North Carolina Newspapers

''r.:0 i y ) a cA7.Qii::A.j;:::2ra promoter of, southern REsquncEs;; FOUNDED 1869. TODAY V23 PAGES aiARLOTTE.JN.ft.FIDAY MONINCNOVEMBER 1 UA92UX; PRICE FIVE CENTS, DAILY-EVEN CENTS, SU. . ( ! til ( ih 4- tl VS.. K '4 V if G fl EAT FOB : B'( TO OFE! Details of Preparations for First ' " 1 ; ; Session ,Complete.v" ! only ; iaiaiiKUM of frills 'it i f . -, j . - . t ,? ' j """ 'J- , . -United States Alone Ready to ,. Come Forward With Concrete J . Armament Pr&potai;' .XASimroTOX-Nw. 10--(By the Associated Press.) Ths great bow sre completed their preparation to , day for the conference on limitation of armaments. ' ' ' . ' ,' : " Tonight their representatives, ly 4 tng bf : the role of negotiatorsset ; ' u a period of mourning for , America's soldier dead the hour r - ' warning before tha conference aa t imUm on Saturday. .,- ...- The last of the major delegation ; . m completed by tb day's arrivals, I who Included Arthur .-J.. Balfour, 1 head of the British group until the 'coming cf Lloyd George, and- eddl ' ' tiooal delegates front ilew. Zealand, ' Australia and, Italy. 1 i - Balfoar OptlmlMio. i " . Welcomed with all th ceremony ' , thatrcan attend the advent of a. ct I UnguUhtd apokMRnan of tbo graat '' tiowar. Mr- Balfour reached Wah ., lnfton dedartna conTlctlon that conference would accompUah aa - liMorlo. . advano in International - amity. 3 t , nf' , Only tbo detot atoa front FortugU I which to -to arrlro tomorrow, wm . - miaftnc tonight .from Mm roll of tboao who will faea ach har about , 4 iha conference tabl when Proaldant i iiardlna; maka tba openlns addtew V, Saturday, Mmshw'ahinnv iha Aa.a Minfar t encea among tb repreeentatlve ot i nha indlTldual naUona ?u a moating of tboao Who wil comprlM tha ec ' md una of reprMoutlon for the 'United States, tha adriaory com v, mltte namad by Frasldmt Harding v'to adviaa and saalat" the Amarlcan Tha rommlttaa complet ed its onraninttion by tha authorUa- t . tioa of ais-aub-commlttaaa to Act i V. ' tnterpretatjva agenclaa for American ttabllo amnion on tha oueaUpiut l- ' ton tha eonferanc. y'- y . r axekangea among too parti cl- ! patinf nation, final awamant,w v raerted a urrrc' " .f r. ' I ..tienlnsr day. but niiuia tooonta . wars , added , to physical Arrange ' menu- In tba aopference ball, and evary daUit of tha prvparatKms wa ..Atnnid that nothing would re main .to ba don during tomorrow's As finally drawn, up. (ha plana for tha opening session wlU start' the conference with a minimum of frUla AiniMMAttA: intracaisiea. ii. nacra i tary Hughes wUl bring lhe delegates '2 to order, there will be a prayer. J Prealdeat Harding will make a short .mm m Mnumtiit ahalrmaa will i 4 be cbosaa, and the conference wUl V m to work forthwith. President t Harding will antortaln al IthadeU t Watea to' dinner at tha Whita-House I ' Saturday night. ' :' . au aartace indlcataotu are ' deoriytoc. the United KUtelone j anong the powct will bo ratdy to K aamcTforwaKl at the outart with a J mnntta monosal for ' amtajnrnt J Kmiixtua.' This rrfan. relating. ri ' marily to fiUvat problems; therefore. appears to be destined to Jbaeome the ' tint tmnortant topic of negotiation. , although oountar-propoaala are; - oected to do orougnc iB-wwn !wl iiM believed likely 'to lead tha conference .very . rtufcWy nt a eonsideraUon of various far .A .flung questions or oipromauc fvik. i '. A tha onentnc hour approacnea, Vm la (Huilfaat. m. teelinc of STOW- i . i nntimism among many of the ;- delegates, coupled with a detormlna. V tlon not to permit the conference to rr into troobieaoma news wun which it . has) no proper concern. rVtiji Rrltiah drJecatJon ta waking tta pUno for a six weeks