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VOLUME 5. PORTLAND, ME., OCT. 15, 1914. NO. 30. I •

Grand . Published quarterly by Stephen Berry Co., lor, m; Wm E Tarr, sw; Wm M Drum­ mond, jw; Roscoe S Bosworth, sec. The leading officers of the Grand Chapter No. 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine Davis, 191, Strong. Diah Sweet, m; met at Riverton (near Portland) Sept 19th, Twelve cts. per year in advance. Charles E Richards, sw; William E Smith, and went over the work preparatory to com­ jw; Charles B Richardson, sec. mencing their visits of inspection of the 63 Established March, 1867. - - 48th Year. Temple, 25, Winthrop. Edwin T Clif­ chapters. It was a very pleasant day and ford, in; L D French, sw; G C Adams, jw; Advertisements $4.00 per inch, or $.3.00 for L Elwood Jones, sec. . the meeting was socially agreeable as well half an inch for one year. Asylum, 133, Wayne. Thurlow B Tar­ as beneficial. No advertisement received unless the advertiser, box, m; Frederick L Chenery, Jr., sw; Al­ or some member of the Arm, is a Freemason in bert W Riggs, jw; Frederick L Chenery, Dedication.

I’d like to tumble in a bed Rural, 53, Sidney. Edmund P Williams, George F. Giddings, Gr. Tyler Winslow E. Of feathers soft and warm— m; Clyde G Blake, sw; Charles S Taylor, Howell, with local brethren filling the other Secure beneath the old roof-tree jw; Arthur W Hammond, R F D 7, Au­ From trouble, fret and storm. gusta, sec. offices, including Leander M. Kenniston of I’d like to hear my mother’s voice Camden as Gr. Jun. Deacon. A very large Come up the entry hall: Oxford, 18, Norway. Wiggin L Merrill, “ It’s six o’clock, you sleepy head! m; Fred E Smith, sw; Raymond H East­ attendance of regular officers. And this is my last call.” man, jw; Howard D Smith, sec. The third degree was worked in the even- I’d like to hear the dishes clip Whitney, 167, Canton. Arthur M Pack- ing. Together down below, ard, m; Orletus C Fuller, sw; Almon L Po­ Where she fixed up the breakfast things land, jw; Alphonso F Russell, Jr., sec. Helped by .Alelinda Snow. Centennial. I’d like to rustle up the hair Day Spring, 107, West Newfield. Thos Of my dog. Towser, now— Bond, m; Albert J Shepard, sw; J Harold On Wednesday, August 26th, Freeport The best friend that a boy e’er had! Mitchell, jw; Harold C Moulton, sec. Lodge, No. 23, at Freeport, celebrated its So close to me, somehow. Chapter Elections. Centennial. The was repre­ Through all the days that come and go, No matter where I roam, Teconnet, 52, Waterville. Everett C sented by Grand Master Bodge, by the I’d like to hear his welcome bark Ward well, hp; Roscoe J Bowler, k; Her­ Grand Secretary, by Monroe V. Curtis, D. When I go drifting home. bert M Fuller, sc; Charles B Davis, sec. I’d like to take a week’s-end off— D. G. M. 14th District, a member of Free­ And so would you; once more Commandeiy Elections. port Lodge, by Wm. R. G. Estes, Senior Go back to lift the latch again Upon the dear old door. Portland, 2, Portland. George D Loring, Past Grand Master, made in Freeport Lodge com; Convers E Leach, geno; David E There snuggle close up to the folks in 1853, and by Past Grand Master Edmund In pleasant firelight: Moulton, capt gen; Frank W York, rec. There hear the mother-voice again B. Mallet, who delivered a historical ad­ Give you her fond “ Goodnight.” dress. The services were interesting, com­ —[New York Times.} Brethren who write the Gr. Lecturer for advanced information in regard to Schools mencing with a lunch, then addresses by the Master and Grand Officers, a roll call of MASONRY in riAINE. of Instruction must not be disappointed if they receive no answer. He sends out the lodge, historical address, speeches, and notices to 325 lodges, Grand Officers and then special work by the Past Masters. In Lodge Elections. members the instant the dates are fixed, the evening there was a banquet at Town St. Aspinquid, 198, York Village. Ar­ Hall, more speeches, and finally dancing. thur Il Baker, in; Edward C Cook, sw; and being overwhelmed with letters it is im­ Everett F Davis, jw; Willie W Cuzner, sec. possible for him to also personally write The next lodge to celebrate its Centennial Mt. Abram, 204, Kingfield. Lavella A each who asks. will be Phoenix, No. 24, at Belfast, Sept. 9, Norton, m; G Dane Vose, sw; Earl L Wing, 1916. A good time of the year, and we jw; Arthur C Woodard, sec. Supreme Council, N. M. J. hope for an invitation as it is 50 years since Vassalboro, 54, North Vassalboro. C The Supreme Council met in Chicago we have been there. Maurice Wyman, m; George L Hunt, sw; Merle R Wyman, jw; Melvin E Hutchin­ Sept. 15th. Statistics showed a member- son, sec. ship of 79,707, a gain of 5,000. The mem­ Templars at Eastport. Wilton, 156, Wilton. Harry J Trefethen, bership of the 14th degree is 87,205. A In accord with the of the Gr. Com­ m; Charles W Sharkey, sw; Charles A class of 68 received the 33°. mandery Gr. Ralph W. Crock- Cousins, jw; Fred E Trefethen, sec. Maine was represented by William C. ett, accompanied by Gr. Capt. Gen. Frank Mt. Bigelow, 202. Flagstaff. Maurice E Sampson, Stratton, m; Elmer A Sampson, Mason, Deputy, Albro E. Chase, Dr. F. C. R. Redlon, and Military Instructor Ander­ Dead River, sw; Philander M Taylor, jw; Thayer and William Freeman Lord. Dr. son, and by a detachment from St. Alban Walter E Hinds, sec. Thayer was made an active member in place and Portland , went to East­ Morning Star, 41, Litchfield. Henry Tay­ of the late Millard F. Hicks. port to exemplify the Orders for the benefit 234 MASONIC TOKEN, CCT. 15, 1914. of the Eastern Commanderies July 28th. itary bodies of that Rite that have ever were formed before 1820 and two others Blanquefort of Ellsworth, existed. since that year. All of these field or garri­ Considering the peculiar conditions under son lodges are now extinct. Hugh de Payens of Calais, St. Elmo of Ma­ which our Bodies work with During the reign of Emperor Francis of chias, St. Aldemar of Houlton, and St. their ever shifting membership, its growth Austria, Masonry flourished, to a limited Stephen Encampment of St. Stephen, N. B., has been phenomenal. It is but a little extent only in that country. After his over six years since the Army Chapter of death in 1765, the edict for the suppression were there and were received by St. Ber­ Rose Croix was instituted in the adjoining of was carried out relentlessly. nard of Eastport. The work of the Orders room with twenty-one members, two Military lodges formerly existed in