Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
HIGH MASON PLANS
: VISITATION TRIP
Scottish Rite Grand Com
mander CoWIes to Tour
South, West, Northwest.

for a trip of official visitation through
the South, West and Northwest, during
which he will confer the thirty third
degree on Masons at Portland, Greg,
and at Salt Lake City.
The grand commander will leave the
Capital the latter part of January, visit
the Grand Lodge of Masons in New
Orleans. and proceed West to an Off
cial visitation of the Scottish Rite
bodies in Arizona and Southern Cali
fornia, especially at Long Beach and
Santa Barbara, where new organlza-
lions have been set up.
He will proceed to Northern Cali
fornia, at Burlingame and San Fran
cisco. and will visit the Scottish Rite
Valleys in Oregon. The thirty third
degree will be conferred at Portland
on February %, and later in February
at Salt Lake City. Mr., Cowles will re-
turn to washington in time to par
ticipate in the dedication of the George
Washington Masonic National Memorial
at Alexandria in May.
Jurisdiction Extensive.
Grand Conner. Cowles' Masonic iurls-
diction includes 33 States-all those
south of the Orio River and west OF the
Mississippi. the Territories and posses
sions of the United States, and taxes In
also Japan and China.
At the House of the Temple IN THIS
CITY. headquarters for the Southern Jul
risdiction, the thirty-third degree was
conferred on 1872 Scottish Rite Masons
and 385 Scottish Rite Masons were IN.
vested with the rank and decoration OF
knight commander OF the court OF
honor.
Rear Admiral Robert E. Coontz of
this city was the active member OF the
class receiving the thirty-third degree.
Others were Titus Lowe, member elected
at large, and these from the various
States. Territories and foreign countries:
Alabama-Thomas Granville Brab-
ston. David TecumSeh Feidelson, Eu-
gene Heilpern, Albert Bennett Tanner
and Walter Milton Whitinger.
Alaska-Adoniram Judson Adams and
Walter Preston Scott.
Arizona-Levi Howell Manning and
Wilbern Powell Wooi.
Arkansas-John Peter Baird, holland
Blass, Thomas Henry Harris, lr.; Huro
James Miller and Howard Abram Tune.
California (Northern) DIN Lamar
Berry. Arthur David Codington, Allan
Johnstone Donaldson, Hans Paulsen
Jansen, Clair Cutting Marckres and
Albert Harris Trathen.
California (Southern) David Blum
berg. Milton Ely Hoffman, William NC
CHIMES, Fred william Morrison, Arthur
Kelsey Rebard, Philip Stephens, Wi,
liam 66TbIdIu oJCNCAAc, oSNSPAA
Stiebel and Lemuel Langstaf Test.
Canal Zone-Austin Lewis Ellsworth
Hackenberg and Charles Robert Tread
we'll
China-John Stauffer Potter.
Colorado-James Cardweu Burger,
William Wiseman Cooper, Charles
Kahrhoff, Charles William Lee and
John Foster Symes.
District of Columbia-Frederick Max
imilian Book, Lurtin Rufus CHM and
John Walter Karsner.
Florida (Northern)-William Clyde
johnson and Albert Hamilton st. John.
Florida (Southern) -Milo Orrin Coli
rim, John Lawrence McKissock, Henry
L. Oppenborn and Henry Albert van
BorsSum.
Georgia--William James Draper,
Claude Newton Hughes, James Angus
tus LIE Conte and Leroy Maynard White.
Hawaii-Daniel Hebard Case and Ed
Towso.
Idaho-Robert Lee McClelland and
Oscar wilhelm Nelson.
Iowa-Edward Michael Cassidy, tr.;
Naumann, Rudolph Ernst Schroeder
and George Webb Seick.
KansaS-Albert Helmuth FoeltZer,
George Melvin Lowry, Harvey Carnegie
Price, Arthur Henry Strickland and
Albert Deyo Taylor.
Kentucky-Elden Edwin DuRand,
Hanson Landrum Peterson and Arthur
Walter Riggs.
Louisiana-Julius Edwin Eaves, Ethan
Allen Gillispie, Marx Meyer Levy, Paul
Guilty, Henry Tete, Paul Jones Thorn
son and Edward Henry Walsdorf.
Maryland-Frank Bennett, Clyde Mel
son Friz, william Mitchell Price and
David Enrich Weglein.
Minnesota-William Lyle Baldwin,
al y4E IIN1rnnI1
Charles Purnell Montgomery, Charles
Wilson Ramshaw and Irving Herman
Robitshek.
Observation-Disclosures Pleasant Glen
denim, Theodore Frank Dreyfus, Ed
ward Lee Faucette and Joseph Hudson
Penix.
Missouri-William Wesley Alexander,
Jesse William Barrett, Leslie Michael
Campbell, Walter Paul Eberlein, Frank
Louis GasS, Clarence Dewitt Henry,
Herbert Sabin Jones, Thaddeus Burtis
Landon, Walter Herman Niestrath,
Thomas Harvey Reynolds and Frank
Rooney.
Montana-Houghton Alfred Duncan,
Elwood Frederick Kuschke and Robert
Ernest Rundell.
Nebraska-Emsley Clinton Houston,
Ebert Johnston Latta, John Benjamin
Lichtenwallner, Frank George Smith,
Harry Frederick Thiele, Marion Ulysses
Thomas, Albert George Wambach and
Howard Stebbins Wilson
Nevada-Fred Dixon Black William
Holmes Goodwin. Virgil Munroe Hen
derson and Robert Hazard Parker.
New MeXico-Rupert Franz Asplund,
William Johnston Lucas and Alexander
Ignacius Riedling.
North Carolina-Robert Trawick Al
len, William Ross Butler Harrison
Kaufman and Charles Harrison Pugh.
North Dakota--Frank Adams Bitzan,
William Thomas Johnston and Albert
Daniel Scott.
Oklahoma-John Jsbez Allen. Phineas
Arvey Bolts, william Oscar Childs.
Thomas Gardner Cook Delmar Daniel
Duskin, Clarence Colbern Fertig. Emil
Logan Hirschi- Newton Clay Jewett,
Patrick william Malloy, BENJAMIN
Straehley. Howard AlonZo Wagner. Ar
thur James Walker end Lucian Gordon
Webb
Oregon-Lesne McChesney Scott.
Robert Tucker and Elmer Grover
Vending
Phil'np:ne Islands-Teodoro Man
gUiat K2law
Pcrto Pico and Virgin Islands-Jose
G"rzPlos tCinoric).
sovth Corolinp = George Twiggs
BRYAN. Robert Hemphill Coleman
Frn"~t Christ0pher Hesse, ir Arthur
D"re~''''-'rv LaRoche and William
Char,cS Mcintosh.
South Dakota George Sheldon
Adams, Guv Hazelton Harvey and Ed
gar Frederick Giegfrie;t.
Tennessee-Eugene Clifton Bondu-
rant.
Texas - Nathan Adams. Robert
Themes Arthur. Ralph HAYWOOD Cam
eron, William Be2ll Carroll, John Dali
rymple. william Fifler. William Madden
Fly, John w Lockart and Wallace
Chauncey Ragan.
Utah-,John Edward Carver Fred