Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-15
P PHlLANTHRoPlsT TRANsFER,
BONDS TO TRUSTEES. THE REV
ENUE or. WHICH WILL BE USE,
TO HASTEN END OF WARS.
THE FOUNDATION
IS TO- BE PERPETUAL
WHEN WORLD PEACE is So
CURED THE NEXT "mosT De
GRADING EVIL OF EVILS" WILL
BE ATTACKED.

/ washington, -. u, Dec. 14.-AnQr0W
Carnegie today transferred to the
! board of trustees, ten million dollars
in so first mortgage bonds. present
value $11,500,0O0, the revenue OF which
will be used to hasten the abolition oi
international war" and establish
lasting world peace The trustees or
ganized by choosing as President
Senator Root, permanent represents
tive of the United States at The Hague
i tribunal. President Taft has con
sented to. be the honorary president oi
the foundation. The method BY
which the income Of half a million dol
lars will be expended was left entirely
/ in the hands Of the trustees.
The foundation is to be perpetual.
and when the establishment Of uni
versal peace Is attained the donor pro.
Esthe banishment OF the hexS NM E de-
grading evil Of evils. Z the suppression
4 Of which would most advance the
progress, elevation and Happiness Of
men, The trustees are:
Senator Elihu Root
President Butler OF Columbia uni.
versity.
President Pritchett Of Carnegie
foundation for the advancement OF
teaching.
Joseph H. choate, ex-ambassador to
Great Britain,
Albert X Smiley. Lake Mohonk edu-
Gator and humanitarian.
| DR.. Eliot, president emeritus OF
Harvard university.
James Brown Scott, solicitor OF the
state department.
John W. Foster, ex-secretary Of
state
Andrew ]. Montague, ex-governor of
Virginia.
VIM. Howard, congressman Lexing-
ton, Ga.
Judge Thomas Burke Of Seattle.
William James l.. Slayden, congress-
man, San Antonio, Texas.
Andrew d. White, ex-ambassador to
Germany.
Robert s. Brookings. lawyer. St
Louis
Samuel Mather, steel manufacturer
Cleveland.
J. G. schmidlapp, railroad man, Gin.
cinnati.
Arthur William Foster, regent Uni.
versity Of California, San Francisco.
r. A. Franks, banker, Hoboken, M.
Charlemagne Tower, ex-ambassador
to German and Russia.
Oscar Strans, ambassador to Turkey.
Austen G. Fox, lawyer, New York.
John L. Cadwalader, lawyer, New
York.
John Sharp Williams, senatorelect
from Mississippi.
C. L. Taylor, Pittsburg, chairman
Carnegie hero fund commission.
George e. Perkins, New York
fnancier and philanthropist
Mr. Carnegie last night gave din
ner to the trustees Of the Carnegie In
stitntion Of Washington and invited
guests to the number of sixty. No
speeches We're made.
The institution was founded In 1902
with gift OF $40, 100000 from Mr.sCa
negie. This was Increased by the
donor to s12,00O000 In 1907
Robert s. Woodward. Washington,
and Cleveland H. Dodge, New York,
president and secretary respectively OF
the Carnegie institution of washing
ton.
The trustees Of the Carnegie fund
elected Jacob Brown Scott, solicitor Of
the state department as secretary.
Trustees Laud Carnegie.
A resolution adopted by the trustees
expresses the highest appreciation for
this munificent gift for the benefit OF
mankind 'and declares that the "trus-
tees are moved by deep sense OF the
sincere and noble spirit OF humanity
which inspires the donor of the fund.
They feel that all thoughtful men and
women should be grateful to him and
should be glad to aid, so far as lies
within their power toward the ACTON
plishment OF the much to be desired
end upon which he has fixed his hope
and to which he wishes to contribute"
Bootieegers Arrested.
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