Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-07

No. chartered December 2, 1870. James
l.. Marshall; Orient Commandery, No. 5
Chartered August 30, 1880, Edward H.
Tompkns.
The total membership OF the subordinate
Communicates of Washington is about
1900. The Grand Commandery. counting
officers, past grand commanders and past
commanders. numbers fifty-seven. The fol-
lowing are the present committees of the
Grand Commandery: Finance. J. H. Small,
jr.. w. H. circuit. c. y. Stockett, Maurice
OtterAack. Lem Towers. jr: charters and
dspensat:ons, J. II. Ocott, Jac0&us S.
Jones, Harry F. Riley, James S. Raeburn,
Court F. Wood; unfinished business. c. w.
Hancock. Wm. S. Parks, F. ]. Woodrlan.
Thomas E. Landon. r. L. Middleton: griev-
ances. j. H. Jochum, d. G. Dixon Matthew
Trinble, Edwin B. Hesse, ~ B. Jackson
tempiar Jurisprudence. L. H. Thomas, E. G..
Davis, George Gibson. Alex Mckenzie
Martin Thorp; correspondence. George
E. Corson, y. w. Johnston. W. B. Pettus.
Reunion of Elks.
Next following the Triennial Conciave at
Saratoga Springs will occur the great Elks
reunion at Philadelphia. beginning July 10
The Best People on Earth viii receive
an elaborate welcome in the Brotherly
Love city, which has made most extensive
arrangements for their appropriate recep-
ton. The work of preparation has been in
charge of a general committee of twenty
seven members all prominent in the bust
ness and professional life of Americas
third city, and each of whom is chairman
of a subcommittee having charge of i'm
pOrtant details of the reunion. Many of
these subcommittee have been at work
since last September, and all of them are
still busily engaged in perfecting the many
minor details which the handling of thou
sands of visitors necessarily entails. When
the executive committee, appointed by
Philadelphia Lodge, No. 2 in the early part
of September, began naming It's subcom-
mil toes E.Iiy frs fln IN
head the committee on ways and means. 1t
was up to Mr.. 1sman to devise methods for
raising the large enterta inment fund neces-
Sary in order to make the convention a
success Mr.. lsman, with the cooperation
of the executive committee, succeeded in
securing subscriptions to the amount of
many thousands of dollars. After the ways
and means committee had been appointed.
the executive committee named su5com-
mittees on hotels and accommodations,
laws and contracts. convention halls, en-
tertainment of the Grand Lodge. badges,
registration, law and order parade and re-
view, ladies' reception, information, pub
licity, health and public comfort, trans
pOrtation, carriages and baggage, music
and bands. illuminations. grand stands.
press, decorations, auditing, contests and
awards and reception.
Largest of Subcommittee.
The reception committee is the largest of
all the Philadelphia subcommittee, AMI is
Schanz as chairman. Upon this committee
will devolve the duty of receiving the visit
ing delegations at the various railroad sta
tons, and escorting them to their hotels
AS there are three main stations in Phila-
delphia, the committee will have at its dis
posal three bands CT music, and every in
coming train will be met by portion of the
committee, who, with the band will accom-
pany the guests to their headquarters
Frank McGrath baggage committee
chairman, will see that every trunk ana
suit case reaches its owner safely. George
A. Bilyeu was assigned the task of pro-
viding hotel accommodations for the v.si-
tors, and he has seen to it that every dele
CATION is properly quartered. w. Norman
Morris looked after the legal end and drew
up the contracts between hotels and lodges,
and looked after all other matters which
required the attention of a lawyer. The
convention halls We're secured by William
H. Dietrich, and the providing of entertain
ments for the Grand Lodge members was
left to James Moroney. The cooperation
of sister lodges was looked after by Warner
Searle, who in the past ten months has
travelled extensively, booming the conven-
ton in every city where an Elks lodge is
located.
Registration Bureau.
The registration bureau in the Odd Fell
lows Temple viii he under the supervision
of DR.. Tullus Wright, who will have one Of
during which the antlered herd roams the
Quaker capital. Police Lieut.. Hugh A.
Blaney is at the head of the law and order
committee, and, with his associates, has ar
ranged TO prevent rowdyism and disturb
ances on the streets during the festivities
The details for the PAL AIDE and review are
being looked after by Capt. John II. Sutterle,
a former National Guard officer. The i'm
portant task of preparing for the reception
.ft 10. 1D,I l..ft tn he,
liam j. Donohue who has outlined an elab-
crate program for the entertainment of the
fair visitors. Ladies headquarters will be
located in the State Fencibles armory. The
establishment of Information bureaus
throughout the city has been looked after
by Samuel c. Corey, and he has succeeded
in securing 100 prominent points for the
location of these bureaus The publicity
department is in charge of Morris Scheck,
and the entertainment of the representa-
tives of the press IS being attended to by
Edward l. Heinemap. The health of the
visitors will be guarded by committee of
physicians of which DR.. A. Rushing Raner
Is chairman, and he and his staff have ar
ranged to open an emergency hospital in
the ladies' headquarters.
For Comfort of Visitors.
Provisions for the comfort of the visitors
were put under the direction of DR.. Thomas
Parker The matter of railroad transporta-
ton was the work allotted to j. E. Chal-
lenge. Lawrence Farrell is chairman of
the committee on music and bands and he
has done considerable in providing distant
lodges with bands from Philadelphia and
nearby cities. Mr.. Farrell says that there
VIII be upward of 1000 musicians in Phila-
delphia during the convention week The
electrical illumnations are being attended
TO by Harry F. Morgan, and the V ark of
urging the citizens of Philadelphia, the
merchants in particular, to decorate is be-
ing looked after by T. T. Burchfield
Charles H. Mccullough Is in charge of the
grand stands, and he has applications for
over 5000 seats. The committee on con-
tests and awards, which has in charge the
presentations OF the various prizes to