The Omaha Daily Bee .. I The Bee aim to print a papr Vaviuhat appeals to intelligence; WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Thunderstorms. For Iowa Thunderstorms, rnr weather report ee page nn nrsf irt nn ArmatitA far nrnrulnl and Bcnsations. VOL. XXXIX NO. 18. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1909-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPV, ONE CENT. r ft V ) ) DUTY OF SCHOOL TO CITIZENSHIP Dr. Nicholas M. Butler Telli Educa tor! They Assume Greater Responsibility. MUCH SOCIAL UNREST ABROAD Colorado Man Sayi Ner' More Effective Tht Noli Are V e. FILL THEIR MISSI01 ''. TER One Educator Talks on & Wof Eliminating Degenera URGES SCIENTinC ME. Would Hair Expert Tfteaorta en the Canses of Delinquency or Buk w.rltrw la Pa pile College of Aria la Criticised. DENVER, Colo.. July S.-Nlcholas Mur ray Butler, president of Columbia univer sity, vti the principal speaker at the general session of the National Educa tlonolal association thla afternoon. In his address, the subject of which was "The Call to Cltlsenahip," President But ler said tha educational Instrumentalities of tha country schools, collea.es and uni versities alike have before them here a task which take precedence of all ques tions of aohool organisation and manage ment, of programs of atudy and curricu lum, of teachers' salaries and tenure of office, of general veraus vocational' train ing, of secondary and ancilllary questions of every sort the task, namely, of pre paring Intelligent American cltlsens to take up each his own ahare of the na tion's responsibilities. 'The unrest which is abroad In the world, and which Is found alike In Eu rope and in America, in the unchanging east, as well as In tha restless and rap-Idly-moving west, is in no small part due to the lack of underatandlng of what la going on In tha world and what has gone on hitherto," , said the speaker. "The world has been for mora than a hundred years uider tha spell of abatract prlncl pies, admirable In themselves, and yet the world In large ma.su re lacks tha ability or the capacity so to organise Itself and Its business that those principles shall find just and equable expression. Every- wheer old beliefs, old traditions and old customs are giving way before the cor roding tooth of time, and, as the time- honored creeds, political, aoclal and re ligious, lose their hold, others equally rontrolllng and Imperative do not coma forward to take , their place. Immense faases of men are left, therefore, with al most boundless opportunities for good or evil, but without guiding principles witn which to work. Thla leads to Intellectual, y political and moral restlessness. - C. eiaavfreers. ' "Tnere are many "who- feel that the rlS' ""Trt g generation of Americans la growing up without any proper knowledge of the fundamental principles of American In stitutions and American government Be cause of this lack of knowledge well meaning men lend ear quite too readily to demagogs who propose to them all sorts of schemes without any relation, save one of antagonism, to establish po lltlcal principles. From listening to dem agoga it Is but a short and easy atep to a state of mind In which envy, greed and hate are elevated to the lofty place which should be occupied by respect and confi denca, as well as by political Insight, po litical knowledge and political experience. The Americans of aA earlier day got their training in tha fundamental principles of citlsenshlp from tha stern facts which faced them. Today, however, one hears much leas of these fundamental princi ple ' There are those among ua, some of them in places of responsibility and great Influence, who call them outworn, an , liquated obstacles to popular government gjid who would substitute tha passing desire of today for the carefully wrought dealgn of all time. Tha courts are at tacked as usurpers of an authority which the people themselves have given them for the people's own protection. Tha carefully built guards which hava been put about Individual rights and libertlea are denounced aa fortresses of privilege by those who seek privileges for them' selves at tha expense of the rights of others. City Baal for Children. "The city does mora to cripple the child mentally, physically and morally, than aa Other agenoy,' deolared Prof. O. W. A. Luc key of the University of Nebraska to day before the physical education depart ment of the association. On tha ques tlon of whether hygiene should become 0. part of school work. Prof. Luckey declared that such teaching will be the only relief for children crippled In mind and body. He aaaerted that the ratio of persons living In cities Is so great as to leave no argument against the charge that tha cities and city life are responsible for lowered physical standards among school children and ha believed It the coming