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OLUTION PLAN
ER ADVISEMEMT
Y FEDERAL COURT
rnnr i ami tnT7PrTnnr.il l nu i
nutted to Judges.
EXCHANGE OF STOCK APPKOVJSU
Southern Pacific Shares to Be Traded
for Baltimore Issues.
BALANCE IS TO BE SOLD
tffl A ft A T A ll. If.
lrust uompany 10 rut it on iu.axr.ci,
Under Restrictions.
GOVERNMENT RESERVES RIGHTS
K Stllinlnten tlutl It Uny Anll Ar
rnn"mciit nt Any Time If Ille
Cl C'outlltloiin Should
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ST. PAUL. Minn.. June 30. The district
court of the United States for the district
of Utah late today npproved the Union
Pacific-Southern Pacific dissolution plan
as presented to the cqurt today by attor
neys for the road and O. Cnrroll Todd,
assistant to the attorney general Dut
one change was made, the court appoint
ing Louis C. Krauthoff of New York City
a commissioner 01 me coun 10 see 10 u
that the letter and plan of dissolution Is
adhered to.
ST. PAUL. Minn.. June SO. The plan for
dissolving the Union Pacific-Southern Pa
cific merger which Attorney General Mc
Reynolds, with the pprovnl of President
Wilson, has agreed upon with officials
of the railway, was presented here to
day to Judges W. H. Sanborn, William !
Hook and Walter f. Smith, sitting as
district courtof the United States for the
district of Utah and was taken r.ndcr ad
visement. G. Carroll Todd, special assistant to tho
attorney general, represented the govern
ment at the hearing and N. H. Loomls
and P, W. Clarke the road. The court
took the plan and suggestion made nt
the hearing under advisement. Tho plan
presented today allows until January 1,
191$, for the complete dissolution of the
combination adjudged illegal by the su
preme court.
All previous plans ore superseded by
this latest one, which proposed that the
Union Pacific shall exchange J3S,000,000 of
Its J126,(X,000 holdings in the Southern
Pacific for the Pennsylvania railroad's
entire holdings in the Baltimore & Ohio
virtually an equal amount-and that the
remaining ISS.000,000 shall be. sold to the
general public through a trust company.
No present stockholders In the Union
PaclFe continuing as such-might buy 'any
of th Southern Pacific sto"cVso'sold.iimt
each purchaser would be obliged to make
affidavit 'that he was. not acting in con
cert or agreement with anyone else buy
ing Southern. Pacific to secure a new
control for theVUnlon Pacific.
The transaction would begin on Novem-f
ber 1, 1913, and If not complete by Jan
uary 1. 1916, tl?e court would dlroct the
disposition of anV Southern Pacific stock
remaining untakeVi.
The court will bfs asked, before approv
ing the plan, to 'allow time for anyone
whether an interested party oj- not, to
Interpose objections.
Stipulation liy Government.
The governtrent expressly stipulates
that should Any Illegal conditions arise
from the exchange of Pennsylvania and
Baltimore & Ohio stock, either under
existing law or future legislation or
future Interpretation by the courts of
present Btatutes. the government would
have the right "freely to assail" the ar
rangement. Attorney General McReynolds' state
ment to the court, framed after cabinet
discussion and conferences with Presi
dent Wilson, comments on the exchange
Df Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
stock, and points out that at present no
federal law forbids one railroad company
from bwnlng stock In another non-com-petltlve
line, but that by Interpretation
by the courts a different meaning may
hereafter be glyen to present statutes,
or new legislation covering that point
may be enacted.
On the other hand, the president and his
advisers feel that' there Is apparently no
legal objection now to the proposals of
tile railroads, under what administration
officials regard as Imperfect federal law.
ThefaAvantagts of the plan in the view
of tbe prteldent are that it breaks up
two factual or threatened monopolies and
at tie same time fulfills the purposes of
thfcovernment's present suit against the
H J fcnah merger. The president and the
atto'wiey general believe, moreover, that
the (federal authorities are left free under
tha plan to act as they deem right against
any harmful or Illegal consequences not
now foreseen.
Attorney General's Statement.
