The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-03
Distin g.uished People
Arrive to Attend Peace
Conference.
TO FIX PROGRAM
FOR NEXT YEAR
Two Hundred Delegates Arc Ex-
pected to Take Part in Prclim-
mary Meeting, Which Begins
This Morning-Stew-
art Explains Flu
ture Plans.

Forty delegates to tho national con-
ference TO arrange for the celebration
next year OF the centennial OF the
Treaty of Ghent. which opens in the
Jefferson Hotel this morning, arrived
in the city vest erday. They compose
til. vanguard Of 200 dis.inEvished peo-
pie representing tho 1000 members Of
tfe American Committee for the Cele-
bration Of the One Hundrcdth Annivcr-
sary Of Pence Among English Speaking
Peoples. who will al the auditorium
Of the Jefferson Hotel when Governor
MAIN opens the conference AT 10
o'clock
che conference here is the result OF
the international gathering in New
York last May when representatives.
of England i'elciurn. Australia. Can
ada and the United states decided TO
commemorate the signing OF tho
Treaty Of Client, which closed the War
OF lSl2. with an almost world d-widc cell
ebration. Delegates from Canada from
state committees anu city COMMITTEES.
VAL moc' here with the national COM
inittce TO decide upon the form ana
scope OF thai celebration.
Oscar =. Strrus Arrives.
oscar :. S,raus, member OF the
Roosevelt Cabinet former American
am bassador 10 TurEc% and Progressive.
nominee for Governor of New York i'm
4-s
sam" train brought Charles Page
Bryan, former American ambassador to
Japan ana minister TO PORTUGAL: DR.
Henry :. Drinkcr president OF Lehigh
University; Henry 9. Morris. of Chi
caSo i0rmer ~ rd States consul at
Gh"n'' and former Governor Frank $
StTecter, OF New Hampshire. Thomas
J. iiayard, ono of the few living de-
sCcudants OF a signer or the Treaty OF
Ghcnt, is already here
General j. Warren Keifer. of Spring
held. O. former speaker OF Tie
House OF Representatives, came carly in
the DAY Justice William L. Carpen-
ter. of Detroit; Wardncr Williams, the
Denver delegate; Professor r. NJ Fling
OF Nebraska. and Reuben =. Hale Of
san Francisco. arrived just after the
Niagara Falls delegation. consisting of
Peter \. Porter Edward 7, Williams
and Mayor William Laughln.
As they arrived the delegates were
shown 10 the conference office room
40 lli, whore they met John \. Stew
art. the chairman Of tn. executive, COM
'iittee, and Andrew Is. Humphrey, Soc
rotary OF tho executive committee.
Program Is Crowded.
Elaborate plans FOR III. entertain
'n~nt Of tho visitors have been ar
ranged. The nrst session OF the con-
ference. which all the members OF th.
Richmond committee are urged To at
tend viii bc called To order in ,ne
Jefferson Hotel Auditorium At 10
clock this morning. After tho intro
ductory formalitics tn. Organization
VIII be effected. AZ 2:lj O'clock thi.
afternoon the various committees will
meet 10 prepare their recommendations
To night at o'clock Dr. James l..
Tryon. Of Boston, and T. Kcnnard
Thomson. of New York, will dclive,
illustrated lectures To the general pub
lie.
Following a business session to-
morrow morning the delegates Will be-
come the guests of The Richmond re
ccpuon committee in Ike afternoon
According 10 the plans announced ny
Secretary X. A. Dunlop OF the Cham
Der OF Commerce. automobiles Will be
ready at the Jefferson Hotel shortly
after luncheon 10 convey the visitors
TO the old home OF Chief Justice Mar
shall and 10 an inspection of the john
Marshall High school DR. j. A. Z.
Chandler VIII preside at the short eX-
crcises In the hieh school, when Dr.
:. {. Mitchell will make a brief ad-
dress on Marshalrs life. and the high
school children viii sing patriotic
songs. The visitors will then be car
ricd around the city on a sight -seein.;
tour. They "ill return TO the .Tef-
icrson III time TO prepare for the ban
quct al $50 o'clock.
Although President Wilson is unable
10 leave Washington. the committee
has secured some celebrated person
ages 10 speak at the banquet. Sir Ce-
ell Spring Rice. British ambassador.
viii respond TO The toast, THE King of
England" Others who viii respond to
toasts arc: Major Charles f. llamil-
ton, The People OF the Dominion OF
Canada'. Dr lanes Brown Scott The
President of the People Of France: Dr.
George +. kumZ, Tho Emperor Of Ger
many: Dr. Albert shaw, "rhe Presi-
dent of the United states"
other speakers will be: CONGRESSMAN
Henry ID. Flood. chairman of the for
cisn affairs committee Of the House:
Oscar 5. Straus, Charles Page Bryan,
Congressman Charles Il. Smith. Of New
York. and President Henry Sturgis
prinkcr of Iehigh Univctsity
For the entertainment of the women
who attend the conference the com
mite" presided over by Mrs William
Hodges Mann. as honorary chairman
and Mrs. j. Taylor Ellysoi, az chair
man, has arranged a trip by automo-
afternoon. This will he followed by
tea at the Executive Mansion at
o'clock.
Tells Canadian Plans.
IL. II. Scammcll. T.. G. J. s. organizing
secretary of tho Canadian Peace So
tittH' WHO mas tTIlNtu 10 attend the
conference. gave glowing account of
the reception, given the plan In the
Dominion
The movecmnt is taking hold splen-
didly" said he. I'm all. there will he
about sixty centres Of celebration, cx-
tending from the Atlantic To the Pa
ellie. | have Just returned from "A visit
To Manitoba, SaSkatchcWan Alberta
and British Columbia. and have been
impressed with th- friendly sentiments
cvinccd in those Provinces, as well as
In Eastern Canada. You may be quite