The Washington times., 1913-02-08
TRIANGLE IS TAKEN
TO BALTIMORE BY
MASONS Of CAPITAL
Noted Emblem, Long on Road,
Now, Reposes in Maryland
City.

One hundred and fifty Capital Masons.
comprising the full membership Of the
grand royal arch chapter. officers, and
members Of Columbia Cha IJter, No. ],
as well as a number of invited guests
from local and out-of-town chapters,
were received by Druid Chapter No.
g, Of Baltimore. in the latter's rooms
in Masonic Temple there last night,
the occasion being the presentation of
the famous travelling triangle" by the
Washington craftsmen, in whose Gus
tody Il has reposed for several months.
The trip to Baltimore was made On
three special trains OF the Washington,
Baltimore and Annapolis railway. Ar
riving there. the members marched in a
BODY to the Masonic Temple, where
they were received by Druid Chapter,
and escorted to the lodge rooms. Z.
81. Clair Thompson, grand high priest
of the District Of Columbia, introduced
William T. Hastings, past high priest
of Columbia Chapter, who made the
presentation. in the course of which he
briefly explained the Journeys and The
significance of the famous equilateral
triangle
Originated BY ST. Patrick Chapter. OF
Toronto, Canada, it was planned to de-
posit il successfully in the jurisdiction
OF every grand chapter in the world.
lie stated that Druid chapter for the
present would be the last chapter in
the United States with which 1t would
be placed. it being planned to send 1t on
a tour OF England, Ireland, Scotland,
and France in May.
The speech of acceptance was made
By Daniel F. Billmyer, past grand hlgh
priest of Maryland, followed by Daniel
J. Emich. past grand high priest, after
which the triangle was placed o. exhi-
bition.
During the evening addresses were de-
livercd by Jacobus S. Jones, present
grand high priest Of the District; Gus
tav a Eitel, present grand high priest
of Maryland: the Rev. Earle Wiley,
pastor OF the Vermont Avenue Church.
Washington; the Rev. Edwin W.
wroth, a past high priest. and present
grand chaplain of Maryland, and
Charles G. Coombs. high priest Of CO.
by Wallace 6. Davis, of Baltimore.
Following the program, a buffet supper
was served in the banquet hall of the
temple.
Among the washingtonians making
the trip were the following: Jacobus
S. Jones. grand high priest: Adolphus
GUIDE, deputy grand high priest; Wal
ter b. Pettus. grand king; Lem Towers.
tr.. grand scribe: Arvins W. Johnston.
grand secretary: Martin r. Thorp,
srand treasurer: Orville Drown. grand
lecturer; Edgar c. Powers. grand chap
lain: William c. Fowler. grand captain
OF the host; William: H. Wunder, grand
principal sojourncr: William W. Jer-
name. grand royal arch captain; Ar
thur c. Shaw. grand master of the third
veil; Emmett N. Carter. grand master
of the second veil: Frank F. Major.
grand master OF the first veil. and Cum
Eings c. Helmici, grand sentinel.
O:hcers OF Columbia Chapter accom-
panying were: Charles c. Coombs. high
priest: Charles c. Galloway. king:
James A. West, scribe; George G. Sci
bold. captain of the host; William s.
Macdonald. principal sojourner; Harry
. i. Strang. secretary; Richard B. Nixon,
treasurer: Frank Fl. Pierce. royal arch
captain: Rufus W. Pearson. George L.
Sherman. and George W. Kennedy, mas
ters of the wells: =. william Lucas, SEN
tinel and Castleman p. Ross. custodian
The journeys OF the triangle to date
have been as follows: Keystone Chap
ter, Buffalo. n. Y: Mckinley Chapter
Cleveland. Ohio: King Cyrus Chapter
Detroit. Mich: Keystone Chapter, In
dianapolis. Ind: Lincoln Park Chapter,
Chicago. ILL.,: Prince Rupert Chapter
Winnipeg. Manitoba: Wascana Chapter
Regina, Saskatchewan: Alberta Chap
ter. Calgary. Alberta: Vancouver Chap
Gent Frontenac and Catarqui Kingston
Ontario: Carnarvon Chapter. Montreal
Quebec; ST. Paul Chapter Boston,
Mass; Providence Chapter. Providence
r. I; Pythagoras Chapter, Hartford,
Conn: Orange Chapter Orange n J.
and Columbia Chapter, Washington,
d. c.