Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
$4,000 MOOSE TO
MEET IN CHICAGO
National Convention of Order Is
TO Assemble IN That City
on 9th of July.
HUGE PARADE A FEATURE
Expected That Forty Thousand Of the
Members VIII Be in the Line
Big Time Is Planned.

Chicago. Ill. July 13.-More than
fifty thousand Moose are coming to
Chicago. Enroute TO the 1914 annual
convention of the Loyal Order of
Moose in Milwaukee herds from all
over,the United States will visit in Chi
cago long enough to hold one of the
largest fraternal parades that ever
MARCHED through the loop district and
TO initiate 1000 new members to the
Cook county lodge in a meeting at the
Auditorium theater.
The national convention meets July
27 to August 2 in Milwaukee. For a
time 1T was thought that Chicago
would SDe the scene of the great gath
ering of Moose, but the Supreme coun-
ell came 20 a final-long delayed-de-
cision yesterday and agreed on Mil
waukee. The entire delegation, how
eyer, together with thousands of visi-
S, will be entertained in Chicago for
70 days. July 25 and 20.
over one hundred thousand guests
viii be drawn to Chicago and on to the
Acpnvention by the waste horde Of ant
IeSed Moose who will be the guestsso of
the 1900 Moose OF Cook county ion
Satu rday and Sunday preceding the
opena ng of the Milwaukee meeting.
IA ltionaI Director in Charge.
Hartl ey L. Replogle, national direc-
tor of {. lie order, will be in charge OF
the two, days celebration in Chicago.
The mem 1ers of the executive commit
tee who = i'll assist him are Coroner
Peter HoFl nan, Sheriff Michael Zim-
mer. w II. Stolte, former mayor of
Chicago Hen hts; Dr. W. Z. Buehler.
w. H Malone. William BCrden,y James
Barron. ". F,AGailing, W. Lee iProvol,
e. A. Johnsona Edward BechHo1 and
J-B. Price.
The parade;S Saturday afternoon, July
25. viii be the Bis event Forty thou
sand Moose are expected TO form in
line and march from Sixteenth street
down Michigan avenue and then by
winding route ,throughythe main streets
OF the loop.
arrangements have been made for
fifteen bands TO be Interpreted
through the line Of 4O.OOOtmen uniform
cd in white fianrel suits and Panama
hats The marshaks in charge will be
Coroner Hoffman, Sheriff thinner.
County Clerk r NJ. Switzer,.J. E. Van
ANatta. ". II. StoIte. ThomassCerny, H
A Clausen, Henry Stuckarts and DR..
Buehler.
AutomobiIef floats are being deco
rated by the twelve MoOsei lodges of
Cook county. One. of these, at an ex-
pense of 5000 will represent an Alas
kan mountain scene with three real
bull moose.
Supreme officers of the Loyal Order
OF Moose will ride at the head of the
parade, followed byt several hundred
automobiles. the flo ats, bands, drum
corps, and the white diannel infantry"
Large Class to BE Adopted.
The parade will ber followed by a
public initiation at the Auditorium the
ate- IN the evening. when a class. of
1000 will Tide the moose" For two
months the Chicago lodges have been
rounding up candidates Tor this event
expecting that the convention, would
be held in Chicago and knowing that if
il went to Milwaukee that the first two
days of II and the most spectacular
part would be staged here in this city.
Many prominent political men of Illi-
nois viii momentariIy forge THE ami
mostly OF the impending campaigns
and serve together on the, general COM
mittee in charge of the Moose celebra-
ton in Chicago, July % and &c. Among
them are Gov. Edward F. Dunno,
Charles S Deaeen. Judge Charles Nc
Donald Judge 4. J. Petit. Judge John
Scully, Judge John z. Owens, Judge H.
r. Stewart, Judge Charles NJ. Foell,
Aid. Frank Z. Ray, James IRea, E. VI.