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Show ft CELEBRATION ON i CANALOPENING New Orleans, Jan. 8 Celebration of the centenary of peace between Great Britain and the United States was begun here today with a salute of twenty-one guns timed to end 100 years, to the moment, after Andrew Jackson triumphed over the British army at Chalmette. Other ceremonies of the three-day celebration included v the unveiling of a statue of Jackson " on the spot where the generai had H his standard at Chalmette and the e formal exchange or greetings between y Assistant Secretary Peters of the d treasury department, who is Presi dent Wilson's representative, and the envoy of King George, Consul Carew-Hunt. Carew-Hunt. Many Prominent Men Present. 5 Many prominent Canadian and . American peace advocates were here r for the series of exercises which were to take place at sites and in buildings made famous by events of a century ago. Washington, Jan. 7 In a confer- ence late today with Democratic and Republican leaders of congress. President Pres-ident Wilson asked for an appropriation appropria-tion of ?25i.000 to defray expenses of the Panama canal next March. The president summoned to the White House, just before he took the train for Indianapolis, Senators Overman, Over-man, Hoke Smith of Georgia and Gal-lingor Gal-lingor and Representatives Underwood. Under-wood. Shc-rley and Mann, and laid before them tentative plans for the celebration submitted to him by Secretaries Sec-retaries Bryan, Garrison aud Daniels. The plan includes the entertainment of visiting officers of foreign fleets which are to participate in the naval review and pass through the canal. if that is possible, and the transportation transpor-tation of the fleet and visitois. Although all details of the program were not made public, the president told the delegation that the 1 sumated expenditure for the celebration would be about a quarter of a million dollars. dol-lars. Democrats and Republicans alike approved the plans and the expenditure ex-penditure It was determined that no presidential message would be necessary nec-essary in order lo procure funds, but it was agroed that another conference confer-ence should be held with regard to the matter as soon as the president returned from Indianapolis. Possibility that the naval parade through the canal cannot be held, as suggested recently by Colonel Goe-thals, Goe-thals, on account of slides, was discussed dis-cussed at the conference, but it was agreed that preparation:? should go Jorward without regard to such a possibility. The plan contemplates a reception for visiting naval officials and representatives repre-sentatives of foreign governments in Washington, and for their departure from the capital March 5 for Hampton Roads, where battleships will be boarded for the canal cruise. An invitation to include the Pacific northwest in the itinerary was extended ex-tended to the president today by Senators Sen-ators Chamberlain and Lane of Oregon, Ore-gon, Borah and Brady of Idaho. Sutherland Suth-erland of Utah and Jones and lJoln dexter of Washington. He promised to take in those states if possible. . fi n |
