Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-02
Especial to The Herald

PASADENA, Sept. 1.-Despite the
talk Of opposition which has been the
main feature Of the department of
California, U. S. w. v, encampment
this week, P. C. Mulqueeny of Roose-
welt camp, Los Angeles, was today
elected department commander of the
order by the delegates who have been
in session here for the past three days.
The election of Mulqueeny was unan-
imous and his friends are jubilant to-
night at the failure of the attempt to
discredit him before the convention
When the rumor of his election
spread to the women delegates of the
veterans auxiliary q half dozen of
the Los Angeles women left their hall
and went to the Pasadena armory,
where they would not be denied until
the successful candidate came from the
hall, when they overwhelmed him with
kisses.
The other officers elected were:
Senior vice commander, S. w. Kay of
Sacramento; Junior vice commander,
e. X. Duncan of San Francisco; in
spector, Wallace Coping of Pasadena;
surgeon, d. d. Thornton of Los An
geles; judge advocate, Harry E. Speas
of Sacramento chaplain, S. j. McCon-
nell Of Selma; marshal, F. F. Cannon
of Sacramento; council of administra-
ton, e. B. Stoots, ], w Weaver, Col
w. e. Schreiber, H. A. Thomas, H. A.
Swift, Richard Barthlemess, A. ].
Bryan and F. A. Spence.
The delegates to the national con-
vention at Tacoma to be held next
week include j. D! Jones, j. E. Brock
way, Francis Kidd, Otto Reinen, Dr.
w. R. Severson and Wallace H. Cop
ping.
Convention Closes
The sixth annual convention of the
department was brought to a close,
save for the banquet held this even
ing, at 2:30 o'clock, when the dele
gates locked arms and singing Amer
ica," danced solemnly about the room.
This celebration followed the install
lation of the new officers by the re-
firing department commander, James
Noland of San Francisco, and his
aides.
Theodore Syvertson, past commander
of Ensign Bagley camp of Pasadena,
who has been summoned before a
courtmartial to explain his reasons
for denouncing the late commander
declares, through his friends he will
challenge the entire body of men who
have been chosen to sit as his judges.
According to his quoted statements,
he ranks in the department as lieu
tenant colonel and must be tried by
men of equal or superior rank, in spite
of which, according to his friends, the
men chosen to judge his conduct do
not hold rank above that of captain.
f. H. Crumly, leader of the negro
delegates from the neWly-formed Har-
rison Gray Otis camp of Los Angeles,
delivered a speech this morning in the
course of which he explained he and
his fellows were sorry their advent
into the convention had made trouble.
He declared the camp which he rep
resented wanted no more recognition
than their service and charter entitled
them to and that they were not seek
ing, as has been said, the privilege of
attending the balls and banquets or
the other delegates.
Women Elect Officers
The womens auxiliary of the state
department closed its session tonight
with a reception given by the women
of Helen Gould auxiliary to the Wis
itors. In the afternoon the following
newIy-elected officers were installed:
Department president, Mrs. Ida Fitz-
gerald of Vallejo: senior vice com
mander, Mrs. Lillian Severson of Los
Angeles; junior vice commander, Clara
Grayson of San Jose; chaplain, Sadie
n. Ashley of Pasadena; treasurer,
Florence Levy of San Francisco; de-
partment Inspector Evelyn Hayden
Foye OIL Pasadena; lllstltutlIIs anu III
stalling officer, Lois Rollins of Los
Angeles; department historian, Jennie
Lee of Pasadena; judge advocate,
Mamie holland of San Francisco; coun-
ell of administration, Elizabeth Cur
zon of San Francisco, Jennie Thayer
of Pasadena, Mrs. Florence walters of
Los Angeles Mary B. Hamilton of
San Francisco, Jeanette Harbour of
Los Angeles and Louise Gordon of
Pasadena.
The delegates to the national con-
vention at Tacoma were Mrs. Josie
Copping of Pasadena and Mrs. Lillian
Severson and Iva L. Head of Los
Angeles.