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The Ladies of the G. A. R. are very
busy. Delegations came streaming in
today and the headquarters of the na
tional officers at the West hotel show
that the convention is on. The Min
neapolis women have been working con
tinuously since Saturday at the impro
vised headquarters on Hennepin and
Fifth street, and a busy lot they are.
Yesterday, altho it was Sunday, was
one of the hardest days the women
have put in. The demand for rooms
was enormous, but, thanks to the kind
assistance of some good-hearted citi
zens, the offers came in fast enough to
meet every demand. One gentleman
offered his flat, placing it at the dis-
NATIONAL OFFICERS
HAVE COME EARLY
of any visitors the committee saw
send into it.
Accommodations were listed at the
rate of from twentv to thirty an hour,
which was very fortunate, for the vis
itors continued to arrive in great num
bers. The last customer of the com
mittee was an old veteran who came
in very late, tired and travelworn,
yearning for a place to put his weary
head.
"Lndies, ain't there no place where
you might put a strangerjust a lit
Prominent Members of the Ladies of the G. A. R. and
Candidates for Office Already at tho
Headquarters.
National President Here.
tle corner to sleep in?" he asked. Of 1 sylvama presidential candidate will be
course, they were delighted and placed
him in comfortable quarters.
WILL ACT O N WlRZ MATTER
Ohio Ladles Will Present Resolution
Against Proposed Monument.
It was learned today that Ohio will
\a all probability present a resolution
It the present convention of the Ladies
of the G. A. R. protesting vehemently
against the movement of erecting a
monument in memory of Captain Henri
Wirz at Anderson prison. The Ohio
women are said to be greatly exercised
over the proposed step to be taken by
the Daughters of the Confederacj^. For
some time the plans in regard, to such
a monument have been discussed, but
little attention has been paid by the
northern women, as it was not expected
that such a thing would be carried
thru. This movement of the Ohio
women, with which the women of other
states are in sympathy, will undoubted
ly start a volley of hostilities among
the representatives from the south and
from the north. It mav overshadow
the excitement of the national presi
dential election.
The departmen/s from the different
states are already well represented, and
the gathering of distinguished officers
when the convention opens will be a
splendid one. It will include a num
ber of the well-known past national of
ficers and past department presidents.
Mrs. Ruth E. Foote, the national presi
dent, her secretary, Mrs. Catherine Ross,
arrived with the Denver special at 3
o'clock this morning. Mrs. Agnes J.
Winslow of Chicago, past national pres
ident: Mrs. Anna M. Hall, past national
president of Wheeling, W. Va Mrs.
Geneveve H. Longfield of Chicago? of
the national council of administration
Mrs. Elizabeth Griffith of TTtica, N. Y.,
also of the national council of adminis
tration Mrs. Christine Dunlap of AVash- president at the Denver convention, and
Ington, secretary of the Appomattox 1 New York feels that she should be
association Mrs. Nellie Underwood of honored with an office of national pres-
Chicago, national press correspondent I ident.
and trustee of the Appomattox asso
ciation Mrs. Margaret A. Stevens of
Cewark N J, and Mrs Ella S Jone s,
national treasurer, are among the prom
inent representatives of the Ladies of
the G. A. E. already at the headquar
ters.
Candidates for Office.
Of the candidates for president,
Mrs. Mary Jameson of Marine City,
Mich., Mrs. Hannay Chamberlain of
Aubany, N. and Mrs. Julia E. F.
Lobdell of Minnesota are already in
the city. Mrs. Ada L. Shannon of
Philadelphia and Mrs Henrietta Ger
wig of Allegheny, Fa., are to arrive
tomorrow morning. Mrs. Alma Dal
ton was due from Kansas today, but
owing to her train being delayed, will
not be in town until late tonight. Mrs.
E. E. Pierce of Springfield, Mass., the
latest mentioned candidate, arrived
this morning.
There is no need denying the fact
that forces will be terribly split and
that the struggle for supremacy will be
an ardent one. Those who are in a
position to know of the inner side of
things come forth with the statement
that it "will come close to a tie between
Minnesota and Massachusetts. Mrs.
Pierce, Massachusetts' indorsed candi
date, is a very popular woman and
splendidly fitted for the office. She
has held the position of senior vicepresi
dent and of junior vicepresident, and
is a past department president of her
state. She is closely allied with the
work of the order. Her husband, Dr.