Here Is the attorney general's state
l ment In full, to be presented to the court:
The proposed sale to the Pennsylvania
Railroad company of 8SS.934 shares (ttV
iv..UO of the caoital stock oi me oouin
em Paclfio company now owned or con
trolled bv-the Union Pacific railroad
( ?mpany (being about 14 per cent of tho
i-tai caDltal stock of the soumern i-aciu
o-npany) in exchange for 426,472 shares
HW47.M0) of the capital stock of the
iialtlmore & Ohio Railroad company
ow owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad
mpanj (being all of such stock Held oy
latter and 30.04 per cent of the en
. c share of the Baltimore & Ohio com
r,y) obviously goes far to separate the
ahem Paolflc company from the
nn Pacific company and to that ex-
i: t breaKS up me particular unmwiui
-blnatlon between them assailed in
t original bill and now before the
-t for dissolution.
Moreover, It divests the Pennsylvania
j road company ot a large amount .f
f- rapltal stock o' an active competitor
tl-o Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company
ard thereby remedies a highly objection
able condition. So far as I am- able to
ascertain, such exchange would not. re
sult In creating any new combination In
restraint ot trade nor any other condi
tion in violation of existing laws.
Should the exchange be made, the
Battle of Gettysburg Where American
Thn following account of the buttle of
Gettysburg, which began on July 1, 1SC3.
is taken irom the outlook.
fly KLSIIS SIMJMASTRIt.
HE battle of Gettysburg was
the most Important battle of
tho civil war. The contest had
coitTi Decn mus lar wunoui ae
cjstve result. Intervention nnd
ncKnowlcogmcnt or the Inue
pendenco of tho confederacy by foreign
powers was Imminent. In the north dls
satisfaction reigned, enthusiasm had be
gun to cool. The northern army was
about to lose 15,000 men by the expiration
of their term of service, and there was
no prospect of- the re-enllstment of so
many.
The. battle of Gettysburg was the only
battle of the war fought on northern
soil. Here the enemy was at hand: liar
rlsburg, a great rallwny center and depot
of supplies, Baltlmoi. Philadelphia and
Washington, lay exposed to tho danger of
capture.
There were engaged at Gettysburg
about 0,000 men on the union side and
about 80,000 on the confederate side. Ot
this number the union loss was about
23,000 in killed, wounded and missing; the
confederate about 20,000 an appallingly
large proportion. All tho loyal union
states except Kentucky and Missouri
were represented. Every confederate
state had soldiers upon the field.
The town of Gettysburg was in no way
remarkable before the battle. It was a
little village, seven miles from the Mary
land border and about forty-five miles
from Harrlsburg. H was founded in 17S0,
and though It was the county seat, It
numbered In 1S63 only 3,000 inhabitants.
Its most famous citizen was Thaddeus
Stevens. Gettysburg has two educational
Institutions, the Lutheran Theological
seminary, giving Its name to tin. ridge
west of the town, und Pennsylvania col
lege, also an Institution of the Lutheran
church, in the town Itself. The only cltl
zen to tie Kilica in tne Dattle was a
woman, Miss Jennlo Wade, who wa
struck by a stray shot, probably froni
tho union lines. Old John Burns seized
his squirrel gun and fought with the
union troops. He was wounded three
time) and left on the field for dead, but
recovered and lived to be a source of
great Interest and admiration.
The village lay apart from the lines
of railway travel, and except for the
pranks of the students and the sessions
of court it knew little excitement Its
topographical features seem to have pre
pared It, however, to be the arena- to
one of the greatest battles ot history.
Gettysburg Is the meeting-place of
eight roads, several of which are good
pikes. Therefore troops could be moved
about swiftly and could be easily con
centrated. The two adjacent ridges of
fered fine positions to contending armies.
Seminary ridge to the west, occupied
first by the union and afterwards by the
confederate troops, has no sharp eleva
tions. Seminary ridge to the east, oc
cupied by the union troops on the sec
ond and third days of the battle, is ter
minuted on the north bv Cemetnry r.lll
W Culp'i hill and oh the south by dig
Round Top and Little Round Top. There
are po great streams; the masses of rock
and stretches of "woodland are thick
enough to protect but hot to Interfere
with the movement of troopsf Cemetery
ridge Is higher than Seminary ridge
and Is therefore admirably! suited to
troops on the defensive, a fact which
helped materially to glve-the union forces
the victory. The village Itself occupies
about the center of the field, which ex
elusive of the cavalry field to the east,
covers an area of about twenty-five
square miles.
