1922 Proceedings - Grand Lodge of Missouri, Volume 1 by Missouri Freemasons

OLAF A. LUCAS Kansas City Grand Master 1921-1922

BIOGRAPHICAL OLAF A. LUCAS Grand Master 1921-1922. Of the long list of names, on the roll of the Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, none is more deserving to be classed with the great and distinguished than that of Olaf A. Lucas. Doctors, Lawyers, Governors, Me:rchants, Farmers, all were true and faithful to the high ideals of Freemasonry. In this line of honor Judge Olaf A. Lucas stands. PERSONAL. He was born on a farm near Monmouth, Illinois. His grandfather, Marsham Lucas, came from Kentucky and settled in Illinois in the early history of that State. Calvin Lucas, the father of Judge Lucas, was born in Illinois, and was an extensive farmer and stock dealer. His mother's maiden name was Haimah Jane To~nsend, and her birth-place was Cold Spring, New York. Judge Lucas spent his youth on the farm and shared in the work .and attended the country schools. as opportunity afforded. With a desire for more preparation for life's work he entered Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. He was gradu!lted therefrom in 1885 when the jealous mistress of the law claimed his attention and he entered Union College of Law at Chicago, now the Law From this School of Law he was graduated in 1887.

Dep~rtment of the Nortli'western University.

He came to Kansas City, Mo., in 1887 and began the practice

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of his profession; to which he strictly adhered up to the time he was selected for a position on the bench. markable growth of Kansas City.

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Judge Lucas was married· to Miss Daisy Wiles, of Covington, Kentucky, a da.ughter of Rev. P. B. Wiles. A daughter was the only child in this happy home, Virginia Wiles Lucas. Recently she was married to Ames Pattison R:ogers, and their home is in Abilene, Kansas. All the family are members of the Linwood Boulevard Christian Church. In 1910 Brother Lucas was elected Judge of the Circuit Court, Division No.2: for Jackson County, Missouri. He still fills the position.

His. happy disposition, earnest friendliness and good-

heartedness make him a favorite among those who are acquainted with him. MASONIC. •He first saw Masonic Light in Kansas City Lodge, No. 220, A. F. & A. M., Kansas City, Missouri. He was initiated January 30, 1893; passed February 27, 1893; and raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on April 3, 1893. He served his Lodge as W<>rshipful Master for the year 1897. He has served as Treasurer of the Lodge for the past twenty years. CHAPTER. He was adva'nced to the Degree of Mark Master in Kansas City Chapter No. 28, R. A. M., May 4, 1893; Received and Acknowledged a Most Excellent Master, May 18, 1893; Exalted to the Sublime Degree of the Royal Arch, July 20, 1893.. He served his Chapter as High Priest for the year 1899. ROYAL AND SELECT MASTER. He was advanced to the Rights and Honors of a Royal Master and greeted as a Select Master, December 17, 1902, in Shekinah Council No. 24, R. & S. M., Kansas City, Missouri.

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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. He was Constituted and Crel:\.ted a Companion of the Illustrious Ordrr of the Red Cross, May 11, 1914, and' made a Knight of Malta, May 18, 1914, in Kansas City Commandery, No. 10, K. T., Kansas City, Missouri. GRAND BODIES. Companion O. A. Lucas was Consecrated and Set Apart to the Holy Order of High Priesthood 'at the Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter R. A. M. of Missouri in Kansas City, Missouri, April 28, 1914. At the Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter in 1906 he was elected Grand Master of the First Veil. He continued to advance until at the Annual Convocation held in Joplin, Missouri, April 27, 1915, he was elected by a unanimous vote Grand High Priest. Hi~ term was filled with important business. In his Annual Address on closing his term of service he made a number of suitable remarks among which we find the following: "I render my grateful acknowledgment for the assistance of those Companions loyal and devoted to the work throughout the State that qave helped to make the year a success. Ma'sonry is judged, by the world at large, by the character of its membership. They are, or should be, as individuals foremost in everything that makes for the best in our social and political life, should stand and be known as the best citizenry of the State." Th.e Grand Lodge of Missouri, at its Annual Communication in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 21, 1921, elected Brother Lucas Mos,t Worshipful Grand Master of- the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. He has given faithful service. SCOTTISH RITE BODIES. He is a member of the Consistory of Western Missouri at Kansas City, Missouri, and is a 32째 member.

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THE SHRINE. He is a member of Ararat Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and is now filling the office of

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PHI DELTA PHI. He is a member of the' Phi Delta Phi, a Legal Fraternity.

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PRELIMINARY TO OPENING The following enjoyable program was rendered by the Masonic Orchestra of St. Louis, assisted by the officers and the children of the Masonic Home.

Tuesday, October 11, 1922, 9:00 A. M.

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Music Our Country, "America" 1\'larch, "Aida" Overture, "Freischutz"

Chorus, "The Star of Long Ago"

Smith.Carey Verdi Weber Lillian Ray

Words of Song "The Star of Long Ago." There is a noble band of sisters and brothers, Bound by a chain with links of purest gold; Love is their emblem, and service, their watchword, All striving for a common goal. Chorus: Their Star of Hope is ever shining, As on that blessed morn When Truth's Light did shine with a radiance divineAnd the Christ Child to th~ world was born. Gathered in Love close to these sisters and brothers, Dwells a dear family in a blessed Home, God is their Guardian and Peace ever reigneth, Love sent the Star which for them shone. Chorus: Children of the Home. 5. 6. 7.

Scenes Pittoresque Chorus, "Dear Old Daddy Wagg<>ner" Children of the Home. Our Flag, "Star Spangled Banner"

Massenet Girls of the Home Key路Arnold

Orchestra composed of members of the Masonic Fraternity under the direction of Brother Henry J. Falkenhainer, of Olive Branch Lodge No. 576.

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION

OF THE

GRAND LODGE ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE

STATE OF MISSOURI HELD IN ST. LOUIS

COMMENCING OCTOBER 17, A. D. 1922 A. L. 5922

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND . ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE

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ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI

The One Hundred and Second Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted l\1asons of the State of Missouri convened at Alhambra Grotto, 2626 , South Grand Avenue, St. Louis, l\1issouri, Tuesday, OctoQer 17, 1922, at 10 A. M. PRESENT O. A. LUCAS

BERT

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JOSEPH S. McINTYRE ORESTES J\lrrcHELL

'A. HALL R. JESSE R. l\1cLACHLAN

\\TILUAM FRANK

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ARTHUR MATHER

V. Loos

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B. LANDON \V. \\T. MARTIN

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JOHN PICKARD ANTHONY BYRNE

ROBERT

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SAMUEl__ R. FREET RAY

BURRIS

D]~NSLOW

JENKINS

COMBIl~ SMITH

HARRY

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M. W. Grand Master R. rv. Deputy Grand A! aster R. W. Grand Senior Warden R. W. Grand Junior Warden R. lIf!. Grand Treasurer R. W. Grand Secretary R. W. Grand Lecturer R. W. Grand Chaplain R. rv. Grand Chaplain R. rv. Grand Chapla.in R. T1I. Grand Senior Deacon R. W. Grand Junior Deacon R. W. Grand Senior Steward R. W. Grand Junior Steward R. rv. Grand Marshal R. W. Grand Marshal R. W. Grand Sword Bearer R. W. Grand Pursuivant R. W. Grand Orator R. W. Grand Orator R. W. Grand Tiler

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OPENING At ten o'clock A. 1\IL the ':Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, was opened in AMPLE FOR!vI by Most Worshipful Grand Master ,0. A. Lucas, aided by the other Grand Officers. The opening ode America was sung by the Brethren. Prayer of thanksgiving and Invocation for Divine blessing and guidance in the deliberations by R. W. and Rev. Bro. John H. :MiIler, Grand Chaplain, as follows: Dear Lord, Our God and Father; we ascribe all praise to Thee and adore and worship Thee. We thank Thee for life, health and prosperity, and pray for the forgiveness of our sins. .; We come with the plea of earnest though greatly disturbed hearts, for we hear thy call to the defenders of our nation. Help us, we entreat Thee,' to rise to the high calling of thy voice for the defense of liberty, righteousness, godliness, and tlle right to worship Thee according to the dictates of our own hearts. We remember thy loving kindness for the inmates of our Masonic Home and pray that thy hand will ever lead them. For the children of the Home we wish happiness and lives of usefulness when they have gone into the world ~o make homes of their own. Confer thy blessing on the officers of the Home for their fidelity. We thank Thee for the preservation in health of all of the Grand Officers, and may their work be approved of Tliee. Remember the homes of Masons made desolate by the death of the father who was a Brother among us. Let thy grace rest upon the proceedings of this Grand Communication and to Thee be glory forever. Amen.

CREDENTIALS The Committee on Credentials reported as follows: . St. Louis, Mo., October 17, 1922. Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri: I have the pleasure of reporting that a majority of the lodges of the State are represented. L. H. ABRAMS, Chairman, Credentials Committee. Therefore, a constitutional number being present, the Grand Master declared the Grand Lodge open for the transaction of all business that might properly come before it.

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ADDRESS OF THE GRAND MASTER The Most Vvorshipful Grand Master O. A. Lucas, presented the following address which was referred to the usual committee composed of all past Grand ~asters present with l\iI. Vi. Bro. A. 1\1. Dockery, Chairman: To the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: My dear Brethren: Agreeable to the requirements of our By-laws the time has arrived for me 'to make a report of my official acts for the seemingly few brief months that I have been vested with auth0X:ity. The duties -have been a great pleasure to me and I hope not without some benefit to the fraternity. Times have been strenuous and much to militate against a large growth for the year. We' have, however, had substantial growth in numbers. There were added during the year 3,989. The brethren, as I have come in contact with them, evince an earnest interest in the Order, and the outlook is most promising. There seems to be a general desire to improve their halls,and do such things as work for more pleasant surrounding and attractive meeting places. There never was a time, in my judgment, when those outside the fraternity looked to it as a great power for good and a stabilizing influence in the fitful times through which our old world seems to be passing. Our ideals are high, our teaching constructive. We must live Freemasonry and not talk it. Let us practice out of the Lodge those dutie'S we are taught in it, stand firm on the rock of the brotherhood of man. In broadening this tenet selfishness must be reduced and a greater uplift to ourselves thereby given, and the world at large convinced of the goodness of the Institution. Until craftsmen themselves recognize the true value and standing of Freemasonry, its power, in the world of men, must be weakened. Let us wipe off the cobwebs of archaism and vitalize the Order, get up to date, put Freemasonry to work. By this I do not mean the abandoning of ancient landmarks, but rather the abandoning of any idea that our sole purpose is the perpetuation of these. "Faith in God and the unseen is what the world most needs. That is the faith Freemasonry proclaims, but its power to affect the world, to leaven its materialism and indifference, lies in the life lived by its members."

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Are we to be repressive or are we going to be expressive? We must be alive and alert with dynamic energy, for civic betterment, good government, broader patriotism, and the absolute maintainence of lIberty and law. The spirit of the Declaration of Independence still lives. We should be the standard bearers of the gonfalon of its principles, lead society in all good works and be the first to frown down all insideous and destroying influences. Make public men understand that more than 100,000 chosen men of Missouri stand for free education, law enforcement and for the fundamental principles of our Government, which, without mixing in party politics, we propose to maintain. As expressed by Most Worshipful Brother William N. Ponton, Grand Master of Canada: "And men co-operating together make the Nation. Let us have faith i~ our fiber, fullfilment in our words. Let helpfulness be our rudder and let us steer by the stars of comradeship and good will and strong will in the valley of decision. We must build not for the hour but, we hope, for all time-without compromising the truth along lines of least resistance." . . The main purpose I had in view this year was the creating of a greater spirit of unity in the organization; more of the feeling that we are a part of the organization as a whole, rather than 路a particular Lodge or District. We will never function effectually as individual units, it is only as a solidarity that we can make our influence felt. Let us subdue' all envy and jealously that may attempt to creep in and "join in promoting each other's welfare, and rejoicing in each other's prosperity." With this desire in mind let us address ourselves to the affairs of our brethren, and may this Grand Lodge meeeting with its associations and friendships formed, be one long to be remembered. NECROLOGY First, let us pause to record those who have dimitted to the Celestial Lodge above. The all-devouring scythe of time moves ceaselessly in its measured sweep. W,e are called on to note at each gathering the absence of some with whom we have worked and toiled; whose acquaintance has been an inspiration, whose friendship was as a refreshing oasis along life's journey. They go with our benison and benediction. Most Worshipful Brother Joseph C. Finagin, Past Grand Master, died at his home in, Portsmouth, Virginia, on the 2nd day of November, 1921, and was buried at Fort Norfolk, Virginia, with

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full Masonic rites by 'Seaboard Lodge No. 56 of'that jurisdiction. Most Worshipful Brother John W. Bingham, Past Grand Master, died at his home in Milan on the 11th day of July, 1922, and was buried in his home city on July 13th, 1922, with Masonic honors. On account of high waters I was unable to get to his funeral. There were no trains from Kansas City to Milan for several days at that time. Right Worshipful Brother' Austin L. McRae, Grand Senior Deacon, died at his home in Rolla on the ,18th day of March, 1922, ,and was buried March 20th, at his home city with Masonic honors bi the Grand Lodge, Right Worshipful Brother Bert S. Lee, Deputy Grand Master, officiating, assisted by Most Worshipful Brother Frank R. Jesse, Past Grand Master. I did not get ,notice of the funeral in time to attend. Memorials were prepared and sent to all Lodges in the State. and will be printed in the proceedings. The, Committee on Necrology will present tributes to their memories. COMMISSION TO GRAND REPRESENTATIVE I appointed as Grand Representative of Missouri, near the Grand Lodge of New York-Right Worshipful Brother Max C. Shivitz, New York, New York. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES I have recommended for appointment as Grand Representatives of Foreign Jurisdictions near this Grand Lodge the following: Cuba, James H. Scarborough, Warrensburg; Delaware, H. R. Mason, Marceline; New South Wales, Robert Y. Goggin, Kansas City; Ohio, Fred O. WOod, Kansas City. VISITATIONS On the night of November 5th, 1921, my own Lodge. Kansas City, No. 220, tendered me a banquet. There were some present from every Lodge in the city and many out of town guests. There were five hundred or more present. My appreciation of the good will of the brethren of my Lodge and city is hard to express. and one can but feel what words cannot say, as expressed by the poet, "There are waves far out on the ocean, That never can break on the beach; There are waves of human emotion, That can find no expression in speech." My visitations to separate Lodges will not number so large as have been recorded by some Grand Masters in the past, but I

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doubt if any Grand Master has had the pleasure of meeting with and addressing so many individual Masons. I feel sure it would approximate from one-third to 0n.e-half of OUr membership. On the night of February 15th, 1922, I presided at a tiled meeting in Convention Hall, at Kansas City, of some fourteen or fifteen thousand Masons. It was an inspiration and an education. The good accomplished was incalculable. Such gatherings knit us closer together and make us realize our strength and power for good. Most Worshipful Brothers Kuhn, Kreeger, Boor and Jesse, Past Grand Masters, ~ere present; also, Right Worshipful Brothers Mitchell, Freet, Loos, Mather and Skelly. Most Worshipful Brother George L. Schoonover, Past Grand Master of Iowa, and Right Worshipful Brother Fred V. Loos, made addresses. On the .night of April 10th, 1922, I attended a similar meeting at St. Joseph, where there were some four thousand or more present. I think it was fraught with much good. Most Worshipful Brother Corona H. Briggs delivered an adq.ress. On the night of May 10th, 1922, another grand rally was held at Joplin with some five thousand present. It was held in the pavilion in a park with guards stationed to see that none passed or re-passed except duly qualified. The De Molay band provided the music. It was an earnest and attentive meeting. Right Worshipful Brother Arthur Mather gave an address. A similar meeting was held at Springfield, May 11th, but I was not notified in time to attend. Right Worshipful Brother Mather gave an ad.dress there, also. On the night of March 18th, I presided over a meeting in St. Louis, at which we had an attendance of about fifteen hundred. On November 21st, 1921, I attended the Masonic Festival held at Springfield. On that day it was under the auspices of the Lodges of that city. It brings together a large gathering from all over that part of the State and makes for a very enjoyable occasion. On July 26th, I attended a joint meeting of all the" Lodges in the Thirteenth District, at Laclede. Hospitality was unbounded and it was a meeting to be enjoyed and will aid to extend the Masonic spirit. Right Worshipful Brother Arthur Mather was present and it being the home of路 Most Worshipful Brother Clay C. Bigger, Past Grand Master, of course his jolly face was "smilin'

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through." Brother H. R. Mason is a live wire in this District and a moving spirit in the organization On August 31st I attended a joint meeting of all the Lodges in the Twenty-fourth District. Brother Churchill J. Blackburn is secretary of the association and an energetic worker for Masonic co-operation. Other Lodges visited are: Missouri 1 St. Clair , 273 Clinton 548 Granite 272 Ivanhoe : 446 Kansas City 220 614 Mt. Washington 218 Good Hope Liberty 31 Censer 172 Corinthian 265 Northeast 643 Blue Springs' 337 Marceline 481 Carroll 24·9 Barbee 217 Temple 299 Westport 340 Summit :263 Raytown 391 Buckner 501 Christian : 392 Grain Valley 644 Independence 76 MeDonald 324 Heroine 104

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On January 13th, I attended the Lodge of Instruction in the Twenty·second District in company with Right Worshipful Brother J. R. McLachlan, Grand Lecturer. September 22nd, 1921, I dedicated the hall for Missouri Lodge, No.1, assisted by Most WorshipfUl Brother R. R. Kreeger, Right Worshipful' Brother J. R. McLachlan, and others. October 4th, 1921, I consecrated, constituted and set to work under their charter just issued by the Grand Lodge, Country

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Club Lodge, No. 656, and dedicated their hall. There was a large attendance from the other Lodges of the city. Their outlook is most promising. October 25, 1921, I consecrated, constituted, and dedicated the hall of Alpha Lodge, No. 659, and set them to work under their charter just issued. They are energetic and the field is most promising. April 2nd, for Northeast Lodge, No. 643, I dedicated a new; hall, large and commodious, well furnished and with appointments that make it desirable. October 4th, I dedicated a new hall for Higbee Lodge, No. 527. This Lodge shows enterprise and activity and certainly is to be congratulated on acquiring a home of its own. We had a large gathering, many brethren from neighboring Lodges being present. A sumptuous dinI).er was served to all, and a very enjoyable evening: spent. There were about three hundred present. â&#x20AC;˘ October 10th I met with the Lodge of Instruction of the Thirty-third District. There was a large gathering and it was its final meeting for the.year. Under the very efficient management of Right Worshipful Brother Skelly, and the thorough and conscientious work of Right Worshipful Brother Austin, an earnest interest has been maintained up to the last. The brethren of St. Louis are to be congratulated on the sincere character of the men who have been selected to attend to the welfare of the organization, and the tenets of Freemasonry will not suffer from neglect with the spirit extant that now prevails. There surely will be no deterioration in the line officers coming on as I observed it at a meeting with the Wardens' Club on the night of October 13th. There was a large repre.sentation of its membership and the interest was sincere and the spirit of "who best can work and best agree," was clearly manifest. DISPENSATIONS On January 12th, 1922, a dispensation was issued to start Brotherhood Lodge, Under Dispensation, at St~ Joseph, and on March 6th, 1922, for Herculaneum Lodge, Under Dispensation, at Herculaneum. Many other dispensations of various kinds and for various purposes were issued and will show. in the Grand Secretary's report and need not be inentioned 'here. Many applications for dispensations were refused. Some of

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the brethren, if they want to do something, seem to think all tha t is necessary is write the Grand Master for a dispensation, and that as a Czar or Potentate he governs without restriction or limitation. A little reflection or industry applied to acquiring Masonic knowledge would relieve of much correspondence. REQUESTS I received many requests to' pass on the eligibility of candidates, with some physical defect. Many of these are hard to路 solve when described. The brethren themselves who see the applicant are best able to judge, and should settle all such questions among themselves. Many applications were made .to shorten time between degrees, all of which were refused. The Grand Master has no authority to grant same. I received requests to lay corner-stones for churches on Sunday. I had to refuse these under action heretofore taken by the Grand Lodge. But in my judgment it is ~high time for the Grand Lodge to depart from this puritanical stand. W.e say to our church-going members, "it is all .right for you to go as a churchman and do these things, but you can't go as a Mason." It serves to destroy our effectiveness by being criticized as narrow, while our teaching and purpose is to the contrary. To the same effect is our refusal to allow St. John's Day services to be ~eld on Sunday by providing some other day when it falls on Sunday. This day is the most appropriate, and we can rely on the good sense of the brethren not to let it interfere with church services. Then, too, reques路ts to turn out on Decoration !?ay sh<?uld be left to the Grand Master to grant if deemed advisable. We claim to stand preeminently for our Government, shouldn't we be the first to stand ready to pay respect to the memory of those who gave their lives to perpetuate it, when so many of our own membe~s are among the number? DECISIONS AND RULINGS Question. Charges were preferred against a brother, the charges were not specific enough. The question, should accuser be allowed to amend them? Answer. Yes. 2. Question. Can a Lodge adopt a By-law making only those t:ligible between the ages.. of twenty-one and fifty-eight years? Answer. No, would conflict with Grand: Lodge By-laws. 1.

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3. Question 1. Has the Grievance Committee the right to summons the accused before it? A. No; Q. 2. Has the Grievance Committee the tight to invite the accused to appear before it? A. Yes;_ Q. 3. Has the Grievance Committee the right to notify the accused that he may appear before it if he so desires? A. Yes; Q. 4. Has the accused the right to appear before the Grievance Committee? A. No; Q. '5. Has the accused the right to have witnesses on his-behalf voluntarily appear before the Grievance Committee? A. No; Q. 6. Has the accused the right to have witnesses in his behalf summoned before the Grievance Committee? A. No; Q. 7. In the event, if for any of the above reasons, it is ruled that the accused may appear before the Grievance Committee, has the Grievance Committee the right to question him, that is by way of cross-examination? A. Yes; Q. 8. In the event if ~or any of the above reasons the accused may appear before the Grievance Committee, may the Grievance Committee members testify at the trial to admissions made by the accused before the Grievance Committee, whether a voluntary statement or in answer" to questions asked by the Grievance Committee? A. Yes. 4. Question. Lodge collected dues in July, 1921, on the then Grand Lodge dues. January 1st, 1922, increase of seventy-five cents by Grand Lodge became effective. Do we have to pay the increase? Answer. Yes; nothing to prevent Grand Lodge from making laws that may have an ex post facto effect. 5. Question. On the question of a waiver of jurisdiction all members do not vote, all voting, vote for,it; is jurisdiction waived? Answer. Yes. 6. Question. A brother received his Fellowcraft Degree, September 14th, 1915, and never passed a proficiency examination. June, 1922, he applied for a certificate of dismissal to join a Lodge in another jurisdiction. Can it be given? Answer. No; he must be reinstated in the Lodge first. 7. Question. Is a Master Mason who has not passed his proficiency examination in the Third Degree, in good standing in the Lodge and qualified to serve as a member of a trial jury? Answer. No; 8. Question. Under Section 247, page 63, By-laws, can we draw twenty-four names so there may be plenty to qualify? Answer. No; if you could draw twenty-four you could draw sixty. 9. Question" A brother plead guilty in the criminal court to manufacturing intoxicating liquor: Question 1. Must we wade through all the. trial code where

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court record shows him guilty? A. Yes, but a certified copy of court record may be offered in evidence; Q. 2. Is there some way the Lodge can get rid of him if he waives all rights? A. Yes. If he will, in writing, plead guilty and agree that the Lodge may take the matter up at any meeting it sees fit, and without notice, and expel him; Q. 3. How is the shortest, easiest way out? A. Answer to question 2 answers it; Q. 4. Can the Lodge expel him at once, if he makes the request? A. Yes. If the request be made in writing so there can be no dispute over the fact and such request kept in the record. 10. Question. What is meant by Masonic discipline in Section 129? Answer. That it would be a violation of Masonic Law and the party disobeying ~he requirement would be subject to have action taken against him and such punishment meted out as is mentioned in Section 256. 11. Question. Brother was expelled by his Lodge; after several years, applied for reinstatement, but was kept out by four or, five votes. Then he petitioned the Grand Lodge and by it was restored to good Masonic standing, and given a certificate to that effect. What does this mean? What Masonic privileges does it confer? Can I apply to a Lodge, other than the one where I live for membership? Am I allowed to visit a Lodge? Does it require an unanimous vote to be reinstated? Answer. You may apply to any Lodge in Missouri that you may desire for affiliation. There is no prtlvision in the law for the length of time you have privileges under a certificate of good standing from the Grand Lodge. There is a provision in other cases on certificate from the Grand Lodge, Section 179, where they are good for one year, by analogy, absent any law, I should say yours is good for one year from last session of Grand Lodge. To be admitted into membership of a Lodge will require a bright vote. 12. Question. What is the meaning of Section 263; who is accuser, the person making the charges or the Lodge? Answer. The Lodge. Section 254. 13. Question. Will you give permission to the Worshipful Master and Warden of a Lodge to visit a trial in another Lodge? Answer: No; if objected to you must retire. Grand Master has no authority to override the pleasure of the Lodge, unless presence of some one is required for a specific purpose. 14. Question. Entered Apprentice Degree given a candidate, now lives in foreign jurisdiction and wants to affiliate; how can we

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dismiss him? Answer. Grant him a certificate of dismission as provided in Section 180. 15. Question. Does an Entered Apprentice lose good 'standing i,f he fails to advance in one year? Answer. Yes. 16. Question. Is a Fellowcraft passed in June, 1915, never presented himself for examination, and now lives in jurisdiction' of another Lodge, entitled to certificate of dismissal? Answer. No. 17. Question. A certificate of good standing was issued to a brother who in due time joined another Lodge. No request was made for a dimit. Is his election void and is he still a member of the first Lodge? Answer. No; he cannot be held responsible for the failure of the secretary to attend to his duties. A dimit should now issue as of the date of ,his election and dues adjusted. 18. Question. A candidate is unable 'to conform to the ceremonies of initiation. Will you issue a special dispensation? Answer No; there is no authority. 19. Question 1. A member of our Lodge, who was granted a dimit about two years ago, now applies for affiliation, without a dimit or letter of good standing, claiming that he did not receive this dimit. Can we accept petition for affiliation? A. No; Q. 2. He asks for a duplicate dimit. Can we grant this and then accept the petition with this duplicate dimit? A. Yes, if your record shows it was issued. And it should be of original date and marked duplicate; Q. 3. A petition for affiliation from a Lodge under the jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge of another State than Missouri, .received December 26, 1920, ballot to be taken the latter part of January, 1921. Must this petition be accompanied by $10.00 or $20.00 for the Masonic Home? A. Twenty dollars. 20. Question. Charges are preferred against a brother. A suit is -pending in the circuit court involving many of the sam~ matters. Should we await the result of the circuit court action? Answer. The trial should proceed, if evidence is at hand of unmasonic conduct, irrespective of any proceedings pending in a civil court. 21. Question. ,Charges were presented December 13th, 1921. Can we wait until after January 1st, 1922 and proceed under new law? Answer. Yes. 22. Question. I received a dimit from my Lodge May 15th, 1918, never have used it. Can I reinstate myself by returning it and paying dues to the Lodg~ from its date? AJ:.1swer. No; you would have to petition and attach your dimit, exactly as if you came from some other Lodge.

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23. Question. Certain By-laws were sent me for approval. Answer. The Grand Master or Grand Lodge do not have to approve By-laws; you can aoopt such as you like, so long as they do not conflict with the Grand Lodge laws. 24. Question. Does a brother with a dimit from another State have to pay the Masonic Home fee, in seeking to join a Lodge in Missouri? Answer. Yes; if prior to January 1st, 1922. 25. Question. A brother lost his store by fire; had only $2,700.00 insurance; loss amounts to $5,000.00. Lodge asks if it can make an appeal to all Lodges in the State for help for him? Answer. No.' 26. Question. A brother received his Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft Degrees in another State, soon thereafter leaving the State. He. was granted a waiver of jurisdiction; applies for membership in a Missouri Lodge; does he have to pay the Masonic Home assessment? Answer. Yes; if prior to January 1st, 1922. 27. Question. A brother received his Entered Apprentice Degree in 1902; on account of reverses was unable to go on; now wants to receive the other degrees; does he have to pay Masonic Home assessments? Answer. No. 28. Question. A Lodge asks permission to raise fee. Answer. No permission is' necessary; you can make your fee what you like so long as it is above the minimum fixed by the Grand Lodge. 29. Question. Would it be legal to amend our By-laws, making our fiscal year from January 1st to December 31st? Some of our' members have paid their dues and hold receipts to September 30th, 1922. How can we collect the dues from the member? Answer. I answered this as follows: . "By referring to Section 30, page 12, of the Grand Lodge Bylaws, 1908, therEj is no doubt about your right to amend your Bylaws as therein specified. "In regard to your changing what you call your fiscal year, I beg to remind you that the Lodge can have only one time for the end of its fiscal year, and that is June 30 of each year,. as you will observe by referring to Section 68, page 18 of the Grand Lodge Bylaws, 1908. "In regard to your members who have paid their dues and received their receipt expiring, as you state, September 30, 1922, in my opinion there is Dothing that you can do in regard to them in the way of compelling them to pay more dues, and the Lodge will have to take it upon itself to make the payments as required by the Grand Lodge By-laws. It is not an assessment on the members but it is a tax on the Lodge for dues to the Grand Lodge, and the

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Lodge will have to stand responsible for the amount that it will take to adjust what is due from their Lodge." In regard to the last paragraph I am disposed to feel that I was somewhat in error in regard to dues paid and receipted for in 1921, and covering the period from January 1st, 1922, to June 30th, 1922. The Grand Lodge fixes the end of the fiscal year, prepares the form of receipt -the Lodge must use, and requires dues to be paid in, advance, and under this Grand Lodge law the several Lodges had. the right to collect dues in. advance during 1921, and receipt therefor, to at least June 30th, 1922, and of course a brother holding a re,ceipt therefor cannot be required to come in. and pay more. The adoption of new By-laws effective January 1st, 1922, does not change the standing of -the individual member and his Lodge. Hence, I am of the opinion that the Grand Lodge cannot require the Lodges to pay the increase.d dues on members already holding receipts for the period from January 1st to June 30th, 1922, and if any Lodge has paid in for this they should be refunded the amount. This same correction should apply to some other rulings made on same question. . 30. Question. Lodge is invited by American Legion to take part in a parade as a Masonic body; may we? Answer. 'N 0; see Grand Master's address, page 23, proceedings 1920, and report of committee on same. Grand Master not authorized to grant such a dispensation. 31. Q. Would there be anything unmasonic in having a pool .and billiard table in the basement of the Masonic Temple? A. No. 32. Q. Would it be unmasonic in allowing card playing in me ba"sement of the Masonic Temple? A. No; but it does not appeal to me as a good proposition to have a lot of card playing ~in a Masonic Temple. 33. Q: Would it be unmasonic to allow dancing in the basement of the Masonic Temple? A. No. 34. Question. Lodge receives a waiver of jurisdiction from another Lodge on the condition that they charge the candidate at least a named sum, being the amount the waiving Lodge exacts but more than the lodge asking waiver charges. Objection to the candidate receiving the degree is made by a brother based on the belief that there was not such a waiver as could be recognized, no objection to paying the amount named in waiver but the brother's objection stands. Must we regard the condition? Answer. By the proceedings of Grand Lodge, 1917. page ~9, reported in 1919, sup-

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piement, page 225, a restriction can be put on a waiver of jurisdiction. This being so you will have to comply with the restriction. However, you cannot proceed unless the objecting brother withdraws his objection. The law is specific if an objection is made it acts as a blackball, unless withdrawn you cannot proceed. 3~. Question. Under Section 250, can an attorney, not a member of the Lodge, be present to help the Junior Warden in a trial, if an objection is made to his presence on that ground? A. Yes. 36. Question. May Lodges accept good secured notes for fees? A. No. TRIAL CODE Many and varied have been the questions about our new trial code, and much correspondence has resulted. For various reasons that appeared good, I appointed the following brethren to conduct trials: February 28th, 1922, Worshipful Brother W. L. George for Summersville Lodge, No. 555. March 14th, Worshipful Brother Joshua W. Alexander for Gallatin Lodge, No. 106. June 5th, Worshipful Brother John C. Robertson for-Cornerstone Lodge, No. 323. June 19th, Worshipful Brother Everett Nicholas for Adelphi Lodge, No. 35'5. I think Section 247a should be made more specific as to who can urge that the Master is disqualified and who is the proper one to pass on his qualification. . In Section 262, line 13, the word "complete" should be taken out so ~hat any part of a transcript should be paid for, and the Lodge authorized to collect in advance for it, and thus secured from any expense. Section 265 should be changed, as it can be made to work a great hardship on small or poor Lodges. An appellant may willfully omit some important fact and for which an. objectiOn would have to be filed, then the Lodge must be to the expense cif a transcript, and has no recourse. I think an appellant should be required to give security so a Lodge could be reimbursed where an appeal is ineffective. Particularly so in view of Section 266 where a Lodge may be compelled to furnish a complete transcript and no recourse for such outlay in money, and may all be caused by appellant willfully. If a brother cannot walk .uprightly in his

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several stations his brethren ought not to have expense needlessly to' get rid of him. RECOMMENDATIONS I also recommend that the Grand Lodge adopt an authorized pin for members to wear and provide that no person except a Master Mason in good standing in some regular recognized Lodge, or the wife, widow, mother, sister or daughter of such, be authorized to wear 'it. We have a State law against wearing a pin of an organization to which one does not belong, but I understand it is ineffective to prosecute under it unless it can be shown it has been adopted by the organizations. I also recommend that a law"be passed requiring Lodges to keep in their meeting place the Grand Lodge Proceedings, at least, from the time such law is made, and the Book of Constitutions. On visiting many Lodges you cannot find a Book of Constitutions and they do not even know where it is. I find secretaries have a bad habit of keeping such matters, with a great deal of other things that come for the ,benefit of the Lodge, in their office and home, and they should be readily accessible to every Lodge member. I believe it would do away with much needless correspondence with the Grand Master. Anything that brings the membership, as a who,le, in closer touch with the 'Grand Lodge is desirabl~, and the more effective for good, will the organization become, the closer it be knitted together, I therefore believe that if a synopsis of the proceedings in the Grand Lodge meeting could be readily attainable by every member it would work untold benefit, I have a plan to accomplish this at no expense to the Grand Lodge tha't I will be glad to turn over to any committee to which you may refer this subject for consideration', UNAUTHORIZED PUBLICATION Early in the year it came to my attention that an unauthorized publication was being circulated in Missouri, and I issued the following circular: !'" '70 the Wors'hipful Master, Wardens and Brethren: "Brethrell-It has come to my attention that there is being offered for sale and distribution in this Grand Jurisdiction a publication called 'King Solomon No, 32, Missouri,' published by the Allen Publishing Company, New York. "This is an unauthorized publication and the having of

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it in one's possession for use, .sale or distribution would constitute a Masonic- offence. I hereby warn the Craft against it and enjoin the disseminating of this information to your less informed brethren." I traced one source of its distribution back to Illinois and took the matter up with Most Worshipful Brother Beach, Grand Master, and he with his usual energy and push, pursued and found that while the brother was in a town in Illinois his membership was in Missouri. I ordered the Lodge to cite him to appear, apologize and agree to cease violating first principles, and if he failed, to prefer charges against him. He was cited and complied, and it is so recorded in the Lodge. A minister of the Gospel! It almost strained credulity. FOREIGN路 JURISDICTIONS Some jurisdictions have laws different from ours on the length of time that must elapse after one is black-balled, before he can apply again. Two cases came to me where the member-s could not have applied in the State they came from, but were eligible here. In one instance he went back to his .former State and flaunted his having gotten the degrees in the face of the brethren who rejected him. They had deemed him unworthy and I am not sure, in view of hi~ action, but they were right. Absent, any way of having uniform laws, I think we should have a spirit of comity, at lea~t, on this subject and recommend that it be taken up and a general consent secured to recognize other jurisdiction's stand on this question. QUIT-CLAIM DEED I :received a request from the Clinton Abstract Company about April 1st, for a quit-claim deed to a lot in Clinton, Missouri. I referred the matter to Right Worshipful Brother Thornton Jennings, District Deputy Grand Master, to investigate and determine if the Grand Lodge had an interest of any value in the lot. It had formerlyl belonged to Tebo Lodge, No. 68, now out of existence. He reported to me that the Grand Lodge apparently had no interest and I thereupon executed the deed for $1.00, and turned it over to the Grand Secretary. FRENCH ORPHANS I authorized the paying over to this committee money that had been heretofore appropriated but not drawn, a full report of which will be made by this committee.

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APPGINTMENTS The death of Right Worshipful Brother Austin L. McRae, Grand Senior Deacon, leaving this office vacant, required me under the By-laws to make an appointment to fill the vacancy. I appointed Right Worshipful Brother Thad B. Landon to fill the place and on July 8th.' dUly installed him therein. Brother Robert E.路 Bainbridge, chairman of the Masonic Home Committee, died, and I appointed Brother Charles L. Woods chairman 9f this committee. CORNER STONES On July 4th, I laid the corner stone of what is to be a large and commodious Baptist Church in the college town of Liberty. There was a large audience present. On July 26th, at Marceline I laid the corner stone of a new City Hospital. All the stores in town closed, and all the city officials marched in the parade. August 9th, at Warrensburg, I laid the corner stone of the new auditorium of the State Normal at that place. A very large crowd witnessed the ceremony, after which we retired to an out-door amphitheater where State officers and others made addresses. October 4th, I went to Higbee and laid the corner stone of a large addition to their public school building. There was a large and interested audience present. The building certainly does great credit to this wide-a-wake little town and would be a credit to a very much larger place. October 14th I laid the corner stone for a new building for the home of Harmony ,Lodge, No. 499. This is a young Lodge and their enterprise is to be commended and their usefulness is bound to be a broadening and beneficial one. In my judgment such gatherings do much good for Freemasonry, and if properly' handled do much to convince those outside that the purpose of the organization is to build a better citizenry, not to do anything that detracts from humanity's welfare, but rather to encourage education and an uplift. At all gatherings the brethren were out in large numbers, and with a Commandery escort and bands, in some instances a De Malay band, made a!1 imposing procession. MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION. The Grand Lodge, at its last session, failed to make provision for our dues to the Masonic Service Association. '!'here was $600.00 on hand of the amount that had been authorized, and to meet our

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obligation, so far as possible, I ordered this paid over. This should not be overlooked at this session. On account of an indisposition at the time of the annual meeting in Chicago I was unable to attend, and hence cannot report impressions of this gathering. , I believe our membership in this association has been of decided benefit, but I am constrained to think not as much as we might have made it. They have sent very learned and valuable publications into the State. How well they have been distributed and made use of I am unable to say. The report of the committee on this subject should show. The brethren are eager for instructive educational talks and unless we want dry rot to set in, it will be well to inject a little virus of activity. It will have the effect of holding the membership so that they will not drift路 into other associations of less standing and worth. A knocker can always find an instrument to !llake his influence felt, a brick, a stick or a hammer is always accessible, but a booster needs an instrument attuned to attract attention. A common laborer can tear down a building, but it takes an artisan with a perfect tool to construct one. There is a disposition in some quarters to play this association agains( the George Washington Memorial Association as an exorbitant demand for money. One costs the membership nothing directly, and indirectly. only about one-half the cost of a cheap cigar per year, and the other barely more than a quarter of a cent per day for one year. Can such an argument be effective? GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION I attended the meeting in February of this association at Alexandria, Virginia. A plan of the structure was approved, and it was hoped a beginning could be made this fall, but business conditions made it seem advisable to wait until next year. I deem this a very important and worthy undertaking of the Craft and should not be allowed to lag. Not much direct attention has been given to it this year. Wherev~r I have had occasion to meet with the brethren I have explained its purpose and they begin to get busy to promote its interest. CONCLUSION First, let me express my sincere thanks to the many brethren who have rendered me assistance and extended courtesies that

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have made the duties of the' office an' enjoyable task. The remembrance of these associations will cling around memory's hall through many, many years. I cannot presume to name all to whom I am indebted; but for special assistance I am very grateful to Most Worshipful B'rothers Briggs, Jesse' and Kreeger, and to Right Worshipful Brothers Lee, Dr.' Miller, Dr. Laos and Dr. Mather. Our Grand Secretary is most efficient, prompt, active and willing: his services to the Grand Master are all that could be desired, and I wish to sincerely acknowledge my high appreciation of him as a man and an officer. I appreciate the honor that you bestowed on me one year ago more than I can find fit words to express. I have failed to accomplish many things that I had hoped for. The fault may be inherently my own; I may have set the mark too high or untoward circumstances may have intervened, but be the cause what it may, the ultimate achievements of the Fraternity do not rest on one man or any set of men, but on the practicability and usefulness of its principles and teachings. "If Freemasonry be of God it cannot be destroyed. If not, its enemies are justified."

Anything good is of God, and if we make Freemasonry a vital force for good in building better men in all walks of life, then we are justified. â&#x20AC;˘ . O. A. LUCAS, Grand Master.

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS M. W. Bro. A. 1\1. Dockery, Chairman, made the following report of Committee on the Grand Master's Address: Adopted as read.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted' Masons of the State of Missouri: Your Committee to whom was referred the address of the Grand Master, beg leave to report: The address of the Grand Master tells the inspiring story of a year of ceaseless and progressive activity in the performance. of the duties' of his great office. We cannot too strongly endorse the lofty and yet practical ideals of which he speaks so impressively. The Grand Master seeks to develop the unselfish and ennobling ideals of Freemasonry by bringing profession and practice into delightfUl harmony. He would make the Masonic order a moral bee hive.. by the intensive practice of the - beautiful principles of our charming faith and thus incarnate these time-honored principles we have so often proclaimed .into an effective system of morality, resting upon the changeless doctrines of the Fatherhood of God and' the Brotherhood of man. The grim messenger, since our last annual session, regardless of Tiler and drawn sword, has called home some of the best beloved of our brethren. We recommend that so much of the address of the Grand Master as refers to these distinguished, departed Masons be referred to the Committee on Obituaries. We approve the action of the Grand Master in making appointments, laying corner stones, dedicating halls, and his action in relation to dispensations 'and' a certain "unauthorized pUblication." We further recommend: That all decisions and that part of the report of the Grand Master recommending changes of the law forbidding the laying of corner stones and the celebration of St. Johns' day on Sunday, be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence; That the recommendation for changes in the Trial Code be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence; That the changes requested under the caption of "Recommendations" relating to Masonic pins,Book of Constitutions and a s'ynopsis of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge, be referred to a special Committee of Five. The recommendation of the Grand Master to authorize li'reemasons, in his discretion, to turn out on Decoration Day should also be considered by this special Committee. Fraternally SUbmitted, ALEXANDER M. DOCKERY, WM. A. HALL, CHAS. C. WOODS, ARCH A. JOHNSON, R. F. STEVENSON, V AN FREMONT BOOR, 'JOHN R. PARSON, TOLMAN 'V. COTTON, DORSEY A. JAMISON, FRANK R. JESSE, CORONA H. BRIGGS, EDWARD HIGBEE, WM. F. KUHN, WM. A. CLARK, JOHN T. SHORT, JULIUS C. GARRELL, ROBERT R. KREEGER, WM. F. JOHNSON.

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THE DR. WM. F. KUHN LIBRARY FUND Ivr. VV. Bra, C. H. Briggs, P. G. M., presented a check for $500.00 to the Grand Lodge of Missouri from an unknown friend, to be invested and used as a Library Fund'to be known as the "Dr. Wm. F. Kuhn Library Fund"-the donor suggesting as follows: "The sum of $500, U. S. Currency, is donated to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. & A. M., the income of which is to be uscd for the exclusive purpose of buying newspapers, magazines, periodicals or books on every subject or topic, to be used in the Library of the new Grand Lodge building on Lindell Boulevard or any other location where it may hereafter be located, or for the inmates of the Old Folks Home on Union Avenue and Delmar Boulevard. The name of this Fund' is to be The Dr. Wm. F. Kuhn Library Fund. A statement of the rece-ipts and expenditures to be inserted every year in the Annual Proceedings of this Grand Lodge. The purchase of all kinds shall be under the direction of the R. W. Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge. It is hoped' that other donations will be made by individual members to this fund, or by action of the M. W. Grand Lodge. This fund shall be invested by the Board of Directors of 路the Old Folks Home."

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FRATERNAL CORRESPONDENCE. M. W. Bro. C. C. Woods, Chairman, presented the report of Committee on Fraternal Correspondence, which was adopted. and orden:,' printed in the Proceedings, (See Appendix.) HISTORICAL M. W路. Bro. Wm. F. Kuhn read the Jollowing hist9ri.cal data which was ordered to he printed as part of the Grand ..r-Lodge record: . To the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri: In the Centennial History there occurs the statement in reference to the granting of a warrant to organize a Lodge by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. It reads as follows: Tn 1809-10 the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania granted a warrant to form and open a Lodge in St. Louis under the name of St. Louis Lodge No. 111. No record or any information as to the name of the officers or the career of this Lodge are known. This statement came u~der the observation of Bro. J. E. Burnett Buckenham, librarian and curator of the Grand Lodge Library and

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Museum of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, and resulted in the following letter: Masonic Temple, Phila., February 2, 1922. .Mr. William Frederick Kuhn, P. G. 1\1.. The Grand Lodge. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of :Missouri. Kansas City, Mo. Dear Sir and Brother: In looking over, but only briefly, the history of the Grand Lodge of. Missouri, 1821-1921, which was compiled by you (according to the title page), I note in the introduction, page III, the statement at. the top, "In 1809-10 the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania granted a warrant" .... '" No record or any information as to the names of the officers or the career of this Lodge are known." Just to satisfy my curiosity and believing路 that everything ought to be known, I referred to the records of the Grand Secretary's Office and ~nd the following relative to St Louis Lodge No. Ill: Warrant No. 111, granted September 15, 1808 to Meriwether Lewis, Master, Thomas FiVeash Riddick, Senior Warden, and Rufas Easton, Junior Warden, for a Lodge in St. Louis. The Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, who signed the warrant of constitution were: James Milnor, Grand Master; Peter I.e Barbier Duplessis, Deputy Grand Master; Robert Lewis, Senior Grand Warden; Hobert Polk, Junior Grand Warden; Samuel 1<'. Bradford, Grand Treasurer, and George A. Baker, Grand Secretar}'. , The above is taken from the old record book in which the warrant is recorded. In view of your statement. I thought the foregoing might be of interest to you, even though too late for your history, but for your own Lodge record. Very fraternally yours, J. E. BURNETT BUCKENHAM, Librarian and Curator. ThiS'letter furnishes to the Grand Lodge .of Missouri most important historical data. It p!aces the issuing of a warrant to St. Louis Lodge No. 111 on September 15, 1808 and not in 1809-10, as stated in all histories on this point. It also furnishes us the list of. Officers of this long lost Lodge. It will be noted that the first Master of this Lodge was Meriwether Lewis of the celebrated' Lewis and Clark exploring expedition and who also was the first Governor of the Territory of Missouri. Its Senior Warden was Thomas F. Riddick, who became the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The warrant by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania to organize St. Louis Lod'ge No. 111 was granted thirteen years before the Grand Lodge of Missouri was formed. In the Centennial History, I called attention to the fact, that while no Lodge chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, entered into the formation of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, yet its influence for two decades was potent. This additional history emphasizes this observation. The Grand Lodge of Missouri is under obligation to Bro. Buckenham for this interesting data of the early history of Freemasonry in Missouri. Fraternally submitted, WILLIAM F. KUHX.

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REPORT OF THE GRAND SECRETARY M. W. Bro. Frank R. Jesse, Grand Secretary, presented the annual report of his office, which was adopted as follows: To the Grand Lodge of Ancient F1'ee and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri:

Dear Brethren: According to custom, I herewith present report of official action in the office of Grand Secretary, covering the period 'between September 6, 1921 and October 2, 1922. COMMISSION TO GRAND REPRESENTATIVE The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. O. A. Lucas, appointed as Grand Representative of Missouri, near the Grand Lodge of New YorkR. W. Bro. Max q. Shivitz, New York, New York. I DUPLICAT~ CHARTERS By order of Grand Master Lucas, duplicate charters were issued to the following lodges: Chula Lodge No. 388; destroyed by water; duplicate issued December 6, 1921. Craig Lodge 606; fire; duplicate issued December 23, 1921. Equality Lodge No. 497; "l~st;" duplicate issued January 18, 1922. ,Vaynesville Lodge No. 375; fire; duplicate issued March 17, 1922. Hickory Hill Lodge No. '211; fire; duplicate issued April 1, 1922. Clifton Lodg'e No. 161; fire; duplicate issued June'29, 1922.

NEW LODGES Ten new Lodges chartered at the last session of Grand Lodge were set at work according to law, and are named and located as follows: CHARTERED SEPTEMBER 21, 1921. Lodge No. Location County District Ray 223 Camden ' Ray 20th La Russell 592 LaRussell Jaspe'r 44th Pilgrim 652 St. Louis ..............•................. 33d Shawnee 653 Warsaw Benton 36th Commonwealth '654 St. Louis 33d Gardenville ..• 655 Gardenville St. Louis 57th Country Club .. 656 Kansas City •......... Jackson .•.......... 22d Progress ....•. 657 St. Louis :.......................... 33d Purity 658 St. Louis :........... 33d Alpha 659 North Kansas City Clay 11th PROCEEDINGS DISTRIBUTED. The Proceedings of 1921 were printed and distributed 60 days after the session.

