The Detroit times., 1910-07-12

beIe Isle was also popular Win NAS
strangers.
Uncle Danny" O'Connell is the old
est Elk here. He Is l05. The enter
tainmcnt committee has placed an au-
tomobile at his disposal and he spent
all day Sunday riding in it. With
him was II. Graham Smith, Of New
York, the heaviest Elk. He weighs
APO pounds.
The registration committee. quar-
tered at the Light Guard armory,
finds that the Elks are in no hurry
TO register. They are evidently too
busy getting located and settled TO
sign the visitors book. Up to Sun
day night only 5000 had registered.
Among the signers was NJ. NJ. Rim,
of Boulder, Col, the youngest past
exalted ruler in the United States. He
is 20 years old.
One OF the leading delegates with
the Phoenix, Ariz.. lodge is Edmund
Carmody, brother Of Charles Carmody,
police photographer OF Detroit.
John Donovan, Jr., delegate from
Clifton Forge. Va, says he knows
there are other Donovans and among
them wild Bill" whom, he says, he
is going TO see pitch If he has TO
sleep in the grandstand all night. Mr..
Donovan arrived Saturday and has
put in the most of the time since in
an attempt TO locate his trunk. The
last he heard Of 1t, II was in Mllwau.
kee, Wis. and still going.
Ethel Williams had a pleasant Sun
day evening hailing all the visiting
Elks and endeavoring TO form their
acquaintanCes. She was arrested and
the court decided TO send her to the
House of Correction for 10 days. This
was done in protection OF the Elks.
DR.. Morgan Parker, DR.. J. II.
Slevin and DR.. Victor Garbutt, who
comprise the public health committee
of the EIks, report that thus far they
have had little to do; that the Elks
arriving in town are in good health,
and that the Detroit climate seems TO
agree with them.
The visiting Elks, for the most part,
are a moneyed crowd and they plan
10 see some of the country before they
return home. Nearly every delegation
has arranged side trip of some sort
but II is doubtful if any have mapped
out as extensive a journey as the par
ty from New Orleans. The latter, ir
chsrge of Phineas Moses, secretary OF
the New Orleans lodge of Elks, End
member of the grand lodge, are on
a 2S-day outing, which is to cost 1851,
minus so meals, which will be extra
From Detroit" said Mr.. Moses,
Monday morning, I'VE are going To
Buffalo and Niagara Falls. After stay
ing in those places a couple of days
we are going across Lake Ontario 10
Toronto, Can. Leaving there, We shall
20 by boat through the Thousand Isl
ands 10 Montreal, thence down the
Hudson TO New York and Saratoga.
From there VIC can 90 home by boat
or rail. JUS Is We see At, or we can
have our tickets extended IL such II
thing Is desired. We figured the cost
OF the trip our before we started, out
didn't include all our meals, because
we realized that we would be unable
lots Of times. as in Detroit, to get all
cur meals at one place"
Mr.. Moses and his companions, in
addition TO being loyal Elks, are
boosting the proposed Panama EXPOSE
ton OF 1915 In New Orleans. Mr..
Mos es declared that New Orleans was
the logical point for the exposition
and he feels sure that his city Will
get it.
Among the unique badges beina
shown by the visiting lodges, It Is sale
to say that none Is more attractive
than that OF Akron (Ohio) lodge, No.
3G3. which is all rubber except the
pin. Encircling an elk's head and
suspended from the pin bar Is mini
ature rubber tire, bearing the inscrlp-
ton. Akron Lodge, No. 1863. The
Rubber City. The badge proper has
a line which reads: The record OF
Detroits products is made possible by
the tires Of Akron" The badge has
made a big hit and is in great de-
mand.
The Detroit decorations for the
EIks' convention surpass anything Of
the kind ever saw said Police
Captain AIphones Baker Monday
morning. Our decorations are even
better than those displayed by New
York during the HudsOn-Fulton cele-
bration. The arch NJ Grand Circus
park when Illuminated. is about as
pretty a thing Of the kind that could
possibly be made
Grand Secretary Fred ". Robinson,
81 the Elks. is something OF beau
Nbrummtl Since his arrival last Thurs
day ne has not appeared TWICE In the
same suit and his friends are wonder
ing Il his wardrobe includes a new
outfit for every day Of the convention.
The secretary IS right there with the
glad hand stun too. and IL looks as
though the men who are ont for his
scalp have q pretty big job on their
hands
II is probable that City Treasurer
Koch viii bo unable 20 close his Office
for the big parade Thursday. II was
intended to make the sday a muuici.
pal holiday, hut the law requires that
the rrcasurer's Office must be, open for
payment OF taxes every day except
Sundays and holidays.