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‘warmer, prol ‘Temp ended at 10 p.m. laat-n! 44; lowest, 38. Full report on No. - 868.—No.” 28,322. WEATHER. Fair today; tomorrowi unsettled and erature for twe;;tyatto hours ight. R Entered as second: post office Wash! AMERICA’S CARDS LAID ON TABLE, -WORLD AWAITS MOVES BY BRITAIN AND JAPAN ON SCRAPPING Foreign Envoys| PREMIER BRIAND PRAISES CLEAR-CUT U. S. PROPOSAL Premier Briand of France, commenting yesterday upon the Startled by Boldness. NATIONS TAKING KINDLY TO IDEA Japanese Pleased by Ratio Fixed in " Suggestion. BY G. GOULD LINGOLN. The world today awaits the moves of Great Britain and Japan at the limitation of armament conference. America’s cards have been laid on the-table by Secretary Hughes. '* With a boldness that startled the members of the foreign missions at- tending the limitation of armament conference and left the g:lla{iu gasping with surprise, the Secretary of State proposed a concrete and definite program for the ‘limitation of naval armaments at’the opening session of the conference yesterday that must now be-answered by the other powers especially involved, Great Britain and Japan. Lecked on Witk Favor. Although it is too early to predict what will be the final attitude of these powers to the proposal of Mr. \ Hughes for a ten-year naval duilding holiday and the scrapping of sixty- six of the capital ships of the three 7 Dbe said that both the English and the Japaness look with favor on the pro- Dosal ‘as & working basis for a final agreement on the limitation of naval + anmaments. of the United States by Ssordtary Hughes will huve the sympathies of the world, new burdened with tasza- tidn and struggling for existence under economic difficulties never be- /fore faced, was the general prediction in Washington last night. : The foreign mission or missions that find it inexpedient to fall In ‘with the plan advanced for the lim- itation of naval armaments—regard- ed as a preliminary step for the lim- itation of land armaments—will have much explsining to do to their peo- ple, it is belleved. Offer Is Generous. The offer of the United States to scrap thirty capital ships, aggregat- + ing 843,740 tons, as compared to the proposal that Great Britain shall scrap nineteen, with a total tonnage. of 583,375 tons, and .that Japan scrap ~ seventeen, with an aggregate tonnage of 448,928 tons, was regarded a8 most generous. . The British delegates withheld official comment upon the Hughes proposal, except that Arthur J. Bal- four, head of the mission said that Mr. Hughes speecli was “a statesman- * like utterance, pregnant with infinite possibilities and most hopeful of sat- isfactory, -results.” Baron Kato, the head o the Jap- anese-delegation, in an interview with the newspaper men, gave his “impres- sions” regarding the plan. Qutstanding in the staterfent by the emminent Japanese naval officer and statesman was 2 statement that the Japanese were satisfied with the ratlo of the navies of the three nations proposed by Secretary Hughes. Regards Offer «§ Logieal. “Of course you cannot expect me to give comcrete expression of my opinion regarding the proposal made by Secretary Hughes," said thc Japa- neje leader. He spoke through an + jitérpreter. “But I presume you may wish ‘to know my impressions re- garding that proposal. I regard it .as the most concrete and logical pro- posal for the limitation of arma- ments that has ever been advanced. WiHjther it can be put into practice depends on what is developed by a careful study. I have asked my tech- nical experts to make such a study. “We are in favor of the limitation of armaments. To attain that re- . sult we are prepared to carry out the proposition (of Mr. Hughes) to the farthest possible extent.” Baron Kato was asked if the Jap- anese were prepared to go ahead with a settlement of the limitation of armament problem before the ques- tions of the far east (included in the call for the conference) were taken up and disposed of. He replied that the Japanese dele- gation was ready to settle the limi- tation of armament problem inde- pendent of the questions of the far east. He declared in responsé’ to an- other question that he had no prefer- ence as to Whether the limitation of .rmament or the problems of the far cast be taken up by the conference and settled first. Wil ‘Atd U. 8. Delegation. While the definite and frank man- ner fn which