Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07

secret Orders at Jamestown Ex-
position-Many Important Con-
claves Scheduled for Ter-Cen-
tennial.
BY Mark o. Waters
NORFOLK, VA.,--Not only will the
Jamestown Centennial Exposi-
tion, which opens on the shores
of Hampton Roads, Virginia, April 26,
be the occasion of grand ''home-com-
ing" for the people of Virginia but of
the natien, in celebration of the ami
vcrsary of the founding of the first per
manent English settlement in America,
but it will be the occasion for a large
number of conclaves, conventions, con-
ferences, assemblies. Altogether there
will be over these events and among
them are many secret order gatherings
and the password and the grip will be
much in evidence in these fraternal
conferences.
The first event of this kind schedul-
ed is the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of
Virginia, which meets May 14-17, and
during part of this time the Improv-
ed Order of Red Men will assemble.
This latter order will represent the
landing of Captain John Smith. Three
ships will be built to representGodspeed
the Susan Constant and the Discovery
and both palefaces and redskins will be
represented in appropriate costumes,
They will have log house or building
in whicn they will display all the rallies
of the aboriginees and everything of
an historical nature that relates to the
first American, the Indian. The great
Council of Red Men will occur at the
Exposition September GIG.
On May 81, the Virginia Branch of
the Junior Order of United Americans
will meet and the State Council of the
same order on Oct. 1914. June 9TH,
the National Order of Neptasopes or
Seven Wise Men will meet and June
16 the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks. August 6, the Knights of
Columbus and August IL, the National
Haymakers Association.
The Uniform Rank, Knight of
Pathias will encamp by brigades OH
the military camp ground of the Expo
sition and it is expected that several
thousand knights will be in attendance
The Kentucky, West Virginia, Virgin
ia, Tennessee and Georgia brigades
will be in camp from July 20 to August
3, inclusive and the Ohio brigades from
August 3 to August 10, inclusive.
Brigades from other states will be as
signed dates later, but their encamp-
ments will be held in July. Major B.
E, Rice, Senior Major of the First Vir-
ginia Regiment has charge of the K. of
P. features of the Exposition.
August LILY the National encamp-
ment of the Knights of the Maccabees
will be held at the Exposition and it is
expected that at least 10000 from the
United States and Canada will attend.
August 1924, is given to the Woodmen
of the World and Sept. 81, to the Fra
COiboi VI dCl Va Au ldllCl
meeting it is expected that there will
be $4,000 members of the Order pres
ent. Sept. %, is given to the conven-
ton of the Society of Colonial Wars;
Sept. 2627, the National Association of
Veterans of the Mexican War; Oct 10,
the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Vir-
ginia; Oct. 10-11, the Grand Comman-
dry of Knights Templar of Virginia
Oct. IL, the Daughters of the Revolu-
tion; Oct. 11-12, Sons Of Revolution;
Oct 1917, Ancient and Illustrious
Knights of Malta; Nov. 11-13, Ameri-
can Federation of Labor; Nov 1914
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Many of the conventions will be held
in the vast Convention Hall of the Ad-
ministration building hich has seat
ing capacity of five thousand.