The Washington times., 1917-04-17
D. A. R. DEBATING
WAY TO MEET WAR
Drive to Raise $4,000 to Pay
OF Debt on Memorial Hall
In Progress.
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been seized upon as campaign ma
tsrial by opponents of the administras
tion had proved futile.
For instance, Mrs Story said, one
Of the candidates was complaining on
the issue that the administration was
"squandering money on statutes with
out authorization from the congress"
She explained that few dollars had
been expended for copies of the Fed
eral statutes so that the legal work
Of the organization might be conduct
ed intelligently. This explanation
caused laughter and applause.
A candidate. Mrs. Story said was
using as campaign material the al
legged fact that the d. A r. magazine
was conducted in an unbusiness-like
fashion and had lost so much money
that the organization had been
plunged into debt.
Pretty Good Publishing.
She explained that $4,000 working
capital had been borrowed for use OF
the magazine, but that the pubiica-
ton now had $4,000 in Its treasury.
Mrs. Story expressed the hope that
the congress would authorize the re-
turn of the borrowed $4,000. thus
leaving the magazine with $4,000 OF
its own.
Touching on the purchase of land
adjoining Continental Memorial Hall,
Mrs. Story contradicted the rumor
that any one other than the owner OF
the property made any pront out or
the transaction.
, Urging the daughters 70 pay on the
$4,000 indebtedness on the hall. Mrs
Story asked them to pay no attention
to campaigners seeking to prevent
the financial activities In order to
cheat the administration of the glory
of having paid OF the S125!o0o debt
inherited from the preceding regime.
Slate Of Candidates
Following is a list of the tickets
made up for tomorow's election. sub
ject to revision before nominations
are actually made tonight, the cam
paIgn managers announced:
Administration ticket-For presi-
dent general, Mrs. James Hamilton
Lewis; organizing secretary general,
Mra- William A Smoot; chaplain gen.
eral, Mrs. Park Fisher; recording sec
retary, Mrs. Louis Lombard; Prre-
spending secretary, Mrs. ]. Charles
Linthicum; registrar general, Mrs.
Ashly NJ. Gould; treasurer general,
Mrs. William w. Gaar; historian gem
eral, Mrs. Fanny Harnit; librarian
general, Mrs. G. w. Baster; editor OF
magazine, Mrs. Amos G. Draper.
Anti administration ticket For
president general, Mrs. George
Thacher Guernsey; organizing secre-
tary, Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher; chap
lain general, Miss Elizabeth F. Pierce;
recording secretary, Miss Emma L.
CrowelI: corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsiferi registrar
general, Miss Grace II. Pierce; treas
urer general, Mrs. Robert Johnston;
director to report to Smithsonian In
stitution, Mrs. Benjamin d. Heath;
librarian general, Mrs. James M. Fow- |
Ter; curator general, Miss Catherine |
q. Barlow; editor OF magazine, Miss
Natalie Sumner Lincoln.
On Other Tickets
Mrs. John Miller Horizons ticket, |
independent. For president general
Mrs. Horton; chaplain general, Mrs.
Henry Elliott Mott; recording secre-
tary general, Mrs. Sara W. Avery;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. William |
A, Cullop; treasurer general, Mrs. |
Gillette Hill: historian general, Mrs. |
L. Bradford Prince; director In charge |
OF Smithsonian report. Mrs. Edward
3. Kellogg: librarian general. Mrs. |
John B. Morgan; curator, Mrs. Charles
d. Hutchinson.
Mrs. George c. SQuires, running as
an independent, has no slate.
A warm fight will be waged for the
position of chaplain general, vacated
by the retirement OF Mrs. Mary s.
Lockwood, who has held that office
twenty-six years. Mrs. Lockwood, who |
is a charter member Of the D. A. r.
was made a life honorary chaplain
general following the reading OF her