The Washington herald., 1914-02-18
PYTHIAN Jubilee
ATTRACTS MANY
Special Train Bringing Dele
gates Here from West
ern States.
FETE OPENS TONIGHT
Celebration to Be Held All Over
World, but Washingtons Part
Will Be Most Brilliant.
FETE OPENS TONIGHT

Speeding on their way to the National
Capital in a special train this morning
| are $50 delegates from Western cities to
the golden jubilee celebration of the
Pythian Knights of Washington, to be
started tonight. Washington is the
cradle of the two Oldest lodges of the
organization and while the jubilee viii
! be observed in all parts Of the world.
the local celebration is to be the most
brilliant of all.
! The Western delegates are expected
to arrive this afternoon. Among the
high officials of the order who are al
ready in Washington, putting the finish
| ing touches" on the elaborate festal pro-
gram, are Supreme Chancellor Thomas J..
| CARING, OF Macon, Ga; Supreme vice
Chancellor Brig S. Young, of Ada, Ohio;
Mai Gen. Arthur ]. Stobbart, command
| ing the uniform rank of the knights OF
| Pythias, of St. Paul. Mimi: Union b.
| Hunt, president Of the insurance branch
of the order, of Indianapolis. Ind, as
well as many prominent officers Of lower
rank and members Of the order.
meeting of the Supreme Council has
! been called by Supreme Chancellor Car
ling for 2 o'clock this afternoon at the
Willard and will be attended by all the
| officers of the Supreme Lodge
Oldest Lodges Here.
The two Oldest Pythian lodges in the
world, Mount Vernon Lodge, No. >, and
Franklin Lodge, No. 2, Of Washington,
will greet the Supreme Lodge ofiicers
with impressive ceremonies tonight at
O'Clock in the lodge room of Mount Yer
non Lodge. No. 8. The oldest continuous
member of the order in the world. Su-
preme Chancellor Edward Dunn, will pre-
side at this function.
S.1n o. fba n
auditorium of the Pythian Temple will
be thrown open for a reception to be
given by Rathbone Temple, No. S, and
Friendship Temple. No 9. Pythian Sisters,
in honor OF the Supreme Temple and the
Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters, to be
followed by an entertainment and dance
The address of welcome will be de-
livered by Mrs. Emma ID. Bynum, su-
preme representative of that order. and
responses will be made by Mrs Ida NJ.
johnson, of Central City. Colo. supreme
chief of the Pythian Sisters, and Mrs.
Anna Perry, grand chief of the order in
Virginia and the District of Columbia,
of Fredericksburg, Va
This evening at Z o'clock a grand
ceremonial session and class initiation
will be conducted by Ascalon Temple, No.
81, of the Dramatic Order Knights
of Khorassan, at Conventional Hall. as
more, and Bakoo Temple of Columbus,
Ohio. At this session the celebrated de-
gree team of Ben Hadad Temple. with the
equally famous band of brigands'' Of
Bakoo Temple, will be features in the
work. Following the session the "dokeys"
will have a banquet at Metropolitan
Hotel, at which Fred NJ. Pelzmsn will be
the tOastmaster.
Names of Delegates.
The Western delegates many of whom
bring their families TO Washington to at
tend the jubilee, are:
Benjamin /. Salinger, past supreme rep
resentative, and wife, Carroll, Iowa: John
II. Merkins, wife and son, Fairfield, Iowa:
Z. W. Weeks. Guthrie Center. Iowa;
Louis A. Wiweke. Cherokee. Iowa; DR..
]. F. Cole, grand keeper Of records and
seals. and wife, Fairfield Iowa: Charles
w. Greenwood. Minneapolis; Rev. F. S.
Atwood, grand chancellor, Minneapolis;
DIR. and Mrs. J. n. Mccoy, Corydon.
Iowa; Henry J. Toenningen. Clinton,
Iowa; Past Supreme Chancellor Henry
Clay Berry. Chicago; Supreme Repre-
sentative Albert Watson and wife, Mount
Vernon. ILL.,: Grand Chancellor William
X. Whitefield and wife. Decatur, Ill; Su-
preme Representative John J. Brown and
wife, Vandalia, Ill; Grand Keeper of
Records and Seals Henry P. Caldwell,
Chicago; Past Grand Chancellor r. L.
Ritter and wife, Murphysboro, ILL.,; Past
Grand Chancellor Joseph NJ. ONO and
wife, Chicago; II. G. Werner and wife,
Chicago; Past Grand Chancellor A. G.
Gardner Chicago; Amos n. Goodman and
wife. Topeka, Kans.; Past Supreme Chan
celIor Tracy r. Bangs and George A.
Bangs, Grand Fork, n. Oak; Supreme
Representative William G. Edens and
Henry T Bowers, Chicago; Past Grand
- 4 ks<
r. II. Stout, Birmingham, Iowa; Henry
Weisbers and wife, Chicago; Paul Haver-
ly and wife, Chicago: G. S. De Mots and
wife, Hull Iowa; III. NJ Love, Colfax.
Wash; F. +. Barton, Des Moines, Iowa;
X. b. Hamilton. Minneapolis: Z. J. Pes
chau, Colfax. Wash; w. ID. Hix, Rhodes.
Iowa; Irving Shuman. Chicago: L. B.
Whitmer, Anthon, Iowa; Grand Keeper
of Records and Seals Emil Pferdner,
Victoria, B. c; Grand Chancellor Fred
r. Copeland, Dauphin, Manitoba; Frank
c. De Long, Milwaukee Zeno NJ. Host,
Chicago; II. G. Saeger, Chicago; E. w.
Beedle Milwaukee,; V. J. Schoenecker,
ir.. Sheboygan, Wis: r. l. Warner, Mil
waukee: r. S. Wits. Milwaukee; STAN
ley Adams, Louisville, and Orrin Thomp-
sen, Milwaukee.
The officers Of Franklin Lodge are:
Chancellor commander. J. Bennett Jones:
vice chancellor. Frank B. Wallace; prel-
ate. Edward Dunn: master of work.
John c. Taylor; keeper of records and
seal, A w. Leeke; master of finance, r.
S. Bailey; master of exchequer, P. P.
Patrick; master-at-arms, ]. A. P. Farm
ham; inner guard, George Ryall; outer
guard, W. S. Tappan.
Mount Vernon: Chancellor commander,
Charles w. Reynolds; vice chancellor. w.
D. Weekley; prelate, ]. H. Galliher;
master Of work, H. NJ. Vandervort;
keeper Of records and seal, II. P. Wiley;
master of finance, John NJ. Kline, ST.;
master of exchequer, w. S. Beacham:
master-at-arms. Tyrus Christman; inner
guard. Seth O. Kline; outer guard. G. G.
Campbell
The committees in charge from the two
lodges consist of c. T. Neal. H, Y.
Brooke, and Frank 3. Wallace, of Frank
lin Lodge, and H. P. Wiley, John NJ
Kline, sr., and II. NJ. Vandervort, of Mt.
Vernon.
Session to BE Brilliant.
The ceremonial session of the knights
Of Khorassan, at Convention Hall, has
been arranged. by Ascalon Temple, No.
81, the local branch of the order. 1t will
be assisted by the team of Ben Hadad