The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-15
women TO TALK
DEFENSE
Co-workers with Navy League
Will Hold Important Con-
ference Here Today.
SOCIAL SET INTERESTED
Secretary McAdoo. Col. R. M. Thomp-
son and Mrs. William Cummings
Story Will Address Gathering.

The first woman's national defense
conference, organized and managed by
women and for women, will be held at
the New Willard Hotel today under the
auspices OF the woman's section Of the
Navy League This body has grown
to tremendous proportions, numbering
among its members more than 10000
American women, and has attained a
popularity never before gained by a SIM
liar organization in a like time.
The conference will serve the new or
ganization at once as an organization
meeting and a demonstration to impress
upon Congress the united demand of
American women for such defenses as
will be adequate to keep the horrors OF
war forever from Americas homes and
! shores.
| Social Circles Interested.
The tremendous response from women
| in all sections of the country to the call
of the woman-s section for the confer
ence has been most gratifying to those
! In charge OF the arrangements and has
| assured them that the women OF this
country will take advantage of the &C.
casionI to make a striking demonstra-
ton OF their practical patriotism and
I interest In the subject OF adequate ma
tionaI defense One Of the most graft
flying features of the conference is the
manner in which women OF the social
set all over the country have taken an
active interest and promised their CO.
operation.
; Many Of the most distinguished women
IN social and official life In the United
! states will be among the members of
the receiving line at the reception this
evening and that AFFAIR promises to be
one Of the most brilliant OF the autumn
social season.
A meeting Of the directors. Officers
and State committees of the Navy
League will be held tomorrow at the
home of Col. Robert N. Thompson. at
which time an effort VIII be made to
decide exactly what measure OF pre-
raredness the Navy League ought TO
endorse and place before the country
with its official approval
VIII Comprise Three Sections.
The conference will comprise three
sessions. morning afternoon. and evening
The program is as follows:
Morning session. 10 o'clock, bail room.
New Willard Hotel: Invocation, Mrs
Mary S. Lockwood. chaplain general.
National Society Daughters OF the Ameri-
can Revolutinon; song. Your Flag ana
My Flag" Report. Committee on the state
of national defense, by Mrs Robert q.
Hogan, chairman. Report, Committee on
the Junior section of the Navy League,
Mrs. Benjamin Reeves Russell. chairman.
Report of national officers, general Sec
retarv. Miss Elisabeth Ellicott Poe;
chairman. executive committee. Miss |
Grace NJ. Pierce: treasurer. Miss Natalie |
S. Lincoln: organizing secretary, Mrs. !
villa Poe Wilson. Election of board of
vicory council Report of committee on |
nominations. Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker. |
chairman. Resolutions Mrs. Helena Hill |
Wood, chairman committee on resolu- |
tons
Afternoon session, ? O'Clock: Confer |
ence on national defense-COL John !
Temple Graves. presiding officer: invo-
cation./ Rev. Randolph II. McKim. D. !
D.: song, THE Star Spangled Banner" |
Miss Vida Milholland; Greeting. Col !
Robert NJ. Thompson. president Navy !
League OF the United States; address, |
William Gibbs McAdoo Secretary OF the |
Urea sury; address. Franklin D. Roose- |
welt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy: |
song THY Will Be Done" John Hay: |
greetings. Mrs. William Alexander. pres !
Ident Special Relief Society; Mrs. Rey-
mold T Hall. president. Society of Naval |
Sponsors; Miss Frances Whitaker Baker. |
president. Children's Auxiliary. Wom-
ans National Made In Z. s. A. League:
Mrs. William Cumming Story. president
general. Daughters of the American |
Revolution: Mrs. Oliver H. P Belmont. |
president. Political Equality Union: Mrs. |
Frank d. Odenheimer. president-general, |
Daughters of the Confederacy: Mrs |
Arthur NJ. Dodge, president. National |
Association Opposed TO Woman Suf-
frage: Mrs. Ada II. Weiss, president,
Legion OF Loyal Women: address, Red |
Cross Preparedness" Miss Mabel Board
man, American Red Cross central COM
mittee: song. Miss Vida Milholland; ad-
dress, America First" Miss Frances
A. Kcllar. National Americanization
Committee: address. preparedness on
Land Hon. Frederick Huidekoper;
son. America" audience and band.
Evening-Reception. red room of the
New Willard Hotel frnm tn Ii n,cln-L