The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-05
ELKS TO DEN0UNCE B0LSHEVISM
 AT GREAT VICTORY CONVENT|ON

100000 additional members will be enrolled this year.
 Here is another great big thing that Grand Exalted Ruler Campbell and the Elks' War Commission have accomplished: Co-operat- ing with the Federal Board for Voca- tional Educat.cn. S5O,00O have been set aside for a publicity campaign committee. This committee will reach discharged men of the sur vice who have not learned of the liberal provisions made by the Gov ernment for compensation for their Injuries, for re-education when neces- sary and for placing them in suitable employment.
 Another s15o.oOo ha- been placed at the disposal of pr. Prosser to be used in the re-education and voca- tional training of worthy disabled soldiers, sailors and marines who have have been discharged and who do not come within the purview Of the War Risk Insurance Act or the Federal Vocational Reha bilitation Act and therefore cannot receive either compensation or training at the ex- pense of the Federal Government
 Still another S50,O00 is placed at the disposal of Dr. Prosser to be loan ed to disabled service men, so that lA4tS IIll5Al Dt pldCtu III training, with proper maintenance while their com pensation award is being determined by the Government, in this way avoiding much privation and" humiliation to them. The loans are to be returned as soon as the man receives his money from the Govern rnent- It Is therefore a revolving fund which will practically not be dimin.-1- ed but will be turned over ma. times in the months to come render ing an invaluable service to many men.
 Considerable zest has been thrown into the convention this year by the fact that there are two candidates for the position of Grand Exalted Ruler to be elected at Atlantic City, The rival candidates are Frank l.. Rain of Fairbury, Neb., Lodge No. 1903 and Albert T. Brophy of Brooklyn, N Y., Lodge No. 22.
 MT. Rain is a prominent lawyer of Nebraska. He was born in Mar shall, Tex, August 5, 1877, graduated from the University of Nebraska with the degree of A. B., and from the University of Michigan in 1904, with the degree of ILL. B. He has served three terms as city attorney in Fair bury and four terms as prosecuting
 
 itiated by Beatrice, Neb. Lodge, No. 61e, Sept 2S, 1908, and demitted to FHirbury Lodge, No. 1908 on June 10, 1910, when the Lodge was insti- tuted, and served as its first and second Exalted Ruler in 191O-11 and 1911-12- He was representative of the lodge at the Atlantic City Grand Lodge in 1911 and at the Portland Grand Lodge in 1912. In the latter year he was appointed District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler of Nebraska by Grand Exalted Ruler Mills. He was appointed a member of the Commit ice on Judiciary of the Grand Lodge in 1913 by Grand Exalted Ruler Leach and re-appointed in 1914 by Grand Exalted Ruler Benjamin.
 He was made Chairman of the Ju- dietary Committee in 1915 by Grand Exalted Ruler Nicholson and reap pointed in 1916 by Grand Exalted Ruler Rightor and again in 1917 hy Grand Exalted Ruler Harper As Chairman of the Judiciary Commit ? he has visited nearly every lodge in Elkdom, examined and approved their bylaws, has, rendered hundreds of opinions the construction of the laws of the Order and is one of the authors of the pamphlet "Opinions and Decisions" In 1913 he was Secre- tary and in 1914 President of the Ne braska State Elks Association
 Both candidates have the unani- nous indorsement of their home i lodges.
 Brother Brophy was initiated an | Elk on June 24, 1903 and has been i ar active member ever since. He has | been in Brooklyn Lodge No p Es- teemed Loyal Knight, Esteemed Lead | ing Knight, Exalted Ruler for two | terms and Trustee for three years and was unanimously elected to each office. While Exalted Ruler he re- ceived 2,1S9 applications for member ship and increased the treasury over ; S5S,00O. He has attended 13 sessions of the Grand Lodge and has served i. as a member of the Auditing Com mittee, as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee for one year, four year, as a. Justice of the Grand Forum and is present Chief Justice of the Grand Forum.