The Washington herald., 1914-04-09
ROYAL ARCANUM
COUNCIL Dimes
Members Of High Body End
Annual Conclave with
Feast.
LEADERS ARE INSTALLED
Strike of Chef" Threatens Jolli6ca-
tion. but 1t Was Only F. c.
Schaffer After All.
LEADERS ARE INSTALLED

THE chef Is on a strike" whispered the
members and guests at the annual BAN
quot OF the Grand Council OF the Royal
Arcanum, when a white-coated and hat
ted man entered the banquet room and
protested TO Arthur +. Cook, POSTMASTER.
that he refused to serve the remaining
viands OF the menu unless he was allowed
to participate in the program.
For about three minutes the diners
looked on with apprehension. bewildered.
All he wanted to do. he said, was to be
allowed to sing. Several looked carefully
at the menu and looked at the intruder
Let him sing" they yelled.
WheTeupon +. c. Schaffer. the barytone
soloist-for IL was not. the regular" chef
OF the National Hotel after all-put his re-
quest into action, and was encored again
and again.
officers Are Installed
During the next course. Salvation
Army lassie" entered the hall and began
taking up a collection. Her. plea also
was to sing. She was Miss Clara
Naecker. The banquet put the finishing
touches on the annual concIave and was
preceded by the installation of officers.
These were: Grand regent. NJ. Barlow
Mercer; grand. vice regent. Edwin \.
past grand regent, Glendie b. Young:
grand secretary. Benjamin White; grand
treasurer, George NJ. Copenhaver: grand
chaplain James II. Ruth: grand guide
James W. Scott; grand warden. w. l.
Buckley; grand sentry. George C. Shinn:
grand trustees, John r. Gisburne NJ. A.
Tolson. and George VI. Foote: repre-
sentatives TO Supreme Council. Sidney i.
Besselievre and Harry G. LenZ: District
rnRHiral nr
and supreme sentry, Claude r. Zappone
Addresses were made by Byron F. Bab-
bitt, Robert W. Price, Claude r. Zap
pone. NJ. Barlow Mercer, and Charles J.
James. Edwin A. Mess, NJ. Barlow Mer-
Ger, and Charles ID. Shackelford COM
posed the banquet committee.
Guy F. Allen was appointed to the
state OF order committee: Charles J.
James. Charles d. Shackelford and ]. f
Chamberlain. laws and appeals: II. G.
Brinkley. r. E. Logan. and J. III. Doty.
finance.
Guests at Banquet
The following guests and members were
present. J. Baumbarten. Barton A. Bean.
J. L. Beatie, ]. II. Bradley. ]. II. Britt,
]. Brock, $. c. Brown, DIR. Thomas Cal
yer. W. W. Chase. A. +. Cook. John A.
Culp. +. B. Eynon, n. $. Faucet, A. II.
Fiegenbaum. W. s. Gibson, Z. A. Good
win. c. J. Hammerly. Thomas NJ. Hayes,
Simon Heller, J. n. Hemphill, DIR. J. w.
Hodges. NJ. V. Hottell, G. NJ. Hustled. c.
F. Keefer. T. J. Landergren. n. q. Scott.
J. Ed. Swaine, J. d. Terrill, Charles II.
Voss. F. B. Kaye. G. l.. Popkins,
F. r. TaIlman, c. w. King, l.. J..
SiIverman. w. c. Dean. T. T. Ap-
pie. c. r wildman. r. y. Donaldson.
IF. W. White. Perry Cleveland. W. ].
Vnlepigue. W. II. Ozburn. J. ID. Free,
c. d. Tedrow. J. r. Kelly. S. II. Takes,
Dir. w. A. Marschalk, J. 7. Williams.
w. +. Drown. W. NJ. Schoonmaker.
Thomas Ellis, w. f. Aiken, F. A. Fern
aid. A. II. Cramer. J. f. Beard. NJ.
Walsh. John II. Schaefer. Leroy 4.
Rosenthal. Homer b. TerriIl, c. Eugene
TruaN, Otho w. Hammond. Harry F.
Reuth. ID. J. Sheehan. c. r. Steen. A.
n. Selden. Charles Boyd, ]. c. Littlepage.
+. A. Palmer. F. II. Reynolds. 4. T.
Thorson. f. +. DeardorfT. ]. c. O'Briea.
A. c. Giles. A. NJ. Peyton. ]. c. Dulin.
A. w. Du Bois. c. T. Abell, B. II. Depen-
brock, A. r. Ringwalt. G. E Welsh. II.
A. Walsh. r. c. Rowzee, ]. !. Cox, B. r.
Crook. W. H. DUFFY. jr.: J. NJ. Ham,
merly, L c. Morrison. V. D. Dooley. ].
II. Grubb, W. T. Moor. c. Birch. II. Bod
dis. ]. Doolan. G. u. Sullivan. L. L.
Gillchrist, V. r. Soper, L. L. Marceron.