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1 . TULL ABB001A.TBD PBBB8. ' LMl&MD W1BM. JHINTA1N8 KBW8 BURBA.UZ IS WA.BHINOTOH. MILS I OB 4XD QBMBSB BORO. BPSCIAJj COBBBBP0NDBBT8 THROUGHOUT THB BTATB. Weather. Forecast GENERALLY FAIR. trnr vttttt wn 109 ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY-AFTERNOON, JULY 4, 1913. A V M 11U, PRICE THREE CENTS PIE' I HOST 0FF1&I I I I I 1 I I "V MtLU 111 President Wilson Delivers Ad dress tdore Veterans of the Blue and bray at "Gettysburg. FIGHT IS NOT ENDED , HE TELLS HEARERS . . , v I "Put the Harness of the Pre-- sent On Spirit "and Act of '61 He ID Counsels. (By Associated Press) Gettysburg, Pa., July 4. The train bearing President Wilson arrived at the station In the town of Gettysburg nt 11:02 o'clock. The president was escorted to an automobile and accom panied by Governor Tener, passed tin ough the town to the Emmitsburg road and then proceeded over that thoroughfare to the camp. The president spoke to a crowd est! mated at 10.000. Thousands of ve'ter- ans were in their uniforms of gray or blue, but many in the crowd - were ' Pennsylvanians from Gettysburg and nearby towns. mi t,l l . . W h,V t-"Ptedbychecrs tr:"'" . "-rr , The president said: '. Mr. Wilson's Address. Friends and Fellow Citizens: I need not tell you what the battle of Gettys burg meant . These gallent men in blue and gray sit all about us here. Many of them mf t . here upon this ground in grim and deadly struggle. Upon these famous fields and hillsides their comrades died about them. In their presence It wet's, an lmperthenca to discourse upon how the battle went, how It ended, what it signified ! ; But 00 years have gone by since then, ami 1 crave the privilege of speaking to you for a few minutes of what those 60 years have meant. What have they meant? They have meant peace and union and vigor, and the maturity and might of a great na tion. How wholesome and healing the peace has been! We have found one another again as brothers and comrades in arms, enemies no. longer, generous 4fiendB rather, our battles long past, the quarrel fort often ex cept that we . shall not forget the splendid valor, the manly devotion of the men then arrayed against one an other, now grasping hands and smil ing Into each other's eyes. How com plete the union has become and how near to all of us, how unquestioned, how benign and majestic, as state after slate has been added to this our great family of free men! How hand some the vigor, the maturity, the might of the great natlona we love with undivided hearts; how run or large and confident promise that a life will be wrought out that will crown its strength with gracious Justice' and with a happy welfare that will touch all alike with deep contentment! Wo are debtors to those 60 crowded years; they have made us heirs to a mighty heritage. , ' - But do we deem the nation com plete and finished? These venerable men crowding here to ' this famous field have set us a great example of devotion and utter sacrifice. They were wJUIng to die that the people might live. But their task is done. Their day la turned Into evening. They look to us to perfect what they estab lished. Their work Is handed on to ' us, to be done In another way but not In another spirit Our day Is not over; It Is upon us In full tide. j Days of Sacrifice ami Cleansing. Have affairs paused? Does the na tion stand still? Is what the 60 years hu wrought since those days of bat tie finished, rounded out and com pleted? Here Is a great people, great with every forre (hat has ever beaten In tho lifeblood of mankind. And It Is secure. There Is no one within Its borders, there Is no power among the nations of the earth, to make It afraid. But has It yet squared Itself with Its own great standards set up at Its birth, when It made that first noble. naive appeal to the moral Judgment of mankind to take notice that gov eminent had now at last been estab lished which was to serve men, not masters? It Is secure In everything except the satisfaction that Its life Is right, adjusted to the uttermost to the standards of righteousness and nu mnnlty. The days of sacrifice and cleansing are not closed. We have harder things to do than were done In the heroic days of war, because hard rratn see clearly, requiring more vision, more calm balance of Judgment, more candid searching of the very rprlngs of right Iook, around you upqn the field of Gettysburg! Picture the array, the force boat nnd agony of battle, col nmn hurled against column, buttery