Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26
MASONIC council
CLOSES SESSION
Supreme Body of Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite
Adjourns.
COMPLETION OF TEMPLE
PLACED UNDER CONTRACT
Probable Cost of Structure Above a
Million-Honors Of Knights
Commander Conferred.

me supreme Council of Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry
Tor the Southern Jurisdiction Of the
united States brought Its biennial ses-
sion to close late yesterday after
noon. Immediately following the ad.
Journment the great majority Of those
In attendance departed for their homes
Except the decisions reached con-
corning the new House Of the Temple.
In course of construction at 18th and
: streets northwest and the election
OF f1ve local men as knights command
er of the Court of Honor, the Supreme
Council did nothing of special interest
to Masons in the District of Columbia
The local bodies of the rite-Mithras
Lodge of Perfection, Evangelist Chap
ter Rose Croix, Robert de Bruce Coun-
ell of kadosh and Albert Pike Consist
ory-wil continue under the arrange
ment made for the management of
their affairs by an executive committee
by Sovereign Grand Inspector General
Charles E. Rosenbaum some years ago
and a deputy for the Supreme Coun-
Gil appointed by Sovereign Grand Com
mander James d. Richardson.
Contract for New Temple.
The contract for the completion of
the new temple has been executed by
the executive committee of the Su-
preme Council with the Norcross
brothers Company and it will Involve
the expenditure of between $4IU,UOU
and $4zU,uuU. This, however, Will not
INCLUDE Inc interior furniture anu fur
ulsnlnsS. Wnicn are expected TO be
potn handsome ana cosby, IN keeping
win the seAeral intention OF MAKING
the new structure the most beautlIuI
4uaSonlc eullCe IN the world. 1 ne con-
tract maue IN july, 1917, win AuoH
AIcAanuer Weininann for The two mas
siNe stone nsuieS OF the SpniIA at the
eIIt. ance To me new Tempe, at a cost
OF SIloJU, WlIl De eXecu.cu according
the ueoIs rs determined upon ny Tue
executive coinmi,tee. Inc new struc-
Lure, wnen cvInpltle TED, WIIl nave cost
ne d mIiiIul ANA a quafter anu
Inil,lon ana mani Oh uoiidis.
Inc council at tnIs SESSION, 1t is said,
founu more BUSINESS awaiting It's at
.eiltlon imam ever UeIOIe. Almost COLI
,lnuous seSslOns have been neiu uai4y
ana many matters Affecting the rate,
It's Official organ and It's lneinDerS nave
ueen uISpOoeu OF.
New members Crowned
At it's mai SESSION yesterday afternoon
the Supreme ouulcli crowned ITS ne"
memueIs, IresanIon Nlli.am nusu,
sovereign sranu inspector senefdi IN
Mlnnesota, and udHiei motifs nancy,
sovereign grand inspector Tor OhId-
MONA, mus Aiilng the Vacancies cduseu
W Inc uedtn III march, 1917, OF .nen
AleutenanL urano Commanuer samuei
l.. Adams OK minnesota, AID later OF
iillam busDy, sovereign grand IN
spector general in Uklanoma.
Mltn these EXCEPTIONS the personnel
VIII remain as heretofore, aItnouSn
some OF the members. sovereign Hrand
Inspectors General George rleminS
Moore, now lieutenant grand COM
manGer, Henry NJ. Teller. now grand
PRIOR: Charles e. kosenDaum, now
grand chancellor, and Charles FRANCIS
suck. now grand minister of state.
nave received advancement III the
official line of the council
Those members of the local bodies
who were elected to receive the honorS
of knights commander OF the court or
der, rector of the Church Of the In
carnation and chaplain of tho local
bodies. well of Temple-Noyes
Lodge, No. 81, Z. \. \. NJ. Capt. Horace
p. Mcintosh. u. S y, retired George
r. Davis. Charles c. f. Topper and
Sulaimaan David, whose services in
the work. of the rite were deemed
worthy of special honor. No member Of
the local bodies was advanced to the
degree of honorary inspector general of
the thirty-third degree at this session
of the Supreme Council.
An executive session of the Supreme
Council yesterday morning was closed by
recess at ] 30 O'Clock and resumed again
at $50 o'clock. Part of the morning was
devoted to consideration OF plans affect
ing the official organ Of the Supreme
Council In the evening, the thirty-thrd
degree of the rite was conferred upon a
No. ,I4a ~
it. Uhose names were published III The
Star Wednesday.
Inspector General HALEY.
Mr. HALEY, the new inspector general
for Oklahoma, was born February 9, 1884,
at New Orleans, La He was made a
master Mason September TO- 1877. in Nc
Alester Lodge, No. 9. McAlester then
Indian Territory: Royal Arch Mason
May s. in Indian Royal Arch Chapter, No
1; knighted in Occur de Lion Command
cry, No. II, at Parsons, Kan: made
a Royal and Select Master June 90 1883.
in Union Council, No. 3. at McAeister;
was made a master of the royal secret
October 26., 1889. by Robert w Hill, dep
uty for the Supreme Council, at Muskogee.
Ind. Ter; elected a knight commander
of the Court Of Honor October 10, 1897;
coronetted an honorary inspector gen
eral Of the sd degree October 20. 1899
He has served as worshipful master in
both McAlester Lodge. No. 0, and Haley
vile Lodge No. 245; high priest in In
dian Royal Arch Chapter; deputy grand
master of the Grand Lodge in Indian Ter
ritory: is past eminent commander of
Nc Alester Commandery, No 3, and SEN
Tor grand warden of the Grand Com
mandery of Indian Territory.
Hugo's Masonic Record.
|. Mr.. Hugo was born July 70. 1s4s, at
Bodinoc, Cornwall. England. He resides
at Duluth MINI. He was made a mas
ter Mason April 8. 1872 in Minden Lodge,
No 25S. G. r. c.. Royal Arch Mason
| in Hiram Chapter. No. 2. G. r. c., March
* 1875; a royal and select master, March
q 1887. in Duluth Council No. 6; a knight
! templar, in Duluth Commandery, No. 10,
February 16. 1886. a master of the royal
secret December 4, 1887. in MINNEAPOLIS
consistory. Minneapolis, Mimi; was EJECT
| ed knight commander OF the Court of
| Honor october %. 1880; grand cross of
tha Court of Honor. October 20, 1885 and
was coronetted honorary inspector gen
eraI. october o. 1890, by the late Gen. AL
into the Royal Order of Scotland at
Washington, October 20. 1880; is vice
president of the Masonic Library Assoc
Citation at Duluth, Mimi, and president
~ the Duluth Historical Society: is a
member of Palestine Lodge, No 70: Of
keystone Royal Arch Chapter, No. 90
and serves as illustrious deputy master of
Duluth Council of Royal and Se.ect Mas
tiers. He was eminent commander of Du-