COLLEGE HOST TRAIN MORAL AND MENTAL Edwin Erie Sparki at Prohibl- Mon Meeting Gives Idea of 1 Educating- Youth. ' MAKING THE ENTHU5 MAN Lexington, Ky, Dec. 28. The obli gation of American college and uni versities to train the moral aide of college students, along with the men tal and physical, was the , central I heme of an address by Edwin Erie .Sparks, formerly of the history de partment of the University -of Chi cago and now president of tne Penn sylvania State college, before the first night session of the national conven tion of the Intercollegiate Prohibi tion association this evening. President Sparks' subject was "Making the Entire Man," and his address was a demand for all-around student training. ' College are Seeding Grounds. "The colleges are the seeding ground of the future and they must accept their obligation," said Dr. hparks. ' Tracing the successive conceptions of education, from the early idea of training the intellect alone, and then the recognition of the need of physi cal and industrial training as well, he pointed out the necessity for train ing students also in moral ideals in order to fit them for their highest usefulness." This training, he said, can no longer be given to the best ad vantage in the American home, owing to the forces of modern civilization, which are effecting its disintegration. "Nor can it be done with the best results in the public schools where the students are immature," he added. Each Graduate a Leader. "We must turn to the college," de clared Dr. Sparks, "because each graduate is not only a factor in him self, but he will become a leader capable of influencing others. I am happy to say that most colleges are recognizing and accepting the obliga tion of making the entire man men tally, physically and morally. I can name a college where no new in structor hat been asked to take a place on faculty for, the last six years unless he. acknowledges hit share of 'this obligation, v. - ... "The day has passed when we can accept an instructor, no matter how much erudition he possesses, nor how deeply he has specialized in his sub ject, if he claims that his duty is fulfilled when he teaches the subject matter of his class room." , WILSON GETS THE FOLLTEXTOFTHE MISETS OFFERS (CeaUaued from Fas 0J . statement-of this position by Ger- " many either had been communicated to tie United State government; or soon would be. !.. Germany, it it said, it looking to the . United States tot make every ef fort to bring about a peace confer ence and to that end is ready to con sider any suggestions from the presi dent. As the case stands now the German government considers it ha met all the suggestions in the presi dent's note and a statement to, that ef fect has been made by Count von Bcrnstorff, the German ambassador. - Need United States. Germany) it is stated authoritatively, never ha believed that acting alone it would be able to bring about a con- . ference and now that the influence of neutral hs been brought to bear for one, the German official have taken their view a step further, and believe they cannot be successful ' without assistance of the United State. They believe, that the United States, in view of it vital interest in the settlement of the war, would not be adverse to participating because it has been represented as desiring most of all to see the peace terms make "- provision for the future security of the world. , Without participation by - the United States in that phase it Is felt the results would be without ef fect. - ... - . There were intimation today that Germany's position on all these points had been conveyed by Foreign Minister Zimmerman to Ambassador Gerhard at their recent conference and that Germany's terms were prob ably conveyed in the highest con fidence .for the information of Prcsi- dent Wilson, Reserve for Round Table It was said 'today that Germany had no intention of asking the entente . to make public its terms and at the , same time would not publicly divulge her own under any consideration. The view expressed in German circles here is that the Teutonic terms when laid before the entente delegates will be such as to admit of - their acceptance. Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, reiterated again today 'that he felt a conference would result from the present situation and that he considered it in a light of op timism. Germany's position is represented as one of willingness to impart its terms in a confidential manner first, if that is absolutely necessary to a conference, but still preferring to re serve them for presentation at a round table, where they could be discussed with more freedom. . HYMENEAL ' Bigg-Barth. ' Miss Ida M. Barth, daughter of Oeorge ). Bart!i,and Mr. Lester K. Biggs, both of Lorton, Neb., were married by Rev. Charles W. Savido-e at 12 o'clock Wednesday. They were accompanied Dy Mrs. ). t. Biggs and Jessie oeraioine Biggs, i , Walker-Scholtng. r Miss Anna Scholting, daughter of Jacob Scholting of Albright, and Mr. Marion M. Walker of Ralston were married Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock by Urv. Charles W. Savidee. at the uiidcnce of the bride's parents, Twen--Seventh ..fid Harris streets, Al uright. The' attendants were Miss Sophia Schotiing, Mi. Alfred Heisner, Mies Leona Buxter and Mr. H. L. Bradley. A tstry large company of : invited guests vefe present and a waoput supper was served. . Results of Practical Christmas Giving Omaha, Dec. 27. To the Editor of The Bee: In behalf of the Associated Charities, I wish to thank you very sincerely for the publicity given our work through The Omaha Bee at Christmas time. All the families mentioned in your paper were bounti fully taken care of and in addition we received very gen erous donations of money, shoes and clothing. We feel con fident thafr-every one had a happy Christmas this year-, for which a great deal of credit is due The Bee. Again thanking you, we are, very truly yours, MRS. GEORGE W. DOANE. The Bee's appeal for PRACTICAL CHRISTMAS GIV ING met with a splendid response, even better this year than ever before. Clothing, shoes, food supplies and money came in a continual generous stream both to The Bee and directly ,to the Associated Charities. This association investigates all, cases thoroughly so that the givers had the added satisfac tion of knowing that their donations went to REALLY DE SERVING families, especially- those made up of dependent women and helpless children. A vast deal was done by those responding to The Bee's appeal toward making a real Merry Christmas for the de serving poor. - Many of these contributors sent in their bundles of good things and their cash anonymously. Those who sent their names received letter of acknowledgement from the Asso ciated "Charities. None of them wanted any self adver tising. The heartfelt gratitude of the deserving poor who were made happy by their gifts through the Associated Charities is their ample reward. ,.. . . BECKHANN RAPS SCHOOL LAND SALE Land Commissioner Advocates Commission to Do the - Appraising;. WOULD - SAISE RENTALS ', (From a Staff Correapondent.V Lincoln, Dec. 28. (Special.) Con troversy elver the 'sale of school lands is one of the live issue of the day and it is probable that the coming legislature will be called upon to take action in the matter. Land Commis sioner Beckmann ia much opposed to tne sale ot tne lands, and in speaking of the matter gives his ideas a fol lows: ' . . v I am strongly of the belief that the atate should not sell the school lands it now holds. The state made a great mistake when it sold as much of ita lands as it did and the tax payers begin to realize this. , whether he is a merchant, owner of a manufacturing! establishment, stock man or igrmcr, in laci, any man uoing business of any kind, will take an in voice every so often to ascertain whether the method of doing business has been profitable, and if he finds he ha not been doing a profitable business he will try to find out where the trouble lies and after locating the mistakes that have been made will endeavor to remedy the same. I think the state of Nebraska should pursue the same method. Let us see whether the way -the -state baa dealt with it educational lands, or what ia com monly called the state school lands, has been profitable or not, i claim it has not, and if we find it ha not then we should find out where we have made mistakes and should try to correct them. If we investigate the records we will find that the state of Nebraska acquired 2,978,095.05 acres of land, of which there , it now deeded 1,091, 731.71 acres; held under tale contract, 233,971.14 acres; held under lease con tract, l,o5U,WU.yi acres, inis leaves a little more than half of the original acquired school lands unsold. - Appraising Land. "In 1883 the' legislature passed law that the appraiteri ot school lands should be made np of three dis interested freeholders of the county in which the land is located; said ap praisers to be appointed by the county treaturer, county clerk and county judge. In 1891 the law wat amended so -that the appraisers be made ,up of members of the' county board, which law is still in effect. The cont- stitution of Nebraska provides that no school land can be sold for less than $7 an acre. I wish it had said $20 an acre instead of $7, then there would be a great portion of the land still unsold. V "It is true that the appraisement of leased landa it too low, but this is also true of lands appraised for selling purposes. Superintendent Thomas estimated that the tchool lands the state now holds would sell for about $20,000,000. To realize this amount the land would have to sell on an verage of a little more than $13 an acre. I make the prediction that if the appraisements are maoe the tame at heretofore that it would not bring more than about one-half of thi amount. . Favors Commission "I would advocate that we do away with our present system of appraise ment and that a commission of three members be appointed by the gov ernor or by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds to do this work. That aaid commission visit all tchool