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-AMON Q the FRATERNITIES MASONIC. t.OI>OF,S. Oct. W.KIiir Solomon, No. 31, p.Qi., reliir:.«u» . wiIpw at MaauBte ami Eantern Star Home. Oct. 27- rhitno. No. 1H. K. U. Miinxhury. No. "4. K. O. Mount I'lea-.aut. Js'o .TU. special, Ki.tixl violation. * p.m. Oi't. > THi ral. No. 1. M. M. .Vends. No. 1X. not tnibetiuefj. Ttikoin:!, No. Uy, grand visitation. Si |>.m. Oct. 31.Lh Fayette. No. l$>. work not bulletined. ROYAL ARCU CHAPTERS. Oct. "JT.Jrmiflj VeruuB. No. o. social t"ven!nK. Ari«co»tin. No. 12. Oct. 2S. Mount llorrb. No. 7. P. NT. and M. K. M. Potomac. No. ,i. Oct. 2i*~ Columbia, No. 1, special. U. A. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (COMMANOER1ES. Oct. JS-De Miilnj Mounted, No. 4, not announced. ANCIBNT AND ACC EPTED SCOTTISH R1TK. Oct. 2S--ETanjr«'lli.t Chapter, Rose Croix, fifteenth derree. Robert de Bruce Council. Knights Kadosb. tiuhlnesa. EASTERN STAR CHAPTERS. Oct. 27. Hoard of directors. Masonic and Eacftrii Star' Home, monthly uieetiiK T-rup|.\ No. 13. grani rtsitation, 7:3*> p.m. f olnnit la. No. 15. Oct. 28.Electa. No. 2; Bethlehem. No. .7; Prleudshlp, No. 17; Rivok- land. No. 11, special. Grand visitation will be made tomorrow evening, at 8 o'clock, to Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. iXJ, at a. special eatW d for the purpose of receiving tlie grand master. «ind Tuesday \eveninfr. at S o'clock, to Takonia Lodge, No. 2!», for which Wor- bhtpful Master Howard 8. Fisk has made elaborate preparations, announced else¬ where in these columns. Tlirec lodges n1U have degree work, one is not bul¬ letined and another bulletined only for a special, without announcement of the purpose. Tin- religions services at the Masonic and Eastern Star Home this afternoon at 3 o'clock promptly will be in charge of King Solomon (daylight) lAnige. No. .»l. Tl,e Rev. .1. J. Ulmoii of St. Andrew s Episcopal Church chaplain of the lodS", I Will officiate. Visitors should tahe cars marked "Takonia Park," t'th street Hue. I J«ist automobile lcuvt:6 car terminus at p.m. "Worshipful blaster Leslie Cramer hat issued a handsome circular announcing memorial exercises in Benjamin B. French lAKlge. No. i.\ the evening of November 3. for Geor ge B. Bennett., \V 11- liam Bruce Co* ton. James If. Day, Daniel W. llerriott. Edmund Ijee Hinson, Henry Morgan, Watson .1. Newton. William S. Peabodv. Rev. l»r. John M. Schick and Charles V.. Shelton. !t contains the por¬ traits and Masonic records of these de¬ ceased members, who represent the mor- tuar\ ¦¦ ecoru of the lodge for the The program of (he evening, which will open a' H:I5 o'clock, includes orchestral! music. se ections by :i quartet composeti of «-'iar'"3 K. Meyers. Melville D. llensey. Roland H- Red rick and Charles W. Moore, with uscar A. Danienbaker a.-- organist; a solo. D'Vardelot's "Th.- Great I n- knovMi." by tiie famo.is young feminine baritone, -Mies Mary Cramer, a niece of I Master Cramer-." Soprano solo:-. 'The i Jloly City" »Gaul> and Relcharu's "In | Time of Roses." by Mrs. Ethel Vloltaclaw Gawler: a violin solo by Sol Minster, a .cello solo by Dore Wolfst-iner. h cornet solo. "The l/ost t.'iionl." Hie soloist un¬ announced, an«l an address by Tlev. Mer- j ritt Earl, pastor of the Congress Heights Bauijst Church. The ceremonies will be | held in l.' dge Room. No. 1, third Hour ot Masonic Teuiplc. a::d the announcement reads "iadies expected. 1 lie aimoiince- inetit also contains a tribute by E. St. Clair Tliomnvon. i>a.-t master a .<! secie- turv of th« lodge «Liid past high pric.-,l und past grand high priest of the Royal Arch Masons of the District. Paot Grand High Priest George E. Cor¬ son, deputy general grand high priest of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the fnited States, at¬ tended the ev**iin« of Saturday. October 18, as trie representative of the General Grand «'bapter the banquet gi^en b> I'liiou CJiapter, No. 7. at Newark, N. J., in celeb rat Von of its !«*"»« h anniversary and addre3s<-.d his companions there assembled on ."Capitular Masonry." Mr. Corson re¬ ports that it was a very elegant and suc- cvbsful affair and well worthy of tlie im- portMiit event it commemorated. The ar^iual grand visitation to i'akonia IxKigt. No. Jk occurs Tuesday evening. Preparations have been made for wlm» prondses to be; one of the larMest gather lug* of members of the fraternity in thi lodge this year. Invitations have been accepted by for¬ mer Gov. Alexander M. Dockery of Mis¬ souri. third assistant i>osltnaster general, who has alao the distinction of bfing past grand master of Masons and past grand commander of tjie state of Missouri, and Carter B. Keene. director of the postal savincs system and past master of I eiu- ple-Noyes Eodge. No. to deliver ad¬ dresses. Past Grand Master Dr. Francis J. Woodman, Jr.. wiio was the second master of Takonia Lodge, has accepted an invitation to act as master of ceremonies. Dr. Woodman, who has been quite ill dur¬ ing the past summer, is gradually recov¬ ering his health- He has not missed a grand visitation since Takonia Lodge was organized in W», it is said. Kred E. Harries, chairman of the deco¬ ration and refreshment committee, who is elso scoutmaster for ^roop No. 1T1, of the Boy Scouts at Takonia Park, has enlist¬ ed the members of that troop in securing autumn leaves with which the interior of th** lodge room will be decorated. Chair¬ man Harries will be assisted by William A. Mellen. George E Tar bell, William England. Brnest Burrell. J. W. Shadle and Robert Dickens. A special musical pro¬ gram has been arranged by Musical Di¬ rector James W. Dyre. which will Include m»nv new features- Worshipful Master Howard S. Fiak haa requested the past tnasters to wear their jewels at the visita¬ tion. The Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree of the Ancient and Accepted ffcottlsti Rite for the Southern Jurisdie- tloi- of tlie United States of America, the mother council of the world, closed its biennial session in this city at tlie Scot¬ tish Rite Cathedral. 3d and E streets northwest, last evening. So far as the an¬ nouncements for publication are con¬ cerned at this time, the District bodies have been benefited by the session in hav¬ ing added to their roeter Ave new knights commander of the court of honor. Rev. William Tayloe 8nyder, rector of the Church of the Incarnation, chaplain of the local bodies and of Temple-Noyes Eodge. No. 32; Capt. Horace Parker Mc¬ intosh. U. S. N-, retired: Sullamaan David. Charles George Frederick Toepper and George Roscoe Davis, all of whom were honored for services of one kind or another xor the rite. Elections elevated four of the sovereign grand Inspectors general to higher offlce in the council resulting from the death In Merch. 1U1-. of Lieutenant orand Com¬ mander Samuel E. Adams. Judge George Fleming Moore of Alabama was elected lieutenant grand commander; former Senator Henry M. Teller, who Is seriously 111 at his home In Colorado, grand prior: Charles E. Rosenbaum of Little Rock, Ark., grand chancellor, and Charles F. Buck of New Orleans. La., grand minister of state. Judge Moore, the newly elected lieuten¬ ant grand commander, is credited with being one of the ablest members of the Supreme Council. He was born August e, 1848, In Talladega county. Ala.; is a lawyer by profession, although he is now the edltor-ln-cl ief of the New Age, the official organ of the Supreme Council. He was made a master Mason in 1A72 In Rockford Lodge, No. 173. of Rockford, Ala., and a Royal Arch Mason the sanm year In Rockford Royal Arch Chapter. No. 137; a royal and select master Ir Montgomery Council. No. 4, of Mont- gomery. Am., and * koJgbt templar In Montgomery Commardery, No. 4. of^ the nam* citv In 1ST3. He received his Scot¬ tish Kite degrees from the deputy for the Supreme Council in Alabama, and was elected a knight commander of the Court of Honor October 23, 1SS4. by the Supreme' Council. December 17, 18W, he was coro- neted an honorary inspector general of the thirty-t ird degree by Gen. Albert Pike, at Montgomery. Ala., and October 1«>, 1SSS. he was elected arid crowned an active sovereign grand inspector general of the thirty-third degree by the Supreme Council in Washington. Among the Masonic offices he has held during his career, according to his record in the office of tlie secretary gen¬ eral, are those of deputy grand master and council of Alabama, grand prelate of the Grand Cominandery of Alabama, chairman of the Grand Commandery com¬ mittee on correspondence for ten years, graud scribe of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Alabama, high priest of Montgomery Royal Arch Chapter. No. 22, and master of the Ix>dge Of Perfec¬ tion «.t Montgomery. The record also shows he received the degrees of the Ro>$l1 Order of Scotland iri the "mother lodge and chapter." Washington Masons, both those of the Scottish and those of the York rite, are perhaps best acquainted with the new grand chancellor, Charles E. Rosenbaum of Little Rock, Ark. It was Mr. Rosen¬ baum who had charge of the reorganiza¬ tion of the local bodies of the Scottish Rite several years ago which resulted in the formation of an executive committee for the joint bodies, of which Stirling Kerr, jr.. deputy for the Supreme Coun- cP in tho District of Columbia, Is chair¬ man. This reorganization is said to have given a new impetus to Scottish Rite Masonry in the District, and to have started it on an era of unexcelled pros¬ perity. Mr. Rosen ban in has shown the strongest interest not only in the man¬ agement of_ the business affairs of the bodies, it is said, but also In the degree work, for the perfection of which he Is largely credited. He is grand senior war- den of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, past grand commander of Knights Templar in that state and a member of the board of trustees of the Masonic Orphans' Home of Arkansas, arid was for years its president. Besides "being sovereign srrand inspector general in Arkansas, he is chairman of the executive committee in charge of erecting the new temple of the Supreme Council, at 10th and S streets northwest, in this city; chairman of the committee on nominations In the Supreme Council, a member of the finance committee and treasurer of the board of trustees of the New Age magazine. Henry Moore Teller, the newly elected grand nrior of the Supreme Council was born May 23, 1830, at Granger in Alle¬ gany county. X. V. He was made a master Mason September 5, 1JC>9, in Dun- lap Lodge, No. 3'_*1, of Illinois; a Royal Arch Mason in Central Chapter, No. 2, at Denver, Col.: a royal and select master In St. John's Council, No. 24, and a Knight Templar in Central City Com- tuandery of Colorado. He was coroneted as honorary Inspector general April 20, IStitf. and crowned an active sovereign grand inspector general October .18, 1882, by the Supreme Council a< Washington, D. C. He was master of Central I>odge, No. 0, formerly Clivington Ixidge, of Col¬ orado. and served as grand master of Masons of Colorado In 1S»;y, being re¬ elected in 1863. lsirr. 1S»W, ISO!!. 1S70. 1871, 1872. and as grand commander of Knights Templar of Colorado at its or¬ ganization, March 1, 1S7C, being com¬ mander of Central City Commandery from 1SW to 187tt. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in New York, 3lli- noi.s and Colorado. He never held public office until he was senator of the United Stales from Colorado on the admission of the state to the Union. December 4. 1*7«. serving until April 17. 1882, when h»- bi-rame Secretary of the Interior in President Arthur's cabinet. He was again elected tu the Senate and took Uis se;<t then March 4. 1NST>. and was re¬ elected and served until ltDO. He was made a doctor of laws by Alfred Uni¬ versity in 18xa . Charles Francis Buck of New Orelans. La., the new I: elected grand minister of slate »>t the Supreme Council, was born November 1841. at Dnnheim. Baden. Germany: was elected knight commander October 1*. 1ks8, coroneted honorary in¬ spector general June 10. 