bellowing to battery! Valour? Yes ("renter no mn shall see In war; and self-sacrifice, and lose to the utter m out; the hlKh reck lemnets of exalted devotion which does not count the cunt. We ere nuirte by there tragli vole things to know whnt It routs t ti'uke n nation the oort tld saorl i m or roninttoi or unknown nu n l;ri,, to n Mulnre In tho Uw i '-' (11,1 III p.'IKR 3 ) 1 vjr $ouuu Four Bandits Loot Illinois Central Cars below Memphis Ex press Safe Emptied and' 50 Pockets of Registered Mail Taken Make Their Escape. By Associated Press. Memphis, Tenn., July 4. Four ban dits held up southbound pn spent"'? train No. 1 on "the Illinois -' railroad south of Batesville, Mi., early today, awed the train and loco motive cre,ws with weapons, blew open the safe in the express car and ran sacked the mail packages, and then escaped. None of the passengers was molested, because the . bandits com pelled the locomotive crew to detach j the mail, express and baggage cars and run them some distance from the ! passenger coaches, After they finished their work in the mail car the robbers rH th locomotive to pope, miss. and .ilea to tne open country. Bloodhounds were placed on their trail and a few hours after the rob bery a big posse was In pursuit Passengers -on the train awoke In surprise thin morning to find their r'n!) I'huir at 1 1 1 ntanitlnt, .in tho main Wna or track, where they were abandoned when the bandits detached the mail Vicars Awarded $125,000 For Crown Jewels Lihel By Associated Press. London, July 4. Sir Arthur Edward Vicars, Ulster king of arms when the crown jewels were stolen from Dublin (., , ion? nmr. .. tir r t i rwi ok nnn VllO HI J. 47 w , nap CATT in u u v Vr .e?ed Sir Arthur. .Melded the woman who took the Jewels out of jealousy of his attachment for, Lady Outrush Begins This Morning and by Night Exodus Wlil Be General. By Associated Press. Ottvsburg, Pa., July 4. The army of veterans began to dissolve today and only the presence of President Wilson kept thousands in camp. Be fore noon close to 16,000 of tho men who were here Thursday had departed for their homes. The grand rush will begin tonight and tomorrow and the railroads of Gettysburg will have their hands full. Major J. E. Normoyle, the army of ficer who arranged the big camp, is the recipient of hearty congratulations on the perfect sanitary arrangements that prevail. Despite the fact that more than 60,000 men have lived in It for nearly a week, the camp Is In an unusually good sanitary condition. It Is claimed by army officers and experts to be one of the most perfect military camps as far as sanitation Is concerned that the world has ever seen. Three great- Incinerators had been erected In the center of the camp and In these all the offal Is burned each morning. The water is the pur est that artesian wells can provide and the food Is prepared under the most careful scrutiny. All of this attention to detail has resulted In an unusually good condition of health among the 30,000 veterans, few of them under 70 years of age, and most of them nearer eighty. Major Normoyle gives unstinted praise for their great work to Major P. C. Hutton, chief sanitary officer; Major W. It Grove, Captain George K Stewart and Captain W. B. McCaskey of the commissary department and Major Patterson, the army Red Cross representative, and IJeutenant Henry, In charge of the field hospital service. Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, commissioner of health, made a statement today In regard to the remarkably low morality during the celebration. Dr. Dixon said: , "The fact that only eight deaths hnve occurred during the excessive heat despite the presence of 60.000 or 00,000 veterans and civilians, the ma' Jortty of whom are of advanced age, Is probably due to several causes. "In the first place the old soldiers represent the survival of the fittest. Secondly, the sanitary arrangements for the celebration were considered with the utmost care and have been of the most advanced character. "The hospital service has been ex cellent. It Is a matter of congratula tion for those officials of the federal and state government who have been In charge and a huppy refutation of the calamity howlers predictions that the celebration would he marred by -Xrealvely high mortality." Woman suffrage has found favor among the veterans. At a suffrage tent, near the big central tent, hun dreds of men In blue and gray pass In every day and sign their names to a senatorial petition. These petitions ore