The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
THOUSANDS OF ELKS
RALLY IN SOUTH
Special Trains and Steamers
Take Many Members of Or
der to Los Angeles

music OF score of bands and arrayed
in the uniforms of the various drill
corps of the many Elks' lodges gath
cred here. thousands of the antIered
guests of the city paraded the down
town streets of the city tonight and
made merry. Special trains over va
rious routes of travel and coastwise
steamers had brought many people to
the city today and tonight. and all
Joined in a general unprogrammed
celebration
Through the business streets, gay
with bright lights and decorations of
purple and the red. white and blue. the
visitors marched in ragtime, enjoying
to the fullest extent the freedom OF the
city. Tonight was visiting night and
thousands of strangers gathered here
made the most of it.
TRAINS BRING VISITORS
Special trains from various sections
/ Of the country arrived early. among the
/ first Being the train bearing Grand
/ Exalted Ruler Rush L. Holland and
/ Grand Secretary Fred c. Robinson,
which had been delayed for "a hours
/ by heavy rains In the middle west.
/ Others included the Cotton States
Special and trains from Michigan.
Illinois. New Jersey. Arkansas. Texas,
I Colorado. Arizona. Washington and va
riOus cities in California.
! The reception of Grand Exalted
Ruler Holland was one of the features
of the day. uniformed band from the
llocal lodge of Elks meeting him at the
depot and escorting him to the Hotel
/ Alexandria, his official headquarters.
All the other specials were met in turn
by committees from the local lodge
and the guests escorted to their various
hotels.
At the registration headquarters
maintained by the Los Angeles lodge
there were upward of $4,000 registra-
lions during the day.
VAST THRONG EXPECTED
Twelve special trains are scheduled
| to arrive tomorrow, which will swell
the list to fully Sc. 1000. and with these
will be added the trains from Pacific
coast points and many from northern
coast cities who will come by boat 1t
is expected that fully $4,000 visitors
will be in the city by Sunday night.
The great crowds are being taken
care Of with seeming ease by the COM
mittees in charge, and thus far there
has been no confusion or accidents of
any sort.
! Tomorrow the first regularly sched-
uled event of the official program will
/ take place. One thousand automobiles
are to be provided for the guests. and
a sightseeing tour Of the city and the
nearby places of attraction will be
made There will be dyiIls by the va
rious visiting lodge corps and bands.
Alameda County Herds
OAKLAND. July 1O.-The EIks are
vending their way to Los Angeles.
where the grand lodge will begin it's
sessions next Tuesday morning. The
Alameda and Berkeley delegations left
on special train this morning, and to-
morrow another special bearing about
400 antlers Of Oakland Lodge No. III
will pull away from the Oakland mole
and run clear to San Jose for the first
stop.
Only Elks will be aboard that train.
1t will be made up of day coaches, q
diner, two sleeperS, a baggage car for
luggage and another laden with Cali
fornia fruits. California nuts and native
! wines. These things will be trans
ferred to the New Westminster hotel at
| Los Angeles, where Oakland lodge is
to hold headquarters and to entertain.
Every Elk who stops in San Fran
/ cisco on his way to the grand lodge
J calls at Oakland, and the members OF
! the local branch estimate that $4,000
\ of their eastern brothers will have
visited Oakland before the hegira from
the south TO home is ended.
Oakland lodge will reach its destina-
ton tomorrow night, and the members
I will proceed at once to the New West
minister hotel The entire building is
at the disposal of the members and
| the parlors will be the reception rooms
! of Oakland lodge Max HOrwinski has
/ been at the head of the Los Angeles
committee. with Elmer f. Hunt as sec
rotary. They have arranged that the
Oakland lodge special train shall go
/ through to Los Angeles with stops only
| at division ends. The train will de-
part tomorrow ahead sOf the regular
passenger cars.
Several members of Oakland lodge
have already gone to the city in the
| south to enter the skirmish preliminary
to the selection by the grand lodge OF
| the next grand exalted fuller. No. III
! is pledged to August Herman of Gin
| cinnati for whom California is almost
solid delegation. Only one or two
lodges Of this state have not declared
| in favor of the Ohio candidate.
Among those who left last night from
| here were Ed Benjamin, who viii be
aid to his brother, Raymond Benjamin.
| the grand esquire; 1. Harrison Clay:
Justice Henry A Melvin. past grand
exalted ruler, and j. NJ Shanley- dis
trict deputy of Northern California.
Travelling with the Oaklanders will
be ]. o. McKOwn OF LivermOre and his
/ wife. McKOwn is president of the
state board of pharmacy and member
/ of Oakland lodge.
/ Leaving also on the Oakland special
will be the members Of the Elks' drill
corps of No. III. who were announced
\ officially today as follows:
Colonel j. K Ritter. commanding; ". A.
/ NoHsinger. first lieutenant: Oscar F. Whitney,
/ second Lieutenant: Fred a. Hooper. sergeant;
/ Erwin Schaefer. sergeant; E. j. Adams. j. B.
/ Anderson, Fred A. BardO. J. y. Bonham W. =
Braektle. o. f. BreiliDg. III. J. Calou. Horace
| Davis. ID. o. DObsOn. F. /. Gonzalez. W. H.
German, D. ]. Hallahan. R. H. Hammond
j George " Harris. Max Horwinski Elber r.
/ Hunt. Perry L. johnson. Charles F. Lee. a. O.
I MeElroy W. c. Moran. Sidney z. Newsom.
/ j. B. Ritter Fl. s Shamp. D. 20, Sinclair
/ W. r. swallow George A. WarnOcA. W. IT,
W0llard.
SAUSALITO TO CELEBRATE
WITH WATER CARNIVAL