Secretary Hughes took up and laid before the conference the question of Hmitation of naval arma- yment apparently has overshadowed the problems of the far east st least temporarily, Mr. Hughes has made it clear several times.that the oon- on A 7| question, which, it adds, “ of armament, said: delegates, plan for realizing the ideal manner in which the United States’ proposal for the limitation of naval armament had been laid before the conference on ' limitation “We could have begun the conference in two ways. One would have been to have appointed committees composed -of experts who would have met from time to time, recejved proposals from various delegations that would have been discussed, amended, expanded and finally something would have been reported to the plenary meeting of the conference. That would have taken a great deal more time. “The President and Mr. Hughes have taken the better way—that is, to give a clear-cut program as a basis for decision, and this program has been laid before us in perfect loyalty and complete frankness. I await with much impatience next Tuesday’s meeting.” “Do you think that the British and Japanese delegations will be able to give their replies on Tuesday?” he was asked. “Oh, I should think that we will have replies from which some inference may be drawn,” he replied. x “What do you think of the program itself?” M. Briand was asked. “I shall have to study it more in detail,” replied the French prime mhinfl", “and I think I should then not announce to the press pre- cistly my considered views before I have given them to” my fellow ". “The procecdings today,” M. Briand added, “did not touch the question of land armament. We have not changed our point of view on that question, which is that we must have security. « “The President spoke nobly, expressing the idealistic inspiration of the conference, while Mr. Hughes immediately proposed the practical HUGHES PROPOSAL PLEASES ITALIANS Senator Schanzer Says No Other Conference Began With Such Courage. .+ | & TRE Y % e ‘piodnire 4n8 Satisfaction:s the Italiam;fslegation to the limita- ton of armament conference at Sec- retary Hughes'’ipsech was expfesss ed yesterday by Sendtop; Schahzdr, head of the delegation, i & statement given to the Associated Press. -His statemaent follows: “No other conference Wwas éver started with so much courage, frank- ness and clearness. The. precision with which Secretary of State Hughes outlined . the American proposal on the limitstion of naval armament is most wonderful. -1 will leave to the experts of the,dilferent countries, and especially to” those of Great Britain, America ahd Japan, which are most directly ‘interested, to express their views on the main part, as well as on the details of what America has proposed. On my part, however, 1 must manifest all my satisfaction for the sincerity and broadmindedness with which Americs, laying the cards on the table, has lald the ques- tion of limitation of mnaval arm: ment, not only. before the confer- ence, but before the' public opinion of the entire world. This happy be- ginning is 2 good.omen for a happy solution of the problem which. the ofnference will have to discuss and for a rapid dispatch of its work.” Secretary Weeks yesterday visited Senators Schanzer and Albertini at the headquarters of the Italian dele- gation. Admiral Acton, Italian, ex- pect on naval affairs, conferred with Admiral de Bon, French naval ex- pert, on the ‘American proposals. —_— SAYS PARLEY CONTINUES VERSAILLES CONFERENCE Buenos Aires Paper Believes U. S. Must Beturn to Wilson's Point of View. By thé'Assoclated Press. BUENOS AIRES, November 12.— |K.l Nacion, discussing the Washing- lton conference, considers that it is a ! continuation in effect of the Ver- saflles peace conference. It believes that the United States, in view of M. Briand's St. Nazaire speech, will have to consent to give France guarantees before France would be willing to consider a reduction in land forces. “Thus,” continues the paper, “sife- United States must involve,idl again in European questions-€nd will have to return to ".r:(yofit of view of ex-President Wilsén on the day © signed with slfe French govern- ment the soeklled treaty ‘of gusr- antees.” < - i The pfper contends that.in the sa; v the United States will be | oBliged to. consider the Shantung ven more demonstrates that the conference is a-continuation of that at Versailles. “Thus it is