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SENTENCED WOMAN
ESCAPES GALLOWS
Georgia Governor Commutes
to Life Imprisonment for
Mrs. Hughes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, April II. - Mrs. Ida
Hughes. sentenced to be hanged April
"a for the murder of her mother-in-
law, Mrs. NJ. c. Hughes, in December,
1928, escaped the gallows today as a
result OF the decision of Gov. Clifford
Walker in upholding the recommen-
dation of the Georgia prison commits
sion that she be granted life impris-
onment
In the clemency order OF the gov
ernor, which states that although
from the record of the case Mrs.
Hughes is guilty of murder" and
that the chief executive has mo sym
pathy with the maudline sentiment
which seeks to make a heroine of a
woman guilty of a horrible crime"
the governor declares that after a
thorough study of the case he has
reached the conclusion that there
are mitigating circumstances in this
case which justify clemency."
shows No Emotion.
When attorneys for the condemned
woman went to the jail to tell her of
the governors decision, Mrs. Hughes
received the news without any visible
signs Of emotion. Before her at
torneys could speak, Mrs. Hughes
said:
Il can see by the expression on
your faces that you bring good news
After being assured that such was the
case, she said:
Well. I'll go to the State farm and
do the very best 1 can to be a model
prisoner. And I'll do all l can to help
the other prisoners do the same. I'd
rather live in the penitentiary than
outside under such conditions as l did
before 1 got into this trouble
Crime mt Home.
The crime for which Mrs. Hughes
was convicted occurred at her home
in Egan Park, near Atlanta Her
mother-in-law, with whom she had
been angered for some time. entered
her home, accompanied by two baliffs
with poSseSsory warrant for articles
she alleged the younger Mrs. Hughes
had stolen.
While Mrs. NJ. C. Hughes was
handing over a trunk, the condemned
woman fired. The verdict of the
Fulton County jury did not recon-
mend mercy. The Georgia supreme
court upheld the verdict of the lower
court. The case later was carried be-
fore the Georgia prison commission
which requested the governor to COM
mute her sentence
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meters calling co (any station).
Audibility QSA (very loud). Let
ter confirm.
"(Signed) SACAZES M"
Attempts to reach Europe by
underground broadcasting were be-
gun by DR.. Rogers, Monday. He
has been continuing his tests from
to o'clock every night this
week. He expects to hear from
other European stations informing
him of the reception of his mes
sage.
The following reasons were
given by DIR. Rogers.
Fading is unknown in under
ground transmission.
Static is considerably less.
Messages are heard as easily in
the day as in the night The cleo
trio energy employed is much less
for the same results. -
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DR.. Rogers Reaches Europe by Radio
Sent Underground and Under Ocean

