Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-07
THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER T. 1908


teresting program was presented. includ-
ing remarks by Grand Lecturer George G.
| Hough, James Rowan and Judge e. P.
Seeds of Iowa, David L. Burnett one of
| the founders of the order. and Past Grand
Chancellors Richard Goodhart Joseph B.
| Conner and Frank H. Hosford. Refresh
| ments were served during an intermission
| in the entertainment.
| The grand visitation to Union Lodge, No.
| y, X. of p, took place at the castle hall
| of that body Wednesday evening. There
was large attendance. The feature of
| the visitation was the address of Grand
Lecturer George G. Hough, who exempli-
fed the secret work of the order. Wash
| commanded by Captain Richard 7. Whit
! ing, appeared as the escort of the grand
| officers. Grand Prelate Henry Yenney gave
| an address on the purposes and principles
| of the order.
| The grand master of Masons and the Off
| GERS Of the Grand Lodge, F. A A. NJ, pro
ceeded with their grand viSitat1onS this
week Thursday night they appeared at
| National Lodge. No L. Masonic Temple.
! There was a large attendance nearly every
| lodge in the jurisdiction being represented.
| Grand Master George H. Walker compli-
! mented the lodge its progress during
the year. and Worshipful Master Hastings
made an appropriate response. The re-
| ports of the grand officers showed the
| lodge to be in excellent condition, financial
| ~ and numerically. An address was made
| by Frank w. Collins of Nebraska assist
| ant attorney for the Department of Justice.
| After the formal ceremonies of the vista
| ton an entertainment was given and a tine
program presented. Last evening the
| grand master and his associates visited
| Columbia Lodge, F. A. A. M.
Past Grand Chancellor James Robertson
| of Minnesota says regarding the action or
| hn pI-fh ton, and loo n
| lodges in Minnesota no longer provide by
| bylaw for the payment of stated weekly
| benefits: THE action on the stated beneflt
| question puts us on a purely fraternal ba-
| sis. 1t can no longer be said that we are
! competing with the Woodmen. Workmen.
| Maccabees, Arcanamites, Foresters or any
| other fraternal, beneficiary or insurance as
ISOLATION. We can relieve the necessity;
| We are no longer a health insurance or
ganization.'
Columbia Commandery, No. 2, knights
Templar, will pay fraternal visit on next
Friday TO Maryland Commandery, NO. l, OF
Baltimore Maryland is the mother com
| mandery of all communicates in Maryland
and the District. Columbia Commandery
will be met at Camden station, Baltimore,
by the sir knights and ladies of Maryland
Commandery, and be given trolley rue
through the beautiful suburbs of Baltimore
A short stop will be made at one or the
country clubs, where light refreshments
| will be served. AT o'clock the party Will
return to the city, and dinner will be served
in the banquet hall of the Masonic Temple;
to be followed by entertainment ana
dance Eminent Commander Harry F.
Riley has named a committee on arrange
ments to take charge of the fraternal Vlsi-
tation consisting of George Gibson, CHAIR
man. T. H. Cunningham, ]. ]. Costinett. E.
NJ Carter and G.. A. Kneessi. In an oilclal
circular lust issued Eminent Commander
Riley says:
'.The sir knights Of Maryland command
cry will wear their fatigue uniforms, ana
the sir knights of Columbia Commandery
are requested to appear In fatlgue ullilolli'
without swords and belts, as far as posi-
BILE This is due to our fraters OF MARY
land Commandery; but If inconVenlent 10
do this. any dress may be worn, ana no
one should stay away because Oh MS iiapii-
ity to appear in uniform.
Columbia Commandery, No. 2 knlghts
Templar, conferred the red cross last even,
ing The following companions pafuciPatee,u
in the work of comforting the order, by di-
rection of the eminent COMMANDER: LOUIS
Behrens, ]. ]. Costinett. E. M. Carter. ). >.
Crawford. ]. E. Dalgleish, R. b. Gasch'
Frank E. Gibson, 7. F. Herring, n. I. Hul
sler. r. S. Lytle ]. w. Lucas, ]. A. Lynn
T. A. Mckee, L. H. Posey, G. w. RAE, >.
M\Recker, A. S. Riddle, Jacob Splledt, =.
P SWEET, Z. B. Walker and N X Noou.
Inspector General R. J. Mum, 33d degree,
as chairman of the special committee APP
pointed for the purpose by the supreme
Council of the Southern Jurisdiction, a. A
S. R., submitted resolutions indorsing the
project for monument to George W ASH
ington, the man and Mason, in Alexandria
The resolutions were unanimously adopted
by the Supreme Council. They read as
follows:
THE special committee to which was re-
ferred the communication of Alexander ).
Wederburn, secretary of the washington
Monument Association of Alexandria, Va,
an association having for its object the
erection in the city of Alexandria of:
ga monument to Washington as a ciu-
Zen with panels the four sides COM
memora ting him as a Mason, fireman,
farmer and a surveyor beg leave to report
follows:
art creations without number perpetu-
ate the memory of Washington, the soldier,
and Washing ton, the statesman; the glamor
of war and the witchery of statecraft have
overshadowed his moe homely but less
valuable qualities. and Citizen Washingt on
has received scarce attention of the de-
Sgner and artist.
'.'There is a peculiar charm in the fact
that from Alexandria comes the first prop
ostion to commemorate the civic virtues
of Washington; from Alexandria, SO init
mately connected with his daily life; from
Alexandria. which has suffered most from
the sterling honesty, the high sense of
honor. which prompted every action of
Washington; from Alexandria, which would
today contain the capital of the nation ex-
cept for the innate ''modesty and honesty of
w SiSiliilS loI VIII eApIt,Siy SlipuliteS iilol
none of the public build ngs should be
erected on the Virginia side of the Poto-
mac, for the reason that if they were, it
might enhance the value of his own estate
and that of his wife's children and grand
children; from Alexandria, where every
blade of grass growing in her streets is
living witness of Washingtons incorrupti-
BILE integrity. and every crumbling house a
monument of his sterling honesty; yet Alex
andria, the martyr city of America the pa
tent, accomplishing, suffering Alexandria,
exhibits in her misfortune the same gran
deur of character which has been so
marked a feature in Virginia's many IA
nous sons, and shows her appreciation of
the purity of motive which ever actuated
Washington.
With Washington, the soldier Free Ma
Sonry has nothing to do With Washing
ton, the statesman, Free Masonry has lit