The Washington herald., 1911-09-11

Washington Lodge of Elks. through
the suggestion of Fred j. Mersheimer
one of its active members, made another
innovation in the line of entertainment
yesterday with.a Rhode Island clam bake
at Chesapeake Beach. The event was
for Elks and their personal friends, and
was a huge. success.
To insure its success the Elks brought
a bake master" from New Rochelle,
\. Y. The EIks went to the Beach in
three special cars, with Engineer Faw-
cett. also an Elk, at the engine throttle.
arriving at the Beach, the Elks went
directly to the Casino, where they sat
for a photograph, and then proceeded to
tent-walled inClOSure south Of the
Casino, where clam choTder was served
George Havell, chairman of the games
committee. COrraIIed the athletes, and
for a time the Elks were boys again
Messrs. Keliher and Pierce were verita-
hls Ty CObbs. and when it came to the
football game George Havell demon
Strated tnat he is still an adept at punt
ing. Capt Emil Schafer was a late
conner at the feast, but recOmpensed for
his tardiness with gifts to Gus Brahler.
Richard a: Collins, and others in recogni-
ton Of their skill.
Pyrc of Soft Wood.
P. J. Larken, the bake master. made a
minute inspection of everything. The
pyTe was made Of soft wood inter
spersed with five TO ten pound rocks
AfteT pouring oil on the pyre, the torch
was applied, and for three hours this
fre burned Larken and his assistants
raked out the chared wood from the
rocks. Men were standing by with sea
weed. which was first put on the hot
stones A great cloud of steam arose
When the seaweed had been spread
over the heated stones a pail of aromatic
steam hung over the fire. and Larken
and his assistants put on hard and soft
CLAIMS. chicken. blue fish. sweet and Irish
potatoes. Holsters. and tripe All Of the
food save the clans had been sCrupulous-
ly prepared and wra pped in cheese cloth.
in which il was cooked Then more sea-
weed and a tarPaulin was placed over
all
Just one hour elapsed before the tar
paulin was removed. and when the food
was served it was the unanimous judg-
ment that il could not fail to please old
EpiCurus himself had he been present to
enjoy the feast. A special sauce was
served with each course that proved de-
leCtable. At the conclusion OF the feast
II were generous in their praise of Fred
= AeLSnGllDeE lot the make, OF r. III
NeUmeyer. jT.. who bought the food and
directed the excellent service, and of the
others who had assisted in the undertake
ing Much Of the labor Of the bake fell
10 Mr. NeUmeyer's committee. consisting
of J. p. Roots, Myer Fisher. Ernest Hum
phrey, Gus Brahler, Fred Rupertus, and
John Becker.
Present at Clam Bake.
Among those present were James l.
Ward, exalted ruler Of Washington
Lodge; Col. Richard O'Brien. secretary:
P. J Foley. trustee; Myer Fisher and
W. r. Johnson, Of Baltimore Lodge of
Elks- No. :: Z. B. Brown, V. Healy, W
H. Shriver. William p. Gragg, J. P.
Roots, Horace Cole. r. Furrner, George
c. Pumphrey. Peter Latterner William
Young. George 4. Garden. J G.
SchlOsser. F. Rooney. r. T. Ragan. ]. Z.
Flick. Thomas 0. May. T. L. COstigan,
J. F. Bayne, J. II. Miller, r. +. Cozzens.
J O'Brien, II. r. May, D. F. DrisColl,
=. T. May J. NJ. Becker. F. A. Sullivan,
". F. Morrison. Al. Huber. Charles H.
Itermehle. James A. Farrell, A. V.
Girard. Or a. J. Kaveny, J. w. Has
lett, Clinton +. Goodman, F. II. NerI-
myer jr., Fred J. Mersheimer. r. T.
Warwick, Ernest P. Humphrey, c. Z.
Schaffner, A. Abbott. J. Richards, c. H.
NdlLN' II IL JSL-DbSbl, - j. | lllTdn,
T. L. Severse. Abe Cohen. August Hager-
mann, G. E. Tracy, Z. A. Hart, F. B.
Swar- Max HirsCh, Leon Strauss. TIM
othy L. Costello. Leo Leob, James F
Kelly, W. +. Spilane. DR. George A
Baker John c. Maxwell. R. W. Cole
man. George HavelI. Hugh F.. Harvey,
Robert F. Mattingly, William B. Daw-
son. August Brill w. c. Mckinney John
Mckinney. Herman J. Walls, George c.
Esher, w. a Fenton. C. w. Hornung, L. |
Odekoven, w. J. Peck Walter ]. Tharp. !
Herman Richards. DIR. Ross Everett
Gray, Thomas F. Kelliher Joseph S Van
Nleet, Alfred HOllander, John II. Hooper, |
J. w. Williams. Frank J. Solan. Frank
2. Hall. Thomas 2. Maloney, Frank J.
Smith, Clifford Wright. Charles II. Stello. |
c. w. Miller, E. p. Sexton, Thomas F
Quill. Lewis P. Nehrbass. Frank H. |
Walker. Frank NJ. Pierce, c. r. Eagle, |
s. Wierzbecki William H. McCauley, |
Thomas J. King. w. H. Kimball J. L.
Mahoney, W. J. O'Leary, John ]. Lycette, |
A. Collins, Dominick Fowler, Ed Fin |
nigan, Ed Steuben, Eugene Tharp, Dan
iel J. Sullivan. NJ. P. Sullivan, J. ]. |
Allen, W. c. Smallwood John p. Collins |
d. Z. Jenkins Charles F. Hermann, c. |
F. Bright, Frank B. ClarksOn, Daniel |
NJ. Shehan, Harry Hull, Harry Kopp |
Thomas B. Dickerson, w. P. Riley c. E. |
Mcclure, George Land A. s. Nabors |
c. E. Curtin. E Admire O. c. Brahler, |
August w. Brahler, z. P. Brahler, Martin |
Weber, J. Miller, Frank Hambright, B. |
F. Bodine, w. S. Schinerer, r. Won Glue |
mer. E. A. O'NeiIl. Joseph A Burkart, |
S. E. Abrams. J. H. Bradley, E. B. Van |
Fleet. c. D. Murdock, Thomas McLaugh-
lin, 1. NJ. Wright, Albert Farrell, R. A. |
Brecht, F. E. johnson, ]. Fred Rupertus,
John Nelligan, H. B. Goodrell. John A.
Kapp, DR.. Tracy Payfair. William Buck
ley, J. T. Moffett, Charles S. Kimball.
Capt. E. .. Schafer Charles J. Column
bus, and Louis Hodges.
DIG OUT MAN BURIED ALIVE