Europe has been reached by un-
derground and undersea radio. DR..
James Harris Rogers of Hyattsville,
Nd, originator of the theory that
long-distance radio waves travel
through the earth and sea rather
than through the air, announced to-
day that a message transmitted from
the underground antennae Of his
radio station here had been picked
up by a station in Toulon, France.
The following cablegram was re-
ceived by DR.. Rogers today:
"TOULON, FRANCE,
1925, April II, AN.
''Dr. James II. Rogers,
Rogers Research Laboratory,
"Hyattsvilie, Md
Heard your station, 3XR at Cap
itol 01HOS MGT q am. Green
wich Meridian Time), about F-S
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lCopyriKht. 1925.
PARTY VIEWS FAR APART.
Ministry Choice Still in Air, Coali.
ton Efforts Fail.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 1.-THE successor to
the departing premier, NJ. Herriot,
remains in the greatest doubt at the
end of the first day of the ministerial
crisis. President Doumergue appears
to have exhausted parliamentary
sources of advice, but he went to bed
to sleep on the question without Civ
ing an inkling of his conclusions to
any of his numerous callers, who,
from Vincent Auriol, Socialist presi-
dent Of the finance committee of the
chamber, to Louis Marin of the Ma
tionalist bloc, represented all shades
of opinion in the Chamber and SEN
ate.
The most conspicuous leaders con-
suited, NJ. BRAND, Loucheur and Pain
leve. said that President Doumergue
received their advice with avidity,
but kept his own counsel. All of the
Presidents callers agreed on the ne
cessity of quick action, but they diff
fered greatly as to how the situation
could best be cleared up.
Union of Parties Urged.
The leaders of the moderate groups
insisted that national union of par
ties, such as outlined in the Senate
resolution that caused Premier Her
riots downfall, was the only possible
means of restoring confidence and as
suring a stable government capable
of putting French finances definitely
in order.
The Socialists Auriol and Boncour,
said that maintenance of the radical
coalition in power was an imperative
necessity and that NJ. Herriot ought
to be given another chance with new
associates taken from the groups Of
the coalition. They warned President
Doumergue that the proposed BRAND
combination would drive the Social
lists into the opposition.
Some of the radicals, also faithful
Continued on Page 4, Column ~
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Coroner Grants Plea for Study of
Remains of Five.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GARY, Ind, April 11.-Coroner Oscar
Wolff Of Cook County, Chicago, to-
night obtained orders from DR.. A. B.
Dobbins of Valparaiso. Porter County
coroner, to exhume the bodies of the
four children and the husband of Mrs
Anna Cunningham, who is held in
Chicago while their deaths and the
illness of another son from POISONING 2
are being investigated.
The bodies, buried at BlachIy
Corners, seven and one-half miles
from Valparaiso, will be disinterred
Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The
vital organs will be taken to Chicago
for analysis by w. D. McNally,
coroner's chemist, and DR.. Joseph
Springer, coroner's physician.
Their report on the analysis will
be returned to DR.. Dobbins by Coroner r
Wolff, and to DR.. E. F. Evans of
Gary. Lake County coroner. David
Cunningham, ST., the father of the
family, died in Valparaiso and the
four children in Gary
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CIVILIAN EVENING DRESS
ORDERED FOR ARMY MEN
Move Designed to Force Uniform
ity in Attire of Officers
in Mufti

Existing Army regulations permit
ting officers at Army posts and sta
tions to wear civilian dress In the
evening after retreat" has been
modified TO restrict such attire to
"civilian evening dress"
The modification is design ed to re-
suit in more uniformity of appear
ance than is obtained under present
regulations, by which officers exer-
cised individual preference in the
matter of clothing after the duties
for the day were over.
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Bwe Knees Doubly Censored
In the Tak0n1a Park SSScandals"
Peace Terms Doom Them to Blush I'm
seen Under Black Stockings and
Behind q Screening Curtain.

Eleven pairs of unclad maidenly
knees, which shocked Rev. DR..
Thomas C. Clark pastor of the
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church,
during a dress rehearsal of the Ia
koma Park Volunteer Fire Depart
ments Minstrel Frolics of 1925"
Friday night. will be draped in black
when the show opens tomorrow night
in the church hall.
And as the indignant but proud
owners of those knees file onto the
stage in the Mud Pie Days" scene
for their romper song and dance, a
two-foot curtain will be drawn across
the platform and on ii will be, in
large letters, Censored
The draping on the legs behind the
curtain will be in the form of long
black stockings.
This modification" OF the girls
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PART TWO-16 PAGES.

Editorials and. Editorial Features.
Washington and other Society.
Notes Of Art and Artists-Page a.
Reviews of Spring Books-Page 4.
Tales OF Well Known Foik-Paee IL.
Camp Fire Giris-Paae IL.
Army.Navy Union-Page IL.
o. A. r. ActivIties-Page 13.
Easter Music-Paaes - and 15.
Around the City-Page IS.
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costumes meets with the approval of
the church authorities. and with the
receipt last night of assurance that
the bare knees would blush unseen
the committee in charge of the show
was notified that ii might proceed
to stage the performance in the Pres
byterian Community Hall, adjoining
the church edifice.
The official notification was issued
late last night by DR.. Clark. follow
ing a heated executive meeting of
the board of trustees and the church
session, during which two members
of the session are reported to have
almost come to blows. OF course,
peacemakers hurriedly interviewed.
The while there waited outside
nine members of the mud pie" cho-
rus, all prepared TO parade right into
the chamber and show the minister,
deacons and trustees in executive ses-
CONTINUED on Page 9, Column 81
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TODAY'S STAR
PART ONE-eS PAGES.