seen that the proposi- tions of the republican .government of President Harding have had re- sults little less than vain in destroy- ing the work of President Wilson by following & policy of isolation, with respect to Europe, and abatraction with ‘respect -to - the Versailles treaty. * * © “But it'{g superfiuous to state that all peoples would see with profound satisfaction resolutions taken at Waslington, which, ‘i addition o lightening the financial burdens that upmeasured armament impiles, Svould mssure the world the loag geriod of peace it s0 much needs.” - | BORAH COMMENDS MR HUBHES ACTON Withholding Comment on “Program, He Praises Pres-. entation Method.™ & proposed @ limitation of naval ‘Arma- Star over the long distancs teléphone toam, New .York lsst night, -’:’: the following oémment upon the proposal of Secretary Hughes to the conference on the limitation of armament: “Too much praise cannot be given to Secretary JHughes for his imme- diate and open presentation of @ pro- “His. program {5 published to 'the world, and the fact. that It is pub- lished is one of the most notable events in the whole history of inter- national relations. “As to the program itself, having Just obtained possession of it, I.am not In & position to comment on it. But the manner in which he has gone about the business, I.sm sure, will re- celve the unqualified commendation.of the people of the clvilized world. I do not see how they cem ever close the doors again.” Senator Borah has been an ardent advocate of the fullest publieity in connection with the conference on the limitatfon of armament. He will ad- dress a meeting in New York tonight on the subject of the Iimitation of naval armament, w —_— TRAIN- STRIKES AUTO; ~FOUR PERSONS DEAD Machine Is Hurled Against Freight Car, Crushing Occupants, on Crossing Near Roanoke. Va. November 12.— Four persons were Instantly killed this afternoon when a Norfolk and ‘Western passenger train struck an automobile in which they were riding at a raflroad crossing near Vinton, three miles east of here. The dead: Archie Wilkes, thirty-three; Charles ‘Wilkes, thirty-seven;. John Wilkes, thirty-one, and Dan Dickerson, twen- ty-four. - e A ‘The men, who restded in a suburban district: of this city, were returning from a bunting trip. The automobile ‘was-Just moving over the crossing en the engine struck it, hurling the machine into a box car on a sid- ing and crushing the occupants. The engineer said he did not see the auto- mobile, it was declared. ¥ PILSUDSKI BOWS 70 DIET. Polish President. Will Not Press ' Bill for Separate Vilna. ‘WARSAW, November 12.—President- Pllsudski, in view of the persistent opposition of the diet, has decided not to press the bill providing for the SHIPS !Proposal Finds ""&‘m" the United .SHtates, Greatlcomplete report of Secretary. H 308 ! » £0, | spesch, wets nxsble to appre % 1h €0.a répresentative 'of The | full welght of Ais protiosals. Some Favor in London. HUGE SENSATION FOLLOWS 'NEWS Four Experts Say They Approve of U. S. Problem. By the Asnociated Press. LONDON, November 13.—The Ameré ican suggestion at the Washington conference of a ten-year naval holi- day came as a tomplete surprise to the people of this country, the Wash- Ington correspondents of the British newspapers having led the readers to believe that no definite, American plans were ready and that the first day's proceedings at the conference ‘would be merely formal. Hence, the program for the wholesale scrapping ot capital ships created an enormous sensation when it was announced briefly by the London evening papers. The Weekly Dispatch quotes four British experts as/fayoring the Wash- ington proposals. They are Vice Ad- miral Mark Kerr, retired; Viscount Sydenham, Commander Joseph Ken- worthy, independent liberal member of parliament for Hull, and John Robert Clynes, former food control- ler and labor member of parliament. Mr. Clynes is quoted as saying: “The proposals are good, but limi- tations upon such a basis would be purely arithmetical—they do not rise to the height of the spirit which -@fninate the conference.” “A Week of Wonders.” This being Saturday, most of the public offices were closed yesterday, and the public mgn were out of town. ‘writers, not being in possession of The Sunday Express hails Armistice week as “s ‘week of moral wonders,” and says: “The-dawn was breaking on the long night of Ireland as the soul of the British