1801, and was crowned an acthe sovereign grand In¬ spector general b> - the Supreme Council at Washington October 26. HJ07. His Masonic record is the briefest in point of recital among the archives of the Supreme Council. Arminius I^odge, No. 25. announces the M. M. degree for its communication No¬ vember 4. and its annual grand visitation November 18. Arminius Lodge is the only German Masonic lodge in the juris¬ diction, and the work of its highest de¬ gree is said to always draw a largo at¬ tendance of English-speaking Masons. Harmony I/odge. No. 17, will have "its grand visitation at 8 o'clock the evening of November 10, at a special called for the purpose, and its members will then go to Dawson Lodge. No. 16. which will have its grand visitation at 5:3<» o'clock. A special program of entertainment is expected. Osiris LoCgf. No. 26. will have its grand visitation at 8 o'clock the evening of No¬ vember when its members, at 8:30 o'clock, will go to Washington Centennial l^odge. No. 14, which will have its visita¬ tion then and furnish a program of en¬ tertainment in lodgeroom No. 1. George C. Whiting Lodge, No. 22, has accepted an Invitation to confer the M. M. degree for William R. Singleton Lodge, No. 30, in Tenleytown. the even¬ ing of November 6. Cars run there every fifteen minutes and a large attendance is expected on the occasion. National Ixwige, No. 12, closed the Ma¬ sonic year with a membership of 201, a net gain of 13. Twenty-two candidates were initiated, twenty-nine passed and l tw enty-eight raised, while two affiliated and two were reinstated. The gross gain was thirty-two, but there were live deaths, seven dlmits and seven losses from other causes, making a total of nineteen. The lodge will present the EL A. degree the evening of November 4, with the probability of a special at 6 p.m. for the F. C. degree. November IS It will have its grand visitation, and its annual i election December 2. \ . One of the pleasant incidents of the communication of Temple-Noyes Lodge, No. 32, Thursday evening was the intro¬ duction of Edgar C. Snyder, the well known newspaper correspondent, as a newly elected honorary member of the j lodge. Senior Warden I^eroy W. Her- l ron, occupying the east at the time, gave til** new recruit a cordial welcome and drew out a pleasing but brief address that wpn applause. Immediately after¬ ward Rev. William Tayloe Snyder, chap¬ lain of the lodge, received quite an ova¬ tion on his return from the Scottish Rite Cathedral, where he had been to be in¬ vested with the new dignity of knight commander of the Cross of Honor, to which he was elected by the Supreme Council. The lodge had its annual visi¬ tation, followed by the M. M. degree. The New Jerusalem Lodge, No. which has Its grand visitation at 8:30 Thursday evening, worked a graphophone specialty on the grand master and visitors. The new members will have a feast night the evening of November 13. A business ses¬ sion is scheduled for Thanksgiving day. George C. Whiting Lodge. No. 22. had no program for its visitation Monday evening, but Potomac Lodge. No. 5. which received its visitation a half hour later, had orchestral music, selections by a quartet composed of R. P. Backing. Wil¬ liam Blanchard, T. L. Hutchlns and George F. B. Rollings, with a recitation by Edwin P. Callow in the Italian dialect. Features of the grand visitation to Myron M. Parker Lodge, No. 27, Tues- dav evening, were selections by an orchestra led by Past Master B. J. Wrlghtsman, addresses by Rev. James Shera Montgomery, pastor of the Met¬ ropolitan Memorial Church, and PhjsI Grand Master Myron M. Parker, from whom the lodge takes .its name. A testimonial was presented to the Rev. Mr. Montgomery on behalf of the lodge by Rev. W. W. Barnes. Distinguished callers at the Masonic I Temple during the past week Included Past Grand Mssters Elmer E. Haskell of Florida, Harry A. Drachman of Arizona. William A. Hall and Jacob I^mpert of Missouri. Past Grand High Priest Alfred H. White of Missouri and Past Grand High Priest Peter Picton of North Dakota Mount Pleasant Lodge. No. 33. will have its grand visitation tomorrow evening and the F. C. degree the even¬ ing of November 3. King Solomon Lodge. No. 31. the "day¬ light lodge," will have its grand visi¬ tation at 3 o'clock In the afternoon of November 19. Eastern Star Notes. At the meeting of Kutli Chapter Monday evening, after the regular routine of busi¬ ness, a class of candidates were initiated and the chairman of the entertainment committee. E. J. Ayers, made a linal re¬ port of the work of the committee during the year. Past Worthy Matron Elsie Zimmerman made a report of the recent rummage sale. Both reports showed a substantial sum had been added to the treasury. An interesting address was made by Mrs. Evelyn Wardwell Heat, worthy grand matron of the state of Virginia, the honored guest of the evening. Vocal solos, "A Chain of Roses" and "Calm As the Night," by John Copenhaver of Takoma Chapter, and recitations by Mrs. Helen Molater, worthy matron e>f Brook- land Chapter, completed tho .program. Refreshments were served. Tuesday evening Electa Chapter, No. 2, will have a past officers' night, and de¬ grees will be conferred upon a large num¬ ber of candidates by the past matrons of tne chapter. A feature of the evening will be the use of stereopticon views throughout the degree work. Electa Chapter on that evening also will present to Anacostia Lodge, No. -1, F. A. A. M., a handsome mahogany altar. The evening will mark the close of a very successful year for the chapter, with Mrs. Bertha B. Haine's as worthy matron and Elmer C. Mayberry as worthy pa¬ tron. Four candidates were addeel to the roster of Areme Chapter, No. 10, O. E. S., at its last meeting, making a total of thirty-nine petitions received during the chapter year just ended. This is re¬ garded as a fitting conclusion to a year that has been marked by the consumma¬ tion of many substantial undertakings. The chapter was pleasantly entertained with vocal selections by Mr. Rowen of Bethlehem Chapter and interesting re¬ marks by Mrs. Wilson of Vancouver, British Columbia. The Grand Chapter officers will pay their annual visitation to Arente Chapter at its next meeting, November r>, the ar¬ rangements for the occasion being per¬ fected by Jeannettc Smith and Bertha Hoscli. The visitation of the Grand Chapter Wednesday evening to Brookland Chap¬ ter, No. 11. was one of the pleasantest evenls of the year for the members of that chapter. The several chapters ot the District were well represented, and at an early hour there was standing room only. Mre. Helen F. Moister. worthy matron of Brookland Chapter, welcomed the of¬ ficers of the Grand Chapter and many prominent members of the order l'rom other jurisdictions. Addresses by the worthy grand matron, Mrs. Grace Wil- kins Kimmcl, and the worthy grand patron, Kenton N. Harper, wore received with applause. A program of vocal and instrumental music and recitations by members of the order followed the addresses of the grand officers. The worthy grand matron and the worthy grand patron were recipients each of a beautiful testimonial from the members of Brookland Chapter, Mrs. Simpson and Mr. Lcnnou making the presentations. The worthy grand matron of Virginia, Mrs. Keith, entertained the members In her own way, and the enthusiasm with which her remarks were received showed high appreciation. Mrs. Mer- ritt, past associate worthy grand matron of California, entertained the members with a talk on her travels. Her remarks also received cordial applause. Brookland Chapter has enjoyed a year of unusual prosperity, and while not one of the largest chapters numerically, is nevertheless actively engaged in main¬ taining Its fine record of the past. To the worthy matron, Mrs. Helen F. Moister, much praise was given in the address for the splendid progress of Brookland Chapter. A special meeting is culled for this Tuesday evening. At its conclusion an entertainment will be given for young folks prospective members of the order, who will bo presented In several roles acceptable to them. The members of the order are invited to be present. At the last regular meeting of Tem¬ ple Chapter, No. 13. the past matron of the chapter conferred the degrees upon the candidates, the line being as follows: Worthy matron, Nora Henry; iassociate matron, Lillian Carrl; con¬ ductress, Emma G. Coumbe: associate conductress, Josephine V. O'Mera. A large number of members and visitors were present. The next regular meet¬ ing will occur tomorrow evening at k7:30 o'clock, for the grand visitation. All members of the fraternity are in¬ vited to be present. ODD FELLOWS. LODGES. Oct. 27.Bcaeon, No. 13, degrr-e. Union. No. 31; Coyenaut, No. 13, .au<l Laiiadon. No. 26. l'Ualtirss. Oct. 28. Washington. No. <"., and (lolijeu Rule, No. 21, degn'e. Amity, No. 27, business. Oct. 29.Kantem, No. 7: Harmony, No. 9; Federal City, No. 20, uud Krieud- Hbip. No. 12, uejjree. Oct. 30.Columbia, No. 10, degree. Kxeej- sior. No. 17, and Salem, No. 22, bllHltH'FS. Oct. 31.Central, No. 1, and Metropolis, No. 16, degree. Phoenix, No. 2S, business. ENCAMPMENTS. Oct. 2S.Fred. D. Stuart, No. 7, degree. Oct. 25». Columbian, No. 1, grand visita¬ tion. RKBKKAH LODGKS. Oct. 27. Kether, No. 0, grand visitation. PATRIARCHS MILITANT. Nov. 1.Canton Washington. No. 1. reg¬ ular cantonment. The complimentary assembly dance ten¬ dered the friends of Canton Washington, No. 1, Wednesday evening, in the audi¬ torium of Odd Fellows' Hall is reported a gt-and success, with a record-breaking attendance. At 'J o'clock the canton, with Capt. William J. Rogers, accompanied by Mrs. Rogers, entered the hall, and led the grand march. Grand Representative W. W. MUlan delivered an anniversary address, and welcomed the guests of the canton, and dancing followed until mid¬ night. Many handsomely costumed wom¬ en and the. canton in full uniform made the scene an attractive one. Following this complimentary dance, the canton is to enter upon its regular course of as¬ sembly dances. The first will be held Wednesday evening. Invitations for it | have already been issued. Those who desire to attend, it is announced, can procure invitation cards from any of the, canton members or the grand secretary. Tomorrow evening the last of the grand visitations to Rebekah lodges will take place, when the grand master and his corps of grand officers will pay their an¬ nual official visit to Esther Rebekah Lodge. The committee and officers hav¬ ing the program in charge promise a de¬ lightful evening's pleasure with special features. The grand master has been warned, it is said, to be prepared for what is In store for him. All members of the Rebekah branch of the order have been invited to be present. The question of proposing the building of an Odd Fellows' Temple, if possible In this city, to be the permanent home of the Soveelgn Grand Lodge, has been so favorably spoken of among the indi¬ vidual members and in many of the lodges. It Is said. that Grand Master Edgur D. Thompson has instructed the grand secretary to Issue a letter to the subordinate and Rebekah lodges, request¬ ing the appointment of a committee of one from each to meet him in the blue room, L. O. O. F. Hall. Monday evening, November 3. at 8 o'clock, to report as to the desires of the lodges relative to the matter. If favorable responses are re¬ ceived it is proposed to start plans for future action In. the matter. Canton Washington, No. 1, P. M.. has also been requested to send a committeeman. The project is said to be of vital Interest to every member of the order hi this Juris¬ diction. Federal City Lodge, No. 20. held an unusually large session Wednesday even¬ ing. Many members of Beacon Lodge, No. 15, were present, and Harmony Lodge. No. y, adjourned early to permit its members to witness the conferring of the first degree, under the directorship of Past Grand Master John H. Wood, upon three candidates from Beacon Lodge, No. 15. Federal City Lodge, No. 20, is said to he noted, not only in this, but tn other jurisdictions, for the excellent manner in which it confers the first degree. Next wee.k the second degree will be conferred, and all members of the order have been publicly Invited to be present. Columbian Encampment, No. 1, will re¬ ceive an official visit from Grand Pa¬ triarch J. D. Yoaklev and his corps of grand enoarnpment officers Wednesday evening. All members of the encamp¬ ment branch have been publicly invited to be present. Grand Representative Frank D. Seiffert, who Is al6o scribe of this encampment, and who has for sev¬ eral weeks been confined to his home by the injury received on his way back from Minneapolis in September, is ex¬ pected to be well enough to be present. His many friends are preparing to wel¬ come him back to his work in the order, a duty he is said never to have neglected since he became an Odd Fellow. Grand Master E. D. Thompson, at¬ tended by the grand officers, paid the annual visitation to Naomi Rebekah Lodge, No. 1. Monday evening. The officers are said to have rendered their work, perfectly, and the report of the grand secretary and grand treasurer showed the- lodge to be in a flourish¬ ing condition both numerically and financially. At the close of the visit Mrs. Anna M. Roberts, on behalf of the lodge, presented to the grand master an artistically designed brass waste bas¬ ket as a token of esteem. The entertainment committee, Mrs. V. Estelle Yoakley, chairman, then in¬ troduced the following program: Piano duet, by Mrs. Weber Morrison and daughter: song, by Miss Katherine Morrison: vocal solo, Mrs. Blanche Mills, accompanied by Mrs. Louise Burkholder. both of Cherrydale, Va., and recitation, by Grand Representa¬ tive W. W. Millan. The selections were all well rendered and enthusiastically received by the more than one hun¬ dred members and visitors. Among the prominent out-of-town visitors were Mrs. May C. Keiser of Chicago, a past president of the Re¬ bekah Assembly of Illinois, and Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson, a past noble grand of Jersey City, N. J- both of whom made interesting addresses. At the close of the exercises refresh¬ ments were served in the supper room. Columbia Lodge, No. 10. lias appointed Charles D. Shackelford, Samuel G. Taylor, J. Edwin Fowler and G. Billings a committee to arrange for a "Ladies' night" to be held the evening of No¬ vember 6. to which all the members and their wives will be invited. The com¬ mittee will prepare a program and serve refreshments. Naomi Chapter, No. .'