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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-27
The Bulgarian official statement
issued fO-dGu reads:

issued today reads:
In Dobrudja the enemy. after a vio-
lent struggle on the line OF Lake Ba-
badagh, Washkos, Kamoesra and Tuerk-
oatza was repulsed on the whole front.
Bulgarian. German and Turkish troops
took prisoner $50 more Russians and
captured three machine guns.
Peirogrod, Dec. 26.-The Russian
official statement issued today reads:
on the Moldayan frontier. in the
valley Of the River kasino. Rumanian
troops by a daring attack regained one
Of the heights lost by them yesterday.
On the Rumanisn front the enemy
made fierce attacks at the source OF
the River Srshtza. in the region Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-27
Diplomacy Now Relied On
by Wilson to Bridge
War ChaSm
PEACE. CAUSE AIDED,
is THE OFFICIAL VIEW
Worried Over Proposal to
Deal Later with Guar
antees for Future

Washington. Dec. Germany re-
.iv 70 President Wilson's note is re-
ssrled here as having advanced the
peace movement another step. despite
The fsct that IL disappoints in not meet
nc bis suggestion Tor am avowal oil
terms,
The reception Of Germany's reply
among the Entente Allies. whose states
men have publicly declared against
such programme. now becomes the
po.a. upon which further move is
hinged. The German note probably rs
the prelude TO series OF carefully
considered delicate moves in the great
game Of world diplomacy, all possibly
leading 20 an approach for real dis
cussion Of peace terms on grounds
which all the belligerents can accept as
placing them at no disadvantage.
Wilson keeping Open Mind
This is the Official view OF Germsny's
reply so far as IL has been formulated
on the basis Of the unofficial text. The
Official copy had not been received to-
night. and President Wilson was keep
.ug his mind open.
Neutral diplomatic quarters. TOO re-
gardcd the note as a step toward peace
and rather leaned 90 the view that
Germany might follow it with a con-
fdential communication OF some sort
outlining her terms.
The view Of the entente embassies,
frankly expressed was that the note
was not an answer 20 President Will
sons communication. but rather doc
ument for circulation i'm Germany and
in neutral urtries, with the object
Of moulding opinion TO place the re-
Sponsibiity for continuing the war on
the Enter te
Among the Germanic diplomats the
only view expressed was one OF sur
prise that the reply had preceded re-
ceipt of tho Entento's response TO
Germany's original peace proposal Of
December ..
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-13

having p6nnanJ dreams, ana are al
ready said to be thinking about seat
ing arrangements for a worlds series
on the North Side.
May it be a sweet dream, and may
they never wake up, but we are
doubtful of the length of their slum-
Der Tinker is starting the season
with staff of pitching veterans, men
who have gained honor and fame in
the game, but their performances this
season are doubtful Two of them,
Seaton and Hendrix, were not up to
the standard last year, and must
come a long way back. Judged on
performances of the immediate past,
it isn't a pennant winning pitching
staff.
The oUtfield and catching depart
ments, will do, of course, but the in
ner wall is another doubtful quantity,
and only actual experience will deter
mine whether Safer, Yerkes, Zim and
DOolan can be welded together into
a strong defensive combination.
At any rate, the team is going along
in a manner that indicates it will be
well trained, and that counts for
much among a troop of veterans.
They should start the season in good
trim, and gradually work to better
condition as the summer draws on
and the sun warns up.
The one department of the team
which has gotten the biggest boost
this year is the SOuthpaW pitching
force. Gene Packard is a toppy per-
former, and should train well beside
Jim Vaughn. In fact, it is possible
Packard will GUST Vaughn as the
most dependable pOrtsider. Jim
isn't a remarkable enigma to a
crackeTjack team, as the Sox proved
last year, and George Pierce never
has been as good as a big league reg
Ular should be. He lacks pOise.
Jimmy Breton, former White Sox
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-13


