Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27
IN ANNUALCONVENTION
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OE
PRESS CLUBS.
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, District Dele
gate, Gives Synopsis of Business
Transacted.

Sta: she gave an outline of much that had
Ianspired al the convention. The conven-
ton closed. she said with dinner on the
Canadian side, the delegates having been
carried there by launches. They went TO
Buffalo aboard steamer and took a troll
ley ride TO the falls following with a
"trip down the gorge"
There were about go delegates present,
she said hailing from New York Pennsyl-
vania Massachusetts, District of Columbia,
Ohio Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Colorado. San Francisco and the Island of
the Sea They were a bright and merry
lot with about fifty women in the party,
me of them editors, most of them jour
nalists, and they kept up their part well
and We're duly recognized by the conven-
ton and the presiding officer
At the opening session, with President /.
j. Keenan, in the chair, the convention was
formally received address of welcome
being delivered by Judge Murphy on behalf
of Detroit and response by Dan Harte OF
the WilkeSbarre Leader.
List of Delegates.
Among the prominent delegates were
Thomas p. Keenan,, president of the Pub
fishers Press Association of Philadelphia
and president of the International League
of Press Clubs John A. Hennessy of New
York vice president of the league: Mrs
Ada Gable of the Bradford CPaD Herald.
vice president of the league: ]. L. HaZlett
of the Pittsburg Leader vice president OF
the league: H. S. Richardson of the Pnila-
delphia Daily News, secretary of the Inter
national Press Clubs John F. Hobbs of the
New York ProEisioner, international treas
urer; Dan Harte of the Wikesbarre Lead
er, chairman of the WilkeSbarre delegation;
A H Grouse of the Toledo Times, Alfred
Z. Pearsall of the New York News Associa-
ton and Belva A Lockwood of Washing
ton. ID. c., chairman of the delegation.
A committee on credentials was appointed
and a business session held and the after
noon devoted to ans automobile ride about
the city and the beautiful Belle Isle Park,
with a stop at the American Arithometer
factory. A view was given all of its com
p!icated machinery and wonderful work in
the construction of machines that can DO
everything but talk, and where thousands
of men and Seventy-fiVe women are en-
ployed the latter for the testing of springs,
where accuracy of sight and delicacy OF
touch are required in the manipulation. The
delegates went next across the river ana
the national boundary to Walkervil.e, the
birthplace and home of the famous Cana
dian Club Here they were shown dis
tfllery containing 81 coo barrels Of whisky
in the process of 'ripening." 1t is needless
to say that refreshments We're served at
the elegant offices of the proprietors.s
Wednesday was devoted to a boat trip
to St Clair Flats. twenty-five miles across
Lake St Clair. and down the river to
A
held on the boat. The evening occu-
pied by a might in Bohemia under the
supervision of the Pen and Pencil Club,
with II. Starr Richardson as POSTMASTER.
1t was held in Phetfer's garden, with large
old trees in evidence and the blue sky over
head. and the entertainment consisted
largely of songs and musical selections.
One of the wonders of this days outing was
seeing the canal constructed through the
lake at this place.
Thursday morning trip taken to
Bots Blanc Park, and a business session
was held in the afternoon, when reports
of committees were heard and an election
of officers had. The following are the
names of the officers elected:
Officers Elected
Thomas j. Keenan,, Pittsburg. president;
George II. Rowe. New York; a. Starr Rich
srdscn Philadelphia; Mrs. Ada Gable,
Bradford, Pa; John NJ Hazlett. Pttsburg;
Thomas p. Junkin, Detroit vice presidents;
Lewis O. Early, Reading, Pa, secretary;
George Kempson. New York. treasurer.
Executive committee-M. ?. Curran, Bos-
ton; Edwin Heating, Denver; George II.
Brennan. Philadelphia; II. y. Iaufman,
Pittsburg; Alfred E. Pearsall, New York;
Daniel l. Harte. Wilkesbarre, Pa; Mrs. II.
II. Fnck, Philadelphia; Giles II. Dickin
son, Birghamton, n Y; S. A. Dangel,
Scranton. Pa; Mrs. Belva Lockwood,
Washington, d. e; John b. Carpenter.
II. l. A.
ledc.
President Keenan, announced that 81 SEQ
had been received and turned into the
treasury as a nucleus of the fund for the
proposed home for aged writers. The money
is the balance so far realized from the de
luxe edition of Bohemia" IA .000 copies Of
which are now ready for sale. The sub
scriptions first obtained were used in bring
ing out the publication, Eand the amount
that it is hoped will be realized by the sale
of the volume will be turned into the fund
for the home.
1T will be seen by this list of officers,
said Mrs. Lockwood, that three women
are placed on the governing board, and
that Washington is represented among
them. OF the Washington delegates. be-
sides the chairman named, were Miss Het-
tie Abraham and Mrs. f. Maynicke Still
man, with the two Misses Cohen and Miss
Jennie +. Richardson of LockpOrt n. Y,
as their alternates. and Mrs. Charles II.
Rabbit and Mrs NJ. Bonde of Chicago as
representing the Pen Women's League.
The convention included some men who
stand high in the world of modern journal
ism owners OF metropolitan newspapers.
Among these is George II. Hoffman. pub
Usher of Nord Amerka of Philadelphia, one
of the largest German papers outside of
Germany.
Two other enthusiastic members of the
league are Colonel John Fletcher Hobbs a
member of the New York Press Club, and
Lewis G. Early of the Reading Pa Press
Club
Resolutions Adopted.
Among the resolutions passed was one
commemorative of the life and death of
John Hay as a poet, journalist and states
man; one thanking President Roosevelt
for calling the second peace conference at
The Hague. and another commencing the
delicate and diplomatic manner in which he
has offered the good offices of the United
States to settle the very grave difficulties
between Russia and Japan; and one by s.
A Dangel of the Polish weekly StraZ ask
Ing sympathy for the oppressed newspaper
men and editors of unhappy Poland
Among Detroit people who exerted them
selves TO make the convention a success
and their guests happy was Thorn p Jun
kin, president of the local committee and
his wife. Mrs. Junk in.
Binghamton. n. Y. and Wikesbarre
Ia, each made a strong bid for the next
convention. and Dan Harte. the humorst
OF the party. made a strong speech in favor
OF the latter place against Denver but
Denver there to win, with her printed
matter, offer of mining stock. and roses
for the ladies, to say nothing of champagne
for more indurated press people.
A delegation from the Denver Press Club
left that city Monday afternoon In a spe-
ci;il train for Detroit to invite the league
to meet in Denver in 1906. The members