The Washington herald., 1913-03-02
LODGES.

J. LODGES.
March 3-Century. No. %, business; Amaranth
No. q. buzineB; Equal. No. II. business
March 4-webster. No. T. business: EIcelsior. No
w. business: Capital. No. n. bushes; Myrtle. No.
March 5 Mount vernon. No 5. business; Union.
40. =. business =.
March s-FrankIin. No. ., business.
March 7-Syracnsians No. 10. rank Of page.
PYTHIAN SISTERS.
March s-Friendship Temple, No. o. business
! March 7-Rathbone Temple. No 8. business
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
March 5-washincton Company. No. l. blsinesa
| March 6-J. T. Coidweil Company. No. Z. business
The Grand Lodge. Knights OF Pythias.
OF the domain of the District Of Colum-
bia, concluded its annual convention on
| Monday evening. with the installation
| Of the newly elected officers.
The amendment to the grand statutes
! relating to the legislative portion or the
Grand Lodge. as introduced at the last
| session bv Webster Lodge. No. 4. was
defeated. but the legislative body was
changed by eliminating the past grand
| chancellors from a vote in the delioera-
| tions OF the Grand Lodge.
An APPROXIMATION of $50 was made Tor
the benefit of the Grand Temple OF
Pythian Sisters of the domain OF VIZ
sinia and the District of Columbia.
A committee was appointed to arrange
for the conducting of competitive ritual
istic teams and an appropriation MADE
for the purpose of procuring a suitable
trophy to be awarded the successful
team.
The newly elected officers were in
stalled by Past Grand Chancellor II. T.
| Wiley, assisted by Past Supreme Rep
resentative John NJ Kline ST., and Past
Supreme Representative Joseph b. Con-
ner. =
Grand Chancellor Robert Sroufe
announced the following standing spe-
cial committees for the year:
Judiciary-O. A. Booth. Equal Lodge.
No. II, chairman; Edward Dunn. past
supreme chancellor, Franklin Lodge. No.
.; J. w. Bixler. Rathbone Superior
Lodge, No. %: ]. D. Roman sr., Anna
ranth Lodge, No. IS: Fred McC. Smith,
Harmony Lodge. No. q.
Grieyances-Julius Viedt. Capital Lodge.
No. a, chairman: J. VI. McCauley. Equal
Lodge, No. IL; T. J. Hartford. Hermione
Lodge, No. L.
Amaranth Lodge No. 8. chairman: J.
NJ. Kline. Mount Vernon Lodge, No. D;
E. w. Yount, Calanthe Lodge, No. H.
Military department-Hugh Reid. Myr-
IT,. Lodge, No. %. chairman: r. T. Whft-
ing. Webster Lodge. No. !; ?. +. Patrick,
Franklin Lodge, No. =
Finance-E. Lodge Hill. Harmony
Lodge. No. q, chairman: Edward SAX
ton, Webster Lodge. No. Z; I'C. Ellis,
Rathbone. Superior Lodge. No. -.
PRINTING!. b Tallman. Century
Lodge. No 80 chairman: T. J. Cason.
Union Lodge, No. 80: II. J. Gasson. EN-
celsior Lodge. No. u.
Insurance Departmental. T. Roderick
Union Lodge, No. -. chairman; J. +.
Grant. Century Lodge. No. 80; b. c. Nc
Quay. Harmony Lodge No. g-
Fraternal correspondence-C. Z. Meal
lister Decatur Lodge. No. 3, chairman
S. NJ. Pearson, Syracusians Lodge. No
10: A. W. Leeke, Franklin Lodge, No. =
Credentials-w. 4. Wilding, Excelsior
Lodge, No. IA. chairman: w r. Carver,
Amaranth Lodge, No. g: w. L. Poole,
Hermione Lodge. No. II.
Reports-G. W. Hall. Calanthe Lodge.
No. IL. chairman: Lee Harris. Mount YER
non Lodge. No. ;: w. ]. G. Reinmuth,
Hemoine Lodge, No. L.
Rules-H. J. Laubach. Gerrnania Lodge.
No. Is, chairman: P. c. Phillips, Decatur
Lodge, No. 8: Ben Tarantino. Columbia
Lodge, No. B-
Warrants and charters-C. Ceremile.
Columbia Lodge, No. IS chairman; A I.
Jarboe Syracusians Lodge. No. ID; J.
G. Roberts. Decatur Lodge. No J.
=
No. 7. chairman NJ. Hanson. Decatur
Lodge No. 3; ]. r. Haskins. Equal
Lodge, No. Il.
Subdivision and reference-J. NJ. Kline.
sr., Mount Vernon Lodge. No. ., chair
man: ]. NJ. Ramsey. Union Lodge, No.
q; II, B. Thompson. Rathbone-Super-
Tor Lodge, No. %
Pythian educatiOn-W. E. Owen. Rath-
bone-Supsrior Lodge, No. .. chairman;
J. c. Bell. Franklin Lodge. No. :; c. 5.
Tucker. Equal Lodge, No. Il.
Pubiicity-S NJ. Pearson. Syracusians
Lodge, No. 10. chairman; F. II. Melick.
Myrtle Lodge No. 25; W. S. HARDY
Amaranth Lodge, No. N
Fiftieth aniversary-H. p. Wiley.
Mount Vernon Lodge, No. j, chairman
r A. Bynum, Rathbone-Superior Lodge.
No. 70; j. NJ. Kline. sr., Mount Vernon
Lodge, No. ): Jefferson Middleton, Web
ster Lodge. No. :; J. W. Carter, Capital
Lodge. No. y.
Joint committee of the subordinate
lodges to the fiftieth anniversary com
mittee-P, p. Patrick. Franklin Lodge.
No. =: II. NJ. NandervOrt. Mount Vernon
Lodge. No. ): NJ. y Leese. Webster
Iodga. No. :: Z. r. McAllister, Decatur
Lodge. No. .: Albert Kahlert. Syracus-
ians Lodge. No 10; ". ~ kimmerl. Ca
Ianthe Lodge No. II: w. f. Poole. Her
rnione Lodge. No. u: c. T. Winans, EN-
cclsior Lodge. No, Il; J. C. Angerman.
Germania Lodge. No. Is: .. \. Booth.
EQUAL Lodge. No. l.: Fred McC. Smith.
Harmony Lodge. No. n: T. }. Cason.
Union Lodge. No. q; ]. l. Hyde, Capital
Lodge No. -: F. II. Melick. Myrtle
Lodge No. -; Ben Tarantino. Column
bia Lodge, No. ": ". S. Hardy. Anna
ranth Lodge, No. IS: H. L. Thompson.
Rathbone- Superior Lodge, No. g; Max
T. Pines, Century Lodge. No. %
The grand chancellor nominated Past
Grand Chancellor Henry c. Wagner, Of
Hermoine Lodge. No. L., as grand tri-
nomination was confirmed by the Grand
Lodge.
Mount Vernon Lodge, No. .. was in
stituted April Is, 1856, and a committee
has been appointed by that lodge TO make
the necessary arrangements to fittingly
celebrate the event by an entertainment
in the auditorium of Pythian Temple.
Pythian Temple will be the headquar-
,ers of some of the Massachusetts, troops
during the inauguration.
Grand Chancellor Sroufe desires it
made known that no authority has been
granted for the order of Knights of
Pythias of the District Of Columbia,
founded in the city of Washington. Feb
ruary ~19 1864 by Justus II. Rathbone,
to participate in the inaugural parade, |
despite press notices to the contrary.
The temples of the Pythian Sisters in
this domain are making active prepara-
tiops for the attendance of their repre-