Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-25

Of oklahoma, as Okiahoma's repre-
sentative and a member Of the re
CeptiOn committee, has been enjoying
many delightful social Courteses at
| tendant upon the national ID. a. r..
congress which convened in Washing
ton last week. This department
acknowledges the receipt of several
Washington exchanges from Mrs
Hail. some paragraphs of which will
be of interest to Tulsa members Of the
organization and friends.
The Washington Post said of the
election, and the reception which
President and Miss Wilson rendered 20
the delegates:
Mrs. William Cummings Story of
New York, president general of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
for the past two years, was reelected
head of that organization last night
over Mrs. George Thatcher Guernsey
of Kansas, by Il majority Of 234 votes
Mrs. Story carried the election with
her entire ticket on the first ballot.
The election returns wereannOunced
just after midnight, after the dele
gates to the twcnty-fOurth annual
congress had been sitting for hours
in Continental Memorial hall awaiting
floor Mrs. StOrys ticket was given
majOrities ranging from 124 to 298.
The entire congress gave a rousiug
demonstration for the successful can
ddate. Word of her victory had been
circulated through the building sew
era minutes earlier. The teliers
awaited to total the vote of the entire
ticket before making the announce
mert, but "A few minutes before y
o'clock 1t was reported that the voth
for president general had been de-
termincd in favor of Mrs. Story. and
at the same time Mrs. Guernsey was
said to have left the building in tears.
She returned bravely, however, and
was in the hall when the vote was
given out and went to the platform
to congratulate Mrs. story
The ticket elected with Mrs. story
was as follows: Chaplain general,
Mrs Mary ;. Lockwood; recording
secretary general, Mrs. William c..
Boyle, Mrs. John w. Langley; cor
responding secretary general Mrs.
julius G. Burrows, Mrs. Woodbury.
Pulsifer; organizing secretary gem
eral, Mrs. William A. Smoot, Mrs.
Horace Parker Mcintosh; register
general, Miss Grace NJ. Pierce, Miss
Catherine Elizabeth Custis; treasurer
general, Mrs. Joseph f.. Ransdell,
Mrs Charles p. Grandfield; historian
general, Mrs. willard Augsburg, Mrs.
George w. Hodges; director general
| in charge of the report to SmithsOn-
ian Institution, Mrs. Edward Orton,
ir, Mrs. Robert Alexander; librarian
general, Mrs. George NJ. Sternbcrg,
Mrs. Edward B Kellogg; curator
general, Miss Catherine b. Barlow,
Miss Sophie Pearce Casey; editor Of
magazine, Miss Natalie S. Lincoln,
Miss Eliza o. Denniston.
President Wilson and Miss Mar
garet Wilson yesterday afternoon
shook hands with 200 members Of
the national society Of the Daughters
of the American Revolution at a re-
ception i'm the White House TO the
delegates and others attending the ID.
A. II. congress at Continental hall.
The reception was held in the blue
| room from % 4 o'clock President
| Wilson was escorted by Col. w. w.
Harts, l.. S. engineering corps, in full
uniform. Miss Wilson stood beside
| him and shook hands with the women
as they passed in continuous line.
| Miss Wilson appeared dressed in
white.
The delegates passed through the
blue room, the green room, and the
red room. The line moved slowly
and they were given an opportunity
to examine the portraits of the early
presidents on the walls. The officers.
| including Mrs. william Cumming
Story and her staff of pages, wore
full official regalia and all delegates
were required to wear their badges.
Many members of the ID. A. r.. who
are not delegates to the congress.
were allowed to accompany them.
The pages at the congress, who num-
bered more than a hundred, also at
tended the reception.
Mrs. Story received the delegates in
the green rom. She was accom-