The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 21, 1904, Page 1

west wind. TEE WEATEER. Porecast made st San Fran- cisco for thirty hours exding | midnight, September 21: San Prancisco and vicinity— Partly clondy Wednesda: G. . WILLSON, Local Fozecaster, Temporarily in Charge. ; fresh 21, 1904. ONE SPIRITED CONTE —— THEE THEEATERS. Alcasar—*“Monbars.” California—"Zaza.” | Central—“Fallen by the Way- side.” ship.” Tivoli—The Serenade.” Chutes—Vaudeville. | Columbia—*"“Wizard of 0z." Pischer's— ‘Miss Mazuma. | Grand—“Princess Fan Tan.” Majestic—'"The Altar of Priend- Orpheum—Vandeville. Matinee To-Day. i "E FIVE CENTS ST MARKS ELECTION OF HIGH OFFICERS OF SOVEREIGN LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS GRAND SIRE CHOSEN AT FIRST CALL| —_—— Robert E. Wright Named by His Fraters. E. S. Conway Wins His Fight for Deputy. CONWAY WINS FIGHT PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETS. Editors of Odd Fellow Journals Hold Annual Session at Native Sons’ Hall 044 Fellows are holding tive Hall on Masor of the Interna- on of the Odd cers for the next g of the asso- night, when the hall to he organiza- ness of t yman of Columbus, during last reasurer of which numbers ! of 0dd Fellow the country, holds gs at the places where | of the Sovereign Grand | ss transacted last night | and consisted of hearing 'S meeting at g communica- ce of next year's meet- vet been designated bw, on to nominate | | ballot SCENE AT RECEPTION AND E TERTAINMENT GIV] Race for Second LAST EVENING AT"MECHANICS' PAVILION BY REBEKAH LODGES, THE AUXILIARY OF ODD FELLOWS. A5 Tl Place on Ticket Awakens Intense Interest. disc ular cand 10 the last o and on, and the ting the high the candidate to J B. Goodw this city has bee that There was with him in The ques- the post of the vali r who was not present ELECTION BEGINS, After much debate on the + was decided to proceed with question the the session during | of | | sary to elect an officer i election in the regular form, as if the | officer were pres and upon the first Robert right grand sire of the organization. The ceremony of installation must be per- formed within the week of the session by order of the constitution, therefore the session sent a telegram to Past Grand Sire T. C. Campbell of London Ontario, telling him to proceed to Al- lentown and install the newly elected grand sire. Until this is done Grand ire John B. Goodwin will remain- at the head of the organization and will direct the session throughout the week. The election of Grand was elected | Representative Yan- I feet and in inated E. 8. Hardly hen plac nominations tes. Rapidly follow- in short Representatives Brown while onnecticut, Vi and Page of ) he nomination of : £ came the nom- n of W. L. Kuykendall of Wyo- Representative Hughes of ad the applause died when Representat Randall of rominated G. Hoagland of Following these nomina- e seconding speeches from tives of Arizona, Georgia, In- rrit South Carolina, Mis- New Mexico, Wisconsin, Texas d Oklahoma FIRST BALLOT. After the four nominations had been m 11 slips of paper that were to the election of the deputy were distributed. The result of the vot- ing gave Conway 88 votes, Nolan 59, Kuykendall 38 and Hoagland 6. g s result necessitated the taking of a second ballot, as the number neces- constitution at ninety-six votes. the announcement of the result o first ballot Kuykendall of Wyoming withdrew from the race, followed by Hoagland of Nebraska. This threw forty-four votes upon the other two candidates, and the balloting began. After a few minutes of silence it was announced that E. S. Conway of Iili- nois had received 102 votes, while his opponent, J. L. Nolan, received 89. Conway was declared elected deputy | grand sire amid rounds of applause. OTHER OFFICERS ELECTED. Next came the election of the grand secretary, and Representative Gaunt of Sire-elect | Kentucky nominated J. Frank Grant, Robert E. Wright is unique, as it is | the present grand secretary. One ballot the first time in the history of the organization that the office has been filled during the absence of the candi- date. was taken and he was re-elected, this being the fourth time he has been se- lected for the office. Representative Thomas of Utah placed the present The excitement over the election of | grand treasurer, M. R. Muckle, for re- the leader was merely a preliminary warming up compared with the fight the Sovereign Grand Lodge. The of- | for the office of deputy grand sire. Im- ficers will be elected at later meetings | mediately after the rap of the gavel an- this week. nouncing that motions for the nomina- election to the post of grand treasurer. On the first ballot he was re-elected, this being the fifth time he has served the order in that capacity. On Saturday will take place the in- had { Repre- | seconding | Leuders of Washington | Repre- | + To-Day’s Programme [ 9 a. m.