The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-20
'WOODMEN CLERKS
ADJOURN SESSION.
REVISION OF RATES URGED BY
"A COMMITTEEMAN.

Camp No. 464s, Minneapolis, Captain
Pierce Commanding, Takes Part in
the Foresters' Prize Drills-six or
More Cities in the Race for Next
Biennial Convention.
Milwaukee, Wis, June 2O.--Having
installed a new board of officers, re-
fused to inaorse the law ,s committee afee
Of the Modern Woodmen Of America
employ travelling auditors, ordered
summary dismissal Of Incompetent
clerks, tabled q resolution regarding
head state physicians, rejected a pro-
posed change in the, method of col.
members, demanded a higher salary for
the head clerk of the society as well as
for the secretary of it's own organiza-
tion, the local camp clerks association
convention held it's final session yester-
day and adjourned till the next head
camp in 1907.
John Sullivan, member Of the law
committee, urged upon the association
the necessity OF revising the existing
rates of fraternal insurance, declaring
that, unless revision was made soon,
within a few years the Modern Wood
men of America would suffer the fate Of
lother beneficial insurance organizations
hopeless bankruptcy
The expected effort on the part Of Pa
cific coast delegates to obtain indorse-
ment of a plan for giving western state
physicians final authority in deciding
upon the eligibility Of applicants for
membership in the Modern Woodmen of
stead came up resolution submitted by
| DR.. Mann, executive committeeman,
calling for the abolition of the office Of
head state physician. This measure,
after slight discussion, was laid on the
table,
The convention then adjourned for
two years.
Prize Drills by Foresters.
Following are the results OF the For
esters prize drills today:
Caughy commanding, 9s5s3
Camp No 81 lot South Omaha me Neb.. Captain
! Camp No. 1895 Omsha, Neb Captain T. j
| Cooley commanding, 95,334. .s...
Camp No. "a, Monmouth, ILL.,, Captain A. c.
Mcintosh commanding, sc, 865.
y camp NJ. . 81, appleton APE, ;, wis, Captain
Camp No. 800, Urbana. ILL.,, Captain Is. j
Hendricks commanding, e7.oo.
f. Kaiser commanding, s1.7e7. ~ 49,
Ga%p Mo- SsS g. a. Kan Captain o.
Camp No. s79, Joliet H., Captain W. F.
Pearson commanding. es.997.
Camp No. 2sO0 Topeka, Kan, Captain Archie
Baughman commanding 96.463
Camp No. 464s, Minneapolis, Captain G. W
Pierce commanding. 95.753 - -
Camp No. 1924 Decatur, ILL.,, Captain ]. F
Dowen commanding, 1884 -, =
Camp No. POOP Kansas City, Captain K. c.
kelliger commanding. "a 1877.
| oi4 ~, g.,
the honor Of entertaining the next bi
ennial convention of the head camp
| Modern Woodmen Of America. Buffalo
| Cincinnati and Peoria appear to be il
| the lead, while Detroit, Louisville ant
| Los Angeles are active opponents.
| Head Camp Opens.
| The head camp of Modern Woodme1
| of America opened it's fourteenth bien
NAL convention at the Davidson theate1
today with between 600 and 700 dele
gates, representing over 1900 camp
and nearly 100000 members, present
/ + Mayor David S. Rose welcomed tn,
Head Consul A. R. Talbot for theTMod
ern Woodmen and Head Clerk Charles
W. Hayes of Rock Island, ILL.,, for thu
The report of Head Consul Talbo
was devoted to a review Of the Worl
OF .UHe biennial TERM. speaking .Ol I'll
| Capitalization Of the work Of the med
zeal department, he favored this dis
| continuance of state head physicians
all applications to go to the suprem
| medical examiner $ head office:
1 The expenses Of his office for 100
/ tai, $4,000. Appeals on behalf Of 81
II distressed members were received an
| the contributions were $21 ,949. II
| spoke in favor of the foresters depart
ment and recommended the amendmen
II of the bylaws prohibiting local camp
| of forester teams from holding Sur
| day picnics or excursions under tn
auspices Of the society, with a penalt
for disobedience Of expulsion or revoce
ton of charter.
| He commended the order Of Junic
| Woodmen as beneficial to the boys. h
favored an interval Of three or fou
years between the meetings OF the hea
camps in the interests OF economy Dul
ing the biennial 121, 629 new member
were received and 1882 new caml
= chartered. The society, Mr.. Talbot sal
- now includes 1853 per cent OF all tho'
eligible for membership in the stat
in which it was organized.
Points from Head Clerk s Report.
The report Of Head Clerk G.
Halves contained the following: tt
insurance in force at the close Of Il
biennial term aggregated $1,136,67s,5O
The society paid $7,05l death claim
amounting to $12,663, 403, as again
$500 claims, amounting to $lO,736,4
! during the term preceding. !,
+ The receipts Of the general fund we
$1,674,299, as against 81 800, Oll duril
the preceding term, the balance bel
$289,,994 The lapsed (beneficiaD me-
bership during the two. years was ! ] l
AS and the lapsed insurance $l7
The average per capita payment:
the benefit fund was $1.2612, agar
80 cents in the term preceding: I
increase was due to the new rates (
coming effective Jan. l, 1904, when t
rates Of the members were lncreas
from Is per cent to rs per cent at t
various ages.
1890 >~- ----~Yv7rno