THE WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY AND MUCH COLDER L 0* AWW Aqqr wt t1kan ~E~AtF UNITED PRES DAY AND NIGHT WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXVII. No. 94. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1917. PRICE FIVE CE FACULTY APPROVES MILITARY THAINING Several Department Heads Express Favorable Sentiment on New Courses ARMY OFFICER TO BE SENT TO UNIVERSITY SHORTLY Western Colleges Show General lack of Interest 1i Preparatory Movements By L. S. T. Michigan's faculty is heartily be- hind every effort the student body can make to prepare themselves for mill- tary service. A number of the de- partment heads have expressed them- selves during the last few days and almost without exception they favor early action of this kind in Michigan. Professor Reeves of the department of political science and international law was emphatic in his opinion that Michigan should begin constructive work without delay. "I am strongly in favor of military drill," said Pro- fessor Reeves. "I do nt say that it is the best form of physical exercise, because I am not familiar with the science- of physical training. "That is not the point. This is a time when we must assume the r' sponsibilities of citizenship, and I kno'w of no better way for Michigan students to do so than by taking an active interest in the proposed course in military training."E Believes Michigan Will Respond. "Surely the student body here will,r if the matter is put up to them square- ly, be as ready to respond as under-t graduates have already done at Har-t vard and Princeton and elsewhere." President H. B. Hutchins .In al. In- terview stated that the following is the last communication received by the; authorities in regard to the detail ofi an officer by the war department to take charge of the subject of militarya instruction in the University:- I "The department commander di-t rects me to inform you that the ap-I plication of the University of Michi-t gan for government aid, under sectionp 56, act of congress, approved June 3,t 1916, has been received and that ana officer will be designated to inspect the University at an early date. 1 (Signed) "Wm. Beyden, t "Acting Department Adjutant."a President Hutchins Interested.p President Hutchins expressed hisn deep interest in the voluntary military1 organizations among the students, hisa desire that this voluntary work should receive the enthusiastic support of the student body, and the hope that larger numbers would indicate their interest by joining the organizations. It was his opinion that the securing1 oe a detail would be somewhat delayed on account of present conditions and that it is our duty to do all that we can to encourage interest in the work pending the arrival of the military in-_ structor. -t There is a general lack of interest in preparatory movements in nearlyb all middle-western and western uni-w versities. Much of this is due to t geographical remoteness from thath part of the country which is most (Continued on Page Six.) G BIG BRITISH DRIVE U GAINS ON BAPAUMEA UNION OPERA TO MAKE EXTENSIVESPRING TRIP TOLEDO AND CHICAGO ARE ONLY ENGAGEMENTS OUTSIDE OF STATE Ann Arbor, March 21, 22, 23, and 24. Detroit, Monday, April 9. Toledo, Tuesday, April 10. Grand Rapids, Wednesday, April 11. Battle Creek, Thursday, April 12. Chicago, Friday, April 13. Saginaw, Saturday, April 14. Final arrangements have been made for the annual trip of the Michigan Union opera to be. taken during the spring vacation, and the schedule in Where Were You Friday Night? Our Sarah Nade Went Sybilling By SARAH NADE. The rooms were directly across the street from each other. One was decorated with banners and posters and hazy with the smoke from "sensible cigarets" (we get nothing for this ad). The other room was Decorated with the "Weeping Mag 'alene," "Hope" and impossible Max- field parish pictures; it was filled with a noticeable odor of the perfume that would have added to the charms of the queen of Sheba (more free advertising). At any rate, both rooms were decorated and filled. The occupant of the avowedly unaesthetic room was leaning over a very untidy desk and dreaming of singing and dancing and pretty girls. Gloom, blue, thick, and heavy was almost overpowering. Across the way at 1702 the occupant of the would-be aesthetic room sat at a desk half hidden by a fancy and unnecessary desk set. The task of the moment was the removing of men's pictures from several ornate frames. The campus clock struck six. As the occupant of the room at 1701 jumped up to attend the demands of a suspiciously healthy appetite, words something like this were heard: "Ye Gods, she can't care for that simple matinee idol or that fool Dutchman, wonder, that she is." At the same time Miss 1702 arose languidly and murmured: "I can- not forget his smile, the youth in it. He can't care for her; she is too old. Was Garrick any more wonderful?" And still we call musical comedies "light." BY