THE WEATHER RAIN AND COLDER TODAY I AdL- A6 r tr t an gAitF UNITED PRES DAY AND NIGHT WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXVII. No. 124. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1917. PRICE FIVE YOST IN' FAVOR Of WESTERN GAMESI Union Opera Ends Home engagement Cast and Chorus Retire Until Performance at Detroit April 9 Next Says It Is Neither Desirable Practicable tq Be Half East and West Nor "Fools' Paradise" is no more for Ann Arbor audiences. Last night 'T ALLOT UPON MILITARYTRAINING Committee Will Recommend That the Regents Consider Compulsory Drills at Meeting CONGRESS TO PROVIDE FREE EQUIPMENTS AND UNIFORMS Definkte Dates Are to Be Arranged Tomorrow and Announced in The Daily Michigan students will be given a Peace "MICHIGAN ALIWAYS WANTED TO COMPETE WITH CONFERENCE" Would Discontinue Games with All Colleges Not Having Same Eligibility Rules By Fielding I. Yost Nashville, Tenn., March 24.-(Spe- cial)-You requested my opinion re- garding Michigan's return to the con- ference. I want to say that I am. very strongly in favor of it. I want to return absolutely and completely. I do not deem it desirable or prac- ticable to attempt to be half East and half West. We have been West in eligibilty and other restrictive meas- ures and East only in competition. We have heavily handicapped ourselves. Our competitors have not asked or re- quired us to do so. Gives Reasons My main reasons for a resumption of athletic relations with conference colleges are: 1. That practically all Michigan men have always wanted to compete with western college teams, but in 1906 conditions arose within the con- ference which made such competition impossible, for intercollegiate athletics were almost abolished by this organ- ization. Michigan remained in the con- ference observing every conference rule during the football season of 1906 and until after the football sched- ule of 1907 was made up, but could not get a single conference game ex- cept that with Illinois in 1906. Chicago and Wisconsin cancelled the games already contracted for with Michigan for the 1906 season. 2. That from all reports we can look forward to friendly and con- tinuous athletic relations with all con- ference teams, including Chicago and Wisconsin, and that there will be a more general and sympathetic inter- est on the campus in such competi- tion than that now existing in our present schedule., Will Be on Equal Footing 3. That if we are in the confer- ence it will not matter much what rules and regulations are in force, as we will be competing with our op-' ponents on an equal footing so far as eligibilty rules are concerned. 4. It has not been possible to se- cure satisfactory baseball and track schedules outside of the conference. On returning to the conference I do not believe that the millenium will come, in other words that high class' athletes will "swarm" to Michigan and that all Michigan students will suddenly become imbued with the spirit of work and sacrifice, and get down in the trenches and dig to gain a place on Michigan's athletic teams,a or that all interest on the campus will become active, helping forces for Michigan's athletic success. Much has been said about our present football competition. Could one wish for ak stronger schedule of games or one in which there will be more interest than' Cornell, Pennsylvania, k. A. C., Ne- braska? Played Small Colleges Before Words of scorn have been utteredr about'our competing with Kalamazoo, but a reference to the past records of Michigan football games will show that when we were in the conference the Varsity football teams playeda Kalamazoo, Ypsilanti Normal, Orchard Lake Military academy, Wittenberg, Albion, Ferris institute, and Ohio Nor-' mal university. Why a crime to play such institutions when we are out of the conference? We want to get back to the con-1 ference because we believe our com- petition with conference colleges will (Continued on Page Six.) } Rioters Disturb Gathering DEFINITE MOVE Of PREPAREDNEII BRING WAR CLOS marked the final performance of the 1917 Michigan Union opera in the Whitney theater. L. T. Donahue, '19, as "Gwendolyn," will cease her endeavors to find her husband; C. W. Clark, '18, as "Vir- ginia," the intellectual "woman stu- dent" who was "crushed," will be un- able to uphold Phi Beta Kappa; C. Frederick Watson, '17, as "Hiram," will lay aside his "frosh" cap, and 0. G. Williams, '19, as "Tubby," the perspiring athletic aspirer, will re- tire until April 9, when the show ap- pears in Detroit. For two weeks the bottles will ac- cumulate without the attention of H. W. Goldstick, '17D, as "Sherman," the colored porter; F. J. Wurster, '17, as "Daisy," cannot elope, and C. A. Zanelli, '17E, as "Pietro," will retain his Spanish songs. Comedy Club To Play in Haes tic Three Consecutive Performances Be Given at Popular Prices to The Comedy club will present its play, "Miss Hobbs," Friday and Sat- urday with a matinee on Saturday, May 11 and 12, in the Majestic the- ater at popular prices. This is the first time in the history of University dramatics that such a costly production has been offered at prices ranging from 25 to 50 cents. It will cost between $500 and $600 to produce the play and it is only through the co-operation of the man- ager of the Majestic that such low ad- missions have been made possible. "Miss Ilobbs" is one of Jerome K. Jerome's farcial comedies and is par- ticularly adapted to a college dramatic club. Morrison Wood, '17, and Jean Mac- Cleunan, '19, will play the two lead- irg