Evening star., 1912-09-09

six hundred pounds of tenderloin steak.
116 pounds of Buckwurst sausage, %
pounds Of lamb chops. 20 barrels of hard
and soft shell clans. 800 Holsters, 800
chickens go sheephead fish. 30 pounds
OF brown bread. LOCO ears of corn. 100
bushels of Irish and sweet potatoes and
a. watermelonS made up the menu of the
roo Washington Elks and their friends
who participated in the annual clambake
of Washington Lodge which took place
at River View yesterday. Fifty pounds
OF coffee and three pounds of tea were
also used TO wash down the other viands.
The steamer st. Johns, chartered espe-
cally for the purpose. left her wharf at
1880 o'clock yesterday morning, carry
ing the party to the scene of. the feast.
where the Soldiers Home Band. under
the direction of John S. NJ. Zimmerman.
and program of athletics furnished the
other entertainment of the day.
Three Square Meals.
Sixty tables were required to seat the
guests and seventy walters were kept
busy while the great feast was in prog
ress. Louis W. Thompson. New Jer-
soy member of the order, aided by
others skilled in culinary art. prepared
the good things for the bake. and break
fast. luncheon and "clambake" marked
the intervals at which they were served
Between luncheon and the clambake
the athletic program was presented. with
only Elks. except in one event, partici-
pating. The successful contestants, with
the events in which they triumphed. are
as follows: Fifty-yard foot race. Peter
I.atterner; 1U9-yard free-for-all. j. l.. De
Ncale; three-legged race, Henry Steiner
and Martin Creelman: relay race. quar-
ter mile, Gus Brill, Gus w. Brahler and
Louis Hodges: base ball game bureau
OF engraving and printing team defeated
a nine representing the government print
Ing office: quoits. John p Dunn and
George +. Poller: hurdle race, Frank A.
Kidd: broad jump, Charles III. Cter-
mehle: high jump. Herman richards:
swimming race, Hugh +. Harvey; float
ing race, :. Lemon Hoover: high dive
Capt E. G. Schafer: fancy dive Maj E.
j. Neumyer.
with the party. steamed down the Po-
tom2c. the return to the city being
made at o'clock. Music on the boat.
going and coming. in the grove at
River View and during the clambake
virtually made an an-day concert by
the Soldiers Home Band.
Committees in Charge.
The committees in charge were as
follows:
Executive committee-Fred ]. AIers-
heimer. chairman; William Buckley,
secretary: DR. Tracy Payfair treasu-
erer and Charles II. Ctermehle. ser
Seant- alarms
General committee-E E. Van Fleet,
j. j. Farrell. George c. Pumphrey,
Henry Hull. Charles ii. UtermehIe. Au-
gust Brill. T.. III. Neumeyer, jr, p j.
Foley. J. Fred Rupertus, W. r. Morri-
son. l.. Silverman. a. W. Girard, f. g.
Schafer, John Perry, K. T.. Collins, r.
\. Kidd. Leo Zwissler. !. Nj. Wright,
Ernest @. Humphrey. J. NJ. Becker.
"a mucl Richards. r ~ Whitehead,
George +. Havell, Jake Richards. Abe
Cohen August Hasemann. r. b.
Clarkson. J. T.. keefe. G.. III. Brahler.
". IL Hettinger. Hugh +. Harvey,
John j. Hogan. Charles j. Columbus.
Theodore Picard. :. \. Kimberly. w. r.
Dawson. Thomas +. keliher and +. y.
Whitehead.
arrangements committee-Fred ].
McrSheimer. r. II. Neumeyer, jr., G. w.
Rrailer. +. g. Schafer. August Brill
and J. NJ Becker.
NmuScments commttee-George r.
Haven. Jake Richa rds. August Hage-
mann. Charles j. Columbus. STh omas +.
keiiher, Walter j. Tharp and Al Hol-
lander.
Printing committee-William Buck
lcy. ". Il. Dawson and /. y. White
head.