Show W C T U REELECTS RE ELECTS OFFICERS los angeles calif oct 31 the following general officers of the W C T U ware elected reelected re at this mornings session of the national convention president mrs lillian M N ens portland maine vice president at large miss anna A gordon evanston ills corresponding secretary airs susanna M D fry evanston ills recording secretary mrs clara C Hof finan kansas city assistant recording secretary mrs elizabeth preston anderson valley city N D treasurer airs harriett wright brand evanston ills out of votes cast mrs stevens received alse marie C bream president of the illinois state W C T U received 39 and the others were scattered mrs stevens election was made unanimous flowers and other tokens of love were showered upon he national president but of all the most effective was a miniature pine tree to which was attached seven little white envelopes each fastened to a branch with bits of white mrs V K rolling of maine made the presentation speech declaring that the slate organization to which mrs stevens belongs is the maine spoke in the wheel of the national W C T U each of the envelopes which represented a year of service aa president by mrs stevens was found to contain 1 tor a years subscription to be union als nal in accepting the election mrs stevens made an eloquent speech in which sho assured the convention of her desire to be a servant rather than leader my husband is as earnestly in favor of the W C T V aa I 1 aard she and I 1 am free to go wherever you send me north south cast or west so that I 1 am in the service of the cause I 1 wish to walk with you and that wo all may walk with god regrets from president roosevelt to the convention were read at the morn lugs session as follows the president regrets his inability to accept the courteous invitation of the national comans womans christian temperance union to bo present at ita ty annual convention october 27 november I 1 inclusive 1303 los angalea Ang clea california tonight was designated as platform night and there were addresses by mrs adreanna of colorado and mrs margaret dyo fills national superintendent of legislation and misa belle kearney Kc arney national organizer ga nizer the convention will close ay night 1 ABEEL IS BAD MAN new york oct st james N abeel tho young man who impersonated J ogdan goelet in 1903 surrendered today and was committed b almira reformatory to servo an indeterminate sentence he waa convicted tind sentenced in april 1904 for forg the name of J B vanevery VanE sec ond vice of the western union telegraph company to a latter ot introduction which enabled ala to make the of eleanor anderaon And ereon a operator Q abia city and to delude the girl for a almo into believing him to ba mr since hl conviction in 1904 abeel has been in waco texas most ot the |