DEFETING NOTRE AME, 46-31UI I its final form shows six out-of-tow engagements. This is by far the mos extensive trip to be taken by any opera, the production last year visit ing but three cities, while the long. est trip ever to be taken by an opera previous to this year was that of the year before last when four out-of- town stops were made The initial performance to be given outside of Ann Arbor will be in De- troit at the Lyceum theater on Mon- day, April 9. From Detroit the opera will jump to Toledo, playing at the Valentine theater on the following evening. Grand Rapids will be the next stop, the production being given at the Powers theater of that city on Wednesday, April 11. Battle Creek will be visited next, where the Post theater will be the scene of the production on Thursday evening. On Friday night the opera will be given at the Auditorium, Chi- cago's finest theater. This, it is ex- pected, will be the biggest out-of- town presentation of the opera, due to the immensity of this theater as well as the great number. of Michigan alumni in Chicago. The final produc- tion of this year's opera will be in Saginaw where it will be seen at the Academy of Music Saturday, April 14. The cast will hold its next rehearsal at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Union. The chorus will also meet at the Union at the same time for sing- ing, while the dancing rehearsal for the chorus will be held at 7 o'clock Monday night at the Union. All mem- bers of the chorus are expected to be at both the chorus rehearsals Monday. Pictures have been taken of the leading characters in the play and these will be shown in the program and in the opera extra which will ap- pear at a later date. The committee- men will have their picture taken at 10:30 o'clock this morning at Randall and Pack's. GERMANS WHO SANK SHIP IN U. S. BONDED Wen Charged with Sinking of Lieb ensel in Charleston Harbor, Ap- pear Before Commissioner Charleston, S. C., Feb. 17.-Captain Tlattenhoff, master of the German in- terned freighter Liebensel, and his eight officers were formally charged by the government late this afternoon with voluntarily sinking, or allowing o sink, the vessel while it lay in the harbor here, soon after President Wil- son broke diplomatic relations with Germany. The officers were taken before United States Commissioner Hanger. A bond of $5,000 each was fixed for appearance for a hearing before the commission Monday. All pleaded not guilty. The Liebensel went down almost di- ectly across the channel. When tugs ushing to -the scene offered assist- ince, the master, it is charged, re- fused help. WOOLOGICAL JOURNAL CLUB TO HEAR REPORTS TUESDAY Zoological Journal club will meet uesday evening, Feb. 20, at 7:30 >'clock in room 231 of the zoological aboratory for the purpose of hearing everal reports by members of the 'aculty and students. The program; will consist of three short reports ona echnical methods, zoological methods,a nd zoological apparatus, by Dr. G. R. a Rue, Miss Crystal Thompson, anda diss Grace Powers; review of Mor-r an's "Critique of Evolution," by L.h i. Ver Nooy, and reports on three -ecent contributions to genetrics by )r. A. F. Shull. SCOTT NLARING SPEAKS IN ANNARBR FRIDAY FORMERPENNSYLVANIA PROFES- SOR COMES UNDER AUSPICES OF SOCIALIST CLUB Prof. Scott Nearing of the Univer- sity of Toledo will speak in Univer- sity Hall at 8 o'clock Friday, Feb. 23. The subject of his talk will be, "Work- ing and Owning for a Living." He will come to Ann Arbor under the auspices of the Intercollegiate Social- ist society. The dismissal of Professor Nearing for his radical views in economics from the Wharton School of Commerce of the University of Pennsylyania in June, 1915, attracted nation-wide at- tention. He had been teaching po- litical economy for nine years and was one of the most popular men on the Pennsylvania faculty. Professor Nearing is the author of several books on political economy. One of his best known is "Income." Previous to his dismissal from the University of Pennsylvania he had been active in child labor reform and oth-er measures in modern economic reform. Tickets will be on sale at Sheehan's. LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE BACKS WILSONi BIG NINE OPENS RELAYS TO ICHGANTRCK MEN WOLVERINES TO MEET WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAMS IN ILLINOIS GAMES By Walter Eckersall (Chicago Tribune.) Chicago, Feb. 17.