Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
PRESIDENT IS TOLD
CELEBRATION PLAN
Anniversary of Peace Between
Eng|ish-Speaking People
to Be Observed.
BRITONS AND CANADIANS
WILL COME HERE in MAY
Another Delegation of Voting
Women to Go to White
House Monday.

day OF the plans Of the Washington COM
mittee for the joint International celebra
tion of a century Of peace between Eng
disappearing peoples. for the entertain
ment of the British and Canadian COM
mission. The foreign commissioners will
be in Washington May IL and IL TO pay
their respects to the President and tt
call upon the British ambassador. The
Washington committee will be their host:
while in the National Capital.
Dr. James Brown Scott. secretary Of the
Carnegie Endowment for Internationa
Peace. chairman of the Washington com
mittee, and H. B. F. Macfarland, former
Commissioner of the District of Columbia,
who is vice chairman of the committee
were at the White House yesterday to OBJ.
tain the Presidents approval of plans
for the entertainment of the visitors.
The centennial and the celebration will
not occur until 1915. A British and Ca
madam commission, which is coming to
the United States to confer over the
plans for the joint celebration, will bt
headed by Lord Weardale, and will in
clude twenty or twenty-five English and
Canadian statesmen, and with them the
burgomaster Of the city Of Ghent.
Will Arrive in May.
They will arrive in the United States
early in May. Their purpose is to dis
cuss with the national committee for the
United States the joint program for the
celebration. This conference will take
place in New York city during the first
week in May. Subsequently the visitors
will come to Washington to pay their re-
spects to the President Of the United
States, and in response to the invitation
of the Washington committee.
Social Events Here.
The Washington trip will be marked
purely by social events. The commission
will arrange all details of the ceIebra-
ton with the national committee repre-
senting the American part in the 0beerv-
ance. The Washington committee has
no share in this or other conference with
the visitors.
The treaty of peace with Great Britain
which brought to a close the war Of 1872
was signed In the city Of Ghent in De-
tons was in Washington In February.
1915. ~ s-sssss1. 49, - < !
The time of the ratification Of the
treaty will mark the centennial observ-
will center the celebration planned here.
The ratification took place in the OctAsori
House. The very table on which the ex-
change was made Is stiii in the Octazon
House. 81 4t.g3
The Washington committee, in response
to the suggestion of the national commit
tee. was named by the District Commis-
si0nerS about q year ago. 1t has been
actively planning for Washington to bear
prominent part in this international oc-
casion.
suffragists to Call Monday.
Voting women from the states in which
the franchise is extended to women
Washington. Colorado, Idaho, California
and Wyoming-represented by a deputa-
tion from the National Council of Woman
Voters. will urge the cause of their dis
franchised sisters in the opportunity pro-
vided by visit to the President Monday.
They will urge his advocacy OF the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
which would prohibit any state from
denying to women the right to vote.
The delegation will be composed OF DR..
Cora Smith King OF TakOma, Wash
Mrs. Anna NJ. Pitzer OF Colorado, Mrs.
Charles Norton, sister of Senator Poin-
dexter Of Washington: Mrs. Dubois. wife
of former Senator Dubois of Idaho; Mrs.
Raker. wife of Representative John r.
Raker of California. and Mrs. Mondell.
wife OF Representative Frank NJ. Mondell
Oh WYOMING. ne SOiuiAittCC "do 0h
nounced yesterday by the president OF
the national council. Mrs. Emma Smith
Devoe of Takorha. Wash.
In accordance with his declared purpose
to remain i'm Washington over the period
of the special session, the President yes
terday refused another invitation to &C
out of town. The Pennsylvania Peace an6
Arbitration Society requested him to at
tend a dinner to be given in Philadelphia
Nav 10. the day before Hague day." iE
celebration of the first Hague conference
The committee consisted of Thomas
Rayburn White, Charles Richardson
Prof. w. /. Hull, Prof. s. r. Yarnell and
II. c. Niles. They extended a similar
invitation to Secretary of State Bryan.
Ex-Secretary Fisher Calls.
Former Secretary Of the Interior Fisher
whose wife attended the democratic
breakfast to Mrs. Wilson and the othel
women of the administration yesterday
was stirred by this fact to a remembrance
of his duty to call and pay his respects
to the democratic President. Mr. Fisher
accordingly appeared at The executive
offices at noon and was received o!
President Wilson. They shook hands
cordially Mr. Fisher did not linger.
Mr. Fisher will remain q resident o.
Washington, at least temporarily HIS
family is to be domiciled here While hls
children are at school. Many business
matters will detain him here.
REVIEW OF THAW CASE.