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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS By order of M. W. Bro. O. A. Lucas, Grand Master, Commissions were issued to the tifty-nine District Deputy Grand Masters. LODGl'jS UNDER DISPENSATION Grand Master Lucas granted dispensations for two new Lodges as follows: .January 12, 1922, Brotherhood Lodge, St. Joseph, Buchanan County; 50 petitioners; Ninth District. March 6, 1922, Herculaneum Lodge, Herculaneum, Jefferson County; 22 petitioners; Fortieth District. LODGES CONSOLIDATED Roc;k Prairie Lodge No. 269, at Halltown, Lawrence County, consolidated with Ash Grove Lodge No. 100, under the name and number of the latter Lodge, on l<~ebruary 11, 1922. Myrtle Lodge No. 338, at Millville, Ray County, consolidated with Richmond Lodge No. 57, under the name and number of the latter Lodge, on September 23, 1921. SURRENDERED CHARTER. Kingsville Lodge No. 313, at Kingsville, Johnson County, made full returns July 28, 1922; the Lodg-e voted to surrender Charter on September 2, 1922, sending bool{s and Charter to this office; the Lodge owned no property of value. CHARTER OF CLARENCE LODGE l"o. 305 ARRESTED. At the last Grand Lodge session, the Charter of Clarence Lodgt> No. 305 was arrested for cause, with the provision that it be restored to the Lodg-e provided it complied with the requirements of the Grand Lodge Within six months, Which it has failed to do. The books and Charter have been received, and the property is in the custody of the Gran"d Lodge. BLANKS FOR ANNUAL RETURl"S. Two copies were mailed June 1st to each Lodge with circularletter, giving full information as to making returns and remittances; and on July 7th a sealed circular was sent to all non-reporting lodges, again calling to their attention the law in regard to making returns; there were se~'e~l delinquents on- August 1st which have now reported and. paid the Grand Lodge per-capita tax. Last year there were nine delinquents on August 1st. This is a step in the right d.irection, and I express the hope that in 1923 all lodge returns and remittances may be \received in due and proper time, thus making the Representative of each Lodge eligible to receive mileage and per diem and enjoy the inestimable privilege of attending the Grand Lodge session and participating in its deliberations.

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RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT. Grand Master Lucas recommended the following Brethren as Grand Representatives of sister Grand Jurisdictions near the Grand Lodge of Missoul'i: Cuba James H. Scarborough Warrensburg Delaware H. R. Mason Marceline New South Wales Robt. Y. Goggin Kansas City Ohio Fred O. Wood Kansas City

STATISTICAL of Chartered Lodges in the j~risdiction 655 of Chartered Lodges making returns -656 of members in Lodg'es making returns . of members in lodges U. D ...........•...... of members in Clarence Lodge No. 305 (_ll,.~rested) .•.............•.......................

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Total number of Master Masons in the jurisdiction .. Net gain in membership for the year 39'91

103,869 1U

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BLANKS FOR REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS Blanks for these reports ~ere sent to the 59 District Deputy Grand Masters on JUly 15th, together with a personal letter covering conditions in their seventl districts; without their strenuous efforts and enthusiastic co-operation in gathering in the returns it would not have been possible to make up the proper statistics, and I hereby heartily thank them severally and collectively. SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS. To Lay Cornerstones R. R. Kreeger, P. G. M., School Building, Belton. C. H. Briggs, P. G. M., Methodist Church, Bolivar. C. H. Brigg's, P. G. M., Presbyterian. Church, Stockton. J. E. Cavin, D. D. G. M., New Temple for Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422. Austin L. McRae, Grand Senior Deacon, Federal Soldiers Home. St. James. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain, M. E. Church, Clayton. C. H. Briggs, P. G. M., New Hall for Monett Lodge No. 129. Bert S. Lee, Deputy Grand Master, Shrine Mosque, Springfield. R. B. Campbell, D. D. G. M., Public High School, Adrian. Geo. A. Sample, D. I.., High School, Chaffee. C. H. Briggs, P. G. M., High School, Seymour. Bert S. Lee, Deputy Grand Master, New College, Springfield. \C. H. Briggs, P. G. M., High School, Lockwood. J. S. Wilson, D. D. G. M., 2 School Buildings, lWarshall. . Frank R. Jesse, Grand Sec'y, New Hall Bonhomme Lodge No. 45, Ballwin. Bert S. Lee, Deputy Grand Master, Public School, Branson. Frank R. Jesse, Grand Sec'y, Court House, Union. -Kingsville Lodge No. 313 surrendered Charter September 2; reported July 28. /

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Reballots Missouri No.1 (2) Cuba No. 312 Beacon No.3 (4) America No. 347 St. Marks No. 93 Tuscan No. 360 (2) Naphtali No. 25 Harmony No. 499 St. Johns No. 28 Gate City No. 522 Mt. Moriah No. 40 (2) Ferguson No. 542 Cambridge No. 63 Algabil No. 544 Pomegranate No. 95 (2) Easter No. 575 Heroine No. 104 (2) Olive Branch No. 576 (2) Twilight No. 114 Leadwood No. 598 Laddonia No. 115 Magnolia No. 626 DeSoto No. 119 Grandin No. 579 Censer No. 172 King Hill No. 376 St. .Tames No. 230 Poplar Bluff No. 209 Keystone No. 243 Crescent Hill No. 368 Clarkton No. 248 Triangle No. 638 Shekinah No. 256 Purity No. 658 Aurora No. 267 Ivanhoe No. 446 Brotherhood Lodge U. D. To Meet in Other Halls. Magnolia No. 626 St. Louis No. 20 Mt. Moriah No. 40 Purity No. 658 Olive Branch No. 576 America No. 347 Keystone No. 243 Pomegranate No. 95 Tower Grove No. 631 . Dedication of New Halls Sam B. Vicl{ers, D. D. G. M., Star J.. . odge No. 419, Taberville. Thornton Jennings, D. D. G. M., Deepwater Lodge No. 562, Deepwater. Del C. Moore, D. D. G. M., Holden Lodge No. 262, Holden. Jonathan Stark, D. D. G. M., Burlington 442, Burlington Junction. Chas. A. FitzGerald, D. D. G. M., Valley Park No. 629, Valley Park. B. E. Gumphrey, n. D. G. M., Morgan Lodge No. 320, Versailles. J. E. Cavin, D. D. G. M., Gate of The Temple, 422, Springfield. B. E. Gumphrey, D. D. G. M., Glensted No. 250, Glensted. Mineral No. 471 Knobnoster No. 245 Montevallo No. 490 "\\Thitewater No. 417 Portland No. 242 Saxton No. 508

Election of Officers Clear Creek No. 418 Pendleton No. 551 Weaubleau No. 636 l<'\orida No. 23 Biswell No. 510 Spring Hill No. 155 Louisville No. 409

Public Installation Erwin No. 121 Occidental No. 163 Benjamin Franklin No. 642 Beacon No. 3 Naphtali No. 25 Public Procession Moberly Lodge No. 344. . Ground Breaking Webster Groves No. 84 Lambskin No. 460

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COURTESIES RECEIVED AND GRANTED By direction of Grand Master Lucas, 120 requests have been sent to sister Grand Jurisdictions to confer degrees for Missouri lodges; and 114 requests have been received by lodges in Missouri to confer degrees for sister Grand Jurisdictions. TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS Railroads in the State have agreed to sell round-trip tickets at one and one-half fare on the Certificate Plan. Circulars, giving full particulars as to railroad and hotel rates were mailed to all lodges September 1st and copies of same may be found in the Grand Lodge. APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES All petitions sent to this office路 have been delivered to the Chairman of the Committee, W. Bro. Wm. R. Gentry. MASONIC HOME Warrant No. 186 for $39.64 was issued to the Masonic Home on June 29th, 1922, to cover five-sevenths of back dues collected since September 6th, 1921. The per-capita tax for 1922 to and including October 2nd, together with arrears received since July 1, 1922, amounts to $259,336.75, seven-tenths of which-$181,535.70-has been turned over to the Home at weekly intervals. . Recapitulation Five-sevenths of back dues to June 30, 1922 Sev:en-tenths of per-capita tax for 1922, as above.:

39.64 181,535.70

Grand total paid to the Home since Sept. 6th, 1921. ... $181,575.34 CENTENNIAL HISTORIES Sixty-three copies of the Missouri Masonic Centennial History remain unsold and are for sale in the' Grand Secretary's office at $2.70 each.

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Grand Lodge of Missouri

SPECIAL INITIATION FEE FOR BENEFIT OF MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI As shown below, total amount received on this account from Sept. 1, 1921, to Oct. 2, 1922 , $ 73,210.00 Total amount reported on this account Sept. 1, 1921......

75,880.00

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G1'and Lodge of ]{issouri

So.) Lodge I $20 Fee 288 Hermitage .............•.................. \ 289 Graham •.................................. 40 00

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No.j Lodge I $20 Fee . 390/ Marionville 1 391 Raytown· / 80 00 , 392 Christian .•........•...... , 1 20 00 393 Bee Hive 394 Lucerne / 395 Hatfield .......•........................... 1 396 Western Light . 397 Gower ..•................................. 1 20 00 398 Jasper ..•.....•..•........................ \. 399 Pike ..•..•............................... 1 400 Decatur , 401 qarter~ille \ 60 00 402 Malta. •.•......•..•..•..................... \ , 403 Lowry City .......•..•.... : 404 Rosendale , . 405 Everton 406 Malden •.•.•....• : ..•..•................... 407 Charleston .....•.•..•.•................... 40 00 408 Montrose .............•.............. : . 409 Louisville .....•...•............ , . 20 00 410 Iberia . 20 00 411 Joppa . , ...........•..... 412 Appleton City 60 00 413 Valley ..•......•........................•. 60 00 414 Greensburg . 415 Hunnewell ..........•..................... 1 20 00 416 Cache .......••••.......................... 60 00 417 White Water ..•.•........................ 418 Clear Creek ..•......•.................... 419 Star ..•..•..•....•....• : . 420 Itaska. ....•.......•...•................... 260 00 421 Urbana ...•.... · 422 Gate' ot the Temple . 100 00 423 Galt .....•......•..•..•................... 424 Samaritan ....•......•.................... 1 425 Green Ridge ......•..•... ' . 426 Rothville .....••...•.... , ................• 427 Glenwood •.•....•......................... 1 428 Pittsville ..•..•..•..•... ' 1 429 New Madrid ..•................... ' , 430 Winona ....••.....•.••.................... , 431 Cement .....•••...•........................ 1 432 Competition ........•.•.................... 1 433 Mack's Creek ....•..•.•................... 434 Wheeling ...........•..................... 435 Rockbridge ......•......................... 436 Gothic .......•.•...••••................... 437 Lafayette ..•..•..•••.•................•... 438 Temperance .•..•.•••.•• , : . 40 00 439' Mt. Olive •• , •••••••••.•..............•.... 440 Trowel ......••.•••..•.. ', j

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No·1 Lodge I $20 Fee 441 Excelsior .......•..•...................... J 20 00 442 Burlington " 1

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·[Oct.

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No·1 Lodge 1 644 Grain Valley ..........• ,.: , 645 Clever ..........•...... , :., 646 Shaveh .••.....•........ , ' \ 647 Noel ..•................ , 1 648 Elmer , 1 649 University .....•..•.... , 1 650 Parma ....................•.............. 1 651 Cleveland .....•..•..... , 1 652 Pilgrim 1 653 Shawnee \ ~94 Commonwealth ' , 655 Gardenville 1 ~56 Country Club , , /

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1922.]

Grand LodfJe of Missouri

GRAND LODGE FINANCES September 6, 1921 to October 2, 1922. Receipts Cash Book Balance, Sept. 6, 1921. ....................•.... $ 50,067.64 Rec'd from Dead Lodges $ 15.00 Back Dues, 1921 ................•.•.... 55.50 Manuals 2,128.00 Library Manuals 11.00 Dues Receipts.......................... 717.70 By-La\vs 181.75 Interest, Overseas Fund................. 18.20 Liberty Loan Bonds................ 662.50 Daily balances 701.41 Refund, Pay Roll, W. H. Henderson, Sp'ftd 10.00 From Pay Roll Account............ 12.70 Lodge No. 547, Life membership cards... 5.00 Dispensation fees, lodges U. D. (2)...... 60.00 Charter fees (2)........................ 40.00 Sale of Index Cards .50 Sale of five 1921 Proceedings............ 5.00 Sale of Centennial Histories............ 143.10 Sale of old paper....................... 81.35 Copying old returns for Lodge 141...... 10.00 4,858.71

Per cap. tax, 1922, to and including Oct. 2

54,926.35 259,336.75

Total receipts ...........•........... $314,263.10 Disbursements Pay Roll account, 1921. $ 17,628.40 Masonic Home of Mo., 5/7 back dues, 1921 . 39.64 Mas. Home of Mo., 7/10 of 1922 per-cap. tax .. 181,535.70 Bd. of Education, rent G. L. offices, 13 mos... 1,625.00 Masonic Service Assn. of United States .....• 600.00 Masonic Service Assn. of Missouri . 239.39 St. Louis Masonic Temple Association . 8,000.00 Printing. postage, stationery, incidentals . 1,300.00 The Elliott Addresserpress, G. Sec'y office 80.73 Wm. F. KUhn, Ch'mn. Geo. Wash. Mas. Nat. l\iem. Ass'n . 76.50 . O. A. Lucas, expenses of Grand Master 500.00 Exp. to Alexandria, Va., G. W. Assn . 200./)0 Salary of Grand Master . 1,000.00 Portrait of Grand Master Lucas . 65.00 John R. Parson, G. Sec'y Emeritus, salary, 13 months . 1,950.00 F. R. Jesse, salary Grand Sec'y, 13 mos . 3,900.00 J. R.McLachlan, salary Grand Lee., 13 mos . 3,250.00 J. R. McLachlan, expenses Grand Lecturer .. 854.80_ Assistant to Grand Secretary, 13 mos . 1,950.00 Assistant" to Grand Secretary, 13 mos . 1,950.00

Proceedings. of the

R. R. Kreeger, for fatherless French children Charity, according to report Com. Charity .. Masonic Relief Assn. U. S. and Canada . Becktold Pub. Co., binding Manuals . Becktold ~ub. Co., re-binding Proceedings .. E. L. Mendenhall, K. C., prtg. 3M By-Lawsbinding 1,500 ...............•.......... Sayers Printing Co., blank returns, etc...... Mendle Prtg. Co., printing 1921 Pro., etc Mendle Prtg. Co., printing Dues Receipts.... Mendle Prtg., Co.; prtg. 10M unbound Manuals Steiner Eng. Co., aprons, collars and G. L. Seal Delafield & Snow, premo bonds G.Sec. & G. T. Delafield & Snow, insurance G. L. furnishings J. W. Skelly, expenses, 1921, G. L. Session and L. ,D. telephone .................•....•.. Spalding Sta. Co., ptg. and supplies, 13 mos. C. C. Woods, 'Fraternal Correspondent. . Wm. A. Hall, Grand Treasurer, salary : .. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. (limited) 13 mos.. Kinloch Tel. Co. (unlimited), 13 mos . F. R. Jesse, Grand Sec'y Del. to Mas. ,Servo Assn. of United States, Chicago . C. H. Briggs, Del. Mas. Servo Assn., U. S., Chicago ..•..............•.............. G. S. McLanahan, Del. Mas. Servo Assn., U. S., Chicago ............................•... McCaughen & Burr, framing portrait, W. F. Johnson . H. A. Krueger, Grand Tiler . Funeral expo Austin L. McRae, Grand Sen. Deacon . Theodore Brace, P. G.M . Jos. C. Flnagin, P. G. M . Jno. W. Bingham, P. G. M . Long distance telephone, Clare!1ce, Mo., 1921 Lee M. Edgar, report'g 1921 Pro. and transc'pt J. L. Heckenlively, Con. Architect, Expense .. C. L. Alexander, Chmn. Com. Chart'd Lodges W. R. Shrodes, Chmn. Com. on Pay' Roll .... H. Clay Perkins, Auditor .............•....• Typewriter for Grand See'y office ....•....... · E. R. Claus,5 half-tones for 1921 Proceedings F. P. Willey, half-tone W. F. Johnson ....•.

[Oct. 756.00 350.00 250.22 1,373.49 45.00 1,216.35 283.00 3,358.40 146.78 448.00 86.50 100.00 7.70 738.22 1,084.86 600.00 200.00 70,61 112.50 43.00 74.00 67.50 25.00 150.00 29.25 15.00 10.75 .48.81 1.95 75.00 82.00 50.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 15.05 4.00

1922.]

Grand Lodge of Missouri

Expense, Committe~ Revision of By-Laws .... A. Meyer, painting portrait 'Vm. F. Johnson, P. G.1\'1. ••.•••••....................... Barr Jewelry Co., K. Cy., P. G. M. jewel, W. F. Johnson . Merchants Ice and Coal Company . Mississippi Valley Tr. Co" safe-deposit box .. National Laundry Co. (Aprons) . Edmond Koeln, City Collector . St. Louis Crystal Water Company . Globe;- Wernicke Co-Card Index sub-labels .. G. H. Walker & Co., Com. & Int. on exchange of bonds .....................•..•...... Cash Boole Balance, Oct. 2, 1922 ....•. $ 75,027.93

No. No. No. No.

242, 243, 244, 245,

Uncleared W'arrants Spalding Sta. Co Swn. Bell Telephone (Sept.) Kinloch Tel. to Dec. 31, 1922 Mas. Home Mo., bal 1922 per-cap

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72.60 4.10 22.50 564.35

Bank Book Balance, Oct. 2, 1922

663.55 $ 75,691.48

Fraternally submitted,

Grand Secretary.

Proceedings of the

1\1.

[Oct,

REPORT OF THE GRAND TREASURER

W. Bro. Wm. A Hall, Grand Treasurer, presented his report, which was adopted as follows, together with report of Auditor: To the M. W. Grand Lodge A.

and A. M. of Missouri:

Dear Brethren: Herewith I submit my report as Grand Treasurer, together with my books and vouchers. The following is ·a list of my receipts and disbursements in detail since my ·last report: 1921

Sept. Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

24 5 17 28 14 15 25 8 19

20 30 1922

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Feb.

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7 14 .19 26 3 10 17 25

RECEIPTS Balance on hand Sept. 6, 1921, as shown by Bank Book ................•................. $ 50,398.40 193.55 Rec;.ived f~?m Gr~nd Secr;.tar y :. . 75.65 96.70 122.75 128.00 212.50 142.10 121.80 154.70 11'8.75 94.60

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Grand Lodge of Missouri

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18,451.25 5,672.50 7,403.25' 12,502.25 10,011.50 17,346.75 9,936.00 3,049.75 12,054.50 7,878.50 7,036.50 12,225.00 70.55 5,943.50 10,958.25 17,839.75 9,181.50 15,314.00 9,772.75 20,418.50 9,030.25 1,182.50 695.50 325.75 201.45 97.50 186.50 72.00 118.50 240.50 264.00 90.70 128.25 58.85 83.00 78.80 238.50 92.50 97.25

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Proceedings of the

[Oct.

\ DISBURSEMENTS Warrant No. 1921 . 56.69 Feb. 21 99 C. H. Briggs, Mo. Masonic Servo Assn Sept. 6 . 66.82 227 C. H. Briggs, Mo. Masonic Servo Assn . 38.25 228 Spalding Sta. Co., prtg. and sup., Aug 6 7.00' 229 So'western Bell Tel. Co., 0-:328, mo. of Aug. 6 . 12.50 230 National Laundry Co., 500 aprons 6 49.50 6 231 Mas. Home of Mo., 5/7/21, p.-C. tax to date 100.00 232 F. R .. Jesse, G. S., prtg., postage, sta. inc... 6 21 J Pay Roll, 1921. Grand. Lodge, St. Louis .. 17,559.40 250.00 22 2 O. A. Lucas, :lcct salary Grand Master .... 100.00 23 3 D'elafield & Snow, Premo bonds G. S. & G. T. 718,07 24 4 J. W. Skelly, expo Gr. Lodge session, 1!l21. . 8,000.00 27 5 Masonic Temple Assn. of St. Louis 125.00 30 6 Bd. of Ed., rent, G. L. offices, mo. of Oct . 150.00 30 7 John R. Parson, G. Sec'y Emeritus, Sept.. .. 300.00 30 8 F. R. Jesse, salary, Gr. Sec'y mo. of Sept... 250.00 9 J. R. McLachlan, sal. Gr. ~ect., mo. of Sept. 30 150.00 . 10 Asst. to Grand Sec'y, mo, of Sept. 30 150.00 . 11 Asst. to Grand Sec'y, mo. of Sept 30 8.59 12 So'western Bell Tel. 0-328, mo. of Sept . 30 66:05 Oct. 4 13 Spalding Sta. Co., prtg. and supplies, Sept. !:IO.OO 4 14 Steiner Eng. Co.., aprons and collars, G. 0, 22.50 15 Kinloch Telephone Co., to Dec. 31, 1921 .. 4 4 16 McCaughen & Burr, framing portrait W. 25.00 F. Johnson, P. G. M . 17 Harry A. Krueger, Gr. Tiler, to Oct. 1, 1921 150.00 4 18 Thos F. Hurd, floral emblem funeral Theo. 4 Brace, P. G. M . 15.00 75.00 19 Lee M. Edgar, report'g 1921 pro. and trans. 8 20 J. L. Heckenlively, Can. Architect, expense 35.00 8 50.00 8 21 C. L. Alexander, Ch. Com. on Chart.Lodges 50.00 22 Perkins Audit. Co., aUd. accts. for 1921 .. 8 23 G. W. Smith, Monticello Lodge, 58, acct. 8 pay roll, 1920 . 37.00 24 Fidelity Lodge No. 339, according to Com. 8 150.00, on Charity : . 25 Gate of the Temple Lodge 42'2, ace. to 8 200.00 Com. on Charity . 100.00 10 26 F. R. Jesse, G. S., prtg., postage, sta. inc. 10 . 36.16 27 Spalding Sta. Co., 2M envelopes 300.00 13 28 R. R. Kreeger, Fatherless Chldn. of France 13 29 D. M. 'Vilson, expense,. Com. Revision of 15.05 By-Laws, St. Louis . 100.00 30 W. R. Shro'des, Chmn. Com. on Pay Roll.. 19 22.56 31 • Spalding Sta. Co., 1M 2c envelopes . 20 32 C. 'Vm. Born, acct. Long Distance Tele20 phone, Clarence, Mo. . . 1.95 16.75 33 J. W. Skelly, 50 badges for Orch. at G. L. 20 34 Ed. Education, rent Grand ,Lodge offices, 29 month of Noyember ..•................. 125.00 35 J. R. McLachlan, salary G. Lee., mo. of Oct. 250.00 29

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51 300.00 150.00 , 150.00 150.00 65.00 157.50 100.55 93.00 5.34 65.00 41.65 600.00 43.00 100.00 24.46 74:00 80.73 32.00 4.00 50.00 15.05 7.70 125.00 300.00 250.00 150.00 17.00 150.00 150.00 10.75 100.00 112.25 6.28 97.65 41.65 500.00 67.50 3,358.40 146.78 20.00 150.00 100.00 100.00 150.00

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J. R. McLachlan, expo G. Lee., mo. of Dec. Spalding Sta. Co., prtg. and supplies, Dec. Merchants Ice and Coal Co., ice, five mos. Kinloch Tel. Co., Cent. 2614, to Mch. 31, '22 So'western Bell Tel. Co., 0-328, mo. of Dec. F. R ..Jesse, G. Sec'y, prtg., post., sta., inc. Miss. Valley' Tr. Co., Safety Dep. Box to December 27, 1922 95 vVm. F. KUhn, Chmn. G. W. Nat. Mas. Mem. Association . 96 R. R. Kreeger, for Fatherless French child. 97 O. A. Lucas, expense of Grand Master ..... 98 Bd. of Ed., rent G. L. offices, mo. of Feb. 99 John R. Parson, Em. G. S., mo. of Jan... 100 F. R. Jesse, salary Grand Sec'y, mo. of Jan. 101 J. R. McLachlan, salary G. Lee., mo. of Jan. 102 Assistant to Grand Sec'y, month of Jan . 103 Assistant to Grand Sec'y, month of Jan . 104 So'western Bell Tel Co., 0-328, mo. of Jan. 105 Spalding Sta, Co., prtg., sup., mo. of Jan ... 106 R. C. Blackmar, expenses to !lImo, Mo. Masonic Servo Association . 107 J. R. McLachlan, expo G. Lee., mo. of Jan. 108 F. R. Jesse, G. Sec'y, prtg., post., sta., inc. 109 C. C. Woods, Fraternal Correspondent.. 110 Jas. W. Skelly, expo to K. C., Mo. Mas. Service Association . 111 Arthur Mather, expo to K. C., Mo. Mas. Service Assn. . 112 Spalding Sta. Co., 2M 2c envelopes . 113 Typewriter for Office of Grand Sec'y . 114 O. A. Lucas, expense of Grand Master . 115 Bd. of Ed., rent G. L. offices, mo. of Mch. 116 John R. Parson, Grand Sec'y Em., Feb. 117 F. R. Jesse, salary G. Sec'y, mo. of Feb... 118 J. R. McLachlan, sal. G. Lee., mo. of Feb. 119 Assistant to Grand Sec'y, month of Feb . 120 Assistant to Grand SC'c'y, month of Feb . 121 Spalding Sta. Co., prtg. and sup., mo. Feb. 122 J. R. McLachlan, expo G. Lee., mo. Feb... 123 O. A. Lucas, expo to Alexandria, Va., G. W. Masonic National Memorial Association .. 124 So' western Bell Tel. Co., 0-328, mo. of Feb. 0

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. 125 National J;..aundry Co., 755 aprons 126 Beektold Pub. Co., rebinding 30 vol. Proc. Mendenhall, 3M copies By-Laws, 127 E. h freight, etc. . . 128 F. R. Jesse, G. Sec'y, prtg., post., sta., inc. 129 Mendle Ptg. Co., 10M unbound Mas. Man'ls 130 F. H.. Jesse, expo to funeral A. L. McRae, and floral emblem . 131 R. C. Blackmar, expo lantern-slides Mo. Masonic Service Association . . 132 O. A. Lucas, expo of Grand Master 133 Bd. of Ed., rent, G. L. offices, mo. of April 134 John R. Parson, G. See'y Em., mo. of Mch. 135 F. R ..Tesse, salary G. Sec'y, mo. of Mch... 136 J. R. McI,achlan, salary G. Lec. mo. of Mch. 137 Assistant to Grand Sec'y, month of March 138 Assistant to Grand Sec'y, month of March 139 J. R. McLachlan, expo G. Lec., mo. of March 140 So'western Bell Tel. Co., 0-328 , mo. of Mch. 141 Spalding Sta.路 Co., prtg. and supplies, Mch. 142 Kinloch Tel. Co., Cen t. 2614, to July 1, 1922 143 F. R. Jesse, G. Sec'y, prtg., post., sta., inc. 144 Arthur Mather, expo to St. Joseph, Mo., Masonic Service Association . 145 C. C. 'Voods, Fraternal Correspondent.. 146 John R. Pars~n, Em. G. See'y, mo. of April 147 Bd. of Ed .. rent G. L. offices, mo. of May . 148 O. A. Lucas, expo Grand Master 149 F. R. Jesse, salary G. Sec'y, mo. of April .. 150 J. R. McLachlan, sal. G. Lee., mo. of April 151 Assistant to Grand Sec'y, mo. of April .... 152 Assistant to Grand Sec'y, mo. of April .. 153 So'western B. Tel. Co., 0-328, Mo. of April 154 Spalding Sta. Co., prtg., etc., mo. of April 155 Arthur Mather, expo to Springfield and Joplin, Mo. Masonic Service Assn . 156 .J. R. McLachlan, expo G. Lec路., mo. of April 157 A. Mather, rent film. shown at Springfield and Joplin . 158 Edmond Koeln, ColI., tax, 1920 and 1921 159 F. R. Jesse, G. Sec'y, prtg., post., sta. inc. 160 John R. Parson, Em. G. Sec'y, mo. of May 161 Bd. of Ed., rent Grand Lodge offices, June 162 O. A. Lucas, expo Grand Master . 163 F. R. Jesse, salary, G. Sec'y, mo. of May 164 J. R. McLachlan, salary G. Lec., mo. of May 165 Asst. to Grand Sec'y, month of May . 166 Asst. to Grand Sec'y, month of May . 167 J. L. Heckenlively, expo t.o St. L., Con. Arch. 168 J. H.. McLachlan, expo G. Lee., mo. of May 169 So'western Bell Tel. Co., 0-328, mo. of May 170 St. Louis Crystal Water Co., to June 1st.. 171 Sayers Prin ting Co., 3M Circulars .

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172 Spalding Sta. Co., prtgo and supplies, May 173 Becktold Pub. Co., Binding 5087 Manuals 174 Merchants Ice and Coal Co., ice, 5 mas, to June 1·. o, 175 Mas. Relief Assn. U. S. and Canada ... 176 Wm. F. Kuhn, Chmn. G. Wo Mas. Nat. Memorial Assn., supplies .. 177 F. R. Jesse, G. Sec'y, prtg., post., sta., inc. 178 F. R. Jesse, salary Grand Sec'y, mo of, .Tune 179 Globe- "\Vernicke Co., 1 set subdiv. cards .. 180 John R. Parson, Em. G. Sec'y mo. of June 181 Bd. of Ed., rent, G. L. offices, mo. of July 182 O. A. Lucas, ex:p. of Grand Master . 183 J. R. McLachlan, salary G. Lec., mo. June ' 184 Asst. to Grand Sec'y, month of June . 185 Asst. to Grand Sec'y, month of June 186 . M. Home of Mo., 5/7 of 1921, back dues .. 187 M. H. of Mo. 7/10 of 1922, per-capita tax: to July 8 . 188 Wm. F. Kuhn, Chmn. G. W. Nat'l Masonic Memorial Association 189 So'western Bell Tel. Co., 0-328, mo. June 190 Spalding Sta. Co., prtg., sup., mo. of June 191 Kinloch Tel. Co., C. 2614, to Oct. 1, 1922 .. 192 J. R. McLachlan, expo Q. Lec., mo. of June 193 Mas. Home of Mo.; 7/10 of 1922, per-capita tax to July 15 194 A. Mather, expo to Independence, Mo. Mas. Service Association ... 195 M'm. A. Hall, expo to Milan, funeral P. G. M; J. Bingham 196 Spalding Sta. Co., 1M 2c envelopes 197 Mas. Home of Mo., 7/10 of 1922 per-capita tax: to July 22, 1922 . 198 A. Mather, expo to Laclede, Mo. Mas. Servo Association . 199 F. R. Jesse, G. Sec'y, prtg., post., sta., inc. 200 John R. Parson, Em. G.. Sec'y, mo. of July 201 F. R. Jesse, salary, G. Sec'y, mo. of July 202 J. R. McLachlan, salary G. Lec., mo. July 203 Asst. to Grand Sec'y, mo. of July . 204 Asst. to Grand Sec'y, mo of July., . 205 O. A. Lucas, expo Grand Master . 206 B. of Ed., rent G. L. offices, mo. of Aug. 207 Mas. Home of Mo., 7/10 of 1922, per-capita tax to July 29 · . 208 Sayers Ptg. Co., 3100 blank books for returns, etc. • ....•..•................... 209 A. Meyer, Jr., Square and Compass, funeral J. 'Vo Bingham . 210 Edw. Higbee, expo to funeral - J. W. Bingham, P. G. M 0

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Mas. Home of Mo., 7/10 of ,1922, per-cap. 'tax to August 5 ... ~ ... : .'......•.......... 22,156.75 A. Mather, expo to Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mas. Service Association ; . 16.40 Mas. Home of Mo., 7/10 of 1922 per- cap. 500.51 tax to Aug. 12th . 49.40 Spalding Sta. Co., prtg. and sup., mo. ,Tuly 4.45 So' western Bell Tel. Co., 0-328, mo. of July 4.00 St. Louis Crystal Water Co., to Aug. 1st... F. R. Jesse, Grand Sec'y, prtg., post., sta: 100.00 C. C Woods, Fraternal Correspondent. . 150.00 125.00 Bd. Ed., rent G. L. offices, mo. of Sept . 150.00 John R. Parson, Em. G. S., mo. of Aug . 300.00 F. R. Jesse, salary G. Sec'y, mo of Aug . J. R. McLachlan, salary G. Lee., m.o. Aug. 250.00 150.00 Asst. to Grand Sec'y, month of August.. 150.00 Asst. to Grand Sec'y month of August.. O. A. Lucas, expo of Grand Master ....•... 41.65 44.32 Spalding Sta. Co., 2M 2c envelopes . Steiner Eng. Co., new counter, G. L. 8eal; pocket Seal . 6~50 J. W. Skelly, L. D. tel. to O. A. Lucas . 3.40 So'western Bell Tel., 0-328, mo. of Aug . 4.10 Spalding Sta. Co., prtg., sup., mo. of Aug. 41.10 G. H. Walker & Co., Com. and Int. Exchange of Victory Bonds . 52.97 . Ed. of Ed., rent G. L. offices, mo. of Oct. .. 125.00 John R. Parson, G. Sec'y Em., mo. of Sept. 150.00 F. R. Jesse, salary G. Sec'y, mo. of Sept. .. 300.00 J. R. McLachlan, sal. G. Lee., mo. of Sept .. 250.00 Asst. to Grand Sec'y, month of Sept . 150.00 Asst. to Grand Sec'y, month of Sept . 150.00 Wm. A. Hall, Grand Treasur.er . 100.00 . O. A. Lucas, bal. salary Grand Master 250.00 O. A. Lucas, bal, expo Grand Master . 41.85 F. R. Jesse, G. Sec'y, prtg., post., sta. inc. 100.00

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$238,902.38

RECAPITULATION Total Receipts Total Disbursements

$314,593.86 238,902.38

Balance, October 2, 1922

$ 75,691.48

Fraternally SUbmitted, WM. A. HALL, Grand Treasurer.

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REPORT OF AUDITOR Saint Louis, Missouri, October 7. 1922. To the M. W. Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Missouri. Gentlemen: I have examined the books and records of the Grand Lodge for the period which commenced September 6, 1921 and ended October 2, 1922. The' following are summaries for the period above stated: GENERAL FUND Receipts September 6, 1921, Net Balance as per Cash Book Interest on Liberty Bonds $ 662.5U Interest on Bank Balances.................. 719.61 Sale of Manuals, Fees, DIspensations, etc..... 3,421.10 Receipts for Back Dues..................... 55.50 Per Capita Tax, 1922 259,336.75 Total Receipts for Period . Balance and Receipts

$ 50,067.64

264,195.46

$314,263.10

DISBURSEMENTS Warrants issued Nos. 1-245 inclusive

$239,235.17

October 2, 1922, Net' Balance as per Cash Book $ 75,027.93 Warrants Nos. 242, 243, 244 and 245 outstanding......... 663.55 October 2, 1922, Verified Bal. on Dep. 1st Nat. Bank

$ 75,691.48

SPECIAL INITIATION FEE FOR THE MASON Ie HOME September 1, 1922, Balance on Hand 路 $ 120.00 Receipts路 September 2, 1921-0ctober 2, 1922.............. 73,210.00

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$ 73,330.00

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73,330.00

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720.00

Cash Book Closed Cheques Outstanding Numbers 94 and 95 ~.~!;

In company with the Grand Treasurer, Brother Wllliam A. Hall, I verified the following papers of the Grand Lodge of Missouri as deposited In a Safe Deposit Box of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company of St. Louis, in the name of the Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Missouri, ,;iz:Five $1,000,00 4 % U. S. Gov. 4th Lib. Loan Bonds $ 5.000.00 Ten $1,000.00 4 % U. S. Gov. 2nd Lib. Loan Bonds , 10,000.00 Fidellty Bond covering the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer in amounts of $25,000.00 eaCh, expires September 27, 1923. Payment of Annual Premiums continues this Bond in force.

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Fire Insurance on Furniture and 'Fixtures for $1,000.00 expires November 25, 1922. Deed for Mount previous audits.

\\rashington

Cemetery Lot

as reported

Lease on premises, Board of Education Building, renewed, expires June 30, 1927.

has

been

The above Summaries have been compiled from the books of the Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of -Missouri, and I HEREBY CERTIFY that a proper accounting has been made of all receipts of record. Fraternally yours, H. CLAY PERKINS, Auditor.

TELEGRAM. M. W. Grand Master Lucas expressed his regret at the absence of M. W. Bro. D. M. Wilson, P. G. M., from this session and sent wire as follows: D. M. Wilson, Milan, Mo. The Grand Lodge sends greetings. hope for your permanent recov路ery.

We regret your absence and O. A. LUCAS, Grand Master.

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FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THE MASONIC HOME FOR TWENTY YEARS W. Bro. Sol. E. vVaggoner, Chairman of this Committee, presented and read the following report which was adopted: To the Most Worshipftd Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of 楼isSOUYi: B r e t h r e n : , . ~ '" ".,_>..J,~hJ By resolution adopted one year ago, the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home were directed to give consideration to the prospective financial needs of the Home for the next twenty years; and to make recommendations to the Grand Lodge' of desirable and effective means for the maintenance of the Home. On account of the long period of time covered by the resolution, and the many factors and contingencies which naturally attach to the subject, it is impossible to state the requirements of the Home in budget form and the best we can do is to treat the subject in a general manner as we have attempted to do in this respect. If the Home is to be main tained as at present it is our opinion that the Jewish Hospital property recently purchased provides the real estate that will be needed for the time in question, and the buildings already on the ground when remodeled to meet our requirements will give us the necessary housing for many years to <tome. The funds needed to remodel the Jewish Hospital building have been set aside for that purpose. So it would seem that our future financial problem, resolves itself into one of maintenance and opera-, tion of the Home, and will not involve the question of purchasing real estate or erecting more buildings. The operation of the Home on the larger scale that will prevail when possession is obtained of this recently acquired property will materially increase the expense. ILls also to be expected that the number of the Home Family will increase from year to year, but to attempt to estimate such increase would be to indulge in speculation as that growth will no doubt d'epend to some extent upon economic conditions, as well as upon the growth of the Order in the State. We find it impossible in attempting to comply with the resolution above mentioned to estimate the financial needs of the Home in dollars and cents for the period of twenty years, but we believe that in discussing the other features of the resolution, i. e., the hest method of meeting the financial needs of the Home for the period specified', we can more clearly set forth our idea of the amount that will be needed by balancing the increased yearly cost with the probable increased membership of the Order路, than a resort to figures would show.

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As to the best method of raising the funds required for the support of the Home, we are strongly of the opinion that the best possible plan for -raising the larger part at least, is by way of a per capita tax, such as we now have; this plan permits every Freemason in the jurisdiction to directly contribute to 路the support of those wards of our beloved l""raternity who make up the Home Family. Such a tax affords the simplest means of raising a large part of the funds required, and will increase from year to year w'ith the growth in membership of the Order. It is our opinion that a per capita tax should be maintained as the fixed policy of the Grand Lodge. In our opinion, the initiation fee now being levied is the best possible means of supplying any deficiency that may exist in the funds required for. the maintenance and operation of the Home after applying the per capita tax and may afford a source of growth to the Endowment Fund to which any surplus arising therefrom is devoted, and that it should also be maintained as a fixed policy. Another argument in favor of the initiation fee for the Home is that like the per capita tax, it will directly reflect the growth of the fraternity and. keep pace with the increased needs of the Home brought about by such growth. Our Endowment Fund has reached the very considerable sum of $260,811.03, and shows a consistent growth from year to year from gifts and bequests \and yields approximately 5 per centum annually. These three sources of revenue, 1. e. interest on the Endowment Fund, a per capita tax of the membership, and an initiation fee, the surplus to go to the Endowment Fund, in our opinion are not only right in principle, but will .increase in volume as the Fraternity grows, and will meet the needs of the Home during the period mentioned in the resolution. A per capita tax of $1.50 for the Home and the $10.00 initiation fee now being collected arc large enough to supply present needs and we hope the increased demands likely to arise will be met by the growth of the Order, without increasing the rate of either the per capita tax or the initiation fee. The support of the Home should not be made to depend on c.hanging plans sometimes hastily adopted, and we recomnwnd that all proposed changes in this respect should be thoroughly considered by a comm ittec of this Grand Body. and layover one year before being acted upon: Fraternally submitted, S. E. WAGGONER, President.

RESOLUTION-WASHINGTON'S MASONIC BIRTHDAY R. W. Bro. Thad B. Landon, read the following resolution -adopted: Whereas, the Fathe~ of our Country, our First President, Brother George V':ashington, set forth upon his Masonic career on November

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4, 1752, that being the date upon which he was initiated into the Lodge at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and ,"'herens, the people of our Country so much need to absorb the sterling patriotism of that and the other immortal characters' or his day, and become' immersed in the principles of Americanism, Am,erican thought, ideals and institutions, Therefore'Be It Resolved, that November 4th be celebrated by the Masonic Fraternity of Missouri, as Washington's Masonic Birthday, and that each Lodge in this jurisdiction observe the same by appropriate ceremonies, to the end that our American institutions, our American form of Government and our principles shall become first of all in the hearts and minds of the people of this Countr:y路. Thad B. Landon E. W. Taylor R. A. Breuer A. B. Frey L. M. Haydon.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS These proposed amendments, shown below, were referred to the Jurisprudence Committee. R. W. Bro. Anthony F. Ittner offered the following proposed amendment to subdivision "~" of Sec. 12, Article 2: Be it resolved that Subdivision "P" of Section 12, of Art. 2 be amended as follows: By striking out the words and figures 3600 and SUbstituting in lieu thereof the words and figures $5,000, so that said By-laws when amended shall read as follows "The salary of the Grand Secretary shall be $5,000 per annum, payable monthly.

M.. \-V. Bro. \Villiam F. Johnson offered the following proposed amendment to Sec. 1 of Article 1. Be it resolved that Sec. 1 of Art. 1 be amended as follows. By striking out the word "third" in the third line of said section and substituting in lieu thereof the word "seco;d," so that said By-law when so amended shall read as follows: "An Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge shall be held in the City of St. Louis on the ,Second Tuesday of October, in each year, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m.; provided, that the place of meeting for the next Annual Communication 'may be changed when a majority of the Grand Lodge shall deem it expedient. Provided, further, that in the event of an epidemic, catastrophe or any other cause that would make it jmpossible 'for the Grand Lodge to meet as herein provided, the Grand Master, with the consent of his Associate Elective Grand Officers, may change the time or plac~ of the Annual Communication.

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\"1. -Bro. L. M. Haydon offered路 the following proposed amendment to Sec. 97 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. We, the undersigned, beg .leave to submit for your con~ideration and adoption the following amendment to Sec. 97 of the Grand Lodge By-laws;' . Be it Resolved, That Sec. 97, of the Grand Lodge By-laws be amended by inserting after the figures "85" in the third line of this section the following words: "and no one shall be eligible to the office of Worshipful Master more than two years in any period of four years," so that this 拢ection when so amended shall be and provide as follows: Sec. 97, Eligibility-No Freemason is eligible to the office of Worshipful Master unless he has been elected and served as Warden, except as provided in Sec. 85, and no one shall be eligible to the office of ,,-Torshipful Master more than two years in any period of four years.

AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS ADOPTED. R. \\T. Bro. Thad B. Landon offered the following amendment to Art. XVII by adding new section. To amend Art. XVII, of the Grand Lodge By-laws by adding a new Section to be krtown as Sec. 216-A, said new Section to read as follows: Sec. 216-A. English Language--All degrees and ceremonials of any Lodge shall be conducted in the English language and it shall be unlawful for any Lodge to do any degree work or hold any ceremonial in any other language. A. H. Mann J.' Gwynn Gough Cabell Gray Chas. A. FitzGerald Wm. P. Mason. Said proposed new Sec. 216;A, being referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, it reported as follows: Your Committee on Jurisprudence recommends that the above and foregoing' new Section be adopted. Thad B. Landon A. B. Frey E. W. Tayler R. A. Breuer L. M. Haydon. ADOPTED.

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STANDING AND SPECIAL 'COMMITTEES The' Grand Master announced the following Standing and Special Committees for the session: JURISPRUDENCE-Thad B. Landon, Chairman; R. A. Breuer, Jno. C. Robertson, Leonard Haydon, E. W. Tayler, A. B. Frey. APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES-Wm. R. Gentry, Chairman; A. H. Mann, Chas. C. Gardner, Jas.F. Fulbright, Henry C. Chiles, Wm. D. Moore, N. H. Johnson, M. L. Mills. WAYS 'AND MEANS-O. H. Swearingen, Chairman; John T. Short, Jno. Gwynn Gough, C. M. Buford, W. A. Phipps, Henry N. Martin, Herman A. VonRump. . CREDENTIALS-Louis H. Abrams, Chairman; Henry H. O'Hara, Walter A. Webb, Claude H. Knapp, Fred B. Howarth, Jackson J. Hagen, Max Weinberg of Lodge No. 79. PAY ROLL-Walter R. Shrodes, Chairman; Jacob A. Pugh, R W. Smith, W. Jennings, Otto Oren, C. W. Reagan, T. A. Coffelt.

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CHARTERED LODGES-Clarence L. Alexander, Chairman; R. D. Johnson, H. M. Bartels, W. O. Davis, L. S. Ritter, O. J. Cope, C. S. Ward. , LODGFiS UNDER DISPENSATION---:Willis A. _McCullah, Chairman; Benj. Loevy, G. W. Baker, Walter J. Busch, John D. Stout, A. G. Hendrickson, Cabell Gray. CHARITY-James P. Tucker, Chairman; T. H. Walton, R. .T. IJadd. Fred Reinhardt, H. E. Carel, P.' W. Porter, Roscoe E. Cavanaugh. REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS-Jas. W. "Vest, Chairman; H. J. Hefner, James F. Randall, Horace J. Moody, W. W. Ferguson, Jr., J. W. Atkins, John Jonas. MASONIC BOARDS OF RELIEF-Andrew J. O'Reilly, Chairman; '.1. D. Evans; Geo. W. Davies, C. A. Burton, Austin McMichael, L. H. Gotschall, J. A. Spressard, Chas. O. Anderson. RITUAJ.r-D. M. Wilson, Chairman: MASONIC HOME (Visiting Committee)-Charles Lewis Woods, Chairman; Wm. C. Heim, Chas. D. Chase, L. O. Dowell, F. L. Brittain, T. H. Jacobson, D. T. Sanderson, E. J. Standridge. CORRESPONDENCE-Charles Carroll Woods, Chairman. OBITUARIES-Corona H. Briggs, Chairman; R. E. Dralle, Wallace R. Tindall, R. H. Beagles, Ned W. Schoonover, R. J. Walkenhorst, W. S. Drace. AUDITING-H. Clay Perkins, Chairman; F. R. Johnson, J. L. :Mosley, H. F. Heck, Horace J. Moody, Sherman A. Smith, J. A. Mocabee.

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GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS-Alex M. Dockery, Chairman. UNFINISHED BUSINESS-N. R. Holcomb, Chairman; W. J. Palmer, L. F. Pollock, Leo Adler, E. B. Brown, F. C. Hair, W. E. Wilcox. TRANSF;0RTATION AND HOTELS-'Frank D. Gildersleeve, Chairman; C. C. Metcalf, E. J. Kaufmann, Chas. E. Schooley, 'Vm. S. Johnson, B. F. Fielders, L. G. Tetley.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGES-Wm. F. Kuhn, Chairman; C. C. vVoods, C. H. Briggs, R. F. Stevenson, W. A. Hall, T. W. Cotton. MANUALS-Frank R. Jesse, John H. Gundlach. RITUAL--D. M. Wilson, Chairman; William F. Johnson, John T. Short, .T. R. McLachlan, Frank R. Jesse, Van F. Boor. MASONIC TEMPJ..,E ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS-C. H. Briggs, Ii'. R. Jesse, J. H. Cranfill; Consulting Architect, J. L. Heckenlively. C.

LEASE OF OFFICES-Frank R. Jesse, R. Garrell. .

F. Stevenson, Julius

MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES -Corona H. Briggs, 1 year; George Coslow, 2 years; Geo. S. McLanahan, 3 years. MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI-James W. Skelly, Chairman; Hanson C. Kreidler, C. H. Briggs, Roland Hughes, Fred V. Loos. ' AMENDMENT TO MASONIO HOME CHARTER-T. H. Reynolds, . Chairman; V. H. Falkenhainer, W. M. Campbell, W. B. Massey, E. P. gllis. FINANCIAL NEEDS OF HOME FOR .TWENTY YEARS-Sol. E. Waggoner, Chairman. FATHERLESS - CHILDREN OF FRANCE-R. R. Kreeger, Chairman; C. C. Bigger, Jno. H. Gund'lach. GEO. WASHINGTON MASONIC NAT'L MEMORIAL ASS'N-Wm. F. Kuhn, Chairman.

CALLED FROM 'LABOR Announcement was made that an automobile trip around the city was scheduled for 2 :00 p. m. . At 12 :30 p. m. the Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 7 :30 p. m., this evening. Prayer by Rev. Bro. F. V. Loos, Grand Chaplain.

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FIRST DAY-EVENING SESSION The Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 7 :30 p. m., by 1V10st Worshipful Grand Master Lucas, the other Grand Officers being in their respective stations. Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. Arthur Mather.

