The Washington herald., 1913-08-31
MASONIC CALENDAR.
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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COMMANDMENTS.
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ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RfTE
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KalIipolis Grotto. No Is, Mystic Order
of Yelled Prophets of the Enchanted
Realm, returned from its successful mid
night ceremonial held at Colonial Beach
last Sunday night This was one Of the
most enjoyable events in the history OF
the local grotto. and it brought out the
membership in large numbers.
Plans are now on foot for a large class
initiation, to be held September g, at
the grotto headquarters in Odd Fellows
Hall. The big ceremonial will be fol-
lowed by a banquet at the New Willard
Hotel.
Samuel F. Shreve is working on some
new stunts for the ceremonial which
have real originality. Monarch Jesse F.
Grant, Chief Justice Everett w. Hawk
ms, and Master of Ceremonies c. P. Boss
are confident that this will be the banner
year of the grottos history, up to the
present.
Plans are already on foot for the an
nual ladies night" which Will be the
most enjoyable ever held.
The membership committee is planning
TO institute a grotto in Baltimore before
the end of the present year, and arrange
ments are being made to attend the Su-
preme Council session in Richmond. Va,
during the second week OF June next.
The elimination Of a rather interesting
contest was reached at Fargo, n. Oak,
on June 6. when William W. Irwin, i'm
periaI potentate of the Ancient Arabic
Order of Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine OF
North America, granted a dispensation
to Ozman Temple. of st. Paul, to confer
the order upon class of residents In the
Panama Canal Zone. Previous TO the
granting of this dispensation, application
order named by the temples located at
san Francisco. New Orleans, Jackson
viIke, and Mobile The first effort to
secure a diSpensatiOn was made during
the term of ]. Frank Treat, of Fargo. In
1911 The objection raised by the then
Imperial Potentate Treat was to the el-
feet that none of the residents OF the
Canal Zone had what might be legally
termed a Masonic residence. In 1917,
however, Grand Commander William B.
MeIish. of Cincinnati the head of the
organization of Knights Templar of the
United States, issued dispensation for
the organization of a commandery OF
Knights Templar at the Canal Zone
Later the Consistoryi of Louisiana noti-
fled their Jurisdiction that It had adopted
the Canal Zone as its proper territory
for the comforting of the Scottish rite de-
gree. Both prerequisite branches having
thus created Masonic residences in the
Canal Zone, New Orleans and Mobile
both made application during the term
of the Imperial Potentate, William j.
Cunningham. of Baltimore, in 1872 Mr.
Cunningham declined to grant the dis
pensation. and Ozman Temple, of st.
Paul then took up the matter, securing
the signatures of sufficient of the repre-
sentatives to the Imperial Council at the
meeting held in Dallas. last May, to rep
resent 10000 of the Shriners of the United
States As the sum total of Shriners
amounted to some 1S5,000. II was thus con-
clusively shown that the duly elected rep
resentatives of the large majority of
Shriners were in favor of the granting
OF such dispensatiOn.
On the second day of the session Of the
Imperial Council at Dallas. the work con-
sumed all of the time between o'clock
in the morning and o'clock in the aft
ernOon. and unless a night session were
to be held no opportunity for the presen-
tation of the signed petition could pos
sibly present itself, but it was stated that
in all probability. on the showing so
made. a dispensation would be granted
later in the year. providing the petition
were not presented and the time of the
imperial body taken up at so late an
hour. Acting on this suggestion the rep
resentatives of Ozman Temple immedi-
ately advised the Two representatives
from the Canal Zone that dispensatiOn
would in all probability be granted before
the end. That something tangible might
be requested. Ozman Hemple desired that
such candidates residing in the Canal
Zone as had lived there a sufficient time
10 create a Masonic residnce should file
their petitions for election with OZman
Temple. This was accordingly done, and
for the first time since the controversy,
extending over period of two and
half years. a dispenSation was requested
for something tangible, meaningly the
privilege OF comforting the order on can
didates who had been properly elected
members of the Ozman Temple asking
for such dispensaton. With this presen-
tation of the matter before the imperial
pOtentate. the dispeRsation was issued
to Ozman Temple.
In the Canal Zone. among the govern
ment employees, large number of'them
holding very responsible positions, are
members of the Shrine from various sec
tiOns of the country, who have organized
a Shriners' Club. consisting of more than
100 members. To these men is due the
credit for securing permission from the
proper authorities for the comforting of
the order in Mira Flores Locks. which is
the one situated nearest to the Pacific
side of the canal. being only four miles
from the city of Panama itself.
The representatives. who secured this
coveted privilege were William 8. Web
ster. c. F. Rishworth, c. r. McCandless.
and ]. Harry Lewis. Immediately upon
notification being received at the Canal
Zone of the successful efforts of the st.
Paul Shrine. an active canvass for the
available material in that section was
made. with the result that eighty peti-
tions were forwarded to ST Paul, and
the members created by favorable ac-
tions on these applications will become
permanently tributary to- and members
1f the Shriners Temple located at st.
Paul.
September l. Labor Day, being the first
available national holiday occurring
after the dispensation was granted, was
set for the time for comforting the or
der. for tie reason that IN no other day