-The door was partly opened today for the University of Michigan's return to the western conference at a joint meeting of the faculty representatives and graduate ton. ittee at the University club here today. They decided to allow Michi- gan's track men and relay teams to compete in the first annual carnival to be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana in March. As a result of this action, the con- ference let down the bars and re- scinded its rule made some years ago, which prohibited a member of the conference competing against another school which had withdrawn from the organization. Every institution which is a representative of the "Big Nine" will be represented at the Urbana. meet. Michiga will send its best ath- letes to the games, thereby making the event a stepping stone for Michi- gan's ultimate return to the fold of the conference. Prof. J. F. A. Pyre of the University of Wisconsin, secretary of the faculty committee, made the following state- ment after the meeting: "Today's meeting was called because Illinois in-j vited Michigan to participate in its relays at Urbana on March 3. Michi- gan accepted. Under the circum- stances the invitation will be allowed to stand." On being asked whether this would be a stepping stone for Michigan's re- turn to the conference, Professor Pyre said: "I have nothing to say, further than these few remarks." Nothing could be gleaned from' any member of the committee, who came to the con- ference.. It was, on the whole, a pri- vate affair and apparently every mem- ber was bound to secrecy. DR. AKED SPEAKS AT 7:30 TONIGHT "America and the World State" to Be the Subject of Ad- dress "American and the World State" will be the subject of Dr. Ch'arles E. Aked's address at 7:30 this evening at the First Presbyterian church in the Tappan lecture series. The subject is one on which Doctor Aked is eminently fitted to speak, as his whole career has been such as to give him an intimate acquaintance with the status of America's relations to the rest of the world. Born in Eng- land, a naturalized citizen of the United States, he is well informed on the various characteristics of the two nations, where in they differ and wherein they are alike. In his talk tonight he will lay be- fore his audience his opinions of what is to be expected after the war, par- ticularly with reference to the part the United States is to play in the recon- struction to follow. In addition to this evening's talk, Doctor Aked will deliver two other ad- dresses today, one at noon before the United Bible class, and one at the young people's evening service at 6:30 o'clock. All three talks will be at the First Presbyterian church. SEE ANTI-EXTORTION LAW AS POSSIBILITY Results of Federal Commission's Fight in News Print Paper Case Promises Big Move Washington, Feb. 17.-As a direct rect result of the federal trade com- mission's successful fight to obtain reaonable rates and equitable distri- bution of news print paper, a dramatic anti-extortion law may be rushed through congress before March 4. The law as being promulgated now' by the commission, will be made ap- plicable to all necessities of existence. It will be so drawn as to permit the trade commission to proceed1 quickly and decisively against any in- dividual or group of individuals who' intend to corner any commodity or commodities for the purpose of boost- ing prices. Such a law as planned, wi'J give the federal trade commission power and authority to declare a federal receiver- ship for the purpose of regulating prices and distribution of any com- modity.< FROM FIRST EVENT TAIEN B VARSITY SHOT PTTER I WOL VERINES MA N1AI LEAD CARROLL WINS MILE IN FEATURE NUMBEI Kesler in Pole Vault and Beardsle in Hig H urdles Upset Dope; lisitors Take Half Michigan took away a 46-31 con from Notre Dame in the opening traci meet of the 1917 season last night. From the start of the meet whe Cross hurled his second try with th shot for a distance of 45 feet 3 inche, the Wolverines were never headed. Notre Dame journeyed to Ann Arbo: minus the loss of Dutch Bergman sprinter and quarter miler. Bergma contracted a slight attack of typhob fever Thursday and left for home the next day. It is doubtful whether Berg man will be able to compete in athlet ics this season. The feature of an otherwise tam and sleepy evening for the 1,000 per sons around the lower extremities o: the gymnasium was the mile run. Fo about seven laps Carroll kept Sedg- wick with him, the captain enjoyin himself with springing a few of h collection of new jokes upon his sol companions. By this time the weather eyeof Eddie saw that the duo of Notre Damers were not far in tie rear. The crowd began to call for Eddie t open up. He did so. He caused many eyes to open wide as well. Before the end of the ninth lap the captain had lipped the Catholics. At the finisj he was nearly 1 1-4 laps ahead of the first Hoosier. His time of 4:25 3-5 is exceedingly fast for this time of the year. Sedgwick, running his first mile in regular competition, also performed most creditably, tearing off the ten laps in approximately 4:35. Cross Takes Shot Put. After Cross had tossed the' pill in excess of 45 feet, Smith proceeded to surpass the best efforts of Bachman, the husky South Bender. Pat's best hurl was 41 feet 9 inches, just one inch beyond the best work of Bachman Michigan won both heats in the 50- yard dash and Obie and Scofield pro ceeded to beat Mulligan and Captain Miller to the tape in a pretty final. Less than a yard