Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-09-18
Louisville Insurgents Cut Down Ma
jority of 1913, However.
SLIGHT GAIN FOR STATE AER1Es
Granted Unlimited Power Over Edu-
oational and Social Privileges.
GRADY GOES IN AS PER PLAN
New Yorker VIII he the Next Grand
worthy President OF the order
Bell Gets Largest vote
for Trustee.

Tho convention by q large majority
adopted the judiciary committee amend
ment on state autonomy after fight
against it by the state autonomists.
Grand worthy President-F. Z. Hemng,
South Bend, Ind.
Grand worthy vice President-Thomas
+. Grady, New York.
Grand Worthy Chaplain-Frank H. Cole,
Englewood, III.
Grand seoretary-Conrad H. Mann, KAN
sas City.
Grand Trsasurer-Finlsy MoRas, Hel-
ena, Mont.
Grand worthy oonduotor-w. A. Disch,
Parsons, Kan.
Grand Inside Guard-E. h. Fuller, Rich
mond, va.
! Grand Trustees
Theodore A. Bell, Napa Cal.
w. T. Garland, Boston, Mass.
owen Kane, Cleveland, o.
H. J. Lea, Seattle, wash.
Meeting Place in 19lo-St. Louis, MO.
With the election of these officers, the
adoption Of the report of the committee on
! judiciary and the transaction of a large
amount of business of minor Importance
the grand aerie Of Eagles practically COM
peted the business Of the session late yes
! terday afternoon.
Many of the delegates packed their grips
and took late trains for home. Those who
remained will witness this morning the
installation OF the newly elected officers
with due ceremonial and the session will
| then end.
The adoption of the report of the judi
| ciary committee yesterday by an over
wheming majority was a defeat for the
faction that is seeking wide powers for
the state aeries. The judiciary commit
tees report was in the nature of n com
promise allowing the state organization
very limited powers and subjectng 1t
largely to the control of the grand worthy
president
The other features of the report were
adopted without material change.
/ The San Francisco drill team was the
lucky recipient of two first prizes yester-
day. 1t was announced that the team had
won the S4OO prize in the secret work COM
petition Wednesday night, Kansas City,
the only other competitor, being a close
second, taking the $3.50 prize money.
In the competition of the drill teams
yesterday afternoon San Francisco also
won the first prize, Benson the second
and Kansas City the third. First prize was
500 in cash, second $50 and third $25. The
competition was helu on Davenport street
between sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets Colonel A. b, Falconer, Major j.
b. Erwin and Lieutenant ~ Haskell were
the judges.
With the close of this session the old
ritual will go out of use, an entirely new one,
mainly the work of Grand Worthy Presi-
dent Frank Herring, going into force here
after The work under the new ritual was
presented for the first time Thursday
night and from now on all subordinate
lodges will use 1t.
Slate is Victorious.
The SLATE" won out completely in the
election, though Louisville, candidate for
the next convention, was able to organize
an "insurgent movement which reduced
the nominal majority of near 1900 to 12S
The only contests were for the next meet
ing place of the grand aerie and for mem
bership on the board of trustees. The vote
on these was follows:
. Meeting Place