The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-15
Al New Jersey Lodges to
Hold First Convention
Here Tomorrow.
NEWARKER COMMANDER
100 NOyices to Be introduced Into
Mysteries of Order at Night
Session--New Three Degree
Ritual to Be Used for
First Time

Big preparations are being made by
members connected with the local tents
Of the Knights of the Maccabees of the
World for the first State convention of
the order, which will be held in this
city tomorrow. There are forty-one
tents Of the order in New Jersey, five
Of which are in Essex County. The
New Jersey camps nave been under the
direct supervision of the supreme tent,
with headquarters at Port Huron,
Mich, since their institution, but to-
morrow a State tent will be organized
and State officers selected. Every State
tent will ave a representative present,
and there will be a number from the
supreme tent. The most prominent
Maccabee, however, will be the SUI
preme commander, Hon. Daniel p.
Markey. of Port Huron, Mich, a for
mer speaker of the Michigan House Of
Representatives, and the supreme COM
mander of the order for the past seven
teen years.
Supreme Commander Marley will be
assisted in the institution of the State
tent by Deputy Supreme Commander
Alburney w. Frye, of Newark; Major
General William H. Sletzer, of the
uniformed rank, Of Cleveland Ohio, and
William r. Blaney, of Pittsburg, great
commander of Pennsylvania and a
member of the supreme board of trus-
Gees. The State tent will be Instituted
at 17-19 West Park street. The con-
vention will be called to order tomor-
row morning at 10 o'clock by Deputy
Supreme Commander Frye, after which
an address of welcome to the visiting
delegates will be made by Francis S.
Green. of Irvington, past commander
of Carteret Tent, No. 3, to which a
response will be made by Judge Mar
tin L.. Ferris, of Asbury Park. The in
stitutlon of the State tent will follow
reports, after which Supreme Com
mander Marley will deliver an adj
dress. The afternoon session begins
at 1870, and the most important bust
ness will be the election of State off,
GERS. From 4 to 8 there will be a school
for State deputies, at -03 Merket street,
and at 5 there will be a banquet at the
Continental Hotel.
1 In the evening at 1880, at 17-19 West
Park street, there will be an initiation
of a class of 100 n~ovices. The order re-
Gently adopted a third degree ritual in
place of its old one-degree initiation,
and this will be used for the first time
in this city. Bayonne Division No. L,
Uniformed Rank, will assist in the mi
tiation.
The Knights of the Maccabees has
a membership Of 1911, 900 in the United
States. 1t was introduced into this
State nine years ago, and at present
has over 2,10o names on its rolls. There
are five flourishing tents in Essex
County-Carteret No. 3, Roseville No.
Is and Harmony No. "a, all of New
ark; Washington No. 4. of Bloomfield,
and Perfection No. 5, of Montc1air. 1t
is most likely that the first State COM
mander for New Jersey will be Past
Commander A. w. Frye, of Newark,
who, as deputy supreme commander,
has had charge of the order in this
State for the past six years, and to
whom much of its success is due. The
other State officers to be selected are
a past commander. lieutenant-com-
mander, recordkeeper, treasurer, medi-
cal examiner. chaplain, master-at-
arms, sergeant, first and second master
Of the guards, sentinel and pickett