Evening star., 1914-02-15

Fifty years ago, dating from Thursday
of this week, Justus Henry Ratlibone. in
a building on E street near 9th street
northwest. then known as Temperance
Hall. gave to the world what has now
become the strong and powerful fra
ternal organization known as the Order
of the knights Of Pythias. In commem
Grafton of that event, not only the su-
preme body of the order. but Pythians.
high and low in rank, and many of them
distinguished in the affairs of the ma
ton. will gather in this city. 4 more
complete story of the event will be found
in the news columns of The Sunday Star
of today. The calendar at the head of
these columns briefly notes the various
events in Pythian circles to occur dur
ing the week. The celebration will be-
gin Wednesday evening at : o'clock with
q big ceremonial session of the Dramatic
Order knights of khorassan. the pay
ground Of Pyth:anism. at Convention
Hall. to be followed at Pythian Temple.
at o'clock. when Franklin Lodge. No.
=. and Mount Vernon Lodge. No. >. the
oldest Pythian lodges in the world. will
assemble in joint convention for a re-
ception TO the Supreme Lodge officers,
and. at the same hour. by a joint con-
vention Of Rathbone Temple. No. ). and
Friendship Temple. No. ., Pythan SIS
bers of their order. which Is an auxiliary
of the knights of Pythias.
The Supreme Lodge Will open its ses-
sion at the New Willard Hotel Tuesday
morning at 10 O'Clock. Details Of the
day of those to follow will be found in
the calendar at the head of these col
unns and elsewhere N The Sunday S ar
of today.
The elaborate celebration will close
with a grand ball at Pythian Tempe
Saturday evening under the auspices of
Washington Company. No. l. and J. I.
Coldwell Company, No. =. of the Military
Department of the order. and Rathbone
Temple. No. s. and Friendship Temple
No. 3, of the Py-thian Sisters
Ascalon Temple. No. 81. Dramatic Or
der knights of Khorassan, assisted by
Ben Hadad Temple. No. 93. of Balti-
more and Bahoe Temple Of Columbus,
VIII stage spectacular monster cere-
monial at Convention Hall. Wednesday
evening at Z o'clock, to be followed with
Il banquet at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Headquarters of the Supreme Lodge
officers and of Pythians generally will be
at the Willard Hotel The Dramatic Or
der knights of Khorassan will have
their headquarters at the Metropolitan
Hotel.
The general committee of the golden
jubilee will meet tomorrow evening at
that every member be present, so as to
receive full information concerning the
plans for the celebration. The official
badges have arrived and will be d II
tributed to the members of the commit
tee at this meeting.
The general committee is composed as
follows: Chairman. H. p Wiley: first
vice chairman. John NJ. Kline. ST.: sec
ond vice chairman. Thomas A. Bynum;
secretary. ]. w. Carter, and treasurer.
Jefferson Middleton.
Committee on reception and entertain
ment. Thomas A. Bynum. chairman: !:
Mark Stearman. vice chairman. Commit
tee on finance, H NJ Vandervort chair
mittee on publicity. Fred McC. Smith,
chairman: S. NJ Pearson and Franklin II.
Pierce. Committee on class initiation, W.
A. kimmel. chairman: C. T. Neal, L. X.
G. Roberts, w. NJ. Williams Israel SOM
mers. ]. Hamilton. w. L. Gasson. FL. W.
Winter W. A. Case, Frank McCathran,
B. c. McQuay, G. W. Haley. F. NJ. Pelz-
man. NJ E. Crowther, E. D. Thompson.
W. E. Bradley, j. c. Yost. l. C. Ellis, E.
F. SEDAN. NJ Fl. Konis sberg. Hugh Reid
and G. Frank Day. Committee on registra-
ton, f. II. Melick, chairman: J. Fl. Burk-
holder. +. J. Hennein. Charles Boyd. T..
W. Morcock. D. 4. Mitchell. W. j. G.
baum and D. NJ. Freeman. Committee on
bridges, c. Z. McAllister. chairman; Will
son Harvey and J. II. Williams. Committee
on public comfort, Albert kahlert. chair
man; H. c. GIading. ]. n. Kline, r. T.
Whiting, ]. A. Dempf. s. W. Wolf
sheimer. G. W. Barkman. jr.. w. Z,
Poole. II. J. Gasson. T. E Mullican, ].
r Haskins. Frank Slye. G. W. Haley, !.
Hartstall, G. Cerrone. w. f. Bradley, T.
o. Pulizzi and f. F. SEDAN. Committee
on music and decorations. ]. E. Wilson,
chairman; l. A. Emmons, G. w. Barkman.
jr., J. NJ. Mcqueen, G. W. Sellers. c. {.
Shaffer. NJ. E. Crowther. j. F. Beck and S
w Wolfsheimer. jr. Committee on audit,
J. NJ. Kline, ST.. chairman; p. P. Patrick
and II. T. Barnard.
Washington Company. No. /. military
department was inspected and its Off
GERS installed for the ensuing year We'd
nesday evening. The excursion commit
tee reported that it had arranged for an
excursion to Marshall Hall July 10.
The biennial encampment Of the mill
tary department will be held at Terre
Haute, Ind, the week of Ju4 10. The