The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-10

I and special parties by rail escorted Governor Tener of Pennsylvania, Gov ernor Dunne of Illinois and Governor
 RaIston of Indiana.
 At o'clock this morning, the
 guests of honor and others in attend
 ance by special invitation, embarked
 for Put-in-Bay on board special boats
 chartered by the Commission and the
 naval ships escorting the Niagara ''
 Among these were the Essex and
 "Dorothea" of Ohio, the '-Austrie' of
 Michigan, the 'tWoIverine' of Pennsyi-
 vania, the Hawk of New York, the
 United States Cutter %fMorrel' accom-
 panied by swarm of power boats,
 sailing yachts and craft of all descrip-
 tions.
 At 11:45 o'clock at Put-in-Bay, just
 one hundred years from the moment
 when history records the opening gun was fired in the Battle of Lake Erie, the public exercises, near the site of the Perry Memorial, began A vast audience had assembled. President General George H. Worthington, of the Interstate Board, called the
 meeting to order, and introduced Governor James M. Cox as master of ceremonies.
 Rev. GaIbraith Perry of Cambridge, N. Y-, a descendant of the hero of the battle of Lake Erie, delivered the invocation, at the close of which Gov ernor Cox introduced MT. Taft as the orator of the day. Dr. Macdonald spoke for the British Canadian inter ests- The program called for other addresses by Lieutenant-General R. B. Burchard of Rhode Island, and the Rev. A. J. Carey of Chicago, the lat ter representing the co1ored race in tribute to the participation of coIored sailors in the battle one hundred years ago.
 Following these exercises, the off cial party re-embarked for Cedar Point, for the banquet, which was ex- pected to be attended by 1000 guests and 500 spectators.
 Congressman Milton w. Shreve, of the Pennsylvania Commission, will de- of the Interstate Board, and Rev. Charles H. Herr, of Toledo, will de- liver the invocation, whereupon John H. Clarke, President of the Ohio Com is to be introduced as toast master. The following were on the program for responses:
 Governor James M. Cox, Ohio, 'Ohio and the Perry Centennial" John K- Tener, Pennsylvaniay ''The Keystone of Patriotism;" Governor James B. McCreary, Kentucky, ken lucky in the War of 1812;" Governor F. Dunne, Illinois. American Progress made Possible by the Bat . Rhode Island, Commodore l Perry, the Commander and the Man; Governor Woodbridge N. Ferris, Mich | gan, Lewis Cass, Michigan's Hero in he War of 1812"; Governor William | Sulzer, New York, '"The War of 1912 -he Precursor of a Century of Peace; Governor Samuel M. Ra1ston, Indiana. l Arbitration or War; Mrs. William Gerry Slade, President National So- ,iety of United States Daughters of he War of 1872, Our Society and it's Lieut.. General Nelson A. Miles, U. s. A., Retired, Our Federal Government Forgets Not Her Heroes; Doctor John A. Mcdonald, Canada Ind the United States; William H. | True Success |
 Gov. James M. Cox, of Ohio, in his Lddress said in part:
 @One hundred years ago, today, from his. very hour, within sight of the isl md on which we assemble, the naval he bitter clash of war. Today repre- entatives of the same great powers ongregate in peace. A century ago was a conflict of passions, today, he fraternity of brothers. The flags f both fleets were then enveloped in he fire of powder and the crash of annister, today, 7sated by the blood of 1any battles and terrified by the val r of new generations, they stand to- ether majestic symbols of a commen- ary.
 tIt seems almost divine arrange nent that here, within sight of the stands of Canada, there should be f peace, a light to shine throughout he everlasting nights of time as a ,eacon guide to the crafts of nations md the conscience of the ages.'