ORATION. Rev. Bro. Burris A. Jenkins, Grand Orator, was introduced and spoke as follows: Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren: The story is told that on one occasion Mark Twain, then known only as Samuel L. Clemens, an obscure young newspaper man, was introduced by the Senator from Missouri to Pr.esident Ulysses S, Grant. President Grant barely nodded, said nothing, looked as if he had not said anything for a year and did not intend to say anything for another year-and finally Mark 'Twain, after standing first on one leg and then on the other and fidgeting said, "Mr. President, I am embarrassed, are you?" They did not meet "again for some twenty years and then Mark Twain was famous all over the world; the @eneral had just returned from his round the world journey and they were to speak on the same platform in Chicago! So just as the General came out of one window on the portico, Samuel Clemens, or Mark Twain, came out of the other window and they met face to face. The General reached out his hand and said, "]\fl', Clemens, I am not embarrassed, are you?" Well, I must say, Worshipful Grand Master, that I feel embarrassed and have felt embarrassed for a good While, in thinkin~ over this occasion. It is enough to inspire awe in any man to stand before the Grand Lodge of his native state, with all the memories of the history 'of this great order, the centuries and even the millenniums, through which it has worked its way like a thread of gold through a tapestry of purple; the ministration of this Grand Order in keeping alive through the dark ag-es and the middle ages-the benighted period of history-the great lights for which it stands; the me'mory of the Temple of Solomon which arose without sound of hammer or noise of building; memories of the few great stones, which down deep under the Mosque of Omar are sti,ll to be found of that ancient temple; memories 'of Solomon's quarries beneath the City of iJerusalem; the wonderful blue sk:v that bends over it all and the' sacred hills which slope up to it from all sides. These things come over one's mind as he stands in so hallowed a place as this, in the presence of such a historical order. And yet I heard enough of the proceedings this morning

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to realize that with all the majesty and might which is. behind this great body, you, my brothers, are flesh and blood-human men capable of operating the state in which you live, with its wondrous beauty and those glorious. golden, Indian summer days. Mark Twain said another thing one time. Somebody asked him what was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in all his life, and quick as a flash he answered, "Missouri in October!" (Applause) How many times today men have said to me, "This is a beautiful day," or "These are beautiful days" or "This is a great occasion" or "This is a wonderful gathering;" and each time there has recurred to my mind the remark by a certain little SCrool boy, a hard-boile,d little rascal, (He was out of the alleys of our city), and the teacher was testing him to see where she should put him in the class, and she 'said, "How much is three and three?" He said, "Six." She said, "Very good; very good." He said, "Very good-hell, it's perfect," (laughter). So the atmosphere which I 'have found here today, the good fellowship, the cordiality, the kindness and the wonderful October day, the proceedings of this mornmg, their impressiveness and their humanness-upon all these things, my heart has cried out, "It's perfect," So after all, I am not so much embarrassed, now, that I have got started. This Order has stood for two great things throughout the centuries, from far back beyond the dawn of our era. Before we ~ade' Anno Domini, this Order stood for these great purposes and ideals that were uttered from this platform time and time again this morning. It has stood for the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. There were times when men were perplexed, and there are still sections of the earth where men are perplexed today, as, to what is the nature of God, the Supreme Being, and what is His relation to mankind? Men have looked out' into the world of nature and they have seen two kinds of God or Gods, in those ancient days .as in these modern days and times. They saw a beneficent and a kindly God, and they sayan evil, a destroying God. They saw the grain springing up in the spring time, with promise of a bounteous harvest; and then they saw the untimely blight or frost strike the growing crop until it withered a.nd shriveled to the ground; and they said, "What is this? Here are two Gods working against each other. A good God that gives the harvest and an evil God that takes 'it away," They couldn't understand. They saw the sea, that b~autiful blue Mediterranean, smooth and wind-swept, carrying the ships to .their havens, and they said, "The good God is with us, so prosperous, our undertaking!" Then they saw that same sea tossing mountains high and dashing the ships to the bottom; and they said, "Here is an evil God, a God that takes things away from man, a destroying God," They' saw the mountains bringing forth gold and silver and precious stories to bless and benefit mankind, and they offered their thanks to the creator of all good. And they saw those same m'ountains hurling forth fire

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and lava and burning whole cities like Herculaneum and Pompeii; and they said here is a destroyer, an evil God, that takes gifts away from man. Even the Psalmist, standing as close to God as he undoubtedly did, in that wonderful Ninetieth Psalm shows that he, like the rest, is feeling in the dark after him. Listen! He said: "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to overlasting, thou art God." There's the good God-giver of life. "Thou turn est man to destruction"-the evil, destroying God-"And sayest, return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. "Thou carriest them away as with a flood"-the evil, the destroyer. "They are as asleep; in the morning they are like grass which grl>weth up. In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up;"-the giver of life- "In the evening it is cut down and withereth." "For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we trOUbled." Perplexity is the condition of the mind of that great poet. But almost from his day on throughout the centuries, our Fraternity has addressed God for more than 2,000 years, saying "Our Father who art in heaven." The inestimable, the priceless heritage has descended to us of an understanding that this God, unknown to so many, is the father of mankind. Years ago, I had a friend down in Kentucky who had two beautiful little children; and he used to say to me: "I would not "dare reach out my hands to the little tots up there at the second story window, with an invitation to come. They would plunge out in a minute and take 'me at my word." That is fatherhood. And with all generations of hereditary belief that we have upon our heads, have we yet, Fathers, Brothers, you and I, grasped that foundation tenet of our great Fraternity-the Fatherhood of God? If we had, do you suppose there would be anyone of us whose heart tonight is far away from Him? Another great doctrine enunciated here this morning, and in every meeting of our great Fraternity, is the Brotherhood of man. Back in those drear distant centuries, men were perplexed, not only about their relationship to. God, but about their relationship one to another. In that elder day, to be a Roman was greater than to be a king. To be anything else but a Roman was to be a bearded savage from the mountains. To be a Greek was to be a leader and guide of mankind. -To be anything else than a Greek was to be a barbarian. To be a Jew was to be one of God's own chosen people. To be anything else than a Jew was to be a gentile, with an accent upon the first syllable. But dimly the light was struggling in the minds of men even then; and there came a Great Teacher, who when the question was asked of him, "What kin are men, one to another?" told this little story. He said that a certain man

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went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of thieves who beat him and stripped him of his raiment and left him for dead. Then there came by one of his own native blood kin and seeing his brother in distress, passed by on the other side. Then there came by a priest, one sworn under a great oath to succor his nationalists in difficulty, and he was on his way to Jerusalem to offer sacrifice to Almighty God lest he therefore be defiled with blood and be unable to. enter into the temple upon his sacred duty, he, too, draws his garments about him and passes by on the other side. Then there came by a Samaritan-whom a Jew hated, and who hated the Jews-and it was this man of all others, who bound up the wounds of the man, and, pouring in balm and oil, sets him on his beast, and takes him to the inn, and pays his lodgings for !Jl'any days. "Now," said the great teacher, "which was kin to the man?" And they said, "The Samaritan." And he路 said, "Go forth and do likewise, for' verily I say unto you the publicans and outcasts shall enter into the kingdom of heaven before some of you." The brotherhood of man was his great message in human relations. And do we grasp that, my friends, at the end of the centuri-es and 2,000 years after it was so plainly enunciated? Do we believe down deep in our hearts in the Brotherhood of man' Are we true to the principles that we preach? It is that question of heart-searching, as it seems to me, which should be uppermost in our minds tonight in this great meeting of our Grand Order. It is an easy thing to preach the Brotherhood of man. It is a hard thing to practice it. I know, for I have tried both. There is nothing that a preacher gets such commendation upon as when' he preaches concerning the brotherhood of man. Then they come up to him and slap - him on the shoulder and say. "That is right, Brother, you preached with power this morning; them's my sentiments; I belIeve in the Brotherhood of man." Then they go outside and cheat each other in a horse trade and a lumber deal. Not a horse trade any more, we do not have horses any more; but in an automobile trade and a lumber contract. In our churches which are established for the preaching and the practice of the Brotherhood of mankind, as much as the Masonic Order is established. In our churches, we come in and greet each other and say, "How do you do, Brother so and so; Sister so and so"-to anybody who is a member of our own particular little section of the great church of Christ in the World; but to anybody else who is a member of that other church down the road, of a different name and different complexion, we say. "Mr. and Mrs." Now, don't you see how petty and small that conception or' Brotherhood is in comparison with the idea that all men everywhere, are our neighbors, blood kin, and Brothers? Is it or is it not true, that we go into our lodges; we strike hands; we give the grip and the sacred word; and it is "Brother this and Brother that." Then we go outside in the market places and in the offices and on the stock. exchange and it is diamond cut diamond, and Greek meets Greek?

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At least. that is true of the lodges I belong to, and I belong to a whole lot of different lodges. Do you suppose that if we had lived and loved this great doctrine, if we really believed down deep in our heart in the Brotherhood of man, there would be any little . ragged newsboys sleeping in ash barrels or over the gratings of printing press engines these cold winter nights? You say that is an exaggeration; it isn't true any longer. My friend, I have seen it not later than last winter on Grand avenue in Kansas City, on State street in Chicago. and on Fifth avenue or Broadway in New York. Little fellows with th~ir bare knees showing through their trousers selling their belated news at midnight, in the snow. If we really believed it and practiced it, every boy would be in school under a compulsory educational act-if' we believed in the Brotherhood of man-Thorouglily believed it. (Applause). Do You suppose if we heartily believed in the Brotherhood of man, there would be any' great army of unemployed going back and forth over the face of our country, begging sometimes from door to door, a little dole, and making the lives of farmers' wives miserable through fear, if we really believed in the Brotherhood of man? But you say there is an old economic law, "He who will not work shall not eat," and that is just as true and unchangeable as the laws of the Medes and the Persians. But if we believed in the Brotherhood of man heartily, down to our toes, every man that wanted work should have a fair and square and honest c'hance to work. And that is .not the condition under our system of society today. (Applause). Do you suppose if we believed in the Brotherhood of man, there would be any dark corner of any continent unlighted with this great two-fold message with the thousands of Masons and the mil路 lions of Christians back of it, in this year or' Grace, 1922? If we believed in it thoroughly, we couldn't sleep at night, we could scarcely eat for haste to help in the great cause, to set up a lodge and a church around the belted globe-if we believed in the Brotherhood of man. The difficulty is that we haven't got it in the very bone and sinew, our marrow and our blood. W'e talk about it superficially but we do, not comprehend it ,internally. Now; may' I be permitted to refer to two or three of the social questions of our hour, the great problems confronting every nation at this time, and see how it would be if the Brotherhood of man, if the Golden Rule, if the Sermon on the Mount should be applied in practice to the solu,!.ion of those questions. You may take up almost anyone of them; they are very imminent. There is, for example, a race question in this co'untry which has confronted us in all decad'es of our history. It is no less acute today than it was 40 or 50 years ago. Here is the problem of two races living together on the same continent, side by side, and what is to be the solution of that problem? Ten millions or eleven millions of

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negroes, aliens and foreigners upon our soil, and here are one hundred - and ten millions of whites. What solution is there to this question? A number of solutioilS have been suggested; they might be classed under three or four heads. There is deportation, there is segr.egation, there is amalgamation, and there is assassination. All four of these have been proposed. First, there is deportation. Send them_ back to Africa where they came from. I You will remember Booker T. Washington's historical solution' for that suggestion. He said: "There aren't ships enough in the world to carry them over. It is a physical impossibility for us to deport them, as fast as they are coming on; for every time you send a ship load of a' thousand negroes from a Virginia port there are fifteen hundred little black babies born in that same hour." There is the solution of segregation. Put them all on a reservation and keep them there and do not let any white man in and do not let any negroes out. You remember Booker T. Washington's facetious reply to that. "He said, "You would have to build a mighty high fen~e to keep the negroes in and then a mighty-sight higher fence to keep the white men out." The other solution-Amalgamation. The mixture of the blood and the gradual disappearance of one race in the predominate force of the other. My friend, there is one thing America will nev~r stand for; that is one thing that the white race will never abide. Negro physicians, too, are reporting that amalgamation is' decreasing. This is a white man's country. (Applause). Fourth, assassination. I am a son of the South myself, a son of slave-holders, and I do not hesitate to say, and I think I'll not be contradicted, that Southern men ~now better how to handle this question than Northern men. At least then, we who live farther North ought to be guided by the wisdom and judgment of the men who have been grappling with this question for decades and generaÂˇ tions. There is no solution for this problem except the solution of the â&#x20AC;˘ Brotherhood of man-of the Golden rule-of the Sermon on the Mount. We have black brethren in the churches of Jesus Christ, and they are brethren, and we must treat them so. However deep the social line between the two which never shall be crossed, however inexorable the separation between the two races which never can be mixed, we must treat them as we would be treated if we were in their shoes and they were in ours. There is no other way to solve this problem. Now, hastily, let me refer to another great question which is before our country and will be increasingly acute as the days pass by-and that is the industrial problem which goes to the very root of the well-being of our homes and families, our cities and our nations. At present, there is war between two classes in the community. There is no use mincing the matter; no use trying to fool ourselves about it at all. There is a state of armed conflict

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on between two classes of our society. Strikes are only the battles; the war is going on all the time. There are sympathizers on one side and sympathizers on the other; and everyone of us here tonight is arrayed in thought and in spirit with one side of that controversy. It is almost impossible to divest ourselves of prejudices and be unbiased, cool and calm as we look upon this conflict. Our sacred obligation pledges us to a belief in the Brotherhoou of man and to a defense of it with all the powers that .we po路ssess. My friend, how is it possible then for us to regard, for example. labor as a commodity? We can no longer believe that labor is a product and commodity to be bought and sold in the cheapest market. Labor is flesh and blood; labor is human destiny; labor is a hearth stone and a fireside; and we must regard it in the light of our fraternity with the man who toils. We shall never solve the industrial problem on the basis of conflict. War never gets anywhere; war never solves questions; war only aggravates them. Now, we have all kinds of panaceas; all kinds of different opinions. One may say "abolish the War Labor Board;" another says "support it." Another says, "profit-sharing;" and another one says "that does not touch the. question." One says "there must be shop-management on the part of the workers;" another says shopmanagement will not work." One says the "labor union must be strengthened;" another says "the iabor union must be torn down." One says the "open shop;" another says "the closed shop." There are wide differences of opinion. But, my friend, the solution lies in the teaching of the Masonic order and of the Church of Christ in the 'Vorld-the Brotherhood of man, the Golden Rule, treating all men as you would be treated, treating them as human ,beings That, alone, is the solution. There is no other way.. I intended to speak a few minutes of another problem-I have spoken a half hour already and I have promised to talk no longer than half an hour. (Voices from the aUdieRce: Go on; go on.) There is one more problem, and I can cover that in two or three minutes. 'Vhat I have said with reference to the race question and the labor question, is equally true in regard to the international question. I see no other way by which nations can live to-. gether side by side except upon .the basis of the Brotherhood of man, the Golden Rule. the Sermon on the Mount. I see no other way by which civilization can survive, or by which we can avoid the drift back to the savage hut. I see no other way by which nations can dwell in unity, except upon the basic principles of this great Order. No man liveth to himself and no man dieth to himself; neither does any nation. We drove to the hall tonight in a taxicab, and the boy-the driver, turned upon us as we were talking about some of these international problems and he said: "Excuse me. for butting in, but I fought over on the other side. I was gassed; my health is gone. I ,":as a mechanic; I can't work at. my trade I am 路so crippled. My teeth are all to be taken out by the Government." (The Government even takes his teeth out). He said, "We went over

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there fighting with the idea that we were fighting against war; that we were fig-hting to end war," and he said, "You would never have got us over there under any other consideration and you will never get us back over there under any consideration." He said, "I believe the nations should get together and work together." They have been very selfish; they have been very grasping and gTeedy. They were almost beside themselves with greed .at the Versailles Conference. Greed mingled with fear. My friend, you could hardly blame them if you could walk the devastated areas of France. You could hardly blame them if you sat at certain English hearth-stones where six men were taken from one family, where thirteen went to war from another, and not. a single one of them came home sound. I am telling you things that I have seen; and I say, you could hardly blame them for being tremendously fearful. Over here in this free country where we are liVing and where, as God hears me, we do not want a foot of anybody's soil on earthover here in this free country, we scarcely felt the war, in comparison with them. Should not our influence be poured in, if poss!ble, to teach them a better way and to lead them in the paths of salvation? There was an English poet,. not any more English than our own -who sang over fifty years ago: "For I dipt into the future, as far as human eye could see; Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails; Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and their rained a ghastly dew From the nation's airy navies grappling in the central blue; Far along the world-wide whisper of the south wind rushing warm, With the standards of the peoples plunging through the thunderstorm; Till the war drum throbbed no longer and the battle" flags were furled In the parliament of man, the Fed'eratiQn of the World." T'hose are wonderful prophetic words of Alfred Tennyson, the Poet Laureate, which are being fulfilled-God grant they are being fulfilled-in the blood of our boys who lie buried over tl}.ere under the lilies and under the poppies of Fland'ers and France. If they are not fulfilled and w.e do not lend our influence to end war, then they died uselessly. We just got mixed up in a commercial quarrel and won the victory for one side, and did not do any good on earth unless, out of this terrible conflict, there comes some attempt at least, at a moral substitute for the barbarism of war. It seems to me I can hear those boys' voices tonight coming across the sea-for I stood beside some of them when they died-it seems !

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ca,n hear them in a great chorus, sixty to seventy thousand strong coming to us here in this sacred hall, in this sacred路 Order, and it seems I can hear them saying: To you, from failing hands we throw The torch. Be yours to bear it high, If ye break faith with us who die, "We shall not sleep, Though poppies blow in Flanders fields. We shall not fail you, the Masonic Order is powerfu路l enough to carry out your last will and testament.

EXEMPLIFICATION OF WOR路K The Most Worshipful Granel Master then placed the Grand Lodge' under the direction of R. W. Bro. J. R. McLachl<!n, Grand Lecturer, who, aided by the other Grand Officers proceeded to exemplify the Second Section of the. Third Degree, Grand Master Lucas occupying the East.

CALLED FROM LABOR At 9:30 P. M. the Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 9 :00 tomorrow morning. Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. F. V. Loos, Grand Chaplain.

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SECOND DAY-MORNING SESSION ' St. Louis, Wednesday, October 18, 1922. The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 9 :30 o'clock A. M. by M. W. Grand Master O. A. Lucas, with the other Grand Officers in their proper stations. Opening Ode snng. Divine guidance and blessing invoked by R. W. Bro. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain.

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MINUTES READ AND APPROVED The Minutes of the several sessions of yesterday were read by the Grand Secretary and approved by the Grand Lodge.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGES. NI. W. Bro. \Vm. F. Kuhn, Chairman, presented the report of said com~nittee, which was adopted as follows:

The National Grand Lodge of Italy Grand Lodge A. F. & A.M. of MisSOU1'i: A request for recognition from the National Grand Lodge, A. F. & A, M. of Italy was received by the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Missouri and referred to your Committee. This request came under seal and signature of Cesares Negri, Grand Secretary, and Raoul V. P~lermi, Grand Master, and dated at Rome March 27, 1922.

As is customary, the Committee submitted to the Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of Italy the usual questions and reQuested answers thereto. Grand Master Palermi replied -promptly. The questions and answers are. herewith given in order that the members may judge and consider for themselves. . Question 1. (a) Is the National Grand Lodge of Italy supreme

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in its jurisdiction over Ancient Craft Masonry and not subordinate to any superior authority: (b) Is there any relation or connection between the National Grand Lodge of· Italy and the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite of Italy, officially or otherwise: (c) Does the National Grand Lodge of Italy pay dues or tax to the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite of Italy? Answer: The National Grand Lodge of Italy is supreme in its jurisdiction over Ancient Craft Masonry in Italy, and not subordinate to any supreme authority and follows the old landmarks and rules of the Ancient Craft. There is no relation between the National Grand Lodge of Italy and the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite of Italy, only, by treaty, the National Grand Lodge of Italy recognizes the Supreme Council of ·the Scottish Rite of Italy as the unique ritual body in which the Master Masons can enter after a due time, and the Supreme Council receives· in its ranks only the Master Masons of the National Grand Lodge of Italy. The National Grand Lodge of Italy pays neither tax nor dues to the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite of Italy, . Question 2. Where did the Lodges that formed the National Grand Lodge of Italy obtain their original Charters, that is, can· these Lodges trace their origin to the Mother Grand Lodge of England? ' Answer. The Grand Lodge of Italy was formed by the various Lodges chartered in several regions of Italy by English Masous at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century.. Question 3. Does the National Grand Lodge of Italy organize or hold jurisdiction over any Lodges outside of Italy? Answer. The National Grand Lodge of Italy neither organizes nor holds any Lodges outside of Italy,· but to follow the old rules of Freemasonry. Question 4. (a) What constitutes the Grand Lodge of Italy: (b) Are its Grand Officers elective or appointive: (c) If elective, by whom elected and for what period of years: o(d) If appointed, by whom: (e) Is the Grand Master elected ad vitam? Answer. The National Grand Lodge of Italy is composed of the representatives of every Lodge and by the officers over which the Grand Master presides. As ·such, the Grand Master as well as the other Grand Officers are elected by the Grand Lodge every six years. Question 5. Is the candidate required to declare his belief in the one living and true God, viz., the God as expressed in the Holy Bible in contradistinction to a speculative or. philosophical definition of Deity? Answer. The candidate must declare bi.s belief in the one living and true God. Question 6. Does the Holy Bible lie open on the altars of the Lodges, .and is the candidate obligated thereon? Answer. Yes.

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Question 7. Does the National Grand Lodge of Italy or any of its Lodges hold their communIcations on Sunday? Answer. No. The questions asked and the answers thereto are clear and definite. The Ancient Landmarks are clearly set forth and the ,answers clearly indicate that the National Grand Lodge of Italy is strictly conforming therewith. The legitimacy of th~ Lodges that formed it, carry in their veins the blood of the Mother Grand Lodge of England? It is a representative Grand Lodge. The Officers are elected by the representatives of the Lodges and the Grand Master is not elected for life. The belief in Deity is clearly expressed and is not a notion of Deity nor a metaphysical speculation. The Holy路 Bible lies open on the altar and the candidate is obligated thereon. Your Committee feel that the National Grand Lodge of Italy meets all the requirements as set forth by the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and therefore your Committee recommends the recognition of the National Grand Lodge of Italy, and that representatives be exchanged. Fraternally submitted, . WILLIAM F. KUHN, CHAS.C. WOODS, CORONA H. BRIGGS, nOBT. F. STEVENSON, WM. A. HALL, TOLMAN W. COTTON.

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION M. W. Bro. Wm. F.' Kuhn, State Chairman, presented and read the following report. Aqopted. To the Grand. Lodge; A. F. & A. M., of Missouri: As State Chairman of this Memorial Association, I sent out in .January, 1922, a circular letter to all of the Lodges, setting forth the purposes of the Association in detail, also a booklet issued by the Officers' of the Association, giving in full. not only the purposes but what has been accomplished by the Association. This circular letter requested a contribution of one dollar per m.ember based on the returns of the Grand Lodge in 1921. Later a picture

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of this Memorial based on the architects' plan and another circular from the Association were sent to each Lodge. Two circular letters were sent to each District Deputy Grand Master and District Grand Lecturer, together with a handsome pamphlet of the City of Alexandria, showing Washington's Lodge and the relics of Washington, also a picture of the Memorial. In these two circular letters to the Deputies, I urged upon them the importance. of visiting each Lodge in his District and to impress upon the minds ot the members the importance of the work and to request the Lodge to act. I was agreebly surprised to receive acknowledgment of the receipt of these circulars from four out of the sixty-nine Deputies. the others possibly did not consider it of enough importance. I am under special obligation to R. W. Brother .James W. Skelly of St. Louis for his efficient work in the 33rd District, The Lodges were given the privilege of pledging the amount in full and paying on the installment plan or to pay the full amount at one time. The National Association offering as a reward the following inducements: Any Lodge or individual, contributing $100 or more, received a Roll of Honor certificate, which was a life membership certificate. Any Lodge which contributed one dollar per capita received a one hundred per cent quota certificate, if the amount so contributed was not less than $100.00 also received the Roll of Honor certificate, and any Lodge paying $1.00 per membel' but less than $100.00 receives the 100 per cent quO:ta certificate. Any person contributing $10.00 received a certificate for having purchased a' stone, and anyone .paying $5.00 received a certificate of having purchased a brick. On this basis it will be observed that every Lodge contributing at least $100.00 receives a Roll of Honor or life membership certificate; the Lodge contributing $1.00 per member, and not less than $100.00 receives the Roll of Honor certificate but also the 100 per cent quota' certificate, and the Lodge pa:ving. $1.00 per member, but less than $100.00 dollars receives a 100 per cent quoto certificate. Prior to .January 1, 192f' Missouri had to its credit in this Memorial Association the following contributions: Grand Lodge ., " " , " , .$1,600.00 Grand Chapter Royal Arch Mason.s : '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,000.00 Scottish Rite Bodies, St. Louis .. " "., .••.........•... , 3,000.00 Scottish Rite Bodies, Kansas City." .. , " " , •.... ,' 2,500.00 . Scottish Rite Bodies, .Joplin ,." , , .. , , .. " 1,000.00 Scottish Rite Bodies, St. .Joseph "" ....•... , •.. , 1,017.00 Grand Commandery, Knights Templar , ••......-". .. . 100.00 Grand Council Royal and Select Masters '.' . .. 100.00 George Washington Lodge No.9, St. Louis.,............... 100.00 .Jacob Lampert, P. G. M., St. Louis...................... .... 500.0n A. C. Stewart, St. Louis '. . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 .J. C. C. Waldeck, St. Louis , ,..................... 25.00

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Since January 1, 1922, the following contributions have been received: .Charity Lodge, No. 331, St. Joseph .............•......... $ .Zeredatha Lodge, No. 189, St. Joseph . .AlphaLodge, No. 659, N. Kansas City . ·Rising Sun Lodge, No. 13, Barry .. ~ ••.................... Liberty Lodge, No. 31, Liberty . .Jonesburg Lodge, No. 457, Jonesburg ........•............ H. L. Mann, Brunswick, one brick ...........•...... ; . . C. F. Mattingly, Stewartsville Webb City Lodge, No. 512, Webb City . Webb Chapter, No. 204, O. E. S., Webb City, one brick . Mechanicsville Lodge, No. 260, Hamburg ....•............. Jesse Moore, South St. Joseph, one stone . 'l'riluminia Lodge, No. 205, MarshalL . Chaffee Lodge, No. 615, Chaffee .............••............. Frankford Lodge, No. 192, Frankford . St. Mark's Lodge, No. 93, Cape Girardeau ..•..•........... Novinger Lodge, No. 583, Novinger ........•.............. Bethel Lodge, No. 537, Bethel .....•••.•........•.•••.' . Trenton Lodge, No. Ill, Trenton . ·Tipton Lodge, No. 56, Tipton . ·Sedalia Lodge, No. 236, Sedalia . La Monte Lodge, No. 574, La Monte· . Joplin Lodge, No. 335, Joplin ..............••............. Eureka Lodge, No. 73, Brunswick .......•........•........ Individuals . Grand Commandery, Knights Templar . Wellsville Lodge, No. 194, Wellsville ..........••...•...... Hale City Lodge, No. 216, Hale ... ! . . . . • • . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . • Ravenwood Lodge, No. 201, Ravenwood .•••................ Mountain Grove Lodge, No. 158, Mountain Grove . Ancient Landmark Lodge, No. 356, Harrisburg . George W. Johnson, Kansas City, one brick •............. Temple Lodge, No. "'299, Kansas City .................••.. Webster Groves Lodge, No. 84, W,ebster Groves . Clifford. A Ebling, St. Louis, one stone . James W. Skelly, St. Louis, one brick .•................... ·!i'orest Park Lodge, No. 578, St. Louis .•........•.......... tEuclid Lodge, No. 505, St. Louis ............•............ ·Pilgrim Lodge, No. 652, St. Louis . ·Apollo Lodge, No. 529, St. Louis .....••......•........ , . ·Pyramid Lodge, No. 180, St. Louis ........•..•..•••......• ·Commonwealth Lodge, No. 654, St. Louis . tPolar Star Lodge, No. 79, St. Louis . ,tMizpah Lodge, No. 639, St.· Louis ....•.....•........•....•

700.00 614.00 32.00 120.00 50.00 70.00 5.00 3.00 50.00 5.00 10.0U 10.00 100.00 34.00 20.00 50.00 8.00 10.00 69.00 57.00 400.00 10.00 50.00 50.00 14.00 400.00 25.00 8.00 50.00 18.00 5.00 5.00 450.00 50.00 10.00 5.00 270.00 80.66 35.00 140.00 179.00 43.00 205.67 121.00

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*Progress Lodge, No. ~57, St.. Louis ....•...........•...... 31.00 tLambskin Lodge, No. 460, St. Louis .....•...... ~ . 200.00 *Gardenville Lodge, No. 650, St. Louis ..•........•...•.•... 27.00 tSt. I ouis Lodge, No. 20, St. Louis .. ", ,.,., , . 175.33 43.00 tTriangle Lodge, No. 638, St. Louis , . tAlgabil Lodge, No. 544, St. Louis ..........•............ 157.35 tGeorge Washington Lodge, No.9, St. Louis . 235.75 Pomegranate Lodge, No. 95, St. Louis .. , . 128.00 tBeacon Lodge, No.3, St. Louis ..........•.. , . 1,000.00 tPride of the West Lodge, No. 179, St. Louis . 100.00 Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 40, St. Louis ..........•....••....... 200.00 Total since Jan uary 1

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Balance due from the Grand Jurisdiction at $1.00 per member, $81,814.24. The amount contributed during the year is very disappointing, especially when we remember that a great many of the Grand Lodges of the United States have paid the full amount. Missouri can not afford to be a slacker, and this work should be pushed to a fin'ish. Unfortunately much of the literature sent to the Lodges never got any farther than to the Secretary, many Lodges have not been apprised of what is desired of them. _If the District Deputies will push this matter Missouri will go over the top during this coming year.. The Corner Stone of this Memorial was to have been laid today, but owing to the condition of the railroads, material could not be sent in. This interesting event will doubtless take place on WaShington's birthday. "This memorial will be in plain view of Washington, D. C. The edifice will be surrounded by ~rtistic landscaping, and will be reached by broad walks and stone steps ascending through seven terraces. The architecJure of the Memorial is classic. The main masses of the building comprise a base in which will be located the great George Washington Memorial Hall and various Masonic rooms, and above this base will rise a form of tower. The dimensions of the Memorial over all will be 230 feet in depth by 160 feef in width, exclusive of its steps, terraces and approaches. Its height to the summit of the observation tower will be 200 feet. One of the most stately features will be a great atrium, 70 feet wide by 100 feet deep, which will form the Memorial Hall, and in which it is proposed to set a statue of George Washington. This great Hall will be 64 feet in. height, rising by a clear story above the surrounding portion of the building. It will be flanked by great Ionic columns 40 feet high, and surrounded by a number of rooms *Lodges paid $1.00 per member. tLodges pledged $1.00 per member and paid in part.

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devoted to Masonic interests. The entrance of the 'building will be expressed in a six columned portico of pure Greek Doric design. Rising above the great Memorial Hall ~nd forming a second story of the tower, will be a museum room to house the many memorabilia of George Washington and his time, as well as the interesting relics connected with Washington's service as Master of AlexandriaWashington Lodge. There will be third level above the Museum. A bove it will be a covered observation platform, all three levels screened by stately colonri,ades."

This is but a brief and imperfect description of this Memorial. 'Will Missouri do her part?

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As 'your State Chairman, I was unable to attend the meeting of the Directors held February 22, 1922. But I requested M. W. Brother R. R. Kreeger to represent me at this meeting and I am pleased to report that he and M. W. Brother O. A. Lucas, Grand Master attended and will sUb~it a report. Fraternally submitted, WILLIAM F. KUHN, State Chairman.

REPORT OF DELEGATE TO ANNUAL MEETING AT ALEXANDRIA, 'VIRGINIA M. W. Bro. R. R. Kreeger presented the following report which was adop!ed: To the Grand Lodge of Ancient State of Missouri:

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Dear Brethren: As the proxy of the Most Wor!>hipful Past Grand Master, W. F. Kuhn, I attended the convention of the George Washington National Memorial Association at Alexandria, Virginia, February 21 and 22, 1922. My report is respectfully SUbmitted in the form of a letter directed to him as State Chairman. Kansas City. Mo., Oct. 7, 1922. Dr. W. F. Kuhn, State Chairman of the George Washington National Memorial Association for Missouri. My Dear Brother Kuhn: \Vill you please accept my most sincere thanks for your courtesy in rendering it possible for me to attend the 12th annual convention of the George Wrashington National Memorial Association, Which convened at Alexandria, Virginia, February 21st, 1922 and continued in session until the evening of the 22nd.

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At St. Louis I joined M. W. Bro. O. A. Lucas, Grand Master of Mis-. souri and in company with him and his most congenial companion, Mrs. Lucas, journeyed to Washington, D: C., arriving there on the evening of the 20th. The following ·morning we proceeded to Alexandria. To those of us whose visits to this historic locality are infrequent, the very atmosphere seems charged with the spirit of Washington's loyalty and unswerving devot~on to his countrymen, as we pass by the stately monument erected to him as a soldier and statesman, by admiring posterity. And as we cross over the majestic Potomac, quietly and peacefully fiowing to the ocean beyond, we feel that we are approching the sacred spot, where the immortal father of liberties, lived, moved and had his being. Arriving at our destination the \ first place sought was the modest and unpretentious building in which is located the lodge room of Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22, and in which are housed t'tle many valuable relics, which it is sought to preserve for future generations, in the imposing memorial to be· constructed to the memory of this distinguished Mason. As we stood in the presence of the Chair, the old desks, the altar, the lesser lights and many other objects, and the picture of General Washington in Masonic regalia, and were wondering what such an unselfish life meant, not only to the people of his time, but to the entire human race, we felt like saying. to all within hearing: "Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon. thou standest is holy ground!" , . At the appointed hour the convention was called to order by 1\1. \\T. Louis Watres, Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania, and presi·-

dent of the Association. The opening ceremonies were both impressive and dignified, and in harmony with the .spirit of the hour. Many distinguished citizens. from practically every state in the union, who were also loyal, zealous Freemasons, were there as representatives from their respective Grand .Jurisdictiohs. Among the visitors were Congressmen, U. S. Senators, retired Rear-Admirals of the Navy, a Major-General of the Army, as well as officers in active service. All seemed much impressed with the magnitude and importance of the undertaking and were enthusiastic in their support. A spirit of devotion to Freemasonry and fidelity to the memory of our distinguished brother and loyalty, to our Government was present in all that was said ~nd done. To be good men and true, and to some extent worthy of the blessings and comforts which we enjoy. as the result of our illustrious brother's unselfish efforts in the best interests of humanity. seemed to be the desire of all. The first day's business consisted in reports· of the representatives from various Grand Lodges of the United States, ·1n regard to the progress of the movement in their Grand .Jurisdictions; a statement by the secretary showing the financial resources of the

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Association; the adoption of a constitution and by-laws, and directing the president to take the necessary steps to have the Asso.ciation incorporated under the laws of Virginia. Many States were reported as having contributed and paid in cash all' that they had been asked to contribute. Among the number were Massachu:::;etts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Washington, Arizona and Utah. ,,"Vith one exception, every other State in the Union had made cash payments in amounts varying from a few hundred dollars up to $93,500.00. On this day, also, Harvey Wiley Corbett, represen ting the firm of Architects which had been employed by the Board of Directors, as 'per authority of the association at its meeting in 1921, to prepare plans and' a model of the proposed memorial, submitted the results of their labors. Brother Corbett, who is a graduate engineer, a graduate architect, has been presented with a Medal of Honor by the New York Chapter, American Institute of Architects, and has an inter-national reputation in his profession, in explanation of his con~ception of the Memorial and the thought which had guided them in the preparation of the model and plans said: "The George Washington Masonic National Memorial is primarily a memorial to George Washington, the Man and the Mason. Its form is inspired by the great towers built in the Ancient days of Greece and Rome to mark the entrances to their harbors and from whose summits permanent burning flares that could be seen for miles at sea, guided the mariner on his way. The great tower of the Memorial represents to the world at large the guiding spirit of Washington in statesmanship, and his revered precepts which for all time will set an example by Which the Ship of State may direct its course." . After considerable discussion and a few suggestions as to changes which might be made, the general plan was approved, leaving the details to be worked out. The proceedings of the second day, February, the 22nd, partook more of the nature of a general Memorial Service. The morning hours were, devoted largely to a discussion of matters of interest to the association; and short addresses on Washington as a Man and a Mason. Major-General Nelson A. Miles, retired, spoke very appreciatively of Washington's service to this country, and the influence his life has exerted on the civilization of the world. . In the afternoon the association visited Mount Vernon to. witness the solemn ceremony of placing a wreath on the tomb of Washington. We v:ere permitted to enter the tomb and with uncovered heads paid our respects to the memory of the departed brother. V{e left Alexandria ,that night with the firm conviction of the nec'essity of constructing the contemplated Memorial and resolved to put forth every effort to insure its completion in. a manner becoming the character of the man in whose honor it is to be erected. /

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Wondering as we journeyed away that if it had not been for this noble character if we, today, would be enabled to sing"My Country Tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty, Of Thee I Sing, Land Where My Fathers Died, Land of the Pilgrim's Pride, From Every Mountain. Side, Let Freedom Ring." Cordially and Fraternally yours, R.

R. KREEGER.

PRESENTATION OF DISTINGUISHED VISITORS Bro. James S. McCandless, Imperial Potentate of the A. A. O. N. M. S. of North America, who resides at Honolulu, was introduced and welcomed, gratifying all present by giving an enthusiastic address on the subject of Shrine Hospitals for crippled children, one of which is now building in St. Louis.

M. W. Bros. Walter L. Stockwell, P. G. M., and present Grand Secretary of North Dakota, Geo. L. Schoonover, .P. G. M. of Iowa and Ex-Chairman of the Masonic Service Association of路 the United States and R. W: Bro. _Ralph Otteson, Secretary of the Iowa Masonic Service Association were presented, and cordially welcomed by the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF MASONIC HOME BOARD . VV. Bro. S. E. \Vaggoner; President of the Home Board, presented the report of the Masonic Home of l\1issouri which was adopted and ordered printed in the proceedings. ( See Appendix. )

ELECTION OF GRAND LODGE OFFICE~ The hour having arrived for Election of Grand Lodge Officers, the Grand l\1aster appointed R. W. Bro. Karl M. Vetsburg

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William A. Hall, "Grand Treasurer. -Frank R. Jesse, Grand Secretary.

REPORT OF CO~MITTEE ON OBITUARIES. M. W. Bro. C. H. Briggs, Chairman, presented the following report of Committee on Obituaries, which on motion, was adopted: ' To the 1110st vVorshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted A1asons of tlu State of Missouri: Your Committee on Obituaries submit the following report: While the past year has been one of marked prosperity in this State, yet death has been busy, not only in calling away manY of the active workers in all parts of this grand jurisdiction, but he has also invaded the official ranks of this Grand Lodge and has taken from us one whom we expected soon to see presiding over the Craft in this State, and two Past Grand Masters who showed themselves worthy of the honors conferred upon them. Dr. Austin Lee McRae, Grand Senior Deacon, died March 18, 1922. M. VV. Bro. Joseph C. Fin,agin, Past Grand Master, died November 2, 1921 and M. W. Bro: John W. Bingham, Past Grand Master, died July 11, 1922.

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R. Bro. George E. Mayhall, Past District Deputy Grand Master and Past District Lecturer, after a lingering illness, died , at his home in New London, January 11, 1922. He was initiated, passed and raised in New London Lodge, No. 307, in the year 1868, while the Lodge was U. D., and has served the Craft faithfully and well. "The workman lays down the tools but the work goes on." JOSEPH C. FINAGIN, P. G. M. Joseph C. Finagin, Past Grand Master, was born in St. Louis, May 2, 1855, and died at Portsmouth, Virginia, November 2, 1921, aged sixty-six years and six months. He was for many years connected with some of the larger Wholesale shoe houses of St. Louis, filling creditably such positions as secretary-treasurer and credit man.

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December 14, 1881, he was married to Miss Margar'et K. Barron of St.. Louis. One son and three daughters were born of this un.ion. He lived for some years in Mexico but his last years were spent at Portsmouth, Virginia. December 20, 1886 he was raised in Occidental Lodge, No. 163, of St. Louis. This Lodge he served as Master in 1890, and largely owing to his zeal and popularity that year, marked the largest increase in the history of the Lodge up to that time. He was exalted in St. Louis Royal Arch Chapter,Mav 4, 1888; passed the Circle in Hiram Council, No.1, October- 12, '1892, and received the Qrder of Knighthood in St. 'Aldemar Commandery, No. 18, May 14, 1889. He was commander in 1895. He received the Scottish Rite degrees in 1890 and was Senior Warden in St. Louis Lodge of Perfection, No. 1. In 1890 he became a member of Occidental Chapter, No. 185, O. E. S. He was also a member of Moolah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was appointed District Deputy Lecturer in 1891 for St. Louis and in the three years he filled that office the ritualistic work attained to a degree of perfection beyond any thing it had ever known before. In 1894 he was appointed District Deputy-Grand Master, and in 1895 was appointed Grand Senior Steward and regularly advanced until his election as Grand Master in 1901. The session of the Grand Lodge over which he presided in 1902 '\-vas the one which passed' a by-law making liquor dealers, brewers a.nd agents ineligible to the degrees of Free Masonry. \ He was one of the best ritualists :Missouri has ever known and he filled with honor every office to which he was chosen. Because of his removal from o'ur State he was unknown to most of the younger members of this Grand Lodge, but the oldest membel's' knew and loved him for his personal worth and: intelligent devotion to. the eause of Freemasonry. He was a cQrisistent and prominent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. â&#x20AC;˘ vVe desire to acknowledge the courtesy shown our beloved Past Grand Master by our brethren of Virginia. Seaboard Lodge, No. 56 buried him with full Masonic rites, and the Grand Lodge of Virginia was represented at the Services. JOHN' WILLIAM BINGHAM, P. G. M. John "V'illiam Bingham, Past Grand Master, was born in Livingstone County, Missouri, December 14, 1867, and died at his home in Milan, Missouri, July 11, 1922, in his fifty-seventh year. He took the course at Humphrey's College at Humphreys, Missouri. After three years at the State Normal at Kirksville, he took a special course in mathematics at the State University. In the fall of 1891 he became superintendent of Public Schools at Lancaster, Missouri. In 1893 he entered the Law School of'the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from' which he graduated in 1895 with the degree of 1.1.. B. In August of that year he began the practice of

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law at Milan, Missouri, which was his home until his death, except for a short resid'ence at Bolivar, Missouri. He soon built up a lucrative practice in Sullivan and adjoining counties and in the Appellate Courts of our State. He served Milan as Alderman, Mayor and a member of the School Board. He was for years a director of the First National Bank and was president three years. He served Sullivan County as a member of the County Board of Education and as a member of the County Highway Board. He t,ook an active interest in politics. was chairman of the County Central Committee of his party in J 896 and J 897 and a member of ' the State Committee from 1914 to 1918.. During the late war he was president of the Red Cross of Sullivan County. August 1, 1897, he was married to Miss Martha Simmering of Milan. Their son, Noel M., died at the age of nine years~ but a daughter, Dorothy M., and his widow, survive him. Brother Bingham was a member of the Christian Church and prominent in the work of the Sunday School and the Church. MASONIC. He was initiated in Lodge of Love, No. 259, at Lancaster, October 19, J 892, passed November 13, and raised December 7. May 19, 18!'J4, he affiliated with Seaman Lodge, No. 126, at Milan. He was Worshipful Master in 1898. He was exalted in Milan Royal Arch Chapter, No. 103, November 23, 1898 and was High Priest in 1911. April 25, 1911 he received the Order of High Priesthood. He passed the Circle in Solomon, No. 26, at Milan, December 28, 1903 and served as master jn 1905. He was knighted in St. Ber-nard Commandery, No. 52, at Milan, July 2, 1908, and was Commander in 1912. He served .all these bodies as Treasurer for some years. He was elected Grand Junior Warden in 1915 and' Grand Master in 1918. He was devoted to the principles of Freemasonry and a very efficient worker in all branches of the rite, but failing health made the. work of his high office an increasing burden to him. He gave all the strength he could command to the discharge of his duties, and won the approval of the Craft by his high personal worth and able administration of office. He was worthy of the love and respect of his brethren. AUSTIN LEE McRAE, G. S. D. Austin Lee McRae, Grand Senior Deacon, was born at McRae, Georgia, October 25, 1861 and died at his home in Rolla, Missouri, March 18, t'922, in his sixty-first year. At the age of 17 he entered the University of Georgi'a,from which he graduated in 1881 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. In 1882 he entered the Government service and was attached to the Signal Corps. now the Weather Bureau, and was placed in the School of Instruction at Fort Meyer, Virginia. Here he studied

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six months and stood No.1 in his class. In the fall of the year he was sent to Harvard University to study Atmospheric Electricity. Then he took the Degree of Doctor of Science in 1886. He was then sent to Columbus, Ohio, where he had charge of a .and carried on experiments in atmospheric electricity at the State University for one year. He was then transferred to the central station for that work at Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1889 he was sent to Columbia, Missouri, to establish a State Weather Service for Missouri. He also took charge of the Physical Laboratory at the State University. In 1891 he was elected Professor of Physics at the School of Mines at Rolla and resigned from th~ Government Service. In 1894 he was called to the University of Texas where he stayed two years. In 1896 he opened an office in St. Louis, as consulting engineer. In 1899 he was again called to the Chair of Physics in the School of Mines. stati~)\1

He was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,' a member of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, the National Council of the National Economic League, the Missouri Mining Association, and of the Sons of the Revolution. For two years he served Rolla as Alderman and put the Municipal Light Plant on a paying basis. He was married to Miss Minnie Wood of Rolla, June 15, 1893. Three daughters and a son were born of this union. He was a vestryman of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Rolla. He was made a Freemason in Twilight, Lodge, No. 114, at Columbia in 1891. For a short time he was a member of Hill City Lodge of Austin, Texas. and of Rose Hill Lodge, No. 550, at St. Louis. Later he affiliated with Rolla Lodge, No. 213, which he served as Master. He was appointed D. D. G. M of the 39th Masonic District in 1906 and' filled that office nine years. He was Grand Orator in 1909 and 1910. In 1914 he was appointed Grand Pursuivant and regularly advanced until he was appointed Grand Senior Deacon in 1921. He was Representative of the Grand Lodge of Ohio near the Grand Lodge of Missouri. He was exalted in Columbia Chapter, No. 17. in 1891, was a member of Lone Star Chapter, No.6, at Austin, Texas; of'St. Louis Chapter, No.8, and later of Rolla Chapter, No. 32, which he served as High Priest, and Treasurer. He was elected Grand Master of the Second Veil in 1903 and regularly advanced until his election as Grand High Priest in 1911, He received the Order of High Priesthood in B03 and for a number of years filled the office of Herald in that body. He was Representative of the Grand Chapter of Illinois, near the Grand Chapter of Missouri. He received the Cryptic degrees in Texas, and later affiliated with Shekinah Council, No. 26, at Kansas City, where he received the Super-Excellent Degree in 1906. He received the Order of Christian Knighthood in St.路 Graal Commandery, No. 12, at Columbia in 1892. He was for a time a member of Colorado Commandery, No.4, at Austin, Texas, and Ascalon. No. 16, _at St. Louis. He became a charter member of Rolla Commandery, No. 59, which he served as

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Commander. He was made a Noble of the Mystic Shrine in Ben Hur Temple at Austin, Texas, in 1896, and afterward affiliated with Moolah Temple at St. Louis. In 1896 he received the Scottish Rite Degrees in St. Louis. In 1903 he became a member of Rolla Chapter, No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star. A courteous, cultivated Christian gentleman, he gave the best that was in him to every task which came to his hand. His many friends remember only good of that honorable and useful life. The world was better because he passed through it. "His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that nature might 'stand up and say to all the world: This was a man.''' From other Grand Jurisdictions we have the following names of distinguished Freemasons who have passed away. ALABAMA. George PaUl Harrison, Past Grand Master, was born near Savannah, Georgia, March 19, 1841, and died at his home in Opelika, Alabama, July 17, 1922, aged eighty-one years. He was elected Grand Master in 1894 and again. in 1895. It is said he was the youngest general in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. His treatment of 25,000 Federal prisoners, who were under his care, was so humane that when General Sherman captured Savannah he issued a general order to his troops for the protection of the Harrison home in that city.

After the war he engaged in the practice of law in Alabama and served a number of terms in the State Senate. Twice he was elected' to Congress. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Opelika. ARKANSAS. William Henry Harrison Clayton, Past Grand Master, was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, October 13, 1840, and died at McAlester, Oklahoma, December 14, 1920, aged eighty years. He' was elected Grand Commander in 1883 and Grand Master in 1884. He was a captain in the Federal Army in the Civil War. After the war he removed to Arkansas and engaged in the practice of law. He was superintendent of Public Instruction for the Seventh Judicial Circuit and Prosecuting Attorney and Judge for the First Judicial Circuit. President Grant appointed him United States District Attorney for the We,stern District of Arkansas which position he held 16 years. In 1897 he was appointed by President McKinley, Jud'ge of the Central District of Indian Territory. He also served as Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of the Indian Territory. James Buchanan Baker, Past Grand Master, was born at Bolivar, Missouri, June 30, 1856, and died in Little R?ck, Arkansas, March 17, 1922, aged sixty-six years.

