The Washington herald., 1916-04-21
Reception for Children.

TOT edon OF these the PRESIDENT had
word Of cheer.
Reception for Children.
The reception for the children be-
gan at o'clock. The Daughters con-
gress was adjourned at o'clock and
the members Immediately assembled
at the White House. As the last of,
the children passed from the Blue
Room the women were admitted. The
presentations of the women to the
President and Mrs. Wilson also were
made by Col. Harris. Mrs. Champ
Clark was one of the first women to
pass in.
As the guests passed from the blue
Room they were received by Mrs Will
| society. In the Red Room Tho ERE
sentations' to Mrs Story were made by
another military attache at the White
House.
More than 5000 members of the II.
A. r. were received by the President,
Mrs, Wilson and Mrs. Story. The line
stretched from the East entrance in
Executive avenue to Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and down to the West gate.
An Exciting Clash.
| Following an interesting but unevent-
ful rendering Of reports yesterday morn
ing, an exciting clash developed at the
| a
year over the report Of Mrs. Willard T
Block. chairman of the committee on
| liquidation and endowment fund of Me-
mortal Continental Hall and certificate
| penny-a-6ay-plan, was revived.
| On the completion of the report II be-
came known, it is said, that the report
had not been audited by the treasurer
"eneraL On the completion Of the read
ing, Mrs. Amos Draper instantly moved
| that the report be not accepted and be
| laid on the table. The motion was ruled
out OF order by the parliamentarian, and
motion was made to have 1t submitted
to verifcation by the treasurer general.
| AT this point Mrs Story explained that
the report had not been placed before
the congress for acceptance. and that
| therefore no motions were in order.
! Members of the congress explained
that the whole controversy, both this
year and last year. hinged on the aues-
ton of the certificates. These certifirates
originally were printed and engraved by
a local firm to be sold at 81 each, Mrs.
Block. as chairman of the committee,
having control of the sales The certIf-
Gates were printed in 1911.
Rumors Were Circulated.
Previous to the reading Of the report
at the last congress, rumors were cir
| culated that the printers would demand
event.
ually promulgated an agreement whereby
| payment as a whole was not to be made
until the certificates were sold or five
years from that time, bringing the pay-
ment due in 1920
| A motion was then put and carried, re-
quiring Mrs. Block to make the sales
! of the certificates from Memorial Con
| tinental Hall instead of from Chicago.
| her home, as in the past According to
members, this has resulted in a large
| decrease in sales during the past year
over the previous year
{ Following the carrying Of the motion
| and protest against the acceptance of
the report, Mrs. Block rendered her resIg-
nation as chairman, but it was refused.
| Pandemonium broke loose among the
! delegates supporting the present ad-
ministration, just before adjournment
yesterday afternoon, when the result
| of the second ballot for editor of the
d. A. r., monthly magazine was read
by Mrs. Joseph Dearborn, chairman
| OF the tellers on election.
| A tense silence fell over the hall
as she announced Votes cast S41, of
which 29 were thrown out, leaving a
registered vote of S12. Necessary for
election 406. Miss Eliza o. Denniston,
of Pennsylvania, 36S; Mrs. Amos G.
Draper, Of the District, 444."
Greeted by Applause.
A roar of applause broke from the
members supporting the administra-
tion of Mrs. Story and II was fully
Ave minutes before she could announce
the election Of Mrs. Draper.
| Mrs. Draper. Of this city, was ap-
pointed temporary editor OF the mag
azine upon the recent resignation Of
Miss Natalie Sumner Lincoln.
| Miss Denniston. who was formerly
editor Of the magazine, also had a
strong following among the members,
which resulted in the tie vote of 49s
each on the first ballot on wednes-
day.
Through a misunderstanding of the
election rules, Mrs. Dearborn, chair
man of the tellers on the count of the
! first vote, Wednesday night. reported
that there was an insufficient majority
| to elect an honorary vice president
general. This proved erroneous and
Mrs. John Newman Carey, with 49O
votes as compared to 472 polled by her
| Iopponent, Mrs. James Boss Melton, was
declared elected.
Mrs. Joseph Aquilla Enslow, national
charity officer of the society and
! former volunteer worker in the Juve-
nile Court here, was roundly ap-
| plauded when she completed her re-
| port yesterday.
Though charity officer of the So
ciety for the past three years. Mrs.
Enslow's work was not made national
| in scope until last year. She told the
members yesterday that with an ap
preparation of 800, a State charity
had been added to the staff of twenty
| two State organizations. and that
| through these, in addition to the gar
ments, coal, food, and other necessities
distributed among the unfortunates,
more than $4.70O has been raised and
expended in charitable work.
Mrs. Enslow's report also contained a
full report of the charity work done by
each State and chapter.
A resolution appropriating $500 to carry
on the work of the charity committee is
now in the hands OF the resolution COM
nittee and is expected to be reported
favorably on Saturday.
Mrs. George SmaIlwood and Mrs. Story
again clashed at the morning session
Yesterday. Mrs. Smallwood asked, on ac-
count of an engagement to be allowed
to read her report as statistical secretary
at the morning session instead of in the