THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, .DECEMBER 11, 1015. ENTENTE TROOPS 'ABANDON SERBIA Berlin Beport Sayi Anglo-French Expedition to Btlka.ni Has Ee treated Into Greece. LONDON PARTLY C0NTIRM3 THIS BERLIN, Dec. 10. (Br Wireless to Sayvtlls.) - According to informa tion received In military quartera here, the Anglo-French expedition in tfca Balkana has continued iU retreat and haa now entirely evacuated Ser bian territory. In the haul between Bulgarian and British forces In southwestern Serbia ten (una were captured from the British, the war office announced today. The statement follows: Thi army of General Von Kiwvm In the last two days took about 1,100 prisoners. " "There Is nothing; to report from ths fcrmy of Oeneral Von Oallwlts. - "South of Btrumllsa. ths Bulcarlan troops took ten runs from the British." "On ths 'western front a French, at tack with hand grenades aralnrt our new position on Hill No. 199. northeast of Souain, was repulsed. "In the eastara theater there were no events." ' rr at Retreat Oaflrsaad. LONDON, Dee. 10. What seems to be an Intimation that the troops of the en tente alkes contemplate evacuating Ser bian territory If they have not already dons so. is contained In a statement, de clared ' In a Reuter dispatch from S lonlkt, to hars been Issued by the French aenerl staff on the Balkan front. The statement quoted by the Balontkl correspondent la as follows: "We, the French and British, are retir ing f '' sons easy to understand. In vlrw Vnct that ths Serbian army or thk t is out of reckoning, our prnc-. 'Man -territory U no longer rteressao Xrlan succseass. amount to an. cc it of territory no longer disputed b They have invariably suffered thitkn each time the allied troops assumed ths offensive, notwitti. Standing their numerically, , superior forces." ' ' i . . .. RulFhrlaaa Call It VIorr. PAR If. Use. 10. A dispatch to the lavas agency from BaJonlkl, dated Thursday, says: "On tbe strength of the fact that tbe British and French troops retired from positions to ths north and east, the Bui sarlans announce a brilliant victory over ti.a entente allies. It ts stated on (rood authority that no serious aotlon took place. It la officially denied that there are any Germans among the Bulgarian troops In front of the entente allies." The Athens correspondent of the Haves agency sends the following under date of Thursday: "The paper Ethnos announces that the Austrian and Turkish officials have ad vised the subjects of those nations to be ready to leave the city of Athena . The newspapers have renewed the discussion of an approachinc partial demobilization of the army. The report is u&oonfirmed, but It Is -said the general stit U eon ; slderlnf the best measures to, accomplish It" WILSON SAYS U. S. MUST BE RESERVE F0RCE0F WOHLD (Continued from Page Ona) Ion." he added, "it may eaert a great mediating Influence. I mean spiritual ' mediation, not government mediation. He appealed to business men to apply themselves to business aa If they were building tip the constitution of ths United States and a common kindred of man kind. The president contended his address amid great eprlause. The entire audience stood and e 9 the "Star Bpaagted Ban ner." He then left for the state capltol for a publlo reception. aly Oae "Iraa Ctatalae," To get the genuine, call for full name. Laxative Brome Quinine. Look for sig nature of E. W. Qrove. Cure, a sold la . one day. Ito. Advertisement. Abraham Graber, Politician, is Dead NEW YORK. Deo. 1 Abraham O ruber. M. who started Ufa aa aa offloe boy and tecaras a noted lawyer and nationally 'famous as a republican politician, died today, after a long Illness. Mr. Q ruber waa a eonsplcuovs figure at the Ull Chi. , nw uiiioi i x op posed the renommallon of Colonel Roose velt and helped nominate Mr. Taft. GILMORE ELECTED HEAD OF HARVARD FOOT BALL TEAM CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Pea 19. Joseph A. Oil more of Honolulu was sleeted can tata of the Harvard foot ball team for lsu at a meeting today of eligible menv bers of this year's eleven. Get Busy Sale Suits to Order $18.00 Kxsvcxs now 123.00 To keep our tailors busy a.vt to loluce our slo k we have reduced Hie iri on every nutting and overcoating is our store; but UI not redute the quality of Oi linings, fit. style or workmanship. 