1916 Proceedings - Grand Lodge of Missouri, Volume 1

FRANK RUSSELL JESSE WEBSTER GROVES GRAND MASTER,

1915-1916

BIOGRAPHICAL. FRANK RUSSELL JESSE, GRAND MASTER, 1915-1916.

Frank Russell Jesse, whose name is the latest to adorn the long roster of Past Grand Masters of Missouri, is a native Misourian and was born at the ancestral home in Audrain County on the 19th day of May, 1863. Peter Jesse, the first of the name to step foot on American soil, came from Merry England to the colony of Virginia before the Revolution, and family tradition informs us married an aunt. of George Washington-bis motber's sister. Witb tbis fine old English stock has been mingled, as tbe years rolled by, Scotch and路 Irish blood. Howbeit tbe name is English and many of tbe Jesses still live in the old country, and we recall in passing tbat a daughter of Lord Alfred Tennyson married a Jesse.

Tbe American branch of tbe Jesses, as we have seen, were Virginians, -but in tbe early part of tbe Nineteentb Century some of them joined tbe steadily swelling stream of those seeking new homes in tbe then Far West, left tbeir ancestral acres, crossed the Mississippi, and did not stop until they reached Central Missouri. They came in 1833, bringing with them a little 18-months-old boy, Royal A. Jesse. They settled in what is now Audrain County, and ther~ near tbe City of Mexico, Royal grew to manhood, took unto himself a wife, Mary Ellen Boswell, raised a family of two boys and five girls, never at any time lived over three miles from the old homestead, and died at t~e good old age of 82, honored and respected by all who knew him.

The third child born of this union was our Grand Master. He was brought up on the farm, lived the life of a Missouri farmer boy, and went to district school until he was 16. Then he went for two years to Mexi~o High School, from which he graduated. He then matriculated at William Jewell COllege, -and was there a year, graduating in English. He then entered the Law School of the Missouri State University, was a student of law for two years, took his degree and was licensed to practice. Soon after his admission to the bar he began the practice of his profession at Mexico, was twice elected Prosecuting Attorney of Audrain County, serving from January, 1889, to January, 1893, and continued there in active prac-

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tice until 1914, when he moved with his family to Webster Groves, St. Louis County, where he now resides. His business office is in the Gity of St. Louis, where he has become largely and successfully interested, in business affairs. He was married October 11th, 1893, to ~iss Mildred Beulah Williams, an accomplished musician, at that time a teacher of music in Grand River College, now located at Gallatin. God has blessed them with three children, Ruth" aged 20, Mildred, 15, and Martha Catherine, 6. He is a member of the Baptist Church.

M. W. Brother Jesse was made a Freemason January 28th, 1896; in Mexico Lodge No. 544. He was passed February 25th, and ,Raised March 27th, 1896. He served his Lodge as Junior Warden in 1898, Senior Warden in 1899 and Master in 1900 and 1901. In 19051 he was appointed by Grand Master Finagin D. D. G. M. and D. L. of the Twenty-seventh District, which position he continued to hold! for ten successive years. He received the Capitular degree in Mexico Chapter No. 27 in 1901, being Exalted May 14th. He served his Ohapter as High Priest in 1903. He received the Cryptic degrees in Solomon Council No. 26, July 25th, 1907, and in September of the sam~ year he affiliated with and became a charter member of Centrali~ Council No. 34. He received the Orders of Knighthood in Crusade Commandery No. 23 in April, 1902, and served as its Com~ mander in 1906.

He soon received deserved recognition in the Grand Lodge. In 1907. he was appointed Grand Pursuivant and was regularly advanced in line, being appointed Grand Senior Deacon in 1912. He was, elected Grand Junior Warden in 1913, Deputy Grand Master in 1914 and Grand Master in 1915.

He has administered the duties of his great office during the past year with marked ability and success. Our Grand Master is comparatively speaking. a young man, is full of life and energy and inspired with fervency and zeal. No one knows his love for Freemasonry better than the writer, or the many hours and days he has, year by years, devoted to its service. It can be truthfully said [that all. he路 has done has been done without the hope of fee or rewa~d, 路and without the expectation of preferment, bu't from a high sensJ of duty and love for the Craft, and it is such as he that the Frat~rnity路should and does delight to ~honor.

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EXERCISES PRELIMINARY TO OPENING. Prior to the formal opening of the Grand Lodge session, the justly celebrated Moolah Orchestra, composed of musicians, members of the Shrine, embracing about thirty-five pieces, under the direction of Brother Henry J. Falkenhainer, in conjunction with the children of the Masonic Home of Missouri, in care of Mrs. Harriet E. Baker, Superintendent, and the Olive Branch Quartette, occupied the stage from 9 to 10 A. M. and entertained the brethren most delightfully with the following well-balanced and skillfully rendered program of instrumental and vocal music, which was highly appreciated, each number being greeted with hearty applause, and several responded to with encores: PROGRAM. 1. March-"Fellowship"

' Klohr 2. Overture-"Poet and Peasant" Suppe 3. Chorus-(a) '-'GuideBook Divine" Meredith (b) "Our Best" Tullar Children of the Home.

4. Violin Solo-"Slumber Song" Stern Miss Marie Holstein.

5. Olive Branch Quartette-"Somewhere a Voice Is Calling."

6. Idyll-"Evensong" M artin 7. Chorus-"God Be With You" '" , .. : .. Tomer Children of the Home.

APPRECIATION EXPRESSED BY GRAND MASTER. Grand Master Jesse spoke as follows: Friends, Brethren, Sisters and Children ot the Eastern Star:

On behalf of the Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri, I want first to thank the' orchestra for the inspiring music and this splendid entertainment. It has been truly said of music, God is its author; not man. He made us to hear and understand. So when we hear this so'ul-inspiring music, which has 'been volunteered to us by Moolah Orchestra, our hearts are filled with gratitude, not only to the orchestra, but also to the children of our beloved Home. We, my brethren, can return to our families and Lodges, after attending these Grand Lodge sessions, after com~uning with the children of the Masonic Home-with the children of our departed brothers and

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sisters, we can say, as did the apostles of old, "Did not our hearts burn within us when we communed together?" So when we go home, brethren, let us each and all think and feel and say, Did not our hearts burn when we communed with the children of this beloved Home? It is for them we have made sacrifices-sacrifices created and prompted by our love. Yes, my brethren, did we not sacrifice for these beloved children? Let us not be weary in well-doing, but reo mem~er it is because of the sacrifices that we have made to sustain them,I to educate them, and to put them on .the road to life's usefulness ,that we love them so well; and God speed the day when all the children of this broad land may receive protection and Sllccor as the child'ren of this grand institution are receiving.

The hour has now arrived when we must open our Grand Lodge.

We ~re very thankful to the visitors and their friends, for they have! been an encouragement and an inspiration,- and now if th~y will ikindly leave the building we will proceed to open the Grand Lodge.

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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

NINETY-SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION

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GRAND LODGE

ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE

STATE OF MISSOURI

HELD IN ST. LOUIS

COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 19, A. D., 1916, A. L. 5916.

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

NINETY-SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE

GRAND LODGE OF

ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI The 96th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted IVi:asons of the State of Missouri convened at Scottish Rite Cathedral, Seventeenth and Locust streets, St. Louis, Missouri, September 19th, 1916, at 10 o'clock, A. M.

PRESENT. . FRANK R: JESSE. '.'

EDWARD HIGBEE WM. A. CLARK JOHN W. BINGHAM WTM. A. HALL JOHN R. PARSON J. R. McLACHLAN ; JOHN H. MILLER JULIUS C. GARRELL WM. F. JOHNSON O. A. LUCAS BERT S. LEE JOSEPH S. McINTyRE ORESTES MITCHELL AUSTIN L. McRAE W. W. MARTIN , KARL M. VETSBURG GEORGE F. RIXEY HARRY A. KRUEGER ...........•...

M. W. Grand Master R. W. Deputy Grand Master R. W. Grand Senior Warden .

R. W. Grand Junior Warden R.W. Grand Treasurer R. W. Grand Secretary R. W. Grand Lecturer fl· W. Grand Ohaplain R. W. Grand Senior Deacon R. W. Grand Junior Deacon -.R. W. Grand Senior Steward R. W. Grand Junior Steward R. W. Grand Marshal R. W. Grand Marshal R. W. Grand Sword Bearer R. W. Grand Pursuivant R. W. <kand Orator R. W. <kand Orator ..R. W. Grand Tiler

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETY~SIXTH ANNUAL

COMMUNICATION

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GRAND LODGE OF

ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI The 96th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri convened at Scottish Rite Cathedral, Seventeenth and Locust streets, St. Louis, Missouri, September 19th, 1916, at 10 o'clock, A. 1\1.

PRESENT.

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FRANK R: JESSE. '.'

EDWARD HIGBEE WM. A. CLARK JOHN W. BINGHAM WI:M. A. HALL JOHN R. PARSON J. R. McLACHLAN JOHN H. MILLER JULIUS C. GARRELL WM. F. JOHNSON O. A. LUCAS BERT S. LEE JOSEPH S. McINTyRE ORESTES MITCHELL AUSTIN L. McRAE W. W. MARTIN KARL M. VETSBURG GEORGE F. RIXEY HARRY A. KRUEGER ...........•...

M. W. Grand Master R. W. Deputy Grand Master R. W. Grand Senior Warden.

R. W. Grand Junior Warden R. W. Grand Treasurer ,R. W. Grand Secretary R. W. Grand Lecturer W. Grand Chaplain R. W. Grand Senior Deacon R. W. Grand Junior Deacon -.R. W. Grand Senior Steward R. W. Grand Junior Steward R. W. Grand Marsh<I.l 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 10 :20 o'clock A. 1v1. the Most 'N orshipful Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, was opened in Ample Form by the Most Worshipful" Grand 11aster, Frank R. Jesse, assisted by the other Grand Officers.

Divine blessing was invoked by R. W. and Rev. Bro. John

H. Miller, Grand Chaplain.

PRAYER. Dear Lord and Father of All, we give Thee praise from hearts that beat in sympathy with every man the world over who, depending upon Thy love and mercy, strives for what is true, pure, upright and manly.

We thank Thee for Thy Holy Book, and ask Thee to enable us to keep steadfast in the due performance of its precepts and teachings that it may be in fact the rule and guide of our faith and practice. We implore Thee that strict conformity to its requirements'may bring to every Mason and every Mason's family in Missouri the great joy of eternal salvation.

We beseech of Thee that Thy hand with tender love will bind up all wounded hearts that they may throb with hope and joy. . , Grant, oh, blessed Lord, that living the simple life of the true / Mason, free from strife, bigotry, fanaticism, greed and selfishness, each of us may leave the part of the world where Thou hast placed us brighter, richer and happier from our having lived there.

Let Thy blessing abide upon the sisters of the Eastern Star who, with tireless and unceasing efforts, minister to young and old in our Masonic Home. Bless the inmates of the Home and the Board and officers thereof who labor in their behalf.

Add Thy blessing to the work of our Lodges during the past year and to the services of. our Grand Master and his associates in official work, and make the remaining years of their lives broader, grander and more efficient because of this year of service.

As the sun begins to sink in the west路 for us, .arrange, we ask, that we may enter the golden cloud of Thy grace and sink to rest in Thine almighty arms. Amen.

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By the Grand Master: Brethren, the Committee on Credentials having reported that a majority of the Lodges are now present, by their representatives, and therefore a constitutional number being present, I路 declare the Grand Lodge now open and ready for all busines~.

ADDRESS OF THE GRAND MASTER. The :Most Worshipful Grand Master, Frank R. Jesse, presented and read the following address, which was referred to a committee composed of all Past Grand 11asters present, with M. W. Bro. Xenophon Ryland, chairman:

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ADDRESS OF THE GRAND MASTER To the Members ot the Grand Lodge of Missouri:

BRETHRE]';: One more year has been checked off the record of time. All its hopes, all its joys, all its sorrows are history. What a history. Today the discord of nations clangs through the universe, breaking the waves of its harmony.

Fifteen of the great nations of the world, with millions of men, vast armies, such as were never before seen, equipped with the most diabolical engine;, of modern warfare, are dealing death and destruction everywhere, causing untold misery and ruin.

On land sheets of livid flame envelop contending armies, while the air is filled with deadly poison; veritable volcanoes are hurled from side to side, whose mighty eruptions destroy whole armies at a single blast. On sea, floating fortresses are hurled against each other and beneath the waves huge death-dealing leviathans of the deep carry death and destruction to all within their path, while in the air winged dragons battle with flashing flame and fury of the damned. Yet amidst this maelstrom of war and desolation we still enjoy the bles&ings which Peace alone can give. With grateful hearts to the Supreme Architect of the Universe, let us bow our heads and join with the Grand Chaplain in a prayer of thankfulness.

We lift our voices in praise to Thee, oh, Thou Most High and Mighty Lord God, who, seated on Thy throne of glory, beholdest the battles ,vaged in this world by passion and greed against peace and prosperity.

We thank Thee for our national ideals of human rights founded on Thy holy teachings that all men are equal in Thy sight and entitled alike to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

We give Thee praise and thanksgiving for the measure of peace we enjoy today among the nations of the earth, a peace which is the result of the widespread belief on our part as a nation in Thee and in Thy teachings as found in the Holy Bible.

We thank Thee. for our national, heroism which dares to say that right and not might must rule and that justice and not favoritism must prevail.

Help us, we beseech Thee, to continue as a nation to pursue' our course in the light of God's peace, "where truth and mercy lI).eet together and righteousness and peace kiss each other". Permit, we implore Thee, that the nations of the

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world may hear that we are a people who sing praise to God in the highest and wish for good will and peace for all men, that they as well as the people of America may bear in mind the truth of God that the victories of peace are greater than the victories of war, and that after the bugle call to rally to the' colors has ceased, after the outburst of human passion has died out" after the swords are all sheathed and the guns are all stacked, and the heroes are all buried in the long line of trenches, the final appeal that settles all questions is the law of God as promulgated on Sinai and Calvary. Help the na路 tions of the earth to learn to make the appeal to Sinai and Calvary first, and all praise and glory will be Thine. Amen.

Brethren, this great calamity which has come upon the world is not because of the inefficiency of our civilization', Christianity or Freemasonry, but has come notwithstanding them; they are not discredited by this greatest war. They will yet triumph.

The mission of all these agencies is to help preserve peace. As long as Freemasonry is true it will lift up its voice for peace. ;rhe God of War would frown upon its deeds of murder left undone. It ,,;ields no sword.in its defense, no warlike trappings mask its advocates, no knighted herald proclaims its grandeur, no military parade displays its power. Peaceful as the lamb, yet <)ourageous as the lion, it goes on its way unheralded by beat of drum or bugle blast and leaves behind no ruined homes or ravaged towns. Amid persecution, amid the wreck and ruin and fall of empires, amid the darkest days, when nations were arrayed against nations, when civil and internal strife rose as a mighty storm, overshadowing and tearing up the strong fortress of human reason, sweeping away the last vestige of liberty, Freemasonry has been the leaven that has worked secretly, quietly and effectively in restoring the lost liberties of the oppressed. And when the mighty conflict now going on is ov~r., when mad passion is dethroned, and reason reigns once more,. then will the leaven of Freemasonry in that. war~accursed land be like unto the "leaven put in three measures of meal," and will bring joy to the sorrowing, relief to the distressed 路and.hope to the disconsolate.

We believe that the spirit of Freemasonry will yet paralyze the tyrant's power, sheath the glittering sword of contending armies and unite in COmmon brotherhood the warring nations of the world. God speed the day "when swords shall be beaten into plow shares and spears into pruning hooks. When nat.ion shall not take up the sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more".

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which has for its purpose the amelioration of the condition of mankind. It has stood firm and unshaken, an impregnable fortress amid the throes and turmoil of contending factions.

It has defied the fury of disappointed ambition and the bigotry and superstition of the middle ages. It has partaken of all the benefits and defeats of the world's conflict for right.

It has been the defender of justice, the patron of art and the protector of the defenseless.

It has been the guardian of the weak, the friend of education and the foe of ignorance.

It has been the bulwark of freedom, the comfort of the oppressed and the relief of the distressed.

It has withstood the acid test of time, the horrors of war and the wreck of empires, and it stands today unchanged and changeless, faithful among the faithless, firm among the faltering, steadfast in its purpose, sublime in its integrity, grand, glorious and eternal in its devotion to mankind.

CONDITION OF THE CRAFT. Notwithstanding the great conflict raging on our every side, which wiII not only set back the hands of progress, but retard almost every institution that stands for moral uplift, yet in our jurisdiction Freemasonry has prospered as never before. The returns made to the Grand Secretary show that during the last Masonic year 4,662 have been raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason-the greatest number in our history.

Brethren, have you thought of the responsibility which is placed upon us by this number of newly made Masons in the State? We owe much more time and consideration to those within the lodge than to those without. We have 4,662 Masonic babes in Missouri.

Shall we help them grow in Masonic stature or let them grow into Masonic dwarfs? Shall we help them inte"rpret the meaning of the .. interesting symbols and beautiful allegories or shall we leave them to .grope in Masonic darkness? Let us in deed and in truth remove the hoodwink.

As shown" by the returns, there has been paid to the Grand Secretary since last meeting of the Grand Lodge more than $201,000, $3~,000 more than for any previous year. Of this sum $154,000 has been paid to the Masonic Home Board for the IVlasonic Home, and after deducting pay-roll and necessary expenses for the coming year, the Grand Lodge will have something like $9,000' in

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the treasury from the 50 cents per member collected for the support of the Grand Lodge.

Thus we are growing to be a great financial institution, as well as a great Fraternity.

It is further shown by the returns that we now have in this . Grand Jurisdiction 66,853 Fr.eemasons. What 'a power for good!

Sixty-six thousand true, stalwart ..men marching in. solid phalanx, marching against the hosts of sin and error. Brethren, are you all in line? Can you feel the elbow touch of your comrades while lllarching forward to the conflict? During all the ages past the leaders in Freemasonry have been heroes in the battIe of life or martyrs to the cause of humanity. They have been the first to advance, the last to retreat, and after thirty centuries of noble achievement our institution stands today in the full flush of youthful vigor -the standing miracle of time.

NECROLOGY. The Grim Reaper has again invaded our ranks and gathered to Himself one of the truest, noblest and most devoted Freemasons who has ever honored us wjth his patronage.

Alphonso Chase Stewart, Grand Treasurer, Past Deputy Grand Master, Sovereign Grand Inspector-General for Missouri and Second , Grand Equerry of the Supreme Council.of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, was on the 21st day of April, 1916, while returning from a meeting of the Scottish Rite at Kansas City, stricken' bY路 the hand of death. His life was one of service in the cause of Freemasonry.

His Masonic motto was that of .the blind Roman soldier found slain on the field of battle, "I serve". His funeral was condlictedby' the Grand Lodge on the 25th day .of April, and although the day was dreary, with low-hung clouds dropping their garnered fUllness~'as' if the elements were in sympathy, yet thousands of his friends, acquaintances and brethren gathered in this building to show their love and devotion. What a tribute to his virtue. While all nature wept, he was borne by loving hands to his 'last resting place in Bellefontaine Cemetery and just as the bugle' note sounded the last tap and was echoed back from the surrounding hills, the sun. burst forth from beneath the blackened clouds and, like a beam of Holy Light, ustier'ed in the brighter day beyond the tomb. 'Twas there in the mellow light of the setting sun, with the dark clouded canopy above us, that we laId him away, there to remain until eternity's bright morn shall break the slumbers of the world and wake to 'life the dead. ;

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IMPROVEM EKT FUND. After change in by-laws at last Grund Lodge, raISIng per capita from $1.25 to $1.75, I received so many inquiries regarding same that I did, on February 10, 1916, issue a circular letter explaining same and caused it to be sent to each lodge, with request that it be read at the next stated meeting.•Many of the Fraternity thought the 50 cents increase on the per capita tax took the place of the fourth payment o~ 50 cents per member to the Improvement. Fund. In this they were clearly in error, as explained in my letter of February 10.

Many of the lodges have not paid all they o\\'e to the Improvement Fund. A few owe for three years; several owe for two years, and many of them owe for one, as will appear from report of Grand SecretarY. On account of the increase this year of 50 cents per capita tax and misunderstanding on part of the lodges concerning the balance due the Improvement Fund, we have taken no stringent method for its collection. This will be a problem for the incoming administration.· FRATERNAL RELATIONS. Our relations with other Grand Jurisdictions continue to be all that could be desired. I have had correspondence during the year with nearly all of them in exchanging courtesies. We have made thirty-eight requests for other Grand Jurisdictions to confer degrees for us, all of which were courteously granted, and we have received seventeen requests to confer degrees for other Grand Jurisdictions.

The only· discordant note in our relations arises from jurisdictions which claim ·perpetual jurisdiction, and this claim is so much at variance with our civil, religious and social customs that it must soon be abandoned.

MASONIC HOME. Out on Delmar avenue in .this city the Freemasons of Missouri have erected a monument to that Masonic virtue which, "next to a belief in Deity, lies at the foundation of Freemasonry"; it is the Masonic Home. In this splendid building and equipment we have a concrete manifestation of that truly Masonic virtue, charity, without which our beloved institution could have never Survived the shock of the ages. The very genius of Freemasonry is Love, the spirit of which hot only unites its members in an unbroken phalanx as a band of' brothers, but overflows those bounds and expands into a

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stream of Charity for all mankind. In this Home, Brethren, we have the manifestation of our love and charity for the orphan children of our Brethren, and for those of our Fraternity who are aged and afflicted. It is your. home; Brethren. It is your duty to go and see it. You will feel better after you have done so. It may wring from you a sympathetic tear. It will do you good. It w1ll do you good to see what the Sisters of the Eastern Star have done for the Home.

With their motherly love they have made it Home. 'Tis mother-Iova that carpeted the bare floors, installed the furniture; that hung the pictures which breathe out a spirit of God,/Love and Home.

Home, Mother-to what magnitude does the silent influence of mother rise before us?

To us, who have cradled in her lap, listened to her sweet songs of love, her gentle admonitions, her prayers. Her soft, sweet breathings of fond love, seem to inspire us ever to the good. She chides us yet with gentle hand laid softly on our heart, but, oh, the gentle hand lay heaviest when we have sinned. She speaks her admonitions lovingly, but how they burn in after years when we have lived unmindful of them. Yet even then she mingles with our tears her sympathfes; forgives, careSi:::es, fondles, until our troubled spirit::; find rest in .her soft arms, then takes 'us by t'he hand and leads us forth to pastures green and pleasant fields and bids ,us still press .on our road to duty.

CORRESPONDENCE. My correspondence in the discharge 路of my duties has been heavy and it is growing heavier each year. I have had to answer over 1,000 letters and almost 100 questions of l\Iasonic law. One Master wrote me fourteen letters, requiring answers to nineteen questions of law. Had each Master in the jurisdictio'n been as diligent it would have been necessary for me to have answered 8,000 letters and decIded 12,000 questions. :rvruch of this correspondence by tho Grand Master could and should be avoided. If the om.cers and brethren would first take up all matters with their District Deputy Grand Master' and let him refer them to the Grand Master, when in doubt, it would make the District Deputy earn his salary and save the Grand Master a great deal of unnecessary labor.

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INSTALLATION OF LODGE OFFICERS. By .request, I installed officers for the following named lodges: Missouri No.1, St. Louis.

Tuscan No. 360, St. Louis.

Kirkwood No. 484, Kirkwood.

Lambskin No. 460, St. Louis.

Bonhomme No. 45, Ballwin.

Valley.Park No. 629, Valley Park.

Cache No. 416, St. Louis.

DEDICATION OF HALLS. By request I did, on the 6th day of November, 1915, dedicate the temple built for Wellston Lodge No. 613 at Wellston. This is one of the most beautiful and best proportioned Masonic temples in the State. Every detail in its plan and construction is carefully worked out. As the early temples built by our ancient brethren embodied and gave expression to their ideals of a Supreme Being, so the Brethren of Wellston Lodge have in this bealltifully proportioned temple embodied and given expression to their ideals of Freemasonry.

It is a great credit. ttl Wellston Lodge, and especially since it is one of the youngest lodges in the State.

On invitation from Webster Groves Lodge No. 484, on May 6th, 1916, I dedicated the new temple recently built by the Masonic bodies of Webster Groves. They have a beautiful and convenient building, giving one a home-like feeling. It was formerly a beautiful suburban home, and "Like a vase in which roses have once been distilled, You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses clings round it still."

So this building, though changed so as to admirably suit the conveniences of the Craft, still breathes out the spirit and fragrance of home.

CONSENT 1'0 BORROW MONEY. I have given consent to nine lodges to borrow money. I know that two of them did not borrow after consent was given and have no positive knowledge that any of them have. There is no provision in our law requiring the lodge borrowing money to n-otify the Grand Master. I think a lodge borrowing money should be required to notify the Grand Master when the loan is made.

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IN RE VERSAILLES LODGE vs. BRO. EDGAR P. YARNALL. As directed by the last Grand Lodge (see page 105 of Grand Lodge Proceedings for 1915), I designated Most Worshipful Bro. C. H. Briggs to reprimand Bro. Yarnall for his conduct. Most Worshipful Bro. Briggs reported to me that the duty had been performed. lN THE MATTER OF IVANHOE LODGE AND EBENEZER

WHYTE AND GEORGE WHYTE. As directed by the Grand Lodge (see page 137 of Grand Lodge Proceedings for 1915), I made a thorough investigation as to the facts connected with the matter, making several trips to Kansas City for the purpose.

I found on investigation that Ebenezer Whyte and George Whyte were, excellent gentlemen, respectable citizens, and but from the fact that they were engaged in selling family liquors in connection with their retail grocery business, were in every way worthy of being reo ceived into the order. As soon as they learned from the action of the Grand Lodge that their business was contrary to the laws of the order they at once closed out the family liquor department. This done, I could see no reason to cause charges to be preferred against them.

It being apparent, however, that the law was violated by the reception of their petitions by the lodge, I designated Most Worshipful Bro. Arthur M. Hough, Past Grand Master, to reprimand Ivanhoe Lodge for said infraction of our laws, and in due time received notice from Most Worshipful Bro. Hough that he had performed the duty' assigned him. .

IN RE RITCHEY LODGE NO. 530.

This lodge, having failed to make its returns to the Grand Secretary for the year 1916, though repeatedly urged to do so by the Grand Secretary and District Deputy Grand Master, I have arrested the charter of said Ritchey Lodge ~o. 530, subject to the action of this Grand Lodge. This lodge, according to the returns fot 1915, has only 11 members and has been in a weakened condition for many years.

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IN THE MATTER OF MERAMEC LODGE NO. 95.

In the very beginning of my administration complaints were made to me about this lodge. It seemed to have become the clearing house for all political, social, religious and civic strife. The lodge has never been able to properly confer the degrees without outside help, but on account of strife, no work has been done for more than a year. The Brethren take siq,es on every question, no matter whether it is to -build a high school or secure a saloon. As a result, Brethren refuse to speak to each other when they meet on the street. Good men are afraid to petition for the degrees and those who do petition are rejected. The most bitter feeling exists between those who want saloons in the to,Yn and those who do not.

I have made a careful investigation of the matter and am satisfied t.hat no good can ever be accomplished by the lodge as at present constituted, and its continued existence would be a reproach to the Fraternity.

I therefore arrested the charter of said Meramec Lodge No. 95, subject to the action of this Grand Lodge, and have informed the lodge in writing my reasons for doing so.

DECISIONS. As heretofore stated, I have been asked and have answered nearly questions pertaining to Masonic law and usage. It would be impossible, impracticable and useless to embody them all in this report.

I will therefore report only such as might be of general interest to, the Fraternity. . No. 1. Question. _An expelled Mason petitions for reinstatement, receives a two-thirds vote and is. granted a certificate of good standing. Does this entitle him to any other Masonic privilege than to petition for membership? If so, what? Also, may he petition any lodge in the State for membership, or can he petition only the lodge which expelled him and which also issued the certificate of good standing?

Answer. Upon the case stated the party is not entitled to any privilege other than to petition for membership. -He may petition any lodge in this State if he has been a resident of this State for one year. He is not required ~o petition only the lodge which expelled him.

No.2. Question. For the sixth time it has been asked. A Brother is suspended for non-payment of dues and afterward dies.

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the date of his suspension so that he can be given a Masonic burial and路his wife and daughters be eligible to join the Eastern Star?

Answer. No. No.3. Question. Can a Worshipful Master legally proceed to confer the second or third degree on an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft who has not presented himself within one year for advancement (although he has good cause for not having presented himself sooner and there is no objection offered to his advancement) witpout first having him petition in regular form?

Answer. No. No. 4. Questio~. Maya lodge issue it路 certificate路 of good standing to an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft for the purpose of joining another lodge?

Answer. No. Certificates of good standing can only be issued to Master Masons.

No.5. Question. Maya. petition be received for affliation of a Master Mason from another State on a certificate of good standing?

Answer. No. A petition from a foreign jurisdiction should be accompanied by a dimit.

NO.6. Question.. A Fellow Craft fails to appear for his third degree in one year. Is he in good standing as a Fellow Craft?

Answer. Yes. May he still continue to sit in a lodge of Fellow Craft?

Answer. Yes. He has not passed his proficiency examination; may he attend lodge and pass this examination?

Answer. Yes. Maya Fellow Craft or Master Mason lawfully teach him the proficiency lecture before he is elected to be raised?

Answer. Yes. No.7. Question. Six years ago a brother was made an Entered Apprentice in Lexington, Mo., examined as to his proficiency. and on presenting himself for advancement an objection was made, but charges not filed. He moved to St. Louis, where he now lives. He wants to take the other ,degrees in St. Louis. Will he have to petition to take the remainder of the' degrees, and, if so, what lodge-;the lodge at Lexington or the lodge at St. Louis, which he wishes to join?

Answer. He may apply to Lexington Lodge for.a certificate of dimission under section 163 of Grand .Lodge By-laws, petition the St. Louis Lodge for affiliation, accompanying such petition with the certificate of dimission from Lexington Lodge and upon his election

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to membership in the St. Louis Lodge would be entitled to receive the degrees ipso facto without petitioning for such degreas to .any lodge.

No.8. Question. An Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft fails to present himself for advancement within a year, but has a good and sufficient excuse for not doing so. Should he be required to petition for advancement?

Answer. Yes. The good and sufficient excuse clause in section 107 refers to repayment of the fee.

No.9. Question. A brother is made a Master Mason in a lodge in" Illinois which does not require an examination as to his proficiency in the third degree. On' dimit from his lodge in Illinois he is elected to membership in a lodge in Missouri and is elected an officer therein. Will he have to stand an examination_as to his proficiency in the third degree before he can be installed?

Answer. No. The Masonic status of a brother is fixed by the law of the jurisdiction wherein he was made a Mason. Our law requiring an examination as to proficiency in the third' degree, and imposing penalties for failure to do so, only applies to Master Masons raised in this jurisdiction.

No. 10. Question. How soon after his appointment is a representative to the Masonic Employment Bureau of St. Louis entitled to a seat and vote in the bureau?

Answer. From an.d after his appointment, unless his appointment was made by the incoming Master before his installation. Then from and after the' installation of the Worshipful Master.

No. 11. Question. Can a Master-elect appoint a member of the Employment Bureau in St. Louis before he is installed?

Answer. Yes, just as he can appoint a deacon or steward, but he would not enter upon the discharge of his duties until after the installation of the officers.

No. 12. Question. Can a lodge in this jurisdiction request another lodge, also in this jurisdiction, to examine and vote on the proficiency of a Brother in the lecture of the third degree?

Answer. Yes. Authority to confer the third degree necessarily carries with it authority to examine and vote on his proficiency.

No. 13. Question. Our Worshipful Master has moved out of the State to reside and we have elected the Senior Warden as Worshipful Master. Is the Worshipful Master who moved away entitled to the rank of Past Master?

Answer. Yes. He will be at the conclusion of the term for which he was elected.

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Question. Will the Senior Warden who was elected Worshipful Master be entitled to the rank of Past Master?

Answer. Yes, at the conclusion of the term for which he was elected.

No. 14. The Grand Master of Texas asked for ruling on the following question: Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, having asked Pentagon Lodge No. 1080 of the Grand Jurisdiction of Texas to confer the degree on a candidate who had been elected to receive the degrees in Ivanhoe Lodge, but had moved to Texas, it was discovered by the master of ceremonies of Pentagon Lodge, while the candidate was being prepared, that one joint of the m'iddle toe of the left foot was missing, which made him ineligible to receive the degrees under the laws of Texas, and the candidate was excused, and inasmuch as the Brother would be a member ofa lodge in Missouri, should the degrees be conferred on him? I was asked, if, according to our laws governing physical qualifications,' he was qualified to receive the degrees which Ivanhoe No. 446 had requested Pentagon Lodge No. 1080 to confer.

Answer. In our jurisdiction it has never been held that a missing joint from the middle toe of the left foot would hinder a person otherwise qualified from becoming a Freemason, and in order that there might be no dispute in such matters, Grand Master Kuhn, several years ago, introduced and secured the passage of an amendment to Physical Disqualification, Section 106 of our By-laws, whiqh provided, "Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to render anyone ineligible to the privileges of Masonry who can by the aid of artificial appliances conform to the necessary ceremonies."

Under which by-law it was decided by Grand Master Lampert and approved by the Grand Lodge, "That a man who has lost the left leg below the .knee and wears a cork leg is eligible if able to conform to the ceremonies; a cork leg discounts a cork head."

No. 15. Question. A Brother suspended for non-payment of dues tendered the amount he owed at the time of his suspension and petitioned to be reinstated, but was on vote of the lodge rejected.

What shall we do with the money?

Answer. Keep it. He owed it to you; and you have it.

No. 16. Question. Is one who is engaged in the manufacture of Weiss beer containing 2 per cent alcohol eligible to petition for the degrees? Weiss beer is not considered an intoxicating liquor.

Answer. No. Ten drinks of beer containing 2 per cent of alcohol Is just as intoxicating as one drink of whisky containing 20 per cent of alcohol, and makes you feel a great deal worse.

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No. 17. Question. ,A member of a lodge in this jurisdiction pe~i颅 tions another lodge in this jurisdiction for membership by affiliation, and was elected and regularly pays his dues. No certificate of good standing or dimit was ever issued to him by the lodge of which he first was a member; After some years the lodge of which he was first a member suspended him for non-payment of dues. What is his Masonic standing?

Answer. He stands a suspended member of the lodge of which he was first a member.

No. 18. 'Question. A Brother is tried and convicted in his lodge for unmasonk conduct. Has the Worshipful Master power to, grant the accused 'a new trial?

Answer. No. No. 19. 'Question. We have an application for membership from a Brother lately dimitted from an Oklahoma Lodge who lives just across the line in Oklahoma and just a mile from our lodge in Missouri. Can we' elect him to membership, provided we get the consent of the lodge in Oklahoma in whose jurisdiction he resides?

Answer No. Under Section 113, BYelaws, we have no extra territorial jurisdiction.

No. 20. Question. We have the petition of a young man who is 'a Catholic. He is a nice young man and belongs to a good family, and is an Odd Fellow. Shall we receive his petition?

Answer. Yes. The religion of Freemasonry, "if religion it may be called, is an unfeigned belief in the one living and true God".

The Holy Bible, as the source and standard of Truth, is exalted on. her altar as her first Great Light and all her moral teachings are but beams of its brightness. Anchored in her principles fast by the throne of God, inculcating in her first step a loving trust in Him and accepting His law as the .embodiment of Truth, she excludes no one on account of diversity of religious views. The shackles fall from the feet of bigotry and prejudice at the entrance of .her shrine.

The Jew, the Christian, the Arab of the desert and the aborigines of the forest may assemble around a common altar and fraternize in recognition of the one living and true God. In her sacred retreat every discordant voice should be hushed and the bitterness of sec路 tarian strife should be abashed into silence in the awful presence of pure and absolute Truth. . BORDER LEGISLATION. The question of border legislation, like "Banquo's Ghost", will not down. We are bombarded from every side and with every sort of

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weapon, from the small bore rifle of the Worshipful Master of a subordinate lodge to the combined heavy artillery of the several Grand Masters. The Grand Masters of Tennessee, Kentucky and Iowa have given us a broadside during the last year, while the Worshipful Masters of the surrounding States have been very busy with their light artillery.路 As you all know, we have no extra territorial jurisdiction, and all we have on the subject is to be found in the proceedings of 1913, page 143, and is as follows: nORDER LEGISLATION.

"That a lodge in a border State desiring to receive petitions from and confer degrees upon residents of Missouri shall first obtain waivers from the lodge in this State having jurisdiction and from the Grand Master of Missouri."

As a member of the Committee on Jurisprudence in one of our Grand Bodies, I have investigated this matter to rriy heart's content.

I recommend, however, that the question of border !egislation as presented by the Grand Masters of Iowa, Kentucky and Tennessee be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence for their consideration.

LIMITATIONS OF A GRAND MASTER. A Grand Master at the beginning of his term of office is a very imporfant personage. He is lord of all he surveys, is under no re-路 straint, but he soon learns that there are limits even to his powers.

This knowledge comes to him almost every day, and then his star begins to grow dim, until at the end of _his term it is extinguished. Almost the first request made of a Grand Master, as well as the last, is for a dispensation to confer degrees out o"f time. Sometimes the request is to confer only one degree out of time; at others for two upon the same candidate, and I received one to confer all three degrees on a candidate the night he was to be elected. I have had at least thirty requests for dispensations of this kind, notwithstanding th~ by-laws, which plainly 路state a candidate cannot be advanced before the time for the next stated meeting and also that the Grand Master shall have no power to suspend the operation of any law of the Grand Lodge.

Early in my administration another matter was presented me, which caused me to look to the limitation of my powers. On December .11, 1915, Competition Lodge No. 432 petitioned me to set aside the decision of Grand Master Cotton on a question of jurisdic-

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tion between Competition Lodge No. 432 and Grove Spring Lodge No. 589. I declined to set aside the decision for three reasons: First: I thought it was in the exclusive province of the Grand Lodge to set it aside.

Second: No facts were presented to me from which I could make a decision. â&#x20AC;˘ Third: I did not want to get in a mixup with Past Grand Master Cotton, and therefore lay the matter before the Grand Lodge.

DISPENSATIONS. I have issued dispensations for laying of seventeen cornerstones; have issued eleven dispensations to remove lodges and dedicate halls; issued ten dispensations to elect officers; issued tortYc-five dispensations to reballot-several requests were refused; issued seven dispensations for miscellaneous purposes, and nine dispensations for Lodges U. D., details of which appear in full in the report of the Grand Secretary.

NEW LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION. I have issued nine dispensations for new lodges, as follows: Pomegranate at St. Louis, November 26, 1915.

Jennings at Jennings, November 29, 1915.

Pyramid at St. Louis, December 20, 1915.

Peculiar at Peculiar, December 23, 1915.

Trinity at St. Louis, December 24, 1915.

Benjamin Franklin at St. Louis, March 14, 1916.

Northeast at Kansas City, April 17, 1916.

