Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16

until 1t was p years old when it as
serted itself as a child OF the suffrage
movement"
The speaker denied that gag" rule had
been resorted to in order to gain the suf-
frage enforcement at the convention as
had been asserted and said that every
delegate came to the meeting imbued
with the spirit of the movement. "Of the
thousands Of women present there were
less than twenty-five dissenting votes"
she said
Mrs. Trout told Of the organization of
the city Of Chicago by the ward and
precinct system now being tried in Omaha
under the direction Of Mrs. w. c. Sun
derland She said that every ward and
precinct chairman could be reached within
one hour and half in case of immediate
need, because of the perfect organization
of the city. Mrs. Trout admitted that
local organizations are apt to be Jealous
of each other and urged them to over
come this characteristic
Mrs. Trout also spoke of the need for
the ballot as a tool to combat the white
slave peril
The annua' meeting of the Frances Will
lard Young Peoples branch of the
Women's Christian Temperance union
T
Methodist Episcopal church. Miss Sarah
Givens was elected president, Mr. Roy
Christians, vice PRESIDENT Mr. Clarence
Palm, corresponding secretary; Miss Ruth
Elmberg, recording secretary; Mr. Norris
Anderson, treasurer. Miss Esther Karel,
the retiring president, and Miss Lille
Givens were elected delegates to the
county convention which will be held at
Waterloo Friday.
At annual meetings of the Omaha and
Frances Willard unions, which was held
Wednesday. all officers were reelected.
The officers of the Omaha union are:
President, Mrs N. ]. McKitrck; first
vice president, Mrs. Manning; second vice
president, Mrs. Joseph Carr; recording
secretary, Mrs. w. T. Graham; corre-
spending secretary, Miss Annabel Cook;
treasurer. Mrs NJ. Latta Delegates to
the county convention which will be held
In Waterloo August q, Mesdames B. c.
John, Mary Wilson, Woods Carr, Sey-
mour, Patton, Towel. Finlayson. Dr.
Sarar Millen Shinrock L. NJ. Latta, High,
Lynn. Pollock, Z. Sweeley, Van Kuran
and Carnaby.
Mrs. c. ]. Roberts is president of the
Frances Willard society; Mrs. II. NJ.
Craig, vice president; Mrs Frank Butts,
secretary; Mrs. D. J. Burden, treasurer.
The delegates from this organization to
the county convention are: Mesdames
II. NJ. Craig, T. R. Ward, A. c. Anderson,
c. A. Burdick, James A. Taggart, F. A.
Follansbee, James A. Dalzell, c. w. Ogle
and Miss Jennie Salmon. Mrs c. A. Bur-
dick was elected to fill the newly created
office of librarian.
Miss Marie c. Brehm, head of the ma
tional temperance board of the Presby-
terrain church and on two occasions dele
gate Of the United States government to
International alcoholic congresses held in
Europe. will lecture on "A Worlds Con-
flict" Monday afternoon at 2:9O o'clock
in the parlors of the First Presbyterian
church. The lecture will be given under
the auspices of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union Federation of Omaha.
and light refreshments will be served fol-
lowing the meeting.
These are busy weeks for the local
Woman'5 Christian Temperance union.
Last week. annual elections were held in
three of the unions and the Douglas
county convention will be held Friday
of this week at Waterloo. Mrs. c. :.
Roberts. vice president, will preside in
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Whitmore, who is stranded in Europe
Miss Marie Brehm, who speaks in
Omaha Monday, is the feature of the
program. The program is as follows:
FORENOON SESSION.
Devotional exercises, Mrs. c. H. Stew
Reading Of Proclamation for National
Constitutional Prohibition and Joint
Resolution Mrs. c. Nichols.
Reports of county superintendents.
Recitation, Miss Celia Cooking.
Memorial Service and Noontide Prayer
led by Mrs. N. j. McKitrick.
AFTERNOON. SESSION
Meeting of executive committee.
Devotional exercises, Mrs. John Blake.
Systematic Giving, Miss Jennie Salmon.
Discussion, led by Mrs d, c. John.
Music, Miss Lille Givens.
The Question of the Hour, led by Mrs.
+. S. King.
Election OF county officers
EVENING SESSION.
Devotional service at o'clock by Rev,
L. Aston.
Music by Waterloo quartet.
Address. Miss Marie Brehm.
Rising vote on the constitutional
amendment.
Report OF resolutions committee.
The Womens Christian Temperance
union state convention will be held in
Hastings September 22-25
Mrs. William Archibald Smith, secre-
tary Of the Nebraska Association Op-
posed to Woman Suffrage, returned tho
early part of the week from a trip by
way OF the Great lakes and the St Law.
renee to Montreal. Activities in this so
ciety will be taken up again early ir
September.
Mrs ". o. Paisley of Helena, Mont
formerly of Omaha, will arrive septem-
Der / to be the guest of Mrs. c. Vim
cent. While living in Omaha. Mrs Pats
ley was assistant leader Of the current
topics department OF the Omaha Wo,
mans club and an active worker in the
Plymouth Congregational church. Hel
son, Oldham, will also come to Omaha
10 re-enter the University OF Omaha.
Mrs. w. G, Whitmore OF Valley Is safe
in Switzerland with her husband, ac
cording TO a cablegram received by Mrs
NJ. Barr. her sister Mrs. Whitmore IA