The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-12

the clam is MADE tn8I the paper was
established in June, 1883.
The leading article on the front page
is under the heading, our Charters Of
Minor Importance" These minor i'm
portant charters are explained, in part,
Is follows:
Authority for Charters.
wye assure our friends that the char
tiers which we hold are better authority
than those held by any other Masonic
grand body on the face of the globe.
These charters, bearing the signatures
of Hayere, of Paris; the Duke of Athole,
of Scotland. and L. Napoleon, Emperor
of France, as protector of the order,
have been scrutinized frequently by the
most critical experts, acting in the in
terests of our competitors, ever since
these signatures were affixed in 1852
After saying that an examiner of the
United States goyernment-whether ne
was a. detective is not made clear-had
looked at the charters and found them
correct. the article concludes:
Recently in a Massachusetts court
of Justice all our charters were crltl-
cally inspected by the court, he police,
the reporters for all the great papers
of the State, mostly Masons under the
state grand lodge, the grand othcers
and paid attorneys of the grand lodge
of massachusetts,, Ancient Free anu
Accepted Masons, none OF Whom couiu
find even the suspicion OF a nav III
any of our documents and we herepy
agree to pay $1,000 to any n VINO can
chow that any of our charters are
ANYTHING but genuine and just what
I've claim them to be-
Tn a short article entitled Antiquity
nj Freemasonry'' the claim Is made
that the Ancient Egyptian Kite uses
.be universal Masonic ritual as prac-
used bv all grand bodies of both the
Eevptian and Ancient and Accepted
scottish rites scattered over the race
of the globe" Further on the artlcIs
reads no
"a Mason made under n of these
.rand bodies is given instruction that
enahIes him by signs, words, grips etc''
10 make himself known to every other
Mason on earth
Besser Doubts Claims
while this claim may be true II Is
doubted by Mr.. Besser. He claims ne
received instruction, went TO a 1rieha
who is a Mason, made sign ana gave
rrins and flew a distress sigma Win
out success. His friend merely thought
that he was acting queerly.
In spite of this a paragraph under
the heading. Our Grand Lodge Made
by state Masons," concludes: "A Ma
son made under this ritual Is given m
struction so as to enable him to make
himself known to every other Mason
on earth, any of whom he is to
call to his aid"
Then follows a personal item an
nouncing that through a ~typograph-
zeal error the name of "E, A. We
brock, of New Jersey, first assistant
grand master of ceremonies was
omitted from the list Of grand lodge
officers printed in the July number Of
the Masonic World"
"Brother Dasho, a member of Edwin
Baker Lodge who is reported to be
travelling abroad, writes to the paper
that he has been recognized by Masons
everywhere.
How to Become a Free Mason at
Small Expense looks interesting, but
reveals nothing. 1t requests the as
pirant for such honor to writes to the
Masonic home in East FoxboroN
The paper goes on to assert that
s1odges have existed for quite a long
time in various cities and towns in
New Jersey" and that "grand lodge
officers from New York are uniting in
the work of Immediately establishing a
new lodge near where the reader re-
sides, and one or more in every desir-
able place in or lear New Jersey"
Young wilson's Honors.
Further on reference is made to DIR,
Wilson, the younger of the two men
under arrest. 1t says that he is grand
master Of the Sovereign Sanctuary
Royal Masonic Rite or Grand Orient
Of Rites of the United States OF
America" and that he has mot only
held membership and fraternized with