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He was elected Grand Master in 1895 and Grand High Priest in 1902, He began public 'life as druggist and' school teacher, and then engaged in the practice of law. He served two terms in the Arkansas' Legislature, was twice Prosecuting Attorney of the Sixteenth Judicial District, and served two terms as Judge of that District. He was Presidential Elector in 1896 and filled various offices in Melbourne. Arkansas. He was a member of the Christian Church of Melbourne. CALIFORNIA. John Dempster Hammond, Past Grand Secretary and Past Grand Clul.plain, was born at ,Norwich, New York, May 9, 1841, and died at his home in Berkeley, California, December 4" 1920, in his eightieth year. He served the Grand Lodge as Chaplain four years, was elected Grand Secretary in 1878, and filled that office eight years. â&#x20AC;˘ He was three years Grand Chaplain of the Grand Chapter and Grand Secretary from 1878 to 1886. As a presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church he \Vas widely known throughout California. For nearly four years he was agent in charge of the Methodist Book Depository at San Francisco. Union University of Schenectady, New York, conferred upon hjm the Honorary Degree ,of boctor of Divinity in 1883. He served one term as State Senator from Ormsby County. I

COLORADO, Robert Malcom Sim~ns, Past Grand Master, was born in New York City, December 28, 1847, and died at his home in Denver, Colorado, December 7, 1921, aged seventy-four years. . He was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Chapter and Grand Council of Colorado from 1912 to 1919, when failing health led him to decline re-election. In 1915 he was elected Grand Master. For some time he was in the employ of the American Bank Note Company in New York City. At the age of twenty-eight he removed to Chicago and entered the service of the Thompson & Taylor Spice Co. For many years he represented that firm in Colorado and had resided in Denver since 1897. He was for many years a vestry man and warden in St. Mark's Episcopal Church of Denver. Cornelius Joseph Hart, Past Grand Master, was born at Little Falls. New York, June 28, 1838, and died at his home in Pueblo, Colorado, April 26, 1922, aged eighty-four years. He was elected Grand Master in 1877 and Grand Commander in 1912. He began the practice of law at Oregon, Missouri before the Civil 'Val'. In 1861 he enlisted in the 13th Missouri volunteers of the Federal Army and the next year re-enlisted in the 4th Missouri Cavalry, In August, 1866, he went to Denver but in October 1867, removed to Pueblo, He're he engaged in the practice of law, was several times electe'd Justice of the Peace, and for a number of years served as County Attorney. In 1883 he was elected County Judge. '

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CONN;ECTICUT. Charles VI. Boylston, Past Grand Chaplain, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and died March 4, 1922, aged sixty-seven years. In .1897 he was appointed Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge and served one year. In 1900 he was appointed Grand Chaplain of the Grand Chapter and re.-appointed annually until 1919, when, his health having become seriously impaired he was unanimously elected Grand Chaplain Emeritus for life. In 1898 he became Rector of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church of Riverside, Connecticut. After twenty years of service he was made Rector Emeritus. IOWA. Vlilliam H. Norr.is, Past Grand Master, was born at Stoneham, Massachusetts, February 3, 1853, and died at his home in Manchester, Iowa, August 24 in his seventieth year. He was elected Grand Commander in 1901, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1905, Grand High Priest in 1908, and Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1913. At the time of his death he was Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Encampment, Knights Templar of the United States. He was Grand Patron of the Grand Chapter of Iowa, O. E. S. in 1898, and Most Worthy Grand Patron of the General Grand Chapter in 1907. This record shows the esteem in which he was held in Masonic circles. After graduating from the Law Department of the Iowa University he located in Manchester where he became very prominent in law and banking circles. KANSAS. John Appley Ferrell, Deputy Grand Master, was born in Maries County, Missouri. September 23, 1865, and died at" his home in Sedan, Kansas, .Tune 21, 1.922, aged fifty-seven years. He was elected Grand High Priest in 1919 and Deputy Grand Master in 1922, after graduating as a Civil Engineer at Valparaiso, Indiana. He taught in Missouri Schools several years and removed to Sedan in 18!>2. Here for four years he was superintendent of the public schools. In 1896 he was admitted to the bar. In 1914 he was elected Representative of the 路19th District in the State Legislature and in 1916 was elected to the State Senate. He was a Christian gentleman of a high type. KENTUCKY. David Jackson, Grand Secretary and Past Gran'd Master,路 was born near London, Kentucky, January 27, 1856, and died in Louisville, Kentucky, January 25, 1922, aged sixty-six years. He was elected Grand Master in October, 1911. In October, 1912, he was elected Grand Secretary and served until removed by death. For twenty-nine years he was a traveling salesman for the Louisville Tin and Stove Company, which position he gave up to become Grand Secretary.

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member of the Wa;lnut Street Baptist Church of LOUISIANA.

David Re.a Grabam, Past Grand Master, was born November 27, eighty-two years. 1839, 'and died April 6, 1922, aged . , He was elected Grand Master in 1885, Grand Commander in 1889, and Grand High Priest in 1894. In 1900 he was elected Grand Treasurer of the Grand Commandery and filled that office until his death. "His Masonic life. was brilliant in noble deeds, and his Templar sword was wielded in defense of 'innocent maidens, destifute widows, helpless orphans and the Christian Religion.''' MAINE. Albro' :Elmore Chase, Past Grand Master and Past Grand Treasurer, was born in Paris, Maine, October 9, 1844, and died in Portland, Maine, September 8, 1921, aged seventy-seven years. He was' elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1889, Grand Commander in 1896, Grand High Priest in 1897, and Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1904. He began teaching in Portland High School in 1868 and was principal from 1877 to 1906 when he retired. He was admitted to the bar in 1881 but never engaged in the practice of law. For the last ten years of his life he was Grand Treasurer of all four of the Grand Bodies of Maine. As foreign correspondent for the Grand Lodge and Grand Council bis reports were widely known through the Masonic World. . He was a member of the High Street Congregational Church of Portland. MARYLAND. Williatn Francis Cocbran, Past Grand Master, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 26, 1843, and died at his borne in Lake Bluff, Illinois, April 27, 1921, aged seventy-seven years.. He was elected Grand Master of tbe Grand Council in 1879, Grand Master of tbe Grand Lodge and Grand Higb Priest in 1881 and Grand Generalissimo of tbe Grand Commandery in 1886. In 1887 he removed to Chicago to flll the position of secretary of the Booth Fisherie~ Company and continued in the service of that corporation until his deatb. He served in the Federal Army in the Civil War, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Cburch. Charles Christopher Homer, Jr., Past Grand Master, was born in Baltimore, October 15, 1870 and died at his home at Mt. 'Vashington, Baltimore, Maryland, March 9, 1922, a'ged fifty-one years. He was elected Grand Commander in 1913, Grand Master in 1918 and 1919, and Grand High Priest in 1919. In 1919 he was appointed Grand Warden of. the Grand Encampment, Knights TempIal'. He assisted in forming the Masonic Service Association of the United States in 1918 and 1919, was a member of the executive commission, and treasurer of the association. He was a memher

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of the Board of Managers of th~ Baltimore Masonic Temple and; for three years was Treasurer of the Grand Lodge Charity Fund. He was also Treasurer of 'the Scottish Rit~ War Relief Fund. He began the practice of law in 1894~ but in 1896 was elected Vice-President of the Second National Ba.nk of Baltimore, of which he was elected President in 1914. In 19;18 he was elected President of the Savings Bank, of Baltimore. F/.e was a Director of the Baltimore Branch Federal Reserve Bank. iHe had been President of the Baltimore Clearing House, of the' ·National Currency Association of Maryland and Maryland State Bankers Association. He was also a member of numerous civic, scientific, historical and charitable organizations. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. He was faithful to every trust-a knightly soul "without fear and without reproach." MASSACHUSETTS. Edward Pliny Chapin, Past Grand Senior Warden, was born at Chicopee, Massachusetts, October 7, 1839, and died February 8, 1922, aged eighty-two years. He was elected Grand Commander in 1886 and Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge in 1896. He was pay master's clerk at the United States Armory at Springfield in the Civil War. He was postmaster of Springfield three years. For some years he engaged in the banking business in Springfield and in Drummond, Montana. In his later years he made his home with a daughter at West Brattleboro, Vermont. While living in Springfield he was connected with many enterprises of a commerctal character. MICHIGAN. Oliver Lyman Spaulding', Past Grand Ma~ter, was born at Jeffrey, New Hampshire, August 2, 1833, and died at his home in Washington. City, July 30, 1922, aged eighty-nine years. He was elected Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1869, Grand Commander in 1872, Grand High Priest in 1877 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1881. In the Civil War he entered the Federal Army as' Captain, rose to the rank of Colonel, and was brevetted Brigadier-General. A lawyer by profession, he was· elected Secretary of State in Michigan in 1866 and again in 1868. In -1875 he was appointed special agent of the Treasury Department but resigned in 1880 to take his seat in Congress. In 1889 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury by President Harrison and reappointed by President McKinley in 1897. He was a communicant in the Episcopal Chul'ch and· Senior Warden for some ye~rs at St. Johns, Michigan. MINNESOTA. John Harrison Ludwig, Grand Tyler, was born at Amityville, Pennsylvania, August 26, 1847, and died at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota, September 23, 1921, aged seventy-four years.

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He had been Grand Tyler for the Grand Lodge and Grand Sentinel of the Grand Chapter and Grand Council 15 years and Grand ChaplaIn of the Guard fore the Grand Commandery for nine years. After farming nine years he removed to Minneapolis where he engaged in the flour milling industry. Later he retired from active bmiiness and made his home in St. Paul. MISSISSIPPI. Oliver Lee McKay, Grand Secretary and Past Grand Master, was born in Mobile, Alabama, May 1, 1859, and died at his home in Meridian, Mississippi, September 20, 1921, aged sixty-two years. He was elected Grand Master in 1901, Grand Commander in 1902, Grand High Priest in 1903 and Grand Master of the Grand Council. in 1908, serving until 1912. He was Grand Secretary and Grand Recorder of the four Grand Bodies from 1~19 until his death. At the time of his death he was Executive General Agent of the Mobile &. Ohio and Southern Railway in Mississippi. His honesty and efficiency so impressed the officials of the Railroad tha t several times the)' refused to accept his resignation. He was Senior Warden of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Meridian. MONTANA, Stephen P. "V,'ight, Senior Grand Steward, was born at Moyra, New York, July ~4, 1858, and died at his home in Butte, Montana, March 10, 1922, aged sixty-four years. He was elected Grand High Priest in 1909 and Grand Com- f man del' in 1915. He was a Past Grand Master of the Grand Council and at the time of his death was Senior Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge. He was at one time Chief Engineer of the Minneapolis Light and Power Company. In 1898 he located at Butte where he sold pumps, boilers and mining machinery. He was considered one of the most skilled mechanics in the northwest, and an expert pumping ,engineer. NEBRASKA. Eben Knapp Long, Past Grand Junior Warden, was born at NeWburyport, Massachusetts, December 24, 1826, and died at Plattsmouth, ~ebraska, June 27, 1922, in his ninety-sixth year. He was elected Grand Commander in 1881, Grand Junior Warjen of the Grand Lodge in 1882 and Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1887. He began railroad work in Cincinnati in 1856 .and followed it for twenty-eight years. He became a resident of Omaha in 1868, and held a position in the General Ticket Office of the Union Pacific Railroad. He was elected City Auditor of Omaha in 1885. In the Civil "Val' he was a Colonel in the Home Guards of Southwestern Indiana. William

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near PlattsbUl'g, New York, June 9, 1852, and died at his home in Kirkwood Missouri, August 17, 1922, aged seventy years. He Was elected Grand Master in 1899. For two years he was SUl)erintendent of public schools in Austin, Minnesota.. He then attended the Law School of V-lashington University, from which he graduated in 1883. He practiced law at Omaha, Nebraska, until 18(;1 when he was elected District Judge and served until 1902 when he resigned to accept a Chair in the Law School from which he had graduated 20 years before. He resided at Kirkwood and was a member of the School Board and Board of Public Works. During the late war he served on the draft board. After retiring from the Law School of Washington University he was for a time President of the Kirkwood Trust Company. NEVADA. Adolphus Leigh Fitzgerald, Past Grand Master, was. born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, October 27, 1840, and died in Boston, August 3], 192], aged eighty-one years. He was elected Grand High Priest in ] 884, and Grand Master in 1887. He served as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. After the war he went to California and filled the chair of Greek and Latin in Pacific Met.hodist College. He resigned his chair to become Del)uty Superintendent of Public Instruction in California. In 1871 he became President of Pacific Methodist College and filled t.hat position five years. In 1878 he began the practice of law at EUI'eka, Nevada. In 1887 he was elected District Judge. In 1900 he became a Supreme Judge of Nevada, retiring as Chief Justice in 1907. Samuel Willis Chubbuck, Past Grand Treasurer, and Past Grand Secretary, was born at Queenstown, Canada, December 7, 1837, and died in Oakland, California, I November 8, 1921, aged eighty-four years. He was elected Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge in 1869, served four years, and was elected Grand Secretary and served fiv~ years. He was Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter in 1873 and served till 1877. He was Grand Scribe in 1879, Grand King in 1880 and Deputy Grand High Priest in 1881. He was Past Master of Gold Hill, Nevada, 25 years. He was State Senator and Lieutenant-Governor of Nevada. He removed to Oakland to become agent of the Wells Fargo Express Company and retired on a pension after 30 years' service there, He wa's a Freemason 63 years. Robert Lewers, Past Grand Master, was horn in 'Vashoe County, Nevada, June 19, 1862, a-lid died at Reno, Nevada, January 12, 1922 in hi路s sixtieth year. He was elected Grand Master in 1907, Gl'and High Pl'iest in 1917, and Grand Commandel' in 1919. !3eto re he wa~ 21 he began his life work a~ a t~acher, ~rst j11

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the public schools, but in 1890 he entered the State University at Reno as registrar and head of the commercial department: 'In 1906 he was appointed Vice-President and three years he acted as president. NEW YORK. William Sherer, Past Grand Master, was born at Brandenburg, Kentucky, September 3, 1837, and died at his home in Brooklyn, New York, November 20, 1921, aged eighty-four years. He was elected Grand High Priest in 1887 and served two years. In 1891 he was elected Grand Master. At the age of 18 rye began his business career as a clerk 1'n the old Metropolitan Bank of New York. Later he became Assistant Treasurer and Cashier of the United States Sub-treasury, and finally manager of the New York Clearing House, from which po-. sition he retired only a few years ago. William Anderson Masker, Past Grand Chaplain, was born in New Jersey in 1837, and died in New York City, March 25,1922, aged eighty-five years. He was appointed Grand Chaplain of the Grand Council in 1911 and filled that position at the time of his death. He was also a Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge. He was a: clergyman of thc Protestant Episcopal Church, and served as rector in Missouri, Michigan and New York. In 1880 he received the Council degrees in Cryptic Council, No. 11, at Warrensburg, Missouri. NEW ZEALAND. Herbert James Williams, Past Grand Master, was born in Kent, England in 1848 and died at Wellington, New Zealand, March 29, 1922. â&#x20AC;˘ He was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand. When the Supreme Grand R. A. Chapter of New Zealand was formed in 1892 he was appointed G. S. E., which position he filled until his death. In 1897 for services rendered he was appointed M. E. Z. honoris Causa. For nearly 53 years he was a successful man of business and filled municipal offices with marked ability. OHIO. Carroll F. Clapp, Past Grand Master, was born' in Ashtabula County, Ohio, February 22, 1847, and died in Cleveland, May 14, 1922, aged seventy-five years. He was elected Grand Master in 1894 and unanimously reelected in 1895 but declined the second term. He was elected Grand Commander in 1904. After teaching school a number of years he opened a real estate office in Warren, Ohio, to which he latcr added the insurance busi-

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ness, b~coming the leading insurance man of that vicinity. was interested in many local. enterprises.

OREGON. Silas E. Goran, Past Grand Master, was born January 26, 1835 and died at his home in Eugene, Oregon, June 24, 1922, aged eighty-seven years. He was elected Grand Commander in 1892, Grand Mister in 1903 and Grand High Priest in 1917 and 1918. He was Grand Lecturer' of the Grand Lodge in 1907 and 1908. He became a citizen of Oregon in 1883 and assisted in organizing the Grand Commandery of that state. He was one of the proprietors of the Eugene Register. He served two terms in the Iowa Legislature, and was a Presidential Elector for Oregon in 1896. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND. Donald Darrach, Past Grand Master, was born in Queen's County, Prince Edward's Island, October 26, 1845, and died in Kensington in that Island December 13, 1921, aged seventy-six years. He wa.s elected Grand Master of Prince Edward's Island in 1891, and Grand High Priest of Nova Scotia in 1897. In 1872 he began the practice of medicine in Kensington. During the last 30 years he was largely interested in business. A Baptist by conviction but with no church nearby he gave active help to the Methodists and was a teacher in their Sunday School. SOUTH CAROLINA. George Sewell Moyer, Past Grand Master, was born in Greene tounty, Maine, April 20, 1853 and died at his home in Newberry, South Carolina July 25, 1921, aged sixty-eight years. He was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge December 31. 1911 and served two years. April 8, 1913 he was elected Grand High Priest and served two years. He was also a Grand Master of the Grand Council and Grand Commander. He practiced law from 1874 until his death and was a member of the South Carolina and American Bar Associations. For more than a quarter of a century he filled public offices, serving Newberry as alderman and representing his county in both Houses of the Legislature. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1895. He was an elder in the Associate Reformed 路Presbyterian Church and treasurer of Erskine College from which he received the degree of Doctor of Law~.

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engaged in farming and mining in Wisconsin before the Civil \Var.路 In 1861 he enlisted in the Federal Army, In 1872 he removed to Sioux Falls, where he assisted in organizing the first bank, and was active in business" running at one time a chain of general stores. For some time 'he was rightof-way and town-site agent for new railroads and located a number of towns. He was the first president of the Sioux Falls Board of Education, was Executive Commissioner from South Dakota at the Chicago World's Fair, in 1893, was a member of the B"oard that built the State Penitentiary and was president of the Children's Home Board, and the McKennan Hospital Board of Sioux Falls. Benjamin Franklin Ives, Grand Lecturer, was born' at Salem, Massachusetts, December 3, 1837, and died at Huron, South Dakota., April 22, 1922, aged eighty-four years. . He was elected Grand High Priest in 1899, and Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1918. In 1900 he was appointed Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge and 'Grand Chapter and served until his death. He engaged in business for many years in several states but resided in South Dakota since 1886. He was a communicant in the Episcopal Church. ' TEXAS. Anson Rainey, Past Grand Master, was born at Eldol'ado, Arkansas, March 1, 1848, and died ,July 6, 1922, ag'ed seventy-four YE'ars. ' I He was elected Grand Master in 1887. After ))racticing law in Texas 12 years he was appointed District Judge in 1885. Later he was appointed Judge of the Court of Civil Appeals of the Fifth Supreme Judicial District of Texas and was Chief Justice of this Court at the time of his ,death. FOI' 25 or 30 years he was a member 0f the Grand Lodge Committee on Jurisprudence. James Jefferson Davis, Past Grand Master, was born in New Orleans, February 18, 1867, and died in Galveston, Texas, August 31, 1922, in his fifty-sixth year. He was elected Grand Master in 1908. He was elected Grand Commander in 1913. At the time of his death he was president of the South Texas State Bank, a director of the Houston Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank, and vice-president and general manager of the Galveston Wharf Company. He was elected a member of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home, in 1912, TENNESSEE. ,\Villiam Fisk Foster, Past GI'and Master of the Grand Lodge, Past Grand High Priest, Past Grand Master of the Gl'and Council, and Past Grand Commander, was born April 13, 1834 and died March 26, 1922, aged eighty-eight years.

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VIRGINIA. Joseph Virgin ius Bidgood, Past Grand Treasurer and Past Grand Secretary, Was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, April 28, 1841 and died in Richmond, Virginia, September 11, 1921, ,aged eighty years. He was Grand TI'easurer of the Granll Chapter from 1892 to 1894, Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge in 1893, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge in 1895, and Grand Treasurer of the Grand Commandery from 1892 to 1895. He served 1n the Confederate Army from April 1861 to the close of the Civil 'Val'. After the war he engaged in the book and publishing business. He filled various offices in the Commonwealth Guard of Virginia and was Colonel of the First Regiment Virginia Cavalry. • WASHINGTON. Yancy Crawford Blalock, Past Grand Master, was born in Mitchell County, Nortl;t Carolina, August 5, 1859 and died in Walla Walla, ':Y~ashington, May 12, 1921, aged sixty-two years. In 1889 he was elected Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter and re-elected a·nnually. He was elected Grand Commander in 1890 and Grand Recorder in 1891 and re-elected annually. He was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1896, and Grand Master of the Grand Council in ] 898. 1"01' many years he was associated with his father in the practice of medicine and was,coroner of Walla Walla County six years. He was City Health Officer eight years and Chief of the Volunteer Department six years. In 1916 his Grand Chapter unanimousll~' elected him Honorary Past Grand High Priest. UTAH. Charles Fred Jennings, Past Grand Master, was born in Laramie, 'Vyoming', June 10, 1873. and died in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 27, 1921, aged forty-eight years. He was elected Grand High Priest in 1911, Grand Commander in 1915 and Grand Master in 1917. For ten years he was connected with the purchasing department of the Oregon Short Line Railroad. Since 1!l07 he was purchasing agent for the Utah Copper Com])any. At the time of his death he was a member of the general committee on the New Masonic Temple. WEST VIRGINIA. Thomas '\Vilbur Hennen, Past Grand Master, was born at Fairmount, West "Virginia, February 21, 1878, and died in that city, November 29, 192.0, aged forty-three years. He.was elected Grand Master in 1915, and was appointed Grand Master of the First Veil only a short time before his death. He engaged in business as a merchant tailor for some years.

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Later he gave his attention to real estate and investment interests. At the time of his death he was a bank cashier. He was an active worker in his church. "To :he past go more dead faces year by year." Familiar as we are with the thought of death, yet it always comes to us with the shock of a great surprise wh~m we realize 'that those whom we have been meeting here year by year and whom we had learned to love and honor for their manly worth have passed from the sight of men. The loss is ours.' We miss their companiqnship, and fruitful labors in our common cause. Theirs is the gain. If true to their profession, if they followed the light given to guide tfieir steps, they fell asleep in hope of路 a blessed immortality; and the service they rendered their fellowmen In their labors in the Lodge below have prepared them for higher responsibilities of the Celestial Lodge above. The best expression we can give of our appre.ciation of their worth will be an increased consecration to the work to which they gave the strength of their manhood. Respectfully submitted, CORONA H.' BRIGGS, NED W. SCHOONOVER, W. S. DRACE, R. E. DRALLE,

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES W. Bro. \Vm. R. Gentry, Chairman, presented and read the following report, which was adopted as read except amendments in Cases 4* and 15*. To the Alost Worshipful Gnl1d Lodge, A. F. &; A. M. of ~Missouri:

Dear Brethren: Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances herewith sub. mits its report as follo~s: Case 1. Geo. F. Klute vs. Alfred A. Lodge 40. Expelled and affirmed.

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Case 2. L. G. Ban-man, J. W., of Clayton Lodge 601 vs. Frank Joseph Falzone. Appealed from Purity LOdge No. 658. Acquitted. . Case 3. Adelphi Lodge No. 355 vs.S. W. Owens. Remanded for new trial. Case 4*. Roy Trotter, J. W. of Gallatin Lodge 106 vs. Roy A. Dean. Remanded for new trial. Case 5. York Lodge No. 563 vs. Elmer Pullman. Expelled and affirmed. Case 6. Sheffield Lodge N o~ 625 vs. Clarence A. Lester. Reversed, and accused acquitted. Case 7. Clyde Stover, formerly expelled from Hogle's Creek Lodge No. 279. Petition for restoration. Dismissed, without prejudice. Case 8.

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Case 9., In ie Rev. HenryB. Barnes, formerly of Cqatesville Lodge 379 ,( defunct.) Petition for restoration. Restored to Good Masonic Standing. Case 10. lVIt. \Vashington Lodge No. 614 vs. Harvey C. Gillispie. A ppeal dismissed. Case 11. Trinity Lodge No. 641 vs. Ben W. lvIarshall. A ppeal dismissed. Case 12. Algabil Lodge No. 544 vs.Hcrbert O. Augustin, a Fellow Craft. Expelled. Case 13. Irondale Lodge No. 143 sun. Remanded for new trial. Case 14. Frank Gilbert, No. 576 vs. J0hn E. Friede. Expelled.

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GEORGE F. KLCTl.O;'}' Accusol', vs. ' ALFRED A. EICKS. Accused. STATEMENT. This is an appeal from a judgment of expulsion rendered by Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M. The charge was that the accused did wrong, cheat and defraUd brother George F. Klute. The charge is long and quite technical---':'too' long to set f~rth h~ this statement. In substance it is as follows: (Statement of Committee).

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This trial was had under the old trial code. The necessary two-thirds of the Lodge members l)resent found the accused guilty, and by a majority vQ.te the penalty was fixed at expulsion. The a(~cused has duly appealed from that judgment. DECISION. . VIle cannot agree with the accused's contention that the Lodge had no jurisdiction to try him on the charge presented or that the charge did not state facts sufficient to state a cause of action against him. VI'hile,it is true that under the laws of this Grand Lodge a Lodge cannot be made a collection agency nor can a trial be had in order to force payment of an ordinary debt, nevertheless where the debt arises out of an attempt-whether successful or unsuccessful-to cheat, wrong or defraud a Brother Master Mason, then the mere fact that one Master Mason is indebted to the other is no reason why the one who has been wronged cannot charge the wrong-doer with cheating, wl'onging and defraUding' him and have him tried upon such charge. ' The eVidence convinces us of the guilt of the accused. Having been disbarred from practice in the patent office, he should not have represented to the accusor that he was a duly registered and practicing' patent attorney, hut should have revealed to him the fact that he was no longer such registered patent attorney,_and could only act through some patent attorney in Washington, D. C. The conduct of the accused in accepting the fees paid him and neglecting to file the' applieation for the patent for nearly three years and neglecting to forward to the patent office the fee necessary to accompany the application for the patent was wholly inexcusable. The explanation offered b~' the accused is unsatisfactory and entirely unreasonable. - The, majority of the members 01 this committee are lawyers. \Ve know full well the anxiety of clients concerning business placed in the hands of attorneys. Our experience teaches us that clients never let us forget their cases for long periods of time. In this case, the inventor was the operator of a machine in a factory. He thought he had discovered something new which would be patentable, and, in all probability, he had great expectations of the success of his application. To say that a man in that situation placed his application in the hands of his patent attorney on the 28th day of September, 1918, and never mentioned the subject again nor made inquiry about the status of the application until August, 1921-a period of almost three years-except the one time when he casually mentioned the subject on occasion of a chance meeting, is ~o utterly at variance with our experience and dealings with clients, that we cannot believe the story to be true. The accused teRtified that he thought his stenographer was present when he discovered the application in the wrong tile. He made no effort to take the deposition of his stenographer, nor did he offer any explanation of his failure to do so. We regret to say that the weight of the evidence convinces Us that the accused misappropriated the funds placed in his hands, fraudulently represented himself as a patent attorney and as able to present the ap-

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plication for the accuser, and thereby cheated, wronged and defrauded the accuser, in violation of his duty as a Master Mason. The mere fact that when he saw the chance of going to the penitentiary staring him in the face when a criminal prosecution was threatened, he restored the money to the accuser, does not alter th0 fact that he perpetrated a. fraud upon him, cheated and wronged him, and thereby laid himself liable. to Masonic discipline. In our opinion the action of the Lodge in finding the accused guilty was right and the offense was one of sufficient consequence to necessitate expulsion as the proper penalty. We recommend the judgment below be affirmed. No.2. 1.. A WSON G. BARRMAN, Junior Warden of Clayton} Lodge, !'i..0. 601, Accuser, vs. FRANK JOSEPH FALZONE, Accused. APPEALED FROM PURITY LODGE, No. 658. Charges were preferred in this case in Clayton Lodge No. 601, against tlie Accused, who is an entered apprentice, but, as the Accused is a member of Purity Lodge No. 658 in th'e City of St. Louis, the case was transfened to that Lodge and tried there pursuant' to the provisions of Section 230 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, adopted 1"1'1.1921. Accused pleaded not guilty. Trial was had according to the new Trial Code, adopted in 1921, and路 resulted in acquittal of the Accused by the trial jury. The Accuser appealed. In our opinion, the case was tried remarkably well, and the verdict of the jury was right. This is the first case that has come tip to us from a trial under the new Trial Code. All who took part in the proceedings performed their duties well. The- record comes to us in excellent .form, and sho.ws care and skill on the part of the Lodge Secretary. A careful examination of the entire record convinces us that, while some technical criticism of some of the rulings by the Chairman of the Trial Committee on the admission or rejection of evidence might be made, there was no error committed which in any way materially affects the rights of either party to the controversy, and there is no reason to believe that a new trial would be followed by a differ en t result from that reached at the first trial. We, therefore, recommend that the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed.

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No.3. ADELPHI LODGE, No. 355'} Accuser, VS.

S. W. OWENS, Accused. STA'rEMENT. The Junior Warden of Adelphi Lodge, No. 355, acting in his official capacity, prosecuted the accused on a charge of unMasonic conduct, as follows: "On or about the 24th day of April, in the year 1922, on the farm of 'W. A. Owens, Bro. S. W. Owens unmelOcifully beat, or allowed to be beaten, Otis Eldridge, 15 years of age, an oJ'phan bo:r received from the McCune Home in Jackson County, Missouri,' in violation of his duty as a Mason, and to the scandal and disgrace of the Masonic fraternity." _ The accused filed an answer denying the charge. The boY who-was alleged to have been beaten was not called as a witness, but, over the objection of the accused, counsel for the accuser was permitted to read to the jury a written statement which a deputy sheriff testified was made and signed in his presence by the boy, reciting many acts of ill-treatment of him by the accused. Several school children testified to having gone to school with the boy while he worked for the accused, and testified to the character of lunGhes which the boy brought to school. A statement made by two persons who were not called as witnesses was read to the jury over the objection of the counsel for the accused. A former wife of the accused was permitted to testify over the objection of the accused as to how he treated another boy who worked for the accused before the boy referred to in the charge. No witness testified of his personal knowledge as to any treatment of the boy in' question by the accused. From the very beginning of the case, until and including the closing argument on behalf of the accuser, his counsel conducted the case in the most reprehensibte manner possible, making the most vicious statements in denunciation of the accused, ridiculing' him and his counsel, and doing everything in his power to prevent a fair trial of the accused, and to prejudice the jury against him. He succeeded wonderfully! The Brother who was selected to act as Chairman of the Trial Committee was not a lawyer, and was unfamiliar with the most rudimentary rules of evidence. He criticized counsel for accused for making perfectlY proper objections to evidence that was offered, and made various improper remarks before the jury., When counsel for the accuser announced that he closed his case, counsel for the accused announced that he would offer no

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evidence. since no competent evidence had been offered against his client. The jury returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty, and fixing his punishment at expulsion. The accused has appealed from the judgment against him. DECISION. The judgment in this case cannot possibly stand. The accused never had a trial at all. From the moment when the case was called. he never h~d a chance. There is scarcely a word of competent evidence in the entire record, except the evidence that the boy in question, after leaving the home of accused, and going to a distant town. had marks of violence upon him, which might' have been inflicted upon him by the accused or anybody else. Standing alone this evidence was entirely insufficient to justify conviction. 'Vlfe do not expect records of trials in Masonic Lodges to be absolutely free from every possible technical objection, but we do expect that substantial justice shall be done. The rule against hearsay evidence is so well known that any layman who never even looked into a law book ought to know; that it is not competent in such a case to offer evidence as to what someone said' when the accused was not present. was not represented by counsel, and had no opportunity to cross-examine the person making the statement. If the accused is guilty .of the acts charged against him in the statement made by the boy in' question, then the penitentiary would be too good/ a place for the accused, and he certainly ought to be e~pelled from the Masonic fraternity .. But that statement was not admissible at the trial. When the statement was made, no charge had been preferred against the accused; he was not present to hear the boy make the statement; he had no counsel at that time, and, of course, he had not been seryed with notice that the boy was going to make a statement of any kind. We have often known a witness to make a statement that sounded perfectly truthful, but, in cross-examination, he was completely shaken, and sometimes we have known one to admit that the statement was entirely untrue. The boy who made ,the statement, which was of such a damaging nature, may have he~n telling the truth, or he may have been telling a falsehood. The defendant had the right to have his counsel cross-examine the boy before his statement went to the jury, but' he had no opportunity to do so. Therefore, the. statement should have been excluded. It appears from statements by counsel at the trial that both a criminal prosecution and a civIl suit for damages were either pending or about to be instituted against the accused on account of the things complained of in the charge. Under such circumstances, counsel- for the accused acted wisely and properly in refusing t.o put his client on the witness stand. since no competent

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evidence of his gouilt had been offered. The burden was upon the accuser to produce competent evidence of the guilt of the accused, In view of the seriousness of the offense charged, and of the fact that it seems that evidence of guilt can be produced, instead of advising an outright reversal of the judgment, we feel that we should recommend the granting of a new trial, so that the accused may be tried on competent evidence. If he is guilty as charged, he ought by 路all means to be expelled from the Fraternity, and be punished criminally to the fullest extent of ,the law. He may be guilty, or he may be innocent. The vilest criminal in the world has a constitutional right to a fair and impartial trial. Certainly a Brother Master Mason should not be expelled from a Lodge without having such a trial. As the case must go back to the Lodge for a new t.rial, we deem it advisable to make certain sug'gestions for the guidance of the Trial Committee in future proceedings in this case. The Brother who presided at the first trial, while, undoubtedly intending to do his full duty, showed himself to be wholly uninformed as to the nature of evidence that is competent in such a case, and totally unfamiliar with the proper procedure to be followed. He should either inform himself of the rules of evidence in such cases, or decline to act as Chairman of the Trial Committee at the next trial. No statements made by anybody in the absence of the accused should be admitted in evidence unless such statements were made in the course of a deposition taken at a time and place of which due notice had been given to the accused, so that he or his counsel could have opportunity to be present and cross-examine the witness. Proof of the specific charge filed is all that should be offered. It is not permissible to show ill treatment of persons other than the one referred to in. the written charge filed. Counsel for the accuser laid great str~ss upon the length of time that he had practiced law, and the number of years that he had been a Freemason. If he has practiced law for 40 years, and has been a Freemason for 42 years, as he says, then he should know better than to take such unfair advantage of any accused Brother as he did in this case, (rom the moment when the trial opened, until his closing argument was concluded. His conduct was most reprehensible. We have never, in our experience as members of this Committee, found a case that was so badly tried as this case was, nor has the writer of this opinion in more than 26 years of practice as a lawyer ever known of a case where an accused, person was more unfairly treated than this accused was. We recommend that the judgment below be reversed, and that' the cause be sent back to Adelphi Lodge for a new trial in. accordance with the suggestiOnS in tpis de~ision contained.

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No.4. ROY TROTTER, } Junior Warden of Gallatin Lodge, A. F. & A.路M., No. lOG. Accuser, .

VB.

ROY A. DEAN, Accused. STATEMENT. The .Junior Warden of Gallatin Lodge, No. 106, acting for the Lodge, filed a charge against Brother Roy A. Dean. a member of that Lodge, charging him with unmasoni~ conduct to the following effeet: '(Statement of Committee follows). Trial' ",as had under the new Trial Code. A stenographer attempted to take down all of the testimony in shorthand and has prepared what purports to be a typewritten transcript of the testimony of all the witnesses.

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Evi~ently the stenographer was wholly without experience in such matters for the transcript is so badly prepared, so full of typographical errors that render many parts entirely' meaningless, and so manifestly incomplete that it is of little use to the committee in passing upon the case.

" The trial jury found Brother Dean guilty as charged and fixed ., .. ~is punishment at suspension for a period of one year. Brother Dean has taken no appeal from that judgment, but the Junior Warden took an appeal in behalf of the Lodge and has filed its' specifications of error in the case; first, he alleges that a new trial should be granted because the punishment assessed by the jury was too light and not sufficient considering the nature and gravity of the offense charged and proved; second, because the appellanJ; was not permitted to prove admissions of the accused that he had at other times than set out in the charge, made visits of the same character and under similar circumstances to the home of Brother Yoell during his absence. The typewritten transcript is in such defective condition that we can find nothing upon which to base the second specification of errol'. As to the first specification, what little we can make out from the typewritten transcript indicates to us that the punishment was abundantly severe. and if Brother Dean had appealed, we would gravely consider the question whether it was proper to convict him at all or not. . On the record before us we certainly cannot say that there

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was anything done by Brother Dean of sUfficient importance to justify a greater penalty than suspension for one year. There has been an attempt made to get up a written s'tatement in narrative form pursuant to the provisions of the present Trial Code, in an effort to make intelligible that which is so unintelligibly presentep by the typewritten transcript. But the provisiens of the Trial Code in respect to the. preparation and service of' this statement in narrative form were not complied with, and therefore, it should not be considered. It is only just however, to say that we have read this statement in narrative form and that even if we accepted it as the basis of our action, we could not .reach the conclusion that ~ new trial ought to be granted. We,

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路Motion made and carried that case be sent back to Gallatin Lodge, No. 106, for new trial and It fs so ordered.

No. Ii. YORK LODGE, No. 563, A. F. & A. M., Accuser, v~.

ELMER PULT.JM AN, Accused.

} STATEMENT.

The Junior Warden of York Lodge, No. 563, located in Kansas City, Missouri. filed a charge .in that Lodge accusing Brother Elmer Pullman, a member of that Lodge, with failing to write in his petition for the degrees that prior to the date of said petition he had petitioned to Itaska Lodge, No. 420, in St. Louis, for the degrees and had been rejected by that Lodge,. and thereby he concealed from York Lodge information of vital importance. Trial was had before a jury and accused was expelled. Tne record is in excellent form and shows all of the proceedings with the exception of the evidence ofrered. The accus'ed has failed to file with the Secretary of the Lodge a specification of the errors alleged to have been committed at his trial and has failed to prepare and submit to the accuser a statement of the substantive facts, which the provisions of the present Trial Code require. On account of his failure to comply with the requirements of the new 'i'rial Code relating to perfecting appeals, counsel for the accuser has tiled with us, a motion to dismiss the appeal. This motion is verified by the affidavit of the Secretary of the Lodge f':howing the above mentioned facts. The motion to dismiss the appeal has not been opposed by the accused, who seems to have abandoned his appeal. . '

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DECISION. The new Trial Code is plain and specific in its provIsIons and requirements. They must be substantially complied with. In the case under consideration, the accused has made no effort whatever to furnish this committee with a specification of errors or with a statement of the facts brought out at the trial or a transcript of the evidence adduced, both of which plans are provided for by the Trial Code. ",Ve recommend that the motion be sustained and the appeal be dismissed for failure to comply with the requil~ements of the Trial Code. No.6. SHEFFIELD LODG1<;. No. 625, A. F. & A. M.. Accusel',

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. STATEMENT.

The Junior Warden of Sheffield Lodge, No. 625, filed a charge in that Lodge against Brother Clarence A. Lester, a member thereof, \\'hich charge contained five specifications of alleged unmasonic conduct, in substance as follows, to-wit: (here follows charges). The jury found the accused guilty on the first specification, not guilty on the second. guilty on the third, not guilty on the fourth and gUilt~' on the fifth. and asses;:;ed his punishment at suspension for a period of one year. From the judgment of suspension entered in the Lodge below, the accused has appealed to this Grand Lodge. DECISION, We have carefully considered the re'cord in this case and- we do not feel that it presents such a conflict in the evidence that we ought to defer to the finding of the jury. Admitting every word spoken by all of the witnesses for the accuser to be true, it seems plain to us that the accused was not proven guilty of any of the charges set forth in any of the specifications. As to the charge concerning the abandonment of the wife and children, we are convinced that there was no such abandonment as constitutes a Masonic offense or a crime under the law. The household was in turmoil. There was constant friction and unpleasantness, whatever the cause thereof may have been. It CUlminated when the wife in writing peremptorily ordered the accused to leave the house and never return. He obeyed his wife's orders as all well tra.ined husbands do. Like many another woman, the wife of the

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accused after he had done what she had told him to do, changed her mind and had him arrested for doing that very thing. He did not leave the family penniless as the wife's own evidence clearly shows. He made pr<wision for the family at the time and subsequently contributed some more money for their support, but the wife took the children away and went to the home of some relatives in Kansas and路 ~or a long time he did not know where they were.

If the accused did not mal{e as large a proVISIOn for the wife and children as the wife' thought proper, she could have brought suit against him for separate maintenance and in that case could have threshed out in a Civil Court the rights and wrongs of the respective parties, It is not the province of a Masonic Lodge to try disputes over money rights, but that province belongs to our Civil Courts. The accuser not only failed to prove wilful abandonment and neglect of the wife and children, but affirmatively proved that the separation was at the wife's request and upon her demand; that she and the children were not left penniless but were provided for for the time being, and the evidence of the accused showed t,hat the wife took the children away to parts unknown where the husband could not support them, and that when she made complaint and the husband learned where the children were, he showed a willingness to support them and is still willing to do so, provided he can be assured that the wife, who is estranged from him and who is able to support herself, shall give the money to the children and not squander it.

The conviction on the first therefore, clearly improper.

specification, of the charge was,

As to the second specification, the verdict was "not guilty" and it is, therefore, unnecessary to discuss that further than to sav that the verdict on that specification was entirely in accord with the eviaencc. . As to the third specification, relating to the conduct of the accused at, the gvans Home for Girls, in Kansas City, the conviction was improper because none of the evidence on that subject showed that the aceused did any'thing in that connection which constituted any moral or Masonic offense. The most that can be said is that his actions were indiscreet, that he persisted in' doing what he thought was a kindly deed in showing attentions to children in the home and in spending too much time in calling upon them so that in the eyes of the management he became a nuisance and we cannot expel from the Masonic Fraternity every man whom somebody else finds tiresome and unwelcome and who is considered a nuisance. As to the fourth specification, the verdict was "not guilty" and, therefore, we need discuss that specification no further, than to report that his conduct at the Whatsoever Circle Community House, mentioned in the fourth specification, was similar to his conduct at the ]';vans Home for Girls and constituted no Masonic

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As to the fifth specification, there was no evidence tending to show that the accused was guilty of any improper conduct toward Mrs. Rice or any member of her family, and the most that can be said against him in connection with that specification is that his actions may have been somewhat indiscreet. The verdict of "GUilty" 011 that specification was clearly wrong. We, therefore, recommend that the judgment of the Lodge as to the seclind and fourth specifications, finding the accused "not guilty" be ... ~ffirmed and that the judgment of the Lodge finding the accuse1l "guilty" on the. first, third and fifth specifications be reversed and that the judgment of suspension be reversed because the accused was not proven to be guilty of any Masonic offense and therefore, no punishment should have- been meted out to him. No.7. In re Clyde Stover, } Application for.路 restoration to good Masonic standing

The petitioner recites in his petition that he was expelled from Hogle's Creek Lodge, No. 279, A.!". & A. M., located at Wheatland, Missouri, on October 14, 1914, on the charge of having appropriated to his own use money which did not belong to him. No appeal was taken from the action of his Lodge. In 1919, he petitioned his Lodge for restoration to good Masonic standing, but failed to receive a majority of the votes of the members present. In 1920, he petition~d the Grand Lodge for restoration. The committee on Ap': peals and Grievances reported that the petition appeared to be defective and recommended that it be' laid over until the 1921 session of the Grand Lodge and that the District Deputy Grand Master, in whose jurisdiction the petitioner resided, be instructed to assist the petitioner in getting his petition in proper form. This suggestion was carried out and at last 路year's session a new petition was presented, by the petitioner, and considered by this committee and the committee recommended to the Grand Lodge that the petition be denied. Tli'is recommendation was adopted by the Grand -Lodge at that time. A new petition has recently been filed and is now before your committee for consideration. DECISION. In our opinion, this Grand Lodge has no jurisdiction to consider this new petition under the present status of the case. Section 272, of the Grand I,odge by-laws of 1921, provides that an expelled Freemason wishing to be restored must petition the Lodge which expelled him. The formalities to be conformed with are then set forth and it is prOVided that if the petitioner receives less'

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than a two-thirds vote for restoration, he may then petition the Grand Lodge to be restored to good Masonic standiI)g, setting out in his petition the fact that he had applied to and been rejected by his Lodge. All of these steps were taken in connection with the former applications by Mr. Stover for restoration to good Masonic standing. He petitioned his .Lodge, and his petition was denied. He then petitioned the Grand Lodge and after some delay his application was fully heard, acted upon and denied last year. In our opinion this Grand Lodge has no jurisdiction over the present petition. It is necessary for the petitioner now to make a new application to his own Lodge. That application may be granted. Attached to his present petition is a recommendation signed by fifty members of the Lodge which expelled him. If he makes such new application to his Lodge and that Lodge declines to grant it, then he has the right to petition- the Grand Lodge again and his petition will then receive full consideration. But as the matter now stands, we are of the opinion that his petition cannot be entertained. We, therefore, recommend that the petition be dismissed without prejudice for want of jurisdiction to entertain the same. No.8. In re } Arthur Felker, Application for restoration to good Masonic standing The applicant presents a petition reciting tha.t he was expelled from Clarence Lodge, No. 305, A. F. & A. M., in January, 1905, on the charge of making illegal sales of intoxicating liquor, he being then engaged in the business of retail druggist at Clarence, Missouri. Shortly after that time he sold out his drug store and went into the hardware business and asserts that ever since that time, he has lived a good, clean, honorable life, has joined the Methodist Church and has conducted himself as a Christian man should do. Accompanying the petition is a request from a large number of the brethren fOl'merly belonging to Clarence Lodge and some belonging to other Masonic Lodges attesting the good character of the applicant and recommending that a certificate of good standing be granted to him. The charter of Clarence Lodge was arrested last year and, therefore, that Lodge is not in existence. Under these circumstances provision is made by Section 275 of the Grand Lod~ by-laws of 1921, for the making of such an application to this' Grand Lodge and it is giv~n jurisdiction ,;to pass upon the same. A certificate has now been furnished us by the applicant in th'e form of, a duly certified resolution from Censer Lodge, No. 172,

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Macon, Mo., which is the Lodge nearest to Clarence, Mo., and, therefore, the Lodge 'in whose jurisdiction the applicant now resides and is therefore, under the provisions of the above mentioned section, the proper Lodge to make a certificate in connection with this application. Censer Lodge endorses the application and recommends the granting of the petition. We are convinced from the evidence furnished us that since his expulsion, the applicant has shown repentence, has conducted himself and is now conducting himself in a way that will reflect credit upon the Fraternity. We believe that he ought to be restored to the rights and privileges of Freemasonry and we, therefore, recommend that a certificate of good standing be furnished him by the Grand Secretary. 路No. 9. In re Rev. Henry B. Barnes, }' Applicati.on for reinstatement to good Masonic standing, Your committee has examined the records in the office of the Grand secr;tary an'd find as follows: Brother Hen ry Barnes affiliated with Coatesville Lodge, No. 379, on July 19, 1872, and was reported in good standing in every report thereafter up to and including 1879, the last report ever sen t in by that Lodge. In 1881 fire destroyed the Lodge room and all their records. .The same year Coatesville Lodge was consolidated With Glenwood Lodge, No. 427. The 1881 reports of Glenwood Lodge shows 17 ~f the 21 members from Coatesville Lodge as members in good standing, but the name of Henry B. Barnes does not appear, why we do not know. Brother Barnes was engaged in the ministry of the gospel and residing in a distant state at that time and says that he did not hear of the consolidation of these Lodges for several years. Your committee 'has before them the following certificate from the Secretary of Glenwood Lodge: "Glenwood, Mo., October 14, 1922. Mr. Frank R. Jesse, Grand Secy., Dear Sir and Brother: Rev. Henry B. Barnes wa.s a member of Coatesville Lodge, No. 379, in 1881, the time is was destroyed by fire. We have no records of him as these were destroyed, but we have two members, that belonged to that Lodge at that time, who say Brother Bar~es was a member in good ,standing. Fraternally yours,

'V. Attested by seal.

B. McGOLDRICK, Secretary, Glenwood Lodge, No. 427."

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It would seem that the name of Brother Barnes was inadvertently left off the rolls when the transfer was made to the books of Glenwood Lodge.

Brother Barnes was moving from place to place and has never before asked for a dimit. He now resides in Keokuk, Iowa, where he was made a Mason. He states that a few of the old brethren are still living and he now desires, once, more, to associate with them in the Lodge. We recommend that Brother Henry B. Barnes be restored to good Masonic standing and that the Grand Secretary be instructed to l;end him a certificate to that effect.

No. 10.

Mount '\Vashington Lodge, No. 614, Accuser, Appellee, VS.

Harvey C. Gill ispie, Accused. Appellant. STATEMENT. The record showR that the trial was held December 1st, 1921, and notice of appeal was served on tIle Secretary of the Lodge,. January 27, 1922. DECISION. More than 30 days having elapsed before notice of apj:leal was served as required by law, the appeal was not properly taken giving the Grand Lodge jurisdiction of the case, THEREFOR}<~,

It is recommended that the appeal be dismissed.

Trinity Lodge, 641, Accuser, Appellant, vs. Ben '\T. Marshall, Accused, Appellee.

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) STATEMENT.

The accused, Ben W. Marshall, was tried for unmasonic conduct, in fraudulently and feloniously misappropriating Trinity Lodge Temple Association money to his own use while serving as Treasurer of the Association.

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The trial was held April 28th, 1922, and the accused was found guilty by a jury and the penalty assessed was a reprimand. On May, 5th an appeal signed by 36 members of the Lodge was taken on the ground that the punishment was' not commensurate with the offense committed.

DECISION. Your Committee finds that in taking and perfecting the appeal some necessary steps as required by the law were not complied with. to-wit: First. That the record does not show that within 60 days after the trial in said cause, appellant served notice upon the appellee. Second. That no notice of said appeal was served upon the appellee within 60 days after the date of said trial. Third. That said record does not show that within 60 days the said trial a co,py of the sub~tantive facts proven at the said trial ,were served upon the appellee. ~fter

The said requirements having not been complied with, the Grand Lodge has not jurisdiction to hear and determine the merits of the case; THEREFORE, It is recommended that the appeal be dismissed.

RECOMMENDATION. Your committee begs to further recommend in the matter as follows: That after having examined the records and evidence adduced at the trial believes it will be well for the Grand Master to examine the merits of the case, as to whether a new trial should be . ordered. The evidence clearly shows that a reprimand is a very mild punishment for the offense committed. The accused is charged with misappropriating the sum of more than" $1,300.00 of the Association to his 'own use. He admits the same and gives as extenuating circumstances financial family difficulties, and offers to make reparation by路 giving his promissory note and pay back to the Association as his financial condition. will permit. . It appears from the appeal submitted by a large, number of the Lodge, that the jury ignored the evidence and was influenced by promises of the accused to repay.

We are therefore submitting the recommendation mentioned that a new trial be ordered.

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Herbert O. Augustin, a:' Fellow Craft, Accused. ST ATmMENT. The charge filed by the Junior Warden in this case -is in four specifications, in substance as . follows: (Statement, follows) . . Notice was dul~, served upon the accused and in due time he appeared and filed an answer denying his guilt. Trial was had under the old Trial Code, as the trial occurred before the new code went into effect. The Lodge vote on each specification showed a majority in favor of conviction, but since there' was less than two-thirds majority, the accused was acquitted. DECISION. In our opwlOn the verdict of acquittal on the first and second specifications was entirely wrong, and contrary to the evidence offered, even by the accused himself. It appearing clearly from the evidence-even from the evidence of the accused who admitted the facts above stated to have been admitted to by him-that the accused was guilty of the acts charged against him in specifications 1 and 2, and there being a conflict in the evidence as to the acts. complained of in the other specifications, we deem it advisabl.e to det~r ,to the action of the Lodge as to specifications 3 and 4, an~ W~,,. th~ref~re, recommend the affirmance of the judgment as to th<;>se two ,specifications only; but we recommend that the judgment' of the Lodge be reversed as to the acquittal on specifications 1 ,and 2 and that the accused be found guilty on those two specification.s and that on account of such immoral, lascivious and scandalous conduct, he be expelled from all the rights and privileges of Fre~masonry.