!, will Hold a special meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock for the degree work. The grand visitation will occur November 12. Favorable action has been taken on the request of the auxiliary' board of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home that the chapter co-operate in the benefit being ar¬ ranged for January at the Columbia The¬ ater. At the meeting of Bethlehem Chapter, No. 7. Tuesday evening, the worthy ma¬ tron will advance the line officers for the purpose of conferring the degrees. Asso¬ ciate Matron Henrietta Bowcn will be in the east. At Clarendon, Va.. Friday evening. Martha Washington Chapter, No. 42, of Virginia, presented to Mary Washington Chapter, No. 50, Mrs. Mary K. Welburn, worthy matron, and Col. William Car- lysle Sheiley, worthy patron, the cup for use In the station of Electa. Associate Grand Patron Henry K. Fields, who had come on a special car from Alexandria WRfi. MARY K. WELUl'RN, Worthy matron Mary Washington Chapter, No. SO, of Virginia. for the occasion. accompanied by Worthy Matron Miss Marlon II. Moore, Worthy Patron Frank Latham and about fifty members of Martha Washington Chap¬ ter. made the presentation speech, which was eloquently responded to by Worthy Matron Welburn of Mary Washington Chapter. Worthy Patron Shelley, who is also a past master of Columbia Lodge of Ma¬ sons, at Clarendon, also delivered an ad¬ dress. The program included selections by Temple Quartet, composed of Messrs. Welburn, Mori. Kerr and Miller; recita¬ tions by Mrs. Curtis Gresham and a solo by Karl Kerr. Another feature of the occasion Was the presentation of a set of chimes to Mary Washington Chapter by Harry H. Smith of Ballston, Va. A special meeting of Mizpah Chapter, No. S, has been called for decree work Thursday evening, when Past Grand Ma¬ tron Mrs. Carrie Bornheim and Past Pa¬ tron William Bornheim will conduct the work. Miss Hazel Bornheim and Melville A. Bornheim, their son and daughter, re¬ ceiving the degrees. At Masonic Hall. Georgetown, Tuesday evening the chapter had among its vis¬ itors many notables, including present and past urand matrons and patrons, present and past matrons and patrons of the grand and sister chapters. For some years the last meeting in October has been set apaft to do honor to the past matrons and patrons, each presid¬ ing in turn. After the routine business Mrs. Charlotte Hobday, W. M., and Harry K. Pimper. AY. P., vacated their stations and invited Past Matron Mrs. Reberta Sebastian and Past Patron D. F. Dumberth to preside during the initia¬ tory work. Five candidates appeared, among them Charles E. Sebastian and wife, son and daughter-in-law of the presiding matron; Miss Helen M. Waters, daughter of the warder, and Miss Ella Darcey, daughter of Past Matron Jennie Darcey. The chairman of the July ex¬ cursion committee turned into the treas¬ ury $H2.10 proceeds. Charles F. Kueehle, In behalf qf the committee, presented to Mrs. Katharina Evlof and Mrs. Esther G. Gresham each an Eastern Star pin In appreciation of work that made the ex¬ cursion a financial success. At the-meeting of William F. Hunt Chapter. No. 16, Thursday evening the degrees were conferred by Associate Matron Mrs. Katie Rose, with Mrs. Annie Michaelson in the west, Mrs. Minnie E. Strickler as conductress and Worthy Matron Mrs. Rosie Carter as associate conductress. At the conclu¬ sion of the work the Associate Con¬ ductress, Mrs. Annie Michaelson, was presented, through Past Patron John C. Proctor, with an Eastern Star pin, donated by Worthy Patron Judge Ed¬ ward 1*. Seeds, "for exceptional activ¬ ity in last summer's excursion." The entertainment of the evening included a reading by Mrs. Mary B. C. Shu- man, a sketch by Past Patron and Mrs. Charles E. Hoover of Temple Chapter, No. 13, and a piano solo by Miss Anna D. Levy. Refreshments were served in the banquet hall.* The degrees will bf conferred by the past matrons past patron* with Mrs. A. Maud Proctor occupy!"!? the east, the evening of November IS. The fraternity will be welcome to wit¬ ness the work on this occasion. Formal announcement has been re-1 ceived by Past Monarch Edward S. Schmid of Kaliipolls Grotto, No. 13, who Is also an officer of the Supreme Council of the Mystic Order of 'felled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, of the death Sep¬ tember 10 of Robert G. Holden. grand chief Justice of the order. Grand Monarch Hiram D. Hogers pays high tribute to the character of the deceased. Announce¬ ment was also received by Past Monarch Schmid of the death last Sunday, at Yonkers. X. Y.. of Edwin A. Quick, grand trustee of the Supreme Council. De Molay Mounted Commandery. No. 4, Knights Templar, will devote its con¬ clave Tuesday evening to regular busi¬ ness. The ladles' auxiliary was entertain¬ ed Wednesday evening by its president. Mrs. Emma Thomfordt. at her residence, 731 Quebec street northwest. Announce¬ ment is made that the commandery and the ladies' auxiliary will entertain their friends Tuesday evening, November 11. at S o'clock, in its asylum at Masonic Tem¬ ple. Under the leadership of Past High Priest Roe Fulkerson, Messrs. Bartlett, Comstock, Porker. Grove. Hicks, Ison, Moore and Sillers have agreed to en¬ tertain Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chap¬ ter. No. at its social evening tomorrow. The mark degree will be presented in the chapter November lo and the royal arch degree probably November 24. J. W. Shackelford entertained the Cen¬ tennial Ciub. of Lebanon Lodge, No. 7, with a ride down the river and an oyster roast on his motor launch Avalon Tues¬ day. The following members of the club were present: Worshipful Master Charles S. Shreve. jr.; Past Masters Dan¬ iel W. Beach. Francis I. Beach, Blair Mc- Kenzle, W. J. Acker, Thomas S. Sergeon, Charles Kattelman, jr., and W. T. Paine, Senior Warden Charles D. Shackelford and Junior Warden M. E. Yerger. Herndon Lodge. No. 264, of Virginia Monday evening presented the E. A. degree and listened to an address by Worshipful Master Elmer D. Lewis of Ashburn. During: the past month, owing to de¬ gree work, it has been necessary to hold lodge meetings several nights a week. District Deputy \\\ J. Phillips of Orange has been a visitor in Herndon during the week. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. LODGES. Oct. 27.Decatur, No. !»: CHlanthe, No. 11, and Equal. No. 17. business. Oct. 38.Capital, No. 24. visitation. Web- Kti r, No. 7; Excelsior. No. 14; U'jrmenla. No. 15, and Myrtle, No. 25. business. Oct. 29.Mt. Vernon, No. 5, r«uV of knigbt. Union, No. 22. business. Oct. 30. Franklin, No. 2. business. Oct. 31.Syracuslans, No. 10, basinesa. PYTHIAN SISTERS. Oct. 28- friendship Temple, No. 9, degree. Oct. 31.Ratbbonc Temple, No. 8, degree. 50th ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE. Oct. 27.Meeting of the general committee. The Grand Lodge officers will officially visit Capital Lodge, No. 24, the homo lodge of Supreme Representative James W. Carter and Grand Trustee J. F. Skidmore. The military department will attend in full uniform as an escort to the Grand Lodge officers. A pleasant evening is promised "to all who attend. The general committee on the Golden Jubilee will hold a meeting at Pythian Temple tomorrow evening for the pur¬ pose of hearing the reports of the sev¬ eral subcommittees. Every member of the committee has been urged to be present. Chairman W. A. Kimmel of the com¬ mittee OH class initiation has appointed Fred D. Wallace of Franklin Lodge, No. H at a member of that committee, vice S. T. Neal, resigned. James M. Kline of Mount Vernon Lodge, No- 5, has also been added to the committee. The committee on publicity has about completed the compilation of a sixteen- page booklet which will be distributed among the several lodges, for the pur¬ pose of aiding the membership in secur¬ ing new applications for the class initia¬ tion planned in connection with the jubi¬ lee. The committee on receptlou and enter¬ tainment lias plans well under way for programs of an entertaining character at Pythian Temple during the entire time of the Jubilee. The committee on registration will have representatives both at Pythian Temple and Wlllard Hotel, which will be Supreme Lodge headquarters, to secure the regis¬ ter of every member of the order who at¬ tends the jubilee. The proposition * to* secure a'large class for initiation at the jubilee, as well as' tlnancial plans, are said to.be meeting; with the hearty approval of the subordi¬ nate lodges as fast as they can be pre- sented. The committees in charge of these features have visited seven of the eighteen lodges in the domain so far, all of which, it is said, have given unanimous support to the plans proposed- Amaranth Lodge. No. 28. lias elected Nathan Cowsill. for many years the mas¬ ter of exchequer, as chancellor command¬ ed. to fill the unexpired term of James D. Rowen. who has resigned. Syracusians Lodge. No. 10, at its last convention took active steps toward per¬ fecting plans for the golden jub'lee class Initiation. Two competitive teams were selected, headed by the chancellor com¬ mander and vice chancellor, respectively, and including all the members of the lodge divided equally. The friendly rivalry thus started, it is sjtid, bids fair to arouse keen competition, 'inasmuch as the team securing the least number of applications must act as host to the lodge at the first meeting in March, 1914. Union Lodge. No. 22. held a roll call meeting at its last convention. at which . there was a large attendance and several addresses. Pythian press reports especially from the west and northwest are said to in¬ dicate an unprecedented interest and en¬ thusiasm in the coming celebration of the golden jubilee. Many of the grand domains have set aside funds to send representatives here, while numerous subordinate lodges have formed golden jubilee clubs, the members of which contribute a fixed sum weekly for the purpose of defraying tlielr ex¬ penses. Prospects are said to be good for the attendance of many thousand members of the order as well as their families. Grand Chancellor Ad Interim Mark Stearmen and his associate (Stand Lodge officers opened the fall series of i rand visitations Wednesday evening in Her- mione Lodge, No. 12. Georgetown. There was a large attendance and much Interest manifested. All the Grand Lodge of¬ ficers were present except Crand Master of Exchequer Frank B. Crown, who had been excused. Past Chancellor S. M. Pearson serving in his station for the evening. Past Chancellor James M. Kline acted as grand master at arms, the office being vacant by reason of the advancement of H. M. Vandervort to the office of grand vice chancellor. Past Supreme Chance'lor Edward Dunn was present, as were also Past Grand Chan¬ cellors II. G. Wagner, G. W. Haley. Albert Kah'ert and H. J. Gasson. Addresses relating to the coming golden jubilee of the order were ina<ie by H. M. Vandervort, chairman of the finance committee: W. A. Kimmel. chairman of the committee on class initiation; S. M. Pearson of the committee on publicity. Past Grand Chancellor Albert Kahlert, the supreme representative e'.ect; Past Supreme Chancellor Dunn and others. The reports showed the lodge