parts. * *** * * * * * * * * * * chance to express their sentiments on compulsory military training by straw ballot, following a mass meeting to be held early this week at which the need of bringing the patter before the board of regents will be discussed: The committee on military training, consisting of President Harry B. Hutchins as chairman, Regents H. C. Bulkley and Benjamin S. Hanchett, and the deans of the University, will meet this week and recommend to the board of regents which meets Fri- day that the board consider the whole subject of military training at the University. Mass Meeting to Be Held The entire student body is invited to attend the mass meeting which will probably be held Tuesday. The question will be put squarely before the students with a plan for com- pulsory military training in the Uni- versity and the advisability of sub- mitting the question to the board of regents. This is to give all students, doubtful of the feasibility of such training, an opportunity to acquaint themselves with the facts. Equipment Provided Free Congress recently enabled the war department to provide all univer- sities with uniforms and full equip- nicuts, without expense to the student. The war department will also detail officers to such universities where uniformed companies have regular drills, without expense to the uni- versities. The course of instruction to be pursued is prescribed by the government under the general order number 99. When the student body, previously expressed its sentiment, by straw ballot, such provisions had not yet been made by congress. The' straw ballot to be held, not later than Thursday, is to provide the committee on military training with a concrete expression of the student body. Definite dates will be arranged tomorrow and announced through The Daily and posters. Dr. Louis E. Holden Speaks Tonight Dr. Louis E. Holden, formerly presi-; dent of Wooster university, will speak< at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the Presby- terian church on "Waste as an Ameri- can Sees It." This will be one of the Tappan lectures. BISHOP CHARLES D.'WILLIAMS, D.D., who speaks at 10:30 o'clock to- day on "The Gospel of Today" in St. Andrew's Episcopal church. BRITISH IN HANGE oF HINDENBURG LINES TEUTON RESISTANCE STIFFENING ALL ALONG THE FRONT By Ed. L. Keen (United Press Staff Correspondent.) London, March 24.- British troops tonight fight in range of the German guns on the "Hindenburg line." Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reported his forces had battered their way through the German rear guard and occupied Roisel, fives miles distant from the Cambrai-St. Quentin line, supposed to be the new German front. German resistance apparently was stiffening along the line. On the French front latest dispatch- es indicated the French were main- taining the same speed which has characterized their pursuit of the Ger- mans from the start, but as on the British front the resistance of the Teutons was increasing. Fighting on the western front natur- ally over-shadowed military action elsewhere, but military observers to- night were interested in an increase in the fighting on the Russian front, reported by both Petrograd and Ber- lin. Mass Meeting Results in Fist Fight; Hecklers Soon Ejected from Audience New York, March 24.-A small riot with open fighting featured attempts of several belligerent and militant spectators at tonight's mass meeting of the emergency peace committee to object to the pacifist proceedings. Thfee or four persons in the audi- ence near the speaker's stand started heckling Chairman John J. Milhol- land. In a moment several hundred persons charged the disturbers, and a fist fight ensued. The hecklers were ejected after 20 minutes' of fisticuffs. MISSOURI SENATOR ADDRESSES 25,000 Predicts Fall of Teuton Dynasties When America Enters Conflict Kansas City, Mo., March 24.-De- claring that the moment America throws herself into the European con- flict the hour of fate will have struck for the Hchenzollern and Hapsburg dynasties, Senator James A. Reed, Missouri's junior senator, told 25,000 persons, who crowded into Convention hall here tonight, that "the world is to witness how dangerous it is to awak- en a sleeping giant." Thousands who had paraded Kansas City's streets since mid-afternoon were unable to enter the great audi- torium where the largest patriotic demonstration in the history of the middle west was being held. Senator Reed made the principal ad- dress. Hen made no mention of Mis- souri's senior senator, William J. Stone, nor did he refer in any way to Stone's failure to support the presi- dent during the closing hours of the last congress. SCHOOLMEN GATHER Superintendents and School ,Board Men to Discuss Problems The annual convention of the Mich- igan Association of School Superin- tendents and School Boards will open at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Natural Science lecture room. There will be a second session at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night. Mr. F. A. Peterson, Ohio superin- tendent of public instruction, will de- liver two addresses in the afternoon: One on "Some Definitions of Educa- tion," and the other on "Education as World Building." Reports on school legislation will be given by Mr. F. L. Keeler, Michigan superintendent of public instruction, and Prof. Allen S. Whitney of the education department. THE REV. L. A. BARRETT TALKS TO UNION CLASS TOMORROW The Union Study class will meet at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night in Lane hall. The Rev. L. A. Barrett will speak on "Peace and the Kingdom" and James C. Brown, '18, will give an oration on "Christianity and Militar- ism." Ralph J. Frackelton, '18M, ac- companied by Mrs. Frackelton will play a violin solo. POLONIA LITERARY CIRCLE TO BE ENTERTAINED TONIGHT Mr. L. A. Makielski of the engineer- ing college will entertain the Poonia literary circle at 7:30 o'clock tonight in his studio, 320 South Division street. Prof. L. C. Karpinski of the mathe- matics department will speak. Women's Peace Party Holds Meeting There will be a meeting of the Uni- versity of Michigan branch of the Women's Peace party at 4:10 o'clock RECALL BRAND WHITLOCK FROM BELGIUM; WITHDRAW RE- LIEF WORKERS PLACE CENSORSHIP ON PRESS ARTICLES Government May Provide Allies with Big War Loan; to Create Training Camps By Carl D. Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, March 24.-The United States swung several paces nearer war today with big, comprehensive preparedness moves. The government bought 24 new de- stroyers with orders to hasten their construction. It ordered Brand Whit- lock to quit his post as minister to Belgium, and withdrew American re- lief workers, at the same time brand- ing Germany with faithlessness even in her pledges of protection for Bel- gium relief ships. It ordered two reg- iments of militia out to guard the Big Fore River shipbuilding plant at Quincy, Mass., and other establish- ments in the Bay state. Other steps nearer war were the following: announcement that the de- partment commanders are obtaining sites for big training camps like that at' Plattsburg, New York, and that millions authorized by the last con- gress will be spent on equipping these tracts; information that definite land defenses are under way. Voluntary News Censorship Voluntary censorship was clamped on news under an agreement between the state, war, and navy departments and big press associations of the na- tion. Later it is believed an actual wartime censorship will be imposed by legislation. Allied government representatives are keen to have this government pro- vide them a big loan as a war step. This will be done unless the nation opposes the idea. Spokesmen of the allies here express the view that it would be inadvisable to send an over- seas army from this country at the present time. CONSIDER SITUATION Council to Discuss Michigan's Rela. tion to the National Crisis Planning to discuss the national situation with regard to its possible relation to the University of Michi- gan in the event of war the Student council has called a special meeting. President Harry B. Hutchins will be present. The deans of the different colleges and the heads of the various campus organizations have been asked to attend. The meeting will be held at 7:30 o'clock Monday night in room of the Law building. SOPHOMORE WO7IEN RUN RELAYS IN PRELIMINARY MEET MONDAY Relay racing will form the principal test in the sophomore women's pre- liminary apparatus meet to be held at 4:50 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Bishop Williams Speaks This Morning The Rt. Rev. Charles D. Williams, D.D., bishop of Michigan, will admin- ister the rite of confirmation at 10:30 o'clock this morning in St. Andrew's Episcopal church. "The Gospel for Today" will be the subject of his ser- mon. Bishop Williams will preach again at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. Change Time of Senior Girls' Supper The time of the senior girls' supper has been changed from 6 to 5:30 o'clock on Tuesday night, March 27. * * * UNION GRANTED SOLE RIGHT TO CHARTER SPECIAL TRAINS The committee on Student af- fairs has, by authority of the Sen- ate council, granted to the Mich- igan Union the sole right to make arrangements with the railroads for special train service at vaca- tion times. The activity of individual stu- dents, heretofore, in making such arrangements on their own re- sponsibility has been the cause of serious concern to the authorities of the Univiersity. The Union, a perpetual and responsible organ- ization with every facility. for handling such business, has agreed to take the matter in hand. We are thus assured of a stable policy conforming to the rules of the University and founded on the interests of the students in gener- al. It is suggested that the stu- dents co-operate with the Union by making known their wants and seeking information as to trains at the earliest possible time. (Signed) LOUIS A. STRAUSS, For the Committee on Student Affairs. * * * * * * * * * * * * * OSBORN WILL SPEAKI Ex-Warden to Discuss Common Sense in Prison Management Thomas Mott Osborn, ex-warden of Sing Sing prison, lecturer, reformer, and extensive traveler, will address the Wesleyan guild at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the First Methodist church on "Common Sense in Prison Man- agement." Presbyterian Church HURON & DIVISION STS. Louis Edward Holden 7:30 P. M. Theme: "Waste, As An American Sees It." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Michigan Union Cafe Opens This Noon Though not entirely redecorated, the Michigan -Union dining rooms will open this noon to members. A Sun- day dinner and an evening lunch will b served. Wesleyan Guild Lecture Thomas Mott Osborne Formerly Warden of the Sing Sing Prison Subject: Common Sense in Prison Management Tonight Tngt TnhMethodist Church Tonight 7:30 7:30 'Monday, March 26, in Newberry hall. No tickets will be sold at the door. I - - - - Hill SAVE Friday Evening, For The March 30 F REE I Auditorium. To MICHIGAN - ILLIONIS SP.M. Debate AL GOV. A. E. SLEEPER, PRESIDES