session, and moat of the other national groups t (CwiHseis Patt tf.1 EiromCatinto f Almost 'every' 'American; young and old, love to ta4 a sjtory of Vocompllshrtsnt 'intha face ,ot traUv'i,difflqulUeat"and', opposition.' Therefore' The Observer has secured for exclusive publfcttion la Char, loue the Ufa Story of Uoyd George, the British PrrmelMlniater.: by Harold. Spender-e Ula of.ona o th greatest' statesmen BngUnd bat producen-eV man who la wttjl hi the senltlr of his power.' VJ : "ft--" This ,1s practically an auo-bloaTaphy' '. Harold Spender, haa been closely associated with Mr Uoyd. George' for trmny years, and has written this story with he asslsUnct of Mrs. Lloyd George and other members of the Lloyd George family, v "'.f'.- P' , ..V 'Should Llo; 1 George come to Washington daring the Alsarftiament conference, w!.: a w have- every reason' to believe hewlll, this story Vf)j taVn on; an a a dltlonal news-feature interest j, But, 'whether ha lg actually present or not, pur. readers will realise (hat they are reading the life if the roan who la bound to be the, Strongest foreign influence in the: conference. , .y;-4t$- . .'; :,- ;.',' ,.. 1 t 4 It Is a OREAt STORT-hs record ot bumble birth, continual strug gles for an education, deep principles and high ambition.,' Lloyd George blnif- !. altriOUtea inuei n am muvvaam u. uv ..mom ira,wc;iiuij vk a ehoo-cobbler uncle. Some apeak of Lloyd George's Napoleonic career, but, the complete story given In . thhi series reads jnojftJlke JTrtftn Log Cabin to-White llouse.' And the wonder ot what Lloyd George 'achieved grows -when we remember thai it 'happened ln a country 'here.pret(Ige;' tradition knd' grittocrac are .'apt; to -UV precedent 'of actual. Individual irierit.' ' , r ' ' " , " - "i ' vhi. tint installment of the series "of si' will b published, next Bundayto be 1 followed . each Sunday , for the next slxl weeks,' efrj, I fcluslvelj',n', - i ; ' .' - I ' V -' -. THE' rHARtTTB ORSEftVER. ' ,l . ' 1 t V . HERE'S PERSH!.a'S MESSAGE TO NATION .: FOR ARMISTICE PAY WASHI3IGTOK, Kov. 10.--Ait Ing la tcspoaeo to aumerous re questa, General Pershing;, Chief of staff, of the arattas, toalghV made Uie following atateraenti ' , - , Oa -the ifhlril annlrer-ary ,ot the armtotica which terminated the moss devastating war la his tory and ended the hopes of those who would enslave . ctvIUsethm, there is found an ever tocreasJag. gratitude among Uie . . American peoi' toward-those who made tbe victory outs. . - - ' .' ."TodAy the nation pays solemn tribute to the memory of it na known' Arho typifies the devotion of bcroio souls saenncea ton ids altar of patriotism. It is wU to roftnorallie the past, but it Is also Important to take thought of the futarev Ckndltlonr are still far f "ora JdeaX All r lasses ef ctueus must continue the great battle ot peace.' ' ft is the'aacred obUgatloa of every dtiseB to do bis part day by day that aba nation may pros per and thai oontentment happiness tniay eoene to an." British1 Delegation Corpblete , . Except Lloyd George.. , Balfour Party Arrive in Wash ington, Mat- by Hughes, - Pershing and Others.' Aasociatad Preaa.) DoVftf of the British eaiDlra approach tba arnia- manta ant far eastern conference in a solrlt of conlidenca and nign resolve." the acting bead of the dale ration. Arthur J. Balfour. " declared today upon am arrival in vfaaning- W moat not Jndeea aitnar asx for or esDeet' the Impossible. ' kr- though what la within our reao is worth pur utmost, efforts, said Mr. Balfour m a format statement. i can rrat doubt that under' the arise guidance of your president we Shall be fortunate enouen to attain it - - 1 ant twntawflrtnat "a t.i "an going to meet here in