The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 8, 1904, Page 1

Forecast made night, September San Prancisco = the ing to brisk west [UNT C\VI NO 100 VICTORY OF LOUISVILLE IS CHEERED P ES T™n Intense Heat Fails to Allay Enthusiasm of Crowd IEPESie TR TS reparations for Greek Theater Concert omn‘ete peopie. excursions ere given sant re- om of vh,_ night w '\hlbn-ow d Nechanics’ }"a- nt event. The great pntil far after mid- of - both a recepti grapd bail, oustames ladies enjoyed the 1 the pave "m night when Chinese play The great social .;uur»- n ry har ‘d Hlv- delegates to Commandery, held two ses- which considerabie | *ted.” These se: Encampment are informal luncheo: forming of new the renewal of old ac- Grand 4 by the ¢ the delegates (onu:mod on P-:e,‘ (.olu.mn TEE WEATHER. Warm early Thursday morning, rrobably moderating during the day and becoming much ocooler efternoon and night; light northeast winds. A. G. District Forecaster. Sir | were most -+ | { at San Fran- cisco for 30 hours ending mid- | 8, 1904: and vicinity— chang- | erly, with fog. McADIE, lm ;ma jestio—“TIn the Palace of the Biags Matimes ToBay. Or’hnn—'ludnfllt. 'o-Day . 'l'!vnl!—"!‘hc Toreador.” Chutes— -Vandeville, After- Evening. + SAN FRA\LISCO THURSDAY,, qE]E"I'E!\{BER 8, 1904. MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE IS AFFORDED CHEERING MULTITUDES THAT WITNI C' 7/[,5)91/&’./ IR caAAN 'Y 70 pIC7T WINNING DRILL CORPS AND [EARL ABSENT " DURING THE CONFERENCE Executive Session of Grand Encampment Continues. | Officers to Be Advanced ! in Customary Order at Elecfion. Commandery the United morning and turesquely , dec auditortum | Golden Gate Hall. the officers of were present in their d made an im- orated All Th sions | | hearing the repor f th tees and referring their recommenda- tions to the ccrnmand At tem«o’clock yester meeting was called to order | siding officer, Grand Master Henry | Bates Stoddard. The Ea of Buston | was not present during the meeting. | The report of the committee on | mythology cccupied a great portion of This report was general routine in commit- ! | posing spectacle. | | business of both s consisted y morning the by the pre- '(h:- morning session. | received byt the officers and will be | |actea upon ‘at“the _proper time. The | bbituaries committee then” submitted a |eport ot.its work. LUNCHEON AT NOON. | During the intermission at noontime + | the officer§ of'the, Grand Commandery THE FAIR WOMEN WHOSE "nusnsnc EVLOI. RAGLXWM!‘RFD THE BNIGHTS l"RO)‘l l\l' 'TL( KY 'ON TO VICTORY. 1 | were -'thed guests.- of -“Golden Gate 4 | Commandery No. 16 in the* beautifully More than 25,000 people witnessed the ecompetitive drill ~of the. Knights | Templar at Golden ‘Gate Park yester- anuxh the heat was oppressive, tes of the band_ drey en- cheers from the crowds thatj ligned - In< a mbnster ~hollh square around the biglawn at the/park. | e worth ten years of peaceful| glanve at théir array.” &nvmp- quoted 5 and < it certainly *!l\'!’l the occasion. ces on the edge of the lawn h people. ~iong the wire inclosed “the tournament ere thousands who braved discomforts. of intense heat to see drill. Inside the repes Templars'in black: and white uniforms of the order, and their ladies in pretty sum- mer gowns, made a stiiking contrast ! to the natural carpet of velvety green and the clear blue canopy overhead. gold and .steel glistened in the ht. g - the watchers the most| | emxious, the most enthusiastic, and in | he end the most jubilant, were the | egations from Leuisvilie, Ky. There | have been drill corps of every desecrip- | tion all over the world, but Louisville | Cemmandery won the right yesterday ! to call themseives the best of ali. Following are the Wictors from the southliand: Frank Febr, drill mlu-r James C. |/ Stone, right gulde; Henry E. ‘l'nle). | left guide; Frank Offutt, Herman srounds the the 'r, Oscar . . Hoeppne ith the result that the | H. Mattmiller, Tieuks W. Mattmitlcr, to the encamp- John M. Scott, Pendleton C. Beckley, Teonard M. Dow, Mason B. Barrett, L. D. Carter, Carl M. Wiseman Jr., + Marion \ W. IHD), Afl:.E. (‘mllg,'fil' | ton . &. (Diicrson, Charles E./Gpuld, R. M. Parks,. Charles A. B W.