The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-18
TH[ PEACE CONFERENCE
Delegates Had Strenuous Time Attending Five Meetings Sched-
 uled for Tuesday.
WOMEN TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN WORK
Several Addresses Delivered by Rep resentative Women of the Coun- try--secretsry Straus Spoke on Commercial Aspects of Peace Movement.

New York, April 1.-The advo- cates of peace who have come here from all sections of the United States and from many foreign coun- tries to participate in the national peace conference Tuesday found hard and long programme before them. Five different meetings which filled in practically every hour from early forenoon until near midnight had been arranged The first of these was the forenoon meeting at Carnegie hall, where the topic was The relation of women to the peace movement Among the speakers at this meeting were Mrs. Mary E- .N,onlley. president of Mount Holyoke Educational aspects 6f tiss psxsssSs' propaganda" Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotin of Chicago, former president Of the general federation of women's clubs Mrs. Frederick Nathan, president of tue New York Consumers league and Miss Jane Addams of Hull House, Chicago letter from Mrs, Julia Ward Howe. who was unable to at tend the meeting, was read.
 In the afternoon were two meetings one at the Hotel Astor. when com mercial aspects of the peace move ment were discussed. and young, peoples meeting at Carnegie Hall. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus was the speaker at the Hotel Astor meeting, and addresses also were delivered by Baron D'Estour- nelles de Constant, head of the inter national conciliation committee. Ma hum !. Bachelder. former governor of New Hampshire: James Van Cleave, president of the National As sociation of manufacturers, and oth- CTS. William T. Stead, the London editor. Baron D'Estournelles, Dr. Ma bon C. Schaeffer, Pennsylvania super intendent of public instruction, and Henry Bailey Turner of the Massa- chusetts board of education. were among the speakers at the young peoples meeting.
 The two sessions Tuesday evening were the University meeting at Car negie Hall, and a meeting at Cooper Union to discuss the question of or ganized labor in relation to the peace movement Representative educators and labor men addressed the respec- tive meetings Among the speakers at the University meeting were Dr. John Rhys, head of Jesus college and province chancellor of the Univer- sity of Oxford. England, who took i for his subject "The relation of the university to international good will; President Charles w. Elliot. of liar ward university: the Rev. E. s. Rob erts. master of Gonville and Caisus college and vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge, England. and Edwin D. Mead. director of Old South Historical work, Boston.
 James Duncan of Massachusetts, l first vice president of the American Federation of Labor. presided at the labor meeting. Among the speakers were the leaders of several national and international unions. including James O'Connell of Washington, in ternational president of the Interna- tional Association of Machinists; Don his A. Hayes. of Philadelphia, presi- dent of the Glass Bottle Blowers as sociation of the United States and Canada; and Daniel J. O'Keefe, presi- dent of the International Longshore- mems Marine and Transport Work a,st aeSocfatfon 0f Detroit