E. E. Pierce, is on the national staff of
aids. Nobody disputes the charms and
qualifications of Mrs. Alma Dalton, the
Kansas candidate, but Kansas has had
the office already three times, while
Massachusetts never put a candidate
for national president to the front. The
scales waver between the east and west.
May Support Minnesota.
Hlinois is keeping clear out of the
presidential race, which seems to con-
Pleasant Affair of the After-
noon at the Kimball
Home.
The members of the Daughters of the
imerican Revolution, the Daughters of
the Revolution and the Colonial Dames
united in extending hospitality to sev
eral hundred visitors at the reception
at the home of Mrs. H. H. Kimball,
Twenty-fourth street and Third avenue
6", this afternoon. It was a very pleas
ant occasion. The green, velvety lawn,
the beautiful foliage and glowing blos
soms of every hue and description,
formed a beautiful setting, and the
guests spent most of the time on the
.rounds,
where one of the visiting G.
R. bands played during the receiv
ing hours. Another delightful musical
feature was the singing of the Modoc
club of Kansas, composed of veteran
foldiers.
The house was decked with bunting
and flags fluttered from pillars and
{ncludinGreate
osts masses of garden flowers,
th brilliant goldenglow and
the glowing gadiolas, were everywhere
thruout the rooms.
Mrs. Kimball- and the assisting wom
en, Mrs. J. S. Bell, state regent of the
A. R., Mrs. R. M. Newport of St.
Paul, Mrs. Ell Torrance, Mrs. Frank
lin Rising of Winona, Mrs. W. M. Lig
gett, Mrs. O. C. Wyman and Mrs.
Charles T. Thompson, received the
quests in, the drawing room.
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firm the rumor that Mrs. McClure is
a candidate for senior vice president.
Many of the Illinois women who have
arrived the city said that their state
is friendly to Minnesota's candidate.
Illinois is represented by a very strong
delegation and her support would me an
much. Mrs. Dalton, the Kansas candi
date, has the unlimited support of hov
own state and of several of her neigh
boring states. Several of the eastern
delegations claim that it will be hard
to defeat her. She is said to be a
strong power in the G. A. R. circles
and would grace any office entrusted
to her keeping.
Having two candidates in the field
does not worry Pennsylvania in tho
least. Mrs. Shannon is the officially
indorsed candidate of Pennsylvania and
will have her state's vote. Mrs. Ger
wig, unfortunately, is not in perfect
physical condition and opposition to
her is due entirely to that fact, it being
felt that she has not the strength for
tho arduous duties of the office.
Then there is the Pennsylvania ca
didate for re-election as treasurer, Mrs.
Ella S. Jones of Allegheny Pa. I is
almost out of the question that a Penn-
elected, for if she is, it will necessi
tate a Pennsylvania secretary, which,
with the treasurer, Mrs. Jones, would
make three of the head officers on the
national board from Pennsylvania. Mrs.
Jone s' re-election is an assured 'fact,
as there seldom was a woman mo-re pop
ular in that office than she.
Altho Mrs. Hannah M. Chamberlain,
New York's candidate, loined the
Ladies of the G. A. R^ as a charter
member, her circle is Albany circle, No.
2. There is not an office in which she
has not had experience, and her name
has always been prominent in the list
of committee women of the department
of New York, after her presidency. She
has served several terms as national
corresponding secretary, and at the con
vention in San Francisco she was
elected chairman of the council of ad
ministration. She was a candidate for
Denver having a national president
and secretary at the present time, is
particularly careful not to venture any
thing that might suggest her ideas as
far as the support of a president goes.
Denver has a host of prominent women,
and it would be but fair to presume
that she will give her support to the
state which proved her mainstay in the
election last year.
A CANDIDATE A 80
Mrs. Fife May Elected National
Chaplain of "Ladies."
With all her eighty years, Mrs. Rose
Fife of Chicago, 111., comes smiling to
the front and makes her bow before
the body of delegates. Mrs. Fife is
candidate for the office of national
chaplain, and she will probably be elect
ed, -without opposition. Illinois is very
enthusiastic about dear Mrs. Fife, who
bears her age as charmingly as a wom
an of c0 does hers. She is tctive,peifect
ly well physically and mentally, and im
mensely interested in her work. Never
is there a meeting of her circle
Colonel James A. Sexton circlewhich
she does not attend, and few are the
conventions which have passed by with
out her being in attendance.
Mrs. Fife is past department chaplain
of her circle. She has two daughters
who also belong to the circle, Mrs. Har
riet Hudson and Mrs. Marietta Mac
Cray of Chicago. They are 60 years
old, and it is often laughingly remarked
among the relatives and friends of the
family they cannot but believe that the
mother and daughters are sisters. Mrs.
