Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-15

this week when the Great Council of
the United States, Improved Order of
Red Men, met here i'll the ball room OF
the OCEAN Pier on Monday last, Sep
TENDER 18th, 1915, with $50 some dele
gates present from almost every state
in the Union. Mayor Frank E. Smith
presented the convention with a hand
some wooden key and extended the
freedom of the city. Great I%ncohonee
Frederick o. Downes, of Boston, Mass,
responded. Addresses were also made
by City Commissioner Ryan and Past
Great Sachem John B. Wright, of
Wildwood. The latter introduced for
mer Congressman J. Thompson Baker,
who made the welcoming address.
Great Sachem John A. Myers, of
Lakewood, then introduced Joseph E.
Nowrey, of Camden, great chief of rec
ords of the New jersey Council, who
welcomed the Great Council to the
State. The Great Pocahontas of New
jersey, Lila w. Thompson, of New
Egypt, delivered an address Oh the
work the Degree of Pocahontas is doing
In this and other States.
Great Sachem J.. A. Myers welcomed
the delegates to this State on behalf of
the Great Council of New Jersey.
The council then went into secret
session, at which degrees were confer
red upon seventy-five. e members
from the different States.
Representative A. E. Hill was APP
pointed to fill a vacancy on the judic-
larry committee caused by the absence
Of former Governor Cole Blease, of
South Carolina, who could not be pres
emit, owing to the election being held
in that State.
On roll call of States it was learned
that % members OF the Great Council
had died in the last year, the largest
number ever recorded.
Representative John w. Walker, OF
Maryland, presented two amendments
to the laws, one for raising the fees for
admission into tribes and another
changing the age limit of female men,
bers of Daughters of Pocahontas. Both
were referred to the committee on legls-
lation.
Invitations were presented to hold
the next Great Council session at Grand
Rapids, Mich; Asheville, NC; Chat
tanooga; New Haven, Conn; Worces-
ter, Mass Baltimore; Hot Springs,
Ark Norfolk; Chicago; Portland,
Ore, and San Francisco.
Committee on widowed mothers
pensions and child welfare reported
that 20 States have adopted laws Pre-
viding aid to mothers for the support
of their children in their W homes.
There were more women here than
at any previous session of the Great
Council.
Monday afternoon the visitors left
the Hotel Sheldon by automobile for
Cape May, where they were given a
reception by the officials of the oldest
seaside resort in America. In the eve
ming a council of sorrow was held in
the Ocean Pier theatre.
The visiting Red Men were gusets of
the Wildwood Casino Auditorium Co.
and attended the special concert OF
Director Walter Pfeiffer's orchestra
and heard Miss Kathryn Mckinley,
the coloratura soprano, sing on Mon
day evening.
Tuesdays Session
The morning was devoted to the
recommendation made by Great Inco-
honee Downes, who stated in his report
that In order to economic and appro-
pirate more funds among the different
States for the purpose of propagating
the order that the session OF 1917 be
eliminated, thereby saving $4,000.
This matter caused a debate Of about
two hours and was finally carried by a
vote of IA to II.
The afternoon session centered about
the election of the great junior saga
more. Five candidates were in the
field, John E. Sedwick, OF Indiana;
Joseph E. Nowrey, New Jersey; Wal
ter R. Rodgers, of Pennsylvania; Dap
iel H. Russell, of Kentucky, and A. G.
Rutherford, of Tennessee.
The first ballot resulted as follows:
Russell, 81; Rutherford, 49; Rodgers,
%; Nowrey, %, and Sedwick, IL, the
latter Withdrawing. Second ballot
Russell, "a; Rutherford, SO; Rodgers,
Is, and Nowrey, ID. The third ballot
resulted in Rutherford winning out by
so votes to Russell's II.
Wilson Brooks, of Illinois, was re-
elected great chief of records for the
seventeenth consecutive time.
The committee on finances voted to