The Washington herald., 1919-10-12
B. P. O. Elks.

A class of fifty-six candidates
was initiated last Wednesday even
ing at about the eighth large initia-
tion held at the club during the
present drive for 1000 new members.
Fifty-three of these were made new
members in the local lodge. Regu-
lar business was suspended until
after the initiation, which was we'll
attended by more than 300 local
Elks. Shortly after the affair Web
ster Ballinger. a prominent lawyer,
and Howard Mckinley and Paul +.
Grove, addressed the audience and
spoke of the great impression of
Elkdom they had received at their
first appearance in the order. A
buffet luncheon followed Immediate
ly after some hurried business was
transacted at the meeting.
The candidates initiated We're:
Paul F. Alexandria, Webster Ballin-
ger, Jacob H. Buckner, William J.
Callan, NJ. B. Carmody. Ezra r.
Champion, George H. Clark. Henry
Z. Coffey. Isaac Cox. Samuel H.
Deckman, James ]. Farley. James p.
Finnigan. Clarence r. Frame. John
A. Garden. John T. German, Samuel
B. Ginsberg. Stephen B. Golden.
Charles G. Graves. Paul F. Grove,
Morris Hershowitz, Thomas G. Hill,
Andrew w. Huntress, Andrew T.
Joyce. John L Kap&an, William E.
Keefer. John H. Loefier, John A. Nc
Donald, C. w. McCaffrey. John =.
McNeeley, Phillip G. Mandell, r.
Frank Murray. Thomas F. Murray.
Edward ]. OBrien. Robert Lee
o'Brien. Patrick n. o'Donoghue.
william L ofrutt. Walter L. Palmer.
Leo Fred Post, Patrick H. Rooney,
Richard D. Ross, George Sachs. John
NJ. Sanford. Maurice A. Selinger,
George T. Sharp, Edward Stevens.
Ralph Jasper Toms. L. Emory White,
Herman Bocorselski. John C. Casady.
william P. Killeen. William LiCausi.
Howard Mckinley, Jesse w. Stuart
and Harry Ashworth, Jr., for New
Bedford. Mass; E. F. Goggin, TOR
Lynchburg, Va, and A. L Campo
nova. for Marshall. Texas.
During the meeting Samuel S. Rich
ard introduced a resolution confer
ring the degree of honorary life
membership on Harry King, as a
mark of appreciation of his spirited
leadership in the campaign for 1000
new members. which has gone over
the top.
An amendment to the bylaws. in
creasing the initiation fee to s35. eff
fective from and after December 3,
1919, was unanimously adopted.
A special session will be held at
o'clock p. m, Sunday. October 49,
for the purpose Of initiating another
large class of candidates. A social
session and entertainment will fol-
P. Watson Webb. of Cambridge
Lodge No. 1872 has been appointed
district deputy grand exalted ruler
for the jurisdiction Of Delaware,
Maryland and the District of Column
bia.
Secretary W. 8. Shelby read to the
lodge the first official circular from
the grand exalter rufer, Frank L.
Rain. The letter reads: "If there is
one thing above all others that has
placed the order in the high position
in the public eye that it Is in today.
1t Is the war work that was done by
the order. in lending a helping hand
to the government and the nation
during the greatest conflict of arms
in the history of the world We are
justly proud of the part that we, at
home, played. In winning the war, and
we should take great Tffde IN the fact
that we had 64,42S men in the service
Of our country 13.6s4 of whom were
commissioned officers, one of whom
was the Chief OF the
American Expeditionary Forces in
France, Gen. John ]. Pershing, a
member Of Lincoln. Neb., Lodge No.
so and an honorary member of Ell
Paso. Texas. Lodge No. ls7, As near
ly as can be ascertained there were
1.0N of our members who made the
supreme sacrifice and are now in