Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-15
Supreme Scottish Rite Body
Due Here Next Week.
TO BE OF MUCH INTEREST
Three Grand Commanders Will Be in
Attendance.
TO PLAN FOR NEXT TWO YEARS
Much Back Business Also to Be Con.
sidered-All Officers Are SD
Degree Masons.

The Supreme Council of the Southern
Jursd ction of the Scottish Rite. which
meets bienntally in Washington. will as
semble next week, and sessions will be
held each day from Monday to Saturday.
inclusive, in the House Of the Temple. 1873
Sd street northwest. Consideration of
business which has accumulated during
the past two years, as we'll as the per-
feet on of plans for the ensuing two
years. Will consume all of the working
hours of the council
Members of the committees on nomina-
tons. finance and Jurisprudence and legis-
lation are in Washington this week dis
posing of the preli.ninaries to the ses-
sions of the supreme body.
Dignitafies to Attend.
The meet ng in tle capital this year will
be unusua' in that the grand commanders
of all three Of the supreme councils in
this part of the world will be in attend
ance, namely. James D. Richardson of
the southern jurisdiction, Gen. Samuel c.
Lawrence of the northern jurisdiction and
John NJ Gibson Of the Canadian iurisdic-
ton.
The southern jurisdiction includes all of
the United States and its territorial pos
sessions. excepting the states of Maine,
New Hampshire. Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island. Connecticut, New York.
New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Delaware,
OHIO. Indiana. Illinois, Michigan and
Wisconsin. Bes des the states directly
within the Union, the southern jurisGiC-
ton controls the Scottish Rite lodges in
Japan. China. the Philippines. Hawaii,
Porto Rico and Alaska.
Officers of Supreme Council.
The personnel of the Supreme Council
of the Southern Jurisdiction is as follows:
Otfic ers-James d. Richardson, grand
commander, representing Tennessee;
Samuel E. Adams, lieutenant grand COM
mander, Minnesota: George F. Moore,
grand prior, Alabama and Porto Rico;
w. Frank Pie ce. grand chancellor,
California Arizona and the Philippine Is
lands; DR.. r. J. Num-. grand minister
of state, Georgia and South Carolina;
A. B. Chamberin, secretary general.
Texas; Charles E.. Rosenbaum, treasurer
general, Arkansas and the District of
Columbia; Adolphus l.. Fitzgerald. grand
chamberlain. Wyoming, Utah and Idaho;
Harper s. Cunningham, first grand
equerry, Oklahoma and New Mexico;
John F. MAYER, second grand eauerry;
standardbea,er. West Virginia: Ernest B.
Hussey. grand swordbeare Washington
and Alaska; Gusave Anderson. grand
herald. Nebraska, and Francis j. Wood
man, honorary 33d, grand tiler. Active
members. Erasmus T. Carr. Miles City,
Mont; Henry NJ. Tiller, Denver. Col; J.
Wakefield Cortland. Asheville. N. c.; E.
T. Taubman, Aberdeen, S. D.; T.
w Harrison. Topeka, Kan: Charles
T. Buck. New Orleans. La; Henry c.
ANerson, Des Moines, Ia, and Horatio
c. Plumley, Fargo, n. d. Deputies.
Henry E. Cooper. Hawaii; John r. Crit
fin. Japan and China; o. S. Wright and
William Ware, Florida; a. c. Stewa.t t.
Missouri; Philip S. Malcolm. Oregon, and
John II. Cowles, Kentucky.
All SD Degree Masons.
All of the officers. members and deputies
are rty-thrd-degree Masons. and all
of them are expected to be in attendance.
excepting DIR. r. j. Num-. who is Ill. and
Deputies Cooper and Griffin.