The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16
GRAND OFFICERS
|. CHOSEN BY MASONS
William P. Fillmer OF San Franz
cisco Elected Grand Warden
on the Second Ballot
Report Against Bar to Liquor
Dealers Membership Is
Adopted

w. Frank Pierce OF Oakland was
promoted by the grand lodge of Cali
fornia Free and Accepted Masons, yes
terday, to the Office of grand master
of the California Jurisdiction. POI
sition he has earned by devoted work
for many years in the fraternity in
all branches The other officers who
We're chosen are. Dana Il. Weller.
Los Angeles, deputy grand master;
Alonzo j. Monroe. Eureka, senior
grand warden; William p. Fillmer. San
Francisco. junior grand warden; Ed
ward Coleman. San Francisco, grand
treasurer; John Whether, San Francis
co, grand secretary; Thomas ]. Baker.
sacramento, grand lecturer
In the contest for junior grand war
den there were eight candidates. on
the. flrst ballot FiIlmer received AS
u 4oz necessary to choice, the next
nlghest candidMe receiving 272. On
the second ballot, when $50 votes had
been counted for Fillmer counting was
suspended and he was declared elected
by reclamation.
AT the morning session the resolu-
ton to render ineligible to member
snip IN the fraternity any one engaged
in the wholesale or retail liquor bust
ness and to expel any one holding
membership who shall engage in the
liquor traffic was taken up on the re-
port of the committee on resolutions.
rms was adverse to the proposition
ana the report was concurred in.
AT a previous session of the grand
iodge the report of the special com
mittee on Masonic temple presented ire
report and announced that the Union
trust company had promised to take
$4,000 worth of bonds and that one
Individual would advance from $500. 600
to 100000. The report was accented
and the committee told to go ahead
Yesterday, however there was a
change, for the finance committee re-
ported that it had fully considered the
subject matter and had come to the
conclusion that the bond proposition
was not satisfactory.
The temple committee was then di-
rected to hold the building PROPOSE
ton in allegiance for one year and
present a different recommendation as
to the manner of raising money at the
next meeting.
After the file had been cleared the
following were announced as the ap-
pointeeS of the new grand master:
Grand chaplain, Ernest E. Baker,
Oakland; grand orator, Charles A.
Adams. San Francisco: assistant grand
secretary, Harry S. Johnson, San Fran
cisco; grand marshal, William Kettner
San Diego; grand standard bearer, Leo
" Youngworth, Los Angeles; grand
sword bearer. James B. McGrew. Oak
land; grand bible bearer William S.
Moses, San Francisco: senior grand
deacon, Wilson c. Ponder, Redding:
junior grand deacon, John H. Bean, Los
Angeles; senior grand steward, ]. f.
Morgan, Sacramento; junior grand
Deacon Fred A Van Sicklen, Berke-
ley; grand pursuivant. John e. Greeves.
Lodi; grand organizer, Samuel d.
Mayer; grand tyler, George p. Adams,
both of San Francisco.
The new officers except the grand
master, who had TO go to the bedside
of his brother who is sick, We're in
stalled by Oscar Lawler the retiring
grand master The latter was pre-
scented as token of appreciation a set
of hammered silver service, after which
the grand lodge was closed until next
October.
In the evening the members of the
body attended a session in King Solo
mons hall, where La Parfaite union
6French) lodge No. II put on the first
apprentice degree of Masonry.