General News-LocsI, National, Foreign.
Army and Navy News-Page 10.
Veterans of the Great War-Page rs.
At the Community Centers-Paee 10.
Boy Scouts-Paoe 10.
Serial "The Seven Sieepers"-Page 20.
Spanish War Veterans-Page 20.
News of the Clabs-Pases n and 26.
Schools and coiIeges-Page ~.
Current News Events-Page q.
Parent Teacher Activities-Page q.
Radio News and Proarams-Paqes ga
and IS.
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Cartoonist's Wife Dies.

CHICAGO, April 11-Mrs Sidney
Smith, wife of the well known Chi
cago cartoonist, was found dead to-
night in the Dathtub of their city
home. She apparently had had a
sudden heart attack. which caused
death by drowning, physicians said,
Mr.. Smith is in Atlantic City. n. J.
Evening star., 1925-04-12
PART THREE-I2 PAGES.

Observation-Disclosures and the Photo
play.
Music in Neutrality-suspicious. 5.
Motors and MotorIno-Pases 6, 7, 8, 9
and 10.
Fraternai News-Page II.
District National Guard-Pase IL.
Civilian Army News-Page IL.
Evening star., 1925-04-12
PRIEST PUT TO DEATH.
Shot as Head of Bandit Gang by
Mexican Troops.

BY Gable to The Star and New York World.
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, April 11.-A
telegram from Tampico states that
Father Pablo Ramires, parish priest
of the town of Pueblo Viejo, opposite
the city of Tampico, was shot yester-
day by order of the military authori-
ties of the camp of Chapapote. The
priest was accused of being captain
of band of highwaymen who COM
mitted numerous robberies in that
region.
Copyright, 1925.)
Evening star., 1925-04-12
Kills Wife and Self.

BUFFALO, April 11.-Frank Ro-
name, IS years old, tonight shot his
wife through the heart and then fired
a bullet through his head in their
home here. Both died almost instant
.ly. His act Is attributed to insanity.
Evening star., 1925-04-12
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.

Classified Advertising.
Financial News-Paaes 9, 10 and II.
Evening star., 1925-04-12
PART SIX-12 PAGES.

MAGAZINE section-Fiction and Features
| The Rambier-Page 5.
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NAVY COURT
IN BEAUF0 RAID
Transport Officers Accused
of Bringing Liquor From
West Indies.

Six officers were ordered court
martialed yesterday by Secretary Will
bur in connection with the arrival at
Hampton Roads February "a of the
naval transport Beaufort from the
West Indies with liquor aboard.
The officers are: Comdr. d. w. Full
Ier of Rockland. Me, who was the
commanding officer of the transport;
Lieut.. Junior grade) r. d. Hill, jr,
of Norwich, Conn: Lieut.. Fred NJ.
Rohow of Sturgeon Bay, Wis; Lieut..
Clarence W. Baker of Newport, r. l.:
Machinist Frank NJ. Hendricks of
New Haven, Conn, and Chief Pay
Clerk ]. P. Gallagher of Norfolk. Va.
The court is expected to convene
soon at the Hampton Roads naval
base Comdr Fuller, it was stated,
will be charged with negligence,
while the charges against the others
will involve possession of liquor.
All in Crew.
All those to be court-martialed were
attached to the crew of the Beaufort,
none of the passengers being in
cluded The personnel of the court
martial board will be announced next
week.
The action was announced by Sec
retary Wilbur after he had studied a
report submitted by a board of in
ouiry, which sat on the case at
Hampton Roads. This board, 1t was
understood at the time, found that
Comdr. Fuller had no knowledge of
the presence of intoxicating liquors
on board.
Raided BY Marines.
The intoxicants in considerabl
were found by a raiding party of ma
rines, which was led by naval officers
upon the order of the commandant of
the naval base soon after the Beau
fort docked. Whether the command
ant acted upon any specific informa-
tion has never been divulged.
During the raid efforts were said
to have been made by several on the
Beaufort to throw liquor overheard,
but the arrival of the marines was
sudden, their work quick, and a cor
don was thrown about the transport
so that no one left it until the work
was completed.
Comdr. Fuller and others affected
by yesterdays order have recently
been detached from the Beaufort and
assigned to the Hampton Roads base,
where they will be at hand to appear
before the board.
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Mr.. straphanaer; Rea'iar Fetiers; MIR.
and Mrs.; Mutt and Jsff.
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COMIC SECTION PAGES