—Steamer excursion on the San Francisco Bay. Ar- rive at starting point at 4 p. m. | 10 a. m.—Sittinz of Sover- | eign Grand Todge in Native Sons' Hall. 2 p. m—Competitive drills by Cantons of Patriarchs Mili- | tant. Mechanics' Pavilion. 7:30 p. m.—Dress parade, Patriarchs Militant, Mechan- ics’ Pavilion. 8 p. m.—Decoration of Chiv- alry, Mechanics’ Pavilion. 9 p. m.—Concert, Mechanics’ | Pavilion. T | | | | stallation of the newly elected officers with the exception of Grand Sire-elect Reobert E. Wright, and then will come the filling of the appointive office These are assistant grand secretary. grand chaplain, grand marshal, grand guardian and grand messenger. By this time 2 clock had arrived and the representatives were fatigued with the excitement and suspense. After appointing that the. selection of the | next meeting nlace of 'the session shall be decided to-day, the session ad- journed until 9 o'clock this moérning. A R L Tt MASONS OF THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE GATHER IN BOSTON BOSTON, Sept. 20.—Masons from all of the Northern States who have attained the highest rank, the thirty- third ‘degree, gathered at Masonic annual meeting of the Supreme Coun- cil, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, for the Northern Masonic jurisdiction of the United States of America. Henry L. Palmer of Milwaukee, the sovereign grand commander, presided. The visitors included Right Hon. the Earl of Euston, Sir Fitzgerald Ma- tier, Sir Abraham Woodiwins, Sir Thomas P. Sipps Dorman, .Rev. Sir Charles E. L. Wright, Sir Thomas Freaser and Sir Alfred James Thomas, all prominent in British Ma- sonry. — e Weather “Sharps” in Convention. PEORIA, Ill, Sept. 20.—The first day’s session of the convention of United States weather observers open- eq in Bradlev Institute this morning. with Professor Willis L. Moore, chief of the United States weather bureau. in the chair. Papers were read on \aboratory work by Professor A. G. McAdie of San Francisco and Profes- Temple to-day for the ninety-second | y C alifornia Encampment Nominates Chiefs for Ensuing Year. The fiftieth annual session of the Grand Encampment of the Odd Fel- lows of California convened in ~0dd Fellows' - Hall yesterday morning. Grand Patriarch 'W. H. Woodbridge presided ¢ the session, and Grand Seribe William H Barnes occupied the secretary’s desk. The chief busi- ness of the morning was the reading | of reports of grand officers, the seléc- tion of a place of meeting for mnext I | | vear and the conferring of the grand | | dates. | | \ | | | | that of grand treasurer. encampment degree upon This and the reading of the reports evoked much enthusiasm from the assembled delegates. By a unanimous vote San Diego was chosen as the next meeting-place. At the afternoon sessions officers were nominated for the ensuing year. The only contest is for the office of grand junior warden. Grand Patriarch Woodbridge will be elected grand representative for a period of two years; Stanley A. Smith of Downie- ville will succeed him as grand pa- riarch; George Jesson of Watson- ville will succeed Smith as grand high priest; C. H. Burden of Sonora will be the next grand senior warden; Wil- liam H. Barnes will retain the office of grand secretary, and C. E. Benedict The grand trustees will be F. A. Week, E. Flan- ders and M. P. Forbes. The candidates for grand junior warden are H. W.| | Osthoff of San Francisco, H. F. G Wulff of Sacramento, Fred E. Pierce of Los Angeles. Captain Chappell Vallejo, F. E. Colley of San Jose and ¥. L. Turpin of San Francisco. A BANNER YEAR. In his report the grand patriarch | says: The ®ood work dome by former grand pa- | triarchs, the enthusiam that has -prevailed through the jurisdiction for the last years, and the coming session of the Sover- eign Grand Lodge in our midst, have resulted ! in my being able to present to you the greatest gains_in our history. The increase for the Year 1903 has been equaled but twice, namely in 1872 and 1876, and the numerical strength of the Patriarchs to-day is double the record of those years, and this is not all, for I am informed by the grand -scribe that the in- crease for the first six months of 1904 will be almost as much as the splendid gain for 1903. I am sure that this will be gratifying to you: it is to me and I am very grateful for the result. To the extent of my ability and opportunity I bave I for the best interests of the order and_while circumstances have prevented me- from doing all that 1 had hoped, yet I do feel that the lators perfo and ‘the visits made have been for good and the benefit of the T Wherever we bave met the Patriarchs, in their halls, at their business, or on-the street true |l welcome has been extended, {he’ memory_of which will be cherished . fo A deputy grand patriarch Frank, _district sor H. 8. Bigelow of Washington, D. C. | of District No. 37, having resigned, at my re- N L few | 102 candi- | | nell