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Omaha Daily Bee Advertising la the Vole of Trade. Talk through The Deo to your custQrnqrs, sto "your competitor! cuStoraorB and to your possible customers. ' THE WEATHER, Showers; Cooler VOL. XLUI NO. 15. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JOLY 5, 1013-3VEL PAC1KS. . I r ' SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS;- FLEEING WARS SLAUGHTER AND BURN VILLAGES Population of Towns Through Which Defeated Troops Retreated is Exterminated. SMALLER GREEK VICTORIES Bulgarians Lose Number of ' Small Fights Near Baloniki. HUNDREDS REPORTED DROWNED VniinnlsTied Soldiers Become ranio, OtriQKCIl H.I1U tfUXUf VIEW. OF AUSTRIAN EXPERT Lieutenant "Wna'ner Says Servian Wtory lit Istlp im Onlr a Mo f Sneninrj- 8vcct of Small " Importance. 4Lt5rjfpON, July 4. King Constantino of Greec telegraphed personally today to the Greek minister, .here, contlrfnlhg 'ti& pprTVvtlio massacre of Greek, soldiers -by 'Bulgarians In. Macedonia and the -c'xtotnilriatlon under the 'moist horrible- circumstances of -the- Greekpopulatlons In the villages through' which ' thej Bul garians retreated.- ' ' ,Tne' Times thinks that the checks tha .Bulgarians , have received are calculated to give- Bulgaria payse and that it may befort-Iong' be. 'glad to avail . Itself or. the R!uss(ah -e'niperor's good offices, especially In view of the 'attitude of 'Rumania. Aecdrdlns to trustworthy accounts.- the Bulgarian premier. Dr. Daneff, has, -not abandoned hope of- going to, St. Peters burg, and Premier Venlzelos of Greece la willing, to resume negotiations If Bui. gjirla withdraws its army across thfc con ventional line. . A Sofia dispatch to the Times. enr at l) o'clock Wednesday morning, says that the Bulgarian troops Were ordered, to re tlreUb.tho positions Which they occupied before the Greek and Servian attacks. The Servian' advance toward Istlp, adds tho dlspatcji.. was said to have been -.re-pul8$d-'nnd four. 8e"rvlar regiments which werer surrounded -were expected to sur render.. .Greek RenalHelflniitarlanB. SALONIKI. July 4.T-slnco their victory over the Bulgarians at kllklshtlie Geek j troops havr been successful Jn a numoei: of smaller engagements In Which the, fighting was very seVere. They aro driv ing, the .Bulgarians Before ihfji towarfl the ettJvndV eaBuring JkeJlghtin wnlc"lirwj1iea. in "(ho occfoartoitetfi GhevEhli theV fleU: the- Bulanmni becaifihnietrlcken and Hundred yfc-t itatm 1iimnl fhtn th&- River Varditr 'and ThSllroad feetwechy aHcVghell and Hald'pjkl .b,y' way .ofarasull Jits' b'eci restoiftd and Is 1n operation. AvOut 2,000 wounded Greek soldjers ar rive tnriav In Baloniki. fumlshinff evi dence of the heavy fighting Which has taTteri place. No news has reached here as to the result of the battle which begin yester day .between the Greeks and Bulgarians north' of . fiilklah, tiut It la known' that the. Greeks were successful in another flghT at Matsokovo, In1 which the Bui- ' jsartan? suffered heavily.. The-Greek authorities complain that tho Bulgarians have looted some Gfesfk vil lages and have tortured the InhabltanU. who will not sign a petition Asking the Bulgarians to continue their pecuvauon of the district ' Servian. 8nc;en Temporary. VIENNA, July .-Lieutenant Hermjnl- glide Wagner, tho war correspondent of' the Relchsppst, who attained. much noto riety during the hostilities betweoh Tur key and the Balkan allies, telegraphs frOm the front tho the Servian army sufi ffere'd terribly at Ovchepblyo arid that the $rvlari victory over, the Bulgarians at Istlp 'wC' 'only a momentary success or small Importance. The .outflanking operations of the Bui' parlan troops toward Kratovo and Egrl Falanka have been succtsatuliy accom- rillshed, he says, so that the BUlgdrlauii stro now advancing Dn Kumappva. arid tha. Seivlanvf rentier. , f On'the right banH of the River Vnrdar. he.dds, the flanking operations 'of the Bulgarians have likewise progressed fa vorably So that the Servian portions at Voles ,ior Koprlll), twenty-three .'miles southeast of Uskup, have become unt'en- able and a Servian retreat is imminent. The Bulgarian movement against Sa lonlkl, he says, Is also being continued