Fife is the guest of Mrs. Warner at
520 Seventh stre et S.
Newsy Personalities.
Mrs. Clyde Henry, the national cor
responding secretary, is the guest of her
brother, W. A. Snyder, at 892 Euclid
street, St. Paul. Mrs. Henry was re
ported ill for a few days, but was seen
at the headquarters yesterday, quite
herself and ready to enter into the
spirit of the convention.
Mrs. Anna Ayres, one of the nation
al officers and president of Colonel
Albert L. Shiloh circle of Illinois, ar
rived yesterday.
Miss Mary Louise Foster, delegate at
large from Stillwater, arrived yester
day.
Mrs. Ophelia L. Blair is one of the
well known G. A. R. women who have
arrived. Mrs. Blair, during the war
stood "between and betwixt," for her
father was a soldier in the northern
army, while her uncle fought with heart
and soul for the south. She is a mem
ber of Colonel Wyman circle of Ken
tucky and a very clever writer, having
fame as the editor of the "Cozy Cor
ner" in Events, a magazine devoted
largely to the interests of the G. A. R.
work Mrs. Blair is a charming Ken
tuckian. Her official capacity is that
of national press correspondent.
Mrs. Virginia McClure of Peoria, 111.,
it is rumored, will be announced a can-
WOMEN RECEIV E MANYVISITORSare
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HRS. J. E. BELL,
Minnesota State Regont, D. A. H.,
Who Was in the Koeivins Line,
In the party were Mrs. Washington
Yale, representing the D. R., Miss Hen
rietta Brown, representing the D. A. R.,
and Miss Anna Cleveland, representing
the Colonial Dames.
Mrs. Abbie Adams, national presi
dent of the W. B. &.t who is D, A,.
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Monday Evening,
didate for the office of senior vice
president. Mrs. McClure is department
past president of her circle and very
popular among hej Illinois sisters. Illi
nois will probably give her its undi
vided support, as she is the only candi
date x'or a national office which she will
put to the front.
Missouri is in search of a national
office and Ohio has also declared open
ly that she will accept -whatever good
may come her way.
HOW THEY ELECT
Past National President Tells of the
Methods of L. of Or. A. R.
Mrs. Anna M. Hall of Wheeling. "W.
Va., past national president, is in Min
neapolis. Mrs. Hall was president in
190i, during the San Francisco conven
tion, which was one of the largest con
ventions ever held. Mrs. Hall is the
secretary of the committee on the rules
and regulations of the ritual work. She
appointed the committee at the time
of her presidency. Mrs. Julia P.
Schade is president of the committee.
A session will be held Tuesday morn
ing, and Mrs. Hall declares definitely
that there will be no holding over until
another convention, but that it will be
finished at any cost and without fail.
The fate of the candidates striving
for the office of national president of
the Ladies of the G. A. R. will be in
the hands of about 200 delegates. A
national convention may have a maxi
mum of 889 delegates entitled to vote.
Last year at Denver the convention
had a voting body of 168, but as ap-
S[inneapolisseem
earances to indicate that the
convention will exceed the
one of last year in number of attend-
D. A. R., Colonial Dames and D.
of R. Join in Extending
Hospitality.
and her staff were among the honor
guests. It was expected that Mrs. Don
ald MacLean, national president of the
D. A. R., would be present, but at the
last moment she was forced to send
her regrets.
In the dining room the Keewaydin
chapter of the D. A. R. presided, in
cluding the Misses Brooks, Simpson,
Kendrick Pinery, Burwell, Pinkney,
Bell, Richmond and Crosby.
Plans for the Week.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
the Minneapolis D. A. R., the D. R. I
and the Colonial Dames will keep open
house in the Johnson Music hall, on
Eighth street, between Nicollet and
Hennepin avenues, from 10 o'clock a.m.
until 7 p.m. All visiting G. A. R. worn
en, and especially the members of the
three entertaining organizations, are in
vited. I
The hall has befen converted into a
delightful restroom, with rugs, couches
and easy chairs, and the decorations
are elaborate and beautiful.
The Colonial Dames will serve coffee
and sandwiches from a daintily decked
table. The D. A. R. will have charge
of the tea table, and the R. will
serve frappe. During each day musical
numbers, both vocal and instrumental, J'
wjil entertain the visitors,
w/ THE^ MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. August 13, 190C.