Grain Valley at Grain Valley, May 3, 1916.

Clarkton at Clarkton, June 14, 1916.

LAYING CORNER-STONES.

By Grand Master: By invitation, on July 4, 1916, I laid corner-stone of courthouse at New Madrid, Mo. July 12, 1916, laid corner-stone of Administration building of State Normal School at Warrensburg, Mo. August 31, laid corner-stone of High School b.uilding at Van Buren, Mo. By dispensation: Virgil p.. Adams, D. D. G. 1'.1., Fifty-first District-To allow Mal-

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den Lodge No. 406 to appear in public at laying corner-stone of school at Gideon, September 30th, 1915.

Corona H. Briggs, P. G. M.-To lay corner-stone of Normal School building at Warrensburg, October 4th.

R. B. Campbell,D. D. G. M., Thirty-fifth District-To lay cornerstone of Infirmary at Butler, Mo., assisted by Butler Lodge No. 254, November 29th C. E. Pyle, D. D. G. M., Fortieth District-To lay corner-stone of Methodist Church at De Soto, December 4th.

Hy B. Hulett, 'V. M~To Jay corner-stone of Government Post Office building in Webb City, January 3, 1916.

E. L. Pigg, W. M.-To lay corner-stone of. Christian Church at Missouri City, March 11th.

Emsley C. James, D. D. G. M., Eleventh District-To. lay corner.stone Carnegie Library at Excelsior Springs, Mo., May 12th.

C. H. Briggs, P. G. M.-To lay corner-stone M. E. Church, South, at Prairie Home, Mo., May 20th.

H. H. Mathonet, D. D. G. M., Twenty~second District-To lay .corner-stone of hall for Northeast Lodge, U. D., May 27th.

C. H.¡ Briggs, P. G. M.-To lay corner-stone of Christian Church at Polo, Mo., June 10th. â&#x20AC;˘ N. V. H. Walker; P. M.-To lay corner-stone of First Presbyterian Church at Aurora, Mo., June 22nd.

Virgil P. Adams, D. D. G. M., Fifty-first District-To lay cornerstone of M. E. Church at Hornersville, June 23rd.

C. C,. Woods, P. G. M.-To lay corner-stone of new courthouse at New Madrid, July 1st.

H. C. Dalrymple, D. D. G. l\L, For~y-fifth Dh;trict-To lay cornerstone of new High School at Marshfield, Mo., July 9th.

S. B. Vickers, D. D. G. M., Forty-third District-To lay cornerstone of High School at Richards, Mo., August 15th.

Felix Eberlein, D. D. G. M., Forty-fourth District-To lay cornerstone of First Presbyterian Church at Carthage, August 24th.

REMOVAL OF LODGES AND DEDICATION OF HALLS.' H. P. Sons, D. D. G. M., Fifty-fifth District-Removal of Seligman Lodge No. 517 (temporarily) into another hall, and dedicate same, October 9th. , Homer N. Lloyd, D. D. G. M., Fifty-seventh Di,strict-Removal of Wellston Lodge No. 613 into a new hall and d'edicate same, November 2nd.

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H. R. Mason, D. D. G. M., Nineteenth District-Removal of Rothville Lodge No. 426 into another hall and dedicate same, January 11th, 1916.

G. W. Ivins, W. M.-Removal of Revere Lodge No. 167 into a new hall and dedicate same, January 17th.

Carl F. Schultz, W. M.-Removal of Jefferson Lodge No. 43 into a new hall and dedicate same, January 17th.

R. A. Doyle, P. M.-Removal of East Prairie Lodge No. 384 into another hall and dedicate same, January 28th.

Homer N. Lloyd, D. D.G. M., Fifty-seventh District-To dedicate hall of Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, April 3rd.

S. B. Vickers, D. D. G. M., Forty-third District-To dedicate new Temple at Lamar, April 16th.

C. C. Woods, P. G. M.-To dedicate new hall of Cambridge Lodge No. 63 at Slater, June 12th.

S. B. Vickers, D. D. G. M.,Forty-third District-To dedicate new hall of Unity Lodge No. 495 at Richards, June 27th.

S. B. Vickers, D. D. q. M., Forty-third District-To dedicate new hall of Vernon Lodge No. 493 at Bronaugh, August 21st.

APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES. The office of Grand Treasurer having become vacant on account of the death of the Grand Treasurer, A. C. Stewart, I appointed Most Worshipful Bro. Wm. A. Hall Grand Treasurer to fill out the unexpired term.

Recommended for 'appointment the following Brethren as Grand Representatives of Sister Grand Lodges near the Grand Lodge of Missouri.

Scotland, Andrew J. O'Reilly.

New South Wales, Theoph. L. Carns.

Manitoba, Charles H. Pope.

Utah, A. S. Hickerson.

North Carolina; Geo. W. Walker.

CHARGES OF UNMASONIC CONDUCT. Early in my official year it was brought to my attention that a member of one of our lodges. who had been caught robbing the U. S. mail and had pleaded guilty and was serving a term in the penitentiary was still a membt:!r of the lodge in good standing.

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was had, but the accused was suspended for a period of time. ' Believing the punishment' not in accord with our Masonic teaching in a case of this sort, I ordered an appeal taken to, the Grand Lodge and the same is now before the Committee on Appeals and Grievances for their action. On the 5th day of this month I received information that a member of another lodge in this jurisdictio'n, who had been caught operating a scheme to rob his friends and acquaintances by means of a confidence game and had pleaded guilty to a charge of grand larceny, for which he was sentenced, to prison in February of this year, and that, although charges for unmasonic conduct were preferred against him in his lodge in May, yet the case had not been brought to trial and he is reported to this Grand Lodge as a member in good standing. However, he was summoned to appear and show cause why he should not be suspended for nonpayment of dues. Of course, he did riot appear-they should have summoned the Warden to produce him-but he was ,not suspended.

I at once ordered the Master of the lodge to bring the case to a trial and, if possible, before this meeting of the Grand Lodge. If I am at all familiar with the fundamental principles of Freemasonry, one who has been caught' red-handed in a robbery, especially of a friend, as in one case, pleads guilty to the charge and is serving a term in the penitentiary, forfeits membership in a. Masonic. lodge.

A Masonic lodge is not a reformatory, especially for inmates of penitentiaries. What a spectacle it would be for a Masonic lodge, clad in white glo~es and aprons, to have to go into a penitentiary and cond'uct the Masonic funeral of one of its members. I am not one to shut the door of hope against a brother who has been compelled to pay the penalty for his evil deeds. ,It is. sufficient time after he has paid the penalty and shown by his life and deeds that he has truly repented and reformed to again knock at the door of Freemasonry, and if found worthy he will gain admission.

VISITATIONS. I have, during the year, visited the following lodges: Missouri No. l.

Caruthersville 1'\0... 461.

IIImo No. 58l.

Ingomar No. 536.

Ionic No. 154.

New Madrid No. 429.

Geo: Washington No.9.

Solomon No. 271.

Charleston No. 407.

Fenton No. 281.

Forest Park No. 578.

United No.5.

Rose Hill No. 550.

Neosho No. 247.

Fellowship No. 345.

Triangle No. 638.

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Joplin No. 335.

Beacon No.3.

Gate of the Temple No. 422.

Good Hope No. 218.

East Gate No. 630.

Jefferson No. 43.

Westport No. 340.

Meridian No.2.

Temple No. 299.

Polar Star No. 79.

Higginsville No. 364.

Mt. Moriah No. 40.

Heroine No. 104.

South Gate No. 547.

Trilumina No. 205.

Ivanhoe No. 446.

Sedalia No. 236.

Wellston No. 613.

Jennings, U. D. Itaska No. 420.

Anchor No. 443.

St. Marks No. 93.

Naphtali No. 25.

Morley No. 184.

Olive Branch No. 576.

Kirkwood No. 484.

Magnolia No. 626.

Acacia No. 602.

Ben Franklin, U. D. Twilight No. 114.

Webster Groves No. 84.

Pomegranate, U. D. Elvins No. 599.

Bonhomme No. 45.

Kirksville No. 105.

Occidental No. 163.

Adair -No. 366.

Cornerstone No. 323.

Bloomfield No. 153.

Tuscan No. 360.

Chaffee No. 615.

Palestine No. 241.

Lamar No. 292.

Tower Grove No. 631.

Van Buren No. 509.

Pyramid, U. D. Clay No. 207.

St. Louis No. 20.

-Malden No. 406, Lambskin No. 460.

Hannibal No. 188.

Cache No. 416.

Sikeston No. 310.

Trinity, U. D. Mt. Zion No. 327.

Aurora No. 267.

Excelsior No. 441.

Keystone No. 243.

Corinthian No. 265.

Erwin No. 121.

Advance No. 590.

Valley Park No. 629.

Shekinah No. 256.

At all- of these places I was received with kindn'ess and hospitality by the officers and members present, for which I return my most sincere thanks. Of some of these visitations I wish to make special mention. To Missouri No.1 and Itaska No. 420, for the beautiful and useful tokens of esteem presented me. To Geo. Washington No. 9 for the splendid meeting in honor of the joint visit of Grand Lodge officers of Iowa and Missouri and for the beautiful tablet commemorating same. To St. Mark's Lodge No. 93, Bloomfield Lodge No. 153, Caruthersville Lodge No. 461, Malden Lodge No. 406 and Mt. Zion Lodge No. 327, for banquets given in honor of my visit and for the

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splendid attendance to assist and witness the conferring of the degrees. At each of above meetings .from 200 to 250 Master Masons were in attendance.

THE TRAVELING SILVER TROWEL. On May 30th, Decoration Day, as tbe guest of Magnolia Lodge No. 626 of St. Louis, I attended a Masonic Field Day of Ritualism in honor of the Traveling Silver Trowel, held with Stephen Decatur Lodge No. 979, at Decatur, IlL, and witnessed. the third degree conferred by brethren from Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. It was a joyous occasion, as well as inspiring. One thousand Master Masons were gathered from many of the Grand Jurisdictions to witness again the ceremonies with their different settings as put on according to the work of the several jurisdictions. It is useless to say that the 'officers of Magnolia Lodge, who put on the Missouri work, acquitted themselves with great 路credit. Their work was accurate and their interpretation almost perfect, credit for which is due 'in a large measure to the Lodge of Instruction for the Thirty-third Masonic District.

WASHINGTON MASONIC MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. On February 21-23, as your representative, I attended the annual meeting of the Washington Masonic Memorial Association held at Alexandria, Va., with Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22. As heretof~re explained to you by other Grand Masters, the object of this association is to erect a temple as a memorial to Washington, the Freemason, and to preserve in a fire-proof building the relics of Washington, valued at millions of dollars, and of inestimable value to 'the Fraternity, not only in the United States, but in the world.

They are indisputable proofs of his zeal and love for our institution.

This Grand Lodge holds a life membership in this association. - I hope the time will soon come when our Grand Lodge will be able to do more for this great enterprise. Some of our lodges have taken life memberships, as well as several members of the fraternity.

But we are far from having contributed our proportionate share.

No monument is needed to recall to future generations the name and fame of Washington. But a monument is needed by the Masonic Fraternity to recall to future generations his zeal路 and devotion to the Fraternity. No brighter star ever glittered in the coronet of Greece or Rome or shed its luster in the diadem of nations; and yet this greatest of men, who, by his sword, wrung from the monarchs of

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Europe the homage due to a nation that dared to be free; and later, by his wise counsel as president of the Constitutional Convention, aided in formulating that Magna Charta of American liberty-the Federal Constitution-which has held States and people together in bonds indissoluble for more than a century. And after laying down the great office to which he was twice elected, thought it derogated nothing from his greatness to wear the insignia and preside over the deliberations of a Lodge of Freemasons.

He who spurned the title of King proudly bore the title of Worshipful Master. He who refused to wear a crown rejoiced to wear the badge of a Freemason. What a noble eulogy of our institution that it should have numbered among its faithful disciples one so stainless in character, so devout in religion, so pure a patriot, so virtuous a statesman that his life was the admiration of the world and his death the desolation of his country.

CONCLUSION. And now, my Brethren, with the closing of this session of the Grand Lodge, my labors as Grand Master will be over. Whatever of success has come to my administration is in a great measure due to the untiring efforts of that noble band of fifty-nine District Deputies and to the officers and members of this Grand Lodge. To many of you I am under special obligations-to Most Worshipful Brothers Briggs, Woods, Jamison, Hough, Hall, Bro. McLachlan and many others, and last, but not least, to the "noblest Roman of them all," Brother John R. Parson, Grand Secretary, who by his wise counsel, mature judgment and kind assistance, has lightened many burdens and saved me many mistakes. My dear Bro. Parson, this association with you this year has been an inspiration to me such as has never come路 into my life before. It has been truly a benediction and an inspiration to better deeds and will go down in my memory as one of the brightest associations of my life. I know, my brother, that we must soon pass over the great divide. Our sun must soon set in the west, for this twilight of time is but the dawn of eternity.

Even now :we can almost hear the swash of the waves on the other shore. In a few short years you will be called upon to join that loving companion who for more than forty years was the object of your tenderest care and solicitude. I am sure, my brother, that I express the sincere loving heart throb and thought of every member of this Grand Lodge in tendering to you our heartfelt sympathy in your irreparable bereavement.

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And now, on behalf of the loved ones who gather around my fireside at eventide, on behalf of the friends who rejoice in my preferment on behalf of the lodge that gave me Masonic light, I thank you one and all for this, the highest honor that has or can come to me.

May the Supreme Grand Master of H~aven and Earth bless and keep you. And may we all meet again in the Celestial LodgQ above, where the Supreme Architect of the Universe presides.

Fraternally submitted, FRANK R. JESSE, Grand Master.

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DEATH OF M. W. BRO. WM. M. WILLIAMS. Grand Master Jesse announced the death of Past Grand Master William M. Williams: Brethren, it is now my sad dut~ to announce that yesterday a message was brought to the officers of the Grand Lodge that Most Worshipful Brother William M. Williams, Past Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, and at present one of the Board of the Masonic Home, was dead. He had made all preparations to attend this Grand Lodge, a body that he has attended for many years-since long before, I ever b~came a Freemason, I know.

He was one of the truest members we have ever known, and one of the g~eatest and best of this Grand Body. There was never a pilot more true and faithful to guide the Masonic ship of state in all emergencies and differences. I remember on one occasion, when some of the affairs of this Grand Lodge were in confusion, when the Masonic ship of state of this grand body was in a storm and threatened with harm, and we were coming into confusion and dissension, that he was the man who, with his profound brotherly love and insight and judgment, that came forward and firmly guided it over the breakers and into a peaceful harbor.

We will miss him, my brethren. This Grand Lodge will miss him; the Masonic Home will miss him. But, my brethren, it teaches us of the uncertainties of life and of the certainty of death. He had planned to be with us and to clasp hands in fraternal relation once more; but God planned otherwise. It is a reminde'r to us all, brethren, to "Be ye also ready".

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REPORT OF' THE GRAND' SECRETARY. M. W. Bro. John R. Parson, Grand Secretary, presented his report showing that for the eleventh consecutive year everyone of the lodges of the State had rna'de returns and paid Grand Lodge dues.

To the Grand Lodge of A ncient, Free and Accepted Masons of l\iiss·ouri.

According- to custom and the Grand Lodge law, the following report of official work in the office of Grand Secretary is presented, covering the period between September 15, 1915, and September 7, 1916.

NEW LODGE;S. Five new lodges, chartered at the last session of the Grand Lodge, were duly set at work, and are named and located as follows: Chartered September 29, 1915.

Bunker Lodge No, 275, at Bunker, Reynolds County, Forty-seventh District.

Emmanuel Lodge No. 595, at Bado, Texas County, Forty-sixth District.

Mountain View Lodge No. 637, Mountain View, Howell County, Fifty-third District.

Triangle Lodge No. 638, St. Louis, Thirty-third District.

Mizpah Lodge No. 639, St. Louis, Thirty-third District.

PROCEEDINGS DISTRIBUTl';D. The Proceedings of 1915 were printed and distributed within forty days after the session. ' DISTRICT DEPUTY GHAND MASTERS, By order of M. VV. Bro. Frank R. Jesse, Gr'and Master, commissions were sent to the District Deputy Grand Masters by him appointed in the fifty-nine Masonic districts.

COMMISSIONS TO GRAND REPRESENTATIVES, Grand Master Jesse appoi~ted the following Brethren as Grand Representatives near their respective Grand Lodges: British Columbia Rt. W. Bro. Wm. Astley, Vancouver Georgia Rt. W. Bro. '.r. F.McFarlan.d, Rossville New South Wales Rt. vV'. Bro. James T. SmIles, Sydney Rhode Island Rt. W. Bro. George H. Holmes, Providence Tasmania Rt. W. Bro. Herbert Hays, Hobart Washington ...............•..... Rt. vV'. Bro. Louis F. Hart, Tacoma

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COMMISSIONS RECEIVED, Grand Master Jesse recommended for appointment the following Brethren as Grand Representatives of sister Grand Lodges near the Grand Lodge of Missouri: Scotland Manitoba New South Wales North Carolina Utah

Rt. W. Bro. Andrew J. O'Reilly, St. Louis Rt. W. Bro. Charles H. Pope, St. Louts Rt. W. Bro. Theoph. L. Carns, Kansas City Rt. W. Bro. Geo. W. \\Talker, Cape Girardeau Rt. W. Bro. A. S. Hickerson, Ferguson DUPLICATE CHARTERS.

By order of Grand Master Jesse, duplicate Charters were granted to the following lodges: Alanthus Lodge No. 252; fire, Sept., 1915; duplicate issued Oct. 7, 1915.

Weatherby Lodge No. 235; destroyed by fire; duplicate issued . Dec. 24, 1915, Park Lodge No. 617; accidentally destroyed; duplicate issued Jan. 5, 1916.

Hayti Lodge No. 571; destroyed by water: duplicate issued Feb. 16, 1916.

Ionic Lodge No. 154; destroyed by fire; duplicate issued March 8, 1916.

Koshkonong Lodge No. 582; destroyed by fire; duplicate issued M-arch 18, 1916.

Wayne Lodge No. 526; damaged by water; duplicate issued June 20, 1916.

LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION. Grand Master Jesse granted dispensations for nine new' lodges, as follows: November 26, 1915, Pomegranate Lodge, St. Louis, Thirty-third District.

November 29, 1915, Jennings Lodge, Jennings, St. Louis County, Fifty-seventh District.

December 20, 1915, Pyramid Lodge, St. Louis, Thirty-third District.

December 23, 1915, Peculiar Lodge, Peculiar, Cass County, Thirtyfourth District.

December 24, 1915, Trinity Lodge, St. Louis, Thirty-third District.

March 14, 1916, Benjamin Franklin Lodge, St. Louis, Thirty-third District. .

April 17, 1916, Northeast Lodge, Kansas City, Twenty-second District.

May 3, 1916, Grain Valley Lodge, Grain Valley, Jackson County, Fiity-ninth District.

June 14, 1916, Clarkton Lodge, Clarkton, Dunklin County, Fiftyfirst District.

BLANKS FOR ANNUAL RETURNS. Two copies were mailed June 1st to each lodge, together with circular giving full information as to time and manner of making returns; and on July 10th a sealed circular was sent to all non-reo porting lodg'cs calling attention to the law governing making of returns and payment of per capita tax. Notwithstanding these two notices there were twenty-eight delinquents on August 1st. Twentythree of these delinquents have now reported and paid Grand Lodge dues and the remaining five have been reported to the Grand Master.

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LODGE RETURNS. Returns from 634 of the 639 lodges g-cnerally show an increase in membership and prosperous conditions of affairs with a net gain of 2,887, an increase of路 443 over last year. There are five delinquent lodges which have not complied with the Grand Lodge law as to making returns or paying Grand Lodge dues.

DELINQUENT LODGES. 路Purdy Lodge No. 148. *Woodlawn Lodge No. 223.

-Niangua Lodge No. 529. tRitchey Lodge No. 530. *Bernie Lodge No. 573. *Reported Sept. 11th, too late to be included in financial statement or membership tabulation. t Arrested.

STATISTICAL. Number of chartered lodges 'in the jurisdiction................

639 Number of lodges making returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

634 Number of members in lodges making returns 66,320 Number of members in non-reporting lodges...................

143 Number of lodges U. D........................................

9 Number of members in lodges U. D............................

390 Total number of Master Masons 66,853 Net gain in membership for the year 2,887 BLANKS FOR REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. Blanks for these reports were sent .July 1st to the District Deputy Grand Masters of the several Masonic Districts.

SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS. Laying Corner-Stones.

Virgll P. Adams, D. D. G. M., Fifty-first District-To allow Malden Lodge No. 406 to appear in public at laying corner-stone of school at Gideon, September 30th, 1915.

Corona H. Briggs, P. G. M.--To lay corner-stone of Normal School building at Warrensburg, October 4th.

R. B. Campbell, D. D. G. M., Thirty-fifth District-To lay cornerstone of Infirmary at Butler, Mo., assisted by Butler Lodg-e No. 254, November 29th.

C. E. Pyle, D. D. G. M., Fortieth District-To lay corner-stone of Methodist Church at De Soto, December 4th.

Hy B. Hulett, W. M.-To lay corner-stone of Government Post Office building- in Webb City..Tanuary 3, 1916.

E. L. Pigg, W. M.-To lay corner-stone of Christian Church at Missouri City, March 11th.

Emsley C. James, D. D. G. M., Eleventh District-To lay cornerstone Carnegie Library at Excelsior Springs, Mo., May 12th.

C. H. Briggs, P. G. M.-To lay corner-stone M. E. Church, South, at Prairie Home, Mo., May 20th.

H. H. Mathonet, D. D. G. M., Twenty-second District-To la~ corner-stone of hall for Northeast Lodge, U. D., May 27th.

C. H. Briggs, P. G. M.-To lay corner-stone of Christian Church at Polo, Mo., June 10th.

N. V. H. Walker, P. M.-To lay corner-stone of First Presbyterian Church at Aurora, Mo., June 22nd.

Virgil P. Adams. D. D .. G. M., Fifty-first District-To lay cornerstone of M. E. Church at Hornersville, June 23rd.

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C. C. Woods, P. G. M.-To lay corner-stone new courthouse at New Madrid, July 1st.

H. C. Dalrymple, D. D. G. M., Forty-fifth District-To lay cornerstone 'of new High School at Marshfield, Mo., July 9th.

S. B. Vickers, D. D. G. M., Forty-third District-To lay cornerstone of High School at Richards, Mo., August 15th.

Felix Eberlein, D. D. G. M., Forty-fourth District-To lay cornerstone of First Presbyterian Chu~ch at Carthage, August 24th.

REMOVAL OF LODGES AND DEDICATION OF HALLS. . H. P. Sons,' D. D. G. M., Fifty-fifth District-Removal of Seligman Lodge No. 517 (temporarily) into another hall, and dedicate same, October 9th.

Homer N. Lloyd, D. D. G. M., Fifty-seventh District-Removal of Wellston Lodge No. 613' into a new hall and dedicate same, NovembQr 2nd.

H. R. Mason, D. D. G. M., Nineteenth District-Removal of Rothville Lodge No. 426 into another hall and dedicate same, January 11th, 1916. .

G. W. Ivins, W. M.-Removal of Revere Lodge. No. 167 into a new hall and dedicate same, January 17th. .

Carl F. Schultz, \V. M.-Removal of Jefferson Lodge No. 43 into a new hall and dedicate same, January 17th.

R. A. Doyle, P. M.-Removal of ]<~ast Prairie Lodge No. 384 Into another hall and dedicate same, January 28th.

Homer N. Lloyd, D. D. G. M., Fifty-seventh District-To dedicate hall of Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, April 3rd.

S. B. Vickers, D. D. G. M., Forty-third District-To dedicate new Temple at Lamar, April 16th.

C. C. Woods, P. G. M.-To dedicate new hall of Cambridge Lodge No. 63 at Slater, June 12th.

So B. Vickers, D. D. G. M., Forty-third District-To dedicate new hall of Unity Lodge No. 495 at Richards, June 27th.

S. B. Vickers, D. D. G. M., Forty-third District-To dedicate new hall. of Vernon Lodge No. 493 at Bronaugh, August 21 st.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Hope Lodge No. 251, December 21st, 1915.

Pineville Lodge No. 108, December 27th.

Avalon Lodge No. 505, December 29th.

Pleasant Hope Lodge No. 467, December 31st.

Urbana Lodge No. 421, January 8th.

Pendleton Lodge No. 551, January 11th.

Novelty Lodge No. 181, February 1st.

Melville Lodge No. 4.58, February 14th.

New Bloomfield Lodg-e No. 60, March 16th.

St. Francois Lodge No. 234, June 20th.

Vernon Lodge No. 493, August 21st.

MISCELLANEOUS. George vVashington Lodge No.9-To hold Special Communication at Scottish Rite Cathedral, St. Louis; usual hall too small; October 22.

Richmond Lodge No. 57-To appear in Public Procession at Richmond, Mo., November 20-To dedicate new courthouse.

Permission to Fellowship Lodge No. 345 and Joplin Lodge No. 335 to hold joint meeting in Scottish Rite Cathedral at Joplin, December 14th, and April 17th to confer degrees.

St. Louis Lodge No. 20-Permission to occupy Moolah Temple for purpose of annual installation of officers, December 23rd.

Lamar Lodge No. 292-Permission to borrow $2,000 for the pur~ pose of converting a church building into a Masonic Hall, January 3rd.

Beacon Lodge NO.3-Permission to occupy Moolah Temple for purpose of public installation of officers, January 7th.

Greenville Lodge No. 107-To atteno Masonic service in a body, June 25th.

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REBALLOTS. Heroine Lodge No. 104.

Jonathan Lodge No. 321 (2).

Gate City Lodge No. 522.

Jefferson Lodge No. 43.

Malden Lodge No. 406.

Missouri Lodge No. 1.

United Lodge NO.5.

Tower Grove Lodge No. 631 (2).

Bonhomme Lodge No. 45.

Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446.

Caruthersville Lodge No. 461.

St. Mark's Lodge No. 93.

Shekinah Lodge No. 256.

Glenwood Lodge No. 427.

Magnolia Lodge No. 626 (3).

DeWitt Lodge No. 39.

Wellston Lodge No. 613.

Savannah Lodge No. 71.

Marionville Lodge No. 390.

Mizpah Lodge No. 639.

Elvins Lodge No. 599.

Wellsville Lodge No. 194 (2).

Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40 (3).

Lebanon Lodge No. 77 (2).

Lambskin Lodge No. 460 (2).

Tuscan Lodge No. 360.

Verona Lodge No. 452.

Latimer Lodge No. 145.

Four Mile Lodge No. 212.

Advance Lodge No. 590.

Claflin Lodge No. 229.

Rutledge Lodge No. 572.

Benj. Franklin Lodge, U. D. Beacon Lodge No.3 (2).

Portageville Lodge No. 166.

Pomegranate Lodge, U. D. Ionic Lodge No. 154. ,1.

TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS. There is no advantage to be gained in purchase of round-trip tickets, as rate of two cents per mile, each direction, applies locally from all stations in Missouri. Circulal's, giving hotel rates, etc., were sent to the lodges on August 25th and copies of same may be found in the Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE PROPERTY. None on hand except office furnishings and regalia.

APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES. All petitions sent to this office have been delivered to the Chair 1 man of the Committee.

MASONIC HOME. Three-fifths of per capita tax for 1915, amounting to $46,953.30, was paid by Grand Lodge V\Tarrant No.2. Also donation of $7,000, appropriated by the Grand Lodge, 1915, was paid by 'Varrant No. 74; also $19.50 to cover three-fifths of back dues collected since September 15, 1915, aggregating $53,972.80, for the use and benefit of the Masonic Home for the year 1914-1915.

In addition to this amount, I have also collected and turned over to the Masonic Home since September 15, 1915, $17,612.50 for the Masonic Home Improvement Fund, contributed by the lodges, and $10.73 accrued interest on thi's fund, aggregating $17,623.23.

The per capita tax fOl' 1916 to and including September 7th, together with arrears received since July 1, 1916, amounts to $116,249.75, five-sevenths of which-$83,035.54-has been turned over at weekly intervals to the Masonic Home.

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Proceedings of the RECAPITULATION.

Three-fifths of 1915 per capita tax $ 46,953.30 Donation 7,000.00 Three-fifths of back dues to June 30, 1916.................

19.50 Five-sevenths of per capita tax, 1916......................

$ 53,972.80 83,035.54

Improvement Fund, 1916..................................

Interest on Improvement Fund............................

$137,008.34 17,612.50 10.73

Grand total paid to, the Home since Sept. 15,

1~15

$154,631.57

GRAND LODGE FINANCES.' Receipts.

Cash balance, September 15, 1915 .

Back dues, 1915, collected $ 32.50 From defunct lodges ;........

40.00 From Masonic Manuals........................

1,567.00 From dues receipts............................

355.20 From books, constitutions.....................

61.00 From dispensation fees, lodges U. D. (9)......

270.00 From charter fees (9).........................

180.00 From refund on pay-roll, Chas. H. young..... . 1 . 2 0 From refund on printing......................

11.00 From sale of walnut gavel.................... .40 From sale 1915 Proceedings (3)................

3.00 From certifying card receipts.................

1.25 From petition F. A. Freeze, for restoration, 5.00 Exeter Lodge 514 (defunct) .

From Cecil Lodge 595 (defunct), sale .

11.00 From Cecil Lodge 595 (defunct), cash .

21.18 From Cecil Lodge 595 (defu net), sale .

25.00 Interest daily balances Sept. to April .

333.34 Interest daily balances April to Sept .

155.23 Grand Lodge dues, 1916, up to and including September 7, 1916 Total receipts from Sept. 15, 1915, to Sept. 7, 1916 Disbursements.

Pay-roll, 1915-Warrant No.1 $ 9,337.20 25.02 Balance due on 1915 pay-roll .

Masonic Home of Missouri, three-fifths of 1915 per capita tax . 46,953.30 Masonic Home of Missouri, three-fifths of back 19.50 dues, 1915 , .

7,000.00 Masonic Home of Missouri, donation to .

Masonic Home of Missouri, five-sevenths of 1916 per capita tax . 83,035.54 1,000.00 Expenses of Grand Master .

3,000.00 Salary of Grand Secretary .

2,500.00 Salary of Grand Lecturer , .

665.65 Expenses of Grand Lecturer .

1,200.00 Rent of Grand Lodge offices .

1,200.00 Salary assistant to Grand Secretary .

715.00 Salary assistant to Grand Secretary .

1,419.73 Printing, postage, stationery, inc .

25.00 Committee on Chartered Lodges .

82,507.61

3,073.30 $ 85,580.91 116,249.75 $201,830.66

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Grand Lodge of Missouri

Committee on Pay-roll .

Expenses Grand Master to Washington Memorial at Alexandria, Va .

Southwestern Telephone Co .

Kinloch Telephone Company .

C. C. Woods, Fraternal Correspondent. .

Fire insurance, furnishing-s office of Grand Secretary .

Printing Proceedings 1915, supplement, etc .

W. D. Vaughan, pay-roll check (lost) .

Masonic Relief Association U. S. and Canada .

Burroug-hs Adding Machine .

Polar Wave, ice .

City tax on Grand Secretary's office fixtures and furnishings .

St. Louis Union Trust Co. (bonds) .

National Laundry Co. (aprons) .

Becktold, binding Masonic Manuals .

Expenses 1915 session of the Grand Lodge .

Painting portrait T. W. Cotton, P. G. M ,.

P. G. M. jewel, T. W. Cotton .

H. A. Krueger, Grand Tiler .

AUditor, 1915 .

Lee M. Edgar, reporting 1915 Proceedings and transcript . 'l'hree hundred Grand Lodge. aPFons .

Stenographer, Appeals and Grievances Com .

United Railways Co., University City . . . John T. Short, Special Deputy Hale Montgomery, Special Deputy . .

C. C. Woods, Special Deputy .

C. H. Briggs, Special Deputy Charity, according to report of Committee .

Marshall Bros. Livery, funeral A. C. Stewart. .

Flowers, funeral A. C. Stewart .

Edw. Higbee, D. G. M., expense to funeral A. C. Stewart .

W. A. Clark, G. S. Vv., expense to funeral of A.. C. Stewart .

Campbell Wells, P. G. M., expense to funeral of A. C. Stewart 路.

A. M. Hough, P. G. M., expense to funeral of A. C. Stewart .

United Railways Co., funeral car , .

Salary Grand Treasurer .

Cash balance in bank September 7, 1916

100.00 68.00 78.00 78.00 400.00 8.00 1,751.19 8.25 300.00 220.50 18.20 11. 75 150.00 7.78 537.48 328.90 50.00 100.00 150.00 25.00 70.00 60.00 29.05 30.00 27.50 10.00 12.00 3.66 350.00 100.00 10.00 11.20 2.00

22.75 18.85 15.00 200.00

163,459.00

.

38,371.66

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MASONIC HOSPITAL. A small balance remains unpaid on the MasonIc Hospital Fund.

The account stands as follows: Subscribed.

Paid.

Grand total, Sept. 7, 1916 $102,975.32 $102,672.82

MASONIC HOME IMPROVEMENT FUND.

In accordance with the action of the Grand Lodge at 1912 session, blanks were sent out calling attention to the special per capita tax for the benefit of the Masonic Home Improvement Fund, to which a gratifying response has been received. The sum of $109,871.89 has been contributed to this fund by our chartered Lodges, together with

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$7,311.00 from miscellaneous sources and $10.73 interest, making a grand total of $117,193.62 up to September 7th, 1916, as shown below:

No. 1

2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 31 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

Lodge.

Missouri IVleridian Beacon Howard United Ark O'Sullivan WilliamsburgGeo. "\Vashington Agency Pauldingville Tyro Rising Sun Cyrene Western Star Memphis Clarksville Palmyra Paris Union St. Louis Havana "\Vellington Florida vVyaeonda Naphtali Ava Evergreen St. John "\Vindsor Hunt.sville Liberty Humphreys Ralls 'l.'roy IVlereer Cooper Hemple Callao DevVitt Mt. Moriah Bismarck Middle Grove Jefferson Fair Play Bonhomme Wentzville Fayette

Paid 1913,1914, 1915. $ 1,570.00 .

510.00 . 1,115.50 .

90.50 .

627.50 .

152.50 .

94.00 .

14.50 . 1,132.00 .

95.00 .

69.00 128.00 . .

137.50 .

59.00 .

116.50 219.50 . .

97.00 145.00 . .

171.00 696.00 .

42.50 .

73.00 .

4.50 . .

82.00 .

408.00 .

50.00 46.00 .

406.50 . .

'104.50 220.50 .

323.50 . .

66.50 134.00 .

186.50 .

231.50 .

205.50 .

53.50 . .

71.50 86.00 . . 1,796.00 167.50 .

55.50 .

279.50 .

60.00 .

100.50 .

72.00 .

145.00 .

1916 No. Members.

773 339 763 66 474 108 61 17 737

1916 Paid.

219.50 107.50 29.00

6-ÂŁ

31.00

51 40 109 38 79 151

54.50 18.00 27.00 74.00

59 104

116 381 28 49 31 62 269 74 40 264 81 162 181 48 108

57.00 12.00

52.50 31.00

20.50 18.50 39.50 78.50 24.00 51.00

116 159 142 47 56 52 1058 96 41 190 41 56 43 106

76.50 70.50 22.00 18.50 24.00

19.00 20.50

49.50

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Paid No. 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65

66 67

68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85

86 87

88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97

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G1'and Lodge of Jl1issou1'i

Lodge.

Fulton .

Holt .

Xenia .

Livingston . "\Vakanda .

Weston .

Index . ,Arrow Rock .

Tipton ' .

Richmond ' '..

Monticello .

Centralia .

New Bloomfield .

Waverly .

Vinci! .

Cambridge .

1\1onroe .

Pattonsburg .

Grant City, ' .

Rocheport .

Kennett .

Sullivan .

Armstrong .

Savannah .

Gorin .

Eureka .

Warren .

Silex ........â&#x20AC;˘............

Independence .

Lebanon .

St. Joseph .

Polar Star .

Bridgeton .

Central .

Jackson .

Laclede .

Webster Groves . lVliami .

Brookfield .

Washington .

Defiance .

Friendship .

Russellville .

1\1adison .

Perseverance .

St. 1\1arks .

Vienna .

1\1eramec .

St. Andrews .

Bethany .

1913,1914, 1915, 195.50 .52.50 65.00 50.50 257.50 176.00 74.00 66.50 60.00 200.00 37.50 166.00 123.50 90.00 107.50 196.00 26.50 94.00 111.00 65.50 171.00 164.00 28.50 190.50 96.00 138.00 78.00 56.50 348.50 203.50 454.00 905.00 137.00 53.50 83.50 126.00 440.00 64.50 215.50 163.50 71.00 197.00 85.50 107.50 267.00 322.00 73.50 55.65 75.50 119.00

1916

No. Members.

146 58 76 38 167

1916

Paid.

9.00 75.00 19.00 83.50

91

49 34 43 127 37 140 92 50 116 160 63 70 82 43 117 105 56

143 52 68 75 41 265 154 289 566 80 43 57 123 329 42 155 118 78 152 58 71 180 227 50 56 57 94

23.50 21.50 17.00

70.50 35.00 33.00 58.50 33.00 69.50

21.00 132.50 110.00

6.00 28.00 60.50 21.00 76.50

73.00 28.50 34.00

55.50 27.00 31.00

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No. 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116

117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144

145 14'6

147

Lodge.

Webster .............................

Mt. Vernon ..............

Ash Grove ................

Bogard ...................

Bloomington ..............

West View ...............

Heroine ..................

Kirksville ................

Gallatin Greenville ................

Pineville ..................

Stanberry ................

Marcus Trenton ..................

Maitland ..................

Plattsburg ................

T'wilight ..................

Laddonia .................

Barnes ....................

Versailles ................

Kingston ..................

De Soto ...................

Compass .................

Erwin '" .................

Triplett ..................

Hermann Union Star ...............

Gentryville ...............

Seaman ...................

Athens ...................

Lorraine ...................

Monett ....... - ............

Hume ....................

Potosi ....................

Farmington ........... - ..

Star of the 'Vest ..........

Olean .....................

Braymer .................

Phoenix ..................

Delphian .................

Lincoln ..................

Oregon ...................

Papinsville Amsterdam ...............

Pleasant Grove ...........

Irondale ..................

Modern ...................

Latimer ..................

McGee ....................

Cass ...................... .o.

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1913,1914, 1915.

35.50 113.00 88.50 121.85 45.00 61.50 431.50 374.00 152.50 101.50 42.00 206.00 162.00 350.50 36.50 144.00 298.25 18.00 119.50 105.50 164.00 253.00 95.50 874.50 92.00 38.00 45.50 18.50 176.00 172.00 26.50 346.50 31.00 78.00 111.00 116.00 77.00 124.75 152.50 93.50 60.25 86.50 67.50 34.50 94.50 70.00 117.50 190.00 81.50 187.50

[Sept.

1916

No. Members.