soparated the four :ontenders at the tape. Notre Dame representatives too away both first and second in the half mile. Fox seemed to have an off day, but Bouma came in third, fin- ishing in good style. The run was a good one for the first three laps, with Meehan slightly in the lead, and none of the first four men showing signs of tiring. In the next lap Fox started to give out, and at the finish was sev- eral yards in the rear of Bouma, who was beaten by nearly 20 yards. Simmons Affords Merriment Beardsley slightly surprised the spectators by taking a positiqn be- tween Kirkland and Starrett, who won first and third places in the high hurdles. The antics of the elongated Sim- mons afforded much amusement for the spectators during the high jump., During the stages of this event when the bar was much closer to the ground than at the finish, Vic's carefree, easy method of clearing the timber brought forth many smiles. As the bar stead- ily progressed upward, the smiles of the smiles of the crowd changed to expressions of approval. Vic cleared the bar at 5 feet 10 1-4 inches, and after two failures at 6 feet, called it enough. Haigh gave the coach cause for joy when he cleared the timber one inch under the winning height. Scofield finally won the quarter mile after chasing around Fontanna on both turns and running about ten yards more than would have been nee- essary if he-had attained-the pole. He only won after a hot race with both the Norte Dame leaders and Fontanna. Less than a yard separated the four contenders. The officials had to hold a short debate before awarding the de- cisions. The time was but 54 seconds. Hardell, Fontanna, and Scofield have each done faster than this during the last two weeks. (Continued on Page Three) Declares in Favor of "Vigorous Adequate Measures to Pro- tect Citizens" and New York, Feb. 17.-The league to enforce peace locked the dove outside this afternoon at a session here, passed a resolution pledging the support of the league to the government and de- clined to send delegates to a conven- tion of peace societies. The resolution pledging support to the government declares loyalty "to President Wilson and the national ad- ministration in the adoption of vigor- ous and adequate measures to protect our citizens and defend their rights on land and sea, and to provide for the defense of our country." NAVAL RESERVES GAIN NEW MEN DESPITE PROSPECTS Princeton Abolishes Two-Sport Rule. Princeton, N. J., Feb. 17.-Prince- ton has abolished the two-sport rule in athletics. Gen. Haig's Terse Report Teuton Retreat on and Half Front Announces Mile London, Feb. 17.-British troops have made a sensational gain on the bloody road to Bapaume. Field Mar- shal Haig reported in terse 'sentences tonight these facts regarding the vic- tory: "Very considerable further prog- ress on both sides of the Ancre. We occupied German positions opposite Miramount and Petit Miramount on a frontage of about a mile and a half. We penetrated the German lines over a thousand yards to a point within a few hundred yards of Petit Miramount, and carried an important position north of Baillescourt farm." The gains were held against all counter attacks. The new British positions are a bare six miles from the strategic point of Bapaume toward which British attacks have been edg- PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Huron and Division CHARLES F. SKED Speaks 7:30 P. M. America and the World-State; After the \War---What? - First .Methodist Church ° A. W. STALKER, D. D., Minister "niL G G I u~ - 114ill, Eul i~oe11110:30 "Afraid" m 7:30 "Losing God"'U BI ID i 1 t I t I Prospects of active service have not lessened the stream of recruits seek- ing entrance to the campus divisions of the naval reserve, the corps now lacking but 10 men of its full war strength. Physical examinations are being held under the direction of J. R. Poppen, '17M, assistant medical of- ficer of the battalion, at the Univer- ity health service every Tuesday even- ing. Applications for membership are also received at this time. Uniforms for the officers have just: arrived. Those for the enlisted men have been ordered and are expected within the next few weeks. The re- quisition for arms has also been for- warded to Washington, but the rresen crisis in the nation's affairs -renders the time of the guns' arrival prob- lematical. The divisions h6ld weekly drills in the gymnasium- on Wedneday nights at which time various phases of sea- manship are taught the men in addi- tion to the regular work in military movements and signalling., Red Cross Society to Sew Monday Work of the Ann Arbor chapter of the American Red Cross society is progressing rapidly. The supply bu- reau of the chapter will begin the work Monday, Feb. 19, at the ladies' library, 324 East Huron street. The meeting will begin at 9 o'clock in the morning and Mrs. I D. Loree will have charge of the making of the -'e" sr - =n'=s:~.nuI;::nll uninniu.' nur mam dressings.