to ba holding its own In finances and member¬ ship. Grand Lecturer John B. Dickman rendered the unwritten work of the ranks of page and esquire. In the death of Clarence Lewis, which occurred Thursday morning. Century Lodse, No. 30, lost one of its oldest and most active members, and one who has served his lodge In an official capacity al¬ most constantly since its Institution. Jror the past two or three years, however, Mr. Lewis had been in falling health, and in Columbus in trying to get through stuck at the Isthmus. So did many others. Uncle Sam stuck at nothing. He went through. Don't you want to know what obsta¬ cles he was up against? How he dug his way through all of them ? Read THE Jjy Frederic J. Haskin Author of "The American Government" This remarkable 400-page book tells in vivid style the whole story of your Panama Canal. Illustrated with 100 official photographs and diagrams. Colonel Goethals approved all the engineering chap¬ ters. A timely book.a book for every American. Read it! Use the coupon which is printed elsewhere in today's issue and secure this book at cost price consequence had to relinquish his lodge work to a considerable extent. Friendship Temple, No. 9, Pythian Sis¬ ters, at its last meeting inaugurated a season of activity by dividing the temple into two classes, the Reds and the Blues, for the purpose of entering into a compe¬ tition to see which side can procure the most, new material during t^e winter. The Temple will also hold a rummage sale at the usual place on 7th street this week, beginning tomorrow. A unique feature of the last meeting was a chestnut hunt ar¬ ranged by Mr. and Mrs. Freeman, who have planned to continue a series of en¬ tertainments through the next two months. A "pumpkin festival." it is thought, will be the next attraction, to be followed by a "corn contest," and what will happen to the one getting t~>© "red ear ' is yet a secrpt. Mrs. Davis, who ri¬ valed the squirrels in her activity, won the prize at the "chestnut hunt." On* of the most encouraging features of the work of the fiftieth anniversary committee is said to b<.; the perfect har¬ mony with which everything is progres¬ sing. The committee, although large, is working as a unit, and, realizing the importance of its undertaking, is push¬ ing forward with the one great purpose of making the jubilee an occasion worthy of the order. One of the noted rank teams that will be here to glv<» an exhibition of its work is composed ol about luo members and the other is al¬ most as large. Their work is expected to excel anything of the kind ever before attempted in this or any other domain. One of the most successful meetings ever held by Kathbone Temple. No. .S Pythian Sisters, was that of Friday night, it is said, when the past chiefs of the temple were In charge. The regular of¬ ficers vacated their stations, which were tilled by the past officers. After the close of the business session a program o: music, recitations and speeches ulas pre¬ sented and a "Dutch" supper was served The evening closed with an informal dance. The lodgeroom was beautifully decorated with autumn leaves, chrysan¬ themums. palms and the colors of the order. A large attendance of members and visitors congratulated the past of¬ ficers on the success of the evenings en¬ tertainment. Mrs. Minnie Wolfsheimer. who was in charge of the affair, was as¬ sisted by all the other past chiefs of the temple. > Miss Mary Rose Steiner entertained the Pi'3t Chiefs' Association, Pythian Sisters of the District, at the Regular monthly meeting of the organization Mondaj night. Plans for the winter's work of the association were discussed and reports from several committees received. The hostess served an oyster supper at the close of the business meeting. The dainty hanu-painted place cards were the work of Miss Steiner. who was assisted in the entertainment of her guests by Mrs. Wil¬ liam Melcholr and Miss Dorothy Mel- cboir. Those present were Mrs. Estells G. Kahlert, Mrs. Elsie E. Vandervoort, Mrs. Mary E. Mitchell, Mrs. Christina Dunn, Mrs. Carrie Davis, Mrs. Martha Jarboe, Mrs. Bertha Williams, Mrs. Mar¬ garet Coffin, Mrs. l.izzie Bassett, Mrs. Roberta Prescott, Mrs. Florence David and Mrs. Minnie Wolfsheimer. Mrs. Anna Perry, grand chief of the Grand Temple. Pythian Sisters of Vir¬ ginia and the District of Columbia, iia! appointed the grand senior of the Grand Temple, Mrs. Florence M. Bowden of Richmond, deputy grand chief. The ap¬ pointment is said to be pleasing to the members of the order in this jurisdiction, as Mrs. Bowden is known to the member¬ ship as an earnest and enthusiastic worker. Knights of Columbus. The upper hall was occupied la.st Sun¬ day and Monday by the new'y estab¬ lished court of the Daughters of Isabella, which wan instituted Sunday by t!ie national officers of that oru».-. The order of the Daughters of Isabella, while en- tirely distinct and separate from the Knights of Columbus, has for its objects and aims the same purposes, tending to unite in the bonfls of fraternity the I Catholic women of the country in trie same manner as the men have been united through the Kn.ghts of Colum¬ bus. At the meeting of the court, after its institution, the state deputy of the Knights of Columbus, on behalf of the order in this jurisdiction, assured the Daughters of Isabella of the sympathy of its members and their hearty co- j operation. Carroll Council met Tuesday evening. In the absence of Grand Knight McGee, who was in Boston as the represent¬ ative of the council to the Catholic con¬ gress, Chancellor Maurice Fitzgerald presided, a large number of members vere present, and an address was deliv¬ ered by Peter Manion, the newly elected trand knight of the council, at Hender¬ son, Ky. Carroll Assembly will hold a "Hallow¬ een" party at the hall Friday evening. Grand Knight Charles W. Darr pre¬ sided at the last regular meeting for the present council year Thuivdov even¬ ing. The council has announced the first degree for the tirst meeting in Novem¬ ber. and the second degree for the sec- j ond meeting. j Washington Chapter met Friday even- ing. Tilt- attention of the members was i directed to closing up matters connected with the vesper service f*nd the Dis- 'covery day celebrations, both of which {events were conducted under the aus¬ pices of the chapter. This was the final meeting of the chapter for the present council year. State Deputy Harrington presided over the meeting of the Do in Gasquet lecture committee at the hall Friday evening, l a large proporton of t )ie committee membership being present. All the sub- committees have been appointed, and are busily working to make the lecture a success. Much Interest is being mani¬ fested In it, not only by Catholics, but by Bibie scholars generally. The lec¬ ture. it is announced, is not for the financial benefit of the. Knights of "olumbus. but that organ zatiou has inly the management of the lecture tour. Abbot Doni Gasiiuet has been selected hv Pope Hius X as the chairman of the commission for the revision of the Latin Vulgate Bible. The commissi in has been working for the past six years, and over 1 l.ouo manuscripts, have been .ollected. This indicates the magnitude of the work now being undertaken. It 's expected the connn ssion will have its work completed in about five years. Potomac Council will meet Monday .neniiiK. and Washington Council Tues¬ day evening, when the first degree will oe exemplified by the council officers. Statp Deputy Edward P. Harrington, isslsted by District Deputies W. 'P. Morinoyle and Harry J. Kane, will ins'all ^he officers of all the councils In this urisdiction at a joint installation ! Thursday evening. A large attendance f members is expected at the cere-1 monies. The details of the installation ire in the hands of State Warden Red- nond De Vaney, to whom all the newly elected officers are expected to Veport. \fter the installation ceremonies a I locial session w'H be held. a', which it '1 is expected the work for the coming year i will be outlined by the council officers. J Miscellaneous. Edward J. Koss Council, No. 26. Junior Order United American Mechanics, at its meeting Wednesday evening at old Masonic Temple, conferred the inia-! tory degree. Kinal arrangements were? nade tor the visitation October 2i* by !.he State Council officers, and it was decid< d that after the necessary busi- :>es-"s x.cideiit to the visitation was transacted the doors would be opened' to lire i'lends of the members. Amony j Cie expected to l>c present' on that occasion is Representative Sis- . .it i i Mi' i 'sippi. Grand Repent Glendie 1 J. Young of the Royal Aicanum hus deputized a! committed to make arrangements for! the proper celebration of "charter day," November 5, at the old Masonic Tem¬ ple, f*t!» and F streets northwest. The! committee in charge announces It has, procurt.il the best taltnt to be had' in tile ilv. together with two prom¬ inent s.»e;:kers, and a large orchestra ; will furnish music for dancing. Idineolu Tribe, No. 14, improved Or- i ".er ot lied Men, received the grand visit of the irreat chiefs of the Great Council, headed by Dr. W. S. Whitman, great sachem, in their hall, 14th and V streets southeast, Friday evening. Following a reception, a smoker was ! held and refreshments proi'ided. 'The . ecords of Mineola Tribe received the I anproval of the visitors. William C. j White and Henry W. Tippett, past I.sachems of Mineola Tribe, welcomed I the visitors with appropriate remarks. | Henry W. Tippett dwelt upon the his- [ tory of the organization, which showed, i he Baid. the tribe was twenty-four years old. Edward Blaine, sachem, conducted the meeting. A baud of six¬ teen pieces enlivened the occasion. Among the speakers were George W. Baxter, past sachem: G. E. Gartrell, gieat senior sagamore: J. E. Shepherd, great chief of records, and R. W. Thompson, great piophet. Dr. Whit¬ man was presented with a handsome bouquet of tlowers from Mineola Tribe, William C. White making the speech. The committee in charge consisted of /.dward Blaine. George Baxter and William O. White. Ancient Order of Hibernian*. Because of the inclement weather lart Sunday afternoon tho institution of the juvenile branch by Division No. - deferred until the third Sunday In No¬ vember. A. considerable number of the boyh wrre disappointed. The disposed of a largo amount of ro"|'''e business and discussed plans for asstM Inur the national body in making prepa¬ rations for the national convention in Norfolk. Va.. July next. Lnder good olT the order addresses were made by Michael M DVrto. Ju.lr-. William M. D. l-O. Edward Hart. M. 1'. hullivan and James ^At'the next liveting of k/«». i it is «-xoect**d a. "Norfolk club %U\ !,.¦ organized by the representatives ot th<- several divisions in preparation tor the ooni,.K national con vent low. Vvuvhinirtot. Is expected to be well rep¬ resented at this convention, which I,ru,II1 1M:S to be one Of the most important held »isrs*ss Srn" «L.u?y ^ ?rv fiji» Ancient Order of the country- foremost in Hibernians. recognition of the striving for the 1 I . t j a commlt- illustrlous Barry, 0f St p" rr"'i; i . Sullivan of Thomp- Paul. Mmi . » ,",|J- j Roger** of sonville, ij. ..n,i Patrick T. Moran. Worcester. MasH.. an l H llalti- William J. Krizxeli and 1 ainc* j gan of this cit> . forest notes. .K.«nt *. 000 0V0 cords .' z< .m- f. e.purud for ro.i.ufacture In tta. United States. 11 »" ralu'l»Tll£r California redwoods, hitherto ^nsider- id the hihest trees in the world. ,, r. Htty-^ve oaks in the I tilted .^VT ,buut evenly divided between States about e « > Th<> c.¥f,tem i&S"unS ,-rtl«.l»r>V *"«. -"». are. the inoat valuable. T»« <""»» veneers may be ascertained. Wood block Paving tried Md dtaj carded in many citiesof'the ^ nliea thirty years ago, is now " " ;f.ick into marked favor, due o improved methods of treating an handling the blocks. German foresters ^.Uth m trvftlg" to find a variety which v HIcon\\dtie t £ fast-growing ^uamy of th- Pacific cast form and the hardi¬ ness of the Kocky mountain form. Will File Award November 10. NEW YOKK. October 'St..The board of arhitration to decide on the demands of fhe t ainmen *nd conductors extended to November 10 at its meeting yesterday the time limit for the filing of Us The time was to expire at midnight day but it was found impossible to l»ave the award ready. 50 rwcwtn. Lmle .oat».Heres a letter from Nephew Henry, that's gone to Africa .says within twenty rods o' his houa« there's a family o" laughing hyenaa. His Wife.Well. I'm glad Henrylg got pleasant neighbor*, an> way-*, that's MMnetUaii.

