Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-16
COUNCIL IN SESSION
Commander Richardson Wei
comes Scottish Rite Masons.
FAMOUS CHOIR is HEARD
Singers of St. Louis Consistory Rem
der Sacred Compositions.
INITIATE BIG CLASS TONIGHT
Former Senator Nathan B. Scott
One of One Hundred Candidates
for High Degree.
INITIATE BIG CLASS TONIGHT

The opening session of the Supreme
Council of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite Of Freemasonry for the
Southern Jurisdiction of the United
States was called to order at the House
of the Temple at 10 O'Clock this morning
by Sovereign Grand Commander James
Daniel Richardson, with a full attend
ance of the surviving sovereign grand in
spectors general of the thirty-third de-
gree.
After a brief address of welcome by the
grand commander. the famous Scottish
rite choir Of the ST. Louis Consistory
of Missouri sang the offering Il Am
Alpha and Omega" by John Stainer. ana
Dudley Bucks arrangement of Lead
Kindly Light The grand commander
then began the delivery of his allocution
Star went to press.
By special permission all Scottish Rite
Masons of the fourteenth degree and up
ward were admitted to the opening Ses-
sion, although the remaining sessions will
be restricted to the twenty active SOW
ereign grand inspectors general who are
Erasmus I. Carr Of Montana, Henry NJ.
Teller of Colorado, James Daniel Rich
ardson of Tennessee, sovereign grand
commander; Samuel Z. Adams of Min
nesota, lieutenant grand commander;
Adolphua l.. Fitzgerald of Nevada,
George F.. Moore of Alabama, John
F. Mayer Of Virginia. Frank NJ.
land of North Carolina, John w: Morris
Of West Virginia, Z. 7. Taubman OF
South Dakota, Charles E. Rosenbaun
| Of Arkansas. Ernest B. Hussey of the
state of Washington. Henry c. Alver-
Louisiana, Horatio c. Plumley of North
Dakota, Col. William Busby of Okla
homa, John II. Cowles of Kentucky
M. II. Grant of Mississippi and A. c.
Chase of Missouri.
Choir of Noted Masons
Inspector General Chase of Missouri
| was accompanied to Washington by
seventeen high degree Masons of the
rite from Missouri. i'm addition to the
Scottish Rite choir of twenty two
| trained singers. under the direction OF
James T. Quarles, X. C. C. H.
onn A. of s us s hs nrs dsrs
of the organization; V. II. Falkenhainer,
! X. C. c. H., vice president: o. G. Mueller.
secretary: William M. Tompkins. treas
| urer, and A. w. Rhein librarian. The
| first tenors, four second tenors, first
| bassos and second bassos, as follows:
Robert Klein, Charles w. Brainerd. j.
| Glenn Lee, w. Fl. Mccormick. c. G.
Schroeder, c. A. Penard F. p. Theegar-
ten. julius Langenbach. w. n. Chandler,
Charles j. Linberg. jr., Ray Garrett, l..
J. Scheve, John j. Wuertenbaecher. f..
w. Bornmueller James T. st. Clair f.
r. ScheNe.
This choir will have charge of the
music at the corner stone laying at the
new House of the Temple Wednesday
afternoon. when ii will sing Quarles' ar
| rangement of Dudley Bucks festival ''re
Deuu.' Geibels March of the Nation
and an ode, The Corner Stone" by
Neale accompanied with a full orchestra.
Many Prominent Visitors.
Prominent among the many visiting
Masons were William Homan, SD degree.
deputy for the Supreme Council of the
Northern Jurisdiction i'm New York; Sem
| ator Nathan b. Scott. 33d degree hon
orary. Of West Virginia: Samuel r. Coch-
| ran, deputy for the Supreme Council OF
the Southern Jurisdiction for Texas: s.
ID. Affleck. 33d degree. New York
city: Charles p Sparkman of New
| Jersey: w. W. Murch. gid degree.
of New Jersey: Grand Master of Masons
of Maryland Thomas J. Shryock. 33d
degree. honorary, and deputy for the
state of Maryland for the Southern Juris-
deputy for Porto Rico: W. Z. Lippitt, I'D
degree, grand master of Masons for
Porto Rico: John r. Wilkinson, deputy
for the Atlantic district of Georgia: T..
o. Olmsted. 33d degree. honorary. deputy
for the state OF Washington and Alaska I;
w. NJ. Shaver, 33d degree honorary
deputy for the Topeka district o. kan
sas:. Henry Wallerstein. deputy for The
Wichita district OF Kansas: ". v. Wit
cover. deputy for the Savannah district
of Georfia: William s. Ware 33d degree.
deputy for Florida; Perry W. Widener.
deputy for southern California. and
Frederick Phinney, sd degree honorary.
deputy for Lewiston and Occur d Alene.
Idaho
The Royal Order of Scotland. composed
of thirty-second degree Masons of both
the northern and southern jurisdictions of
the United States, will open its annual
session at the House of the Temple, 3 4
and z fstreets northwest. this evening at
go o'clock. There will be class of
initiates approximating 100 of whom
former Senator Scott of West Virginia
will be one.
The officers of the Royal Order of Scot
land are James Daniel Richardson. pro-
vinciai grand master. by APPOINTMENT
from the Grand Lodge at Edinburgh,
Scotland: George NJ. Moulton of Illinois.
senior warden; James l. Buchanan of
Pennsylvania junior warden: O. b Ham
non of New YORK. sword bearer William
Oscar. Roorle. District of Columbia sec
rotary; William Homan, New York treas
urer: George E. Corson and Stirling Kerr
jr.. first and second grand msrshals. re-
spectively and A. w. Kelley, District of
Columbia; William Busby, Oklahoma
E. c. Benton. Massachusetts,, and George
w. kendrick. >Pennsylvania, first, second,
third and fourth grand stewards. re-
spectiveiy.
Tomorrow evening the annual. banquet
of the Royal Order Of Scotland will be
given at RauSchers =