Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-22
LONG BEACH
Office 2s Locust ave.
Phone Home eco.
KNIGHTS PARADE ON
LONG BEACH STREETS
EXHIBITIONS OF SKILL ARE
LOUDLY APPLAUDED
jacksonville Decided on as Next Place
of Meeting, and Day Closes Amid
Scenes of Healthy
Fun

Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH. May 21.-The uniform
rank man was ''it' in todays doings of
the knights of Pythias grand lodge.
This morning he escorted the big pa
rade, in which all visiting knights and
Pythian Sisters participated, and this
afternoon he appeared on dress parade
on the high school campus, drilling for
big money before thousands of specta-
tors.
The San Diego knights, Chevelier
company, No. 6, carried off the biggest
bunch of prize money today, winning
s100 as the best drilled company and
$50 as the company having come the
longest distance. Pasadena company,
No. 80, Captain George C. Whitney
commanding, won second prize, $50, in
the competitive drill. and Los Angeles
company, No. %, Captain M. c. Mohen,
third prize, $25. Santa Monica COM
pany, Captain A. J. Zimmerle, won S25
for drilling with rifles. This is the only
rife company in the brigade.
Company No. 25 of Los Angeles. win
ner of the $25 third prize, also won $40
for having the most men in this morn
ing's parade. Gauntlet company No.
40 of Los Angeles of which w. p
Hyatt is captain, and the Santa Monica
company also participated in the regu-
lar drill. The scores were: Company g.
San Diego SIS; company 80, Pasadena,
$685. Los Angeles, No. 25 81; Santa
Monica, No. 81, 53.5; Gauntlet lodge,
No. 40, Los Angeles As; Santa Monica
company, No. 81, with rifles, IS.
Captain E. H. Granger, who COM
manded the San Diego drill team. led
his company perfectly and the men re-
sponded to every command and
marched with such precision that the
crowd cheered almost continuously
while the company was on the field.
The judges, who watched the move
ments of the men closely. were Colonel
w. G.. Schneider. Captain George E.
Heber and Captain L. A. Paine of the
Seventh regiment, N. G. c.
This mornings parade was most
spectacular. The procession was sew
eral blocks in length. Two bands, the
Third regiment and the municipal band
of this city, marched. playing almost
continuously. A Phantom of police led
the parade. The following uniform
rank divisions were in line:
First battalion. commanded by Major
w. G. Miller-Los Angeles company,
No. 25. Captain NJ C. Mohen; Pasadena,
No. 80, Captain George c. Whitney:
Gauntlet, No. 30, Captain W. P. Hyatt:
Long Beach. No. A. Captain A. c.
Walker; Santa Monica, No. 81, Captain
A. j. Zimmerla.
Second battalion. commanded by Ma
por Clyde Bishop-Chevalier No. 6,
San Diego, Captain f. H. Granger;
Damon, No. 81, Santa Ana, Captain o.
c. OVerman.
Third battalion. commanded by Cap
tain H. w. Broughton-Santa Barbara,
No. AZ, Captain w. NJ. Bates; Oxnard,
No. ga. Captain F. H. Thatcher
Colonel Kenton A. Miller was in
command of the parade
A line of retired field and staff Off
GERS was led by Colonel George Adolph
Colonel T. A. Murray was marshal of
the second division, in which We're au-
tomobiles containing the grand officers
retiring and elect, of the Knights of
Pythias grand lodge. the uniform rank
and the Pythian Sisters. Grand Chan
cellor-elect Wagner of San Bernardino
was unable to participate in the pa
rade having been called out of town
on business. Brigadier General ]. A.
Driffill, who has just been elected ma
jor general rode in one auto with Col
onel T. j. Crowley and Major General
McGlashan.
Pythan Sisters to the Front
Mrs. Julia Bay, grand chief of the
Pythian Sisters; Mrs. May Clarke,
grand chief-elect; Mrs. Matte Fry,
general manager, and Mrs. Margaret
Hamilton, grand protector rode to-
gether in another car
Mrs. Ida Weaver, the first grand
chief of Indiana and the first supreme
chief of the United States, was a dis
tinguished participant in the parade.
Another was Mrs. Lydia Monroe of
Riverside, also a past supreme chief
Calanthe temple of Oakland, the ban
ner temple of the state was represent
ed by ten pretty young women in a
handsomely decorated three-seated rig
drawn by a smart black and white
team "Water-logged" and "You
should have brought yours along" were
some Of the notices on the much-deco
rated motor bus which carried a num-
Der of the members of Red Star, No.
153, of SanDiego. A 'red raven" sur
mounted the bus. The Long Beach fire
department brought up the rear of the
parade, following a long line of men,
bers of subordinate lodges not in uni
form.
The parade formed on Cedar avenue.
marched from Ocean and Cedar ave-
nues to Pacific avenue. north to First
street, east to American avenue, north |
to Fourth street. west to Pine avenue
and south to Ocean front, where il
disbanded, the men in uniforms being
served luncheon at the auditorium nv |
the members of the Long Beach uni |
form rank company
The following additional new mem |
bers of the Pythian Sisters grand
lodge were elected today Grand man |
ager, Mrs. Mary j. Livingstone, Los
Angeles; grand mistress OF records and
Louise Holmes. Oak |
land; grand master of finance, Mrs.
Mae Steigelman, Salinas grand outer
guard, Mrs. Kate Craw, Long Beach. |
jacksonville Next Meeting Place
At this afternoons session of tha
grand lodge jacksonville was selected
as the next meeting place for the
lodge. Fresno also invited the grand
lodge but did not make an active can !
vass for il.
The salary of Grand Keeper of Rec
ords and Seals Shaffner was increased
$500 a year. The sum of $500 was or
dered set aside also for the purchase
of three past chancellors' jewels. OF
these two are to be presented to two
who lost their badges of
honor In the San Francisco disaster.
The long discussion of the use of