The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-01
MRS. BALL EXPELLED.

| War in Auxiliary Ends by Dropping Remonstrant-officer Elected-Con 1 yention Ends To-day. t
 The last day of the convention of the National Auxiliary of the Spanish War 1 Veterans association was marked by as \ many sensational features as any of the preceding stormy meetings, and Mrs. Isabella Worrell Ball, who figured in the fight of Tuesday and after sus- pension was readmitted, was finally ex- peiled from the organization in the lat
 ter part of yesterdays session. She had read charges of official misconduct
 against Mrs. Flora A. Lewis, the na-
 tional president-general. Mrs. Ball had despite the protest of the delegates
 torn up the copy of charges and tear fully apoligized in open meeting. A few
 hours later she was expelled and left,
 accompanied by only two faithful fol-
 lowers Miss Fannie Parker and Mrs,
 Harriet Surbmer, both of Washington.
 The election of officers resulted in the Il election of Mrs. Isabelle Alexander of
 Cleveland, Ohio, to the position>o of na-
 tional president general. This came as
 surprise to the prophets of the cleo
 ton of Mrs. Ball. The sudden change in the opinion of those who had sympa- thized with Mrs. Ball in her suspension 1 came when she read the charges against the outgoing president, Mrs.
 Lewis The nature of these charges has
 been found to be alleged official mis-
 conduct and the allegations were be-
 lieved by a majority of members to be
 unfounded and very unkind. It was this
 fatal arraignment of Mrs. Lewis that
 caused the turning down" of Mrs.
 Ball and her expulsion k I The officers elected were: Mrs. Isa-
 belle Alexander, Cleveland, Ohio, na-
 tional president-general; Mrs. Ellen
 Spencer Mussey, Washington, D. C.,
 senior vice president; Miss Margaret
 T. Dineen, Brooklyn, N. r., junior vice president; Mrs. Clara Bailey, Cleve-
 land, O., secretary general; Miss Mar
 garet Bright, Cleveland, O., treasurer general Miss Nellie Lane, Boston
 Mass, chaplain-general; Mrs. E1eroy
 NJ. Avery, Cleveland, O., judge advo- I cate-general; Miss Mayme Burke Lew 1 is, Cleveland, O., conductress; Mrs. Lib bic M. Porter, Washington, D. C., color bearer, and Miss Phoebe M. Rising, Portchester, N. Y, national guard. l The executive committee elected in cludes one colored woman, Mrs. Mamie 1 zilkes of Petersburg, Va, the only woman of her race to hold office in the ! national auxiliary. No protest was
 made to this choice by the southern | delegates. The remaining members of | the committee are: Miss Agnes I. Lit- \ tie, retiring secretary, Washington, D. G.; Miss Emma Miller. Cleveland, O., | Miss Catherine Eggleton, Cleveland; Miss May Dewitt, Cleveland; Mrs. Maud Norton Walsh, Cleveland; Mrs. Hoyt A. Holton, Washington D. C., and | Miss Mary Thonet, New York city. | The majority of committe members from Cleveland is accounted for by the desire of the body to have a quorum in that city, which is the residence of the new national president, in order that business transacted during the coming | year may be done with dispatch. There are many prominent women among the I officers notably Miss Ellen Spencer Mussey, the only woman dean of law ! scholl in the United States. She holds this position at the Washington Law school.
 I There were g counts in the arraign- ment read by Mrs Ball against Mrs. Lewis. She charged misappropriation
 of funds maladministration favoritism
 and, finally, the opening of other off, ficers' letters on the part of Mrs. Lew is. The Boston delegation was the first
 to rise in protest at the close of this arraignment of the presiding officer. Miss Nellie M. Lane of Boston in an 1 impassioned speech demanded the re- traction of the statements as an insult
 rot only to the president, against whom they were aimed, but against the entire auxiliary.
 Mrs Lewis turned to Mrs. Ball, who ] was still standing, and said patheticaI- ly: Aren't you sorry for what. you have said?"
 Mrs. Ball was silent for moment and then. with tears in her eyes, said brokenly: "I am sorry. I am sorry"
 Mrs. Ball tore up the paper she had ! read and said she would retract the charges. The copy that had been hand
 ed to Mrs. Lewis was also torn up since
 the retiring president had no desire to
 keep it as possible evidence in a libel action.
 l This dramatic scene was enacted just be- | fore the meeting adjourned for lunch. At the return of the delegates Miss Cornelia Clay made a motion that Mrs. Ball be ask ! ed to resign. This was almost unanimously