| Tiedmain,, - John - Mitched . Jr., - Fred Haupt; - Sarhuel ~Nutall, /George' R. Young. Johin. B. /Brachey; -Thomas ' S. | Tulcy, Jamwes B. Camp, Henry H. { Dake, Chorles D Meyer and Clarence, artin. - hey .were given'the award oy I8t Beirard Commandefy; iWio have { won 8o miany trophies. that Fhey ‘havel, ! reometd Fgard it as a matter; oticourse when't excel. They were not a bit | iealous of “the Kentuckiana. , Nobody that gaw the drill begrudged the vic- {tory te the!genial SiriXKnights of the South. Apybedy .who came" within sight of thé Louisville Commandery’s | ladies wanted to award the trophy to Louisvyille: off-hand. A happy ‘coincidence was: the faet| {that a. Kentucky ' Commandery won { first prize at the competitive drill held lin this city | during a former conclave. i THE EARL IS l"LE\SED. | The affair was splendidly managed. | Cordons of police were scattered through the grounds, but they geemed unnecessary. A better-natured crowd | was never see in San Francisco. | “'The Ear! of Euston arrived shortly lbefnrc the. drill .began, accompanied rby Sir Knight Reuben H. Lloyd. His Lordship was clad -in a comfortable -umrner suif and a Panama. ? “Beautifil, beautiful,” said nobleman in delight as he looked over the field” “Like a Derby dey.” lieen. in the full regalia of his office, un:eque‘nfly many miuefl neln; a twenty-one years ago | withdraw,, but An ambulance, -} Bos] drlu grounds. “Forward, Ma 1 shrill, Dy trees. As marc mo the the del vll( soft Sheir nion cent. “ot_eburse, the dril real lve ‘peer of Enxlsmd, or seelng "hifmaid riot know who he was. “The inténge, heat caused, ‘several ti committee " was' fully ‘prépired for such’ emerhncleh‘ charge of Dr.” George 5 -xh; ot Emergency Ho.a« > | pital, was umfloned at one edge of the' i.drin grounds. Now and lhen the clang of the am- ance.. bells rgminded' those -: who' tehed zhe drill.thet one of/their: mupher bad ‘melted in the.sun., none of the cases were serious and all [received prompt attention. From early: morning cars, carriages, automobiles. and all sorts of convey- ances poured in a,steady stream to the But | The .outer line of;the reh.” voices. lhey'il win," 'squ-re and the hillsides .were packed {lorg before the drills began. opened. on schedule time, 10 a. m. THE DRILL BEGINS. The regular army bugler- soundéd Scarcely ‘hud the echoes of the call ‘died away when the inspiriting - strains of burst forth. With a smooth swinging ! stride the Sir Knights'of the Louisville Cemmandery emerged from a clump of e” caught the crowd. Louisville » They “Dixie” Commandery toward the center of.the enor- -square cheer on cheer rose from usands who Wwere seated along es. . The ladies of the Kentucky ’ fon Wwaved black and yellow rib- the | bor and imitated the old ‘‘rebel yell” ¢ in, T.know they will win, &l ‘Phe Earl's modest attire made him | exclaimed a. belle of the. Blue Grass o less conspicuous figure than if he had | State with the .delicious Sou!hm ac- lIid Sir i ¥ i 'Vlsitors and Res1dents : KnJ&ht C L. Martin, who was present at (he compentive drill of the Knights _'remplar twenty- one i yearsi '~ ago. “Didn’t we win'at the Old Bay Dis- trict’ track? That was the De Molay Corhmandery of “Louisville, .1t hap- |° :penedyears before you were born, my - deat, “But you will 'sée Kentucky in the [t ead, don't fear. We always have luck in‘Sap ‘Francisce.”. There was no abruptness about the | corps. | movements. of, the Kentucky Every. step was made in perfect ‘cadence. Over the lawn they strode to a - position ‘directly before the- judges. Sir Knight Frank T¥ehr raised his .sword - in salute. The next instant ‘twenty-seven shining ‘blades flashed in the sunlight. and were Jowered as though each was guided by the same force.. Note books in hand, the judges. Cap- | tain C. R. Howland, Captain T. A. Pearse and Lieutenant H. F. McFeeley, | ‘all ¢f the regular army, walked through the ranks of the Sir Knights surveying each with.a critical eye. .Inspection % ever, the Kentucky Templars went through the simpie but | effective evolutions prescribed by Sum- mer's Tactics. 