Evening star., 1925-10-21
Marylanders Elected.

honors conferred upon Masons OF
nearby States are as follows:
Maryland, Thirty-third degree-Jesse
Benesch, Seven-Mile Land; Frank
y. Fahrney, Hagerstown: William
Schmidt, jr and Bassett Stevens
Mace of Baltimore
Maryland, h. c. c. H.-Frederick T.
Dorton, Clyde y. Fritz. William V.
Mason. Earle c. Richardson and
Richard w. Scherf Of Baltimore and
William 7. Rizer, Cumberla nd.
West Virginia, thirty-third degree
Archibald Todd Hupp. Wheeling; Adri-
en- Collins Nadenbousch, Martinsburg.
West Virginia. X. c. c. H.-Albert
Bertram Calfee Bray, Ronceverte:
William Henry Bycott. Wheeling:
Charles Richarder Carder. Huntington;
Oscar Emory Carson. Huntington;
Henry Alexander Davidson, Morgan
town; Charles Duffy Floyd. Clarks-
burg; Phineas Earle King Wheeling;
Thomas John Mason. Charleston;
Harry Walter Meyer, Wheeling; Ira
Morton Nickel. Huntington: Harold
Harvey Oakley. Logan; Raymer Par
rish, Clarksburg; Clarence Willis Po-
i;ne. Logan; Seth Cameron Savage
Charleston; Albert Nelson Slayton.
Cincinnati, Ohio, George Warth Tav-
enner, ParkersburG; Frank Stansilaw
Webb. MoundSville
Virginia, thirty-third degree-John
o. j. Copenhaver. Roa anoke; Thomas
Edward DashielI, Portsmouth,; Horace
Marion Fox. Roanoke; Herbert Logan
Mcconnell, Richmond: Frank Gravely
Payne. Roanoke: William Robert
Rogers, Hilton Village: Alexander Nc
Fayden Sherwood and Bedford Keith
smith. both of Alexandria. and Repre-
aenta tive Clifton Alexander Woodrum,
Roanoke.
Virginia, knights commander Of the
court of honor-Riey Wise Nixon.
Benjamin Wellington Pullin and
Thomas Wilfred Robinson, ir., Of
Alexa ndria: Robert Duncan MacPher-
son Ogg, Portsmouth; Peter Rasmus-
sen, Roanoke; Joseph Augustus Rick.
etts. Richmond; Glenn Brady Updike
and Jesse Edward Wagner of Dan
Vile: Hugh -Adair Bristol. Charley T..
Anderson, Newport News: Edwin i.
Atkinson, Junius W. Calvert and
George l.. Jones. Norfolk; Hardin X
Bache. Arthur < Bell and John w
kcssler, Richmond: Joseph l.. Carson.
fiverton; John ". Estlow. Schoolfield;
Henry IT. Haley. Tazewell: John Lock
ridge, Lynchburg.
Awarded Grand Cross
Unusual distinction was accorded
Charles Sumner Lobingier. chief at
torney of the Department Of Justice
and former judge of United States
courts In the Philippines and in China.
Judge Lohingier. who had been deputy
on the Supreme Council for China, was
voted the award Of the Grand Cross
ast night. together with two others,
robert Edward simpson of Charlotte,
y. G., general manager Of the eastern
lines, Southern Railway system, and
Edwin Carmi Hopkins of Sacramento,
Calf. Only three grand crosses may
he awarded each year by the Grand
Council, and during some years there
are none awarded Only II men in
The entire jurisdiction wear the grand
cross, including only two active mem
bers of the Supreme Council-H. w.
WitCovcr, secretary general, of this
city. and Philip =. Malcolm of Port
land, Greg. grand prior of the council.
Members are elected to receive the
grand cross at large. not from any
geographical section, for especially
meritoriuuS services to the order. -
Judge Lnhingier was appointed to the
Philippine Court by President Roose-
vslt, ana when transferred to China