Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-08
BIG RECEPTION PLANNED FOR
GARRY HERMANN
REGISTRATION OF MEMBERS OF
LOCAL LODGE BEGINS
Arrangements for Many Thousands OF
Visitors Are Rapidly Nearing
erfection-Headquar for
Different Cities

Garry Hermann, Tor the reCeptloh
of Cincinnati lodge No. 5, which Will
reach San Bernardino about 2 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon, instead of in the
morning, as was at first expected Inc
delay, caused by washouts along the
route, will necessitate short stops or
one hour each at San Bernardino, Xiv
erside and Pomona, the party of more
than 300 persons reaching Los Angeles
about o'clock in the evening.
Many prominent Elks will be on the
special train, including August Herr
mann, candidate for grand exalted
ruler, and several past rulers of the
order. The lodge will be met at the
Salt Lake station by Porter's Cata-
lima band and will march up First
street to Spring street and down
Spring street to the Hotel Alexandra.
Permission was granted Doran yester-
day by Chief of Police Dishman TO
enliven the march down Spring street
with fireworks and colored fire. About
100 automobiles will also be pressed
into service for the convenience OF the
wives and daughters OF the visiting
Elks.
The arrival of the Cincinnati lodge,
which will easily total the largest ag-
gregate mileage and thereby capture
the coveted honor of winning the $500
offered by Los Angeles lodge, No. 49,
to the visiting lodge aggregating the
greatest mileage, will be the opening
gun of gala Elks' week. The lodge
will be the first to arrive in Los An
geles and will take prominent part
in the approaching festivities.
Registration Begins
The registration of the Los Angeles
| Elks started with a rush yesterday
morning when the Elks' headquarters
! GaWhrai
hundred had placed their names on the
cards and an ever increasing crowd
continued to come in throughout the
afternoon until $500 had been recorded.
VIII Stephens, chairman of the regis
tration committee, claims to have been
the first man to affix his signature
to a card and his passports were
20 KID" at $50 a. m. Following him
was a herd of members from No. SO,
who went from the credential bureau
to the registration office. Many Elks
from Southern California and particu-
larly Pasadena, were on hand early
and according to the rules announced
yesterday, registration will be today
as it was yesterday, for members from
Southern California lodges only, al
assigned to all and information will be
assigned to all and information i'll be
dispensed to all seekers at any time.
A delay in the receipt of some of the
coupons is the reason for the above
rule and until all of the coupons ar
rive outsiders cannot be given their
credentials and passports.
Badges Distributed
A committee of 80 to act as recep-
ton, registration and information
squadron at headquarters was appoint
ed yesterday and all members were
equipped with badges and at once
placed on active duty. The following
are the members, all of whom are
drawn from No. SO:
viii stephens, chairman; John Burton, S. T.
Cursor, Joseph Maier, jr, Guy Hill, j. A.
Wilcut Harry Penrod, ]. F. Hillebrand, ]. G..
Floyd, J. schaffer, jr., Walter S. Moore, ]. D.
Button J. J. Jenkins George Bannister Har-
ry Dillon, Joseph B. Crosby, w. ]. O'Bannon,
G. o. Demsey John E. Phelps, c. G, Pyle, G.
NJ Darby. C. L. Miller, B. L. Roberts, f. r,
johnson, c. W. Leonard, c. A. Wychoff 1. F.
Hayward, E. W. Kahles, A F. n Bowers, NJ
Reder, C. N Van Pelt, ]. P. Kremple, II. o.
Dow, w F. Kuhl, A. R. Park, A w. CleaVer
w. S Kramer. John Hayes, G. g. Johnson, j.
w Carrigan, J. T. Walden, F. NJ. Lee, A. H
Roberts Louis, Breer, tr., w. F. Kennedy
Terry Mays, Martin Gress, James Hudson, G.
H. Pockels, Sam Brown, C. d. Hudson, r. D.
| Morriss, B. Gordon, A e. Slought j. c. Cope
land, L. c. Judkins, S. 7. Eldridge' P. B.
| McCabe Charles Sangster, Harry Crabtree, A
E. Cursor, Fl. H. Rouse George S. Wilson
Frank D. Harbert Ed Butterworth, VIII
Tufts, James Hanley
More than 400 cars of Elks and 9TH
er visitors will arrive in Los Angeles
| within the next few days, according to
reports now on hand, all of which will
be in addition to the regular equip
ment of the usual scheduled trains Of
| these the Salt Lake route will bring in
at least half, as many of the eXcur-
sionists desired to come by way of Col
orado and Salt Lake City because of
| Io 70 ilrOo RI
will have about 100 carloads, many of
which will stop a day at Grand can
yon. The Southern Pacific will have
Schedule of Arrivals
The Southern Pacific has not yet
! completed the schedule of the arrival
! of the special trains and extra car par
| ties, but the schedules prepared by the
! other roads are as follows:
Santa Fe
Boston, a. m. July H. Special train Of
! five cars.
Coffeyvlle and southeastern Kansas
! 1908 a. m. July II. one car
Fort Smith, Ark.-7:o5 a. m, July IL.
IF Flagstan, Ariz--s:so a. m. July Il. One
Jersey city--t a. m. July H. Special train
u Jacksonville ia r3s.-s:ao a m. July IL.
Louisville. KY p. IT, July 10. Special
/ train OF II cars.
Newark. y. J-s a. m, July IL. Special
| train OF cars
ST. Louis-s.so a. m, July 12. One car.
Topeka-s:30 a, m, July H. one car.
| Texas Elks Cstart from Ft. Worth)-S:15
| D. m, Judy 10 Special train of FIVE cars.
J. X. Tener party-S;3o a. m, July H.
Wichita, Kas-S;SO a. m. July II. One
| car.
Besides this the Santa Fe will probably
| car parties and Of individuals, in addition
/ to the capacity Of the regular equipment of
! its three transcontinental trains.
Aside from the Elks it Will also have the
! following special train parties:
| Brooklyn Eagle party-S a. m, July To-
Gillespie Kinsport teachers party from
New York; a m, July Is. Eight cars.
Cuthbert house party tours from Toronto
$50 p. m July 10. Eight cars.
San Antonio party of twenty-S;3O a. m,
July 16. one car.
Salt Lake Road
Allegheny, Pa.-7:45 p. m. July II. spe-
cial train of six cars.
Boston-1O p. m, July II, Special train Of
eight cars. -,
Butte, Mont,--5 p m. July IL. Special
train of seven cars,
Beaumont Tex-Arrival not determined
One car.
cinclnnati-S3O p. m, July o. Special of
twelve cars,
Colorado Elks-4;45 p. M, July 10. spe-
cial train of seven cars
Columbus, Oho--4 p. m, July 10. Speclal
train OF ten cars
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