The union troops advanced, speaking
generally, from the south by way of the
Baltimore, Taneytown and Emmlttsburg
roads. The confederate troops advanced,
speaking generally, also, from the north,
by way of the York, Chambersburg,
Mummasburg, Carlisle and York roads.
BIG DRUG FIRM MOVES HERE'
Harle-Haas Drug Company of Coun
cil Bluffs Gets Location.
WILL BRING MANY TO OMAHA
Flrni Employs Lnrge Nunibrr ot Men
To Loonte In Building Now Oc
cupied by the Beebe-Ilun-ynn
Knrnltare Company.
Negotiations are about to be com
pleted for the Harle-Haas Drug company
of Council Bluffs to move to Omaha and
occupy the building at Eleventh and
Douglas streets now occupied by the
Beebo-Runyan Furniture company. W.
Farnam Smith and the firm are expected
to get together Boon and sign up a lease
or. the building.
The new building of the Beebe & Run
yan company at Ninth and Douglas
streets is expected to be completed by
November. When that (firm moves Into ,
the new place the Harle-Haas company
will come across the river.
(The Harle-Haas Drug company Is one
of the largest Jobbing houses ot Its kind
In the west. Its business is said te
amount to nearly Jl.000,000 a year and Its
acquisition will mean another stride In
Omaha's advancement as n Jobbing cen
ter. By moving to Omaha it probably also
will bring several hundred employes, in
cluding traveling salesmen who will
make their headquarters here.
Tho Harle-Hans company has been ne
gotiating for a building or a site for a
building since the first of the year. The
' real estate committee of the Commercial
club has been working with the firm
members In trying to find a location
since they announced their Intention of
leaving Council Bluffs, it was feared
tho company would move to Kansas
City and rather than have It get entirely
out of Omaha's territory the Commer
cial club went to Its aid. It was a court
ot last resort, however, as there exists
a taolt agreement between the Commer
cial club ot Council Bluffs and the
Commercial club of Omaha that neither
will attempt to take business from the
city of the other.
Two sites, one opposite the Krug the
ater at Fourteenth and Harney streets
and the other at Eleventh and Farnam
streets, were considered by the company
and,' found unavailable. Then the Beebe
Runyan building was decided upon. The
Beebe-Runyan building will be vacated
about October 1,
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At the beginning of June, after Its il
feat at Chancellorsvllle, the army of ti
Potomab under General Hooker lay nort
of the Rappahannock river In Vlrglnl
The confederate army of Virginia, unde
General Lee, began meanwhile to moV'
toward the north. The union armi
started in pursuit, and, capturing General
Stuart's official papers, discovered Gen
eral Lee's orders for a march Into
Pennsylvania, the two armies meeting In
skirmishes on the way, General Lee being
Unaware, however, that the union army
was advancing in mass.
The confederate army crossed the Poto
mac and moved up the Cumberland val
ley to Chambersburg, Carlisle, and Cash
town. Early's division marched on June
26 from Cashtown to York, part of the
Women's Attack on
Homes of Ministers
Repulsed by Polioe
LONDON. June 30. Miss Sylvia Pank
hurst, daughter of Mrs. Emmellne Pank
hurst, the suffragette leader, lead an at
tacking party to Downing street Sunday
afternoon for the purpose of Imprisoning
the cabinet ministers. The expedition
was unsuccessful. The attempt to cap
ture Downing street failed, but the vic
tory ot the police was not won without a
series of fierce scrimmages in which both
policemen and women were injured.
Miss Pankhurst appeared at a demon
stration in Trafalgar square In favor of
free speech. She denounced the Right
Honorable Reginald McKenna, the homo
secretary, for "killing my mother." Then
she Invited the crowd to go to Downing
street und "Imprison the ministers In
their own houses."
At the head of a large body of sympa
thizers, many of whom were dock work
ers, she marched down to Whitehall, with
the flag of the AVomen's Social and Po
litical union surmounted by a liberty cap.
