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Show PROPOSES NOVEL MEMORIAL TO LINCOLN WASHINGTON, July 1$. During a meeting of tha Lincoln memorial commission, commis-sion, which Is expected to be held this week at the white house, consideration will be given for proposed $2,000,000 monument mon-ument to Lincoln. One of the designs submitted Is that of H. Vanburen MrGonlgle of New Tork. designer de-signer of the recently erected monument to William McKlntey, at Canton, O. Mc-Gonigte's Mc-Gonigte's suggestion la that an arch, the largest In the world, be erected In the capltaL His design proposes a marble or granite structure 170 feet high, 180 feet wide and 12 feet deep, the upper portion containing a hall to hold Lincoln rellca. |