duty of the schools to provide a meana of ea cape from tha threatened acourga of weak' ned people. W. E. Garrison, president Of the New Mexico College of Agriculture, also spoke on this subject It was announced last night that E. E Brown, United States commissioner of ad' ucatlon, had withdrawn his name from consideration by tha nominating commit tee tor the office 6f president Thla de cision resulted because opposition to him bad developed In certain quarters. Race Try) la Seaoole. , . "The school life of white children Is less adapted to fit them to meet the conditions of the white man's worll than is the best type of aohool life enjoyed by the so-called 'child race', because sen iuJs tor white children aim mainly to develop scholars while schools for colored rhllditn, aim to develop- useful manhotd and t manhood through essential training for the white ' man's world." This was Ih declaration of Charles Bartlett Dyke, head master In the State Preparatory school, . Boulder. Colo In his addresa at tha convention of the National Education association today. Mr. Dyke aald that today Americana are attempting to educate every race under the sun. with extremely limited knowledge of race dlffwnie and rate possibilities. "One school of theorists ', aaid ha, "de mands Identical education for all. In con formity with that equality postulated by the Declaration of Independence. Another ft school pl best la th School pleads for tha development of the the Indian, the Negro, the Filipino, f j IPS n.wt: j J I Into a pooi J j "Such a i alien. Instead of bla ooinmarslaa poor white man. sociological labratory aa Hawaii, tCyuouiued a Seeood Pag-) Burkett and Brown at the Census Office Nebraska Senators Look Up Matter of Appointments of Supervisors and Clerks. From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, July (8pecial Tele gram. Senators Burkett and Brown took advantage of the adjournment of the sen ate today by going on a scouting expedi tion to tha census office, with a view of ascertaining whether ' the appointment of supervisors of the census will be made aa recess appointments, or be sent to the sen ate previous to Its adjournment A great deal of talk has been heard of the reor ganisation of the oensus office force, which might have the effect of either reducing tor letting out a number of clerks credited to Nebraska and It was for tha purpose of fixing the status of Nebraska's appointees that thla visit of senatora was made today upon the new director of the census, E. Dana Durand. Fred H. Abbott, of Aurora, the now assistant commissioner of Indian affairs, who waa confirmed almost as soon as his nomination went to the senate Sat urday, is expected to arrive in Washington within a few days. Senator Brown having wired Mr. Abbott to report as soon as pos sible. Senator Burkett, who has labored for the exemption of fraternal and labor organisa tions from the corporation tax amendment to the tariff bill, has been asked by the building and loan organisations of Omaha to have this class of corporations also exempted. Today the finance committee of the senate) agreed to the Burkett amend ment which exempts fraternal societies. labor organisations and building and loan associations from the operation of the cor poration tax. The Postoffice department has ordered relnspeotlon of rural route No. S, out of Morrill, Scott's Bluff county, which was originally reported against because of the condition of the roads. On the recommendation of Congressman Smith, Dr. E. L. Bower has been appointed pension examining surgeon at Guthrie, la., vice Dr. Alfred Newton, deceased. Dr. Jesse L. Freshour Is appointed regular and Earl Newton substitute rural carrier on route No. I at Brooks, la. Missouri Floods Do Much Damage elaasaassaBnau) Crops Are Ruined, Bridges Destroyed and Men Drowned-One Cloudburst. St JOSEPH, Mo.. July .-The heavy rains of last night and today caused much damage In northwest Missouri. Maryvllle was without train service today. Tha flood losses of Nodaway county are estimated v w,vw, niuvu luuiuuea e,o,uug in DllOawS troyed. The wheat crop will be a total loss In Nodaway county on account of the Inability of farmers to get Into tha fields. A bumper crop had been promised. Tha bodies of Charles Daniels and John Brewer, each 20 years old, who were drowned in White creek, near Maryvllle last night with their team, were recovered today. Owing to a cloudburst in Big Creek valley, near Pattonsburg, Mo., about noon today, a large aectlon of that town was flooded and much live stock was drowned. St Joseph today experienced one of the hardest rains of the year. Much damage waa done In the suburbs. The Missouri river is up to S4.80 and still rising. Large sections of French bottoms, west of tha city, are under water. CHILLICOTHE, Mo.. July . Arthur Flske, the depot agent at Qault, has