The Washington herald., 1915-04-18
POLITICS BUZZ. zI.ES
ind. A. R. CAMPS
Prediction Gossip Is Rife as
Delegates Arrive for
Annual Congress.
RECEPTION AT MUSEUM
Nearly All Churches Will Hold Special
Services Today-Rites at
Peace Cross.
RECEPTION AT MUSEUM

With hotel Hobbies crowded and buzZinS
merrly with prediction talk. and with
trains hourly bringing into Union Station
delegates from all parts of the country,
| Washington is just about ready for the
! opening of the twenty-fourth annual con-
gress of the Daughters OF the American
| Revolution.
The resident and visiting Daughters
and their friends last night were re-
ceived at the New National Museum by
! DR.. Charles ID. Walcott, secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution. and the regents
! of the institution. Music was furnished
| by the United States Marine Band. I'M
| der the direction of w. NJ. Santelmann.
! leader.
Gives Illustrated Lecture.
Preceding the reception Clayton T..
| Emig gave an illustrated lecture on THE
City of Washington-Its Beginning. Its
Growth and Its Future" The lecture
vas given under the auspices Of the
Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter of the
local Daughters.
Special services will be held today
in nearly all the churches. At 4
o'clock this afternoon a special pa
triotic open-air service will be held at
! the Peace Cross. Washington Cathe-
draI Close. Wisconsin and Massachu-
, sets avenues northwest. Rev. Ran
dolph ii. McKim, chaplain of the Sons
of the American Revolution, will de-
liver the sermon.
At o'clock this evening special
services will be held In Hamline NJ.
Z. Church. Ninth and streets north
west. Rev. DR.. Lucius c. Clark, pastor
will preside. Mrs. Ellis Logan. presi
dent of the Federation of Women's
Clubs, will participate in the program.
Peacock Alley at the New willard
last night was crowded with D. A. r.
delegates. most Of whom were engaged
in discussing the merits OF the va
rious candidates and the probable re-
suits of the election. A brief meet
ing of the committe on foreign rela-
tions was held, Mrs. Mary II. Stone.
chairman, presiding.
The Kansas delegation of the d. A. r.
has invited all national officers and other
resident and visiting Daughters to a re-
ception to be held tomorrow evening.
from to : o'clock. at the New Willard
in honor of Mrs. Charles Thatcher
Guernsey. Kansas State regent and OPP
ponent Of Mrs. William Cumming Story
for the Office of president general.
Says State Is Divided.
Mrs Ralph NJ. Kirkland regent of the
Minute Men Chapter of Boston. said
last night upon her arrival she was sur
prised to hear that Massachusetts, had
been claimed for Mrs. Story. She CX-
pressed the opinion that the State was
about evenly divided. Massachusetts will
put forward Mrs Edward b. Kellogg, OF
Boston, as candidate for the office OF
librarian general on the anti-adminstrd-
ton ticket.
The Mary Washington Chapter Of the
local Daughters will go on record in
favor of Miss Janet E. Richards for re-
election to the Office of vice regent of
the District at meeting to be held at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon In Con-
tinental Hall. During the past year Miss
Richards gave material aid to the Dis
trict Daughters. She delivered several
lectures for the benefit Of the Continental
Hall fund.