Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09


Is reasonable presumption that Washing
ton may at the same time have the honor
o. furnishing the leading national officer
OF each OF the three principal divisions of
Masonry-Scottish Rite, knights Tempiar
and Royal Arch. OF course IL there were a
general grand lodge. +. A. A. NJ, its head
would rank the Others in Masonic consider
alton, but In default of such body. WASH
inston would have the principal officer of
each of the leading subdivisions Of Ma
sonry, and at the same time.
The total assets OF the five subordinate
comma nderies, Knights Templar. amount to
Sd5. 100, OF which $3.50 is in cash on hand.
Every past grand commander is living,
with tne exception of the late Noble ID.
Larner who the first In the line.
The deaths Of the year in the subordinate
Templar Communicates, shown by the
annual report OF the Grand Commandery,
were: Washington. No. 1-George 4. Bent
ley October 81. 1894 Robert Clarke Feb
ruary y, 1905; James s. Davis December
10. 1904: Ferdinand Gawler. November %
1904: John II. Parks. January l3 1895:
George w. Rearden. December .. 1904;
James Reeves. jr.. November "a 1904. VII
liam w. Rollow. October Z 1904: Thomas
Russell, August Is, 1904; Huburt Schutter.
July 10. 1904; Louis ID. Wine February g.
1905. Columbia Commandery. No. 2-wil-
liam s. Anderson November II. 1904. Har-
ris L. Atchison. August 10. 1904 Samuel
Baxter. September Ii. 1904: Charles II. Blu
mer. August 49, 1894: Mark ID. Brainard,
May 10, 1904: r. Herbert Coates August Is.
1904; Charles c. Cole. March IL. 1905; Ed
ward T. Farrar. October 81. 1904; Ell e
Kirby. March IL 1895; August NJ Laing
October II. 1904; Charles w. Little. De-
cember =. 1904. James c. Mcconnell, July
p. 1894: John II. Pickel July 81 1904: Da-
| vid E Pine, March II 1898. Arthur b.
Proctor. January 3 1905; Charles r. Smith,
| June %. 1904 Frederick H. Smith March
| ~, 1905: J. George Smith, August l3, 1901
William H. Smith, August H. 1904. Poto-
mac Commandery, No. 3-Lynu o. DeLash-
| mutt. June 81. 1904; NJ. Gardner Dixon.
| April 4. 1894; William II. Howes. November
| q. 1894. De Molay Mounted Commandery
| No. 4=Louis Boyer September 20 1904
| George II. Bliss, April -. 1893. John A
Harvey. December II, 1904. William L.
| Hughes. February II, 1895; Asbury r.
| Johnson, February q. 1895; Leroy NJ.
Walter. May o. 1904. Orient Com
| mandery. No. 5-RObert L. Cameron
| April 10. 1904; Clarence b. Langan, Septem-
Der & 1904; Joseph W. Parish December
| %. 1904.
1t Is TTHounced that there will be a spir-
tied but friendly contest for potentate of
| Almas Temple. A. A. .. y. NJ. s. between
| Jacobus 5. Jones and Edwin b. Hay The
! shrine not being strictly a Masonic body
| more latitude Is allowed for ''electioneer-
| ing in such matters. and at nearly every
| election in recent years there has been a
| very lively contest for some of the shrine
officers.
Past Potentate Fred W. Behrens of AImas
| and his wife have just returned from a
| ca ton in Maine. Past Potentate William
| F. Guide is on business and pleasure trip
| in the far west.
The five local lodges of the Improved Cor
| German order of the knights of Pythias
| are to give combined excursion down the
| Potomac Sunday morning. leaving at 10
| O'Clock. The boat Will make n forty mile
| run on the river, and the party Will stop for
| "A short time at Glymont.
| Tr Of
Arlington Tent No. 10. X. %. T. NJ. will at
| tend the Sovereign Grand Lodge OF odd
| Fellows, in Philadelphia.
| Sir Knight John G.. Dudley. record keeper
| Of Brightwood Tent, No. 3. with his wife
| and child, is spending a months vacation
| at Leonardtown. Md.
Sir knight A. B. Keefer. lieutenant COM
| mander of National Tent, No. l. has just re-
| turned from his vacation, which he spent in
| Kentucky.
| Sir knight w. H. Hessick has been elect
| ed and installed finance keeper of Golden
| Rule Tent. No. 3. vice Col. o. w. Ham,
| mond. resigned.
Brightwood Tent, No. 5; District Tent.
| No. s. and Arlington Tent. No. 10, each
| have new record keepers.
The joint excursion committee had
| meeting last Tuesday night to settle up the
| business of the excursion.
| State Commander ID. w. Gall is now en-
| gagged on an entirely new plan, not here
| tCfore introduced into the work here, which
| he thinks will materially add to the order
| in more ways than one.
| Sir Knight George w. Sheets OF Arlington
| Tent, No. 10, who has been confined to his
| bed for the last eight weeks with typhoid
| fever. is now convalescent.
| Anacostia Tent. No. Z. made net gain
| during the month of August. being the only
| tent in the city that did well. During
| the first seven months OF this year the
| membership lost seven members by death IN
| this city.
National Tent, No. l, will celebrate it's
| tenth anniversary on the night OF the 27th
| of this month with an entertainment in
| Pythian Temple. Ten years ago this tent
| was organized by Sir Knight George IL.
| Turpeny, supervising deputy. with about
| forty-eight charter members. and /; now
has 700.
| Congressional Circle, No. sos of the Pro-
| tected Home Circle initiated three members
! into the order last Tuesday night and
| celved seven applications for membership.
| By invitation of District Deputy Robert B.
| Harbaugh, Supreme Representative E H.
| Tellam occupied the chair in the absence
| of the president, Mrs Alice Stephens. who
| Is quite Ill at her home in the Astoria fats.
| Under the head OF good Of the order the
| following letter OF congratulation was or
| dered sent TO President Roosevelt by unani-
| nous vote: Congressional Circle, No. 59S,
| of the Protected Home Circle sends con-
| CALCULATIONS on your magnificent achieve
| ments In ending the war between Japan and
| Russia. You have gladdened the hearts OF
| our members, who strive to do and appre-
| ciate anything that is done for the ad-
vancement and for the protection of the
| home. BY your timely intervention and
| wise diplomacy you have gained the title of
| peer of American statesmen and the fra
| ternal hand OF the Protected Home Circle is
| ever open in congratulation TO you. May
| God bless you for the noble deeds you have
| accomplished and continually fill you with
| wisdom in the interesting of humanity for
| the protection of the home"
| Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter opened
| the autumn of work by comforting
| the mark and past masters degrees last
| evening. The turnout Of members was
| large and there were number of visitors.
| The past masters degree is always con-
ferred in striking manner by Mount Ho-
| reb.
| General Organizer Hugh Reid OF the
| Knights of Pythias Endowment Rank
| started a tour of northern Virginia cities by
| a visit to BaLston on Tuesday night.
The relative membership of each of the
| three fraternities of Free Masons, Odd Fell
/ lows and Pythians in their banner states
| is as follows: Free Masons-New York, 49,
| eco; Illinois, 81, 900; Pennsylvania, 10000;
| Ohio, $500; Michigan. 5000. odd Fell