Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-17

| Masonry he belongs to the Murfreesboro
lodge, chapter, council and commandery.
| His Scottish Rite and Shrine membership is
at Memphis. He is past grand master OF
| commander of his commandery. But his
| highest honor is his membership OF the
Supreme Council. thrty-third degree, A. A.
ii nj T. over which he is presiding officer for
| A large number of the leading members
| Of the Supreme Council are prominent IN
| public life The most notable Of these is
! Senator Henry NJ Teller OF Colorado. active
| inspector general for Colorado.
The following is the list OF active In
spectors general from the different turisdic-
| tons subordinate to the Southern Supreme
Council: Alaska (under jurisdiction OF
Washington; Alabama, George F. Moore;
Arizona Cunder California;: Arkansas
Frank Pierce; Colorado. Henry NJ. Teller;
District of Columbia. Francis ]. Woodman
deputy; Florida DIN s. Wright deputy;
Georgia, Richard j. Num-; Idaho w. I.
sas, I. w. Harrison: Kentucky, Fred Web
Der; Louisiana, Samuel NJ. Tool: Mary
land. Graham Dukehart; Minnesota, Sam
uel E. Adams Mississippi Frederick Speed
deputy; Missouri Martin Collins Mon
tana, Erasmus T. Carr; Nebraska. Gustave
Anderson; Nevada, Adolphus L. Fitzgerald;
New Mexico, Max Frost; North Carolina,
J. w. Cortland; North Dakota, II. c. Plum
ley deputy; Oklahoma, H. S. Cunning
ham; Oregon, O. w Pratt; South Carolina,
William H. Prioleau; South Dakota, E. T.
Taubman; Tennessee. James D. Richard
son; Texas, A. B. Chamberlain; Utah Gun
der Wyoming); Virginia, John F. Mayer;
Washington, E. B. Hussey; West Virginia,
J. w. Morris; Wyoming. Frank w. Foote.
Gen. Robert H. Hall is the active thirty
third for the army and navy. There are
the following deputies for Japan and one OF
the American dependencies: Japan, John p.
Griffin; Hawaii. Henry E. Cooper. Porto
bama and the Philippines to that Of Cali
fornta.
Benjamin F. Peters, chief clerk Of the
Navy Department. who died this week after
long Illness. was an active member and
past master of Naval Lodge. No. 4, +. A.
A. M, and his funeral today will be with
Masonic honors. Mr.. Peters did not enter
but he at once took keen interest in the
institution and was soon placed In the
official line of Naval Lodge. He served sue
cessively in advancing positions, and not
withstanding his arduous public duties and
the exactions of private life, he made an
excellent officer Mr.. Peters passed the
subordinate chairs of Nava, Lodge and be-
came it's worshipful master in 1903. He
made one Of the best executives in the long
history Of the lodge bringing to bear his
work an extensive experience in public af-
fairs. Mr.. Peters was very popular IN the
fraternity, as he was in official and private
life, and much regret Is expressed at his
demise. 1t follows closely on the death Of
his wife, at the time Of whose decease he
was too I'll to attend her funeral.
A great change has come over the
Pythian spirit in the matter OF recognizing
ladies' auxiliaries and now the Rathbone
Sisters are definitely affiliated with the
Pythian organization by direct action Of
the Supreme Lodge. But it Is only twenty
years ago that the Supreme Lodge sat
down, and with considerable unanimity.
Of lot "a Ia
branches of the fraternity. 1t was a
Washington man, Judge John S. Lacy. then
a supreme representative from Missouri,
who put the finishing touches on the prop
osition at the Toronto convention Of the
Supreme Lodge in 1886. The committee on
"ritualistic work" had brought in re-
port which by vote of four to one favor
ed the establishment of so-called ladies
rank" The only dissenter was the late
Josiah H. Drummond, man with the re-
markable record of having attained the
highest position in every branch of every
fraternal organization with which he was
affiliatedeand he had Joined them all. At
the time Of his death he had surrendered
all his positions except that of head Of
the Royal Order of Scotland. which Office
he was acceptably filling on the occasion Of
his last visit here, and in which, upon his
death, he was succeeded by ex-Representa-
tive James D. Richardson of Tennessee.
sovereign grand commander of Scottish
Rite Masons Of the Southern Jurisdiction,
y. 8. A., who is just on his homecoming
from Europe. Judge Drummond submitted
lone minority report in opposition to his
four colleagues, In which he said: 1T is
inexpedient at the present time to take
any measure looking to the establishment
of ladies' rank" Judge Lacy supreme
representative from Missouri, moved to
substitute the Drummond report for the
majority report, and it carried by vote
of two-thi-ds of the Supreme Lodge. This
delayed the recognition of the ladies aux
iliaries for twenty years, 1t Is conceded
that the original propositions were very
crude in form and that the plans as pro-
posed at Toronto bore small resemblance to
the carefully matured propositions for the
recognition Of the Rathbone Sisters, which
in recent years have finally met the ap-
prevail Of the Supreme Lodge.
The thirty-ninth anniversary Of the or
ganization of the Supreme Lodge, knights
of Pythias, passed last Sunday without any
official notice on the part Of the Pythian
fraternity in the city of its birth. August
IL. 1865, twenty-nine years ago last Sunday
-thirty-six delegates, representing the FIVE
instituted the first Pythian Supreme Lodge.
There were twelve delegates from Wash
ington, twelve from Pennsylvania, four
from New Jersey, six from Maryland and
establishment of the supreme body which
now governs the destinies of nearly eight
thousand lodges and more than seven hun
dred thousad Pythians belonging to them.
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon Of the House
of Representatives is Mason and knight
Ternplar. holding membership In the lodge.
chapter, council and commandery at his
home city of Danvi.le, Ill. In the respect
Of fraternal utilization, however, he has not
bit the best Of John Sharp Williams,
leader Of the minority. and senator-elect
from Mississippi, who is member Of the
corresponding bodies of Yazoo City, Miss.
Neither the speaker nor the leader OF the
opposition in the House belongs to any
fraternity other than Masonry. excepting
the Elks.
The House Of Representatives has many
members of each and every fraternity as
well as many who belong to none of the fra
ternttfes whatever But among the con-