The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-23
Elliot Heads Kiuanis Clubs And
 Barnett Chosen Vice President
 At Closing Session ofConDention
Portland, Ore, Chosen as Next Place of Meeting. Barbecue at Bayview Much EnjOyed-Delegates Give Birmingham Rising Vote of Thanks for Hos pitalities Extended

pitalities Extended
 Henry J. Elliott, of Mon treal, Canada, was elected president of International Xii wanis at the closing session yesterday afternoon and Port land, Ore, was decided as the place of holding the 1920 con vention.
 J. Mercer Barnett, president of the Birmingham Kiwanis club, was chosen first vice president, receiving 205 votes
 Other officers elected were Harry E. Karr. Baltimore, Md, second vice presi- dent; Pliny Wilson, Johnstown, Pa, third vice president; B. V. Della Hunt of Milwaukee was reelected treasurer, the secretary being instructed to cast a unanimous vote TOT NIT. Deld I1uHl' Trustees were elected as follows: George H. Ross, Toronto, Canada; Or vile Thorpe, Dallas, Texas; w. B. Goodrich. New Haven. and Louis M. Hammersmith, South Bend Ind. Mike Goss of St Paul was elected trustee for one year to fill the unexpired term of H. J. Elliott who was elected presi- dent.
 ADJOURNED SESSION | The adjourned session of the con vention was called to order at o'clock yesterday afternoon by President Perry I S. Patterson of Chicago, who arrived in the city yesterday morning. The rules governing the election were stated and | a ballot box placed in each corner of | the room
 /! All visitors retired and nominations | were made and seconded There were two candidates for the office of presi- dent Henry J. Elliott and Allen $, Dodge of Buffalo. MT. Elliott secured ,142 votes, while MT. Dodge received 6S. A motion was then made by Dr. Jacobs that the election of MT. Elliott be made unanimous, which was adopted. BARNETT NOMINATED l When J. Mercer Barnett was
 nominated for vice president the 1 delegation cheered loud md long 1 and the ~I1OnS r0are0'f TUT ScNerdA minutes. There were four nomf- | nations for the offices of three
 vice presidents, and when nomina- tions had been closed Mir. Barnett l arose and asked that his name be withdrawn, as Birmingham was not
 asking for anything. kfwantnns refused to listen to MT. Barnett and
 from all over the room came the
 cry, @You're out of order; sit downw Then rang the cry, "Bnr-
 nett, Barnettr With such odds
 against him, Big Chief Barnett was | forced to sit down and his popu- Iarity was attested to when the
 ballots were counted and he was
 elected by n large majority.
 Louis Hammersmith stated that AL lien s. Browne, founder of Kiwanis, has
 been paid $17,500 cash yesterday for
 the name "Kiwanis," which word he
 had had copyrighted This announce ment was greeted with vociferous ap-
 plause.
 | The next matter taken up was the
 place of holding the 1920 convention of
 International Kiwanis, and an invita-
 tion to Winnipeg was extended by sew
 eral Canadians, who spoke at length on
 it's facilities for entertaining such z
 large gathering and of the hospitality
 to be received there
 PORTLAND WINS Frank Creasey of Portland, Ore, !, then extended an invitation to the con- vention to hold it's next meeting in that city, assuring the delegates that Port
 land would do as much for them as Birmingham had done. He gave g , number of reasons why the convention
 should be held in the west and declared , the clubs of the west would join ir
 making the convention one of the most successful in the history of Kiwanis Representatives from Seattle, Wash. , Tacoma and Los Angeles also endorsed f the invitation of Portland. and wher
 the vote was cast the western city vol
 by large majority.
 el President Patterson then turned the of. fee of president over to Mir. Elliott, who pledged his best efforts to Kiwans dur ing the coming year. He thanked thu
 men for the honor conferred upon hin and assured them he would perform thu duties of this office to the best of hi . ability Louis Hammersmith then Of fered resolution of thanks to Presi ? dent Patterson for the splendid service . rendered the club during his term O d office rising vote of thanks of tn y entire delegation was extended to MT Patterson, who responded, briefly thank ling Kiwanians for the honor and declar e ling the future for Kiwanis was yer. . bright ana WlSHlnS HIS suSeooSoi iiuSA success in his work.
 BIRMINGHAM THANKED
 Brief talks were also made by tn other officers and the meeting adjourne'
 after vote of thanks was made t Birmingham for the wonderful hospital |. ity extended the visitors during their sta in this city. The press was also thanke 1 for the splendid manner in which tn convention had been handled.
 vvy,1 am
 Twas devoted entirely to business Tn
 report of President Patterson was req ! and received and was said to be one O Il the best presidential reports ever mad' s The national banner was presented t
 the delegation from Detroit by MT. Pat a lterson. this club having been winners ?. the membership campaign
 n M. Hargrove of Akron, O., presente r Secretary .O. Sam Cummings with pal 0 or handsome cuff buttons and silve
 mcneil from the secretaries associatio y as a token of esteem for his faithfs 1t and efficient services to the organization
 MT Cummings accepted the gifts wit Il few words of appreciation, and tn r meeting was adjourned until o'clock t. lattend the barbecue given at Bayview D s- the Birmingham Rotary club r. BARBECUE AT BAYVIEW y Two hundred automobiles carried tn IS delegates and visitors to Bayview. wheI > the lorg tables were laden with temp h in. food, and the feast given by Rt
 tarians was thoroughly enjoyed by tf Id visitors. In number of instances