Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29
TR0WEL CLUB PLANS
TO WIDEN ITS SCOPE
ORGANIZATION of Masons of Interior
Department to Increase
Membership.
Will Invite Members of the Fra
ternity in Other Departments
to Join.

That the Trowel Club. composed of Ma
sons of the Interior Department. may be
enlarged into a Master Masons' club for
all government employees became known
last night at the annual dinner of the Or
ganization. given at Rauschers.
Representatives Of a number of Ma
sonic organizations in the various gov
eminent departments now have the mat
ter under advisemenr, it is said. and it is
probable that definite steps toward car
rying out the scheme will be taken at an
early date. The proposed alliance would
have a membership of about 1000. and
would be provided with a clubhouse.
Other Bureaus Included.
Since the organization of the Trowel
Club. in 1907. by Masons in the geological
survey the membership of this associa-
ton has been extended to include en-
ployes of the bureau of mines, reclama-
ton service, land office, pension bureau
and patent office. Similar clubs have
been formed in the Post Office Depart
ment bureau of engraving and printing
and other government departments.
More than a hundred members and
guests of the Trowel Club attended last
nights dinner and listened to addresses
by officials of the Interior Departm emit
and others. Edward W. Parker pre-
sided as POSTMASTER. Franklin T. Lane,
Secretary of the Interior, sent a letter
expressing regret that he was unable
to attend.
Among those who spoke were Mira
Ali Kuli Kahn, charge daffaires of the
Persian embassy; Andrieus A. Jones. as
sistant Secretary of the Interior: Repre-
sentative Thomas V. Sisson. J. ]. New
ton. grand master of Masons of the
District of Columbia; Rev. Paul r. Hick-
ok. Rev. Edward S. Dunlap, Cato V.
Sells. commissioner of Indian affairs;
Roe Fulkerson and others.
Committee and Guests.
The entertainment committee consisted
of r. W. Pearson. Glen Smith, A. G.
McChesney. ]. C. Hoyt. P. S. Riefkin
and Herman Stabler. Music was fur
nished by a section of the Marine Band,
while several vocal solos were con-
tributed by Miss Elizabeth Leckie. In
| addition to those already mentioned the
following were present:
| W. w. Adams. P. ]. Altizer, A. A. AS
| pinwaIl, w. NJ. Backus, T. NJ. Baker. II.
L. Baldwin, A. H. Barbor J. H. Batche-
| lor, S. C. Bready, C. T. Bright, J. j.
Buck, ]. w. Byler. C. B. Calvert, L. D
Carman. S. H. Carr, o. Carstarphen, Will
| liam Clabaugh, Alvin Colburn, II. T.
| Cowlin, J. D. Davis, G. r. Davis, w. O.
Deatrick, Harrison Dingman, H. NJ
Dodd, A. F. Huntington. ]. r. Eakin, A
]. Ellis. c. E. Ellsworth, G. w. Evans
]. G. Fairchild, r. A. Farmer, NJ. F.
| Finley, jr.: A. E. Fletcher. L. 3
| Fox. L. G. Freeman. A. J. Green
D. NJ. Greene, n. C. Grover, F. D, Hard
esty, A D. Hathaway, B. A Jenkins
A. S. Jones. H. l. Rays. C. T. Kemmerer
William kettner, L. C. Laylin. NJ. O.
Leighton. NJ. F. Lence, w. II. Lewis
L. B. Mann. T. r. Manning, Van II
Manning, J. G. Mathers, S. p. Matthews,
| H. L. Mcdonald, ]. P. Mcdowell. J. NJ
| Mckinney, John McMechan, A. X Meek
! A. r. Meissner w. K. Metz. Thomas
Morrell, w. F, Morsell, H. p. Moses
Robert Muldrow, William Musser. Fred
| eric Newburgh, Armand Offutt, II. d
Padgett, G. Z. Parker, j. I. Parker, G. S
Pope, A. B. Reavis, ]. R. T. Reeves A
E. Roberts. w. S. Robbins, P. A. Rosen
dorm. G. NJ saltzgaber, A. T. Schwen
| nesen, II. S. Selden. X. A. Shaw, H. w
Shipe, Smith, G. V. Stevens, r. V. l.
Stratton. Sledge Taturn. l.. Fl. Trautman
]. d. Tyler. K. Won Gluemer, A. NJ
Walker, G. A. Waring, w. C. Wheeler
c. f. Williams, ]. A. Williams, ]. A
Williams. ]. NJ. Williams, r. II. Wood
L. S. Wolfe and c. VI. Yeates.