tomorrow morning, and Wednesday
the gloves, bats and balls will be put
on view for the first time this season.
Tomorrow afternoon will be devoted
to long walks in an effort to remove
kinks from the stiffened muscles of
the athletes.
Rowland is going south with the
best material ever provided a South
Side manager, even better than he
was given at the start of last sea-
son, and the 1915 squad was high
water mark for the Sox in point of
apparent strength.
On this trip will be jackson, Muir
ply, Lapp, Liebold and Moriarity,
veterans, none of whom were on the
spring trip last year. They came at
various times during the season, with
the exception of Moriarity, who was
picked up during the winter
Several minor league recruits of
boosted ability are also along to
struggle for one vacant place in the
infieId, and the whole ensemble looks
like real stuff. And Rowland will
need it all.
The Red Sox are as good as last
year-even better-for their pitch
ing staff has more experience and
confidence, and the rest of the men
are tried veterans. The Tigers are
about the same, but Washington,
New York and St. Louis have added
strength and will be factors in the
fight.
1t behooves the Sox to be up and
doing every minute if they are to be
in the race. There will be no easy
jaunt to a pennant for the winner in
the American league this season.
Some of the Cub stockholders who /
have been watching the athletes in
action at Tampa are reported to be
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-13

jab to the point where an opponent
simply cannot escape being hit. but
if you keep your right hand raised as
in the above picture you can reduce
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-13

the power behind the
sibly avoid being tot
A boxer with a
need not worry over
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04
McNEELY WAS ENGAGED TO WE'D
University Student Met Fiancee of Late
Consul at West Liberty, la.

Miss Wilma Whitaker of West Lib
rrty, la. is the American girl To whom
Robert Ney McNeely. United States
consul at Alden. who lost his life when
the Persia was torpedoed. was en-
gagged To be- married This infOrma
ton is given by o. 5. Fuqua, Il stu
dent in the School of Law of the Uni
versity of Missouri, who spent Il part
of his Christmas vacation at Miss
Whitaker's home in West Liberty.
Miss Whitaker received cable
gram from McNeely after he had
reached England, saying that there
was absolutely no danger of subma-
rine attack on his vessel in complet-
ing the trip TO his consular post. The
couple had planned to be married and
make the trip together, but because
her parents objected, Miss Whitaker
postponed the marriage. She received
the cablegram telling of her fiances
safety only short time before the
newspaper reports of the torpedoing
of the Persia reached her.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

world insist upon courtesy and po-
liteness ON the part of their clerks and
other employees that the girl in the
shop or Office and the boy who de-
livers groceries are fast putting to
shame the product of the home and
school. For the girl who quits gram
mar school to enter the telephone Of
flee or to clerk in the dry-gOOds store
and the boy on the delivery wagon
have gone to school to the efficiency
experts of business and are more po-
lite and courteous than their school
mates who finished high school and
perhaps had higher education.
Good manners have been found to
pay. in cash.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04
An INCONSISTENT FARMER

II used TO be the case that. when
farmers were mentioned. gold brick
stories, hayseeds and the gas-blOwing
trick accompanied the allusiOn, es-
pecially if the farmer had come to
town.
Today, what different story, The
farmer comes to town in his automo-
bile, most often, and the town folks
step lively to keep from getting run
over. On the farm there are an cleo
tric plant. running water, refrig-
Grating plant and other modern con
veniences which most Town mortals
have only at the pleasure and mercy
Of some authority other than our
humble selves.
Notwithstanding all these things.
the old stories will bob up just when
the farmer is most "set-up" over good
crops and high prices, too. 1t is the
fable of the farmer and the gas, whose
ghost now rises to upset the banquet
scene. A Tennessee farmer brushed
the cobwebs from this joke when he
blew out the gas in a Memphis hotel.
No. it didn't kill him. 1t never does
in the joke.
Aside from the fact that this is a
trite. boresome thing TO do in this
day and time it is so inconsistent of
the modern farmer.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04
WOMEN FARMERS WILL MEET
Miss Pearle Mitchell, President, An
nOunceS TOmOrrOw's Program.