successfully, and portions of the Greek irray have begun to retreat. IlulKarlitn Cabinet Resigns. VIENNA, July 4. A telecram to the Reichspost frotn Sofia saVs Premier Panef'f and his cabinet have resigned, and a coalition ministry is oeins iprmea. uy General Racho Petroff, who after thfe capture of Salonlkl .was appointed mill, tnry governir of that city. ' General Stjohail Savoff, the .commandern-chlef of tho Bulgarian army, has been ap pointed minister of war and General Klliesseh and I.ule Burdas.'has been ap pointed vto the chief command of the Bulgarian army In tha field. The Athens correspondent of tha Weichscost teleKranhs that Premier Ven- BV16s of Greeco declares thetpnftenc 5aVhe Balkan premiers at St Petersburff balii belated and rendered impossible by Tesil rMumption of hostilities. A special and Vn of the, Greek Parliament is to be. n sirf ked by tha premier to draw up ana '", proclamatltfri to the Greek nation Klcml -y" Servians Invnde Duicaria irA, July I. A reghnent of Sen'lan thrnil.vir film A uaiicii ui ..... andised ttic Bulgaritcn frontier yesterday ihVl reached the -top of . Txernqk bill arc inciruuyif aro now encampc. BKI-GRADE, July 1 The first convoy of Bulgarian prisoners taken by ih6 RerylanSy consisting of 1,160 rank, and (lie and seventeen officers, passed through ysKup today. Tha newspapers her say that flzhllnt between the Bulgarians dnd Servians has been Jn rrogrr at Kots-Jhana- ulnca ye GREEKS LINCOLN HAS SANE FOURTH '- Elaborate Program, (Consisting of Parade, Game and Banquet. i MARCH OF CIVILIZATION SHOWN Richard T. Metcalfe Orator of Day, DpIlYtrlnfC 'Artdrrns on Good Cltl sYnshlp AftrjrroceedlnBd of the- Day. , (rrom a Staff Correspondent.)' MNCOLN, July 4.-(Speclal.)-UncJln attempt to make the celebration of tho Fourth of July sane and safe was a grand . success today and demonstrated that it-Is not necessary to make a deaf ening noise -in order to celebrate the na tion's independence -successfully. The historic parade in the morning was one of the- big successes of the day. The parade represented tho march pf civili zation -by floats from the tlm6 of tha signing of . the' declaration of Independ ence" to' the present day. Thorp were about thirty floats, emblematic of Im portant scenes in the progrtas of tha country and ' a showing which made a hit along- tha line of .the , parade was that of t the , Lincoln Traction company, which headed, 'Its exhibit with tho first old mule street ' car used by the com pany in 177 -and drawn by a team of mules as at that time. The next car in lino was the first after the Innova tion .of electricity and from that time to the present the Improvements In btre! car building were shown by a dozen different types of cars, up to tho Very latest, modern car manufactured, re cently put In use by tho company. . Bariqbrt nnt Cnrnn, At the state- university athletic field the' children of the putiUd, schools entfer telncd the. crowd with songs and folk dances and at.l o'clock the civic banqdet was held '.at the Auditorium, In which Richard Metcalfe, governor of the Panama canal sone, was the principal speaker, his subject being' "Good Citi zenship," Other speakers' wera Secretary, W. S, "Whllten of the Commercial club. City Attorney Fred Foster, Prof. B.1 H, Bar bour, Chancellor Samuel 'Avery apd sev eral omens. . In tha evening a band concert was given on athletic field and fifty Omaha Indians from the Omaha reservation gavo an exhibition of native sports and dances. . . . A brilliant supply of fireworks In tha evening ended tho day's celebration. Illinois Central" Train is Robbed at Batesville- Miss, MEMPHlSx Tcnn.. July. 4.