The Washington bee., 1911-01-14

urge you to respectfully disre-
gard and lay aside any proclamation
or communication which has not my
name attached thereto and which does
| not bear the official approval of the
commission appointed by Hon Ed
| mund Naddlll, Jr., Judge of the Unit
| ed States Circuit Court for the East
ern District of Virginia, with iuris-
/ d1ctlon IN this case extending through
out the United States, its Territories
, and Dependencies.
| Being sensible of my duty as Grand
| Exalted Ruler, and having assumed
| the Obligation 10 deliver to my broth
ers perfect and united organization
! l have acted as my best Judgment
directed, and feel assured that nv
aim for consolidation has been ac-
cOmplished
Consolidation We have: and no crit
IiCism, however severe. can change II.
| That the Commission may complete
| its work with dispatch, I have order
ed that Brother Oscar D. Morris
shall assume his duties as Secretary
and Treasurer to the Commission. in
| compliance with our agreement made
at Richmond, and that he shall fur
nish good and sufficient bond for the
| faithful performance of the duties Of
said office.
l have also ordered that Brother
| DIR, James +. Mills, of Norfolk. Va.
be appointed Assistant Grand Exalted
| Ruler, and that Brother Francis II.
Warren, of Detroit. Mich, be appoint
ed Grand Organizer.
/ have ordered and directed that
Brother +. Burton Ceruti be appoint
ed National Receiver of Funds for
| Legal Defense.
The Commission, by proclamation.
will call upon the lodges in a few
days tor the legal defense fund and
give all lodges full instructions in re-
gard thereto as soon as Brother F.
Burton Ceruti submits his desires in
connection with said funds to the
Commission.
have further ordered and direct
ed that headquarters of our Order
be maintained at number IoI5 Flev-
enth street northwest WASHINGTON
d. c., where the offices of the Grand
Exalted Ruler, the SeCretary-Treas-
Iurer and the Commission will con
tlnue to be, pending the work of the
4 Commission.
In order that all lodges may have
the same password at the same time
from the proper authority, / hereby
respectfully order and direct that all
per capita taxes be sent direct to
lOscar d. Morris, Secretary Treasurer
to the Commission. who will send
you the proper receipt and password,
together with a list of lodges that
have not paid their taxes and have
mot received their quarterly password.
| Let all official communications
whether to the Grand Exalted Ruler
or to the Commission, be addressed
to Oscar ID. Morris, IOI5 Eleventh
street northwest, Washington, d. c.,
land you will receive prompt reply
l shall, assisted by Brother DR.. J.
| +. Mills, pay official visits to all
lodges, and you will be later informed
OF the date OF my visit to your lodge,
in order that you may make such ar
sary
| The password will be sent only to
those lodges paying taxes to Secre-
tary- Treasurer Morris
| All lodges desiring to be a part of
the Consolidated Order OF Elks will
) give no attention to letters of discOrd
| such as that sent a few days ago by
Secretary H. II. Pace
All lodges are admonished to close
their doors to all persons who come
to bring strife and discord
No lodge will be allowed represen-
tation i'll the Grand Lodge at Boston
that is in disobedience of the rulings
of the Commission and the orders of
the Grand Exalted Ruler
Done under my hand and seal this
27th day of December A. D. 1910, at
the city Of New York
J. FRANK WHEATON,
Grand Exalted Ruler.
(Seal Of the Grand Lodge, l. B. 2. O.
= +. W)
Il Approved this Goth day Of Decem-
r. Der, A. d. 1910, by the Commission
appointed by the Court:
GILES b. JACKSON.
JOHN w. PATTERSON.
OSCAR d. MORRIS,
Commissioners.