The Washington times., 1917-02-07
Events of the Past, Present,
and Future Among Washing
toms Organizations.
ANTI-WAR LEAGUE TO MEET
Delegates to National Conven-
ton Will Be Elected At
Gathering Tonight.

An important conference of the
Anti-War League of the District will
be held in the Raleigh Hotel this
evening at s o'clock. Delegates to
the national convention will be elect
ed. Isaac r. Sherwood, OF Ohio. who
is n member of the league, will be
present and address the conference at
the close of the business meeting.
The Bethesda branch OF the league
met at the home of John r. Swanton,
5526 Wisconsin avenue. Friendship
Heights, on Monday evening. Owing
to illness, the main speaker of the
evening, James Hugh Kelley, was
absent. William V. Mahoney, secre-
tary OF the league. gave a talk on
the aims and objects of the league
and its stand in the present crisis.
Announcement was made of the or.
ganization of branches in Leonard
town, Nd, and Cherrydale, Va, and
of the mass meeting which is being
planned for February 20 in Balu-
more.
Protest Against War.
The secretary read a telegram re-
ceived by Frank Buchanan, of I'LL
nois, from the Chicago Federation of
Labor, protesting against this coun-
try taking part in the war OF Europe,
and demanding that American citi-
zens be prevented from entering the
war zone.
The league reports the largest
audience which ever gathered in the
-
Protestant Church on last Sunday
evening to hear William Jennings
Bryan. Other speakers at the Sun
day meeting were the pastor of the
church, the Rev. ]. franklin Bryan,
a distant relative OF the orator of the
evening: Warren Worth Bailey, and
George Huddleston. of Pennsylvania,
and William v. Mahoney, who ex-
planned the absence of publicity re.
garding the meeting by stating that
IL was not known until 5 o'clock that
evening that Mr.. Bryan could ad-
dress them. The Rev. Edward H.
Parkinson, OF Chicago. made tho
closing prayer.
woman's Peace Party.
At the annual meeting of the Wom'
ans Peace party on Monday afternoon
at the Ebbitt Hotel, the following Of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year: Chairman, Mrs. w. Thompson
Burch: first vice president, Mrs.
Nina Allender; second vice president
Mrs Heaven; treasurer, Miss Grace
Needham; recording secretary, Miss
Edith Goode; corresponding secretary
Ms. Wilbur E. Dales; auditors, Mrs
Jeksie L. Lane, and Mrs. Jessie Hardy
MaeKaye.
The society voted to cancel the
opera for March IL II arrangements
can be made with the Don Carlo
Opera Company to do so.
American Union Against MlIItarism.
The American Union Against Mill
tarism announces having sent 10
President Wilson a telegram express
ing their confidence in his wisdom
and power OF leadership, and thelr
belief that the United States, having
had the courage to stand apart
throughout the duration of the war as
the great representative OF the in
terests OF civilization at large, should
refuse to allow itself to be dragooned
into war at the very end by acts OF
desperation committed by any OF the
belligerents.
The union urges the President to
call on Congress and on the press oi
the United States for deliberate and
unimpassioned consideration OF the
international question, with the fu
ture OF mankind in mind as well as
the present crisis and that he call
on the belligerents to meet, as the
central powers already have offer
ed to do, and to state their terms. as
the allies already have done; and
last, that he address to the sovereigns
and executive heads of the govern
ments a final and personal offer oi
mediation.