4'3.00 Suit red need to S10.00 S3&40 salts redaoed to. . . .aas.oo L1::C:rlhy-l7iIs.a Tailoring Co. 815 South 161h St, The Best Bargains in Mrn'a and Ladies' Clothing, liata, t'l , FurninltUigs and bhoes Text of President Wilson's Speech Before Columbus Chamber Commerce OOLrMmn, O.. Iee. 10-Pr.sldcnt Wileon's speech before the Columbus Chamber of Commerce today la as fol lows "Mr. President, gentlemen of the Co lumbus Chamber of Commerce: "I want first to. express my very doer gratitude to you for the cordial manner (it which you have greeted me and my sense of privilege In standing here before you to speak about some of the things In which ws are mutually Interested. You, gentlemen, are perhapa more Interested In those matters of policy which affect the business of the country than In any others; and yet. It has never seemed to me possible to separate .the buslneas of a country from Its essential spirit and the life of Its people. The mistake' that some men have made has been in aup poalng that business wss one thing and life another, whereas they are Inseparable In their princ'r-lea end In their expreaalon. Net Wholly Satisfactory. I must aay that. In looking back upon ths past, there Is something about the history of business In this country which Is not wholly satisfactory. It la Interest ing to remember that In the early years of the repuMlo we folt ourselves more a part of the general world than we have felt since then. Down to the war In 1X12 the seas were full of American ships. American enterprise waa everywhere ex pressed In American commerce when we were a little nation and yet now that we are a great nation the seas are almoet bars of our ships, and we trade with other countries at the convenience of the car riers ef other nations. "The truth Is that after ths wsr of UU we seem deliberately to have chreen to he provincial, .to shut ourselves In upon ourselves, exploit our own resources for our own benefit rather than for the benefit of the rest of the world: and we did not return 'to address .ourselves to foreign commerce until our domestic de velopment had so nearly burst Its Jacket that there was no strait Jacket In which it could be' confined. The Prevlaelal Mlad. "Now American Industry In recent years has been crying for an outlet Into the currents of the world. There were some American minds, some American business men hot a few who were not built upon the provincial type, who did find their way Into foreign markets and made the usual American peaceful con quest In those foreign markets ; but others seemed deliberately to refrain or not to know that there were opportuni ties to be availed of. "Until the recent banking act you could not find, ao far as I am Informed, a branch of an .American bank anywhere outside of the United Rates, whereas other nations of the world were doing thalr banking business on foreign shores through the instrumentality of their own bankers. 'Organisation is necessary to politics end It Is necessary to business, but the object of organisation ought not to be exclusion; It ought to be efficiency. It can never be legitimate when It Is In tended for hostile competitive purposes. I have never entertained the sllgMtsst Jealousy of those processes of organisa tion which led to greater and greater competency, but I have always been Jeal ous of those processes of organisation .which were Intended In the spirit of ex clusion, and monopoly la net the Ameri can spirit. t ' ' Spirit ef Oppertealty, , . "The American spirit Is a spirit of op portunity and of equal opportunity and of admitting every man to the race who can stand the pace. So I say that we have reason to look back upon the past ef American business with some dissatls faction r Wit I, for my part, look forward to the future of American business with the greatest confidence. 'American business haa altered Its Xmas Specials and Risl Drug Bargains at BEATCH'S v PARISIAN IVORY Frta Engraving ' aaaauL ' ' ' IT VrsavieiliaWsktawasplyr THERMOS CARAFE $6.00 Thermos Carafe, Saturday ana Monday . The Thermos Carafe makes a very appropriate Xmaa gift. II biearna iiair neniover. ,oic 10c Physicians' . aud Bur- aeons' Soan for 6c loo box Linen Stationery. . .14c 60c Stuart' Dyspepsia Tab lets .COc $3.75 Horllck'a Malted Milk for fa. $1 Horllck'a Malted Milk... 07c COc Hlnkle Caacara PUla, bottlea of 100 pills 10c $1 Plnaud'a Ulti Vefetal. .50c $1.50 2-qt Legrand'e Red Rubber Hot Water Bottlea. OOc tfrc Hsy'a Hair Health ate I. later Ine lsa, 1S, aae'and ee bOo Scott a KmuUlon &Jc PERFUMED All the latest odors and a few prices on aome of the moat pop ular sellers In original boxea and bulk. Original Packages. Houblgant's Ideal Extract, original package 93.83 Houbtgant'a Evette Extract, original package ...... .$2.60 Houblgant's Jasmine Ex tract, original pkg 93.00 DJer Klse Extract, origi nal packages. .91.75 and 9--o0 Rtegera flower Dropa, or iginal package 91.50 D'Oraay Leur Couer gS.SO DOraay Fee, original pkg. 93.50 D'Oraay Jasmine Toilet Water 9-00 Pivera La Trefele, Ax urea. Floramye and Adventur lne, In original pkga. , . . 