common coun sel, and the governments whom they represent, are resolved to the best of their ability to co-operate with blm la making It a success. This is the world's desire r it wm not ran ot ae- camnliahmeat, The arrival of nr. uauour ana hia party early' In tha day from Quebec where they landed Tuesday, completed tha British - delegation with the exception t Premier Uoyd George,- who baa aanonnoed bis de tentloa at home by domeatla prob leana but who baa Informed the Am erican government of hie expectation in Mime to waaninrton as soon as Msslble. Shortly before the chief Brltiab delegate reached the capi tal the British dominion' representa tion was made complete through the arrival of Sir Jf. W. Salmond and George Foster Pearcc. represnta- Uves of New zea:ana ana Australia, respectively.' .-.-. The Bian empire .delegates were met at the atatlan by SeoreUry of SUte Hughes, General Perahlng. Admiral Coonta and other .high offlo lata and military officers. Late In the day they began a round ot calls, go- In gto the White House to pay their respeots tr the PrealdenV and then calling on. Secretaries Hughes, Weeks and Denby at their respective cmces. Tonight they were entertained at dinner at the British embassy- by Ambassador and Lady Oeddea. Before the series of official calls he can Mr, Balfour received newspa. per men and 'while chatting in formally was asked bis opinion as to anea. . " " i . ' ' -"If we-do not spin out the tune In talk,'? he replied, "I see so reason why we should not finish the con ferenee quickly." ' - i (, BRITISH COME L1oyrJ Ceorge's Life Story. f; Sj;;; " FALLEO IIEI Charlotte All Ready for Obscry ahcVof Anr.btics Day.;r , goVern'03 xor.r.isoN here State's Chief Executfvs to De liver Address at Unveiling of Tablet; ParAds1 to I Feature. 1 'V7 - ' i "- 10: a; m. Parade nnlU gather West Trade street- .1 4 V 1S.1S ajri1 Voves.' . 1" a, m-Unveillng ExercWs at Court House when the following program will be carried cut; -v 1.. America, Shrine band. ' . i. Invocation Rev. E. A, Penlck. , f S. Address, Governor Morrison.'"1? I. Introduction of Mrs. W. O. Kes- blt,' regent, D. A. R by Adjutant General J. van B, Metta, - ; " t. Presenution of memorial tab let. Mrs W. O. Neebit I. Unvelllnr of Ublet. Miss Harg- aret Holden Montgomery and Mas ter Jahee Squirea s. Roll call. Aageny ttODinson. fl. Firing salute, '";,. " It. Taps, j,- ' V " 11. Star Spangled Banner. i' lt:t Noon-BUence! ' "12:0lp. nLjr-Rasumptlon ) of -.pro gram. (, .;. r' c ' v l 1:00 ov m Luncneon at we wan'a club ,for White Gold Star Mothers. . : . ' 1:00 n: m. Luncheon at Grace A. M. E. Zlon church for colored Gold StarMothera' ' - -' ; ' t:t0 o. m. Wearn 1 Field. ' Char lotto High school, versus Winston- Salem High school football fame. 1:00 d. m. Luncneoa at noutaorn Manufacturers .club' to Governor Morrison and Staff. .. 1 "- ' to 11 p. m Reception, South era Manufacturers club,r Governor Morrison and suff, ex-service men and all who take part In the, day's activities Tendered er board or ai rectora of Southern Manufacturers clul ,J 1. 1 ''r1' Simultaneously with the people ot all communities through out the United States, the people of Char Jotta and Mecklenburg county tods. will nav tribute to the memory e the sons of the city and codnty who gave their lives on tha bloody battl fields of Prance and Flanders and elsswbere that liberty might not oerlsh from tha earth. ."i 1 a At 11 a 'clock. --neon--the re' '.a of the ciiv and county, with the tun tlon's millions everywhere, will pause tor two minutes in silent vrayer, in accordance with tha request of the President of the republic, and, ae-ta other cities and towns and villages throughout, the land, business