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Show TO PRESERVE HISTORIC PEN That Used by Secretary of State Hughes on Important Occasion i In Care of D. A. R. The flagstaff penholder used by Secretary Sec-retary of States Iluglies in signing the treaties agreed upon by the delegates at the recent conference on the limitation lim-itation of armament In Washington will he preserved to posterity In the custody of the Daughters of the American Amer-ican Revolution, probably In Memorial Continental hall, where the treaties were signed. The penholder Is, made of native woods from 28 states and territories, and Is decorated with miniature flags of 28 nations, Including the nine rei-rcsented rei-rcsented nt the conference and several of the allied powers In the World war. The woods wore collected and fashioned fash-ioned Into a penholder about 14 Inches long by David Fairbanks of Chicago. Two small pieces of wood used In If s manufacture are of special historic his-toric Interest. The section of rot ton-wood ton-wood from Michigan was taken from a tree standing on the ground where the old Indian chief, I'ontlac, fought his last battle with the British In 17C3, and the piece of red cedar from South Carolina camo from a tree planted by the statesman John C. Cul-houn. |
