Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-17
List Of the Tickets.

she Is not partisan.
List Of the Tickets.
The other tickets are: President gen.
eral, Mrs. ]. Hamilton Lewis, Illinois;
organization secretary general. Mrs. w.
A. Smoot, Virginia; recording secretary
general, Mrs Louis Lombard. District
of Columbia: treasurer general. Mrs w.
w. Goar, Indiana; registrar general,
Mrs. Ashley Gould, District Of Colum-
bia; corresponding secretary general.
Mrs j. Charles Linthicum. Maryland;
librarian general. Mrs. George W. Bax-
ter. Tennessee; historian general, Mrs.
Fanny Harnit. Ohio; chaplain general.
Mrs. Parks Fisher, West Virginia, and
editor Mrs. Amos G. Draper. District of
Columbia.
President general. Mrs. John Miller
Horton, Buffalo, N. Y; chaplain general,
Mrs. Henry Elliott Mott, Michigan and
Virginia; recording secretary. Mrs. Sara
w. Avery. Connecticut: treasurer gen.
eral. Mrs. Gillette Hill. Illinois and
District of Columbia; historian, Mrs.
L. Bradford Prince, New Mexico: d.
rector in charge of smithsonian !nstt-
tuition report. Mrs. Edward B. Kellogg.
Massachusetts,; librarian general. Mrs.
John B. Morgan. Kentucky. and curator
general. Mrs. Charles D. Hutchinson.
Ma Massachusetts,.
President general. Mrs. George
Thacher Guernsey, Kansas; chaplain
general. Miss Elizabeth F. Pierce. D.
c.: recording secretary general. Miss
Emma L. Crowell. Pennsylvania: or
IT, osa Mrs Dus
general. Mrs. Robert ]. Johnston,
Iowa; corresponding secretary general.
Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsffer. Maine; regis
trar general. Miss Grace NJ. Pierce.
George K Clarke. Massachusetts:
director general in charge of the re-
port to the Smithsonian Institution,
Mrs. Benjamin D. Heath, North Caro-
lima; Librarian general. Mrs. James NJ.
Fowler, Indiana; curator general, Miss
Catherine B. Barlow, District of Column
| bia: editor of the magazie, Miss
Natalie Sumner Lincoln, Connecticut.
Mrs. Guernsey embodies in her plat
form an article to the effect that the
magazine be restored to publication
by responsible firm, instead of being
published by committee of the So
c1ety. This matter is expected to create
great deal Of discussion at the COM
Ing congress. Mrs. Guernsey also stands
Tor one term Of three years for all ma
tional officers, in order to prevent the
distractions incident to a campaign for
a second term.
Ambassador Stirs Delegates.
Great enthusiasm was aroused yes
| terday afternoon by a speech of Am
bassador Jusserand of France, who
spoke with the British and Italian am
bassadors seated behind him on the
stage. The ambassador warmly praised
President Wilson, and declared that
he expected soon to see an American
army in France, repaying the visit of
Lafayette and Rochambeau in the revo-
lutionary war. Referring to the Presi-
dents address calling upon the Ameri-
can people in every walk of life to
|, give service in the fight for humanity.
he said that France as well as England
in the I'VE" used by the President in
speaking to his countrymen.
The ambassador brought message Of
appreciation to the Daughters for the
since the war began. He declared that
when the war is over and the victory
for liberty is won, I'VE shall see
greater wonder than the present.
United States of the liberal world"
Mrs. William Cumming Story. the
president general, in her address.
sounded the note of practical service.
She urged the Daughters to make this
women worthy of a crucial time
II trust that you will realize your
obligations" Mrs. Story concluded.
land that in your hearts there is the
prayer. oh God. give me sense to see
my duty and to do it.
Differ as to Reception.
Last. night the usual reception was
given by the president general in Con-
tinental Hall. with a large attendance
of the members This is one of the
great formal social events of the Con-
eress. OPTICAL statements given out in
dictate that the reception was not en-
tirely harmonious. According to this
statement. Mrs. George ;Thacher Guern-
sey candidate for president general,
til it was nearly completed. to attend
regents dinner elsewhere. 1t is re-
garded as a discourtesy to the presi-
| dent general for any prominent regent
| to fail to attend the reception.
| Mrs. Guernseys adherents state that
| she received no invitation to stand in
line with the president general and
| that the dinner she attended was ended
| by a quarter past 9 o'clock. permitting
| her to attend the reception without any
great delay.
| Mrs George C. Squires, another candi-
| a statement regarding the incident,
| saying:
while / am not the candidate of the
administration, 1 am for justice. 1t has
| been stated that Mrs. Guernsey was
| the only candidate not invited to stand
in line at Mrs. tSory's reception last
night /. myself. received no invitation
| until l arrived at the hall.
1T was intimated to me by friends
| that the four candidates for president
general would be invited to assist at
the reception. I therefore presented
myself at the hall, considering that the
| intimation was sufficient notification
that l would be at the right moment
conducted to the platform"