activi ties will be suspended today,' that Armistice Day may be fitly observed- and celebrated as a memorial aay for the soldier dead and as ths anni versary, of. the day three.years ago tnet marked the ceasing of the roar of cannon and the ebbing of blood on the battlefields of ' Europe-" ' Mecklenburg county will - mourn her fallen sons at the county .court house when Governor Cameron Mor rison. ot the eommonweaitn os xxonn Carolina, will nay-that tribute to the slain that la their .worthy due. The governor, accompanied by his stair. arrived here about midnight and at once retired to rest for the strenu ous activities of today. " Practically everything In Charlotte will be at a, standstill .during 'the morning hours. Every house & of commerce, almost, will be closed and only those activities that are aeenea to care tor the physical necessities of a great city will be found moving throughout the morning hours. ; In tha afternoon, while most eemmer cial houses will be closed, there wilt be activities of other than a funeral nature, ' -There will bea 'great ' parade, forming on West Trade street . at 10:10 o'clock,' -all component parts of which have been eequestea to as semble at their respective stations Drorantly at the hour of 10 o'ciocx. ; Tbla parade will have a very abort Una of march, going to Independence Square, and ' there, making ... a right turn, to proceed down Tryon street to the courthouse wnerertna exer- cfes for the dead wlir be held and whara an immense throng of citi sennr'ls expected to rather. It It hare that tha bronse Ublet erected to tha memory of Mecklenburg coun- GOVERNOR RECOMMENDS v HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION Advises Commission ; to Use 2 Federal Appropriation on t Particular Protects: .. ' i - ' v' ,v 1 "VV - - ' Charlotte Obeerver BUrMS.y : Vrornrt Hotel., BY BROCK BARKLET, . RALEIGH, JIov." 10.r-Confsrrtn with ths state highway commlssioa today. Governor Morrison urged the use of federal appropriation ' money an nartlcu'-ar v nroleota. recommend ing that the commission not under take to- smear It over several roada This Is proposed so -thatT the people roAv know what roada the state- has built and those the government mon ay wiu buna. . ' Thla mnnev will be used on inter state highways. In compliance .with the federal law. " , , , The commission voted to apportion the millloa and three quarter dollars of fudersl money among the rnne construction districts on the basis of area, mileage and population, w. Governor Morrison also urged the commission to enlarge its con structinn program to the largettV ex tent that sound business and good engineering wilt . permit. , He told them that It this state rah lead Vir ginia; South Carolina and Georgia by three r four years In Its road ayatems it will be worth more to the state than the entire, system v; will. COSt.. ' J 'l jf ' The governor left here this after noon at o clocK rfor Charlotte, ..a h are .ha speaks tomorrow, i.'f"V .. .!.:Vri L . i.l' . K- 4. if ImV . t'-Af'.;'v' LI L '"i j .'"i ,, ii Vft ' Above: ' In' ArUhrtori cemetery twu7 wiut un owra siuvg ,myjna uoiuBa. eww, u.i. yycbiiiui known Tommy" li burled, utnd rlghti' the' Arch of Triumph; In, Paris poiiu! , . r i , 1 A " v - I f t T ' . M , ' r.v p. PASTuns Urccnt llzzii cf Church lr.t U L'ustratsd fci Crc..,-.:; r Uy presented in ths Evening, ; - geeeiaf t ta Tae Ohawni, BURLINGTON- Nov. -10-Tbe second' day, Of, the -ninety-sixth An- Zual session of the Methodist-Prot itant conference - was featured to day by addresses by Rev; C E. Wil bur, D. DrXLlxr'or Pltuburth, pa, who rs editor ol the denominational Sunday school literature; Rev. H. I Elderdlce, p.D. president