The police, however, had been apprised
of tho Intentions of the demonstrators
and had thrown a strong cordon around
Downing street The dockers tried to
break through and some ot the women
went to their aid, but were severely
handled. In the fighting women were
thrown to the ground and dockers club
bed. Many were arrested. Finally
mounted police dispersed the crowd.
FOUR LABORERS KILLED BY
TRAIN NEAR DUBUQUE
DUBUQUE, la.. June W.-Four Italian
laborers were instantly killed by a south
bound Burlington passenger train three
miles north of East Dubuque shortly uftor
noon today. The men were members of
a gang laying new track. When the train
approached they apparently became con
fused and stepped directly In front of
the engine. The bodies were horribly
mangled.
FREIGHT FATE INCREASE
ON FLAX SEE0 SUSPENDED
WASHINGTON, June 30.-Increases In
freight rates on flax seed, ranging from
6 to 11VS eents a 100 pounds from Minne
apolis and other northwestern points to
Missouri river destinations, today were
suspended by the Interstate Commerce
commission until October ,
THE n'ATTI.EFtELD OF'GETTVSni'KG
smmand going through Gettysburg to
t-uk supplies. .Vow suddenly General
ta was amazed to discover that tho
mlon troops were close at hand. Im
nedlately lying at Cashtown, he con
centrated his army-
The union army, meanwhile, had
crossed the Potomac at Frederick. There
General Hooker resigned and General
Meade took his place, and the army con
tinued to move north, east of South
mountain. General Meade proposed to
give battle on the heights ot Pipe creek,
fifteen miles south of Gettysburg. But
or. the night of June 29, General Buford
of the cavalry saw the lights ot the con
federate campflres between Monterey
and Fairfield, and . was at once ordered
to Gettysburg.
Hess Says Doubtful
Who Murdered Jones
GLEN WOOD, la., June 30. (Special
Telegram.) Three witnesses were called
today on behalf of the defendant In the
trial of Francisco Guldlce for the murder
of Fireman Howard Jones. An effort was
made to show that Guldlce had not been
seen near the scene of the murder on the
night It took place. James Vlncenso and
James Solo were called to tell of the
whereabouts of Bill Porche, and both
tald ho had been seen near the place
where the murder, was committed on the
night of MoV 27. This was corroborated
in the main by F. Reubencamp, who tes
tified that he did not see Guldlce that
night. John Herbert, a Northwestern
employe, testified along the same lines.
The greater part of the day was occu
pied with addresses of lawyers, the
state's side being presented by County
Attorney Cappell of Pottawattamie
rounty. He went over the facts of tho
crime, the confession and other evidence
and urged there wns not a particle of
doubt of the defendant's guilt.
Attorney J, J. Hess, for the defendant,
declared that others had access to tho
room where Guldlce slept and might have
placed the razor there, which was said
to have been the Instrument of the mur
der. It was also urged that there was
doubt whether Guldlce was the man In
tho railroad yards, near the scene of the
crime, when It was committed. '
Arguments will be concluded tomorrow,
when L. T. Gonung will close for thx
state.
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Constitutionalists
Occupy Guaymas
DOUGLAS, Ariz., June 30. "Guaymas
has fallen. Everything In our hands."
Tids was the brief message received
shortly before noon today by the consti
tutionalists Junta from Hermoslllo.
Another message received shortly after
noon direct from Guaymas sold that the
state troops had received the surrender
ot 600 federals on the water front, where
the garrlfon had' been driven, despite
tho tire of the Mexican gunboats. The
aim of the Mexican naval gunner was
bad.
The name of OJeda was not mentioned
among those eaptured. It Is believed
the federal commander Is hiding among
the mountains of Dacatete.
Destiny Was
The Army of the Potomac was well
clothed, well fed, magnificently dls
clpllned and thoroughly reliable. It had
hten relieved ot a leader ot whose Judg
ment It was not certain, and had been
put under one of whom It had great re
spect. The confederate army was no less
ready for battle. It was not quite as
well cared for as the northern army, but
it had the cheering recollection of many
victories and a leader whom tt adored.