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Page 1: chroniclingamerica.loc.gov€¦ · -AMONQthe FRATERNITIES MASONIC. t.OI>OF,S. Oct. W.KIiir Solomon, No. 31, p.Qi., reliir:.«u» . wiIpw at MaauBte ami Eantern Star Home. Oct. 27-

-AMONQ the

FRATERNITIESMASONIC.t.OI>OF,S.

Oct. W.KIiir Solomon, No. 31, p.Qi.,reliir:.«u» . wiIpw at MaauBteami Eantern Star Home.

Oct. 27- rhitno. No. 1H. K. U.Miinxhury. No. "4. K. O.Mount I'lea-.aut. Js'o .TU. special,

Ki.tixl violation. * p.m.Oi't. > THi ral. No. 1. M. M.

.Vends. No. 1X. not tnibetiuefj.Ttikoin:!, No. Uy, grand visitation.

Si |>.m.Oct. 31.Lh Fayette. No. l$>. work not

bulletined.

ROYAL ARCU CHAPTERS.Oct. "JT.Jrmiflj VeruuB. No. o. social

t"ven!nK.Ari«co»tin. No. 12.

Oct. 2S.Mount llorrb. No. 7. P. NT. andM. K. M.

Potomac. No. ,i.Oct. 2i*~ Columbia, No. 1, special. U. A.

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (COMMANOER1ES.Oct. JS-De Miilnj Mounted, No. 4, not

announced.

ANCIBNT AND ACC EPTED SCOTTISHR1TK.

Oct. 2S--ETanjr«'lli.t Chapter, Rose Croix,fifteenth derree.

Robert de Bruce Council. KnightsKadosb. tiuhlnesa.

EASTERN STAR CHAPTERS.Oct. 27.Hoard of directors. Masonic and

Eacftrii Star' Home, monthlyuieetiiK

T-rup|.\ No. 13. grani rtsitation,7:3*> p.m.

folnnit la. No. 15.Oct. 28.Electa. No. 2; Bethlehem. No.

.7; Prleudshlp, No. 17; Rivok-land. No. 11, special.

Grand visitation will be made tomorrow

evening, at 8 o'clock, to Mount PleasantLodge, No. iXJ, at a. special eatW d for the

purpose of receiving tlie grand master.«ind Tuesday \eveninfr. at S o'clock, to

Takonia Lodge, No. 2!», for which Wor-bhtpful Master Howard 8. Fisk has madeelaborate preparations, announced else¬where in these columns. Tlirec lodgesn1U have degree work, one is not bul¬letined and another bulletined only fora special, without announcement of thepurpose.

Tin- religions services at the Masonicand Eastern Star Home this afternoon at3 o'clock promptly will be in charge of

King Solomon (daylight) lAnige. No. .»l.Tl,e Rev. .1. J. Ulmoii of St. Andrew s

Episcopal Church chaplain of the lodS", IWill officiate. Visitors should tahe carsmarked "Takonia Park," t'th street Hue. IJ«ist automobile lcuvt:6 car terminus at

p.m.

"Worshipful blaster Leslie Cramer hatissued a handsome circular announcingmemorial exercises in Benjamin B.French lAKlge. No. i.\ the evening ofNovember 3. for Geor ge B. Bennett., \V 11-liam Bruce Co*ton. James If. Day, DanielW. llerriott. Edmund Ijee Hinson, HenryMorgan, Watson .1. Newton. William S.Peabodv. Rev. l»r. John M. Schick andCharles V.. Shelton. !t contains the por¬traits and Masonic records of these de¬ceased members, who represent the mor-tuar\ ¦¦ ecoru of the lodge for theThe program of (he evening, which will

open a' H:I5 o'clock, includes orchestral!music. se ections by :i quartet composetiof «-'iar'"3 K. Meyers. Melville D. llensey.Roland H- Redrick and Charles W. Moore,with uscar A. Danienbaker a.-- organist;a solo. D'Vardelot's "Th.- Great I n-

knovMi." by tiie famo.is young femininebaritone, -Mies Mary Cramer, a niece of IMaster Cramer-." Soprano solo:-. 'The i

Jloly City" »Gaul> and Relcharu's "In |Time of Roses." by Mrs. Ethel VloltaclawGawler: a violin solo by Sol Minster, a.cello solo by Dore Wolfst-iner. h cornetsolo. "The l/ost t.'iionl." Hie soloist un¬announced, an«l an address by Tlev. Mer- jritt Earl, pastor of the Congress HeightsBauijst Church. The ceremonies will be |held in l.' dge Room. No. 1, third Hour otMasonic Teuiplc. a::d the announcementreads "iadies expected. 1 lie aimoiince-inetit also contains a tribute by E. St.Clair Tliomnvon. i>a.-t master a .<! secie-turv of th« lodge «Liid past high pric.-,lund past grand high priest of the RoyalArch Masons of the District.

Paot Grand High Priest George E. Cor¬son, deputy general grand high priest ofthe General Grand Chapter of RoyalArch Masons of the fnited States, at¬tended the ev**iin« of Saturday. October18, as trie representative of the GeneralGrand «'bapter the banquet gi^en b>I'liiou CJiapter, No. 7. at Newark, N. J., incelebratVon of its !«*"»« h anniversary andaddre3s<-.d his companions there assembledon ."Capitular Masonry." Mr. Corson re¬

ports that it was a very elegant and suc-cvbsful affair and well worthy of tlie im-portMiit event it commemorated.

The ar^iual grand visitation to i'akoniaIxKigt. No. Jk occurs Tuesday evening.Preparations have been made for wlm»prondses to be; one of the larMest gatherlug* of members of the fraternity in thilodge this year.Invitations have been accepted by for¬

mer Gov. Alexander M. Dockery of Mis¬souri. third assistant i>osltnaster general,who has alao the distinction of bfing pastgrand master of Masons and past grandcommander of tjie state of Missouri, andCarter B. Keene. director of the postalsavincs system and past master of I eiu-ple-Noyes Eodge. No. to deliver ad¬dresses. Past Grand Master Dr. FrancisJ. Woodman, Jr.. wiio was the secondmaster of Takonia Lodge, has accepted an

invitation to act as master of ceremonies.Dr. Woodman, who has been quite ill dur¬ing the past summer, is gradually recov¬ering his health- He has not missed a

grand visitation since Takonia Lodge wasorganized in W», it is said.Kred E. Harries, chairman of the deco¬

ration and refreshment committee, who iselso scoutmaster for ^roop No. 1T1, of theBoy Scouts at Takonia Park, has enlist¬ed the members of that troop in securingautumn leaves with which the interior ofth** lodge room will be decorated. Chair¬man Harries will be assisted by WilliamA. Mellen. George E Tarbell, WilliamEngland. Brnest Burrell. J. W. Shadle andRobert Dickens. A special musical pro¬gram has been arranged by Musical Di¬rector James W. Dyre. which will Includem»nv new features- Worshipful MasterHoward S. Fiak haa requested the pasttnasters to wear their jewels at the visita¬tion.

The Supreme Council of the Thirty-thirdDegree of the Ancient and Acceptedffcottlsti Rite for the Southern Jurisdie-tloi- of tlie United States of America, themother council of the world, closed itsbiennial session in this city at tlie Scot¬tish Rite Cathedral. 3d and E streetsnorthwest, last evening. So far as the an¬nouncements for publication are con¬cerned at this time, the District bodieshave been benefited by the session in hav¬ing added to their roeter Ave new knightscommander of the court of honor. Rev.William Tayloe 8nyder, rector of theChurch of the Incarnation, chaplain ofthe local bodies and of Temple-NoyesEodge. No. 32; Capt. Horace Parker Mc¬intosh. U. S. N-, retired: SullamaanDavid. Charles George Frederick Toepperand George Roscoe Davis, all of whomwere honored for services of one kindor another xor the rite.Elections elevated four of the sovereign

grand Inspectors general to higher offlcein the council resulting from the deathIn Merch. 1U1-. of Lieutenant orand Com¬mander Samuel E. Adams. Judge GeorgeFleming Moore of Alabama was electedlieutenant grand commander; formerSenator Henry M. Teller, who Is seriously111 at his home In Colorado, grand prior:Charles E. Rosenbaum of Little Rock,Ark., grand chancellor, and Charles F.Buck of New Orleans. La., grand ministerof state.Judge Moore, the newly elected lieuten¬

ant grand commander, is credited withbeing one of the ablest members of theSupreme Council. He was born Auguste, 1848, In Talladega county. Ala.; is alawyer by profession, although he is nowthe edltor-ln-cl ief of the New Age, theofficial organ of the Supreme Council. Hewas made a master Mason in 1A72 InRockford Lodge, No. 173. of Rockford,Ala., and a Royal Arch Mason the sanmyear In Rockford Royal Arch Chapter.No. 137; a royal and select master IrMontgomery Council. No. 4, of Mont-gomery. Am., and * koJgbt templar In

Montgomery Commardery, No. 4. of^ thenam* citv In 1ST3. He received his Scot¬tish Kite degrees from the deputy for theSupreme Council in Alabama, and waselected a knight commander of the Courtof Honor October 23, 1SS4. by the Supreme'Council. December 17, 18W, he was coro-neted an honorary inspector general ofthe thirty-t ird degree by Gen. AlbertPike, at Montgomery. Ala., and October1«>, 1SSS. he was elected arid crowned anactive sovereign grand inspector generalof the thirty-third degree by the SupremeCouncil in Washington.Among the Masonic offices he has held

during his career, according to hisrecord in the office of tlie secretary gen¬eral, are those of deputy grand masterand council of Alabama, grand prelateof the Grand Cominandery of Alabama,chairman of the Grand Commandery com¬mittee on correspondence for ten years,graud scribe of the Grand Royal ArchChapter of Alabama, high priest ofMontgomery Royal Arch Chapter. No.22, and master of the Ix>dge Of Perfec¬tion «.t Montgomery. The record alsoshows he received the degrees of theRo>$l1 Order of Scotland iri the "motherlodge and chapter."Washington Masons, both those of the

Scottish and those of the York rite, areperhaps best acquainted with the newgrand chancellor, Charles E. Rosenbaumof Little Rock, Ark. It was Mr. Rosen¬baum who had charge of the reorganiza¬tion of the local bodies of the ScottishRite several years ago which resulted inthe formation of an executive committeefor the joint bodies, of which StirlingKerr, jr.. deputy for the Supreme Coun-cP in tho District of Columbia, Is chair¬man.This reorganization is said to have

given a new impetus to Scottish RiteMasonry in the District, and to havestarted it on an era of unexcelled pros¬perity. Mr. Rosen ban in has shown thestrongest interest not only in the man¬agement of_ the business affairs of thebodies, it is said, but also In the degreework, for the perfection of which he Islargely credited. He is grand senior war-den of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, pastgrand commander of Knights Templar inthat state and a member of the board oftrustees of the Masonic Orphans' Homeof Arkansas, arid was for years itspresident. Besides "being sovereignsrrand inspector general in Arkansas, heis chairman of the executive committeein charge of erecting the new templeof the Supreme Council, at 10th and Sstreets northwest, in this city; chairmanof the committee on nominations In theSupreme Council, a member of the financecommittee and treasurer of the board oftrustees of the New Age magazine.Henry Moore Teller, the newly elected

grand nrior of the Supreme Council wasborn May 23, 1830, at Granger in Alle¬gany county. X. V. He was made amaster Mason September 5, 1JC>9, in Dun-lap Lodge, No. 3'_*1, of Illinois; a RoyalArch Mason in Central Chapter, No. 2, atDenver, Col.: a royal and select masterIn St. John's Council, No. 24, and aKnight Templar in Central City Com-tuandery of Colorado. He was coronetedas honorary Inspector general April 20,IStitf. and crowned an active sovereigngrand inspector general October .18, 1882,by the Supreme Council a< Washington,D. C. He was master of Central I>odge,No. 0, formerly Clivington Ixidge, of Col¬orado. and served as grand master ofMasons of Colorado In 1S»;y, being re¬elected in 1863. lsirr. 1S»W, ISO!!. 1S70. 1871,1872. and as grand commander ofKnights Templar of Colorado at its or¬ganization, March 1, 1S7C, being com¬mander of Central City Commanderyfrom 1SW to 187tt. He was admitted tothe bar and practiced in New York, 3lli-noi.s and Colorado. He never held publicoffice until he was senator of the UnitedStales from Colorado on the admissionof the state to the Union. December 4.1*7«. serving until April 17. 1882, whenh»- bi-rame Secretary of the Interior inPresident Arthur's cabinet. He wasagain elected tu the Senate and took Uisse;<t then March 4. 1NST>. and was re¬elected and served until ltDO. He wasmade a doctor of laws by Alfred Uni¬versity in 18xa. Charles Francis Buck of New Orelans.La., the new I: elected grand minister ofslate »>t the Supreme Council, was bornNovember 1841. at Dnnheim. Baden.Germany: was elected knight commanderOctober 1*. 1ks8, coroneted honorary in¬spector general June 10. 1801, and wascrowned an acthe sovereign grand In¬spector general b> - the Supreme Councilat Washington October 26. HJ07. HisMasonic record is the briefest in point ofrecital among the archives of theSupreme Council.Arminius I^odge, No. 25. announces theM. M. degree for its communication No¬vember 4. and its annual grand visitationNovember 18. Arminius Lodge is theonly German Masonic lodge in the juris¬diction, and the work of its highest de¬

gree is said to always draw a largo at¬tendance of English-speaking Masons.Harmony I/odge. No. 17, will have "itsgrand visitation at 8 o'clock the eveningof November 10, at a special called forthe purpose, and its members will thengo to Dawson Lodge. No. 16. which willhave its grand visitation at 5:3<» o'clock.A special program of entertainment isexpected.

