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Show , , .. ' -.. . lpEsipkNT'WlLL'N6'r "-' l 1 '" 'AID 8URRfX0I8T8 ..WashlngtQn. June 30. Five hun-dred hun-dred "S-rtAeV? 3t&ffiWVdP eratlon of Women's Clubs marched to the White Housojoday and drew from President Wilson a final refusal to accede to demands that he support tho movement for a twoman suffrage amondment to tho federal constitution. constitu-tion. Tho President reiterated his statement to previous delegations that his party had not embodied this question ques-tion In Its platform, nnd then for tho first time announced Ills personal opinion that suffrago was ono for sot-tlement sot-tlement by states and not by the federal fed-eral government. Tho women went away plainly disappointed dis-appointed and chagrined, somo of them talking of immediato action against tho Democratic party. Headed Head-ed by such leaders as Mrs. Ellh Logan, Lo-gan, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Mrs. Rheta Chllo Dorr and Mrs. Allco Paul, they marched to tho Whlto Houso with bands playing and banners ban-ners flying. They massed themsolvos ln tho historic east room many carrying car-rying babies, who added their shore to tho unusual scone by cooing or crying accompaniments to tho speeches. |