nation bowed jtself in prayer for the peace of the whole world. Saturday crowned a week of miracles with the supreme miracle of Wash- ington. Never In the history of man- kind has the world been nearer its dream of brotherhond. Surely there is something mnot ourselves shaping the world soul and leading it to the light.” Hepes for Aid to Irish Feud. Declaring that the nations have met at Washington to draw up a declaration of peace which will complete the Ameri- can Declaration of Independence and unite the nations in love and liberty, the Express exhorts church and nation to wake from their lethargy and send 2 message of faith to the peace makers, and also heal the Irish feud, which is Getalning the prime minister from his proper place at Washington. = The Weekly Dispatch says that Presi- dent Harding's eloquent speech has given the right lead to the conference, adding: “He takes his stand firmly on facts.” * U. 8. FRIENDSHIP FAVORED. Abandonment of Anglo-Japanese Pact Urged in London. B; 7 Cable to The Star and New York World. LONDON, November 12—The Man- chester Guardian, calling for abi donment of the Anglo-Japanese al liance, Bays ‘the grounds for it ‘have disappeared and asks why the al- Iltance should not: disappear- along with them. “Clearly,” it continyes, “if we are to stand in with thé United, States on general policy of the maintenance of peace, we ought to stand in with her in a matter where her interests are chiefly involved. /A separate al< liance with Japan, the edge of which, say whit we may, would Inevitably be turned ageinst the United States, would be wholly inconsistent with the objects of that policy.” “To what part of the world does the relations of the two countries (the United States and Great Britain) mean more than to the British Do- minfons?” In this illuminating sentence, Sir George Perley, Canadian high com- missioner in London, speaking ‘at the Armistice day dinner given to Am- bassador Harvéy by the English- speaking Union, gave the scarcely veiled hint of the factor which will largely determine the policy of the British delegation at the Washington conference as between América and Japan. He did not dwell on the point, but by his intonation plainly answered incorporation of Vilna into & middle his ow! uestion. It - Lithuanien state. The bill now Will | purpen he mosnt. that it the e 80 on the diet’s calendar, subject 0 | ;ngton conference brought up the, ordinary procedure. issue of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, as opposed to the Anglo-American Gen. Pilsudski early in the week |friendship, there was no doubt the resigned, his decision being prompted by opposition of the ministers to the the _creation of &. middle ‘Lithuanian state. The Incorporation 'of Viina/in the Polish state was in- sisted upon by the minfsters. His n, however, was.not acoepted, and the Mministers vné de- clared to be seeking a compromise. dominions, at least,. Canada would support the latter. LIEUT. CASSIDY RETIRED. -First Lieut. John J. Cassidy, Quar- termaster Corps, Bas:heen pluced.on the retired list on account 'of dis- ability incident to the service, BY YALE 13701 75,000 See Youthful Blue Foot Ball Team Humble the Tiger Veterans. . MARSHAL FOCH 'PRESENT 0’Hearn Offsets Tonchdown by Gar- rity, and Capt. Aldrich Drop- kicks Two Field Goals. NEW JAVEN, Conn., Novembgr 13. —Yalg's brilliant youthful eleven de- feated Princeton’s; veterand, 18 to 7, cludigk Marshpl Foch, wh nidn- strated his dmpartiailty Wy sitting first on the Yale side snd the: the Princeton rooters. The first 'Yale victory in this an- nual foot' ball classic since 1916 was due to s touchdown by O'Hearn on an 18-yard run in the first period, coupled with a 24-yard girop kick by Capt. Aldrich in the third period.and another drop kick, fifteen yards. in length, kicked by the same player during the last quarter. . Princeton made a touchdown in the second period in ten plays, including four forward passes, the series en- abling the Tigers to march 58 yards to & touchdown, the last play being 2 buck of 1 yard across the goal Mne by Garrity. Yale's advance to the last white line In eight plays, largely from triple threat kick formation, Aldrich and O'Hearn back. made one end -run of 1§ yards and another of 12 during this burst of offensive without recourse to the for- ward pass. Yale Pussled at Start. An inexperienced Yale eleven, puz- Princeton’s forward passes, but