Show io iles beor de reconstruction of the noble arose rose T almost demolished hy german bombardment to be aft from hotel men of the united states T it T 1 k wy 1 T law f 10 1 A A oft z j Y t P ay CZ H jk I 1 g M y AB lj A i 1 vv v z v A I 1 haw OW oa WA MJ aws r hotel men of the fi united gaited states state will be the f first of any y industry to undertake der tako tl alie a work of reconstruct I 1 loD in bel glum gium their effort in this direction will he t the he land restoration rution of at on an ancient in inn in the town of fures fumes in ID flutie flanders for far some time the headquarters of the belgian army had and of king albert As the ho fla tel noble save rose this inn ras nas tor for cen can h baries celebrated calibrated mil among 9 visitors to I 1 landers made at the national hotel exposition held hed la recently opportunity was sas given to the hotel men of the united states to redeem pledges made by some same of dem ili last year and all hotel men it ere invited to contribute to the project mrs 1 ben 8 alien alen who has as been nam rat e ed d as a godmother gerbil of the inn and who was in furnes while hale it was and under shell bell file bre and ad we was our one of the last americans to are the building before it was demolished moli shed P presided pidd idd at the booth and sax assisted in receiving by various joan not abilities bar baron E do de cattle cartier tit the belgian minister trial who has taken a keen into interest car in the movement from the start was one of the visitors visitor A little more than aawar a vear ago hotel men fren who had bad gathered in new york yorla cloth various parts part of tile country to attend the a national hin I 1 hotel exposition P I 1 it heard for the first time 11 of 1 the hotel noble ro rose a hotel men see oppa opportunity holty ra ben S ale alien chief of the education al of division I 1 0 o of it tile the united states state I 1 food and administration had be been talking to ule bliem about the necessity necess tty for noting sal tug food and wis vis painting a picture of the war c conditions ditle A a in belgium which he h had me several mecal cal times time visited III he told nebout n visit A to 1 the hotel 0 1 noble no rose nhen burnes me w was the I 1 beada headquarters ft a of h he belli limn just P I 1 after the bel glans blans had stopped the onrush of f ger aa nana ater long along b IB year those 1 C p present s at were so much urn maed with ill mr r A al fio aluch IF lens description r and ad with what seem an ed ad A an opportunity tor for gracefully a ex pressing tile the sympathy aval of american hotel mon men with fill belgium and their that will to a help t that a doyen AC men ja in various parts act of at th the room shrub leaped to lo their feet nd and proposed till th restoration of the noble rose ras as 0 a gift from tile the hotel men of An america ceric this thin a offer was transmitted alts is to rd aaion de curti cartter s r 1 in washington and battle ef afterward bervia d word was received that thattie ahe belgian government at hall p tied des designated ignited tile the noble rise III a as R monument it thus becomes a ward hard of the baglan nation under he control of the minhart of ant fant A arts bad and lh p possibility of uie fur for p private rise IF pro proult t 1 s removed with fth the algell A of the and ili alro unmistakable approach of peace it la Is felt that the time me to be gin fill carrying g out art the pr elect Is 1 at hard hand the sum earn required tor ear tile the restoration of llie h property r will b bp p acma about fifty th thousand d dollars this thi sum will be apportioned among the verlous I 1 a us far and ad the hotel men in ID each state will i be asked to contribute matr but their heir quota for that state late baron do center has ronen confuted ted to head the patrona of the noble rose and other iia trona are mr me brand the arreal american minister to ab heigl belgium and it mrs MCA will whitlock u k mr M it and mra MCI herbert hoover or dr and mrs vernon kellogg mr and mra mm ben S allen alien and ad mr me john mee B bowman spot of historic let interest at the spot ft ft here what shut if 1 left at 0 the noble rose stands land Is in intimately ti b ly as socia ted with bela belgian li history Y T the h ruins mine of the in inn situated in led on the a rue du do nord face the apse pan of the nistor leal leaf eh church it of saint tt the a ton fun burn bore upon pa it its gable the a date data 1575 1 but its foundations belonged belge d to what was ras evidently a pulses dating back to i the he thirteenth or fourteenth century the general headquarters of the bel glan ghin city army were alad their before the he battle of yar october 14 19 1914 remaining adra until mu j Y 23 19 1915 15 dur ing 19 the b bombardment of ahrnes no vember her 1 1814 1914 a german ili shill pene listed the roof passed through th UK timbers of th the a 1 loft ft end and expended la a a ro room on tile the first floor by Y a singular lb agede ricochet the head of 1 the shell b won thrown tile front wall based through its entire thickness thi cliness and ad till into the street on february 18 16 1915 another bell penetrated tile the root roof of the building only about two yards yard from liere ere the th at faist t had entered it exploded OD all ili ilie second floor blowing I 1 the roof 10 lo pieces a and A d the ir gable loose flam its holdings tell fell into the street all state represented red MP me Boe boelman laan I 1 Is a chairman ot of the committee in charge of this and mrs birk ben S allen alien Is secretary and le treasurer asuras the other members it tract a chairmen and state hotel ebah chair men of at the food they anre ra frank C hall thomas D green NOW new york charles el consolvo caarl mar arld land ld I 1 I 1 flat george georae R bablon D U 8 A teary C duruk drake arrons W N v bobi inson M missouri an rl J coleman Col armans california calvin IL H mures morse colo rado 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