Hol­ was much appreciated. There was also a of whom only are now stationed at Fort land, Belgium, Sweden, Russia and Poland, parade with 250 in line, lunches, a shore Leavenworth. We now have over 225 mem­ but so far as can be learned none were ever bers who are scattered almost all over the instituted in Spain or Portugal. dinner, a banquet, and a reception. East­ world. Then, our jurisdiction was confined In the armies of the United States, there port citizens *made a gala day of'it, and it to the narrow limits of the military reserva­ have been military field lodges during every was certainly a joyous occasion. tion of Fort Leavenworth, while now it in­ war that it has had. In the Revolutionary cludes every person in the military service War, there were ten regularly constituted of the United Statcs—be he soldier or civil­ lodges acting under warrants from vari­ Constitution. ian—and wherever he may be stationed. ous sources. Other so-called "Convention Limestone Lodge, No. 214, at Limestone, However, Ancient Craft Masonry has Lodges” were often formed at the winter on the New Brunswick border near the flourished in every army of every civilized camps such as at West Point, Newburg and country with very few exceptions ever since Valley Forge, which were merely assem­ Grand Falls of the St. John River, was con­ it first became a speculative art. Even in blages of masons brought together for social stituted Aug. l2th by Grand Master Thomas Italy, Austria and Russia, where Masonry or other purposes and which were without H. Bodge, assisted by Grand Marshal L. is now proscribed, military lodges at one power to work. It is said, however, that time existed. The written history of Ma­ Lafayette was made a mason by the Valley Elwood Jones, Grand Tyler. Winslow E. sonry shows that many soldiers of the armies Forge Lodge; Gould states that he was Howell, and local brethren filling the other of England, France and Germany were pat­ raised b\ the American Union Lodge at stations. rons of the art and that the high officials of Norristown. Masonry in those countries were frequently, This American Union Lodge became noted It was a very pleasant trip and an agree­ and in England, almost invariably, in the as the first one to propose that a General able occasion. military service at one time or another. On Grand Master should be elected for the the formation of the First Grand Lodge of United States and that Washington should Conventions, England in 1717, there were two generals, be such General Grand Master. This lodge ten colonels, four other field officers and worked under a warrant given by the British Sabattus, October 7, 1914. twenty-four of lower rank that were present Provisional Grand Master of North America Lodges of Instruction will be held this and took part in its organization. I and at the close of the war its Master took year as follows: The brief time at my disposal does not the charter with him to Marietta, Ohio. At Kittery, Wednesday, October 28,1914, permit going into the details as to the many Two other lodges now existing in the United military masonic lodges that have existed States were formerly military lodges, they at 10.00 o’clock a. m. in this and foreign countries or to mention having left their when moved to At Pittsfield, Friday, November 6, 1914, but a few of the famous soldiers who were other stations. One is now No. 3 of Troy, at 10.00 o’clock a. m. masons. The first military lodge, as far as N. Y., and the other is a lodge at Detroit, is known, was established at Gibraltar in number unknown. Instruction will be given at forenoon and 1728. This was a stationary or garrison The Grand Lodges of but two states issued afternoon sessions, and in the evening work lodge, in contradistinction to the ambulatory charters for military lodges during the late will be performed and the local lodges in­ or regimental lodges which were afterwards war with Spain, those being and spected by their Dist. Dep. Gr. Masters. formed. Later, in 1813, there were in the North Dakota. British Army 220 regimental lodges in the It is impossible to note here but a very It is expected of every Dist. Dep. Grand infantry, 68 in the militia, 46 in the cavalry, few of the many hundred masonic brethren Master that he shall attend at least one of 28 in the artillery, 3 in the engineers, 7 in who became distinguished as soldiers in the these Lodges of Instruction. the royal marines, then a part of their army, armies of the world. To mention a few, and 30 in the auxiliary arms, a total of over there were in the British Army, Welling­ All Master Masons in good standing are 400 military lodges. In several instances ton, Sir John Moore, Wolseley, Roberts, cordially invited to attend these meetings. there were two and even more lodges in a Kitchener, Sir Charles Napier, Edward Gib­ Fraternally, single regiment, generally, however, when bon, the historian and Sir Walter Scott, the the batalions of the regiments were serving eminent man of letters, both of whom served FRANK E. SLEEPER, at different stations. In one case, there in the earlier days as officers in the British Grand Lecturer. were three lodges in one batalion, each Service for many years. working under a charter granted by the Among illustrious soldiers of France who Benjamin H. Cushman, Secretary of Ris­ Grand Lodges of England, Scotland and were masons was Napoleon, who was re­ ing Star Lodge at Penobscot has died and Ireland. The English Grand Lodge code at ported to have been made a mason at Malta that time provided that "No military lodge Dr. Melvin A. Ward well has been chosen in 1798, Joseph Bonaparte who was Grand shall initiate into Masonry any inhabitant Master of France and the following Mar­ to fill l.is place. or sojourner in any town or place at which shals of France whose names are familiar to its members may be stationed or through all students of military history: Augereau, Masonry in the Military Service which they may be marching, nor any per­ Bernadotte, Kellerman, Masenna, Murat Address given before Army Chapter, Rose Croix, son who does not belong at the time to the and others of lesser distinction. Prince Fort Leaven worth, Kansas, by military profession, nor any military person Eugene was also a mason. Bernadotte Col. Ezra B. Fuller, W. M. below the rank of corporal, except as serv­ was Grand Master of Sweden to and ing brothers, etc.” after his accession to the throne. As to the subject assigned me, I have In France, military lodges existed as early In Germany, none