The Army ot the Potomac waa divided
Into seven corps the First, under Gen
eral Reynolds and afterwards under
General Doubleday; the Second,, under
General Hancock and afterwards under
General Gibbon; the Third, under General
Sickles; the Fifth, under General Sykes;
the Sixth, under General Sedgwick; the
Fifty Thousand
Are Marooned When
Long Trestle Burns
NEW YORK, June 30.-Nearly M.OOO
persons were marooned on Rockaway
Beach all night by fire which destroyed
part of the trestle connecting that popu
lar resort with Long Island. Tho flamuB
started from a short circuit on tne rail
of the Long Island railroad while a train
crowded with 600 persons were crossing
the long trestle over Jamaica bay. Thr
rear car of the train caught fire and
there waa a wild scramble among the
passengers to get a foothold on the
trestle. Hundreds of men, women and
children picked their way over the tle
to safety.
About 300 feet of the trestle burned be
fore the fire was extinguished. The only
other route home waa by way of a single
trolley line roundabout way, and unahla
to accommodate all, most of them spent
the night asleep on the beach or In the
pavilions.
SULZBERGER & SONS
"TO ERECT BIG PLANT
SIOUX FALLS. S. I . June 30.-(Spo-clal
Telegsam.) While no official an
nouncement has yet been made. It was
learned today on appsrently the best
authority that Sulzberger & Pons, the
big packers, have definitely determined
upon erecting a $1,000,000 packing plant In
Sioux Falls. Some months ago the cit
izen donated the necessary ground, but
thero has been uncertainty as to the pur
pose of the company. According to the
Information secured today the company
several days ago made the necessary ap
propriation for the construction of the
mammoth plant
For several months the company has
been operating a small leased plant us
un experiment and to develop this field.
The completion of the Jl.000,000 plant Is
expected to add at least 2,000 to the popu
lation ot Sioux Falls, i
INSANE FARMER SHOOTS
FIVE PERSONS AND HIMSELF
ATCIUHO.N', Kan.. June SO. Harry
Behonke, a farmer of Rushvtlle, Mo., who
came here to witness a ball game yester
day, became suddenly lnane tonight and
after firing his revolver Into a crowd,
wounded five persons, killing himself.
Determined
Eleventh, under General Howard; the
Twelfth, under General Slocuru. The
three cavalry divisions under the direc
tion ot General l'leueoulon, were com-
j manded severally by llufont, Qregg and
KIlpAtrlck.
In the confederate army thero wore
nly thro corps, each one of which was
much Inrge than u union corps. They
were under the command of Ucncrals
LoiiKstreet. Kwell and A. V. Hill. The
confederate cavalry whs under tho com-
mnml of General J. 14. It. Stuart
Immediately upon his arrival nt Get
tysburg General Ilutord established his
camp upon a little rldve sloping west
from Seminary Illdgn to Wllloughby Hun,
and had tho ground between WllloUghby
Itun and Marsh creek, thrto :nlle fur
ther west, thoroughly patrolled. Kurly
on the morning of Wcdnctday, July 1,
htii pickets saw the advance of the
enemy, General Heth s division or tho
Thin! confederate corps, advancing nluntf
the ChambersburR pike. One picket gal
loped back with the news; the oUir
from the shelter of the bridge, fired thn
first shot of the tint tic, three miles to the
west of Gettysburg.
At once the confederates, fearing a
large force, proceeded more cautiously.
The union cavalry squadrons, coming
promptly to the relief of their comrades,
so harassed tho advancing troops that
they were two hours In traversing the
three miles to Wllloughby Hun. Until
;4i General Uutord directed his small
host In their effort to stay the ap
proach of the foe, hllo In the
cupola of the seminary his lookouts
gazed eagerly towards the south, watoh
lng for reinforcements.
Presently General Buford was sum
monod to observe a targe body of union
troops advancing along tho Emmlttsburg
road. In a few minutes Qeneral ney
nolds himself arrived and directed and
encouraged tho troops.