of West mineter, Theological seminary, West minster. Md-t Rev P. T. Benson. D. D editor of ths Methodist Protest ant, of, Baltlmqre, - Md.;- Rev. (X Klein, UJ-, (Secretary of the board of foreign missions, of Pittsburg, Pa, the apeakers presenting, the; claims and urgent needs xf the various in- I Telegrams and letters from absent members of the conference - were read by Rev. C W. Bates, of Hen derson, the conference secretary.' -At 11 o'clock .the order of the day was reading of .pastors' personal reports. A very lively discussion ensued on a motl6n to discontinue the plan of. pastors reading personal reports In open conference. The motion, was defeated by a small majority, and the reading of the reports swas begun, out not compieteo, , , Drs. Benson and" Kiel! were the speakers at. ths attsrnoon session. The reading of pastors', personal re- porta was resumed -following the ad dresses and ended at A o'clock, when. the conference adjourned for --committee meetings. , .:; y,- , '.r " The evening session began at -7:10 with devotional exercises, conducted by Rev.T: Jf Johnson. IXD.( of Ashe- vllle, the sons-service being airectea bv Bev- B. S.;Troxler..efThomas- VillS,-' '. ' . t, .v. ''". The principal feature of the even ing session was the presentation of a missionary pageant by ?m embers of the local church. 'The pageant was In the form of a dramatic play and . the spirit of modern mission' ary. -endeavor and the urgent , need t -mors missionary, won among tns Rations of the earth was vividly por trayed by- the several characters tn the play.,- Tomorrow's. session srIU be devoted entirely to 1 reports-, ef comntlttees and the' traniactlon'.ot 3 JO JO SAYS , Fair today and Saturday, . Now Foch can say 'Mr left wing is shaken; my right Is in a sung; banquets attack, la, my center, V -o ' I-'--'"jt-V- at Washugtdn wb ere' "the unknown Weetmlnstsr ; y?' V ' i ? .'. V,- n, j r 'Si JJ ft Max: , Gardner Pays tribute to tdiciie. vuiicjjc -ayiuicis. Cornerstons of Memorial Clock Tower; U Uld With Appropriate Masonic ceremopies..' , '' VA1 " """" Vh i'H ' J Caarietce.OSMrver Bareaa ' ' ' k"e w - ' Terteroash H.QU1, , V BT. BROCK . BARHXEY. , , RAlKlGH. 'NovV, lOO... Max Gardner paid an eloquent tribute to State college's 80 Immortals and: Its oftt 1 former P students' who were soldiers in the. world .war la deliv ering the. principal address today at the cornerstone laying, of the memorial clock' tower being erected on the college grounds. ; - "North ' Carolina furnished to the army and the. navy of the nation around ' (0,000 white men, and xt these 10.000. SUte college eon- tributed more than 3.000. . That Is to say , out of every 15 men who offered ' their lives for North Carolina.-: every Itth waa a . product of this- college," declared, the former lieutenant gover ' ana one oi tne, institution's most distinguished sons. "Thia magnificent - record or pa- triotla service, shall forever stand, and shall forever .thrill iUs with perpetual priae. tor taese nooie sons oft ibis college wna neia.aiott tne honored traditions, of, theirs native state, and added a hew luster to Its crown of glory. The. most gorgeous pages of this . tnstltutlon'a history will bear, the names of those great aouled heroes who. laid their' lives, rich with promise, and, bright hope, upon the altar or civilisation. ; A distinguished ; audience of sev eral hundred took pert In the exer elsea, conducted by- the Masons; and frequently applauded .theveddrees of Mr. Gardner. s ,- ' - Preceding. tne aaaresa viate col lege students passed In review 'on Riddlck Seldrpany of them having been among the l.OOp students, and former student . wno were , in. tne aerylce. - - v- ' , ' - Dr.'D. 