World Events In Pictures.
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PART FIVE-S PAGES.

Pink Sports Section.
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"FrOn Press to Home
Within the Hour"

The Star is delivered every evening and
Sunday morning to Washington homes at
90 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000
and service will start Immediately.
Evening star., 1925-04-12
WEATHER.

20. q. Weather Bureau Forecast.I
Partly cloudy this morning and
probably clear this afternoon; cooler
this afternoon or night; tomorrow
fair. Highest, 20, at pm. yesterday:
lowest, so, at 4 am. yesterday.
Full report on page 5.
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Continued on Page 4, Column A.
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(Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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BODIES TO BE ExHUMED.
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PART FOUR PAGES.


civilian Army News-Page IL.
PART FOUR-4 PAGES.
link Sports Section.
PART FIVE-S PAGES.
MAGAZINE Section-Fiction and Features.
-he Rambier-Page 5.
PART SIX-12 PAGES.
classified Advertising.
financial News-Paees 9, 10 and II.
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events In Pictures.
COMIC SECTION-4 PAGES.
dr. straphanaer; Rea'Iar Feiiers; Mr..
and Mrs.i Mutt and JsH.
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CONTINUED on Page S, Column a.
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CONTINUED on Page 4, Column 90
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Sunday School Body to Meet.

The Spring meeting of the Church
School Service League of the Diocese
of Washington will be held tomorrow
afternoon in the Parish Hall of st.
Johns Church, Potomac and O
streets northwest, at 2:30 o'clock. Rep
resentatives from the % parish
branches of the league in the diocese
of Washington are expected. There
will be an illustrated lecture on China
by Rev. +. p. Wroth, rector of Christ
Church, Georgetown, and the dele
gates will be entertained by the
Church School Service League of
Georgetown parish with refreshments.
All Sunday school children and work
erS are invited.
Evening star., 1925-04-24

If the executive council present were
Is follows:
Mrs. Solon Jacobs of Alabama, Mrs.
Lucy Harrington of Colorado, Miss
Katherine Ludington of Connecticut,
Miss Mary O'Toole of the District of
Columbia, Mrs Henry Ridgely of Del
aware, Mrs. Edward o. Janney of
Maryland, Mrs. Jacob Baur of Illinois,
Mrs. Lewis J. Cox of Indiana, Mrs.
Charles Brooks of Kansas. Mrs. George
Pattangall of Maine, Mrs. L. M.
i'unck of Maryland, Mrs. Macpherson
of Michigan, DR. Blanche Haines, also
OF Michigan; Mrs. Audreas Uelano of
Minnesota and Miss Marguerite Wells,
also OF Minnesota.
Other delegates were
Mrs. George Gellhorn and Mrs.
David O'Neill of Missouri Mrs. Charles
Dietrich of Nebraska, Miss Martha S.
Kimball of New Hampshire, Mrs. E.
+. Feickert OF New Jersey, Miss Ger
trude WE'LL of North Carolina, Mass
Mary CT Hay of New York, Mrs. Up
ton of Ohio, Mrs. o. +. Davisson of
Oklahoma. Mrs. Blankenburg of Penn
sylvania and Rhode Island, respec-
lively; Mrs. John Pyle Of South Da-
kota, Mrs. George Fort Milton of Ten
nessee, Miss Adele Clark of Virginia,
Mrs Edward Romine of West Vir-
ginia and Mrs. Benjamin Hooper of
Wisconsin.
A resolution was adopted to send
telegram of greetings to Miss Alice
Stone Blackwell of Massachusetts,
Evening star., 1925-04-24