-Four ban- nun neiu uh BouwiDoijna passenger iruiu Noj 1 on the Illinois central raiirpaa south of; Batesvllle.' Jrtis, early, today. itWftdV the-. train and, loeomotlv fws, wilh' weStponV t'leW''. tven the 'safe-' "in tho Vxpftw carp runfackM'" ho TTiair' pact-ages ana escapca. . . . , Mono of the, paitcngers was 'molested" because thd bandits compelled the lbco- niotii'ftiCrew. w.rfetich -the -mail, express. ana . uagage ars, and run- tnenvnorn's distance' from the- paasenger coached After they finished their work In the" mall car, the robbers ran' the locomotive" to Pope, Mss and fled to tha open country. Bloodhounds were, placed on their trail and a few hburs after tha rbbbory a bltr posse was in pursuit. . Passengers, on tho -train awoke in sur prise .this , miming to find their cbachea stilt (funding .on.ttVQ rn-Mn-Ilno oft track, where they wera abandoned wh4n the bapdlts detached the mall and express cars. - , Express officials here, say- the rob bers did noj get more than J5.W0. Four charges of dynamite were used and the explosions blew, out one side of the ex press car and completely demolished the safe. The bandits carried away .fifty pieces of registered mall. Train No.- usually .Carries a heavy mail. for Chicago and St Louis to New Orleans, but postofflce officials stated the mail as light on this run. -After "Jtie dead engine was found at Pope,' fifteen miles from where the pas sengor cars had ben cutoff, the, train was reassembled and the line reopened to traffic. It was found that the robber had cut the telephone line's. NEW ORLEANS, July t, - That reward of J3.C00 will be bffered for tha capture of the bandits who held, up an Illinois Central passenger train near BatesvtUe,. fiss was unofficially announced here today. Serves Two Years . in Reformatory for Theft of Five Cents ATLANTA. Ga,. July S.-OIIIe Taylor. IS years old, of this city, who has served two years In the Fulton county reforma tory for the theft ot a .5 cent bottle of a soda fountain beverage, yesterday was parolod by tha county commissioners for four months.. Tha boy, whose ease has recently at tracted, wide attention because ha was sentenced under a Georgia, law which re quired that he stay In tha reformatory until be was 31 years old unless sooner paroled, would be eligible for further parole-at tha end 0f four months If his conduct meets with the 'approval of the reformatory officials. .He said today that he.wjahed to find a place to work where ha could,, learn to be an. automobile mechanic. WINCHELL RESIGNS AS . RECEIVER 0F..FRISC0 sV. LOUIS. July 3.-BenJa'mlp l. Wln chell resigned as receiver of the St. Louis &;8an Francisco railroad at a conference in the chambers of' Federal Circuit Judira 6anborn this afternoon., Mr. Wlnchell mttuo mo resignation pupjic lomjtit. , . Soon after , the eppferene Judgo flan born left-for 13t Paul. Tha reslgnatlpn Qf Mr. Wlnchell was accepted, It is said,' and' n the same quar ters It Is-stated that W, C. Nixon and W, B. Btddle,?y!ce presidents of ' the road, wepe appointei! recaivfcrs. In this. cs. paeity they tr to serve -with Taoauu H. West chairmafi of the board of directors of the fit IfOUjs Union Trust company, which In Pie , past ha handled the Frisco's finance DUNN S SANE FOURTH COMES NEAR BEING DATE ORIIS DEATH Small Boy Nearly Gets Revenge When Chief is Narrowly Missed by Falling Rook. MERCURY GOES TO NINETY-NINE Illnesses from Heat Almost Equal Accidents from Crackers. CARTRIDGES EXPLODED BY CAR little Harold Lloyd's Arm is Struck 'by a Bullet, CHILD'S FINGERS BLOWN OFF SIx-Year-Old Lad' Holds Large Fire. cracker Too Long' and necelv'ca'" "Worst Injury of the Day. - Omaha rather sedately gave expression to Its patrlotlo sentiments yesterday. Enforcement of Chief .of Police Dunn's orders - for a sane Fourth of July was assisted by no less a power than the Weather man. A tcmperaturo. of JO de grees' resulted in the small number of ac cidents' from big crackers atid flriwo'rks being almost equaled by heat prostra tions. Tho small boy who thought he had a grudge . against Chief Dunn came near getting, revenge for the chief approached as close to death as ever he rtld-beforo In his life. He was passing -along the sidewalk on the south slde of tho city hall when, .without warning, a Chunk ot fed sandstone broke lose from one" of the girgoyles on the tower and struck less ttfan. two feet rom where he was stand trig. The stone weighed about ten. pounds and struck with sufficient force to break, n hole in the cement walk- Six accidents as the result of yester day's. celeBratlon were reported to the police up tut lata yesterday afternoon y Harold Lloyd. 