The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-04-25
FOURTH AMERICAN PEACE CON
GRESS

Special to the Ocala Banner:
st. Louis, Mo, April 1S,-The Flor
ida Federation of Women's Clubs will
be represented at the Fourth Ameri-
can Peace Congress, in st. Louis, May
1, and 8, by Mesdames Charles Cay
of Tallahassee, W. B. Young of Jack
sonville, E. N. Dimick of Palm Beach,
w. B. Powell of Tampa, A P. Monta-
que of Lake City and Chas. Westcott
of Orlando.
Mrs. William Hooker, president of
the Florida Federation of Womens
Clubs, in a letter to James z. Smith,
chairman of the executive committee
for the peace congress, announcing
the federation's delegates, explains
that she cannot possibly attend the
congress, but has appointed in her
stead Mrs. Cay. Immediately upon re-
oeipt OF Mrs. Hocker's letter. Mr.
Smith had her appointments APPROX
ed, and added the names to the Off
cial register Of delegates.
The important part that women will
take in the peace congress is indicat-
I'd by the fact that two important
committees for the congress consist
entirely of women. These are the
committee on women's organizations,
Of which Mrs. Phillip n Moore of ST.
Louis, former president of the Gener-
al Federation of WOmen's Clubs, is
chairman and the reception commit
tee Of women, the chairman of which
is Mrs. w. E. Fischel of St. Louis.
who participated actively in the re-
cent suffragist pageant at Washing
ton, D. c.
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie will accom-
pany her husband to the peace CON
gress, where he will deliver an adj
lress. This news has come in a per-
sonal letter from Mrs. Carnegie to
lIr. Smith.
4 have not visited St Louis since
we handed over the bridge We built
for her, long years ago, the greatest
work we had ever undertaken" writes
Mr.. Carnegie. what changes since
hen, So marches forward our unri-
vailed republic!"
The bridge that Mr.. Carnegie built
was the Eads bridge, spanning the
Mississippi river, completed in 1874.
For hurrying the completion Of the
bridge Mr. Carnegie received a bonus
Of $4,000 which must have seemed
to him a good deal in those days be-
fore he became sufficiently wealthy
to give away libraries, and which may
have been a very important link in
the chain Of success leading to hun
dreds Of millions.
Mr.. Carnegie, who donated 11,000,-
600 to establish an endowment fund
for international peace, and who IS
vice president of the Fourth Ameri-
can Peace Congress, will be afforded
by his ST Louis trip his first oppor-
tunity to see the magnificent st. Lou
is public library buildings towards
which he contributed $1,000,000 Ar
raDgements for receptions to Mr.. and
Mrs. Carnegie at the Central public
library building and elsewhere are
now being made.
Governor Park Trammell of Flor
ida was among the first chief execu-
tives to appoint delegates to the peace
congress. The official state delega-
ton from Florida consists Of Honora-
bles F. NJ. Simonton Of Tampa, Joseph
Sears Of Kissimmee, Bobo Dean of
Miami II. A. b. Mckenzie of Palatka,
J. l.. Young of Plant City and ]. D.
Robertson of Ocala.
The honorary president of the
peace congress, President Woodrow
Wilson, is expected to head the Off
cial Washington delegations, which
viii Include many United States SEN
ators and congressman, and diplo-
mats of at least eighteen Latin-Amer-
lean countries.