The Washington herald., 1908-05-12

| YIN AloSt eidDuIdte anu Appropriate
ceremonies, in the presence Of the noted
men Of many nations, the chief officers
Of the United States. and the represent
atiYes Of the rulers Of many foreign na-
tions. the President Of the United States
laid, yesterday afternoon, the corner
stone for the new building Of the Inter
national Bureau Of the American Re
pubIics.
1t was an event OF International i'm
| portance, marking as ii did a definite
and positive step forward in the Pan
American movement which has been the
ideal dream Of Secretary Of State Root.
and for which. violating all precedent
in his visit to South America, he has done
so much.
Present. too. was Andrew Carnegie,
plain American citizen and worker for in
ternational peace he who, BY a singular
coincidence, was delegate Of the United
States to the first Pan-American confer
ence which organized the international
bureau. and TO whose generous Donation
of s750.0e0 the construction OF tns new
home of the International Bureau OF
American Republics was made possible
The new building, the laying Of the
cornerstone Of which called gathering
Of people most notable, even for Wash
ington, the city Of notable gatherings.
has its site on the old Van Ness place, a
site already rife with historic memories.
Here, under the able direction Of the
Hon. John Barrett. director Of the inter
national bureau, an elaborate series OF
stands had been built about the corner
stone. which reposed on a platform. hard
by solitary tree. Il looked like an
oak, denuded of its lower limbs. but. Just
TO show the thoroughness with which
everything was taken care OF, the tree
was placarded with its name. "PlatinO
| Orientalis," so that none might be led
astray.
Stands seat $500.
The stands had been built comfortably
/ to seat $500 persons; Mr.. Barrett had
applications for more than 10003 seats.
so It was no wonder that every seat was
taken and that there was an overflow
meeting that extended far into the street
Hard by is the incompleted building of
the D. A. r, and the windows of this
structure were crowded with people. To
/ the south was a huge black derrick.
and during the ceremonies this was
crowded from top to bottom with men
who looked on from this point Of vantage.
/ The arrangements about the stands
were excellently conducted. A detach-
ment OF noncomnissioned officers of the
Thirteenth Cavalry, from Fort Myer.
was on hand to guard the entrances. and
to act as ushers. though in this latter
duty they were aided by the staff OF Mr..
Barrett's bureau, and by a reception COM
mittee. composed Of the following:
Frederick D. Owen. chairman. : A.
Bailey. Sidney L Besselievre. William :.
Broughton, DR. Frank L. Biscoe, Fred
erick c. Bryan, Philander Belts. James
Berrall. Henry E. Cooper. John Doyle
Carmody Chester NJ Clark, Lewis p.
Ciephane. John E. Fenwick. Frank D.
Fletcher. Albert J. Gore. A. 3. Graham,
Henry Q. Hail. Samuel Herrick, Edwin
A. Hill, Robert S. Hume, Charles G. Har-
ris. H. P. r. Holt, John G. Johnson,
Philip F. Larner. J. J. Lightf0ot. C. C.
Magruder, ir., Wallace D. Mclean, Ben
jamin Miller. Richard B. Randolph. Thad
B. Sargeant James Sheldon. jr.. Bowan
B. Tulley, Harry ". Van Dyke. ". P.
Van Wiekle, John L. Writ. DR. ". D.
Writ, W D. Window, Philip Walker, and
Clifford Walton.
Represent the Building.
Those representing the building were:
Albert Kelsey. Paul P. Cret, William c.
Furber. James Berran, Norcross Broth
ers Company. Frederick Denison Owen,
and Capt. ". R. Jenkins.
The diplomatic corps, which was seated
at the right hand Of the Presidents
stand. was seated by the chief Spanish
translator Of the bureau staff. and the
press was taken care of by Dr. Albert
Hale and Mai. Kerby. two veteran news
paper men. Separate entrances were pro-
vided for holders of specially colored
tickets, and so the vast crowd was seated
without any confusion or the slightest
difficulty.
From the Presidents stand the outlook
was an inspiring one. Ali the stands
were draped in white, and although there
was a liberal display Of the Stars and
Stripes for once the American flag was
thrown completely in the shade by the
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