76 101 109 79 52 61 364 338 111 69 30 145 133 263 67 90 184 65 73 69 115 177 68 516 56 61 52 43 120 127 50 266 32 66 122 67 54 93 108 51 40 51' 40 29 68 58 69 123 54 119

1916

Paid.

36.50 2.00 55.00

. ........

. ........ . ........

179.00 166.00 55.50 33.50 15.00 71.00 7.00 131.50

. ........ . ........

37.00

. ........

34.50 34.50 57.50 88.50 34.00

. ........ . ........

60.50 25.00 39.50 58.00 62.00 • • • • • • 0'"

133.00 15.00 33.00 57.00

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27.00 44.50 49.00 25.50 _

. ........

28.50 20.00

. ........

33.50 29.00 34.50

. ........

27.00 58.00

1916.]

No. 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 , 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197

Grand Lodge of Missouri

Lodge.

Purdy .

Lexington .

Birming .

Milton ..........•.........

Linn Creek ..'.. ( .

Bloomfield .

Ionic .

Springhill .

Ashland .

North Star .

Mountain Grove .

Green City .

Pleasant .

Clifton Hill .

Whitesville .

Occidental ...•............

Joachim .

MarY~ll~ .

PortageVille .

Revere .

Colony .

Camden Point .

Benevolence .

Hartford .

Censer .

Gray Summit .

Sturgeon .

Newton .

Point Pleasant ........•..

Texas ................•...

Griswold .

Pride of the West. .

Des Moines ...•..••.......

Novelty .

Pilot ,Knob .

California .

Morley .

Chamois .

Morality .

Hermon ................•.

Hannibal .

Zeredatha .

Putnam .

Wilson .

Frankford .

Angerona .

Wellsville •...........•...

Bolivar .

Quitman .

Carthage .

Paid 1913,1914, 1915.

97.50 221.00 52.50 14.50 65.00 96.00 78.50 57.00 95.00 64.50 161.00 132.00 82.50 67.50 50.00 730.00 142.00 163.50 115.50 43.50 14.00 84.50 52.00 79.00 196.50 63.00 178.00 15.75 58.50 195.50 48.50 518.00 15.50 33.00 62.50 164.00 82.00 70.00 65.50 82.00 487.50 480.00 128.00 78.00 37.50 35.50 145.00 146.50 50.00 278.50

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1916 No. Members.

151 51 26 60 59 105 39 62 82 119 98 56 62 37 358 74 116 73 35 32 56 34 45 129 41 123 21 52 123 33 304 17 30 40 117 64 86 36 53 285 316 86 45 31 24 90 112 31 202

1916 Paid.

73.50 25.00 13.00

29.50 59.50 26.50 28.00 18.00

55.00 36.50 17.50

17.00 21.00 64.50 19.50

20.50 60.50

8.50 19.00 58.00 31.00 18.00 50.50 84.00 43.00 15.00 12.00 55.50 15.50 100.00

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No. Lodge.

198 Allensville 199 New Hope 200 Sonora 201 Havcnwood 202 Westville 203 Brumley 204 Howley 205 Trilumina 206 Somerset 207 Clay 208 Salisbury 209 Poplar Bluff 210 Unionville 211 Hickory Hill 212 Four Mile 213 Rolla 214 Forest City 215 Hornersville 216 Hale City 217 Barbee 218 Good Hope 219 Albert Pike 220 Kansas Ci ty :.

221 Mystic Tie 222 La Belle 223 \Voodlawn 224 Hamilton 225 Salem 226 Saline 227 Cypress 228 . Shelbina , 229 Claflin 230 St. James 231 Cardwell 232 Polo 233 Bucklin 234 St. Francois 235 Weatherby 236 Sedalia 237 La Plata 238 Hushville 239 Hopewell 240 Manes 241 Palestine 242 Portland 243 Keystone 244 Middle Fabius 245 Knob Noster , 246 Montgomery City 247 Neosho

Proceedings of. the Paid 1913,1914, 1915. .

47.50 .

93.00 .

13.50 .

71.50 .

65.50 .

42.00 .

86.00 .

282.00 .

96.00 217.00 . .

137.00 .

346.00 215.00 . .

65.50 .

137.00 .

260.50 .

69.00 .

65.00 .

172.00 78.50 .

402.50 . .

261.25 . 1,239.00 .

87.00 .

171.00 .

36.00 .

165.00 .

151.00 .

97.00 .

76.50 ,.

216.00 11.'50 .

126.00 .

76.50 .

60.00 .

34.50 .

33.00 . .

54.00 301.50 .

72.50 . .

73.00 81.50 .

32.00 .

143.50 . .

56.50 878.00 .

114.50 .

40.00 . .

120.50 100.00 .

[Sept.

1916 No. Members.

49 60 26 77 61 40

1916 Paid.

30.00 40.00 28.50

115 210 68

154 111

105.00 34.00 76.00 49.50

247

135 46 89 200 66

53 86 72 303 177 690 39 108 125

112

67.50 41.50 99.50 27.00 25.00 34.50 151.00 44.00

54.00 57.00 83.00

73 57 97 75 74 59 63 80 36

36.50

42 228

21.00

150

74.50 15.50

34 51 41 96 .- 39 568 90

5.00 29.50

46.50 18.50 42.50

42 90

136

45.00 169.50

1916. ]

No. 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 275* 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294

Lodge.

Rochester .

Carroll .

Glensted .

I-Iope .

Alanthus .

Laredo .

Butler .

Alton .

Shekinah .

Lodge of Light .. , .

Ravanna .

Lodge of Love .

Mechanicsville .

Florence .

Holden .

Summit .

Kirbyville .

Corinthian .

Social ,.

Aurora .

Lodge of Truth .

Rock Prairie .

New Salem .

Solomon .

Granite .

St. Clair .

Cold Spring .

Bunker .

Tranquillity .

Grand River .

Wm. D., Muir .

Essex .

Hogle's Creek .

Reed's Spring .

Fenton .

Cosmos .

Stockton .

Canopy .

Earl .

Urich .

Craft ...............•.....

Hermitage .

Graham .

Fairmount .

Edina .

Lamar .

Sarcoxie ....•.............

Mound City . ·Defunct Lodge.

41

Grand Lodge of l'd issouri Paid 1913,1914, 1915.

62.00 , 116.00 70.00 54.00 57.50 92.00 186.50 60.50 166.00 66.50 128.00 185.50 52.00 23.50 116.50 196.00 62.00 260.50 90.00 527.00 110.50 27.00 84.75 488.00 244.00 133.00 85.50 57.00 135.50 84.50 80.00 157.50 73.00 119.50 622.50 40.50 100.50 63.00 85.00 165.00 58.09 57.50 100.00 67.50 84.50 98.50 134.00

1916 No. Members.

36 63 38 55 52 91

148 45 106 32 76

1916 Paid.

1.00 28.00 92.00 70.50

1.00

88 38 40 80 109 45 189 67 332 72

.34 78 334 200 76 68 36 85 61 47 110 56 73

19.00 40.00

91.00 32.50

15.00

48.75 166.50 98.00 34.00 '18.00 40.00

55.00 28.00

394 81 125 58 61 122

60 37 65 59 83 91 92

118.50 29.00

12.00 18.00 58.50 41.00 62.00 45.50

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Proceedings of the

Paid 1913,1914, Lodge.

1915.

No. 80.00 295 Moniteau , ................

52.00 296 Sparta ....................

52.50 297 Ozark ....................

78.50 298 Sampson 1,646.50 299 Temple 45.50 300 Doric • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I" 79.00 301 White Hall ...............

134.00 302 Lick Creek . , .... , ........

188.00 303 Osage .......... , .........

39.00 304 Signal 81.00 305 Claren<;e , - . , ..............

94.00 306 Ashlar .......... - ........

99.50 307 New London '" , .........

146.50 308 Parrott , ........... , .....

48.50 309 King Hiram ......... , ....

139.50 310 Sikeston ..................

122.00 311 Kearney 123.50 312 Cuba .....................

73.50 313 Kingsville ............. , ..

45.00 314 Pine 80.00 315 Jerusalem ..... , . - ........

1,176.00 316 Rural 67.00 317 Osborn ...................

8.50 318 Eldorado .................

3.00 319 Paulville .................

30.00 320 Many Springs ............

63.50 321 Jonathan .................

32.00 322 Hardin ...................

323 Corner Stone ............. 1,094.00 2~1.50 324 McDonald ' . ' .............

95.00 325 Dockery ..................

164.50 326 Linn .....................

219.50 327 Mt. Zion ............. ; ....

328 . Cainsville ................

98.00 74.00 329 Kennedy .................

50.50 330 Bertrand .................

786.00 331 Charity ., .................

57.50 332 Excello ...................

122.00 333 Chillicothe ...............

119.00 334 Breckenridge .............

363.50 335 Joplin ................. " .

68.50 336 Hallsville ................

76.00 337 Blue Springs .............

42.00 338 Myrtle ...................

59.50 339 Fidelity ..................

596.00 340 Westport 77.00 341 Rockville 35.00 342 Circle 79.50 343 Agricola ..................

555.00 344 Moberly ..................

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58 57 34 49 1250 47 52 92 193 48 93 58 64 121 55 110 87 84 48 30 57 628 47 48 42 33 67 79 607 178 61 94 164 46 51 35 468 32 140 84 236 51 55 28 39 531 48 30 60 421

1916 Paid.

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88.00 30.00

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16·90 135.00 39.50 116.50 23.00 27.00 8.00

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264.00 24.00 6.50 27.00 206.50

1916. ]

No. 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 .361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394

Grand Lodge of

Lodge.

Fellowship .

Arlington .

Spring Creek .

Wadesburg .......•.......

Pollock .

Tyrian .

Mosaic ........•..........

Friend .

Barnesville .

Hebron .

Adelphi .

Ancient Landmark .

Aux Vasse .

Northwest .

Garrett .........•.........

Tuscan .

Riddick .

Hiram .

Fraternal .

Higginsville .

Bayou .

Adair .............•......

Barry .

Crescent Hill .

Composite .

Williamstown .

Sheldon ........•..........

Nonpareil ......•..........

Belle .............•.......

Wilderness .

Waynesville .

King Hill .

Ancient Craft .

Berlin .

Billings .

Queen City .

Ionia .........•...........

Mt. Ararat .•.............

Pythagoras .

East Prairie •.............

Richland .

Dayton .

Woodside .

Chula .....••.••..........

Arcana .....•.............

Marionville .

Raytown .

Christian ....•............

Bee Hive .

Lucerne .

~Missouri

Paid 1913,1914, 1915.

492.50 76.00 75.50 49.50 83.00 75.00 16.00 99.50 129.50 132.00 56.00 30.50 73.00 61.00 40.50 1,600.50 64.50 142.00 68.50 52.00 34.00 267.50 28.00 106.50 146.50 76.50 112.50 36.50 59.50 38.50 93.50 207.00 50.00 65.50 70.00 88.50 328.00 33.00 177.00 109.00 106.50 36.50 41.50 51.00 137.00 136.50 58.50 106.00 33.00 78.00

43

1916 No. Members.

364 73 51 39 58 48 35 105 84 98 61 28 49 44

41 806 51 97 55 62 28 253 34 86 96 61 78 41 57 21 62 147 91 38 56 91 177 20 109 75 84 30 25 31 100 108 53 45 68

55

1916 Paid.

182.00 25.50 19.50 24.00 45.00 41.50 47.00 -29.00 31.00 24.50 22.00

25.50 48.00 24.50

120.50 32.00 43.00 36.50 30.00 39.00 38.50 9.50 31.00 72.50 19.00 45.00

10.00 52.50 37.50 41.50 14.50

48.50 63.00 26.50

27.50

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Proceedings of the Paid

No.

Lodge.

395 Hatfield 396 Western Light. . . . . . . . . . . .

397 Gower....................

308 Jasper....................

399 Pike.......................

400 Decatur 401 Carterville 402 Gavel.....................

403 Lowry City 404 Rosendale 405 Everton 406 Malden 407 Charleston................

408 Montrose 409 Louisville 410 Iberia 411 Joppa 412 Appleton City 413 Valley 414 Greensburg 415 Hunnewell 416 Cache 417 White Water 418 Clear Creek 419 Star 420 Itaska....................

421 Urbana 422 Gate of the Temple........

423 Galt.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

424 Samaritan 425 Greenridge 426 Rothville 427 Glenwood 428 Pittsville 429 New Madrid 430 Winona 431 Cement 432 . Competition 433 Mack's Creek 434 Wheeling.................

435 Rockbridge...............

436 Gothic....................

437 Lafayette.................

438 Temperance 439 Mt. Olive 440 Trowel 441 Excelsior.................

442 Burlington 443 Anchor 444 Ada

1913,1914, 1915.

30.50 36.00 104.00 29.50 48.00 69.50 110.50 128.00 97.00 94.00 47.50 130.00 175.00 76.00 32.00 56.50 63.00 90.50 90.50 62.50 63.50 699.50 67.00 60.00 49.50 800.00 29.00 626.00 122.00 189.00 69.50 76.50 97.00 23.50 71.00 79.00 71.50 33.00 29.50 96.00 76.00 62.00 67.00 146.50 42.50 82.50 116.50 22.00 736.00 125.50

[Sept.

1916

No. Members.

19 25 60 70 34 66 92 66 65 68 45 112 128 43 19 42 41 71

62 50 47 395 56 35 30 441 31 455 77 122 52 61

74 31 71 54 43 76 62 69 52 33 54 105 26 100 91 55 544 85

1916

Paid.

9.50 12.50 .O' . . . . . . . .

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15.50 30.'50 46.00

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18.00 35.00 31.00 25.00 . 23.00 ...........

28.25 20.00

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38.00

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26.00 30.00 32.00 12.00 35.50 27.00 21.50

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33.00

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24.50 53.00 12.50

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44.50

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265.50

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1916. ]

45

Grand Lodge of A1issouri

Lodge.

No. .

445 West Gate .

446 Ivanhoe .

447 Jacoby .

448 Schell Ci ty .

449 Bois D'Arc .

450 Belton .

451 Raymore .

452 Verona .

453 Forsyth .

454 Continental .

455 Hinton 456 . '\Vallace . .

457 Jonesburg .

458 Melville .

459 Hazelwood .

460 Lambskin .

461 Caruthersville .

462 Santa Fe .

463 Clifton 464 Aullville . .

465 Gaynor Ci ty .

466 Southwest .

467 Pleasant Hope .

468 Red Oak .

469 Plato .

470 Nodaway .

471 Mineral .

472 Pickering .

473 Nineveh .

474 Guilford .

475 Golden .

476 IVrt. Hope .

477 Henderson .

478 Racine 479 Rich Hill .

480 Jewel ........•........... .

481 l\1arceline 482 Clintonville . .

483 Fairfax 484 Kirkwood .

485 Cold Water ............•..

486 Cairo ................•....

487 Chillowee .

488 Lock Spring . .

489 Lakeville· 490 Montevallo ' . .

491 Vandalia 492 Daggett ; ..•..... .

493 Vernon 494 Lewist~wn .

Paid 1913,1914, 1915.

996.50 1,289.50 36.00 55.50 72.00 84.00 61.00 62.00 66.25 32.00 38.00 100.50 152.00 57.00 86.50 592.00 69.50 79.-55 120.00 15.00 66.00 41.00 24.50 103.00 38.50 247.00 110.00 70.00 19.00 80.00 97.50 153.00 23.50 82.00 142.00 102.50 258.00 101.00 147.00 200.00 70.50 89.50 "48.50 93.00 64.00 50.00 134.50 82.00 54.00 88.50

1916 No. Members.

639 1202 32 42 55 60 35 44 54 35 20 78 71 37 66

1916 Paid.

601.00 32.00 19.50 25.00 17.00 22.00 33.00 2.00 39.00 2.00 18.50 32.50

426 103 60 113 37 65 43 43 48 73 143 54 48 40 44

66 105

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50.50 29.50 54.00

58.00 36.50

24.00 80.00 33.00 50.50 23.50

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101 78 188 95 83 124 49 61 104 62 45 28 87 48 49 53

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46.00 38.50 92.50 85.00

2.00 23.50 29.50 45.00

22.50 44.50 6.50

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No; 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544

[Sept.

Proceedings of the Paid 1913,1914, Lodge.

1915.

Unity ......................

58.00 Robert Burns ............

48.50 Equality ..................

83.00 Pee Dec ...................

81.50 Paynesville ...............

42.00 Jameson ....................

74.50 Buckner ..................

136.00 Philadelphia ..............

43.00 Prairie Home .............

53.50 Platte City ................

167.00 Avalon ....................

43.00 Lathrop ...................

102.50 Clearmont ................

31.50 Saxton 42.00 Van Buren .................

142.50 Biswell ...................

27.50 Skidmore 99.00 Webb City ................

212.50 Senath ...................

119.50 Granby ..... ..............

26.00 Galena ...................

107.00 Milford ....................

26.50 Seligman .................

58.50 Oriental ..................

72.00 Crane ....................

125.50 Clifton Heights ..........

476.00 Lockwood ................

48.50 Gate City ............. " . 1,230.00 Stinson ..................

50.00 Spickardsville ............

69.50 Cunningham' ..............

71.50 Wayne ...................

139.00 Higbee ................... ' 164.50 Conway ..................

134.50 Niangua ..................

8.50 Ritchey ...................

17.50 72.50 Lane's Prairie ............

Dexter ....................

84.50 Comfort ..................

57.50 Columbia .................

130.00 Blackwell ................

81.00 Ingomar ..................

139.00 102.00 Bethel ., ..................

46.50 Stella ....................

92.50 Dawn ....................

Winigan ...................

83.00 88.00 Jacksonville ..............

132.50 Ferguson .................

95.50 Mansfield .. ...............

41.00 Mexico ...................

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1916 No. Members.

50 61 63 51 29 38 89 29 34 89 26 72 27 41 95 43 77 164 94 50 57 32 37 48 93 316 46 853 37 66 49 105 114 74

1916 Paid.

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16.00 31.50 25.50 14.50 4.50 19.00 14.50 16.00 . .........

13.00 35.50

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3.00 47.00 49.00 38.00 81.00 47.00

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16.00 18.00 23.50

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19.00 33.00 25.00 52.00 56.50 35.50

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53 64 35 77 56 98 59 47 59 52 54 90 64 96

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1916. ] No. 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561

562 563

564 565 566 567

568 569 570

571 572 573 574

575 576 577 578 579 580 581

'582 583

584 585 586

587 588

589 590 591 592

593 594

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Grand Lodge of lVIissouri

Lodge.

Zalma .

Prairie Hill .

South Gate .

Clinton .

Carl Junction .

Rose Hill .

Pendleton .

Calhoun .

Clarksburg .

Foster .

Summerville .

Prairie .

Blairstown .

Moscow .

Clarkdale .

Nelson .

Cowgill .

Deepwater . york .

Jamesport .

Tebbetts .

Maplewood .

Miller .

Naylor .

Tiff City .

Republic .

Hayti .

Rutledge .

Bernie .

La Monte .

Easter .

Olive Branch .

Ewing .

Forest Park .

Grandin .

Houston .

Illmo .

Kosl!konong .

Novinger .

Red Bird .

Shamrock .

Criterion .

Branson . .

S1. Francisville Grove Spring .

Advance .

Barnett .

Stoutsville .

Union ...â&#x20AC;˘.................

Blodgett , .

Paid 1913,1914, 1915.

66.00 5.00 967.50 187.50 67.00 873.50 63.00 63.00 68.00 61.00 88.50 85.00 66.50 77.50 81.50 40.00 104.00 46.00 498.00 123.00

72.00 186.00 83.50 59.50 6.00 112.00 92.50 70.00 36.00 91.00 70.00 234.00 34.50.

324.00 62.00 51.50 93.00 85.50 54.50 31.00 40.00 75.00 50.50 48.50 20.00 41.50 59.00 49.00 46.00 62.50

1916 No. Members.

67 15 523 141 67 497 34 29 50 40 64 54 39 82 57 26 66 55 367 80 53 121 50 36 26 105 64 47.

1916 Paid.

33.00

65.50 41.50

14.50 24.00 19.00 31.50 19.50 40.50 27.50 10.00 33.00 183.50 40.00 26.50

17.50 47.00 51.50 13.00 23.50

53 46 203

45 212 44 31 71 56 63 38

22.00 15.50 34.50 28.00

28 52 51 34

25.50 17.00

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Proceedings of the Paid

No.

Lodge.

595· Cecil .....................

595 Emmanuel .. , .............

696 Puxico ....................

597 Bosworth .................

598 Leadwood ................

599 Elvins ....................

600 Cosby ....................

601 Clayton ...................

602 Acacia ...................

603 Morehouse ................

604 Strasburg .................

605 Walker ...................

606 Craig 607 Eminence .................

608 Strafford .................

609 Victory ...................

610 Clark .. , ..................

611 Centertown ...............

612 Mokane ...................

613 'Wellston .................

614 Mt. Washington .. .........

615 Chaffee ...................

616 Marion ...................

617 Park .....................

618 Grandview ................

619 Fairview .................

620 Willard ..................

621 Anderson ............ .....

622 Norwood, .................

623 Maple ............ ... .....

624 Owensville ............... , 625 Sheffield ..................

626 Magnolia .......... .........

627 Wallace Park ............

628 Moundville ...............

629 Valley Park ..............

630 East Gate ................

631 , 'rower Grove .............

632 Belgrade .................

633 Archie ...................

634 Steele ....................

635 Tuscumbia ...............

636 Weaubleau ...............

637 Mountain View ...........

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28.00 73.00 45.00 85.00 100.50 76.00 161.00 354.50 63.00 54.50 65.50 43.00 78.00 44.00 43.00 65.50 67.50 84.00 205.00 114.00 99.50 46.00 61.50 37.50 2.00 64.50 89.50 48.50 46.00 76.50 58.00 37.50 43.50 11.50 37.50 37.00 62.50 2.00 13.00 12.50 12.50 11.00

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1916

No. . Members.

1916

Paid.

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1916.]

No. 638 u39

Lodge.

Triangle lVlizpah

Paid 1913,1914, 1915. . .

Total, Chartered Lodges' to Sept. 15, 1915 $92,259.39 MiscellaneousSt. Graal Commandery, le. T. Charles B. Adams .

Whateley N. Chandler '. . Aaron Fuller .

F. R. Hogan .

Anthony F. Ittner .

Jacob Lampert . .

C. H. Meinhard Mrs. Betty Wiedmann .

Harry H. Zucker .

Grand Lodge -of Missouri .

1916 No. Members.

77 99

49 1916 Paid.

38.50 49.50

$17,612.50

$25,00 25.00 1.00 100.00 25.00 5.00 1,000.00 10.00 110.00 10.00 6,000.00

RECAPITULATION. Total from miscellaneous sources $ 7,311.00 Total from interest on daily balances . . 10.73 Total from Chartered Lodges to Sept. 15, 1915 . 92,259.39 Total from Chartered Lodges from Sept. 15, 1915, to Sept.

7th, 1916 ' " ' 17,612.50 Grand total Sept. 7th, 1916

$117,193.62

Fraternally sUbmitted,

Grand Secretary.

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[Sept.

Proceedings of the

REPORT' OF THE GRAND TREASURER. M. W. Bro. Wm. A. Hall, Grand Treasurer, presented the following report: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Having been honored by the Grand Master by appointment to the office of Grand Treasurer to fill the unexpired term of R. \-V. Bro. A. C. Stewart, deceased, I hereby submit the following report of receipts and disbursements during my incumbency in office: RECEIFTS. 1916

Cash on hand April 24th, 1916 (as per bank book St. Louis Union Bank $

April 28, Interest on deposits May I, Hecei;~red fr~fll Gr~nd Secr~~ary " 3, ~

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Interest on deposits :::::::::::::::::: Recei;yed fr~fll Gr~nd Secr~~ary .

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A~.g.

2, Recei;~'ed fr~~ Gr~.nd Secre.~ary 2, 7, 7, 11, 16,

9,364.41 16.37 100.90 44.35 96.60 50.35 64.10 14.20 49.70 79.90 49.75 12.65 2,270.00 3,034.00 1,478.75 3,834.25 2,976.75 2,798.25 529.75 2,548.50 1,634.50 642.25 4,918.25 7,305.50 6,895.00 2,752.75 1,099.50 5,444.75 1,207.50 7,251.00 80.35 3,457.50 3,845.75 3,766.25 3,220.25 4,843.00 3,937.25 8,498.00 4,159.25 4,345.25 6,725.45 36.96 2,305.30 6,340.00 699.00 56.20 363.00 143.25

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21, 22, 26, 30, Interest on deposits SeNt. 2, Recei~ed fr~~ Gr~nd 7,

386.00 59.35 344.00 75.05 99.50 150.50 247.10

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$126,748.04

DISBURSEMENTS. Warrant 1916.

No. April 28, 113 Masonic Home of Missouri, per capita tax. $ 114 John R. Parson, Grand Secretary, salary " 28, for April .

28, 115 J. R. McLachlan, Grand Lecturer, salary for April . .

28, 116 Assistant to Grand Secretary .

28, 117 Assistant to Grand Secretary May I, 118 James T. Sands, Agent, rent of Grand Lodge offices for ApriL .

Co., telephone 1, 119 Southwestern Telephone service for April .

1, 120 John It. Parson, Grand Secretary, postage, stationery, stenographic work, etc .

1, 121 Marshall Bros. Livery Co., automobiles for fune-ral of Bro. A. C. Stewart .

1, 122 Koenig Floral Co.â&#x20AC;˘ floral emblem for funeral of Bro. A. C. Stewart .

1, 123 Polar Wave Ice Co., ice for Grand Lodge offices .., .

I, 124 Becktold Printing & Book Mfg. Co., printing and binding Missouri Manuals .

1, 125 Edward Higbee, expenses attending funeral of Bro. A. C. Stewart .

I, 126 Spalding Stationery Co., printing, postage, stenog-raphic work and incidentals .

1, 127 W. A. Clark, expenses attending funeral of Bro. A. C. Stewart .

1, 128 J. R. McLachlan, Grand Lecturer, expenses for April .

8, 129 C. H. Briggs, expenses attending- to Grand Lodge business, by order of Grand Master ' .

8, 130 United Railways Co., car at funeral of Bro. A. C. Stewart .

15, 131 Campbell Wells, expenses attending funeral of Bro. A. C. Stewart .

20,' 132 A. M. Hough, expenses to Kansas City on Ivanhoe Lodge business .

20, 133 Fl'ank R. Jesse, Grand Master, expenses ..

22, 134 C. C. Woods, Committee on Fraternal Correspondence .

29, 135 John R. Parson, Grand Secretary, salary for l\1ay .

29, 136 J. R. McLachlan, Grand Lecturer, salary for l\1ay .

29, 137 Assistant to Grand Secretary . .

29, 138 Assistant to Grand Secretary 29, 139 H. H. Tittmann, Trustee, rent of Grand Lodge offices for May . telephone 29, 140 Southwestern Telephone' Co., service for May .

29, 141 John R. Parson, Grand Secretary, printing, postage, stationery, stenographic work, etc .

1.50 250.00 208.33 100.00 65.00 100.00 6.50 50.00 100.00 10.00 7.80 180.18 11.20 80.40 2.00 63.86 3.66 15.00 22.75 18.85 150.00 100.00 250.00 208.33 100.00 65.00 100.00 6.50 50.00

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June

July

Aug.

29,

142

5,

143

5, 7,

144 145

30,

146

30,

147

30, 30, 30,

148 149 150

1,

151

6,

152

6,

153

6, 10,

154 155

14,

156

17,

157

22, 29, 31,

158 159

160

31,

161

31, 31, 31,

162 163 164

I,

165

1,

166

11,

5,

167 168

11, 22,

169

25,

172

'25,

170

171

25,

173

25,

174

25,

175

28,

176

28, 28,

30, 30,

177 178 179 180

Spalding Stationery Co., printing, stationery, stenographic work and incidentals.

J. R. McLachlan, Grand Lecturer, expenses for month of May .

Masonic Home of Missouri, per capita tax.

Spalding S{ationery Co., printing, stationery, postage, stenographic work, etc ....

John R. Parson, Grand Secretary, salary fOl' June , , .

J. n. McLachlan, Gl'and Lecturer, salary for June , .

Assistant to Grand Secretary ,., .

Assistant to Grand Secretary .

H. H. Tittmann, Trustee, rent of Grand Lodge offices for June .

Southwestern Telephone Co., telephone service for June .

C. C. ,Voods, expenses dedicating hall at Slater, Missouri .

Spalding Stationery Co., printing, postage, stationery, stenographic work, etc .

Masonic Home of Missouri, per capita tax.

J. n. McLachlan, Grand Lecturer, expenses for June .

Masonic Home of Missouri, per capita tax.

Spalding Stationery Co., printing, postage, stationery, stenographic work and incidentals .

Masonic Home of Missouri, per capita tax.

Masonic Home of Missouri, per capita tax.

John R. Pal'son, Grand Secretary, salary for July .

J. n. McLachlan, Grand Lecturer, salary for July .

Assistant to Grand Secretary .

Assistant to Grand Secretary .

H. H. Tittmann, Trustee, rent for Grand Lodge offices for July .

Southwestern Telephone Co., telephone service for July .

Kinloch Telephone Co., telephone service for third quarter 1916 Masonic Home of Missouri, per capita tax.

J. R. McLachlan, Grand Lecturer, expenses for July .

Masonic Home of Missouri, per capita tax.

Masonic Home of Missouri, per capita tax.

Spalding Stationery Co., printing, postage, stationery, stenographic work and incidentals .

Mrs. A. C. Stewart, account of salary of Bro. A. C. Stewart, Grand Treasurer ....

Wm. A. Hall, account of salary as Grand Treasurer .

C. C. Woods, Committee on Fraternal Corresf)ondence .

J. R. McLachlan, Grand Lecturer, salary for August .

John R. Parson, Grand Secretary, salary for August .

Assistant to Grand Secretary .

Assistant to Grand Secretary .

H. H. Tittmann, Trustee, rent for Grand Lodge offices for August .

John R. Parson, Grand Secretary, printing, postage, stationery, stenographic worl{, etc .

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39.35 56.23 1. 50

75.59 250.00 208.33 100.00 65.00 100.00

6.50 12.00 14.75 9,709.81 85.80 19,480.00 28.43 20,589.28 20,716.44 250.00 208.33 100.00 65.00 100.00 6.50 19.50 10,979.11

30.72 758.57 378.04 60.58 100.00 100.00 100.00 208.37 250.00 10.0.00 65.00 100.00 100.00

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181

1,

182

Southwestern Telephone Co., telephone service for August .

Masonic Home of Missouri, per capita tax.

Total

Total receipts Total disbursements

6.50' 424.29 $ 88,376.38

RECAPITULATION. ,

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$126,748.08 88,316.38

$ 38,371. 66

Balance Septem bel' 7 th, 1916

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

REPORT OF GRAND AUDITOR. St. Louis, Mo., May 1, 1916.

R. W. Jno. R. Parson, Grand Secretary.

Dear Sir: At your request I have examined the Treasurer's account of the M. \,y. Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. IVL of Missouri, and found it correct in every particular.

In the last eight years of Bro. Stewart's service as Grand Treasurer it has been the custom to deposit the funds of the Grand Lodge, of which Bro. Stewart was Treasurer, in the name and to the credit of the Grand Lodge at the St. Louis Union Trust Company. Payments for the use of the Grand Lodge are made by checks signed by the Grand Master, Grand Secretary, and countersigned by the Grand Treasurer.

It will be seen by the above routine that the Grand Lodge is now and has been (during Bro. Stewart's term of office) in possession of its own funds; and that the Grand Lodge has no claim against the estate of B,路o. A. C. Stewart as Grand Treasurer.

Yours fraternally, W. K. SPINNEY, Public Accountant.

To the M. 'V. G,'and Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri; Having been appointed Auditor of the Grand Lodge for the rear 1915-1916, I submit the following report: I have examined the books and accounts of the Grand Secretary and T,'easurer and found them correct. I have verified -the receipts from each subordinate lodge and other sources and found them correctly accounted for by the Grand Secretary. Each day's receipts are deposited without delay to the eredi t of the Grand Lodge. Disbursements are made by warrants, which are checks on the banl{, signed by the Grand 1\'1aster, Grand Secretary, and countersigned by the Grand Treasurer, and these are all properly accounted for. The reports of Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer in detail will be found in the printed proceedings under the head of Grand Lodge Finances, and the balance, $38,371.66, is on deposit to the credit of the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., State of Missouri, at the St. Louis Union Bank.

Balance on hand September 15, 1915 $ 82,507.61 Received for lodge dues and other sources 119,323.05 $201,830.66

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DISBURSEMENTS. Warrants Nos. 1 to 182, inclusive

163,459.00

Balance on hand to credit of Grand Lodge at St. Louis Union Bank $ 38,371.66 St. Louis, Missouri, September 14th, 1916.

Yours fraternally, W. K. SPINNEY, Auditor.

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l;>ONATION TO HOME ENDOWMENT FUND. The Grand Secretary read the following letter from M. W. Bro. Arthur M. Hough, donating $5,000.00 to the Permanent Endowment Fund of the Masonic Home of Missouri, to be known as the "Arthur 1V1. Hough Masonic Home Endowment Fund." (Applause.)

September 19; 1916. the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons ot Missouri: Brethren: I donate to the Masonic Home of Missouri, to be a part of its permanent Endowment Fund, the sum of five thousand ($5;000.00) dollars, said sum to continue to be a permanent fund to help .support and maintain said Home, and only the earnings and income therefrom shall be used for that purpose.

This five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars is to be known' as the "Arthur M. Hough Masonic Home Endowment Fund."

Fraternally, ARTHUR M. HOUGH.

To

VOTE OF THANKS. W. Bro. S. E. Waggoner, President of the Home Board, moved that a vote of thanks be extended to M. W. Bro. Hough for the noble gift to the Masonic Home of Missouri.

Seconded by M. W. Bro. Wm. A. Hall and adopted by a. unanimous rising vote, amid long-continued applause.

(Calls for Bro. Hough to come forward. Speech called for.)

By Grand Master: Brethren, he is a great deal better than he looks. (Laughter and renewed applause.)

Brother Hough spoke as follows: I do not know whether I have been brought to the stage for you to look at or to make a speech, and I do not kno'w that I can add anything of special interest in a speech to what I have said in my communication. I will say, however, that this donation is only a small evidence of my appreciation, and of my interest in the Masonic Home of Missouri. There has never been a moment that the Ma~onic Home has not had my interest and earnest consideration.

We all wish it to prosper.

The Masonic Home is just as much of an established fact as this Grand Lodge, and if the Masonic Home was never mentioned in this Grand Body by communications and speeches, it would thrive' and prosper through the Spirit of Charity amongst the Masons of the State of Missouri .as long as they are actuated by the present motives

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of Love. Relief and 'Truth, and the Home is properly managed. The Masons of Missouri love it and are proud of it. It is the institution that we all love. Now, the principle upon which I make this donation Is this: We speak of "Charity," and 1 think the best way to be charItable is to give while 1 am living, and to take whatever 1 have to give away (I did not have it all; 1 had to borrow a good share of it) from myself. In fact, 1 did not think 1 should wait until I had passed away, and then have it taken from my heirs. I did not feel that that would be very charitable to them. I concluded that while I am in life and health and while I have use and need of the money myself, to deprive myself of it, if I wished to manifest my charity. and that r would give it to the institution that we all love and that will go on for all time to come. and r also considered that my annual donation to the Masonic Home of Missouri will be three hundred ($300.00) dollars a year, in the' interest on this donation, while I am living and after I am dead, if it is properly managed. That is the spirit with which I make this gift-not to hereafter have it taken from my heirs after I am dead, but take it from myself while I am living.

It Is not charity on my part to have it taken from my heirs. It may be easy to deprive some one else of money. but not so easy to deprive yourself of it. 1 prefer to take it from myself while I live. And my love goes with it, for I give it today for the benefit of the Masonic Home of Missouri. (Applause.)

ANOTHER DONATION,

By M. W. Bro. Jacob Lampert: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren: I am not going to let an old bachelor of Jefferson City outdo an old bachelor living in St. Louis. I won't stand for it, and I want to tell you now that r had a consultation with my heirs the other day (Laughter) and they are absolutely 'willing to have five thousand dollars less left to them and give it to the Masonic Home of Missouri today.

I. therefore, donate $5,000.00 to the Masonic Home, to be known as the "Jacob Lampert Masonic Home Endowment Fund." (Great cheering, long continued.)

M. W. Brother Jacob ,Lampert thereupon delivered to the Grand Secretary the following letter of donation: St. Louis, September 19, 1916.

To the M. W. Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri: Brethren: I donate to the Masonic Home of Missouri, to be""a part of its permanent Endowment Fund, the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars. said sum to continue to be a permanent fund 'to help support and maintain said Home, and only the earnings and income therefrom shall be used for that purpose.

This five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars is to be known as the "Jacob Lampert Masonic Home Endowment Fund."

Fraternally, JACOB' LAMPERT.

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The Grand Master: Brethren," are there any more old bachelors present that want to give five thousand dollars--:"-or any larger or smaller sums?

M. W. Bro. Lampert: I know there are some married men here today that have plenty of the "filthy lucre". (Laughter.)W. Bro. S. E. Waggoner: I desire on behalf of the Masonic Home to move this Grand Lodge to give a vote of thanks to M. W. Brother Lampert for his noble gift of $5,000.00. That money, as you are aware, or can ascertain by looking over the past proceedings of this Grand Lodge, is not his first gift by a long way. He has quite a large credit under his name, in the Endowment Fund and elsewhere, of donation"s heretofore made by hill).

Motion to tender vote of thanks to Brother Lampert seconded and duly carried by a unanimous rising vote.

M. W. Bro. Hough: I want to make a request: I hope the brethren of this Grand Lodge, including the officials, will not publish or furnish this to the public press-about my donation.

M. W. Bro. Lampert: Nor mine either.

M. W. Brother Hough: I don't want the press to have it.

M. W. Bro. Lampert: N.or do T.

REPORT OF MASONIC HOME BOARD. W. Bro. S. E. Waggoner, President of Masonic Home Board, presented and read his report and that of the other officers of the Home and Board, except M. W. Bro. Campbell Wells, who read his report as Treasurer, and the several reports, on motion, were adopted and order~d printed in the Proceedings. (See Appendix.)

TIME FOR CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS

TO

BY~LAWS.

On motion of M. W. Bro. A. M. Bough, the time for consideration of amendments to the By-Laws was fixed for "tomorrow, \iVednesday, morning at 10 o'clock.

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ANNOUNC'EMENT OF VISIT TO THE MASONIC HOME. The Grand Master announced that the Grand Lodge would adjourn this afternoon to 'visit the Masonic Home, cars being provided for the purpose.

VOTE OF THANKS, TO EAST'ERN STAR. M .. W. Bro. Arch A. Johnson made the following report, which was adopted: Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri: The Board of Directors of the Masonic Home desire to call attention to the splendid services rendered the Home and Home family by the members of the Eastern Star, since our last communication.

