Evening star., 1916-01-14
MRS. MOORE HEADS
COUNCIL OF WOMEN
Elected President to Succeed
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett,
y Who Declines Office.
OFFICERS ARE SELECTED
AT THE SESSION TODAY
Preparedness Discussed by Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt-Two Re-
eeptions This Afternoon.

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Election of officers and a discussion
on preparedness were the principal
sources of interest to delegates to the
concluding sessions of the National
Council of Women, held at the Raleigh
Hotel today. Announcement was made
that Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett of
Alexandria. president of the council,
declined reelection to that office.
| The election. which was held early
in the course of the morning session,
| following the report of the nominating
committee. resulted as follows:
President. Mrs. Philip n. Moore. st.
Louis; first vice president, Mrs. John John
Hay Hays Hammond SeW York; Seeond
pennsylvania; third vice president
Mrs. Nathaniel Harris; corresponding
secretary. Mrs. Fl. L. keefe. Nebraska
Mrs Ros9rs Mrs
Kate Waller Barrett, Alexandria; !;
| auditors. Dr. Emma f. Bower, Michi-
gan, and Mrs. Carrie Alexander
Bahrenburg. Illinois.
resolutions affecting changes in the
constitution. 1t was voted to change
the annual dues to s25 for national or
CARNATIONS holding memberships. An
other important change was that the
n nominating committee shall. in future.
| be composed Of one member from each
national affiliated association. 1t was
| further voted to change the title OF the
executive committee" to 1.-The board of
directors"
Preparedness Is Discussed.
Following a round table luncheon. the
| question of preparedness was taken up
| l. ,oil
| Franklin Roosevelt. assistant secretary
| of the navy. was the principal speaker
at this session. Mrs. William c. Story
| presided.
reception for the delegates will be
| held at the White House at o'clock
| this afternoon, when the President and
Mrs. Wilson will welcome them.
! A musical tea will be given by Mr.
| and Mrs. Arthur T. Ramsay. Fairmont
Seminary. at o'clock this afternoon in
honor of Lord and Lady Aberdeen and
the delegates to the council.
An open meeting will be held in the
ballroom of the Raleigh Hotel ct s
O'Clock, under the auspices of the Wom-
ems Benevolent Order of the Ladies of
| the Maccabees. Miss Mabel La Rue.
chairman. the subject, Solidarity
and Fraternalism.'
Aid for Immigrants.
voted to discussion o. immigration,
and conducted under the auspices of
the Council of Jewish Women, Commits
sioner General of immigration Cami-
netti outlined a plan which will short
| ly be instituted by federal authorities
| to deal with the question of the proper
| aid for immigrants on their arrival in
| this country.
Mrs. Nathaniel Harris of Bradford,
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Of Jewish Women, presided ut the ses-
| sion. and the other speakers included
| Eady Aberdeen, Mrs. Barrett and Mrs
Hannah G. Solomon of Chicago and
Miss Elsa Alberg and Mrs. Julia An
drews of Boston, as representatives
of the Council of Jewish Women.
| Lady Aberdeen, although admitting
that the subject was one that would
hardly meet with favor in her own
, country. gave assurance of her keen
appreciation of the efforts of Ameri-
! cans in this important work. and told
| of the social center work in Ireland
that Is SO greatly aided through ideas
| of Americans conveyed through corre-
Barrett spoke on Immigration From
an International Standpoint" and COM
mended the plan outlined by Commits
sioner Caminetti.
Part Taken by Jewish Women
| MISS AIOST8 tOlu VI inc part jewish
women had taken in solving the ques-
tion of immigration. and Mrs Solomon
described the methods employed by the
Protective League Of Chicago, which
deals with forty-nine nationalities
| Lady Aberdeen led a discussion in
ternationai relations. which occupied the
greater part OF the afternoon. She also
made an earnest appeal on behalf of the
many children who will be left to the
care of outsiders after the war. Mrs
Barrett announced that the organization
had already taken steps along this lire
| in donating $50 to each of the councils in
FIVE countries involved in the war
| Mrs. W. Z. Sanford of Hamilton. On
tario. treasurer OF the international coun-
| cil spoke on the financial condition Of the
organization, and followed by reiterating
all that had been said by Lady Aberdeen.
| The discussion was followed by a num-
Der of reports from affiliated societies Of