The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-23
|GREAT GATHERING OF WOMEN
Representatives from Every State in
the Union and From Many Foreign
Countries Will be Present and have
Part in Great War for Temperance.

Mrs. Irving g. Barbour, leader OF the
Woman s Christian Temperance union
in Kenosha and number of other
white ribboners of Wisconsin will go to
Brooklyn to attend the world W. G. 7.
| u. convention next week. Mrs. Barbour
lis delegate from the Keposha union.
This convention is held only once in
three years, and this will be the ninth
convention. Sessions will be held in
Brooklyn Academy of Music, October
90 to %.
Delegates will attend from twenty
five nations, and will bring reports from
the farthest corners of the earth of the
progress of the worldwide campaign
for temperance.
| Forty English women, led by Lady
| Anrea Howard, daughter of the
countess of Carlisle, worlds president
| of the w. G. T. IT,, sailed from Liver
/ pool for Montreal, to spend some days
/ sightseeing in Canada and at Niagara
/ Falls before reaching Brooklyn on Oct.
| %, in time for the first event of the
convention, the meeting of the world IS
executive committee at the Hotel Bos-
sert. Other countries which are send
ing delegations are the Argentine Re
public, Australia, the Bahamas, Bel
gium, Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, Chile,
China, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico,
Newfoundland, New Zealand, Porto
Rico Scotland, South Africa, Sweden
and Uruguay. It is expected that sew
eral other nations will be added to
this list in the next few days.
Complete lists of the delegates for
the United States are not yet avail
able, but the reports thus far received
/ indicate that the best known women
leaders of the temperance cause all
over the country will be in attend
ance.
Some idea Of the representative char
acter Of the gathering may be gained
from this list of state presidents who
will attend:
Alabama-Mrs. Annie z. Weisel,
| South Birmingham.
| Arizona-Mrs. Harriet E. Beckley,
Tucson.
Arkansas Mrs. Minnie U. Ruther-
ford, Magazine.
California Mrs. Lucy S. Blanchard,
Los Angeles.
! Connecticut-Mrs Carolin B. Buell.,
East Hampton.
District of Columbia Emma
Sanford Chelton, Washington.
Florida-Miss Minnie E. Neal, Jack
sonville.
Georgia-Mrs, T. E. Patterson, Grit
| fin.
! Illinois-Miss Heller Il. Hood, Chi
/ cage.
Indiana-Mrs. Julia J. vayhinger,
Upland.
Iowa-Mrs. Eta B. Hurford, Indi-
anola.
Kansas-Mrs. Lillian M. Mitchner,
Topeka.
Kentucky-Mrs. Frances E. Beau
champ, Lexington.
| Louisiana-Mrs A. G. Mckinney,
Ruston.
Maine Mrs. Lillian NJ. Il. Stevens,
Portland.
Maryland-Mrs. Mary R. Haslup,
Baltimore.
Massachusetts-Mrs Katherine Lent
Stevenson, Boston.
Michigan-Mrs. E. L. Calkins, Battle
Creek.
Minnesota-Miss Rozette Hendrix,
Minneapolis.
Nebraska-Mrs. Frances B. Head
Osceola.
Nevada-Mrs. Nora P. Linville,
Sparks.
| New Hampshire-Mrs. Ellen R. Rich
ardson, Concord.
!! New Jersey-Miss Esther Fl. Elfreth,
Haddenfeld.
New York-Mrs. Ella A. Boole,
Brooklyn.
North Caroina-Mrs. I. Adelaide
Goodeno, Raleigh.
North Dakota--Mrs. Elizabeth Pres
ton Anderson, jamestown.
Ohio---Mrs. Florence D. Richard, Leip
sic.
Oklahoma Mrs. Abbie B. Hillerman,
Sapulpa.
oregon-Mrs. Ada Wallace Unruth,
Portland.
Pennsylvana-Mrs. Ella M. George,
Beaver Falls.