The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
SCOTTISH MASONS
CONFERS DEGREES
Notable Gathering in Third
Street Temple.

The degrees of the Royal Order Of Scot
land were conferred upon a class OF 100
candidate last night before a large gath
ering from all over the United States at
the House Of the Temple, Third and z
streets northwest.
One Of the important events of the ses-
sion Of the Supreme Council Of the An
cient and Accepted Scottish Rite Of Free
masonry was the initiatory ceremonies
last night. The opening session of the
Supreme Council was held yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock, to which Masons
Of the fourteenth degree and above were
admitted. The remaining sessions will be
restricted to thirty-third degree Masons.
Sovereign Grand Commander James
Daniel Richardson, opened the session,
and made a brief address of welcome.
The famous Scottish Rite choir OF the
st. Louis COnsistory of Missouri, then
sang the offering. Il Am Alpha and
Omega by John stainer. and Dudley
Bucks arrangement of Lead Kindly
Light" The choir is under the direc-
tion OF James T. Quarles, K. c. c. H,
and the officers and members are John
A. Laird, thirty-third degree honorary
of st. Louis. president; V. II. Falken-
hainer, X. c. c. H., vice president; o.
G. Mueller secretary: William NJ. Tomp-
Robert Klein, Charles W. Brainerd. ].
Glenn Lee. w. II. Mccormick. c. G.
Schroeder, e. A. Penard, P. P. Theegar-
ten, Julius Langenbach, W. n. Chand-
Ter. Charles ]. Linberg, jr., Ray Gar
rett, L. J. Scheve, John ]. Wuerten-
baecher, f. w. Bornmueller, James I.
St Calir, and f. F. Scheve.
The choir will have charge of the mu-
sic at the laying OF the corner stone of
the new mIllion-dollar House Of the
Temple, tomorrow afternoon at Sixteenth
and streets northwest
Prominent among the many Masons Of
high degree present at the opening OF the
Supreme Council yesterday morning
were:
William Homan. thirty-third degree.
deputy for the Supreme Council of the
Northern Jurisdiction in New York; Sen
ator Nathan B. Scott, thirty-third degree
honorary, of West Virginia; Samuel P
Cochran, deputy for the Supreme Coun-
Gil of the Southern Jurisdiction Tor
Texas; 5. D. Affieck. thirty-third degree,
New York City: Charles p. Sparkman,
Of New Jersey; w. w. Murch, thirty
second degree, OF New Jersey; Grand
Master of Masons of Maryland Thomas
]. Shryock, thirty-third degree, honorary,
and deputy for the State Of Maryland Tor
the Southern Jurisdiction; Cornelius b.
Parker, X. c. c. H, deputy for Porto
Rico; W. F. Lippitt. thirty-secopd de-
gree, grand master of Masons for Porto
Rico: John r. wilkinson, deputy for the
Atlantic district of Georgia; E. o. Ohm
sted, thirty-third degree, honorary, dep
uty for the State of Washington and
Alaska: w NJ Shaver, thirty-third de-
gree, honorary. deputy for the topeka
district of Kansas; Henry Wallerstein'
deputy for the Wichita district OF Kan
sas: H. W. Witcover, deputy for the Sa-
yannah district of Georgia; William 5.
Ware, thirty-third degree, deputy Tor
Florida: Perry w. Widener, deputy TOT
Southern California, and Frederick Phln-
ney, thirty-third degree, honorary, deputy
for Lewiston and Occur d'Alene, Idaho.
The annual BANQUET of the Royal Or
der Of Scotland will be held tonight at
Rauscher's. Membership in this order
is restricted to thirty-second degree Ma
sons Of both the Northern and Southern
jurisdictions Of the United States,
The officers OF the Royal Order OF
scotland, which holds It's annual ban
quet tonight, are:
James Daniel Richardson. proVincial
grand master by appointment from the
Grand Lodge at Edinburgh. Scotland;
George NJ Moulton. 81 Illinois, senior
warden. James I. Buchanan. OF Penn,
sylyanta Junior warden: o. b. Harmon.
OF New York, sword bearer; William
oscar Roome. District Of Columbia sec
retary; William Homan. OF New York.
treasurer: George z. corson and Stir
ling Kerr. jr., first and second grand
marshals, respectively. and A. W. Kel-
lev. of the District OF Columbia; Will
lam Busby, of Oklahoma; E C. Benton.
Of Massachusetts, and George w. Ken
drick, of Pennsylvania, first, second
third. and fourth grand stewardA -
spectively.