The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-23
Three Lodges Cooperate for a
Monster Initiation.
MAY NEED AUDITORIUM
Maccabees Set State Meeting
for Wichita Feb. 1927.
Wichita Also Gets Interstate
Woodman Log Rolling.

Not long ago an immense initiation
was held by the Knights of Pythias in
Kansas City in the Convention hall
where over a thousand candidates were
given the degree. The Knights of
Pythias lodges of Topeka have decided
TO follow the example set by Kansas
CITY and on May l will hold a. joint in
ttiation at which it is proposed to put
through 500 new members. The three
Topeka lodges are Topeka, No. So;
valiant, No. 1856, and Amity, No. 231.
Each Of these lodges has appointed
committee and the three committees
will Join forces to carry out the big
project that has been set before it.
From now on until the first of May
the members of the three lodges witl
devote their energies to hustling can
didates. The remarkable example set
by Kansas City where in three months
nearly LOO new members of the or
der were secured by the efforts of the
individual members of the four or five
lodges of the two Kansas Citys, will be
a difficult enough, one to follow. But
the x. P.'s are confident that they will
be able to secure at least one half of
that number here by judiciouS work.
To accommodate the crowd for the big
initiation it will probably be necessary
TO hire the Auditorium or one of the
other la.ge halls. The ceremonies will
be followed by a big banquet 1t is
probable that a special session of the
d o K K will be called to finish up
the ceremonials in the right manner.
The Scottish Rite Masons are TAX
ing through a winter class of candi-
dates above the fourth degree and as
high as the eighteenth. The limitations
are given from time to time and will
continue until the regular semi-annual
reunion in the spring.
Or. February 4 the great sachem and
keeper of the records of the 1ndepen-
dent Order OF Red Men will visit VAN
panoa tribe No. SO. and Shawnee tribe
No A. which will hold a union meeting
for the event.
The date for the annual meeting Of
the knights Of the Maccabees of Kan
sas has been set for February % to 27
at Wichita In regard to the prepara-
tons for the meeting Wichita paper
says
"A telegram received from the head
quarters at Port Huron, Mich, by the
local members of the Maccabee lodge
announces that the state meeting of
that order will be held in Wichita, Feb
ruary %, IS and 81. It is estimated by
the local members that fully 500 mem
bers will be in attendance at the gath
ering.
H T March. state commander of the
Maccabees, who lives at Topeka, ar
rived in the city to look after prepare
:
programme on the dates set for the
convention. Plans were also made fol
the beginning of an active campaign
to increase the membership of the loca
lodge 100 members.
AT the meeting in February one OF
the principal features will be a drill
team contest. 1t is expected that there
will be teams here from all over the
state to take part. On the evening o.
the close of the gathering there will b.
an elaborate banquet served"
A big meeting is planned at Wichita
on January 81 when the interstate los
rolling of Modern Woodmen will b.
held Camps will send members from
all over Kansas, Colorado. Missouri
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory anC
the attendance is estimated will b.
nearly fifteen thousand. The Wichita
Eagle says:
THE cardinal attraction of this bis
meeting of Woodmen will be the pres
ence of Head Consul A. r. Talbot o
Lincoln, who will have direct charge o
the initiation ceremony. The Forester
of every camp within the states men
toned have been invited and a grea
many of them have already accepted
1T will be of essential interest for al
will attend the meeting as specia
rates on all railroads have been ar
ranged for.
AT one o'clock p. m. there will be
grand parade of the uniformed teams
of the various camps, and the chile
feature of thits will be the younges
team in America which will giEe spe
cial drills in the ritualistic work
There will also be band music at tn
afternoon sessions and at night. In tn
afternoon there will be public speakin;
to which everyone is cordially invited
Among those who will deliver addresses
are: Head Consul A r. Talbot Directo
e E. Murphy of Leavenworth J. G
Johnson Of Peabody and State Deput!
c. S. LOcknane.
The meeting will be held in tn,
Auditorium which will also be the head
quarters for Woodmen during the ses
SION
An old fashioned barn raising tool
place al Swinburn. Kansas, last Tues
day when the friends and neighbors o
3. NJ Dreisbach turned out to help il