The Washington herald., 1908-08-07
KNIGHTS PICK BROWN
Texas Man Heads Pythians
in United States.
WASHINGTON MAN A WINNER
Thomas ID. NIeares Elected TO office
of Supreme Master of ENeheduer-
Maine Nan Gets office that VIII
Mean His Elevation 10 Higher
Place Two Years Hence.

Boston. aug. SIN the election OF Of |
fcers OF the supreme lodge OF the knisnts I
Of F9ythias. held this afternoon for su-
urene master Of exoheQuer, Thomas .
Areares. OF Washington. was reelected
without a contest. Henry P Brown. OF
CIeburne. Tex. was elected supreme enail-
ceuor. and George NJ Hanson, Of cans
Me. supreme vice chancellor
Brown. who was supreme vice chancel-
Ior. was elevated without opposition Sev-
eraI candidates were in the field for the
other supreme Offices
Mrs. Nellie E. Merriam. Of Muskogee-
Okla. the supreme senior Of the 1900
Pvthian sisters in the country. was elect
ed 10 the highest Office. that Of supreme
chief she had no opposition, but a host
OF candidates were nominated for otheT
places on the ticket
Five Ballots Needed
Five ballots were necessary before the
] supreme lodge chose a vice chancellor
! which Office implies elevation TO the ST.
pre-ae ehanceIIorshlp two years hence
/ George H Hanson. Of Cadiz. Ne. the sd
I rra--e representative from that state
I fna1Iv received 81 out Of 153 votes. defeat
f-e- Dwight s. woodwork OF Fitchourg,
s7---ar1a representative from MassachU-
sets. and benjamin ! Selinger' OF Man
nfur. Iowa. a former supreme representa-
tive from that state
The Pvthian Sisters elected Mrs D /
Cotton. OF Weathertord. Conn. supreme
I senior. Mrs. I5a II Johnson Of Central
CITY. Iowa. supreme Junior, and Mrs
Cora " Davis. Of Union City. Greg. su-
/ -,-.--e manager
MAI Cen Arthur J Stobbart. Of ST
Paul MINI. was this afternoon reelected
as cou-nander-in-chief OF the Uniformed
Rank, Knights Of Pythias-
Holmes Performs Well
While the District Of Columbia com
pany was performing on the drill field a
Camp Lyon to-day, an incident occurred
which added much 10 the effectiveness:
% Of their exhibition, and brought then
/ hattering applause
= The drill might have been marred 3.
r a breach OF discipline but for the train
n ing Of :. G. Holmes, Of the company
3 Daring the sword manual, Holmes sabe
broke on near the hilt. The Washingto1
? man did not swerve OF move from hi
l. position. but cantinued the manuever
( aS though nothing had happened, unit
3 the dril handed him another sword Til
l. display Of good drilling is the talk a
the camp tonight
The prize drills were completed &c
dav. on a schedule and the winners wi
be announced on Saturday
=, 4 committee was appointed to-day
draw up resolutions on the death Of Il
late Col. Harry Cogsins, Of Washington
70 David L. Burnett, Of Washington. or
Is Of the original thirteen members Of u
y Knights Of Pythians. is made much
Of at the convention headquarters. F
d spoke last night AZ the reception OF u
Supreme Lodge.
Outside Of the elections and the d.
competition. the principal business Of u
IN Pythians to-day was the election OF ~
new members Of the board Of control
CHARGE Of the insurance branch Of 4
order. This resulted in q victory for Z
conservative element, who oppose [
@H movement Of the radical faction. 70 7
All wise the rates to the basis Of the re
10 ular life insurance companies.
The weather at the camp continues u
rp pleasant. frequent downpours maxi
al outside entertainment impossible exec
n. for a few hours at a time Good natu
n. prevails. however. and especially in
- Washington section, where there Is
= constant group OF jolly fellows