Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-20
SEVEN HUNDRED ARE
REGISTERED AT NOON
Many More Will Come Late Today
and Observation-Disclosures Open at.
All Headquarters Registration
Quarters damned Program For
Tonight and Wednesday,.

/
began falling early in the forenoon,
and it was still raining early this after
noon. 1t interfered but did not stop
the coming of visitors or the prelimi-
naries necessary for the care and COM
fort of the hundreds who arrived.
Some preliminary meetings and cere-
monials constituted the forenoon pro-
Sran. The half day was intneded to be
given over to the handling and regis
tration of visitors and preparing pre-
liminaries for the business meetings o.
the several organizations.
Rain Interferes With Registering.
Every incoming train into the city
this forenoon brought crowds of bota
men and women delegates and visitors.
Great difficulty was experienced at the
Y. NJ. c. A. in getting the registration
. to move quickly, because of the rain,
and the crowds which remained in
8, doors. At noon there were LOO dele
! gates and visitors, both men ana won-
en-, when the registration of men
showed a total of over 700, and that
! of the women 400. There were long
/ lines of both men and women waiting
| II register. No attempt was made to
. get d separate registration OF dele
safes and visitors.
/ Headquarters All Busy.
! Automobiles We're kept busy carrying
delegates and visitors from the stations
tC the Y. NJ. c. A. and hotels, and the
! boys of the city We're equally useful IN
/ aiding the strangers to get about.
/ At the two larger headquarters, those
! of the G.. A. r. and W. r. g., both at
! the Pilgrim, department officers and
/ members of credentials committees
! were busy issuing badges and checking
/ the incoming delegates
! Up to noon. at G. A. r. headquarters,
about so delegates had been furnished
! with credentials. and at the W. R. 9.
headquarters $50. The G. A. r. con-
vention will have from 400 to 500 votes.
! The w. r. c. has an average delegate
attendanc1of about 275.
At G. 4. r. headquarters Assistant
| Adjutant and Quartermaster General
! G. A. Newman, Des Moines: s. c.
Speers, Algona, and H. B. Kelly. Grundy
Ccntcl. The credentials committee, were
IN charge.
At the W. R. c. headquarters Mrs.
Clara Carpenter, Iowa Falls. and MIS-,
Blanche Edison, Charlton, members Of
the credentials committee, were on
duty.
Politics Crop Out Early.
! Ajtho there is no business session OF
the G. A. r. until Wednesday fore
noon already politics had 5obbed up in
the quest for office. Two candidates
| for department commander have APP
peared. They are G. H. Van Hough-
, ten. of LenoX, and John II. Mills, os
| Redfeld. 1t was thought proba BILE that
! these two would be the only candi-
dates. Van Houghten is former mem
. Der of the house and was secretary Of
| the state agricultural society under the
/ old organization of that body. Mills is
former newspaper man and editor Of
Redield. As far as could be learned no
| cities had yet appeared in the field to
| entertain the department next year.
w. r. c. Candidates.
In addition to the national president
! of the w. r. c., there is also in at
tendance at this encampment, Mrs.
Jennie I. Berry, of Cedar Rapids. past
national president and two past de-
partment presidents, Mesdames Lena
T. Ring of Cedar Rapids. and Marie
! l.. Basham, of Des Moines. Candi-
dates for the office of depa rtment
president include Mrs. Bella Allender,
of Burlington. and Mrs. Ida NJ.
Smyth, Of Charlton. There is also a
spirited contest on for department
treasurer. a salaried office. Mrs. Mary
Hazard, of Des Moines. the present
treasurer. is candidate to succeed
herself, and Mesdames Anna Kistner,
Of Waterloo and Elizabeth Sheets, of
~ u iayV h1,- a
Organizations Officers.
The officers of the different organi-
cations represented at the encamp-
ment are as follows:
G. A. Robin F. Merry, Man
chester. department commander: w.
H. Barker, Sioux City, senior vice
commander; il. w. Grams, Davenport,
junior vice commander: A. H. Wood
ard, Adair, medical director; w. A.
Stanley, Eldora, chaplain; George A.
Newman Des Moines, assistant ad =
jutant general.
W. r. Gu L. Schrack. Parkers-
burg, department president Helen R
Griffith. Cedar Falls, secretary; Mary
w. Hazard Des Moines, treasurer;
Lizzie Sturgis, Sioux City, senior vice
president; Anna Larkin, Iowa City
junior vice pTeSluelll, EHlIDd -
Sackett, Winterset, chaplain: Carrie L
Netcott. independence. counselor;
Anna NJ. Kinster. Waterloo, inspector;
Alice Merlen, Parkersburg. I. and /
. officer; Dawn B. Tullis, Des Moines
patriotic instructor; Ida NJ. Smyth
Charlton press correspondent; Fred
erica Pniipot, Dubuque, senior aide.
Ladies of the G. A. R.-Lillian NJ
Clark Cary, Dubuque president
Emma A. Leonard, secretary; Belle
Hicks. Ames,. treasurer; Loretta
Cagwin, Ames, senior vice president;
Winifred Soper. Sioux City, junior
vice president: Jennie Parish. Clarinda
cha plain: Miss Sydney Tovrea, Oska-
loosa, patriotic instructor; Carrie
Beedy, Marshalltown, librarian, Ruth
Rurge, Mount Vernon, press CORE
spondent; Julia Flanagan, Davenport
inspector; Ida Warfeld, Montpelier
counselor; Jessie Weatherington. Des
Moines, registrar; Grace Seebers
Boone; Minnie Howe, Muscatine;
Mary c. Agard, Dubuque, council OF
administration.
Sons Of Veterans-W L. Kerr, Fort
Dodge. commander; H. D. Baker
What Cheer, senior vice commander;