They never tire in their labor of love, supplying the family with every comfort, making their surroundings more cheerful and homelike, and in all, displaying the taste and genius given only to the artist whose, heart is aflame with love for the work.

The modesty displayed in the report of the Advisory Committee is characteristic of these noble women, but theIr report conveys but a poor idea of the volume and value of their work. In addition to the good cheer, their personal ministrations have brought to the Home family, and the countless 'gifts of articles for the comfort and adornment of the Home, they have expended during the year more than $7,000.00 for furnishings and other betterments of the Home.

We recommend this magnificent donation be made a matter of record and that the thanks and appreciation of the Grand Lodge be tendered ladies of the Order of Eastern Star for this and their many services in this behalf.

Respectfully submitted, ARCH A. JOHNSON, WM. F. KUHN, CAMPBELL WELLS.

-RESOL.UTION. R. W. Bro. O. A. Lucas presented and read the following resolution, which on motion was adopted: STANDING RESOLUTION.

Resolved, That at the annual sessions of the Grand Lodge the work shall be exemplified under the direction of the Right Worshipful Grand Lecturer and for such purposes he shall select officers from active Masters and District Lecturers present. Provided, that officers

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of the Grand Lodge may officate in their respective stations if tlley so desire.

O. A. LUCAS, WM. F. KUHN, BERT S. LEE, WM. F. JOHNSON. JNO. W. BINGHAM.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RECOGNITION OF GRAND LODGES. M. W. Bro. Wm. F. Kuhn, Chairman, presented and read the following report, which was adopted: To the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri: Your Committee on the Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges would report that no applications for recognitioin have come before the Committeâ&#x201A;Ź.

WM. F. KUHN, J AS. W. BOYD, CAMPBELL WELLS. ROBT. F. STEVENSON, CHAS. C. WOODS.

VOTE OF THANKS. M. W. Van F. Boor offered the following vote of thanks to various music teachers of St. Louis for instruction given to children of the Masonic Home: (Adopted.)

Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge be tendered to the various teachers and professors of music in St. Louis who have given their .services to the children of our Masonic Home.

VAN FREMONT BOOR.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FRATERNAL CORRESPONDENCE.

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M. W. Bro. C. C. Woods presented the report of this committee, which was adopted and ordered printed in the Proceedings: (See Appendix.)

STANDING RESOLUTION. R. W. Bro. Edward Higbee and 1\1. W. Bro. Jacob Lampert offered the following standing resolution, which was adopted:

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Whereas, questions arise from time to time on which the official decision of the Grand Master is desired, in the consideration of which the Craft and the Grand Master are entitled to the benefit of the advice and experience of the D. D. G. M. of the District in which the question may arise; therefore, be it Resolved. That such questions shall first be submitted to the D. D. G. M. of the District, who shall forward it to the Grand Master, together with his opinion a'nd suggestions thereon in writing.

EDW ARD HIGBEE, JACOB LAMPERT.

CALLED FROM' LABOR. At 12 :45 P. M. the Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 1 :30 P. M. Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. John H. Miller, Grand Chaplain.

FIRST DAY-AFTERNOONSESSION. The Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 1 :40 P.' M. by M. W. Grand Master Frank R. Jesse, other Grand Officers being in their respective stations.

Prayer by R. W. and Rev. JohnH. Miller, Grand Chaplain.

REPORT OF MASONIC EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. The Grand Secretary presented the following report for the Masonic Employment Bureau of St. Louis, which was ordered printed in the Proceedings: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Ac ~'.)pted Masons of Missouri: Obedient to the Grand Lodge By-Laws, the following report of the operation of the Masonic Employment Bureau of St. Louis for the period ending June 30, 1916, is submitted for your consideration and approval: FINANCIAL STATEIUENT.

RECEIPTS. *June 30, 1915, cash on hand $ 41.62 Received from St. Louis Lodges, per capita tax of 25c each member ... 3,309.34 $3,350.96

Paid out on vouchers .: Cash on hand 1916

approved $2.81'!'

June

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The Bureau was reorganized in January, 1916. Its business is conducted in due form under its bwn By-Laws, with.a full complement of officers and a Board of Directors. The work is beneficial and highly efficient, as will more fully appear from the following exhibit: Applicants placed in .

July, 1915 August, 1915 September, 1915 October, 1915 November,_ 1915 December, 1915 January, February, March, AprH, May, June,

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39

38 47 72 61

.

64 321 Average per month

.

65

53

, . 120 . 152 .

112

1916

.

105

1916

.

162 716 Average per month 119

1,037 Average Average Average Number Number Number

number of positions reported to Bureau per month number of applicants sent to positions per month number of applications received per month of positions paying from $75.00 to $125.00 per month.. of positions paying from $50.00 to $ 75.00 per month.. of positions paying less than $50.00 per month

'325

540 125 12% 60% ' 28%

"'Includes balance of $14.00 from 1915.

(Seal) Fraternally submitted, MASONIC EMPLOYMENT BUREAU OF ST.¡ LOUIS. F. E. SChutze, Attest: Chas. E. Schumacher, President.

Secretary.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS,.

R. W. Bro. B. E. Bigger called up proposed amendments to By-Laws offered at Session of 1915, but too late for final action,and now given their first reading at this Session, as follows: ., . 1. Proposed repeal of Section 231' and to enact in lieu â&#x20AC;˘ ''';ereof a new section.

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-2. By adding two new secti.ons to be known as Sections 157a and 157b.

3. To amend Section 132 by adding one claus.e.

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Aml'ndments to By-Laws Offered and Proposed by the Jurisprudence Committee.

I.

To repeal Section 231 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, and substitute in lieu thereof the following: Section 231. Trials. All Masonic trials shall be in the Lodge of the highest degree to which the accused has attained, and both the accuser and the accused, even though he may not be in good standing, may be present in person, and may be represented by counsel in good standing during the hearing of the evidence and the argument.

II. Amend the Grand Lodge By-Laws by adding two' new sections to be known as Section 157a and 157b, which said sections are as follows: Section 157a. Same. Any brother of this Grand Jurisdiction, free from charges, desiring to transfer his membership to a Lodge of any "recognized" Grand Jurisdiction, which has a law substantially the same, shall have the right to petition such lodge for membership, which petition shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Good Standing from his Lodge, showing him to be not delinquent in the payment of dues to the Lodge in which he holds membership, which Certificate shall be substantially in form set forth in Section 157 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. Should the lodge so receiving his petition elect him to membership, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Lodge so electing him to notifY, under the seal of the Lodge, his former Lodge of such election and request said Lodge to forward his Dimit to the Lodge so electing him. Upon the receipt of such notice, his former- Lodge shall grant him a Dimit and forward the same to the Secretary of the Lodge electing him. In case of his rejection by the Lodge to which he applied, his membership shall remain in his former Lodge granting the Certificate. If the Certificate of Good Standing herein provided for is not used within three months from the date thereof, it shall become null and void and of no effect. Provided, however, that this section shall in nowise be construed so as to impair the right of voluntary and absolute dimission.

Section 157b. Same. Any brother of any other "recognized" Grand Jurisdiction, free from charges, desiring to transfer his membership to any Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction shall have the right to petition such Lodge for membership, which petition shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Good Standing from his Lodge, showing him to be not delinquent in the payment of dues to the Lodge in which he holds membership. Should the Lodge so receiving his petition elect him to membership, it shall be the duty of the Secretary .)f the Lodge so electing him to notify, under seal of the Lodge, his former Lodge of such election and request said Lodge to forward his Dlmlt to t~e Lodge so electing him. The Dlmit shall be filed with

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the Secreta'ry of the Lodge so electing him and his membership therein shall date from the time his former Lodge granted his Dimit. It shall be the duty of the petitioner to pay his former Lodge such dues as he may be indebted to such Lodge. In case of his rejection, his membership shall remain in the Lodge granting the Certificate.

III.

Amend Section 132 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by adding the following to said Section "157b" so that when so amended said section shall read as follows: Section 132. _ Petition for Ueinhershfp Dimit l\lust Accompany. A lodge shall not entertain a petition for membership, unless the same is accompanied by a dimitor some other documentary evidence of good standing of the applicant, as provided in Sections 157 and 157b.

DORSEY A. JAMISON, ARCH A. JOHNSON, THAD B. LANDON, SAM D. HODGDON, B. E. BIGGER, ROBERT A. MAY, J. M. CARNAHAN. WM. A. HALL, J. H. CRANFILL.

M. W. Bro. C. H. Briggs, for himself and a number of others, presented and read propo~ed amendment to Section 182 by striking out entire section and substituting a new section therefor, as follows: Proposed Amcndment to Section 182.

To amend Section 182 by striking out entire section and substituting the following therefor: Section 182. Same. No Lodge shall receive a petition for the degrees or for affilation from any person who Is engaged in the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, either as a distiller, brewer, brewery agent, wholesale or retail liquor dealer or salesman, or agent, superintendent or foreman for such.manufacturer or dealer, a saloonkeeper, bartender, or one who serves intoxicating liquors as a vocation, or of anyone who is engaged in any capacity in the handling, manufacturing or selling of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, or of anyone owning a building or stock in a corporation or a building w'hose specific purp'ose, or use is for the manufacture or sale either by wholesale or retail of intoxicating liquors. Nor shall any Freemason recommend, or sign any petition or application for a dramshop license. Any Freemason who may, hereafter, begin such business, or perform, or- be engaged in any of the acts forbidden in this section shall be expelled, and any Lodge receiving a petition of a person so barred, or having elected to membership a person so

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barred, and which shall fail to expel such person, when informed of his ineIlgibility, shall have its Charter suspended or arrested by the Grand Master.

C. H. BRIGGS, WM. F. KUHN, CAMPBELL WELLS, ARCH A. JOHNSON, A. M. HOUGH, C. C. WOODS, BERT S. LEE. G.' C. MARQUIS, PERCY A. BUDD. SEAMAN RUSSELL. ALEX McDONALD~ No. 446, GEO. G. BAIERS\

ORATION. The M. 'W. Grand Master, in introducing R. W. Bro. Karl M. Vetsburg, Grand Orator, spoke as follows:

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Brethren, we are' very fortunate at this Session of the Grand Lodge because we have two Grand Orators with us. I mean what I say when I say Grand orators, because they both have a grand message for this Grand Lodge. We will now listen to our Grand Orator, R. W. Bro. Karl M. Vetsburg.

R. W. Bro. Vetsburg spoke as follows: M. W. Grand Master and Brethren: Recalling, as I do, the many brilliant brethren who have occupied the office of Orator of this Grand Lodge, and the many great orations delivered by them, and realizing full well my own limitations, that no power of oratory, no flowery speech is mine, it is with great temerity that I approach my task today. But I am reassured by the knowledge that Freemasonry is a charitable institution, and by the belief that the brethren will overloo!{ my shortcomings and receive my humble effort {n the true Masonic spirit.

I present to you no flowery exposition of the tenets of Freemasonry; I offer you no learned discourse on its philosophy; I deIlver no profound disquisition on the traditions, the antiquity, or the ancestry of Freemasonry; I tender you no learned dissertation on the veiled meanings of Masonry or its search after Truth, but will merely attempt, . very briefly, to present to you a few "chips from thequarries;" so-called, a few homely truths, a few practical facts about Freemasonry which have come under my observation in the course of my activities among the Craft.

The importance of Freemasonry-to Freemasons and to the world at large-is not so much that it may be a search after truth, too ~eep for the ;:Lvera!:?'e man to appreciate or comprehend: nor yet that

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it may contain a veiled philosophy, valuable to the student or searcher after truth, but largely indiscernible to the general run of men. Important as these qualities doubtless are, they do not express the prime purpose or value of Freemasonry. Freemasonry is a system of morals-not merely to be prated in the lodge, but to be practiced and exemplified in our daily lives-in our social relations-in our religious aspects-in our business dealings with each other and with the world,' and if we do not so impress our candidates and brethren with the import and solemnity of Freemasonry, the conferring of our degrees becomes a mere mockery and a farce.

On every Charter granted by this Grand Lod!;e appear the words, "Sit Lux et Lux Fuit":-Let there be light and there was light. This is a direct charge to every officer and member to spread and communicate light-the light of knowledge and understanding of the tenets of Freemasonry-the charity, the philanthropy, the altruism of Freemasonry; to cause our Freemasons to appreciate the religion of Freemasonry-that here all nanow dogma, all sectarianism-all bias and prejudice cease, and that among Freemasons there exists a universal religion, a broad fellowship, a true brotherhood of men.

And how can Freemasons be made not only to appreciate the great moral lessons of Freemasonry bu t also to practice them?

First. By a proper mental preparatinn of the- candidate for ...the degree. Too often are candidates deceived and cajoled about the nature of the degrees; and, when so treated, the mind is in no mood to receive or appreciate the lessons intended to be imparted.

Seeond, By an intelligent rendition of the ritual, solemnly and feelingly given under appropriate conditions.

Tbir(], By encouraging a study by the novitiate o'f the ancestry, the tradition, the history of Masonry. In this regard this Grand .JuriSdiction is absolutely inactive. We confer the degrees upon the candidate, we lecture him in those degrees, and then his Masonic education ceases unless the spirit of the candidate moves him to private research and learning. We tell him a few things about the antiquity of Masonry-many of them not accurate in fact-but what do we tell him of the ancestry of Freemasonry? What does the average Freemason know of the symbolism, the tradition, the history, the development of operative and speculative Masonry? How many Freemasons are really conversant with .the true meaning of the lessons of the degrees? .How many Freemasons understand the beautiful "Drama of Faith and Immortality" which graces and adorns the third degree? When we see brethren sectarianizing their Lodges and refusing admission to worthy petitioners of other religious affiliation than their own, we kno.w that the spirit of Freemason~y is wholly foreign to their minds and souls, and that they have no appreciation or conception of the religion of Freemasonry. There are many uninformed Masons, and Freemasonry, to perform its mission, must educate them in the meaning of the Mysteries. Our S'ister Jurisdiction on the north realized several years ago the necessity of such a move, and has had prepared and is now presenting to each candidate a charming recital of the things about the origin, the ancestry, the oevelopment, the religion, the philosophy ano the spirit

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of Masonry that every Freemason ought to know, the knowledge of which should make him a better man and a more loyal Freemason.

A similar campaign of education is needed in this jurisdiction, and this Grand Lodge might do worse than follow the example of the Grand Lodge of Iowa.

Fourth. and lastly, by making the meeting place of the Lodge attractive. Beautiful buildings attract the profane to Freemasonry and draw the member to his Lodge after his raising. Fine buildings are of great edu~ational value. For many years after our Civil War, architecture in this country was decadent, but of recent years there has been a distinct revival in all its branches, and for good reason.

The very arches, the stately Gothic arches of this grand old structure-erected originally to the worship of God, but now dedicated also to the cause of Scottish Rite Freemasonry-its roof, inlaid with stars, its stained glass windows, with the "dimness and glory of the Infinite behind them," its rough-hewn gray old stones, all breathe an atmosphere of solemnity. Why do church organizations build handsome edifices? Because they attract and lead men to God and to religion. Why do we construct stately schools and costly colleges and magnificent libraries? Because they attract and lead the populace to learning,to wisdom, to efficiency. Why do States and Governments and Municipalities erect imposing Capitols and City Halls and Court Houses? Because they evidence solidarity, and tend to inculcate loyalty and patriotism and civic pride. In like manner, magnificent Masonic Temples induce the profane to knock for admission, and cause the initiated to cross the threshold often in search of light. When one views a handsome church or temple, one involuntarily exclaims, with the Masonic prose-poet of Iowa: "What a faith builded this home of the soul; what a philosophy underlies and upholds it!" Freemasonry should be a society of builders, at least so far as its own homes are concerned. This Grand Lodge encour路 ages and urges its Lodges to build suitable temples-appropriate buildings, and in this work, this Grand Lodge should lead-should set a good example. This Grand Lodge should have an appropriate home of its own. Instead of renting inadequate quarters in an antiquated office building, where Its library and records are constantly endang-ered, where its gallery of Past Grand Masters is hung in part in a dingy, pUbli~ hallway, it should own a Home of its own-a home commensurate with the dignity of this Grand Lodge-;-a home in keeping with an 1nstitution composed of over sixty-six thousand loyal citizens of the grand old commonwealth of Missouri; a home adequate to the needs of this Grand Lodge, with a suitable meeting place for its annual communications, with fireproof vaults for its archives and records, with adequate space for its library and galleries. with appropriate offices for the First Freemason of the State, the Most Worshipful Gr~nd Master, and for its Secretary, that grand old man, that Nestor of Freemasonry, M. W. Bro. John R. Parson. " An opportunity for such a building has been offered this Grand Lodge, and when the proposition Is voted on at this communication, I trust the brethren will see the light-see the value of the same.

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be a beacon light alike to the initiate and the profane; it would proclaim to the world the worth and solidarity of Freemasonry; H would attract to Masonry the best men the State over, and enable us to perform to the fUllest our mission of universality, of fraternity; of philanthropy to all mankind. Ours is a wonderful institution, it we, its adherents, but cause it to exercise its full beneficent infiuence. This is an age of service-not only to our own, not only to the. little children whom we saw here today, not only to those ot our brethren who are in the sunset of their lives, which is a service rendered not voluntarily to the needy, but required by the most sacred ties, the most solemn obligation-but a service to humanity at large for humanity's sake, to the needy because they are needy, to the afflicted because they are affected and 'have no big brother to protect them. This is an era of service-personal service-and yours and mine is a wonderful opportunity-you and I are, each ot us, rich in the opportunity of serving God by serving mankind.

"Rich ?~Why, I'm a millionaire, I'm richer than Croesus there; Not in the ,cash I hold, Not 'in mere terms of gold, But in the dividends Paid in the love of friends, Paid in the joy I find Dwelling among my kind, Serving their needs and mine, Rich in the thrills divine, Surging within my heart, Trying to do my part; Making the world a place Fuller of Love and Grace."

The Grand 1\1aster: Brethren, in behalf of this Grand Lodge, I extend our hearty thanks to R. W. Bro. Karl M. Vetsburg for his eloquent and practical oration.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRES,S,.

M.' W. Bro. Xenophon Ryland, Chairman, presented report of the Committee on Grand Master's Address, which was adopted: To the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons ot the State of Missouri: Brethren: Your committee to which was referred the address of the Grand Master for consideration and distribution of its subject-matter, fraternally submit the following: Recognizing the contrast drawn between the Mission of Free-

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masonry and th~ effect of its overwhelming shadow, evidenced by the turmoil of war in Europe, we agree with him that out of the turbulent shaking, good must come, since th~ invisible hand of an Almighty Ruler will eventually prevail.

Hi~ summary of condition, wherein the propagation of Masonic principles and practices have received such ample encouragement, furnishes cause for congratulation and commendation of the Mission efforts of the constituent elements of the Grand Jurisdiction.

We likewise commend the spirit of the language which conveys to our thoughtful consideration the monumental Masonic Home presenting a living construction of Masonic purpose, and that of the Washington National Masonic Memorial Association intended to perpetuate knowledge of a life of exemplary Masonic conduct.

The visitations of the Grand Master to the several Lodges. as detailed 'in his report. deserve the commendation of this Grand Body, as they clearly indicate that duty was constantly in mind.

We commend to the consideration of the Committee on Obituaries, his reference to the Honored Dead.

The condition of the Improvement Fund of the Masonic Home, together with the delinquencies relative thereto, demands attention of the Grand Lodge and we recommend its reference to incoming Grand lVIaster \vit.h instruction to collect.

Intensive demands in the way of correspondence are becoming serious to the incumbent of the office of Grand Master, and his idea for relief of some character requires consideration, we, therefore, recommend a reference of that portion of the address to the Committee on Reports of Distric~ Deputy Grand Masters.

Action as to the Dedication of Halls, Dispensations, Installation of Officers, Laying of Corner-Stones, and the removal of Lodges to new Halls, we recommend for approval.

The two arrests of Charters reported, are recommended to final consideration and report of a Special Committee of five.

Report of dispensations for the for.mation of new Lodges are subjects for the Committee on Lodges U. D. and we recommend such reference.

We approve the appointment of a Grand Treasurer to fill the vacancy caused by death, together with the recommendations for commissions as Grand Representativ.;;s.

To the Committee on Jurisprudence, we recommend reference of the following subjects of the address: Decisions, Consent to Borrow Money, Border Legislation, Limitations of a Grand Master and Charges of Unmasonic Conduct.

We commend the Grand Master for bis devotion to the require-

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ments of h.is office, and his conscientious discharge of the onerous duties impose~ will merit the approval of his brethren.

Fraternally sUbmitted, XENOVHON RYLAND, CHARLES C. WOODS,' ROBERT F. STEVENSON, JOHN R. PARSON, ARTHUR M. HOUGH, DORSEY A. .T AMISON, CORON A H. BRIGGS, CAMPBELL WELLS, ViTM. F.' KU'HN, ALGERNON S. HOUSTON, DA VID M. WILSON,' JOHN r. SHORT, THEODORE BRACE, JAMES W. BOYD, ROBERT R. KREEGER, WILLiAM A. HALL,' CLA Y C. BIGGER, .

ARCH A. JOHNSON, JACOB LAMPERT, VAN F. BOOR, TOLMAN W. COTTON.

The Grand Master: Brethren, as I have already stated, we also have with us the other Grand Orator, R. W. Bro. George F. Rixey of Gallatin, who will now address you.

ORATION. Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren: It is indeed a very great pleasure to me that I am permitted to be with you this afternoon. About this time Saturday afternoon, when I happened to be falling to the earth and a box of books was coming right after me, I thought that I would not have the pleasure of being here, or any other place, but in bed, for several weeks. Fortunately, the resulting wound was not very serious-to me; as for you, I will not say.

I do not come this afternoon with any set address, because when an opportunity is given to me to speak about Freemasonry, I am not able to restrain myself. Neither have I any set subject, but I win just endeavor to bring to you some of the impressions which have come to me when I have meditated upon the sublimity of this noble institution.

When one views the history of manldnd, the most likely simile which can come to him is that it is a most wondrous panorama; that it starts at the very beginning of time and unfolds itself with varying scenes in wondrous fashioh. And as we view the progress of humanity, our minds are lost in admiration at the wondrous changes whicn meet our eyes. If we are at all discerning, soon we perceive

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that from what seems to be endless change and confusion there emerge certain well-defined traits, certain well-developed tendencies, certain clearly marked characteristics which add to the appreciation which we might h'ave of the wondrous accomplishments oc' humankind. The most noticeable thing which comes to us at first is that there seems to be a regularity of the changes which come, we see that Nations emerge from oblivion, take. their places upon the scene of action, hold one's attention for awhile, and then they recede, while others press on to the foreground and challenge our thought. .When we see this recurri'ng time after time, we are impressed with the fact that there are well-developed laws which seem to govern the ascendency and the decline of a people. It is not in our province this afternoon to inquire into those -laws, but _they are well established. There likewise comes to our attention also this fact, that not only Nations come from oblivion, have their day of prosperity and grandeur, but there are also great ideas of mankind which come forth, God knows where, which hold sway over the minds and the actions - of men for a time, and then they, too, pass on and are discredited, giving way to newer thoughts, expressions and conceptions. By a consideration of these great ideas which have actuated the conduct of men, we have been able to divide the history of mankind, in its national and intellectual" life, into certain great epochs.

We have the age of the cave men, the age of the stone man, the age of the iron man, and the age of the man of electricity and the dominion of the air, all characterized by the domination of their respective ideals and conceptions, which have come forth and have been given to the world. As we consider these great ideals, we soon learn that here there is a difference; that some are more tenacious than others; that some of them come forth like a flower in the morni ng, they flourish for a brief season and then decline; they are cut down and withered; while others persist on through age after age, held by people after people among mankind.

It is to the consideration of such an ideal, of a conception which has existed beyond the lifetime of a Nation, through centuries of time, that we may direct our thought this afternoon. For verily, brethren, Freemasonry is not of a day, nor is it of a century. It matters not when, we may decide its origin as a certain well-deflned organization, may have been. The great concept of Freemasonry goes further back than any organized Lodge. It goes back to the time when - man first lifted his eyes in prayer and in adoration to the Almighty, the one living and true God; and from that time to - this day, during age after age, as mankind has been true to that concept, whether it be in the simple groves of an Arcady, or whether it be in the majestic halls of a beautiful Cathedral, Freemasonry has been in existence. Small wonder it is then, that we can speak of the antiquity of our noble institution. Of all the great forces which have influen<;ed mankind in his intellectual, in his civic or political and his moral life, Freemasonry is among the foremost.

The influence of the school of stoicism passed out with the life of the Nation with which it was connected. More than one great faith exists only because of the national life whose peculiarity it most aptly fits.

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upon any people or upon any Nation ; and were the people which gave it its birth and used it and promoted its organization, to be absolutely blotted out from the earth, .it would continue to grow and to spread its beneficent influences over all the world. It, of the great ideals of ancient times, continues to flourish with increasing prosperity in the wonderful civilization of today. And while there is among many religious creeds the necessity for a re-statement of faith in order to adequately interpret the religious conceptions of the' present day, there still remains in the teachings and in the symbols of Freemasonry that which provides for and in the use of which comes the increased conception of mankind as to his duty to God, his neighbor and to himself, and you and I today are enabied by the symbols which are ours to still teach to the initiate, to still exemplify in our own lives, that character and that conduct which is acceptable in view of the standard of this Twentieth Century., Tremendous it has been in its power to express always its high ideal~ ism to its members. Yes, tremendous it has been in molding the political life where it has had full sway. I suppose that after the church of the living God, there has not been any organization, or any idealism, which has so forcibly been imprinted upon the political life of mankind as has that of Freemasonry, And, my. friends, if after this great cataclysm of war which is continually and so universally being engaged in in Europe there should come a higher conception of peace, of brotherhood and of humanity, the influence of Freemasonry will be still most potently felt.

I am glad that all over this great land of ours the voice of Freemasonry is raised unto Almighty God for peace.

But, my friends, "God moves in a mysterious way,' his wonders to perform."

While I am convinced that the cause of the great war is those of unrighteousness and greed, I am constrained to believe that the hand of Almighty God will put aside the wrath of men and will accomplish his wondrous purposes. A-nd may not, we, as Freemasons, as those who have in their power, the creating of tremendous public opinion, set ourselves to the task that when Nations shall endeavor to right themselves with Nations, after this war, theY shall attempt to do so in accordance with the principles of Brotherhood, of Freemasonry, and the ideals of Christ? And then with that there will come over earth a brooding peace, an abiding peace, and again we shall live in trust, in peace and in loving accord; and there will be in the lives of men that same harmony which is in the universe and which honors' and glo'rifies the Supreme ~rchi足 teet.

May we not ask why this great institution has exerted such tremendous influence and has existed throughout such a great length of time? There are many reasons, too many for us to consider here. I will ask that you consider only a few. One reason, it seems to me, why it has been of such far-reaching influence, is because of the manner of its teachings. It teaches the sublime lessons in simplicity. There is an utter lack of ostentation in its presentation of truth. Its truth comes to the mind of the initiate as simply and as clearly as the nature of God -itself works. And, my brethren, I believe that we should learn this sublime lesson of our Fraternity. We sometimes mistake the fact that the great

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experiences of our lives come without much outward manifestations. Frequently the most soul-;stirring experiences we have come to us when men doth not see, but God and ourselves alone know.

Sometimes we are tempted to elaborate upon the simple presentation of trutli; but we do not follow in the line of the Great Creator of the universe when we do. If you will read the account of the creation, you will not read anything about great sermons or primeval causes or turmoil or display. God spake and it was. God brings forth the tree. It grows from a small twig into a mighty, majestic monarch of the forest, and yet no song of praise heralds its growth, but silently and quietly it seelis its place. The flower that comes forth and beautifies the roadside with its tender beauty and scents the air with its wonderful fragrance, comes forth and so silently do its petals unfold, and so quietly is its fragrance liberated that we must depend only upon the eye and upon the smell to detect its presence.

The great Universe, the most wonderful organization which man tries to comprehend, moves with matchless precision, yet with silence and simplicity. And as we teach the incomparable lessons of the Craft, simply, without ostentation, they find in the human heart, that response that truth simply applied always finds.

And then its lessons are taught by allegory and parables. A wonderful means of teaching is this. Sometimes such a method is criticised; but, my brethren, the great moral truths of humanity have always been taught thus. Had mankind depended upon the abstract truth taught by philosophy, the great moral forces in the domination of the world today would not exist. The greatest Teacher of all recognized this fact, and the most inspiring teachings of the Christ are those of allegory and parable. And as we maintain the landmarks of the Craft, in thus c0ntinuing to teach the truths of Freemasonry, so will we follow after and ever be true to this divine method of teaching.

And then this tremendous continuous influence of Freemasonry comes because of the truths it teaches. Ah, what a wonderful field thus opens up before our eyes. 1 would that you might be listening to one who could bring to you as 1 cannot, a full conception of this vast field.

One reason, my friends, why Freemasonry exists today is because it has sought after and has endeavored to teach the truth only. Not somewhat of fraud,. not somewhat of ostentation, but the Truth as it is given by the great Creator Himself; and because we have been engaged in this, has the Craft been enabled to give such wonderful contributions to humanity. vVe cannot pause to try to bring before our minds the full range of this thought.

We can mention only a few of its teachings.

What are some of the great tenets of universal truth which Freemasonry teaches? If you will pardon me, 1 will bring to your minds again that which you have often heard: Man's duty to himself, his neighbor and his God. Freemasonry borders on the sublime, my friends,' when it teaches to man to be in absolute control of himself. God rules the world because He rules Himself. Too few of us have learned- the lesson that one's own self is a man's worst enemy. Too many men act upon the theory that one's self, the ego, is absolute and supreme, and thus they actually worship themselves. That is a noble line which says that "I am the Captain of

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The reasons for it you have learned in the teaching~ of our noble art. I would that every Freemason, from the youngest Entered Apprentice to the oldest Mastermason in all the world might never for one instant lose the meaning of this to himself, and then peace and -harmony would路 al ways prevail. Then comes man's obligation to his brother, to his neighbor. I must hasten!

How many times .have I heard thes~' lessons inculcated. With what fervor sometimes do we express the beauty of these teachings, and yet how far short do we fall when actually endeavoring to practice them. We heard this morning in the eloquent and incom-, parable report of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, of a Lodge so absolutely torn by dissension and strife that' it can no longer do the work of a Masonic Lodge, nor can its members uphold the dignity ot Freemasons. Man's duty to his neighbor is that which is due to himself. And how many times do we need to remember this!

I like that teaching of Freemasonry, that we are to endeavor to help our brother to remedy his mistakes, even as we must seek to remedy our own. I do not know whether a Freemason wrote these words or not, but they breathe the spirit of Freemasonry: "If you see a tall fellow ahead of a crowd,

A leader of men marching fearless and proud, And you know of a tale whose mere telling aloud, Would cause his proud head to in anguish be bowed, It's a pretty good plan to forget it.

If you know of a skeleton hidden away

In a closet, and guarded and kept from the day In the dark; and whose showing, whose sudden display, Would cause grief and sorrow, and lifelong dismay, It's a pretty good plan to forget it."

And, my friends, 'the spirit of Freemasonry may sometimes be as well served by forgetting the faults of our neighbor as by remembering his virtue.

And then the Freemason's (duty to God. My friends, this should be more than a perfunctory faith. A Freemason's' acknowledgment of the Deity should be more than a mere formal acknowledgment, more than the mere fulfilling of the requirement for admission into a Masonic Lodge. How my heart has been wounded by hearing the lips of men who claimed the honored title of Freemason and who professed to believe in the Almighty God, speak his name' with irreverence and profanity. There must be in the teaching of Freemasonry and outwardly exemplified in our lives, a reverence not only of speech, but of heart. We must honor the works of the ere-. ator in all things. We' must behold the wondrous handiwork in all things that are about us. Oh, we have not a true estimation of the true conception of God if 'we worship Him merely as one high and lifted up instead of one near and dear, merely as one who visits upon us His displeasure. Not until we have learned to look upon him as a divine, beneficent being, expressing Himself in all that is

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precious and dear to our hearts, do we learn the true lesson and meaning of the Masonic teachings about the Deity. We must learn to know God as one who has written "A fire mist and a planet. A crystal and a cellA jelly-fish and a saurian, And caves where cave-men dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the. clodSome call it evolution, And others call it God. A haze on the far horizonThe' infinite, tender skyThe ripe rich tint of the cornfields, And the wild geese sailing high; And all over the upland and lowland The charm of the golden-rodSome of us call it Autumn And others call it God. Like tides on the crescent sea-beach When the moon is new and thin, Into our hearts come high yearnings.

Come welling and surging in: Come forth from the mystic ocean Whose rim no foot has trod, Some of us call it longing And others call it God. A picket frozen on dutyA mother starved for her broodSocrates drinking the hemlock, And Jesus on the rood; And millions who humble and nameless, The straight, hard pathway trodSome call it consecration And others call it God." I see that my time is up. But there is just one more thought; {hat is, Freemasonry has been enabled to wield this tremendouR Influence because of its product. I mean this. Incontrovertibly. my friends, as sublime as may be the teachings of our Order, as ancient as they may be, they are not any greater than when they are fully exemplified in the life of a man. We have heard mention here ot the Memorial to George Washington. We cannot by storied urn, in monument or graven tablet tell of the virtues of George Washington as they were. A man's personality is ever greater than his works.

Neither will we say that Freemasonry made George Washington what he was. But we do say that George Washington, the noblest .' patriot of all time, was a true exemplification of the principles of Freemasonry. And you and" I, my friends, while it may not fall to

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our lot to be great leaders of men, or to have our names enshrined in the hearts of men .throughout the ages, or to be enrolled high upon the roll of fame; yet you and I, in our simple life, by precept uPQn precept and line upon line, can so live the noble truths of our Order, that our lives will exemplify in all of their beauty the sublimity of its noble principles. And when you and I, my friends, have learned to do that, not counting upon the praise of men, nor expecting it, bu't merely desiring to deserve the proud title of Freemason, who does nothing that he need ever be ashamed of, but brings to the Supreme Grand Master that which shall meet his approval, we have then made the greatest contribution it is possible for us to make to our time-honored Order.

This morning your hearts were thrilled by two noble, magnanImous gifts; but, no; not by gifts, but by the giving by the spirit which actuated the men who made the gifts. My friends, it may be that what you and I have done, or it may be the recollection thereof will be lost.

But if you and I have lived as true Freemasons, with the understanding we have of the principles of our noble institution, men will remember us as what we were. May God help you and help me and help every Freemason thus to serve Him, to honor Him, and to glorify Him. (Great applause.) .

The Grand Master: Brethren, it is very fortunate that we have with us no other Grand Orators. If we did, we wouldn't have enough votes of thanks to go around.

In behalf of the Grand Lodge, I want to extend to路R. W. Brother Rixey our thanks for this eloquent address. It is not only instructive, but it is polished, poetical and literary. It has been an inspiration, I know, to all the members of this Grand Lodge, and we thank him most heartily.

RESOLUTION. M. W. Bro. Campbell Wells offered the following resolution for appointment of special committee, representing this Grand Lodge, to attend the funeral of 1v1. W. Bro. Williams, at Boonville, which was unanimously a'dopted: Resolved, That Most Worshipful Brothers C. H. Briggs, C. C. Woods, J. W. Boyd, Arch A. Johnson, T. W. Cotton and R. R. Kreeger be appointed as a committee representing- this Grand Lodge to attend the funeral of P. G. M. Wm. M. Williams at Boonville, Mo., at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, and that should any of th~~se brethren be unable to go, the Grand Master be empowered to fill the vacancies, as well as add thereto such names as his judgment dictates.

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CALLED FROM LABOR. At 3 :15 P. 1\1. the Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 7 :30 this evening to afford the members of the Grand Lodge an opportunity to visit the Masonic Home.

The Grand 1\1aster ~nnounced that he would name committees at the evening session.

Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. John H. Miller, Grand Chaplain.

FIRST DAY-EVENING SESSION. The Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 7 :30 P. M. by M. W. Grand Master Frank R. Jesse, the other Grand Officers being in their respective stations.

Divine guidance and' blessing invoked by R. W. Bro. James M. Boon, acting. Grand Chaplain.

STANDING COMMITTEES,.

The Grand Master announced the following list of Standing and Special. Committees, which was read by the Grand Secretary and copies posted in Grand Lodge room: JURISPRUDENCE.-Dorsey A. Jamison, Chairman; Robert A. May, James H. Cranfill, B. E. Bigger, John C. Robertson, J. W. Powell, J. M. Carnahan.

APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.-Thomas F. Hurd, Chairman; Anthony F. Ittner, Robert R. Wade, L. M. Haydon, Forrest C. Donn~ll, George H. Burnham, .Sam D. Hodgdon.

W'AYS AND MEANS.-Campbell Wells, Chairman; D. M. Wilson, Walter A. Coon, Wm. C. Ransom, John T. Short, George F. Rixey, George P. St. John.

CREDENTIALS-August F. Weeke, Chairman; W. H. Carpenter, F. E. Diekneite, Arthur S. Morey, Chas. 'r. Kornbrodt, J. Percy Rose, . Harry B. Hulett.

PAY ROLL.-Walter R. Shrodes, Chairman; Perry W. Peck, C. H. Dicus, R. M. Wilson, J.' W. Keith.

CHARTERED LODGES.-Clarence L. Alexander, Chairman; James A. Kinder, W. A. Phipps, G. G. Lane, George H. Imbrie, Charles B. Grimm, Mason Smith.

LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION.-James A. Boone, Chairman; Sam Goldstein, E. E. Newton, Charles Reilly, J. C. Bowman, Jas. A. DeArmond, Eli Trimble.

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CHARITY.-Andrew J. O'Reilly, Chairman; V. H. Primm, Geo. W. McKown, R. A: Markwell, Frank Seidel, Solon Cameron, Jos. D. Stewart.

REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.-William E. Hoke, Chairman; John M. Ford, Cornelius Call, Thomas Hopkin~, S. ,~. Stites, J. A. Evans, Frank E. Woodfill.

'MASONIC BOARDS OF RltLIEF.-M. T. Balsley, Chairman; George W. Custer, Howard G. Cool{, J. D, Warren, W. A. Summers.

E. ,M, Schlichting, John Roth. , RITUAL.-D, M. Wilson, Chairman. ,'MASONIC HOME-V. O. Saunders, Chairman; J. M. Goodrich, Geo. "V. Restrick, Jr., Jacob Eckhardt, K, C. Johnson, James H. Leathers, W. L. Hamrick.

'CORRESPONDENCE.-Charles C. Woods, Chairman.

0BITUARIES-Corona H. Brigg's, Chairman; E. C. Clowe, Egbert Sims, J. W. Ingram, H. A. Stearns, Edw. H. Kundegraber, E. cf.

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AUDITING.-William K. Spinney, Chairman; L. H. Abrams.

GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.-Xenophon Ryland, Chairman. . UNFINISHED BUSINESS.-James M. Boon, Chairman; T. D. Foster, vV. C. Urban, C. S. Dickerson, G. A. Lambier, Charles N. Gilles, John Wheatley.

TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS.-B. L. Tatman, Chairman.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES. RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGES.-William F. Kuhn', J.W. Boyd, Campbell Wells, R. F. Stevenson, C. C. Woods.

MANUALS.-William E. Hoke, J. C. Garrell, Joseph S. McIntyre, Wm. A.' Hall, Ernest B. Kitchell. ,RITUAL.-D. M. Wilson, Campbell' Wells, R. R. Kreeger, Wm. A. 'Hall, John T. Short. .

LEA~E OF OFFICES.-A. M. Dockery,' Campbell Wells, Jacob Lampert.

EXEMPLIFICATION OF WORK. No further business appearing for consideration, the Grand Master placed the' Grand Lodge under direction of R. W. Bro. J. R. McLachlan, Grand Lecturer, who, with the assistance of other Grand Officers and Brethren, proceeded to exemplify the work of the entire First Degree, and the second section of the Second Degree.

CAL,LED FROM LABOR,.

At 9 :30 P. M~ the Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 9. o'clock tomorrow morning.

Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. ]. :M. Boon, acting Grand Chaplain.

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SECOND DAY--NIORNING SESSION. St. Louis, Wednesday, September 20, 1916.

The 1\10st Worshipful Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 9 :00 o'clock A. M. ~y M. W. Grand Master Frank R. Jesse, with the other Grand Officers in their respective stations. Hymn, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," sung by the Brethren.

Opening prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. JohnH. 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.

SPEOIAL COMMITTEE ON ARRES,TED' OHARTERS. The Grand l\1aster announced the following Special Committee on Arrested Charters: Arch A. Johnson, G. J. Vaughan, H. N. Martin, Walter Hoskins, J. E. Thompson.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, TO BY.LAWS. The following proposed amendments to Grand Lodge ByLaws were offered by several Brethren signing same: 1. To amend Section 67 by substitution.

2. To amend Section 111 by repeal and substitution.

3. To amend Section 69.

To amend Section 67 of Grand Lodge By-Laws by substituting In lieu thereof the following: Section 67. Annual Dues. Every chartered Lodge shall pay annually to the Grand Lodge the sum of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for each Master Mason reported in the annual returns. One dollar ($1.00) of this sum shall be used for the support of the Masonic Home, unless otherwise ordered by the Grand Lodge.

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shall pay to the Grand Lodge the sum. of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for eacl! year's dues so collected, if not previously accounted for.

J. M. McDONALD, No. 220, C. A. LESTER, No. 625, NAT. NEUSTETER, No. 220, GEO. P. ST. JOHN, No. 563, SEAMAN RUSSELL, No. 104, CHARLES B. -KILLINGSWORTH, No. 630.

Be It Resolved, That Section 111 be amended by repealing said' Section 111 and in lieu thereof adopting the following as such section: Section 111. Same. Anyone of the three degrees may be conferred upon not more than five candidates at one and the same time, at any special or stated Communication, provided, that such candidates. shall be received separately in the First, Second and Third Degrees, and shall pass separately thrqugh the second section of the Third Degree.

ALEXANDER McDONAL~ THAD B. LANDON, CHARLES T. KORNBRODT. . To amend Section 69 of out the words "one-seventh" Inserting in lieu thereof the when so amended shall read

the Grand Lodge By-Laws by striking in line eleven (11) of said section and words "one-fifth", so that said section as follows:

Section 69. Mileage and Per Diem. The Past Grand Masters, Grand Officers, District Deputy Grand Masters, District Lecturers and one Representative from each Lodge and the Chairman of each Standing Committee, who do not draw mileage and per diem in any other capacity, shall be paid the sum of three dollars ($3.00) for each day they may be in actual attendance upon the 路Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, and three ~ents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning therefrom; IJrovided, that no Representative shall receive either mileage or per diem unless all dues from his Lodge to the Grand Lodge have been paid by August 1st, and no Representative shall receive more than one-fifth of the sum paid by his Lodge for that year as dues, and no one shall receive mileage and per diem in a double capacity.

R. J. MITCHELL, Verona Lodge No. 452.

M. W. Wm. F. Kuhn offered .the following proposed amendment to Section 246 of Grand Lodge By-Laws: To amend Section 246 by striking out the last two lines of said section, which read as follows: "The appellant may dismiss his appeal at any time before the meeting of the Grand Lodge."

W. F. KUHN, C. C. BIGGER.

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S,TANDING R.ESOLUTION. M. W. Bro. Arch A. Johnson presented the following resolution to transfer certain Lodges from Fifty-fifth to the Fiftyfourth lVlasonic District: (Adopted.)

Be It Resolved, By the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., That Crane Lodge No. 519, located at Crane, Mo., Galena Lodge No. 515, located at Galena, Mo., and Reed Springs Lodge No. 280, located at Reed Springs, Mo., be tak~n from the Fifty-fifth" Masonic District and placed in the Fifty-fourth Masonic District, on account of the geographical location of said Lodges, and to more equally apportion the work of the District Lecturer of said Districts; there being at the present time seventeen Lodges in the Fifty-fifth District and but seven Lodges in the Fifty-fourth District.

ARCH A. JOHNSON, No. 271, JOHN R. PARSON, No. 267.

STAND'ING RESOLUTION-MASONIC MANUALS. M. W. Bro. Arch A. Johnson offered the following resolution as to proposed new library edition of Masonic Manuals, to be sold for one dollar, which was adopted: Be It Resolved, By the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, That the Grand Secretary be and he is hereby authorized and directed to have printed sufficient copies of the Manual in library form to be sold at the price of one dollar per volume, to supply the demand of the Craft.

ARCH A. JOHNSON.

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W. Bro. Wm. Sessinghaus and others offered a resolution requiring matte'rs to be brought before the Grand Lodge to 'be read and debated in the subordinate Lodges at least one month before the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. On motion, the same \Vas adopted, as follows: Be It Resolved, That the Grand Secretary instruct the Lodges that all matter coming before the Grand Lodge for action be read and debated at some meeting of the Lodge at least one month ,before the Annual Meeting of the Grand Lodge at which the subject is to be taken up for action.

This order to be sent each Lodge with a copy of the Grand Lodge Proceedings.

WM. SESSINGHAUS, P. M. No. 267, .TAMES W. BOYD, P. G. M., LOUIS MOLLER, P. M. No. 445.

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REPORT OF GRAND LEOTURER. R. V{. Bro. J. R. IVlcLachlan presented and read his report as Grand Lecturer for the past year, which, on motion, was adopted, as follows: Kahoka, Mo., September 19, 1916.

To .the Most vVorshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Bre thren: Ti me, on swiftly movi ng pi nions, has marked the close of another year; and all of its achievements, its duties and pI:ivileges, its gains and losses, are now but memories of the past, and the record' of our deeds, whether of praise or censure, has become a part of our individual history. I trust that the work given me to perform has been done in a manner, deserving of your approval and commendation.

Lodges of Instruction were held at the following places: Canton, Elsberry, Linn Creek, Mack's Creek, Urbana, Humansville, Gainesville, Alton, Thayer, Summerville, Birch Tree, Doniphan, Milan, Columbia, Macon, Clarence, Salisbury, Vandalia, New London, Washington, Wellston, St. Charles, Brookfield,' Chillicothe, Hamilton, Cameron, Trenton, Gallatin, Bethany, Albany, Maryville, Craig, St. Joseph, Platte City, Liberty, Orrick, Paris, Pleasant Hill, Warrensburg, Sedalia, Clinton, Nevada, Adrian, Rich Hill, Pierce City, Cassville, Anderson, Neosho, Ash Grove, Sparta, Richland, Cuba, California, Versailles, Boonville, Marshall,.Higginsville, Unionville, Hornersville, Hayti, Campbell, Chaffee, Charleston, Moberly, Palmyra, Bonne Terre, Jackson, Sikeston, Carthage, Joplin, Monett, Springfield and Potosi; in all, seventy-three places.

It has also been my privilege, as well as pleasure, to make a number of visitations, on which occasions, I was either an interested spectator or assisted in the work. A day was spent at Chillicothe with some of the enthusiastic and zealous District Lecturers of that section, and the entire work was rehearsed to the satisfaction of the brethren and I trust to their profit.

I acknowledge with gratitude the support and assistance given me by the District Lecturers. They not only urged the brethren to attend, but wherever and whenever practicable they were there in person to aid me. M. W. Brother Jesse, our Grand Master was present and presided at many of these meetings, particularly those held in the southeast part of the Stata In a'i number of Districts throughout the State the brethren have organized associations .and meet annually, semi-annually or quarterly as they may elect. At which meetings candidates -are provided for the three degrees, and the various Lodges are given an opportunity to show their skill. The tendency is to arouse the brethren to greater efforts, that they may establish and maintain a reputation for their respective Lodges. In such Districts the' Lodges of Instruction were usually better attended. It has occurred to me that much good could be accomplished, if, at such meetings, a part of the time, at least, were given to one or more addresses by competent brethren on the principles and symbolism of Freemasonry.

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I am of the opinion that it would result in an increased attendance, at such meetings, and a more regular attendance at Lodge meetings. I consider that the Lodges, in general, are in good condition, as to their working force. Occasionally a Lodge is found in which the quality of work comes far short of the requirements.

There is -usually a cause, which, in time, and under proper treatment, will adjust itself and the awakening will come. That the Lodges have been active is indicated by the report of the Grand Secretary, in which we learn that our net gain for the year is greater than in any year preceding. While we are gaining in members, I trust we are also gaining in knowledge and understanding.

The District Lecturers were more or less active. Some of them deserve special mention for the amount of work done and the good accomplished. A perusal of the abstract of their reports which follows will disclose their identity.

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Bro. B. F. Watson of the Ninth District visited twelve Lodges under his charge and held Lodges of Instruction at Wallace Park and Rochester. Weekly meetings were held during the months of January, February and March at St. Joseph for the benefit of the four City Lodges, which were well attended and active interest taken. He reports much work done and the work will compare very 'favorably with the best.

Bro. Emsley C. James of the Eleventh District held Lodges of Instruction at Holt, Kearney, Hemple, Plattsburg, Lathrop and Cam~ron.

He reports much activity among the Lodges and the brethren have a better understanding of the lessons in Freemasonry and are faithfully endeavoring to conform their lives to its teaching.

Bro. R. A. Tharp of the Twelfth District answered every call, visited eight of the fourteen Lodges, and reports improvement all along the line. He was present and assisted the Grand Lecturer at Chillicothe and Hamilton and reports good attendance. EverYwhere he visited he witnessed better work than was done formerly.

Bro. E. W. Tayler of the Thirteenth DIstrict only held one Lodge of Instruction, but visited all the Lodges but Biswell and Cypress. He reports more work done than last year. The average attendance of officers and members good, considerable interest taken and notes much improvement.

Bro. George F. Brewington of the Fourteenth District held Lodges of Instruction with the following Lodges: Callao, McGee and Bethel. The attendance was good and results very satisfactory. He gave much private instruction, particularly to members of his own Lodge, and reports them in fine working condition. Nearly all the Lodges were visited and he speaks well of their manner of working.

The Annual District meeting is quite a factor in arousing the Lodges to action.

Bro. B. E. Bigger of the Fifteenth District visited, and, held Lodges of Instruction in all but two of the Lodges under him. He speaks favorably of the interest manifested and progress made in many of the Lodges, and particularly commends the following: Wyaconda, Canton, Monticello, Lewistown, Ewing and Williamstown. The two Lodges at Hannibal are in splendid condition. He finds that the entire work of the District has fared better and he is better satisfied with the results than of -any pr'eceding year.

Brother Robert A. May, of the Sixteenth District, reports the Lodges visit~d by him to be in good healthy condition. He dedicated the new Lodge building at Center and pronounces it the best Lodge room in the District outside of Louisiana. This speaks well for the enthusiasm and zeal of the brethren of Ralls Lodge.'

Brother Thomas F. Hurd, of the Seventeenth District, held Lodges of Instruction with Santa Fe Lodge, Madison, Paris Union and a short one at Stoutsville and gave instructio'n to some of the officers of all the Lodges. He reports all the Lodges doing well, with one exception, Woodlawn. The work is done creditably and most of the Lodges displayed considerable activity during the year. He says the order is in better condition than it has been for years, and While the Lodges are growing in numbers the character of their petitioners are strictly scrutinized.

Brother T. H. Walton, of the Eighteenth District, did very little

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Lodge work on account of poor health. Held a short session with Clark Lodge in their new hall and found them in good shape and fairly proficient. He visited Moberly Lodge and found them in good condition in every respect. From reports of other ;Lodges he infers that they are about as usual.

Brother H. R. Mason, of the Nineteenth District, held Lodges of Instruction at Keytesville, Mussell Fork, \Vestville, Triplett, Rothville and Sumner; also conducted District Association meetings at Triplett, Sumner, Keytesville and Westville. He visited every Lodge, gave instruction and assisted in degree work. The Lodges, as a rule, are quite proficient and those showing the greatest improvement during the year are: Salisbury, Keytesville, TIothville and Pee Dee. The District meetings were well attended and the benefit der.ived from them is almost incalculable.

Brother William Baker, of the Twentieth District, held Lodges of Instruction at Hardin, Hale, Millsville, Carrollton, and assisted the Grand Lecturer in one at Orrick. The attendance was fairly good and much interest was manifested. He notes a gradual improvement in the work and commends the brethren for their energy and zeal.

Brother Henry C. Noland, of the Twenty-first District, held Lodges of Instruction at Platte City, Farley and Dearborn. These meetings were well attended and good results obtained. He made a number of visitations, assisted in degree work and gave instruction as often as time and opportunity would permit. He reports the Lodges as being active and doing creditable work.

Brother Alex McDonald, of the Twenty-second District, reports as follows: The D. D. G. M. called a Lodge of Instruction in January and February, 1916, and seven meetings were held, at which time instruction was given in all the degrees. There was an exceptionally large attendance at all of these meetings. General interest was shown by the officers of all the Lodges in their efforts to become more proficient in the performance of their duties. All the Lodges were visited and the work found to be done creditably.

Brother W. T.Wernwag. of the Twenty-third District, visited all the Lodges and held instruction in all, with the exception of Corder.

All are in a prosperous condition, which' he attributes, in a great measure, to the 'District Association, which has aroused the ritualists, and as a result more proficient work is being done. He notes much progress in the learning of the ritualistic work.

Brother J. S. Wilson, of tho Twenty-fourth District, has visited all the Lodges as much as he could, assisted them in conferring degrees and gave considerable private instruction. He reports them in fairly good working condition and the prospects favorable for efficient work. A District Association is being organized which, it is hoped, will stimulate the Fraternal spirit as well as improve them in their work.

Brother S. P. Cunningham, of the Twenty-seventh District, held Lodges of Instruction at Molino, Martinsburg, Mexico, Ney.r Bloomfield, Aux Vasse, Tebbetts, Shamrock and Mokane and gave personal instruction to members of all the other Lodges. He reports that the work is well done, better than ever before, and some of the brethren

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are very pr.oficient. He did a great amount of perosnal instruction, which was well received by the brethren.

Brother J. E. Reeds, of the Twenty-eighth District, visited most of the Lodges, assisted in conferring degrees, giving instruction and making himself as useful as possible to the Craft. He reports that the interest manifested by the Lodges is good, the quality of the work done as only fair and the condition of the Craft generally is very good.

Brother J. ",V. Powell, of the Twenty-ninth District, visited a majority of the Lodges, gave private instruction and assisted in degree work. He reports the Lodges at Troy, Winfield and Moscow Mills to be prospering. They own their halls, are in good working condition and had plenty of work in which to show their skill. The-others are at a standstill. It is to be hoped that the brother will be able to figure out the cause, apply the proper remedy and arouse them to action.

Brother E. A. Fluesmeier, of the Thirtieth District, reports that the brethren are taking active interest in the work, 'and some are quite proficient. He has instructed them and thinks that the work done will compare favorably with any other country District.

Brother ",Villiam C. Heck, of the Thirty-first District, answered every call, visited seven of the ten Lodges, conducted four Lodges of Instruction, and assisted the Grand Lecturer in one at California.

Numerous meetings were held during the winter at California for instruction and these were well attended. He reports considerable work done in the District and the conditions very satisfactory as a whole.

Brother W. C. Tingle, of the Thirty~second District, visited seven of the eleven Lodges under his supervision and says that from a ritualistic standpoint several of them show a very decided improvement; others seem to keep in a rut. Lodges of Instruction were held at St. Clair and Washington, with fairly good attendance. He is convinced that his efforts have not been in vain and that the Craft has profited during the year.

Brother L. H. Abrams, of the, Thirty-third District, held thirtyfour '\veekly meetings for instruction, with a total attendance of four thousand two hundred and eighty-five and an average of one hundred and twenty-six per meeting. Four new Lodges were organized during the year. The officers of these Lodges were carefully instructed and duly examined as to their competency to conduct the affairs of a Lodge, and the same was duly certified to the Grand Master. He has visited the Lodges and finds them doing fair work as a whole. The average attendance at the Lodge of Instruction is a very good indication of the 'interest taken by the brethren in this District.

Brother It. B. Campbell, of the Thirty-fifth District, visited all the Lodges but one and found them in good working order. Lodges of Instruction were held at Hume, Amsterdam, Butler and Rich Hill, and he was present and assisted the Grand Lecturer in a Lodge of Instruction at Adrian. He laid the cornerstone of the Bates County Infirmary and in his visitations 'assisted in conferring degrees.

Brother W. H. Crisman, of the Thirty-sixth District, reports much work done and quite an increase in membership. They held a num-

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bel' of good meetings with large attendance in every inst~nce and the best of feeling exists among the brethren.

Brother W. H. Fristoe, of the Thirty-seventh District, visited a number of the Lodges, communicated with the others, and reports that the brethren manifested plenty of interest in the ritualistic work and are endeavoring to maintain a high standard for their membership.

He has made special effort to arouse the dormant Lodges to action, and it is to be hoped that his endeavors have not been in vain. Some of the Lodges deserve special mention for the excellency of their work and they have been amply rewarded for their progressiveness by an increased membership.

Brother Carl G. Ross, of the Thirty-eighth District, reports that Lodges of Instruction were held at Richland and Conway, at which meetings quite a number of brethren from other Lodges were in attendance and took considerable interest in the work. He notes that most of the Lodges are in fair working condition and the new members are required to learn well their lesson, and as a result a marked improvement can be seen in the ritualistic work.

Brother E. J. Koch, of the Thirty-ninth District, reports that besides the Lodge of Instruction held at Cuba he visited the following Lodges and gave instruction: Arlington, three times; St. James, three times; L"ebanon. twice; Spring Creek, once; Equality, once, and Rolla, once a week for eight months. The desire for better work is growing. The brethren are earnestly striving to confer the degrees intelligently and expect their candidates to fully meet the requirements of the Grand Lodge.

Brother C. E. pyle, of the Fortieth District, reports that he has made visits and held Lodges of Instruction, as usual. throughout the District. and in most instances had good attendance. He held five Lodges of Instruction, visited others and assisted them in the work. . The officers are zealously applying themselves to perform their duties creditably and as a result better work is being done.

Brother Joe W. Gravely, of the Forty-first District, held two Lodges of Instruction-the first at Hermitage. in Hickory County.

The officers were faithful in attendance at all sessions and some progress was made. The second was held at Humansville. The night sessions were well attended, but on account of business engagements the principal officers could not attend the day sessions and b'ut little work was done. The Lodges are working in harmony, but not with that proficiency in the ritual that is desired.

Brother H. H. Finley, of the Forty-second District, visited most of the Lodges, assIsted in conferring degrees, and gave instruction when called upon. Held Lodges of Instruction at Greenfield and Jerico Springs. The attendance was good and much interest was shown in the work.

Brother Sam B. Vickers, of the Forty-third District, made some visitations and reports the Craft in fine condition. The Lodges seem very much alive, several of them having recently purchased buildings of their own, and Masonic occasions were numerous during the year.

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numerous visitations to the Lodges under him and reports that all were very active and doing well.

Brother George W. Custer, of the Forty-fifth District, held Lodges of Instruction at Fair Grove, Rogersville, Republic and Springfield, with good results at each meeting. During the months of February and March he held meetings twice a week in Springfield, which were well attended, and the officers of the several Lodges became quite proficient. He reports that with the exception of Lodges at Niangua and Willard, the Lodges in his District are in good condition.

Brother Carl A. Swenson, of the Forty-sixth District,held Lodges of Instruction with a majority of the Lodges and gave instruction to some members ~of all the Lodges. He reports that much interest is taken and good work is being accomplished.

Brother J. M. Carnahan, of the Forty-seventh District, visited and held Lodges of Instruction ~ith most of the Lodges under his supervision and, "in addition, gave considerable time to individual instruction. He reports improvement among the Lodges generally.

Brother W. B. Massey, of the Forty-eighth District, visited all tho Lodges in the Lead Belt and rendered assistance on all occasions.

Lodges of Instruction were held at Des Loge, Flat River and Bonne Terre. He reports that with one or two exceptions the Lodges do reasonably good work, and with few exceptions the officers have applied themselves to their duties and consequently are doing better than formerly.

Brother George W. Miller, of the Forty-ninth District, held four Lodges of Instruction and was present and assisted the Grand Lecturer at one held at Jackson. He reports that the Lodges are increasing in membership and the most of them are doing fairly good work.

Brother James A. Boone, of the Fiftieth District, visited and instructed five of the Lodges and on two or three occasions accompanied the Grand Master on his visitations and assisted in conferring degrees. He says that the Lodges generally are becoming proficient and only two or three do not seem to thrive. Most of them are increasing in membership and he sees much that is hope{ul for the future of all.

Brother Virgil P. Adams, Of the Fifty-first District, visited all the "Lodges and gave more instruction than in any previous year. He reports much activity among the Lodges and the work being done in an intelligent and creditable manner.

Brother W. W. Martin, of the Fifty-second District, held Lodges of Instruction at Piedmont, Poplar Blut'f and Doniphan, gave much private instruction over the District and answered all calls made for his services. The brethren of the various Lodges are alive and active and are desirous of maintaining their high standing in proficiency In the ritual.

Brother A. D.Giffin, of the Fifty-third District, held Lodges of Instruction at Mountain View and Willow Springs and did considerable private instructing from time to time. Besides the above Lodges

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Brother G. J. Vaughan, of the Fifty-fourth District, visited all the Lodges and held Lodges of Instruction in every Lodge with the exception of Protem, which was prevented by bad weather and sickness. He reports that the brethren are steadily gaining in the work an~ everything is harmonious.

Brother H. P. Sons, of the Fifty-fifth District, held no Lodges of Instruction, but visited a number of the Lodges and assisted in conferring degrees. The Grand Lecturer held Lodges of Instruction at Pierce City, Cassville and Monett, which were well attended. The Lodges are in a prosperous condition and generally Qoihg creditable work.

Brother W. A. Phipps, of the Fifty-sixth District, visited most of the Lodges, gave them instruction, and assisted in conferring degrees.

He reports some activity; growth has been made in membership and in efficiency in the ritual. Enthusiasm prevails, harmony is being restored, and high hopes are entertained for a more successful and prosperous future.

Brother Homer N. Lloyd, of the Fifty-seventh District, reports an unusually active year, one productive of greater and better' results than of any previous year. The Lodge of Instruction held during the winter showed a large increase in attendance, the interest was in keeping with the attendance, and they now boast of a number of accomplished results. Each Lodge, with one exception, has a capable instructor and in some of the Lodges all the officers are competent to occupy any station or place if called upon so to do.

Brother J. S. Laffer, of the Fifty-eighth District, held Lodges of Instruction at Belle, Lane's Prairie and Eldon and attended one held by the Grand. Lecturer at Versailles. 'l'hese meetings were well attended and considerable benefit was derived therefrom. He reports the District in good condition in every respect.

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Brother Allen McDowell Hoyt, of the Fifty-ninth District, held Lodges of '-:Instruction during the months of January and February at Independence, for the benefit of the two local Lodges and Mount Washington. The attendance was g.ood and the instruction was greatly appreciated by the brethren and much benefit waS derived from these meetings. McDonald and Mt. Washington Lodges are particularly commended for their capability. Other meetings were held at Blue Springs and HaytowIl, and the officers of Grain Valley Lodge, U. D., were instructed, examined, and set to work under very favorable conditions. He has kept in touch with all the Lodges and reports them as doing well with one or two exceptions. The formation of Grain Valley Lodge has weakened the Lodges at Blue Springs and Oak Grove, but he is hopeful that they will soon regain their losses.

Fraternally submitted, J. R. McLACHLAN, Grand Lecturer.

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The hour for the election of Grand' Lodge officers for the ensuing year having arrived, Grand Master Jesse announced the following Brethren as tellers: Karl M. Vetsburg, W. W. Martin, R. M. Wilson, W. B. Massey, VV. A. Summers, Thad. B. Landon, E. N. Gentry, A. A. Ball, C. H. Dalrymple, E. A. Fluesmeier, F. E. Mount, H. F. C. Purnhagen.

The election proceeded with the following result: Edward Higbee, Grand Master.

Wm. A. Clark, Deputy Grand 路Master.

John. W. Bingham, Grand Senior Warden.

Julius C. Garrell, Grand Junior Warden.

Wm. A. Hall, Grand Treasurer.'

John R. Parson, Grand Secretary.

REPORT OF MASONIC HOME VISITING COMMITTEE. R. W. Bro. B. E. Bigger, for the Committee, presented and read the report of Masonic Home Visiting G0i11mittee, which was adopted, as f<?llO\~rs: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons: The Visiting Committee of the Masonic Home of Missouri submits the following report: .

It has been the privilege of some of the committee to keep in close touch with the affairs of the Home during the past year, and we are pleased to report that the aims and objects of the Masons of Missouri in maintaining this grandest of Homes are being carried on with the same zeal that has characterized the work for years. The buildings are all completed and the permanent entrance and walks are established, and when the grounds arc laid out and planted with trees and shrubbery there will be no more beautiful Home anywhere than ours. The atmosphere is homelike and most all the grown people whose misfortune has compelled them to accept shelter. here are thankful for their good fortune in having this' splendid Home, in which to spend their declining years, in peace and comfort; and notwithstanding the changes that have come into their .lives they are as a rule cheerfUl and contented. Occasionally, though, one is found like the old fellow who was attending a public lecture. He put his hand up to his ear and said: "I can't hear you and I don't know a tJ1ing yOU are saying, but I want you to understand that I am a~in

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you." This, though, is to be expected and is accepted by those in charge as one of the per.quisites of the position. It is remarkable how old people, coming into the Home, scarcely able to walk, recover their health and live for years, another proof that "worry kills mor" people than work does." It ought to be a source of comfort to us to know that we have relieved the distress of our old Brothers and Sisters and made their last days happy ones. We turn from these whose lives will soon be ended to those. whose lives are just beginning; the children, their future is in our hands, and "As we sow, so shall we reap"; to neglect them would be repugnant to every Mason in Missouri and a crime against society. We never have done so and never will. No false economy should ever permit us to neglect their weifare. Extra expense in providing Matron and Assistant Matron and more governesses, if necessary, should be incurred if it would benefit the children. We believe that our Brother's children when given to us by his widow or his Lodge, ought to be reared in the Home, and we believe that you agree with us on this proposition. We have ample means and plenty of room for all the children who will be sent to us. The Home is one that will not change so long as Missouri Masonry exists. The circumstances of individuals may change, and a child adopted by them may become homeless, and, besides, there are vety few, if any, private homes that can do as much for ,our children in a substantial and useful way as we can. The expenses of the Home have increased this year, though that was expected; and the increase, notwithstanding the high cost of everything, is within the estimate made by the Board a year ago. Our Home is no longer a' small one, and it is growing, 'but we are doing more good. We have reached the point where efficient management is required and more than ordinary bus~ness ability is needed in conducting its affairs if we expect the best results. The Home is for all those in this Grand Jurisdiction who are entitled to its benefits, and every Mason in Missouri is part owner of it and equally interested in its welfare with the Board of Directors. The members of the Board are conscientiously managing the affairs of the Home and doing their very best and they are entitled to the hearty co-operation and assistance of every Lodge and every Mason in the State. "Thus far we have wrought well." God's blessing has been on our past efforts and we pray that it may be on our present and future ones. Let us count it a privilege that we have been permitted to participate in this grand work and trust that those who follow us will enlarge and continue it.

We are moulding lives for the future and not neglecting the present.

V. O. SAUNDERS, J. M. GOODRICH, JACOB C. ECKHARDT, J. H. LEATHERS, K. C. JOHNSON, GEO. W. RESTRICK, JR., W. L. HAMRICK.

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ADOPTION OF' PROPOSED' REVISION OF BY.L:AWS, GOVE,RNING APPEALS. M. W. Bro. Wm. F .. kuhn moved to adopt the proposed revision of By-Laws governing appeals, as offered by M. W. Bro. Arch A. Johnson and others, amending Sections 221, 240, 241, 242, 243 and 244, as published on pages 182 and 183, Proceedings 1915. Amendment was offered to add to Section 242 the clause: "Servic"e, except as to time, shall be as provided in Sections 213 and 214, Grand Lodge By-Laws" and the revision, so amended, was adopted, as follows:

REVISION OF BY-LAWS GOVERNING APPEALS. Revise Article 18 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by amending Sections 221, 240, 241, 242, 243 and 244 and by adding three new sections, to be known as Sections 243a, 243b and 244a, as follows, to-wit: Section 221. 'I'estimony. The testimony of all resident Masons who can attend the Lodge shall be given orally in open Lodge at the trial. All such oral testimony shall be taken in shorthand, when practicable. and when not practicable. the Master shall appoint a Brother who shall reduce said oral testimony to writing at the time it is given.

Section 240. Appeals, How '1'aken. and may be in the following form:

Appeals must be in writing.

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Section 242. Notice of Appeal. The appellant shall, at the time he files said appeal with the Secretary. also tile with him a notice in wri~ing to the opposite party that he has appealed to the Grand Lodge, which notice shall be served on the opposite party by the Secretary or some one designated by him within five (5) days. and the notice

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with the manner of service endorsed thereon shall be made a part of record of appeal. Service, except as to time, shall be as provided in Sections 213 and 214 of Grand Lodge By-Laws.

Section 243. Perfecting and Transmitting Record.. When an appeal and notice shall be filed with the Secretary, he shall endorse thereon the date of fi};ng and immediately send the same to the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, together with a certified copy of the charges, notice to the accused, his answer or plea, date of the trial, the result of the banot on the questions of guilt and punishment.

Within sixty (60) days after the trial, the appellant shall file with the Secretary of the Lodge a statement of the substantive facts proven, at the trial, together with notice to the opposite party of such filing.

Said statement shall not set out the testimony of witnesses by questions and answers except where a review is sought on a ruling of the Trial Master on a particular question or answer objected to or moved to be stricken out during the trial or except as hereinafter provided, but shall include a brief recital in narrative form of the substance of the evidence offered or introduced in the trial. Within ten '(10) days after the filing of such statement and notice with the Secretary, the opposite party may file objections to such statement. Such objections shall only point out: First, the omission from such statement of any ultimate fact or of some document or the substance thereof proven or offered at such trial, and, second, that there has been included in such statement a SUbstantive fact, document or the substance thereof which was not proven or offered at such trial.

If no objections are filed to such statement within ten (10) days, or within such further time, not exceeding sixty (60) days after the trial, as the Trial Master may, for good cause shown, permit, then the statement filed by the appellant shall be taken as a true and correct statement of the facts proven at said trial.

Section 243a. In any case where an appeal is sought to be perfected by filing the statement provided for in Section 243, in lieu of the transcript of the evidence, to which statement objection is filed by the opposite party in which it is alleged that said statement does not contain a fair statement of the facts proven in said case, the Trial Master shall, if In his opinion justice demands, order a transcript of that portion of the testimony in controversy tn be made at the expense of the trial Lodge, which said transcript, together with the statement and objections thereto, shall be made a part of the record in said case.

Section 243b. Nothing contained in Section 243 hereof shall be deemed to prohibit the appellant in any case from perfecting such appeal by filing with the Secretary of the Lodge, in lieu of such statement provided in Section 243, a transcript which shall cont.n a, true copy of all the testimony in the case, together with notice to th,e opposite party of such filing, provided, that the opposite party in such case shall. have the privilege of examining and noting objections to such transcript within ten (10) days after its filing and before the same is sent to the ,said Grand Secretary, and provided further, that where an appellant filed a transcript of the testimony in the case, in

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lieu of the statement provided for in Section 243, the cost of such transcript shall be paid by the party prdering ~ame. .

Section 244. Objections to Trans'cript. Where a full tr'anscript, in lieu of statement, is filed with the Secretary, together with notice to the opposite party, objections therefo may be made'bY the opposite party within the time and in the manner' provided in Section 243 for filing objections to the statement of facts proven at the trial.'

Section 244a. 'Cost of Appeal. The cost of the first ~ppeal shall be charged to the subordinate Lodge; the cost of subsequent appeals shall be paid as directed by the Grand Lodge at the session at which such appeals are heard and may be charged against the appellant, the local Lodge or, if circumstances justify, paid by the Grand Lodge. !

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EXTENSIO'N OF TIME FOR 'REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. On motion of M. W. Campbell Wells, 路Chairma~,. the C,<?mmittee on Ways and J\1eans was granted until tomorrow to make their report, the By-Laws requiring them to-report the Second Day.

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GRAND路 LODGE OF MISSISSIPPI NEAR GRAND- LODGE OF MISSOURI. W. Bro. Wm. Richardson, Grand Repr'ese.ntative of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, near the Grand Lodge: of Missouri, presented and read the following letter from M. W. Bro. Geo. B. Power, Grand Master of Mississippi, which was ordered printed in the Proceedings:' -, Jackson, Mississippi, May 13th, 1916.

Mr. Wm. Ric,hardson, 606 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri.

My Dear Brother Richardson: Just a word of greeting from the Grand Lodge of Mississippi to ,/its Representative near the Grand Lodge of Missouri and to let you know that we are still moving along.

We had a splendid meeting in February Greenville; read care.., fully the Proceedings which have been sent you and I am sure you will be persuaded that we are making progress.

I hope that you will be in attendance on the next m~eting of your

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Grand Lodge and I wish you would convey our fraternal greetings and express our best wishes for a pleasant and profitable Communication. ,Prepare a brief report of what has been done in Mississippi, as yoU' find it in our Proceedings; your brethren will very likely be interested in hearing from us.

Then let us know what is done by your Grand Lodge; we shall be delighted to hear from you.

Fraternally yours, GEO. R POWER, Grand Master.

PROPOSED REPEAL OF' SECTION 263 LOS,T. W. Bro. Wm. Sessinghaus called up for action proposed repeal of Section 263, as published' in 1915 Proceedings, page 180, and moved the repeal of Section 263 as proposed.

On being put to vote, motion to repeal was lost.

PROPOS,ED AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS, LOST. W. Bro. Wm.. Sessinghaus called up the three proposed amendments concerning the St. Louis Masonic Employment Bureau, as printed on pages 179 and 180, Proceedings 1915, and offered a substitute for all three (repealing all of Sections 59a and 59b, and all amendments to Sections 59a and 59b in Art. 5) and moved its adoption.

After discussion, it was declared out of order by the Grand Master and nothing before the Grand Lodge.

W. Bro. Wm. Sessinghaus called up proposed amend.ment to Section 59a as published on page 179, 'Proceedings 1915, and moved its adoption in preference to amendmellt published on page 181'. Lost.

W. Bro. Sessinghaus also moved adoption of Section 59a as published on page 181, Proceedings 1915. Lost.

W. Bro. Wm. Sessinghaus called up for action proposed new Section 59b, published on page 180, Proceedings 1915, and moved its adoption. The motion to adopt was lost.

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AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS ADOPTED. Vi. Bro.. E. C. Wm. O'rtmann called up for action proposed amendment to Section 152, as published on page 179, Proceedings 1915, and moved its adoption.

On vote, same ' adopted, and reads as follows: Section 152. Non-Payment of Dues. When a member shall fail to pay his dues within three months after the same become due. it shall be the duty of the Secretary to notify him of such delinquenc,7 by delivering to him, in person, a bill for such indebtedness, or by , mailing the same to him at his last known place of residence. Should the delinquent refuse or fail to pay his dues on or before the next stated Communication of the Lodge, after the issuance of such notice. it shall be the duty of the Secretary to notify the Master of such failure, who shall, in open Lodge, order a notice to be given the delinquent by the Secretary, requiring him to appear at a specified subsequent stated Communication to show cause why he should not be suspended for non-payment of dues.

E. C. WM. ORTMANN.

STANDING RESOLUTION. M. W. Bro. Wm. F. Kuhn presented the following resolution regarding conferring of mo~e than one degree or section of degree at one and the same time, which was adopted: Whereas, It is a practice in some parts of this Grand Jurisdiction for a Lodge to divide 'itself into several Lodges with as many Masters and sets of officers as necessary and thus confer the same degree, or parts of a degree, or one of the three degrees at one and the same time, in the main hall, in the ante-room, in the property-room or the _ tiler's room, as the occasion may demand, in order to expedite the accumulated work.

The Grand Lodge 'grants a Charter to certain Brethren with one Master and one set of officers; there is no provision in the Charter for a divisible !\'Iaster or for multiple Masters with a divisible or multiple set of officers. The ~uthority to conduct the business of a Lodge is vested in one Master; he is empowered to request any qualified member to act for him and to stand in his place, but he has no authority to request several qualified members to act for him or to stand in his shoes at one and the same time. How the Master of a Lodge can divide himself into several component parts and request a qualified member to act for each part is a new problem in anatomy, metaphysics and Masonic Jurisprudence.

It has been .clearly held and defined that a Lodge must act in all things as a unit, and for a Lodge to divide itself into several Lodges with separate and individual Masters is clearly a violation of Masonic tra<;lition an<;l law. Tn~refore, be it

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Resolved, That the Grand Lodge does hereby forbid any lodge to

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:_,~!??~wered to~nforce, this edict.

The Grand .Master is hereby .

WM. F. KUHN.

,ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF MASONIC HOME BOARD. On pomination and ballot the 'following-named brethren were elected as members of the Masonic Home Board to serve three years: Dorsey A. Jamison, Campbell Wells, Sol. 'E. Waggoner, Jacob Lampert and A. M. Hough. ., '

CALLED, FROM1.ABOR. 'At 1 :25 P. M. the' Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 2 :15 o'clock this afternoon.

Prayer by R: W~ and ReV.:'i3rb.'j. M. Booh. : ~. , " : 1 .

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,SECOND DA¥~AFTERNQON SESSION. St. Louis,Wedtiesday; Seplembe'r 20, 1916:' The Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 2:15 P.- M. by M. W~, Grand Master F. R:. Jesse, assisted by the other Grand Officers. \

Song, "Nearer, My God, to Thee."

Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. Chaplain.

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M. Boon, Acting Grand

REPORT OF COMMITTEE, ON CHARTERED LODGES. W .. Bro. Clar.ence L. Alexander, chairman, presented and read the report of this committee, which was adopted, as, follows: ' To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge 'of"Ancient, Free and 'Accepted Masons of the Sta te of Missouri: .