Osiris LoCgf. No. 26. will have its grandvisitation at 8 o'clock the evening of No¬vember when its members, at 8:30o'clock, will go to Washington Centenniall^odge. No. 14, which will have its visita¬tion then and furnish a program of en¬tertainment in lodgeroom No. 1.

George C. Whiting Lodge, No. 22, hasaccepted an Invitation to confer the M.M. degree for William R. SingletonLodge, No. 30, in Tenleytown. the even¬ing of November 6. Cars run there everyfifteen minutes and a large attendance isexpected on the occasion.

National Ixwige, No. 12, closed the Ma¬sonic year with a membership of 201, anet gain of 13. Twenty-two candidateswere initiated, twenty-nine passed andl tw enty-eight raised, while two affiliatedand two were reinstated. The gross gainwas thirty-two, but there were livedeaths, seven dlmits and seven lossesfrom other causes, making a total ofnineteen. The lodge will present the EL A.degree the evening of November 4, withthe probability of a special at 6 p.m. forthe F. C. degree. November IS It willhave its grand visitation, and its annuali election December 2.

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One of the pleasant incidents of thecommunication of Temple-Noyes Lodge,No. 32, Thursday evening was the intro¬duction of Edgar C. Snyder, the wellknown newspaper correspondent, as anewly elected honorary member of thej lodge. Senior Warden I^eroy W. Her-l ron, occupying the east at the time, gavetil** new recruit a cordial welcome anddrew out a pleasing but brief addressthat wpn applause. Immediately after¬ward Rev. William Tayloe Snyder, chap¬lain of the lodge, received quite an ova¬tion on his return from the Scottish RiteCathedral, where he had been to be in¬vested with the new dignity of knightcommander of the Cross of Honor, towhich he was elected by the SupremeCouncil. The lodge had its annual visi¬tation, followed by the M. M. degree.The New Jerusalem Lodge, No. which

has Its grand visitation at 8:30 Thursdayevening, worked a graphophone specialtyon the grand master and visitors. Thenew members will have a feast night theevening of November 13. A business ses¬sion is scheduled for Thanksgiving day.George C. Whiting Lodge. No. 22. had

no program for its visitation Mondayevening, but Potomac Lodge. No. 5. whichreceived its visitation a half hour later,had orchestral music, selections by aquartet composed of R. P. Backing. Wil¬liam Blanchard, T. L. Hutchlns andGeorge F. B. Rollings, with a recitationby Edwin P. Callow in the Italian dialect.

Features of the grand visitation toMyron M. Parker Lodge, No. 27, Tues-dav evening, were selections by anorchestra led by Past Master B. J.Wrlghtsman, addresses by Rev. JamesShera Montgomery, pastor of the Met¬ropolitan Memorial Church, and PhjsIGrand Master Myron M. Parker, fromwhom the lodge takes .its name. Atestimonial was presented to the Rev.Mr. Montgomery on behalf of the lodgeby Rev. W. W. Barnes.

Distinguished callers at the MasonicITemple during the past week Included

Past Grand Mssters Elmer E. Haskellof Florida, Harry A. Drachman ofArizona. William A. Hall and JacobI^mpert of Missouri. Past Grand HighPriest Alfred H. White of Missouri andPast Grand High Priest Peter Picton ofNorth Dakota

Mount Pleasant Lodge. No. 33. willhave its grand visitation tomorrowevening and the F. C. degree the even¬

ing of November 3.

King Solomon Lodge. No. 31. the "day¬light lodge," will have its grand visi¬tation at 3 o'clock In the afternoon ofNovember 19.

Eastern Star Notes.At the meeting of Kutli Chapter Monday

evening, after the regular routine of busi¬ness, a class of candidates were initiatedand the chairman of the entertainmentcommittee. E. J. Ayers, made a linal re¬

port of the work of the committee duringthe year. Past Worthy Matron ElsieZimmerman made a report of the recentrummage sale. Both reports showed a

substantial sum had been added to thetreasury.An interesting address was made by

Mrs. Evelyn Wardwell Heat, worthygrand matron of the state of Virginia,the honored guest of the evening. Vocalsolos, "A Chain of Roses" and "CalmAs the Night," by John Copenhaver ofTakoma Chapter, and recitations by Mrs.Helen Molater, worthy matron e>f Brook-land Chapter, completed tho .program.Refreshments were served.Tuesday evening Electa Chapter, No. 2,

will have a past officers' night, and de¬grees will be conferred upon a large num¬ber of candidates by the past matrons oftne chapter. A feature of the eveningwill be the use of stereopticon viewsthroughout the degree work.Electa Chapter on that evening also will

present to Anacostia Lodge, No. -1, F. A.A. M., a handsome mahogany altar.The evening will mark the close of a

very successful year for the chapter, withMrs. Bertha B. Haine's as worthy matronand Elmer C. Mayberry as worthy pa¬tron.

Four candidates were addeel to theroster of Areme Chapter, No. 10, O. E.S., at its last meeting, making a totalof thirty-nine petitions received duringthe chapter year just ended. This is re¬garded as a fitting conclusion to a yearthat has been marked by the consumma¬tion of many substantial undertakings.The chapter was pleasantly entertained

with vocal selections by Mr. Rowen ofBethlehem Chapter and interesting re¬

marks by Mrs. Wilson of Vancouver,British Columbia.The Grand Chapter officers will pay their

annual visitation to Arente Chapter atits next meeting, November r>, the ar¬rangements for the occasion being per¬fected by Jeannettc Smith and BerthaHoscli.

The visitation of the Grand ChapterWednesday evening to Brookland Chap¬ter, No. 11. was one of the pleasantestevenls of the year for the members ofthat chapter. The several chapters otthe District were well represented, andat an early hour there was standing roomonly.Mre. Helen F. Moister. worthy matron

of Brookland Chapter, welcomed the of¬ficers of the Grand Chapter and manyprominent members of the order l'romother jurisdictions. Addresses by theworthy grand matron, Mrs. Grace Wil-kins Kimmcl, and the worthy grandpatron, Kenton N. Harper, wore receivedwith applause.A program of vocal and instrumental

music and recitations by members ofthe order followed the addresses of thegrand officers.The worthy grand matron and the

worthy grand patron were recipientseach of a beautiful testimonial fromthe members of Brookland Chapter, Mrs.Simpson and Mr. Lcnnou making thepresentations.The worthy grand matron of Virginia,

Mrs. Keith, entertained the members Inher own way, and the enthusiasm withwhich her remarks were receivedshowed high appreciation. Mrs. Mer-ritt, past associate worthy grand matronof California, entertained the memberswith a talk on her travels. Her remarksalso received cordial applause.Brookland Chapter has enjoyed a year

of unusual prosperity, and while notone of the largest chapters numerically,is nevertheless actively engaged in main¬taining Its fine record of the past. Tothe worthy matron, Mrs. Helen F.Moister, much praise was given in theaddress for the splendid progress ofBrookland Chapter.A special meeting is culled for this

Tuesday evening. At its conclusion anentertainment will be given for youngfolks prospective members of the order,who will bo presented In several rolesacceptable to them. The members ofthe order are invited to be present.

At the last regular meeting of Tem¬ple Chapter, No. 13. the past matronof the chapter conferred the degreesupon the candidates, the line being asfollows: Worthy matron, Nora Henry;iassociate matron, Lillian Carrl; con¬ductress, Emma G. Coumbe: associateconductress, Josephine V. O'Mera. Alarge number of members and visitorswere present. The next regular meet¬ing will occur tomorrow evening atk7:30 o'clock, for the grand visitation.All members of the fraternity are in¬vited to be present.

ODD FELLOWS.LODGES.

Oct. 27.Bcaeon, No. 13, degrr-e. Union.No. 31; Coyenaut, No. 13, .au<lLaiiadon. No. 26. l'Ualtirss.

Oct. 28.Washington. No. <"., and (lolijeuRule, No. 21, degn'e. Amity, No.27, business.

Oct. 29.Kantem, No. 7: Harmony, No. 9;Federal City, No. 20, uud Krieud-Hbip. No. 12, uejjree.

Oct. 30.Columbia, No. 10, degree. Kxeej-sior. No. 17, and Salem, No. 22,bllHltH'FS.

Oct. 31.Central, No. 1, and Metropolis,No. 16, degree. Phoenix, No. 2S,business.

ENCAMPMENTS.Oct. 2S.Fred. D. Stuart, No. 7, degree.Oct. 25».Columbian, No. 1, grand visita¬

tion.

RKBKKAH LODGKS.Oct. 27.Kether, No. 0, grand visitation.

PATRIARCHS MILITANT.Nov. 1.Canton Washington. No. 1. reg¬

ular cantonment.

The complimentary assembly dance ten¬dered the friends of Canton Washington,No. 1, Wednesday evening, in the audi¬torium of Odd Fellows' Hall is reporteda gt-and success, with a record-breakingattendance. At 'J o'clock the canton, withCapt. William J. Rogers, accompanied byMrs. Rogers, entered the hall, and ledthe grand march. Grand RepresentativeW. W. MUlan delivered an anniversaryaddress, and welcomed the guests of thecanton, and dancing followed until mid¬night. Many handsomely costumed wom¬

en and the. canton in full uniform madethe scene an attractive one. Followingthis complimentary dance, the canton isto enter upon its regular course of as¬

sembly dances. The first will be heldWednesday evening. Invitations for it

| have already been issued. Those whodesire to attend, it is announced, can

procure invitation cards from any of the,canton members or the grand secretary.

Tomorrow evening the last of the grandvisitations to Rebekah lodges will takeplace, when the grand master and hiscorps of grand officers will pay their an¬

nual official visit to Esther RebekahLodge. The committee and officers hav¬ing the program in charge promise a de¬lightful evening's pleasure with specialfeatures. The grand master has beenwarned, it is said, to be prepared forwhat is In store for him. All members ofthe Rebekah branch of the order havebeen invited to be present.The question of proposing the building

of an Odd Fellows' Temple, if possibleIn this city, to be the permanent homeof the Soveelgn Grand Lodge, has beenso favorably spoken of among the indi¬vidual members and in many of thelodges. It Is said. that Grand MasterEdgur D. Thompson has instructed thegrand secretary to Issue a letter to thesubordinate and Rebekah lodges, request¬ing the appointment of a committee ofone from each to meet him in the blueroom, L. O. O. F. Hall. Monday evening,November 3. at 8 o'clock, to report as tothe desires of the lodges relative to thematter. If favorable responses are re¬ceived it is proposed to start plans forfuture action In. the matter. Canton

Washington, No. 1, P. M.. has also beenrequested to send a committeeman. Theproject is said to be of vital Interest toevery member of the order hi this Juris¬diction.

Federal City Lodge, No. 20. held anunusually large session Wednesday even¬ing. Many members of Beacon Lodge,No. 15, were present, and Harmony Lodge.No. y, adjourned early to permit itsmembers to witness the conferring of thefirst degree, under the directorship ofPast Grand Master John H. Wood, uponthree candidates from Beacon Lodge, No.15. Federal City Lodge, No. 20, is saidto he noted, not only in this, but tn otherjurisdictions, for the excellent manner inwhich it confers the first degree. Nextwee.k the second degree will be conferred,and all members of the order have beenpublicly Invited to be present.