The following program for the
meeting of the Missouri Women Far
mers Club tomorrow afternoon was
announced today by Miss Pearle
Mitchell. president of the club:
2:3O O'clock-"Organization. the
Farmers Protection by William
Hirth, editor of the Missouri Farmer.
300 oclock-"Living at Home" by
DR. Harry r. McKeen, editor of the
Wheeling (W. VaD Register and Ly-
ceum lecturer.
3:45 o'clock-An address. "Busi-
ness and Domesticity," with illustra-
tions of handicraft work. by Mrs. Wal
ter Klinck, Clarksville, la. Mrs. Klinck
is manager of farm and teaches ag-
riculture and handicraft In the schools
of the cities near her home.
All the meetings will be held IN the
library of the Agricultural Building.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04
EDICtTION AND THE FARM

With the stress We are accustomed
To place upon education the question
of rural school facilities in Missouri
becomes a pressing one. Under th"
present district system the yuun's o.
I lr of the rural districts are placed at
!. great disadvantage The distIi.Ia
are usually 50 small that ia" .unds at
their disposal are msuliici"n: To pro-
vide competent teachers anl adc ,uate
school equipment.
The problem of educating his chill
dren is perhaps the biggest problem
the farmer of today has to solve. If
he wishes his own children To have
equal advantage with other young
people. the children must either leave
home and go alone to the city or the
farmer must leave the farm and move
his family there. In either case IL
means that the rural districts are be
ing depopulated by the young and Wig
orous and that great numbers of the
farm owners themselves are moving
from the rural communities to the
centers of population in the cities.
The consolidation of rural districts
and the establishment of rural high
schools will do much to improve this
condition. 1t will make possible the
employment of more capable teachers
because there will be more money and
less duplication of equipment. 1t will
raise the educational standards of the
whole community by bringing educa-
tional advantages within the reach of
all.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04
SERBIAN SOLDIER HERO
Nv BALKAN STRUGGLE

sich found out for them, and what he
discovered they put down in their
wise military books.
Here is where we stood said
Colonel Vassich. For three days my
men stood with me in this swamp and
fought the Turks on those hills"
asked him how deep the water
was.
TIP to our waists, sometimes up to
our chins, sometimes over our heads,
and when a man was wounded he was
drowned"
| asked him whether it was cold.
Holds MOnaStir Against Turks.
THAT was three years ago and |
haven't been well since II was in
deed cold. Neither have hundreds Of
my soldiers been well since. But We
held the Turks off Monastir."
How did the men carry their am
munition?"
ON their heads. but many of them
carried it around their belts and found
that the water didn't hurt il any.
Come. We must get mp To the trench
es."
Two soldiers gave the ear start.
1t had once been a fine limousine. but
the years of Serbian fighting had left
their marks on it as well as on the
Colonel. Every time We started it
was with the assistance Of soldiers
who put their shoulders to the once
brilliantly black limousine body and
gave hearty pushes to help the gas
oline. Behind lis was Monastir, which
once belonged to Bulgaria and now
belonged to Serbia; before us were
the Bulgars coming again with their
dreadful cry of "Urra, ne pret ne
nosh," which means, Forward with
the bayonet," The women and chill
dren back there in MOnastir know that
cry The sick, tired man in the car
beside you is holding back the ones
who voice it: but if the Monastirians
cease to hear the booming of the Ser
bian guns tonight, they had better
dress and hurry along the wintry
roads toward the Greek border.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

place the health of the student in very
grave danger. Yet under the present
system he must go regardless of the
weather or the state of his health un-
less he is willing TO run the risk OF
an hour or two of negative credit.
Could anything be more unneces-
sary than such a rule as this? Sure
ly when a student is forbidden by the
hospital authorities or his physician
to attend classes there should be
some way for him to make up the
work he has missed. At least he
should not be placed in the same cat
egory with the student who deliber-
ately stays away from classes. f.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

Competition in the purchase of
used automobiles isn't very keen in Co
lumbia. This afternoon a 1913 model
Studebaker five-passenger machine
was sold for 500 under a trustees
sale at the Boone County Courthouse.
John H. Taylor. who had the mortgage
on the machine. purchased it for the
amount of the mortgage. The automo-
bile belonged to Lawrence Bowser.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04
THE NEW EFFICIENCY

