The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-22
THE ELKS REUNION
A GREAT TIME BEING HAD IN BALTIMORE.
Joseph T. Flannigan of Indianapolis is Elected Grand Exalted Ruler. Band Contest Was Held Yes
 terday Afternoon.

| Baltimore. July H.-This was a great day for the thousands of Elks. who are | here attending the national reunion of I their order, the consensus of opinion be- | ing that this meeting is the most enthu- siastic and successful in the history of | the organization. From an early hour | in the morning numerous bands marched through the principal streets, stopping at newspaper offices and public buildings to | play stirring airs, being followed by mu.- | titudes of eager. applauding people. At Elks Hall, which is the general | headquarters of visitors, there was a | surging mass of people going and coming continuously, while all the, hotels and cafes were filled with crowds seemingly bent on the one purpose of merriment and good fellowship. | It is estimated that there are SO.00o visitors in the city and the police depart | ment has taken extra precautions to
 guard the multitude against pickpockets. At the session of the Grand Lodge to- night the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:
 Grand Exalted Ruler. Josph T. Flanni-
 gan of Indianapolis. Ind.
 Grand Esteemed Leading Knight, Charles A. Kelly, Boston. Grand Esteemed Loyal Knight, Richard
 J. Wood, Sioux Falls, S. D.
 Grand Esteemed Lecturing Knight, c. F. Tomlinson. Winston. N. c. Grand Secretary, George A. Reynolds,
 Saginaw, Mich. (Tenth term.) Grand Treasurer, Samuel H. Needs,
 Cleveland. Ohio.
 Grand Tyler, Charles w. Kaufman,
 Hoboken, N. J. (re-elected.) Robert W. Brown, Louisville, Ky, was elected a grand trustee to serve three years.
 The selection of next years place of meeting will be decided tomorrow after noon.
 At tonight's meeting of the Grand Lodge resolutions of sorrow upon the death of
 Pope Leo were adopted. The annual report of Grand Secretary | George A. Reynolds and Grand Treasurer Samuel H. Needs, were read at the morn ing meeting of the Grand Lodge. These show that eighty-one new lodges were organized during the year with a total | membership of 27,594 making the total
 membership of the order of Elks 15S,7 ,722 at the present time. Pennsylvania leads with 13 25o members, | Ohio second with 12,447, Michigan third with 1892, New York fourth with 9,443, and Indiana fifth with S,478. During the | past year $47,000 was expended in the | purchase of a home for aged Elks and | over $10,0OO was expended for flood suf-
 ferers in Kansas, Missouri and Oregon. The general treasury has now on hand | $49, 900 cash. l During the year 1924 members of the
 order in good standing died, 34A were | stricken from the rolls for non-payment
 of dues and 19O suspended or expelled. The amount of money expended during
 the year for charity was $1S9616. The grand band contest took place at
 Electric Park at 2:3O and 7:3O D. m.. a
 large number of bands competing. The
 contest was under the direction of Chas.
 A. Zimmerman, Director of the Naval
 Academy Band. The awards will be an-
 nounced tomorrow afternoon. The judges
 were Charles A. Zimmerman, of the Ma
 val Academy Band; w. H. Santelman, of
 the Marine Band, and John Itzele of Bal 1 timore.