4 L“MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.” . As edgerly as the damsels . who crowded the pavilions at the tourna- ments when kaighthoed was in flower, the Loulsville ladies watched their knights. When their.corps swung by in'lines that were perfect as geometri- cal designs, the women of “the finest State,in.the world, suh,” danced about |as they saw the éagle-eyed judges not- | Cincinnati, Ohio, on their small feet in wild excitement. It ‘wis ‘better than music to listen to the rrining comments in that soft ac- cent. : 'l:he_:udges shunned the p!-co Maneuvers of Unlformed ‘Knights “on Grassy Stre’fiches of: Golden Gate Park Event of Day That Is- Repiete -With - Ent;ertamxflent for to - where the IKentucky the Greek sailors shunned-the'sirens. Ve have fo.give aur deeistonfwit out fear orsfavor,” ,Said one ol theg ‘pressionable_men _in blue. “An ext Judgmient army officers moved to_the n on the field and'staid there. ‘When “the biigle sdunded recall t wodld _go glimmering.” band of Cglifornja. Commandery No. marched out to escort the Kentuckial h~auxxu stood as | decorated, banquet hall on the lower floor of Goldgn Gate Hall. Here long tables, were loaded down. with good things, and the officers refreshed them- . T | selves after the arduous work of the morning session. . The afternoon meeting started at {o'ck\ck, and the hearing of committes reports’continued. ' The Barl of Euston *was not present, he having been in- ivited to witness the drill corps compe- | tition at Golden Gate Park. ,.1 /The' remainder of ‘thel afterncon ses- h- lahce at those 1adies and clear headed | Sion was.devoted td hearing the report So'ifof 'the .committee on Templar juris- posi- {.prudence, whose members presented a voluminous report to the encampment. The report was accepted by the com- ! mandery and adopted. At the eonclu- sion of the action upon this committee | the_ 'session” adjourned ' to meet this he 1 ns to “their pavilion under the cypress trees. Sweetly and softly the brasses| morning at 10 o’clock. X | played * Old Kentucky Homge.” Its| The feature of to-day’s meeting will strains seemed to blend into the heat haze. Then, the delegation of the Bl Grass State was roused to a high pitc {of ‘enthusiasm. Joining hands, t | Southern beauties lined up near t | exXit "of the drill grotnds and sang t air: And we'll sing one song For my old Kentucky home, For my old Kentucky home, far away. The cheers of the thousands hushed when the song began. | ment .was all Kentucky’s. KNIGHT DROPS HIS SWORD. In compliment to the Youisvi | Knights, hamton, N. Y., m: to a medley of “Dixie” and the * | hee River.” ' ton the Knights of ‘crowded too closely together. [of the first’ commands one of . t Knights dropped his sword. ! were ! The moAE ! Malta Commandery of Bing- | some hed into the field | should occur, Deputy Grand Master Si Swa«lGeorse F. Moulton of Chicago will ‘While forming for lnspek, Binghamton | the next triennial. At one| Grand Generalissimo Sir be the general election of officers of the Grand Encampment for the next three years. The present grand mas- ter, who has occupied his exalted posi- tion at the head of the order for the last three years, will retire at the con- clusion of the conclave, and the grand | master who will be elected to-day will take his place. METHOD OF ELECTION. <Fcllowing the general custom of Templar elections in the Gravd Com- mandery, each of the following officers ; will move up to oecupy the position im- lle | mediately ahead of him, so that unless remotely possibie lschan- e ue | h he he he | lead the Templar organization during Following this plan, Henry W. he | Rugg of Providence, R. I, will become That ac-| deputy grand master, and Grand Cap- ‘cident _seemed to dishearten the others|tain Genmeral Sir William B. Melish of ing the mishap against them. For will become grand a| generalissimo. The office of grand _while their ‘ranks were a trifie un-|senior warden, made vacant by the Continued on Page 4, Column 6. Continued on Page 5, Column 2.