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Show PRINCE VISITS President Receives Heir to British Throne at White House. J WASHINGTON, Nov 12 The Prince of Wales, as one of .he last ai ts of his official visit in Washington, ! will seo President Wilson late today. 1 H. rxpeefs to call al the White House for an informal visit President . il fen probably will entertain his royal guest while seated in an Inyalld'a chair. A trip to Mount Vernon bv motor this afternoon war. another event on Ihi' iltlVQ iirnrri-Mi l lUn Inmk nf iene:al Washington Prince Edward will pay homage to the memory of the man who l .1 the forces of the Amei ican colonies when Ihey gained their independence from the mother coun-trj coun-trj England, ovei which the routhful prince is destined' to reign Vice President Marshal! and Secretary Lansing Lan-sing were among those in the patty to accompany him. The only formal function arranged was the conferring of decorations on eighty offic. rs and enlisted men of thf American aims and navy and seven I nurses at the Belmont home, ihe prince's residence here, this morning Reception for Albert Edward. WASHINGTON, Nov 12. Albei ' Edward, prince of Wales, the guest of Ihe American nation, came into per-: gonal touch with "government by the people" last night at the mosl formal event of his stay here, in ihe halls of the librarj of congress, a reception to which all members of congress and I their families had been invited. Mem"! bers of the cabinet and the diplomatic corps also attended. The prince received ih American legislators in ihe midst of historic doc-Liment8 doc-Liment8 dealing with the s. paration of the American colonies from the empire em-pire over which he is destined to, rein. The prince went to the reception fiom the home of Secretary Lansing, where, with Mrs. Lansing, the secretary secre-tary had entertained him at dinner He paid homage to American sol ! dlers wounded in France earlier in thej day when h inspected Walter Reed military hospital and in a brief ad-j dress hailed these men as "my comrades com-rades in arms ' Jciro the Red Cross The prince was enrolled formally SB B member of the American Red j Cross during the da The badge of i membership was pinned among the war decorations on his breast by Mrs "errand, wife of Dr. Livingston Per rand. Chairman of the Red Cross con-' iral committee, and ho wore it proudly during ihe day. The dollar he tendered and his au'o-graph au'o-graph were placed beside thofe of! King Albert and Quen L'lizabeth ol Belgium in the societ) s museum. The only other forma! event of the prince's day w.is his inspection of t he i Lincoln memorial nearing completion beside tht- Potomac; but he added to his program In the afternoon, which I had ben left for him to dispose of as' he saw fit. a call at the Lome of Mrs George Dewey, widow of Admiral i Dewey ihe hero of Manila Bay. The prince plans to visit tomorrow With President Wilson. |