The Washington herald., 1921-05-06

maple sugar party at Rauscher's.
Today Mrs. Coolidge will leave
for Northampton. Mass.
TOMB VISITED
BY VENEZUELAN MISSION.
With the object of placing upon
the sarcophagus of Gen. George
Washington two bronze wreaths-
one in the name of the President
elect of the Republic of Venezuela,
Gen. Juan Vicente Gomez. and the
other in the name of the govern
ment of that Countrywide Venezue-
Ian Minister Of Foreign Affairs. DR..
Esteban Gil Borges, yesterday head
ed the Special Mission from Vene-
zuela and the party of distinguished
guests in a trip down the Potomac
and back on the U. S. S. Mayhower,
which had been placed at the dis
posal of the party by Secretary OF
the Navy Edwin DENLY, the host OIL
the occasion.
The Venezuelan Minister and his
associates, who were accompanied
by the ladies of the mission, were
accorded the fullest official honors.
A salute of nineteen guns was fired
upon the departure from Washing
ton and upon the return to the city,
and The Star-Spangled Banner"
and the Venezuelan national anthem
were played by the ships band.
The ceremony of placing the beau
tiful- bronze tributes, which had
been specially made for the purpose
in France, was one of profound i'm
pressiveness because of the extreme
simplicity and sincere reverence
that marked the act of the visiting
diplomat.
PROMINENT GUESTS
ATTEND THE CEREMONY.
Besides the members of the mis-
sion there were present in the party
Admiral Andrew T. Long; Col. Sher-
rill, of the Marines: Sumner welles,
chief Of the Latin-American Division
of the State Department.; Col. and
Ms. William Kelly, jr.. and Miss
Kelly; Mrs. Benjamin B. Odell, wife
OF the former governor of the State
Of New York; John Barrett; DR.. Leo
S. Rowe, director general of the Pan
American Union; Mrs. Stewart John
son; Mrs. Gerry, wife of Senator
Peter Gerry; Mrs. Mareleine Gid
dings, Miss Beatrice Miller; Mrs.
Hicks, wife of Representative Fred
erick C. Hicks, and Capt. Holmes,
of the Mayhower.
The complete personnel Of the
mission. including the ladies and
children, were present as follows:
DR.. and Mrs. Esteban Gil Borges,
Jose Gil, j. Alberto Gil. Mrs. Maria
Lourdes Gil. DR.. and Mrs. Jose San
tiago Rodriguez, Jose Santiago
Rodriguez, jr.. Manuel Rodriguez,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesus Maria Herrera
Mendoza, Don Felipe Francia and
Mrs. Francia, Mr.. and Mrs. Manuel
Segundo Sanchez and Miss Mer-
cedes Sanchez, Don Francisco
Javier Yanes and Mrs. Yanes, DR..
Santos A. Dominica. the Venezuelan
Minister regularly accredited to this
capital: Miss Inez Dominica, Miss
Elina T. Aramburu. Alberto Adriani,
Harry Chaplin Plummer, and Luis
Churion. Secretary of the Vene-
zuelan Legation.
A luncheon was served aboard
the Mayhower on the return trip up
the Potomac from Mount Vernon.
BY invitation of the governor OF
ketucky. the visit of DR.. and Mrs.
Gil Borges. DR.. lose Santiago Rod
riguez and Harry Chaplin Plummer
to be made to decorate the grave of
Henry Clay. has been prolonged
twenty-four hours, to include a stay
IN Louisville to attend the Derby
thence the party will proceed di.
rectly to Boston for a visit of two
and-one-half days, and to Prov.
dence and Fall River. Following Z
brief period of rest, DR.. Gil Borges
accompanied by Mr.. Plummer. viii
embark upon a tour to Princeton
n. j.; Trenton. Philadelphia, Cleve.
land, Ohio: Detroit. Mich; Grand
Rapids and Chicago. He will sal
for Venezuela in June.
The Japanese Ambassador anS
Baroness Shidehara were hosts at 6
brilliant dinner last evening at the
Japanese Embassy. In the company
were the Secretary of State and Mrs
Charles Evans Hughes. the Secre
'tary of Commerce and Mrs. Hoover
Sonora de Matthew. wife of the Chill.
can Ambassador. the Norwegian
Minister and Nine. Bryn, the
Chinese Minister. DR.. Alfred SEE
the Polish Minister and Princes.
Lubomirska. Rear Admiral and Mrs
r. Z. Coontz. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler
p. Anderson, the Director Of the
Consular Service and Mrs. Wilbur
]. Carr. Col Robert NJ. Thompson
A. p. Graves. Honorary Attache o.
the British Embassy; Mrs. Frederick
e. Chaplin. Miss Marcia Chaplin, Maj
Gen. Kazutsugu Inouye, !. ]. A
Military Attache of the Japanes,
Embassy: Shigetsuna Furuya, Coun.
selor of the Japanese Embassy, ant
Nine. Furuya; Sadao Saburi. Secre
tary of the japanese Embassy. anc
Nine. Saburi; Capt. Nagano. ant
Renkei Tsuda, Attache of the Jap
ahese Embassy.
DR.. Bedrich Stepanek. Minister o.
czechoslovakia. left Washington las
evening for Philadelphia and will
return to the city Saturday. VISITING