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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
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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
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