Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-11
MOOSE HERDS IN TOWN
Social Order Begins Fourth
Annual Convention.
TO THE CITY
Mr.. GUIDE Tells Delegates the Capt
tai Is Literally Theirs.
VISITORS IN FOR A GOOD TIME
Sightseeing Trips on the Program
for Today, With Business ses-
sion and Banquet Tomorrow.

sion and Banquet Tomorrow.
convention of the Social Order of Moose,
which met at the Ebbitt House this
morning. was given over to welcoming
addresses and the appointment of COM
mittees by the supreme president. The
session was opened by Harry D. Hayden,
general chairman of the committee ap-
pointed by the Washington herd to take
care of the visiting delegates. Mr.. Hay
den introduced William F. GUIDE. presi-
dent OF the Washington Chamber of
Commerce. who delivered the address OF
welcome.
At the conclusion Of Mr. GUIDES ad.
dress. James H. McGilton. president OF
the Washington herd, extending the
greetings Of the local Moose to their
brothers from other cities. He was fol-
lowed by Charles A. Gadd of Detroit,
who complimented the Washington herd
upon its rapid growth during the year
it has been in existence.
Mr.. Guides Welcome.
1T gives me the greatest pleasure
William F. Guide said in his address, ito
welcome your distinguished and popular
organization to this your capital. It is
difficult to express the precise word .of
| welcome to the conventions coming to
Washington, inasmuch as 1t is quite as
much their city, in the real sense OF
| the word. as it is the city of any Of us
who happen to live In it the year round
For Washington is the city of every pa
triotic American citizen, your show town
for every foreign-born visitor, and the
home for many months in each year OF
your representatives and senator's, under
whose fostering care it is becoming a
city of which We may all be proud.
Your city is ready for you, gentlemen:
examine its beautiful federal buildings,
its parks and reservations with the feel
Ing that they are yours, and yours the
duty to urge on our Congress, through
delegate here. the duty of keeping the
capital OF our country in the condition
which warrants our national pride in
having the greatest capital of the greatest
"As caretakers, we bid you welcome to
the city for you. and ask you to make
yearly inspections"
Business Sessions Tomorrow.
The delegates and their families will be
the guests of the Washington herd this
afternoon for an automobile tour Of the
city. Before starting they will pose Tor
a group photograph on the steps Of the
Treasury. Tonight Charles A. Gadd. su-
preme president. will hold a reception at
the Ebbitt, beginning at o'clock. To-
morrow will be given up to business ses-
sions. The visiting ladies will be taken
on sightseeing tour by their Washing
ton hostesses while the men are at work
Tomorrow night they will all enjoy an
| elaborate banquet and ball at the Ole
| Masonic Temple, 9th and F streets. The
| convention will end Wednesday afternoon
with the election of officers for the en-
| suing year.
President Gadd today were as follows:
Credentials-J. H. McGilton, c. B. Gard
ner and Herman Hempel. Finances
Harry Hayden. Ray Parrish and J.
O'Connor. Appeals and petitions-J. c
stitution and Lavish. ]. Hunt. JOSEPH
Crowley and ]. M. Surtman. State of thu
| order-W. F. Sullivan. T. H. Kramer ant
Walter Hempel
The Supreme Officers.
The Social Order Of the Moose wa!
founded in Detroit. September 9. 1903. Il
numbers seventeen herds. The supreme
officers are: Past president. Peter J
Drexelius. Detroit. Mich; president
Charles A. Gadd. Detroit, Mich: frs
| vice pTeSIucII, DTOuSON, 1OlcuO
Ohio; second vice president. John F
Boiler. Buffalo. N. Y; recording secre
tary, A. L. Rafter. Toledo, Ohio: finan
| cial secretary, Theo. ]. Delor. Detroit
| Mich: treasurer, Harry ]. Hunt, Buff
! falo, N. Y: marshal, Joseph ]. Crowley
| Washington; chaplain. Rev. Edward Col
| Inns, Detroit, Mich; inner guard, JOSEPH
| Solomon. Detroit, Mich; outer guard, r
c. Raynell. Rochester. N. Y.
| The supreme trustees are: Graham Par
| sons. Rochester, n. Y: Harry Hayden
| Washington; Samuel McKeown, Buffalo
| n. Y; F. D. Bitz, Monroe, Mich; Thomas
H. Therritt, Detroit, Mich.
| On Local Committees.
| The entertainment of the visitors will
be provided by committee composed OF
E. S. Schmidt. c. H. Kramer, J. H. Nc
Clifton, ]. ]. Crowley, Harry D. Hayden
and S. H. Talks, all of Washington Herd
No. 9.
The official delegates from Herd No. :
| of this city to the convention are ]. H
McGilton, F. II. Kramer, c.. B. Gardner
j. ]. Crowley, Harry D. Hayden and J.
J. OConnor
| An attractive feature of the convention
| is a program and guide book. published
| by the Washington Herd, No. 9. It con-
| tains not only an accurate program fol
| the guidance Of delegates, but also hand.
some half-tone pictures and much valu-
able information concerning points of in.
| terest in Washington.