Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
TRIBUTE TO MAS0NS
Invited by Bishop to Services
at Cathedral Close.
RECALLS ORDERS HISTORY
Identified With Building Great Ca
thedrals Of Europe.
KNIGHTS TO ACT AS ESCORT
Grand and Subordinate Lodges in a
Body Will Attend Open-Air
Exercises Tomorrow.
KNIGHTS TO ACT AS ESCORT


fred Harding, Bishop of Washington,
the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons of the District of Columbia, &C
companied by the twenty-eight subordi-
nate lodges, under the escort Of the five
local Communicates of knights Templar,
will attend special open-air divine serv
ices at Cathedral Close tomorrow after
noon. The services will be commemora-
tive of temple building, with which, In
ancient times, the craft of Freemasonry
was peculiarly associated.
They will be held under the auspices
of the Bishop of Washington, who is a
Mason, and the chapter and council OF
the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.
An elaborate program has been arranged
for the occasion, including an address
by Rev. j. Henning helms. rector OF
the Church of the Ascension. In Ma
sonic circles the event is regarded as OF
exceptional Importance and interest
Music will be furnished by the United
States Marine Band.
The Masonic bodies will assemble at
the corner of Massachusetts, and Wis
consiI avenues promptly at O'Clock,
when the procession by lodges, under
the direction of the grand marshal of
the Grand Lodge Of the District, will
be formed and march to Cathedral Close
Officers of Grand Lodge.
The officers of the Grand Lodge are as
follows: DIR. George c. Ober, grand mas
ter; j. Claude KEEPER, deputy grand mas
ter; Ben w. Murch, senior grand warden
Charles E. Baldwin. junior grand war
den; Arvine w. Johnston. grand secre-
tary; James A. Sample. grand treasurer;
Thomas H. Young. grand lecturer Rev.
Joseph Dawson, grand chaplain; Rev. ).
Russell Verbrycke, assistant grand chap
lain; T. John Newton, grand marshal;
Alexander Grant senior grand deacon
| William w. Jermane, junior grand
deacon; James w. Written, grand sword
bearer; Lem Towers, jr.. grand pursui-
want; Joseph H. Milans, senior grand
| grand steward, and Warren c. BickfOrd,
| grand tiler.
Past grand masters are ]. S. Mccoy.
1880: NJ. NJ. Parker. 1SS4-S5; ]. w. Lee.
jr.. 1883; Il. Dingman, 1850; J. A. Sample,
1890; F. G. Alexander. 1892; l.. c. Will
hanson, 1898; Henry S. Merrill. 1894
George w. Baird. 1895: NJ. Trimble, 1897
! s. G.. Palmer. 1898; j. H. Small, jr., 1899
W. G. Henderson, 1900; H. Stamford.
1901; ]. A. Wetmore. 1904; Lurtin r.
Woodman. 1907; A. B. Coolidge, 1908. and
| Henry K. Simpson, 1909.
Lodges in the District.
The constituent lodges in the line of
march will be as follows: Federal No. 1,
Abram r. Server. worshipful master:
William A. Harries, senior warden, and
w. T. Richardson. junior warden; Colum-
bia, No. 3. w. Scott Macgill, worshipful
master: William S. Herndon. senior war
i,,pio don.
Naval, No. 4, J. Frank Campbell, wor-
shipful master; William J: Johnson. SEN
ior warden, and William E. Acton, junior
warden; Potomac. No. 5. William Clyde
Hunt, wershipful master; Thomas G.
King, senior warden, and Abram S. Nc
Coy. junior warden: Lebanon. No. Z,
Charles Kattlemann, jr., worshipful
master; Blair Mckenzie, senior warden;
and Harry O'Donnell, junior warden; The
New Jerusalem, No. 0. Warren j. Coffin,
worshipful master: w. Ivanhoe Jochum,
senior warden, and George w. Kennedy,
junior warden; Hiram, No. 10, William
Gleason Pond, worshipful master; Charles
w. Pimper. senior warden. and William
p Herbst, junior warden; st. Johns, No
III, Charles E. Babcock, worshipful mas
tier: Levi II. David. senior warden. and
IC E. Etchberger. jr, junior warden;
National. No II. Roger O'Donnell. wor-
shipful master: George l.. Sherman, SEN
/
warden; Washington Centennial, No. IA
Henry F.. Woodland. worshipful master
James r. McClenahan. senior warden
and Luther 8. Cannon. Junior warden
Benjamin B. French. No. Is, Henry r
Bittinger, worshipful master: Martin r
Speelman, senior warden, and Harry L
Strang. jr. junior warden; Dawson. No
10. Claude H. Woodward, worshipful mas
ter; George G. Seibold, senior warden
and Thomas w. Bramhall. junior war
den: Harmony, No. II. Otto J. DeMoll
worshipful master; F. N. Westerman
senior warden. and Robert H. Young
junior warden: Acacia, No. 10. Franci.
A. Springer. worshipful master; Delos M
Carter, senior warden, and Harry ]. Rob
ertson, junior warden: La Fayette. No
10. Gratz e. Dunkum. worshipful master
John r. Wright, senior warden, anC
Charles H. Gailiher. junior warden; Hope
No. %. Horace P. Mcintosh. worshipfu
master: Rudolph B. Behrend. senior war
den, and Henry G. Sherwood. junior
J warden: Anacostia. No. q. G. H. Copes
worshipful master: Wilbur H. Lawrence
senior warden. and Charles F.. Roberts
| iunior warden: GeQIze C. Whiting. No