lands that are to be appraised for leasing ourooses and aooraise the land at its true value, so a to be fair to the state, as well as to the lease holder. This would cost the state no more than it does at the present time, and I am sure we would have more unilorm and oetter appraise ments, and, perhaps, receive four or five time more income from bur school lands in rentals, and this would be only fair to the taxpayers. It will cost a certain amount to keep our schools going and what we lose on income from our school lands is to be made up by the taxpayers. . The state could, after the appraisement is made, make public the appraise ment and set a time when said land would be leased to the highest bidder. There is no good reason why the state ' should not receive as good rental on ita school lands at private parties are doing." - , Hay Have Jumped in River. Yankton, S. D., Dec. 28.(Special.) Jens Jensen, aged 39, of this city, is believed to have committed suicide by jumping in an airhole in the Missouri I near his home on the river bank. He j left a note of goodbye and said he wat going to the river. He had pre-1 viously threatened tuicide. A wife I and two sons are confident Jensen is ! in the river, but doubt it expressed I by the officers I THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER National Base Ball Commission Allows' 'New Orleans Claim Cincinnati, O., Decl 28. The Na tional! Base Ball commission today allowed a claim made by President A. J. -, Heincmann of the New Orleans Base Ball club against Charles Frank, formerly employed as scout by the Cleveland club and now president of the Atlanta club, for $1,629. Attor neys representing Frank denied the jurisdiction of the commission in the case owing to the debt being of a personal nature. The attorneyt also claimed that Frank admitted having contracted the debt but that he had compromised it for a lesser amount, according to the commission's find ings, 'a The commission ruled, however. that it had uniformly exercised juris diction in the adjustment of financial obligations between parties connected with organized base bail, it one or more were identified with the major league. The finding then goes no to hold that the compromise was abro gated through the fact that one of its conditions was -not lived up to by Mr. Frank. ' J Wants Darcy to Meet Mike r Gibbons in the Twin Cities Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 28. Har ry Sherman, local boxing promoter, today offered a parse of $25,000 for a ten-round boxing contest between Mike Gibbons of St. Paul and Les Darcy of Australia, the fight to be staged in either Minneapolis or- St. Paul. The winner would receive 75 per cent and the loser 25 per cent. Four, of the leading boxing experts of. the country would act as judges and the fighters would abide by their decision in case neither man had a marked advantage. ., No Second Reply to Wilson x .: Sent by German Kaiser New York, Dec' 28. A statement out out in certain ticker services today crediting the German Overseas News Agency with the statement that Ger many had made .a second reply to Pretident Wilson's note apparently is erroneous. The Associated Press also received a wireless dispatch, on which this ttatement wat based, and investi gation discloses that this dispatch was a belated section of the Berlin wireless of Tuesday last, t - Argentine Crop Only About One-Half Normal Washington, Dec. 28. Argentina's grain harvest this year will be one of the poorest the country ever has seen, due to injury by drouth and locusts. Consular reports received today said the amount of grain available for export this year will total not more than 1,000,000 tons. Normally 2,500,000 tons are exported. Cereal prices in the republic are the highest ever known. 1 ' . Reply of Austria to the Wilson Peace Note Arrives Washington, Dec. 28, Austria's reply to- President Wilson's peace note was received late- today. It is understood to1 be substantially - the same as Germany 8. ' Obituary Notices. MRS. MABEL TTSON died Mon day at 10 a. m. at Geneva, aged 44 years. She was the wife of Thomas Tyson, who took tne body to Anoover, III., their old home. CHARLE8 RICHARD TJADER. ex plorer, author and Inventor, died at New York yesterday. In 190 Mr. TJader led an expedition into the But African jungles (or tne American Mu seum of Natural History. , - . T. rweat Grin. Coldi oauee vrtpI.axattve Urenoo Quinine remove rti. There la only on BROMO tJUININK." B. W. Qrove'e alane turft on box. Si. Aav.rttffem.nl. H M I I I H ! I I M 1 1 ! I M I i SERVICE! I SERVICE! SERVICE! Thut'a what VAtl trmt avwv itav 11 in the year at this popular drag 1 I- store. Phone your want today. J W Deliver the Good. 16th aatl hwari St. Pima Oraglaa MS. FRANCE NOT PLEASED WITH GERMAN REPLY Papers of Paris Say Move is a Trap and Allies Will Not Make Peace on Terms. ' CLOSE WATCH IS ADVISED Paris, Dec. 28. The morning news papers today are unanimous in pro nouncing the German answer to Presi dent Wilson's note to the belligerents a polite refusal to comply with his