The Covington
Four Major Pieces, $475
4 suite typical OF the
quaint Empire CO.
lonial style. Crotch
and figured mahog-
any, maple burl,
redwood burI and
gumwood are gra-
ciously combined in
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Evening star., 1925-04-24

through an enlightened citizenship"
has been formed in Washington.
Plans of the promoters of the or
ganiZation are to establish similar or
ganiZations in all the States, making
the Washington organization the hub
of the wheel The organization was
sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Hopkins
Worrell, who was elected president at
a recent meeting at the Mayfiower
Hotel
About so members comprise the ma
tional hub. and the officers are: Mrs.
Rose Gouverneur Hoes, regent for the
District; Mrs. Worrell, president; Mrs.
Claes Dickson -HallencrutZ, first vice
president; Mrs. Marietta Minnegerode
Andrews, second vice president; Mrs.
John e. Fowler, third vice president;
Evening star., 1925-04-24

whose mother. Mrs. Lucy Stone
Blackwell. better known as just Lucy
Stone, was one of the pioneer suffrage
workers.
Mrs. Gait, in making farewell re-
marks, expressed the desire to call a
mass meeting of prominent Republi-
cans and Democrats throughout the
country to see what can be done to
get more women to vote. and deplored
the antagonistic attitude still taken by
some persons in regard to woman suf-
frage.
The luncheon was declared huge
success. the attendance being far be-
yond expectations.
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PRESS CURBS LYNCHING.
Lauded for 70 Per Cent Decrease
in Last Three Years.

ATLANTA. Ga, April 24-News-
papers are largely responsible for the
decrease of 70 per cent in the lynch
ing record during the last three
years, r. B. Eleazer, publicity direc
tor of the Interracial Commission,
told the commission, which is in ses-
sion here, today.
Testimonials to the service of
newspapers Of the South In promot-
ing better race relations We're offered
by Mr.. Eleazer in the form of clip
pings from many newspapers
Evening star., 1925-04-24

Mrs. E. Contee Meredith, secretary
treasurer; Mrs. Mary Dexter Walton
assistant secretary; Mrs. Wallace
Streeter, registrar: Mrs. Frank Nor.
rison, historian; Miss Nancy P North,
chaplain, and Mrs. Nanette B. Paul,
parliamentarian
The next meeting of the hub body
has been set for Tuesday, May II, at
8 pm, at the Mayfiower Hotel.
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WASHINGTON WILL Be HUB
OF "WHEEL OF PROGRESS"
Women Form New Organization
Here for Better Citizenship
Throughout Nation.

The Wheel of Progress" a po-
tential Nationwide organization of
women the professed aim of which is
Ito promote the principles of de-
mocracy and insure the safety and
stability of governmental institutions
Evening star., 1925-04-24

A favorite delicacy of the Eskimo
is a cish cf good, bad and even half
Matched eggs, mixed with angelica and
chokeberries, and thrown into a seal
skin bag filled with whale oil.
Evening star., 1925-04-24
New York by Mrs. Stanton and Mis-
Anthony.

