Show MILLION DOLLAR PALACE OF PEACE FORMALLY OPENED Dedication of New Building of International Bureau of the American Republics Addresses by President Taft the Mexican Ambassador and Andrew Carnegie Who Donated 750000 for the Erection of the Beautiful StructureBrilliant Reception in the Evening I IVashingtmlThe lllll lon < and formal I i opening on Tl tln > of the nets lmlllllng B of the Internon l Ilu nan of the meiietii republics was an event of interest and Importance to all I countries or lilt western horn y ek tF I w k r r B9 M A nl M 4 I Andrew Carnegie sphere The building is really a palace I pal-ace of peace and progress for the bureau stands for friendly political te lotions between the countries of AmerIca I Amer-ica and for close social and trade Intercourse 1 In-tercourse between their peoples The erection of the building was I made possible by Andrew Carnegie who gave 750000 of tho million which It and Its site have cost and the Iron I master was one of the chief guests and speakers at the dedicatory ceremony cere-mony President Taft delivered a line address and speeches were made by Senor de la Huirn the Mexican ambassador ambas-sador Secretary of State Knox and John Barrett director of the bureau who was In charge of the ceremonies Prayers were delivered by Cardinal Gibbons and by a clergyman of the Protestant faith Of course all the members of the dip lomatlc corps who were In the city were present and these brilliantly uniformed uni-formed gentlementogether with scores of ladles In their beautiful spring costumes cos-tumes made the scene most plctur esjue Brilliant Evening Reception Nearly everyone In Washington wanted to attend line dedication ceremony cere-mony but the hall of ambassadors seats only I SOO people So Mr liar roll ararnged for a reception In the I evening In honor of President and Mrs i Tall and Mr and Mrs Carnegie In of the Itatlons were sent to members diplomatic corps and to official and resident res-ident society and the reception proved brilliant affairs to be one of the most c 4J 4V T rrlN I Ambassador de la Barra Marino band wns Thu of the season of Iatln Ihere IIlaylng a reperlolre outside Amerlcan aunt ountaln outilde nlllhol118 a AmerlClln IIhlllllnntetl with olec bullclllll was the Central nod South till trlc cl1dlgni of American countries and elaborate re freshmenta were served The affair wns a grout credit to Dl rector Barrett and to Francisco I I Vanes the able secretary of the bu I rent These gentlemen and thoh fellow fel-low workers In the bureau have given a vast amount of tlmo mid labor to iii the task of preparing for the event of I Tuesday and It was Indeed their red letter day and a fitting culmination of the two years work on the new building I Meant for Palace of Peace j I Tho opening of the now home of I the International Bureau of the Amor lean Republics not only adds n most Important and surpassingly beautiful I structure to the public buildings at i i Uncle Sams seat of government but I gives added dignity and prominence to an Institution of significance throughout I out the world and specially In the new world Tho new building Is notable I primarily as the homo of that rapidly developing Institution tho PanAmor lean bureau but of yet deeper meanIng I mean-Ing In Its mowed function as a center of arbitration on this continent I It Is because of the hope that this new ItuAmerlcan palace would see as biicu an agency of peace for the the various Independent nations of t I North Central and South America that I Andrew Carnegie was Induced to make the donation ol the sum of 750000 which has been expended In the eiec yvSe F t ft w r v i I ° Director John Barrett lion ot this monumental structure Indeed In-deed the famous philanthropist has designated time new building as a i peace palace and a feature of Its In M j 4 t r JiiiiiJt Ar 1 1 t x ply a v r N + Mi o ° ar H rrtr to x teiea is iw aek Q a New Home ol the Pan Amerlcan Bureau tent specially provided with a view I to this phrase of the matter is a great auditorium or hall of American ambassadors I am-bassadors designed its a meeting I place for all soils of International conferences having as their purpose harmony and cooperation on the part of the republics of the western hemisphere hemi-sphere Growth of the Bureau As most people are aware the Insti i talon known as tho International Bureau 1 Bu-reau of American Republics or Pan I American bureau as it Is usually called Is a sort of common headquarters headquar-ters and clearing house for Information I Informa-tion maintained jointly by all the American nations from the great lakes to Capo Horn It was the outgrowth of the firsf PanAmerican conference which was held In Washington In 1SSO and It Is maintained by a common fund to which all of the independent nations of the three Americas chip In In proportion to their population Inasmuch as tho United States by this plan pays more than half of the ox pauses of tho bureau Its headquarters have from the outset been located In Washington Some years ago wlion the rented quarters of the bureau In WashliiKtm became manifestly Inadequate for sti ei < dlng activities a project was set afoot to erect a permanent lomo for l r It It 6 was to cost 120000 nnd the different republics were to contrlbutn In proportion to population as they tin for the annual expenses of the Institution Insti-tution Several of tliu South American Amer-ican countries proceeded on this basis and there was something like 50000 on hand when tho congress of tint United States declared for n more pre tenuous building and appioprlated 200000 Instead of merely Its share ot the 125000 Soon after Andrew Carnegie Car-negie came forward and offered to donate do-nate the whole sum needed for buildIng build-Ing anil a much liner building tun had previously been thought of III had previously donated millions of dollars I dol-lars for till rantoua peace palace at The Hague and It was his Iden to have the new edifice In Washington I > = S ystt n tr 4 M 1 t It a t 1 1 J t 1 F t 1 t w J t It 1raelg J lYrldd of i I Old Quarters of the Bureau occupy the same elation to the cause of International peace on this continent conti-nent that The Hague palace does to tho cause of International arbitration throughout the world Beauties of the Marble Building With thieoqtiaiteis of a million dollars dol-lars provided by Mr Carnegie for a building the PanAmerican bureau was enabled to devote till1 250000 on hand to the purchase of a site and a most admirable tract of several acres was secured n an Ideal location south of tho White House and overlooking over-looking the Potomac river Hero a surpassingly beautiful marble palace has been reared from the prize designs de-signs submitted III the competition which was entered by architects In all parts of the country and Indeed of the continent There Is a distinct touch of the Spanish In the aichltec ture markedly In tho Introduction of a tile roof and tho provision of a patio or inner court such as constitutes consti-tutes the most distinctive feature of the typical LatinAmerican mansion The whole architectural policy in tho case of this building has been to provide pro-vide a structure more suggestive of a palatial private residence than a public pub-lic office structure The patio or picturesque courtyard court-yard Is protected from the sun by an overhanging roof and cooled by waters falling from a beautiful marble fountain foun-tain On all hands are tropical plants while the quaint pavement white stucco walls and low doors suggest the Spanish atmosphere Much space In the rooms which open Iron this patio pa-tio Is given over to the Columbus Memorial Me-morial library the great collection of books on PanAmerican subjects which is one of the principal features of the bureau There are stack rooms for 120000 volumes a fireproof vault for valuable documents and a reading room 40 by 100 feet In size Offices occupy most of tho second floor of the new building tho principal princi-pal apartments being designed for tho use of limo director of the bureau the secretary and tho governing board On this floor also Is the beautiful assembly as-sembly hall or hall of American ambassadors am-bassadors of which mention has already al-ready been made This Imposing auditorium au-ditorium Is more than 100 feet in length and 65 feot in width A total of two dozen ornamental columns support sup-port the ceiling which rises 45 feet above tho floor Five I large bay windows win-dows with balconies overlook the garden gar-den In the patio It may be added In conclusion that this patio has been so arranged that in winter It will be transformed Into a winter garden g f t I Ir y ° rA I Secretary F J Vanes I through the aid of a novel sliding root This roof is entirely htid11 liom vlow iliifUg the spring and MII tier I r I t t r A t |