Evening journal., 1913-09-30
SHRINER'S HERE
AFTER PANAMA
INITIATION
"Chief YeGg" Of Visitors Gets
Acquainted With State
Justice First Hand
STANDS AT POST
AFTER OCCUPYING CELL

Just back from Panama, where they
conducted an initiation of candidates
into the Order, two prominent officers
of Osman Temple order OF the Mys-
tic Shrine, of St. Paul, Mimi, ana
several member of Lu Lu Temple, of
Philadelphia, are guests today of
some Wilmington Shriners. The
visitors from st. Paul are J. Harry
Lewis, potentate of Osman Temple, of
that city, and f. J. Peterson, chief
"yegg' Of Osman Temple, which has
an important Office of that name. the
''yegg' really being a lieutenant of
the potentate Others in the visiting
delegation are Theodore Beck, Fran
els J. Callahan and Edwin s. Mer-
shOn, OF Lu Lu Temple OF Philadel-
phia.
They arrived at French street sta
tiOn from Philadelphia at 1910 o'clock
thl morning and we're received by
a committee OF Wilmington Shriners,
including A. B. Hazard, J. Ralph
Baily. Max Matthes. William L. Ham
mond, Charles H. Smith, Jr.. c. f.
Pierson, David ID. Rankin, Thomas
Carpenter and Harry c. McClane, the
last named being the official pho
tographer for the party.
The st Paul Shriners did not bring
their famous goat with them. II was
left in Philadelphia for the initiation
ceremonies of Lu Lu Temple tomor-
row night. Nevertheless, during to-
days pleasure tour planned for the
visitors, the Wilmin gton Shriners got
the goat" of Mr.. Peterson, who by
the way is a millionaire lumberman of
St Paul.
The st. Paul Shriners' goat original
" cost Sc. II was taken to Panama
by the members of Osman Temple and
was used in the initiation OF candi-
dates into the shrine. the ceremonies
having taken place inside the locks
OF the Panama Canal. The goat has
run up an expense account OF about
$1,000 in the last few months, through
being quarantined in Panama and
through being kidnapped at New Or
leans and taken to Dallas. Tex, by
shriners OF that city. II was taken
into Philadelphia secretly. and late
last night its whereabouts are sup
posed 10 be known only to Mr.. Lewis
and those he had employed to keep Il
under cover
The goat which was recovered from
the Dallas shriners by Burns detec-
tiyes in diguise and rushed off in an
automobile to a train. will be an hon
ored guest at the annuaI initiation
at Lu Lu Temple tomorrow night.
which will be attended by shriners
from all over the country and Canada.
A big Wilmington delegation will at
tend. Mr.. Lewis yesterday had a
local lawyer secure an injunction
from the Common Pleas Court re-
straining any member of Lu Lu
Temple from interfering with the goat,
but Potentate Kendrick of Lu Lu de-
clares that before that time he will
get the goat of St. Paul temple and
that it will not be allowed to return
TO the West He says he wants to
get even for the theft OF a totem pole
that was taken from him at st. Paul
while he was on his way from Seattle,
where it was presented to him. He
recently recovered possession of the
pole.
An automatic pig which gallops, be-
ing worked by electricity, will be j
feature of tomorrow nights affair. It
having been part of the paraphernalia
taken by the St Paul men to Panama.
They have brought their electrician
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