separated according to states and th women In charge of the tent sa tloit 11.000 men, nqircwntlng .13 'a en. hnve Hiifncd. line veteran snlil' "Anv wom.m who a numo in the t ii il VMir CO;l't to vote." llRiKTEiS! . ISJEVING GftMP jfisu miLi and express cars. Express officials here say the rob bers did not secure over $5000. Kour charges of dynamite were used and the explosions blew out one side of the express car and completely de molished the safe. The bandits carried away GO pieces of registered mail. Train No. I usually carries a heavy mail from Chicago and St: Louis to New Orleans, but postofflee officials stated the mail was light on this run. After the dead engine was found at Pope, 15 miles from where, the pas- senger ;ars had been cut off, the train was reassembled and the line re- opened to traffic. It was found that the robbers had cut the telephone ' lines Reward Will Ii Offered. , New Orleans, July 4. That a re ward of $3000 would be offered for the capture of the bandits who held lln nn T 1 1 1 n n I Pnntral mraanntrot, train near Batesville, Miss., was unofficially announced here today. Haddo, the wife of Lord Hail do, son of the Earl of Aberdeen, lord lieuten ant of Ireland. . Both Sir Arthur and Lord Haddo denied in thoir testimony all knowl edge of the disappearance of the Jew els or of their- whereabouts. The newspaper did not attempt to Justify Its story. The evidence given today disposes of various stories In circula tion that Lord Haddo knew something about the missing jewels. RTLOUullUH LOST TO IF. New Zealand Holder Retains (he Championship, Win ning Three Straight.. By Associated Press. Wimbledon, Eng., July 4. A. F. Wilding of New Zealand, holder of the title of all-England singles lawn ten nis champion since 1910, retained the championship today by beating Mau rice E. McLoughlln of San Francisco, J national lawn tennis champion of the United States, by three straight sets, 8-6, 6-J, 10-8. Wimbledon, Eng., July 4. Never since lawn tennis was first played has more interest been taken in a match than that between Maurice E. Mc Loughlln of San Francisco, Ihe na tional champion of the United States, end A. F. Wilding of New Zealand, the titleholder since 1810, for the all-Eng-Innd gentlemen's singles lawn tennis championship. This -championship is generally recognised as the grass court championship ' of the world. The match today was played on the grounds of the All-England Lawn Tennis association. The championship rounds of . the gentlemen's doubles In which Fried rich Wtlhelm Rahe and Helnrtch Klelnscroth of the German Davis Cup team challenged C, P. Dixon and H. Itoper Barrett of the English team, which I to defend the Davis cup for the title, and also the hulled' doubles championship, In which Mrs. Sterry and Mrs. Lamhers met Mrs. McNalr and Miss D. P. Boothby, were Included In today's contests but were both over shadowed by the match between the American and the New Zealander. Tho day broke cold and threatening rain. This, however, did not deter the crowd, which commenced to ar rive during the early morning, al though the big match was not to take place until 2;30 in the afternoon.. Mclaughlin remained favorite until play started, but among some of the older experts there was an Inclination to believe that Wildings experience might tell against his younger oppo nent. Still, it was pointed out that the American had mowed down the home talent In the preliminaries with out the loss of a single set and that since he had become acclimatised he had not been obliged to exert himself. American enthusiasts regarded the fact that the match was played on the .fourth of July as a happy omen and they looked to McLoughlln to take the championship to the United States for the first Uine since Its Institution In 1177. .: . TARIFF BILL HALTS NOT FOR THE FOURTH ' By Associated Press, Washington, July 4. -This was no holiday for the hard working demo crats of the senate finance committee, 1id met to smooth out I lie tariff bill as revised by the eaucua. They expect to have It ready for final approval by the caucus tomorrow. After tomorrow's meeting Senator Simmons will rmnplete the rnmmlt lee report on the bill, -will submit the menmire to the nt-e committee Mon WILDING diiy or Tuesday and report It to the ellf'te OR noun fherenfter SS poMilble, el! her on Wert in mliiy or Thursday, DUFF; QUITS .Cabinet Crisis at Sofia as Ag gressors in Internecine War Are ; Severely' ' Defeated. 