Your Committee on Chartered Lodges submits the followfng report:

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Returns and remittances were received in accordance with the Grand Lodge By-Laws prior to August 1, 路from 611 lodges. There were ~8 delinquent lodges, as follows: ,.

Nos. 42, 167, 170, 182, 196, 248, 339, 386. 387, 398, 410, 464, 465, 468, . 473, 489, 495, 546, 574, 588 and 635, whose returns were received in August; Nos. 240, received September 2, and 157, received September 4. After all other means had failed the Grand Secretary referred five lodges to the Grand Master, who' succeeded in obtaining returns . from 148 and 223 on September 13th, 529 on September 11th and 573 on September 18th. The Charters of Ritchey Lodge No. 530 and Mera,mec Lodge No. 95 were arrested by the Grand Master, thus leaving 637 chartered lodges in the State today. The returns of five lodges are not inclJJded in the Grand Secretary's ,statistics, as it was necessary to close 路his books before they were received. The Representatives of none of the delinquent lodges are entitled to mileage or .per diem. The time for the Annual Sessions of the Grand Lodge 'has been advanGed from the fourth to the third Tuesday in September, thus giving the Grand Secretary a shorter time to prepare his reports and making it still more important for lodges to send their reports promptly.

All of the delinquent lodges, are small, and none had any excuse except, possibly, No. 635, w'hose Secretary was sick and the report was made out by a member of the lodge. But even in this case the lodge has, only twenty~seven members, and the Worshipful Jl,1:aster couJd just as well have delegated some member to make the report in July and not have ,waited until the mjddle of August. ~he Secretary of No. 487 sends a fine report and he' has the right idea; he says: "I find it as easy to have report ready to send on the last day of June as to wait until the last of July, and know that it expedites business in' the Grand Secretary's offi<;:e."

The Grand Secretary has efficient assistance in his office, but h'e ~an颅 not furnish statistics for the Grand Lodge, unless accurate inf<;>rination is sent to him by the lodges a reasonable time before the Annual Sessions.

REMISSION OF DUES, The By-Laws of the Grand Lodge having been changed so that no allowance is made in the per capita tax for dues r'emitted. itnd as for that reason many lodges did not report their remissions, your committee did not think it necessary this year to take up this subject.

OUTSTANDING DUES. Total amount outstanding dues reported in 1915 Total amount outstanding dues reported in 1916 Decrease

$45,934.00 42,510.00 $ 3.424.00

The largest lodges re'porting no outstanding dues are Gate City No. 522 of Kansas City, with 853 members, and Missouri No. 1 of St. Louis, with 773' members. To succeed in collecting everr dollar

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of dues with such a large membership is something to be proud of and we congratulate the secretaries of these lodges, Bros. Boatright and Ittner, on their splendid record. This is the second year in succession that Gate City has reported all dues paid. The following lodges, with a membership exceeding 100, have also collected all dues: Meridian No.2 and Aurora No. 267 of St. Louis, United No.5 of Springfield, St. John No. 28 of Hannibal, Ralls No. 33 of Center, Vincil No. 62 of Cameron, Athens No. 127 of Albany, St. Joseph No. 78 of St. Joseph, Moberly No. 344 of Moberly, Salisbury No. 208 of Salisbury', Neosho No. 247 of Neosho, Charleston No. 407 of Charleston, Republic No. 570 of Republic, and Acacia No. 602 of Columbia.

We commend the Secretary of Censer Lodge No. 172, who reduced his outstanding dues from $264.00 in 1915 to $51.00 in 1916, with only five suspensions. Only four lodges in St. Louis have more than $100 dues outstanding and each one of these four lodges has more than 500 members. Five lodges in the small towns, with a total membership of only 468, have $1,720 dues outstanding, while the thirty chartered lodges in St. Louis, with a total membership of more than 13,000, have only $1,655 outstanding. When we consider the great privileges a man enjoys while holding membership in such an order as Freemasonry, with the certainty that after death his family, if necessary, will receive financial assistance (and no man, no matter how great his financial resources may be today, can say that his family may not need assistance), it seems humiliating to admit that so many of our lodges have trouble in collecting the trifling sum that is charged in the way of annual dues. Don't let a man's dues" accumulate; if it is hard to pay one year's dues, it is twice as hard to pay for two years. If a man is able to pay his dues and will not do so in the time prescribed by Section 152, Grand Lodge By-Laws, the sooner you comply with that section and write "Suspended, Nonpayme"nt of Dues", after his name in your record the better it will be for your lodge and for Freemasonry.

MEMBERSHIP. Total membership in chartered lodges in 1916 66,463 Membership in lodges under, dispensation. . . . . . . . .. . . . .

390 Total membership 1916 Total membership 1915 Net gain

66,853 63,966 2,887

For pur-poses of comparison it is interesting to compare the net gain this year with former years, as follows: Year 1910, net gain 1,998 Year 1911, net gain 2,132 Year 1912, net gain : 2,519 Year 1913, net gain 2,500 Year 1914, net gain 3,285 Year 1915, net gain 2,444

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Initiated Passed Raised Affiliated Reinstated Dimitted

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Twelve lodges have a membership exceeding 600, as follows: Temple No. 299 1,250 Ivanhoe No: 446 1.202 Mount Moriah No. 40 1,058 Gate City No. 522. . . . . . . . . . .. 853 Tuscan No. 360.............. 806 Missouri No.1.............. 773

Beacon No.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 763 Geo. Washingtop No.9...... 737 Kansas City No. 220 " 690 West Gate No. 445 , . . . . .. 639 Rural No. 316 628 Corner Stone No. 323 路607

All these lodges are in Kansas City and St. Louis. lodges outside of those cities are: United No.5, Springfield ....

Charity No. 331, St. Joseph:.

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Fellowship No. 345 Granite No. 272 Sedalia No. 236 St. John No. 28

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candidates, 145, reported the greatest number of affiliations, 69, made the largest net gain, 176, and ranks as the second lodge in the State in point of membership, Temple No. 299, being first.

The totals for the larger cities follow: Total Members.

St. Louis, 34 lodges 13,687 Kansas City, 14 lodges 6,901 St. Joseph, 4 lodges....... 1,220 Springfield, 3 lodges .... '.. 1,263 Joplin, 2 lodges...........

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816 $1,655 $313,720 4,122 161,287 692 40 32,471 521 21,798 60 600 25 72 40,896 27 10',257 38 35 396 10,270

Four -lodges under Dispensation in st. Louis are included in the total membership, and one lodge under Dispensation in Kansas City.

Advance Lodge No. 590 increased its membership from 27 to 42 by raising twelve and admitting three, a splendid increase for a small lodge. Republic Lodge No. 570 has now 105 members, having doub-led its membership in four years.

The Worshipful Master and one member of King Hill Lodge 376 of St. Joseph were reported in the service' of their country with Field Hospital Corps No.1, National Guard of Missouri, on the Texas border line.

Seven lodges report 20 members or less, as follows: Williamsburg No.8 .. 18 Des Moines No. 180 .. 17 Mt. Ararat No. 382 20 Hatfield No. 395 19 Louisville No. 409 19 Hinton No. 455 20 Prair-Ie Hill No. 546 .. 15

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No work and suspended seven for non-payment of dues.

We would respectfully suggest to the incoming Grand Master that the above-mentioned lodge's be referred to his District Deputy Grand Masters for theJr respective districts, particularly No. 180, which has not met for nearly a year and says they must surrender their Charter and ask how to go about it.

We would also suggest that the incoming Grand Master have his deputies investigate the following lodges: .

Ava No. 26-The Secretary reports that repeatedly the Worshipful Master, Tiler, Secretary and oldest member have met but could not hold meeting for lack of quorum. "If we cannot get meeting what do you advise?" .

La Monte No. 574-This lodge has 53 members, assets of $306 and average attendance 25 per cent of membership. Secretary states lodge may have to surrender Charter as cannot make arrangements to stay

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in present quarters and there is no other lodge room in town.

Secretary sends in a fine report and the" lodge seems to b~ ~n condition, so, we hope the Grand Master or hisdepu ty may 'heip, to get a meeting place. Perhaps the Grand Master might give a Special Dispensation to meet like our ancient breth(en,' "in hills or low vales".

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ERRORS AND OMISSIONS. Your committee takes pleasure in reporting, a declde"d improvement in the neatness and accuracy of the return's' this Y~ar. though there is still great room for improvement. , An increasing numb'er of the returns are typewritten, maldngthem much more legib'le, though we would just as soon have written reports: if all were ,as ,'PlainlY written as the report of our good friend Milburn" Secretary of Temple Lodge No. 299, the largest lodge in Missouri. Think of it, you secretaries with for.ty or fifty members, that can't keep your records straight. This lodge has 1,250 members. conferred 314 oegrees and had many other changes in its membership by affiliations, 'de'aths, etc., yet the entire report was written, in longhand 路and was corr'ect in' every particular. All other. lodg,es;路in ,Kansas City also sent in neat and accurate reports. The three lodges in Springfield send in good reports with the exception that' No. 271 was not signed by the Worshipful Master. In ,St. Joseph, Nos. 78 and 331 send in excellent reports, but No. 189 included tw.Q names as raised which was -work done for other lodges. Degrees conferred by request for other lodges should_ only be included路 in a,separate note. The. report of No. 376 was not signed by the Secretary. All lodges in Hannibal, .Joplin and Sedalia send in good reports.' All lodges in St. Louis ,send in splendid reports with one exception, No. 576, whose report was very bad. This lodge reported, 20 initiated instead of 21, 17 passed instead of 21, 14 raised instead of 23, 7 affiliated instead of 8, .14dimitted instead of 15, failed to report the expulsion of one member.,and omitted'dates of the dimissions. In former year,s Kirksville Lodge No. 105 was in the habit of sending in very bad reports, but the new Secr,etary has corrected the records and sends a splendid report this year, ~nd we congratulate him on his good work. It is very important 'for this lodge to have a good Secretary, as it raised 69 the.past year, a.larger number than any lodge in the State, outside of St., Louis and Kansas City. Unfortunately the other lodge in Kirksville, Adair No.' 366, sends a bad report this year. This lodge omitted the nam'es :of one initiated, one passed and five raised, besides other errors. We trust the secretary of No. 366 will do better next year. This lodge is also in a prosperous condition, having raised 43 last year.

As usual the certificate plan of transferring membership caused some trouble. The Secretary of Victory I;.odge No. 609 reported two members diinittcd to whom certificates of good standing had' been issued, one to Chamois Lodge No, 185 and the other to In?;omar Lodge No. 536, but stated that he had not received official inf'ormation in either case -of the result of the ballot. In its report to the Grand Secretary No. 185 reported the affiliation of one member' and No. 536 reported the other. Section 157, Grand Lodge By-Laws, provides,

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"Said petition shall take the usual course of petitions for affiliation, and the Lodge receiving it shall, within ten days after the ballot is taken, certify the result thereof to the lodge from which the certificate came. If the petitioner is elected his own lodge shall at once forward to the lodge selected for affiliation his dimit, which shall terminate his membership in the lodge which issued the certificate." All three Secretaries were therefore at fault-Nos. 185 and 536 failed to report the result, but No. 609 should not have reported the dimissions until after receiving official information from the other lodges. Section 157 also provides that a Certificate of Good Standing for the purpose of transferring membership is void if not used within three months from the date thereof. All Secretaries should therefore keep a memorandum of every such certificate issued, and if the lodge to whom the certificate is issued does not certify the result to you after the expiration of the three months, write and ask for information.

If all Secretaries will follow the instructions in Section 157 these mistakes will not occur.

Attention of the officers of Lodges is called to the present ByLaws of the Grand Lodge, Section 116, which requires a petitioner to aver in his petition that he has "never before petitioned a Masonic Lodge for initiation" or has petitioned theretofore and been rejected.

There are many blank petitions 'used by Missouri Lodges and sold

by Masonic publishing houses in which the requirement is that the petitioner has not been rejected within "twelve months" preceding the date of his petition.

The correct form of petition as set forth in Section 116 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws must be used.

The returns of ,the following lodges were not signed by the Worshipful Master: 96, 172, 196, 260, 271, 274, 298, 317, 367, 489, 548 and 621. The returns of Nos. 110, 242 and 376 were not signed by the Secretary.

The report of No. 510 was not signed by either the Worshipful Master or the Secretary. Also omitted the names and dates of one initiated, three passed, three raised and one affiliated. Sta'tes that one man has not been a member of the lodge since 1889, but does not state how he lost membership. This man has been included in the report to the Grand Secretary every year since 1889.

The list of members in the following reports was not alphabetically arranged: Nos. 34, 211, 212, 252, 264, 321, 353, 419, 442 and 543.

The Secretary of No. 451 says he is unable to give the first names of some of his members. All lodges should require petitioners to give their names in full, the middle name as well as the first name, as for purposes of identification .this may become of great importance.

In the returns of many lodges the number of names in the list of members did not balance with the recapitulation. For instance, the recapitulation of No. 506 showed 72 members, while 79 names were given, suspended, dimitted and deceased members being included.

The names of four members in good standing of No. 462 were omitted.

Much of the confusion in the returns is because a copy of last year's report is not kept, and wh~n the rePort for the current year

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is made the Secretary does not know the number of members reported last year. Particularly is this the complaint. of new Secretaries. The Grand Secretary sends two blanks for making out return's; make the first copy for yourself and file it away; also display on your record book a copy of the recapitulation of the work and membership and you will have correct copy for the succeeding year. The Grand Secretary also furnishes two copies of the Annual Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, so that even if you lose the copy of your report you can refer to the Grand Secretary's tabular statement and ascertain the number of members returned by your lodge last year. If you can't get the information from your own copy or from the Proceedings, write to the Grand Secretary before you make the report; he will be glad to give the correct data to start you right. Some lodges seem to keep no records at all. The new Secretary of No. 400 says路 he had no records to go by except the ledger, and that was not kept up.

The reports of many lodges indicate that the officers were not aware of recent important changes in the By-Laws of the Grand.

Lodge. We therefore suggest that every lodge would find it interesting and profitable to devote at least one night a year to this subject. Have some well-informed brother talk to you on the laws of the Grand Lodge, and read from the Annual Proceedings, particularly the amendments and proposed amendments to Grand Lodge By-Laws.

The Committee on Chartered Lodges in' Iowa found 166 correct returns out of 525 lodges. Your committee found 401 correct returns out of 639 lodges. Perhaps your committee was not as exacting as the Iowa committee.

Respectfully submitted, C. L. ALEXANDER, CHAS. B. GRIMM, W .. A. PHIPPS,

MASON F. SMITH, GEO. H. IMBRIE, G. G. LANE, J. A. KINDER.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUD;ENCE. M. W. Bro. Dorsey A. Jamison, chairman, read the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence, which was adopted, as. follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Your Committee on Jurisprudence respectfully submits the following as its revort to this Annual Communication of the Grand Loage:

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, We approve of and recommend the approval by this Grand'Lodge of the following Decisions made by the Grand Master, to-wit: Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14; 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19.

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We recommend the approval of Decision No. I, excepting that part 'thereof reading as follows, to-wit: "If he has been a resident of this State for one year."

We recommend that the above-quoted portion of this Decision be eliminated therefrom, as there is nothing in the law which requires a Brother who desires to affiliate with a Lodge to, reside in this State for, one year previous to making such application. The law only requires that the petitioner shall be. a resident of the State of Missouri at the time of making such application.

We do not approve of the wording of Decisions Nos. 10 and 11; a 'Mastt!r cannot appoint a Representative to the Masonic Employment Bureau of, St. Louis until he has been installed as such Master.

He may select a Representative before his installation, but he cannot DI)point him until after he has been installed.

It therefore follows that such a Representative so appointed by ,the Master after his installation becomes immediately a Representative'to said :Employment Bureau and can thereafter act and vote as such.

II. In It.e Jurisdiction of Gro",'e Sl)ring Lodgc No. G89.

On June 6, 191?, Duncan Lodge No. 589 moved from Duncan to Grove Spring, and was regularly put to work. Some time thereafter Competition'Lo~ge No.. 432 complained of the invasion of territory by the former Lodge, claiming that by its removal to Grove Spring, Duncan Lodge acquired no new territory, but that its jurisdiction remained the same as it was before change of location of the Lodge.

On June 12, 1915, the matter was submitted to Grand Master Cotto'n,. who -d,ecided. t'batthe .jurisdi<::tlon of Duncan Lodge. (the name of which seems to have been changed to Grove Spring Lodge)' is the same as if it had been established where it now stands when it began ~ork U. 路D., and that it takes half the distance by air-line to all neighboring Lodges.

On December 11, 1915, Competition Lodge asked the present Grand Master to set this decision aside, who declined to do so, and lays 'the matter before the Grand Lodge .for its disposal.

Your Committee on Jurisprudence are of the opmlOn that the of Gr~nd Master Cotton was in accordance with Sections 17,0 and 177 of the <:ira~d Lodge By-Laws and should stand. d~cision

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The question of -Border Legislation having been referred to this committee, we find that the matter was given attention by M. W. Bro. Johnson in 1912,' and the attitude Of this Grand Lodge was determined by the Grand Lodge in the adoption of the report of the· Committee on Jurisprudence. . '. , .

The matter again arose in 1913 and was' carefully considered by special committee, whose report was adopted (Proceedings 1913, page 141).

We do not deem it advisaWe that this Grand Lodge chang'e its existing law and believe that all petitioners of Masonic Lodges in Missouri should' and must be bona fide residents o'f this Grand jurisdiction, but that we adhere to the rule heretofore adopted, which is as follows: ' "That a Lodge in a border State desiring to receive petitions from and confer degrees upon residents of Missouri shall first obtain waiver.s from the Lodge in this State having jurisdiction and froin the Grand Master of Missouri."

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'In' pursuarice of ~ suggestions indicated by .the Grand Masfer in his report under thehea.ding "Consent to BQrrow M,9ney", we re~om:­ mend and hereby suggest the repeal of Section 50 o:f the Grand Lodge By'-'Laws; and offer' for adoption a,' new Sectioniti. lieu thereof, which shall read as follows, to-wit: ", "Section 50. Contract Dcbts.-A 'Lodge shall not be permitted to contract debts for any purpose or to engage in enterprises for building halls without the consent and approval of' the Grand Master.

Lodges obtaining permission to contract debts shall. at once notify the Grand Secretary of the amount, of debt, security given a,nq when debt matures. When any debt contracted as .herein provided shall have been paid, the Lodge shall notify the Grand Se~retary of sU~h payment. A record of such debts shall be kept in the office. of the Grand· Secretary.

Fraternally submitted, DORSEY A. JAMISON, B. E. BIGGER, .

JO:gN- M. CARNAHAN, J. H. ;CRANFILL, ROBERT A. MAY, THAD B. LANDON, JOHN C. ROBERTSON.

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REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ARRESTED CHARTERS. M. W. Bro. Arch A. Johnson, chairman of Special Committee on Arrested Charters, presented and read the following report, which was adopted: M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M.: Your Speci'al Committee to which was referred the action of the Grand Master in arresting the Charter of Meramec Lodge No. 95 respectfully recommend the same be approved.

We also recommend that the action of the Grand Master in arresting the Charter of Ritchey Lodge No. 530 be approved.

Fraternally submitted, ARCH A. JOHNSON, HIRAM N. MARTIN, G. J. VAUGHAN, J. E. THOMPSON, T. W. HOSKINS.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS. The following proposition to repeal Section 67 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, and to enact a new Section 67 in lieu thereof was presented by W. Bro. Ceo. S. McLanahan: To amend Section 67 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by repealingsaid section and enacting in lieu thereof the following, to be known as Section 67: Section 67. Annual Dues.-Every Chartered Lodge shall pay annually to the Grand Lodge the路 sum of one dollar and seventy-five c~nts ($1.75) for each Master Mason reported in the annual returns.

One dollar and tw.enty-five cents ($1.25) 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 he shall have been suspended, such Lodge shall pay to the Grand Lodge the sum of one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) for each year's dues so collected, if not previously accounted for.

Provided, further, That in the event it shall be proposed to increase or decrease such annual dues, such proposal shall be referred to a vote of the Lodges of this Jurisdiction, which must be taken and reported to the Grand Secretary at least thirty days prior to the next following Annual, Communication of this Grand Lodge. If it shall appear -that a majority of the Lodges,' voting and reporting thereon, 'favors such proposition to increase or decrease the annual dues, it shall be declared carried and become immediately effective; otherwise it shall be declared lost. The vote by the various Lodges

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G. S~ McLANAHAN, PERCY A. BUDD.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT'TO CONSTITUTION. Article, V, Sec. 1. _ A proposItIOn to repeal divisions 4 and 8 of Section 1 of Article V of the Constitution and enact in lieu thereof the following was presented by W. Bro. Geo. S. McLanahan: To amend divisions four (4) ana eight (8) of Section one (1) of Article V of the Constitution by repealing said divisions and enacting in lieu thereof the following: To assess and collect from the several Lodges under this Jurisdiction such sums Of money as may be deemed necessary to be appropriated to the benefit of the Craft and for charitable purposes.

Provided, further, That when it is proposed to assess and collect said moneys or to increase or decrease the amounts required by law to be paid, such proposal shall be referred to a vote of the Lodges of this Jurisdiction, which must be taken and reported to the Grand Secretary at least thirty days prior to the next following Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge. If it shall appear 路that路 a majority of the Lodges voting and reporting thereon favors such proposition, it shall .be declared carried and become effective immediately; otherwise it shall be declared lost. The vote by the various Lodges hereunder shall be taken in the same manner as prescribed for amendments of the Constitution in Article V, Section 2 of the Constitution.

G. S.. McLANAHAN, .

PERCY A. BUDD.

REPRESENTATIVE OF GRAND LODGE OF NEW SOUTH WALE,S. W. Bro. Theop. L. Carns, Representative of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales, near the Grand Lodge of Missouri, .made路 a short address, presenting Fraternal Greetings from the Un-ited Grand Lodge of New South Wales. This was fittingly responded to by the Grand Master,

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PARTIAL 'REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES,.

R. W. Bro. Thos. F. Hurd, chairman, assisted by other , members.,of the committee, partially read the ,report of the . ~'Committee on Appeals and Grievances, the recommendations of the committee being voted on separately in each instance, as follows: , "Case I. In the matter of Petition for Restoration of W. B. Hammers;' report adopted. " Case, II. F. M. Wise, Accuser, vs. C. L. Gilchrist, Accused; report adopted. . .' Case III. In the matter of Petition for Restoration of Furlon A. . . . . Fr~e.ze; . report aQ.opte<,l..

Case IV. New Madrid Lodge No. 429 va. Fred H.Crout; report adopted.

'Case V. Union Star Lodge No,' 124 vs. Wm. H. McBride; report 'adopted..

Case VI. In th(' matter of Petition for Restoration of W. G. Manson; report adopted.

Case VII. in rp application for ~estoration of P. Y. Miller; ma'jority report adopted. ' " Case VIII. In thp. matter Of Petition for Restoration of' Dan W. Richmond; report of committee adopted, aJ:ld case' continued' to Grand Lodge. 1917.

Case IX. In the matter of Petition of Dan W. Richmond for review of Judgment Of Gate City Lodge ,No. 522; reportadopt'ed. ,Case X. Taylor R. Young, Accus'er, vs. Harry P: Lynch; Accused; report ' a d o p t e d . ' ' Case XI. Park Lodge No. 617 vs. Joseph H. Robins'on; report adopted." .' ' '.

Case XII. Itaska Lodge No. 420 va. Geo. R. Pohlman; report of committee adopted. ".

Case XIII. Maplewood Lodge" No. 566 vs. Charles M. Summers; report adopted.

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Resolved, 'That th'e dismissa'l of the appeal in the case of Park Lodge No. 617 against Joseph H. Robinson, an Entered Apprentice, by the 'Vorshipful Master and Junior Warden of said Lodge, be set aside a~d for naught he'ld; that said case be reinstated before the Grand Lodge, and that the entire matter be referred to the incoming Grand Master, with directions, to investigate all charges against the accused, as well as the action of said Park Lodge No. 617 in receiving the petition of the accused, in electing him to receive the degrees, and conferring on him the degree of En'tered Apprentice; and to take such action as he may deem advisable.

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CALLED F'ROM LABOR. At 5 :50 o'clock P. M. the Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 7 :30 o'clock tonight, when it was announced the work of the Third Degree would be 'exemplified.

SECOND DAY-EVENING SESSION. St. Louis, Wednesday, September 20, 1916.

The Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 7 :30 P. M. by Grand Master FrankR. Jesse, with the other Grand Officers in their accustomed stations.

Hymn, UN earer, My God, to Thee."

EXEMPLIFICATION OF WOR,X. No special business appearing, the Grand Master' placed the Grand Lodge under the direction of the Grand Lecturer, R. W. Bro. J. R. McLachlan, and assisted by the other Grand Officers and the brethren, he proceeded to exemplify the ceremonies of the Third Degree.

SECOND READING OF PROPOS,ED AMENDMENTS. The Grand Secretary read by title the several amendments to the By-Laws presented yesterday.

CALLED FROM LABOR. . At 9 :40 o'ciock P. M. the Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. J. M. Boon, Acting Grand Chaplain. :

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THIRD DAY-MORNING SESSION. St. Louis, Thursday, September 21, 1916.

The Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 9 o'clock A. M. ,by M. W. Grand Master Frank R. Jesse, with the other Grand Officers in their respective- stations.

Hymn, "N earer, My Q-od, to Thee."

Divine blessing invoked by R. W.and Rev. Bro. James M. Boon, Acting Grand Chaplain.路

MINUTES READ AND' APPROVED,.

The minutes of the several" sessions of yesterday were read by the Grand Secretary and approved by the Grand Lodge.

CONOLUSION OF REPORT 'OF CO~TTEE ON APPEALS AND, GRIEVANCES. CASE NO. 13.

Taylor R. Young, AcCUSer,} vs.

Harry F. Lynch, ~ccuse,d..

Motion to amend report of committee on Case No. 13 being lost, it was regularly moved and carried that the following report of the Appeals and Grievances Committee as a whole, as read, be adopted:

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES. 1. In the matter of the petition for restoration of W. B. ,i :11 II. F. M. Wise, Accuser, vs. C. F. Gilchrist, Accused.

III. In the matter of petition for restoration of Furlon A. II .i : !:~:'~ Freeze.

IV. New Madrid Lodge No. 429 vs. Fred H. Crout.

V. Union Star Lodge No. 124 vs. Wm. H. McBride.

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VI. In the matter of petition for restoration of W. G. Manson.

VII. In the matter of application of P. Y. MiIIer for reinstatement.

VIII. In the matter of petition for restoration of Dan W. Richmond.

IX. In the matter of petition of Dan W. Richmond for review of the judgn~ent of Gate City Lodge No. 522 rendered September 17, 1915.

X. Taylor R.Young, Accuser, VS. Harry P. Lynch, Accused.

XI. Park Lodge No. 617 vs: Joseph H. Robinson. . XII., Itaska Lodge No. 420, Accuser, vs. George R. Pohlman, Accused.

XIII. l\1aplewood Lodge No. 566 vs. Charles M. Summers.

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In the Matter of the Petition for Restoration of W. B. Hammers.

STATEMENT. The petition for restoration was March 18th, 1916.

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The petitioner represents that he was expelled by Seligman Lodge No. 517, A., F. & A. M., January 20th, 1916, and that he petitioned that Lodge for restoration immediately thereafter and failed to receive a two-thirds vote, and this petition is filed under. Section 252 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws.

Immediately on the receipt of the petition by the chairman of this committee he wrote W. B. Hammers that the rule of the Grand Lodge was that a showing must be made as to the Masonic conduct of the petitioner since the expulsion by recommendation from the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he resides, or from any Masonic source showing the conduct of the petitioner since expulsion, but the chairman has never received any answer to that letter. There is nothing but the petition before your committee.

We. therefore. recommend that the petition be dismissed without prejUdice to the petitioner.

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II. F. M. Wise, Accuser, . ~ vs.

C. F. Gilchrist, Accused.

This is an appeal from the decision of Cold Spring Lodge No. 274 at Leeton, Missouri, in expelling Brother C. F. Gilchrist, the accused.

The vote on the question of guilt or innocence was 26 to 12, and the vote on expulsion was 22 to 15.

The offense of which the accused is charged, briefly stated, is as follows: That on December 10th, 1915, at Leeton, Johnson County, Missouri, he did cheat, wrong and defraud the accuser, Francis M. Wise, and one Joseph W. Murray, both Master Masons, and members of Cold Spring Lodge No. 274, by advertising without their knowledge, and consent, and fraudulently and unlawfully procured the sale of th'e property of the 'said Francis M. Wise arid JosephW. Murray, thereby "cheating' and wronging them out of their said property," to-wit, lot No. 139, in Leeton, Johnson County, Missouri. '" Most Worshipful Brother Corona H. Briggs, Past 'Grand Master, presided at the trial. ' At the trial the accused entered a plea to the jurisdiction of the Lodge, alleging that the offense, if any, was committed within the jurisdiction of Corinthian Lodge No. 265, at Warrensburg, Missouri, and that, therefore, Cold Spring Lodge had no right to entertain the charge.

There is no merit to this plea, for under Section 202 of the Grand Lodge' By-Laws it is clearly stated that a, Lodge has penal jur.isdiction over all its members, affiliated or not affiliated, "wheresoever residing. The accused was a mem'ber of Cold Spring L6dge, and, 'therefore, the Lodge had ample jurisdiction to try the alleged of., fense, and the plea was very properly overruled by the acting vVorshipful Master.

The accused also objected to the hearing of the case for the reason that the notice served upon him set the' date of th'e heai'ing as Jan'uary 3rd, 1916, ins'tead of February 3rd, 19\6, which was clearly a mistake on the part of the Secretary. The accused rha~~s no showing that he was either deceived or injured by this clerical errgr, and the objection was, very properly overruled by ,the acting yvorshipful Master.

The accused also filed a plea that the offense charged, if true, did not constitute a Masonic offense, and this was also properly overruled by the acting Worshipful Master. , The accused also filed a plea of "not guilty", and it, was upon this plea' that the issues were joined and the accused went to trial, and 'upon the truth or falsity of this plea his standing must be fixed by this Grand Lodge. ;..: A perusal of the evidence seems to develop the following salient facts: The accuser, Francis M. Wise, refers to the property in question, to-wit, lot No. 139, in Leeton, Johnson County, Missouri, as his prop-

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erty and that of Joseph W. Murray, when as a matter of fact the said Francis M. Wise and Joseph W. Murray, on the 17th day of May, 1911, executed their note for $2,000 to one H. E. Fewel, due and payable three years after date, secured by a deed of trust upon the same lot. The money had been loaned by Fewel, the payee in the note, at the SOlicitation of the accused and upon his representation that it was a good loan and under what seems to have been a moral understanding that the accused would see that it was paid.

The principal note was not paid at maturity, to-wit, on the 17th day of May, 1914, nor had it been paid at the date of the. commission of the alleged offense, to-wit, December 10th, 1915.

Some time after the maturity of the note the payee complained to the accused that he had made frequent demands for payment of the principal and interest, but that the same had been denied,· and called upon the accused to take up the note, which he (the accused) did, paying full value therefor.

During the entire period the accuser and his associate (Murray) collected the rents accruing from the said property, but did not apply the same to the payment of either the principal or interest. After the note had been taken up by the accused he also demanded payment, which was refused, and the property was accordingly advertised for sale in accordance with the terms of the deed of trust..

On the day set for the sale, to-wit, December 10, 1915, the property was .offered for sale in due form by the trustee at the east front door ·of 'the courthouse in Warrensburg, Missouri, at about 9 o'clock, and was sold to C; M. Gilchrist, the testimony on behalf of the accused tending to show that it was a few minutes after 9 o'clock, and the testimony On the part of the accuser that it was a few minutes before·9 o'clock. Th.e evidence further shows that at about 1:30 in the afternoon of the same day (this being the customary hour for making such sales), upon the advice of counsel, the trustee again offered the property for sale, and it was sold to C. M. Gilchrist.

The evidence clearly shows that the accused, C. F. Gilchrist, was the legal holder and owner of the note and deed of trust upon the property in question and had paid full value therefor; that the principal and interest were long past due, and that frequent demands had ·been made for the payment of the same. No one can question the right of the accused to order the trustee to advertise the property for sale and to sell it for the payment of the debt, interest and c·osts. The accuser brought an action in the Circuit Court of Johnson County, Missouri, asking that the sale be set aside and that the property be re-vested in the said Francis M. Wise and Joseph W. Murray, which action is, or was still pending at the time this appeal was'taken.

This Grand Lodge is not 'concerned in the validity of sales under deeds of trust, for those are matters for the civil courts to thresh out 'and determine. The only question for this Grand Lodge to. determine is wh'ether or not the accused was guilty of any fraud by which th~ accuser and J. W. Murray were defrauded out of .their pr·operty. .

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paper in his own town. This he had a perfect right to do, but it further appears that he requested the publisher of the newspaper at Holden to withhold the papers going to Leeton during the running of the advertisement in question. The publisher of the paper at Holden agreed to withhold his exchange copies, but refused tq - do so with reference to the copies going to cash subscribers. As a matter of fact, the notice was discovered by the accuser in plenty of time to be present at the sale and protect his interests and those of his associate in the deed of trust.

Your committee is frank to state that while the accused had a perfect right to place the advertisement in any newspaper in the county in which the property was situated, his action in trying to suppress a part of its circulation did not pl~ce him in an enviable light. He was under no legal obligation to apprise the makers of the deed of trust of the forthcoming sale, but it was his duty. on the other hand, to refrain from any acts calculated to curtail the circulation of the paper which would prevent the parties in interest from learning of the intended sale. However, there was testimony 'offered tending to explai,n his conduct in this matter and to show that it was not done in bad faith. The makers of the deed of trust were not injured by the withholding of any papers, and in view of the fact that they were in default on their obligation and had for several years collected rents which ought to have been applied to the payment of their indebtedness they ought not to be allowed to. complain of the cond uct of the accused in this regard.

The only other conduct on the part of the accused which might be construed as fraud ulent is the holding of the sale before 9 o'clock in order to prevent the makers of the deed of trust from being present and protecting their interests. The evidence on this point is conflicting and it is not clearly shown that the first sale took place before 9 o'clock, nor does the evidence establish that the second sale. which was held at or about 1 :30 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, was had for the purpose of defraUding the makers of the deed of trust; on the contrary, the weight of the evidence seems to show that it was had in good faith upon the advice of counsel for the purpose of better enabling the makers of the deed of trust to be present and protect their interests.

Again, we repeat that this Grand Lodge is not concerned with the propriety of calling off the first sale or the validity of the second sale; that is a matter for the courts to determine.

The accused was engaged in a perfectly lawful and legitimate business, to-wit, the recovery of the money due him under the note and deed of trust by a sale of the property in the manner prescribed by law, and, in the absence of a sl;lowing beyond all reasonable doubt that he was guilty of fraud and that. the accuser and Joseph W. Murray were thereby fraUdulently deprived of their property, the Lodge had no right to find him guilty and expel him.

The accused complains that seve~al Master Masons 'were present at the trial who had not been examined in the lecture of the Third Degree and were denied the opportunity to pass the examination and were thereby prevented from voting. The acting Worshipful Master properly overruled the motion of the accused that these

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brethren be perm'itted to take the examination, as the notice of the meeting did not state that such examinations would be heard.

The accused sets forth a number of grounds of appeal which are not well taken by the committee because they are either not borne out by the record or the accused was not injured thereby.

The sole question upon which the decision in this case must turn is whether or not the accused was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the fraud with which he was charged and the accuser and Joseph W. Murray were materially injured thereby.

Your committee is of the opinion that he was not so proved guilty, and we, therefore, recommend that the judgment of Cold Spring Lodge No. 274 in expelling Brother C. F. Gilchrist be set aside and for naught held, and that said Brother C. F. Gilchrist be, and he is hereby restored to membership in Cold Spring Lodge No. 274, and to all the rights and privileges of a Master Mason.

III. In the Matter of ~etition for Restoration of Furlon A. Freeze.

Brother Furlan A. Freeze was suspended for non-payment of dues by Exeter Lodge No. 514, A., F. & A. M., now defunct, On the 8th day of July, 1899, at which time he owed $5.00 dues. The petition for reinstatement is accompanied by a recommendation from Pythagoras Lodge No. 383, located at Cassville, Missouri, in whose jurIsdiction he now resides, with a remittance to cover his dues.

We recommend that he be reinstated to g-ood Masonic standing and that the Grand Secretary issue his Certit!cate accordingly.

IV. New Madrid'Lodge No. 429 vs.

Fred H. Crout..

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Your' committee is in receipt of a bundle of papers purporting to be the record of the trial and expulsion of the accused. We find that the record consists of a letter from the Secretary of New Madrid Lodge No. 429 to the Grand Secretary, in which he purports to give what the Lodge did in the trial of the accused, and doesn't purport to be copies of the minutes of the proceedings of the Lodge, but merely a letter telling what was done, in his own words, and very shortly stated.

We find, also, that Ure testimony taken was not signed by the witnesses, nor certified by any stenographer. The fact is, we are unable to make heads or tails of the proceedings. Although your committee has written to the Secretary asking for a copy of the minutes and proceedings and explained to him in detail what was desired, we have failed to get anything further than what we have recited.

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We therefore recomin~nd that the action of the Lodge be reversed and that the cause be remanded for retrial, and that the incoming Grand Master designate some proficien.t brother. to preside at the trial and see that the record is properly made.

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Union Star Lodge No. 121 vs.

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STATEMENT. The charge consists of one specification only, charging the accused with violation of the local option law in the County of De Kalb.

The charge was filed March 24th, 1916, by the .Tunior Warden. A copy of the charge with formal notice of special communication to be held on April 7th for the purpose of conducting the trial, was served on the accused in person on March 25, 1916, by the Secretary.

On said date the accused appeared in person and by counsel and answered ready for trial, as did the Lodge.

The ,formal specification is: "That said Brother William H. McBride on the 25th day of February, 1916, at the Town of 'Union Star, in the County of De Kalb, State of Missouri, did sell one-half pint of gin, and at various other times had been selling intoxicating liquors to various persons, in violation of his duty as a Mason and to the scandal and disgrace of the Masonic Fraternity."

The testimony divulges that the accused is a retail druggist, and abundant evidence properly submitted in the Lodge to prove the guilt of the accused. The evidence is supported by affidavits of profanes, improperly taken, however, for the reason that the affidavits were not taken before a duly appointed committee and notice of same served upon the accused'. These affidavits are not considered by the committee as competent evidence.

The records before us divulge that there were present 路seventeen members of the Lodge, and that the vote on the guilt or innocence of the accused resulted in a unanimous vote of guilty. The vote on the penalty resulted in fifteen for expulsion and two against expulsion. The Worshipful Master declared the accused brother expelled.

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unanimous vote of the entire membership of the Lodge present indicates to this committee that the members had no doubt of the guilt of the accused and your committee has no doubt of his guilt, and refuses to interfere with the verdict of the Lodge. We therefore recommend that the action of Union Star Lodge be affirmed, and that the accused brother be expelled from all the rights and privileges of 'Freemasonry.