Columbian Encampment, No. 1, will re¬ceive an official visit from Grand Pa¬triarch J. D. Yoaklev and his corps ofgrand enoarnpment officers Wednesdayevening. All members of the encamp¬ment branch have been publicly invitedto be present. Grand RepresentativeFrank D. Seiffert, who Is al6o scribe ofthis encampment, and who has for sev¬eral weeks been confined to his home bythe injury received on his way backfrom Minneapolis in September, is ex¬pected to be well enough to be present.His many friends are preparing to wel¬come him back to his work in the order,a duty he is said never to have neglectedsince he became an Odd Fellow.

Grand Master E. D. Thompson, at¬tended by the grand officers, paid theannual visitation to Naomi RebekahLodge, No. 1. Monday evening. Theofficers are said to have rendered theirwork, perfectly, and the report of thegrand secretary and grand treasurershowed the- lodge to be in a flourish¬ing condition both numerically andfinancially. At the close of the visitMrs. Anna M. Roberts, on behalf of thelodge, presented to the grand master anartistically designed brass waste bas¬ket as a token of esteem.The entertainment committee, Mrs.

V. Estelle Yoakley, chairman, then in¬troduced the following program: Pianoduet, by Mrs. Weber Morrison anddaughter: song, by Miss KatherineMorrison: vocal solo, Mrs. BlancheMills, accompanied by Mrs. LouiseBurkholder. both of Cherrydale, Va.,and recitation, by Grand Representa¬tive W. W. Millan. The selections wereall well rendered and enthusiasticallyreceived by the more than one hun¬dred members and visitors.Among the prominent out-of-town

visitors were Mrs. May C. Keiser ofChicago, a past president of the Re¬bekah Assembly of Illinois, and Mrs.Elizabeth Thomson, a past noble grandof Jersey City, N. J- both of whommade interesting addresses.At the close of the exercises refresh¬

ments were served in the supper room.

Columbia Lodge, No. 10. lias appointedCharles D. Shackelford, Samuel G.Taylor, J. Edwin Fowler and G. Billingsa committee to arrange for a "Ladies'night" to be held the evening of No¬vember 6. to which all the members andtheir wives will be invited. The com¬mittee will prepare a program andserve refreshments.

Naomi Chapter, No. .'!, will Hold aspecial meeting Wednesday evening at7:30 o'clock for the degree work. Thegrand visitation will occur November 12.Favorable action has been taken on therequest of the auxiliary' board of theMasonic and Eastern Star Home that thechapter co-operate in the benefit being ar¬ranged for January at the Columbia The¬ater.

At the meeting of Bethlehem Chapter,No. 7. Tuesday evening, the worthy ma¬tron will advance the line officers for thepurpose of conferring the degrees. Asso¬ciate Matron Henrietta Bowcn will be inthe east.

At Clarendon, Va.. Friday evening.Martha Washington Chapter, No. 42, ofVirginia, presented to Mary WashingtonChapter, No. 50, Mrs. Mary K. Welburn,worthy matron, and Col. William Car-lysle Sheiley, worthy patron, the cup foruse In the station of Electa. AssociateGrand Patron Henry K. Fields, who hadcome on a special car from Alexandria

WRfi. MARY K. WELUl'RN,Worthy matron Mary Washington

Chapter, No. SO, of Virginia.for the occasion. accompanied by WorthyMatron Miss Marlon II. Moore, WorthyPatron Frank Latham and about fiftymembers of Martha Washington Chap¬ter. made the presentation speech, whichwas eloquently responded to by WorthyMatron Welburn of Mary WashingtonChapter.Worthy Patron Shelley, who is also a

past master of Columbia Lodge of Ma¬sons, at Clarendon, also delivered an ad¬dress. The program included selectionsby Temple Quartet, composed of Messrs.Welburn, Mori. Kerr and Miller; recita¬tions by Mrs. Curtis Gresham and a soloby Karl Kerr. Another feature of theoccasion Was the presentation of a set ofchimes to Mary Washington Chapter byHarry H. Smith of Ballston, Va.

A special meeting of Mizpah Chapter,No. S, has been called for decree workThursday evening, when Past Grand Ma¬tron Mrs. Carrie Bornheim and Past Pa¬tron William Bornheim will conduct thework. Miss Hazel Bornheim and MelvilleA. Bornheim, their son and daughter, re¬ceiving the degrees.At Masonic Hall. Georgetown, Tuesday

evening the chapter had among its vis¬itors many notables, including presentand past urand matrons and patrons,present and past matrons and patronsof the grand and sister chapters. Forsome years the last meeting in Octoberhas been set apaft to do honor to thepast matrons and patrons, each presid¬ing in turn. After the routine businessMrs. Charlotte Hobday, W. M., andHarry K. Pimper. AY. P., vacated theirstations and invited Past Matron Mrs.Reberta Sebastian and Past Patron D.F. Dumberth to preside during the initia¬tory work. Five candidates appeared,among them Charles E. Sebastian andwife, son and daughter-in-law of thepresiding matron; Miss Helen M. Waters,daughter of the warder, and Miss EllaDarcey, daughter of Past Matron JennieDarcey. The chairman of the July ex¬cursion committee turned into the treas¬ury $H2.10 proceeds. Charles F. Kueehle,In behalf qf the committee, presented toMrs. Katharina Evlof and Mrs. EstherG. Gresham each an Eastern Star pin Inappreciation of work that made the ex¬cursion a financial success.

At the-meeting of William F. HuntChapter. No. 16, Thursday evening thedegrees were conferred by AssociateMatron Mrs. Katie Rose, with Mrs.Annie Michaelson in the west, Mrs.Minnie E. Strickler as conductress andWorthy Matron Mrs. Rosie Carter as

associate conductress. At the conclu¬sion of the work the Associate Con¬ductress, Mrs. Annie Michaelson, was

presented, through Past Patron JohnC. Proctor, with an Eastern Star pin,donated by Worthy Patron Judge Ed¬ward 1*. Seeds, "for exceptional activ¬ity in last summer's excursion." Theentertainment of the evening includeda reading by Mrs. Mary B. C. Shu-man, a sketch by Past Patron andMrs. Charles E. Hoover of TempleChapter, No. 13, and a piano solo byMiss Anna D. Levy. Refreshmentswere served in the banquet hall.*The degrees will bf conferred by

the past matrons past patron*

with Mrs. A. Maud Proctor occupy!"!?the east, the evening of November IS.The fraternity will be welcome to wit¬ness the work on this occasion.

Formal announcement has been re-1ceived by Past Monarch Edward S.Schmid of Kaliipolls Grotto, No. 13, whoIs also an officer of the Supreme Councilof the Mystic Order of 'felled Prophets ofthe Enchanted Realm, of the death Sep¬tember 10 of Robert G. Holden. grandchief Justice of the order. Grand MonarchHiram D. Hogers pays high tribute tothe character of the deceased. Announce¬ment was also received by Past MonarchSchmid of the death last Sunday, atYonkers. X. Y.. of Edwin A. Quick, grandtrustee of the Supreme Council.De Molay Mounted Commandery. No. 4,

Knights Templar, will devote its con¬clave Tuesday evening to regular busi¬ness. The ladles' auxiliary was entertain¬ed Wednesday evening by its president.Mrs. Emma Thomfordt. at her residence,731 Quebec street northwest. Announce¬ment is made that the commandery andthe ladies' auxiliary will entertain theirfriends Tuesday evening, November 11. atS o'clock, in its asylum at Masonic Tem¬ple.Under the leadership of Past High

Priest Roe Fulkerson, Messrs. Bartlett,Comstock, Porker. Grove. Hicks, Ison,Moore and Sillers have agreed to en¬tertain Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chap¬ter. No. at its social evening tomorrow.The mark degree will be presented in thechapter November lo and the royal archdegree probably November 24.

J. W. Shackelford entertained the Cen¬tennial Ciub. of Lebanon Lodge, No. 7,with a ride down the river and an oysterroast on his motor launch Avalon Tues¬day. The following members of the clubwere present: Worshipful MasterCharles S. Shreve. jr.; Past Masters Dan¬iel W. Beach. Francis I. Beach, Blair Mc-Kenzle, W. J. Acker, Thomas S. Sergeon,Charles Kattelman, jr., and W. T. Paine,Senior Warden Charles D. Shackelfordand Junior Warden M. E. Yerger.Herndon Lodge. No. 264, of Virginia

Monday evening presented the E. A.degree and listened to an address byWorshipful Master Elmer D. Lewis ofAshburn.During: the past month, owing to de¬

gree work, it has been necessary tohold lodge meetings several nights aweek.District Deputy \\\ J. Phillips of

Orange has been a visitor in Herndonduring the week.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.LODGES.

Oct. 27.Decatur, No. !»: CHlanthe, No.11, and Equal. No. 17. business.

Oct. 38.Capital, No. 24. visitation. Web-Kti r, No. 7; Excelsior. No. 14;U'jrmenla. No. 15, and Myrtle,No. 25. business.

Oct. 29.Mt. Vernon, No. 5, r«uV ofknigbt. Union, No. 22. business.

Oct. 30.Franklin, No. 2. business.Oct. 31.Syracuslans, No. 10, basinesa.

PYTHIAN SISTERS.Oct. 28- friendship Temple, No. 9, degree.Oct. 31.Ratbbonc Temple, No. 8, degree.

50th ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE.Oct. 27.Meeting of the general committee.

The Grand Lodge officers will officiallyvisit Capital Lodge, No. 24, the homolodge of Supreme Representative JamesW. Carter and Grand Trustee J. F.Skidmore. The military department willattend in full uniform as an escort tothe Grand Lodge officers. A pleasantevening is promised "to all who attend.

The general committee on the GoldenJubilee will hold a meeting at PythianTemple tomorrow evening for the pur¬pose of hearing the reports of the sev¬eral subcommittees. Every member ofthe committee has been urged to bepresent.Chairman W. A. Kimmel of the com¬

mittee OH class initiation has appointedFred D. Wallace of Franklin Lodge,No. H at a member of that committee,vice S. T. Neal, resigned. James M.Kline of Mount Vernon Lodge, No- 5,has also been added to the committee.

The committee on publicity has aboutcompleted the compilation of a sixteen-page booklet which will be distributedamong the several lodges, for the pur¬pose of aiding the membership in secur¬ing new applications for the class initia¬tion planned in connection with the jubi¬lee.

The committee on receptlou and enter¬tainment lias plans well under way forprograms of an entertaining character atPythian Temple during the entire time ofthe Jubilee.

The committee on registration will haverepresentatives both at Pythian Templeand Wlllard Hotel, which will be SupremeLodge headquarters, to secure the regis¬ter of every member of the order who at¬tends the jubilee.

The proposition * to* secure a'large classfor initiation at the jubilee, as well as'tlnancial plans, are said to.be meeting;with the hearty approval of the subordi¬nate lodges as fast as they can be pre-sented. The committees in charge ofthese features have visited seven of theeighteen lodges in the domain so far, allof which, it is said, have given unanimoussupport to the plans proposed-

Amaranth Lodge. No. 28. lias electedNathan Cowsill. for many years the mas¬ter of exchequer, as chancellor command¬ed. to fill the unexpired term of James D.Rowen. who has resigned.

Syracusians Lodge. No. 10, at its lastconvention took active steps toward per¬fecting plans for the golden jub'lee classInitiation. Two competitive teams wereselected, headed by the chancellor com¬mander and vice chancellor, respectively,and including all the members of thelodge divided equally. The friendlyrivalry thus started, it is sjtid, bids fairto arouse keen competition, 'inasmuch asthe team securing the least number ofapplications must act as host to thelodge at the first meeting in March, 1914.

Union Lodge. No. 22. held a roll callmeeting at its last convention. at which

. there was a large attendance and severaladdresses.

Pythian press reports especially fromthe west and northwest are said to in¬dicate an unprecedented interest and en¬thusiasm in the coming celebration ofthe golden jubilee.Many of the grand domains have set

aside funds to send representatives here,while numerous subordinate lodges haveformed golden jubilee clubs, the membersof which contribute a fixed sum weeklyfor the purpose of defraying tlielr ex¬penses. Prospects are said to be goodfor the attendance of many thousandmembers of the order as well as theirfamilies.

