Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-07
MAYOR AND ELKS
!. OFF FOR REUNION.
Rochester Is Destination of
Special Train Carrying Crowd
Of Hello Bill" Men.

In a special train of three passen-
ger coaches and one baggage car
about $50 members of Newark Lodge
Mo. 81, B. P. o. Elks, and their friends
left the Park View station of the Lee
high Valley railroad today for Roch-
sester, N. Y, where they will attend
the annual reunion grand lodge meet
ing. The Newark delegation will not
return home until next Saturday.
= The Elks' special train started on
Its journey at $3.50 o'clock this MORN
ing. The train stopped at West Eliza
beth to pick up more cars bearing the
Irvington delegation of Elks The
next stop was made at Wilkesbarre,
Pa, where dinner was served. The
party is scheduled to arrive in Roch-
ester at 1880 o. clock this evening, when
they will be met by brass band and
escorted to the Hotel Whitcomb, their
headquarters at Rochester.
On Wednesday the delegation will
make trip to Niagara Falls and re-
turn to Rochester the same evening.
Thursday the party will journey to
the Thousand Islands, returning to
Rochester on Saturday morning for
the trip homeward. Mayor and Mrs.
Jacob Haussling and other city off,
cals were among the Newarkers who
made the trip.
The committee in charge of the
Newark excursion is as follows:
George A. Guenther, chairman; Harry
w. Birrell, secretary; John B. Wolff.
treasurer; Christopher J. Horle, e. g.
Charbonneau, Ralph r. Eichlin and
John Floyd Andrew, special agent of
the Lehigh Valley, as superintendent
OF the excursion.
There was a delegation of Elks from
Orange, South Orange and Montclair
lodges that embarked on a special
train this morning, and they will re-
main in Rochester until the final days
session is concluded. More than hum
bred Orange brethren and their wives
are making the journey and larger
number from Montclair. Special ar
rangements have been made for the
entertainment of the ladies at the
convention city and the committee in
charge has secured excellent hotel ac-
commodations.
Gustave Dorfmuller, past grand
exalted ruler, is the Orange Lodge
delegate The Orange folk will likely
.be given considerable consideration
this year owing TO the success of tho
swomen's auxiliary at Atlantic City
last year in winning the first prize
for the float division. The Orange
lodge group of travellers today totaled
seventy weight women and men.
\ There will be a comparatively small
group Of East Orange members at the
Convention. Otto Fischer, past exalted
ruler, is a member of the grand lodge
charter committee Of three men and
is now in Rochester attending to the
affairs of the convention. Charles
Arcularius, 80 years old, but who is an
enthusiastic Elk and attends the va
vious gatherings, made the trip to
Rochester from Gettysburg. where, as
"a Union veteran, he participated in
-tlre- semi-centennial of the great
battle Harry Hilsinger, delegate of
\ the lodge, and Adolph Braun, the al
ternate, left yesterday for the con-
,fention.
Past Exalted Ruler Joseph Joule, of
the Belleville Lodge of Elks, viii rep
resent his lodge at the convention. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Joule. Town
Clerk and Mrs. Edward e. Mathes
Aalso left to join the army of Elks at
Rochester.
. Kearny Lodge, b. p. o. E., of West
Hudson, will be represented at the
national convention, which is to be
held in Rochester. Four Kearny Elks
left Arlington last night and boarded
q boat for Albany. They will make
the remainder of the trip by train.
The West Hudson delegates are John
A. Kelly. Willard A. Stevens. leading
knight; Edward j. Kraft and James
Fitzpatrick. Messrs. Kelly and Kraft
ere both mast exalted rIlers