been marooned In hla station sine early today without food. Efforts of rescuers to reach him have been futile, and the watera Is now three feet deep In the depot and still rising. The Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul tracks are flooded as far aouth as Laredo. TWO ARE SHOTJN QUARREL Policeman Killed aad Wife Woaaded Following Foarth of July Trouble. CHICAOO. July 1 During a quarrel, fol lowing a prolonged Fourth of July celebra tion, James Dosler, a policeman, was shot and killed and his wife wounded hers to day. The police are searching for Iaalal Holt, a brother of Mrs. Dosler. It Is said to have been 4 O'clock this morning, when Mrs. Dosler, acsompanled by her brother, two brothers of her hus band and another woman returned to the Dosler home. In the ensuing quarrel. It Is alleged. Holt took his sister's part and fired at Dosler. In seeking to prevent the firing of the shot Mrs. Dosler wounded In the arm. FIGHT BETWEENTWO UNIONS Six Taeuaaad raited Mlao Workers Co Oat la Caaadlaa Coal Mlaca. 8IDNET. B. C. July 1-The strlks of ths United Mine Workers of America whloh Is regarded as a contest between that organ isation and the Provlnoal Wor tiugineti" association, the members of which latter organisation remained at work, took plane at tha oolll Mies of the Dominio i Cal rom pany tod. About S.'jOO men fatld to ap pear at the mlnee thla morning. Boih or ganisations claim the majority ot the workers In the mines. Chief Donahue to Control Chief of Police Donahue la In favor of municipal control of Fourth of July fire works, and will endeavor to secure the Introduction and passage In the council of an ordinance enacting such a law. and prohibiting the sale of fireworks to private Individuals and the discharge of any be fore dark on the evening of the day cele brated. Tha chief hopes to secure action on his propoaed ordinance soon, so dealera will not lay In heavy stocks which they would be unable to aell should the ordinance pass, "Aucldenta on the Fourth this year are not responsible for my advocacy of this ordinance, for we had few accidents this year." aald the chief. "But I believe In locking the stable door before the horse Is stolen, and anyway, that acvldeni u th TARIFF BILL ON HOMESTRETCH Consideration in Committee Con eluded, but Amendments Are in Order in Senate. TOBACCO TAX STILL IN AIR Virginian Charges that Democratic Senators Have Been Ignored. DENIES SMOOT' STATEMENT Minority of Finance Committee is Barred from Deliberations. FRATERNAL ORDERS EXEMPT Burkett lecsrei Ameadmeat Except In Them aad Other Orsjanlsatloas . from Operations of Corpora tloa Tax Law. WASHINGTON, July ..-Completing the tariff bill In the committee of the whole. that measure today waa reported to the senate, so that legislation providing for customs duties Is now regarded as on the home stretch. Senatora generally desiring to obtain a reprint of the bill as amended before further considering It, the senate adjourned to afford senators an opportu nlty to look It over" before taking further action. Tha adjournment was taken with the understanding that when the body re convenes all sections of the bill that sen ators do not desire to reserve for further amendment ahall be agreed to an bloo. The senate will consider the tobacco tax. tha only amendment not adopted In the committee of the whole. When that is disposed of senators will offer and votes will be taken on numerous amendments they have reserved to be acted upon when the bill in tha parliamentary sense shall be In the senate. Bow Over Tobacco Tax. The proceedings Jogged along In unevent ful fashion today, Various amendments .offered by the committee were adopted after which Senator Smoot sent to the desk to have read an amendment which, he aald, had been recommended by the flnanoe committee fixing duties on tobacco. When thla preliminary procedure had been considered. Senator Daniel, the ranking minority member of tha committee on finance, disputed tha statement of tha senator from Utah that the provision had been recommended by the committee. He characterised It aa another "bogus com mittee amendment," stating that the minor. Ity members had never seen It until It had been completed, when it waa shown to them. After considerable discussion. Senator Aldrlch agreed to withdraw the amend ment and to hava it considered tomorrow hibVnlftg by the Whole committee member ship before reporting it to the senate. Burkett Amendment Prevails. . Among amendments to the tariff agreed to today, was one by Senator Burkett ex emptlng labor organisations, fraternal beneficial societies and organisations ex clusively for charitable and . educational purposes from the operations of the cor poratlon tax provisions. Amendments were adopted specifying Canada and West Indies among contiguous countries Included in the discrimination duty of 10 