The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-19
MOOSE ARRIVE
FOR CONVENTION
Big Meeting Opens in Detroit Opera
House Monday-0ver 10000 Wis
itors Are Expected.

Delegates and visitors to the an
nual convention or the Loyal Order
OF Moose, which will open its sessions
In the Detroit opera house, Monday
morning. and continue until Friday,
began to arrive IN the city Saturday.
Delegates to the number OF 1000 and
10000 visitors are expected. Head
quarters are In the Cadillac. The
first large delegation to arrive was
that from Los Angeles, which came
$50 strong, Saturday morning. with
the present head OF the order. Supreme
Dictator w. A. Anderson.
All the officers of the supreme lodge
are already here, as are also candi-
dates for Office for the coming year.
Kansas City has sent an advance
guard to boost that city for the 1912
ington, ID. c., will also send boosters
for their cities To secure the meeting.
Arthur II. Jones, present supreme
vice-dictator, Is the foremost candi-
date for. the supreme dictatorship. Mr..
Jones is a lawyer and ex-judge OF Indi-
annapolis. Ind.
Candidates will be nominated In the
Monday morning session Tuesday
the election will take place, and We'd
nesday and Thursday the business az
'fairs OF the order VIII be disposed Of.
Numerous pleasure trips about the
city and visits to the theaters for del
egates and visitors have been planned.
Wednesday night there will be mon
ster street parade. All sessions OF
the convention will be executive. none
but delegates being admitted.
The principal business to be con-
sidered Is I'm relation to the Moose
Industrial home for orphans and chill
dren of members OF the order, to be
established In Muncie, Ind, and a
home for aged and INDECENT members
The convention will ratify plans al
ready made in connection with the
Muncie institution. Muncie has offered
the buildings and equipment OF the
normal school there for use of the
proposed industrial institution.
The plan of the school Is TO admit
both boys and girls, and teach them
various occupations, such as carpen-
try and typesetting for the boys, and
sewing, cooking, stenography and
other useful vocations for the girls,
paying their expenses by means OF
the manufacture by the students of
regalia for the various local orders OF
Moose. The students will be paid
wages while in the institution, SO that
when they graduate they will have
something TO tide them over until
they find paying position. Ii is che
first school OF the kind 10 be founded
by q fraternal order.
The number of members required
for each delegate will be greatly In
creased, and provisions will be made
for the election of deputy-dictator
who will have charge OF the business
affairs of the lodges In certain assign
ed territories.
In the opening session Mayor
Thompson will welcome the visitors.
aud the supreme dictator. w. A.. Alder
son. and others will respond. A mon
ster meeting of the Detroit lodge will
be held In the Detroit opera house,
Sunday evening, at which l,200 can
didates will be admitted TO the order
by the degree team of New Jersey.
James j. Finn. the daddy OF the
Jersey City lodge. Is seeking the Office
of supreme trustee for the coming
three years. There are three trustees,
one elected every year, and they have
entire charge OF the money disbursed
by the order. Mr. Finn will be placed
in nomination by Congressman Eu-
gene F. Kinkead. OF the Ninth district.
New Jersey.
Il is expected that Senator jefferson
Davis OF Mississippi; Senator }. w.
Kern OF Indiana and possibly John
Hays Hammond, Americas special
ambassador to Great Britain at the
coronation OF King George, will be
present.
The Loyal Order OF Moose has had
remarkable, though short. career.
Founded originally in. 1888 by DR..
John II. Wilson, OF Louisville. KY, IL
had feeble growth for some years,
although the doctor spent his life and
fortune In promoting IT. In 1906 James
A. Davis, OF Anderson, Ind. took its
leadership and IL Immediately began
to grow wonderfully. During the last
year Il has doubled its membership.
It's purpose is social. fraternaI and
protective. II has no insurance be-
yond a sick benefit OF 81 week and
a death benefit OF s10O. IL has nearly