The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-18
NORTHUMBERLAND
POPULAR SUBJECT
ARBITRATION CONGRESS HOLDS
SESSIONS IN NEW YORK.
HEAR FROM COLLEGE MEN
Labor Leaders and Mothers, Wives
and Daughters Voice Their Pro-
test Against Wars-Many
Prominent Speakers.

New York, April 17.-That intelli-
gence, knowledge, culture are the
things which the universities can con.
tribute to the cause of universal
peace, was the consensus of opinion
of the college presidents who spoke
Tuesday night at Carnegie hall at
the university meeting of the peace
congress. A half dozen college presi-
dents, including representatives of the
universities of Oxford and Cambridge,
spoke to college presidents in the in
terest of the movement, and showed
them what they could and should do
to advance the cause of universal
peace an dthe emancipation of Chris
tendon from the curse of war.
Vice Chancellor Roberts of Cam
bridge university and Pro-Vice Chan
cellor Rhys of Oxford were the two
foreign educators who spoke. Presi-
dent John Finley of the City college
of New York was an American
representative in place of President
Eliot of Harvard and President James
of the University of Illinois, who were
unable to be present. DR.. Felix Adler
of Columbia also spoke, and President
Butler of the same university presid-
ed. The great hall was packed al
most to suffocation, and a tinge Of
college spirit was given to the pro-
ceedings by the presence of the Glee
clubs of Columbia and Yale, which
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songs.
While the Carnegie hall meeting
was in progress, another largely at
tended peace meeting was being held
in Cooper union. This gathering was
representative of organized labor
James Duncan, first vice president Of
the American Federation of Labor,
who was to have presided, was unable
to be present, and Joseph H. Buchan-
on introduced the speakers, who in
cluded Terence v. Powderly. The
meeting, which had for its general
topic, Organized Labor in Relation
to the Peace Movement" was an en-
thusiastic one.
Women Talk for Peace.
New York, April 1.-THE protest
of mothers, wives and daughters
against continuance of wars among
civilized peoples was uttered Tuesday
at the fourth session of the First Ma
tional Arbitration and Peace congress
in Carnegie hall, presided over by
Mrs. Anna Garlin Spencer, of Provi-
dence, r. l. The big hall was crowd
ed with women gathered from many
sections of the country and all wear
ing the white badge of delegates. Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe and Mrs. May
Wright Sewall were to have been the
guests of honor, but the former could
not be present. A letter from Mrs.
Howe was received and read.
Harm in War Display.
Y .iss Jane Adams, head of the Hull
7 use, Chicago, received a hearty well
come when she was introduced by
Mrs. Spencer. Speaking extempora-
neously, she took for her subject New
Ideals of Peace" and dwelt at length
upon the part that women may play
in bringing about a Christian unity
among nations of the globe. Mrs.
Lucia Ames Mead, of Boston, Mass,
spoke on The History Of the Peace
Movement" Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotin,
former president of the General Fed
Grafton Of Women's clubs, Chicago,
discussed "The Home and the Eco
omic Waste of War" Mrs. Frederick
lthan, president of the Consumers
Il que of New York city, took for a
10. c Industry and Its Relations to
Peace"
Todays Proceedings.
The conference today adopted a res.
olutiOa advocating various phases OF
the peace propaganda. A number OF
women spoke. reparations were
made for final wind.up tomgnt This
afternoon was devote, to discussions
of the legislative and judicial aspect
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