per cent, ad valorem on Imports not manufactured In thoae countries and Introduced Into the United States, and also extending from two to six months in any one year the period during which domestic built foreign vessels may engage In the coastwise trade. Another amendment relievea the United States from all reciprocal obligations to ward foreign nations In the matter of ton nage dues. Senator Curtla gave notice of an amend ment he will propose to the bill providing for a countervailing duty on oil Imported Into the United Statea from countries which impose a duty on American oil. Tha proposed duty la to be one-half of the duty Imposed by tha other country on American oU. Tha aenate, at 1:83 o'clock, adjourned. With the senate rapidly approaching the day of final consideration of the tariff bill, attention la being given to the selec tion of conferees on the part of the senate and the house, whose duty It will be to attempt to bring ' the two bodies into agreement on the measure. Probable Tariff Conferees. Gossip has It that 6enator Aldrlch will pick besldra himself, as the representatives ot the republicans In the senate. Hale, Penrose of Pennsylvania, Burrows of Michigan and Smoot of Utah. The demo cratic aenators who will participate In the conference will be Daniel of Virginia, Money of Mississippi and Bailey of Texas. In the houae Speaker Cannon, according to tha reports, will probably select Payne of New fork, Dalsell of Pennsylvania, Boutell of Illinois, McCall of Massachu setts and either Calderhead of Kansas or Needham of California, aa tha republican members, and Champ Clark of Missouri, Underwood of Alabama and Griggs of Georgia aa the democratic members. Tha conferees on the Payne tariff bill may conclude tneir worx in less than a week. President Taft before he left Wash ington Saturday for Massachusetts, pre dicted, It Is asserted by a man who dia oussed the tariff with him, that the bill would go Into conference on July a Wants City . Fireworks Sale little boy who la crippled for life Is sf flclent warning to us to take some drastic steps." Chief Donahue's Idea is to designate about alx places in the city where fireworks shall be displayed, such places as Diets park, Kountse park, the High school grounds! jeriersoa square and Vinton street park All fireworks shall be bought by the citr and discharged by men In the employ of the city. The displays would be free to the puouo. ana residents or the city could eon gres-ate at the designated place neerea moir nomas, no rireworaa or any nature would be sold to private individuals, either adults or mlaora. "I believe eight out of every ten persons would be in favor of my ordinance, aaid we cuex. Drugged When She Wed Chauffeur, Says Society Girl Daughter of Prominent Society Man Says Threats Were Used by Groom. ATLANTA, Ga., July "..Despite the at tempts of the parties concerned, to keep It a secret. It was learned today that Mrs. SUvey Spear Thomaa was granted a di vorce In tha superior court here yester day. It was last September that Miss Speer, daughter of W. A. Speer, and prominent In local society circles, eloped with her chauffeur, B. J. Thomas. Her parents fol lowed the couple, had them detained and carried off tha bride of a few houra She waa spirited to New Yojrk and then to Europe to escape the seairch of her hus band. The latter had brought suit against his father-in-law for alienating his wife's affections. A statement signed by Mrs. Thomas was read to the court and jury. She aald In this statement that young Thomas made love to her, but aha re sented it Next he told her unless aha married Mm he would kill her father. She aald that on the day of tha elopment September 2S, Thomaa' father telephoned her that unleea she came to Marietta and married his son, her father would be killed. She went to tha place and was very nervous. Tha older Thomas, she claims, than gave her a tablet and after swallow ing It she did not remember what hap pened except In a dased way. She believes now she waa drugged and went through a marriage ceremony. Bingham Willing to Run for Mayor Against Tammany Deposed New York Police Commis sioner Will Head Ticket if People Desire. NEW YORK. July ,-What Tammany hall may expect because of the recent ousting of Police Commissioner Bingham by Mayor MoClellan la indicated In a state ment attributed to General Bingham, pub lished here tonight, saying that he will be a candidate for mayor on tha Tammany ticket If the people want him. This is tha first ' statement on tha political situation attributed to him slnoe his departure for Chester, Nova Scotia, where he was inter- viewed today. If my police administration has met the approval of New York City." ha Is quoted as saying, "and the, .people would like to see that same kind of -Administration In all of the department carried on from the city hall