No. 13. Irondale Lodge, No. 143, A. F. &

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utes that it was a hung jury as they could not agree. They were told to return and that a majority could bring in a verdict, if necessary. Shortly thereafter they returned with a verdict of "not. guilty." An appeal was taken by nine members of the Lodge. DECISION. We are surprised at the action of the Junior 'Varden in failing to cross-examine the accused or to offer any evidence against him excellt the affidavit of the old lady mentioned, which affidavit was not admissable and should have been excluded. We would affirm the judgment of acquittal in this case because there was not sufficient proof against the accused, if we felt that the Junior Warden had done his duty and had presented the case fully and fairly as it should have been presented. His utter indifference to the conduct of the trial is most apparent from a reading of the record, and we are convinced that while the affidavit of the old lady in question was not admissable in evidence, a notice can be served and her deposition can be taken in a regular manner or she can be produced before the trial committee to give her testimony. This matter ought to he inquired into diligently and proper evidence ought to be presented at the trial. This is not a criminal court where an accused can be allowed to escape on technicalities or where he must be proven guilty beyond all -reasonable doubt. l"I路om the information coptained in the old lady's affidavit, it looks like, if the case had been properly presented, the guilt of the accused would probably have been established. A Junior Warden called upon to prosecute an offending brother should do his full duty to the Lodge and to the Fraternity and should not permit feelings of friendship or other considerations to induce him to fail to llresent evidence that is actually within his reach and which the trial jury is entitled to have before it in considering the case. We recommend that the judgment of acquittal be reversed, that this cause be remanded for a further trial, and we feel sure that in view of these sugg'estions the case will be presen~ed in a wholly different manner at the second trial and all the facts will be brought before the trial committee and the jury. No. 14. Frank Gilbert, } Junior ""Varden of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 576, Accuser, vs. John E. Friede, Accused. STATEMENT. The Junior 'Warden of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 576, filed in that

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Lodge a charge against Bro. .1ohn E. Friede, a member of that Lodge, in which he was accused of unmasonic conduct. The charge was denied in an answer filed by Bro. Friede. The trial was had under the new Trial Code, and all of the proceedings were I'egularly conducted. The trial jury found the accused not guilty. By direction of the Most Worshipful Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, an appeal was taken by the \Vorshipful Master of Olive Branch Lodge. The record is 'voluminous, the- typewritten transcript of the evidence covering 223 pages and in addition to that there were a great many 'pages of depositions. DECISION. This case has caused your committee sel'lous concern. It is the most peculiar case affecting the relations between one Brother' Master Mason and the wife of another that has ever come to our notice. If this were a case W!lere we were sitting as a Civil Court in a suit brought by BI'O. L., against the accused to recover damages for the alienation of the affections of the wife of Bro. L., we would hesitate a long time before allowing Bro. L. any damages. because. we regret to say, we are' thoroughly convinced from the overwhelming weight of the evidence that Mrs. L. is not a woman who was devoted and loyal to her h~sband and living a chaste clean life up to the time that Bro. Friede got hold of her affections.

He claims that the f>cheme to get the deed from him was' a blackmail'ing scheme. That may be true, and we say that in our opinion. Bro. L. and his wife were gUilty of blackmail and we believe that Bro. L. ought to be charged and tried for his conduct in connection with that deed. We have no patience whatever with Bro. L., his wife, or Bro. Gravit, and we believe that charges ought to be preferred against Bro. Gravit for the same offense with which Bro. Friede is now charged. There is no place in Freemasonry for such people as this whole crowd have shown themselves to be. A good house-cleaning is needed. and we trust the Grievance Committees of the proper Lodges will read what we here say and take due notice thereof and govern themselves accordingly. If Bro. Friede were innocent when the alleged blackmailing scheme was perpetrated upon him, who could believe that he would have gone that very night to eat SUI1])er with the people who had thus wronged him? Finqing, as we do that: the accused is guilty as charged, and finding that the character of the woman in question affords no excuse for his violation of his Masonic duty, we recommend that the judgment of acquittal below be reversed and that Bro. Friede be expelled from all the rights and privileges o{ Freemasonry,

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No. 15. Harry F. Becker, Junior Warden of Meridian Lodge, No. A. F. & A.M., Accuser, vs. Charles Kaufman, Accused. STATEMENT. This case involves the use of the word "Masonic" in connection with business entel路prise. So far as we have been able to learn, it is the first case of its kind ever tried by any Masonic Lod'ge in this State. The Amended charge, on which the accused was Meridian Lodge, No.2, contained eight specifications.

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In each and everyone of the specifications the accused was charged with soliciting of a Brother in the Masonic Fraternity, accident insurance, stating that he represented the "Masonic Acci~ dent Insurance Company." As to several of the specifications he was charged with using language which made the impression upon the Brother solicited that h'e was obligated to take said insurance. In most instances the Brethren who were solicited were Entered Apprentices, and in one instance the Brother was a Fellow Craft. As to some of these instances, the accused is charged with saying "You are not a Mason yet" and as to others "If you don't sign up now, you will be sorry, and "This is your last chance." In specification No.3, the charge is that while so solicting Bro. Gannon, the accused falsely represented that the policy wHich he was selling was a combination life and accident policy, when in truth and in fact, it was not a life insurance policy at all but a combination accident and health policy. Specifications Nos. 5, 7 and 8 expressly charge that the use of the word "Masonic" in connection with the accident insurance was in violation of the provisions of Section 204 of the by-laws of this Grand Lodge. Both the accuser and the accused were represented by very able counsel who represented their resp'ective clients in the most skilful manner and urged their respective claims with exceptional ability, skill and" persistence. The amended specifications in the every possible manner, pleaditlg after the sufficiency of the specifications and after the charge had been held,' by the mittee, to be sufficient.

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In his answer the accused denied his guilt as to each and every one of the specifications set forth in the charge. The trial was had under the new Trial Code. An excellent record has been preserved and the case has been presented in the most faultless manner by all parties participating in the trial and the preparation of the record. The record is very voluminous, covering Hundreds of pages of typewritten matter. Many technical points were raised which we have considered, nut after such consideration we are convinced that the rights of the accused were duly safeguarded throughout the entire proceeding and that the rules o'f procedure laid down in the Trial Code were substantially complied with. Having reached this conclusion, we deem it unnecessary to set forth the technicalities referred to, since it wo':!ld serve no useful purpose to do so, and this opinion, which must necessarily be of considerable length, would thereby b'e unduly protracted. The sixth specification W3.S dismissed because of the absence of the witness mentioned therein and therefore, that specification is not to be further considered. It was in substance practically the same as the fifth, seventh and eighth specifications, referring only to a different occasion when the alleged offense is charged to have been repeated. On the part of the accuser, witnesses were called in support of all of the specifications except No.6, which .was dismissed. It would take too much time and space to set forth the testimony of each and everyone of these witnesses separately. In a general way it was to the following effect: Almost immediately after a Brother was initiated as an Entered Apprentice. sometimes on the very day following such initiation-and sometimes a short time later-the accused called upon such Brother, introduced himself to him, addressing him as "Brother," present.ed a Ciird bearing the name "Masonic Accident Insurance Co.," ana bearing the wor!ls "On the Square," told him that the company insured no one but Masons and urged him to take a combination health and accident policy in the company. In a number of instances, he mentioned the fact that the Brother whom he was interviewing' was not yet a Master Mason. In nearly every insta.nce he said, "If you don't sign up now you will be sorry." In some instances he insisted that this was the last chance and in one or more, said that he would not return if the Brother did not take "the insurance on that occasion. There was much discussion as to the impression created by the remarks made in these conversations. Some of the Brethren testified that the conversation made the impression upon their minds that they were obligated to take this insurance and that if they did not do so, they might in some manner unknown to them, be stopped from proceeding further in the taking of the degrees, In one instance a Feilow' Craft testified that the accused told him that all the premiums paid to the company went to help distressed

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Brother Masons and asked him if he did not want to help. Brother Masons who were in distress or in need. As to the third ~pecification. Bro. Gannon testified that when the accused mentioned the subject of accident ins~rance, Brother Gannon replied that he was not interested in accident insurance but was interested in life insurance because he had just dropped his Government insurance, he having been in Military Service sometime before that. He said that the accused assured him that the policy which he sold was a combination policy and Brother Gannon gives the impression in his testim.ony that the accused represented to him that the policy' was a combination life and accident policy and he says he did not know any better until about two weeks after the policy w.as delivered when he happened to look at it and found that it was not a life policy at all, but, as he had paid for it he did not ask fel' his money back, and later he bought an automobile and concluded that after that he needed accident insurance, and he therefore paid the second premium when it fell due. It is very plain from the evidence of several of the Brethren that, whatever the intentio'ns of the accused may' hav.e been, he created the distinct impression upon their minds by the language which we have above quoted that they were in danger of being unable to advance further in the mysteries of Freemasonry, through some secret mysterious influence or means under his control, unless they took out the insurance which he asked them to take.

All of the evidence shows without dispute that the accused sold three forms of policies. ,One was known as the "Keystone Policy," another as the "Master Policy" and a third as the "Craftsman Policy." All bOI'e the words "Masonic Accident Insurance Co." in large letters near the top of the page and between the words "Accident" and "Insurance" there appeared a I'ectangular design with the initials of the company in it and underneath it the words in quotation "On the Square." Specimens of the applications for such policies were offered in evidence. The applications were headed "Application for Membership in the Masonic Mutual. ACCident Insurance Company路 of Springfield, Mass." On the part of the accused the evidence tended to show 'that the business card which he presented when soliciting insurance bore his telephone numbers in the right hand upper corner, the rectangular design referred to with initials of the company in it and the words "On the Square" in Quotation underneath it in the upper left-hand corner, th~ name Chas. Kaufman across the middle of the card, his office address underneath it and in the lower left-hand corner "Accident and Health Insurance for Members of the Masonic Fraternity Only." The accused admitted the use of most of the words attributed to him by the witnesses for the accuser in the various conversations wpicn p~ haq wjth theJn when ~olicitin~ insur:;l.nce, but clairneq

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that much more was said in those conversations than was testified to by those witnesses and that the expressions he used were used in connection with other expressions which could not mislead the persons whom he was soliciting by making them believe that he would exercise any influence or power to prevent their .advancement in Frcema!';onry if they did not take out insurance with him. For instance, as to the expression, "If yOU don't ta.ke it now, you will be sorry," while admitting that he said those words, he claimed to have explained that they would be sorry because an accident might. happen to them at any moment and catch them without insurance if they did not embrace the offer that he was making and sign up then. As to the statement that this would be their last chance, he explained that he made it clear at the time that it was not his custom to run after members of the Fraternity and bore them by insisting upon their taking out policies with him, but that he presented his proposition plainly and if it was not accepted, he would not return, and, therefore, that would be their last chance to get the insurance. He' claimed that his use of these expr'essions was similar' to the use of such expressions by insurance men generally as a part of practice of good salesmanship to induce the 'prospect to close the deal at once for fear he would not have another. opportunity before it was too late. The accused denied that he had represented路 to Brother Gannon that the policy Wllich he ofTer'ed to sell him was a combination life and accident policy, but said he had told him it wa~ a combination policy, meaning a combination health and accident policy, which, in fact, it was. The trial lasted until about 4 o'clock in the morning. TlHl accused offered to prove at the trial that other companies were engaged' in writing insuranee, using the word "Masonic" in the name of their companies, but this offer of proof was rejected by the chairman of the trial committee. The accused also offered to show that thousands of such policies as are offered in evidence have been sold for years pa~t, in the State of Missouri, to members of the Masonic Fraternity, without complaint by anybody connected with that Fraternity, but this evidencc also was excluded by the chairman of the trial committee. An effort was made to show that an insurance agent, who was present at the trial and who was the representative of another insurance company, using the word "Masonic" in its name, had been veq' active in the preparation of this case for trial, and had talked to various witnesses on the subject. In fact, it seems to us that the effort of the accused ",,'as to try the last mentioned insurance ag'ent rather than the accused in this case. The jury returned a verdict of "GUilty" on all specifications and assessed the punishment of the accused at expulsion. All necessary steps to perfect an appeal have b,cn taken by the accused, and the case is now here for' consideration. DECISION. This case is one of fir'st impression.\ The question involved is

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far reaching, apdof the utmost importance to the members of the Fraternity in this State. It deserves the most careful consideration, not only by the committee on appeals and grievances, but by every man who votes on the adoption of this report at this session of the Grand Lodge. Section 204 of the Grand Lodge by-laws of 1921, is as follows: "Sec. 204. lUnsonic Emblems and the Word 'lUasonic,~ Use of Any Freemason using the word 'Masonic,' or any term, sign, 01' symbol of Freemasonry for commercial or other business enterprises, shall be deemed guilty of unmasonic conduct; provided, that this section shall not apply to Masonic books, journals or periodicals, or a legitimate trade in Masonic supplies." Prohibited.

This law has been upon the books for many years in this State. It is urged by counsel for the accused that because the law has existed and been in the hands of the secretaries of all the Lodges throughout the State for many years and no prosecution has heretofore been instituted against any person connected with any insurance company using the word "Masonic" in its literature or' policies, and although it is and for years past has been a notorious fact that a number of companies have long used the word "Masonic" in their policies and literature, therefore, the Grand Lodge has acquiesced in the constant violations of this bylaw by such use of the word "Masonic" in violation thereof, and, therefore, the accused ought not to -be punished on account of doing that which has long been' done with impunity by others in the same line 'of business, with the full knowledge and acquiescence of th~ whole Masonic Fraternity. ' We cannot give our assent to this contention. The mere fact that a hundred people may violate a particular statute furnishe~ no excuse for anyone person to do 'the same. Suppos~p for instance, right now a man should be arrested on a charge of violating the Volstead law and be brought up in the United' States Court and make the plea that he knew a thousand other men who were making or selling illicit liquor and the business was so generally carried on that he thought he ought to be permitted to participate in the numerous violations of the law. The fact that others were doing the same thing would not go far towards procuring such a man's release. Any other viOlation of any other law might be taken as ,a further example. The mere fact that up to this time there has b'een no conviction or punishment for such violation in no way tends to show that this Grand Lodge has waived its by-law 'J. or 'wink'edat violations' thereof. There must be a beginning somer路, where. It' is not the business of the Grand Lodge to go out and ?hunt up ,violators of its laws. That duty rests upon the proper officers of the individual lodges. If heretofore those officers have been dil'eleCt in their duty, neglectful or uninformed, such fact const'itutes. no defense for the accus,ed in this case.

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to Brother Gannon, though we can easily see how Brother Gannon, without any fraudulent intent on the part of the accused, was misled or drew an erroneous conclusion as to the nature of the policy. we believe' that on the question of defrauding Brother Gannon, th(' weight of the evidence is in favor of the accused anq there ought not to be any conviction on that part of that particular specification. It is a little difficult to tell whether or not the jury intended by its verdict to hold that the accused intentionally misled or deceived various Brethren who were Entered Apprentices into believing that they were obligated to take the insurance which he offered or that they would be stopped in their Masonic career if they declined to do so. The difficulty arises from the fact that in each and everyone of the specifications a reference is made in one sentence to the use of the word "Masonic" in connection with the accident insurance company's name,and in another sentence in the same specification, each time, reference is made to the impression. that was made upon the mind of the particular Brother referred to therein as having' been misled. There can be no doubt but that on each and every occasion when he solicited insurance the accused used the literature above referred to bearing the word "Masonic" in connection with the name of the company, and the jury may have intended by their ,verdict to convict the accused on that branch of each specification, or they may have intended in some instances to find him guilty of having intentionally made an erroneous impression upon said Brethren. If we could be assured that the accused fraudulently and intentionally made the erroneous impression which was made upon the mind of any Brother whom he solicited, then we would say unhesitatingly that the accused ought to be expelled from the Masonic Fraternity. Such conduct would be grossly improper and deserving of the severest punishment that could be meted out by this Grand Lodge. But it is exceedingly difficult to decide from the record whether the impression referred to arose in the Brother's mind merely because he was mystified by the ceremonies of the first degree and anxious and uneasy about the mysteries of Freemasonry on which so much stress had been laid in the ceremony of the first degree and was, because of such anxiety and because of being wholly uninformed, made suspicious lest something might happen to stop him in his career as a I"reemason, or whether that impression was iritentionally created by the accused. It is equally hard to tell just what the finding of the jury on each of the specifications in que.stion means. This being the case, we feel disposed to advise that the Grand Lodge shall give the accused the benefit of the doubt on the question as to whether or not he intentionally and fraudulently misled and deceived these young Entered Apprentices into believing that they would be stopped in their career if they did not take out the insurance or were otherwise obligated to take the insurance.

But on the broader phase of the case we have no doubt. The use of the word "Masonic" in an insurance policy or on a soliciting

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card and the use of the names "Keystone," "Master" and "Craftsman" and "On the Square" coupled with the stat'€ment that such poiicies were issued to member.s of- the Masonic Fraternity only, undoubtedly brings the case within the prohibition of the provisions of Section 204 above quoted, and constitutes a. clear violation of that Grand Lodge by-law. Our Fraternity is founded. upon the noblest of principles and appeals to the :highest instincts that spring in the human breast. The practice of charity and of loyalty' to country, of sympathy for and aid to the suffering and needy, of fellowship and Fraternity ought not to be, and must not be, marred by the use of the name or the emblems of our Order for the furtherance of commercial purposes or the carrying on of commercial enterprises. The old hig·h standards which ever actuated our Fraternity must continue to be upheld. The use of. the name and the emblems to which we have referred has a tenden~y to make th'e uninformed believe that thfl company is officially qonne<;ted in some way with the· Masonic Order. This should not be tolerated. This, being the first case of its kind that has come before the Grand 'Lodge, affords the first opportunity to put the proper construction upon Section 204 of the by-la.ws and to sound a note of warning to all Masons, wherever· they may be within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, to abstain from the doing of ~nythiI~g that tends to prostitute .our glorious order by commercializing it, and putting it. down upon a lev~l below the high plane .upon which it has always existed.

Young Masons who are un~nformed ought to be protected against those who come to them whilst they are still ignorant of the principles and practices of our Order and, by calling them "Brother" and using Masonic embl.ems, sign; or words, induce them to part with sums, of maney, however small they may be, because' forsooth the men soliciting the business belong to the Masonic Fraternity. Too much of this sort of thing lias been indulged in for years past, and, at this time we believe such action ought to be taken as will put the stamp of disapproval upon all such conduct, and warn all Mason,S to beware' of such' practices.. The mere fact" if it be' a fa'ct, that other insurance agents or other insurance compa,.nies are guilty of the same conduct charged against the accused i.n.,this case, is, we repeat, no excuse for him, and all such agents and others offending along similar lines should be given to understand that !low isth~ tim~ ,for them to desist from su(;h pl'actices or be tried and convi~ted, and, with thi~ case as a precedent, be dealt with more severely than we recommend dealing 'with the accused in this case. While the long existence of ~:Uch practices furI)isb~e1 no defense entitling the accused fo acqui:ttal, 'we do not feelt'hatiiJ.· view' of all the circumstances the punishment inflicted upon the accused in this case is overly severe. The expulsion of a brother Mason is a serious punishment. We believe that the ends of justice will be best served by modifying the judgment below so as to acquit the

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accused of the charge of fraudulent misrepresentation of the nature of the policy offered to Brother Gannon, letting the judgment of conviction on all of the' specifications in other particulars stand, but reducing the punishment from expulsion to suspension from all the rights and- privilegl;lS o.f. Freemasonry for. a period of ope year from the date on which thaf penalty of e:kpulsion was fixed by the jury, to-wit, from the 28th day of .Tuly, 1922, to the 28th day of July, 1923. That action is accordingly recommended.* *Motion made and carried that the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed and th.at the accused be expelled which is accordingly done. Respectfully submitted, WM. R. GENTRY, A. H. MANN, WM. D. MOORE, CHARLES C. Gl\RDNER, HENRY C. CHILES, M.' L. M,ILLS.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LEASE OF OFFICES

St. Louis, October 17, 1922. . To the Most Worshipful' Missouri:

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Brethren: 'Your '. Committee on Lease of Offices begs leave to report as follows: The Lease on the offices now occupied by the Grand Lodge, at 911 Locust street, this city, expired .Tune 30, 1922, and there being a pr(;vision in said Lease, that the same would be renewed for a period of five years at the option of the lessees, and the said Lease being a very desirable one, your Committee elected to renew said Lease for a further per'iod of five years from .Tune 30th, 1922, at a monthly rental of $125.00 per month. All of which is fraternallY submitted. FRANK R. .TESSE, ROBERT F. STEVENSON, .TULIUS C. GARRELL.

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REPORT OF CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE

St. Louis, October 17, 1922. To the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Missouri: Greetings: On Thursday evening, October 13th, 1921, the Centennial Masters of the Thirty-third and Fifty-seventh Masonic Districts of the State of Missouri were the guests of the Centennial Celebration Committee of the Grand Lodge at St. Louis. A dinner was given in their honor in appreciation of the wonderful assistance and co-operation extended to the Centennial Committee in carrying out the extensive plans that were adopted in celebrating the Grand Lodge's One Hundredth Anniversary. All the Lodges in both districts were represented, with but few exceptions and when the Committee announced that a tidy balance was left of the money donated, a motion was made, duly seconded, and unanimously carried that this balance be contributed to the New Ma,sonic Temple Association of St. Louis. This was a fitting climax to the many large things that were accomplished during this history making epoch, and the Centennial Committee desires to express their appreciation to all who participated in the same. Enclosed you will find a statement of the funds audited by Most Worshipful Brother, Frank R .â&#x20AC;˘lesse, representing the Grand Lodge; Right Worshipful Brother C. A. FitzGerald, representing the Fifty-seventh District, and WorshipfUl Brother Robert C. Duffin, representing the Thirty-third District. The balance as designated in the statement, has been paid to the Secretary of the Masonic- Temple Association. Fraternally submitted, WM. F. KUHN, D. M. WILSON, ARCH. A. JOHNSON, W. A. SOMMERS, KARI~ M. VETSBURG, Chairman Centennial Celebration Comm i ttee. Secretary. Receipts.

Grand Lodge of Missouri $6,000.00 Masonic Horne of Missouri 750.00 40-Blue Lodges of 3'3rd District................ 4,999.50 ll-Blue Lodges of 57th District '.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.00 First National Bank-Interest Daily Balance.. 132.54 Total

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collecting and preparing data........ 617.50 Printing 1,098 copies ........................• 2,958.48 3,575.98 l\loving PlctureN of 1'Iasonic Home.

Films

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ColiHeum Entertainment.

600.00 Rent . Baritone Singer ',' . 1,000.00 500.00 Band ........•• , . Decorations ..........................•........ 210.00 46.65 Programs and Distributing ....•............... 'Tickets and signs .....................•.•...•. 22.00 20.00 Moving Picture Operator . 2,398.65 Entertnhllnent During Grand Lodge SE.ssion, Dinners for Delegates . 1,211.50 Dinner Tickets ...................•...•....... 10.75 Expenses of Speakers .. '; . 182.08 Quartette ; .........•••. ; .. 60.00 Stickers for Automobiles in Parade . 16.50

1,480.83 Ground Breaking Parade. Bands ....•..................•............•... Cigars at two Dinners ....................•...

.272.00 25.50 297.50

:ttllscellaneous Expenses.

Expenses of Committeemen attending Committee Meetings .....................•.... Special Invitation to President Warren G. Harding and Photo of Invitation ' Expenses of Committeemen Delivering above Invitation :~ ' . Postage, Printing and Engraving . 'Dinners to Masters and Grand Lodge Officers .. Dillner to District Deputy Grand Masters .....• Stenographer's Service •.•...•• , • , .•••• , , • , ..• Sundry Expenses ...•......................... Total Expenditures .................•.•.. ,. Balance on Hand in First National Bank, St. 'Louis, Missouri .

134.00 78.50 159.17 164.65 237.60 88.75 31.70 19.88

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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE We have examined the books and accounts of the Centennial Celebration Committee, Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. & A. M. We certify that the foregoing receipts and expenditures.

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We attach hereto letter of First National Bank in St. Louis, certifying to the balance of funds on deposit which amount agrees with the books of the Committee. From above balance on hand the Centennial Celebration Committee is entitled to deduct the cost of typewriting, mimeographing and distributing copies of their report and this report to all contributors to Celebration Fund. We understand that this additional expenditure will amount to approximately Ten Dollars ($10.00). Respectfully submitted, FRANK R. JESSE, CRAS. A. FITZGERALD, R. C. DUFFIN, . Au'diting Committee. St. Louis, Missouri, November 23rd,

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CERTIFICATE OF BALANCE This is to certify that at the close of business, November 19th, 1921, the, balance standing to the credit of Centennial Committee, A. F. & A. M., according to our records, was twenty-three hundred fifty-four and 43/100 dollars. ($2,354.43). FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN ST. LOUIS, C. W. ALLISON, Au<Iitor.

MEETING PLACE NEXT' YEAR The Grand Secretary read the following letter from lodges in the 22d and other districts which on motion' was accepted by unanimous rising vote: St. Louis, Mo., October 17, 1922.

To the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. At.' of Missouri -in Annual Communication at St. Louis, 1922. The undersigned Lodges of the Twenty-second and other Masonic Districts hereby extend an earnest invitation, and request that the regular communication of the Grand Lodge for, 1923 be

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held in Kansas Cit~', and ask that a vote be had at this communication on this invitation and request. Respectfully, South Gate Lodge, No. 547, 22d. Temple Lodge No. 299, 22d. Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, 22d. East Gate Lodge No. 630, 22d. Gate City Lodge No. 522, 22d. Park Lodge No. 617, 22d. Orient Lodge No. 546, 22d. Rural Lodge No. 316, 22~.

York Lodge No. 563, 22d. Northeast Lodge No. 643, 22d. Albert Pike Lodge No. 219, 22d. Marceline Lodge No. 481, 13th. Biswell Lodge No. 510, 13th. Jackson Lodge No. 82, 13th. Oriental Lodge No. 518, 24th. Rising Sun Lodge- No. 13, 21st.

MOTION: Moved, by R. W. Bro. James W. Skelly, that a committee be appointed to investigate and report for consideration at the next .session of _this Grand Lodge, a suitable plan for compiling and preserving a record of the Freemasons of Missouri who were in the militarized service of their country during the World War. Carrie'd.

MOTION. Moved, by R. ,V. Bro. James W. Skelly, that a Committee be appointed to provide suitable designs for memorial pages in the proceedings. Carried.

CALLED FROM LABOR At 12 :00 M. the Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 1 :30 P. M.

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SECOND DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION St. Louis, Wednesday, October 18, 1922. The Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 1 :30 P. M. by M. W. Grand Master O. A. Lucas, with the other Grand Officers in their several stations. Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON· CHARITY R. W. Bro. J.. ~. Tucker made the following report for the committee which was adopted. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient P,'ee and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Your Committee on Charity desires to submit the following report: But one request for a charity appropriation came before your Committee. The case was fully considered. and the committee· recommends that the following appropriation be made: To Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, of Springfield, for the use and benefit of Bro. Marcus F. Collier, the sum of $300.00..

Respectfully submitted,

J. P •. TUCKER, T. H. WALTON, R. I. LADD, FRED REINHARDT, H. E. CAREL, P. W. PORTER, ROSCOE

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REPORT· OF COMMITTEE ON CHARTERED LODGES

W. Bro. Clarence L. Alexander, Chairman, presented the following report, which was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri: Your Committee on Chartered Lodges submits the following' report: Returns and remittances have been received from each one of the 655 Lodges in this jurisdiction. The following Lodges, however, failed to make returns prior to August 1, as the law requires: No. 175 182 296 ~87

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Lodge Date Received Membership Newton September 18th 37 Pilot Knob August 5th 54 Sparta .....•.....••••• August 8th 70 Woodside •...........•• August 9th 31 Red Oak September 30th 37 Vernon .......•..•••••• August 7th .. ,., 38 Clearmont ..•.••••••••• August 10th 42

District 56th 4&th 54th 53rd 55th 43rd 7th

Total number of delinquent Lodges, 7. There were 22 delinquent Lodges in 1920 and 9 in 1921 and 'we congratulate the Grand Secretary in reducing the delinquents this year to 7. The Grand Secretary, however, modestly says that it is not owing to him that the number of delinquents has been reduced, but gives most of the credit to the District Deputy Grand Masters who have been untiring in their efforts to obtain reports from various Lodges which have' acquired the delinquent habit. The Grand Lodge law provides that the representative of a delinquent Lodge shall not receive mileage and per diem, but in most cases the de-linquent Lodges are small and do not send representatives to the annual sessions of the Grand Lodge. They, therefore, escape any penalty. We therefore recommend that hereafter if the report of any Lodge is not received in the Grand Secretary's office at the time specified in the Qy-Iaws of this Grand Lodge, that the District Deputy Grand Master of the district in which the Lodge is located be authorized to go and GET that report, and collect from the delinquent Lodge all traveling and other exp'enses incurred by him in obtaining the report. Pilot Knob Lodge, No. 182, has been delinquent seven times during the past 11 years. Is it. not about time to get a new secretary? The SE'cretary of Naylor Lodge, No. 668 was obliged to submit to a serious operation in a St. Louis hospital in July but he returned home after the operation and his report was received by the Grand

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Secretary on time and was complete and accurate in every particular. W:hat a contrast to No. 182.

OUTSTANDING DUES. Total amount of outstanding "dues reported in 1922 $54,070.00 Total amount of outstanding dues reported in 1921. •...•.. 40,665.00 I Increase ••••••••••••••••••••••• , , , •••.•.••... $13,405.00 This is a very large increase partly accounted for because many Lodges have increased the amount charged for annual dues. One Lodge complains that it is in danger of losing several "influen- . tial" members because the Grand Lodge has increased the per, capita tax. The increase in the per capita tax was 75 cents and was princIpally for the beneflt of the Masonic Home. To our mind the man who would dimIt or allow himself to be suspended for the paltry sum of six and one-quarter cents per month, would have as much "influential influence" as the proverbial snow-ball in the lower regions. Nineteen Lodges in St. Louis have all dues collected: Nos. 1, 25, 95, 121, 218, 282, 347, 499, 529, 544, 576, 638, 639, 641, 646, 652, 654, 657 and 658. Six in Kansas City: Nos. 104, 522, 546, 563, 617 and 630. Three Lodges in Springfleld: Nos. 5, 271 and 422. No. 28 at HannIbal. Two Lodges with a membership approximating 400 also report no outstandIng viz;-Acacia, 602, and Wellston, 613. Several small Lodges report none out. Outstanding dues is an uncertain asset'· and the officers of every Lodge should see that this Item is reduced to the minimum.

RECAPITULATION OF WORK. Initiated Passed Raised Afflliated Reinstated Dimitted

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TOTAL MEMBERSHIP. Membership in Chartered Lodges 103,829 Membership In Lodges U. D .••......... ~.................... 112 Membership in Lodge No. 305' (Charter arrested)............ 103 Membership in Lodge No. 313 (Charter surrendered Sept. 1922) ...••••••...•••• , •••••...•• ', • • • • • . • • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Total Membership 1922 ......••••......•......... 104,084 Total Membership 1921 .........•............... 100,093 Net Gain

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Eight Lodges have more than 1.()00 members as follows: Ivanhoe No. 446, Kansas City, 3,516 members. Temple No. 299, Kansas City, 2,078 members. Mount Moriah No. 40, St. Louis, 1,718 members. Gate City No. 522, -Kansas City, 1,712 members. Beacon No.3, St. Louis, 1,551 members. Westport No. 340, Kansas City, 1,436 members. Kansas City No. 220, Kansas City, 1,211 members. Tuscan No. 360, St. Louis, 1,116 members. The largest lodges outside of Kansas City and St. Louis are: Charity No. 331, St. Joseph, 829 members. Gate of the Temple No. 422, Springfield, 813 members. United No.5, Springfield, 750 members. • Zeredatha No. 189, St. Joseph, 679 members. Soiomon No. 271, Springfield, 600 members. The following lodges report the greatest number raised: Raised. Ivanhoe No. 446, Kansas City ..•.......••................. 334 ~ast Gate No. 630, Kansas City ................•.......... 168 Westport No. 340, Kansas City '" 0 107 Gate City No. 522, Kansas City ...............••..•...•... 95 Temple No. 299, Kansas City ......•..•.••................ 94 Beacon No.3, St. Louis .............•...................... 86 Tuscan No. 360, St. Louis 86 Lodges reporting the greatest number Raised outside of St. Louis and Kansas City include: Raised. Charity No. 331, St. Joseph .....••......•....•............ 82 Zeredatha '"No. 189, St. Joseph............................. 81 W-ellston No. 613, St. LOUis County 47 Gate of the Temple No. 422, Springfield ....•..•...•........ 44Jefferson No. 43, Jefferson City ; .........••........ 43 Acacia No. 602, Columbia ...•.•. -: •...•..••..•... " 43 St. .Joseph No. 78. St. Joseph 39 Solomon No. 271, Springfield .•....•••.•...••••••....•.... 39 United No.5, Sp"ringfield ...••••.•..•••....••••• -.. •. •. . • • .. 5 Thirty-eight lodges report no work at all. 0 ••••••••••••

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MEMBERSHIP IN THE LARGEST CITIES. Total Dues Members Raised Rejected Outstanding 1,589 412 $1,457 St. Louis, 44 lodges 23,324 1,356 145 4,083 Kansas City, 16 lodges 16,362 251 43 St. Joseph, 5 lodges 00....... 2,388 685 (Including one lodge U. D.) None. Springfield, 3 lodges . 2,163 121 26 "21 Joplin, 2 lodges . 1,013 48 65 200 Hannibal, 2 lodges .. 86 5 817 320 Sedalia, 2 lodges . 849 9 50 0

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DUPLICATE CHARTERS. Duplicate charters were issued to the following lodges by order of the Grand Master. . Clifton No. 161. Charter and personal property burned. Hickory Hill No. 211. Hall and contents and records burned. Lodge is now building new hall. Waynesville No. 375. Hall and contents burned. Lodge is now renting. Chula No. 388. Charter destroyed by water. Equality No. 497. Charter lost. Craig No. 606. Destroyed by fire. CONSOLIDATIONS. Rock Prairie Lodge No. 269 at Halltown, consolidated with Ash Grove Lodge No. 100, under the name and number of the latter lodge, Feb. 11, 1922. Myrtle Lodge No. 338 at Millville, consolidated with Richmond Lodg'e No. 57, under the name and number of the latter lodge, Sept. 23, 1921. CHARTER SURRENDERED. Kingsville Lodge No. 313, at Kingsville, made full returns in .July, 1922. On September 2, 1922, Lodge voted to surrender Charter and sent books to the Grand Secretary. The Lodge owned no property of value. CHARTER ARRESTED. At the last Grand Lodge session, the Charter of Clarence Lodge No. 305, was arrested for cause, with the provision. that it be restored to the Lodge provided. it complied with the requirements of the Grand Lodge within six months, which it has failed to do. The books and charter have been received by the Grand Secretary, and the property is in the custody of the Grand Lodge.路 CHA..~GE

OF NAME-LODGES NO. 14 AND NO. 617.

The petition of Cyrene Lodge No. 14 of Eolia to change its name to Eolia Lodge has been referred to this committee. The petition is in due form under the seal of the lodge and signed by the Worshipful Master and Secretary, and the change of name was路 adopted~ by unanimous vote of the lodge. The reason for the路 change is that the name of the lodge is "Cyrene," but it meets in the town of Eolia, and there is a little town by the name of "Cyrene" not far from Eolia, and mail for the lodge is frequently sent to Cyrene instead of Eolia. There are many objections to changing the name of a lodge, but in our opinion the reason given in this case is sufficient to overcome all objections, and we therefore recommend ~hat the petition be granted, and that the name

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of this lodge be changed from Cyrerie Lodge No. 14 to Eolia Lodge No. 14. The following petition has also been referred to this committ.ee: At a stated meeting of Park Lodge No. 617 of Kansas City, on October 12, 1922, the following resolution was adopted: "Resolved that we hereby petition the Grand Lodge to permit the changing of the name Park Lodge No. 617, to Swope Park Lodge No. 617." For the following reasons: 1st.

That it will settle all questions as to location.

2nd. That we have a Swope Park District.

community Lodge and reside in the

3rd. . That the Lodge was originally asked to be chartered. as Swope Park Lodge. 4th. That the members of Park Lodge are just about to erect a New Temple and they desire to have the name carved in stone to be laid as an arch in this Temple. 5th.

That

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6th.' That it is directly across from the third largest park in the United States. 7th. That this name is not in honor of any individual, but merely that of location only. This petition is also in due form signed by the Worshipful Master and Secretary and under the seal of the Lodge and the change is recommended by the District Deputy Grand Master for the Twenty-second District. We recommend that the petition 路be granted and that the name of this lodge be changed from Park Lodge No. 617 to Swope Park Lodge No. 617. ERRORS AND OMISSIONS. No one would attempt to balance a cash account unless he knew how much cash was on hand the last time a balance was taken, and yet FIFTY Secretaries attempted to \balance their 1922 _ returns without knowing how many members they reported to the Grand Secretary in 1921. Of course their reports were out of balanc路e. The Grand Secretary must balance "men" iIi each lodge report th-e same as a cashier balances "dollars" and if you return 100 members one year, you cannot add to nor subtract from that figure, but must start your recapitulation the following year 'with that number. Every Secretary should keep a duplicate of his report.

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and balance r with it the following year. If you have lost your duplicate and do not know how many members you returned the previous year, then refer to the Grand Lodge Proceedings, and if you have lost the Proceedings then write to the Grand Secretary. You may also have lost the Grand Secretary's address, it is Frank R. Jesse, 911 Locust Street, St. I...ouis. ~he FIFTY lodges follow: Nos. 4, 31, 65, 66, 68, 8S, 90, 91, 103, 104, 128, 136, 165, 169, 174, 199, 200,.204, 210, 239, 250, 252, 273, 277, 291, 321, 332, 351, 359. 379, 380, 381, 392, 396, 406, 418, 425, 429, 430, 432, 435, 438, 455, 462, 489, 523, 541, 549, 617 and 658. Total 50. This list includes one St. Louis lodge and two Kansas City Lodges. At first we thought there was an improvement in the reports this year, but when- we find St. Louis and Kansas City Lodges submitting incomplete and inaccurate returns our faith in the improvement r.eceives a great shock. One St. Louis Secretary (No.1:) reported twelve reinstatements and supplied only five names under that head. Another St. Louis Secretary, (No. 658) started recapitulation with wrong" nU~ber. No. 104 of Kansas City started recapitulation with wrong number. was one short in list of "Raised", reported nine suspended for nonpayment of dues and failed to give even one name or date under that head. No. 617 Kansas City started recapitulation with wrong number and there were several errors in the return. After considerable correspondence with No. 630 of Kansas City the following corrections were made in the z:eport: Initiated, add one name. Passed, add one name. Raised, add five names. Affiliated, add four names. Dimitte"d, add three names. To Roster, add five names and strike out ten names. In his list of Master Masons this Secretary included six Entered Apprentices, one expelled member, one dimitted, one suspended," one dead, and omitted the names of five Master Masons that should have been in the roster. When we find such reports as these in the big cities we are not' going to say very mucp. about the lodges in the rural districts. ,,yith the exceptions noted, we are glad to say that all other lodges in St. Louis and Kansas City submit excellent reports. All returns in St. Joseph, Springfield and Joplin were r correct.' The returns of five lodges were not signed by the Worshipful Master", one not signed by the Secretary~ and in two returns the signatures of both Worshipful M~ster and Secretary were lacki~g. Two lodges sent returns made out with a lead penc1~. In one lodge we find that a man was Raised in 1886, suspended for non-payment of dues in 1896, reinstated in 1922, and this year was the first time his name had ever been reported to the Grand Lodge. We find that

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one lodge has been collecting annual dues of $6.00 since 1916 from a member who affiliated with another lodge in 1916. Another lodge reports that a member was erroneously reported dimitted to the Grand Lodge in 1917. The lodge has no record that a dimit was asked for or issued. Another case a brother 'asked for a Certificate of Good Standing in 1915 and he was reported dimitted to the Grand Lodge, and dropped from the lodge roster. Recently this brother asked how he stood in the lodge. The lodge found no dim it had been issued, therefore collected back dues from him, restored his name to the roster, and reported his reinstatement to the Grand Lodge and paid arrears on him. One lodge reports th'e death of a member whose name had never before been reported to the Grand Lodge. One Lodge reports the death of a member who dimitted four years ago and affiliated with another lodge in this jurisdiction. There were many mistakes in the return of No. 250. The Grand Secretary wrote for information on August 7, but no reply was received until September 20. The reply stated "could not find lost register, so just had to guess at this." There are several secretaries who do not accord proper courtesy to the Grand Secretary as they fail to reply promptly to letters from him asking for important Information, in fact there are a few returns that it was impossible to balance before this session of the Grand Lodge because the. secretaries have failed to reply. Errors or omissions were found in more than one-half of the 655 returns. ' We have called attention to these errors of omission and commission because we aim to: impress 'upon you the' very great importance of supplying accurate information to the Grand Secretary. Probably there are only a . few secretal'ies present today, but don't forget that you Worshipful Masters signed those returns. We do not hold you responsible for slight discrepancies, nor do we censure any secretary for an occasional error, for no men is Infallible, but the slightest examination would have showed how very bod many returns were, Yet some of YOIl Worshipful Masters signed such returns and certified "That the Returns herewith submitted are correct in every particular, and that each blank has been properly filled up". Won't you do your part in assisting the Grand Secretary to keep accurate records? Find out what kind of a return your secretary sent. If you have time before returning home, call at the Grand 'Lodge office and路 see '.If, you, ',;certified" fo a bad return. You don't want your standing in the Grand Lodge records to depend upon the "guess" of a secretary, do you? Our thanks to the Grand Secretary and his 'efficient assistants for courtesies and help while in his office compiling the data' for this report. Respectfully submitted, C. L. ALEXANDER, W. O. DAVIS, H. M. BARTELS, O.路J. COPE.

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS W. Bro. F. D. Gildersleeve, Chairman, read the following report which was adopted: St. Louis, Oct. 18, 1922. Dear Brethz:en: For the annual meeting of Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. Oct. 17th to 19th your Transportation and Hotel Committee is pleased to 'report completed arrangements with Missouri Railroads for Round-trip Tickets to St. Louis at reduced rates covering dates of 102d Annual Communication. F. D. GILDERSLEEVE, Chairman.

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF MASONIC HOME BOARD M. W. Bro. C. H. Briggs placed in nomination for reelection to membership of Masonic Home Board: M. 'v. Bros.. Dorsey A. Jamison, Julius C. Garrell and W. Bros. John H. Gundlach, Chas. T. Kornbrodt, Sol E. Waggoner.

They were elected by acclamati~n as members ~f the Masome Home Board.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BY.LAWS The following proposed amendments were submitted, and under the law, lie over until' the next session. .~Resolvcd, that Section 65 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws entitled路 "Boards of Reli-ef" be repealed, -and that a new section to be known as Section 65 Boards of Relief, be enacted in lieu thereof, the new seetion to read as follows: .

"In' citIes' .whel;e there are three or more lodges, the Master of each lodge.. s,hall appoint two of. its members who shall constitute a General BO;li'd of 'Relief to whom applicants for Charity shall be referred, and,' if found worthy, relieved; and each lodge in such city shall contribute five dollars or such part thereof' from each

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initiation fee as the members may deem necessary for the work of relief herein conte~plated; provided,路 that such assessment shall be for periods .of one year and only when deemed necessary; provided further, that such contribution shall not be made when the amount on hand equals one thousand dollars. Such Board of neliet may adopt rules for its government. In cities where there are two lodges, each Lodge shall appoint not less than three nor more than five members who shall compose a Board of Relief for that city. This Board shall organize, and adopt rules for its government. Each Lodge in such city shall contribute the sum of five dollars from each initiation fee to the Board of Relief; provided, that such contribution shall not be made when the sum on hand exceeds two hundred dollars. Each Lodge in this Jurisdiction, oth~r than those above specified, shall appoint one or more of its members as a Board of Relief, and shall provide sufficient funds for the relief of transient applicants, if found worthy. EBEN W. SLOAN, RAYMOND N. EATON, CHAS.

ANDERSON,

FRED

KNIGHT,

LEO ADLER, CLARENCE L. HOGIN, ERNEST W. BERRY, .T. M. TIBBALS,

C. C. METCALF, F. L. BRITTAIN.

Resolved that Section li5, Article 8, be amended by striking out all of said Section after the words "Fellow Craft Degree," and inserting in lieu thereof "shall be subject to Masonic discipline," so that said Section 115 when so amended shall read as follows: Section 115. Failure of Candidate to Ad"\'ance-An Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft who fails to present himself for advancement within one year after having received the Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft Degree shall be subject to Masonic discipline. THOMAS F. HURD, GEORGE W. WALKER G. C. MARQUIS,

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DISTRICT DEPUTY - GRANDMASTERS' REPORTS To the Most .Worshipful Grand Lodge; A. F. & Missouri:'

A. M.

Your Committee on the reports of D. D. G. M.'s submit the following report: It is with much pleasure that your Committee notes a marked .improvement in most of the reports. They are quite accurate and carefully prepared. Many of the District Deputies adding informa-' tion of importance. We, especially, wish to mention the excellent reports turned in from the following districts: Nos. 10, 16,' 17, 21, 22, 26, 33, 35, 44, 45, 52 and 57. We regret to report that the following five districts made no return: 8, 11, 29, 34 and 39. Of the fifty-four districts reporting there were twenty-three subordinate lodges failed to report to their District Deputy Grand Master. I

We are -glad to note that District 45 with 3070 members shows Qnly $233.00 in back dues. But we reluctantly call your attention tn the fact that District No. 16 with 925 members shows $1,122.00 outstanding dues. The following districts made very incomplete reports: 17 and 27. Spickardsville Lodge No. 524 in the fourth district seems to be in a very deplorable condition. We note $46,201.69, is 'Ve also call by all of the

with alarm that the amount of outstanding dues, an increase of more than 28 per cent over last year. your attention to the fact that the insurance carried districts with a few exceptions is inadequate.

These reports indicate a splendid condition of the craft as a whole, and through the splendid co-operation given our Grand Master by the District Deputies the true spirit of Free Masonry has permeated the craft throughout our glorious state. Fraternally SUbmitted, J AS. W. WEST, Chairman. J. F. RANDALL, J; W. ATKINS, JNO. JONAS, H. J. HEFNER, H. J. MOODY, . W. W. FERGUSON, JR.

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENT TO MASONIC HOME CHARTER The following report of above Committee was presented and read by R. W. Bro. Thos. H.Reynolds. Adopted; but suggestioJ;l~ made by committee were not adopted:* To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: The report of the Committee on Amendment to the Masonic Home Charter, was presented to the Grand Lodge last year, and is found on page 75 of the Report. This report recommende'd the adoption of the t6ll~nying resolution: - "RESOLVED; That 路the Officers and Directors of the Masonil' Homeo! Missouri be and they are hereby authorized and 'directed to take such steps as may be necessary or proper to amend the charter of the Masonic Home of Missouri increasing the Board of Directors from 13 t.o 16,' and providing that three of such BoarCl of Directors be elected or selected by the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of the State of Missouri, in the same manner as the 13 directors have heretofore been and are no, being selected by the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of the State of Missouri." . This report and resolution were referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, which recommended that "the resolution be adopted. (Report page 133). On motion duly adopted, this subject matter was referred to a special committee of five, to be reported on at the next session of the Grand Lodge. Your Committee was appointed' in pursuance of that action of the Grand Lodge. (Report pag'e 164). It is perhaps needless to say that the members of this special committee did not seek appointment, and accepted only in order to fulfill their obligations to the order and are actuated by no motive other than a sincere and earnest desire to do what is riglit and best .for the protection and proper control of what we believe to be probably the greatest constructive work of the Masonic Order. The Masonic Home of MiSsouri was incorporated by decree of the Circuit Court. of the City of, St. Louis, in 1886..... The charter fixes the number o~ directors at 13. The purposes as stated in the charter are: "the object of said corporation shall be to establish and maintain a home for indigent Masons of Missouri and for resident .needy widows and orphans of deceased Masons, and to receive by donation, devises, bequests, gifts or purchase; and to hold such property and conduct such business as may be .necessary for the successful maintenance of said Home." This charter was amended in 1908,' the purposes and objects be,ing stated thus: "that. the purposes and objects of said corporation shall be to establish and maintain a Home for indigent Masons of Missouri and their wives, and for needy widows and orphans

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of deceased Masons of this State and for needy members of the Order of the Eastern Star of Missouri and their needy orphans, and to receive by donation, devise, bequest and gift or purchase, property real, personal and mixed, and to have, hold and own' all such property and the right and power to sell, conveyor mortgage such property or any part thereof as may be proper or necessary for establishing and maintaining said Home." By the By-Laws it is provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of 13 Master Masons in good standing, members of a Missouri Lodge, all of whom shall be chosen by the Most Worshipful Gran~ Lodge of Missouri, "and ex-officio members, provided by resolution of the Grand Lodge." The By-Laws also provide for an Executive Committee, a Fi.nance Committee, a House Committee and an Advisory Committee, "consisting of three lady members designated by the Grand Chapter Order of Easlern Star of Missouri, whose duties i t shall be to make visitations to the Home, examine into the interior workings of the institution and report to the Board of Directors at its general meetings such suggestions and recommendations as may seem proper:' The annual meeting of the Board is at the time' of the meeting of the Grand Lodge, and the By-Laws also provide for meetings of the Board during the months of January and April and July in each year. There is also a provision that the actual and necessary expenses and moneys expended shall be paid -each member or advisory member of the Board for attendance at meetings of the Board or Committee meetings. Your Committee is informed, and the copy of the By-Laws furnished us shows, that the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand Senior Warden and Grand Junior Warden are ex-officio members of the Board, and three lady members of the Advisory Board have been serving for many years. We are informed that the ex-officio members are not given a vote and that in what is called executive sessions of the Board, neither the ex-officio members nor the Advisory members are invited to be present. In pursuance of the duty imposed upon your committee, we have endeavored to obtain information necessary to intelligently pass upon the resolutions so SUbmitted to us. We are greatly indebted to Most Worshipful Brothers Arch A. Johnson and D. M. Wilson for letters in the nature of briefs from the affirmative and negative standpoints bearing upon this question. They are of such importance and state the issue so clearly that they are attaChed hereto and made a part hereof. We are also attaching data refelTed to in Worshipful Bro. Johnson's brief concerning the financial and other donations made by the Order of the Eastern Star to the Masonic Home. We also attach data furnished by the Secretary, Worshipful Bro. V. O. Saunders, showing the attendance of the Directors at meetings of the Board and the Executive Committee from September, 1920, to April. 1922, inclusive. In order also to obtain data of value to this Grand Lodge as well as of importance in assisting us 路to arrive at a proper solution

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of the problem presented to us, we have. endeavored to communicate with the Grand Lodges of the various states of the Union having Masonic Homes, and have reports from 27 states other than Missouri, from which we find that in 17 of these states the Masonic Home is controlled by Boards of Directors on which there are no lady representatives, while 10 of these states have lady members, most of them being selected by the Order of the Eastern Star. Some states have had lady members of the .Board but have done away with such representation and now have boards elected by the respective Grand Lodge. It is most interesting to note the general and emphatic statements in this correspondence favoring a smaller number rather than a larger number of directors for a Masonic Home. Increased efficiency, direct responsibility, economy in 'administration and many other reasons are given. In many states where there has been a large number of directors, the number has been reduced for reasons given. It also seems Clear that the consensus of opinion is that the principal officers of the Grand Lodge should be members of the Board, with full power, and in some states the Grand Master is ex-officio President of the Masonic Home Board. This correspondence will be filed with the Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge if desired, so that the information contained therein may be readily available. There was considerable correspondence with reference to this matter from the time of the appointment of -the committee up to this time, anci on Monday preceding this meeting of the Grand Lodge, your Comm'ittee met at 10 o'clock, and has endeavored to give to the parties interested either for or against the resolution, full opportunity of appearing before your committee and presenting such facts or arguments as they thought desirable. The committee has. thus been favored with very helpful statements and recommendations from both sides. And to those who appeared before us, we desire to express in this report, our sincere appreciation of the spirit in which their views were presented and of the help given us. We need hardly say that the sole and only endeavor of your committee is to reach a conclusion that will best serve the interest of our Masonic Home. We join with every oth~r Mason of this Grand Jurisdiction who is informed about this institution of ours in regarding it as one of our greatest achievements and the best avenue for the doing of the work which it is our duty to do, as well as being of the greatest service to our unfortunate brethren' and their dependents, to the c~vic life of our beloved country and to humanity. 'Ve recognize and are glad to express our appreciation of the loyal and efficient work done by the members of the Order of the Eastern Star. No eulogy which we can deliver would be adequate to a proper expression of that appreciation. This was attempted to be recognized in the amendment of the puposes of the Masonic Home hereinbefore- quoted. We feel sure that this devotion and loyal support will always 路be forthcoming from the Order

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of the Eastern Star and all of its members, regardless, of any representation on the Boa.rd, and we would regard it as an insult to the womanhood of this State if anyone should suggest that that loyalty and that devotion would be diminished or dimmed in any degree because this Grand Lodge might regard it as inexpedient to amend the charter so as permit members of the Board to be elected or selected by any organization other than this Grand Lodge.

