine. "If the people will not be- come excited we can supply them with fuel of some sort. Coke and anthra- cite are out of the question. All we dealers have coal between Ann Arbor and the mines and fuel is arriving here daily. One great trouble is that people who have enough coal in their bins to last a month or longer insist upon immediate delivery of more coal'' 14here is little coal in the bunkers of th- local fuel companies and they are unloading practically all that arrives into delivery wagons for immediate delivery. The dealers have protected themselves with contracts, and, ac- cording to these, should have plenty of 'coal. The blame for the shortage is laid upon the inability of the trans- portation companies to make deliv- eries. Although there Is a shortage, there is no danger of a famine. People who absolutely need fuel are being promptly supplied, although some- times the particular kind they desire can not be procured. "Y" TO MOVE TODAY Scenario Writers Will fleet Today Men Interested in Writing 1918 Opera Book Will Meet at Union This Afternoon Everyone interested in the writing of the scenario for next year's opera book is urged to be present at the meeting to be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the Union. Director Mor- gan will be present and will outline the plans for the scenarios, which will be due some time in the latter part of March. In form and content it will be similar to this year's book. Any student is eligible to write the scenario and it is hoped that a large number will be present at the meet- ing this afternoon. The successful scenario will be turned over to the dialogue writers sometime later in the spring. By this arrangement the writers will be given a much longer time to complete their work and a better book will result. In view of the showing made so far by both the cast and the chorus, the committee in charge feels that "Fools' Paradise" will more than uphold the high standard set by operas in the past. The cast rehearsals are run- ning smoothly and the men are work- ing into their parts in excellent style. Chorus rehearsals are being held daily and with the final cut announced ac- tual work on the chorus has started. BROOKS WILL SPEAK HERE FOUNDER'S DAY "Medicine and the American Indian" Is Subject of Address of New York Man "Medicine and the American Indan" will be the subject of the .'.s ti Dr. Henry Harlow Brooks, '95M, who is the speaker for the fourteenth an- nual "Founder's day" celebration to be held at 8 o'clock Thursday night in Sarah Caswell Angell hall. "Founder's day" is an annual affair given by the students and faculty of the medical school. Dr. A. M. Bar- rett, who is in charge of the celebra- tion, is making extensivetpreparations to accommodate those attending. Dean Victor C. Vaughan of the med- ical school will entertain Dr. Brooks as his guest at a dinner Wednesday evening. Dr. A. S. Warthin, director of the pathological laboratory in the medical school, will tender Dr. Brooks a luncheon Thursday noon. Following the evening's program Thursday evening a reception and a dance will be held at Barbour gym- nasium for the students of t a med- ical school, members of the faculty, and their wives. PICARD TO LECTURE ON "FRENCH IDEALS" To Illustrate Talk With Collection of French Periodicals and Posters "French Ideals" is the title of a lecture to be given in English by M. Jean A. Picard of Paris, France, at 4:15 o'clock this afternoon in room A of the Memorial building. The lecture is being given under the auspices of the department of romance languages. M. Picard, who was in the French service in Alsace, has as his object the introduction to American people of present day intellectual life in France. He will illustrate his lecture with a collection of French books, magazines, periodicals and posters. BRYSON SPEAKS ON PROGRESS OF NEWSPAPER SINCE 1622 Mr. Lyman Bryson of the rhetoric department spoke to the class ir inter- national relations last night on the subject, "The Influence of the Press in International Relations." He told of the progress of the newspaper since its origin in England in 1622, and ex- plained how the control of a newspa- per is obtained. "The newspaper is always in ac- cord with the ruling class," said Mr. Bryson. "If the ruling class is con- stituted by one king, a group of nobles or a large body of men, the newspaper expresses the idea maintained by that influential set." BONE DRY STATE RESULT OF RIDER TO LIQUOR BILI WILL PROHIBIT IMPORTATION 0 INTOXICANTS THROUGH POSTOFFICE BILL SENATE ADOPTS JONES AMENDMENT TO BIL Minnesota Passes Similar Bills in Col currence with National Measures Washington, Feb. 15.- Prohibitic states, including those where partia prohibition only is in effect, and wher liquor is imported for personal use i limited quantites, will be made bone dry through a rider to the postoffic bill adopted today by the senate. Th amendment reads, "Whoever sha order, purchase, or cause to be trans ported, in interstate commerce, in1 any state or territory, the laws c which prohibit the manufacture o sale therein of intoxicating liquor shall be 'punished as aforesaid." The adoption of the amendment wa the first action by the senate since ti passage of the District of Columbi bill in the direction of nation wid prohibition. Washington, Feb. 15. -- The sex ate late today unanimously adopte the Jones amendment to the postoffic bill denying the mails to newspape: and other publications containin liquor advei Lng when destined fI prohibition territory. A fine of on thousand dollars or two years' in prisornment, or both, is provided fo i;lation. St. Paul, Feb. 15.-The Minneso state senate this afternoon passed tl Minnesota bone-dry bill, 49 to 16. Th senate ameded and postponed the da of its effectiveness until Jan. 1, 192 and, for that reason, it must be se back to the house which passed several weeks ago. The house w: concur in the amendment. LAWS STILL WOR Semester Grades May Not Be Sent Oi for Several Days According to the clerk of the La school no special day can as yet 1 set for the sending out of the grad of that department. There are st two professors who have not sent their grades and as soon as these a in the envelopes containing the s mester's reports will be mailed out. COUNCIL ARRANGES ELECTION OF J-LIT REPRESENTATIV The Student council at its meeti last night decided that the junior councilman is to be chosen at the meE ing of that class to be held at 4 o'clo next Wednesday afternoon in room 1 of the economics building. The con cil has received a letter from Purd inviting it to send representatives the conference of big nine stude council delegates to be held Purdue in March. At that meeti problems of student government frc the standpoint of the student will discussed, among them the efficacy a advisability of the use of the hon system in examinations. It was also decided to drop for t time being the weekly dances bei held at Barbour gymnasium. Offers Plant to U. S. In Case of W Toledo, 0., Feb. 15.-John M. Will: president of the Willys-Overland Au company, today sent a telegram President Wilson offering him the t of the Willys-Overland company a all its allied and subsidiary plants case of war. More than 38,000 m are employed in all these factories. Find Dynam.e in Coal on Vess( Norfolk, Va., Feb. 15.-Dynamite w :eported to have been found mix with coal on an American naval vE :el here, and in shipments intend for merchant vessels due to sail I Europe. Confirrnation of the repc was not available at piers where me of the allied merchant men are lyir Main Floor of New Building Is for Occupancy Ready After using temporary rooms for the past few months, the offices of the student "Y" will move into the head- quarters on the main floor of Lane hall today. Construction work and in- terior decorating in the building has been practically completed and but few minor additions remain to be made. Carpenters are putting their finish- ing touches on the model auditorium. Furniture and fixtures for the build- ing are being received almost dail: and desks and chairs will be in place soon. Cuban Minister Thanks U. S. for Stand Washington, Feb. 15.-The Cuban minister today presented to the state department a note thanking the United States for its stand against Cuban revolutionists,