Cutler's brigade of union Infantry was
now placed across the Chambersburg
plko and the exhausted cavalry fell to
the rear. Meredith s Iron brigade took
possession of the woodland. For two
hours the union troops not only held
their own against a superior number,
but succeded In driving back tho con
federates. Tho confederate gonerals,
Archer and Davis, lost more than half
their effective force, and Ooneral Archer
was finally captured with all his men,
During the engagement In tho wood
land. General Reynolds was shot as he
ru riding among but troops. Gonerai
Reynolds was one of the best-beloved
soldiers of the union army. A Pennsyi
vanlan by birth, a graduate of West
Point, he had oeen distinguished service
in the Mexican war. At the time ot tne
battle he was 43 years old, with a pros
pect of great fame before him. He was
at once succeeded by General Doumeaay.
In spite of Its early victories and its
heroic struggles, It became more and
more evident as noon approached that
Cutler's brigade would have to fall back
and that the union troop were oeinB
worsted.
Between 19 and 11 o'clock General
Howard had arrived In the town and had
heard the news ot Reynolds' death See
ing the strategic Importance ot Cutp's
hill, ho gavo orders that It be fortified.
u v.n nniKltit General Meade that
Reynolds had been killed and begged that
the Twelfth corps be forwarded. He sent
two divisions of his own corps under
Generals Shlmmelpfcnnlg and Barlow to
reinforce the union right, upon which
General Ewell's artillery had opened fire,
General Barlow was severely wounded;
both tho Eleventh corps and the gallant
First corps were compelled to retire to
Cemetery hill.
There was great confusion as the troops
passed through the town. General Shim
melpfennlg was captured, and could not
regain his command for throe days; Gen
eral Barlow lay within the confederate
(Continued on Page Two.)
ZACHARY T. LINDSEY DEAD
Prominent Citizen and Business Man
of Omaha Passes Away.
RESIDENT OF CITY MANY YEARS
.Succumb tn Hrnrt I'll 1 1 urn After nn
llliipia of Tito Montlin -8nr-vlvMl
by Widow nnd Two
Children.
Zachary Taylor Llndsey. president of
tho Intcrstato Rubber company and resi
dent of Omiha since 1SSS, died at his
country home In Benson, opposite tHe
Country club at 11:45 yesterday morning
of heart afllure, aged 67.
While Mr. Llndsey had been In poor
health, not until a tew days -ago waa his
condition considered critical. He had been
111 two months, but not until six weeks
ago was he compelled to give up attend
ing to business. He is survived by his
widow, a son, Harry Swan Llndsey, re
siding at Excelsior Springs, Mo., and a
daughter, Mrs. Oeorge N. Peek, residing
at Motlne, 111.
Mr, Llndsey was prominent In Masonic
circles, gavo freely to charity and was a
member of Clifton Hill Presbyterian
church. He was one of the prime movers
In tho Transmlsslsslppl exposition and
was chairman of tho ways and means
committee.
Zachnry T. Llndsey was born in Cedar
county, Iowa, In 1817, nnd lived thero
with his parents until 1SSS. when he re
moied with them to Washington, la.,
where he attended the common school
and Washington college.
At the early age of 1 years Mr. Llnd
sey enlisted In company B, forty-fifth
Iowa Infantry, and served until nearly
the close of the war, when he returned
to his home and was employed In hi
brother's shoe store.
A few years afterwards he was celled
with the western fever and engaged as
a teamster with a party enrouta to Cali
fornia. He paid W for the privilege of
guiding a team of mules over the prairie
and mountains to the coast, and waa four
months making the trip. In California
Mr. Llndsey learned several trades and
finally found employment In a clothing
store In Sacramento. He was offered a
situation In a bank, but concluded to
return to Iowa and enter the shoe busi
ness at Blgnourpey, la. Within a short
time after his return the brother dltd
(Continued on Page Two.)
VETERANS FIGHT BIG
BATTLE OVER AGAIN
ON FAMOUS FIELD
Twenty-Five Thousand Men Awakd
to the Call of the Reveille
at Gettysburg.
LIKE NOT SEEN SINCE WAR
Biggest Army of its Kind Gathered
Together in Fifty Years.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND EN ROUTE
Old Solidcrs Are Up Long Before
the Sun.
CLIMB THE BLUE RIDGE HILLS
Xnlrilern of Fifty Years Abo Spend
Day Hnntiplnar Storlrn anil Look
ing Ul Old linenilee nnd
Old friends.