We do not deem it desirable to restate in this report the recommendations for or against the resolution, as that has been so well done in the briefs attached hereto and to .which we refer. While the duty of this committee is apparently confined to report in favor of or against the resolution, by reason of the study we have given to this matter in endeavoring to arrive at our conclusion, we submit herewith as an exhibit to this report, some suggestions and recommendations ba-sed upon the facts before us relative to the number and composition of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home for such action as this Grand Lodge body may see fit ,to take. With all this information and assistance, your Committee has reached the unanimous conclusion that 'it would be' inadvisable to increase the number of the Bo'ard of Directors of the Masonic Home, and that the resolution before us should not be adopted by the Grand Lodge. Fraternally submitted, THOMAS H. REYNOLDS, W. B. MASSEY, W-M. M. CAMPBELL, VICTOR H. F ALKENHAINER, E. P. ELLIS, Committee. Springfield, Mo., April 26, 1922. Han. Thos. It. Reynolds, Care Lathrop, Morrow, Fix ,& Moore, First National Bank Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. My Dear Brother Reynolds: I am' in receipt of your letter of April 25th, and thank you very much for same:, ,(' , The ,unrecorded donations of the O. E. S., in the way of furnishings for children's and old people's rooms, bedding, v~rious articles of wearing apparel, as well as canned fruits, vegetables. etc., which for years have constantly poured into the home from the subordinate chapters, would amount in Value to many thousands of dollarS.

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The financial support they have contributed has been very substantial, and has at times converted poverty into affluence. I will try and have data relating to these matters furnished you. My experience as a member of the Board. convinces me that for whatever sUC'cess we have attained in the home, we are largely indebted to the members of the Advisory Board, and it is further my opinion that much better results could have been attained had their infipence been given a larger place in the management. As an advisory body, the representatives of the O. E. S. while they attend our meetings take no part in the deliberations of the Board, and at a' great majority of the meetings sit through the ~ntire session without giving expression to their thoughts. The service they now render is invaluable, yet in my opinion it is not nearly as effective as it would be were they given the privilege as members of the Board to propose 'and initiate policies. At present they have not the right or opportunity to propose or advise as to many matters about which they have a.-n intimate knowl~dge superior to the members of t~e Board. . As an instance where, in my opinion, the proposed change would :work a splendid reformation, I call your attention to the fact that our children's everyday and play suils are purchased -in bulk, and are uniform in color and design, so much so that our children can. be identified as members of the Home family by their clothing. Feeble attempts have been made to change this, but the Board has never been able to accomplish it for fear of it costing too much money. Yet, it is perfectly clear to the Advisory Committee that it can be done without material added expense. Their plan is to give intimate attention to the purchase of such clothing and see that it is of different color and diverse design. The monotony that now prevails in our children's dress would not last six months were these good women on the Board, and I am assured that the expense of such a change would hardly be noticeable: while, on the other hand, I dOUbt if the Board as now constituted can ever get out of this rut. Again, and the greatest good to be accomplished by having them on the board will be in the bringing of their motherly services to the children in a more intimate and effective way than is "possible in their present relations. We have about 150 children in the home, and to路 make it as nearly a real home as it is possible for it to be is our first and highest duty. The Board, most of us old worn-out fellows, long since have ceased to remember the controlling impulses, nee'ds and wants of ehildhood. We get the idea strong in our minds that when we

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have fed, clothed and sent them to school, we have provided a home. Mothers know better. Their intimate relationship to their own children and constant association during many years give them an insight to the needs of happy, contented childhood that a man can nev,er have. ' We have these mothers ready and waiting' to serve our children in this motherly way, and why, should we deny them the right, or ourselves and our children the advantage of their services. I know it will be 'claimed that we have this service already, and why change? Yes, we have It in about the best way a stepmother can give it, but it is that restrained, criticism-fearing relationship that a step-mother, no matter how sincere her efforts, 'must feel in directing the life of the step-child. As I see it, we need them on the Board. We need them on committees. We need them where they can feel free to express their minds and initiate policies. -In the light of the superior services they have already rendered, the fact that they want and are a-sking recognition to my mind appears t@ be another good reason why we should grant their request. I want to apologize for this long letter, but it is hard for me to quit when once I get started on this subject. I would like very much to come before your committee, should you decide to have a ,hearing on this matter. Very truly, your friend, ARCH A. JOHNSON, Milan, Missouri, March 31st, 1922. My Dear Bro. Reynolds: I have been asked to state why I am opposed to the proposed amendment to the Charter of the Masonic Home, increasing the Board of Directors from thirteen to sixteen, and providing that three of them be selected by the Grand Chapter O. E. S. As I have been a member of the Grand Lodge for more tlian thirty-flve years, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Home for the last fourteen years; and as I yield to none in my devotion to and love for the Masonic Home, and as I earnestly desire to ,do ,everything I can to further its interests, promote its prosperity and secure its permanency, I gladly avail myself of the opportunity, assurIng you and the' Committee that all pride of opinion is laid aside, and that I shall try to keep solely in mind the welfare and best interests路 of our beloved Home. In the flrst place permit me to say that the proposed Amendment does not now reflect nor has it ever reflected the sentiments,

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neither does it now express nor has it ever expressed the wishes of a majority of the Board. In fact it has never at any time had the support of more than five of its members. The original res~lu颅 tion was offered at a meeting of the Board in January, 1921, and by unanimous consent laid over till the April meeting. At that meeting with one vacancy in the Board and four members absent, three on beds of sickness and one in CalifornIa, the resolution was pressed for consideration, and after a motion to postpone to the July meeting had been voted down, it was adopted by a vote of five for, to two against (one director having left the room and started for home), only seven directors, a bare quorum being present. At the July meeting a motion to reconsider the vote was made. At that meeting ten directors were present, there being two vacancies caused by death, and one director (who was in favor of reconsideration) being unable to be present on account of sickness. I am advised, and believe it to be the fact, that the路 Board as now constituted stands five for the Amendment and eight against it. In the next place I do not know whether the" Grand Chapter O. E. S. is in favor of the Amendment or not. Some individual members are very much in favor of it, while others are as strongly opposed to it. My information is that the Grand Chapter has neVf:r had the subject before it and ha,s never taken any action one way or the other on the subject and has never by resolution or motion expressed a desire to have repr.esentation on the Board other than what it路 now h::"s. Be that however as it may, I for one, as a Past Patron of the Star of many years standing, do not desire the change, and am satisfied to let the law be just as it is-An Advisory Board of three members. Now to my wa:r of thinking there are many good reasons why the Amendment should not be adopted, nor its adoption by the Grand Lodge recommended by your Committee, four of which I will now state. 1. The amendment increases the number of the directors from thirteen to sixteen. This to my mind is a step in the wrong direction. In my judgment a Board of nine or of seven is preferable to one of thirteen. To say nothing of the expense, the larger the number the less the personal responsibility. And if the amendment carries, "there will probably go with it the proposition to make the four principal officers of the Grand Lodge members. They are now ex-officio members, by what a-uthorityI am at a loss to know; but as they are de facto if no1:l de jure ex-officio members, it is now proposed by some to ma.ke them full members if the Charter is to be changed. This would increase the number to twenty. And were this to be done then I suppose the Grand Chapter O. E. S. would probably think, and no doubt ask.... that its principal officers also be made membel路s.

2. If the am"endment carries then the "door has been opened. and rest assured it will not be shut. What I mean by that is, if the Grand Chapter O. E. S. is to be represented on the Board, how

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can you consistently keep, out the Grand Chapter R. A. M:, the Grand Council, the Grand Commandery, the Scottish Rite, the Shrine and'the Grotto. They have all,except the .last, contributed to the support of the Home and to its endowment fund, and all of them will do so again and again, as often as the necessity arises. I make no pretensions to being a prophet, but just as sure as you give the Eastern Star representation un the Board, these other Ma~;onic Bodies will sooner or later ask for and be granted the same right. And when they are all in how many then will the Board be composed of? And where will be the personal responsibility, and what will be the eXPense? 3. If 路'the amendment be. adopted the number three will be only temporary. There ani rio~ in ro~nd numbers 100,000 Freemasons holding allegiance to the Grand Lodge, and 60,000 Eastern Stars holding allep;iance to the Grand Chapter. In a few years the membership of each may be and .probably will be about equal. What then? Will the Grand Chapter be copten.t with only three members while the Grand Lodge has thirteen or perhaps seventeen? Will not the trend be to put them more on an equality or perhaps . equal? Or the view may l?e taken that the per capita levied for the support of the Home should govern.. If the Grand Chapter con, tributesoJ;lly twenty-five cents, per .member while the Grand Lodge contriQutes ,one dollar and twenty-five cents, should not the Grand Lodge have five times as many directors as the Grand Chapter? I don't know; but I do know, or think I know, that it opens up a wide field for discussion and to end perhaps in dissatisfaction and bad feeling. Isn't it better to bear the ills we have than flee to others that we know not of? ' 4. And this brings me to what it seems to me is an insuperable objection. There must be no divided authority. Here are sown the seeds of distrust and dissension. One body and one body only should elect all the directors. Consider for a moment: Suppos~ there are two Grand Bodies each electing a part of the directors. The Grand Lodge will elect such members as it sees fit. The Grand Chapter will elect such members as it sees fit. The members el.,;cted by the Grand Lodge will be responsible for their acts only ,to the Grand Lodge. Those elected by the Grand Chapter will be responsible only to it. The one will have nothing to say, can have nothing to say, as to whom the, other shall elect. The Board as now constituted is elected by the Grand Lodge, and the directors must carry out .its wishes. If they do not the Grand Lodge has the power to elect other members. who .will carry out its.wishes. But after this amendment goes' in to effect the members of the Board elected by the Grand Chapter can flatly refuse to do what the Grand Lodge wishes, and those elected by the Grand Lodge can in turn flatly refuse to do what the Grand Chapter wishes, and each Grand Body will be powerless to make them. And differences of opinion as to management, control, use of funds, etc., will arise. But it may be said,-this is drawing on one's imagination, many of these ,things are matters of detail, and will solve themselves in

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time. so what is the use of troubling ourselves about things that may never happen, and putting up men of straw simlHy to knock -them down. The answer to all this is that by a divided authority we make it possible for such thfngs to happen. and can we afford to place the Hom~ in such a position and to take that risk? I base my opposition to the amendment on the foregoing rea'. sons. 'l'here are others qUite weighty which I will not mention now. They can and. will be brought forward, if necessary, by such Missou'ri Freemasons as Past Grand Masters Woods, Dockery, Stevenson, .Jesse, Garrell and others to whose hearts the Masonic Home. is dear, ann who have profound convictions on the subject. With all due respect to my Brothers who favor the amendment I can see no good, no compelling reason why our organic law should be changed. Let the directorate remain as it is, subject to one governing body, not to twO! or half a dozen. That is the solid foundation upon which this splendid super-structure has been erected, and upon this foundation let it remain. My Brother, we have in our Masonic Home a plant that if it is not now, will soon with its endowment fund be worth a million dollars. The' Home can look back ,with pride to its past. It has a magnifi<;ent future before it. It must be wisely and prudently administered. No dissensions or bickerings should be permitted to di~turb the peace and good fellowship which everywhere abounds. Let us then hold fast to that which is good, and let well enough alone. In conclusion, believe me as ever, Your friend, D. M. WILSON. Hon. Thomas H. Reynolds, Kansas City. Mo.

States with Masonic Homes having lady representatives on the Board of Directors: Alabama, Arkansas. India'na, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina. Oregon. ,Vashington, Washington, D. C. Total 10. States having no lady representatives on the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home: . .California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan. Mississippi, Montana. Nebraska, New .Jersey. New York, Ohio. Pennsylvania, Texas, ÂˇVirginia. Total 17.

â&#x20AC;˘ Your Committee suggests from the facts before It, tor the consideration of this Grand Lodge. that instead of increasing the num-

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ber of Directors from 13 to 16, the number be decreased to nine, four of whom shall be the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden and Junior Grand Warden, so that each . will serve for a term of four years, and five members to be elected . by the Grand Lodge, for a term of five years, one to be elected each year. This' will be in harmony with the best opinion of the States having Masonic Homes, giving active duties to the prin~ipal officers of the Grand Lodge with a term long enough for th"em . to give to this great institution the best ability they may have and enable the Grand Lodge through the members which it elects, to distribute the membership over the State so far as may be desired in order that each section of the State may be represented and full and proper inquiry be made as to the capacity and ability of the member so elected to perform the important duties incumbent upon him as a member of the Board, and still give to the Home such a continuity of policy as will best guard against any action that might detract from or impair its usefulness. It may. be desirable that all the members of the Board should be Past Grand ·Masters, and the devotion of those Past Grand Masters who have served upon this Board is so manifest and so much appreciated that we are reluctant to suggest or recommend anything. that would decrease their number on the Board, but we must have in mind as the prim~ consideration", what is best for the. Home, and when considered from the standpoint' of efftcien~ management, economic administration, direct and intelligent control by the Grand Lodge which should alone have the control over the affairs of this great work, we are impelled by our sense of duty to make the foregoing suggestions and recommendations.

This is all submitted in the spirit of earnest endeavor to fulfill the obligation which we feel rests upon us, by reason of our appointment on this Committee, and as members of this Grand Lodge. Fraternally submitted, THOMAS H. REYNOLDS, W. B. MASSEY, WM. M. CAMPBELL,

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REPRESENTATIVES FROM LODGES U. D. PLACED ON PAYROLL On motion, one representative from each Lodge U. D. was placed on payroll.

RESOLUTION-EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS The following Resolution was presented and read by R. W. Bro. Bert S. Lee. Adopted: Resolved, That the list of the four Grand Officers carried in the proceedings as ex-officio members of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home be omitted from the proceedings. BERT S. LEE.

_ REPORT OF 'GRAND LECTURER R. W. Bro. J. R. McLachlan, presented the following report which was adopted: Kahoka, Mo., Oct. 17, 1922.

, To the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri: Dear Brethren:

One of my Deputies prefaced his report to me with the following quotation: "Swift as the flight of cranes has been the passing of the year," and so it appears to me, and doubtless to all of us. The years come and go and were! it not for the marks of time written on our faces we would hardly notice the flight. Another year's work is done and the result will become a part of the history of this Grand Lodge. The records will show that we have not increased our membership as much as in the preceding- year, but who can tell but what â&#x20AC;˘ the principles inculcated' have made a more lasting impression upon our mem,bership than ever before and the lessons thus learned will become, in deed and in truth, "the rule and guide of our faith and practice," in all the years to come. While the lodges as a whole were not so active as formerly, it did not appear to lessen the interest of the brethren nor have any ten'dency to abate their zeal in the performance of their Masonic duties. I held Lodges of Instruction in all sections of the State and the following named places were the scenes of my labors: Revere, Memphis, Monroe, Perry, New London, Columbia, Boonville, Harrisburg, Laddonia, Troy, Wellsville, Jacksonville, Hannibal, Silex, Moscow

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Mills, Linn Creek, Brumley, Iberia, Mt. Vernon, Seymour, Mountain Grove, Summerville, Willow Springs, Greenfield, Morrisville, Deepwater, Harrisonville, Tipton, Bunceton, Nevada, Adrian, Archie, Pleasant Hill, Independence. Mt. Washington, Kansas <;ity, Cameron, Platte City, -St. Joseph; Tarkio, O~egon, 'Skidmore, tring City; Darlington. Hopkins, Cainsville, Prin'ceton, Maysville, Al~amont, Kingston, Breckenridge, Chillicothe, Laclede, Bogard, Triplett, Glenwood. Belgrade, Caledonia, Leadwood. Fredericktown, Marble Hill, Cape Girardeau, Puxico, IIlmo, Portageville, New Madrid, East Prairie, Poplar Bluff, Lawson, Norborne, Sedalia. Versailles, Washington, Sullivan, Pacific, Grandin, Van Buren, Winona, Doniphan, Bardley, Naylor, Neelyville, Kirksville, LaRussell, Carterville, Webb City, Anderson, Neosho, Aurora, .Republi~, Vi! ill ard, Mt. Ol)ve, :Rogersville, Fairgro.ve, Luray, Lewistown. Arnong the -places above enumerated were' ~ome Lodges that heretofore never had a Grand Lodge officer to visit them. I was therefore, most graciously received and royally entertained while in their midst. At Springfield in early June, R. W. Bro. .T. E. Cavin, D. D. G. M., arranged for five visitations and accompanied by him and R. \V. Bro. George W. Custer, District Lecturer, we spent the afternoon and night at some of the outlying Lodges. These visitations were occasions or considerable pleasure'to me and I am persuaded that they were productive of good. A similar campaign was followed at Joplin, where, accompanied by R. W. Bro. J. R. Hutchison, -Deputy Lecturer, and other brethren we made three visitations. Others were planned, _bpt at} :acci.dent prevented my, caz:rying out the' program, Brother Hutchison kindly substituted for me. I would riot be warranted in saying that every Lodge in this jurisdiction is meeting all requirements, working peacefully and harmoniously, following the work of the Grand Lodge in every detail and in a good and healthy condition. While the above condition is ideal and may be devoutly hoped for, yet it is beyond reasonable expecta.tion. There are over 650 Lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction and of this number, there isa very small percentage wherein no honest' effort is made to better. their condition. Some Lodges hav'e very small membership and composed of elderly b~ethren; many of them live some distance from the place of meeting; all these conditions should pro'mpt us to overlook ~any of their faults and deficiencie!3. In speaking about distan~e, ] am reminded of a visit made this year to Pine Lodge, No. 314, located at Bardley, in Ripley County. Under the guidance of R. W. Bro. W.- W. Martin, our Grand Junior Deacon, and' a.ccompanied by some fifteen or, twenty brethren from Composite Lodge, at boniphan, we traveled about twenty miles to this ,pJ,ace, where almost the entire membershi'p were there to welcome us. None ~f them lived very near. Most of the officers live ten or more miles a.way. The W. M. lives fifteen miles from that Lodge. .He told .me he had never missed a meeting, and as the .roads over which he had to travel were not passable for vehicles, he had to journey horseback, and rarely ever reached home befor.e the break of day. Other officers and members were just as p~nctual as he. The.zeal of these brethren is commendable and worthy of emulation by the brethren in other

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While abstracting the reports of the ,District Lecturers, there were many things recalled to memory which I could mention, but I realize that space is limited and other business of more importance awaits your consideration. Should I recite the many incidents of interest to me and make specific mention of the many courtesies' that were showered upon me, it would require too much space and time. But I may be permitted to say that I will ever hold in grateful remembrance the kind acts and many courtesies extended to me on every occa~lon. The District Lecturers and District Deputy Grand Mastel~s have always been at my service and by their efforts and assistan'ce~ many rough places were made smooth and the crooked paths made straight. ABSTRACT OF REPORTS OF DISTRICT LECTURERS Bro., John M. Campbell, of the Second District, reports that the nine Lodges under his jurisdiction, are prospering with the possible exception of Novelty. The Kirksville Lodges are especially to be commended for their work. On account of local conditio~s only 'one Lodge ,of Instruction was held and that at Novinger.. A District meeting was held at',Kirks,ville last spring on which occasion there were representations f.rom the various Lodges, who profited by their presence. He reports the general situation as fairly good and the future prospects encouraging. . Bro. John Santee: of the Third District, held Lodge of Instruction in all the Lodges except Hartford, Seaman and Somerset. He reports that the Lodges which he visited were active' and evinced an interest in Freemasonry and the ritualistic work was creditable. Several of the Lodges have competen~ brethren among their '~umber, who oversee the work and assist in maintainlng the required standard of, the ritual. He reports the illness of M. W. Bro. D. M. Wilson, and expresses the hope of his final recovery. Bro. Fred Pearson. of the Fifth District, has been in' close touch with the various Lodges and reports all doing good work, with the exception of Hatfield Lodge. This Lodge has a sri1all membership, and some dissension among themselves impairs their usefl11ness and retards their growth. 'The Lodges at Cainesville, Ridgeway, Bethany, Gilman and Eaglesville" manifest considerable Interest and the situation warrants hope for the ftiture.. Bro. ,Jonathan Stark, of the Seventh District, made official VISIt!;. to the following Lodges: Nodaway, Clearmont, Burlington Junction, Graham, Quitman, Skidmore, Ravenwood, White Hall, Xenia and Barnard and held Lodges of Instruction at five of them, besides being present and assisting the Grand Lecturer at Ho'pkins and Skidmore. He was active in assisting in Degree work and rendered assistance

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at other Masonic occasions. The net gain in the District is small, but the interest exhibited by the brethren seems unabated. Bro. Frank A. Miller, of the Ninth District, reports that the Lodges in his District are progressing nicely and most of them in good working condition. The country Lodges have been aroused and are doing better work than ever before. He devoted an evening each week in giving instruction to the Lodges at St. Joseph during the first three months of the year and held Lodges of Instruction with all the other Lodges except those at Bolckow and Fillmore, and reports good attendance at all these meetings. He has been particularly active and the result of his labors should be encouraging to himself' and I have no doubt but what they are satisfactory to the brethren. . Bro. H. W. Saunders, of the Tenth District, reports an active and interesting year. While the growth in numbers and the high type of character of our membership is a great satisfaction, he feels that the improved work in the ritual, and a more practical application of the principals of our Order, are a still greater cause for gratification. A School of Instruction was held with Earl Lodge and he was present anÂ˘ assisted the Grand Lecturer at Maysville and Altamont. He responded to every call and on many occasions assisted in Degree work and performed other duties pertaining to his office. The, new year is full of. hope that much' good will be accomplished and that it will be his privilege to assist in attaining that end. Bro. 'Valter A. Craven, of the Eleventh District, held Lodges of Instruction with the following Lodges: Holt, Angerona and Kearney. He was present and assisted the Grand Master in the consecration and dedication of Alpha Lodge, No. 659, at North Kansas City, and assisted in the laying of the cornerstone of the Baptist Church at Liberty. He reports that the Order is doing nicely, although not so much work as in the preceding year, which he attributes to the unusual tight financia~ condition in that section of the country. Bro. R. A. Tharp, of the Twelfth District, reports that including the visits with the Grand Lecturer at Kingston, Breckenridge, and Chillicothe, he visited nine of the Lodges under his jurisdiction and held six Lodges of'Instruction with good attendance and interest. A small increase in membership is noted and the outlook is favorable for continued growth. Bro. E. W. Tayler, of the Thirteenth District, visited all of the seven Lodges in his charge and held Lodges of Instruction with the Lodges at Brookfield, Meadville and Marceline. Three meetings of the District Association were held and on these occasions, the three degrees were conferred by different Lodges, thus giving a good line , on their manner and quality. He reports, that, with the exception of ,Biswell Lodge, at! are taking an active interest and doing ver~' satisfactory work.

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Bro. George F. Brewington ot the Fourteenth District visited as many of the Lodges as possible and found all, except Callao, doing good work. Two Lodges of Instruction were held with good attendance at both. The Lodges are all working' harmoniously," and with tho exception of one Lodge the lodge rooms and furniture are in good condition. Bro. Robert A. May of the Sixteenth District reports th'e only Lodges of In:::truction held during the year, were with the Grand Leeturet路 at Perry and New London. The work throughout the District seems to be in keeping with the times. Bro. Thomas F. Hurd of the Seventeenth District held a Lodge Instruction with Middle Grove J... odg路e. ath'ers were plan:ned, 'but In the rush of the season, no convenient time was found. As usual a Lodge of Instruction was held with the officers of Paris Union Lodge during the early part of the year besides instructing the officers of other Lodges at his office. He reports less activity among the Lodges than the preceding' year. Notwithstanding the apparent inactivity of the Lodges,he says that much interest is manifested, and a sincere desire to properly learn the ritual, and understand the great lessons of Freemasonry, is manifested by the brethren generally.

Bro. Thomas H. 'Walton, of the Eighteenth Distl"iet visited but two of the Lodges under his care, namely: Jacksonville and Clark. FI'om reports from a.ll of them, he says they are in fairly good cOndition and well up in the work. The smallpox epidemic and bad roads ,vcre partly responsible for his not doing more work. Bro, H. L. Mann of the Nineteenth District visited the Lodges at Salisbury, Keyte~ville, Brunswick, Triplett, Sumner and Hothyille. \V'estville Lodge was visited by Bro., H. R. Mason, at the request of the District Lecturer, who reports them in good condition in every r~s))ect. A district association is held twice a year in which he come:,; in contact with the membel'ship of every Lodge, thus giving him an opportunity of judging their attainment. With the ('xception of Pee Dee Lodge, all are prospering. The work is well done under the supervision of competent advisers, and the work in the district will compai'e most favorably with other rural lodges. Bro. \\'illiam Baker of the Twentieth District held Lodges of Instruction at Hale and Hardin. No other Lodge called him. The reports from the Lodges show that they have been active .and the work is done very creditably. Bro. Charles T. Kornbrodt of the Twenty-second District, after a six months' sojourn in Europe, and the Holy I,and, returned safe and sound and found everything in' the best condition. During his absence, the duties of 路D. L. were performed by Bro. Asa Hurd in a manner that was very satisfactory to the brethren. The usual Lodg'e of Instruction was conducted weekly, during the months of January and February at the close of which, a contest was held

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among several of the Lodges as to wh'ich did the best work, and the honor went to South Gate Lodge. However, York Lodge, the winner of last year's contest, challenged South Gate, and won the contest, thus proving that they could come back and repeat the :ormer victory. Brother Kornbrodt tells of his having seen a New York Lodge confer the third degree' in blocks of five and is very much in favor of such a plan. Bro. J. S. Wilson of the Twenty-fourth District reports that conditions in this district are about normal. The work is being' fairly well done, but many of the new members are not evincing as much enthusiasm and zeal as they shoUld, concerning their work. But in all of the Lodges, there are some brethren who are well informed and under their guidance, a fair degree of proficiency is maintained. Bro. H. D. Carlos, Jr., of the Twenty-fifth District held Lodges of Instruction at Pilot Grove and Bunceton. He reports good work being done throughout the district and especially commends the young brethren of Pilot Grove Lodge for their zeal in the performance of their duties. Cooper Lodge also receives favorable mention. Taking the district as a whole, the Lodges have shown progress in all things and the year's work is very satisfactory. Bro. S. P. Cunningham of the Twenty-seventh District visited Mokane, Auxvasse, Vandalia, Laddonia, lVlartinsburg, Houston and Mexico Lodges and gave instructions in all of them. On account of local conditlons, he was unable to do more. Most of the Lodges are flourishing and in good condition. Bro. J. E. Reeds of the Twenty-eighth District held no Lodge of Instruction, but visited some Lodges, assisted in degree work and presided on Masonic opcasions. He has kept in close touch with the lodges and reports them generally in a healthy and satisfactory condition. The Lodges were not burdened with work during the year. Short crops, 路money matters ver.y close are the general reasons given for this condition, while some attribute it to the increased initiation fee. Bro. E. A. Fluesmeier of the ,Thirtieth District visited every Lodge in his charge, did considerable work and accomplished good results by such visitations. All Lodges had work and their manner of doing it is very creditable and impressive. Bro. W. D. Rogers of the Thirty-first District was present and assisted the Grand Lecturer at Tipton in a Lodge of Instruction, and in addition conducted similar schools at Clarksburg, California and Chamois. He reports reasonably good attendance and good results. 'Vhile every Lodge had some work, the increase in numbers is considerably less than the preceding year. All the Lodges are in a healthy condition and with the return of normal financial conditions hopes are -entertained that they will regain their accustomed steady growth. Bro. R. A. Breuer of the Thirty-second District visited five

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Lodges, met many of the brethren on various occasions and found the craft to be fairly proficient. The brethren are ready and anxious to receive instruction and as far as he has been able to witness the work, he found it creditably and impressively done. The conduct of the craft at all times is praiseworthy which is reflected in a healthy growth in membership. Bro. John P. Austin of the Thirty-third District, as customary in this district, held weekly Lodges of Instruction during nine months of the year and as the time for the meeting of the Grano Lodge is changed to a later date, another month's work was addpd. He reports a very successful year In the attendance as well as in . th~ development of new instructors. He expresses his gratitude for the enthusiastic support given him by the competent brethren of the various lodges in the city. He accompanied R. W. Brother Skelly the D. D. G. M. on many of his official visits and generally found the work of very high standard.

Bro. IJames F. Blair of the Thirty-fourth District, reports that the District Lodge of Instruction at Pleasant HilI was well attended. In his visitations to the several lodges, he found the brethren endeavoring to perform their respective duties in accord:wce wi.th the requirements of the Grand Lodge. The most of them are Quite proficient and doing creditable work, a number of brethren visited him durin'g the year for instruction. He is inclined to think, from the courtesies extended to him by the brethren. that his visitations are more appreciated as the years go by. They, doubtless, want him to "come again'" Bro. R. B. Campbell of the Thirty-fifth District visited all th" lodges. but Amsterdam and Rockville. He held Lodges of Instruction with the following Lodges: Hume, Rich HilI, Crescent Hill Papinsville and Foster and was present and assisted the Grand Lecturer at Adrian. He reports all the lodges, except Tyrian No. 350. in good working order. The latter lodge meets very irregularly and consequently, there can be but very little interest taken. Butler Lodge has a live bunch of officers for the ensuing year ann we may confidently expect to hear good results from it in the next report. Bro. Del C. Moore of the Thirty-sixth! District conducted Lodges of Instruction in eight of the twelve Lodges In his jurisdiction one or more times. Some of these were District Schools at which every lodge in the district was represented but Kingsville and Pittsville, N'ine lodges were visited, at which times degrees were conferred and assistance was rendered to the officers and members. With the exception of Kingsville and Pittsville, the lodges are doing very creditable work. These two lodges are very inactive at the present time and he expresses the beUef that they would exert greater influence for good, if they would unite with otfier lodges. Bro. W. C. Cowan of the Thirty-eighth District, says that from reports reaching him, the visits of the Grand Lecturer in the district during the year, were productive of much good. He held

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Lodges of Instruction at Richland and Waynesville, and visited Lebanon Lodge giving private instruction to members and ot.hel·wise making himself useful. The lodges are doing creditable work and contrary to the reports from many other districts, more wo':'k was accomplished this year than last and Indications point to continued growth. Bro. Charles E. Pyle of the Fortieth District, held I;odges of Instruction with the following lodges: Joachim, Irondale, Tyro, Shel.;inah, Belgrade and DeSoto. He visited all the lodges with one exception, and "chaperoned" the Grand Lecturer In his visitations to Caledonia and Belgrade which occasions were m,ost delightfully enjoyed. He instructed the brethren at Herculaneum, set the lodge. at work U. D .. and rendered assistance to that lodge on other occasions, and confidently hopes that it will grow in usefulness and become a strong lodge. Most of the lodges had but little work to do but are hopeful for a revival in the near fu'ture. Bro. Ed. I. Harris of the Forty-first District visited with and gaVl3 instruction to the following lodges: Urbana, Wheatland, MOI'risville, Modern and Fairplay, and reports them doing good work. Urbana Lodge has a new Stereopticon which with their knowledge of the work, enables them to confer the degrees very impressively. All the lodges that he visited are progressing nicely and zealous in the performance of their duties. Bro. H. H. Finley of the Forty-second District visited WashIngton, Ga n-ett. Everton, Lockwood and Melville Lodges, assisted in the work and gave instruction where needed. No regular Lodge of Instruction was held but much time was spent in imparting information to officers and brethren of the various lodges, who came to him for that purpose, many of these brethren who sought information from him were young members and the knowledge thus acquired will be of inestimable benefit to their respective lodges.· Bro. Sam B. Vickers of the Forty-third District, reports that he held three Lodg~s of Instruction and on other occasions rendered assistance as the situation required. The majority of the lodges are in a prosperous condit.ion and with few exceptions, the work is well done. Bro . .T. R. Hutchison of the. Forty-fourth District, visited the several lodges in his jurisdiction, gave such ·instruction as needed. and. assisted in degree work. A T.Jodge of Instruction was held early in .the year with LaRussell Lodge and he was rewarded wit~ good attendance. and the results. were very satisfactory. In Ma\· he accompanied the Orand Lecturer in his visitations to some of the smaller lodges. namely: Jasper, LaRussell, Carterville, Webb City and Carl Junction. where they' were welcomed by ·a respectable number of the brethren. These visitations were both pleasant and pr.ofitablc. The lodges are doing fairly good work. Bro. George "V. Custer of the Forty-fifth District visited most of the lodges in his c~arge. Some are doing b~tter work than for-

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merly and there is yet room for improvement. He held Lodges of Instruction at Republic and Marshfield and reports the offic~rs are doing excellent WOI'k. The condition of the lodges throughout the district is good. R. 'V. Bro. J. E. Cavin, D. D. G. M., accompanied him in many of the visits and by his kindly advice and jovial manner, did much to promote harmony and good feeling among the brcthren. 'I :-j-'I Bro. Carl A. Swenson of the Forty-sixth District visited riine of his lodges, a~sisted in the work and gave considerable time in individual instruction. The increase in membership is less than formerl~·owing to the depression of the times. Ava Lodge, which for some time, was dormant, has revived and working with renewed vigor. Has added quite a number to its membership. A good interest is manifested in the lodges, and the younger members especially are availing themselves of every opportunity to obtain a thorough knowledge of the ritual. Bro." Fred E. McGhee of the Forty-seventh District", held several Lorlges of Instruction and responded to every ca1l for special ::lssistance. He feels that all of the lodges, with the exception of Punker, have improved in the work. Less degree work was done in most of the lodges than formerly but a healthy interest in the general conduct of the lodge has been maintained and the standard of excellence in the ritual is being'maintained. Bro. W. B. Massey of the Forty-eighth District reports that the end of the year finds the lodges working peacefully and harmoniously. Fewer degrees were conferred than in either of the two nl'eceding years, but good work is being done and greater precaution is exercised in the selection of petitioners. He visited nine of the 12 lodges in the district and gave instruction when necessary. Lodges of Instruction were held at Lead\'lood and Fl'edericktown by the Grand Lecturer, which were appreciated by the brethren. A decided improvement is very noticeable in the general conduct of the affairs of the Lodges from year to year. Bro. Geo, W. Walker, of the Forty-ninth District, says there was a general let down from work throughout his District and the demand for the services of j:he District Lecturer were not very great. Five of the eight Lodges were visited and instruction given. •All the Lodges, except Whitewater, No. 417, had some work and the District boasts of thirty new members for the yea I'. All are in position to do good work, e);cept Whitewater and Zalma. Bro. G. A. Sample, of the' Fiftieth District, was wi~h the Grand Lecturer and assisted in Lodges of Instruction at Puxico and Illmo. Other schools were held at Blodgett and Chaffee. A number of other visitations were made, and assistance rendered when the situation required. While the Lodges generally were not as active as in previous years, the brethren maintain their interest in the work and are equipping themselves for future work with renewed energy.

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the Fifty-first District held two Lodges some visitations. Two other Lodges of the Grand Lecturer. With few excepgood condition and the work is very

Bro. K. C. Johnsori of the Fifty-second District visited every Lodge in the District, except Pine Lodge No. 314. This Lodge was visited by the Grand Lecturer, who was welcomed by almost the entire membership, some of whom lived 15 miles away and but very few, anyways near. The sacrifice' and zeal practiced by these brethren are to be commended and worthy of emulation. Brother Johnson reports that the' Lodges are working faithfully and well and the outlook is encouraging. Bro. G. J. Vaughan of the Fifty-fourth District visited and held Lodges of Instruction in every Lodge but one (Forsyth). The following are the Lodges visited: Sparta, Billings, Clever, Claflin, Kirbyville,' Branson. Reeds Spring, Galena, Crane and Friend. He accompanied and assisted the Grand Lodge offlcers in the laying of the Corner Stone of the Public School Building at Branson. The brother is commended for his watchfulness over the craft over whom he has juriSdiction, in summing up his report, he says, "The year has been fruitful to him and beneficial to the craft." Bro. W. N. Marbut of the Fifty-fifth District, visited most of the Lodges; held two Lodges of Instruction. He reports all the Lodges in good condition and doing fairly good work. Bro. W. A. Phipps of the Fifty-sixth District reports less activity among the Lodges than the preceding two years. Lodges of Instruction were held with Fairview, Racine and Newton Lodges. Dissension among two of the Lodges existed, and his time and energy were occupied, in settling the trouble. While not fully a~sured of his final success, the outlook is encouraging. The Lodges generally are in good working condition and with the approach of winter, they are hopeful for a general revival in interest and. in work. Bro. M. E. Gumphrey of the Fifty-eighth District, visited all the Lodges except Olean and held Lodges of Instruction at Belle, Vienna; Tuscumbia, Barnett, Glenstead and Eldon. All of these meetings were very well attended and considerable interest .was manifested. A new hall was dedicated at Glenstead and the Odd Fellows Hall at Versailles was dedicated to Freemasonry. On this occasion (the Methodist Conference being in session) the third degree was conferred by the Ministers assembled, with M. W. BrotherR C. C. Woods and C. H. Briggs in charge. He Rays most of the Lodges are doing the work creditably and some of them do exceptionally well. Bro. Allan Men. Hoyt of the Fifty-ninth DIstrict says that the large gains made by the Lodges in the previous two years, compa~ed with this year's work, would Indicate a less degree of

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interest among the Lodges. But such is not the condition. There is still a great desire to know the ritual more perfectly and he notes gradual improvement along this line. He held his usual Lodge of Instruction at Independence, during the first two months of the year, also two meetings at Buckner. He gives a true account of each Lodge, telling of their strength and weakness and assures me that everything is now peacefUl and harmonious among the brethren. Mt. Washington Lodge is especially commended for their work, attendance, interest and everything that goes to make a: Lodge a success. Summit Lodge is also favorably mentioned as holding their own and doing gOOd work. Fraternally submitted, J. R. McLACHLAN, Grand Lecturer.

CALLED FROM LABOR At 5 :30 P. M. the Grand Lodge was called FROM LABOR until 8 P. :M. tonight. Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain.

.SECOND DAY-EVENING SESSION St. Louis, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1922. The Grand Lodge was CALLED TO' LABOR at 8:00 P. M., by M.. vY.. Grand Master O. A. Lucas, with the other Grand, Officers in their accustomed stations. Interesting and inspiring addresses were made by R. W. Bro. Walter L. Stockwell, Grand Secretary' of the Grand Lodge of North Dakota, and M. W. Bro. George L. Schoonover, Past Grand Master of Iowa.

CALLED FROM LABOR At 10 :30 P. M. the Grand Lodge was called FROM LABOR until 9 A. 1\1. Thursday morning. Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. Arthur Mather.

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THIRD DAY-MORNING SESSION. St. Louis, Thursday, Oct. 19, 1922. The Grand Lo4ge was CALLED TO LABOR at 9 :00 A. :LVI. by M. VV. Grand :Master O. A. Lucas, the other Grand Officers being in their stations. . Opening Ode sung by the members. Prayer by R. v\T. and Rev. Bro. Joh!! H. Miller, Grand Chaplain.

MINUTES READ AND APPROVED. The minutes of the several sessions of yesterday were read by. the Grand Secretary, and approved by the Grand Lodge.

REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITIEE-EMBLEM. M. W. Bro. V. F. Boor, presented and read the for the Committee. Adopted.

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To the Grand Lodge _A. F. c..S' A. M. of Missouri: Your Special Committee reports as fol~ows: 'l'hat the recommendation of the Grand Master, that Lodges be permitted to parade and participate as such in Decoration- Day cel'emonies whenever in the judgment of the Grand Master such participation is deemed. advisable, be approved. That his recommendation that an authorized emblem be adopted and persons authorized to wear sa.me be designated, is approved; and we recommend in accordance therew ith that this Grand Lodge adopt the Square and Compasses as the emblem of Freemasonry, and that such emblem ma~' be worn only by a Master Mason in good standing, his wife, widow, mother, sister and daugh!er. That this Committee approves the recommendation of - the Grand Ma-ster that Lodges be required to keep in their meeting place the Grand Lodge proceedings of 1922 and subsequent years; also the latest revision of the Book of Constitutions. That this - Committee approves the recommendation of the Grand Master to furnish to every member a synopsis of the pro-

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cecding-s of the Grand Lodge of 1922, and each year thereafter withou t cost to the Grand Lodge; and that the plans therefor be carricll out and executed by the incoming Grand Master and Grand Secretary. V. F. BOOR, JOHN T. SHORT, PERCY A BUDD, CHAS. A. FITZGERALD,' GROVER C. SPARKS.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON路 JURISPRUDENCE. R. VV. Bro. Thad B. Landon presented and read the following report. Adopted. To the .~1 ost f;f/orshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of the State of Missouri: Your Committee on port:

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1st. 'Ve recommend that the following numbered decisions and ruling's of the Most Worshipful Grand Master be approved: I, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32. 33, 36. 2nd. We recommend the approval of the Grand Master's ruling on the first, second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth subdivisions of Question NO.3. The fourth subdivision of Question No. 3 is as follows: Question-"Has the accused the right to appear' before the Grievance Committee?" The decision and ruling as embodied in the answer, "no" is correct, but to avoid confusion, there should be added, "he has the privilege only of appearing upon the invitation of the Grievance Committee." 3rd. The sixth question is as follows: "A brother received his Fellow-craft Deg-ree Sept. 14, 1915, and never passed a proficiency examination. .Tune, 1922,' he applied for a certificate of dismissal to join a Lodge in another jurisdiction. Can it be done? The answer of the Grand Master was as follows: "No, he must be reinstated in the Lodge first." We disapprove of the above ruling for the reason that it is in conflict with Section 180 of the by-laws of 1921. 4th. The seventh question is as follows: Question. "Is a Master Mason who has not passed his proficiency examination, in the thiro degree, in good standing in the Lodge, and qualified to serve as a member of a trial jury?" Answer. No.

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He is not qualified to serve as a member of a trial jury, but has the Masonic standing subject to the restrictions as provided in Section 129. 5th. Question No. 11 is as follows: "A brother was expelled by his lodge, after several years applied for reinstatement, he was kept out by four or five votes. Then he petitioned the Grand Lodge and by it was restored to good Masonic standing and given a certificate to that effect. What does this mean? What Masonic privileges does it confer? Can I apply to a Lodge other than the one where I live for membership? Am I allowed to visit a Lodge? Does it require a unanim0US vote to be reinstated." We approve the following portion of the ruling of the Worshipful Grand Master: "You may apply to any lodge in' Missouri that you may desire for affiliation. To be admitted into membership of a lodge will require a bright vote," and we disapprove of all of the balance of the rUling of the Worshipful Grand Master. The only privilege that the certificate of good standing confers is the right to petition any lodge in Missouri for affiliation. It does not permit him to visit a lodge. 6th. Question No. 15 is as follows: Question. Does an entered apprentice lose good standing if he fails to advance in one year? Answer of the Worshipful Grand Master is "yes." , Your Committee disapproves of this ruling for the reason that under Section 115 of the by-laws, 1921, the only penalty for failure to advance within one year is that he is required to petition for remaining degree or degrees. He does not lose his standing as an en tered apprentice. 7th. The sixteenth question is as follows: "Is a fellow craft, passed in June, 1915, who never presented himself for examination and now lives in jurisdiction of another lodge, entitled to a certificate of dismissal." The answer of the Most Worshipful Grand Master is, "No." We disapprove of the ruling for the reason that it is in conflict with Section 180 of the by-laws of 1921. 8th. The twenty-ninth question 'is as follows: . "Would it be legal to amend our by-laws, making our fiscal year from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st? Some of our members have paid their dues and hold receipts to Sept. 30, 1922. How can we collect the dues from the member? We approve the following answer and ruling of the Worshipful Grand Master: "In regard to your changing what you call your fiscal year, I beg to remind you that the lodge can have only one time for the end of its fiscal year and that is June 30 of each year, as you will observe by referring to Section 58, Page 18 of the Grand Lodge by-laws 1!l08 (now Section 75, Page 23, Grand Lodge bylaws of 1921).

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"In regard to your members who have paid their dues and received their receipt expiring, as you state, September 30, 1922, in my opinion there is nothing that you can do in regard to them in the way of compelling them to pay more dues, and the Lodge will have to take it upon itself to make the payments as required by the Grand Lodge by-laws. It is not an assessment on the members but it is a tax on the Lqdge for dues to the Grand Lodge, and the Lodge will have to stand responsible for the amount that it will take to adjust what is due from their Lodge." \Ve disapprove all of the balance of the answer and ruling of the Most 'Worshipful Grand Master. 9th. The thirty-fourth question is as follows: Question. "Lodge receives a waiver of jurisdiction from another Lodge on the condition that the;y charge the candidate at least a named sum, being the amount the waiving Lodge exacts but more than the Lodge asking waiver charges. Objection to the candidate receiving the degree is made by a brother based on the belief that there was not such a waiver as could be recognized, no objection to paying the amount named in waiver but the brother's objection stands. Must we regard the condition?" We approve the ruling, as it is based on a decision of the Grand Lodge at its annual communication, 1917. However, we recommend the repeal of the decision of this Grand Lodge, 1917, page 49, reported in Supplement 1913, page 225, and also the ruling of the Grand Master. 10th. The thirty-fifth question is as follows: "Under 250 can an attorney, not a member of the' lodge, be present the Junior Warden in the trial, if an objection is made presence on that ground?" The Most Worshipful Grand

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answered, "yes." We approve the above ruling, but believe that there should be added thereto the following: "The Junior Warden may call an attorney not a member of the Lodge to assist him in the trial of a cause, but the attorney so called must be a Master Mason in good standing. See Section 251." 11th. The Most Worshipful Grand Master upon the request of the Grand Avenue Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis submitted to us the dispute between such Temple Association and Missouri Lodge No. 1 of St. Louis. Your Committee'is of the opinion that the matter at issue ,between these two bodies involves the settlement of legal rights, solely, and neither the Grand Master nor this Grand Lodge has jurisdiction of the subject matter, and, therefore, recoIl\mends that no action be taken.

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. At the Annual Communication amendment was proposed:

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"Be it resolved that Sections 47 and 48 of the Grand Lodge by-laws be and the same are hereby rel)ealed." t1)

We recommend that thE' amendment be not adopted

(2) At the Annual Communication of 1921, an amendment to SecUon 74 of the Grand Lodge by-laws was proposed. The same reads as follows: "Section 74. ANNUAL DUES. Every Chartered" Lodge' shall payallnually to th'e Grand Lodge the sum of two dollars and seventyfive cents ($2.75) for each Master Mason reported in the annual returns, except those whose dues have been remitted. Two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) of this sum shall be used for the support of the Masonic Home, unless' otherwise ordered by the Grand Lodge, If any Lodge shall collect from a suspended member dues, for the non-payment of which hB shall have' been suspended, such Lodge shall pay to the Grand I..Jodge the sum of two dollars and seventyfive cents ($2.75) for each year's dues so collected, if not previously accounted for." ' , . ' .,. We recommend that the following be substituted. therefor: Sec. 74. ANNUAL DUES. Every Chartered Lodge shall pay annually to the Grand Lodge the sum of two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) for each Master Mason reported in the路 annual returns, except those whose dues have been remitted.' One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) of this sum shall be used for the support of the Masonic Home, unless otherwise ordered by the Grand Lodge. If any Lodge shall collect from a suspended member dues, for the non-payment of which he shall have been suspended. 'such Lodge shall pay to the Grand Lodge the sum of two dollars and twentyfive cents ($2.25) for each year's dues so collected, if not previously accounted for.

