Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-11
HUNDREDS COMING
FOR &c. MEETING
Crowds 10 Davenport for Su-
prone Council of Order,
WILL BE HELD AUG. TO 3
Fourth Degree Members Are to Be
rendered BRnquet-Plates
Laid for 1,200.

! Announcement OF two special trains
will bring delegations to the conven-
ton OF the supreme council of the
Knights OF Columbus In Davenport on
Aug /, ? and 3, have been received at
| convention headquarters in the Hotel
| Davenport
One of the specials will come from
Chicago and will be under the auspices
of the Illinois delegation. Many of
the delegates from the east will also
make the trip from Chicago on this
train The other special train that
has been secured is coming from
Omaha, and will bring the Nebraska
delegation, many from the far west
and large number from the western
part of Iowa
The Chicago train will leave the La
Sale street station at 1870 o'clock on
the afternoon of Monday, July 81, and
viii arrive in Davenport at 5 40 o'clock
IN time for the banquet which Will fol-
low the fourth degree exemplication
on that day. The Illinois visitors will
be met at the Rock Island station by a
band and escorted to their hotels. The
fourth degree members among them
will then don their regaIia and go in
DNA- ~ ItAC 1OAASCul4I HlICl Z LLlt DuLl-
quet is to be served Three hundred
candidates from Iowa and the middle
west are to receive the fourth degree
Of the order on the afternoon of July
81 at the Grand opera house, and on
completion of the degree work the
fourth degree members and initiates
in full dress and wearing the insignia
of the degree will march to the coli
scum for the banquet which will be
served about $50 O'Clock. Plates will
be laid for 1000.
The Chicago delegation. headed by
Leroy Hackett, state deputy, and Will
liam \. Brown, past state deputy, has
issued a fOur-page circular annOunc-
ing its plans, and urging Illinois mem
bers to make reservations on the
train at once. The equipment Of the
train will consist Of library car, par
Tor cars, drawing room sleeping cars
and all-SteeI coaches. The train will
stop at Joliet, La Sale, Bureau, and
at other points en- route, if reservations
have been made in advance.
Coming From Nebraska
Omaha and Nebraska promise to
have large delegation on board their
special train. Much enthusiasm is be-
ing shown among the membership. /.
J. Daugherty of Davenport, chairman
of the general arrangements commit
tee in charge Of the convention, was
in Omaha on a business trip during the
past week and reports that the inter
est being displayed among the Knights
of Columbus there indicates that Ne
braska will be well represented
Reservations from every state in the
union and from Canada have been re-
ceived at convention headquarters. ST. /
Louis will send a delegation of 800
with the famous Choral club. Iowa is
coming strong. Dubuque has asked /.
for reservations for 300; the entire
OF Harper council will be
present and many other cities and /
towns in the state are now making up
parties that will swell the attendance /
Of visitors and tax the hotel accOmmO- I
dations of the tri-cities. Persons hav-
ing rooms available and who desire to I
assist in housing the visitors are re- /
quested to notify H. J. Mcfarland at .
convention headquarters, 207 West
Fourth street, Hotel Davenport.