Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30

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the present year are as follows: F. Al
! Sebrfng illustrous potentate; Roc FulkerS
| son. chief rabban: Louis A. Dent assistants
| rabban; Harrison Dingman. recorder: i'm.
! Eerlal representatives, Frank A. Sebrin6,
| Thomas u. Walker. Samuel Hart, Jacobub
| s. Jones and Harrison Dngman. al vtam.
! 1t Is announced here that Past Po;entats
| George w. Fowle of Moslem Temple, De-
| troit. will be a prominent candidate for
| the foot of the line i'm the Imperial Council,
| a position from which 1t is almost certain
| the incumbent can advance to imperial
! potentate Mr.. Fowle is well known in
Washington and has several supporters In
| the Aimas delegation. He is a prominent
! merchant and political factor in the City
| OF the Straits.
Past High Priest Leslie Cramer is chair
man and William A. Kimmel vice chairman
| Horeb Royal Arch Chapter No 4 This
| chapter is to have a fish pond as the
main feature of its booth at the fair It
has had the same device at several Ma
| sonic enterprises and always came out q
| winner. 1t is sort of now you see It
| ana now you don't" hook. line. bob line
| and slnker' scheme at which the wary and
| unwary alike contribute to the success OF
! the fair. The committee in charge has is-
sued an appropriately enticing circular In
| which 1t says: A fish pond means that
| there must be many hundreds of prizes
| begin.
| Der of members for duty at the booth each
| night during the two weeks of the fair. Tho
| chairmen for each of the twelve nights are
| Ralph E. Walker. Robert Armour David
| n. Busch, Philip Guilani. Jacob w. Collins,
Harry Mckedin Theodore T. Moore. Gus
| w. Wiegand. Philip NJ. Ashford, Harry
Rothschild, N. Elwyn Vowles and Carey 8.
| Frye.
The annual election of Washington Com-
mandery, No. 1, knights Templar will be-
| held at the next regular conclave, April 10.
Rathbone-Su Superior Lodge, No. -. knights
| of Pythias conferred the third rank in ans
plifed form at its regular session last Thurs
| day evening. Two candidates ads
vanced to knighthood in the presence of O
| large company of members OF several SUBJ
| of Rathoone- Superior Lodge No. % headed
| by Chancellor Commander Isaac c. Ellis.
| was excellent. The team was headed by
Chancellor Commander Samuel II. Bassett
| as king. The senate was composed Of War
| rem j. Coffin, Frank II. Hosford. Talbot I.
| Pulizzi. John w. Bixler, Jacobus S Jones
| and knights Thompson and Haar. Samuel
| NJ. Pearson of sister lodge acted mas
ter-at-arms. The work of Judge John w.
| Bixler sixth senator was the feature OF
| the session.
Washington Lodge. B. P. o. E. held its
annual election of officers Wednesday even
| ing. The following chosen: Exalted
ruler, Hugh F. Harvey; esteemed leading
| knight, Ernest w. Emery; esteemed loyal
| knight, Robert NJ McWade esteemed leo
turing knight, Rosa F. Downing: SEQ
rotary, Richard A. O'Brien. fourteenth
sixth term; tyler Thomas J. King; trustee,
Emil 6. Schaefer: delegate to the Grand
| Lo4ge, Robert E. Mattingy, past exalted
| ruler: alternate, Richard 4. OBrien.
| Washington Lodge will hold its nstalla-
| ton services on Wednesday.
| Alexandria Lodge. No. 57S, b. Z. o. E.,
held its annual election Monday evening in
1yc' 1on Nha fnln -ty,rr nSf1,
| chosen: Harry Fleischmann, exalted ruler:
| Frederick P. Russell, exalted leading
knight: David +. Robey, exalted loyal
knight; Howard w. Smith, exalted lectur-
| ing knight; Edward ]. Fleming, secretary;
C. ]. Guisendaffer, treasurer; Thomas D.
| Downey. tyler and James b. Fitzgerald.
! trustee. Louis f. Shuman was elected rep
resentative to the Grand Lodge, which
| meets In Philadelphia In July, and Jacob
Brill was made alternate. The officers will
| be installed Monday evening.
| Newport News has been selected as the
| place and May Is, 16. II as the dates for
| the first convention of the newly organized
| Virginia Association. b. p. o. f. This Is
| the first state organization of Elks formed
| in the country.
! 1t is reported that every available hotel
! and apartment house in Philadelphia is
| rapidly filling up for the convention of the
Elks in July. Hundreds of lodges have Sc
cured quarters. The local committee has
compiled directory Of hotels and apart
| ment houses which still open for reser-
walton. 1t Is expected that upward of 49,
600 visitors will flock to Philadelphia during
| the week. Although the convention is es-
sentiaDy a Philadelphia affair. neighboring
cities In which Elk lodges are located will
| aid in entertaining the thousands of Wis.,
| itors who will participate in the festivities.
| Information has been received by Iniladel-
| pha Lodge that several nearby lodges are
| banning to open their homes for the reccp-
| ton of the visiting members Among tho
lodges which have already indicated their
| intentions to extend special invitations to
| he Camden. Atlantis
! Chester and Long Branch. Open house,
| will be kept by number OF other adjacent
| lodges, particularly those located at tho
| seashore and mountain resorts. In Phia-
| delpha all OF the leading social clubs VIII
| assist the Elks in entertaining their guests.
Franklin Lodge. No. ., the Oldest Pythian
| lodge in the world, gave an Easter social
| at its lodge room in the Pythian Temple
| tainment was given. The program consist
| ed of the following: Selection, Miss ".
| NJ Neal: piano duet, Dragon Fighter,
| Miss Nell NJ Neal and v. c. Miller: vocal
solo, Love Me and the World is Nine
| Miss N NJ. Neal: chalk talk, Roe Fuker-
| son. trombone solo, DIR. Ben Madert. Re-
( freshments were served and a social meet
| ing followed.
! Harmony Lodge No. o, ]. o. O r. al
its regular meeting Wednesday evening.
| conferred on two members the third de-
| gree. Several other members are wait
ing to receive degrees and several new
petitions are pending. The lodge has re-
| Gently purchased entire new parapherna-
| liza. At its last meeting the lodge had
pleasant surprise in the form of fra
ternal visit from officers and members Of
| Metropolis Lodge, No. l6 The visiting
| brothers were welcomed in an excellent
speech by Otis w. Wyatt, p. G. of Har-
| mony Lodge. Past Grand Master Brad
| field of Metropolis Lodge and others also
| spoke.
At the district convention OF the Ladies'
| of the Maccabees, which will be held in
| Washington May TO- delegate to the ma
tional convention will be elected. The
| district to be represented at the May con-
| vention covers Rhode Island, Delaware,
New Jersey, Maryland and the District Of
Columbia. There will be number OF
candidates for national delegate, but
Washington hopes to name the winner in
| the person of Mrs. Melva ]. Caswen Mrs.
| Caswell has devoted ten years to Macca-
bee work and for the past two years has
| been state commander of this district.
April 8 Columbia Hive No. g. l.. o. T.
NJ will celebrate its seventh anniversary