in the perm of the mayor, I am willing to undertake It." Before he left New York General Bing ham was urged by leaders of anti-Tarn many movements to consider accepting the mayoralty nomination, and his removal from the polioe commlaslonershtp promises to be one of the most Important issues of the approaching municipal campaign. Suffragist Says Outlook is Fine Annual Convention Adjourns Prof, Potter Quits University to Enter Work. SEATTLE. Wash., July (.The eonven tlon of the American Woman Suffrage as sociation closed tonight with a maas meet ing at which National President Anna M. Shaw, reviewing the suffrage situation, said: "There never was such a magnificent out look for the cause. New people are coming in and money Is being provided. The op portunities Increase beyond our ability to furnish workers. Our new headquarters In New York will put us in touch with the great newapapers, and with the freshly aroused suffrsge sentiment of the great city, which influences the thought of the whole country." The most Important event of the conven tlon In the opinion of delegates took place today when Prof. Francea Squire Potter of the University of Minnesota, tha author and lecturer, accepted the position of cor responding secretary, succeeding Miss Kate M. Gordon of New Orleans. Mrs. Potter sent her resignation to the Mlnneaota unl verslty tonight, but will deliver lectures In a university extension course. She will have charge of the New York headquarters. Abundant funds have been pledged. Resolutions adopted today reviewed the progress of equal suffrage throughout the world, congratulated the women of Great Britain on "their gallant fight for the par liamentary franchise." urged enactment of the initiative and referendum and condemn Teheran Held in State ot Siege Advices Say City is Invested by Rev olutionary Forces and Attack is Expected. LONDON, July a According to a spe cial dispatch received bare from Teheran that city is completely invested by th Persian revolutionary forces, who are ex pected to attack at any moment LOCAL 0PTI0NHELD VALID Colorado Coart Holds Vote of Larce Subdivision Prevails Over SsaeUer. DENVER, July Tha state supreme court today handed down a decision up holding the validity of the Colorado local option law, passed two years ago. The opinion holda that the vote of the larger subdivisions prevails in local option elec tions. Thus, If a ward voles dry, but precinct In that ward votes wet the pre oinot is dry, nsverthelesa. Should a ward vote wet, however, and a preolnct within that ward voles dry. the precinct goes nr What is a Democrat? "The party as now represented at Washington might wall pass out of existence, for It hag survived Its usefulness and only serves now as a humil iating spectacle to make honest democrats hang their heads In shame." Roger Q. Mills. Nes ' " Copywright 1M9 by the New York Mail ROOT LIKES DOUGLAS STREET Thinks it Would Do Well for Wood men of World Building. THOUGH MAT STAY ON OLD SITE Soverelara Commander Bays It Woald Bo Feasibla to Move the Pres ent Bolldtna; to Rear of Lots. "Douglas street looks pretty good to me," declared J. C. Root, with reference to the location of the skyscraper which the Woodmen of the World will erect t a cost of 11,000,000. "The sites offered us there are the most reasonable of all tendered. We bad an other corner In view, and an offer In writ ing at a certain price. Later thla was advanced M0.000, and we have dismissed consideration of It i "It Is quite possible that we may de cide to move this present building at Fif teenth and Howard to the east and put up tha new building- where this one now stands. The scheme is entirely feasible. Nothing will be decided until Thurs day, when the committee meets. It Is certain, however, that the building will be sixteen or seventeen stories. We are assured that our resources of about 11,000.000 for the building will cover a build ing of that height 'Four floors will be given over to lodge and fraternity rooms, which will be the handsomest In the west The main as sembly room will be available as a small convention hall, of which there la a lack at present In Omaha. There are, or course, assembly rooms In which conventions are held, but none as desirable as might be in many respects. Is Widely Advertised. The new building must have received pretty extensive advertising, for the mail brings letters about It from all over the United States, architects and building con struction companies In particular being interested." The original plan for the Woodmen building waa for fifteen stories, and ths determination to add one or two more is due to the fact that the City National bank building will reach that height The Woodmen want Just a Utile the tallest office building In Omaha. One reason for the Increase in price of corners which the Woodmen are ex periencing