Evening star., 1916-07-20

wash9q, Tss1 resstsrsd aft
under the leadership of Boiling H.
Jones. postmaster at Atlanta, who is
chairman of the state delegation. and
| Mrs n. B. Brimberry. the secretary.
This is one of the largest state repre-
| sentations in the convention. There
are number of women in the party
who are particularly anxious to attend
Two woman postmasters from New
Jersey are being extensively enter
tanned while here for the convention.
They are Misses Ada B. Waten of
Eatontown and Ada Broander of
Keansburg.
Registration shows that this is the
biggest convention of postmasters ever
held
| Senator Ponerene in his Office last
| evening. The arrangements were made
by w. D. Caldwell of Canton. the sena-
tors home town. He said he wanted
meet him. When Senator Pomerene
saw the size Of the delegation he
wished he had arranged for a hall in
| which to entertain it.
| The Ohio delegation is composed of:
W. D. Caldwell. Canton; James Sharp.
iNelsonville; Joel c. Clore Cincinnati;
Frank Harper. Mount Vernon; John
Geach. Granville; c. D. Crumb. Cuya
G. Hughs. Utica; S. A. Kinnear. Colum-
bus; ]. r. Alexander, GAINESVILLE; j. c.
Steel. Chagrin Falls: L. X. Thompson
ohricsville; Charles F. Gableman. Wav-
r. Price. Lancaster; Charles j. Kessler.
New lexington; Forrest L. May Day
ton; j. V. Lawler. Carrolltown; F. J.
S; Suii1San; South Char!eston: Homer
Adsm r. sebss1 IA NJ
meta; II. w. Streb. Dover: Charles
Warnke. Huron: George B. Snyder,
youngstown; E. L. Hause. Girard; Carl
w. smith: kenton: J. T. Flynn, Beilair:
Welker Besst. New Lafayette; John NJ
McMullen, Hillsboro; F. C. Sehiffer
Shelby; G. NJ. keating, Loveland: A.
Ross Read, Akron; Wesley II. zangg
wooster: II; B. Sibila. Massillon; Peter
vile; II. H. McFadden. Steubenyille:
Frank G. Henry. Marietta; William j
Schafer. Caldwell: W. F. Uhle, Attica:
George +, Parrish. Toledo; j. B. Beard
Newton Falls; c. B. Dechant, lebanon.
W. J. Murphy. Cleveland; D. D. Granger
New London: J. P. Stewart, Niles, and
Vallie Harold. Portsmouth.
representative Kenneth D. McKel,ar
OF tennessee, who is candidate for
the senate to succeed Senator Luke Lea
was busy man receiving the feIicita
lions OF the postmasters from his home
state He has been showing them all a
soou tlme Whlle In the capital.
| w. Z. Mclean. postmaster at Orlando
Fla. and Edward L. Powe of DeIand
are real boomers for their home state.
giaoe lands. shut they are passing
around a lot of poetry and romance
about the land of flowers and sunshine
and golden apples" They are adver-
a ar1 30
Florida. r0 w
It's all right now. Billy" Murrv OF
Boston, former representative. breezed
IN last night and completed the lame
aucK TRIO He had busy time re-
neWing good fellowship with former
colleagues on "the HILL"
" E. McEwen of Duluth. Mimi. out
where they still have Indian mail run
ners. and who spoke yesterday on The
Ideal System of Post Office Organiza
tion. has been secretary of the Mime
sofa state branch Of the A. F. of L. for
twenty-one years. He has also devoted
much of his time to editing the World
| a labor journal.
Postmaster Jim" Kelly of Long
Island City Is going to vie with Wash
ington's own favorite entertainer,
George O'Connor, tonight at the post
masters banquet. Postmaster Kellys
specially is giving limitations of wild
! birds and animals. He promises that
his feature number will especially de-
light President Wilson.
ed" Gilmore, from Brockton, former
representative in Congress, is a butcher
and proud of it.
President Colin NJ. Selph Of st. Louis
says the crops of Missouri and the en-.
tire southwest are of record breaking
1ar
dent Wilson'S peace policy is unmis-
. taxable, he says He predicts the re-
| election Of President Wilson by a big
majority and that Senator Reed will be
returned. Missouri will do her part in
the campaign. as she always does" is
| his boast.
The representation from the Bay
state-meaning Massachusetts-went
| out in a "seagoing hack" last night.
This Is one of the most active repre-
sentations attending the convention.
The leaders are Vice President Costello
of Springfield, James ]. O'Donnell of
Holyoke, Richard Cronan of Chicopee
Falls. Joseph Barnes of Easthampton
and Billy" Maioney of Westheld.
| Women attending the convention were
all a-thrill today over the announce
ment that Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Is ex-
pected to be their guest at the special
banquet prepared for the women in
| tHc INdleisH tOHiBHt
| Postmasters are especially apprecia-
Tive of the excellent work done for their
entertainment, comfort and convenience
by the local committee of arrange
ments. of which Ruskin McArdle, pri-
vate secretary to Postmaster General
Burleson, is chairman. The other mem
bers of this committee are: Robert l..
Maddox. superintendent of foreign
mails; William l. Dennig, chief clerk of
l the department.; c. d. Ellsworth, super
intendent of the division of post Office
service, the largest division in the de-
partment. and James H. Edgarton, pur-
chasing agent for the Post ONCE De-
partment.
Mrs. w. E. McEwen. wife of the post
master of Duluth, Mimi, who Is vice
president of the association and a mem
Der of the resolutions committee, is
seriously i'll at the Raleigh.
COAST GUARD HUNTS SHARKS.