Proposed Amendments to Trial Code. With refer~nce to the amendments to the Trial Code recommended by the Most Worshipful Grand Master in his annual address, your Committee reports as follows: 1st. The objection urged by the Most WorshipfUl Grand Master to Section 247-A, has been met by a proposed amendment to Sections 247, 247-A and 247-D hereto attached. 2nd. We further recommend that Section 262 be amended by striking out the word "complete" in lin'e 13 thereof so that said Rectio'l when so amended shall read as follows:

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Section. 262. Expense of Trial. The chairman of' the Trial Committee shall make an itemized statement of the costs attending the trial, which may include the traveling expenses ,. of 路'the members of the Committee, and other necessary exp"enses, the necessary mileage and per diem as allowed in civil cases, for witnesses attending the trial at the request of the Junior Warden, the necessary expenses incurred in the taking of depositions at' the request of the Junior Warden, the services of a stenographer or other persons secured by the Committee to take down the testimony, and the service of notices, provided by the by-laws, which items, but no others, shall be paid by the Lodge; provided, however, that the party ordering a transcript of the testimony shall pay for such transcript; and provided further" that if the Worshipful Master of the Lodge shall be satisfied and shall certify in writing that the Accused is unable to pay the expenses of securing the attendance of 'witnesses, or the expense of a transcript or both, such expense shall, at the request of the Accused, be also paid by the Lodge. 3rd. Your committee does not feel that any amendment Section 265 should be attempted at this time. 4th. Be it resolved amended as follows:

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By ins('rting after the word "Committee" in line nine of Subdivision (a) of this section, the following words-"And the Worshipful Master of the Lodge shall be disqualified from acting if the Accuser or the Accused shall file with the secretary of the"lodgein riot less than five days before the date fixed for the trial, a declaration made upon his Masonic honor alleging that the Accuser or the Accused cannot have a fair and impartial trial before him. either because of kinship with the accused, a material witness or iotere!"ted for or agaillst the accused." . By striking out the word "twelve" after the word "draw" in line 20 on page 63, and insel'Ung in lieu thereof, the word "eighteen." By striking out the word "twelve" after the word "said" in line 22 on page 63, and in!;crting in lieu thereof, the word "eighteen," 28

By striking' out the word "twelve" after the word "the" in line page 93, and insel'ting in lieu thereof, the word "eighteen." ,

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By inserting' after the wOl'd "and," and be'fore' the word "other" in line 32 on page 63, the following words-"If more than six shall be disqualified as jurors," By, striking out the word "twelve" in line 8 on page 64, ana ins'orting in lie.u thereof the word "eighteen,"

By insel'ting after the word "brethren" and before the word "so" in line 8 on page 64, the following words-"or a less number of said brethren, but not less than twelve."

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By striking out the words-"the panel of twelve" after the . word "and" in line 16 on page 64 and inserting in lieu thereof and before the word "filled," the following words: "If the number of the jury panel after" the sustaining of aq,y challengers for a good cause be' Jess than twelve, then the panel shall be." By striking out the word "when" in line 18 on page 64, and inserting jn lieu thereof and before the word "twelve", the following words: "the first," By striking oUt the words "have been selected" after the word "jurors" in line 18 on page 64, and inserting in lieu thereof, and be-fore the word "the" in line 18 on page 64, the following words: "shall constitute the trial panel and." And by striking out the word "twelve" after the word "the" line 37 on page 64, and inserting in lieu thereof, the word "eighteen," so that this section shall be and provide as follows':

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Section 247. Trial Committee. All trials under' this Trial Code shall be held before a tribunal known as the "Trial Committee," whkh shall be constituted as follows: (a) The Worshipful Master of the lodge shall be the chairman of said Trial Committee, and shall fix the date of the trial and preSlOe thereat, provided, however, that if the Worshipful Master disqualifies himself or be disqualified from acting, either because of kinship with the accused, a material witness, or interested for or against the accused, the District Deputy Grand Master of the district in ,which said charges are preferred, or some suitable Master Mason, appointed by the Grand Master, shall be chairman of said Committee. And the Worshipful Master of the lodge shall be disqualified from acting if the Junior Warden or accused shall file with the secretary of the 19dge in not less than five days before date fixed for the trial, a declaration made upon his Masonic honor, alleging that the accuser or accused cannot have a fair and impartial trial before him, either because of kinship with the accused, a material witness, or interested for or against the accused. (b) The Secretary of the Lodge, or a stenographer who shall be a Master Mason in good standing, may be designated as Secretary, such Secretary to be the Secretary of the Committee, take the testimony, keep the minutes of the meetings, and preserve and' file all writing's or papers that may be filed during the trial. (c) The Marshal of the Lodge shall be the Marshal of said Trial Committee, and shall preserve order, and perform such duties as may be required by the chairman of the Trial Committee. (d) A jury of six M~ster Masons in good standing of the Lodge shall determine the guilt or innocence of the accused and shall fi'x the puniShment, such jury to be selected in the following manner: The Worshipful Master of the Lodge shall, within two ,weeks

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aft.er his installation, and together with the Senior Warden and Senior Deacon, place in a locked box provided for that purpose the names of not more than 60 nor less than 24 Master Masons in goood standing in the Lodge, from which the trial jury shall be drawn as hereinafter provided. If, during the year, such box shall be depleted by withdrawal therefrom, it shall be the duty of the parties herein named to place additional names therein to fill the vacancies occasioned by such withdrawal. Such box shall be kept locked and no one shall have access thereto, except for the purpose of drawing the jury therefrom or placing the names of jurors therein. The names in said' box shall be destroyed at the end of the year, and refilled by the incoming officers at the commencement of their terms. All persons whose names are drawn from said box and who serve as a trial jury shall not be reqUired to serve again for one year. The names of persons drawn from the box and not selected as a trial jury shall be returned to saId box. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Lodge to provide a locked box suitable for the purpose mentioned in the precedln&, paragraph and to safely keep and preserve the same.

The Chairman of the Trial Committee shall, after charges have bec,n preferred and filed, and notice thereof given, as herein provided. and blindfolded, and in the presence of the Senior Warden and Senior Deacon, draw 18 names from said box, from which number the trial jury shall be selected. The names of the said 18 jurors so drawn shall be filed with the Secretary of the Lodge, who shall at onc(' caUSe the brethren so drawn to be summoned by written notice to appear on the date named for the trial. Failure to so appear in obedience to said summons, unless for good cause shown to the Chairman of the Committee shall constitute a Masonic offense. If any of the 18 so drawn shall be related in any manner or degree to the Accused, or be a witness either for or against the Accused, or have either formed or expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the Accused, they shall be disqualified as jurors, and if more than six shall be disquallfied, other names shall be drawn from the box until twelve. disinterested Master Masons in good standing have been drawn from said box. If, on the day of thp- trial, less than twelve of those summoned shall appear, the Chairman of the Trial Committee shall fill the vacancies by drawing additional names from said box; and, Provided, that if a panel of twelve jurors is not obtained on the day of said trial, the Chairman of the Trial Committee shall have the right to postpone said trial un til sueh jury panel shall be filled. If the Chairman of the Trial Committee shall not be able to secure twelve qualified jurors from th.; Lodge in which the charges have been preferred, then he shall summon from adjacent Lodge or Lodges sufficient qualified jurors to complete the panel of twelve. ~ . The eighteen brethren or a less number of said brethren, but not less than twelve, so drawn or selected shall answer upon their Masonic honor such questions touching' their qualifications to sit as jurors as may be put to them, either by the Junior Warden, the AcCUseÂŤ or toe Chairman o( the Trial Committee.

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Either the Accused or the 路Junior \~Tarden may challenge for good cause and if such challenge shall he su!>tained by the Chairman of the Trial Committee, the brother so challenged shall be excused. And if the number of the jury panel !>hall, after the sustaining路 of any challenges, for good cause, be less than twelve, t1?en the panel shall be filled by the drawing from said box in the manner hereinbefore provided. The first twelve qualified juror~ shall constitute the trial panel, and the Junior "Varden shall peremptorily strike off three names from said panel and the Accu!';ed shall .thereupon strike off three names, and the six so 'remaining shall constitute the Trial Jury; an~ said Trial Jury shall he sworn upon their Masonic honor to well and trUly try the issues, and true findings render according to the law and evidence. Immediately after said trial jury shall have been selected, the Trial Chairman shall charge said jury to refrain from discussingthe case among themselves, or with any witness, or with the Accused, and shall not allow any other person to talk with them about said case, and if any person shall attempt to talk to them with reference thereto, they shall immediately refer the matter to the Trial Chairman so that they will keep their minds free and open until the conclusion of the entire trial. And this same admonition and charge shall be given at every recess or adjournment of the trial路 of said cause. If any person shall attempt to talk about the pending <rial with either the Trial Jury, or any member thereof, or the eighteen brethren selected as above it shall constitute a Masonic offense.

5th. . Resolved that Section 129 of the by:laws of 1921 be and the same is hel'eby repealed and- in lieu thereof, the following be enacted to be known as Section 129. Section 129. Same. Every newly made Master Mason shall stand a satisfactory examination in open Lodge in the proficiency lecture of the first section of the Degree of路 Master Mason: No newly-made Master Mason, who fails or refuses to stand such examination. shall bp. permitted to vote, hold office in the Lodge, or dimit, provided, however, if he shall' fail or refuse to stand such examination within six months after being notified by the Lodge so to do, he shall be deprived of all the rights and privileges of a Master Mason (except the right to'" receive Masonic instruction) until he shall have complied with the provisions of this section. 6th. Be it resolved that the new section to be known as Section 227-A be added to the by-laws which shall be and provide as follows: . Section

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tions to the by-laws, amendments thereto and repeal thereof shall' become effective upon the closing of the annual communication of tHe Grand Lodge at which adopted, unless otherwise provided. Respectfully submitted, THAD B. LANDON, Chairman, JOHN C. ROBERTSON. 1... M. ,HAYDON, A. B. FREY, E. W. TAYLER, R. A. BREUER,

REPORT ON COMMITTEE ON LODGES U. D. W. Bro. Willis A. McCullah, presented and read the following report. Adopted. To the Most TYorshipful Grand Lodge A, F. tJ' A. M. of Missouri: The Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation, begs leave to submit the following report: We have cause to congratulate the Grand Master on the issuance 'of only two dispensations for the formation of new Lodges. While in numbers there is strengt.h. yet our early Masonic teaChing recites the fact that by quality, not quantity, will the interests of our Fraternity be best served. 1st. -Brotherhood Lodg-c, City of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Ninth District, issued January 12th, 1922. Init.iated 35, passed 33. Raised 28, affiliated 7, together with their dispensation of 50 petitioners makes a total of 85. Rejected 7. Personal property $500.00, cash on hand $503.00; total $1;003.00. Insurance $500.00. We find the Constitution has been complied with in every respect.; the records, data, etc., correct. in every detail and the Secretary's book well kept. Their records further disclose this fact; that they contributed $1,250.00 toward the building of a Methodist Hospital to cost $1,000,000.00. and was the Lodge that took the initiative in putting the project on its feet and thereby insuring its success. Such laudable undertaking and benevolent spirit manifested, surely entitles them to the consideration they ask from the Grand Lodge. 2nd. Herculaneum Lodge, City of Herculaneum, County, Fortieth District, issued March 6th, 1922.

Jefferson

Initiated 6, passed 3. Raised 2, affiliated 3, together with their dispensation of 22 petitioners makes a' total of 27. Also raised 5 other .hrothers, through courtesy for other Lodges. Personal property, $206.70. Cash on hand $207.31, total $414.01.

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We find the Constitution has been strictl:¥ adhered to in its every d~tail, all books, data, etc., in excellent shape and the Secretary's book a model of neatness and accuracy. Like the Herculaneum of old, that was destroyed by fire, this newer Herculaneum was deluged with rain, oppressed with hail and drowned with inundations. While digging in its ruins, these important secrets were brought to light. In 1819 Joachim Lodge No. 25, working under the Jurisdiction of Tennessee was formed in this town, the second Lodge in the State. In 1821 this Lodge with St. Charles Lodge at St. Charles and Missouri No, 1 at St. Louis, formed the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Shortly afterwards came the deluge, its records were lost and the Lodge moved away. For over 100 years this venerable monument of antiquity still stands, hoary with age, venerated for its past, alive with historic settings and imbued with Masonic interests, we deem it both timely and fitting that the centennial of its resurrection be celebrated by granting it a new charter. WILLIS A. McCULLAH, BENJ. LOEVY, G. W. BAKER, JOHN D. STOUT, A. G. HENDRICKSON, CABELL GRAY, WALTER J. BUSCH.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE AND PER DIEM. W. Bro. Walter R. Shrodes, Chairman, made the following report which was adopted: St. Louis, October, 19, 1922.

To the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of MisSOU1·i: Your Committee on Pay Roll at this session of the Gl'and Lodge begs to report that the allowance pa.id for mileage and per diem has been distributed as follows: 634.10 Grand Lodge Officers , $ 485.60 Past Grand Masters . District Deputy Grand Masters . 1,363.20 353.20 District Lecturers . 295.70 Appeals and Grievances Committee . Jurisprudence Committee ,, . 157.60 Amendment Masonic Home Charter Committee . 151.60 Chairmen Standing Committees . 324.10 64.00 Lodges Under Dispensation . Chartered Lodges . 14,170.40 Total

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Extra Pay Roll Checks not included above: No. 992, Chas. No. 993, Fred No. 994, G. A. No. 998, R. A.

L. Woods, Chairman Pearson, Dist. Lee. Sample, Dist. Lee. Dunnaway, W. M. No. 343

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$ 23.80 40.68 26.52 29.00

$120.00 Fraternally Submitted, W. R. SHRODES, W. G. NENZEL, MAX WEINBERG OF LODGE 79, HENRY M. ECKERMANN, F. B. HOWARTH, C. H. KNAPP.

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GRAND OFFICERS. O. A. Lucas .............. $42.70 B. S. Lee 38.90 J. S. McIntyre. 15.00 Orestes Mitchell ......... 45.80 W. A. Hall 15.00 F. R. Jesse • • • • • • • • • • • ' 0 ' 15.00 J. H. Miller 42.70 Arthur Mather ' 0 ' _ 0 ' • • • • 16.30 Thad B. Landon .......... 42.70 W. W. Martin ............. 35.40 John Pickard .............. 29.60 ••

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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. H. N. Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33.80 Chas. Banks 35.40 Jno. Santee ..0 .............. 37.50 1<'. M. French ........... . 50.00 46.80 Jonathan Stark G. C. Sparks ...... , ...... 46.90 H. W. Saunders . ...... .. 42.50 R. A. Tharp ..... ........ 38.40 G. F. Brewington ....... . 27.50 T. F. Hurd .... .......... 31.40 _F. O. Wood ............ . 42.70 C. B. Waddell .......... . 39.90 J. S. Wilson .. ........... 33.90 M. E. Schmidt .......... . 32.00 J. A. Oliver . ............ 29.60 S. P. Cunningham ...... 26.00 E. A. Fluesmeier 20.40 W. D. Rogers ........... 27.50 J. W. Skelly ........... . 15.00 R. B. Campbell . ......... 40.00 ..

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$47.90 45.80 43.70 42.70 32.30

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15.00 39.20 47.70 ' .. 38.90

CHAIRMEN OF STANDING COMMITTEES. O. H. Swearingen L. H. Abrams W. R. Shrodes C. L. Alexander W. A. McCullah J. P. Tucker

$42.70 15.00 39.20 15.00 41.40 43.70

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COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE. Thad B. Landon R. A. Breuer J. C. Robertson

$ 5.00 28.10 20.00

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COMMITT.EE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES. Wm. R. Gentry A. H. Mann C. C. Gardner .,. .

$40.00 67.70 55.40

H. C. Chiles W. b. Moore ...•..... ; M. L. Mills

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COMMITTEE ON AMgNDMENT TO MASONIC HOME CHARTER. T. H. Reynolds V. H. Falkenllainer'· W. M. Campbell

$47.70 20.00 45.80

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Pauldingville , .. W. E. Bryan Tyro '.........•. l<-::dw. Drew Rising Sun F. M. Williams '........ Eolia H. G. Lewis .......•........... Western Star Sidney Everman Memphis Ralph Ladd ,.... Clarksville K H. Hopke Palmyra J. B. Lewis Paris Union H. H. Gray ••............ ' St. Louis R. E. Dralle ,......... Naphtali }<'red'k Reinhardt , Ava J. A. Spurlock Evergreen G. A. Bailey St. John J. E. Whaley Windsor J. C. Roberts ~ Huntsville S. E. Phipps Liberty Tom Wornall, Jr. Humphreys W. E. Alexander Ralls J. R. Flowerree Troy Jas. Linahan, Jr., Mercer W. A. Mabe Cooper R. D. Pealer : .. " Callao H. L. Baker DeWitt ......••........ J. J. McKinny Mt. Moriah W. C. Heim Bismarck C. C. Kerlagon Middle Grove K H. Engle , ,..... Jefferson R. S. Vinyard ••............... Bonhomme W. J. Busch Wentzville : C. T. Richards Fulton J. T. Bush •.••................ Holt ·W. E. Shanks ;........ Xenia C. A. Grotey Livingston J. W. Estus ..•............. , .. Wakanda L. H. Thomas .; Weston ,' H. C. Lober " .. ,.,.' Index H. D. Coe 'ripton J.. A. Conn ~Richmond J. F. Baber , Monticello J. L. Brightwell ••.•••.•....... Centralia " , W. S. Drace , " New Bloomfield L. C. Gunthrie , Cambridge , .. L. W. Hawkins , Monroe H. M. Jayne ".... Pattonsburg L, H. Gotschall " Rocheport ' R. F. Baldwin Kennett O. J. Cope Sullivan ...•........... H. G. Landon :....... Armstrong Levi Markland Savannah , " R. A. Evans ,

[Oct. PAID 20.40 18.10 42.00 23.85 41.00 36.30 23.40 28.50 31.40 10.00 15.00 33.00 21.70 27.00 36.00 30.50 41. 70 31.50 27.50 21.00 43.60 27.00 32.90 31.50 15.00 22.90 31.00 27.50 17.30 19.50 28.40 33.50 48.30 24.50 36.10 45.50 35.35 31.00 34.10 23.5( 27.40 29.10 32.80 29.20 40.50 22.00 38.10 21.80 25.70 46.90

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PAID REPRESENTATIVE LODGE Gorin ' ,., .. .Joe Hicl{s . 35.50 Eureka , L. T. .Jacl{son , , . 33.70 Warren L. S. Brewer . 32.60 Independence C. L. Poteet . 41.3C Lebanon .John . .Jones . 24.50 St. .Joseph W. L. Mulvania . 45.80 Polar Star Chas. Wolf . 15.00 Bridgeton F. 1\'1. Bender ••.••••.•••••••••• 16.60 Central A. F. Neill . 22.75 .Jackson R. G. Dray . 36.60 Laclede .J. W. Atkins . 33.10 Webster Groves , H. A. Von Rump . 16.00 MiamI R. M. Berry . 32.00 Brookfield E. A. Keith . 35.80 Washington Frank Hair . 42.70 Defiance V. L. Ambrose . 29.50 Friendship B. h Hamblin' . 37.50 Russellville C. S. Glover . 29.40 Perseverance .J. M. Lonergan . 24.40 St. Marks , W. W. Watkins . 28.] 0 Vienna B. F. Branson . 27.50 Pomegranate W. L. Grimmer . 15.00 St. Andrews Frank Sherwood . 31. 70 Bethany H. J. Hefner . 45.60 Webster C. C. Robertson . 36.30 Mt. Vernon O. J. Schlicht . 43.10 Ash Grove .J. R. Riddle . 40.60 Bogard George Calvert . 36.90 . West View G. W. MIller . 29.80 Heroine Leo Adler . 42.70 Kirksville L. W. Osborne . 35.50 Gallatin Archie Brookshier . 40.10 Greenville .J. W. Frederick : . 26.10 Altamont George Lehman . 22.00 Stanberry G. A. Sager . 44.40 Trenton R. E. Kavanaugh . 41.30 Plattsburg .Jno. A. Spessard . 43.00 Twilight .Jas. Nunley : . 29.60 Laddonia A. R. Hancock . 27.00 Ba-rnes B. F. Fielden . 40.90 Versailles ,. L. E. De Vinna . 20.50 Kingston W. C. Aldridge ......•......... 41.10 De Soto Wm. Vogel . 19.50 Compass M. L. Goodin . 43.30 Erwin Ernst Spellmeyer . 15.00 Hermann "Y. C. Schlender . 23.00 Gentl'yville T. L. Sharp ......••............ 28.50 Athens ,.... .J. F. Randall ';. . 43.90 Farmington L. G. Tetley . 24.30 Star of the West R. L. Barger . 24.10

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Proceedings of the LODGE REPRESENTATIVE Olean H. A. Mieneke Phoenix G. A. Magruder Oregon h H. Wright Papinville 'Walter Nofus Amsterdam J. 'V. Fritts Irondale 'V. H. Martin Latimer T. W. Chambers McGee 'V. A. Green Cass H. J. Moody Purdy F. M. McIntosh Lexington C. 'V. Johnson Birming ,' , .. , M, M. Critchfield Milton : .. ,. E. L. Fleming .. , Linn 'Creek ,., C. O. Calldn Ionic ', .. H. R. Stahl Springhill J. 'V. Cole Ashland : , ..J. D. Hart North Star A. McMichael Mountain Grove .. , Carlyle Poe Green City C. A. .Tones Occidental C. R. Allison Joachim Eo M. Williams Maryville :.: F. W. Smith .: Colony ,.", H. S. Beckner Hartford " . " " . A. O. Porter Censer ' ,. J. G. Thompson Gray Summit ,. A . .T. Holthaus ·Sturgeon ', .. ,'.' J. H. Wharton Texas " R. L. Lamar Griswold ., .. , .. , .. " r. B, Moseley Pride of the \Vest .'.,. C. L. Barr Pyramid ,." R. S. Lorimier California' , .. "" H. ·F. Heck Morley , .. , R. H. Leslie Chamois ', " G. E. Moad Morality , A. G. Davis Hermon , , .. ". VV'. E. Condict Hannibal , J. J. Shacldeford Zer.edatha ., F. Y. Churchill Wilson , , ", J. P. McNeely F'rankford ' .. C. B. Caverley Wellsville " '.' R. G. McKibben Carthage ,', 'V. S. Johnson New Hope \Y. J. Palmer Westville B. O. Green Brumley .. '., M. L. Martin Rowley D. E. Nichols Trilumina R. D.Johnson Somerset , D. E. Ellis Clay R. L. Bates

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PAID LODGE REPRESENTATIVE Salisbury ' J. B. Parks ..' . 31.90 Poplar Bluff J. S. O'Neill . 31.90 Unionville '.' P. W. Porter . 41.30 Hickory Hill oJ. M. Logrbrinck . 26.00 Four Mile O. N. Courter . 36.20 Rolla ' J.F. Ayers 26.00 Forest City C. E. Rosling . 43.50 36.50 Hornersville D. M. Margraves Hale City J. B. Frock . 36.20 Barbee J. D. Smith 36.10 Good Hope C. C. Keck . 15.00 42.70 Albert Pike ". 11. N. Eaton Kansas City or. W. Schlaegel . 42.70 Mystic, Tie J. C. Cobble . 27.40 Ray F .. D. Hubbell 15.50 Salem L. I... McSpadden 27.70 Saline .. Henry Schroeder . 17.40 Cypress ". L. O. Dowell .•................. 34.00 Shelbina R. R. Lasley . 30.90 St. James J. E. Rowland . 25.00 Cardwell E. S. Fitzgerald . 34.00 Polo o' ., ' ILW. Gentry '. 40.90 Bucklin R. P. Nickerson 34.40 Sedalia E. Wo Dugan 33.80 La Plata ," .. John McKinstry .. 34.10 Hopewell C. M. Fitzpatrick . o' . 26.40 Palestine Edgar Brown 17.40 Keystone E. W. Wambaugh ~ 10.00 Middle Fabiu~ Dee Riley : . 37.40 Knob Noster Jo E. Porter 24.50 .Montgomery J. L. Mosley . 23.40 Neosho J. D. Stout ................•. 46.00 Carroll Otto Oren . 3'7.10 Hope W. H. Rau 20.40 Laredo Dale Murphy o' , .. 39.20 Butler .. W. L. Coonrod .. o' . 43.20 Alton J. R. Brooks 45.40 Shekinah " . R. C. Colin 18.60 I.'.odge of Light Geo. Moore . o' .. 29.50 Ravanna J. C. Anderson o' . 40.00 Lodge of Love C. H. Wirth . 38.40 Mechanicsville ; .. A. L. Fluesmeier 19.40 Holden }<~. L. Golladay . 38.20 Kirbyville ....•......... J. C. Ellison o' .. 23.50 Corjnthian :L. F. Pollock' 36.80 Social W. P. lVIoser 24.;0 Aurora G. W. Cleer .. 10.00 Lodge of Truth '" S. H. Steele 33.20 New Salem . G. M. Turnbull . 20.60 Solomon H. I Matthews 38.80 0

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LODGE REPRESENTATIVE PAID Granite A. W. Rennicks . 33.80 St. Clair Oliver Brown ......••......... 40.30 Grand River D. W. Hopper. '" . 41.30 Wm. rJ. Muir F. G. Buchanan •.•............ 31.00 Hogle's Creek L. F .. Stevens . 43.30 Fen ton A. N. Brock ..•••...•.......•.. 17.20 Cosmos R. W. Smith . 15.00 Stockton F. E. \Vrenn .. 44.00 Canopy S. H. Jones . 41.90 Earl G. L. Stewart . 36.00 Urich G. C. Herrold . 25.50 Craft 1'. H. Jacobsen . 30.60 Fairmount ..........••• August Glazier . 35.00 Edina 1. D. Willows . 33.30 Sarcoxie Jil. C. Hessee . 44.90 Mound City T. J. Bridgmon . 50.00 Moniteau J. P. Seitz . 31.20 Ozark J. T. Grant , . 20.00 Temple .............•.. C. L. Hogin .....•.............. 42.70 Doric G. F. Price . 21.00 Lick Creek John Morris . 28.50 Osage ................• A. G. Smith . 42.80 Ashlar ................• It. E. Reynolds . 29.40 Parrott C. S. Brant . 42.50 Sikeston J. A. Mocabee •...•............ 31.50 Kearney C. L. Smith . 43.50 Cuba Wm. Recklein .. 23.70 Pine : Howard Ollar . 25.00 Jerusalem R. A. Church . 38.00 Rural •..... ' " .. F. L. Brittain .•........ : . 42.70 EI Dorado W. R. Blanton . 29.50 Paulville H. E. Thompson . 29.00 Morgan A. G. Hendrickson . 32.70 Jonathan C. L. Parman ................•. 46.10 Cornerstone Sam Stampfer . 15.00 McDonald Claude Blodgett . 41.30 Dockery N. C. Barnes . 36.70 Linn E. T. Zewicki . 27.30 Mt. Zion W. J. Zorn . 41.60 Cainsville R. A. Chambers . 22.00 Charity J. A. Pugh " . 45.80 Excello G. G. Miller . 19.00 Chillicothe C. D. Chase . .37.50 Breckinridge Elmer Plummer . 39.10 Joplin : s. A. Smith . 48.10 Hallsville R. F. Hulett . 28.30 Blue Springs Frank Rumbaugh . 39.00 Fidelity Arthur Stuckey . 40.00 Westport J. M. Tibbals . 42.70 Moberly ..........•.... \V. O. Davis . 29.80

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Fellowship H. V. Smoot Arlington .T. F. Sparks America O. G. Twist Pollock ~ .. ·Brandon Saulsbury Mosaic O. E. Moore Friend G. P. Hays Barnesville H. T. Chitwood Hebron H. M. Bartels Adelphi H. H. Boydston Ancient Landmark J. N. Farris : Aux Vasse O. E. Moore Northwest .I. H. Capp Tuscan Cabell Gray Hiram R. L. Woodruff Fraternal R. G. Rucker Higginsville R. C. Littlejohn Adair A. N. Gardner .•...•••••....... Barry Fred Roblyer Crescent Hill .I. A. Harrison Composite ,' A. C. Jones Williamstown , Walter Lasswell Sheldon ,' "" G. B. Beeny Waynesville H. O. Eldredge , .. King Hill P. L. Bowersox Ancient Craft D. D. Snapp Billings W. M. Bernard Queen City G. G. Brenizer Ionia A.. P. Weaver Pythagoras H. P. Sons ,................... East Prairie F. W. Davis Richland W. C. Payne Arcana N. D. Purdy M~rionville .I. R. Webb Raytown O. J. Green Christian : R. E. Livesay ....•............. Gower .T. C. Guinn Decatur C. A. Rhea Carterville h A. Daugherty Malta H. R. Spencer Everton . .. C. W. Riley ; Malden , ,V'. C. Wade Charleston H. H. 'Cornwall Montrose .. E. V. Wilson Louisvi1lf' . J. L. Kleisner Iberia R. R. Allen Appleton City W: W. Spencer Cache '.' ; E. F. Meyer Clear Creek T. M. Leach .......•............ Itaska D. H. Ofner ......•.............. Gate of the Temple E. B. Browne

48.10 28.50 15.00 36.50 24.10 40.90 31.60 26.00 27.50 23.00 21.50 32.00 15.00 33.80 19.10 36.80 35.50 16.00 42.30 35.40 24.00 44.00 30.70 45.80 44.80 25.05 37.00 31.00 45.60 32.5Q 31.00 41.40 41.40 33.00 35.40 37.50 43.90 47.30 36.50 30.00 35.50 32.80 34.00 19.50 25.50 39.70 15.00 25.00 15.00 38.90

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423 Galt 424 Samaritan 425 Green Ridge 426 Rothville 427 Glenwood 429 New Madrid 430 Winona 432 Competition 433 Mack's Creek 434 Wheeling 438 Temperance 439 Mt. Olive 440 Trowel HI Excelsior 443 Anchor : 445 West Gate 446 Ivanhoe -448 Schell City 452 Verona 455 Hinton 457 Jonesburg 459 Hazelwood 460 Lambskin 461 Caruthersville 462 Santa Fe 463 Clifton 469 Plato 470 Nodaway 471 'Mineral 473 Nineveh :t75 ~ Golden 476 Mt. Hope 477 Henderson 479 Rich Hill 481 Marceline 482 Clintonville 483 Fairfax 484 Kirkwood 485 Cold Water 486 Cairo 487 Chilhowee 488 Lock Spring 491 Vandalia 492 Daggett 494 Lewistown 497 Equality 499 Harmony 500 Jameson 501 Buckner 502 Philadelphia ~ 504 Platt~ City

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PAID R. Brown 40.00 J<'. W. Wolf 16.10 " or.. A. Calvert 30.20 ".. L. J. Cameron 33.20 H. T. Hale 37.90 :. H: G. Sharp , " 34.00 J. T. Loyd 24.00 Reuben Noble 35.60 N. V. Moulder 33.00 Chas. Hawker 37.20 A. H. Ecton 44.60 H. H. McDowell .14.00 W. F. Wells 24.00 C. B. Looney 29.40 " Anthony Gatzert 15.00 R. G. Chisholm 15.00 E. W. Sloan 42.70 J. M. Darrow 24.00 H. S. Rudig 26.35 Tilford Goslin 18.00 M. C. Snarr 22.00 Ernest Coday" 40.50 J. M. Moore 15.00 ·W. W. Corbett, Jr. . .. " .. " 37.00 " n. H. BeagleI' 27.50 "C. A. Phillips 43.80 O. M. McLaughlin 35.60 T. E. Tulloch 46.80 J. E. Farrier 32.50 J. S. Donaldson 23.60 C. R. Boone : 42:50 " R. W. Powell 38.30 Harold Tunnell 31.50 W. W. Ferguson, Jr 44.40 Herbert Miller : 35.00 O. E. Swearingen 43.40 F. E. Ruddle 51.20 W. P. Mason 16.40 .T. M. McPherson '," 41.50 G. A. Page " 30.50 Vv-. L. Crumbaugh 38.50 J: E. Smith 35.00 M. L. Blzea 21.10 J. A. Brashear 25.50 A. E. Graves 30.00 A. B. Cottle 26.90 Benedict Loevy 15.00 v. P. Johnson " 27.00 J. W. Phillips 36.50 M. W. Ball 17.85 G. H. Hatton, Jr. . 45.50 P.

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Euclid W . .J. L. Quermann Lathrop P. M. Gilchrist Saxton W. D. pyne Van Bt;tren J. IJ. Huett Biswell J. D. Lay Skidmore ' E. D. French Webb City Farrar Callaway Senath T. H. Weaver Gra.nby V\r. H. S' ·anson Seligman .T. L. Wilhelm Oriental C. J. Blac\burn Crane M. W. Rea Clifton Heights .T. O. Stephens . Gate City F. H. Knight Stinson Alexander Adcock Wayne J. A. Banks Conway A. J. McShane Apollo r. E. Seitz Lane's Prairie J. J. Woodruff Dexter O. C. Stewart Columbia Eo A. Brown Blackwell 'F'J'ancis Long Ingomar : J. E. Boswell Dawn E. H. Shields , Winigan ·1'. M. Crowder .Jacksonville H. J. McKinney Ferguson , 1. H. Skinker ' Mansfield W. A. Black Algabil W. L. Malkemus Zalma W. E. Loyd Orient C. A. Burton South Gate :O. C. Cooper Clinton .T. W. Jennings ' , Carl Junction .T. E. Herd Rose Hill B. A. Thompson Calhoun H. R Sappington Summerville B. E. Doris Prairie ,V. B. Gusewelle Blairstown "V. R. Phipps Moscow .........•...... .T. .T. Hopkins Clarksdale .T. H. Mann .•. : ' York K W. Schoonover Jamesport G. B. Koch .•.................. Tebbetts D. R. McBee Maplewood M. K. El1iott Miller S. M. Patton Republic H. E. Maness Hayti .T. H. Wilks Rutledge J. A. Bailey La Monte L. F. Wade Easter J. P. Short

15.00 41.00 22.00 34.10 27.00 47.50 47.30 39.00 33.50 37.50 26.50 42.40 15.00 42.70 29.50 28.00 29.80 15.00' 26.40 26.80 18.40 20.40 39.50 38.90 35.50 31.00 16.20 31.00 15.00, 32.00 42.70 42.70 37.80 45.25 15.00 27.00 39.70 29.00 39.50 15.50 31.50 42.70 4fl0 28.10 15.00 40.05 40.30 36.30 35.80 35.10 20.20

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No. LODGE REPRESENTATIVE PAID Elmer Shepard . 15.00 576 Olive Branch ~ ..r. 'V. McGhee . 29.00 577 Ewing W. F. Anger . 15.00 578 Forest Park 579 Grandin Alexander Johnston . 30.00 H. W. Groves .......•.......... 18.00 580 Houston E. L. Purcell .......•.......... 28.80 581 Illmo J. M. Vestal ..............•.... 18.20 589 Grove Springs W. L. Hatler . 31.60 591 Barnett E. J. Kaufmann .......•........ 21.00 593 Union ~ C. F. Montgomery . 32.50 596 Puxico . 21.90 598 Leadwood ..............•. R. H. Ramsey J. C. Westover . 21.90 599 Elvins : 'V. S. Hamilton . 31.50 600 Cosby E. B. Morton . 15.80 601 Clayton T. M. Kitchens . 29.60 602 Acacia J. B. Offenbacker . 50.00 606 Craig r. N. Chiles . 21.10 609 Warrenton Otis Fountain . 28.80 610 Clark E. H. Stark . 26.00 611 Centertown . 15.00 613 Wellston ..............•r. J. Demuth Harrison Shiffner . 42.70 614 Mt. Washington 615 Chaffee 'V. H. Pryor ' . 29.40 C. W. Cunningham . 29.50 616 Marion P. R. Johnson . 42.70 617 Swope Park A. C. Wintermute . 45.30 618 Grandview W. B. Davis . 19.50 623 Maple C. F. Pohlmann . 24.20 624 Owensville C. C. Metcalfe . 42.70 625 Sheffield H. W. Geiger . 15.00 626 Ma'gnolia C'. L. Scholl , . 16.80 629 Valley Park E. W. Berry ' .' . 42.70 630 Eastgate Fran k Kaetzel . 15.00 631 Tower Grove 1-1. E. Doerner . 26.50 634 Steele S. R. Bailey . 23.50 637 Mountain View 'Y\'. E. Fisher . 15.00 638 Triangle . 15.00 639 Mizpah ............•... W. F. Neihaus G. L. Walters . 16.00 640 Jennings K. G. Bellairs . 15.0(l 641 Trinity 1. H. Peres . 15.011 642 Benj. Franklin C. O. Anderson .. ; . 42.70 643 Northeast Roy Montgomery . 40.40 644 Grain Valley W. E. Young . 15.00 646 Shaveh H. J. Hopkins . 10.00 649 University R. L. Buchanan . 25.00 650 Parma C. R. Caldwell . 15.00 651 Cleveland C. F. Ebling . 15.00 652 Pilgrim 654 Commonwealth C. W. Bishop ..•............... 15.00 !<'red Walz : . 15.00 655 Gardenville 656 Country Club L. E. Riddle . 42.70 D. E. Gayle . 15.00 657 Progress Walter Studt .....•............ 15.00 658 Purity

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REPORT OF MASONIC HOME VISITING COMMITTEE W. report.

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Chas. L. \\Toods presented and read the following Adopted.

To the Most lYorshipful Grand Master, Wardens and Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Missouri: Greeting-The important task to which you so generous)y assigned us has been one of deepest interest and pleasure. Your Committee visited the Masonic Home and we say, without fear of successful contradiction, that it is one of the grandest institutions for the benefit of humanity in the world. The writer of this report, although having been a Mason for over a quarter of a century and having passed its doors many, many times, admits, to his shame, that he had never before visited the Home. It was upon this, his first visitation, that he felt prouder of being a Mason than he had ever before felt. To begin with, the Home is ideally located in the best section of the great city it adorns. The grounds present a pleasing, a home-like effect upon the minds and conscience. The buildings are spacious and of elegant design, and everything is kept in immaculate style. But it is not the building and grounds that so deeply impress the human heart. It is the glorious spirit of cheer and good will that radiates forth from every face and makes us realize in spirit and in truth that Freemasonry puts into practice the magnificent lessons taught us in our Lodge, and that it is a real force and power for g路ood. It was our pie-iJ:s~-reto-go-th-r-ough-t he-dining room, the hospital wards, the sun parlors, the dormitories, and to shake, personally, the hand of every old man and old lady, and as we passed from one to another and heard the praises of our Order sung, and noted the comfort and contentment of all, it filled our hearts with a grand jubilee of song.

Then to the Children's Ward. Here, like beautiful flowers, were these little ones growing into the sterner realities of life to make true men and true women. A man or a Mason would have to be made of strange and peCUliar stuff who would offend one 'of these little ones. He would not be a Mason did he net feel like exclaiming God Bless our Masonic Home. We repeat that no one can visit the precincts of that magnificent retreat without coming away a better man, a better woman, a better

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Mason. Long may it be the pride of Freemasonry; and as it spreads into wider and greater usefulness may it ever be the center of every true Mason's affections, and for this we will ever pray. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES L. WOODS, CHAS. D. CHASE, F. L. BRITTAIN, W. C. HELM, L. O. DOWELL.

REPORT OF MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION OF' ST. LOUIS. \V. Bro. lames' L. Heckenlively, Consulting Architect, made the following report. Adopted. To the !If ost Worshipful G,'olld Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of the State of Missouri: The proceedings of th is Grand Body, 1921, show the progress of this great building up to that time. During the past year 1 have had many conferences with the Architects, Building CommitteeS, and members of the Grand Lodge. who have Gharge of the affairs of the erection of this building, and vp,ry satisfactory progress has been made during the year. I believe it proper, and think it a. justice to the Masonic Temple Associat ion of: St. Louis, that those not familiar with the original contemplated cost, and the pre;:;ent estimated cost, be advised. Former proceedings of this Grand Lodg.e is record of the original thought and estimate of thi:> building, and is record of the subscription the Grand Lodge has made and its interest as an active .member of this Association. The est imated cost of this building is double the amount first contemplate(} and will reach the sum of about three million dollars; this exlr~ cost over the original contemplated estimate. natu)'ally increases the Grand Lodge interest in the enterpdse and almost doub~es its holdings in value, which will be of mUch interest to ('very member of the Masonic Fraternity in Missouri. I am pleased to report that th'is will be one of the ~ost monumental, beautiful and best appointed buildings of its kind eve)' erected in the l~nited States. I have carefully examined the plans and designs, spending the major portion of first and second day::; of this meeting of the Grand

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Lodge, and am pleased to report that ample provisions are made for all needs of the G,'and Lodge in all departments. The drawings for the building are nearing completion . and will likely be ready by the first of the year to submit to contractors. The Grand Lodge is to be congratulated on having this work in the hands of such eminent architects as Eames & Young and Albert - B. Groves, associated with Past Grand Master John T. Short, Superintendent of Construction. And I desire to express my thanks to . thes.e gentlemen for courtesies to myself, and for their untiring efforts to please all concerned. Fraternally SUbmitted, J AS. L. HECKENLIVELY, Consulting Architect.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON BOARDS OF RELIEF. R, W. Bro. Aildrew J. O'Reilly presented and read -the following report. Adopted. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of the State of Missouri.' Your Committee on Boards of Relief have to report that we have examined the reports of nine local Boards of Relief and one Masonic Employment Bureau. They are summarized as follows: The St. Joseph Board reports a cash balance of $831.46 after attending to Cases investigated , .." 44 Alsisted .,., ,.", ,.............. 21 Detected unwort'hy :...................... 7 Detected imposters ..• '. . . . . • . • • . . . • • • • . • . . • • • • .. 2 and looked after two funerals. The Kirl{sville Board of Relief does not sign report, neith-er does it place any marks of identification on it and its origin could only be determined from the post mark on the envelope. They apparently have $200.00 balance. The Independence Board of Relief reports a balance of $218.75. The Hannibal Board of Relief reports a balance, of $96.74. The Joplin BO::l.I'd of Relief reports a balance of $1,114.63. The Kansas City Board of Relief reports a lJalance due of $1,235.00 from one of the lodges in Kansas City with a cash balance of $909.11.

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The Sedalia Board of Relief reports a balance due for one of the lodges of their city of $25.00 and a cash balance of $46.96. The Spri~gfield Board of Relief reports a cash balance of $1,046.29. The St. Louis. Board of Relief reports as follows: "The Masonic' Board of Relief of St. Louis has to report that it has had five hundred and seventy-eight cases for its attention and consideration. . This is over a hundred cases more than during the year previous. There were one hundred eighty-three worthy and entitled to relief, seventy were for investigation - only and eight persons were reported missing.' The remainder may be classified as follows: Clandestine ,. . .. 6 Dead Beat 4 Doubtful ..........•••...•...••.•••.........••.. 61 ~xpelled ., , " :~ ',' " . , , , . .. 3 Fictitious 3. Fraud ' 26 Impos'tor 12 Lodge Defunct .........•....................... 2 Lost Certificate ......•......................... 2 No Claim '......•........................ 37 Not in need, but in good standing 77 I Out of our jurisdiction 18 Suspended ...............................•..... 21 lJnaffiliated 12 Unknown 10 Unyvorthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . .. 23

317 During the year Masonic funeral services were conducted over the remains of twenty-seven transients, as,follows: July 1,' 1921: Olie P. Blackstad, Oriental Lodge, No. 407, Detroit, Mich., by Tower Grove Lodge, No. 631. July 21, 1921: Theo. oR. Dodsley, Golden Rule Lodge, No. 159, Ann Arbor,. Mi?h., by West Gate Lodge, No. 445. .July·29, 1921: Edward Mayer, McAlester Lodge, No. 96, South McAlester, Okla., by Cornerstone Lodge, No. 323. Aug. 12, 1921: .James D. Clear, Joppa Lodge, No. 666, Akron, Ohio. by Pomegranato Lodge, No. 95.

Sept. 3, 1921: Chas. W. Epple, Cooper' Lodge, No. 36, Boonville. Mo., by America Lodge, No. 347. Sept. !i, 1921: John Moil', Star of tlfe West Lodge, No. 133, Ironton, ·Mo., by Naphtali Lodge, No. 25.

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Sept. 14, 1921: .John Pachler, Hood Lodge, No: 396, Webb, Miss., by Occidental Lodge, No. 163. Oct. 30, 1921 :W'm. Wochian, Neptune L~dge, No. 317, New York. N. Y., by Pyramid Lodge, No. 180. Oct. 4, 1921: Gus Michaels, Clay Lodge, No. 153, Ashley, Ill., by Trinity Lodge, No. 641. Oct. 12, 1921: Julius J. Koch, Collinsville Lodge, No. 717, Collinsville, Ill., by Shaveh Lodge, No. 646. Oct. 31, 1921: Bruce L. Cro"sley. Perla del Oriente Lodge No. 1034, Manila, P. 1:, by Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 40. Nov. 13, 1921: Francis M. Dodson, Jerseyville Lodge, No. 837, Jerseyvil1e, Ill., by Anchor Lodge, No. 443. Dec. 6, 1921: Louis Kempf, Composite Lodge, No. 879, Chicago, Ill., by Benj. Franklin Lodge, No. 642. Dec. 4, 1921: Wm. Miller, Western Star Lodge, No. 24, Monroe, La., by Tuscan Lodge, No. 360. Dec. 21, 1921: Frank E. Harrison, Hannibal Lodge, No. 188, Hannibal, Mo., by Apollo Lodge, No. 529. Dec. 27, 1921: John C. Wilson, Rolla Lodge, No. 213, Rolla. Mo., by Polar Star Lodge, 'No. :79. Jan. 28, 1922: Wm. James Cullen, Zion Lodge, No.1, Detroit, Mich., by Beacon -Lodge, No, 3. Jan. 28, 1922: August E. Cornet, Acacia Lodge, No. 477, Detroit. Mich" by Aurora Lodge, No. 267. Feb.' 6, 1922: Noah Merrell, Fraternity Lodge, No. 1111, EI Paso, Tex., by Lambskin Lodge, No. 460. Feb. 14, 1922: Jos. E. Hayner, Eagle Lodge, No. 12, Keokuk, Ia., by Meridian Lodge, No.2. -March 22, 1922: Leon W. Fisher, New Smyrna Lodge, No. 149, New Smyrna, Fla., by Itaska Lodge, No. 420. March 26, 1922: Francis Thomas ,Shuck, Poplar Bluff Lodge, No. 209, Poplar Bluff, Mo., by Olive! Branch Lodge, No. 576. April 23, 1922: Paul Fickert, Carmi Lodge, No. 272, Carmi, Ill., by Forest Park Lodge, No. 578. April 30, 1922: Matthew Holmgren, Hesperia Lodge, No. Chicago, Ill., by Erwin Lodge, No. 121. Junf> 5, 1922: Geo. T. Singleton, Denison land, Opio, by Missol,lri L<;>d15e, No. t.

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June 15, 1922: Wm. J. Pfiefer, Gate City Lodge, No. 522, Kansas City, Mo.,. by Cosmos Lodge, No. 282. June 20, 1922: Wm.' A. Goyer, Kampeska Lodge, No. 13, Watertown, S. D., by Clifton Heights Lodge, No. 520. Six graves were opened in lot in Valhalla Cemetery, as folrows: No. 28--";William Miller, Western Star Lodge, No. 24, Monroe,

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Tex. No. 30--Fred W. Hequembourg, Geo. Washington Lodge, No.9, St. Louis. No. 31-Henry J. G. Neumiller, Magnolia Lodge. No. 626,' St. Louis. No. 32路-George T. Lewis, Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 446, Kansas City, Mo. No. 33-Clarence A. Brooks, Friendship Lodge, No. 417, Detroit, Mich. There were one hundred路 eighty-one dollars and forty-seven cents paid into the Contingent 'Fund, out of which charges were made for telephone, telegrams, miscellaneous temporary relief and postage. During the year, the Board was charged with three hundred and six telegrams amounting to two hundred seventy dollars and seventy-seven cents, this does not include telegrams paid for at the other end of the line. In the cases of worthy applicants, the cost of telegraphing was, in most cases, refunded by the applicant's Lodge. The average attendance of the Board was thirty-six members, and close attention was given to the proceedings by the members. The members gave as much time as was required in Committee work in looking after applicants. We had, in a word, universal harmony and co-operation, and as a whole, we may consider we have had a successful year in our work. }"INANCIAL REPOR'I'. Receipts.

Balance on hand June 30, 1921 Rec'd Refunds ./ Rec'd Initiations Rec'd Interest and Discount

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260.00 2,413.59

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Employment Bureau.

The St. Louis Employment Bureau reports as follows: July I, 1922.

To the Most Worshipful- Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted ll1asons of Missouri: Obedient to the requirements of the Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri. the following report of the operation of the Masonic Employment Bureau of St. Louis for the fiscal year ending June 30tll, 1922, is submitted for your consideration and approval.

FINANCIA.L STA'rEMENT.

Recel.tts.

Balance on hand July 1, 1921 ; $ 234.04 Receipts to June 30th, 1922 5,776.80 Interest on deposits to June 30, 1922.............. 38.78 $6,049.62 Disbursements.

Salaries $4,276.00 Office rent ,.................... 420.00 Telephones 209.15 Printing, statio.nery and supplies.................. 182.10 Postage, equipment and general expense........... 667.85

Balance on hand July I, 1922

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Statistical Recorel.

Applicants Month Placed July, 1921 ...... " ..... ,. 104 Aug. 1921 ............... 113 Sept., 1921 · 139 Oct., 1921 · " .. , .. , " 172 Nov., 1921 · 162 Dec., 1921 · " 151 Jan., 1922 · , " 183 Feb., 1922 •.............. 176 Mar., 1922 · 188 April,1922 · , .........• 179 May, 1922 ............... 180 June, 1922 · 183 Total

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ConlJllentary.

