Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-10-25
WOMEN To MEET
IN INTEREST Of
PREPAREDNESS
Defense Conference
Called for November IS
WIN Urge That Increase IN
Navy Be Made

.srfeiAL cosHtseoNosset rc sasniNs loussstl
Nashiu-ton. Oct Tremendous
response from women .n aI uals 0l
the country has teeu received t1 the
preliminary .al OF the Womans Sec
ton ol the Navy league for a great
Woman's national defense conference
to DE- held n Washington on N0yem-
Der - at the Nrw willard hotel
Women of all rank and positions
from pIactiealt every state .n the
union have written Jheif endorsement
ana approval of the idea and IA, eff
fair promises tp pee tine greatest and
most successful national defense
meeting erer held ss Well as the first
ANA only meeting of the kind cone
Quoted entirely hy women and for
women
Arrangements Tor the convention
are proceeding rapidly ana SPLEEN
did program is already assured
President wilson Secretary 10 the
Nar3 Daniels and Secretary NJ War
GmIleon and mlu} other uotables
have been asked tu address tine meet
ug.
Strong committee Of women in the
capital city have been appointed to
perfect the various details of the con
florence Among the .c1airmen Of
these committees are Mrs. George
Dewey honorary chairman, Mrs.
Hugh l.. Scott honorary chairman
and Mrs William Marshall, active
chairman. reception committee. Mrs.
GeucvieVo champ clark Thompson.
daughter Of the speaker honorary
chairman, and Elisabeth Ellicott Poe.
actlVe chairman. committee on am
engagements Mrs John Temple
Graves, chairman, pr0grdm commit
tee Mrs Charles Fowler vice chair
man. Mrs John A, Logan, honorary
chairman. committee ON invitations.
Mrs Frank Foster Greenwalt state
regent of the -. r. r.. active chair
man. Mrs. Vyua Poe Wilson, chair
man, credentials cVnmittee Miss
Nathe IS. Lincoln chairman. decor
alton and badgc committee Mrs.
Mary IS. Lockwood chairman press
committee. Mrs. Helent Ilill Weed.
chairman committee ON resolutions,
Mrs Mary Logan Tucker, chairman
committee on nominations, Mrs.
Ralph Beaver Strassburger, chairman
finance committee. and Miss Mary
AfNhNlH AIlhfi llAtiiA bA Ifi hi.N anu tAANf
Arthur Henry Dadmun. chairman OF
the music committee
Tentative Program Outlined
An organization meeting Of the
chairmpn Of the committees for the
conference. together with tho eXecu-
tive committee of the wom1n's Sec
uon was held last week and plans
perfected and tentative program
laid out The meeting was held in
the headquarters Of the Woman's sec
ton In the southern building, and
Miss Grace N. Pierce, chairman OF
the cXecutice committee, presided.
According no present arrangements
the conference proper will occupy an
entire dRy. tt viii serve the double
purpose Of a meeting for the perma-
nent organization of the woman q
section of the Navy league and os "a
means of influcncing congressman
and impressIne upon them the needs
OF the country for adequate defense
Members of The national ana state
committees and delegates from the
local chapters and every state IN the
union will he invited TO attend. In
the morning session reports from
committeeman and delegates viii be
talked upon ana the progress of the
work in all sections ut the country
reported
All the afternoon session prominent
spealtprs. both men and women will
deliver addresses on subjects of ma
tionol defense and the part women
.ouphl to t,ke I'M securing adequate
dsfeuses Among those who will be
asked to sneak hesides the president
and the SECRETARIES of wan and the
na,v vuI be- Speaker champ Clark,
whose Liberty Rell speech at san
francisco eotlnded tine slogan among
tho donortatic. statesmen for national
t,r4,produess REPRESENTATIVE A. P
Hurner formor SECRETARY George Won
4 AIe,pr Raw. lyman Abbott Theo-
dora roosevelt Mrs. o. II. r. Bel
mont Mrs William Cumming Story,
Mrs John A. Iogau. Miss Mabel
poaldman and Mrs. Mary s. Lock
wood. presidents of fifteen national
,yo,nspis ORGANIZATIONS having com
Liuol uemhershp Of several million
Min 30 asked 90 deliver five minute
or.,t,n.s
M .,o,,t,e a racopfiop will I've
Ill ~ tho Nm. willard from to /
''aian, nl.tlngnishcd social lenders
~, ,.,l,,,t'1ro ~ ~. section will form
az" ',i'' 'i,.',', I'm ana n is expected
,i,,, ,no ,' ~. ,ill H. one al tht most
''..s,,,.,,, a.. nneninp season THE
.,,,, 49,, sroyyth IN me voman's
.sacticn M me Navy league during
''N'Nt .t..,, ~.
mornfed IN wrll over thirty thousand.
n. q ~ d