Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-23
BLESSES LOCAL WORK MRS. BALL IN THE LEAD
Pope Plus Commends Apos- National President, w. R. c.
toIc Mission House, Rules in Her Favor.
FATHER DOYLE'S AUDIENCE SUSPENSION ORDER VOID
Catholic Church Ences Violation Rules and Regulations
Deep Interest of the Organization.
ACCEPTS ST. GAUDENS COIN ACTION "A PERSONAL INQUIRY"
Happy President the ons
Restored the WORDS In 0oo Her
we Irusr Is +
National President, W. R. C.,
Rules in Her Favor.
SUSPENSION ORDER VOID
Violation of Rules and Regulations
of the Organization.
ACTION "A PERSONAL INQUIRY"
Past President Of the Corps Explains
Her Position-Mrs. Newton
Is Silent.

In the second round of the controversy
between Mrs. Emma l.. Newton. presi-
dent. and Mrs Isabel worrell Ball. past
president, Department Of the Potomac.
Woman's Relief Corps. which recently re-
suited i'm the PRONUNCIATION OF an order by
the former suspending the latter from the
organization for a period Of one year.
Mrs Ball seems to have the better OF
the argument.
Mrs Ball has just been unofficially ad-
vised as to the answer to her appeal to
Mrs. Kate E. Jones. the national presi-
dent. She is Informed that Mrs. Newton
has been notified that her action was IL
legal and therefore null and void.
The paper purporting to contain the de-
cision OF the national president in the
case states that the charges against Mr..
Ball. past department president. should
have been made to Lincoln Corps No. 6,
w. X. c.. Of which she is a member. and
II sustained by a majority vote OF the
corps the corps president should have ap-
pointed an investigating committee ''of
her peers (see red book. article z. section
4. on disciplinel," 1t adds: There is no
exception to this rule save section $40
following. for charges against depart
ment and national presidents and con-
cludes that the charges. therefore. were
Illegally made, thus rendering further
proceedings null and void.
Violation of the Rules.
1t further sets forth that general orders.
No. 1. promulgating the penalty OF Mrs
Balls suspension, is a violation of .'our
rules and regulations that grant thirty
days for new evidence and permit sem
tence Of 'dishonorable discharge only to
be promulgated as to which reference
is again made to the red book, chapter
V, article Z. section 12
The communication concludes as fol-
lows: Notice of this error should be
corrected Immediately. being a personal
injury to Isabel Worrell Ball.
1t is understood that the purport Of the
partment of Potomac Woman's Relief
Corps, will issue another general order,
revok!ng her order Of suspension and re-
tracing the statements that may have
accompanied II as TO the reason for its
issue.
Mrs. Ball Explains.
Mrs Ball. when asked for information
in regard to the matter late last night.
said the decision OF the national president
is a vindication of her claim from the
start that Mrs. Newton's action was with
out warrant and illegal; and she did not
look a bit sad when she said IT.
Referring to the publication OF an in
terVleW with her in relation to the mat.
ter, Mrs. Ball said she had been misun-
derstood as saying she had been re.
appointed chairman Of the committee on
flag desecration.
Il am continuing member of that
committee" Mrs. Bail explained, land
no reappointment was necessary What
L did say was that yesterday / received
notice OF my appointment by the national
president as member of the committee
to convey the greetings of the Woman's
Relief Corps to the national convention OF
the women of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. i am also special national press
correspondent of the Woman's Relief
Corps. position especially created for
me i'm 1903 by the then national president,
Mrs. LOdusky Taylor of Minnesota, and
1 have been reappointed each succeeding
year"
Mrs. Ball said she regretted that mat.
ters settled in a previous national con-
vention should have come under discus.
sion at this time, but she feels that JUS
tice TO ell concerned demands a public
explanation.
Mentions Proceedings Last Winter.
Certain ladies. she said, were trans
ferred from one corps in the department
to another last December There were
five, and all had votes in the department
convention that would elect or reject
Mrs. Ball or Mrs. Newton who were then
candidates for the office of president The
opposition. Mrs. Ball says believed that
the votes of the five members would be
for her, and a concerted plan was made
to keep them out of the department con-
vention by having them rejected In the
corps TO which they made application for.
membership-namely. Lincoln Corps
These ladies. she states Were rejected
by Lincoln Corps. Their votes were thus
shut out of the department convention.
but Mrs Ball was elected president. new
ertheless The ladies subsequently ap-
pealed to Mrs. Ball, as department presi-
dent. for redress against the action OF
Lincoln Corps on the grounds Of fraud
malice. prejudice and spite" Mrs Ball in
stituted a'i investigation, IL is stated, and
decided that the appeal was justified by
the evidence and restored the five ladies
to their former status of members out
on trans .er." which also restored to them
their right to at once make application in
another corps.
Lincoln Corps appealed to the national
president and she sustained the decision
of the department president, Mrs. Ball.
Lincoln Corps then appealed to the ma
tional convention. and il unanimously sus-
tanned the national president, and. incl
dentally. Mrs Ball.
This decision. Mrs Ball says. has never
been satisfa ctory to the members Of Lin
coin Corps. and in her opinion the same
women who made the trouble last year
are making 1t again this year.
When asked if she would attend the ma
tional convention of the Woman's Relief
Corps at Toledo. the first week i'm Sep
tember. Mrs. Ball replied with emphasis.
Yes. Stree" with emphasis on the "e."
and added: You may say. If you like. the
national president has said / must come"
Mrs. Newton Silent.
Mrs. Newton. department president. was
asked last night il she had received notice
of the decision made by Mrs. Jones. ma
tional president, relative to the suspension
of Mrs. Ball, and replied that she had not.
Il have declined to discuss the matters
of the w. r. c. in the newspapers" Mrs.
Newton said. but IL the national pres
ident has made a ruling In this case ]
think she should have sent IL through the
department president, and that ] should
have been allowed to announce II. instead
of having the decision go to the press
from other than official circles.
Fails Again to Cross Channel.