Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-21
TWO MEETINGS
IN FULL SWING
By CONSTANCE DRExEL-


Interest in the national Capital Is d.
Vided between the D. A. r Congress
which Is now IN full swing and the Pan
American conference in Baltimore.
With less than TN hour between the
two cities, it was comparatively easy to
cover" both and here is the result:
Groupe Of D. a. R. delegates to be en-
countered all over Washington discussing
the election Of the president general
That 1t does not take place until next
year seems to make little c'~arence as the
four candidates in the field are busy
building up a following, each with
campaign manager.
Most prominent are Mrs. William n.
Reynolds OF North Carolina, and Mrs.
Anthony Wayne Cook Of Cooksville, Pa
Since the opening Of the Congress, Mrs.
William Cumming Story, former prest-
dent general, and Mrs. Robert Bradford
Wiles Of Chicago, also have announced
their candidacy.
No other organizations seems to lay
snch stress on its election Of officers.
Tais year seven Of the twenty-one vice
presidents general are to be elected.
Eleven candidates are announced, as
follows:
Mrs. S. N. Ashenfelter OF New Mexico,
Mrs. Willard T. Block OF Illinois, Mrs.
John L. Buel Of Connecticut, Mrs. Clark
W. Heavier of West Virginia, Mrs. J.
McCauley HigginsOn OF Virginia, Mrs.
Howard H. McCull of Georgia, Miss
Alics Louise McDuffee OF Michigan, Mrs.
I. B. Mcfarland Of Texas, Mrs. Frank
Mondell Of Montana, Mrs. Everest c.
Sewel Of Florida and Miss Annie Wal
lace Of New Hampshire.
On tOday's program the most impor-
tant features were reports by two OF the
candidates for president general, Mrs.
Reynolds and Mrs. Wiles.
As chairman OF the committee on in
ternationaI relations, whose report fol-
lowing the Washington arms conference
was first given publicat ton in these dis
patches, Mrs. Reynolds easily held the
center OF the stage, though her report
had 10 be read by Miss J. Winslow Col
frame, historian general Of the D. A. r.
because Of Mrs. Reynolds absence owing
to illness.
The report submitted recommendations
which advocated among other things a
Con ress Of women OF all the world to
meet in Washington and the fixing Of
Feb. as a special occasion for the study
IF progress in peace and better relations
between countries. The report also rec
ommends more attention to such topics
IN the educational system.
Another report of interest was that Of
Mrs. Wiles on legislation in Congress,
which introduced a resolution affecting
the size Of the Navy. Briefly, the PreSi-
dent was congratulated for having called
the ornaments conference and Congress
was urged to maintain the defensive
forces at the standard necessary to fully
carry out the conditions agreed upon by
the arms conference"
In Baltimore, the national officers Of
the League Of Women Voters held a
board meeting preparatory to the open
ing Pan-American conference tomorrow,
the women coming out OF their hotel
suite both aghast and enthusiastic over
the size OF the task they had set for
themselves.
Though the leagues third annual con-
ventiOn does not begin until April "A, al
most one-half Of the delegates and alter
mates coming far that viii be here for
the Pan-American conference opening to-
morrow which is also under the auspices
Of the league. Lady AstOr is expected to
arrive on Friday.
Twenty-three countries OF the Western
Hemisphere, which means all Of them.
are sending officially appointed rep
resentatives, the governments having ac-
cepted the invita- tons which were sent
out by the safe Department. Besides,
women's organizations Of those countries
are sending delegates, and a great many
South American women rEident in the
United States will attend.
About half OF this number were ar
irving in Baltimore today. and the con
yentiOn hotel was already getting sc-
eustomed TO the distinctive South Ameri- /
can type.
Perhaps the greatest interest Is dis
played in the Mexican delegates who
arrive tonight. Not only President
Obregon, but several Governors of the
various States Of Mexico are sending
delegates. They are being escorted north
by the Texas delegation.