Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-01

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| plenty Of gem zef1. To be very near right
| at am. the boys started out to view Bal
very fast. and at o'clock the majority OF
| Ascalon left for Washington. fully satisfied
| with their trip and reception, and promised
| the coming fall"
The Dramatic Order knights, Of Khoras-
| san suffered a severe loss, in the recent
death of Royal Prince Frank ]. Pedde of
| Detroit. Mr. Peddie was one of the most
active and energetic members of the Impe-
rial Palace. He was In. charge of all the
| arrangements for the Detroit session of
| 1900, and his animation and enthusiasm
was felt by every visitor. He at that time
| became well known to a large number Of
Washington votaries, and he was also ex-
pected to play an important part at the
meeting of this year, which again occurs
at Detroit The Tiger and Crescent says:
| The d. o. X. X. has lost most enthusi-
astc worker and one who did much to build
| up the order. He was honored by his
brethren in many ways and will be remem-
| bered as one of the representatives at the
las: session of the Imperial Palace
Royal .vizier Bynum of Ascalon has re-
ceived a copy of a recent ruling by Imperial
Prince Hatfield to the following effect:
| Temples are entitled to their quota of rep
| resentatives in the Imperial Palace on
! basis of their membership as shown by
| their last report to the imperial secretary
preceding the session of the Imperial Pal
ace" BY this 1t will be seen that any tenn
| pie having lost members to fall be-
| low the number which its representa-
| ton was based at the last session will have
! It's representation decreased accordingly
| The following Is the personnel of the team
| to eXemplify the ritual at the coming ses-
| sion of the Imperial Palace. ID. o. X. X:
| Master of ceremonies, Leo A. Caro- of
| Kaaba, Grand Rapids. Mich: royal vizier,
| Tom H. b. Camp of Rosel Hadd, Macomb,
| ILL.,; grand emir. Thomas II. Hineline of
| Mahrah Minneapolis, Mimi; mamehi. ]. II.
Holmes of zulena, St. Louis, Mo-; mo
kama. j. II. Marshall of Ei Medi, Peoria,
| H.; sheik. Charles d. Neahr of kaaba.
| Grand Rapids. Mich; satrap, Irving H.
| Wilson, Ell Tizri, Fargo, N. D.; sahib w. E.
| A. Faichney, of AL Hakem, WATERFOWL,
N. Y; joe, D. F. Summey, jr.. of Suez,
| Charlotte, n. c.
| Secretary and escorts will be selected from
| the representatives at the session or from
| the Detroit team.
Preparations are completed for the picnic
| and excursion of the Knights and Ladies
of the Original Order of Maccabees to
| River View, Monday, July 3. The enter
tainment committee has provided special
| attractions for the amusement of all VINO
attend. The special features will include
4 fancy dances, songs and Rotations by jul
| venile talent, under the management of
| Mrs. Latham and ladies of the Maccabecs.
| Addresses will also be made fraternal
| topics by capable speakers. A game OI
| base ball will be played by uniformed mines
selected for the occasion. Races of various
| kinds and interesting contests adapted TO
| al classes will be decided during the after
| noon. See advertisement in another col
| umn.
| The following members constitute the
| committee in charge of the excursion: Dr..
| J. II. Junghans, chairman; G. F. Cannin.
| vice chairman; c. c. Baker, secretary; r.
| A. kuhns, treasurer; S. S. English, J. M.
| Foster, j. F. Taliaferro, Thomas ]. Shea.
| H. E. Crouch, Charles ]. Gates, D. NJ. Oil
yer. 7. H. Sturgis, ]. S. Robertson, Frank
| Mace. ]. F. Widmire, ]. c. Winterwerp.
| Henry ]. Auth. Geo. Z. Whitfield, Thomas
L. Kengla, P. P. Rickenbacher. ]. R. Gross.
| Dewitt c. Smith, Frank Hannah and Frank
! T. Murphy.
| Dorcas Rebekah Lodge, No. 4, I. o. o. F.,
| at its last meeting elected officers for the
ensuing term follows: N. G., Miss Mabel
| Gates; V. G., Miss Nellie Smith; recording
| secretary, Miss Olga Voltan; financial sec
| rotary Mrs. Leone Dalrympe; treasurer.
| Mrs. J. T. Allison; degree director, Edward
| B. Russ. Monday night Mrs. Ida l.. Arnold
! will install the ofTicers-elect of Naomi Re
! leiah Lodge, No. l. and Friday night. July
| IA, Mrs Julia Roberts, P. G. of Naomi
| Lodge, will install the ofticers-eect of Dor
cas- Rebekah Lodge.
| Potomac Council No 1873, of the Knights
! of Columbus celebrated the sixth anniver-
| sary of its organization last night with a
y
gram enjoyed. There a large at
| tendance of the knights and their friends.
| the trip being made in special of the
| Brightwood Railway Company. The eff
| cient entertainment committee under the
| craftsmanship of Charles L. Welsh, had pro-
| vided a good program In addition to
| well-selected list of entertainers, dancing
| made up large part of the evenings pleas
| ures Refreshments We're served.
| Though the youngest council of the
knights of Columbus in this jurisdiction. it
| is credited with being made up of progress
| sive and energetic men, and in it's progress Is
| said to typify spirit of unity and charity.
| 1t organized June 49, 1899 the pre-
| liminary meetings being conducted by
Clement S. ticker, D. D.. S. K. The charter
| carried sixty-two names, and the council
| now has over 300 members its roll.
| 7. NJ. Ring was the first grand knight. The
| council has had steady growth and has
| been In the forefront of all charitable and
| philanthropic work in which the order has
| been engaged.
| a largely attended meeting of Columbia
| Lodge, No. 10, |. o. 0. F.. was held Thurs
| day evening. An amendment to the by
| laws increasing the dues nearly
unanimously rejected. The following Of
| fcers elected to serve for the next
six months: Burton H. Loucks. N. G.; Otis
| CT Stanton, V. G.; Edward c. Grumley,
| recording secretary; Robert r. Williams.
financial secretary; Thomas w. Fowler,
! treasurer. Thomas w. Fowler was elected
as trustee of Odd Fellows Hall for two
years and Frank D. Seiffert as delegate to
| the Library Association. Representatives
to the Grand Lodge were elected as fol-
| lows: Thomas W-Fowler. George Z Coli
| son, a. r. Vermillion, Andrew Turnbull,
| Samuel G.. Taylor, d. w. keck, ]. Edward
| Fowler, George Gerberich. r. e. Wines, f.
| c. Grumley, D. d. Lore, Daniel I. Batson,
| Frank d. Seiffert.
| The members of the lodge are waiting to
! learn if the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
| Will offer prizes for degree work at the time
| of the session of the Sovereign Grand
| Lodge to be held in Philadelphia in Sep
| TENDER. Columbia Lodge intends to enter
| if prizes are offered for the first prize, and
| expects to capture it again. The lodge won
| the prize two years ago.
| Covenant Lodge. No. IL, /. O. o. F. con-
ferTed the degree of truth Thursday even
ing. The election of officers for the ensu-
| ing term resulted follows: Noble grand
! DR.. W. c. Barr; vice grand, VIM. G. Berg;
| recording secretary VIM f. Clapp; finan-
cial secretary, j. VIM. Brewer; treasurer
c. w. Chamberlain. George w. Wise, D. A.
! Dugan and VIM. f. Burns were elected
| trustees for one year. The following were
elected representatives to the Grand