Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-10

I utOry amenQmenLS enacted. The amendments were mainly relating to suspension, reinstatement, hearings before the supreme lodge, the use of the flag in opening lodges, the wearing of Pythiall buttons, and issuing of cer- tificates in the endowment rank. In | the flag ceremony the flag is brought into the lodge room by the master -at- arms and the chancellor commander says: Brothers, you will salute the flag of your country" All arise, salute and say in unison, "Iong may it wave" The fag&wiH then be placed at the right of the station of the chancellor commander.
 1. The supreme lodge provided funds for the purchase of the library of the late William D. Kennedy, author of a history of the order. Each grand lodge was instructed to take action on the question of establishing a tuberculos- l is sanatorium if the grand lodges vote in the affirmative an da sufficient num- Der of representatives are at the next supreme lodge session, in Portland, on the proposition to appropriate $25,- 900 to establish a SanatOrium. The committee on Pythian educa- l tion, apponted at the Denver conyen- l tion in 1912, was continued with anoth- CT appropriation of S10 1000 for it's work. Resolutions of sympathy on the death of Mrs. Wilson were presented adopted and an embossed copy sent to the president.
 The sum of $14.500 was appropri ated to carry on the work of the uni form rank. The proposition to revise the supreme constitution was adopted The proposal to reduce the age of ad- mission from 21 years to IS years was lost The new legislation passed di- rects that the title of chancellor com | mander shall be conferred on the l chancellor -elect of any lodge should his I 1ndpa 11nita with nf her 1n6Qa vious to the time set for his installa- l tfon.
 l The supreme representatives in- | cluded in their report the proposed l amendments to the supreme consti- hearing before the presentation at l the Portland session in 1916. One of the amendments of interest to | members of several years standing l is the proposal to establish the honor of Pythian Veteran, which can be at
 tained by every, member who shall
 reach twenty-five years good standing | in ore or more subordinate lodges. | Another amendment provides that
 subordinate lodges may pay weekly or | funeral benefits or pay both benefits. l Supreme Representative Jacobs pre-
 sented a eulogy of Horace O. Case of Hartford, who was grand keeper of l records and seal of the Grand lodge of, Connecticut for thirty three years. | The following officers were elected
 for the coming term of two years:
 Supreme Chancellor-Brig $. Young, | Ada, Ohio.
 Supreme ice-Chancellor-John J. Brown Vandalia, III.
 Supreme Prelate-Rev. Joseph H.
 spearing,. Columbia City. Tenn re- l elected)
 Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal Fred E. Wheaton Minneapolis,
 Minn.( reelected.)
 Supreme Master of Excheauer--
 Thomas D. Meares, Wilmington, N. C., 1 (reelected.)
 Supreme Master-at -at-Arms-Merrill G. Martindale, Spokane, Wash,( re- Supreme Outer Guard-Harry NJ.
 Wadsworth. Philadelphia Penn, fre- elected rt
 Charles $. Davis of Denver Col, (re-
 elected) and William R. O'Neal. Or
 lando, Fla, were elected members of
 the board of control of the insurance
 department for term ending with the
 supreme lodge convention in 1920.
 In teresting statistics were, includ-
 ed in the reports made by the su-
 preme officers.
 The supreme lodge has Jurisdiction l over f1fty-five grand domains and six teen subordinate lodges not attached to
 any grand domain. The membershi D. Devember S1, 1913. was 725,0 00s in r.
 747 lodges; a net gain in two years of
 14,372. The sixteen lodges under con- I trol of the supreme lodge are Alas
 ka, 3 with 10 members: Canal Zone, 3 1 with 70S; China, with 25; Hawaiian
 Islands, with 50S; Phillipine Islands
 with Il; Australia, 1 with 4s The cash balance in the Supreme
 lodge treasury, July 1, 1914, was s99,- T 16S:61. The total assets of the order
 including the above balance. are as
 follows: Grand lodge. $2.616, ,24s. 40;
 subordinate lodges. SIG. .2sS, S,s21.46. The
 subordinate lodges expended for re-
 lief for the year ending December 31
 1914. $1.77S,4 ,440.36. The endowment
 Rank insurance in force is s9s,642, ,9s4
 Connecticut Pythians think the or
 der may be represented in the gov
 ernor's chair the next two years
 Judge Harcus H. Hofcomb, the re-
 publican candidate, is member oi
 William Berry lodge of Southington 1 and Lieutenant Governor Lyman T