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VI. In the Matter of the Petition for Restoration of W. G. Manson.

This petition was filed with the Grand Secr~tary August 30th, 1916, and represents that the petitioner was expelled by the Grand Lodge at its session in 1909 and petitions for restoration to good Masonic standing.

The chairman of this committee, on -September 1st, 1916, wroh' W. G. Manson that it was a rule of the Grand Lodge that a showing of his good conduct must be made since the expulsion and that htl might do this either by a recommendation from the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he now resides or a recommendation from some recognized Masonic authority showing his good conduct.

To that letter the chairman has never received any reply, nor has the Grand Secretary been furnished with any additional information on this subject.

We, therefore, recommend that the petition be dismissed without prejudice.

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In the Matter of Application of P. Y. Miller for Reinstatement.

Your committee has for its consideration the application 01 Marcus Lodge No. 110, A., F. & A. M., Fredericktown, Missouri, requesting the reinstatement of P. Y. Miller.

At the suggestion of Brother Parson, Grand Secretary, P. Y. Miller tiled the following: "Fredericktown, Missouri, August 5th, 1916.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, ~ncient, Free and Accepted Masons, Missouri: "The undersigned respectfully petitions your august body to restore him to good Masonic standing.

Yours truly, (Signed) P. Y. Miller."

It is the opInIOn of your committee that before either this committee or the Grand Lodge should act upon this petition some showing should be made why P. Y. Miller should be reinstated.

The petition is, therefore, dismissed without prejudice to the refiling of same accompanied by some proof or showing why it woul" be to the benefit of Freemasonry to reinstate P. Y. Miller.

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In the Matter of the Petition for Restoration to Good Masonic Standing of Dan W. Richmond.

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STATEMENT. The petitioner, Dan W. Richmond, was expelled September 17th, 1915, by Gate City Lodge No. 522 on charges of unmasonic conduct in that he permitted three blasphemous, indecent and defamatory articles to be published in a publication known as "The Dum Dum", which is published in Kansas City; Missouri.

The evidence shows that while, in name, the petitioner was the editor and publisher of said magazine, yet said magazine was really controlled, managed and published by one L. E. Claypool, and that the said articles complained of were not written by the petitioner, but by another.

The evidence further shows that prior to the filing of said charges ' that the petitioner, when complaint was made to him regarding said articles, immediately stopped the publication of such articles and changed the policy of said publication and severed his relations with the writer of said articles of which complaint was made.

The evidence further shows that after his conviction, the petitioner immediately ceased publishing said magazine and engaged in another business. The petitioner did not appeal from the decision of Gate City Lodge in expelling him and states that he did not do so for the reason that he was persuaded not to do so by several members of Gatc City Lodge who were interested in his prosecution, who assured him that if he would not do so he would be re,instated as soon as he filed his application, which they advised him to do at an early date.

On March 17th, 1916, he filed the following application for restoration to good Masonic standing and an apology to said Lodge: "Kansas City, Mo., March 17, 1916.

To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Members of Gate City Lodge No. 522, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, Kansas City, Missouri: Dear Sirs and Brethren: Six months ago you voted to expel me from your midst for publishing a magazine called 'The Dum Dum'. I bowed to your decision and accepted my punishment without m-urmur or appeal. I also did all in my power to make reparation for my error by immediately stopping publication of the objectionable magazine. It is a dead issue and shall so remain.

I stand ready and anxious to make any further reparation and to accept any further punishment for my error that you may demand of me.

I come to you through this letter in deep humility, acknowledging my error, assuring you of my sincere repentance and asking that you forgive me in true Masonic charity. ' I appeal to your brotherly love to extend a helping hand in aiding an erring br..other to regain Masonic life by restoring me to good standing in Gate City Lodge, if you will so honor me; or, if not, then I would beg that you restore me to Masonic, good standing so that I may seek a Masonic resting place in some other lodg-e.

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make this same plea for me and to throw me upon your mercy at that time. Being ignorant of trial methods, never having seen one before, I believed that he would follow my instructions after my withdrawal from the lodge room. As I afterwards learned, he failed to do so, and you, naturally judging that he represented my attitude, voted to expel me. I am confident that if my true feelings had been conveyed to you at that time you would have dealt with me more leniently, but bygones are bygones, and I can only say again that I am deeply sorry and ask your pardon.

I have suffered as no one who has not been condemned to ostracism from Masonic life can possibly realize. I have spent the time of my e'Xile in most serious contemplation of my errors, and I can truthfully say I feel a greater respect and love for Masonry and its teachings than ever before. My suffering has made me a better Mason in my heart, and I pledge you my word of honor as a man and as a Mason that should you extend to me your Masonic charity, brotherly love and relief- that no act of mine shall ever cause you to regret it.

Casting myself upon your mercy and trusting that your true Masonic spirit will guide you in your judgment, I remain yours in humble and penitent submission, DAN W. RICHMOND." RECOMMENDATION. This application on April 1st, 1916, was rejected by Gate City Lodge No. 522. After its rejection the petitioner .claims that he gave the Lodge ample notice that he had petitioned this Grand Lodge to be restored to good Masonic standing.

On' the very eve of our report, to-wit, September 20th, at 10 A. M., Gate City Lodge, through its officers, appeared before this committee and presented such an array of facts and rumors derogatory to the character of the petitioner, that the committee feels constrained to ask this Grand Body to continue the application of petitioner until the next Annual Communication without prejudice to the petitioner. We further recommend that the incoming chairman of ,the Committee on Appeals and Grievances take such steps as he may deem expedient to ascertain the charactâ&#x201A;Źr and fitness of the petitioner for restoration.

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In the Matter of the Petition of Dan W. Richmond for Review of the JUdgment of Gate City Lodge No. 522, Rendered September 17th, 1915.

STATEMJ<;NT. This is a petition for review in the nature of a writ of error.

Dan W. Richmond was tried and expelled from said Gate City Lodge No. 522 on September 17th, 1915. He did not appeal from said decision for various reasons set out in said petition for review.

Your committee, having disposed of thi:;; matter on the petition

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for restoration, we feel not called upon to express our views on this petition for review further than to say that there is no proceeding provided for by the book of Constitutions and By-Laws of this character.

In view of the fact that the Grand Lodge By-Laws provide for appeal and give the accused ample time in which to take said appeal, we would be inclined to overrule the petition for review even though we had not disposed of this case under the previous petition.

We make this expression merely as an indication of our judgment in the matter; that when a brother has opportunity to appeal and sleeps his rights away, under the present By-Laws of the Grand Lodge his remedy is gone also, and for the additional' reason that there would be no end to adjudication in the Grand Lodge nor in the subordinate Lodges.

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STATEMENT. This case o.riginated by the filing on July 5th, 1916, with the Secretary of Keystone Lodge No. 243 of charges of unmasonic, conduct brought by Brother Taylor R. Young, accuser, against Worshipful Brother Harry P. Lynch, accused. Eight specifications are set forth.

Their substance is as follows: Specifications 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively charge Worshipful Brother Lynch with having wilfully and maliciously, in the presence of various brethren, employed language concerning Brother Young to the effectSpecification 1. That the latter had robbed a brother Master Mason's widow and is trying to rob his daughter; Specification 2. That he had wronged a brother Master Mason's widow and is trying to wrong his daughter; Specification 3. That he had drawn a brother Master Mason's will and is now trying to break it; Specification 4. That he, tJ:1e accuser, "is not right", meaning thereby that he was dishonest and had been guilty of unmasonic conduct; Specification 5 chargeS Worshipf~l Brother Lynch witn having endeavored to cheat, and defraud the estate of the. lat,e Brother W. H. Pomeroy and his widow by presenting a fraudulent claim for $200.00 against Brother Pomeroy's estate, and with having en路 deavored to induce the accuser to advise the widow to pay said claim and with having threatened, after failure to obtain said pa:r ment, to cause the widow all the trouble he COUld. ' Specification 6 charges W. Brother Lynch with having carried into execution the threat referred to in specification 5 by indue路路 ing Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Chase, the son-in-law and daughter of thr late Brother Pomeroy, through false and fraudulent representations

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to institute proceedings in the nature of amotion to discover assets in the Probate Court of the City of St, Louis against the widow of Brother Pomeroy, who was also executrix of his estate, to compel her to inventory in his estate various items of property which did riot in fact belong to the estate, and that the accused Brother Lynch . knowingly made a false affidavit to the motion to discover assets.

Specification 7 charges Worshipful Brother Lynch with having fraudulently forged an indorsement waiving notice, protest and all steps necessary to bind ,the indorsers upon the back of a note tor $250.00 executed by Lynch and indorsed by the accuser, Young, and a,nother member of Keystone Lodge No. 243 for the accommodation of Lynch.

Specification No. 8 charges Worshipful Brother Lynch with ha.ving obtained $157.00 from Brother Charles S. Rich by fraudulently representing to Brother Rich that he could and would deliver to 'Brother Rich a note l!lecured by first deed of trust on real estate in the City of St. Louis as collateral, while knowing at the time that , he could not furnish said collateral.

Extensive depositions were taken before a committee prior to the -triat' itself.

Pursuant to the request of the Master of the Lodge, Right Worshipful Brother Anthony F. Ittner, who had been designated by the Grand' Master, 'presided at the trial, which 'began on August 9th, f916.0wirig to that fact, Brother Ittner, who is a member of the Committee on Appeals and Grievances; did not sit with the commIttee in hearing the appeal on this case.

At the trial in the Lodge below, objections in the nature of a demurrer or' motion to strike out were filed by the accused to each 'of the specifications. Objection was overruled with respect to each s'pecification except as to specification 3, and that part of specification 6 which charges the accused with having knowingly made a false affidavit to the motion to discover assets therein alleged to have been filed in the Probate Court of the City of St. Louis. As to both said specification 3 and' said路 portion of specification 6 the objection was sustained and exception noted.

The evidence upon these various charges is exceedIngly voluminotis. Wl;l state thes\lbstance as bri~fly as possible below. For the sake of convenience, the specifications are treated in Inverse order.

The facts as disclosed by the testimony on specification 8 are as follows: , " , That Brother Lynch In November, 1913, requested Brother Charles Rich to loan him, money to payoff an interest note then due on a. deed of trust upon his home amounting to $157.50; that he told Brother Rich he would deliver to him the interest note after he paid it off, to hold as collateral security for the loan; that Brother Rich thereupon loaned hIm $157.00 at 8 per cent interest, for which Brother Lynch executed his note. That Brother Lynch sent the proceeds of Brother Rich's' check to the office at which the interest note was held pay th'e same; that when paid it was stamped with the word "paid": by: the. holder; that the interest note was never delivered fo Brother Rich. Brother Lynch testified that he had not intended for the note to be stamped "paid"; that when路 he discovered' it ha.d

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been so stamped it was his opinion that as a canceled piece of paper it had become worthless as collateral and that he had therefore not delivered it to Brotl1er Rich. The evidence also discloses that all of the $157.00 note delivered to Brother Rich had been paid prior to the institution of these charges except $37.00 and a small item of interest. Brother Lynch testified that he had told Brother Rich In February, 1916, that he had heard that Brother Young had circulated remarks about him in connection with this matter and that he therefore preferred to let the balance of the loan stand unpaid and bear 8 per cent Interest until the matter was settled; that Brother Rich made no objection. Brother Rich testified that he let the matter stand after this conversation; that he did not care. to be made a party to this proceeding. and had asked Brother Young to leave him out.

The testimony upon specification 7 on behalf of the accuser Is to the effect that Brother Lynch requested Bfother Young (the accuser) and Brother Speirs to indorse a note for $250.00 which was to be discounted by Brother Lynch at the American Trust Company; that they, both signed their names on the back of the note from a quarter to a third of the way down; that at the time of the .signing there was nothing written or stamped above their signatures; that over a year later 路Brothers Speirs and Young for the first time found that above their names had been stamped an Indorsement that "notice, protest and all steps .necessary to bind each Indorser hereon o~ the non-payment of this note are hereby waived by each indorser"; that neither of them had authorized anyone to insert this stamped waiver upon the note. On behalf of the accused, the testimony was that the stamp by which the indorsement was placed on the note belongs to the American Trust Company; that. he had nothing to do with placing it thereon, but that on the contrary the indorsement was placed on the note by the note teller of the American Tr'ust Company, who himself so testified by affidavit, admitted in evidence by consent.

The testimony upon specifications 6, 5, 4, 2 and 1 Is so Interwoven that the features which in our opinion are controlling upon all of路 them are contained in the following summary: The evidence shows that on or about March 5th, 1912, Brother W. H .. Pomeroy and wife, Elizabeth, secured the services of Brother Taylor R. Young, the accuser, who is an attorney-at-law, to draw up an instrument which was designed to crystallize into writing an oral agreement made by them prior to marriage, which agreement was to the general effect that a trust fund of $10,000 should be created by a contribution of $5,000.00 by each of them, the same to be held by a trustee (Worshipful Brother Lynch being then contemplated as trustee), the fund to be used during the life of Brother Pomeroy and wife, if necessary, and on the death of either the fund remaining to pass to the survivor. On the death of such survivor it was provided that one-half of such portion of the fund as might remain should pass to Ina Pomeroy Chase of California, a married daughter of Brother Pomeroy by a former wife, and the other half to a daughter of Mrs. Pomeroy. Brother Lyneh signed an agreement to act as trustee ,mder this instrument, but later, on the advice

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of Brother Young. the trust fund was not paid over to Brother Lynch. but was retained in the possesssion of Brother Pomeroy and wife. This trust fund agreement was incorporated in a written instrument (frequently referred to in the evidence as the "antenuptial agreement") by Brother Young on March 5th, 1912, but was dated back to November 21st. 1910, which was prior to the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy, and was signed by Mrs. Pomeroy with the name which she bore prior to her marriage to Brother Pomeroy. On the same date, 1. e., March 5th, 1912, Brother Pomeroy and his wife each executed a will, which wills were drawn by Brother Young. one of the witnesses to same being Brother Lynch.

At this time, Brother Pomeroy was 62 years of age and his wife 44 years of age, From correspondence it appears that Brother Pomeroy had been in ill health shortly prior to the execution of these instruments.

Brother Pomeroy died suddenly on June 19th, 1914, and on July 17th, 1914. his will was admitted .to probate in the St. Louis Probate Court and his widow Elizabeth appointed executrix. The first paragraph of this will directs that all of his just debts be paid out of his estate by his executrix; by subse·quent clauses he bequeathed a certain policy of life insurance. a set of Haviland china, various silverware and an oil painting to his daughter, Ina Pomeroy Chase, and various furniture, Masonic apron, Masonic pictures, ring,charm and watch to her husband for life, with remainder over to their son, a grandson of Brother Pomeroy. A further clause referred to the trust fund created by the instrument dated November 21st, 1910, and directed a disposal of the fund In the event he should survive his wife in accordance with the terms of that instrument. The will also provides that "a certaIn note which I own. executed by my belov~d daughter and son-in-law In the sum of $1.000. be paid In equal shares to my beloved daughter, Ina Pomeroy Chase, and my beloved wife".

In the early part of January, 1914, nearly two years after the execution of this will, Brother Pomeroy had written a letter to his daughter. Ina Chase, and. her husband. in which he uses the words, "if I should die, Elizabeth understands to give you that note. If I was able. I would give it to you now • • 9. Now. I do not want you and Fred to sell your home or your business to pay that note.

I would much rather lose/it first".

On the day after Brother Pomeroy's death Brother Young testifies that Brother Lynch came to his office and asked Brother Young to advise Mrs. Pomeroy to pay him (Brother Lynch) ·two hundred dollars which he claimed to be due from Brother Pomeroy and stated that he would pay Brother Young the two hundred dollars when obtained to apply on a debt due Young; that when Brother Young declined to recommend this payment Brother Lynch said he would cause the widow all the trouble he could if she did not pay.

Brother Lynch denies having had any interview whatever with Brother Young concerning this note except through his attorney, Richard Ralph. but testifies that Brother Pomeroy did owe him two hundred dollars when he died. Brother Young refused to advise Mrs. Pomeroy to waive Brother Lynch's incompetency to testify (Brother

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Pomeroy being dead) with regard to this claim, and consequently claim for this amount was never presented to the Probate Court

by Brother Lynch.

On the day after Brother Pomeroy's death Ina Chase's husband wrote from California to J. M. Crebs of Carmi, Illinois, and sent him a power of attorney to act for his wife and. 'himself in connection with the estate of Brother Pomeroy. Mr. Crebs in turn wrote Brother Lynch, the accused, and later saw Lynch and stated to him that as he (Crebs) lives a, long way from St. Louis he would suggest to Mrs. Chase that she send Brother Lynch power of attorney and J~t him (Lynch) 'look after her interests., On December 5th, 1914, power of attorney was executed by Mrs. Chase, who was then in California, and forwarded to Brother Lynch at St. Louis.

After the death of Brother Pomeroy, on June 19th, 1914, nrother Young had represented his widow as attorney; no inventory of the estate was filed by him for nearly six months (December 7th, 1914), and, when filed, it did not include the Haviland china, silverware and oil painting bequeathed to Mrs. Chase by Brother Pomeroy's will, nor did it include the furniture, Masonic apron, Masonic pictures, ring, charm and watch bequeathed to her husband and little son. Nor did it include any part of the $7,600.00 remaining in the $10,000.00 trust fund referred to in the so-called ante-nuptial agreement, all of which was in the possession of the widow of Brother Pomeroy. The prOllerty inventoried on December 7th, 1914, by Brother Young for the executrix was not sufficient to pay any of the creditors of the estate or even the court costs over 'and above the widow's allowance.

Between December 7th, 1914, and September 24th, 1915, claims', of creditors aggregating approximately $2,200 were filed against ~he estate, and Brother Young testified he was fearful of an $8,000 claim' being asserted by an Illinois bank if any considerable assets should be inventoried in the estate, thus causing Mrs'. Pomeroy expensive litigation, though he also stated that he knew that this' claim had' been fully settled and that in his opinion he could show that fact.

On December 16th, 1914, Brother Young filed a supplemental inventory, describing a certain "so-called contingent interest", but did not include any of the above items of physical personal property nor the trust fund itself. Brother Young testifies that he anticipated trouble from Brother Lynch and filed the supplemental inventory to please Brother Lynch. That he had informed Brother Lynch prior to December 19th, 1914, that there were debts which would consume tl:l,e assets that might be inventoried and thereby deprive the widow and Mrs. Chase of the money in the trust fund. Up until the date of the filing of the supplementary inventory, however, there had been proved up less than $1,500 claims against the' esta~e, and at that time the so-called trust fund covered by the so-called ante-nuptial agreement which had been in fact executed after the marriage of the parties embraced some $7,600. Brother Lynch in the meantime, having been requested by Mrs. Chase to represent her, and having received the power of attorney which' had been sent him at the suggestion of Mr. Crebs, so far as the record shows, without any solicitation whatever on the part of Brother Lynch, had

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considered it his duty toward Mrs. Chase, who was in California, to consult Brothers Ralph and Booth, attorne~!s-at-law, in her behalf, and had accordingly consulted them. Mr. Booth testifies that he advised Brother Lynch that there wa's a probable cause of action on the facts before him and two days after the filing of the supplemental inventory by Brother Young which failed to show the items of property bequeathed by Brother Pomeroy to his daughter and her husband and son, and also failed to show the principal of the so-called trust fund,' Messrs. Ralph and Booth, on behalf of Ina Chase, filed a motion to discover assets in the Probate Court of the City of St. Louis directed against Mrs. Pomeroy, the executrix 01: her husband's estate. Mr. Booth testifies that it was necessary to have some one swear to the motion under the law and that he and Mr. Ralph requested Brother Lynch' to sign and swear to the affidavit, which he accordingly did. Mr. Booth testifies that after his employment in the case he and Mr. Ralph directed the procedure in court from that time on; that it was at their solicitation that Brother Lynch furnished them with the information he did: that it was at the request of Mr. Booth that Brotfier Lynch testified at the trial, where he sat behind Mr. Booth and assisted him. Correspondence was carried on from time to time directly between Booth and Mrs. Chase's husband. On December 11th, 1914, Mr. Booth had already, without the knowledge of Brother Lynch, filed a motion to set aside' an allowance which Brother Young had secured for the widow on the ground that it was excessive in view of the financial condition of the estate. The motion to set aside the allowance was overruled on December 17th, 1914, and the citation in the proceeding to discover assets was determined in favor of Mrs. Pomeroy and dismissed by the Probate Court approximately seven months later, but appeal was taken to the Circuit Court on July 27th, 1915. The grounds on which the Probate Court decision was based do not appear from the record.

On October 14th, 1915, Brother Young wrote. to Mr. and Mrs. Chase in California, demanding payment of the note signed by them for $1,000.00 and interest, threatening suit if not paid; this letter was immediately forwarded back to Mr. Booth, the attorney in St. Louis.

On December 1st, 1915, while the proceeding with reference to concealment of assets was pending on appeal to the Circuit Court and there having. been no additional property inventoried by the executrix, the annual election of Keystone Lodge was held. Brother Young was then Senior Deacon of the Lodge. Brother Lynch, who had in the meantime been consulted by Mr. Booth in regard to various facts pertaining to the litigation and was evidently familiar with the entire matter, was also present. There is testimony that there had been conversation among members of Keystone Lodge with reference to the Pomeroy matter, and the latter part of November one of its members sent for Brother Lynch and asked him about the matter. Brother Lynch told him that Brother Yo\mg had drawn Brother Pomeroy's will and' after his death had "engaged to Mrs. Pomeroy for the purpose of defeating the intent the will", and also referred to some transaction between himself and Brother Young in

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which he said Brother Young had not been exactly honest. About two weel{s before the election night one witness' testifies that Brother Lynch said Brother Young .had made a will for a brother and later tried to break it and that he was not competent for the office, pres'umably that of Junior vVarden. On election night there is evidence that in the ante-room, outside the lodge, Brother Lynch told one brother that Brother Young had attempted to or did cheat or wrong a Master Mason's widow; told another member that he drew a will for a brother Master Mason and is now trying to break the will; another, that Brother Young wrote the will for a brother Master Mason and now ~as trying to break it and rob' the widow and daughter; and a fourth that Brother Young drew a will and is trying to break the will and beat the widow and daughter out of the money and that Brother Lynch asked him not to vote for Brother Young for Junior Warden. Brother Lynch, when testifying in his own behalf in this case, denied having asserted that Brother Young had robbed a Master Mason's widow and was trying to rob his daughter, but testified that he aid make the statement that Brother Young drew a brother Master Mas()n's will and was seeking to evade its purposes. He testified that he was perfectly acquainted with Brother Pomeroy's will; that he had received a request from Brother Pomeroy's daughter to act in her behalf; that he knew that the inventory of the estate of Brother Pomeroy which had been prepared by Brother Young contained none of the articles that were left by Brother Pomeroy's will to his daughter and grandson; that it was and is his opinion that Brother Young was seeking to evade the purposes of the will.

On January 6th, 1916, the proceeding to disclose assets was tried in the Circuit Court on appeal and determined in favor of Mrs. Pomeroy. The record fails to disclose the ground for this decision, it being variously asserted by counsel before this committee on the one hand that the decision of the Court sustained the view that the $7,600.00 trust fund belonged to Mrs. Pomeroy individually and therefore did not have to be inventoried, and by counsel on the other hand that the decision went no farther than that the wrong form of action had been brought to set aside the so-called antenuptial agreement and that a suit in equity is now pending in the courts to determine the validity of that instrument. No appeal was taken from the decision of the Circuit Court within the time provided by law. Two days after the decision Brother Young wrote Mrs. Chase promising to send her ,the Haviland china and other things bequeathed her in Brother Pomeroy's will and asking her to send him all the letters which Brother Lynch had written her and told her she need not pay the lawyers who pretended to represent her, as they worked against her.

Four days later Brother Young again wrote asking what Mr. and Mrs. Chase intended doing about the payment of the two notes owing by them, and between that date and May 22nd, 1916, suit was instituted by Mrs. Pomeroy on one of the notes against the son-in-law and daughter of her late husband. In the meantime, so far as the record discloses, the Haviland china and other articles had not been forwarded to Mrs. Chase, Brother Young stating in a letter dated May 22nd, 1916, a year and eleven months after the death of Brother Pomeroy, in answer to an inquiry from the California attorney of Mrs.

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Chase when the goods would be shipped, that he (Brother Young) does not know how Mrs. Pomeroy will feel now, as she has been compelled to institute suit ag-ainst Mr. and Mrs. Chase on a note given her deceased husband. ... ... ...

At the conclusion of the evidence in the above, Brother Lynch was found not guilty on each of the specifications. Eighty-five members voted. The maximum vote against Brother Lynch was on specification 2, in which thirty-three (33) votes were cast against him and' fifty-two (52) in his favor. After the second specification the vote against him steadily diminished until on the eighth specification (on which eighty-four [84] Brethren voted), Brother Lynch was declared not guilty by a vote of sixty-six (66) to eighteen (18). From judgment rendered in accordance with the verdict of the Lodge this appeal is taken.

DECISION. The grounds assigned for reversal have been carefully examined by' your committee. The accuser alleges bias, prejudice and improper use of influence by the Master and failure on his part to advise the committee appointed to take testimony that they should not rule on objections to evidence, but should take all testimony offered and return it to the Lodge. "Ve have carefully c.onsidered the ruling-s made by the committee, and without passing upon the question as to their power to rule upon the admissibility of evidence, we hold that no material error appears from the rulings made by it and that there is no evidence before this committee of bias, prejudice or improper conduct by the Master; on the contrary, his request that the Grand Master appoint a special presiding officer for the trial seems to indicate entire fairness.

"Vith respect to the alleged bias of 'the committeemen, the alleged prejudice of the members of the Lodge and factions thereof, our opinion is to the same effect, there being no evidence of any such bIas or prejudice contained in the record. Indeed, it would appear that the accuser, Brother Young, was amply protected against imposition by unfriendly members of the Lodge, inasmuch as he caused summonses to issue for ninety-one (91) Master Masons to appear as witnesses, thirty-five (35) of whom were served personally by the Secretary and fifty-six (56) were delivered to Brother Young for service by himself. In this connection we may note that. but seven (7) witnesses were actually used at the trial by Brother Young in addition to himself and that of these seven (7) but four (4) are included in the list of ninety-one (91), for whom he caused summonses to be issued.

We also hold that the removal of a member of the commIttee to take testimony and the substitution of another by the Master under the circumstances disclosed was not error. ' The refusal of the Master to issue summons to compel' attendance at the trial by all the members of the Lodge, as requested by counsel for the accuser, was not路 error; the law requires only notice and does not require a summons. The objections to rulings on evidence, sustaining of demurrer and motion to strike out on the third and sixth

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specifications are without merit, as are objections to the hours at which hearings and adjournments thereof were had.

With respect to whether the verdict was in accordance with evidence, we are of the opinion as follows: On Specification 8, which charges the fraudulent obtaining of $157.00 from Brother Rich, the evidence fails utterly to show fraud or bad faith. The verdict of the Lodge was right.

On Specification 7. which charges accused with forging an endorsement of waiver of notice above the signatures of Brothers Young and Speirs on the back of a note discounted at the American Trust Company. the evidence is clear that the endorsement was stamped upon the note. not by Brother Lynch, but by the note teller of the American Trust Company. who himself so testifies. The verdict of the Lodge was right.

On Specification 6. which charges that the accused. through false and fraudulent representations, induced Mr. and Mrs. Chase to institute proceedings to disclose assets in the Probate Court, the evidence totally fails to show representations of any kind made by Brother Lynch. but. on the contrary. shows that as a friend of Mrs. Chase .he was asked by Mr. Crebs of Carmi, Illinois, to assist Mr. and Mrs. Chase; that he thereupon engaged counsel and that thereafter the counsel directed the proceedings as their own judgment dictated and that the assistance rendered by Brother Lynch was given at their request. The unsuccessful outcome of the litigation that was undertaken does not establish the existence of improper motives. No fraud or improper conduct is shown on the part of the accused. The verdict of the Lodge was right.

On Specification 5, which is bottomed on the charge that the accused endeavored to cheat the estate by presenting a fraUdulent claim for $200.00, there is an utter failure to show any fraud in connection with said claim. The verdict of the Lodge was right.

On Specifications 1, 2 and 4, which respectively charge the accused with having willfully and maliciously said of the accuser that he had robbed or wronged a Master Mason's widow and is trying to rob or wrong his daughter, and that he is "not right", meaning that he was dishonest. we are of the opinion that the accused was indiscreet and used language that he should not have employed with reference to the conduct of the accuser. Thus far, both the Probate Court and the Circuit Court have refused to order Mrs. Pomeroy to Irlventory the so-called trust fund or other property in pursuance to the particular proceedings which have been brought against her. VIe do not commend the accused for the language which the preponderance of the evidence indicates he used and are of the opinion that he should not have employed the same.

We do not, however, find that the elements of willfulness and mallce on his part, on which these specifications are bottomed. have been established. We fail to find satisfactory or substantial evidence that these 'utterances were made with that reckless disregard of fact and evil quality of motive which would stamp them as having been willfully and maliciously made within the meaning of the charge against him.

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ployed in discussing the qualifications of the accuser for the office of Junior 'Warden of the Lodge. The accused was a Past Master of Keystone and presumably had its interests at heart. It was therefore not surprising, if his experience with the accuser had caused him to believe that he had been guilty of improper conduct, that he should inform members of the Lodge of his belief before the election, which was to determine whether the accuser should be elevated to the office but two removed from that of Worshipful Master of Keystone Lodge.

His experience with the accuser had been that he (Brother Young) had written Brother Pomeroy's will, which specifically directed the payment of his debts from his estate and specified certain particular bequests which were to go to his daughter and grandson, including Masonic apron and jewelry; that when the inventory of Brother Pomeroy's estate, prepared by Brother Young, was filed it disclosed that no part of the $7,600 trust fund was inventoried, but, on the contrary, it was in the hands of Mrs. Pomeroy individually without bond to protect the daughter, Mrs. Chase; that none of the articles of furniture, china, silverware, oil painting, Masonic aprQn or jewelry specifically bequeathed wcre included in the inventory; that the estate, instead of being able to pay its debts as specifically directed by Brother Pomeroy, was on face of the court files hope-' lessly insolvent; that a note for $1,000 which Brother Pomeroy had written his daughter and her husband that his wife understood' should be given back to them at his death was inventoried in the estate and was thus likely to be presented against the daughter and her husband for payment instead of being returned to them; while the creditors, whose claims Brother Pomeroy had in the first clause of his will directed to be paid by his widow from his estate, would, after payment of costs, allowances, etc., get little or nothing, and that this condition of affairs was explained by Brother Young for the widow on the theory that although Brother Pomeroy directed these things to be done, there was nothing in his estate and that practically everything he formerly owned had been given to his wife and thus was not available to his estate for payment of debts or otherwise. It is not strange that a layman, not engaged in the practice of law: but advised by his attorneys that there was a probable cause of action under the above facts which justified the filing of a motion to discover assets, should come to the conclusion that all was not well In the handling of the estate from the standpoint of the best interests of the daughter. Add to this the refusal by Brother Young to permit Brother Lyneh to testify on his own claim for $200.00 against the estate, and we can readily see the mental attitude into which it was natural for the accused to fall.

We repeat that we do not commend him for his language, nor do we in any sense censure the accuser, Brother Young, for his conduct in handling the Pomeroy matters. So far as we know, they were handled properly and fairly to all parties concerned. \Ve do, however, fail to find proof of the willfulness and malice on the part of the. accused upon which specifications 1, 2 and 4 are based. The verdict of the Lodge was right.

We therefore recommend that the judgment of the Lodge, in acquitting the accused, be and it is hereby affirmed.

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XI. Park Lodge No. 617 vs.

Joseph H. Robinson.

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STATEMENT. An appeal in this case reached the Grand Secretary's office on or about the 12th day of September, 1916; it came to the hands of your committee on the 14th day of September, 1916. On September 18th, 1916, the Junior Warden of said Lodge, by proxy and by counsel, and also George G. Baiers, Worshipful Master of Park Lodge No. 617, appeared before your committee and filed an application in writing asking that said appeal be dismissed under Section 246 of the Book 01 Constitutions and By-Laws, whereupon said application was by said committee sustained and said cause dismissed.

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George R. Pohlman, Accused.

STATEMENT. Charges were filed in Itaska Lodge No. 420 by the Junior Warden thereof on May 1st, 1916, charging the accused "said Brother George R. Pohlman, on or about the 27th day of January, 1916, in the City and County of New York, pleaded guilty to the charge of grand larceny, and on the 18th day of February, in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the County of New York was convicted of grand larceny in the first degree and ordered imprisoned in the penitentiary, there to be dealt with according to law."

The trial was never set until September 5th, 1916, when it was ordered for September 18th, 1916.

The testimony consists of a certified copy of the records of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the County of New York, in which it was disclosed that said Brother George R. Pohlman was convicted by confession of grand larceny in said court on the 18th da'y of February, 1916, and sentenced to an indeterminate term in the penitentiary of the County of New York; that, on or about the 8th day of September, 1916, he was paroled from said institution, came to the City of St. Louis, entered his appearance in the Lodge, waived the service of notice and all the detail necessary to give said .Lodge jurisdiction of the case and entered a plea of guilty to the charges; that said trial was conducted on the night of the 18th day of September, 1916, the accused appearing in person and by counsel. The case was prosecuted by the Junior Warden, Roy C. Gans; a vote on the

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specifications as to guilt was "Guilty 66, Not Guilty 19"; the vote on expulsion was "Yes 16', No 70"; the vote on suspension was "Yes 62, No 23". The vote on suspension for a term of three years' was "Yes 14, No 71".

The vote on suspension for two years was "Yes 20, No 66".

The vote on suspension for 14 months was "Yes 28, No 57". The vote on suspension for one year was "Yes 50, No 33", whereupon the Worshipful Master declared Brother Pohlman suspended for one year, called him into the Lodge and so informed him. Thereafter, after the retirement of Brother Pohlman, the Junior Warden read, at the direction of the '\Vorshipful Master, a letter from Worshipful Brother F. R. Jesse, Grand Master, directing Itaska Lodge No. 420 that, in the event that the accused was not expelled at said trial, that said Lodge should appeal to the Grand Lodge.

Acting under that direction, Brother R. C. Gans, Junior Warden of' said Lodge, takes appeal September 19th, 1916, which reached the Grand Secretary and your committee at 4 :30 p. m., September 19th, 1916.

DECISION. In view of the fact that Brother George R. Pohlman pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court of the County of New York and was convicted of grand larceny, sentenced to an indeterminate term in the penitentiary of said .county, and that he also pleaded guilty to the charges . filed against him by said Lodge, we cannot see why the Lodge' voted as it did, with the accused pleading guilty and his counsel telling the members of the Lodge that they could vote on the question of guilt in no other way than guilty, 'yet nineteen members of said Itaska Lodge voted "Not guilty".

We are committed in this Grand Jurisdiction to the policy of withdrawing the privileges of Free Masonry from men who are convicted of felonies.

In this case, while there may be some extenuating circumstances, yet he has put himself without the pale of the protection of the fraternity, We think that he should bring forth fruit meet for repentance before he can ask us to extend the privile'ges of the fraternity to him again.

We therefore recommend that the action of Itaska Lodge No. 420 be set aside and for naught held, and that the said Brother George R. Pohlman be and is hereby expelled from all the rights and privileges of Free Masonry.

XIII. Maplewood Lodge No. 566 vs.

Charles M. Summers.

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STATEMENT. Brother Charles M. Summers, a member of Maplewood Lodge No. 566, was charged with unmasonic conduct in: First Specification: That he did, on the first day of November.

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1915, within the State of Missouri, unlawfully and feloniously appropriate to his own use a certain registered rotary lock No. B-4572, Rotary No. 0106, stamped "Reg'd U. S. Mail" of the value of $5.00, said lock then and there belonging to the Post Office Department of the United States.

Second Specification. That he did, on the first day of November, 1915, within the State of Missouri, unlawfully and feloniously appropriate a certain registered rotary lock No. B-4572, Rotary No. 0106, stamped "Regis'tered U. S. Mail" to a use other than its proper use; that is to say, to the use of showing and exhibiting the same to a person having no connection with the Postal Service of the United States, to-wit, one Melvin Fox, and explaining to the said Melvin Fox the mechanism of said lock and how to manipulate same.

Third Specification: That he did, on or about the first day of November, 1915, and within the State of Missouri, unlawfully and feloniously take a certain pac!{age, to-wit, a registered, first-class package bearing post-mark of the United States Post Office at St. Louis, Missouri, of November 1st, 1915, and bearing twenty-six (26c) cents in postage and ten cents (lOc) registry fee in stamps affixed thereto bearing registry number 2546 and return card to 1.'. "V. Reuter, St. Louis, Missouri, and stamped "Return receipt demanded" and addressed to the First National Bank of Memphis, Tennessee, which said package had been in an authorized post office and an authorized depository for mail matter of the United States, to-wit, the post office of the United States at St. Louis, I\'Iissouri, and in a railway office car, to-wit, the post office car of the St. Louis, Cape Girardeau & Memphis Railway Post Office, numbered 805 of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad; aforesaid package had been delivered to the person to whom it was directed, to-wit, the First National Bank of Memphis, Tennessee, with a design to obstruct the correspondence and to pry into the business and secrets of the First National Bank of Memphis, Tennessee.

The above charges are copied almost verbatim from charges filed against said Charles M. Summers in the District Court of the United States of America, Eastern Division of the Eastern Judicial District of Missouri, and to which charges in the United States District Court the said Charles M. Summers pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, for one year and one day on each charge.

The said Charles M. Summers also pleaded guilty to the charges filed against him in said Maplewood Lodge No. 566, and a penalty of suspension for ten years was by said lodge imposed upon him.

The Junior Warden of said Lodge appeals and asks that this Grand Lodge expel said Brother Charles M. Summers from the order.

DECISION. The fact that Brother Charles M. Summers pleaded guilty in the District Court of the United States and made no attempt to defend himself in Maplewood Lodge No. 566, but there also pleaded guilty to the charges filed against him in the opinion of this committee deprives him of all rights as a Freemason.

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We therefore recommend that the action of Maplewood Lodge' No. 566 be reversed and that the judgment of this Grand Lodge be that the accused be and he is hereby expelled from all the rights and privileges of a Freemason.

Respectfully submitted, THOMAS F. HURD, Chairman, ROBERT R. WADE, *GEO. T. BURNHAM, FORREST C. DONNELL, SAM: D. HODGDON, L, M. HAYDON, t ANTHONY F. ITTNER. *1 do not concur in the P. Y. Miller case. tNot sitting in case of Taylor Young vs. Harry P. Lynch.

IN THE MATTER OF PAY-ROLL,.

W. Bro. Walter R. Shrodes, chairman of Committee on Pay-Roll, read the numbers of the Lodges where no Representative "vas yet registered and asked any such to go to Credentials Committee and get the matter adjusted-if they ~ould.