of N cepted the office. | | | | .Alameda, wman, Placerville, Oroville, veteran ty. accepted the discharged resigned iile, was appoin The report also includes a list of visitations made by the grand pa-| *h, and brief messages from the | ct deputies, all of which are very encouraging. district deputies is praised, the grana patriarch saying that he feels the or- der owes them a debt of gratitude, as good deputies result in good districts. but little for the order are few and far between. GROWTH OF ORDER. The renort of Grand Scribe William H. Barnes shows some interesting fig- ures. The year 1903 was prosperous, but the twelve months ending June 30, 1904, break the record. The grana scribe says: The golden jubilee anniversary of the Grand Encampment of California is held under most auspicious surroundings and circumstances 1904 is a red letter year on the Pacific Cos for fraternity for many reasons. and espe- cially is ft a marked event for American Odd " Fellowship from that reign Grand Lodge is in session In this at_this time and that the ing and greeting the veterans and eminent men from all parts of the national jurisdiction— those who have devoted their Mves, ard energies to the onward progres. mightiest fraternity the world h known—the Independent Orger of O¢ And while they come to this la Pacific, we of this Grand Encampment, for ocurseives and our subordinate bodies. not only welcome them, but we present the banner year of increase and show a progressive, loyal d patriotic host of those who dwell in tents and extend hospitality to the stranger. The patriarchal branch of the order Is be- coming kmown in Caiffornia. Our sessions at different potnts in the jurisdiction and the events that have been made attractive at those sessions have resulted in applications for mem- bership and good work. of the public gatherings in the name of the chal branch, have been of immense mefit, and having personally had the pleasure of be- ing present at a number of these notably at Ne Sacramento, San Jose. t | orchestra. after which President W | Watson, P. G. The work of the | | uniformed 1 membership | of the Golden State have the pleasure of meet- | REBEKAH DAY PRONOUNCED BIG SUCCESS Drill Corps Makes a Splendid Showing. Uniformed Ladies Apt Students of Tactics. Mechanics’ its t du the reception o t did the a slock the pol tendered by orders that owed the gal- 1 Sire Goodwin, who ar- and watched growing crowds with intense interest, remarked that “California always does large and this at- Dora Gard- Assembly the resuit Sure en the gall from th . and in vea there is nothing and fai headed women least against the cess, sired, viz., a women of Odd Fel : The evenipg's entertainment was openedvith a musical selection by t M.. and past grand rep- lled the Rebekahs to or- resentative, ¢ . re with a GROWTH OF ORDER. nd Sire Gardner was intro- shed Lo portly & San Francisco $ generosity. He spoke of the splendid reception accorded members of the Sovereign Grand Lodge by the people of the city and said that he had heard that San Francisco never did anyting half-way, and now he was convinced of the absolute truth of | the statement. DRILL BY REBEKAHS. Mrs. Caroline A. Hoxett of Gilroy read an original poem dedicated to the Rebekahs, and in the meanwhile the officers of the day were busy preparing Those who accept the position and do | the guests for the surprise of the even- of the San Franci consisting of twen ladies. The officers ¢ day were Mrs. wa Bergm Mrs Mary E. Donoho, Mrs. E. M. Cyrus and Mrs. Bessie D. Moore. Captain Allie Parker certainly had reason to be proud of her trim looking squad of cadets. The corps ent ed upon the main floor in column of three, and after passing once around the building formed company front at t grand stand, where they executed the manual of arms, or swords, for the - fication and amusement of Past Gra Sire Goodwin and his attendants. The ladies of the corps were dressed in short blue dresses trimmed with whife braid. Their cadet caps were of white and their high-top shoes were laced with white laces. The effect was very pleasing. Every ing—the drill Drill Corps, movement was executed with | precision, and the breaking of the com- pany from column of threes into col- umn of sixes and back again to column of threes was particularly well done. “Right by files” and “by the right and left flank” into company front brought forth great applause, but the prettiest movements were those of the fancy drill, when the corps showed what it could do in forming crosses, wheeling :ahout their right guide and executing The public. installations, the semi-public and | triar- | reversing circles. e'}he d:fi! corps held the attention of the audience for mere than half an hour. To-night the Washington and Sacramento cantons will give exhibition drills, and judgment may be passed on Continued on Page 3, Column 4. Continued on Page 3. Column 3.