Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-11
TempIar's Committee Pick
Mountain City After
Contest.
EFFECT CONCORDAT
International Union, Long De-
sired, Brought Nearer BY
Resolution.

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Eminent Sir Will
liam B. Melish of Cincinnati was to-
day unanimously elected grand com
mander of the knights Templar
Other officers elected include:
Deputy Grand Master-Arthur Mac
Arthur, Troy, n. Y
Generalissimo-W. F. Pierce, San
Francisco.
Captain General-Lee s. Smith, Pitts
burg.
Denver for Next ConcIave.
The committee recommended Den
yer for the next triennial conclave of
the knights Templar
Committee Report Awaited.
Chicago, Aug. 11.-Chief interest in
today's session of the conclave of the
Knights Templar lay in the expected
report of the committee on place for
the next encampment. The election of
officers was also scheduled for today.
Chicago Considered.
In the struggle for the next conclave
every knight of the thousands still in
Chicago appears interested. New Or
leans, Denver, San Francisco, and now
Chicago are cities being given the most
consideration by the committee. AL
though Chicago does not openly bid for
the return of the Templars, members
OF the committee have intImated it was
SO pleased with the success. of the
present conclave it might be susceptible
to argument in favor of a return.
Drills Are Resumed.
Drilling by the Cook coounty and II
Huois Communicates for the second
aad third class trophies, yacht and
motor boat racing, an automobile ride
fof the women accompanying the visit
ing knights, the award of prizes, recep-
ton to the grand encampment officers
by the Ohio grand commandery, fire
works, band concert and an electrical
display in the evening make up the re-
mainder of the days program.
Tomorrow there is no set program,
and the visitors will spend the time
viewing Chicago unless the business
sessions extend over.
The crack drill squad of Raper COM
mandery No. l f Indianapolis was
awarded first place in class 1 in the
competition held all day yesterday.
The award is generally conceded to
have been well merited. There were
seven teams in the contest and the
Raper squad created the most enthus-
iasm among the spectators The or
der of the awards is as follows:
First - Raper commandery, Indian
apolis; score 92.3.
Second - Hauselmann commandery, /
Cincinnati; score S7.3.
Third = Oriental commandery, Kan
sas City. Kan; score S7.2.
Fourth - Ivanhoe commandery, Mil /.
waukee; score $50.
Fifth-Kenosha commandery, Keno /
sha, Wis: score $40.
Sixth-Beauseant commandery, Bal /
timore. score 1913.
Seventh-Morfnt Olive commandery, (
Wichita, Kan; ;Lscore 78.5.
Made by Army Officers.
The first prize is a libation fountain |
of silver, the second silver loving /
cup, and the third a silver centerpiece /
and candelabrum. The awards were /
made by three army officers who were /
sent to Chicago at the request of the |
officers of the grand encampment by |
Secretary of War Dickinson.
The Raper commandery team has !
won many prizes in the past. Its uni |
form is distinctive, being of cream
colored moleskin. with scarlet and gold /
facings The team is made up of men
six feet or more in height and straight |
as ships mast
Great Demonstration.
The awards were made public last |
night by General George w. Moulton,
past grand commander, at a big dem
onstration witnessed by thousands in !
front of the Congress hotel. Each
team was accompanied by band, and \
preceding the announcement of the
names of the prize winners there were
drills by several companies that
brought bursts of applause from the
crowd. After giving out the prizes
General Moulton presented the captain
of each team silver medal and gave
to Detroit commandery No. /, which
had given an exhibition drill in the
morning, a stand of colors.
COncordat Established.
Chicago. Aug. 1.-THE resolution
unanimously adopted here yesterday
establishing concordat between i
Knight Templar governing bodies, is
said by Masons to be the most i'm
portant step taken by the coDclave
for many years. The concordat es
tablishes amicable relations between