6-year-old son of Mr. ami Mrs, Llojgl 16go North Forty-fifth street, was playing at the corner of Forty-second and Hamilton avenue when a "passing -'street car exploded several loaded cartridges on tho track. A bullet struct ,tne ooy tn me right rorcarm, plowed a doep furrow froni elbow jn wrist, A fruitless effort - was made by the- poJIco 'to dtscoven who hdd placed the,cartrldRes, on the track, Royenna Klein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Klein, tU Hlqkory street, 'was slightly burned oh the fingers of, the right, hand by a firecracker. Stcy4t" Stanaszoupaios was badly piirnid r abouuUie.. .Xei,w.hn'' a . large. iitftfc which. Wd been thrown in the i ,atr exp ploded 'as H.,wai' ,Hept by ,lh wind- toward hia face.-' . . Tony AJvJrp., R six-yiar-pld JM.' Pr6l abjy1 received .the most1 serious Injury; of tne, daV the .boy. .held ' Idrgd cracker to longr with the result that three fingers wero ,all but , blown .from hi hjtn'dr1 Tony lives near Sixth and Pnerce. ' MagnusVallen, 5005 West Thlrtjc-fdufth street, had a miraculous , eacApo from losing tha sight of both . eyes, He looked Into a toy cannon which went off and baqty. burned htm about tho head- artel, body.. ' . . . John Jennings; aged 5 years, was burned on the fingers" pf his f Jght hand. Clarence aievens, zzza soutn sixteenth street was arrested at Sixteenth and .Dorcas for putting cartridges on the car tracks. Those who were' arrested for mlede meanors Thursday night were allowed to depart from police court unscathed. It being Fourth of Jjiiy, Judge Foster In dulged In a little Declaration of Inde pendence all by himself. Woman Murdered in Chicago Identified CHICAGO, July 4IdentlfIcation of the woman victim of the mpstcrious West Side murder as Sirs. Flossie Woodruff, the E0-year-old wife of Harvey Wood ruff, a restaurant cashier, was made complete today, when Woodruff viewed tha body. "It'a Flossie!" he exclaimed and fainted. Woodruff, his wife and Mrs. Mabel JosIIn, a friend, had attended a circus early in the evening. Woodruff left them to re turn, to work "and the women said they -would go home. Innstead, they stoped at t West Bide saloon, where they met an Italian. Mrs. Woodruff and tha man' left tha place together. Mrs. Joslln expected them to return momentarily, but she had seen the last of her friend alive, Her body was found In an alley with -tha throat cut IT IS NOT WRONG TO KISS A "PRETTY GIRL ON DEFI WA'SHINOTON, July t-It la not wrong to kits a pretty girl with whom you aro associated in tha government service, provided tha aforesaid pretty girl purees her ruby Hps and utters a defl. This principle was laid down In tha pension offjee In the case of Frank D. Hester, a chief of section, who was ac cused of tha osculatory diversion' drains office hours. Gaylord M. Saltzgaber, pension com missioner, suspended Mr. Hester upon learning of the affair and undertook an Investigation. After unwinding many yards of red tape and golnk Into the mat ter from at angles t(ie commissioner discovered that the young woman had "dared" Hester's evidence of affection. Hester, therefore, was reinstated. To day ha Is -back at his desk. The young woman, who was a temporary clerk and whdse nam was carefu'ly concealed, has left the pension office service. HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR PEASANTS BURN TO DEATH ST. PETERSBURG, July t-One hundred and tlfty-fouV peasants were burned to death today In a fire which destroyed the village of Asiradamovkao In the district ot Alalyr, according to a dispatch In the Novoe Yremya. V . zmmr -JB-i.i't. mom s if .mi'ir y). b, . From .The St. Lduls Post Dispatch. ' ,-' ; - - -. WAITERS : PIMTS 'iEERlt YTtTrOTf Warns T90 Much Reformatory Legislation. DANGER IS" CLEARLY APPARENT Government l- Hysteria, the Menace of Frctf'UnstMulion, hut .night Thinking Must In Knjl Prevail. t - X PUT-IN-BAY, -p..