Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19

ligiouSiy incongruouS brethren TO form a
lodge in the new city, and one of them
Lodge of Maryland was in session, and
came back with a charter that enabled
the new lodge to organize and equip itself
| in time for the great parade from La
fayette Square to Capitol Hill
The resignation of H. v. Tulloch as
senior steward Of Federal Lodge. No. 1.
consequent upon his permanent removal
to Seattle Wash. has advanced w. I.
Ballard to the vacancy and resulted in
the appointment of l.. Bert Nye as Junior
steward.
Past Master W. H. Singeton's talk on
Masonic Terms. Their Origin and Sig
nificance.' at Osiris Lodge. Wednesday
night, was said to be a rare treat ana
likely to bring Mr.. Singleton in demand
as a lecturer before other lodges in the
District. His address is said to have
shown wide and deep knowledge OF
matters Of peculiar interest to students Of
Masonry. w. G. Pond, junior warden OF
Hiram Lodge. No. 10. gave an interesting
exposition of a celebrated passage of
scripture which also attracted consdera-
BILE attention.
C. c. Coombs. royal arch captain. and
Charles l. Wiley. master of the third
veil, have resigned their positions in CO.
lumbia Royal Arch Chapter, No. 1, the
latter for business reasons. while Mr.
Coombs, it is said Is also secretary of the
New Jerusalem Lodge, No. g. and It's
duties take about as much time as he
can spare.
Commander William H. Wunder of
Orient Commandery. No. ). X. T.. in a
recent circular calls attention to the
at the National Base Ball Park. lth
street and Florida avenue, and urges the
sir knights in his command to prepare to
defend the "colors" won on two former
occasions. He also advises that the Chi
cago fraters are engaged in making prep
arations for the thirty-first triennial con-
clave in that city August 10 to Ii, 1910.
DR.. Frank E. Gibson, chairman Of the
housewarming entertainment committee,
announces his committee and states there
will be meeting of the full committee In
the Auditorium of the new Temple
Tuesday night at 7:3O o'clock sharp.
when badges will. be distributed and the
work assigned. The committee is as fol-
lows:
Dr. Frank E. Gibson. chairman. s27 l
street: Philip Brown. H. G. Brown, ]. E.
Bonini Fred NJ. Book Henry E. Bittln-
ger. George w. Bauman. Charles E. Bald
win. J. c. Bowen. Mark H. Barnum. John
S. Beach. S. G. Barnard. c. F. Cummins,
A. c. Crook. James Crosby, c. c. Coombs,
DR.. l.. D. Carman. ]. w. Collins, Frank
B. Curtis. William F. Coggins. F. A. Bry-
ant. ]. A. Davies, H. M. Dodd. Theo. G.
DeMoll. D. G. Davis, George Efferen,
Charles E. Etchberger Arthur A. Chaplin,
Alex. Gordon. w. F. Guide, Adolf GUIDE.
William T. Galliher. Emile Huck, Robert
Harper, M. A. Hess. c. Walter Hoover,
K. N. Harper. H. w. Hunt. DR.. G. b.
Claude F. King, w. T. Jones, c. NJ. Lewis,
Charles Long. L. Leaman, ]. B. Lambie
DR.. C. T. Lindsey, Joseph Leaman, c. B.
Matthews. w. H. Mckelden, William F.
Meyers. Joseph A. Milans. T. T. Moore.
E. II. L. Myers, ]. E. Nyman, T. j. New
Proctor, William S. Parks, A. s. Riddle.
r. H. Rice, w. F. Reeve, S. c. Redman,
c. A. Stevens. DR.. c. A. Stewart. ]. G.
STEELE. Morris Simon. DR.. H. NJ. Schooley.
| Joseph Solomon, Seaton Trunnell, Lem
| Towers. ]. E. Tibbetts, Wallace Streater
Alfred Selinger. ]. Frank TrazZare. S. r.
Jacobs. ]. j. Kramer, Harry G. Kimball.
Gus w. Wiegand, Robert Joyce, Andrew
Wilson. V. II. Wallace, DR.. w. H. Wun-
der, Henry F. Woodward. Fred Waldman
Nelson Wilson, E. c. Peach, Edward S.
Schmid and Charles Purdy.
A feature of the jubilee to be given by
the knights of Pythias. Thursday even
ing December g. at Pythian Temple, will
be the convention of Franklin Lodge. No
2. in session while the rank of page is
presented.
This lodge, organized April II. 1864, is
the oldest Pythian lodge in the world.
The Pythian order was founded in this
city February 10. 1864. by the institution
of Washington Lodge, No. /. which sur
rendered it's charter after a short career.
Franklin Lodge, No. 2. has continued
since its organization, and is consequently
the oldest Pythian lodge in existence.
From the work of this lodge the order
of the knights of Pyth:as was firmly es-
tablished In the District of Columbia, and
from this jurisdiction 1t was extended to
neighboring states. until. according to the
reports of December 81. 1907. it has a
membership of 69S,57S, with 1892 subor-
dinate lodges, in every state and territory
of the United States. Canada, Cuba. Mex
leo. Panama, Philippines and among
Anglo SaXonS in China.
Through all the years Franklin has
stood steadfast and true to the principles
of the order. say Pythians generally.
The officers, some of them pioneer mem
bers 1t is said. have been power from
year to year in unfolding the Pythian
banner in this the oldest lodge; and, backed
by the members. they have put Franklin
| on a sound footing. The officers who will
be in the chairs at the opening of the
lodge. December 3. are as follows: Chan
cellor commander. ]. G. Bell; vice chan
cellor J. G. Tappan: prelate. w. S. Tap
pan; keeper of records and seal, Thomas
Adams; master of work, w. w. Mocka-
bee; master of finance. Edward Dunn
(past supreme chancellor and charter
member of the LODGE; master of ex-
chequer. p. p. Patrick; inner guard. A.
c. Chrismond; master at arms Thomas
McGilton. and outer guard, c. s. Thomp-
son.
AS a courtesy to the Grand Lodge Off
GERS, the foregoing officers will vacate
their stations part of the evening,
while the ritualistic work Of the first
rank is being rendered by the Grand
Lodge officers as follows: Grand chan
cellor. c. H. Woodward; grand vice chan
cellor. Albert Kahlert: grand prelate, w.
E. Bradley; grand master at arms, H. p.
Wiley; grand keeper of records and seal.
chequer. F. b. Crown; grand inner guard
S. H. Bassett; grand outer guard, r. Sc
bastian; grand lecturer. G.. w. Haley.
and past grand chancellor G. Frank Day.
OF the knights of Pythias Hall Associa-
ton al Pythian Temple Monday evening
an election was held to fill vacancies.
William A. Kimmel. vice president was
elected president to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of John w Hardell,
who had served as presiding officer of the
board for many years. John r. Clark
was elected vice president to fill the va
cancy caused by the advancement Of Mr.
kimmel The affairs of the association
were discussed and routine business
transacted.
Washington Company No. I, Uniform
Rank knights of PythiaS which finished