The Washington herald., 1911-09-27
MASONS CONFER
HIGHER DEGREES
Large Glasses Taken In at
Scottish Rite Session.

At the second session of the fall re-
union OF the local bodies of the An
cient and Accepted Scottish Rite OF
Free Masonry of the Southern jurisdic-
ton last night, the degrees from the
fifteenth to the eighteenth, inclusive,
were conferred. The session was held
at the House of the Temple, 433 Third
street northwest.
On October 3 the committee of the
Scottish Rite of the Southern Jurisdiction
will meet in this city for one week s
deliberation prior to the convening of the
semi-annual session Of the Supreme Coun-
ell. Scottish Rite of the Southern Juris-
diction, which holds its first session on
October 16. The principal event of the
Supreme Council session will be the lay
ing Of, he corner stone of the new House
of the Temple on October IS at the site
at Sixteenth and streets northwest.
To-night's programme will be in charge
Of the following officers, who will ad-
minister the degree specified:
Robert de Bruce Council, K. K, No. 1,
Wednesday, September q. Twentieth de-
gree, master of symbolic lodges, 6p. m.
Venerable master, Milton Hopfenmaier.
thirty-second degree; senior warden, ELL
wood P. Morey. K. c. c. H: Junior war
den, Fred NJ. Book, X. c. c. H; orator,
Daniel H. Boughton, K c. c. H; al
moner, Willis T. May. thirty-second de-
gree; secretary, Edward A. Kreger.
thirty second degree; treasurer, Herbert
A White, thirty-second degree; master
OF ceremonies, William Tayloe Snyder,
thirty-second degree; expert, Elmer W.
Clark thirty-second degree; assistant ex-
pert, Horace P. Mcintosh, thirty-second
degree; captain of the guard, Merritte
w. Ireland, thirty-second degree; senti-
mel Walter D. McCaw, thirty-second de-
gree.
Twenty-fourth degree, prince of the
tabernacle, p. m; honored leader,
George R. Davis. thirty-second degree;
venerable high priest, John H. Won Herr
mann, thirty-second degree; excellent
priest, Charles E. Etchberger, thirty
second degree; orator, Allen BuSsius,
thirty-third degree, honorary; secretary,
James H. Mcintosh, thirty-second de-
gree; treasurer, Frank E. Koch, thirty
second degree; expert, Horace P. Nc
1ntosh, thirty-second degree; assistant
expert, Charles L. Brooks, thirty-second
degree; master of ceremonies, Robert
A. Daniel, thirty-second degree; captain
Of the guard, Sulainaan David, thirty
second degree, and five princes, Austin
j. Leister, thirty-second degree; WILL
lam H. Rowe, thirty-second degree; Ell
mer c. Wood. thirty-second degree;
isaac w. wright, Inlrty-SeCOnd degree,
and Milton Baer, thirty-second degree.
Twenty-ninth degree, Scottish knight
Of st. Andrew. $50 p m, conferred by
Albert Pike Camp Guard. Frank E.
Gibson, thirty-second degree, command
ing: Venerable master. Melvin A.
Wertz, thirty-second degree; prior,
Clarence E Bright, thirty-second de-
gree; preceptor, Elmer c. Wood, thirty
second degree: master of ceremonies,
Austin J. Leister. thirty-second degree:
prelate, William Taylor Snyder, thirty
second degree; fiscal, Morris II. Abell,
thirty-second degree; marshal, Thomas
r. Manning. thirty-second degree; baiIiff,
Clarence E. Christopher, thirty-second
degree; warder, Frank Z. Kock, thirty
second degree; substitute Sulaimaan Daa-
vid. thIrty-second degree; captain of the
guard, Lance c. McCubbin, thirty-second
degree; sentinel, Bernard A. Baer.
thirty-second degree; freebooters, oliver
Bennett, thirty-second degree: william
H. Rowe, thirty-second degree, and
Charles l. Brooks, thirty-second degree;
knights Of the guard, Nathan WE'LL,
thirty-second degree: Achille E. Burk-
lin, thlrty-second degree; Mason L.
Howes, thirty-second degree: Frank r.
White, thirty-second degree: Milton
Baer, thirty-second degree; W. Seton
Trunnell, thirty-second degree; Benja-
min Goldsworthy, thirty-seeond degree,
and Isaac W. Wright, thirty-second de-
gree.