Evening star., 1916-10-23
DEMAND WAR HEAD
RESIGN FROM OFFICE
Officers of Patriotic Societies
Denounce Secretary Baker
for Alleged Utterances.
ACTION STIRS MEMBERS

A set of resolutions has been signed
by officers of patriotic societies de-
nanding the Immediate resignation of
Newton D. Baker. Secretary of War,
and calling upon President Wilson to
repudiate alleged utterances of his War
Secretary, in which Secretary Ba ker
compared the soldiers of the revolution
to Villas followers. Washington wom-
Ell. members of the societies, are all
stirred up over the action taken
Some are protesting that the 'resolu-
tions were signed by individual officers
without authority to represent the So
ciety in such matters. Others are pre-
pairing to ratify this action OF onlcers
in special meetings within a day or
two.
These resolutions set forth that Sec
retary Baker i'll a speech AT Jersey
City, October 6. characterized the pa
triots who followed Washington from
Bunker Hill to Yorktown as thieves.
church 1ooters >and disreputabie char-
lacters generally" Secretary Baker has
since said that his remarks should not
be given such interpretattoii. ne
! women responsible for the adoption OF
the resolutions of protest state posi-
lively that they can prove that Mr..
! Baker did say this and that they are
sending out with copies of the resoIu-
tion extract that they say Is from
istenograph notes of Secretary BAKER s
speech. These are being mailed toda!
to every patriotic organization IN the
United States.
| The resolutions affirm that IN SPEAK
ing as quoted above Secretary BAKER
was guilty of ''libelous and false state
ments" and ignorance of American ms
tory in likening Washingt"n's soldiers
at Valley Forge to Villa bandits
Denies Action Is Official.
Mrs Frank F. Greenawalt as wee
chairman of the publicity committee for
| the National Society. d. a. r.. denied
| today that the action Of members of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
| was official and done with proper au-
thority AS the Washington representa-
tive of the only committee authorized to
give out any information of the policy
or actions of the National Society.
| D. A. r.. she said that Mrs. William
| Cumming story president general of the
| national society. has authorized her to
| make the statement that she tMrs.
Story has been frequently requested to
| grant an interview on this subject
| and that she has persistently refused.
! She said she had not sanctioned any
| such action.
f, In explaining the position of the Ma
tional Society D. A. r.. the vice chair
man Of the publicity committee said that
/ through the national Board OF manag gers.
This board is composed Of the president
general of the society. the vice presi-
| dents general from the various states
and the state regents. This is the Of
| fetal board which manages all the af-
! fairs of the national society when its
| congress is not in session. No meeting
! Of the national board or of the executive
| committee, she said. has been held since
October s. and none has been called be-
| fore the date of the next regular meet
ing, the third Wednesday in November
! The chairman of the publicity commit
tee is Miss Fanny Harnit Of Toledo,
Ohio.
| Another signer is the Legion of Loyal
Women with the names of the presi-
dent and vice president appearing.
Some leaders in this organization said
I today that the legion had not taken
/ official action. A meeting OF. the legion
is to be held in the Raleigh Hotel to-
night when m menlberS said they expect
that the action of Mrs Ada II. Weiss.
the president, in signing the resolu-
tions will be indorsed
The Endorsement of the District Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs is also ex-
> pected to be given officially tomorrow
i night at a flag presentation ceremony
in the New Ebbitt House: A silk flag
is to be presented to the Federation by
Lincoln Circle, No. 3. Ladies of the
e. A. r. Following the presentation
the committee on patriotism of the
federation is expected to ask for the
: Endorsement. Mrs. Albertine S. Odel1.
| chairman of this committee, has called
a special meeting of the committee
: | previous to federation meeting. when
she will recommend that the commit
tee urge the federation to indorse the
: | resolutions censuring Secretary Baker.
Part of Speech Criticised.
| The part Of Secretary Bakers speech
which was objected to is as follows:
some people say they cannot under
stand the Presidents Mexican policy.
and / want to tell you why. They have
forgotten our own history and the
Declaration Of Independence. and the
Yresiden, has not forgotten either.
Whyare We impatient at the Mexicans
! We say tn-y do not respect the lives
and property OF our people Perhaps
| they don't We say they do not pay
their honest debts They don't. We say
| they are q ragamuffin lot. We say their
| money is not any good. That's true.
1t is only worth or cents on the
dollar. We say they do not respect
church property That also is true.
THE amazing thing is that people
never respect these things in a revolu-
ton We had II revolution and from
! the beginning to the end or that the
| conditions in this country were SO like
Mexico that it is perfectly astounding
| to read.
"Washington's soldiers in the march
to Valley Forge stole everything they
could lay their hands on. They stole
the silver vessels from the churches
, and melted them up to buy drink. They
drove ministers OF the gospel and
| preachers of churches out Of their
churches and out of the country Ihe
money of the so-callcd confederation
was so worthless that when they tried
, 10 make the merchants ia Ike II, the lat
ter hid their provisions III their Gel
lars"
signers to Resolutions.
The resolutions are signed as fol
lows:
, National Society of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution-Miss Mary
s. Lockwood, founder and chaplain
general: Miss Grace NJ Pierce. registrar
9 general; Miss Catherine B. Barlow
n curator general; Mrs. George L. Small
, wood ex-state regent and ex-Vtce
president general; Mrs g. M Brum-
Laugh. state regent and ex-regfstraH
General. Mrs. Charles w. Brown, chap
O. ter regent; Mrs Francis st. Ciair. chap
ter regent; Mrs. Noble n. Potts, chap
ter regent; Miss Celynda Ford. chap
6 ter regent and Mrs. Celynda Werner
: Ford, chapter treasurer
National Society Of the Children OF
; | the American kevolution-Miss Grace
Il NJ Pierce, vice president; Miss Cath
l crime Custis, recording secretary; Mrs
G. NJ Brumbaugh. corresponding sec
3 retary; Mrs. Catherine Custis. registrar
e Mrs Charles W. Brown, chaplain, ant
d Miss Helen Stout. District of Columbia