Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
GOOD TEMPLARS IN WISCONSIN
DISTRICT GRAND LODGE TO RE-
sUME JURISDICTION.
Special Commission Calls Upon It tt
Meet September 1-Honors
for S. w. Russell.

| A number of Washingtonians are at TIT
Camp Cleghorn assembly Columbia Lake
Wis. where many Good Templars arr
gathered for various conferences.
Rev. z. c. Dinwiddie and S. ". Rus
sell are among those in attendance from
| this city
The special commission which has hat
the administration of Good Templar at
| fairs in the District of Columbia for
yea or more held a meeting there las
week A decision rendered by the highes
legal body of the order, declaring tina
| such members and such lodges as hat
failed to comply with the terms of th'
greement made in June, 1908. in settle
! ment of differences then existing, 'hat
b. their action or inaction placed them
selves outside the pale of Good fem
plary, was considered.
An order was made that the Crane
Lodge, suspended in April. 1908. shoult
be called in special session Septembe
II next. to transact such business a
might properly come before it.
Camp Cleehorn is described as a tented
| field in an open grove bordering on thu
lake, which is one of a long chain o
picturesque lakes for which Wisconsin
is famous This ground is named il
honor of leader of the international Or
der of Good Templars
Inc tIOod IempiaT VII
close the odd instant
Camp Cleghorn assembly proper is pre-
coded by annual meetings of Good Tenn
plar organizations. crowded into the week
closing Saturday evening. August Z. Mon
day. August > was devoted to exercises
conducted by the Institute of Juvenile
Temple Workers. The chief executive
officer of the institute is Mrs. Emily NJ
Peters of Seattle.
General interest was manifested in the
l 7 -
We're given to finance its educational en-.
terprises the coming year. Its next an
nual meeting will be held at Niagara
Falls.
Eighteen grand lodges. statewide juris
dictions and the District of Columbia
were represented by delegates in the fifth
annual meeting of the National Grano
Lodge, the proceedings of which covered
three days. They We're conducted by the
national chief. Senator George F. Cot.
terill of Seattle.
Its work for the year. as planned will
it is maintained. advance the order in the
United States on educational lines, and
increase it's strength numerically and
financially. The reported achievements
made in the legislative department under
direction of Rev. f. c. Dinwiddie secured
unanimous approval and promise of sup
port to measures TO advance the cause
of temperance.
In the election George F. Cotterill and
Eugene tnaNn, cdnQlQatc TOT ITeSlueH'
of the United States on the prohibition
ticket at the last election. were nomi-
mated for national grand chief. Mr.. Cot
terill received a majority of votes.
Rev. Mr.. Dinwiddie had walk over
into the Office of electoral superintendent
The Office Of grand vice templar. consid-
cred an honorary position and held the
past year by Mrs. \. j. Pyle of Rich
mond. Va. was filled by the election. OF
Miss Leah Mcfarland of Minnesota.
s. w. Russell of Washington was APP
pointed chairman of committee on Juve-
nile Temple work.
Niagara Falls was fixed upon as the
next place of meeting.
The Grand Lodge of Wisconsin held its
annual meeting. occupying Friday and
Saturday. w. s. Frazier. grand secre-
tary. declined denomination. B. F.
Parker, In that Office for twenty seven
consecutive years, was returned to IL.