of the more noted found little or nothing as regards the Scot­ as 1773 and probably at an earlier date as soldiers were reported as having been ma­ tish Rite in the military services of this or the records of the Grand Orient show that sons, with the single exception of Blucher. other countries. In fact, there is but one over 200 regimental lodges were granted However, every king of Prussia, since the reference, and that in Gould’s History of charters prior to 1787. time of Frederick the Great, with the ex­ Military Lodges, where he states that at the In Germany, field or camp lodges are now ception of Frederick William IV and the time—1804—Scottish Rite Masonry flour­ merely adjuncts of regular or stationary present German Emperor, were masons. ished in France, the Count de Grasse was lodges and only exist in time of war. The Frederick the Great was Master of his at the head of that Rite in that country, first traveling military lodge in Prussia was Lodge, Grand Master of Prussia and at the and that many of the French Army were of organized in 1768. It was known as " The head of Scottish Rite Masonry of that coun­ that Rite. Furthermore, Gould does not Flaming Star Lodge” and late, in 1779, be­ try. mention in any part of his work that any came a stationary lodge at Berlin and exists There is a long list of distinguished Amer­ Scottish Rite Lodges have ever existed in as such at the present time, its membership ican soldiers who were masons, the greatest any foreign army. I am, therefore, con­ being composed entirely of military men. being the Father of our country. Major strained to believe that the Army Scottish Twelve field lodges, as they call them, were General Joseph Warren, who was killed at Rite Bodies here at Fort Leavenworth have organized in Germany between 1778 and the Bunker Hill, was Grand Master of Massa­ the unique distinction of being the only mil time of the battle of Waterloo. Five others chusetts. Of his death it has been written: MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1914. 235

" This was the first grand offering of Amer- eral Woodruff, had him attended to and began immediately to rebuild the Temple ican Masonry at the altar of liberty and the complied with his dying requests. and City, and Ezra tells us that upon their ground floor of her temple was blood-stained One thing more and I am through. Since at its eastern gate.” Other of the Revolu­ I have been an officer and a mason, I have arrival, they " built the altar of burnt offer­ tionary War heroes who were masons are but known two officers who believed, and so ing and offered sacrifice,” yet, this in itself "Light Horse Harry” Lee, the father of expressed themselves, that Masonry in the would not necessitate a building or tent for General Robert E. Lee; Israel Putnam, army where officers and the enlisted men " Mad Anthony ” Wayne, Baron de Kalb met on an equality, was subversive of mili­ in both Tabernacle and Temple the altar of and Lafayette. tary discipline. sacrifice was always in the open court; yet General Jackson was the only noted ma­ During the over forty years that I have as the priests and Levites were there and son of the War of 1812, as far as I can been an officer and a mason I have yet to " all the religious ordinances of Moses were learn. He was afterwards Grand Master know of a single instance where an enlisted of Tennessee. Sam Houston and Stephen man took advantage of the fact that we were observed ” it is not at all unlikely that a Austin, the liberators of Texas, were ma­ both masons to overstep the strict require­ "ohel” or tent was erected for worship. sons as was also the noted David Crockett, ments of military courtesy in our communi­ —[Ark Temple Bulletin.] Worth and Quitman, leaders in the Mex­ cations before the outside world. ican War, were masons, the latter having been a Grand Master of Mississippi. To quote from an address from a distin­ Our Masonic Exchanges. guished mason and surgeon of the British The following are but a few of the ma­ Army: American Freemason, Storm Lake, Iowa, sons who became distinguished during the Civil War: McClellan, Hancock, after whom " I have ever fancied Masonry as a sort monthly $2. our Mother Lodge is named; Banks, Raw­ of rosy wreath that might be entwined Craftsman, Newark, N. J., monthly, $1.00. round the iron pillar of military discipline, lins, McClernand, Logan, Pickett, Robert Crescent, The, St. Paul, Minn., mo., $1.50. Anderson of Fort Sumpter fame; Garfield, imparting a grace and beauty to its form, Duluth Masonic Calender, Duluth, Minn., McKinley, , Miles, and last but without impairing its integrity of strength; not least, General John Corson Smith of my since it is a system utterly abhorrent of op­ monthly, octavo, 20 pp. pression and insubordination, encouraging native state. This celebrated mason and Eastern Star, Indianapolis, Ind., mo., $1. attachment to the officer, and even devotion, masonic writer served in every grade from Freemason, The, Toronto, Ont., Canada, Private to Brigadier General and later be­ should be be a brother, at the same time came Lieutenant Governor and Grand Mas­ that it enhances the self-respect of the sol­ monthly, 50 cents. ter of Illinois dier by making him feel that in consequence Gavel, The, Portland, Ore., mo. octavo$1.50 of his moral worth, there is a point at which There are numerous instances on record he and his military superior may be on a Globe, The, Gravette, Ark., mo., 25 cents. where in time of war, masons have helped, level, where the good qualities of both may Illinois Masonic Review, Arcola, Ill., mo., aided and assisted their masonic brethren become prominently known to each, and $1.00 who were their foes in arms. There is one where neither would obtain a place unless noted in the last issue of the Fort Leaven­ under the tongue of good report, well Kansas City Freemason, weekly, $1. worth News, which, if true, is as remark­ vouched for and true.” Long Island Masonic News, Brooklyn, N. able as any that has come to my notice. —[Square and Compass.'] York, semi-monthly, $1. This is a case of a Union soldier who had received his first and second degree only in Masonic Bibliophile, Cincinnati, O„ mo. $1. his home lodge in New York. Later he Masonic Sign Saves Fifty Citizens’ Masonic Chronicler, Chicago, Ill., w’kly, $1 Lives. was captured and sent to a southern prison. Masonic Home Journal, Louisville, Ky., While a prisoner there, the third degree Ostend, Belgium (via London), Sept. 23. was conferred upon