Show I II J I t I SAl lIS IS RULER I Ls Los Jn Angeles oes July grand grandI I lodge of oC Elks toda today elected the fOllOW fOllOWing olow ing Grand Exalted U Lomars la In InGrand Grad Grand Lending Leading G Sarro hId Ind Grand Lecturing D DI Jones Jonm Scranton Pat Pa I Fred C Robinson DI In I R a lach Leach New NewYork York I A Clay Denver L Dicker Inner GuardA M l Talor St Au Augustine gustine ino Fin rao 10 balloting for grand grani exalted lo loyal al knight In no electon election four our candidates being voted for nn and no one receIving n a maJorIty J L Preston of W Wyoming received 32 yates votes I Irow Another balot ballot wi will be taken tomor row To sv The Tho count was completed at atI 9 and after the ton Lion of the result had hael been made known lown to Grand d Ruler Hol Holland land at his headquarters It at the Alexan Alexandria dna dria hotel the tho results glen given to the press The he vote voto for grand exalted rule ruie wa was extremely close Sammis receiving 69 votes and Herrmann The flie lg big fight of the tho session of the tho grand lodge Wl was oyer evor the electon of oC ofa oCa San a grand exalted ruler The of tue contest wa aS in doubt until Ile count or of the cu was completed During the Int last hours houn the for votes led lcd b by the Iowa delegation for or Sammis and the Ohio delegation Into hitter one for a and Into this final struggle man ninny prom promInent meat Elks Including including Rush L Holand Holland t the e present nand grand exalted rul ruler r wa wr drawn In a statement regarding the caton cation of oC a a leler letter he had written to Sammis lIr Mr Holand Holland complained that unfairness lund had beon shown In not I Ing Olt out the entre entire contents of the tho let letter letter ter but only such as made mado it appear that he e had indorsed the candi andl candidacy dac dacy of Sammis The on only other contest wa was over the theoffice office of grand exalted lecturing knight knight Hary Harry Walter of Philadelphia Ind and J D Jones of oC Scranton Pu Pa were nominated Tones consid strength during tile the last houra The Tho on only I business b by the grand grand lo lodge go ldar today outside of the elec electon ton of officers was the or of Detroit a as the place for holding holding the re reI reunion I union in 1910 St SL Luis Louis Boston and Portland Ore were mentioned a as rivals or of Detroit but no strength for foray ay any ono one of these blese developed and when St withdrew from the contest contest Detroit wa was named by acclamation Thousands of oC visitors to the reunion who did not attend the session of the grand loge lodge went to lo Sant Monica Ocean Park Park and Venice nearby beach resorts where a program or of entertain mont was wa provided In the annual report of Gand Grand aUed Ruler Holand Holland tle the matter o of es l an orphanage for the tho dren of deceased EIs is submitted to the gand grand lodge without a aton tion ton The lo location ton o of the tho present national Elks home at Bedford Ta wa was criticised by the gand grand exalted ruler no suggested that I a of be raised by l the order durIng the le ten years b by n all annual assessment or of 6 5 cents a member lember anti and that a now new home be buit built In some other city The he report shows that thal tho Ow lal last year hr has been one of unprecedented pros pros for fot the Fort two new lodges s have been established And the te total lota number of members exceeds The report condemns the th use or of lip In the order for or political purposes anti and urges the ox ex expulsIon of ar any members so abusing his |