Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-13
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In the full flush of what all Washington
Templars consider to have been "a glorious
victory" the sir knights Of Columbia Com
mandery, No. 2. K. T., and their fraters of
Washington. No. 1; Potomac No. 3; De
Molay Mounted, No. 4, and Orient, No 5,
are home again from the triennial conclave
of the Grand Encampment at Saratoga
Springs. There are some stragglers VINO
are extending their trips to make a longer
summer outing, but the great majority of
the sir knights are back, delighted and
tired out, but glad of it. The successor
shall 1t be said semi-success-of Columbia
concede that it was the "warmest ever
at the springs. Had they remained at
home they might easily have guessed again
with good success. OF the hospitality of
pilgrims speak in terms of unstinted praise.
The several Washington Communicates
We're each assigned to delegations repre-
senting communicates Of the New York
grand Jurisdiction, and all of them consider
that they were in the charge of excellent
and hospitable hosts. The open houses of
the Washington communicates. excepting
Potomac. No. 3. which did not travel as a
commandery, were largely attended and
greetings were exchanged with visitors
from many parts Of the jurisdiction of the
Grand Encampment. Columbia Com
mandery fraters were especially gratlhed
by the compliment paid them in formal
visit from Mary Commandery Of Philadel-
phia, the fraters of which have been Co.
eral exchange visits are of record between
these communicates and they have almost
snoWered each other with presents ana
testimonials.
doff their chapeaus in due form to their
successful competitors, the drill team or
ST. Bernard Commandery of Chicago. The
Washington drill team only missed first
fauy n ht. "a
ton of the excellent committee in charge
OF the inspection and contest. Instead of
feeling at all grumpy about 1t they are all
sratifed to have won second honors over
several spirited rivals including Raper
Commandery of Indianapolis and others.
Raper itself, which made fine showing,
had high hopes of getting away with first
honors and had to content itself with third.
One of the events preliminary to the
drill contest was the manner in which Co
lumbia's drill team beat Raper to the race
track for drill one morning 1t was well
lumbia drill teanl-the man who did ito
tell the story best.
The details of the grand parade have
heretofore been given in The Star dis
patches The District Grand Commandery
headed the. tenth division and the Washing
ton foot Communicates followed in numeri-
cal order, and behind them the mounted
swords of De Molay, No. 4.
The side trips taken by the several com
manderies are all said to have been very
successful and as whole Washington
knights think this was one OF the best TIL
ennials which has ever been held. Wash
ington did not succeed in get-.ng the tri
ennial conclave of 1910, but her delegation
played the modest waiting dark horse game
and the Capital city will be heard from
'in future
The new Azeneh Temple of the Mysti,
Shrine at the City of Mexico is very proud
that it numbers among its members the re-
narkable full-blooded Indian statesman
President Portirio DiaZ of the sister re-
public At the recent Los Angeles session
of the Imperial Council fine portrait of
the Mexican president surrounded by his
own autograph and the autographs of every
member of the new temple was presented
to the then imperial potentate. Its estab-
Nsh.nent comes at the end of twenty-three
years Of unceasing effort in that direction.
The Mexican delegates to Los Angeles
Travelled in their private car over the IieXi-
can Central railway to III Paso; thence
over the Southern Pacific: And they
brought with them their own decorator and
Mexican decorations. So that within
short time oe their arrival their headquar-
tiers became bit of their own warm re-
public fransplanted for the time. On its
walls are serapes Mexican flags and every
where the colors Of the country, red, white
and green.
Washington Elks are ready for the big
event at Philadelphia next week. This
year the antlered bovines from the capital
VIII make no special effort to exhibit fsa-
lures. but expect to appear neat and natty
IN regulation hats, serge suits. white vests
and the inevitable canes
The indlca tons all point to the Phladel-
pila 1rahd Lodge convention likely to
prove one OF the largest and most spirited
in the history of Elkdom. There will be
spirited contest for grand exalted ruler
to succeed the incumbent. Judge Mel
vim Of California. Grand Treasurer John
X. Tener, who is from Pennsylvania is
supposed to be in the lead in the race But
he has several rivals. including Samuel
and John Fort OF New Jersey. The friends
Of all three gentlemen expect their candi-
dates to make good showings. There are