OETTYSHUIia. Pa., June 30. Twenty
five thousand veterans in blue and gray,
the biggest nrmy of Its kind that haa
been gathered together In fifty years,
awoke today on the fluid nt Gettysburg
to the call of reveille and the warlike
rattle of pots and pans In a score ot mess
tents.
Veterans who sat about the camp fires
until late at night were up long beforo
tho sun climbed over tho hills ot the Bluo
Ridge. Beforo tho electric lights of this
modern camp wero turned out to make
way for the sun, tho veterans were sing
ing songs of war time an the wide
streets of the tented city echoed with tho
"kl yl" of the "Johnny Rebel" and tho
hoarse yell of his Yankee brother from
the north.
Tho regular army men In charge of the
camp expected 15,000" veterans to come Into
Gettysburg today, and by tonight they
will be prepared to tent and mess the
more than 40,000 men without hitch or
delay. Thero was no set program today
and tho veterans were left tree to look
up old friends and ol& enemies, swap
stories of '63 and enjoy themselves In any
wuy they saw fit.
More than thirty special trains came
Into tho village during Sunday nnd thous-
sands ot veterans who tramped up from
the Shenandoah on their last visit rodo
In the luxury ot soft-backed day coaches
from Harrlsburg, Baltimore and Wash
ington. Instead ot the roar of guns, tho
thunder ot charging cavalry and the
vocal tributes ot the mule drivers that
greeted them I" the other days they
walked or rode through the quiet, calm
Sunday of a country town. Only the
flags flying from every window, tha city
of tenta (n the distance and, the crowds
told that ueitysourg naa come out ot na
usual into tha' extraordinary 'once more.
TIitunnd WnlU.
From the station ot thu two ratlroadi
that come Into the vlllago Is e, good Ions
mile to the camp of B.OOU tents where tho
veterans are housed., Many of them
mude the trip by automohllo or by car
riage or tn the friendly shelter ot a
"seeing" Gettysburg car, but thousands
shouldered their suitcases and walked.
The ' sun wns scorching hot under a
cloudless sky and many succumbed be
fore they found their tents. There was
no compV'nlng, however, and the vet
erans seemed ashamed to acknowledge
that a thing like heat could stop them.
"It's hot," said one old soldier tonight,
"but It Isn't as hot as it was fifty years
ago." Although the regular army and
the Gettysburg commission of the stato
could not copo with the heat, every possi
ble arrangement for the comfort of the
united armies has been made. The camp
of brown army tents Is under the direc
tion of officers of the regular army. Tho
streets of Gettysburg are under the grim
scrutiny of the Pennsylvania constabu
lary, and for the care of the sick the
army, the state and the Red Cross havo
all made extensive preparations.
Ground linked Like Brlclf.
The camp Itself lies on ground that
has been baked as hard as a brick and
dried into dust by the winds that sweep
between the hills, but Its sanitation, Its
water supply and Its plans for comfort
and for the feeding ot thousands ot men
have been made with the utmost care.
The tents tall westward with the slope
ot the ground from tho Emmlttsburg road
to the point on Seminary ridge, where
the Immortal chargo of Pickett started
on the third day of the fight. They cover
tho "peach orchard" and tho "wheat
field," where thousands ot men were lost
and part of the ground over which Pickett
charged, but they do not reach to the
Bloody Anglo or tho base ot the Ceme
tery ridge, from whoso heights Meade's
artillery poured out Its merciless rain ot
grape and canister and cut to pieces the
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Cool Tkings to
Drive Away the
Heat of July
These arc the days when hu
manity swelters.
These are the daya when we all
strive to make existence more
comfortable and these are tho
days when advertising plays a pe
culiar part In our lives.
As we turn over the pages of
TUB BEE we see tho advertise
ments of things that accentuate
homo and comfort.
We see tiie advertisements of
sales of refrigerators, of Ice
boxes, of lemonade, berry and
Ice cream setB;ot stiver pitch
ers, of glaBB pitchers; ' of Wn-
lngs, screens, veranda furnish
ings; ot lawn and garden re
quisites, ot the many things
that go to brighten life and
prevent heat troubles.
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