him by a local lodge at bi-monthly, $1. the request of the home lodge in New York. The power of Freemasonry is illustrated by Masonic Journal, Richmond, Va., mo. $1. Not long after receiving his third degree a story told here by a citizen of Louvain, Masonic Monthly, Philadelphia, Pa., $1. this prisoner escaped in some manner which who, with the masonic sign, says he saved he has always refused to disclose. Masonic News, Peoria, Ill., monthly, $1. fifty of his citizens from being shot Gould reports many other cases of a sim­ Masonic Observer, Minneapolis, w’kly, $1. ilar nature where masons were assisted while to death by German troops. Masonic Review,Tacoma, Wash., quarterly. captives. While I believe it is proper and This group of citizens, according to the Masonic Standard, New York, N.Y., wky, $2. right for a mason to furnish a brother with recital of the Belgian mason, had been lined Masonic Sun, Toronto, Ont., monthly, $1. the comforts and necessities of life while a up for execution. The German firing party prisoner, to aid him while sick or wounded, Masonic Tidings, Milwaukee, Wis.,mo. $1. or to carry out as far as is in his lawful had their rifles at " present arms,” when Masonic Voice-Review, Chicago, Ill., mo., power, his dying requests, as has often been the narrator gave a masonic sign. The Ger­ $1.50. done, yet I fail to see how a soldier can law­ man officer commanding the firing squad fully or rightly aid him in making his escape. Masonic World, Kansas City, Mo., mo., $1. A soldier’s first duty is to his country and happened to belong to the craft. He rec­ New England Craftsman, Boston, Mass., a mason cannot and should not commit any ognized a brother mason and ordered the monthly, $2. act which conflicts with his duty to God or Louvain mason to leave the ranks. • This his country. New Zealand Craftsman, Wellington, New Of the numerous reported instances where meant sparing his life. The Louvain citi­ Zealand, monthly, 10s. =$2.50. a mason has made himself known on the zen, however, refused, saying: Scottish Rite Bulletin, Louisville, Kentucky, field of battle, there is one which I have " My fellow citizens are no more guilty monthly, 50 cents. heard from two different sources. In a than I am. If you are going to kill them, I recent work on the battle of Gettysburg it Scottish Rite Herald, Dallas, Tex., mo. 50c. is reported that General Armistead of the shall be killed with them.” South Freemason, Los Angeles, Confederate service fell mortally wounded The German officer thereupon ordered the Cal., monthly, $1. in Pickett’s charge just as they were being release of the entire party. — [Louisville driven back. According to this report a Square and Compass, Denver, Col., mo., $1. Sergeant of Cushing’s battery reported to Post.] , New Orleans, La., an officer of the battery that a wounded monthly, $1. General lay nearly in front of the battery ., The Tabernacle. Tennessee Mason, Nashville, Tenn., mo.,$l. who had said something which to him was There is no direct allusion in the Bible or unintelligible but which the officer recog­ Texas Freemason, San‘Antonio, Texas, nized as a masonic appeal for help. They in Josephus to the "Tabernacle erected by monthly, $1. carried the General to the rear, cared for our ancient brethren near the ruins of King Trestle Board, San Francisco, Cal., mo., $1. him as best they could and later carried out Solomon’s Temple.” It is entirely a ma­ Tyler-Keystone, Owosso, Mich., mo., $1. his dying request. The late General Carle Victorian Freemason, Melbourne, Victoria, A. Woodruff, beloved by all of us as the sonic tradition, and yet like all tradition it Australia, bi-monthly, 10 s. 6d., $2.64. father of Hancock Lodge and of our Lodge must have had some basis upon which it Virginia Masonic Journal, Richmond, Vir­ of Perfection, related this same incident to was built. me several years ago but stated that the ginia, monthly, $1. When Cyrus liberated the Jews, they re­ Sergeant recognized the appeal and had the What Cheer Trestleboard, Providence, R. general carried to the rear, where he, Gen­ turned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel and I., monthly, 50 cents. 236 MASON1C TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1914.

is apt to be rain, while just before the full in Detroit June 11th. Born in Manchester MASONIC . TOKEN, the moon is at its best and the neap tides April 10, 1856. bring fair weather. PORTLAND, MAINE. Charles BruertoN Jack, Grand Master Dr. Bial F. Bradbury, of Norway, is sur­ of Utah in 1910, died in Salt Lake City June STEPHEN BERRY CO., PUBLISHERS. geon in charge of. the Red Cross steamer 4th. He was born in Albany, Ohio, April which sailed, from New York Sept. 5th. He 21, 1854, and was a lawyer. He was Grand Ten Years in a Volume. is a Past Grand Master of the Grand Coun­ Secretary in 1913, and was Correspondent in Lodge and Commandery, and a brilliant ESTABLISHED MARCH, 1867. cil and was in the Spanish War. one. 48th YeaR. The James D. RichardsoN, Sovereign Grand Volume 5 commenced July 15, 1907. Met in Chicago Sept. 14th, Leon M. Ab- Commander of the Southern Supreme Coun­ bott of Massachusetts presiding. A resolu­ cil, died at his country home in Murfrees­ MAINE MASONIC TEXT BOOK. tion was adopted requesting the Gr. Lodge boro, Tenn., July 24th, aged 71 yrs. 4 mos. at Edinburgh to appoint Bro. Abbott as 14 days. He was born in Rutherford Co., By Josiah H. Drummond, P. G. M. Provincial Grand Master to succeed James Tenn., March 10, 1843, and was a lawyer. Sixth Edition, D. Richardson, deceased. The banquet was He served in the Confederate Army during Revised by HebbeRT Harris, P. S. G. W. an elaborate function and distinguished the Civil War. He held important offices, orators spoke. Maine was represented by and was twenty years in Congress and was A new edition, bringing the decisions up to Wm. C. Mason and Frederick C. Thayer. a democratic leader. He was Grand Mas­ 1910, and incorporating them in the Digest. ter and Grand Hgih Priest of Tennessee. The first part is unchanged, but all after Summer Visitors. He was the head of the Royal Order of Scot­ page 252 has been reset, including the in- John A. Perry, Gr. Secretary of Pennsyl­ land in the U. S. dex, so that it is the most convenient way vania, called on us July 20th on bis way to Feed WashboN, P. G. M., P. G. H. P., to study the law. Quebec. and P. G. C. Gen. of Kansas; died at Har­ In leather tuck, $1.50 Walter H. Young, of Brooklyn, N. Y., per July l2th, aged 47. called July 29th. He was visiting Orr’s In cloth for library, 1.40 ENOCH MooRe, Grand Master of Dela- Island and brought five boys with him this ware in 1911, Deputy Grand High Priest in Sent postpaid on receipt of price. year to give them an outing. 