is the price at which the cor ner ot Sixteenth and Harney sold. On the strength pf this a good many prop erty holders have decided to try to get a little more for land which is on the mar ket SESSION OF SENATE MONDAY RECALLS UNUSUAL EVENT Iaterraptloa of W. V. Allea by the Announcement of Sam sh een's Victory. WASHINGTON. July 1-The session of the senate yesterday makes the twelfth time In the history of the nation that that body haa mat on Independence day. The meeting yesterday recalled the spectacular session the last time the aenate had met on that day. It was during the Spanish American war. Senator W. V. Allen of Nebraska waa In the throes of a mild fili buster over the question of the annexation of the Hawaiian islands. While ha waa speaking Senator Frye of Maine, the pre siding officer. Interrupted him to state that he had Just received aome news that ha be lieved the senste would be Interested In hearing. Ha had read at the clerk's desk a cablegram from Admiral Sampaon an nouncing the victory of the American naval forcea at fcantlaa-o over Cervera's fleet At no other time within the memory of senators now living has the senate ap plauded as it did thai and Express. Nine Men Killed by Gas Explosion in ''Colorado Mine Dead All Descending in Cage - When Shaft is Wrecked and Filled with Gas. TRINIDAD. Colo., July a Nine men were killed today by an explosion of gaa In the' mine of the Cedar Hill Coal and Coke company at Tollervllle, near here. All of the dead were foreigners except Albert Noah, cage tender, an American. The men were descending In the cage at the time of the explosion. The ex plosion partly wrecked the shaft and -those who were not Instantly killed were slowly suffocated by gaa All of the bodies have been recovered. Great excitement followed the explosion. Many frenxled women were with difficulty restrained from entering the mine to search for their husbands. Monster Flag Wrecks the Roof of Court House Big Emblem Unfurled at Pittsburg- Proves Menace to Life and is ' Taken Down. PITTSBURG. July .-The largest flag In the world, unfurled here at noon yesterday, pulled thousands of pounds of the tile roof ing from the court house today. Many per sons had narrow escapes from injury when the tile crashed Into the street The dis trict about the court house and buildings has been roped off and police will guard the place until a score of city employes remove the great banner. It will take the best part of the day to lower the flag. Tha national emblem, (0 feet wide and ISO feet long, and weighing more than 1,000 pounds with fastenings, was unfurled with appropriate ceremonies. It was stretched between the eighteenth floor ot the Flick building and the court houss root. CHICAGO COUPLE SUICIDES Tdaa and Woman Who stowed Boat Over Dam at South Bead Identified. SOUTH BEND. Ind., July 1 The man and woman who yesterday committed sui cide by rowing a boat over the dam In tha St Joseph river were H. Llndeman and wife ot Chicago. They were on their bridal trip. They registered yesterday morning at the Crescent hotel and IJndeman told the clerk that he and Mrs. Llndeman had been mar rled In St. Joseph, Mich., the day before. Searchers for the bodies today found Llndsman's coat The police, making in qulrles at the hotels, opened the Llnde mans' room at the Creacnt and comparing the coat with other clothing, established the Identity. WOMAN IS BEATEN TO DEATH Body la Found la Hallway of New York Tenement Hease, NEW YORK, July 1 The body of an un Identified woman, who had been brutally murdered, waa found early today In the hallway of an Itallaa tenement house on Eaat Thirtieth street There was every In dication that the woman had fought des perately for her life and her head and face ware so battered that the features were unrecognisable. Two women were ar rested by the peUce, but neither Is believed to be tba aiisti. I UKGE PEACE ON HISTORIC SPOT Representatives of Three Great Na tions Join in Celebration at Fort TiconderogiL PRESIDENT TAFT IS PRESENT Ambassadors Bryce and Jesserand ' Speak f jr Their Countries. WAR DRUM BEATS NO MORE Mutual Friendship and Good Will is Explained. TWO STATES PARTICIPATE Soveraors of vr York aad Vermont Are Included In DiettngeUhed Party at Lake thamplala Tercentenary Celebratioa. BLUFF POINT. N. Y.. July . With the asslstsnce of President Taft Ambassador Jusserand of France. Ambaissdor Bryce of Great Britain, Secretary of War Dickin son and Vice Admiral Uriu of Japan the celebration of the 00th anniversary of the discovery of Lake Champialn, which had been confined during the last two daya to the states of New York and Vermont to day took on an International scope and a world-wide Interest. Ambassadora Jusserand and Bryce and President Taft all committed their respec tive countries to policies of peace, and, In the shadow of an old fortress