New 1ork by Mrs. stanton and Mis-
Anthony.
Recounts History.
Mrs. Harper further recounted the
history of the old association and told
how the late Miss Anthony. as presi-
dent of the organization which for
mally went out of existence yesterday,
was the outstanding leader of the suf-
frage movement for all time.
In conclusion, Mrs. Harper said:
This contest lasted over 20 years:
three generations of women took part
In it and every woman today is happy
that this was her glorio1s privilege.
The pride of the descendants of this
American Revolution will increase
with all the passing years"
The next speaker was Mrs. Har-
riet Taylor Upton. who as chairman
of the congressional campaign com
mittee of the association was actively
engaged in the campaign. She was
followed by Miss Mary Garrett Hay,
former vice president of the Repub-
lican national committee and the first
woman to hold such an office.
Mrs Gait made a brief address re-
garding the general policy of economy.
She pointed out that some persons
thought that women should exercise
a rigid economy in their dress, but at
the same time indicated that to do so
would mean that thousands of people
would be out of work. Mrs. Gait de-
clared that women could, through u
strict practice in economy in their
wearing apparel bankrupt the world
An address also was delivered by Mrs.
Helen Gardener, United States Civil
Service commissioner.
Delegates i'm TwO-Minute Talks.
Each of the following delegates, who
answered to their names at roll call,
delivered two-minute talks in which
they recalled many of the serious and
important incidents during the long
fight for woman suffrage and also
recounted many of the humorous hap
penings during the long battle.
Officers of the national association
are Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, chair
man; Mrs. Stanley Mccormick, first
vice president: Mrs. Mary Garrett
Hay, second vice president; Mrs. Ray
mond Brown. fourth vice president;
Mrs. Helen II. Gardner, fifth vice
president; Mrs. Frank J. Shuler, cor
responding secretary and treasurer;
Mrs. Holsey W. Wilson, recording sec
retary, and directors, Mrs. c. H.
Brooks of Kansas, Mrs. j. c. Cantrill
of Kentucky, Mrs. George Gellhorn of
Missouri, Mrs. Benjamin Hooper of
Wisconsin, Mrs. Upton of Ohio, Mrs.
Esther G.. Ogden of New York and
Mrs. George A. PierSol of Pennsyl-
vania.
Presidents of State branches of the
national organization and members
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Lauds Mrs. Stanton.
Notes Progress of Movement.

Continuing, Mrs. Harper said that
"in 1850 women in the various States
called meetings of protest against the
discrimination in their constitution
and laws" and added that in 1860
the suffrage movement had gained so
much strength that large meetings
were held annually in cities east of
the Mississippi River. In 1866. ex-
planned Mrs. Harper, the Woman's
Rights Society was called together in
Evening star., 1925-04-24
END HALF CENTURY
SUFFRAGE FIGHT
Women's Equal Rights Cam
paign Reviewed at "Looking
Backward Luncheon"

When the National American
Woman Suffrage Association ad-
journed at it's looking backward
luncheon" in the Washington Hotel
yesterday It automatically brought to
close 35 years of functioning of
that suffrage body. The association
was organized in this city in 1890,
Ehen the old National Suffrage Asso-
citation and the American Woman
Suffrage Association merged into one
organization. The latter was formally
organized in 1869. and with it's com
bined work as separate organization
and as part of the National Woman
Suffrage Association waged a fight for
more than half century for women's
rights.
Mrs. Cats Opening Remarks.
The meeting was called to order by
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, whose
opening remarks were: You are not
here TO talk of the present or to worry
about the future, but to rejoice over
the past" This, accordingly, seemed
10 be the spirit of the more than 500
women attending the luncheon, in
which number were included not only
pioneer and young suffrage workers,
but many women who were won over
to the cause of woman suffrage only
after the nineteenth amendment had
been enacted.
Mrs. Gait introduced Mrs Ida Hus-
ted Harper. author of a history of
woman suffrage and a biography of
Susan B. Anthony, pioneer suffragist
Lauds Mrs. Stanton.
Recalling the history of the suffrage
movement and the National American
Suffrage Association. which waged
winning fight in order that women
might enjoy all the rights of citizen
ship exercised by men, Mrs. Harper
said. in part:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was only
- years old when in 1848 she in
stigated the calling of the first meet
ing for the rights of women, at her
home village of Seneca Falls. in western
New York. That meeting is now a
part of history familiar to all Its
declaration of sentiments was modelled
from the Declaration of Independence
and deserves to rank with that inn
mortal document"
Notes Progress of Movement.