- July. t-Henry. Wat terson. Yice, president general, of tho In terstate Petry Centenary commission, was a speaker at" the Perry celebration her today. Colonel Watterson announbsd that this was the last public address he Intended to make. In the-course of hla address tho speaker took occasion to dwell upon what he declared to 'bo "a peril menacing the future of tha repub lic." He said M part: "We are told, and mostof us believe, that those are best governed Who are least governed. JTeft we have pna big congress In the nation's capital, and forty-eight little congresses In tl)o several statd capitals, constantly in pcssion, 10 males, and unmake Jaws to -vex the peo ple and confuse the courts. Inevitably. respect fpr law Is lowered, ana nsre.us elsewhere, familiarity breeds contempt Danger-la Clear. "The danger is admitted. - Clearly seeing tha evils of too much legislation, we call for more, Through chance majorities, stable In nothing, we wouldregulate the tastes, morals, and habits of-the pcoplo by act of assembly. "Perennially reproaching congress, wu would nevertheless augment tha powers of congress. We are creatlng a system of centralized bureaucracy and supplement ing the civil service with multlfarioUH commissions. We have a-standing army of officials, Collectivism, robbing man of hla Individuality, trusts nothing to ttm force of nature, the genius of or Institu tions and the provldenco of God. "Yet wo dl'dftln l'ke experience and forecast We are threatened with gov ernment by hysteria, displaying Its excess on the one hand by the vainglor ious assertion of our grandeur and puis sance; on the other hand, expressing Its humanity through tha explaltotlqn ot visionary schemes of impossible -relief. "Do I overpalnt the picture? 'Is It but the mocking- effigy pf an ojd man'i pessimism? Let us not be to sUre of ourselves. If we preserve that which Washington and Franklin and Jefferson contemplated; that which Jones and Perry, Harrison and Shelby fought for.; that which each side In -the war of sec tions claims it aimed at-lptelllgent free dom we shall have done well. Reform by Reason. "We have not been so well governed that we may not b better governed. But I would summon refopn through reason, not emotion. I would have regeneration come by growth, not by spasm, and so, despite the impatient and Unth'pking. 1 look for them to como in their own good time and order, because I have faith In that people who seem chosen of Godi In that fabric which seems ordained of God;- In tha destiny of that land 'under the blessing of God, who in Its darkest hour raised up Washington to defend and Lincoln to save, for His own all-wist purpose, and wll never suffer th em pirlov or the aaerlleglous to undo th work ot His hand." LudTslg Haratn. aged El. a German com poser and leader of a musical organlia tlon touring this country. Jumped from tne secona story or a notei at m. ciouu Minn., yesterday and was instantly killed, illness it is supposed oauaed him ,tq coconie teaaporaniy Qeranga, ; "2t, 2t!" ; - : : . '- - - - - I imvi Jmm' Jx OourfeRules Woman Hit by Foul CW'noir Collect Damages 8T. PAUL. Minn-. July 3.i-That the plaintiff assumed the risk o Injury wtwrt she took tier scat in tho base ball grand stand and that th management of tbfr club is not an Insurer, incident to wit nessing a game of bake ball, was the opinion of the Minnesota supreme rourt today in the caea of Echo L. Wells against tho Minneapolis Base Ball and Athletic association. Tha plaintiff, who was InjUrcdby 'a foul tip, while sitting In the grandstand, secured a verdict ot 1825 against the organization in tho lower court, but the supreme court reversea this decision. ( Girl Escapes from Would-Be Abductors YQUNGSTOWN, 6., July 1 With her otothes torn and her face scratched. Lena; Qulrlorcff 17. a pretty Italian girl Of Leelonla O., r.eached her homo, late today after escaping from five men who tried to abduct her- Edwin M. Geraal, the chauffeur who was forced to drive the auto . tn which tha girl was carried off, aided the girl to escape. When the kidnapers approached Youngstown, four of the men became frightened and Rot out Gcrgal and the girl overpowered the other man, who is said to hnbfen a. rejected suitor, and ,throw him out of tho machine. On reaching this city, Gcrgal put the girl on a car for home. Police are searching the country for the , five men. Get-gal told the police ho knew nothing of tha errand of his pusengers until they forced the girl to get Into the automobile at an Interftrtoan elation. ' Jury "Hung" in Case of Elizabeth Flynn PATERSON. W. J-. July 3. Of two In dicted Industrial Workers of