91.50 Colgate's Violet de Mat. . .9150 Coty'a Lorlgon 9.1.25 Coty's Jacqueminot Rose.M.oo Coty'a Jasmine , 91.75 point of view snd In proportion as It has sltered Its point of view It has gained in power and momentum. I have sometimes heard exhortations to the effect that politics ought hot to be Injected Into busl neas. "It is Just ss Important that you should not Inject buainess Into politics, because, so far aa the buelnem'of this country la concerned, there ought not be any poll Lion. "I, gentlemen, am a democrat, as you probably have heard, and I am a mili tant democrat, but It Is because I believe that the principles of democracy will be of more service to the country than sny other kind of principles. Not because 1 believe democrats are better than repub licans; It ts becauae I think repubi'rans are mistaken and democrats right, and I hop and believe that I hold that con viction In no narrow, partisan spirit I find that I am one of the few men of my acquaintance who absolutely believe every word, for example.-of the Virginia bill of tights. Most men use them for Fourth of July purposes and uas them very handsomely, but I stand before you anj tell you that I believe them. On at Originate. 'For example, the Virginia bill of rights I cite that because It was one of the first Mils of rights, the others were largely modeled upon It or run along the same line the Virginia bill o rights says that when a government proves unsuitable to the life of the people under It (I am not quoting the language, but the meaning) they have a right to alter or abolish It in any wey they please. When things were, perhaps, more de batable than they are now about our mmedlate neighbor to the south of us, I do not know how many men came to me and suggested that the government of Mexico should be sltered as we thought It ought to be altered, but being a subscriber to the doctrine of the Vir ginia bill of lights, I could not agree with them. The Mexicans may not know what to do with their government, but that Is none of our business and so long sa I have the power to prevent It, no one shall 'butt In' to alter It for them." "That Is what I mean by being a democrat built on the original plan of the bill of rights. "Now, those bills of rights say some 'hinge that are very pertinent to buslneas. They assert the absolute equality of right on the part of Individuals to opportunity. That la the reason I am opposed to monopoly, not because monopoly does not produce some excellent results of a kind. but because it Is Intended to shut out a lot of people who ought not to be shut out, and 1 believe that democracy Is the inly thing that 'vitalises a whole people Instead of vitalising only some of the people of a country. Belief la torn mo a Mae, "I am not fit to be the trustee of pros perity for this country; neither are you; neither Is any group of men fit to be the trustees for the economical guidance of this country. I believe In the common man; I believe the genius of America to be that the common roan should be consulted as to how he Is governed and should be given the same opportunity with every other man under hie govern ment. I believe that that spirit U the spirit of the average business man In America, I am sure that It Is the spirit of .ths average business man In America, because, although It ts a current theory that the president of the United States la a very much secluded person, a good many people talk to him, I assure you, and be takes particularly pains to know what the people are talking about, who do not talk directly to him. Nobody who has been bred la the atmosphere of American societies from one end of this continent to the other, can mistake the spirit, of the average man and I am for the average man. The country consists ' We will engrave free a block or acrlpt letter on all purchases of Ivory Saturday and Monday. $3.50 Ivory Hair Brushes 91.08 IS. 00 Ivory Hair Brushes $1.89 . $3.00 Ivory Mlrrora 1.70 76o Ivory Couiba 40c X5e Ivory Files and Cuticle Knlvea. . 40c yory Traya, Glove, Hairpin and Jewel Boxes, up from . . . . . i OOc Powder Boxes, Hair Receivers and Manicure Beta, etc, up from .$1.00 Don't bother with Dreea Shields. Use OIXVKO-XO, and you" won't need them 23c and 50c bottlea, $1.00 Fellowa Syrup 73c 35c Caatorla 21o 50c Pebeco Tooth Paste ...34c 50c Boll'a Podolax 20c 60c Reslnol Ointment 88c 50c Beaton's Cold Cream... 8Ac 50c Caaavera Cream.. 