1890-01, died July 26th, aged 72. STEPHEN BERRY CO., Publishers, Charles C. Hunt, Editor of the New York AlfRed L. Palmer, Senior Past Grand Standard and Grand Secretary of the Grand 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. Commander of Washington (1888), died at Chapter of New York, gave us a pleasant Seattle Aug. 19th. Born in Mina, N. Y., call Monday mrrning, Aug. 3d. He was Any lodge officer or member of the Grand June 11, 1835. He was a lawyer and was leaving for home with his family. Lodge can obtain a copy of the Constitution a lieutenant in the 12th Iowa Infantry in Sept. 17th brought David K. Reed, the by remitting the postage, a three cent stamp, the Civil War. to the Grand Secretary. genial Grand Secretary of the Grand Chap­ ter of West Virginia, who was attending William A. Alexander, Grand Com­ Any member of the Grand Chapter, Coun- the general Convention of the Red Men, of mander of Alabama in 1890, died in Mobile cil or Commandery can obtain the Constitu­ which he is the general grand treasurer, or May 13th. Born in London, England, Dec. tions of those bodies in the same way. Great Keeper of Wampum. The weather 21, 1837. He was the first to build a prac­ was charming and he said they had enjoyed tical submarine boat. Secretaries should instantly report their meeting here. AugustiNE T. Smythe, Grand Master of the election of officers, if they have not South Carolina in 1878, died at Flat Rock, done so, that communications, &c., may Obituaries. N. C., June 24th. Born in Charleston Oct. be sent to the proper addresses. William Sphiggs, Grand Commander of 5, 1842, and was a lawyer after serving in North Dakota in 1911, died at Grand Forks the Confederate Army through the Civil June 10th. Born at Elyria, Ohio, July 3, BelgRade is being shattered by Austrian War. He was the Senior Past Grand High 1863. He was Senior Grand Warden of the guns. We wonder if the , Priest. which the Belgradians appealed to the world Grand Lodge and Grand Scribe of the Grand George B. FRANCE, Grand Master of to build, will be destroyed. Chapter. Nebraska in 1888, died at York Aug. 16th. Llewellyn Clay Marshall, G. H. P. We appreciate an invitation to the cele­ Born in Ohio Jan. 10, 1837, and served in of Oregon, died in Albany June 14th, aged bration of the 75th anniversary of the Gr. the Federal Army in the Civil War. 71. Born near Springfield, Ill., Oct. 12, Lodge of Illinois in Chicago Oct. 13th at Henry Bostwick, Grand High Priest of 1843. He was Grand Commander in 1897. Medinah Temple, which will have been a Kentucky in 1870, died in Covington Aug. notable occasion. GeoRge C. JohNStoNe, Grand Master of 20th, aged 87, having been born at Hart­ the Grand Council of Pennsylvania in 1881, ford, Conn., Nov. 14, 1827. He served Bro. Ora E. Chapin of Chicago announces died at Pittsburg June l5th, aged 76. Born through the Civil War as Orderly Sergeant that on account of the war the project of in Whitehaven, England, July 3, 1838. in the 41st Kentucky Infantry. He was building a masonic edifice for the Panama ChaRles Lord Filed, Grand Commander also Grand Master in 1874, Grand Master fair at San Francisco is given up. As $750 of California in 1907, died at his country of the Grand Council in 1874 and Grand was the amount Maine was called upon to home near Atherton June 17th. He was furnish that will be quite a saving for char­ Commander in 1873. In 1880 he was elect­ Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1887. ity. ed General Grand Scribe of the General He was Grand Representative of the Grand ' Grand Chapter U. S., and in 1877 was ap­ As we have said before, Stated Meetings Council of Maine, and was made in Temple ; pointed Grand Captain Guard of the Grand should be on or before the full moon and Lodge, Westbrook, Me., March 30, 1867. Encampment. not after it, because the moon rises too late George P. McMahon, Grand Master of JoiiN CRameR Riheldaffeh, Grand Com­ after the full and with the high tides there the Grand Council of Michigan in 1896, died mander of West Virginia in 1896, died in MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1914. 237

Charleston Aug. 8th, aged 57. He was born Address George L. Schoonover, Anamosa, An archaeologist who confines his atten­ in Wheeling Nov. 29, 1857. He was Grand Iowa. tion to Egypt or any one corner of the earth High Priest in 1897. is likely to suffer from a lack of sidelights Records of the Past. William W. Weight, Grand High Priest and a comprehensive view. The same num­ of Nebraska in 1905, died at Beatrice Sept. In Records of the Past for January-Feb­ ber of this magazine contains an article on 11th. He was born in Monroville, Ohio, ruary, 1914, Dr. Flinders Petrie gives an the ruins of a Guatemalan site, namely Na- April 8, 1857. account of the excavations at Tarkhan, a kum, in the most important center of Maya site entirelj’ free from modern plundering, culture. The main group of ruins is about Wilbur S. Comstock, Grand Master of being unsuspected by the dealers. Tarkhan, 1350 feet, from north to south, and 1000 Connecticut in 1913, died in East Haddam which the Egyptian Research Account ac­ feet, from east to west. As is well known Sept. 10th, aged 65. He was born in East quired, lies about two hours’ railway jour­ to students of Theosophy, these American Haddam Aug. 16, 1849, and was an insur­ ney above Cairo. Fifteen hundred graves remains have to be considered in connexion ance agent. ' have been opened and over six hundred with the African, Asiatic, and other vestiges Rev. James C. W. Coxe, Past Grand skeletons measured. The age is just before of humanity’s past, if we are to arrive at a Prelate of the Grand Encampment U. S., and after the beginning of the lst dynasty. just conception of history.—[The Theosoph­ died at Los Angeles, Cal., July 28th, aged Yet— ical Path.