lha "World leaders accused of inciting Patsrsoti tilk mill strikers to rioting Patrick Qutnlan today was sentenced to prison and Elisa beth Gurley Flynn narrowly escaped a conviction by a "foreign Jury" drawn from citizens living outside of Passaic' county. The Jury could not agree. CLERK PLEADS GUILTY . TO STEALING JEWELRY NEW YORK, July I.Wlllam Beck. tho young repair cjerk. who confessed, yesterday to tha robbery of J9S.000 worth of gems from tha Fifth avenue Jewelry firm of Udall & Ballon, pleaded guilty today after the grand Jury indicted him for grand larceny In tha first degree. Ha was remanded for sentence on Friday, July 11. DISPUTE OVER EDUCATION HAS FATAL RESULT CHICAGO, July J.-A dispute over tho value of a college education resulted to day in the death of Henry A- Ed man, M years old, a street oar conductor. He was knocked down by Edward fjhaw, tS years old, who defended higher educa tion, and suffered a fracture Of the skull. He died later. Shaw, wnq 1 a- foreman. wu arreaiso. ' 4 REBELS BESIEGE C -vTT , ... Five Xttaftrisd.'. IrMHrfreaU ElirrOUMd City, . ' PROVISIONS BECOMING -SHORT , ! ... " , ... Federal. Fjre on American Srneltlnir Plnhti Dolnsr Considerable Dniti- age Mines Close and 10,000 Slen Are Ont of Work. CHIHUAHUA, Mex., July 4.-(By Courier.) Chihuahua Is In a desperate situation, surrounded by 2,600 rebels, 'PhM 1 4krf Affile Anf I M ft M 1 oca. In JtttMMnw rU throwing shells Into tho surrounding hills, Sunday they fired at rebels at the American Smelting and Refining com pany's plant doing considerable damage. One, shell exploded near tha home of Manager J. It Enlow. Tho plant was, closed and all American families moved Into Chihuahua CilV. Thoro Is a shortage In provisions with little hope of relief as all railroads aro In possession ot the rebels. Rebel ac- tivlty has forced tho mines to close In Santa Eulalla,- Cuslhulriachto, Yoqulvo, Conehorto and several other districts and 30.0W men have boon thrown put of work, many of whom are Joining the rebola. The construction work has ceased on tho big dam across the Conchas river, vrhlcn Is being constructed by French capital. Americans aro paying ST5 apiece to get to El Paso by automobile. Natives are not being permitted to go and It Is reported Luis Terrajyj", Mexico's richest land owner, has offered flO.OCO to any person who wilt smuggle himself and family to tho United States. Loads of Fireworks to Be Dumped in Bay NEW YORK. July 3.-At least six trucktoads of fireworks designed to go up tomorrow will go down Instead Into tho waters of New York bay, whither they will bo consigned by tha street cleaning department During four days past ftro -department Inspectors have pade seizures Of fireworks in 300 retail stores wnicn are witnout ucensea. GREETERS ELECT OFFICERS AT TWIN CITY MEETING ST. PAUL. Minn., July S.-James A, Stokes of Philadelphia was elected presi dent of the Greetera of America, the Hotel Clerks' National association, and Los Angeles, Cat., was chosen as the 1314 meeting place at tho-closlog session of tho annual convention her tonight Other officers elected are: Vice presidents, Earl Clevenger, Mil waukee; J. L. Mulkern, Galesburg, III ; Thomas Hinds, Spokane, Wash.; John ICampbell, St Louis; secretary-treasurer. Roland B. Hawks. Chicago. ADDRESS CITIZENSHIP CONFERENCE IN WEST PORTLAND, Ore., July 8.-Dr. Charles Merle d'Aubigne of Paris featured to night's session of the World's Christian Citizenship conference with an address on "The Conflict pf Christianity and Infi delity of France." "Divorce nnd Soda! Welfare," by Dr. Edwin H. Dolk of Phil adelphia, was tbo other address of the ervening. , . OLD SOLDIERS RESENT SLUR OF PRESIDENT! HIS RECEPTION COLD Wilson Given a Most Uncnthusiastio Welcome by Veterans at Gettysburg.- RECALL REFUSAL TO SPEAK Executive's Original Deolination to Make Address Not Forgotten. TELLS WHAT PAST MEANS Sots Forth Significance of Events Elapsing Since Battle. SEES 'PEACE AND UNION RESULT "We Have Found One Another aa Brothers anil Comrndcs, anil No Longer as Enemies," Asserts Orator of Day. GETTYSBURG. Pa., July .