25o 3 5c Sanltol Tooth Podwer or Paste 12o SSc Durham Duplex Demon- atrator Rasor Be A lot of Ebony Solid Back Hair Brushes, worth $1.25, Saturday 75c 36c Tooth Brushes 10c A lot of 40c and 60c Ladles' Hard Rubber Combs for. . ,20c Coty's Jacqueminot Toilet Water 93.00 Aaaorted odora. all makes, per package 25c Aaaorted odora, all makes, per package BOc Assorted odora, all makes, per package 75c 76c Plver's La Trefle Sachet Powder, bulk, per oi 40c Hulk Fxtracts. $1.00 Roger & Gallet'a. all odora, per oa OOc $2.25 Houbtgant'a Ideal .Ex tract, per os 91.50 $2.60 Mary Garden Extract, per oa 91.73 $2.60 D'Oraay Jasmine, per Ol .....91.73 A lot of COo and 75a odora, per oa 2i)c See our complete line of la Iorted and Domestic Perfumes, Tollft Waters, Hat het Powders aud lac Powder a. of him. II la the backbone of the coun try. The man who la above the average uneg him, and ought to respect hla tool outright, to reapect hla Instrument, ought to respect the veins through which the very life-blood of the country flows. Fetnre af Baelneaa. "Now with regard to the future of buainess In this country, no man can speak with confidence, because It hap pens that the distressing events of the months since the great European war began have put America In peculiar relation to the rent of the world. It looks as if we would have to be the reserve fore .of the world In reapect to financial and economic power. It looks as If in the days of reconstruction and recuperation, which are ahead of Europe, we would have to do many of the things, many of the most important things, which hitherto have been done through Kuropean Instrumentalities. No man can say Just how these matters are going to shape themselves, but every, man can res that the opportunity of America Is going to be unparalleled and that the resources of America must be put at the service of the world as they never were put at its service before. There fore. It Is Imperative that no Impedl ments should be put In the wsy of com merce with the rest of the world. You cannot sell unless you buy. Commerce Is only an exalted kind of barter. The bar tering may not be direct, but directly or Indirectly, It Is an exchange of com modities and the Davmant nf the hel. ancea; and therefore, there must be no 7 Impediments to the free flow of the cur rents of commerce back and forth be tween the United Etates upon which the world will In part depend and the other countries which it must supply and serve. And for the first time, gentle men. It happens I believe providentially that the business men of America have an Instrumentality In the new banking law, such as they never had before for the ebb and flow and free course of the natural processes of credit. For the first time we are not bound up In an In elaatlo currency. Our credit Is current and that current will run through all the channels of commerce In every part of the world. Look Up Old ksreek. "A gentleman present here today told me that he had done what I trust It Is not his habit to do; he said he had been Glove Certificates - When you have decided on Cloves, bnt do not know the pre ferred color, style or alzo, buy a certificate. Iftsued for one or any number of pairs, at any price, re deemable any time for full fare value. Hundreds and ' Thousands of Snowy White Handkerchiefs Those who make their se lections from these stocks of holiday handkerchiefs will find the choosing most grati fying experiences. Handkerchiefs In an almoet end leas variety of choice patterns nwatt you. Madeira, Armenian and Hand embroidered .. Cf Handkerchiefs -OUC All Linen Handkerchiefs, with dainty corner QC designs - a0 Children's Handker- nf"C chief a, In boxea J Ribbons For making pretty Christ mas things and for tying gift packages are offered in ex ceptionally choice assort ments. Main Floor. . Bungalow Aprons, 29c A'sale of large serviceable Bungalow Aprons in plain colors, Saturday ... 29c naaement. SILK AD WOOL $1 -39c CAXTOX CREPE, 40 INCHES WIDE A YARD For Intrinsic value they excel' any offering of the whole season Practical and appropriate for gift purpose. Wrapd In a Christmas Bos Without Extra Cost to You. m - w CO looking up an old speech of mine and that when I eddreased the American Bankers' association In Denver some years ago he said that I had been called upon a little while before to speak to the bankers of New Tork on the elasticity of the currency and that I had replied that I spoke upon It with the more free dom because I knew nothing about It Being a professor at that time on a sal ary, I was not In a poRltlon to know any thing of the elasticity of the currency. I hope that he la ready to believe that In the time that has Intervened 1 have taken pains to find out something about the elasticity of the currency; for I was an