suggestions. Germany, savs the Matin, inten tionally reverses the terms of Presi dent Wilson's note and requests rep resentatives ot the nations at war to seat -themselves at a conference table and talk at random without knowing what they intend to say. It knows the allies will never make peace on the terms which it at present is dis posed to offer, but during the period of temporary slackening in hostilities it wilt be able , to obtain fresh sup plies, while secretly planning new military operations, just as it prepared for mobilization during the diplomatic conversations of July, 1914. i;l:i :.i t: vmic hiviub eMUBiaiiiuii lu me United States' by a clear exdanation of our duties, it behooves us now more than ever to keep a close watch on the movements of the enemy at an hour when it is attempting to hoodwink ns." . - Not t Loyal Answer. The Petit Parisien says: "The re ply of Germany and Austria-Hungary is not a direct loyal .answer to the American suggestiona. It is only a hypocritical expedient. President Wilson asks the belligerents to state their conditions. The central powers ignore this and simply offer a con ference without any preliminaries. That is a trap in which they very naively thought to catch the allies. "One understands the haste with which they replied without waiting for the concerted note of the allies. which it is a pity was not sent Presi dent Wilson earlier.. "President Wilson asked for guar antees for the maintenancec of last ing peace. Berlin and Vienna post- ?oned their explanations until later, he president of the United States can in no way declare himself satis fied. As for the allies, their reply to the Washington cabinet is made much easier." , : . , , Not Suffciently Enlightened. Stephan Pichon writes in 'the Petit Journal: "The American note, regard ing the inspiration of which we are as yet not sufficiently enlightened, has at least had the merit of unmasking a German maneuver. That is a self evident truth which we formulated here from the very first. It is now fully proved that it is that. It would suffice for neutrals to ask Germany for the details of the peace it wished to conclude to make it impossible for it to furnish them." t In the Figaro Alfred Capus says: "Germany in its answer to President Wilson proposes a meeting of dele gates at a neutral city. That city, if it "was specified, would remain for ever famous as the scene of the greatest trap in history. France, not to speak of our allies, would come out the. vassal of , its adversaries, of today- and so many prodigious sacri fices, so much glory won in marvel ous battles would have only served to make of us a subject and a fallen people." . . PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Thomai, J, Wall, vnral avnt of the punenger departmnt, and W. d. Black, tTtvvc.lnr paiMngr ant, both connected with the Canadian Pacific railway la Cht caio, wera In Omaha Wednesday on eom pany boalnwifc - s I TtFff TM DR. McKEWNEY Says: "The Holidar Seuoo U an Meal time to have ua do roar dentiatry. 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' I cer tainly am thankful to you for your very liberal settlement with me. I feel that I can recommend your Company to anyone de- . siring insurance. I am 504 x Very Truly Yours, (Signed) JOHN U. CROSEN. We .are ready to make agency contracts with new men for 1917. Write Home Office for particulars. . i 29. 1916-- TEDTONIC VICTORY REPORTED COMPLETE Thousands of 'Buss-Roumanian Prisoners Captured and the " Enemy is Hurled Back. FRENCH REPULSE ATTACKS Berlin, Dec. 28. (By ' Wireless to Sayville.) The defeat of the Russo Roumanian forcet by the invading Teutonic army has been completed, it is announced officially. Russian troops which attempted to regain lost ground were thrust back and ejected from their new positions with heavy losses. In yesterday's fighting the Austro-German forces took 3,000 prisoners. Eight airplanes were lost by the entente allies in yesterday's fighting on the western front, the war office announces. Report' Made by French. Paris, Dec 28. French troops last night repulsed small attacks near Lechcnoy, on the Somme, and on the eastern slope of Hill 304, west of the Meuse, in the Verdun region, the war office announced today. Mines sprung by the French near Beuvraignes, on the Somme front, .caused great damage to the German defenses. One of the explosions pro duced a crater 120 yards long and forty yards wide. The French flying corps yesterday attacked several blast furnaces and steel mills. The airplanes were aided in the attacks by two dirigibles. Villa Changes His Mind and Will Not Kill Foreigners El Paso, Tex., Dec. 28. That Fran cisco Villa has altered his attitude toward Americans and other foreign ers found in Mexico is the belief of friends of Villa h,ere, who' today an nounced they had appealed to him not to kill any more foreigners. This appeal was sent Villa during his occupation of Chihuahua City J I easily than any other habit, but the start must be made now not tomorrow NOW. 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