'H. Hill, former president st the college, introduced, Mr. Gsrd-, nsr. -and f).? Vk York;- president of the College Alumni association, pre- sided, .v ; OVERMAN ASKS FOR" A , '' QUICK INVESTIGATION , A': BY H. fl C. BRYANT.' WASHINGTON. i.Nov;. 10.- i Senator .Overmaa- haa taken up a. , with v the - veterans' bureau the ; letter from Charles L Duenke,. . published la The Observer. Nov Member S, complaining of condi- V tlons -In a Tennessee; - hospital, yThe senator aAed for an lm- J.- mediate investigation and report ; '.ftf flnAltm tn him ': of findlnrs to him -T . , 1 -1 a ri ODD TELL0WS .TO MEET V . . r: ' V "!: AT W1rurrONJSALEM NEXT h r I rIN& 1 wljtiwi PitAU VI ' apwlat te The OkeerveS. - - 1 , WINSTON-SALEM, Nov.. I0W vAt the closing session of the , . district Odd v Fellows meeting : here last night, announennent 3 was made that the grand loige, i L O.. O, F.i would meet in this.. city next May, and that "Cyclone : M : the avail e-elint. ' kii an- ' eepteA en invitation to deliver he. annual sermon on this, oc- American soldier" la being .buried. Abbey, ln( London.' where -the "on- run unaer wiucn la ounea me - unxnown 'rA-A v ,, Jf'V V Will, Be Reviewed 'by. Harding 't'iH f k (i 'V vi PROCESSION VERY, f,rLo::a ftouto s, Frorr( r Capitol " Along Pennsylvania' Avenue arid ' ' V. Ov'er;Acqueduct EridgtC-; , "Washington." Nov. 'is-Tbe funeral cortege.' which' '-will . escort America's unknown i soldier to - his tomb in Arlington cemetery ", wlU leave the capltol at 1:10 Vclock to morrow ( morning. f. 'i Preceded only by a guard of hon or composed ot a composite regiment of foot troops, a battalion , of , sr tDlery and a squadron' of ckvalry, the caisson bearing the casket ''w!U be followed by. President Harding, Vice President Coplldge, Chief Jus tice Taft and the eight associate jus tices of the 'supreme ' court, mem bers of ths cabinet, members of Congress, the grpup ot medsl-of-honor men and ths delegations from the American Legion and , ' Grand Army ef the Republic... Behind these wilt come ether societies and groups, . Tha route will bo Up PenoaylvanU avenue to the White House,- where PrMriifonf S St.rilln ri1l Mrh.-- tt.. parade, en the Aqueduct bridge, over the' Potomac, to the amphitheater. .The ceremonies there will be un der.the supervision of Secretary :cf war weens. The religious program will be conducted by Bishop Charles H. Brent, - former senior chaplain of tha A. E. F., who will offer the opening InvlcaUon. Twu-mlnute period of silent trlbutt -from U to IScOl p. mwllt be followed by the signing of 'Ameri ca" by the entire assemblage. ; ' Then will - coma -the - address of President Harding, ; 1 , , -Add tlonal hymna ths placing ot American ana foreign decorations ex. the casket and reading of (he Scrip- A. 111 . 1 . . k . .. urss. win cuuiiiine vne program, which will precede-the placing of the body In the aarcophagua- Tha remainder of ,tps ceremonies will In elude: . . Chaplain's servics and praytr: sal vos at burial; sounding of taps; firing or national salute ox zi guna. ; Fair and cold weather la predicted fur tamnrmw. ' ' . - NEWSOME INVOLVED; IN r PULLMAN CAR THEFTS 1 SDerkU te ttun O - WINSTON-SALEM, f ' Nov. . 1 10. WaUer ' Whicker, or Southeide, who is being held In Charlotte for larceny OXJiumerp.os article iroT Pullman terday and Interviewsd by local of I " . -i . Z ' ... ' nceM L-rega.ro.ing'cnargeg ampueating hjj,, thtvltreeny of automobiler belonging. tMrs. O.