SPIRITE CONTEST S *OR OFFICE S AMON THE A. R.1WOMEN
MRS. ELLA S. JOtfES,
National Treasurer of L. of G. A. R.
ance, a voting force of at least 200
is anticipated. Discussing the elec
tion and the number of candidates,
Mrs. Hall said:
"On our list of voters are all the
national officers, a large body by itself,
and the past national officers (presi
dents, secretaries and treasurers) each
state is entitled to one delegate at
large, and* then we have the depart
ment presidents, past and present, the
department secretaries, past and pres
ent, and the department treasurers,
past and present. In addition to this
we have the regularly elected delegates
of each department, which in numbers
according to their membership. For
example, at the Denver convention
Minnesota was reported to have 1640
members. This year her membership
is reported to have increased and there
will be probably twenty-two represen
tative delegates. Minneapolis is cen
trally located and close to states -which
have a very large membership.
"Pennsylvaniawas the best represent
ed at Denver with a body of thirty
five delegates California had twenty
four, Illinois twenty-four, and Minne
sota and Kansas twenty-one each. The
fact that Pennsylvania is putting up
two candidates for the presidency splits
up her vote, unless one of the candi
dates should drop out. Massachusetts,
Nebraska, New York and Indiana are
next in standing, -judging from the pre
vious convention."
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As soon as the credentials committee
meets to make up the official lists of
delegates the official badge, the gift
of the encampment committees, will
be issued. The badges, as shown by the
accompanying cut, are works of art,
and -will be liignly prxzed as souvenirs
by the delegates. The national officers
who have seen the badge^announce it
the handsomest ever furnished.
The badge is suspended from an ap
propriately designed bar surmounted
bv the spread eagle. The supporting
ribbon is yellow, the official color, an*
carries the pendant in the form of a
canteen. A five point star with the
initials G. A. R., in colored enamel
hangs from the top bar. The badge
is handsomely done in burnished bronze
from an original design drawn by Har
ry Dorman. a North High school boy.
Over 500 drawings were submitted by
school children and the present design
was accepted. The canteen pendant
bears the inscription, "Delegate, For
tieth National Encampment G. A. R.,
Minneapolis, August 13^18, 1906." Tho
front of the canteen shows a handsome
relief of the court house and city hall
building. The reverse is Minnehaha.
',v** AUTOS FOB VETERANS.
If yoil own an automobile pick up
G. A. R., visitors wherever you meet
them and show them the city.
This is the tip given to all auto own
ers by a card sent to all members of
the Minneapolis Automobile club today
by the officers. The plan was sug
gested by S. L. Ingram who had tried
it and found that it gave rare pleasure
to. his umpromptu|jruet-
W. C. INTERESTS
CENTE ON POLITICS
The Woman's Relief Corps delegates
did not wait until they reached Minne
apolis to talk politics. There was many
a quiet consultation and informal cau
cus on the specials, which came in yes
terday and today, for few of the depart
ments indorsed the claim, of any candi
date officially and the delegates came
uninstructed.
tomorrow the political campaigns
will be opened in earnest. Today the
women were too busy looking up the
strength of the different candidates to
do much active work, but there will be
few departments which are not in the
field tomorrow, and with the presence
of all the delegates, candidates will bud,
blossom and wither.
N new names have been presented
for the national presidency, which is
fortunate, for the delegates seem puz
zled to choose between the qualifica
tions of the present candidates. There
is a real embarrassment of riches. Mrs.
Kate E. Jones of Ilion, N Y. Mrs.
Mary Gilman, Boston, and Mrs. Carrie
Sparklin of St. Louis, Mo., are in the
lead, and behind them comes Mrs. Ger
aldine Frisbie of Palo Alto, Cal., and at
the tail of the presidential procession is
Mrs. Amanda Brown of Illinois.
New York has had but one national
president and that was long ago, so that
the empire state feels that she is en
titled to recognition, especially as she has
such a woman as Mrs. Jones to present.
Tho W. R. C. was practically organized
at the home of Mrs. Jones and she has
been an acti ve worker for twenty-three
years.
"She is one of the oldest women in
the work today and the younger women
can afford to stand aside and give her
national recognition this year," said
one of her supporters this morning.
Three Other States for Her.
Vermont and Pennsylvania have
promised their votes to Mrs. Jones and
she has a strong support in almost
every department. Her patriotic work
has made her known thru the country
as perhaps no other would have done
and her friends declare that she has
done more for the order than any other
woman.
Nebraska is expected to vote for Mrs.
