Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-06-20
K. 0. I. NJ. CONVENTION
LARGE DELEGATION HERE-VERY
SUCCESSFUL MEETING HELD
PLENTY AMUsE1k1NT


afternoon at 2:3O. The arrival of dele
gates began early Tuesday evening
bringing all the notable officers Of
the order from all parts of the United
States and Canada besides a number
of delegates into the city. There is
likely 800 Maccabees present, includ-
ing delegates, degree teams and ball
players.
The opening meeting was called to
order at 3 O'Clock Wednesday after
noon by Past Commander F. E. Hall
of this city. $50 ~.
The address of welcome was de-
livgred by F. w. Lyon and Dr.. E. 81.
Haas of Minneapolis, Great Commander
Of Minnesota, gave the response, in
which he said that although this was
the first convention of the Maccabees
ever held outside Of the cities of Min
neapolis, St. Paul and Duluth, there
was no question as to the success of
such gathering in smaller city. He
dwelt upon the standing of the
order in comparison with other frater-
nal associations Of the country, pointing
out the strong features Of the K. 0.
T. M. and its record as whole.
A. H. Vernon of this city introduced
DR.. F. Edmister of New York, Supreme
Medical Examiner. In response DR..
Edmister stated that this was his first
opportunity to attend convention OF
this nature, also that it was his first
time in the state of Minnesota. He
spoke on the conditions of things in
general in Minnesota as compared with
other states.
E. F. Shaw spoke on the benefits Of
the order and introduced Geo. SULLIVAN
of Ontario, Can. Provincial Command.
er Of Canada. Mr.. SULLIVAN in his re.
sponse spoke on the progress and con.
dition of the order in Canada. A
number of other supreme officers gave
short speeches.
After the introduction Of visiting Of
icers the first degree was exemplified
in trial form. This furnished great
deal of entertainment for the onlook
ers and took up over two hours OF
time.
The business meeting of the order
was held at the Harrison & Peterson
hall Thursday morning at 9:20.
Chas. Futter. commander of Duluth
tent No. /, addressed the meeting and
read a paper On what of the Future
in which he portrayed a splendid
future for the association, showing
that if it continued to grow as rapid
a pace as we. are nov travelling that
almost every other howe in the conn.
try would be protected by the st:one
arm Of the finances Of this association
Sir Knight H. G. Kerr, great coun'
sellor, opened discussion of Mr.. Futter 's
paper and discussed the advisability
of charging an initiation fee Of 1925
in this state. The matter is to be
finally acted upon by each local tent
Great Commander E. H. Haas of
Minneapolis presented a statement
showing the splendid increase in the
order during the past year and the
splendid financial gain and growth Of
the Great Camp.
DR.. F. Edmister Of Detroit, Mi.E.,
was next to speak and he presented
the facts and history pertaining to
the work in his department, over which
he is supreme. No candidate can be
admitted to the order before the ap.
plication has been approved by DR..
Edmister. He passes upon an average
of $50 applications each day.
The degree team contest took place
after going to press, and the results
could not be obtained.
The final windup Of the convention
came in the form of a banquet at the
Joslin hall at II 'clock Thursday eve
ming. This was partaken Of by all the
members and was pronounced the best
part of the convention.
The delegates returned on the early
morning trains and at noon today fol
their respective homes.
LOCALS WON ROWLING MATCH