Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
GOOD TEMPLARS PLAN
WARSHIP LODGE ROOMS
Society Will Call Navy's Attention
to the Lack of Meeting
Halls at Sea

PASADENA, Oct. 1S.-A suitable hall
on all American warships where meet
ings of lodges and other secret organ
izations can be held is the desire OF
the International order of Good Tenn
plars, according to resolution passed
by the California grand lodge at ITS
meeting here yesterday. E. 5. DlnWld-
die. national grand electoral superin-
tendent Of the order, who has head
quarters in Washington for the pur-
pose of looking after temperance legls-
lation, will be instructed to call tne
attention of the navy department 70 the
lack of lodge facilities for Uncle sam
sailors.
1t is argued that the navies of other
countries have meeting halls with ante
rooms and other conveniences and 1t is
claimed for the innovation that it tends
to help the moral tone of the ships
crew. If the matter is brought to
successful conclusion it is said Good
Templar lodges would be organized at
once on many Of the fighting ships ana
that members of other orders would no
doubt take advantage of the opportu-
nity to form lodges or branches of their
several organizations and thus keep
abreast of their brothers on land as TO
the doings of their societies.
An effort will also be made to extend
temperance work among the labor or
ganizations of the country. Mrs. Alice
Soderberg of Los Angeles spoke before
Yesterdays meeting on the subject, de-
claring that inasmuch as 1t is the pur-
pose of the organization to spread tenn
perance work wherever possible, the
trades unions offer field not yet COW
cred in this country and the Good Tenn
plars as an organization should take
up the work.
Mrs. Soderberg was elected state
deputy to the grand chief templar to
work among the laboring men and
resolution was passed instructing sub
ordinate Good Templar lodges in cities
where labor unions exist to appoint
their most energetic temperance work.
ers on committees to further the plan.
Mrs. Soderberg said last evening fol-
lowing the meeting: I'VE do not INFER
that the members of labor unions are
incorporate to any greater extent than
in other organizations, but Wherever
there are men there is a field for our
work. In England the business agents
of various unions have organized Good
Templar lodges among themselves and
in many other countries the organized
workingmen have taken up the work
with good results
MONEY FOR ORPHANS
At the meeting last night more than
$500 was raised to spread missionary
temperance work and to support the
orphans home in Vallejo maintained
by the grand lodge. The home was or
ganized in 1869 and 1t Is claimed this
is the only institution in the United
States maintained by fraternal order
where orphans of non-members are ad-
mitted. The raising of funds for the
home is made a special order of busi-
ness at each grand lodge session and
no outside support is received. 1t is
said that a very small percentage of IN
mates of the home are from families OF
Good Templars.
A resolution was passed indorsing a
plan submitted by the Rev. Dana Bart
lett of Los Angeles by letter, calling for
an International Temperance congress
in that city in 1915. 1t is proposed to
have representatives from all temper
ance organizations In the world at the
gathering.
The international supreme degree, the
highest in the order, was conferred last
evening by Past Grand Chief Templar
Theodore Kanouse upon Mrs. B. e.
Swain of Burbank, Mrs. M. 3. Brond
of Palo Alto, Carl Johnson of Los An
geles, A. Solomon of Landau, 8. Ce-
Gil Holmes of Los Gatos, Frank Wiles
of Vallejo, Osmar Hale of Santa Mon
lea and William K. Jeffs of Pasadena
During the intermission between the
afternoon and evening sessions several
carloads of delegates and visitors went
to Monrovia, where they were guests
at dinner of the Monrovia lodge.
There are forty-nine accredited dele
gates in attendance at the grand lodge,
and many visitors. The delegates are:
Burbank--Mrs. B. Swain, w. C. Wye
koff, Mrs. w. c. Wyckoff.
Los Angeles-M1ss Bertha Bonhoff,
Mrs. Rose Burness, r. D. McCollum,
A. Dobbins, F. L. McKibben, Robert
Taylor
Los Angeles (swedish) Miss Anna
Soderberg, Iver Iverson.
Los Gatos-Emery B. Jennings, L. B.
Mallory, Mrs. L. B. Mallory, S. C.
Holmes.
Mariposa-Frank Sweeley.
Oakland-J. H. Robbins.
Pacific Grove-Miss Iva B. Cooley.
Pasadena-John K. Gailbraith, ]. S.
Houlgate, Charles R. Burger, William
K. Jeffs, Miss Myrtle Shaw.
Petaluma--John Offutt, Mrs. John
Offut.
San Diego-Carl ]. Johnson, Miss
Hanna Anderson.
San Francisco-W. ]. Engle Robert
Ingram, A. L. Johnson, Mrs. S. A.
johnson, Mrs. Maud II. Ingram.
San Jose-C. B. Hay, A. C. Banta,
Drew.
Santa Cruz-w. P. Netherton, Eva
Winery.
Santa Monica-w. I. Hull, Mrs. West
over, Edith Cornelius, Osmar Hale,
Miss A. Cornelius.
Sherman-Walter Brand, Charles
Harris.
Stockton-Mrs. L. e. Andrews
Vallejo-Frank Wiles.