Jones, as last year New York threw her
votes to the Nebraska candidate and
secured the election of Mrs. Adams, and
the Nebraska delegates are not going
to allo-we3 to oxpjerfc -tHat *ta.ra.-
about is fair play."
At the last convention, Mrs. Carrie
Sparklin of Missouri came within six
votes of being elected national presi
dent, and her friends are convinced
that she is even stronger this year than
last. Mrs. Sparkling friends expect
to receive the support of Minnesota for
their candidate, for they have not for
gotten that Mrs. SpaTklin very grace
fully withdrew her name from the list
of candidates when Mrs. Lodusky J.
Taylor of Le Sueur, Minn., was elected
several years ago, in Mrs. Taylor's fa
vor. Minnesota as the hostess state is
remaining strictly neutral, but Missouri
hopes for her support on the day that
votes count.
The California and Nevada delegates
are divided, and many o them are
pledged to Mrs. Sparklin, even tho they
have a candidate from their own de
partment, Mrs. Geraldine Frisbie, of
Palo Alto, Cal., who is running inde
pendently. Colorado, as a western
fltate, will support a western candi
date, but the delegates smile myste
riously and will not say whether Mis
souri or California is the state to be
favored.
Bay State Delegates Active.
"We are for Mrs. Mary Gilman, to
day, tomorrow, forever," is the chant
of the Massachusetts women. Massa
chusetts is the oldest, most influential
and wealthiest of all the departments,
and the woman it supports is bound to
stand far up in the list of candidates.
Mrs. Gilman has been a candidate be
fore and. has always received a stronff
indorsement from her department. She
is not so old a woman as Mrs. Jones,
but she has been identified with the W.
R. C. since it was first organized.
Mrs. Gilman has a strong backing,
and she can count votes in many of the
departments. Oregon has expressed a
strong preference for the Massachusetts
woman, altho they feel that they should
support a western woman.
The California candidate, Mrs. Ger
aldine Frisbie, has not been indorsed
by her department. This is the third
year that her name has been presented
to the national body, and she has al
ways run independently. She expects
to receive the support of the western
women. Mrs. Frisbie will arrive this
evening, and with her coming her cam
paign will be formally opened.
The Dlinois delegation will not ar
rive until evening also, and Mrs.
Amanda Brown, the Illinois candidate,
will come on the official train. Just
what her strength is nobody knows, but
she has not the indorsement of any de
partment but her own.
It is not impossible that there will
be other candidates in the field to
morrow. Ohio has never had a national
president, and she would like one very
much, and if she receives any encour
agement at all there will be an Ohio
woman in the race.
There is little interest in the candi
dates for the other offices yet. There
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Tomorrow's Program
for the G. A. Women
10 a.m. to 7 p.m.Reception by Daughters of the American Revolution,
Daughters of the Revolution and Colonial Dames in Johnson Music Hall,
Eigh th street, between Nicollet and Hennepin avenues.
Trolley ride for the members of the W R. O.
10 a.m. from the West HotelAutomobile ride for the women of the
Nebraska delegation luncheon at the home of Mr. Ludwig Arctander.
Tallyho ride for women of Columbia post, Chicago, given by the women
of Rawlins Post cluh luncheon at the home of Mrs. Alexander Hughes,
Kenwood.
11 a.m.Meeting of W. R. C. executive council at West Hotel.
Trolley ride for staff association of the Ladies of the O. A. R. as guests
of Mrs. Mary Hager of Chicago.
Council of the Ladies of the O. A national headquarters, West Hotel.
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Members Held Caucuses on Trains and Are, Lining
Up for TKeur Various FavoritesThe
Situation Today. -?J*& /$ i
is only one applicant for the office of
senior vice president, Dr. Orpha Bruce
of Tampa, Fla, a member of the execu
tive board. Dr. Bruce has been an
avowed candidate for junior vice, but
as there are few active candidates for
senior vice president, her friends have
Sce.
resented her name for the higher of
It has been a custom to leave the
senior vice presidency with the hostess
state, and Mrs. Ida K. Martin, present
department president, and Mrs. Ma ry
Starkweather, both of Minneapolis,
were asked to run, but both declined.
If Mrs. Frisbie is not elected presi
dent Oregon will have a candidate for
senior vice, Mrs. Helen Packard of
Portland, who is delegate at large. If
Mrs. Frisbie is elected Oregon will not
ask for another office for -the west
altho she would like very much to have
Mrs. Packard elected.
A North Dakota Candidate.
