Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13

ton of the Grand Lodge of Masons for
the District of Columbia Saturday even
ing, November 20. to consider all mat
tiers connected with the transfer of the
ownership and control OF the new Ma
sonic Temple from the Masonic Temple
Association to the Grand Lodge. 1t is
said that 20 per cent of the stock Of
the association has already been trans
ferred to the Grand Lodge. The total
number Of shares is 209OO, and approx
imately 49, 800 have been assigned to the
Grand Lodge. The joint committee on
transfer is composed Of the following
members Of the Grand Lodge: Past
Grand Masters Lurtin r. CHM and Wal
ter A. Brown. and A. F. Fox. w. F.
GUIDE and Isaac s. Birch. and Of the fol-
lowing members of the temple assoca-
ton: Past Grand Masters James A. Sam
pie, ]. A. Wetmore and William 6. Hen
derson, Past Grand Commander Thomas
p. Morgan and Past Grand High Priest
6. r. Bond. Past Grand Master Lurtin
R. CHM is chairman Of the joint com
mittee; James A. Wetmore. secretary,
and Frank r. Underwood. assistant sec
rotary.
At the convocation Of the General
Grand Royal Arch Chapter. at Savannah,
grand high priest Of this jurisdiction,
vas elected general grand king, the third
office in the General Grand Chapter line.
Other officers elected were.
General grand high priest-Nathan G.
Kinsley. Austin. Mimi.
Deputy general grand high priest,
Bernard G. Witt, Henderson. Ky.
General grand scribe. Frederick W..
Craig. Des Moines. Iowa.
General grand captain of the host, Will
liam F. Kuhn. St JOaeDh. Mo.
General grand principal sojourner. Bes-
| ter G. Brown, Topeka, Kan.
General grand royal arch captain.
Charles y. Rix, Hot Springs. Ark.
General grand master of the third vail.
J. Albert Blake. Boston.
At the session Of the General Grand
Council of Royal and Select. Masters. at
Gil of this jurisdiction was unanimously
granted her charter.
The Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of the
District Of Columbia was represented at
Royal Arch Chapter by Grand High
Priest DR.. F. ]. Woodman, Deputy Grand
High Priest Kenton n. Harper. Grand
King Moses d. Null. Grand Scribe ia
cobus 8. Jones. and Past Grand High
Priests George E. Corson and E. St. Clair
Thompson At the General Grand Coun-
ell meeting f. st. Clair Thompson repre-
scented Adoniram Council and George E.
COrson. Washington Council.
r. st. Clair Thompson also represented
Grand Secretary Arvine w. Johnston at
the meeting of the Grand Secretaries
Guild. which was held at Savannah dur
Ing the week.
At the banquet of Mount Horeb Royal
Arch Chapter, No. = following the con-
A. degree was conferred By officers and
members Of the High Priests Association.
speeches were made by Grand Master and
Past Grand High Priest Henry h. Simp-
son. Past Grand High Priest and Deputy
Grand Master George c. Ober. Grand Sec
rotary A. w. Johnston, Laird J.. Neal
high priest Of Hiram Chapter. No. 10.
and others. A telegram from Past Grand
High Priest K. st. Clair Thompson, an
nouncing that the charter OF Adoniram
Council, No. .. had been unanimously
granted by the General Grand Council
excited enthusiasm and applause. High
Priest w. w. Jermane acted as toast
master.
Grand Master Thomas ]. Shryock of
Maryland has invited Grand Master
Henry X. Simpson Of this Jurisdiction and
all the other grand masters OF the United
States to be his guests at the dedication
Of the Masonic Temple I'm Baltimore,
Tuesday and Wednesday. November 16
AMI IL. Grand Master Simpson has ac-
cepted the Invitation and will be present.
George B. wheeiock of Mount Horeb
Royal Arch Chapter. No. Z. entertained
a party of friends during the week who
were their way from New Hampshire.
his native state. to attend the sessions Of
the General Grand Royal Arch Chapter
and the General Grand Council. Royal
and Select Masters. which began at Sa-
| vannah, Ga. Monday. The party con-
sisted of the following: Past Grand
High Priest John A. Lang Of Ros-
lindale. Mass: Grand High Priest
John F. Webster OF New Hampshire.
grand master OF the Grand Council. r..
and s. M, Of n. H.. Edward o. F'ifeld,
32d degree. Of Nashua. n. H.: Deputy
Grand High Priest Charles Gale Shedd.
SD degree honorary. Of Keene. N. H.,
and Charles H. Sinclair. 32d degree. Of
Concord, y. III.
Acacia Lodge. No. Is. F. A. A. NJ, at
its grand visitation Tuesday evening had
on its program Of entertainment orches-
trail selections, q violin solo, Raffs 'Cava-
tina" by T. Brooke Amiss; vocal solo by
Herndon Morsell: an address by Auditor
william f. Andrews Of the Treasury De-
partment: q speech from Worshipful
Master Edward q. Clement, presenting q
testimonial to the orator Of the evening:
a second vocal solo by Herndon Morsell
The Masonic Orchestra. under the direc-
ton Of Donald B. Macleod. furnished the
music.
Monarch Edward S. Schmid OF Kallipolis
Grotto, No. Is. Of the Yelled Prophets. an
nounced today that the grend ceremonial
NJ tina 9rottO would urobably be