} 77 years, 19 days. He was Templar Cprre- Altogether this population at the begin­ spondent of Iowa from 1893 to 1902. ning of the history of Egypt was apparently The Story of Five Dollars. well-to-do, and possessed better things than Clakk Varnum, Grand Commander of are made in Egypt to-day. So far from Bro. Smith worked for it and earned it, Iowa in 1887 and ’88, died in Hart, Mich., being an age of dim barbarism the people along with a good many more. He did not Aug. 22, aged 68. were well off, with much taste, and owning actually need it, so when he met Bro. Jones ornaments that are still beautiful to the Derrick BrowN, Gr. High Priest of New taste of men 7000 years later. From the and three little children at Christmas time York in 1906, died in Poughkeepsie Aug. Palermo stone we also know that they had and discovered that Bro. Jones was too poor 31st, aged 76. Born Dec. 3, 1838. Served precise historical reckoning, and a register to indulge his babies in presents that year, ot the annual Nile flood; while from the in the 128 N. Y. throughout the Civil War. historical mace-head we see that a complete the five dollars went for joy-bringers to the He was a newspaper man. numerical system was used with special Jones family. signs up to millions. Later, Bro. Jones got work and insisted The Grand Lodge of South Australia is This record of high civilization, art, and on paying the money back to Smith. The about to erect a temple in Adelaide and in culture, 7000 years ago (if no older—but latter looked at him quizzically and said: laying the corner-stone proposes to have a archaeologists are continually p utting back " Bro. Jones, since you insist on paying setting maul composed of wood from all their dates) tends to negative favorite theo­ me that money to ease your conscience, and quarters of the world, for which purpose it ries of the derivation of the human race and I don’t want it and wont have it, I will make has asked contributions from all its corre­ to confirm the teachings of Theosophy. a bargain with you that will satisfy both of spondents. From Maine we have sent them Such a single fact as this about Egypt might us. Instead of paying me the five dollars, a piece of mast-pine, from a tree such as ap­ not of itself invalidate the anthropological I authorize you to pay it to the first person pears in our State Seal, Bro. Eugene C. theories; but such facts accumulate more you find who needs it, as you did when I Smith of Portland kindly getting out the and more, and all tend in the same direc­ paid it to you.” little slab from a piece of wood which he tion. According to the writer these tombs It was agreed that this should be a settle­ sent 150 miles for. belong to a time when new arrivals were ment of the debt Bro. Jones insisted he settling in Egypt and inaugurating what he owed Bro. Smith. Some time afterwards a The San Francisco Board of Relief reports calls the dynastic period. An examination stranger in distress asked Bro. Jones for for 1914 paid $147.29 for Maine lodges and of the bones leads him to the conclusion aid, and after ascertaining that hii needs received back $85. that the arrivals were mainly men, the fe­ were genuine, the five dollars were turned male skeletons being those of the former over to him. P. G. M. Elmer P. Spofford, who went to inhabitants of the region. These arrivals "Stranger,” said Bro. Jones, "I owe Boston for radium treatment, has gained by evidently brought with them their culture, this five dollars to another man, who has it in strength and weight, and is going home but whence? Egypt was probably the home instructed me to pay it to you. When you to Deer Isle for a month for the benefit of of many different civilizations, perhaps as are through with it, I ask that you do like- his native air, when he will resume the miscellaneous as those which occupy the wise. Give it to the first person who needs treatment. earth to-day, and its history introduces us it as you need it now.” to the study of an ancient cycle of human­ The stranger went his way, and in due The Los Angeles Board of Relief report ity on a large scale, and not to anything time paid his debt to another in distress for 1914 gives as paid for relief to masons like a primitive state. with the same injunction to give it to from all jurisdictions $18,801.92. Received Dr. Petrie gives us an account of the care­ another. In this way that five dollars is from all jurisdictions$10,862.06. They paid ful method of tabulating finds and results still traveling around the world doing good. for Maine $70.00 and received back $32.00, employed by the excavators, and describes It has fed the starving, clothed the naked, of which $22.00 was from St. George Lodge, the graves, of which some were merely cov­ encouraged the despairing and brought sun­ Warren, and $10.00 from Rural Lodge, Si

The Fringed Gentian. district; General John Brewer of Robbins- who are not fathers or brothers take an ton, 15 miles away, was the first command­ active interest in the boys of the neigbor-

In thee, bright mirror of the autumn skies, er of a revenue cutter on this station. hood? Do we realize our solemn duty to Is heaven’s dear blue betrayed to downcast eyes. The masons have to-day one of the finest the rising generation, the great privilege of Earth wears tbee as a queen her sapphire crown, When, royal still, she lays her sceptre down. brick blocks in this section, and are having winning the confidence and love of some Nature’s last gift thou art. How fair, how dear! Dropped from the chill hand of the fading year. a new steam heater installed, new plumb­ boy who will make of us his hero, be happy The sun, beloved of the passionate rose, ing, steel ceilings, and painters and carpen­ in our society, and come to us with his joys Sought all in vain to break thy calm repose; ters are at work on the interior this month. and bis sorrows? Do we appreciate the in­ The soft south winds carressed thee, and the showers —[Express-Advertiser..] fluence on our own lives that such a com­ Wooed thee with tears to join the world of flowers; Vainly did Summer all her glories give; panionship would produce? How it would Only the frost’s first touch could make thee live. Books, Papers, etc. turn back the hands on the dial of time, Ah, there are lives that never bloom aright compel from us more circumspect conduct While e’er the sun of happiness shines bright, The Illinois Masonic Review is a new 8 No summer joy fulfills their highest need, page paper published at Arcola, Illinois, and speech in order to fit us as worthy ex­ Nor shows the way life’s deeper meanings lead. Only at Sorrow’s touch their souls unfold, commencing Sept. 1, 1914, monthly at $1. amples and companions for our adopted Revealing all the sweetness that they hold. —[Susan Marr Spaulding.] brothers. Iowa GRAND Lecturers.—The Iowa cor­ respondent, Charles C. Clark, has the fol­ We could be of incalculable good to the Premiums.