Another year has pass'ed and it is a pleasure for us to note th~ wonderful success that has been attained by our Bureau, and this in the face of one of the greatest industrial panics in the history of our country. It is not my, intention to burden you with statistics, as ."the report above is· self-explanatory. The one outstanding purpose of this Bureau is to supply employment to worthy Master ,Masons and their dependents, and it is our intention to acquaint not only members of the Fraternity, but all employers of help of any kind with the purposes of the Bureau and while we do not advertise we have carried on a systematic campaign by making personal visits to some 700 business firms during the past year and the results that· have been secured are almost beyond comprehension. But, Br'e'thren, have we done our best? Do not dismiss this subject from your minds because you do' not need assistance at this time, for n6 man knows what the future has in store for him; the mere attending meetings coes not constitute a live 'wire, the Brother that has his ear to thil ground and is ready at all times to report vacancies to the Bureau and speaks a word for the Bureau is the Brother that counts; then let each one ask himself-Have I done my best, have I been active and alert, has the unemployed Brother been a burden on my heart., 'Vhen I am summoned' into the great tinknown will I come to the Master with a bundle .of leaves or will it be a bundle of Golden Sheaves-these are thoughts that should be uppermost in our minds at all times; particularly does this apply to the Delegate who fails to attend our meetings, for ours is an institution that demands the best we have in us. In conclusion I want to thank the officers and members of the

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Bureau who, have be~n so loyal. in their support during tne past y~a.r, a~d I 'trust that every, member of the Bureau 'Will t~y and double his efforts in, the' ensuing year., ' .. Fraternally submitted, A. J. O'REILLY, J. D. EVENS, GEO. W. DAVIES, C. A. BURTON, AUSTIN McMICHAEL, L. H. GOTSCHALL, J. A. SPESSARD, CHAS. O. ANDERSON, Committee.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS. \"1. Bro. Louis R,. Abrams presented and' read the report for the Committee. Adopted. St. Louis, Mo., October 19,

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Your Committee on Credentials submits the following report: At the present session of the M. W. Grand Lodge, there are represeli.ted 455 subordinate Lodg~s, and there are present: Grand Lodge Officers 21 Past Grand Masters 16 Grand Representatives 9 1)istrict Deputy Grand Masters .. 42 District Lecturers : ~ 17 Past Masters 0 • • • • • • • • • ' •• ' 0 ' 515 Senior Wardens 126 .Junior Wardens '.to 98 Distinguished Visitors ' 0.............. 4 Worshipful Mast.er·s 409 Chairmen of Committees 13 0

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REPORT OF COMMITIEE ON MASONIC SERVICE . ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI. R. W. Bro. Arthur Mather presented and read ,the following report. Adopted. To the M. TV. Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee, appointed by the Grand Lodge at its session in 1921, begs leave to r'eport as follows: We have endeavored to carry out the prOVISIOns of the resolutions adopted by the Grand Lodge one year ago, and report that. inspirational meetings on the lines laid down by the National Masonic Service Association of the United States have b~en ,. held in thirteen Masonic Districts, at路 which Brethren from 150 Lodges were present. The meetings at Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Louis, .Joplin and Springfield were very largely attended, and in all-perhaps a third of our membership in Missouri has been reached by these special gatherings. A campaign of intensive education has been enterprised, and many special addresses have been given in individual Lodges by Brethren specially qualified for such work. Our Executive Secretary has addressed many of these g;atherings in different parts of the State, and others have helped in many ways to carry forward the good work. Thanks are due on this line to .J. P. Austin, R. C. Blackmer, H. L. Reader, F. H. Littlefield, C..R. Briggs, F. V. Loos, F. R . .Jesse and our Grand Master, M. y..r. Bro. O. A. Lucas and his Deputy, R. W. Bro. Bert S. Lee. Your Committee makes the follOWing recommendations: 1. That the Committe~ be allowed the necessary expenses of its m.embers.

2. That an amount be allowed for clerical, field and other help, together with the necessary incidental expenses for its work, not to exceed the sum of $1,000 of the total appropriation made to the Committee. f

3. That the Committee be authorized to purchase such motion picture machines, films, or oth~r necessary equipment to effectively put on its work. 4. That the Committee be allowed a per capita of two and onehalf cents per member, based on the returns of membership filed on .June 30, 1922, for its work during the coming year.

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5. That' the resolution offered by R. W. Brother Fred V. Loos, and referred to the Ways and Means Committee, be incorporated in the work of this Committee as far as same may be practicable, the Committee itself to be the judge. Whereas, This Grand Lodge has affirmed its belief in the great public school system of this country, and has always stood for a progressive, educational program among its members looking to the betterment of th; people in general, therefore" be it Resolved, That we reaffirm our allegiance to our public school system, and be it further Resolved, That this Grand Lodge shall designate one wcek each year which shall be known' as Educational Week, and that during said 'week each Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction shall hold a fitting and proper educational program, tending to bring to the attention of the people of Missouri the merits of our great public school system. That the incoming Grand Master, each year, shall appoint a Committee of Five, which shall have in charge this work and direct its operati0n. That the D. D. G. M. in each Masonic District shall be instruct(,d by this Committee to see that these educational meetings are held' 'and that each Lodge participates, and the D. D. G. M.'s shall report to the Chairman of this Committee at least thirty days before t.he annual session of the Grand Lodge, relative to the educational activities in their respective districts. l'''raternally submitted, JAMES W. SKELLY, Chairman. ARTHUR MATHER, Executive Secretary.

MOTION. Resolved, That Ralls Lodge, No. 33, A. F. & A. M., Lick Creek Lodge, No. 302, A. F. & A. M., and New London Lodge, No. 307, A. F. & A. M., be transferred from the 16th Masonic District to the 15th Masonic District, and t.hat the said 15th Masonic District shall consist of the counties of Lewis, Marion and Ralls. Carried. BYRNE .E. BIGGER, D. D. G. M., 15th Dist. ROBERT A. MAY,

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS.. R. W. Bro.· E. A. Fluesmeier, and others, offered the following proposed amendments-which were refer,red to. the Jurisprudence Committee, and, under the law, He over until the next session. Resoh'ef), That Section 9 (L) of Article 2 b'e amended by writing after the word "traveling" and before the word "expenses" in line 3,· the words "office, stenographic and clerical,"· and by striking out the words "five hundred" after the word "of" in line 3, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "one thousand," so that the Sect.ion, as amended, shall read:

(L) The Grand Master shall receive .the sum of One Thousand Dollars annually, and in addition thereto traveling, office, stenographic and clerical expenses not exceeding the sum of One Thousand Dollars, to be payable monthly. R(~solvefl, That Section 22 of Article 3 be amended by addiilg after the seventh line the following sentence: "Districts which have, or may hereafter have, forty or more Lodges shall have two District Deputy Grand Masters of equal rank, ovel' separate divisions in such District," so that the Section as amended shall read:

Sec. 22. The Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri shall be divided into such number of Masonic D,istricts as may be from time to time, ordered by the Grand .Lodge, for each of which there shall' be a.ppointed and commissioned by the Grand Master a District Deputy Grand Master who must be a Past or Present Master of a Lodge in this Jurisdiction, and a resident of such District. Districts which have, or may hereafter have, forty or more Lodges, shall have two District Deputy Grand Masters of equal rank, over separate divisions in such District. The Grand Master may convene the District Deputies in· regional conferences at such times as he may deem best, the expenses of such meetings to be defrayed by the Grand Lodge. E.A. FLUESMEIER, W. F. ANGER, J. W. SKELLY.

W. Bro. Edw. McGuigan offered the following proposed· amendment to Section 109, Article 8 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws: Be It Resolved, That Sec. 109, Article 8 of the Grand Lodge ByLaws be amended, so that the same shall be and read as follows: Sec. 109.

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'grees or membership, whEm received, shall be referred by the Master to a Committee of Invest,igation, to consist of three, whose duty it shall be to thoroughly inqu:ire into the character and fitness of the applicant. and make report, in' writing, at the Stated, Mee~ing at which the ballot is due. Provided, however that by ita tty-laws, \ a Lodge may provide for a permanent Committee of Inv· ~stigation. of not less than three, to which petitions may be referred, but three members of such committee must sign each report. EDW ARD . McGUIGAN, H. A. BORGMANN.,

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W. Bro. O. H. Swearingen 'presented and read the report of Committee, which was adopted as follows: St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 19. 1922.

To the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri.' Dear Brethren: Your Committee on Ways and Means begs leave to submit the following report. Cash in Treasury available at this time for current expenses for the ensuing year, $75,691.48. We recomme~d the following appropriations: Pay 1''011, 1922 ..' '.~' '.: $17,962.49 Printing 1922 ~roceeding's , . 4,000.00 Salary and expenses of Grand Master,., . 1,500.00 Stenographer for. Grand Master, 1921-22-23 . 600.00 Masonic Service As~wciation of the United States . 4,400.00 Masonic Service Ass'n of U. S ; .. ~ . 5,000.00 Mason ic Service Association of Missouri , . 2,602.10 Masonic Temple Assodation of, ~t.: I!.ouis' . 8,000.00 Exp. G. L. Officers, other than the G. M" when directed by the Grand, l\'1aster '., . 500.00 Printing and distribution of Masonic Manuals . 2,000.00 Repairs and. furnishings G. L. of~ces " . 1,000.00 Rent of Grand. Lodge offices ..........................••. , 1,500.00 Salary Grand Secretary Emer~tus . . 1,800.00 Salary Grand Secretary ......................•........... 3,600.00 Salary 'Grand Lecturer , ', '..........••.. '.. : . 3,000.00 Expenses of Grand Lecturer . 1,200.00 Prin ting, postage, stationery and incidentais ........•..... 3,000.00 Assistant to Grand Secretary . 1,800.00 Assistant to Grand Secretary . 1,800.00 Salary Committee on Fraternal Correspondence .. , . 600.00 Salary Grand Treasurer : ....................•• 200.00 150.00 Salary Grand Tiler , .............•. , .

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157.50 • 100.00 75.00 65.00 100.00 50.00 165.00 75.00 326.27 300.00 150.00 260.21 800.00 37.80 116.52

$68,992.89 Fraternally SUbmitted, ORSON H. SWEARINGEN. JOHN T. SHORT, J. GWYNN GOUGH, W. A. PHIPPS, H. A. VON RUMP.

CALLED FROM LABOR. At 12 M. the Grand 'Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 1 :30 this afternoon.

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REPORT OFCOMMITfEE ON FATHERLESS CHILDREN OF FRANCE. M. W. Bro. R. R. Kreeger presented and read the following report. Adopted. To the Most T楼orshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of the State of Missouri: 'We most fraternally submit the following in relation to the fifty fatherless children of France towards whose support this Grand' Lodge has been contributing. From letters received, which are either written by the children themselves, or, in the case of those not able to write, by their mothers or grandmothers, they have all been receiving their contributions of 45 francs per quarter regularly during the last year. The pleasing relations established with R. W.' Brother Edmund Heisch, Junior Grand Warden, of the National Independent Grand Lodge of l"rance have continued during the year. Through that channel $756.00 has been distributed since our last session. Of this amount $500.00 was appropriated last ~'ear, and the other $256.00 at previous communication. By direction of Most Worshipful Grand Master O. A. Lucas, the Grand Secretary drew the warrant for $256.00 in excess of last year's appropriation, the Grand Master having decided that appropriations from the previous year were available. It is believed that $800.00 will be sufficient to meet this year's demands, and I recommend that this last sum be set aside for 'use during the coming year. Of the $178.98 balance iQ my hands as shown by my last report (page 135, Proceedings of 1921), I have expended $40.00 for presents to the children and $18.00 for translation, postage and typewriting, leaving a 路balance today of $120.98. This sum, or the required portion thereof, will be used for similar purposes during the coming year, unless, otherwise directed by this Grand Body. We have had complete reports in regard to the conditions under which each child lives, and the necessity for fUither assistance from Mrn~. A. Seligmann-Lui, Secretary General ot the Fraternite Franco-Americaine, at Paris, France. It is one of the purposes of the Society above mentioned to keep informed" as to the conditions surrounding each child and make periodical reports to contributors. ,

As a result of the Society's activities and investigations, the Secretary General has informed n'le of the marriage of the mothers of the following children: Lazare Sallignac, Rene Sapena,' Marie Salles, Victoria Savoyen and Jeanette Schlegel.

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The names of these child-re'n have; been dropped from our list and contributions discontinued to them, this leaving forty-four to be assisted.' Fraternally SUbmitted, R. R. KREEGER, Chairman.

To the Most W01'shiPful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of the StQt.e of'M-issou1'i.路 (

Your Committee appointed at Body for the purpose of studying fifty. fatherless children of France, been contr.ibuting for several years, to the advisability. of continuing spectfully submit the following:

the last session of this Grand the conditions surrounding the towards whose support we have and making recomm,endations as ourcoiltributions to them, re-

We have endeavored to obtain from reliable sources by correspondence, . semi-offic'ial reports, 'and consultation with persons ",.~ho have visited ou~ sister republic during th~ year, who, owing. to their interest in such work, have made a study of the matter. . R.W. Bro. Clias. T. Kornbrodt, who spent some time in that country ouring' the summer, arid made particular inquiries into the necessitie's of these children, repo'rts that it is apparently absolutely necessary that they receive help from some source:, We have also reports from the Fraternite Franco-Americaine of Paris, F~ance. in connection with each of our wards. This',society which was founded i,n 1916 at the request of the French Government to路 create a brotherhood between the coming generations. of France and. America and also to assist in the control of the ,use of American .gifts to Prench' War Orphans, conducts its investigations by its delegates, village and county or state officials, and submit reports to American contributors. It is believed that its reports are reliable and represent the true conditions. We will not embody all of them in this document, but in order tj1at you may be enabled to understand the nature of such reports, 路we quote from two as follows:

"Paris, August 5th, 1922. Saussol, Henriette. Saussol, Marcelle. Chemin du' Mas d' Aulabre. . Montpellier Herault. Born Henriette, August 30th. 1909. Born Marcelle, April 9th, 1911. These little girls are healthy, and most willing and affectionate.

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They"attend school where they show a special liking for studies. Madame Saussol gardener, and earns pension of "73.00 for these slender means, in this home.

is a truly courageous woman. She works as a about Frcs: '12.00 per day, to increase her small herself. and 28.00 for each child yearly. With it is oftcn an unsolvable riddle to provide for all

The touching 'friendship expressed by the American help, has been deeply appreciated here, and finds a warm response in these simple hearts. The 'littie 'girls will always ch~rish their benefactor's name with a reverent devotion." , Report from the Mayor. S. L.

"Paris, August 5th, 1922. Salliet, Gabriel, Salliet, Louis, Chez. Mme. Kerbach, Rue du Malbert. .Baud. (Morbihan).

Born Octoher 3rd, 1912. Born July 30th, 1914. These children are complete orphans. Their father was killed at Compiegne in 1915, While fighting in the defense of his country. Their mother died two years after, leaving them to the care of their grandmother, who is in advanced age and barely able to provide the strict necessities of life. The Government allows a pen~ion of about 73.00 to the grandmother, and 28.00 to 'each of the children, per year. They could not possibly live on such scanty means, and in order to bring in the necessary support, Mme. Kerbach works bravely and earns about 4 francs per working day. Th~ two boys a~'e in 'good health. They are both thin, and of pale complexion. Tl1ey attend school regularly and make' satisfactory, progress at school. They are brought up in the best possible way by their kind g-randmother. Friendship ar.d material aid have been deeply appreciated in this home and have met with gratitude. Never will the memory of the benefits received wear out of these people's hearts." Translated from our Delegate's report. G. H. When we consider that our small donations carry with them so much of coÂˇmfort and happiness and create such beautiful ties of friendship between the coming generations of France and our country, we feel that this Grand Lodge should continue its assistance to these children until they. are able to earn a living, or conditions change to ~uch an extent that they no longer need such. Therefore, we recommend that this Grand Lodge continue its contributions. Fraternally submitted, . R. R. KREEGER, JOHN H. GUNDLACH, C. C. BAKER.

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS. R. Vi. Bro. James W. ·Skelly presented and read the f01. lowing report. Adopted. St. Louis, October 19, 1922.

To the Most rllors~iPful Grand Lodge A, F, & A. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Arrangements and Entertainment submits the following report of expenses incurred in connection with this session of the Grand Lodge: 1500 badges or buttons .' '. , , , Placards and sign , ", Stationery and hire of typewriter, , .. : 1500 programs , .. ". ' ,.,, , .. , Flowers , .. ,., .. , , .. " ' . , , .. "

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Respectfully submitted, J. W. SKELLY, District Deputy Grand Master.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON 'UNFINISHED BUSINESS W. Bro. N. R. Holcomb presented and read the following r;eport. Adopted. St. Louis, Oct. 19, 1922.

the M. W, Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri:

We, your Committee on unfinished business, beg lea~e to report that we find no unfinished business to come before this Grand Lodge' at t'his time. Fraternally submitted, N. R. HOLCOMB, C.Aairman. E. B. BROWNE, LEO ADLER, L. F. POLLOCK, F. C. HAIR,

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RESOLUTION. R. W. Bro. Louis Moller offered the following resolution. Adopted. Resoh'cd, That this Grand Lodge docs not approve of the use of the name lof any Masonic Lodge in connection with baseball clubs or other organizations promoting public amusements' on Sunday.

LOUIS MOLLER, PERCY B. EVERSDEN, H. CLAY PERKINS.

RESOLUTION. W. Bro. Roy C. Sutton offered the following' resolution which was adopted: nesoh·ed. That the Committee on ,Jurisprudence be- and is hereby instructed to take such lawful means as may be in its power to stop and prohibit in the State of Missouri, by civil means or by legislation, if possible, the use of the word "Masonic" or any of the symbols, words or phrases of the Masonic Order in connection in any way or fo~m with commercial enterprises of any kind or character except such as arc duly authorized by the Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of Missouri. ROY C. SUTTON.

Proposed Amendment to By-Laws.

VV. Bro. Edw. McGuigan offered the following proposed amendment to Section 109, Article 8 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws: .• Be It Resoh-ed, That Sec. 109, Article 8, of the Gr«.nd Lodge ByLaws be amended, so that the same shall be and read as follows:

Sec. 109. Committee of IJn·estigatioll. A petition for the degrees or membership, when received, shall be referred by t'he Master to a Committee of Investigation, to consist of three, whose duty it shall be to thoroughly inquire into the character and fitness of the applicant and make report, in writing, at the Stated Meeting at ,which the ballot is due. Prodtled, however, that by its By-Laws, a Lodge may provide for a permanent Committ~e of Investigation of not less than three, to which petitions may be referred, but three members of such Committee must sign each report. EDWARD McGUIGAN, "':T. A. BORGMANN.

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VOTE OF THANKS. I

At the request (If Grand Master Lucas, R. "V. Bro. Thad B. Landon expressed the thanks of this Grand Lodge to the officers of Alhambra Grotto for their hospitality and courteous consideration, and to the good brethren of St. Louis for their uniform kindness 路and entel路tainment. during the' session.

APPOINTMENTS. The Grand Ivlaster-Elect, M. W. Bro. Bert S. Lee, announced the following appointments: GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND

LECTURER CHAPLAIN CHAPLAIN .; CHAPLAIN SENIOR DEACON JUNIOR DEACON SENIOR STEWARD JUNIOR STEWARD MARSHAL MARSH.AL SWORD BEARER PURSUIVANT ORATOR ORATOR .' TILER

JAMES R. McLACHLAN, Kahoka JOHN H. MILLER, Kansas City ARTHUR MATHER, Ferguson C. HELY MOLONEY, St. Joseph JOHN PICKARD, Columbia ANTHONY F. ITTNER, St. Louis BYRNE E. BIGGER, 路Hannibal SAMUEL R. FREET, Kansas City WILLIAM R. GENTRY, Bridgeton ROBERT A. MAY, Louisiana RAY V. DENSLOW, Trenton THAD H. LANDON, Kansas City DAVID J. EVANS, Kansas City IV AN LEE HOLT, St. Louis HARRY A. KRUEGER, St.' Louis

INSTALLATION. ' M. W. Bro. C. H. Briggs, 'as Grand Master, and M. W. Bro. JuEus C. Garrell as Grand Marshal, proceeded to install the following Grand Officers for the ensuing year: BERT s. LEE, Springfield ,., JOSEPH S. McINTYRE, St. Louis OREST.ES MITCHELL, St. Joseph 路W. 'V. MARTIN,poniphan WM. A. HALL, St. Louis FRANK R. JESSE, Webster Groves,.

GRAND MASTER DEPUTY GRAND MASTER GRAND SENIOR WARDEN GRAND JUNIOR WARDEN GRAND TREASURER GRAND SECRETARY

APPOINTED OFFICERS.' JAMES R. McLACHLAN; Kahoka JNO. H. MILIJER, Kansas City ARTHUR MATHER, Ferguson , C. HELY MOLONEY, St. Joseph

GRAND GRAND GHAND GRAND

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JOHN, PICKARl!, Columbia ..... ; GRAND ANTHONY F.ITTNER, St. 'Louis GRAND BYRNE E. BIGGER, HannibaL GRAND SAMUEL R. FREET, Kansas City GRAND WILLIAM R. GENTRY, Bridgeton .. ; .'GRAND ROBERT A. MAY, Louisiana."., , GHAND RAY V. DENSLOW, Trenton , GRAND THAD B. LANDON, Kansas City GRAND DAVID J. EVANS, Kansas City .. , 'GRAND IVAN LEE HOLT, St. Louis .....••... GRAND HARRY A. KRUEGER, St. Louis ... :. GRAND

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CHAIRMEN OF STANDING COMMITTEES. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Bert S. Lee, appointed the following Chairmen of Standing and Special Comn?ittees: JURISPRUDENCE ARCH. A. JOHNSON, Springfield APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES,. HENRY C. CHILES, Lexington WAYS AND MEANS GEO. C. MARQUIS, Independence CREDENTIALS ' , , LOUIS H. ABRAMS, St. Louis PAY ROLL W. R. SHRODES, Milan CHARTERED L'ODGES c. ALEXANDER, St. I.Jouis LODGES U. D JAMES A. BOONE, Charleston CHARITY .JAMES P. TUC;KER, Parkville REPORTS OF D. D. G. M.'s WM. B. Wq.O'!). R')Selldal,~ MASONIC BOARDS OF RELIEF. ANDREW J. O'REILLY, St. Louis RITUAL , DAVID ,\01. WILl:;(J.:--r, ;\1ilan MASONIC HOME (Visiting Com.)ERNEST n. RATI-::.BOXliJ, Springfield CORRESPONDENCE' CHARLES C. WOODS, St. Louis OBITUARIES CORONA H. BRIGGS, Springfield AUDITING , H. CLAY PERKINS, St. Louis GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS .. A. M. DOCKERY, Gallatin UNFINISHED BUSINESS WILLIS A. 'McCULLAH, Marionville TRANSPORTATION & HOTELS, H]!lRBERT S. JONES, Kansas City

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COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE. ARCH. A. JOHNSON, Chairman, Springfield; 'THOS. F, HURD, Paris; R'. A. B;IlEUER, Hermann;

eHAS. E. C:ULLEN. St. Louis; THOS. H. REYNOLDS, Kansas City; DOUGLAS ROBERT, St. Louis.

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COMMITTEE 路ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES. HENRY C. CHILES, Chairman, Lexington; CHAS. L. FERGUSON, Doniphan; CHAS. C. GARDNER, Kirksville; JAMES W. SKELLY, St. Louis; OnSON H. SWEARINGEN, Kansas City; N. H. JOHNSON, Boonville; eHAS. A. FITZGERALD, Overland; A. H. MANN, Kansas City.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES. RECOGNI;L"ION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGES-Wm. 路F. Kuhn, Chairman; C. C. \VC:ods, C. H. Briggs, R. F. Stevenson, W. A. Hall, '}'. W. Cotton. MANUALS-Frank R. Jesse. RITUAL-D. M. Wilson, Chairman; .fohn T. Short, J. R. McLachlan, Frank R. Jesse, Wm. A. Hall. :MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS-C. H. Briggs, F. R. Jesse, Harry Simon; Consulting Architect, J. L. Heckenlively. MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES:=:orona H. Briggs, 3 years; George Coslow, 1 year; Geo. S. McLanahan, 2 years. MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI-James W. Skelly, Chairman; Fred V. Loos, C. H. Briggs, Fred O. Wood, Arthur Mather, F. H. Littlefielli, Geo. W. Walker. FATHERLESS CHILDREN OF FRANCE-R. R. Kreeger, Chairman; C. C. Bigger, Jno. H. Gundlach. GEO. WASHINGTON MASONIC NAT'L MEMORIAL ASS'N-:-R. R. Kreeger, Chairman. ' COMMITTEE ON MEMORIAL MONUMENTS-James W. Skelly, Chairman; Frank R. Jesse, Joseph S. McIntyre. COMMITTEE ON SERVICE RECORD (MEMORIAL)-Harold L. Reader, John P. Austin, Irwin Sale.

LIVING PAST GRAND MASTERS OF THIS JURISDICTION. ALEXANDER M. DOCKERY, CHARLES C. WOODS, ROBERT F. STEVENSON. JOHN R. PARSON, DORSEY A. JAMISON, CORONA H. BRIGGS, WM. F. KUHN, A. S. HOUSTON, D. M. WILSON, JOHN T. SHORT, ROBERT R. KREEGER,

WM. A. HALL, CLAY C. BIGGER, ARCH. A. JOHNSON, VAN FREMONT BOOR, TOLMAN W. COTTON, FRANK R. JESSE, EDWARD HIGBEE, WM. A. CLARK, JULIUS c. GARRELL, WILLIAM F. JOHNSON, O. A. LUCAS.

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TRANSMISSION OF GRAND MASTER'S JEWEL. As soon as l\JI. VV. Bro. Bert S. Lee had been conducted to his station in the Grand East, M. VI/. Brother Lucas, retiring Granel Master, turned to Grand Master Lee, saying: My dear Brother Lee: One year ago there was cast to me this standard, oz: insignia, provided by this Grand Lodge, with the injunction "to carryon" the splendid work and activity of the Grand Lodge as it had been' in the ]last by so many distinguished and efficient brethren. Maintain' the' standard, if possible. Improve it if it could be done, but -at least work en€rgetically for a broadening, higher, greater spirit of l;'reemasonry and the growth would surely come. 'Vith that injunction, I now cast it· into your hand, knowing you to be worthy and efficient enough to maintain the past record and improve it with your conduct.

M. W. Grand Master Lee responded: Most 'Worshipful Brother Lucas and Brethren of the Grand' Lodge: Those of you who were privileged to be in this hall last night and listened to that splendid address delivered by Most Worshipful Brother Stockwell, remember the reference he made to the position of Grand Master. Brethren, if .I considered this a personal honor,I would be unworthy of the confidence you have reposed in me. To serve my brethren is the only object or the only thought I have, and if I can lay down the gavel of the Grand Master of this Grand Lodge one year from now, knowing that as best.I could that at all times the only thought in my mind and the only wish I had was to make the Brethren of this great Order fUlly appreciate what it is to be a Master Mason, I will have accomplished the one purpose . I 'have in view. t\.n order to which I belong says, "He profits most who serves best, . and it is the true duty of every Master Mason to place service above self. Brethren, that is what I am going to do this year. I am your Grand Master to serve you and to carry forward the banner of this wonderfUl orgaJlization which has meant so much to this beloved country.of ours.

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R. ¥l. Bro. Thad B: Landon, on behalf of the Grand Lodge, then presented to retiring Grand Master. Lucas a Past Grand Master's Jewel: Brethren: I have been requested to perform a most pleasant duty. Brother Lucas-I purposely refrain from saying :Most Worshipful Brother

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Lucas for this reason: That it seems rather" formal and distant. I prefer to address him as Brother Lucas. A year:ago you '~dceived the gavel and badge of authority to conduct the affairs of the Grand Lodge of Missouri for a period of one year. You have conducted those affairs in a careful, conscientious, painstaking and courageous manner. You have been a credit to the great Masonic Fraternity of, the State of Missouri. I know something of the work that you have done and the hours that you have spent in its behalf and know that, your. heart and your mind were ever upon the good of this great Order. You have, now, been relieved of that responsibility, !Jut your interest in Masonry, your interest in the welfare of, this fraternity will never cease, because you have the spirit and the true heart that will continue you in its great work: Valor and constancy merit their reward. You have arrived at the place, at the point and at the Mecca where you receive, in some degree, the rewards that await ;y'ou; but the reward that will be everlasting is the good wishes of your brethren who know you and know you for ~'oul' true worth. It gives me pleasure, Brother Lucas, to present you with the Past Grand Master's Jewel. I know it may be a formal matter, but with me it is not, b'ecause 'the jewel, although valuable intrinsically. is chiefly distinguished for the things it represents which constitute its true value. It is the badge which demonstrates, and is evidence of the fact that you have been loyal to your trust and faithful in the discharge of every duh路.

M. W. Bro. Lticas responded: Brother Landon and Brethren of this Grand Lodge: This insignia just given me is for one thing, a' key or passage into about as useless an organization as I ha\(e been able to find; and I find that they are very energetic in welcoming a new~omer and do not overlook, an opportunity to remind him how he has arrived at his point of worthlessness. But, Brethren, I have served this Grand Body, I. have served you as you had a right to demand ,and expect, as efficiently as I was able to do with what little ability I might possess. I have sought to make my service effective, to bring up the work and the requirements of the Grand Lodge to, what you Brethren desire it to be. I have fallen far short of what I would liked to have done. In the b'usy activities of life where we are' called' upon to take up an avocatioll, it mustb~ so~eWhat ne.glected, because in our early instructions we are told that our usual vocations must ;not be neglected on any account. So when we have these outside matters, we must regard them as time and opportunity will permit, and some of, us are 'so situated that we can give them more time than others. It has been a gratifi,cation to, me to, know, at least I was conscious of it, that I was doing the best that I could to maintain the standard of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, as such efficient, lovable and splendid men have done who have gone before me. ,Men whose only thought and desire have been to serve

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the Brethren 'with effi~rency and with zeal 'and regarilless of any , thanks-if you want to put it so shortly-or appreciation, that might come. Brethren, we do not work for thanks and appreciation. I say that for the Brethren who have preceded me and know myself that I have only worked for the love of working in this splendid organization. Commendation of ,our Brethren is ap'preciated, but the greatest thing to him who serves, is the kn'owledge that he has . been able to do something for' his fellowman. â&#x20AC;˘ Brethren, I shall keep and cherish this memento; but, above all, the lingering thought that will remain with me. through life, intangible and UnSee)l, will be the love and respect that I have had from my Brother Masons as I have met them throughout this splendid jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge. I thank you, gentlemen.

PRINTING OF PROCEEDINGS. On Motion the Grand Secretary was directed to print and distribute the necessary number of copies of the proceedings of this session of this Grand Lodge.

MINUTES APPROVED. The Minutes of the several sessions of this date were readÂˇ by the Grand Secretary and approved by the Grand Lodge.

.CLOSING. No further business being'offered, at 4:00 P. M. the M. VV Grand Master, Bert S. Lee, closed the One Hundred and' Second Annual Communication of the Most WorshipfUl Grand' Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the Stale of Missouri IN Al\1PLE FORl\1. 'fAmerica," sung by the brethren 'as a closing ode. Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain.

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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 1st District H. N. MARTIN, Kahoka CHARLES BANKS, Kirksville 2d JOHN 'SANTEE, Green City 3d D. M. FOSTER, Mercer 4th FRANK M. FRENCH, CainesviIIe 5th DELBERT D. SNAPP, King City 6th JONATHAN STARK, Maryville 7th H. S. TEARE, Oregon 8th GEORGE L. MARKLEY, St. Joseph 9th H. W. SAUNDERS. Maysville 10th WALTER A. CRAVEN, Excelsior Springs 11th RICHARD A. THARP, Wheeling .12th E. W. TAYLER, Marceline 13th GEORGE F. BREWINGTON, Keota 14th BYRNE E: BIGGER, Hannibal 15th ROBERT A. MAY, Louisiana 16th TROS. F. HURD, Paris 17th 41 T. H. WALTON, Hig-bee 18th HORACE L. MANN, Brunswick. 19th W'ILLIAM BAKER, Hale 20th J. P. TUCKER, Parkville 21st FRED O. WOOD, Kansas City 22d 23d C. B. \V ADDELL. Lexington 24th ROBERT D, .rOHNSON, Marshall 25th M. E. SCHMIDT, Boonville 26th CHAS. B. MEFFERT, Centralia 27th S. P. CUNNINGHAM, Mexico 28th '.TOHN E. REEDS, Jonesburg 29th W. P. SMITH, Troy E. A. FLUESMEIER. Wright City 30th 31st W. D. ROGERS, Jefferson City 32d R. A. BREUER, Hermann 33d JOHN P. AUSTIN, St. Louis 34th JAMES F. BLAIR, Belton 35th R. B. CAMPBELL, Spruce 36th DEL C. MOORE, Sedalia 37th THORNTON JENNINGS, Clinton 38th W. C. COW AN, Richland 39th EDMUND J. KOCH, Rolla 40th CHAS. E. PYLE, .DeSoto 41st ED. I. HARRIS, Flemington 42d H. H. FINJ..EY, Greenfield 43d JULIEN E. HUFF, Nevada 44th ALFRED S. MICHAELIS, Joplin J. E. CAVIN, Springfield 45th CARL A. SWENSON, Mountain Grove 46th FRED E. McGHEE, Van Buren 47th W. B. MASSEY, Bonne Terre 48th GEO. W. WALKER, Cane Girardeau 49th JAMES A. BOONE, Charleston 50th J. M. FORD, Hornersville 51st K. C. JOHNSON, Poplar Bluff 52d R. W. GALLOW AY; West Plains 53d G. J. VAUGHAN,' Ozark 54th W. N. MARBUT, Mount Vernon 55th W. A. PHIPPS. Neosho 56th IRVINE H. SKINKER, Ferguson 57th M. E. GUMPHREY, Eldon 58th ALLAN McDOWELL HOYT, IndBpendence 59th

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AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS ADOPTED. The following amendments to the Grand, Lodge By-Laws were adopted during the. session, 1922, suhsequent to reference to and approval by the Committee on Jurisprudence. To amend Art. XVII of the Grand Lodge By-I.aws by udding a new 'Section to be known 'as Sec. 216-A, said new Section to read as follows: Sec. 216-A. Engltsh Lnllguuge. All degrees and ceremonials of any Lodge' shall be conducted in the English language and it shall be unlawful for any' Lodge to do any degree worl{ 0,1' hold any ce;emonial in any other language. Sec. 74. AnJlual Dues. Every Chartered Lodge shall pay annually to the Grand Lodge the sum of Two Dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) for each Master Mason reported in the annual returns, except those whose dues have been remitted. One Dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) of this sum shall be used for the' support of the Mason'ic Home, unless otherwise ordered by the Grand Lodge, If any Lodge shall collect from a suspended member dues, for the nonpayment of Which he shall have been suspended, such Lodge shall pay to the Grand ,Lodge the sum of Two Dollar~ and twenty-five cents ($2.25) for each year's dues so collected, if not previously accounted for.

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. R. W. Bro. Thad B. Landon, ,and others, offered the following resolution which was adopted: '\Vhereus, The Father of our Country, our First President, Brother Georg~Washington, set forth upon his Masonic career on November 4, 175"2, th~t' being the date upon ,vhich h'e w~s initiated into the Lodge at Fredericksburg, :Va., and '\Vherens, The people of our country so much need to absorh the sterling patriotism of that and the other immortal characters of his dOay, and become immersed in the principles of Americanism, American thought and ,ideals and in~titutions. Therefore De Ii ResolveÂŤI, That November 4th be celebrated by the Masonic Fraternity of Missouri, as Washington's Masonic birthday, and that each Lodge in this Jurisdiction observe the same by appropriate ceremonies, to the end that our American institutions, our American form of ~government, and ou'r principles shall become first of aU in the hearts and minds of the, people of this country.

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R. W. Bro. Bert S. Lee offered the following Resolution which was adopted: Re~;oIn'd, That the list of the four Grand Officers carried in the Proceedings as ex-officio members of tlje Board of Directors of the Masonic Home be omitted from the Proceedings.

R. -"V. Bros. Byrne E. Bigger, D. D. G. M. of the Fifteenth Masonic District and Robert A. Ma,Y, D. D. G. M., of the Sixteenth Masonic District, offered the following Resolution which was adopted: Itesolved, That Ralls Lodge, No. 33, A. F. & A. M.,. Lick Creek Lodge, No. 302, A. F. & A. M., and New London Lodge, No. 307, A. F. &' A. M., be transferred from the Sixteenth Masonic District to the Fifteenth Masonic District, and that the said Fifteenth Masonic District shall consist of the counties of Lewis, Marion and Ralls.

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Rt'lilolved. That this Grand Lodge does not approve of the use of the name of any Masonic' Lodge in connection with baseball clubs or other organizations promoting \)ub!ic amusements on Sunday.

"V. Bro. Roy C. Sutton offered the following Resolution, which was adopted: Resoh路ed. That the Committee on Jurisprudence be and is hereby instructed to take such lawful mea;ns as may be in its power to stop and prohibit in the State of Missouri, by civil means or by leg-islatiton, if possible, the use of the word "Masonic" or any of the symbols, words or phrases of the Masonic Order in connection in any way or forin with commercial enterprises of any kind or character except such as are duly authorized by the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Missouri.

APPROVED DECISIONS OF GRAND MASTER LUCAS. List of Decisions may be found Qlittee on Jurisprudence.

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO GRAND LODGE BY路LAWS. The proposed amendments, shown below, were referred to the Jurisprudence Committee, and under -the law lie over until the next session.

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R. W. Bro. Anthony F. Ittner, and others, offered the following proposed amendment to Subdivision "P" of Sec. 12, Article 2:

Be It Resolved, That Subdivision "P" of Sec. 12, of Article 2 be amended as follows by striking out the words and figures 3600 and substituting in lieu thereof the words anq figures $5,000, so that said By-Laws when so amended shall read as follows: "The salary of the Grand Secretary shall be $5,000 per annum, payable monthly," M. VV'. Bro. William F . .Johnson offered the following ,proposed amendment to Sec. 1 of Article 1: Be It Resolved, That Sec. 1 of Article 1 of the Grand Lodge ByLaws be amended as follows: By striking out the word "third" in the third line of said section and substituting in lieu thereof the word "second" so that said by-law, when so amended, shall read as follows: "An Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge shall be held in the City of St. Louis on the second Tuesday of October in each year, commencing at 10 o'clock A. M.: Pro"ided, that the place of meeting for the next Annual Communication may be changed when a majority of the Grand Lodge shall, deem it expedient. Provided, fllrther, that in the event of an epidemic, catastrophe or any other cause that would make it impossible for the Grand Lodge to meet as herein provided, the Grand Master, with the consent of his Associate Elective Grand Officers, may change the time or place of the Annual Communication. W. Bro. L. M. Haydon, and others, offered the following proposed amendment to Sec. 97 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws: \

We, the undersigned, beg leave to submit for your consideration and adoption, the following amendment to Sec. 97 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws: \

Be It Resolved, That Sec. 97 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws be amended by inserting after the figures "85" in the third line of this section, the following words: "And no one shall be eligible to the office of Worshipful Master more than two years in any period of four years," so that this section, when so amended, shall be and llrovide as follows: Sec. 97. Eligibility, No Freemason is eligible to the office of 'Vorshipful Master unless' he has been elected and served as \\-'arden, except as provided in Sec. 85, and no one shall be eligible to the office of Worshipful Master more than two years in any period of four years.

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R. \\T. Bro. Thomas F. Hurd, and others, offered the following proposed amendment to' Sec. 115, Article 8, of the Grand Lodge ByLaws: f Resolved, That Sec. be amended by striking Craft Degree," and Masonic discipline," so read as follows:

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Sec. 115. Failure of CaJHlidnt.e to Ad,'allce. An Entered Apprentice of Fellow Craft who fails to present himself for advancement within one year after having received the Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft Degree shall be subject to Masonic discipline.

,V. Bro. Eben W. Sloan, and others, offered the' following proposed amendment to Sec. 65" Grand Lodge By-Laws: Resolved, That Sec. 65 of' the Grand Lodge By-Laws, entitled "Boards, of Relief," be t'epealed, and that a new section to be known as Sec. 65, Boards of Relief, be enacted in lieu thereof, the new section to read as follows: In cities where there are three or more Lodges" the Mastero! each Lodge shall appoint two of its members, who shall constitute a general,Board of Relief, to whom a}lplicants for charity shall be referred, and, if found worthy, relieved; and each Lodge in such city shall contribute Five Dollars or such part thereof from each initiation fee as the members may deem necessary for the work of relief herein contemplated; provided, that such assessment shall be for periods of one year and only when deemed necessary; provided further, that such contribution shall not be made when the amount on hand equals One Thousand Dvllars. Such Board of Relief may adopt rules for its government. In cities where there are two Lodges, each Lodge shall appoint not less than three nor more than five members who shall compose a Board of'Relief for that 路city. This Board shall organize, and adopt rules for its government. Each Lodge' in such city shall contribute the sum of Five Dollars from each initiation fee to the Board of Relief, ))rO\'ided, that such con tr~butioll.. shall not be made when the sum on hand exceeds Two Hundred Dollars. Each Lodge in this Jurisdiction, other than those above specified" shall appoint one or more of its members as a Board of Relief, and shall provide sufficient funds for the relief of transient applicants, if found worthy. W. Bro. E. A. Fluesmeier, and others, offered the foilowing amendment to Sec. 9, Subdivision "I," of Article 2, of the Grand Lodge By-Laws: Resolved, That Sec. 9-:[.. of ArtiGle 2, be amended by writjn/3"

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after- the word "traveli'ng" and _before the word "expenses" in line 3, the 'words "office, stenographic and clerical," and by striking out the words "five hundred" after the word "of," in line 3, and inserting in lieu _thereof the words "one thousand:' so that said section, when so amended, shall read: (L) The Grand Master shall receive the sum of One Thousand Dollars annually, and in addition thereto traveling, office, stenographic and clerical expenses not exceeding the sum of One Thousand Dollars, to be i)ayable monthl~r.

W. Bro. E, A, Fluesmeier, and others, also offered the following amendment to Sec, 22 of Article 3, of the Grand Lodge By-Laws: Resolved, That Sec, 22 be amended by adding after the seventh line, the following sentence: "Districts which have or may hereafter have, forty or more Lodges, shall have two District Deputy Grand Masters of equal rank, over separate divisions in such District, so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Sec. 22. District DClmt}' Grund iUusters. The Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri shall be divided into such number of Masonic Districts as may be, from time to time, ordered by the Grand Lodge, for each of which there shall be apllointed and commissioned by the Grand Master, a District Deputy Grand Master, who must be a Past or Present Master of a Lodge in this Jurisdiction, and a resident of such District. Districts which have, or may hereafter have, forty or more Lodges shall have two District Deputy Grand Masters of equal rank, over separate divisions in such District. The Grand Master may convene the District Deputies in regional conferences at such times as he may deem best, the expenses of such meetings to be defra~'ed by the Grand Lodge.

W. Bro. Edward McGuigan offered the following amendment to Sec. 109, Article 8, of the Grand Lodge By-Laws; Resolved, That Sec. 109, of the Grand Lodge amended so that the same shall read as follows:

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Sec. 109. Committee Investigution. A petition for the degrees or membership, when received, shall be referred by the Master to a Committee of Investigation, to consist of three, whose duty it shall be to thoroughly inquire into ,the character and fitness of the applicant, and make report, in writing, at the Stated Meeting at Which the ballot is due. Pro"ided, however, that by its by-laws, a Lodge may provide for a permanent Committee of Investigation, of not less than three, to which petitions may be referred, but three members of such Committee must sign each report.

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JOSEPH C. FINAGIN Past Grand Master Born May 22, 1855

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IN MEMORIAM. Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. State of Missouri. Kansas City, November 15, 1921. Brethren: Most Worshipful Brother Joseph C. Finagin has passed from our immediate company, and we are again called upon to record our appreciation of the fellowship and association of one who gave to us freely of his talent for the upbuilding and advancement of the fraternit:Y. On November 2nd, 1921, at Portsmouth, Virginia, Most Worshipful Brother Joseph C. Finagin, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. of A. F. & A. M. of Missouri died, and was buried at Fort Norfolk, Virg:inia, with full Masonic rites by Seaboard Lodge, No. 56, of that .Jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge of Virginia was represented at the services. Brother Finigan was born in the City of St. Louis on May 22nd. 1855, and was made a Master Mason in Occidental Lodge, No. 163, in St. Louis on December 20th, 1886. From that date he took an active part in Freemasonry, and in 1890 was elected Worshipful J\IIaster of his Lodge. His love' for the Fraternity was great and his interest unflagging'. In 1891 he was appointed District Grand Lecturer and served in this capacity three years and then served one year as District Deputy' Grand Master. As an instructor and earnest ritualistic wor}<er he promoted an interest among the Lodges of St. Louis that brought the work up to a high state of perfection, and the influence remained fOJ' mallY years. He entered the Grand Lodge in 1895 as Grand Senior Steward, and was advanced regularly from then on until 1901 he was chosen as Most Worshipful Grand Master. To this station he devoted much of his time, and wa's faithful to the confidence that was reposed in him. It was during his administration that the by-laws were amended that made liquor dealers, brewers路 and agents thereof ineligible to the degrees of Freemasonry. Having: lived for a number of years in Mexico he was a strong factor in securing recognition of the York Grand Lodge of Mexico by the Grand Lodge of Missouri. He was a member of St. Louis Royal Arch Chapter No.8. Hiram Council No. I, St. Aldemar Commandery Knights Templar No. 18, the Scottish Rite bodies and of Moolah Temple of the Shrine. The mortal part has left us but the immortal part will ever linger near to urge us on to nobler thoughts and greater action. He was no drone in the hive of Freemasonry and his life was an exemplification of its every teaching. To know him was to love him.

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We extend to his grief-stricken family our sincel'est sympathy, and with them console ourselves in the belief so beautifully expressed: "And ever near us, though unseen, The dear immortal spirits treadFor all the boundless universe Is life-there are no dead!" Let this memorial be read in each Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction. - Fraternally, O. A. LUCAS, Grand Master.

JOHN W. BINGHAM Past Grand Master Born December 14, 1867

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IN MEMORIAM. Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. State of MissoUri. Kansas City, August 10, 1922. To the Wp,J'shipful Masters, Wardens and Brethren of All Lodges Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in Missouri: I am called on to remind you that another one of our Past Grand Masters has been summoned to the Supreme Lodge above. Most vVorshipful Brother John W. Bingham died at his home in Milan and was buried on the 13th of July with Masonic honors. Brother Bingham was born December 14th, 1867, on a farm in Livingston County, Missouri. Making law his profession, he settled in Milan and remained there until his death. He was one of Milan's most influential and progressive citizens. A leader in all movements for the betterment of his city and community, and served in many official capacities. Brother Bingham was made a Master Mason December 7th, 1892, in Lodge of Love, No. 259, at Lancaster, and affiliated with Seaman Lodge, No. 126, at Milan, May 19th, 1894. He served -his Lodge as Worshipful Master in 1898. He was a member of Milan Royal Arch Chapter, No. 103, and St. Bernard Commandery, No. 52, in both of which he served as presiding officer. He was also a m.ember of Solomon Council, No. 26, at Milan. He was elected Grand Master at the regular meeting in September, 1918. Our country was in the midst of war and our great Fraternity had many problems to meet. Brother Bingham was not then in robust health, but he attended to all matters for his consideration with signal skin and ability, and the Fraternity had the greatest growth in its history up to that time. Modest and unassuming, ~'et firm and fearless, he always stood for the rig-ht. He gave much of his time to the Fraternity, and he always loved and lived its tenets. We shall miss him and mourn his departure. "We miss dear familiar faces. Men say that death has taken them. It is not true. Love has but kissed their eyelids till they p.assed to the portals of the grave." It is ordered that this be read at your next regular meeting.

O. A. LUCAS, Grand Master.

AUSTIN LEE McRAE Past Grand Senior Deacon Born October 25, 1861

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IN ,MEMORIAM. Grand. Lodge- A. F. & A. M. State 'of 'Missouri. Kansas City, April 25, 1922. Worshipful Master, \Vardens and Brethren: Death has again invaded our ranks and taken shining mark.

therefrom a ,. ~J ..,c! _~ . :

Our Grand Senior Deacon, Austin Lee McRae, died at his home in Rolla, Missouri, on March 18th, 1922, and was buried March 20th, with Masonic honors by the Grand Lodge, Right Worshipful Brother Bert S, Lee, Deputy Grand Master, officiating. The Supreme Grand Master translated him from this imperfect to that all perfect, glorious and celestial Lodge above, and our temporary loss is his eternal gain. Brother McRae was made a Freemason in Twilight Lodge, No. 114, at Columbia, Missouri, in 1891. At the time of his death he was a member of Rolla Lodge, No. '213. He was a member of Rolla Chapter, R. A. M., No. 32, Shekinah Council, No. 26, Rolla Commandery, No. 59. He served as Worshipful Master, High Priest and Eminent Commander of the several bodies of Rolla. He also belonged to the Scottish Rite Consistory at St. Louis, Thirty-second Degree, and Moolah Temple of the Shrine. He served as District Deputy Grand Master of the Thirty~ninth Masonic District for several years. He was Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge in 1909 and 1910, and :Most Excellent Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons, 1911 and 1912. Brother McRae was no drone in the hive of Freemasonry and his life was an exemplification of its every teaching. He served with zeal and fidelity. To know him was to love him. Of a kindly disposition, yet firm. he was a man among' men. Always a gentleman and ever ready to see good in others and ignore faults and short comings. "Solemn strikes the funeral chime, Notes of our departed time." 'l'he intonation of that chime comes to mortals with ceaseless regularity. Often it is heard in the bright .....m orning of youth; then at the zenith of active manhood; and again when the activities of life no longer enchant, and we are resting with the happy reflection cons~quellt upon a well spent life. But .at any period is borne the full measure of poignant grief. It came to our Brother in the zenith of his usefulness to the Craft and his fellow man. When the vigorous personality felt the

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consciousness of judgment broadened by the few years of experience. We shall indeed miss him and his counsel in our -gatherings. We extend to his grief~stricken family our sincerest sympathy, and with them console ourselves in the firm belief expressed by the poet: "There is no death, The st~rs go down To rise upon some fairer shore; And bright in heaven's jeweled crown They shine forevermore."

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