which had witnessed some of the bloodiest battles in all history, they expressed the ohpe that never attain would the peace among the great nations ot the world be Interrupted by a war. The president and the other distinguished guests had an afternoon of continuing In terest from the moment of their arrival at 2:30 p. m. by special train from Albany. The president arrived at Albany from Norwich, Conn., the French ambassador from Washington and the British ambassa dor from Lennox, Mass. The visitors were then made Into one train for the c'.d Fort Tlconderoga, where the principal celebra tion of the day was held. Visit Hlstorlo Fort. The president and the embassadors and the members of their staffs were shown through the hlstorlo ruins ot "Old Tl," s the natives call the stronghold, whloh Is now In course of restoration. There was historic interest In the old place alike for the representatives of Great Britain, of France and the United Statea, for thev rocky promontory was held In turn by the French, by the English and by the American revolutionists. Some of the old cannon were In place today and hundreds of rusty relics were on view. Some ot these were reminders of the days of Indian conflicts, others were Hnka - of history J leading back to the bloody fights of Montcalm, Abercromhle and Amherst, to the famous taking of the place by a band of eighty-three American colonists under General Ethan Allen, and to naval battles which helped to make famous the waters of the lake, discovered three centuries ago by Samuel Champialn. Below the fort on the placid waters of the take, and set among a flotilla of mod ern naval vessels of the smaller classes, was a reproduction of Champlain's little carival, the Don De Dleu. A heavy rain during the morning over the Lako Champialn country threatened a postponement of some of the outdoor features and left tho steep roads leading up to Fjrl Tlcondoroga from the water level, danrerously slippery. After the president had Inspected the fort, and had enjoyed the view of the lake from Its commanding position, he proceeded to the grandstand, which stood halt way down the hill and which 1 was surrounded by several thousand people. The ch erlng of the people as the presi dent's automobile was seen coming down the steep incline was suddenly changed to t nn i Cent win th. bla; machine, Its wheels locked by the brakes, but slipping over the treacherous, surface, began to skid toward the edge of the roadway. The chauffeur quickly got it under control, however, and the danger was over in an Instant. The president waa the least oon cirned of any person In the large thronr. An afternoon shower came up following the ceremonies at the stand, and the president had to walk a quarter of a mile or more In the rain to the boat, which. after a twenty-mile sail up the lake, landed Its distinguished passengers at Port Henry, where the special train again was boarded for the trip to Bluff Point and Hotel Champialn, where the president and the other guests are quartered. The president seemed rather to enjoy the shower than otherwise. He was pro vided with an umbrella, and walking alone behind Captain Butt his military aide. held the umbrella over himself with one hand while he acknowledged eheers and applause by lifting his hat with the other. To reach the boat from the home of M. H. Pell, the owner of the estate upon which the old fort Is located, and where the president had stopped for a brief call and a cup of tea, Mr. Taft had to scramble down a rocky and steep path, but not once did he lose his footing. During the ride up the 'lake the rain stopped and the sun shone again. Tho president roamed here and there about the steamer Tlccnderaga and finally gathering up Messrs. Bryce and Jusserand. Governor Hughes of New York and Gov ernor Prouty of Vermont all hands re paired to the spacious pilot house, where they met the captain and sat for nearly an hour enjoying the changing panorama of water and mountains. The president wss the guest tonight at dinner of Walter Wltherbee, on ths letter's house boat, which is anchored In the lake off this point There, for the first time on the trip, the president met his son, Robert A. Taft, and his daughter, Miss Helen, who have been guests of the Witherbees for several daya Tomorrow the arena of the celebration shifts to Plattsburg, where the president again will make a brief address and where Senator Kllhu Root will deliver the his torical oration of tha celebration. Mr. Taft will take back with him to Washington several relics from "Old Tl," which were given to him todsy. Among these were an ancient key and the head of an Indian tomahawk. Ambassadora for Peace. Ambassador Jussorand In his speech this afternoon was most felicitous fca his ex pression of peace and good will toward Auerfea, toward Oreat Britain, and teee4 r, ; i y ' !