North Dako ta has a candidate for
junior vice president, Mrs. Kate Val- J4
landingham of Valley City, and as y&
South Dakota will vote with North Da
kota, "as twins should," she will have
the support of two strong departments.
The department treasurer, Mrs. Char
lotte E Wright of New Haven, Conn.,
will be re-elected according to custom
and no other woman has even hinted
that she wanted the office. Mrs.
Wright has served only one term and
as it is the custom to re-elect a treas
urer for five or six terms she has still
some time to serve.
W. & 0. ABRIVALS,
All of tne National Officers Now in the
City.
The national officers of the W 35. C.
have all arrived and the executive pre
liminary business of the executive be
gan today. Mrs. Julia G. Sine, senior
vice president, came up fron\ Chicago
in advance of the official delegation,
and Mrs. Eunice M. Munger, junior vice
president, of Oklahoma City, Okla, ar- ,J
rived last evening. Mrs. Charlotte E
Wright, treasurer, from New Haven,
Conn,, came with the Massachusetts
delegation, which arrived this morning.
Mrs. Agnes Hitt of Indianapolis, na
tional counsellor, is also in the city.
Mrs. Eliza Brown Daggett, chief of
staff, of Attleboro, Mass., came Satur
day.
The national chaplain, Mrs. Catherine
0. Kennedy of Denver, Col., will not
be able to be present,and her place will
be taken by Miss Hannah Maxon of
Galliopolis, Ohio, past national chap
lain, who has a real gift of prayer
not often found in woman," according
to W. R. C. members. Mrs. Elizabeth
Bobbins Berry, the national press cor
respondent, is detained at her home in
Boston, Mass., and will not be able to
be present at the convention,
Mrs. Lizzie Hills Gross of Los An
geles, past department president of Cal
ifornia and Nevada, brought the women
of southern California to the conven
tion in a special car. Mrs. Gross made
all of the arrangements for her trip
and gave her party a day in Salt La ke
City and another in Omaha for sight
seeing. This is her second experience
in "personal conducting," as she had
a car for the southern California women
at the last department convention.
With Mrs. Cross' party was Mrs.
Eliza Warburton, San Diego, depart
ment president.and thirty-three other
food and true W. R. C. women. Stan
on corps of which Mrs. Cross is a
member, is one of the largest in the
order, as it has 853 members. **|fj
There will be no delegate from Alas
ka this year, but Washington, whi ch
shares a department with the far-away
territory, has sent the department pres
ident, Mrs. Melissa TJ. Stewart of Spo
kane Mrs. Jennie S. Wiscombe, past
department president, and Mrs. Jose
phine H. Dunning of Spokane, wife of
the department commander of the G.
A. R. The department is at the West
hotel.
The Connecticut delegation is made
up of about fifteen ladies, with Mrs.
Julia Flanders of Brantf ord, department
president, and the national* treasurer,
Mrs. Charlotte E Wright of New Ha
ven.
MORNING i
AFTERNOON
2 to S p.m.Meeting of Women's Press Association, Plymouth church.
to 5 p.m.Reception in honor of Mrs. Abbie A. Adams, national presi-
dent of the W. R. by the department of Minnesota and citizens of Minne-
apolis, at the University armory.
3 to 5 p.m.Reception in honor of Mi ss Bertha Martin, national presi-
dent of the Daughters of Veterans, by Mary L. Starkweather tent, at Uni-
versity armory.
4 p.m.Business session, National Association of Army Nurses, Com-
mercial club.
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5 to 6 p.m.Patriotic shower, University campus.
6 p.m.Complimentary dinner for National Association of Army Nurses,
Commercial club.
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From Massachusetts.
Massachusetts brought her full vot
ing strength as well as many more on
the official train which came in this
morning. The delegation included quite
a distinguished group of women. Mrs.
Elizabeth Turner of Boston, past nati
onal president, one of the brightest
women in the long list of W. E. C.
clever women Mrs. Alice Goddard
of Brockton, department president
Mrs. Dorcas H. Lyman, Mrs. Emily
Clark and Mrs. Marie L. Goring, past
department presidents.
Mrs. Mary Gilman. past department
president, and a candidate for the na
tional presidency, was on the official
train with Mrs, Sarah E uller, past na
tional president, who is managnig her
campaign. Massachusetts will have
thirty-six votes in the convention and
she is the largest department on the
roster. The official train came in only
seventeen minutes late, which shows,
according to one of the delegates, that
Massachusetts is nearly always on time.
The Massachusetts people are at the
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