-President Wllionls addrent- hero to the veterans was not well received today and hla greet ing by tho old soldiers was moat uneh- thuslastlc. They plainly showed their re sentment at tho manner in which ho treated M.000 wearers of the ' blue and' gray When he originally curtly refused- to give tho -Fourth of July oration, though later reconsidering his declination. Tha president dwelt upon what ths events of the half century elapsing elnca the. battle was foiight mean.. . Friends and Fellow Citizens; I need not tell ydu .what tha battle of Gettysburg meant These gallant men In blue .and; gray . sit all about ua hero. Many pt them met hero upon this ground in grim and .deadly struggle. Upon these famous fields and hillsides their comrades died about them. In their presence It wore an Impertinence to discourse upon how tha battlo went, how fl ended, what It signi fied. But fifty years have gone by sines, then and I cravo the privilege of speak ing to you for a few minute ot what those fifty years have meant What have, thtey meant? They ha.Ve meant peace and union and vigor and the maturity and might of a groat- na,Uorit How .wholesome and healing the peace? has been! We have found one another again .as brothers and cpmrades tn arms, enemies no longer, generous friends rather, our battles long past tha quar rels forgotten-except that w hall nt fonret tho BDlendld valor, tha manly de votion of, tho men then arrayed ,aaint' one another, now grown nanas ana smltliw into each other's eyes. Howicortt- . . I .'' 1 a , . . pit lo tne union naa Decoroe aaa now or to all .of. ua.. how. . tMWiM4toti-t lie.w ! benign and maieatie, as state after a. I trtri'-in- -zirj.ir ij. .(. SaiiHm Lf r.. mni Ua handsome, th vigor. tha maturity, the might or tna great , m. tlon.wo.iove with Undivided hcafts ho ?LtSfK -XiaSS Its strength with gracious justice ana ,vlth . ham,y .welfare that wilt touch all alike wtih deep contentment! We are debtors to those fifty crowded years! they pave made us'helrs to a mighty heritage. But do wo deem the nation complete, and finished? These venerable mon crowding here to this famous field' have, set Us a , great examplo of devotion ahd wtter sacrifice. They were willing to die) the people might live. But their task undone. Their day la turned Into even ing. They look to us to -perfect -what thev established. Their worlt la nanaea on to Us, to he done in another way, but not In another spirit Our day Is not oyc; t is upon us In full lido. Vnllnn nou Net-Paaae. Have affairs, paused? Docs the, n,at!ort. stand still? Io what tho fifty years ha v I wrought since those days of ', battle flnlahod, rounded out. completed?. Hero Is a great people, ffeat with every, forca that has over beaten Jn -tha ,1U blood of mankind. Apd I It .secure, There Is no ono within Its borders, there Is. no power nmons tlio notions or tne earth, to make It ajroia. jjui naa u yei squared Itself with Its own great standards' set up' at Its birth, "when It mads that first noble, naive appeal to the moral judgment or manainu a ibkq notice vthat a government bad now at last been established which was to serva men. not roasters? It l secure in every thing except tho satisfaction that Its lira In rght adjusted to tho uttermost to the standards of righteousness and humanity. The days ot sacrifice and (Continued on Pago Six.) Making Noniay t Day of Extra Interest Many merchants bend their energies in tho direction of making Monday ono of the bus iest days ot the week, It not the busiest. Interest focusta on this day and Intensifies because of tho apo dal Importance and general char acter of the sales prepared and advertised, either Saturday, Sun dajor Monday, Monday 1b one ot tho big days ot the week in the large cities, aqd the examples set by the metropolitan merchants have been generally followed byi the merchants in smaller places. Aiming to expand business healthfully and briskly, It is cus tomary for tho stores to offer Items of unusual Interest and prices that aro attractive. Readers of THE BKI3 who follow these Monday sales an- nouncements havo learned from pleasant experience that it pays to read tho advertise ments and attend the Hle promptly. If you have not made It a elt , of heeding- tho offerings mer chants on Monday do so. You will profit materially. 'W i