—Any brother who will pro­ world if we would seek out some boy or lowing to say about teaching the ritual, un­ cure subscribers for us, remitting not less group of boys and be to them in very truth der Georgia: than $1 at a time, may retain one-fourth of “Big Brothers,” bringing into practical use "The committee reported against a Com- the money for his services. Those who mittee on Work and a Grand Lecturer. the splendid teachings of our Order and wish to assist us, without caring for the Some such scheme is indispensable if the helping in a practical way to solve one of premium, can gratify some indigent brother best results esoterically are to be attained. the greatest problems of the times—the boy Without such aids, the average brother is by sending him a paper free. It is better too apt to seek knowledge in the pernicious problem. to take subscriptions for two years. cipher, and in some respects is not to be Our splendid organization of one hun­ blamed. A Grand Lodge owes to its mem­ bership the means of acquiring an accurate dred and seven lodges and more than nine 2^=The following lodges pay §1, $2 or $4 knowledge of the secret work. In Iowa thousand masons should be utilized for this a year, receiving 11, 22 and 44 copies of the such work is in charge of a Board of three splendid work. Your committee would sug­ Custodians, who examine ambitious breth­ Token respectively, to distribute to the mem­ gest that this idea of Brotherhood to the ren and commission such as are found thor­ bers who are promptest in attendance: oughly qualified. These brethren are styled boys of North Dakota be adopted by the Copies ‘ District Lecturers.’ Such a system in use masons of this grand jurisdiction as a prac­ St. Andrew’s, Bangor, 22 for about twelve years has produced about tical working idea, and that this grand body Temple, Westbrook, 11 eighty brethren who are sources of informa­ end its hearty support to the movement.— Hancock, Castine, 11 tion and inspiration. Since the system was Ira Berry, Bluehill, 22 adopted we have never been troubled with [Report Committee Good of Order North Rising Virtue, Bangor, 22 the suggestion of a cipher, while before that Dakota, from Library Bulletin.'] Kenduskeag, Kenduskeag, • 11 it constantly cropped out.” Ira Berry Chapter, Pittsfield, 22 The Old Boys. Pioneer Lodge, Ashland, 11 Big BROTHER Movement. — The " Big Lincoln Lodge, Wiscasset, 44 Brother” movement is a direct outgrowth By John Whicher. St. Aspinquid Lodge, York Village, 11 Olive Branch Lodge, Charleston, 11 of the juvenile courts, and your committee To my mind, there is no more endearing Hiram Lodge, South Portland, 11 desires at this time to call attention to this term than that of " The Old Boys.” They Casco Lodge, Yarmouth, 11 grand body and through it the attention of have passed through much that the young Somerset Lodge, Skowhegan, 11 McKinley Lodge, McKinley, 11 individual masons of North Dakota, to this men have yet to learn by painful experience. concrete opportunity of carrying into vital That "Charity,” that comes only with long What lodge shall be next added ? effect the fundamental idea of brotherhood. experience with the world and the trials and There is not one of the one hundred seven temptations of life, is theirs by right of Birthplace Eastern Lodge, F. & A. M., cilies and villages in this state in which our conquest. A clean life, an open mind, a in 1SO1, at Eastport. particular lodges are located which does not pure heart, an eager intellect, an enlight­ EastpoRt, Oct. 9.—Built more than 113 present many opportunities for this splen­ ened perception, a brotherliness for one years ago on Todds Head, the most easterly did work. Numberless homes there are in another, a readiness to give and receive in­ point of land of this extreme easterly city North Dakota where a brutal, careless or struction, a courageous, patient and toler­ of the state, and yet in an excellent state of indifferent father is creating conditions ant opinion, a brave declaration of princL preservation, the old Masonic House (known which must ultimately drive his boy to do pies, a defence of all those unjustly at­ as the Bucknam House) was where Eastern some criminal act. Ours is the opportunity tacked, a constant, steadfast eye and pur­ Lodge of F. & A. Masons of Eastport was to aid that father to see his duty to himself pose to the grand ideal of human life and instituted on Aug. 11, 1801, and the records and to his family. Ours is the opportunity its unfoldment as taught only in the great of more than a century ago are preserved to throw around those boys the influence school of experience—these are the golden and are of considerable interest to masons. for good which will combat and defeat the stairs, up the shining steps of which the feet It was originally called Mantuan Hall, and forces for wrong which are driving these of the younger boys have been guided by among the original petitioners for a charter boys into the yawning doors of our penal the "Old Boys,” into the innermost sanctu­ were the following men who took leading institutions. Are we taking advantage of ary of the "Temple of Wisdom.” The parts in the early history of Moose Island, these opportunities? Are we doing our young boy is prone to look upon the world later called Eastport: Daniel Putnam Up­ duty as men and as masons in pointing the and all that in it is, as a constant " strug­ ton was the first’lawyer of Eastport; Oliver way to the vicious parents or to the delin­ gle”—to gain advantage over his . Shead was the first representative to the quent boy? A friend of mine, some years ago, uttered general court; Frederick Delesderner was The boy of to-day is the man of to-mor- these words: "I believe that there is a the first postmaster as also first collector of row is a very trite saying, yet few of us higher purpose in life than the constant United States customs of Passamaquoddy realize how true it is. How many of us struggle for wealth and place and power— MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1914. 239 that he who scatters flowers in the pathway from Francis E. White, Omaha, Gr. Sec. IT’S TIME TO TJIKE of his fellow-man and lets into the dark Thomas M. Davis, Beaver City, G. M. 262 places of life the sunshine of human sym- lodges, 21,122 members, 1646 initiates. A blood purifier and tonic. House­ pathy, is following in the footsteps of the clean your system with the true New HampsiiiRE.—Grand Lodge May 20, ‘Master.’ I believe that a smile is better 1914, from Harry M. Cheney, Concord, Gr. “L, F. ATWOOD’S BITTERS” than a frown, sunshine better than clouds; Sec. Stephen S. Jewett, Laconia, G. M. Young and old can always depend that laughter is the sweetest music in the 79 lodges, 10,782 members, 465 initiates. on this fine old remedy to immediate- world and life without it a dreary waste. I Gr. Chapter May 19, 1914, from Harry ly-relieve constipation and sickness of believe in good fellowship and that it is our M. Cheney, Gr. Sec. Joseph E. , all kinds. They are the family physi­ duty to turn aside, now and then, from the Exeter, G. H. P. 26 chapters, 4512 mem­ cian and great household remedy in cares and anxieties of life, to sip the honey bers, 219 exalted. thousands of homes. Try them to­ from the flowers of pleasure.” The "Old Gr. Council May 18,1914, from Harry M. night. You will feel better to-morrow. Boy” is a growth—and necessarily a slow Cheney, Gr. Rec. John F. Webster, Con­ 35c. a bottle at your dealers. growth. He reminds me of the most beau­ cord, G. M. 15 councils, 2593 members, Cape Porpoise, Me. " I have used a good many bottles of ‘L. tiful product of nature I ever beheld. It 117 candidates. F.’ Atwood’s Bitters in my family and it was a magnificent magnolia tree, in the gor­ New YORK.—Grand Lodge May 5, 1914, regulates our stomachs and has saved us geousness of full bloom. At the apex of its from Edward M. L. Ehlers, New York, Gr. many doctor’s bills.” Geo. F. Seavey. pyramid of dark green foliage there grew a Sec. Geo. Freifield, Brooklyn, G. M. 826 blossom—pure, white, perfect. As I stood lodges, 186,179 members. and drank in the beauty of this masterpiece Washington and Prints. I thought of the complete and harmonious NORTH Dakota.—Grand Commandery Washington (portrait) Masonic “ He was a April 21, 1914, from Walter L. Stockwell, brother of the mystic tie ” and the emblems of working—the unity of the forces of nature, the three degreas—Fredericksburg Lodge Arms. Fargo, Gr. Rec. John W. Carroll, Lisbon, &c...... SI .50 which, taken together, had culminated in the Geo. Washington, Masonic portrait and em­ beautiful bloom. I noted that the blos­ Gr. Com. 14 commanderies, 1548 mem­ blems, 1789—1889,...... •...... • 50 cts. bers, 152 knighted. Washington (portrait) Masonic Memorial Ob­ som rested upon a twig, and the twig upon servance, Mt. Vernon Dec. 14, 1890, of the 100th Anniversary of the deatli of the Wor. Bro. Geo. a limb, the limb upon the trunk of the tree, VERMONT.—Grand Lodge June 10, 1914, Washington, this is a Work of Art,...gl.00 and this in turn upon a great black root, | from Henry H. Ross, Burlington, Gr. Sec. These Medals are all Bronze. burrowing down deep in the earth, away Chas. H. Darling, Burlington, G. M. 103 Washington Mark Pennies of different chapters, from the sunlight and beauty of lawn and lodges, 13,874 members, 577 initiates. 50 cts. sky. I thought of the little hair-like ten­ Grand Council June 9, 1914, from Henry WASHINGTON PRINTS. drils which shot off from the roots out into H. Ross, Burlington, Gr. Rec. Ferris R. A steel plate engraving, 10 x 12, as a Master Mason...... 75 cts. the soil, and of their gathering from the Vaughan, Brattleboro, G. M. 16 councils, In India proof print, §1.25. This bears the seal of Fredericksburg Lodge, and dates of Initiating. bosom of " Mother Earth ” the sustenance 1537 members, 63 candidates. Copy of an old Wood engraving, Washington as which nurtured into growth and bloom this President,...... 50 cts. West ViRginia.—Gr. Commandery May “Washitngon’s last Interview with his Mother,” splendid tree. Roots, trunk, limbs, foliage, 20, 1914, from Francis E. Nichols, Fairmont, Steel plate Engraving, India print, size 29 x 36. This is a rate Engraving. Price ten dollars. twigs and blossoms were in reality all one Gr. Rec. J. Talman Waters, Charleston, ROBERT SNEIDER CO., —a unity of effort that produced complete­ Gr. Com. 21 commanderies, 3922 members, Engravers and. Publishers, ness of expression. "The Old Boy” is 295 knighted. 61 Fulton St., near Cliff, NEW YORK. much like the tree—and he is a product, not Wisconsin.—Grand Lodge June 9, 1914, of a day, but of years. He is an inspiration | from Wm. W. Perry, Milwaukee, Gr. Sec. to the younger generation to march "eyes Bernard F. Keeler, La Crosse, G. M. 303 ' right,” with heart and mind ever fixed on lodges, 29,243 members, 1888 initiated. the goal of right-doing. The good deeds CINMftWLIII GO., of the "Old Boys” are like fragrant flowers DIED. CINCINNATI, OHIO. in the. desert and bloom perpetually. The lesson of their lives is a tower of strength, JOHN SCULLY in Portland July 27, aged 69. A THE FINEST REGALIA PLANT ON EARTB. and the brightness it recalls is as a lode-star member of Portland Lodge and other bodies. in the heavens, guiding the " Young Boys” JOSEPH WILLIAMSON in Augusta July 3u, Masonic Goods. through the storms and tempests and tempt­ aged 45. ations, and pointing to the path of duty as EDWARD A. WALDRON in Boston Aug. 28, men and as citizens.—[Trestle Board.'] aged 63. Separate Catalogues for FRED J. WHITING in Old Town Sept. 8, aged 65. Secretary of Star in the East Lodge. MASONIC LODGES, Our Thanks. JOHN BURR in Freeport Sept. 21, aged 78. A R. A. CHAPTERS, owa I .—Grand Lodge June 9, 1914, from member of Freeport Lodge, Cumberland Chap­ Newton R. Parvin, Cedar Rapids, Gr. Sec. ter, Mt. Vernon Council, St. Alban Commandery R. & S. M. COUNCILS, Charles W. Walton, Dubuque, G. M. 602 and Maine Consistory. A valuable mason and COMMANDERIES K. T. lodges, 49,550 members, 3266 initiates. citizen. ERNEST F. CROCKETT in Portland Sept. 29, TEMPLAR UNIFORMS, KENTUCKY.—Gr. Commandery May 20, aged 25. A member of Ancient Land-Mark 1914, from Alfred H. Bryant, Covington, Lodge. ORDER EASTERN STAR, Etc. Gr. Rec. Mason P. Brown, Frankfort Gr. CHARLES F. LONGMAN in Bangor Sept. 30, Com. 33 commanderies, 4987 members, aged 62. Member of Waterville Lodge, Past Send for any desired Catalogue. Mailed free on application to 320 knighted. High Priest of Teconnet Chapter, member of St. Omer Commandery. MARYLAND.—High Priesthood 1914, from THE CINCINNATI flECALU GOMPANV, John H. Miller, Sec’y. John M. Carter, OREN T. DESPEAUX in Brunswick Oct. 13, aged 65. Former Sheriff of Cumberland County. A REGALIA BLOCK, Baltimore, President. member of United Lodg,e, St. Paul’s Chapter CINCINNATI, OHIO. NebRaska.—Grand Lodga June 9, 1914, and Dunlap Commandery. 240 MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1914.

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