Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
FIREMAN IS KILLED BRITISH Thank TAFT
ee BeaI Enuine COMPANY Peace Societies Praise Pres-
Driver, Thrown From Horse dents Arbitration Policy
ANIMAL STRUCK BY CAR MINISTER BRINGS MESSAGES
Strikes Meyer Says World Ap
Causing Fracture to Skull precates Treaty Pending.
FORET0LD DEATH IN DREAM sMo0T SPREADS OPTIMISM
Deceased
Asleep on procty Bill Will Have
"a or 55 Votes
Peace Societies Praise Presi-
dents Arbitration Policy.
MINISTER BRINGS MESSAGES
Rev. F. B. Meyer Says World Ap-
preciates Treaty Now Pending.
SMOOT SPREADS OPTIMISM
Senator From Utah Believes Reel
procity Bill Will Have
81 or SIS Votes.

President Taft today received greetings
from important English organizations
thanking him for the part he is taking in
favor of international arbitration. The
resolutions Of these organizations COM
mending the Presidents attitude were
engrossed upon parchment and handed
to President Taft by Rev. F. B. Meyer of
Great Britain. who was accompanied to
the White House by Rev. DR.. +. b. San
ford of New York. secretary of the Fed
eral Council of Churches of Christ in
America.
Rev. Mr.. Meyer came all the way
across the Atlantic to present the reso-
lutions to the President. who was greatly
pleased to receive them. The National
Peace Council of Great Britain and Ire
land, representing twenty-five peace and
arbitration societies, extended to the
President an address of profound thanks
upon the part of the peace organizations
of the British empire for your proposal
of a full treaty of arbitration between
our two countries and of heartfelt con-
graduation upon the universal satisfac-
whole civilized world
Represents 10000 Congregations.
The National Council of Free Churches
of England and Wales, representing
10000 separate congregations, of which
Mr. Meyer is secretary, was most COM
mandatory of the President, it's resolu-
tions saying, among other things: we
beg to express our profound thankful
ness, not only for the most Christian
proposals that you have made in favor
of arbitration between the two coun-
tries, but for the cordial unanimity
with which those proposals have been
welcomed.
Not only have you taken a step in
advance more momentous than any
statesman has previously ventured To
suggest but you have had the hap
piness of witnessing it's approval. both
by the masses of the people and their
leaders. more farspread and enthusi-
astic than anything that has been wit
messed in this generation.
Senator Smoot called on the President
today to ask that ex-Judge NJ. II.
Breeden, now of Los Angeles. be named
a Judge of the federal courts in Panama.
The senator remained to talk with the
President about the reciprocity fight in
the Senate. Mr. Smoot said he is not
inclined to believe that the reciprocity bill
will have sixty votes in the Senate, but
he did believe. he said, that it will have
fifty-four or fifty-five and that the Root
amendment will be defeated.
Many Invitations Received.
Pressure upon the President to make
visits to different parts of the country
continues AS he starts on his western
trip in September, the President will go
by Knoxville Tenn, to visit the Appala-
Mt, be fN09
September a. The people of other cities
in tennessee are now urging him to visit
them Former Representative Massey
called today with Representative Austin
to ask the President to stop at Johnson
City and talk to the old soldiers Nash-
vile and Chattanooga are to be lncluoeu
in the itinerary.
The South Dakota people urged the
President to visit the state fair at Huron
September IL. but owing to his tennessee
engagements he could not accept. 80 To-
day the South Dakota senator's. Gamble
and Crawford, saw the President to urge
him to visit the corn palace at Mitchell.
an exposition opening September 70 AS
this Is about the time OF the visits to
other parts Of the west the President may
accept.
The people of Racine and other towns
sent Representative Cooper to the White
House today to tell the President that he
must not pass them by this fall. They
flooded Mr. Cooper with kilograms urging
him to personally see the President.
The President has sent word to the
United Spanish War Veterans of Okla
homa that he is sorry he will not be able
to join them at their encampment In
August.
The President has accepted the hon
orary vice presidency of the American
Association for the Conservation of
Vision.
President Pleased With Letter.
S. G. Antisdale, a venerable citizen Of
Benton Harbor, Mich, has written the
President this letter, which was much
appreciated:
Il was born in your state. in Geauga
county, March 10. 1880, and voted for
republican principles before there was
a republican party. My frst vote was
cast for John p. Hale, the free soil
candidate; then followed John C. FIRE.
mont. and have voted since for every
candidate the republicans have nomi-
mated.
"And. having voted for such men as
Garfield. Mckinley and yourself. all ma
tiyes of Ohio, my native state, feel
proud of her to think she has furnished
us with such an array of good men And
I want to say right here that | am Tor
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
II hope your twenty-ffth wedding an
niyersary will be filled with many bless
inpe and that your wife will enjoy the
same. and / also hope that the balance of
your term as President will be filled with
success"