- L..MU)er, and Mayor James G. Hanea As a result of statements made ' by . Whicker, Percy Neweome, of this city, who has figured la several courts, was ar rested n$d will be tried November l. Whicker charges that Newsome was with him when both care were stolen, urs; Miner's machine waa recovered a few idsys -ago, being touna at a em, va. .. it wan etoien last April. Mayor wanes , found,. tola (car Ai, flays aec the Jheft. U - i userrar. d;Hu Thfoughovi Unknown "Soldier's Bier Each Hour of the Daygnd Far f, sanci m mn ana womeniStrcam irscuzn l-acc::!: . Beneath the Great Dime, to Ranksn France, Lying In Tcday. fyj'vr . vnt, y i iiiiii a In Ordsrsd Course jCome the A ; Special Envoys' of. Emperors r "round ,the Worfd, . Laying ,Fldral Tributes About tte ' : t : A "..- A. '" Ate . llllii : SWaa ' ' 4 '' 2 sa - d rrvcious vasKer, wong rw Many ltovwdvW'Age'M te Cc!d ..Stara and Umpmg) Veterans of World; War 'and .-i'-g--a mm ' ' A" Sk' w ' ' mm.m':- "'"I'tf I . . i : . .? oowiert or former mr. , WASHrNOTON, Nov. I0--(By humanity American men women' aitdy children, Americans by heritage. Americana by eietloiL flowed', all' day today and'far Into1 the nleht past the. Wer . dead aotdler, a maa from the .ranks fat Franca, lying alone Under thet great dome of the capltol. blood ot the nation Itself,' a stew documeaU gathered to attest the valor of .America's daag in'Tranca. ' Vnim aavlv'M nnMI fffna? ft great stream surged up the eastena bn the graiUte stairway. In through the hugb doorway fo pass o!emr,'.y, reverently, by the casket and tta five eoWlar guards. moUonkss as t&e statues et Ltncom and Grant at the far doowar which looked down oa the moVing spectacle. Out through' that doorway (the. stream raed. don . r . . ; . . . r , . - tne stateay cornapr ana Jts tnarue races of the western front -to ecaUer.to the bomse-of the c"y bblo . Each' hour 'saw thousands make the slow Journey of honor to the t" Each hoar saw new thousands pouring up ths wide driveways that circle the great building to refill the aeemlngy exbausUess reservoir from which the living stream sprang. . ,j , -,!- , . ' , , '.'That was the owrshadowing slement In, tks cycle' of honors heaped neoii .tKta .namelesa soldier, thia eon of ithe neonle co&e 'Lome to c!.:lm the great reward his Valiant heart hadeamed. "(And: )b w . s r 's own peer 1 4, - of' every nook of 'the natlonthat silently .gave this regard, more feclovi ihan any1 Jeweled 'br carven-toksn thai gover&WnU .of teworld w: T place tonkonf above the riM breait cf the sleeror.' foc 9 t, t'f t&e'ttirt t ,roV.el teW ' ' l ' " . ' .t ..flOU.,. a y..jf 'v. ceremonial of honor tor the- dead went oa- lucre great. men, gaCe., tn WasnJtigtan te, deal . with, great affairs of the ..world, ceme h"n y to place their wreathe and. roses at ing 'gainfully froni wounds' thai brought them down in. France, perhar". on the same 81 where his life blood ebbed. , p -, y ! k The gray haired veterans of old waraoved to do honor of the youn?. stricken -comrades of the last great struggle'' there to ordered coure came the ambasBaaors nnd'the ministers and the' special - envoy a of em- . t. - 1 ' " 4 . "j. , perort tod kings and presidents around the world, - -f ; ,v , , VThere were formal sen-Ices here, Of the human river beyond merging the spoksn tributes" to the dsad.A '- '.: There were tome, Uke tnose wouoaea ooye irom, ranee, wno stoon awed and bashed at the solerrin njajesty that had. come to this comra ' . They placed their wreaths tti Wordless praise, tbelr wounds apd" the ej" of that greaV.'endlesa, Uving 'river beyond maklna; them 'awkard; r eretehee and canes tapping en iha coldl stones as they-shuoi 1-.' eretehee and cane tapping . 