New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-18
WONEN'S WAR Az FUNERAL
4 SCENE At CITY HALL.
UnosEed Daughters of 1912 Say
Then We're Repulsed.

-. war Of 1912 was fought yesterday
r,orn,ne over the body of Hiram CronK'
os II Law In state in the City Hail. sur
rounded by military guards of honor ana all the
nomn and circumstance of military funeral.
Tho daughters of 1872, in whom the spirit OF
their fathers still lives, had grievance, ana as
~ r,,blio slowly filed past the flower banked
coffin they stood in group behind the guards
and discussed the trouble in uncertain terms.
The New-Yorl State Society OF the Daughters
or 1912 has had the Cronk family under its
patronage for years. It has supplied the aged
,ateran with tobacco and has made Mrs. Sarah
RsvIev his daughter a member with the rank
% .rRea1 Daughter" Yet when the other mem
bers proffered their services in connection with
the public funeral they We're they say, re-
nulsed No carriage provided in yester-
davis parade for their president. Mrs. William
Gerry SIade and they were told that if they
wished to attend the funeral to-day they might
provide their own carriage. 1t was even ru-
mored that they would not be admitted to the
CITY Hall if they presented themselves there, all
though no such difficulty experienced, for
as soon as their medals were seen they were
allowed to pass
I'VE were told" said Mrs. Slade to Tribune
reporter. that It was to be a military funeral
and that there nothing that women could
do so We found something to do ourselves. We
learned that no arrangements had been made
for entertaining the family. and we assumed
that duty. We secured rooms for Mrs. Rawley
and for Mr.. Cronks three sons and a grandson
at the Hotel Empire, and we met them when
they arrived from Bonneville at Z o'clock this
morning. We also sent the floral piece at the
foot of the coffin an anchor Of daffodils and
yellow daisies. surmOunted by a star of bluets,
this being the insignia of our society,"
At this point it was learned that Mrs. Rawley,
who had come view the body of her father
as it lay in state, was about to leave the build
ing, and Mrs. Slade fastened to join her. but
before she could reach the door at the back OF
the hall where the carriage was waiting Mrs.
Rawley had been handed into it by Colonel
Richard F. Butt and being driven away.
Drive to the Hotel Empire 39th-st. and
Broadway" were Colonel Butts instructions to
the driver, although the hotel Is at 63d-st Mrs.
Slade went by Subway to the correct address IN
the hope that Mrs RaWley might eventually
arrive there and Indignation among the remain
ing Daughters increased to white heat. Ihey
surrounded the unhappy Colonel Butt and told
him that if Mrs Slade had gone in the carriage
with Mrs Rawiey, as she ought to have done.
the driver would not have been sent to the
wrong address.
But there wasn't room in the carriage, pro-
tested the Colonel.
''Then there ought to have been" answered
of the daughters. II saw one carriage in the
parade with only one alderman in it
The Daughters then held a counsel OF war
beside of the shrouded pillars, and decided
that the affront to their president must not pass
unnoticed SO a delegation was sent to look up
Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner in the Governors
Room and place the facts before him. Colonel
Gardiner assured the women that it had all been
a mistake and expressed regret that it was then
too late to make amends. And having gained
their point the daughters did not say anything.
The delegation at the City Hall included, in
addition to Mrs Sade, Mrs. George A. Ludin
and Mrs. Howard Sumner Robbins, vice-presi-
dents Of the State society; Mrs. James S. Brad
ley, recording secretary, and her daughter, Miss
Edythe Bradley; Miss NJ. Elizabeth Lester,
sistant secretary, and Mrs. Ellis Samuel Pepper,
Of st. Louis. president of the Missouri society.