Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-21
Response is by Head Consul Talbot and
Head Clerk Hawes.
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS
Order Includes l4.53 Per Cent Eligible to
Membership in Its Territory.
INSURANCE IN FORCE OVER ONE BILLION
Head Consul Recommends Bylaw
Prohibiting FOresters or Locals
from Giving Picnics or Ex-
cursiOns on sunday.

MILWAUKEE,. June 2O.--The head camp
OF Modern Woodmen Of America opened
its fourteenth biennial convention at the
Davidson theater today, with between 600
and 700 delegates, representing over 1900
camps and nearly 100000 members, present
Mayor David s. Rose welcomed the dele
gates to the city in a happy speech and
presented the keys of the city to the head
consul. Responses were made by Head
Consul A. r. Talbot for the Modern Wood
men and Head Clerk Charles w. Halves of
Rock Island, ILL.,. for the head Offices.
Consul TaIbot's Report.
The convention then proceeded with the
presentations of reports. Head Consul Tai
bot reported for his department as follows:
The report of Head Consul A. r. Talbot
was devoted TO review of the work dur
ing the biennial term. Speaking of the
Capitalization of the work, he favored the
discontinuance Of state mead physicians, all
tSdpplications TO go to the supreme medical
= director at the head office. The expenses
of his Office for 1903 were $l1, $685. and for
1904, $24Sle; total $365O3. Appeals on be-
half of 210 distressed members were re-
ceived and the contributions were 1,949.
He spoke in favor of the foresters' de-
partment and recommended the adoption
of the bylaws prohibiting local camps or
foresters teams from, holding Sunday pic
MICS or excursions under the auspices of
\ the order, with penalty for disobedience
of expulsion or revocation of charter. He
''~pmmended the order of Junior Woodmen
as beneficial to the boys. He favored an
interval of three or four years between
the meetings of the head camp in the in
terests of economy. During the biennial
the new members numbered l2l,6S9 and
1,4S2 new camps were chartered. The So
ciety. he said, now includes 1453 per cent
OF all those eligible for membership in the
states in which 1t is organized.
Report of Head Clerk.
This was followed by the report of Head
Clerk Hawes
The insurance in force at the close OF
the biennial term, aggregated $l,lS6,6lS 300
The society. paid 7,oSl death claims,
claims, aironnting TO $lO,7S6.4S5 during the
The receipts Of the benefit fund totaled
sl2.5s77O 7OS. as against s7,57O,sSs during the
preceding biennial. The balance at the
Giose of the term was sS075S7. The re-
pts sssp as az against inst s. SSs6ii during % e the pTeeed-
ing term the balance being $2S9, ,994. The
lapsed (benefciaD membership during the
two years was ll7,45 and the lapsed In
surance s176 500.
The average per capita payment to the
benefit fund was N.261R, as against 80
cents during the term @ preceding sCi The in
effective January /, 1904 when the rates
of the members were increased from y
ages. There were re- 2Ssi deaths from acci-
dent and so4 deaths from suicide. OF the
the total number, The farmers also led
in accidental deaths-SS5.
The report of the board of auditors was
next presented.
DR. Warner of Kansas addressed the
woodmens convention this afternoon, dis
NNE.V,n .t.,Va
n Hspanitarium for tubercular sufferers. In the
course of his remarks the doctor said that
+ Of the more than 10000 members of the
Modern woodmen of America more thar
100000 were doomed to die of consumption
The woodmen paid last May $4,000 ir
death claims due to consumption In April
The doctor told how the Santa Fe Railroad
company had given a H,OO0,OoO hotel and
site in the city of Las Vegas, n. M, fol
sanitarium purposes and asked that eaci
November OF the Woodmen contribute {
"a hnny a month to the maintenance of th'
- Institution.
- The committee on order of business re
ported making the election of head Officers
the first thing on the program for tomor
row.
Fight over Liquor Question.
The expected fight over the liquor ques
y
TO absorb a large part of the convention'
time. with the result that the rule agains
admission of liquor men is likely to be sus
tanned. A resolution removing zinc an
lead miners from the list of extra hazard
Gus risks was referred to the law commit
tee The report of the law committee wa
then taken up. The announcement chang
ing the method of collection and assess
ments from newly elected members was re
tected, as was one eliminating the $500
Insurance policy. The law as to policie
was changed TO comprehend a policy TO
N.bOO,
Kansas city Team Leads.
The following scores were made In tn
foresters' prize drills today;
Senior Class-Decatur No. IA Captai
u S. Giles, 96.2; Lincoln No. 1870, CAPITAL
A c. Herrick, 97.502, Kansas City No. l9s'
Captain William Walker, sS5S5; hansa
Des Moines No. ILL., Captain l.. r. Tillotsor
Junior Class-Los Angeles No. 77lO, Car
tain A NJ Newton, 7976; Lincoln No. 96
Captain II J, GildersleeVe, 729; De
Moines No Sls4 Captain A; +, Brunnet
Wells, 5slt; ST. Louis No soSO' Captain
Battsiion Drill-Rook Island Battalio
No 10 Major T. j. DeKay, 1883; St Pal
Permanent Battalion No. IL, Major I.
c. McKsuguire, 6L06.
RESERVATIONS ARE ACCEPTED
Alexander and Hyde Retire frOr