1 " " 1 . . the obscurity they craved, y u Cspte, too, black gowned womcnv sorrow and all. wearing In pride the died,' over tberjk,''' They brought elwaya with thelr-flowers the great r that' bring to this unknown son of liberty a message frotn those conu Whose names stand above ail others'ln the roll of the iuiUmu's servi. the great scroll oj; those -who Uke bin have died for the tut. . . iJ'JU the hour moved by theasl racheej'bfB"tnd chnmber scemei toe smaVte, house the growing mass of flowersy As each cluster w s lit place, .roses, that blossomed In Canada and South Africa,', poppiet through' blood drenched Flanders bus that blossom under American fragrance. , Soldier guard stepped been teW and the 'long,. rounded sweep pf granite wall vv. as I wreaths and greens ovsr Its whole the state floors held its weight 6t beauty, lu shsr- of honor fyr t brave deadl ' ' s-r ;I fHy r f4 5 V .r. ;, . ,. Night had fallen before the, soldiers And their comrade marines who Jointly shared the honor of guarding the resting place? ot this unknown lad moved to check the stream of humanity that continued tta nieas a-' l flow through the long hour of standing m the dark of the plaza filut: - the.capttet ' Another meraen la bis great hour ef all eternity had e ) .' 1 for. the Akrottwho ts khotin t all thrnatton; by his flftth. "' --' y ' The llghte la "the-aveuUed; chamber dwindled and d ltd to" ths C . glow, of high, bidden bulbs;' the great bronie doors swung shut, and a! . again with ihe tireless, rigid comrades who keep this last vigil wtt 1 ' 1. AmericA'a unknown from France was left to await dawa and the con ' of the cortege in which the president aad'all the hishest figures in Amer ican national life; will walk humbly to carry htm to the grave. f. -v l Crowds whjkih sought tonight to enter the capltol and pay their tribi: axtsndsd for more than ten blocks, and it was evident that not all wou: t be able to reach the bier, . .f y&i'$'r mtoraTtriButes laid on .tht casket Ky .imuay organisation. In cluding the American Legion, the American War. Mothers, .Vetorans'. cf Foreign 'Weira Order of Indian Wars, Mllttury! Order ,ef the World T."r. United ftates infantry association. Daughters of : .Yetsraasv Americ Women's legion, 1 0th division. Song of Teraperanoe, and national Cor' erate organixationa. Including the Daughters of the Confederacy, '' After getUngwwrd trou the ouUklc that fully twenty thousand 1 were waiting their- tarn to- ebter tbe'roaada,, ' the military au:: decided at S o'clock tonight to keep rhe doors open beta aS In t" IS o'clock, the honr set for closing, had. passed through, '. - General Perahlng stood again jonlghi before the coHn of Ui t soldier and there were tears m his eyes as be turned away. - It lacked Just fifteen minutes of midnight' when the lat t rhich had been moving steadily past ths catafalque for a'. .ours, had- paid their silent respect to1 the dead and V " ' Idsed.r, V- P' 5 ' . tu".V '' ' J The capltol police eatunated I The capltol police estimated - a - IJrrr.V"; . "7---. , Mom jhe Day Past Jntr th3yf:;;ht Kgyy, Th: -j Honor the , Dead Frcn th2 State " ilniv Funcral Hour - 1 5 mbassadore and Ministers and and Klntrs . and Presidents' rm tsiactc uownea women.; ; A i the .Asso dated Presa)--A , river of . If. flowed as strongly as the life but qverwbelrnbig torrent of human ilViUkaa tia-ahmtiHa tha !ti tha ' front.of' ths-rotunda,-four abreast, . suurway ana aown overdue v:t the bier,'. There came comrades, Ua.p- always Vlth.tha shutCUig ootsti with the prayers and thechants enl :v." i , : . ' f f '-'', 7 ' '! r-- ' : "' ... , ' many bewed and gray with a goTden.star that.U.! of a sun v. France or. England, t'lat Wmk, . Wat urust; up' jneir sion - fields; 'ana flowers or evtry c l - l a ' t' 1: 1. .1 m: skles-th ;air' gj;ew Ti' ' out to move each-tribute ; length and every, vantage point v that from tO.OOQ to that from io,0':u to- ;,' j .!.. ' -1 Vi iw