Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-15
j. S. MILITARY
TOURNAMENT
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President Invited to Attend and
Desires to But Could Make
No Promise.
No MILITIA TO TAKE PART
lie is Still Seeking vi information Pos
siblc About Hunting IN
Africa.

oyster ay, Aug, i4.--An invitation to
President Roosevelt to visit the United
States military tournament at st Jo-
Dph, Mo-. Sept. q to 20 was given
today by John Donovan. on behalf OF
the military tournament association Of
st. Joseph, and on behalf of the people
OF the city Of St Joseph Mr. Dono-
van is president of the association.
The president expressed q desire to
attend. but said he could make mo
promise because he probably would be
unable TO make The trip on account Of
other business
With Or. Andrew j. Barchfcld OF
Pittsburg, member of the house of rep
eeSentatives from the Thirty-scCond
Pennsylvania district. the president
spent some time in discussing condi-
tons in Central America and Panama
and the coming meeting In Berlin of
the International Inter- Parliamentary
union. at which DR.. BarChfeld will be
q delegate
Prior to the arrival of his guests, the
president played tennis In the after
noon the president remained quietly at
home reading. He is still seeking all
Information obtainable on African
huting
The tournament of St Joseph is to
be exclusively one of United states
troops and no mllitiamen will take
part The soldiers will come from the
department of the Missouri and viii
represent every branch of the service,
even the balloon corps The aeronau-
tic exhibit. 1t Is eXpecteJ win be
one of the most interesting features of
the show.
The association has provided $1,000 in
cash to be distributed in prizes for the
f.ot &c ID 1,,sf I,n cold
The money will be apportioned as
prizes by n board of United States
army officers appointed for that pur-
pose.
President Roosevelt became very en-
thusiastic about the plans and assured
his visitors that there was no ques-
lion of the value of the show To the
army and he believed In encouraging
athletics among the soldiers.
DR.. Barchfeld talked with the presi-
dent principally on his trip of FIVE
weeks through Central America and
banana. He returned last Tuesday
He attended sessions of the Central
American court of arbitration. which
was the outgrowth OF the Central
American peace conference held in
Washington last wiRter, The court was
In session at Carriage, Costa Rica, when
he made his visit He said that the
people of Costa Rica were fearful that
the disturbed republics whose territory
adjoining their country would not abide
by the decisions made by the court
and would blame Costa Rica VI the
court rendered decisions adverse to the
adjoining countries. The Costa RiCans
feared, he said, that they might thus
be involved in war with their neigh
hors DIR. Barchfeld explained to them
that Costa RIGA had nothing TO fear,
because the United States and Mexico
which are bound by treaty to maintain
peace in Central America, would pros
tect that republic.
Regarding Panama DIR Barchfeld
told the president that work on the
Panama canal was progressing salts
factorily. He said that the work under
the present administration had been so
thoroughly systematized that 1t IS now
only a matter of mathematics.
The recent elections In Panama, said
Or. Barchfeld. was "A triumph for clean
and decent politics. Senior Obaldia the
newly elected president. WAS the choice
of 30 per cent Of the voters, he siad Ii
is Senior Obaldia' g intention to make n
tour of the entire republic before ne
takes Office. the congressman learned,
This will take a month and he win
visit every one OF the seven states of
Che republic. His object is 10 obtain
m idea of the wants of the people of
The various states so that when he as
tuineS oiHce ne can meet thelr WISHES.
The coming meeting OF the Inter-
national Inter- Parliamentary union at
Berlin, which was also discussed by the
doctor and the president, viii take
place Sept. rs, 10 and 20. DR.. Barchfeld,
Who is one of the 25 delegates named by
The house Of representatives to attend
he meeting will leave this country
IN Sept, I. He said that this year all
he Latin American republics Of South.
and Central America would for the first
.tme he represented at the conference.