Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-20
Supreme Council of the Scot
fish Rite Has Much I'M
portant Business.
REPORTS ARE RECEIVED
AT TODAY'S MEETING
Presentation Made to Secretary Gen
eral John H. Cowles of
Bronze Desk Set.

The Supreme Council of the Scottish
Rite of the Southern Jurisdiction of the
United States resumed it's sessions this
morning at 10 o'clock at tie new House
of the Temple, 10Th and streets north
west, to receive and consider the re-
ports of the secretary general, the
treasurer general and the librarian to
the Supreme Council and the report of
the committee on obituaries, GOVERN 3
the late Sovereign Grand Commander
James Daniel Richardson, Sovereign
Grand Inspectors General Frank M.
Foote of Wyoming, ]. w. CORTLAND OF
North Carolina, Erasmus T. Carr of
Montana and E. T. Taubman of South
Dakota, who died the morning the
council first assembled; Gen. Robert H.
Hall and John McCracken, emeritus
members, and Edwin Allen Sherman,
Grand Cross.
1t was stated this morning that this
business probably will occupy the en-
tire session today and that the election
Of the new knights commander OF the
, court of honor and the new thirty
third degree honorary members Will
not take place until late tomorrow.
There also seems to be but little doubt
that several active members of the
ably Friday or Saturday. The thirty
third degree will be conferred on the
newly elected honorary members Fri
day evening in the temple room
The Supreme Council has great deal
of important business to come before
it. and in all probability. it is stated,
the sessions may extend into next
week.
Gift to Secretary General.
Secretary General John H. Cowles re-
ceived a handsome present from the
members of the Louisville Scottish
Rite choir and visiting members of the
Kentucky delegation. 1t was in the
form of a bronze desk set, including
fine replicas of the famous sphinxes
that guard the entrance to the new
House of the Temple, blotting pad,
stamp box, pen tray, calendar holder,
paper cutter and ink well. Among the
donors were George c. Weldon, Lee E.
Cralle, c. d. Mayer, E. c. knight, Gus
Elllnger, Douglas Webb, John Manlev,
William Fischer, Karl Schmidt. Charles
Deuser, Fred Guttman, Albert Unruh.
John Harries. Peter Schlicht. George D.
Adams and C. l.. Dorsey.
Last night twenty-five members or
the St. Louis choir. headed by John j.
Laird, president of the orsanlzatlon,
the attaches of the Chinese legation
with sacred and popular songs. The
members OF the choir were robed IN
their surplices of white and purple.
Grand Commander Benjamin Allen
and Sovereign Grand Inspector General
webster Of the Supreme Council OF
Canada left for their homes last night.
as also did Sovereign Grand Inspec-
tors General John Lloyd Thomas and
Harry Guthrie of the Supreme Coun-
ell of the Northern Jurisdiction.
Special Committee on Peace.
AT the session of the Supreme Coun-
Gil yesterday, following the reading of
the allocution of Sovereign Grand
Commander George Fleming Moore,
special committees were appointed to
consider and take sucl. action as might
be proper upon the various subjects
with which it deals. A special COM
mittee was appointed to consider the
subject Of peace"
The Camp Guard of Albert Pike Con-
sistory of this city last night enter
tained the famous Camp Guard of Lit
tie Rock. Ark. and the Camp Guard OF
New Orleans. at the Alhambra-
Tonight at o'clock the statutory
banquet of the Royal Order of Scot
land will be given at the Shoreham
Hotel The Royal Order of Scotland
degrees were conferred on a class of
eighty at the old Scottish Rite Cathe-
draI. 433 Sd street northwest, yesterday
afternoon. :