The National tribune., 1909-08-19

Gilman was quite overcome. and there
were tears in her eyes as she expressed.
her appreciation. A pretty incident
followed in the gift of doll from Mrs
Ella Scott. of New York, to Mrs. Gill
man for her small granddaughter and
namesake. just three weeks old. Tho
doh was christened Mary L. Gilman.
the third. Mrs. Maria Going, National
Secretary. was presented With hand
some seal pocketbook by her fellow.
officers. Mrs. North was given a dia-
mond ring by her associates in the Off
cicl circles of the Corps.
Ring From Local Corps.
Mrs. Vinegar. President of the Geo.
r. Maxwell Corps. w r.. c., of Salt
Lake City. presented to Mrs. Gilman.
on behalf of the four Woman's Relief
Corps of Utah. a handsome ring manu-
tactured in this city, the gold coming
| from Utah mines. set with amatrice. a
| natlVe stone Mrs. Maria Going, the
Natlonai Secretary. and Mrs Charlotte
h Wright, the National Treasurer,
were gwen SAT- Lake souvenir spoons
| by Mrs. Vinegar for the four Relief
Corps of the State.
A solemn service was held in mem
ory of the late Adelia Bernard. of Ida
no. and Mrs. Amelia Alexander. Of
Ohio Mrs. Plummer sang Face q
race. Eulogies were delivered byS
Mrs. Annie Campbell. of Idaho, and
Miss Hannah u Maxon, of Ohio.
"A delegation from the Daughters Of
Veterans was received and greetings
were presented. The convention then
adjourned until 9 o'clock Thursday
morning.
The Second Day.
| On Thursday. the second day of the
| convention of the Woman's Relief
| Corps, the church was filled with wo-
! men to the very doors All day long
| the delegates occupied their seats. and
gave close attention to the work being
| done The morning session and until
the middle of the afternoon was occu-
| pied with reports of the National oiIi-
| GERS and special business. The first
| report heard was that of Anna +.
Howe, National Senior Vice President,
Iwho presented in behalf of the w. r.
&c. of Toledo a large flag to the Wo-
mans Christian Association and also TO
| the Newsboys' Home in Toledo.
Clara E. Lukens, National Junior
| Vice President. set forth her visits 10
Department Conventions during the
year when she represented the Sa-
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| Maria w. Going National Secretary,
dwelt upon the necessity of personally
| examining all reports sent to the Ma
| tional Secretary. The members and
Corps in good standing for the year
ended June 30. 1909, showed 2,G03
| Corps and 134.1 members. The to-
| tai relief fund expended during the
year was s131 1854.
| Charlotte F.. Wright made a cheering
| report of assets on June 80 of S2S.-
973.49 and liabilities none.
The reports of the other National
| officers were also heard. including those
Of Maria NJ. Mumford. National Chap
| lain: Alice d. Schneider. National In
fpector; Harriet J. Bodge. National
| Counselor; Ellen Daniels. National In
stalling Officer: Nettie NJ. Gowan, Ma
tional Patriotic Instructor. and Mary NJ.
| North. National Press Correspondent.
For a Clean Flag.
On the matter of clean flag. the
| Committee on Prevention of Desecra-
| ton of the Flag reported. thru Isabel
Worreli Ball, Chairman, that great
progress is being made to secure the
passage of the bill by Congress and that
success was not far off.
| They closed their sessions Friday
! afternoon with the election of officers,
the passing of resolutions. in which
Salt Lake came in for it's share of bou-
| quets. and the customary ceremonies
attending the winding up of the busi-
ness of conventions.
The Ladies of the G. 4. r.
! The Ladies of the G. A. r. elected
officers and closed its session Friday
afternoon. The election for President
was extremely close, the successful can
ldidate. Mrs. Della Rawlings Henry. of
| Kansas City. Mo-, winning over her
InnunnPnf Of
Newark, N. j.. by just five votes. Mrs.
Henry received 78 votes and Mrs. Stew
ems 73. -Hs
| The officers elected were: Mrs.
Della Rawlings Henry, of Kansas City.
| Mo-. President; Mrs. Mary Jameson.
Marine City. Mich. Senior Vice Presi-
dent: Mrs. Mary E. Martin. Seattle.
Wash. Junior Vice President; Mrs.
Catherine De Lacey Roach. Treasurer:
| Mrs. Florence Martin. China, Me-.
| Chaplain. The Council is composed of
Mrs. Mary E. Duddieston, of Chicago,
! the retiring Secretary; Mrs. C. Allie
| Fisk. of Seattle, Wash. and Mrs. Hat
tie Williams. of Emporia, Kan
The Daughters of Veterans.
The alliance of Daughters of Veter-
| ans wound up busy session of two
| days Friday afternoon when these Off
GERS were elected: President. Miss
Minnie T. Guitland, Alliance. o.:
Senior Vice President, Miss Anna NJ.
Kelly. Pueblo. Colo: Junior Vice Presi-
dent. Miss Philippine Shoemann, Buff
| falo. N. Y; Chaplain. Mrs. Lizzie Belle
Croft, Los Angeles; Treasurer, Miss
Agnes 1. Mccoy, Sommerville. Mass:
Patriotic Instructor, Miss c. Millie
| Leighton. Clinton, Mass; Inspector.
| Mrs Alice Hansen, Joliet, Ill.
| The Council is composed of Miss
! Clara Hoover. Chicago; the retiring
President, Mrs. Agnes C. Davis. of Min
| neapolis; Mrs MabelIe H. Gooding.
Massachusetts,: Mrs. Olive johnson,
Washington. D. c.; Mrs. Linda Schultz.
| Ohio.
The Army Nurses.
Eighteen women. formerly army
nurses. who can tell the terrible hospi-
| tai side of the civil war, met in their
annual convention Thursday morning
at the Colonial Hotel and Mrs. Mary
! e. Lacey, % Delmar avenue, Salt Lake,
was unanimously chosen to head this
distinguished body of patriotic women.
The other officers are: Senior Vice
/ President. Mrs. Catherine Taylor, New
York; Junior Vice President, Hannah
Starbird, Reno, New: Treasurer. Sa-
lone Stewart. Gettysburg. Pa; Chap
lain. Hannah Maxon. Galipolis. o.; Sec
L rata yata 7.