The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-14
NATIONAL PEACE CONGRESS
HAS FIRST SESSION TODAY
Ardmoreite Special.

Gus committees FOR the opening to-
ton and peace congress ever held in
the new world The first session
will be held Sunday evening in Car
negie hall and will consist mainly Of
musical service. conducted by Frank
Damrosch, in which all the leading
concert organizations OF the city Will
take part. Brief speeches will be
made by Bishop Potter, Archbishop
Farley. Bishop Vincent and Ribbi
Hirsch. Peace services will also be
held in nearly all the churches Of
Greater New York.
The formal opening OF the congress
will take place Monday afternoon,
when addresses will be made by Sec
retary Elihu Root and Governor
Hughes of New York. Andrew Carne-
gle will preside at the Monday evening
session and the speakers will include
Ambassador Bryce. w. 7. S cad, edi-
tor of the London Review of Reviews;
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant,
head of the French section OF
the information Peace conference,
and Baron Descamps, Belgian minister
of state and member OF The Hague
arbitration court.
The relation Of women to the peace
movement will be considered at the
session Tuesday morning. Addresses
will be made by Miss Jane Adams,
head of Hull house, Chicago; Mrs.
Lucia Ames Head of Boston; Mrs.
Ellen NJ. Honrotin or Chicago, former
president of thhe National Fedora
tion of Women's cluos; Mrs Freder-
ick Nathan of New York, and others.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe of Boston ana
Mrs. May Wright Sewall Of Indiana
will be guests of honor at the meet
ing. which will be presided over by
Mrs. Anna Garlin Spencer.
The school children Of New York
will be given an inning Tuesday aft
ernoon, when session for their bene-
fit will be presided over by William
H. Maxwell. superintendent of the
New York schools. meeting for co..
lege students will be held Tuesday
night, the speakers including Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson of Princeton.
President Elliot of Harvard, President
Alderman ,of Virginia, President
James of Illinois and others. The
meeting is confidently expected to be
the greatest gathering of university
and college presidents ever held in
this country. Nearly every In stitu-
ton of higher learning in the United
States will be represented. The glee
clubs of Yale and Columbia will sing
at the session. On the same evening
a wage workers meeting will be held
the speakers including President Sam
uel Gompers Of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor and President John
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
of America.
The principal session Of the con
gres will sbe held "Wednesday after
noon, the speakers on the program in
cluding William Jennings Bryan, JUS
tice Brewer, Senator's Lodge and Ba-
con and Representatives Bartholdt,
Williams and Burton. At this meet
ing the great objects of the confer
ence will be taken up and fully dis
t.. hn ai1ap-
ed include the establishment of gen
eral arbitration treaties between all
nations; the Inauguration of a con
gress of the powers, at first only au-
visory in its character; but gradually
increasing in scope ana powers and
evolving a code OF International law;
the founding OF small international
police force, to cope with the posi-
bility of civil war, and gradual par
tial disarmament, following the plan
used so successfully by Chile and Ar
gentina, old time enemies, 1t is likely
that these recommendation will be
made by the American delegates to
the second Hague conference in June
The congress will come to close
Wednesday night with a banquet al
which President Roosevelt Will de
liver the principal address. Other
speakers include Earl Gray, governu'
general of Canada; Senator Baron d
Estournelles de Constant of France;
Sir Robert Cranston. lord provost o'
Edinburgh; President Samuel Comp
ors and Editor Stead.
Among the distinguished foreign
ers who will be guests of honor dur
ing the congress are William r. Gre
mer, NJ. p, founder of the lnter-Par
liamentary union In Great Britain
Lord Wearvale, present president o
the union; DR.. +. S. Roberts O
Cambridge university; Dr. John Rhy