Evening star., 1925-10-18
MASONIC COUNCIL
TO CONVENE TODAY
Biennial Session of Supreme
Body of Southern JurlsdIc-
ton to Begin at Temple.


The biennial session Of the Supreme
Council of Freema sonry, Southern
jurisdiction, will he inauEurated Al
the House of the Temple. sixteenth
and : streets this afternoon. at
o'clock. with memorial service for
Albert Pike. who was grand COM
mander of the Supreme Council from
1859 TO 1891 He was said to have
found American Freemasonry in a
log cabin. and left it in temple
The public has been invited to this
service.
Sovereign Grand Comdr. John II.
Cowes of Louisville, Ky. will pre-
side. The address will he delivered
hv the Youngest member of the Su-
preme Council, Francis s. King of
Cheyenne, WYo.
throughout the remainder of the
week sessions will be held both morn
ing and afternoon. and some eve
ninSS.
The formal opening will take place
tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock. I'M
media teIy after the opening ceremony
the sessions Of the Supreme Council
will he open to all fourteenth degree
AIasons
Will he given over largely to the read
ING ana digest of the allocution of The
sovereign grand commander. This
work is q resume of the condition OF
the Scottish Rite, not only of the
Southern jurisdiction. which is com
posed of the 33 States south of the
Mason and Dixon line and west of
the Mississippi River, territorial pos
sessions and the Orient, but OF the
progress and happenings Of interest
To that branch of the Masonic ira
ternity throughout the whole world.
Supreme councils are established in
81 countries and the aggregate mem
hership of Scottish Rite Freemasonry
is we'll over ,000,0
Will Honor Unknown.
According to the annual custom OF
paving tribute to the Unknown Sol
dier at Arlington and TO the memory
OF George Washington, Mason and
patriot. tomorrow afternoon the Su-
preme Council will make an official
visit To Arlington and Mount Vernon
and place wreaths on their tomhs.
Tomorrow evening a reception Will
he rendered by the Supreme Council
IN honor of Roe FulkerSon, grand
master Of the Masonic Grand Lodge
of the District of Columbia: j. Davis
.Rradfield. grand high priest, Royal
Arch Chapter. George l.. Lohrer,
grand master. Royal and Select Mas
ters, and James r Gibbs. grand COM
mander. knights Templar all of the
District of Columbia.
Attending the session OF the SUI
preme Council are, in addition 10
Grand Commander John n. towles
and Secretary General Hyman w
WitCover formerly OF Savannah, Ga.
whose officers reside in Washington,
Charles r, Rosenbaum. Little Rock.
Ark, lieutenant grand comma nder;
Philip :. Malcolm, Portland. Ore.
grand prior: Samuel =. Cochran. Dal-
las. Tex, grand chancellor: Edwin G.
Day. Helena. Mont. grand minister OF
state: Garnett y. Morgan, Nashville,
Tenn, treasurer general; Melville r.
Grant Mississippi City, Miss, grand
almoner: William +. Filmer. SAN
Francisco, Calf, grand orator: Fred
{. SChramm, Salt Lake City, Utah,
grand master OF ceremonies. AleXan-
der G., Cochran, st. Louis, Mo, grand
chamberlain: Marshall w. Wood,
Boise. Idaho. second grand equerry;
Frank {. Patton, Omaha, Nebr.,
grand standard bearer; Thomas g..
Fitch, Wichita. Kan. grand sword
bearer: Robert s. Crump. Richmond,
Va, grand herald: Perry W. Neidner,
Los Angeles. Calf; Thomas j. Har-
kins Asheville, y. c.; Stanley g. War
ner. Denver. Colo; William Booth
Price, Baltimore. Md; Frank Craig,
McAlester. Okla; William 5. McCrea, !,
Spokane. Wash. Edwin 7. Meredith,
Des Molnes. Iowa. and Francis $.
King. Cheyenne, NNo.
II is expected that the honorary
a nf bo SIlnramH
Council will also he in attenda nee.
F.lwood p. Moray is the deputy in the
District of Columbia.
The rank of thirty-third degree and
knight commander of the Court OF
Honor. which are awarded to a limited
number of Scottish Rite Masons of the
jurisdiction who have rendered meri-
torious services To the order. Will be
conferred on the newly elected thirty
third degree MasonS on Friday eve
ming.
on Tuesday the active members and
honorary members of the Supreme
Council will call upon President Cool
idge at the White House.
Among the visitors at the Supreme
Council meeting will be Leon Abbott
of Boston Mass, sovereign conman-
der of the Supreme Council, Northern
Masonic Jurisdiction.
The headquarters of Scottish Rite
Masonry for the Southern Jurisdiction
is the House of the Temple, where the
council is sitting this week. Architec
turally follows the style of the mauso-
ieum erected by Queen Artemisia at
HaliCarnassus for the tomb of King
Mausolus one OF the wonders OF the
ancient world.
-, Death Takes Heavy Toll.
= Death has taken heavy toll among
the leaders of Scottish Rite Masonry
throughout the world during the past
two years. according to a recaptula- :
tion included in the allocutlon Of
Sovereign Grand Comma nder CoWleS.
The Supreme Council. Southern JurlS
dictiOn. has been more fortunate than
most Of the bodies of other countries,
losing only Olin Seymour Wright, in
spectOr general in Florida. and lloratlo
Clark Plumley, emeritus member of
North Dakota. Mr.. Wright held the
office of First Grand Equerry and the
vacancy caused by his death will prob
ahlv he filled at the present session
The RI. Rev. Alexander Charles Gar
rett of Texas, honorary member grand
chaplin, also has passed away since
fhe last meeting.
Best known among the members of
the Northern Masonic jurisdiction,
Scottish Rite. was Thomas Riley Mar
shall of Indiana former Vice Presl-
xhant OF the United States.
one death occurred among the
deputies of the supreme council
Joseph Sinai Of New Orleans, La,