enthusiastic supporter of the bill which finally established the federal reserve system, and I think I understsnd It. "At any rate, gentlemen. Jesting apart, It docs furnish the buainess men of this country with an Instrument such as credit never possessed before. Credit Is a very spontaneous thing. Its excursions ought not to be personally conducted. There have been times In this country when the expeditions of credit were personally conducted. I could name some of the agencies where guides were provided. But If you are starting an enterprise In one part of the country you do not want any guides; you rather resent guidance from another part of the country. Knew They Didn't. "And there were times when there was limited circles In the eastern portion of our great country who thought they knew more about business In the other parts of the country than the people who lived In those parts of the country. I always doubted them. I now know that they did not. . "The vision of a democracy that I have Is this, that you must not be presumuous enough to determine beforehand where the vitality is going to come from. The beauty of a democracy Is that you never can tell when a youngster Is born what he Is going to do with you and that no matter how humbly he Is born, no matter where he Is born, no matter what cir cumstances hamper him at the outset, he has got a chance to master the minds and lead the Imaginations of the whole country. "That Is tbe beauty of democracy, that you do not beforehand pretend to pick out the vital centers, but they pick them selves out. The men who are going to THOMPSON-BELDEN 6 CO. The Fashion Cenfer oFlhe Middle WesK Established 1886.) 77 'hether we choose to speak of the extent v of these Christmas stocks or their uni formly high quality, there is much to say, for no other Christnis season has found us so well prepared and ready to serve those who select with care the gifts they are to give. A Sale of Cloth Coats Saturday $25 Values to $42.50 Thesecoats comprise the lat est and newest styles Fur trimmed garments predomi nating; broadcloths, gabar dines, serges, wool velour, Boliva cloth, duvetine, fancy mixtures and the new checks and plaids so fashionable this season. Colors are well repre sentedBlack, Blues, Green, Brown and other fashionable shades. Second Floor. Christmas Silks Styles to Satisfy The demands of every occasion, crisp, new fabrics In weaves and colorings that are distinctive. For loveliness and usefulness few gifts are better than a Hllk Waist Pat tern. Main Floor. Make This a Silk Hosiery Christmas Probably not for some time will there be better reason than now for supplying immediately one's silk hosiery needsSo a gift of hosiery this Christmas will be doubly acceptable. A new drop stitch silk hose with lisle tops and soles, a pair $1.00 Black thread silk hose with gold, white and green striped Hosiery Section The December Clearaway of Suits A money-saving event, an opportunity to buy a fash ionable Winter Suit at a price you usually associate with poorer merchandise. $15.00 to $45.00 iTke JbreBie lead you and dominate you pick them selves out and elect themselves by an electoral process over which legislation can have no control whatever. I like to think that the youngsters now playing somewhere, perhaps In a gutter, are some time or other going Ito stand up and speak the voice of America for all the world to hear. ' Meat Share Tlslea. "I want you to share with me this vision of the future of American buslneas of a cosmopolitan spirit, of a spirit of enterprise out of which the old timidity has gone. For you will have to admit, gentlemen, that American business men hsve been timid. - "They have constantly run to "Wash ington and said: 'It looks like rain; for God's sake give us shelter.' Tou do not need Washington. There la genlua enough In this country to master the enterprise of th world and It does not have to ask odds of anybody. I would like to have the thrilling pride of realizing that there waa nobody In America who was afraid to match with the world. When I move about this country I feel aa you do the vitality of the thing that to going on In It, the quick organisation of minds when they meet new circumstances, the readi ness with which Americans adapt them selves to new circumstances that Is the spirit of conquest? "I originally, for example, belonged to stock which have never failed to feel at home anywhere aa soon as It got there. I mean th Scotch-Irish. The Scotch Irish hav taken leave to belong the minute they landed and presently a good deal else haa belonged to them besides themselves: and I like to picture that aa also typical of