out- rushing its opponents in scrimmage PRINCETON BEATEN Marines Must Die, Whenever Necessary, To Save U. S. Mails To_1/000 marines detailed yes- terddy from Quantico, Va. to guard malls, Secretary Denby sent the following mes- sage: “There fs mo compromise in this battle with bandits, If two marines, guarding a mail car, for example, are suddenly cov- er€d by a robber, neithér must Rold up his hands, but both myst begin shooting at onmce. Ome may be killed, but the other will get the robber and save the mall. When our mem go as guards over the mail, that mail must be delivered or there must be & marine dead at the post of ‘auty. “You must be brave, as yom always are. You must be co: dtgutly alert, and’ you muat, when on guard duty, keep your weapons in hand and, if =t- thelkes, shoot, sad iloot te kill” SINN FEINERS FLEE Fifteen Men Gain Freedom After Revolver Fight With Guards. | By the Amociated Press. DUBLIN, November 12.—Fifteen was 68 yards long and was made | Sinn Fein, under sentence, escaped the | from Mount Joy prison tosight. The with | men got away after a fight in whic Aldrich | revolvers were used. ULSTER SEEKS PUBLICITY. Delegates Want All Correspondence on Peace Issue Printed. zled during the first two periods by | By the Amociated Press. LONDON, November 12.—Prime Min- ister Lloyd George, Austen Chamber- MMOUNT J0Y PRISON plays and constantly threatening to |lain, government leader in the house of score through this superiority and |commons, and Lord Chancellor Birken- through brilliant runs back of punts:|head met this morning in Mr. Liloyd by QHearn, found itself in the last | George's official residence in Downing half of the game and diagnosed the |street to consider Ulster's reply to the Princeton pass attack, which was)|government's proposals for a settlement largely from & deployed formation. |of the Irish question. Yale defensive power toward the end| Viscount Fitsalan, lord lieutenant and of the game broke up a forward pass | governor general of Ireland, was called attack that threatened to win the|in ‘for -consultation during the confer- game for the Tigers in the sgnsa-|ence. A full meeting of the British tional style ‘which is a tradition 'of | cabinet has. not yet been arranged, but FINE ARTS BOARD URGES NEW BRIDGE Need of Beautiful Memorial Span Proved on Armistice Day, Is Belief. MALL PLAN WELL ALONG {Commission Considers Granite for Reflective Pools in Front of Lincoln Memorial. - The Commission of Wine Arts con- cluded a two-day session yesterday afternoon after having considered a number of im them being :firmm Memorial bridge, the indorsement of a recommendation that a medal be designed to commemorate the limi- tation of armament conference and the selection of the type and color of granite to be used in constructihg the reflecting pools in front of the Lincoln memorial. It was announced afterward by the commission that it is of the opin- ion that the residents of the Disttict of Columbiz now can look forward to an early completion of the dével- opment of the Mall. This subject was fully considered and the commission believes that, with the completion of the Grant memorial and the Lincoln memorial and the pending plans for other-proposed buildings and improve- ments in the Mall, the time has ar- rived when this great and extensive government reservation has -nearly réached its definite and permanent form. - Need of New Bridge Shown. . The commission firmly belleves that the appropriation specified in the pending resolution of Congress, au- thorizing the preparation of plans for the construction of the Arlington Memorial bridge from a point near the Lincoln Memorial to Arlington national cemetery, probably will be made available without further de- lay. During the discussion of this pro- poged memomrial the members of the commission agreed that the great necessity for this additional bridge was made plainly evident last Fri- day, when Highway bridge and the Aqueduct bridge becme jammed with automobiles and pedestrians go- ing to,and from the ceremonies at Arlington. The commission - points out .that this bridge would not only Princeton foot ball history and which | it was said today such a meeting might | featured the:-Tigers' - victory ~over Harvard last Saturday. 