Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-08
ELAWARE ELKS
At ATLANTIC CITY
Large Delegation Attending the
Annual Convention
There
Special Dispatch to Every Evening

ATLANTIC Cry, july 8.
Wilmington and Delaware Elks are
arriving here for the golden Jubilee con-
vention.
The members from the State Of peaches
are more than usually interested in the
I 1913 conclave, for number Of reasons.
With the convention held in a ncighboring
State "a great number will attend and
| the fact that their brothers up the river,
| Philadelphia lodge, No. 2, are trying for
| Grand Lodge honor, is attracting both
their attention and support
The man that the Quaker City Elks
are anxious to elect is Thomas &. Flen-
| ing. and the post they want for him rs
grand lecturing knight. For twenty years
| the Philadelphia lodge has not had repre-
scntation in the grand lodge Fleming is
opposed bv John L. Durkett of st.
Petersburg Fla
, If the Philadelphia is defeated he
will mt least br appointed grand district
! deputy with jurisdiction over Whining
| ton \ uniformed reception committee,
! headed hy NIavor larry Bacharach. met
the Delaware lLlks al tho station yestrr-
day and escorted them behind a military
band to the headquarters ri the Absccnn
! totcl. on Virginia avenue
Administration leaders. after a pre-
convention conference here Yesterday, an
nounccd hat Bruce a Campbell, n lead
ing attorney of East - Louis Will be
! elected grand exalted ruler.
The administration choice for head
Of the order IS a graduate OF the nj
vcrsity Of Illinois and thrty-nlnc years
of agC lie served n a member Of the
General Assembly 81 Illinois IN 1908.
was defeated for Congress In 1910 and
e the hoo ri of
crnors Of tho Illinois State Bar Asso-
ciatiou lIc has been n member Of the
Ilks since 1905
Not So much war rs war transportn-
ZION tariffs is responsible for the fact
that he delegations arriving on every
train today from an parts Of the country
are much smaller IN numbers than had
been hoped for ~ the shore convention
managers
Dennis. Ten brought live boom
for Edward r Brennan, of hat city for
! the office Of treasurer Of the Grand
Lodge held for number Of wears past
III Charles White. Of Chicago White
like Grand Secretary Frcd & Robinson.
who also is opposed, will have the sup
port Of the administration
Cincirnatians who are supporting
James e. Riachrdson cf that city. for
secretary upon the ground that no man
should mortgage high Elk> office for
life. claimed 10 hc gaining strength TO-
ia> amurE the southern and western
contiHEcnt~
PHILNnELPHItNS ARRIVE.
John Il Tcrcr president Of the Ma
tianal League nf Baseball Clubs and a
past grand exalted ruler registered vestcr-
/ day at Pennsylvania headquarters at the
Traymorc With hun came j Il. Masters.
az Charlcrol a member of the board Of
grand trustees Chester f. Nray past
exalted ruler 81 Philadelphia Lodge and
Charles Walter were among tie first
/ Phlladelphians 10 pat IN an appearance.
Culorcl Crago, a member Of the Penn
sllvania congressional delegation, also
is here.
The Penusvlvanians held a meeting yes
tcrdav afternoon and arranged for Key
stone State reunion 10 he held on We'd
/ ueslav with a number Of distinguished
guests Governor Edge, Of New Jersey.
a Hello Bill OF Atlantic City Lodge
will deliver the address OF welcome to the
Grand Lodge on the Million Dollar Pier
tonight
Atlantic CITY is in festive array for
the convention. Bands and escort com
mittees OF the Shore Lodge in white
uniform. with red white and blue shout
der straps. met the incoming delegations
and escorted them to their hotels. The
Million Dollar Pier where the Grand
Lodge sessions ARE TO be held, is a mass
of patriotic bunting
Fred Harper, retiring grand exalted
ruler. in his annual address which is
to be delivered tomorrow morning before
the convention goes into the election of
officers. will recommend that the order
in the country supplement its action at
Boston last year by appropriating an
other 81 100000 for war relief, "as the
one big splendid thing the order can
and should do to demonstrate 10 the