Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-19
ODD FELLOWS COME
TO OMAHA MEETING
Sessions of Grand Lodge and Several
Auxiliary Organizations Are
in Progress.
RACE FOR THE OFFICES STARTS

Hundreds of Odd Fellows from all
over the state are in Omaha.
Rebekahs are here, too.
The fifty-eighth annual session of
the grand lodge will commence to-
morrow. The forty-fourth annual
session of the Grand Encampment is
in full swing. The thirty-second an
nual session of the Rebekahs will
commence tomorrow, and the Depart
ment Council Patriarchs Militant is
in its twenty-second annual session.
Thus members of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and members of
the auxiliary organizations are simply
swarming into the city They will con-
tinue to swarm for three days. ending
Thursday night. 1t is expected that for
the various organizations and auxiliaries
between l.5oO and 1900 delegates and Wis
itors will be in Omaha during the three
davs. F S-N Aa
Delegates began to arrive Sunday.
Grand Master Harnish of O'Neills Grand
Patriarch ]. A. Davis OF Lincoln, Joe
Hoagiand OF North Platte. president OF
the Odd Fellows home board. and o. o.
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finance committee, arrived at headquar-
ters at the Fontenelle hotel Sunday even
Ing Grand Scribe 1. p. Gage of Fremont
arrived early this morning.
Eneampment COnvenes.
The Grand Encampment branch Of the
order convened in regular session at 2
O'Clock at the Independent Order OF Odd
Fellows hall. Fourteenth and Dodge
streets. This was presided over by Grand
Patriarch Davis OF Lincoln. Reports were
read and degrees were conferred upon new
representatives OF the Grand Encamp-
ment.
Last Saturday the home board was In
session all day at York. The homo board
has charge OF the Odd Fellows home
maintained at York. Routine business
was transacted and some of the rules OF
the institution were revised. The superin-
tendent of the home was authorized to
make number OF permanent improve
ments on the farm buildings.
Superintendent and Mrs. ]. II. Wilson
were reelected superintendent and
matron respectively of the home for
the ensuing year.
During this session the youngest guest
ever taken In the home was accepted.
This was the 2-month-old baby of c. A.
Jones of Gresham. Neb., who appeared
in person before the board. He made a
personal appeal for admittance of the
baby. and brought tears TO the eyes of
every one of the board. The mother OF
the infant died when the baby was born.
Charles 70. Wyman OF Chicago, for
merly superintendent OF the Odd Fel-
lows Old Folks Home OF Nation. I'LL.
1 Ell n.
on the management Of the Odd Eel
lows home.
BaumEaPdner Talks.
c. A. Baumgardner of Omaha gave
talk on the Printers Home OF Colorado
Springs, explaining how the funds are
raised and how the money Is expended.
and praised the splendid results obtained
both in the home and in the tubercular
hospital in connection with is.
Last evening the Patriarchial degree
was exemplifled by Hesperian en-
campment No. 2 at Odd Fellows hall.
The Royal Purple degree was con-
ferred by Crusader eneampment No. 81.
A general get-together meeting was
held after the degree work was given
and refreshments. were served.
Hats Are in Ring.
Candidates for the position Of grand
junior warden OF the grand encampment
are already in the field This is the office
from which a man steps almost automat-
ically In thes succeeding years into the
shoes Of grand high priest. grand senior
warden and grand patriarch. Those al
ready in the field for the office OF grand
junior warden are A. p. Hansen OF
Omaha, Otto Steele OF the South Side.
Omaha; ]. r. Snyder OF chadron. J. @.
swope OF North Platte, e. Welch Of
Lincoln A. p. Hanson. who Is In the
race, is secretary OF Dannebrog lodge No.
2l6. the largest odd Fellows lodge I'm the
state.
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Hoagland OF North
Platte have arrived and are stopping at
the Fontenelle. They bear the unique
distinction Of being grand warden OF the
grand lodge and warden OF the state Re
bekah assembly. respectively.
The Rebekahs are TO hold their first
meeting OF the week Tuesday evening AT
7:SO at the Fontenelie hotel for the pur-
pose Of cOnferrins the state assembly de-
gree