The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-25

of Little Rock. J. E. Michaelson of Dais las, Tex, B. I. Calm of New Orleans. M. Uliman of Birmingham and P.S II :. stern of Montgomery. s
 intellectual Culture Committee-Jce Htrsch of, vicksburg. Leon Schwartx of Mobile. D. s. Hausman of Montgom- cry, L.. woolsey of Little Rock and e. F. Moritz of Montgomery.
 On behalf of the Endowment Conn mittee. Captain Philip H. stern of Mont gomery read a favorable report on the report formerly made by Jacques Loeb of sMontgomery. chairman of the. En- dowment Board. The report of the committee was adopted. z
 @ The Touro InArmary. -
 In point of importance. the next re- port probably stood In the front rank, not because 1t was lengthy but be- cause 1t was a survey of the, Touro Infirmary of New Orle Sns. one of the largest and most phiianthro2ic institu- tions of it's character in the South. The report came from the Toaro Infirmary Committee arid was read by J. D. Michaelson 's
 The continued good work of the hos pital formed several paragraphs of the document but the main point brought out was the recommendation for securing additional funds for ex- penses occasioned by the prospective early completion of the new $300.00o Touro Infirmary at New Orleans. The committee did not see that the Grand Lodge could give more than at present for the maintenance of the Infirmary. but thought that the best way to get more money would be for each repre- sentative to use his efforts in his home lodge in securing members to the in- firmary.
 By unanimous vote the report was adopted. The growth and onward march of the order in district No. [, the recent ex- tension of the order Into Indian Terri- tory by the organization of a lodge at Ardsnore. was contained in the adopted report of the Committee on State of the Order" The report was read to the convention by Capt. P. H.. Stern.
 At this juncture of the meeting a letter was, read from the Commercial Club of Montgomery, expressing appre- ciation at the assembling of the Grand Lodge in Montgomery and extending the delegates the courtesies of the rooms of the club. The invitation was received with the thanks of the lodge.
 Filled with loud praise of the annual message of retiring President Lewis E. Mayer of Demopolis, a report from the committee having the, message in charge was read and submitted to the convention by the chairman. Walter I. Bloch of Selma. A glowing tribute was accorded Mir. Mayer for his untiring work during the year. The report was adopted.
 Immigration of Jews. r
 Standing out prominently above all other themes for discussion during the day. the topic of providing measures and plans for the immigration and set tlement of foreign Jews In the South. to take them out of the congested dis tricts of the large cities, Eas brought out in extended form in the report sub mitted by the Committee on Industrial Movement. B. Wadel of Tyler, Tex. a young man, but a man imbued with this class of work to which he was assigned, was chairman of the commit tee and he presented the report in be- half of the committee.
 Before reading the report, MT. wadel said that. in his opinion, the subject he was about to bring up was the most