Business might well be taken as the
barometer of the world, since most of
those in the world are engaged in
business in some form or other. As
such it has been and is expressing a
great change in attitude toward eff
cheney on the part of the world.
For a long time business has been
on the side of temperance and has ad-
vOcated it as part of the new policy
which no longer is limited by the
store shelves and account books. The
war has helped strengthen this stand
against the use of alcohol by the po-
sition taken in regard to the value
or even more, the necessity-Of alb
stinence in the soldier. The new ef-
ficiency goes even further. Good man
ners also are becoming the vogue in
the new business of today.
Time was when the employer gave
no thought TO the way in which his
clerk answered Mrs Jones inquiry as
to the price of this and the use of that.
Today. however, woe unto the clerk
who turns with scorn from the in
Iuisitive shopper.
So strongly do those of the business
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

The stand of Mayor J. NJ. Batterton
and the City Council on the cigarette
question in Columbia was commended
by the W. c. T. U. at its meeting held
yesterday afternoon. The statement
was made at the meeting that the pro-
hibition of the sale of the much dis
cussed 'coffin-nails' would not only
be of benefit to the boys of Colum-
bia but also the girls.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04
MANY PLACE As STOCK JUDGES
About 20 Per Cent Of $50 Contestants
Make Good Scores,

At the dairy judging contest held
by T. c. Reed and ]. G. Watson al
the live stock Judging pavilion this
morning. 20 per cent of the contestants
made the right placing. About 15(
We're entered.
Mr.. Reed gave a lecture on "The
Relation of Form to Function in the
Dairy Animal" explaining the rea-
son for the Importance of the points
emphasized on the score card.
The importance of judging by pedi-
gree and record was also shown, the
pedigrees of the cows exhibited being
used for the demonstration.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04
X. W. Mcclure Now i'm Chicago.

r. w. Mcclure, student president
last year, has gone to Chicago from
st. Louis, where he has been en-
ployed since his graduation from the
College of Agriculture of the Univer-
sity. Mr.. Mcclure had been log in
spector for the Pickorl Walnut Com
pany in st. Louis. He is now working
as a chemist in the fertilizer depart
ment of Armour 4 Company in Chi
cagO.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04
One Hundred Acres Sold.

One hundred acres of Boone COun-
ty land near Sturgeon was sold fol
S2.525 to c. W. Bradley by Sheriff
Bert Sapp at the Boone County Court
house this afternoon. The land was
sold under a partition order. 1t be
lOnged 10 the Brakebill and Sims es-
tates.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04
The Open Column
Absence From IiaSSeS.

Editor the MissOurian: There Is
nothing more unfair than the present
rule for dealing with absence from
classes. OF course the student who
deliberately cuts class should be made
to suffer the consequences. but it
seems unjust to treat in the same
way those absences made necessary
by Illness.
There are times when the exposure
necessary in attending classes would
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

For the next ten days. we are GO
ing to sell some slightly used pianos.
that sold when new for from $500 to
$3.50. for from 1925 up. Come and see
them at once. Taylor Music House.
Corner 9th and Cherry streets.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

Writing Paper Bargain Odd lots
good writing paper, white and colors,
S@ by ] | inches. 25c package of about
I pounds-worth much more.-Her-
ald-Statesman, basement Virginia
Building. II. 100.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

Writing Paper Bargain.-Odd lots
good writing paper. white and colors,
S1a by | 1 inches. 2Jc package of about
I pounds-wOrth much mOre-Her-
ald-Statesman, basement Virginia
Building. II. 1O9
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04
S O Y

On New Years day, from o'clock
until in the afternoon, Mrs. A. w.
Taylor gave reception for Mrs. F.
p. Ramsey and Miss Winifred Ramsey
of Austin. Tex. and Mrs. c. c. Taylor
of Columbia In the receiving line
were Mrs. \. W. Taylor, Mrs. Ram
sey. Winifred Ramsey and Mrs. c. c.
Taylor
The house was decorated with mis-
tletoe. holly and red candles. In the
dining room Mrs. Herman Schlundt
poured tea. She was assisted by Mrs.
W. G.. Curtis. Mrs. o. VI. Stewart and
Mrs. J. c. Whitten. Miss Ruth Tay-
lOr and Miss Martha Whitten assisted
in the hall There were about 100
guests.
From $50 to in the evening a
buffet supper was served for e. c.
Taylor. The supper was followed by
a dinner party.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04
BY WILLIAM G.. SHEPHERD
UNITED Press staff Correspondent }


