The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-16
JOIN
J0VIAN ORDER
High officials Of New York
Order Come to Assist
Local Organization.
BIG PLANS FOR SUMMER
Visitors Bring Special Scenery for
E1empE6eadon Of Ritual, Which
Ends with Banquet

Members of the Order of Jovians
many out of town guests and national
officers Of this organization witnessed the
initiatory degrees conferred upon forty
nine novices at the summer rejuvenation
conducted in the large assembly hall at
Rauchers' last evening.
Assisting the local officers Of the chap
ter was special degree team from the
New York Chapter. Jovians C. L. Hatsht,
]. E. Morey, George Feher, and J. No
Ian. They brought with them the para
phernalia as used for class initiation IN
the New York and Brooklyn branches
OF Jovianism, consisting of special set
tings for the stage presentation Of the
dramatic exemplihcaticn Of the ritual ar
ranged in three sections.
Commissioner Cuno H Rudolph well
coined the visiting Jovians and said they
had come to the finest city in the world.
The complete cast and characters used
at last nights ceremonial was as fol-
lows: Jupiter, Robert 3. Patterson: Nep-
tune, ]. E. ,Morey: Pluto. ]. Nolan: vul-
can. c. l. Haight: Mars. George Feher;
Hercules. G. H. Maynard; Apollo, W. v.
Heine. and Mercury, c. o. Reed.
The Jovian Order was established al
Austin. Tex, on May 5. 1888, with a char
ter membership OF forty-rour, and now
boasts a membership or over lu.Uou, rep
resenting men directly connected with
the electrical industry. Such men as
Thomas A. Edison, George Wrestling
house, e. A. Comm. samuel insuI, Ennu
Thomson. and others or a ike canDrs
have been admitted 10 membership. rns
local membership numbers several hun
dred.
Guests See Vaudeville.
After the ceremonial session last night.
which was the first held in Washington
in two years. an elaborate menu was
served by Raucher. During the course
of the banquet music was furnished by
the Cosmos orchestra, which also accom-
panied several vaudeville acts that enter
tained the members and guests.
The complete list of initiates who en-
tered the realms of Jovianism last night
were z. H. Henderson, Mortimer Dupe-
row, c. p. King, William L. Clarke, E.
Deb Weston, L d. Bliss, A. F. Carroll.
John c. Babcock. A. II. Brame. T. ].
Fisher, James E Taylor, Walter D.
Briscoe, Ward F. Derrickson, Oscar H.
Bundy, Earl Wheeler. Nelson s. Thomp-
son, Clarence A. Peterson, Elmer H.
Catlin, William A. Rodgers. Godfrey N.
s. TAFT, ". A. E Doying, W. B. Emmert,
Fred Austin. ]. H. Finney, Milton Mantz,
Harry Stevens, Harry L. Wineland, s.
F. Gardner. T. p. Murphy, J. Kent
White. ]. VI. Poynton, W. A Woolford.
James Robertson. ]. T. Shadwell, A. J.
Bachrach, F. Hornig. l. B. Schloss.
Frederick Jewell Whitehead. r. B.
Downing, .R. w. Darr. tr., Edward c.
Wells, F. ]. Mersheimer, d. II. Hamil-
ton. NJ. ]. O'ConneIl, N. S. Cooley. c.
H. Israel, c. r. Denmark, W. =. Ham,
and Charles s. Kimball.
A large representation of the local
chapter attended the ceremonial and ban
Quet. and delegations from the Balti-
more, Richmond, Va, New York, and
Brooklyn chapters were entertained by
the local officers by a sightseeing trip
around the city.
Many Outings Planned.
Gen. George II. Harries, formerly of
Washington and still at he head of the
District militia, but now located at Min
neapolis, Mimi, was in attendance as
representing the American Electric Rail
way and Allied Associations, of which he
is president.
During the summer months the Order
of Jovians plans to hold several outings
and field days, and in the fall II Is ex-
pected that a class OF over 100 will be
formed for initiation A movement is on
foot to establish regular club rooms on
the top floor OF the new Office building at
Fourteenth and c Streets Northwest, in
which Is located the general offices of the