Evening journal., 1921-10-21
.SOUDER HEADS
STATEK. OF P,
William w. Knowles Wins
Spirited Contest for Su-
preme Representative
GARRETT ELECTED
FOR BOTH TIME

Special to The Evening Journal.
NEWARK, Oct. 21.-contests for /
the various Offices and especially for |
Supreme Representative made the /
annual session OF the Grand Lodge |
\ Of Delaware Knights Of Pythias |
held here yesterday. one OF the most /
spiriteda and interesting in the his
/ tory Of the Grand Lodge. The ses- /
sions were held in the New Century |
Club and at 7 o'clock last evening |
supper was served by women Of the |
Methodist Church in the basement
OF the clubhouse.
Virtually all OF yesterday after
noon was taken up In the election Of |
officers. and IL was o'clock before |
the balloting for supreme represen-
tative was concluded. william W.
Knowles. Of Wilmington. but repre-
senting the New Castle Lodge. win
ming out over five opponents. George
| A. Souder. Of Wilmington, was erect
ed grand chancellor over Irving
Brinton. also of Wilmington. Mark
L. Garrett. OF Wilmington. waA elect
ID great keeper OF records and seals
for the thirty-sixth consecutive tin g..
During the afternoon. Supreme
Chancellor William Ladew, Of New
| York. and Past Supreme Represen-
tative Edward A. Horton. OF Toron-
TO, Canada. who is also a member Of
] the Board OF Control OF the Insur-
ance Department. were visitors and
addressed the Grand Lodge Chan
cellor Ladew reported that the or
der had gained twice as many mem
bers for the first six months OF this
year as the corresponding period Z
last year, and predicted that by the
q end OF this year the membership
would reach the million mark.
william r. Wilson. retiring grand
chancellor presided. The contest ror
supreme representative was spirited
and required a number OF ballots to
decide the winner. The other candi-
dates besides Mr.. Knowles for this
q Office were Harry A. Fritz and James
Il J. Cohen. OF Wilmington; Theodore
4 " Simpson. OF Marshallton. and
II Harry A. Lutz and John G. Kueth-
u borth. The fight eventually mar
rowed down TO a contest between
Mr.. Knowles and Mr.. Fritz. The Of
fcers elected were as follows:
Grand chancellor. George A. Sou
iii der.~Lodge No. 4. Wilmington.
ID Grand vice-chanceilor. Albert viii
j helm. No. s, New Castle.
n Grand prelate. Lands W. Marvel
! No. 1s. Seatord.
Grand keeper Of records ana svzfs
L Mark L. Garrett, No. 2, Wilmington
u Grand master Of exchequer. Pau
T. Pennock. No. 13. Wilmington.
Grand master at arms. Stephen r
q Hamilton, No. 25. Wilmington.
Grand inner guard. Clarence d
Grant. No. 8. Newark
Grand outer guard, W. G. Jamison
No. 10, Dover
Supreme representative. William
W. Knowles. No. s. New Castle
The officers were installed las
ri night by Supreme Representative
" Theodore V. Simpson. There werl
n about 200 visitors. and they werl
q royalty entertained by the loca
Hodge.
At tho session last night a resolu
81 tion was adopted fixing the capita
'8 ,fion tax al 81 a member each year o
III which amount 10 cents is TO 90 q
III he fund 10 establish a Home. Tn
Grand Lodge also transferred S603.
Isl l5 already in the lodge treasury 70
L hat purpose and $500 in Libert
& bonds to the fund for the propsel
III Home
III The lodge approved the recon
III nendation OF Retiring Grand Chan
Is ,elior Wilson that in the future
Isl Past Chancellor OF a lodge TO atten
ID the installation duties instead o
he Grand Chancellor and that IN
IA isit OF the Grand Chancellor to
odge be made more OF a social al
m air
ii The proposed revision OF the cor
ititution of the lodge was held owe
n Intil the next session.
a resolution of thanks and appre
IL iauon for the entertainment fur
iished by Osceola Lodge OF Newar
md the women OF the Newark NJ.
Church was adopted.
II WAS announced that the votin
members of the Grand Lodge at III
meeting probably exceeded an
previous meeting OF the Gran
& sodge for years