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Show oo SUFFKAG1STSSTILL ELECT All SHAW LOUISVILLE Ocl 23 After a dav of wonianh lurmoll, In which tempei and legislate capabilities were soro-1 soro-1 tried, Dr nna How aid Shaw of Moylan, Pa . president since H05 of the National Woman's SufTragc association, asso-ciation, was re-olcctcd unanimously lato today Second honors went to Miss .Iiui Addaras of Hull HoM3e. Chicago, who had agreed before leaving IxiulsvMle to accept the post. Dr, Shaw's election camo after several sev-eral sharp struggles, in which tho eastern division of the siiffragisis clashed -with those representing other sections. Most of those clashes had to do with a projected transfer of the national na-tional hcadquartors from New York to Chicago. The non-eastern division had been severely torn between their holier in Miss Shaw, who had let It bo known that she would continue as president only If New York retained the headquarters. Mrs Shaw's re-olectlon re-olectlon is believed to have settled or postponed definite decision on the headquarters question for a ear at leasL The convention rules proIde nomination nomi-nation b Informal ballot, those receiving re-ceiving the highest number of votes being declnred nominees. In tho first vote Mrs. Shaw received 210 votes; Mrs Cathryn McCiilloch of Chicago. 70; Miss Lnura Clay of Lexington Kj : 12; Miss Kate H Gordon of New Orleans, G; Miss Carollno Bartlett Crano of Kalamnzoo, Mich., 1 Mr, McCulloch immediately moved thatthe Informal ballot bo declared formal. Tho motion carried unanimously unanim-ously Mrs. Shaw pledged cverj power pow-er of body, mind and heart to the work, asked for suggestions from any suffragist and referred fpcllnglj to the diamond starred suffrage flag passed "on to her after the death of Susan B. Anthony. Miss Laura Clay, who received 8-i votes for first vice-president vice-president against 19C for Miss Ad-dams, Ad-dams, moved that Miss Addaras election elec-tion bo declared unanimous, which was carried with choers. The other officers elected follow. Second Vice President Miss So-phioulsba So-phioulsba Breckcnridge. Chicago. Corresponding Secretary Mrs Mary Ware Dennett. New York. Recording Secretary Mrs. Susan Tv Fitzgerald, Boston. Treasurer Miss Jessie ABhloy, New York. Firgt Auditor-MiBS Bello La. Fol-lettc, Fol-lettc, Madison Wis. Second Aulltor Mrs. Lee Iaidlaw. Now York. A section of tho revised constitution, constitu-tion, which provided for monthly meetlngB of the board, composod of national officers Tho section amended amend-ed so as to call for meetings of tho board at least onco in cvory two months finally was adopted. Inasmuch Inas-much afe tho question Involved tho propoqed he-adquarters tranefcr, it provoked boated debate. Most of the debato followed an announcement an-nouncement bv Miss Cary Thomas, prosldopt of Brvn Mawr college, that threo women had offered to supply ex-pep80 ex-pep80 money to dofray traveling o-pensfis o-pensfis of officers going to the bimonthly bi-monthly board meetings Evidently mistaking tho point, ona dologato intimated criticism of tho administration of what had-' been known as the Susan B. Anthony $G0,-000 $G0,-000 fund. Several arose to protest, but Mrs. -Shaw recognized none and cv-cathedni answered tho insinuation of Injudicious uso of tho money, and with feur-s' In her oyes explained the circuniBtancoa In detail. I 1 OQ |