1 FIGHTING BLOODY, ALL REPORTS AGREE Early Check ' ' May : Make for Peace in the Balkans and , Enable Czar's Media- " tion. By Associated Press. Vienna, July 4. A telegram to the Re';h8P from Sofia says Premier" Daneff and his cabinet have resigned , and a coalition, on ministry is being formed by General Kacho Petroff, i who after the " capture of Saloniki was appointed military governor of that city. ' General Savoff, commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian army, has been ap ointed minister of war and Kamo ' DImltrieff, the Victor of Kirk Kil- esseh and Lule Burgas, has been ap pointed to the chief command of the Bulgarian army In tne field. The Athens correspondent ' of the Releh spost telegraphs that Premier Veniae los of Greece, declares the confer ence of the Balkan premiers at St. Petersburg was belated and rendered impossible by the resumption of hos tilities. A special ; sesHlon of the Greek parllment is to be convoked by the premier to draw up and pass a proclamation to the Greek nation and army. London, July 4. The Times, thinks that the checks the Bulgarian forces have received are calculated to give Bulgaria pause, and that she may be' fore long be glad to avail herself of the Russian emperor's good offices, es pecially In view of the attitude of Roumanian ; ': .. ' .1'. According to truHtworthv accounts.: ithe Bulgarian premier, br. Daneff, has not abandoned hope of going to St. Petersburg and Premier Venizelos of CreeVe Is willing to resume negotia tions iti uuigaria wunaraws ner army across the conventional line. A Sofia dispatch to the Times sent at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, says that the Bulgarian troops were ordered to retire to the positions which they occupied before the Greek and Servian attacks. The Servian advance toward Islip; adds the dispatch, was said to have been repulsed and four Servian regiments, which were sur rounded, were expected to surrender. Saloniki, July 4. Since their vic tory over the Pulgarlans at Kilkish, the Greek troops have been successful in a number of smaller engagements in which the fighting was very severe. They are driving the Bulgarians be fore them toward the north and the east. During the fight, which resulted In the occupation of Ghevgheli by the Greeks, the Bulgarians became panic stricken and hundreds of them Jumped into tho Klver Vafdar and were drowned. . The railroad between Ghevgheli and Saloniki by way of Karusull has been restored and Is In operation. About 2000 wounded Greek soldiers arrived today In Saloniki. furnishing evidence of the heavy fighting which has taken place. No news has reached here as to the result of the battle which began yes terday between the Greeks and Bul garians north of Kllk;H. but It Is known that the Greeks were success ful In another fight at Matsukovo In which the Bulgarians suffered heavily. The Greek authorities complain that the Bulgarians have looted Sunie Greek villages and have tortured the Inhabitants who will not sign a peti tion asking the Pulgarlans to continue their occupation of the district Unitarian Mamacm. Confirmed. London, July 4. Kin Cnnstnntine of Greece telegraphed personally to- nay to tne Greek minister here con firming the report of the massacre of Greek soldiers by Bulgarians In Mace donia and the extermination under th. most horrible circumstances of thf Greek population In the villages through which theBulgarians retreat ed. Many Bulgarians raptured. Belgrade, July 4. -The first convoy of Bulgarian prisoners taken by thf Servians consisting of 1160 rank and file and 1? officers passed through Us kup today. . , LEAVES WASHINGTON President Goes to Oettystnirg. Where lie Sieaks and Then I'nxwlii to New Hampshire. , By As.vlated Press. Washington. ' July 4. Preslden Wlliion left at 7 o'clock this morning for Gettysburg, where he will addresi the veterans of the blue and gra gathered to celebrate the fiftieth an nlversary of the famous battle. From Gettysburg the president will go dl recently to Cornish, N. H., to spend I few days with his family. He plans t( return to the White House Tuesday, Secretary Tumulty, I. Csry T Orayion, Mr. Wilson's physician; Lieu tenant Rockwell, his military aide and representative A. Mitchell Pat mer of Pennsylvania accompanied thi president. The party expected to reach Oet tynliiirt at 11 o'clock. At noon thi president will leave for the Now lluinimhlre I.!", ' "She Is My Child, and Til Bite Her if I Wish IDA FORMAX. New Tork, July 4. "If it werejhot for the fact that vou have two other small children who need your care