Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-14
OF OFFICERS TODAY
r. William C. Stillman Elected
President for Sixth Term.
CHILDREN TO VIEW EXHIBIT
Invited to National Museum Dis
play by Committee Chairman.
Meets Next in Frisco.

For the sixth successive time DR.
William o. Stillman OF Albany, n. Y.
was today elected president of the
American Humane Association.
Delegates and others who compose
this body met at the Arlington at 9:3O
o'clock, and after choosing officers and
place for the convention in 1911, form
ally approved the plan to form an in
ternational league for the prevention OF
cruelty to animals.
There was no session of the interna
tiona1 conference at the New National
Museum this morning. the hours be-
tween 9 and IL o'clock being devoted to
an exhibition of American and Euro
pean lantern slides showing methods OF
protecting animals.
According to the officers of the Ameri-
can organization, no action was taken at
its meeting regarding the determination
of the observation-disclosures to be heard at
the conference. 1t is the contention of
DR.. Stillman and others that the foes of
vivisection have ample opportunity to
conduct their campaisn in their own So
cieties. From present indications the
congress will adjourn without having
considered the issue of vivisection.
Foreigners Viewing Sights.
The foreign delegates devoted this
morning to sightseeing, many of them
making the trip to Mount Vernon.
Following is the list of officers elected
by the American association: DIR. Will
liam o. Stillman. president. Albany, n.
Y: DIR. Albert Leffingwell first vice pres
ident. Aurora, N. Y; Mrs. Caroline Earle
White, second vice president, Philadel-
phia, Pa; E. w. Newhall, third vice
president, San Francisco. Cal; Nathan
iel J. Walker. secretary. Albany, n. Y.
Assistant secretaries-George A. H.
Scott, Chicago. Ill; ]. s. Bell. Pittsburg
Pa; Matthew McCurrie.s San Francisco,
CAL: Oscar A. Trunsine. Cincinnati, Ohio:
J. Beatty. Salt Lake City, Utah; John P.
Heap. Washington. d. c.: John H.
Holmes. st. Louis. Mo-; Frank B. Ruth
erford. Philadelphia. Pa; NJ. ]. White.
San Francisco. CAL; Edgar Mcdonald.
Court street, Brooklyn. N. Y.
DirectOrs-Albert Lefingwell. NJ. D.,
Aurora. N. Y: John L. Shortall, Chicago
I'LL; Mrs. Huntington Smith. Boston,
Mass: William Q. stillman. N. D.. Al
Pa; Sydney Richmond Taber.
Chicago. ILL.,; Mrs. Caroline Earle White,
Philadelphia, Pa: Alfred Wagstaff, New
York city; Mrs. Mary Howe Totten.
w H.,
francisco. Cal; Peter G. Gerry. New
York: Thomas D. Flynn. New Orleans:
DR.. Francis n. Rowley, Boston, and w.
F. Brown. Toledo.
Vice presidents-william H. Taft,
President of the United States, Washing
ton. D. c.; Rt. Rev. A Mackay Smith.
Philadelphia, Pa: Andrew Carnegie New
York city; NJ. Richards Muckle, Philadel-
phia, Pa: William A. Fuller, Chicago,
III: J. A. Blaffer. new Orleans. La; !;
bion E. Lang. Windsor. VT; Miss Sarah J.
Eddy. Bristol Ferry, r. l.: Mrs. Minnie
Maddern F1ske. Archbishop Ryan, Phila-
delphia, Pa: j. B. Y. Warner. Rochester,
H. C. Merwin. Boston, Mass; Mrs James
Speyer. New York city; Joseph G. Walter.
Pittsburg. Pa: Miss Georeiana Kendall,
New York city; DIR. B. F. Kingsley, San
Antonio. Tex; Cardinal Gibbons. Balti-
more. Md: Rt: Rev: w. c. Doane. AL
bany, N. Y; Waller Butler. Chicago. Ill.
c.. III. Shut. st. Paul. Mimi; Mrs. A. l..
Barber, Washington. d. c.: J. F. Burke,
Atlanta, Ga; Jefferson Seligman, New
York city: Miss Emma T. Kieselhorst. St.
Louis, Mo-: Thomas w. Wrenne. John d.
Lindsay, New York city; Rev. F.. w.
Tompkins. D D.. Philadelphia, Pa; Mrs.
Everett W. Brooks, Chicago, ILL.,; H p.
Roberts, Minneapolis. Mimi; Paris Glib
New Orleans, La: Mrs. Ella w. Wilcox,
Short Beach, Conn; NJ. A. Matthews. D..
D., Seattle. Wash; Miss Harriet G. Bird,
Stow, Mass.
Children to Attend Exhibit.
An invitation to the children of the
public schools to attend the exhibition, at
the New National Museum, of the inter-
national humane societies was extended
by A. o. Trounstine, chairman, this morn
ing. The invitation was delivered to Supt.
A. T. Stuart.
1t is expected the committee appointed to
make the awards will have submitted it's
report by tomorrow. The display of use
full and ornamental articles representing