Grand Chancellor Ad Interim MarkStearmen and his associate (Stand Lodgeofficers opened the fall series of i randvisitations Wednesday evening in Her-mione Lodge, No. 12. Georgetown. Therewas a large attendance and much Interestmanifested. All the Grand Lodge of¬ficers were present except CrandMaster of Exchequer Frank B. Crown,who had been excused. Past ChancellorS. M. Pearson serving in his station forthe evening. Past Chancellor James M.Kline acted as grand master at arms,the office being vacant by reason of theadvancement of H. M. Vandervort tothe office of grand vice chancellor. PastSupreme Chance'lor Edward Dunn waspresent, as were also Past Grand Chan¬cellors II. G. Wagner, G. W. Haley. AlbertKah'ert and H. J. Gasson.Addresses relating to the coming golden

jubilee of the order were ina<ie by H.M. Vandervort, chairman of the financecommittee: W. A. Kimmel. chairman ofthe committee on class initiation; S. M.Pearson of the committee on publicity.Past Grand Chancellor Albert Kahlert,the supreme representative e'.ect; PastSupreme Chancellor Dunn and others.The reports showed the lodge to ba

holding its own In finances and member¬ship.Grand Lecturer John B. Dickman

rendered the unwritten work of theranks of page and esquire.

In the death of Clarence Lewis, whichoccurred Thursday morning. CenturyLodse, No. 30, lost one of its oldest andmost active members, and one who hasserved his lodge In an official capacity al¬most constantly since its Institution. Jrorthe past two or three years, however, Mr.Lewis had been in falling health, and in

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consequence had to relinquish his lodgework to a considerable extent.

Friendship Temple, No. 9, Pythian Sis¬ters, at its last meeting inaugurated aseason of activity by dividing the templeinto two classes, the Reds and the Blues,for the purpose of entering into a compe¬tition to see which side can procure themost, new material during t^e winter. TheTemple will also hold a rummage sale atthe usual place on 7th street this week,beginning tomorrow. A unique feature ofthe last meeting was a chestnut hunt ar¬ranged by Mr. and Mrs. Freeman, whohave planned to continue a series of en¬tertainments through the next twomonths. A "pumpkin festival." it isthought, will be the next attraction, to befollowed by a "corn contest," and whatwill happen to the one getting t~>© "redear ' is yet a secrpt. Mrs. Davis, who ri¬valed the squirrels in her activity, wonthe prize at the "chestnut hunt."

On* of the most encouraging featuresof the work of the fiftieth anniversarycommittee is said to b<.; the perfect har¬mony with which everything is progres¬sing. The committee, although large, isworking as a unit, and, realizing theimportance of its undertaking, is push¬ing forward with the one great purposeof making the jubilee an occasionworthy of the order. One of the notedrank teams that will be here to glv<» anexhibition of its work is composed olabout luo members and the other is al¬most as large. Their work is expectedto excel anything of the kind ever beforeattempted in this or any other domain.

One of the most successful meetingsever held by Kathbone Temple. No. .SPythian Sisters, was that of Friday night,it is said, when the past chiefs of thetemple were In charge. The regular of¬ficers vacated their stations, which weretilled by the past officers. After theclose of the business session a program o:music, recitations and speeches ulas pre¬sented and a "Dutch" supper was servedThe evening closed with an informaldance. The lodgeroom was beautifullydecorated with autumn leaves, chrysan¬themums. palms and the colors of theorder. A large attendance of membersand visitors congratulated the past of¬ficers on the success of the evenings en¬tertainment. Mrs. Minnie Wolfsheimer.who was in charge of the affair, was as¬sisted by all the other past chiefs of thetemple. >

Miss Mary Rose Steiner entertained thePi'3t Chiefs' Association, Pythian Sistersof the District, at the Regular monthlymeeting of the organization Mondajnight. Plans for the winter's work of theassociation were discussed and reportsfrom several committees received. Thehostess served an oyster supper at theclose of the business meeting. The daintyhanu-painted place cards were the workof Miss Steiner. who was assisted in theentertainment of her guests by Mrs. Wil¬liam Melcholr and Miss Dorothy Mel-cboir. Those present were Mrs. EstellsG. Kahlert, Mrs. Elsie E. Vandervoort,Mrs. Mary E. Mitchell, Mrs. ChristinaDunn, Mrs. Carrie Davis, Mrs. MarthaJarboe, Mrs. Bertha Williams, Mrs. Mar¬garet Coffin, Mrs. l.izzie Bassett, Mrs.Roberta Prescott, Mrs. Florence Davidand Mrs. Minnie Wolfsheimer.

Mrs. Anna Perry, grand chief of theGrand Temple. Pythian Sisters of Vir¬ginia and the District of Columbia, iia!appointed the grand senior of the GrandTemple, Mrs. Florence M. Bowden ofRichmond, deputy grand chief. The ap¬pointment is said to be pleasing to themembers of the order in this jurisdiction,as Mrs. Bowden is known to the member¬ship as an earnest and enthusiasticworker.

Knights of Columbus.The upper hall was occupied la.st Sun¬

day and Monday by the new'y estab¬lished court of the Daughters of Isabella,which wan instituted Sunday by t!ienational officers of that oru».-. The orderof the Daughters of Isabella, while en-tirely distinct and separate from theKnights of Columbus, has for its objectsand aims the same purposes, tending tounite in the bonfls of fraternity the

I Catholic women of the country in triesame manner as the men have beenunited through the Kn.ghts of Colum¬bus. At the meeting of the court, afterits institution, the state deputy of theKnights of Columbus, on behalf of theorder in this jurisdiction, assured theDaughters of Isabella of the sympathyof its members and their hearty co-

j operation.Carroll Council met Tuesday evening.

In the absence of Grand Knight McGee,who was in Boston as the represent¬ative of the council to the Catholic con¬gress, Chancellor Maurice Fitzgeraldpresided, a large number of membersvere present, and an address was deliv¬ered by Peter Manion, the newly elected

trand knight of the council, at Hender¬son, Ky.

Carroll Assembly will hold a "Hallow¬een" party at the hall Friday evening.

Grand Knight Charles W. Darr pre¬sided at the last regular meeting forthe present council year Thuivdov even¬ing. The council has announced the firstdegree for the tirst meeting in Novem¬ber. and the second degree for the sec-

j ond meeting.

j Washington Chapter met Friday even-ing. Tilt- attention of the members was

i directed to closing up matters connectedwith the vesper service f*nd the Dis-'covery day celebrations, both of which{events were conducted under the aus¬pices of the chapter. This was the finalmeeting of the chapter for the presentcouncil year.

State Deputy Harrington presided overthe meeting of the Doin Gasquet lecturecommittee at the hall Friday evening,

l a large proporton of t )ie committeemembership being present. All the sub-committees have been appointed, and arebusily working to make the lecture a

success. Much Interest is being mani¬fested In it, not only by Catholics, butby Bibie scholars generally. The lec¬ture. it is announced, is not for thefinancial benefit of the. Knights of"olumbus. but that organ zatiou hasinly the management of the lecture tour.Abbot Doni Gasiiuet has been selectedhv Pope Hius X as the chairman of thecommission for the revision of theLatin Vulgate Bible. The commissiinhas been working for the past six years,and over 1 l.ouo manuscripts, have been.ollected. This indicates the magnitudeof the work now being undertaken. It's expected the connn ssion will have itswork completed in about five years.

Potomac Council will meet Monday.neniiiK. and Washington Council Tues¬day evening, when the first degree willoe exemplified by the council officers.

Statp Deputy Edward P. Harrington,isslsted by District Deputies W. 'P.Morinoyle and Harry J. Kane, will ins'all^he officers of all the councils In thisurisdiction at a joint installation !Thursday evening. A large attendancef members is expected at the cere-1

monies. The details of the installationire in the hands of State Warden Red-nond De Vaney, to whom all the newlyelected officers are expected to Veport.\fter the installation ceremonies a Ilocial session w'H be held. a', which it '1is expected the work for the coming year iwill be outlined by the council officers. J

Miscellaneous.Edward J. Koss Council, No. 26. Junior

Order United American Mechanics, atits meeting Wednesday evening at oldMasonic Temple, conferred the inia-!tory degree. Kinal arrangements were?nade tor the visitation October 2i* by!.he State Council officers, and it was

decid< d that after the necessary busi-:>es-"s x.cideiit to the visitation was

transacted the doors would be opened'to lire i'lends of the members. Amony jCie expected to l>c present'on that occasion is Representative Sis-

. .it i i Mi' i 'sippi.

Grand Repent Glendie 1 J. Young ofthe Royal Aicanum hus deputized a!committed to make arrangements for!the proper celebration of "charter day,"November 5, at the old Masonic Tem¬ple, f*t!» and F streets northwest. The!committee in charge announces It has,procurt.il the best taltnt to be had'in tile ilv. together with two prom¬inent s.»e;:kers, and a large orchestra

; will furnish music for dancing.

Idineolu Tribe, No. 14, improved Or-i ".er ot lied Men, received the grandvisit of the irreat chiefs of the GreatCouncil, headed by Dr. W. S. Whitman,great sachem, in their hall, 14th andV streets southeast, Friday evening.Following a reception, a smoker was

! held and refreshments proi'ided. 'The. ecords of Mineola Tribe received the

I anproval of the visitors. William C.j White and Henry W. Tippett, pastI.sachems of Mineola Tribe, welcomedI the visitors with appropriate remarks.| Henry W. Tippett dwelt upon the his-[ tory of the organization, which showed,i he Baid. the tribe was twenty-fouryears old. Edward Blaine, sachem,conducted the meeting. A baud of six¬teen pieces enlivened the occasion.Among the speakers were George W.Baxter, past sachem: G. E. Gartrell,gieat senior sagamore: J. E. Shepherd,great chief of records, and R. W.Thompson, great piophet. Dr. Whit¬man was presented with a handsomebouquet of tlowers from Mineola Tribe,William C. White making the speech.The committee in charge consisted of

/.dward Blaine. George Baxter andWilliam O. White.

Ancient Order of Hibernian*.Because of the inclement weather lart

Sunday afternoon tho institution of thejuvenile branch by Division No. -

deferred until the third Sunday In No¬vember. A. considerable number of theboyh wrre disappointed. Thedisposed of a largo amount of ro"|'''ebusiness and discussed plans for asstMInur the national body in making prepa¬rations for the national convention inNorfolk. Va.. July next. Lnder good olTthe order addresses were made by MichaelM DVrto. Ju.lr-. William M. D. l-O.Edward Hart. M. 1'. hullivan and James

^At'the next liveting ofk/«». i it is «-xoect**d a. "Norfolk club%U\ !,.¦ organized by the representativesot th<- several divisions in preparationtor the ooni,.K national conventlow.Vvuvhinirtot. Is expected to be well rep¬

resented at this convention, which I,ru,II11M:S to be one Of the most important held

»isrs*ss Srn" «L.u?y

^?rv fiji» Ancient Orderof the country- foremost inHibernians. recognition of thestriving for the 1 I

. t j a commlt-illustrlous Barry, 0f Stp" rr"'i; i . Sullivan of Thomp-Paul. Mmi . » ,",|J- j Roger** ofsonville, ij. ..n,i Patrick T. Moran.Worcester. MasH.. an l H

llalti-William J. Krizxeli and 1 ainc* j

gan of this cit> .

forest notes..K.«nt *. 000 0V0 cords .'z<.m-

f. e.purud for ro.i.ufacture In tta.

United States.

11 »" ralu'l»Tll£rCalifornia redwoods, hitherto ^nsider-id the hihest trees in the world.,, r. Htty-^ve oaks in the I tilted

.^VT ,buut evenly divided betweenStates about e « >Th<> c.¥f,temi&S"unS ,-rtl«.l»r>V *"«. -"».

are. the inoat valuable.

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veneers may be ascertained.

Wood block Paving tried Md dtajcarded in many citiesof'the ^ nlieathirty years ago, is now

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improved methods of treating an

handling the blocks.

German foresters

^.Uth m trvftlg" to find a variety whichv HIcon\\dtie t£ fast-growing ^uamyof th- Pacific cast form and the hardi¬ness of the Kocky mountain form.

Will File Award November 10.NEW YOKK. October 'St..The board of

arhitration to decide on the demands offhe t ainmen *nd conductors extended toNovember 10 at its meeting yesterday thetime limit for the filing of UsThe time was to expire at midnightday but it was found impossible to l»avethe award ready.

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Lmle .oat».Heres a letter fromNephew Henry, that's gone to Africa.says within twenty rods o' his houa«there's a family o" laughing hyenaa.His Wife.Well. I'm glad Henrylg

got pleasant neighbor*, an> way-*,that's MMnetUaii.