Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-06-18
PERMANENT PLACE
FOR ELK ROUND--U
Atlantic City Aspires-Race Fer Elk
allied RuIership Has Three En-
tries, Two From The South

Atlantic City, June ia PROPOSE
ton to make Atlantic City a perma-
nent reunion ground for the great
antlered fraternity will be submitted
to- the Grand Lodge Of the Benevolent /
and Protective Order of Elks at the
annual convention here three weeks /
hence.
The movement is already receiving
support from lodges throughout Penn I
sylvania, New Jersey and other near
by states and before the grand lodge
is welcomed by Governor Woodrow
Wilson on the morning of July 10th |
it is expected that several Thousand
enthusiastic representatives will be
boosting the plan.
Some of the strongest arguments |
iii support of the proposition are the
great resorts unlimited hotel accom-
modatiOns, the ease with which it may
be reached and the readiness of the :
bonifaces of the city to cooperate !
generously in defraying the expense
of the reunion th1Iough an assessment
system founded upon a signed and !
sealed agreement not to boost rates
or TO otherwise take advantage of the
proverblal good nature Of the Best /
People on Forth.
In circular issued this week
Chairman Louis Kuehnle of the reun-
ion executive committee announces
chat Atlantic City takes pride in be-
ing able to state that the latter pro-
mise, made at Detroit last year when
it proved a potent argument in the
big resorts behalf, will be kept to
the letter, and that every Elk who
comes to the shore will be guaran
teed comfortable quarters at reason
biz rates.
No Uniformed Branch.
Elks Of military tendencies will
probably be disappointed to learn that
the ambitions little movement hail
ing from Southern California which
had as it's obiec the creation of uni
formed branch of Elkdom will prob /
ably die of inanitfpn at the Atlantic
City convention. Big officials h9ve
l,esitated to even give the proposition
counenance without more definite
expression of sentiment from Elks as
q whole. and as no attempt has been
made to formally launch the scheme
in accordance with the constitutional
requirements, it will probably not be
even heard Of on the floor of the
grand lodge convention.
Nor it is likely, from all accounts,
that any formal action will be taken
by the representatives relatives to the
establishment of woman's auxiliary.
This fact, however, will not prevent
the thousands of wives and daughters
of Elks who Will accompany their
husbands and parents to the Atlantic
City meeting from founding such
movement if they see fit, inasmuch T
as there is every likelihood that re-
eognition would not be denied by the
yorder if the womens organization
should justify itself
But III any event the women of Elk
dom will play an important part in
the reunion. They will be welcomed
and generously entertained by large
committee of the auxiliary of Atlantic
City ledge of which Mrs. James K
Carmack is chairman and will have
prominent place in the parade and al
all of the big functions of reunion
week.
Meantime grand exalted rulership
booms are booming all along the line.
Col. John Sullivan Of New Orleans eX-
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