The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12
Moving Grand Lodge Offices to
Come Up at Convention.
Topeka Also Has Chance to Get
New $4,000 Home.
DELEGATES HERE MONDAY
More Than 1000 Delegates to
Attend Annual Meeting.
Patriotic Demonstration and
Big Parade Tuesday.

Topeka. as Kansas headquarters for
the Grand Lodge of the Knights OF
Pythias, will be favorably considered
it was announced today, when more
than 900 visiting members of the or
der will convene here Monday Iues-
day and Wednesday, next week, Tor
the annual state convention. Kansas
City, Kan, the present headquarters.
is practically isolated insofar as the
membership of the organization is con-
cerned while this city is exactly in the
center. That fact is pointed out by
H L. Studevant and E. r. Hays, To-
peka members of the Grand Lodge
committee, who will work for location
of the headquarters here
Change of the headquarters location,
which is favored by members of the
committee other than the Topekans
would also probably bring to this city
the state home for aged members and
orphans which the lodge is planning
to erect at a cost of $4,000 or more
Of this amount $4,000 has already
been raised and the remainder is to
be furnished under plans to be for
INFLATED at the coming convention.
Those in close touch with the workings
of the order assert the home VIII
probably be located with the state
headquarters, bringing dual benefit
to the city or town selected. This city
as the location for both is being ia
vored by the Chamber of Commerce
and other similar organizations.
Convention Program.
Activities in the convention here
will open at 10 O'Clock Monday morn
ing. knights and Pythian sisters will
register at the Throop hotel.
At o'clock in the afternoon the
visitors from over the state will be ia
ken in motor car tour of the city.
The impression gained of Topeka in
this tour Will probably have much to
do with location of the headquarters
ton will be held in Memorial hall. The
same evening a ball will be held in
Kirkpatrick hall, Seventh and Quin-
cy street.
Tuesdays program will tpen at the
auditorium. Addresses of welcome by
Governor Arthur Capper and Mayor
J. E. House will be responded to by
Grand Chaplain Frank S. Sullivan.
The distinct feature of the entire
program here, however, will be a
monster patriotic demonstration ana
parade on Kansas avenue Tuesday,
with a drill on the state house grounds
following. All visiting members, To-
cal members, officers, guests and 9TH
ers viii take part in the line of march
which is to be divided in three divis-
IONS anu VIII SldIl IlONlil5 DIT 1 .0O
o'clock
The Uniform Parade.
The first division will be headed by
a platoon of police, commanded by
j. E. Wilson, chief Following will be
the chief marshal and his aides who
are, H. l.. Studevant, p. NJ. Geher-
mann, A. D. Watts. and E. V. Park
hurst, leading the Kansas brigade of
Uniform Rank, commanded by Brig
Gen. w. w. Brown.
The second division, comprised #
district supreme officers, grand lodge
officers, the governor and mayor, rep
resentatives to the grand lodge and
local members, will be led by Marshal
Kregline. Governor Capper and Mayor
House will follow the marshal and
will be at the head of the representa-
tives and local members. A large
number of autos will be used in this
division.
The Pythian Sisters, headed by Mar
shall C. L. Smith, will form the van
guard of the third division.
The parade will start at Fourth an1
Kansas avenue, move south to Tenth
north on Harrison to the west entrance
of the state house. There the parade
will pass in grand review and imme-
diate1y afterwards companies in uni
form will drill. The drills begin al
2:30 o'clock.
| The Chamber of Commerce has Of
ffered SITS in three prizes for the bes.
| drill teams