Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-05
WARNS Of THE DANGERS
FACED BY UNITED STATES

Accepted Scottish Rite of the Southerh
Jurisdiction, L. S. A.. at last hish'
banquet of the Trowel Club. Masonic
organization, at the New Ebbitt Hotel.
declared there are only three dangers
he fears for the United states. 1hese he
outlined as: The danger OF an INVASION
by foreign foe; the danger OF an III
flux of foreign immigration "hlch can
not be assimilated into the ldeals OIL lhe
republic and the danger al sec'ariah
domination Of the affairs of this coun-
try.
For "America First
With "Masons for America First as
the KEYNOTE of his address, Thomas W.
Sisson. past grant master of Masons
of Mississippi, dwelt upon the iae'
that Masonry is synonymous WIN III
dividualism He told the diners 'ha'
fifty-five of the fifty-six signers OF
the Declaration of independence nave
been proved to have been Masohs ana
that hfty-two of them were past HAS
ters. go =.
The banquet was opened with an in
vocation by Rev. E. S. Dunlap. Fhlllp
NJ Riefkin. president of the club, lntro,
as POSTMASTER.
Other Speakers Heard.
Other speakers were Rev. Abram ST.
mon, L. w. Estes and Lynn H. Trout
man. A number of vocal selections
were rendered by Miss Thelma NILS
Payne and Mrs. A. Julian Brylawskl
Van H. Manning. Robert Muldrow.
John w. Williams and George :. rope
former presidents of the club. were
present.
Guests at the Banquet.
The guests were W. w. Adams. p. J.
AItizer, f. NJ. Aten. f. j. Ayers J. H.
Bachelor. T NJ. Baker. r. {. Bangs
H. Barbour. j. P. Benfer. j. Berman'
c. ]. Blanchard, c. r. Bopp. S. NJ
Bready. c. T. Bright, J. w. Byler. {. r.
Calvert. Josh Callahan, F. B. Cannack
L. D. Carmen, o. Carstarphen. ;; n
Carr. A. Christensen. A; CHRISTIE n r.
Cowling. w. H. Craigue. H. B. Cramer.
F.. W. Crisp, F. 3. Curtis. o. Fl. Cutting
A. H. Daleleish, J. c. Davenport. a. "
Davis. George r. Davis. j. A. DAVIS
Demaray. Harrison Dingman, {; r.
Dodge, H NJ. Dodd. l.. L. Dunning, j. X
Eakin, D. A. Edelin,, W. A. English,
S. W. Estes. George w. Evans,
Harry Evans. Waring Evans. r. NJ
Finch. E. T. F'liny, a. F.: Fowler
L. G. Freeman, C. E. Frey, w: B. Fry,
B. S. CARRIER. W. S. Gehrer. J. T. Gibbs,
C. w. Goodlove, c. W. Goodman, ID. NJ
Greene. w. c. Guerin. j. Y. Hamilton
NJ Hamilton, E. w. Harnden, f. D.
Harrington. D. W. Harrington A. d.
Hathaway. w. f. Hatch. J. r. Hendley.
J. Hill. H. H. Hodgeson. J. A. Holmes,
J. c. Hoyt. H. L. Johnson, w: B. John
Kemmerer. w. r. King, A. Lake, Q. w.
Lange, H. Lansburgh, Leming, w. II
Lewis. J. R. Lott. O. B. Martin, A. X.
Meek E. b. Merritt. Thomas Morrill,,
D. S. Morse. H. B. Moses H. Munroe,
Jasper L. McBrien, H. r. McCabe, A. G.
McChesney. H. L. Mcdonald. ]. NJ. Nc
Kinney. r. c. Mckinney. J: McMechen,
!; b o,v oY Ne !, pI p; J. e orsust'
{. L. Parsons. w. A. Paul. e. G. Paul.
R. w. Pearson, !. Pearson. E: V, Per
kinson. E Philips. H. f. Pickens. w.
H. W: Price. J; Proctor, Reed. H. s.
Reside. J. R. T. Reeves. W. A. Reiter.
Fred Repetti. F. P. Richie. j. P.
Rosendorn, r. D. Rush. w. G Ryan. NJ.
Sanger. ]. K. schofield, A. S. Schwen-
nesen, A. Scott, c. Sells, HI. s. Senseney,
G. S. Smith. S. Smith. X. A Shaw. H.
Stabler, L. B. Slime. n. A. Strait, R v.
L. Stratton, NJ. Strausburger, r. A. |
Suits, w. !. Swanton. F. X: SWEET. J. W.
Swift, r. w. Tallman. J. II. Thomas, F.
S. Torrey. H. NJ. Vanderost. W. F. Waite.
J. B. Ward. E. H. Weisbrod, C. E. Will
liams. J. A. Williams, T. Williams, J.. G.
Wilson. r. w. Wood. DIR. W. P. Wood. f.
N. Yates. c. NJ. Yeates, B. NJ. Zacharias.