MONASTIR, Serbia, Dec. (by
mail This is TO introduce General
Douan Nassich He isn't a general at
this writing, only a Serbian colonel;
but between now and the time you read
this he'll be promoted. BY that time
MOnastir probably will have fallen.
and the last big city of the Serbians
will be in the hands of the AustrO-
German -Bulgars. But for ten days
Colonel Nassich has held the city
against odds, and he'll hold it as much
longer as he can. lie is only IL, but
he is tired looking and thin; his hands
are wrinkled like an old mans. When
he came out of headquarters and
climbed into the automobile where
had been placed to await him. he was
mulllrd up to guard against rheuma
liSm
In Three Hundred Battles.
lie has been IN three hundred bat
Ties ia his time, ana battles against
Bulgars and Turks leave their marks.
All this MOnaStir country he knows
as he knows the palm of his hand. lie
has fought over it time and again,
and, as we whirl out of town toward
the Bulgarian front. he glances often
at the mountains. some OF them snow
clad, as if looking to see if they have
changed during The three days he has
been i'll i'll bed
swamp Warfare at Monastir.
It's the road to PCTlepe. 1t runs
between high hills and then crosses
swamp. When we come 10 the
swamp we stop. This swamp made
Colonel NasSich a hero throughout
European army circles during the
war with the Turks three years ago.
Wise army men. who think they know
lust how much soldiers can stand and
who measure the strength of men en-
maSsr as engineers test steel beams,
had never been certain as to whether
men could tight any length of time
while standing in water. Colonel Vas
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

Special arrangement made for ban
quets at Columbia Cafe 12, n. 8. Phone
70S-Green.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

The officers and advisory board of
the Homemakers' Conference were en-
tertained at an informal luncheon to-
day at the home of Mrs. F. b. Num-
ford on the University farm
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

Have you tried the Columbia Cafe
l2 n. .. Phone 70S-Greeno
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

active members of the sorority Fri
day night at the chapter house
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

Mrs. Gussie Smith gave "wel-
come" dinner last night at her home
POI College avenue, for her boarders
Other guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
and son and Mrs. SolOn Smith
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

The pledges of the Chi Omega So
rOrity will give a dansant for the
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-01-04

Mrs. F. B. Mumford will give re-
ception for the visiting women here
for Farmers Week at o'clock to
morrow afternoon at her home on the
University farm.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-09-29

1--WE always cared" she told him
brokenly.
His heart leaped at that. And step
ping behind her quickly, he laid his
hands gently upon her two arms.
my love, my love-what a great
world it is when you're happyw he ex-
claimed. "Just think! I'll get the IL
cense in the morning: Wen be married
In the afternoon and on our way to
Switzerland. l know the darlin' Of a
place, right by rushing river. in the
very shadow Of the snow! And think
how young we are! We've fifty years
ahead of us-fifty years of love and
happiness! Just you and me, my dearr'
Captain Redmond kissed her hand
then.
She had listened to his rapid words
rs If 1t were all dream-seme beauti-
full dream from which she suddenly
awoke to the stern reality of life with
its bitterness and its disappointment,
its disilusions and it's heartaches.
Larry am married." she said
slowly.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-09-29

mot such as this" he continued I'M
thinkingly. "First fought with him /;
and then, to him, almost a stranger,
there l stood In the moonlight. quite
mad l guess, and poured out my heart.
l told him about you. I'd been so
lonely 1t was good to talk to this man
to talk to anybody that night. But
at last l promised the chap I'd quit"
"What made you promise?"
He gazed into space, as the scene
became vivid In his mind.
"Ah! suppose twas the sentiment
the Irish in me. He appealed to my
love Of country-to my patriotism.
was an officer in his majesty's service
and some day England might need me
and I'd not be there. 1t hit me. And
curious twas, it should be German to
stop me!'
She had listened to him with increas-
ing wonder. His very words were al
most duplication of Henry Street