Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31

Jan. 6 High Priests Association.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COMMANDERIEs.
No announcement OF work has been re-
ceiyed from any Of the communicates
scheduled 10 meet this week.
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH
RITE.
Jan. = Mithras Lodge OF Perfection. bust
ness; Robert de Bruce Council Of Ka-
dosh, Both degree.
Jan. albert Pike Consistory. 31st deg
Jan albert Pike Consistory 32d deg.
EASTERN STAR CHAPTERS.
tCalendare,i, but not buetned.)
Jan L. Ruth. No. l; Jan. Mizpah. No.
No. }: Jan =, Martha, No. 1.
Grand Master Ben W. Murch. following
his recent election and installation, an
nounced the following standing commit
tees of the Grand Lodge: Jurisprudence,
William @. Henderson, James \. Wet
more. Augustus Is. Coolidge, Matthew
Trimble. George e. Ober; correspondence
George W. Baird, Frank 3. Curtis. Ken
ton n. Harper. Claude F. King, Horace
i. Mcintosh; grievances. l.. Cabell Will
Hanson. Walter W. Ludlow, Edwin B.
Hesse. Abram r. Serven William A.
Harries; work and lectures. William ].
Naylor, George J. Fritch. Thomas NJ. F.
bowling. Jacob III. ichliter John n.
Sterger; bylaws, John y. Meyer, Charles
j. James, Luther f. Speer. Andrew Will
son, William E. Dyre; accounts, Z. st.
Clair Thompson, John Scrivener James
l.. Hutchinson, Mark +. Finley, Carter b.
Heene; library, Louis d. Carman. Otis J.
Eddy. William Montgomery, John Lane
Johns. Edward S. Smith; Masonic Tenn
pie. Lurtin K. CHM. Albert F. Fox, John
II. Small. jr.; Walter a. Brown, Henry
X. Simpson.
Five lodges are calendared 10 meet to-
morrow evening. Two of them have no.
titled TIE grand st cretary, Anacosria, No
81, and Pentalpha. No. -, that their
communications have Leen called off. The
remainder are not builetined the tenn
pie. They Include Potomac, No. 5; Ben
Jamin b. French. No. 10, and Mount
Pleasant. No. 33.
fish Rite odles this week will be excep-
tionally Interesting to Masons of that
rite Beginning Tuesday evening at 40
O'Clock. Robert de Bruce Council. Knights
kadosh- will confer in full ceremonial
form the thirtieth degree, Knight ka-
dosh, with the following cast: Arthur
Il. Hayes. preceptor. and Arthur NJ. Bug
den, spirit. first apartment: George r.
Davis, hierophant, and Allen Bussius.
thirty-thrd degree honorary. sacrificer.
second apartment: Robert F. Mentzell
supreme judge; Oliver Bennett. second
frank judge: Lance G. McCubbin third
frank judge; Clarence T. Bright. fifth
frank judge Morris H. Abeli. sixth frank
judge, and Austin j. Lester. seventh
frank judge third apartment; Horace P.
Mcintosh, preceptor; Jacobus S. Jones,
thirty-third degree honorary, first sub
protector: Allen Bussius. thirty-third de-
gree honorary, second sub-prefector; FL
r.. Simpson, h. c. G. H.. captain of
the guard. and John Fl. Won Hermann.
h. &. G. H.. marshal of ceremonies.
fourth apartment.
The thirty-first degree, "Inspector-In-
qusitor,'' will be conferred in full cere-
monial form in Albert Pike Consistory
Wednesday evening. beginning at Z 10
o'clock. with the following cast Carter
Is. keene. Osiris and venerable president;
Nathan WE'LL. X G. G. H.. Alum and
first councillor: Robert +. MentzeIl Ma
and second councillor; Lem Towers. ir.,
isis and ConfuciGs; James II. Mcintosh.
Bussius. thirty-third degree honorary,
Anupa and Manu-: j. Archibald Bailer.
N G. G. H.. 'rhoth and Moses: Charles
g. T. Topper, Iiorus and master of
and Alfred: Jacobus S. Jones, thirty
third degree honorary, Tua-Mutif and
Zarathustra; Il. st. Clair Thompson.
3lapi and Hermes, and John III. Won
Ninos.
Thursday evening the tbirty-second de-
gree. Master of the Royal Secret the
highest of the consistory. will be con-
ferred in full ceremonial form, beginning
at 40 o'clock, with the cast as follows:
Z. G. F. Topper. Venerable Master Of
kadosh; J. A. Bailey: x: c: C. H.. prior;
Rev William Tayloe Snyder, prelate;
Francis A. Sebring. thirty-thrd degree
honorary. marshal of ceremonies; John
j. Won Hermann. X. c. c. H.. expert;
j. Walter Humphrey. recta ton of the
Nedic poems and the guards of the camp,
Nedic poets and Zend worshipers imper-
sonated by the members of Albert Pike
Camp Guard, under Or. Frank T.. Glib
son. h. G. c. H., commanding
The executive committee of the Scot
fish Rite bodies is composed of Stirling
Kerr. jr:. thirty-third degree honorary,
District of Columbia. chairman; Francis
a Sebring. thirty-third degree honorary.
director for Mithras Lodge of Perfection:
Allen Bussius, thrty-third degree hon
Orary, director fol- Evangelist Chapter
Rose Croix; Ellwood p. Morey H. G. G.
H., director for Robert de Bruce Council
OF kadosh and Jacobus S. Jones' thirty
third degree honorary. for Albert Pike
Consistory.
w. Hamilton Smith. or as he is more
widely known in the Masonic frater-
nifty. Ham" Smith. one of the most
elected potentate of Almas Temple of
the Mystic Shrine Thursday evening
by one of the largest complimentary
votes ever given a successful candi-
date. AS one Of his enthusiastic ad-
mirers remarked. when the vote was
announced. Hams election is the first
gun in a campaign in Shrinedom in the
District that will be followed by more
life and action than Almas has known
for long time 1t seemed as il the
spirit of enthusiasm were in the air
ard everybody was smiling at it,
Here is how the same admirer gave
his pedigree:
Hams Masonic career began with
his birth--never mind how long ago
in New London. Conn. He is general
manager and director of the j. Maury
Dove Company. and has been identified
with Mr.. Doves interests for 10 these
many years. AS he began with his
birth, no Mason in the District is bet
ter entitled to the term veteran Mason
than Ham. He is one of the 'ancients,'
and a member of the association that
1s so exclusive you can't get into it
unless you have been a Mason. a good
Mason, for twenty-one years at least
Harmony Lodge, No II. put the
'has-been kibosh' on Ham eleven years
ago, for in 1890 he was her worship
ful master. He has been elected her