The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-12

all of them behind their schedule time,
special trains bearing members of the
Elks lodges from all parts of the
country poured their human freight
into Los Angeles today until tonight
the number of the city's guests was
swelled to fully $4,000
But the great crowds were handled
In good order by the reception COM
mittees of the local lodge, filing the
hotels of the city to their utmost ca
pacities- Many are being taken to
the surrounding cities, and the hotels
at beach and foothill resorts
The second Texas special came in
today, bringing the delegates from the
northern Texas cities, among the num-
Der being William H. Atwood OF Dali
las. who is mentioned as the dangerous
dark horse in the contest which Will
be waged for the Office of grand ex-
allied ruler. other special trains came
today from Iowa, Jersey City, kansas
City, Boston, Pittsburg, South Dakota
and Massachusetts BY tomorrow
night all of the special trains bearing
Elks will have arrived
DETROIT DELEGATION LOST
The train bringing the Detroit dele
cation is mysteriously lost somewhere
between Salt Lake City and Los
Angeles, no word of 1t having come
since it left Salt Lake City. Frantic
efforts to locate the train were MADE
tonight without success.
The thousands of delegates now here
passed today in visits to the various
beach resorts, and automobile rides
over the city and surrounding country.
Ideal weather prevails.
Never was this city so gorgeously
arrayed, and among the visiting Elks
and their women the statement is
freely made that Los Angeles mas
fairly outdone every other city where
annual reunions of the grand lodge
have formerly been held.
Spanning all of the downtown streets
are frequent arches of greenery, bear
ing clusters of colored lights, where at
night the purple and white glow In
thousand forms, outlining the emDiems
of the Elks' order--the antlered elk s
head the clock whose hands point 10
the hour of IL, the hour or the Elk
toast to his absent brother, ana the
words Hello. Bill'-the Elk's words or
greeting when brother meets brother.
STREETS WELL DECORATED
The evergreen, the palm and the
pepper trees have been stripped of their
street. and bright hued flowers and the
soft green fronds of ferns are inter-
twined among them, lending an en-
chanting prospect to every street and
avenue In the background are gayly
bedecked buildings.
A mammoth store IN Broadway is
faced by huge towers of pure whllei
with purple trimmings, and in the Tour
facings of each tower. above every
he ola
four sides of the building are hung
streamers of purple and white, and the
American flag is draped along every
facade and hangs from every window
ledge. sa
The Hotel Alexandria, headquarters
of the grand lodge officials, is elabo-
rately decorated in greenery. mingled
with purple, and the red. white and
blue Here the porte cochere in Fifth
street has been transformed into
cage which contains two live elk, who
stand wide eyed by day. and gaze al
the throngs below them and blink at
night in the glare of thousand pur-
pie and white lights.
CELEBRATION IN PASADENA
Tomorrow the program of entertain
ment for the thousands of visitors Will
begin The celebration will be in Pasa-
dena. where the grand lodge members
and their women will be driven over
the city in automobiles and then after
ward to Tournament park to a barbe-
cue Later a program of field sports
and chariot races, an exhibition or
wild west riding and a stage holdup
will be provided In the afternoon
athletic events will be given at Ascot
park.
In the evening services incident to
the annual reunion will be held in this
city, when the visitors will be wei
coined by Governor James n. Gillett,
Mayor George Alexander of Los An
geIes and Motley Flint of Los Angeles
lodge of Elks, and a response in behalf
of the grand lodge by Grand Exalted
Ruler Rush l.. Holland.
The program for the remainder or
the weeks reunion in this city in
cludes the election of officers of the
grand lodge Tuesday and a celebration
for the visitors at Santa Monica on
that day, which viii consist of yacht
races, surf bathing races and barbe-
cue. Band concerts and drills by the
drill corps of the visiting lodges VIII
fill the afternoon and the theaters of
the city will be turned over to the
guests in the evening.
PROGRAM AT LONG BEACH
Wednesday will be Long Beach day.
series of entertainments have been
arranged by that city for that day.
Thursday the first great parade will
be witnessed in this city. During that
evening the electrical pageant will be
seen. The grand lodge will be in ses-
sion during the day and new officers
will be elected and the place for the
next meeting selected
Friday another parade, both allie
gorical and industrial, will be held,
an electrical display given at night and
the grand officers will be installed.
The trip to Catalina island "a miles
from the mainland, will be taken UP
members of the grand lodge on Sat-
urday. There will be celebration at
Arcadia, where a barbecue will be
served The night parade and cleo
trical display will be the aoncluding