and' "attention knd whom you "appear disposed to treat humanely, I would send you to the penitentiary for six months." This statement was made by Magistrate House as he paroled Mrs. Jennie orman, who he had found guijty of cruelly treating her CHILD SERIOUSLY I WEOi BY STREET GAR YESTERDAY Four Years Old Boy's Skull Fractured, and Body Is Bruised Chance of Recovery. Ralph, the four years old son of Mr. llcndrix, proprietor of the Uritish Woolen Mills store ut Ihe corner of South Main and Eagle streets, was struck yesterday afternoon about o'clock by a street cur and was seri ously Injured. The accident occurred Just at the corner of Eagle end South Main. The little fellow was knocked down, his skull was fractured and he was otherwise severely bruised. No In formation can be secured us to where the fault has been placed. Dr. D. E. Sevier attended the in jured boy, and he stated this morn ing that he does not know what the outcome will be as the Injuries are very serious. There Is a chance, how ever, of recovery. .S. FLAG IS TORN By Associated Press. Winnipeg, Man.. July 4. The wav- ing of the flag of the United States here early today while thousands of provincial soldiers were parading the streets, precipitated a riot during which the flag-was trampled nd torn and a number received minor In juries. BLACK MOUNTAIN Me tric Wght Plants HtilMliur Talk of an KUi'trlve IJno to Mon treal, Special to The Gazette-News. ' Black Mountain, July 4. Appllcn tion has been made for a charter nnd franchises for an electric line between Black .Mountain and Montreal. An lectrlc light plant Tor Black Moun- 'aln Is being constructed, also one for Montreal. These Items give an Idea 'if summer activities In this com nunlly. ' Mrs. Giiaatavlno, whose husband, the late K. Guastsvlno, aided uo largely In the election of St lwrence'e church, has offered to the Catholics a large tract of land to be ucd as an amem uly fur the church. DOWN RIOTERS 18 years old daughter, Ida. The young girl had bare her shoulders to the court to exhibit tne maras leu uy the mother's teeth.. , Mrs, Forman, It '.'was testified, had repeatedly bitter her child, as well as oeaung nor w.in . ue. u, ... her own defense Mrs. Forman told the, Judge that Ida was he child and that she would bite her or punish her in any way she saw fit. FALLS OFF IN RALEIGH Water Is Clean Again, Too Bequest of $25,000 for Meredith Plans for Fourth. Special to The Gazette-News. Itulclgh, July 4. A special train currying several hundred sports will be operated from here to Durham to morrow for the afternoon game be Iween the Bulls and Muckmen, the morning event being staged here. Outside of the baseball attraction the Glorious Fourth will pnss off with lit tle ostentation, though the children will pop a few crackers and shoot a few candles In celebratio of the day. The state, county and federal offices will be closed. The postofflce clerks and letter carriers will hold their an nual session here Friday nnd Satur day. Mrs. Sara Klla Hartshorn of Boston, whose gift of 125,000 to Meredith col lege has been announced, made this' bequest in her will, which has Just JiiHt been filed for probate, after her husband. William N. Hartshorn, a not ed' Sunday school worker, had Inspect ed the college here and the work done. The gift was unconditional. The Southern railway and the Sea- hoard Air Line will not resist the or ders of the corporation commission to have their trains, each due here at 4:05 each afternoon, make connection. This Is indicated from replies received from the order of the commission cit ing them to appear here July 10 to show cause why connections should not be made. It Is thought that both trains will move their schedules back 10 minutes, nnd they will leave here at S:15 after the order goes Into effect. After suffering great Inconvenience and In many Instances severe hard- uhlps, the consumers of Raleigh water were furnished the clear article today for the first time In two weeks. There was no score over the announcement of pollution. Raleigh- people having been prepared for almost anything un der the privately-owned system, which has Just come Into the hands of the city. The water Is again declared wholesome. Only one-fourth as much liquor was brought Into Kalclgh last month ? Sd the ease In June, according tj Chief of Police Walters. June was pretty hot month, however, and the consumption of boose wss not deslra ble. Beer Is said to be In demand In those parts, .nevertheless. Balelgh's new 128,000 abattoir l