New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-22
Kentucky and Alabama
Federation Groups
Arrive.
LEADERS MARSHAL
RANKS FOR ELECTION
Lively Contest Expected Con.
vention Opens at list Regi-
ment Armory Wednesday.

The advance guard Of 10000 club
women, assembling for the thirteenth
biennial convention Of the General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs. arrived here
yesterday. There was a marked stir
as delegates. altcrnates and club mem
bers appeared at the federations head
quarters in the Hotel Astor TO regis
ter. The hospitality committee has
not been overwhelmed yet. but the ma
jority Of the women on their way from
distant states are expected to-day.
Kcntuckys delegation arrived yes
terday morning. and Alabama's last
night. The Mississippi delegation is
expected this morning. Texas, Louisi-
ana, Utah, Michigan and Oregon dele
cations will leave special trains at Al
bany this morning, and will arrive late
in the afternoon on the Hudson River
Day Line boat. lllinois's large delega-
tion will arrive this evening over the
Lehigh Valley Railroad. Many of the
women from Southern states are COM
ing on the Old Dominion Line. The
Massachusetts and Maine delegations
are expected early tomorrow morning.
May Discuss Defence.
What the club women Of the coun-
try are doing to-day, what they have
been doing during the last two years
and what they intend to do in the
future will be subjects Of open dis
cussion during the convention. The
question of future work is arousing the
greatest interest, for it will involve
the opinions of women from all parts
of the country on national prepared
ness, if. as has been freely limited, the
subject is brought up.
Several months ago women high up
/ in the federation said that campaign
for reform in women's dress would be
instituted at this convention.
Not the least absorbing topic of con
versatiOn among the women who have
reached the city was the election on
May 81 of new president to succeed
Mrs. Percy V. Tennybacker, of Texas.
Candidates chosen by the nominating
committee are Mrs. Josiah Evans
Cowles, Of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Sam
uel b. Sheath, of Tifiin, Ohio. first vice
president of the federation.
Headquarters or DoJn the Ohio and
California delegations have been estab-
lished at the Biltmore. Supporters of
both candidates yesterday promised
there would be plenty of excitement
Il 4 l..
that Southern delegates generally
favored Mrs. Sheath, who has home in
Louisiana. Only delegates, OF whom
there are about 1000, can vote for Of
ficers.
Boy Scouts Guide Visitors.
The board Of directors Of the fedora
tion was in executive session at the
Aston yesterday afternoon and even
ing. Another meeting will be held this
morning. At l o'clock the board lunch
con will take place at the Aston. This
evening a complimentary dinner will
be given at the same hotel TO the
eleven federation department heads.
Official opening Of the convention
will take place in the 7th Regiment
Armory, Park Avenue and Sixty-sixth
Street, at $3.50 o'clock Wednesday even
ing.
All women are met on arriving by
members or helpers of the Transports
tion committee, Of which Mrs. Harry
Lilly is chairman. Boy Scouts are as
sisting in guiding the women TO their
hotels. Visitors have been asked TO
wear blue ribbon bows as means of
identification.
A list of "Don'ts" has been issued by
the local biennial board, with the warn
ing that in every large city are to be
found Inscriptions persons who de-
ceive and prey on the travelling public.
There will be an information bureau
at the 18th Regiment Armory. Under
Mrs. r. II. RuckeT, its bead, will be
nine committees, prepared to give
all necessary information regarding the
convention, transportation and oppor-
tunities for sightseeing and shopping.
There will be an information bureau at
the Aston for the first two days of the
convention.
The lost and found department will
be at the armory, where there will be
a skilled optician ready to repair broken
eyeglasses.
Headquarters for the Pennsylvania
delegation are at the Waldorf. The New
Jersey, Indiana, Arkansas and New
Hampshire delegations will be at the
McAlpin, and Illinois, South Dakota and
Kentucky at the Hotel Claridge.