3 Princeton followers had one big “if”" after the game. For a few seconds, as darkness was settling over the immensc ‘Yale bowl, it looked as if Ralph Gilroy, Princeton back, who won the game against Harvard by a 65-yard run on a forward pass, would repeat against Yale, as Sam White did in 1911. But a smashing tackle by Sturms, Yale right end, and activity by Mallory, Yale right half, prevented it. Sturm Spills Gilroy. ‘With Princeton having the ball on its 20-yard line late in the last period, the line deployed. It was obviously.for a forward .pass, but_just which' would be used of the' many varieties Princeton had from the formation was a question. Shively was back in the kicker's :posi- tion. 'He got the ball from center.- 18 yards back of the scrimmage line, and Waited until the Yale line was about on top of him before he hurled the sphere just over the left’ of center down the side lines. On ‘Yale's 40-yard line, 40 yards from where.the ball was put in play and 50 yards from where Shively threw it, Gilroy caught it. He had taken two steps toward the Yale goal, toward victory & notable play in. Tiger gridiron annals perhaps, when Sturm hit him with a fiying tackle. - The im- pact was sp gréat that the ball rolled from Gilroy’s right arm and out of bounds. Mallory, Yale halfback, dived on it, and the danger of Yale losing s but the cheer leaders, reprogsed hope, ~ (Continued on Page 3, Colymn 23~ - be held during the week end. The Ulster delegates, headed by Sir add to the artistic beauties in the National -Capital, but would serve a | highly nseful purpose. ‘The commission in selecting the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) (Continued on Pagé 2, Column 7.) $50,000 IN LIQUOR IS DUMPED INTO D. C. SEWER BY DRY AGENTS Armed with a murderous hatchet, Prohibition Chlef Harold R. Ste- phenson ~ yesterday conducted an autopsy on the body of John Bar- leyoorn in, the basement of the prohibition department warehouse at ‘the rear ‘of 1330 F street, and sent $50,000 worth of his life blood swirling * river-bound into - the sewers. ¥ . r - ‘Proliibition 'Agents Evans and Rosé were aids to the prohibition cordner dt the autopsy. Stephen- son swung @ Mean ax .on forty barrels of wine, cider and liquors and drenched his shoes 50 badly in the alcoholic mixtures that he was forced to change them in self- aefense before he could leave the office for his home. He wore a large pair of automobile gloves, which portected his arms, and & pair of goggles to prevent the al- coho! from splashing into his ey There was.whisky and gin, ja- maica ginger and wine, cider and other items taken by the prohibi- tion agents here during the early reign. of prohibition. Shephenson csme, to & certain oollection of whisky bottles' with’a cold smile lgnting _ his_face. He whacked them more unmercifully than any of the others. They constituted - the illicit cargo of an automobile which was stopped by prohibition men on Bladensburg road almest a year ago, and they were the funda- mental cause for an asgsult and the near death of Stephenson. His face reddening, showed a faint portion of the white streaked scar onhis forehead which is the only reminder of the wounds he re- ceived in the fight. 8 Serious consideration was being given at the prohfbition effice’ in regard to warning Washingtonians wAgalnst eating fish caught in the next few days, as a fish full of some of the confiscated liquor generally acknowledged to be'a dangerous plaything. No official declsion, however, has been reach- ed en this point. P The majority of the wet goods was taken in ralds by Detectives * Sweeéney, Messer, Fowler, Robn, ‘Wilson, Lowry. and- a number of | “others operating from various pre- cincts. Virtually an entire ware- room'is cléarsd out snd ready for- the .reception of & new cénfiscated ;conn}then! of 1lliekt lwh.. 3 P -| the NOW COMING TRUE President to Lay Corner Stoneof Victory Memorial Tomorrow Afternoon. SEATS FOR 1,200 GUESTS Pershing and Coontz Will Also Speak—States Active in Rais- ing Huge Fund. Tears of effort to provide Washing- ton with a great national memorial hall will approach successful culmination to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, when President Harding lays the corner stone for a $10,000,000 edifice that will com- memorate the deeds of American heroes from the time of Washington down. ‘This shrine to American valor, designed to surpass all memorial structures, will be. known as the National Victory Memorial bullding. It will be con- structed on a site provided by Cbngress, at 6th and B streets