America. Whom would you pick out among the early Americans as the typical American T Tou know that for more than 100 years after the settle ment of this country for nearly 100 years after the establishment of the union there was always a frontier on this con tinent, and the typical American was the man who did not need any assistance from anywhere or anybody, but who went out Into a new country, made his own home for himself and established his own government, arranged everything to suit htmeelf and then occasionally went beck to his old home rich and powerful and contented. The Typical American. "That was the typical American. There was a certain community of men some la Toilet Articles Powder Puffs (all sixes) 7c White Combs ..... 10c Ivory Novelties, In fine variety of styles . St 5c First Aid Cases .... $1.00 Complete, with all tbe necessary artlclos for first aid work. tops, a pair ... $1.00 Fine silk hose with lisle tops and soles, in black, street and evening shades, a pair $1.00 Main Floor. The Fur Shop 2d Floor , Red Fox Sets . - $15 to $60 Taupe Fox Sets $62.50 Pointed Fox Sets - - - - $75 You buy fur here with as surance. No misrepresentations. Ckriinvaj Jbirif where In what used to be the frontier bark In Jackson's day who sent a pitiful plea to Washington that rongreas would not hurry up and give them a territorial not nave any government; tney nappenen to be beyond the bounds of the govern ment theretofore set up. Jackson sent them a very proper reproof. He said that they were the first Americans he had heard of who did not know how to set up a government for themselves and' tske care of themselves. The character'stlc American community for a lonr time was the frontier com munity, made on the spot and made ac cording to the local pattern. So that when I hear Americans begging to be asaiated by authority, I wonder where they were born. I wonder how long they have breathed the air of America. I won der where their papers of spiritual naturalisation are. For America now may make peaceful conquest of the world, and I say that will al the greatest con fidence, gentlemen, because I believe I hope that the belief does not spring merely from the hope that when the present great conflict In Europe Is over the world Is going to wear a different aspect tin Patched Up Peace. "I do not believe that there is going to be any patched-up peace. I believe that thoughtful men of every country and of every sort will Insist that when we get x s V d peace again we shall haVe guarantees that it will remain and that the tnatru1 mentalities of Justice will be exalted above the Instrumentalities of force. I believe that the spirit which has hitherto regned in the hearts of Americana and In like people everywhere in the world will assert Itself once for all in Inter-' national affairs and that If America pre serves her poise, preserves lew self possession, preserves her attitude of frlendllnes' toward the world we may have th privilege whether tn one form or another of being the mediating Influ ence by which thee things may be In duced. "I am not now speaking of govern mental mediation. I have not that In mind at all. I mean the spiritual media tion.' I mean the recognition of the world that here Is a country that had always wanted things done that way, and whose merchants, when they carry their goods will carry their Ideals along (Continued on Page Six, Column One.) Saturday store hours 8:30 A. M. to 9 P. M. Shop here with pleasure. When in Doubt Glov es They are always graciously re ceived that Js those uncommon styles. Those who are seeking something just a little bit differ ent will find their search weU re warded In these assortments of Trcfousse the best made In France, and American makes of the most reliable quality and style. Tbe New Leatherette Gauntlets, strap and pearl clasps In white, tan, brown, sand and gray, at ... 91.00 a pair. Double Silk Gloves, In a complete variety of styles j colors, blue, brown, gray, black and white, at .... S1.O0 a pair South Aisle Main Floor. Women's Underwear of Fine Quality Ribbed lisle vests with hand crochet tops - 50c to $1.50 Silk vests, plain or hand em broidered - . $1.75 to $4 Silk combination suits from . . . . .$3.75 to $4.50 Third Floor. New Silks for Mufflers Ivory Gray Black . The newest fabric for this purpose, of beautiful texture, designed especially for scarfs. Silks Main Floor. ' ' Men's Furnishings The wisest of Santas gives things to wear shirts, neck wear, gloves, silk hosiery, silk pajamas, reefers, fancy suspenders, linen handker chiefs, sweaters. ad- s 15 Fl aT" 15th and i v-r the vi hole family J.n:I;!.:nJCI;i!:in2CD. A 1 n mi ma