now In operation with Dr. K. M Koonce temporarily In charge. lr. Jns. A. Huilnlph, formerly meat and milk InKpector, ha resigned and re turned to bis home In Indiana, SAFE AND SANE FOURTH IS RULE Fireworks and Firearms Have Little Place in Indepen dence Day in Most Cities. CAPITAL'S OBSERVANCE IS A TAME AFFAIR Failure to Provide Fireworks Exhibition Disappoints Children Cooler Wea ther Favors Crowds. By Associated Press. Washington, July 4. While regard ed as the center of patriotism of tha j United States, the national capital to day is to have a "flreworksless" Fourth of July because its citizens failed to loosen their purse strings sufficiently to permit a public exhibi tion. Instead, two pageants on Pennsylvania avenue, athletic con tests, patriotic exercises and band concerts will mark the 137th anni versary of the signing of the Declara tion of Independence The children plainly showed their Jisappointment Not even the parades, in one of' which 4000 are to take part, could take the place of the soaring rocket the bursting aerial bomb and the llaming roman candle. The principal patriotic celebration will be held in Continental hall of the D. A. R. where the speakers will include Senator. Gallinger - and Mrs. William Cummin's Story, president of the Daughters of the American Revo lution. Neither President Wilson nor Vice-President Marshall was In tha city, both of them being In atten- danoe at the Gettysburg anniversary pIlVirBtton Exodus from CliU-ago, - ' " 'Chicago,' July 4. The Fourth dawn ed in Chicago as quiet as a: Sunday, promise that the city's efforts to " f,. . ,A ,, establish a national record for sanity in the celebration of ' Independence' day would be successful. There were no explosions of any sort Indicating that the repeated warnings of tha po lice that the ordinances passed a few weeks ago forbidding firearms and fireworks would be rigidly enforced had had their effect A factor for quiet was the three days of freedom from work which permitted thousands to go to the country. Outgoing boats and trains leaving after 5 o'clock last evening were filled to capacity and thousands were unable to sec a re accommoda tions despite extra service. New York's Observances. New York, July 4. New York city's celebration of Independence day. de signed to be safer and saner than ever before, began at 4:30 o'clock with 13. sunrise guns booming from Van Cort landt park, the reading of the De claration of Independence at historic McGownn's pass In Central park an hour later, and the ringing of most of the city's bells for an hour between 8 and . A slight abatement of the heat wave -and fair skies brought out record crowds for the rest of the day's cele bration, which was crowded with pa triotic exercises and sporting events, notwithstanding that the exodus from the city was reported by the railway . and steamship lines as the largest they had ever known. The official observance by Manhat tan borough consisted of a great morn ing gathering at City hall, an unusual and Interesting feature of which was the Invitation extended to Dr. J. Soyeda, representing the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Japan, to Join Mayor Oaynor and other city offi cials in making addresses. The afternoon program was crowd ed with athletic meets and baseball games In practically all of the open spaces In the city and special Illum ination of public buildings, monu ments and parks, on a scale never be fore attempted here, was planned for the evening. Augustans o to Seashore. Augusta, On., July 4. Augusta Is observing the Fourth of July quietly. The day Is a general holiday and hundreds of Augustans have seised upon the opportunity of going to the seashore for the Fourth and spending the week-end also. Augusta's ball team Is playing a morning and afternoon game with a crack team from Columbia. The Augusta Gun club Is having an all-day shoot, at which trap shooters from throughout western South Caro lina and eastern Georgia are In at tendance. There are numerous barbecues In and around the city. The weather promises to be as hot as the previous day. when the thermometer on the top of the government building registered it at 1 p. m. 154 RUSSIAN PEASANTS ARE BURNED TO DEATII By Associated Press. 'St. Petersburg,- July 4. One hun dred and,, '.jr-four peasants were buried tm doeih today In a fire which destroyed the villus of Antrmlnmov. kno In th dlttrlrt of Aliitvnr. .'. ,rl Ing to a ili"piit, h to t..- Vreinya,
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