Evening star., 1911-08-23
FOR MEET
Germans Select Delegates to
Alliance Convention.
ENTERTAIN ON BIG SCALE
Extensive Plans Outlined at Meet.
ing Of Central Verein to Wei
come Visitors.

Delegates to the convention OF the Ma
tionai German-American Alliance In this
city, October 6 to 8. were elected last
night at a meeting of the Washington
German Central Verein, at Besslers Hall.
922 Pennsylvania avenue. while extensive
plans were outlined for the entertainment
Of the visitors.
Arrangements have been made for an
excursion to Marshall Hall. to be held
Sunday. to defray the expenses of enter.
tanning the delegates. when practically
the entire German population Of the city
is expected to attend.
The steamer Charles Manchester has
been chartered for the occasion. and sing
Ing and other forms of Sunday entertain
ment will mark the day. The committee
in charge of the excursion comprises
Emile SPAIN, chairman; Paul HALTER,
Gregor Kramm and Leo Diegelmann.
The delegates elected by the Washing
ton German Central Verein, representing
the United German Societies Of the Dis
trict, will he members of the committee
of the Central Nerein on entertainment.
DR.. Kurt Voelckner, president of the or
ganization, was elected chairman of the
committee, while the other members are
Gustave Bender, Martin Wiegand, Carl
Hammei and August Schmidt.
The convention. which Will make It's
viii bring more than 1000 German visit
ors To the CITY, as well as 300 delegates,
representing each state in the Union.
In Charge Of Convention.
The oficers of the United German
American Societies who will be in charge
OF the convention are as follows: Kurt
voelckner. president: w. Ruckdaeschel,
vice president; Karl c. Braun, fourth
vice president; Conrad Meinhardt, fifth
vice president; Gustave Bender. secretary,
Charles L. Gerner. treasurer: Joseph
Hammel. r. Imhof. Herman Lechner.
John Weber, Christian Beilstein. Honor
able presidents. Simon Wolf and Rudolph
Saur. Honorary member: John II.
Feidhans. Harry Rothchild and Carl e.
GundIach. Executive committees: John
Wischusen. Louis Schroff. J. George Auth.
William Hannemann. Albert Lepper.
George Miller, Emile SPAIN. Dr. Christian
George Meyer and Rudolph de Zapp.
The representatives of the various Ger
man societies who will look after the
entertainment of the delegates are as
follows:
Arion Singing Society: John Weber,
Wischusen.
verein Baden: Louis Schron. A. J.:
Reinhart, Carl Hammel, Karl Lichten-
fels. Karl Jantz.
Verein Bayern: W. Ruckdaeschel. Theo-
dore A. Leckert, Fritz vogel. Joseph s..
Lemp, John ;Kueffner. :.
Columbia Turnverein: f. e. Mann. Paul
HALTER. John Alt. E. F. Juergensen, Isl
dor Sobel.
Columbia Brewers Sick Benevolent So
cfety: Franz Rom. George Miller. jr.,
Ferd Diegelmann. Chris Beilstein. X.
From Columbia Bund.
| Columbia Bund. No. 81. o. D. S. r.:
John Meininger. Fritz Eberly. F. w. See
bode. G. A. Hoffman. Fred Derndinger.
| German-American Benevolent Society:
Gustave Henning. Reinhard Maui. Her
mann Schultz, John p. Dietz, George
| Meyer.
German Benevolent Organization, No
40-William Hannemann. Alfred Krieg. G.
W. Hornung. A. w. Dickmann, Fritz
Bertram, Charles l.. Rupert.
German Benevolent Organization. No
low. Dietz, Oswald Edert. John Kueff-
ner. Theo. Lerch.
German Orphan Society-F. Imhef. VII.