northwest. To Use Washington's Gavel. Secretary of War Weeks will pre- side at the ceremonies. President Harding, In laying the corner stone, will use the gavel that was employed by George Washington in laying the corner stone of the Capitol, September 18, 1793, Besides the principal address to be delivered by the President, addresses will be made by Gen. Pershing and Ad- miral Robert E. Coontz. Members of the arms parley delegations and high officials of the United States govern- ment will witness the exercises. Seats have been provided for 1,200 special guests. For the general public practically unlimited standing pace will be avallable. . Blshep Harling to Take Part. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, president of the George Washington Memorial Association, which has carried the memorial project to its present state of development, announced yesterday afternoon the completed program for the event. In arranging the program, Mrs. Dimotk was assisted by Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, aide to the Presi- dent and officer in charge of public bulldings and grounds, through whose office official invitatioiis to the exer- cises were issued and preparations made for seating the guests and pro- viding the decorations and music. Rt Rev. Alfred Harding, Bishop of | Washington, wil} deliver the invo- ‘cation opening the exercises, and im- mediately following the President will be introduced. In the cormerstone box will be placed by the President articles of historic interest, including® a brick from the house in which Washington was born and a picture of the gavel that once was the property of the first President of the republic. There also will be placed in this miniature receptacle for keeping through the centuries a certified copy of George Washidgton's will, a portrait of ‘Washington, coples of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitu- tion of the United States, history of the George Washington Memorial As- sociation, statistics of the world war, program for the exercises of the un- known dead, a program of the corner- stqne laying exercises for the Na- tional Victory Memorial building, & Bible presented by Mrs. Frederick ¥. Thompson of New York city, and an American flag. Replica to Picture Tribute. While the President is speaking there will repose on a table in front of him a’'miniature replica of the Na- tional Victory Memorial bullding. while souvenir programs to be given the guests will contain exterior and interior illustrations of the structure that is to be America’s expression of gratitude for all time for the deeds of her heroic dead. Music will be provided by the Ma- rine Band and at the conclusion of the ceremony the assemblage will be dismissed with a benediction to be delivered by Rt. Rev. Mgr. C. F. Thomas, D. D., rector of St. Patrick’s Church. - Washington's gavel will be pre- sented to the President for use at the ceremony by & committee from Poto- mac Lodge, No. 5, F. A. A. M., com- nosed of A. K. .Reynolds, Grover E. Payne and W. J. Loveless. The gavel has been the property of the lodge since shortly after the Capitol was started. It has been used on public occasions by former Presidents Polk, Filimore, Buchanan, McKinley, Roose- velt and Taft. Triumph for Mrs. Dimock. The laying of the corner stone for the memorial building will constitute a personal triumph for Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, for it has been due to her ef- forts almost entirely that the project kas grown in spite of many discour- agements. Originally, the Dlans were ot so’elaborate. After the world war Mrs. Dimock decided the scheme should be enlarged 50 8 to _provide a suitable tribute not only to the heroes of the time of Washington and Lincoln, but to the 4,000,000 sons and daughters of the republic who answered thein country’s call in the late war. Architects submitted a design call- ing for the construction of a dome in which could be set four million stars, each to Be engraved with the initials of an American soldier. This plan at ance suggested a method by which entire enterprise might be fingnced. It was decided to insert gold stars for those wWho gave their lives in ‘the war with the central powers and ask state legislatures to pay for the memorjal emblems at the rate of 3100 each. Blue stars: for thege, who were not called upon to make the supreme sacrifice were pre- $10,000000 DREAM-