Also announced that certain Representatives who were here are not entitled to mileage and per diem on account of their Lodges 'being delinquent in making returns within the time provided by Grand Lodge By-Laws, which gave the Pay-Roll Committee no discretion. Also announced the numbers of the Lodges whose Representatives "need not apply for wages".

LODGES, UNDER DIS,PENSATION PLACED, ON PAY路ROLL. Moved, seconded and carried that the Representatives present of Lodges Under Dispensation be placed on the Pay-Roll.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS. R. W. Bro. Charles H. Pope, chairman, presented and read report of the Committee on Arrangements, which, on motion, was adopted, as follows:

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St. Louis, Missouri, September 21st, 1916.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Arrangements submits the following report, covering expenses of the Annual Communication of 1916: Rent Scottish Rite Cathedral, Sept. 19, 20 and 21. $175.00 Services of W. H. James, CustOdian, inclUding extra help and incidentals furnished 46.55 United Railways Company-two special cars-children from Masonic Home . 30.00 Otto Wade Fallert, Grand Organist, services three days . 15.00 Wm. H. Bull, services, clerk Credentials Committee . 10.00 Miss E. Langevin, steno.grapher, three days . 12.00 Miss E. Isler, stenographer, two days .

5.00 . 18.00 . Steiner Engraving and Badge Co., 2,000 buttons for 1916 Koenig Floral Co., flowers and rent of palms . 16.00 Underwood Typewriter Company, rent two typewriters, stands . and supplies .

4.10 Geo. F. Eckhardt, Assistant Tiler . 15.00 Arthur S. Morey, Assistant Tiler . 15.00 H. J. Falkenhainer, rent of piano and express .

8.00 Burgess Printing Company, 1,000 programme cards .

2.75 L. M. Edgar, stenographer-special work, Appeals and .Grievance Committee .

3.50 Total

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$375.90 Fraternally submitted, CHAS. H. POPE.

ARREST OF CHARTER OF DES MOINES LODGE NO. 180. . The Grand Master read the following with respect to arrest of Charter of Des Moines Lodge No. 180: In the Matter of Des Moines Lodge No. 180.

This Lodge has not had a meeting since September, 1915. The District Deputy Grand Master, H. N. Martin, has recommended that its charter be arrested and it is also the wish of its members. I have therefore arrested the charter of said Des Moines Lodge No. 180, subject to the action of this Grand Lodge.

FRANK R. JESSE, Grand Master.

On motion of D. A. Jamison the action of the Grand Master was approved by the Grand Lodge.

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REPORT' OF COMMITTE,E ON OBITUARIES,.

M .. W. Bro. Corona H. Briggs, chairman, presented and read the report of Committee on Obituaries, which, on motion, was adopted, as follows:, To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri: Your Committee on Obituaries offer the following as their report: Death has been busy all over our State and many of our most faithful workers have entered into rest. We have not space here to tell of their virtues or even record their names, which will appear elsewhere in our Proceedings. God buries his workmen, but carries on His work. So while the tried and true are passing from our sight younger craftsmen taught by them are taking their places and carry-. ing on the good work of Freemasonry. We hail this increasing company of skilled workers rising on every hand, yet we cherish the memory of our loved and lost. With sad hearts we recognize that the ranks of this Grand Lodge are broken and that one of the best kIlown and best loved Freemasons in our State, who so efficiently served us as Grand Treasurer for ten years, no longer abides in the flesh.

Alphonso Chase Stewart, Grand Treasurer and Past Deputy Grand Master, was born at Lebanon, Tennessee, August 27, 1848. and died in St. Louis April 22, 1916, in his sixty-eighth year.

He was raised in Occidental Lodge No. 163, November 15, 1875, exalted in Kilwinning Chapter No. 50 April 8, 1876, created a Knight Templar in Ivanhoe Commandery July 27, 1876, and affiliated with St. Aldemar 'Commandery June 19, 1880.

He served Occidental Lodge as Master in 1880 and in October.

1904, was appointed Grand Treasurer by Leroy B. Valliant, who was Grand Master at that time. In 1905 he was elected Grand Treasurer and re-elected annually as long as he lived.

May 15, 1916, M. W. Bro. Van F. Boor, Grand Master, appointed him Deputy Grand Master to fill the vacancy created by the death of R. W. Bro. Chesley A. Mosman. .

In the Scottish Rite he received the thirty-second degree October 19, 1893. In July, 1908, he received the thirty-third degree and was named as deputy of the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction

by Martin Collins. In 1909 he was appointed Sovereign Grand Inspector-General for Missouri.

He was the son of General A. P. Stewart of Civil War fame. At the age of 19 he graduated from the Law Department of Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee, but being too young to engage in the practice of law took a post-graduate course in the same institutio~. He began his practice in Winchester, Tennessee, and removed to St. Louis in 1873. He was a member of the St. Louis and Missouri B~r Associations.

He had been a director of the Schultz Belting Company, Mermod-Jaccard & King Jewelry Company, Goodwin Manufacturing Company, Tower Realty Company, a director and president of the Vinita Realty Company and president and director of the Spring Avenue Realty Company. But for years his attention was largely given to the interests of the St. Louis Union Trust Company.

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He was married in 1871 to Miss Elizabeth Smith of Winchester, Tennessee. Their son, Samuel Smith Stewart, is a practicing physician at Little Rock, Arkansas, and division surgeon of the Iron Mountain and allied railroads in Arkansas. Their daughter, Harriet, was married to Judge George H. 路Williams.

He was a life-long member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a member of the Board of Curators of Missouri Valley College at Marshall, Missouri, to which he was probably the largest giver. The imposing structure on its campus known as Stewart Chapel was his gift and will long perpetuate his memory. At the celebration of 100 years of peace between Great Britain and the United States, at Niagara Falls, Ontario, in 1914, he was appointed by Grand Master Van F. Boor to respond in behalf of the Brotherhood in Missouri and his address showed him the peer of any who were present on that occasion.

Prominent in both Rites, he was widely known over Missouri and throughout the United States and highly esteemed for his civic'virtues and rare personal character. This world was better because he passed through it.

The Kadosh Funeral was conducted Monday night, April 24, at midnight, and our beautiful funeral service was rendered by M. W: Bro. Frank R. Jesse, Grand Master of Missouri, in Bellefontaine Cemetery, Tuesday afternoon, April 25. "He lived in a house by the side of the road and was a friend of man." Long will he be remembered as a courteous Christian gentleman, a chevalier without fear and without reproach.

"Were a star quenched on high For ages would its light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight.

So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men."

One who was honored years ago with the highest office in the gift of this Grand Lodge and who for more than forty years has honored our Fraternity with a life that was clean and noble and devoted to the best things that earth can l{now was suddenly stricken but three days ago and we shall meet him on earth no more.

William Muir 'Williams, Past Grand Master, was born on the 4th of February, 1850, in Boonville; Missouri, and died in that city September 18, 1916, in his sixty-seventh year. His father, Marcus Williams, was a native of Rockbridge County, and his mother, Mary Littlepage Williams, of Powhattan County, both in the State of Virg'inia.

He was educated in the private schools of Boonville and graduated in June, 1867, at the well-known and long-established "Kemper School". His only college degree is that of LL.D., conferred by vVestminster College in June, 1914.

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County before completing the course at the Kemper School. He studied law with Draffen & Muir, and began the practice on the 1st of February, 1873, in one of the offices which he still occupies. Mr. Muir having died, he became a member of the firm of Draffen & Williams on the 1st day of July, 1873, which continued until the death of Mr. Draffen in March, 1896.

He was married on the 16th of December, 1875, to Miss Jessie Evans, at the residence of her father, Dr. Edwin C. Evans, late of Sedalia, by Rev. and P, G. M. C. C. Woods. Seven children were born of this marriage-William Muir, Jr., who died in infancy; Mrs. James W. Cosgrove, of Muskogee, Okla.; Roy D. Williams, a lawyer and partner of his father, who, it may also be said, is Past Master of Cooper Lodge No. 36, A. F. & A. M., and P. D. D. G. M. of the District in which said Lodge 'is located; Mrs. H. M. 'l'aliaferro, of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Mrs. T. S. Simrall, of Boonville, and Jessie Evans and Sue Clark Williams, now students at the Missouri University.

Brother Williams was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri and served for one year, but declined a nomination for the succeeding term, and returned to the practice of his profession. This was the only office he ever held, except that of President of the Board of Managers of the Missouri Training School, an institution established by the State for the reformation of wayward boys, to which he was appointed by Governor Francis in June, 1889, and has been reappointed by each succeeding Governor since that time.

He was President of the Missouri Bar Association, a member of the American Bar Association and of the Code Commission appointed by the Governor to revise the civil and criminal codes of the State, as well as a Commissioner from Missouri upon Uniform State Laws.

He also served at different times as a member of the "St,ate Tax Commission".

He was a Presbyterian and an elder in the Boonville Church.

This is his Masonic history: Initiated December 8, 1871; passed January 3, 1872; raised to the SUblime Degree of Master Mason on January 12, 1872. The degrees were conferred byP. G. M. \Villiam Muir, in whose honor the candidate was named and for whom he "has always entertained the warmest affection. It was the last Masonic work down by P. G. M. Muir, whose impressive manner and kindly interest gave an added charm to the degrees, which still lingers with the recipient.

Brother Williams was elected Senior Warden of Cooper Lodge No. 36 on the 13th of December, 1872, and WorshipfUl Master on December 12, 1873, and re-elected in 1874, and also served several years as D. D. G. M. His first office in the Grand Lodge was that of Grand Orator, but he never delivered an oration before that Grand Body. He was ap-, pointed Grand Senior Deacon in October, 1883, and regularly advanced until his election as Grand Master in October, 1887.

When the Grand Lodge met in 1887, Dr. George R. Hunt, the Grand Master, was in feeble health and unable to preside. This duty was performed by D. G. M. Williams. The continued membership of saloon-keepers was the dominant issue for settlement. It was first brought before the Grand Lodge for definite determination by the

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pronouncement of Grand Master Hunt in his address that he had arrested the charter of a Lodge for its failure to properly deal with the subject after attention was called to it.

Th8 Communication of 1887 was probably the most stormy meeting which the Grand Lodge has ever held. The greatest, as well as the most acrimonious debate in the Masonic history of the State took place at that time. It was argued upon the one hand that to exclude saloon-keepers would be in the nature of an ex post facto law; while on the other side the answer was made that the punishment was not for past acts, but for continuing i.n the business after the Grand Master and Grand Lodge had declared it to be a Masonic offense. Some of the ablest members of the Grand Lodge participated in the discussion, which at times became heated. The Deputy Grand Master was authorized to refer the subject to a committee 'f~r consideration and report. Many names were suggeste路d for this committee, which as selected was composed of Noah M. Givan, then a Judge of the Circuit Court, and P. G. M.; Theodore Brace, then Judge of the Supreme Court and subsequently Grand Master; P. G. M. J. W. Boyd, an able and di"stinguished lawyer of St. Joseph; Robert F. Stephenson, P. G. :M. and Grand Recorder, and Bro. J. P. Blanton, President of the Kirksville Normal School, a very distinguished a.nd representative committee.

As this was one of the most important questions that has ever come before the Grand Lodge, the writer takes pleasure in recording the committee selected to consider it. It was the first and only time that the ayes and noes were noted and published in the proceedings of the Grand Lodge. The action taken by the Grand Lodge upon the report of this committee was so emphatic that at the next session of the Grand Lodge in 1888 the report showed that there were no members ..,ngaged in the forbidden business-all had withdrawn from the Fraternity or from the business.

P. G. M. \Villiams also served for quite a while on the Committee on Jurisprudence. He was also Past High Priest of Boonville R. A. C. No. 60; Past Eminent Commander of Olivet Commandery, K. T.; a member of Centralia Council, R. & S. M., and thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, belonging to the Consistory of Kansas City, Mo. . A "Love Feast", as it is called in the Proceedings, at the Annual Communication in October, 1888, commemorated the final location of the Hom~e, and the Grand Master at that time, W. M. Williams, was elected a member of the Board of Directors. After serving for several years he was compelled to resign, because of conflicting engagements. Upon the death of that eminent Mason, philanthropist and devoted friend of the Home, P. G. M. Givan, whose memory remains as a benediction with those who knew him intimately and well and were as路sociated with him in the management of this great charity, P. G. M. Williams was chosen to fill the vacancy upon the Board and since that time continued one of its members until his death.

A faithful and loving husband, a wise yet tender father, his home life was ideal. Boonville has known no more useful citizen, while his unpaid service through all its history to the State Training SchOOl for Boys has rendered him a benefactor to the State at large. Though he would never remove from the small city in which he grew to manhood, yet 'his fame as a Christian gentleman engaged in the practice

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of law was widespread, and he often gave his unpaid services to causes that appealed to his sense of right and justice. No wonder men high in his profession would point him out to young lawyers as a pattern to follow. He served on the Supreme Bench of our State as long as he was willing to occupy that high position, and there was no office in the gift of the Commonwealth that might not have been his had he desired it.

Free from cant, he was a godly man and a pillar of strength in the church which he so long served as an elder.

As a Freemason he gave much of his strength to the service of the Craft and his fellowmen and the world at large thought better of the order because of his known devotion to it. A nobler figure has not stood in the forefront of Missouri Freemasonry in a third of a century. This report may seem too eulogistic to str-angers, but those who have known him intimately for forty years will agree that much stronger language could be used in praise of this simple, unassuming, great man, whose life has been a blessing to the world through all his years.

By appointment of this Grand Lodge, Past Grand Masters C. C. Woods, T. \V. Cotton and C. H. Briggs went to Boonville yesterday to attend his funeral, and conducted the burial service. A great company assembled to do him honor. Judges of the Supreme Court and other courts were there. Lawyers, bankers and men of various other callings showed their appreciation of his sterling worth and each one seemed to feel that he had lost a friend and that the world was poorer , because William M'1ir Williams is no longer within reach as a counsellor and friend.

Clear-eyed, warm-hearted, the soul of h~nor, we all loved him.

Take him all in all, we shall not look upon his lil<e again.

From other Grand Jurisdictions we have these honored names: ARKANSAS. Almos J. Witt, Past Grand Master, was born in Tennessee December 31,,1855, and died at Pocahontas, Arkansas, March 17, 1915, aged 59 years. He was elected Grand Master in 1909. He was admitted'to the bar in 1893. He was postmaster of Pocahontas, was Sheriff four years. County ,Judge fOUl' year's, Representative two terms and State Senator four years.

Christopher Columbus Ayers, Past Grand Master, was born at Fort Smith, Arkansas, August 9, 1849, and ,died at Muskogee, Okla.homa, August 2, 1915, aged 66 years. He was elected Grand Master in 1897. He was Deputy United States Marshal of the Western District of Arkansas for eight years. In 1899 he removed from Fort Smith to Muskogee, where he engaged for a time in mercantile business, and later gave his time to real estate and rental interests. He was 'a member of the Christian Church, which he served as deacon and elder.

Antonio Brooks Grace, Past Grand Master, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, December 12, 1848, and died at his home in Pine J?luff, Arkansas, December 2, 1915, aged 67 years. He was elected Grand

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Master of the Grand Council in 1895, Grand High Priest in 1897 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1905. In civil life he attained distinction as an honest and fearless Judge.

COLORADO. Zacharias X. Snyder, Grand Chaplain, was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, August 31, 1850, and died at Greely, Colorado, November 11, 1915, aged 65 years.

He was appointed Grand Chaplain in 1904 and re-appointed annually as long as he lived. After teaching fourteen路 years he was elected Principal of the Pennsylvania Normal School at Indiana, Pennsylvania, in 1889. Later he declined thc position of State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Pennsylvania to accept the presidency of the State Normal School at Greely Colorado. To this institution he gave his manhood strength for twenty-four years, and from small beginnings it grew until it graduated from five hundred to six hundred students annually.

CONNECTICUT. ~sa P. Fitch, Past Grand Master, was born at Andover, Connecticut, January 6, 1848, and died at his home in Hartford, March 29, 1916, aged 68 years. He was elected Grand Master in 1905. He was local freight agent for the Connecticut Western Railroad at Hartford nearly fifteen years. In 1893 he entered the service of the Hartford Fire Insurance in its home office and continued "n that position until his death.

Stanley B. Bosworth, Grand Treasurer, was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, December 18, 1837, and died at his home in Hartford, April 29, 1916, aged 79 years. He was made Grand Treasurer in 1906. After a prosperous mercantile career in Hartford he retired from active business in 1911. For many years he was a director in the Connecticut River Banking Company and in the State Savings Bank. For more than fifty years he was a member of the South Congregational Church of Hartford.

DELAWARE. Virginius V. Harrison, Past Grand Master and Grand Secretary, was born in Petersburg, Virginia, November 13, 1851, and died at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, December 28, 1915, aged 64 years. He was elected Grand Master in 1894 and Grand High Priest in 1896. He was elected Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge in 1907 and served until his death. He became a resident of Wilmington in 1871, when he was for many years connected with the carriage and later with the bicycle business.

R. Henry Young, Past Grand Master, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, June 22, 1846, and died in that city November 15, 1915, in his 70th year. He was elected Grand Master in 1904. His life was spent in his native city, where for forty-two years he was employed in the managing department of a local newspaper. At thc time of hi~

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death he was one of the managers of the Masonic Temple. He served his Lodge as Secretary twenty-seven years.

Alfred D. Warner, Past Grand Treasurer, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and died in that city December 6, 1915, aged 68 years.

He was elected Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge in 1878 and Grand Treasurer of the Grand Chapter in 1879. He was for many years at the head of the business firm known as the Charles Warner Company.

FLORIDA. Enos Wasgate, Past Grand Master, was born at Mount Desert, Maine, February 18, 1820, and died at his home in East Boston, Massachusetts, March 5, 1915, aged 95 years.

He was elected Grand Master in 1876 and served two years.

He followed the sea for years and was captain of the brig which carried the first piling into San Francisco in 1850.

From 1854 to 1864 be was a member of the Boston police, but in a draft riot in 1864 he received an injury of the spine, from which he never fully recovered and for which he received a pension. For a number of years he resided in Jacksonville, Florida.

GEORGIA. William Alexander Wolihin, Grand Secretary, was born in Columbus, Georgia, October 1, 1862, and died in Macon, Georgia, February 9, 1916, aged 53 years. At the death of his father he was appointed in February, 1897, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter and Grand Recorder of the Grand Council, and by election held these offices until his death. For some time he had a run from Brunswick to Albany for the Southern Express Company, which he continued until he was badly injured in a wreck. He was a member of the Baptist Church.

IDAHO. Theophilus W. Randall, Grand Secretary Emeritus, was born in Bath, England, February 15, 1834, and died at his home in Boise, Idaho, April 6, 1916, aged 82 years.

He was elected Grand Senior Warden in 1881. In 1898 he was elected Grand Secretary and continued in that office until September 16, 1915, when by a unanimous rising vote he was elected Grand Secretary Emeritus. By profession he was a civil engineer, and he was ,:engaged in mining in California and Idaho. He was assistant to Surveyor-General Cartee of Idaho and at one time was Police Magistrate of Boise.

INDIANA. Edward Highly Wolfe, Grand Inspector, was born in Rushville, Indiana, September 26, 1834, and died in that city August 17, 1916,

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aged 82 years. He was appointed Grand Inspector of the Grand Lodge in 1905. His eleven years of service in that office made a record unsurpassed in the history of Indiana Freemasonry.

He enlisted in the Federal army at the beginning of the Civil War and served to its close; rose to the rank of Colonel in 1862 and was Brevet Brigadier General at its close. He was Auditor of Rush County six years and State Auditor two years.

He was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Rushville.

Daniel McDonald, Pa'st Grand Master, was born near Connersville, Indiana, May 6, 1833, and died in Chicago January 9, 1916, in his 83rd year.

He was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge and of the Grand Council in 1875, and Grand High Priest in 1888. He prepared a history of the Grand Lodge of Indiana from its organization to 1897. He was City Clerl{ of Plymouth, Indiana, and a member of the School Board, served several terms in the Legislature and was Clerk of t~e Circuit Court for two terms. He established a newspaper in Plymouth in 1855, of which he was editor arid proprietor many years.

Sidnew W. Douglas, Past Grand Master; was born at Savana, New York, March 25, 1840, and died at his home in Evansville, Indiana, January 10, 1916, aged 76 years. He was elected Grand Master in 1893 and Grand Commander in 1902.

He became a resident of. Evansville in 1873, where until 1910 he had a photograph studio. This was of great value in 1910, when it was destroyed by fire, after which he never resumed his business. In his later years he was President of the Board of Children's Guardians of Evansville.

ILLINOIS'.

William Hayes Scott, Past Grand Master and Past Grand Chaplain, was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, September 5, 1840, and died in Alameda, California, December 30, 1915, aged 75 years.

He was Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge from 187~ to 1874 and of the Grand Chapter from 1872 to 1883. In 1880 he was elected Grand Master.

He served several terms as Mayor of Metropolis, Illinois, and twelve years as Superintendent of the Public Schools of Massac County. At the close of his work as Superintendent of the County he became Superintendent of the School of Metrop.olis City. In 1874 he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1884 he became a Chaplain in the United States Army and served until 1897, when he retired. His remains were buried with military honors at Presidio Cemetery, San Francisco. / IOWA. Charles Trumbull Granger, Past Grand Master, was born in Monroe County, New York, October 9, 1835, and died at Long Beach, California, October 26, 1915, aged 80 years. He was elected Grand Master in 1884 and served two years. He was admitted to the bar in Iowa

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in 1860. In 1862 he was commissioned as Captain in an Iowa regiment and served until the close of the Civil War. He was District Attorney from 1869 to 1872. In 1872 he was elected Judge and in 1888 became one of the Justices of the Supreme Court. For years he was Chairman of the Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence in the Grand Lodge. One of his last labors for the Craft was to edit a revised edition of the Masonic Code of Iowa at the request of the Grand Lodge. He was buried at Waukon, Iowa, where the greater part of his life was spent.

William Fiske Cleveland, Past Grand Master, was born at Waterville, New York, August 30, 1844, and died at his home in Harlan, Iowa, February 19, 1916, aged 71 years.

He was elected Grand Commander in .189I; Grand High Priest in 1898, Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1901 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1906. At the meeting of the General Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters at San Francisco in 1915 he was elected General Grand Principal Conductor of the Work. In 1914 he was unanimously elected Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter of Iowa and Grand Recorder of the Grand Council.

After spending about eleven years in business in Louisville, Nashville and New Orleans, he gave one year to the service of the Government at Cheyenne, Wyoming, and then became a resident of Iowa.

He served two terms as Treasurer of Shelby County and represented that Senatorial District in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth General Assemblies, after which he became cashier of the Harlan Bank.

He was appointed Grand Lodge Historian in 1911 and compiled the two vo.lumes which give the history of the Grand Lodge from'1865 to 1912. He was elected President of the Order of High Priesthood in 1900. He was a welcome visitor to Missouri and none who met him were surprised that he was so highly honored by the Craft.

LOUISIANA. Alfred W. Cheesman, Past Grand Master, was born in London January 27, 1863, and died at his home in Shr~veport, Louisiana, Sep~ tember 30, 1915, aged 53 years.

He served the Grand Lodge as Grand Master and at the time of his death was Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Commandery.

MASSACHUSETTS. . _ Charles Carroll Hutchinson, Past Grand Master, was born in Andover, Massachusetts, June 9, 1832, and died at his home. in Lowell, Massachusetts, April 29, 1915, aged 83 years. He was elected Grand Commander in 1884. In 1896 he was elected Grand Master and served three years.

For forty years he was Treasurer of the Mechanics Savings Bank of Lowell. At the time of his death he was vice-president of that. bank, President" of the Traders and Mechanics Insurance Company and a director in the Lowell Gas Light Company.

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MARYLAND. Thomas L. Matthews, Past Grand Senior Warden, was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, August 1, 1839, and died in Baltimore February 10, 1916, in his 77th year.

He was elected Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge in 1899 and Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1909. He served in the Federal Army throughout the Civil War. After the war he engaged in mercantile pursuits in Baltimore.

On the completion of fifty years of active service his Lodge presented him with a massive silver loving cup, April路17, 1914.

MICHIGAN. William T. Mitchell, Past Grand Master, was born at Middlebury, New York, May 27, 1817, and died at his home in Port Huron, Michigan, February 6, 1916, in his 99th year.

He was elected Grand Master in 1865. He was at one time Prosecuting Attorney of Macomb County, Michigan. In 1847 he removed to Port Huron-his home for nearly seventy years. He was a member of the Legislature in 1853 and in 1869 was elected Circuit Judge and servcd four years. In 1886 he was appointed Consul at Quebec.

In 1891 he was appointed Judge of the St. Clair Circuit and served two years.

"He was the personification of honor, justice and broad Christianity."

Lucian Ely Wood, Past Grand Master, was born in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, October 5, 1852, and died in Niles Michigan, June 5, 1916, aged 64 years.

He was elected Grand Master in 1900. For years he was a member of the Board of Control of the Michigan Masonic Home. He was at one time tie inspector for the Michigan Central Railroad. In 1894 he settled in Niles and opened up the real estate and insurance business which he continued until his death. He was President of the Niles Steel Tank Company and Vice-President of the Turner Oil Filter Company. In 1894 and 1895 he represented Cass County in the Michigan Legislature. At the time of his death he was Mayor of N:iles.

His elder son succeeded him in that office and the younger son has since been, elected as an alderman.

MISSISSIPPI. Allen M. Hicks, Grand Lecturer, was born in Maury County, Ten.nessee, June 5, 1835, and died at his home near Bentonia, Mississippi, September 22, 1915, aged 80 years. . ~ He was Grand Lecturer from 1895 until his death. He was Grand Junior Warden in 1884. In 1909 the Grand Lodge made him Honorary Past Grand Master.

He was in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. He served three terms in the Lower House of the Mississippi Legislature, was eight years Superintendent of Education of Yazoo .County and was elected State Senator five times. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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John Bell Dinsmore, Past Grand Master and Past Grand Treasurer, was born in Chautauqua County, New York, March 15, 1838, and died at Sutton, Nebraska, October 6, 1915, in his 78th year.

He was elected Grand Master in 1897 and Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge in 1900, serving until 1911, when he declined re-election.

He was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Chapter from 1882 to 1888 a.nd in December, 1891, was elected Grand High Priest. He served three years in the Civil \Var in a New Yorl{ regiment. He served Clay County, Nebraska, as Sheriff and County Clerk. He organized the first bank in Clay County and was President of the National Bank of Sutton many years. In 1880 he wll;s elected to the State Senate.

William Amos De Bord, Past Grand Master, was born near Oskaloosa, Iowa, January 4, 1865, and died in Omaha, Nebraska, May 17, 1916, aged 51 years.

He was elected Grand Master in 1908. He was 째a successful attorney and at the time of his death he was President of the Omaha Bar Association.

He was President of the Child Saving Institute of Omaha and for many years was a trustee of the Young Men's Christian Association of that city.

In early life he united with the Christian Church, in which he was an efficient worker.

NEW YORK. Charles W. Mead, Past Grand Master, died at Albany, New York, September 28, 1915. He was Grand Master in 1900 and 1901.

He was a lawyer by profession and held many places of responsibility and trust.

His services in the Legislature were everywhere recognized as of ,a high order, and his labors in the Craft were of unquestioned ability and genuine devotion.

NORTH DAKOTA. Charles A. Harris, Past Grand Treasurer, was born at East Machias, Maine, in 1841, and died at his home in Glendora, California, October 22, 1915, aged 74 years.

He was Grand Treasurer in 1896 and 1897.

In early life he was a lumberman. For years he was connected with the First National Bank of Grafton, North Dakota. He served for years as member and Secretary of the Board of Education.

Halfdan Bendeke, Past Grand Master, was born in Trondhjem, Norway, July 7, 1869, and died at Grand Fo~ks, North Dakota, September 23, 1915, aged 46 years.

He was elected Grand Master in 1909. He came to America in 1889 and became a resident of Grand Forks in 1890.

Here in 1895 he established a real estate, loan and abstracting business with insurance and the sale of steamship tickets. Some

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years ago he was appointed Vice-Consul for Sweden and Norway. He was made a Knight of the Order of St. Olaf by King Haakon of Norway.

NOVA SCOTIA. Theodore Augustus Cossman, Past Grand Master, was born May 26, 1844, and died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 28, 1916, aged 72 years.

He was elected Grand Master in 1900.

For forty-nine years he was an active member of St. Mark's Lodge No. 38 of Halifax, and he was an outstanding figure in the Masonic life of Nova Scotia.

OKLAHOMA. James Stephen Hunt, Emeritus Grand Secretary, was born in Onondago County, New York, July 14, 1833, and died in San Diego, California, March 9, 1915, in his 82nd year.

He was elected Grand Secretary at the organization of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma in 1892. In 1908 he retired because of broken health and was made Emeritus Grand Secretary for life.

For several years he was one of the custodians of the work in Kansas and helped prepare a monitor for that Grand Jurisdiction.

In 1861 he enlisted in Company "E" of the Fifth Kansas Cavalry, was elected its captain and served through the Civil War. William Leander Byrd, Past Senior Grand Warden, was born in Marshall County, Mississippi, August 1, 1844, and died at his home in Ada, Oklahoma, April 21, 1915, aged 70 years. He was elected Grand Senior Warden in 1874 at the first session of the Grand Lodge of the Indian Territ.ory.

He was a Chickasaw Indian, was Superintendent of 'Schools of the Chickasaw Nation from 1870 to 1882 and served that nation as its delegate in Congress for five terms, was elected Governor of the Chickasaw Nation in 1888 and served two ter路ms.

He served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. Alfred Gallitin Gray, Past Grand Master, was born in the City of Brooklyn October 20, 1858, and died at the Masonic Home in Darlington, Oklahoma, August 21, 1915, aged 57 years.

He was elected Grand Master in 1912. In 191.3 he was elected Superintendent of the Masonic Home and served until his .death. He was the first County Clerk of Roger Mills County and served four terms, when he became cashier of the First State Bank of Cheyenne.

Later he served two terms as Treasurer of Roger Mills County.

De Forest De Francis Leach, Past Deputy Grand Master, was born at Homer, Michigan, March 29, 1840, and died in Oklahoma City, March 30, 1916, aged 76 years.

He was elected Grand High Priest in 1892, Deputy Grand Master in 1895 and Grand Commander in 1897.

He was Circuit Judge, Register or the United 'States Land Otrice, Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the First Republican Territorial Convention in Oklahoma.

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In the Civil War he served in the Twenty-eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers.

PENNSYLYANIA. George Washington Kendrick, Jr., Past Grand Master, was born in Philadelphia July 31, 1841, and died :at his home in that city February 26, 1916" in his 75th year. ' "', He was elected Grand Commander' in 1881, Grand High Priest in 1884 and 1885, Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1886 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1906 and 1907. He was connected with important financial institutions and served 'in both branches of the City Government. At the time of his death he was a member of the Board of City, Trusts.

He .was a member of the convention Which planned the Masonic Home of Pennsylvania, and at the organization of ,the Board of Managers in 1884 was elected vice-president. In 1911 he was ~lected president. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Northminster Presbyterian Church thirty-seven years.

. RHODE ISLAND. Nelson Wilmarth Aldri~h,' Past Grand 'l,'reasurer, was.. born in Foster, Rhode Island,::November' 6, 184~, and died in New York City April 16, 1915, aged 73 ye~rs. He, was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island in 1877 and 1878 and in 1879 was elected Grand Commander of Massachusetts and Rh,ode Island. He served in the Tenth Rhode Island in the Civil War. He was a member of the Common Council of Providence three, years and represented that city three years in the Rhode Island General Assembly. He was elected to Congress in 1879 and United States Senator in 1881. After serving thirty years he declined re-election in 1911. For many years he was one of the most influential men in the Sen~te',

SOUTH CAROLINA, . William Pinckney Smith; Grand Chaplain: ,vas born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, January 13, 1849,' and died Aprll 23, 1916, aged 67 years. He became Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge in ~904 and at the time of his death was Grand Chaplain of the Grand 'Lodge, Grand Chapter, Grand Council, and Grand Prelate of the Grand Commandery of South Carolina. He was also Chaplain of the Grand' Convention of Anointed High Priests, When about 16 he entered the Confederate Army.

He became a member of the Baptist Church when only eight years old and gave more than 'a third of a century to the work of the ministry in that church, iC

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TENNESSEE. John T. Williamson, Past Grand Master, was. born in Maury County, Tennessee, August 11, 1839, and died at his home in Columbia, Tennessee, December 10, 1915, aged 76 years. He was elected Grand Master in 1889 and Grand High Priest in 1893. He served as a soldier during the Civil War. After the war he engaged successfully in the practice of law.

He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Caswell Anderson Goodloe, Past Grand Master, was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, August 24, 1838, and died at his home in Alamo, Tennessee, July 12, 1916, aged 78 years.

He was elected Grand Master in 1887 and Grand High Priest in 1898. He was a soldier in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. After its close he taught school a few years and in 1871 began the practice of law, which he followed successfully to the close of his life. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 'l'EXAS. Benjamin Franklin Frymier, Past Grand Master and Past Grand Treasurer, was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1837 and died in San Antonio, Texas, December 3, 1915, aged 78 years. He was elected Grand High Priest in 1885 and Grand Master in 1893. He was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge twelve years, of the Grand Chapter fifteen years and of the Grand Council seven years. He was a Confedereate soldier in the Civil War. After the war he engaged in the drug business at Crockett, Texas, where he acquired a competence.

For years he was Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Texas Masonic Home. In the Fraternity and in civic life he filled with credit many positions of trust and honor.

VERMONT. Marsh Olin Perkins, Past Grand Master, was born at Rutland, Vermont, February 7, 1849, and died at Windsor, Vermont, February 10, 1916, aged 67 years. He was elected Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1881, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1885, Grand High Priest in 1887 and Grand Commander in 1893. He served all these Grand bodies as Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence. After teaching a few years he became editor of the Vermont Journal in 1880 and continued as such until 1909. He was a member of both houses of the Vermont Legislature and filled with credit other important positions.

WEST VIRGINIA. Robert White, Past Grand Master, was born in Romney, Virginia, February 7, 1833, and died in Wheeling December 12, 1915, in his 83rd year. He was elected Grand Master in 1874. In the Civil War he was Colonel of the Twenty-second Virginia Cavalry. He was a lawyer by profession and after the war resumed th~ practice of law

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in partnership with Governor Jacob at Romney, then West Virginia.

In 1876 he was elected Attorney-General and removed to Wheeling, then the seat of Government, where he resided until his death. He represented Ohio County in the Legislature two terms. For many years he was a ruling elder of the. First Presbyterian Church of Wheeling.

George Hatch, Past Grand Master, was born at Stuebenville, Ohio, June 16, 1851, and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 27, 1916, aged 65 years. He was elect€d Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1903. For three years he served as Grand Treasurer of the Grand Chapter.

His active business life was spent chiefly in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Most of these distinguished dead were strangers to us in the flesh, but we know the faith which inspired their lifelong devotion to the cause we all love. They lived and labored and have gone to their reward, leaving behind them a world that is better because they passed through it. Never was there a time in human history when the world had sorer need of the doctrine of the brotherhood of man based upon the Fatherhood of God than today. Freemasonry seeks to hasten the day "When the war drums throb no longer and the battle-flags are furled In the Parliament of Man, the Federation of the World."

Respectfully SUbmitted, CORONA H. BRIGGS, CHARLES E. CLOWE, E. C. KENNEN, E. J. SIMS, J. W. INGRAM. H. A. STEARNS, EDW. H. KUNDEGRABER.

ELECTION OF MEMBER TO MASONIC HOME BOARD TO FILL VACANCY OCCASIONED BY D;EATH OFM. W. BRO. WILLIAM M. WILLIAMS. On nomination and ballot the Grand Lodge elected M. W. Bro. Tolman vv. Cotton as a member of the Masonic Home Board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of M. W. Bro. William M. Williams.

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LEASE OF .

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M. W. Bro. Campbell Wells presented and read the report of the Committee on Lease of Offices, explaining briefly why they could not now make- a fuller report, Chairman Dockery not being able to attend the Grand Lodge or call the committee together. .

On motion the report was adopted, as follows: Your Committee on Lease of Offices, to whom was referred at the last Annual Communication the matter of the Grand Lodge securing suitable permanent offices and Grand Lodge hall in the City of St. Louis, the same to be erected on the ground of the Masonic Home, or possibly in connection with a Masonic Temple buildi路ng now in prospe"ct; submit the following report: Upon investigation it has been found inadvisable to contemplate the use of the Masonic Home grounds for such a purpose, as they have not the proper space for such a building. Your Committee favors the Grand Lodge having- a permanent hall and offices in the City of St. Louis. We are not prepared to submit details of hall room and offices in the proposed Temple, nor the probable amount that might be required of this Grand Lodge to secure therein just what they want.

Hence, could not give figures of interest on indebtedness, nor the proper amount necessary to be raised annually to provide a fund to financially liquidate the amount of this indebtedness.

We recommend that a committee of three be appointed by the incoming Grand Master whose duty it shall be at such time as is convenient to meet the committee of Masons in the City of St. Louis who are promoting the proposed Temple, and secure from them all details relative to Grand Lodge space and hall, as well as the financial part of the proposition, and report same to the Ways and Means Committee for action at the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge.

CAMPBELL WELLS, JACOB LAMPERT.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS. R. W. Bro. James 11. Boon, chairman, presented the following report of Committee on Unfinished Business, which was adopted: St. Louis, September 21st, 1916.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of State of Missouri: We, your Committee on Unfinished Business, submit the following report:

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We find no unfinished business to come before this Grand Lodge at this time.

Respectfully submitted, JAMES M. BOON, C. N. GILLES, JOHN WHEATLEY, WM. C. URBAN, CLEM P. DICKINSON, T. D. FOSTER, G. A. LAMBIER.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LODGE,S UND'ER DIS,PENSA,TION. R. W. Bro. James A. Boone, chairman, read the report of Committee on Lodges U. D., and on motion the same was adopted, as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri: Your Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation submits the following report: We find that dispensations were granted to nine Lodges, as follows: Pomegranate, November 26th, 1915, at St. Louis.

Jennings, November 29th, 1915, at Jennings, St. Louis County.

Pyramid, December 20th, 1915, at St. Louis.

Peculiar, December 23rd, 1915, at Peculiar, Cass County.

Trinity, December 24th, 1915, at St. Louis.

Ben Franklin, March 14th, 1915, at St. Louis.

Northeast, April 17th, 1916, at Kansas City, Jackson County.

Grain Valley, May 3rd, 1916, at Grain Valley, Jackson County.

Clarkton, June 14th, 1916, at Clarkton, Dunklin County.

We have examined the records and returns of all these Lodges and find the records, with a few exceptions, accurate and well kept, and the returns in proper shape. The returns are on file with the Grand Secretary and show the following work done: Initiated, 159; Passed, 141; Raised, 122; Affiliated, 27; Rejected, 29. Total membership, 390.

They have property valued at $2,277.60 and cash $3,887.93.

In view of the favorable reports and general neatness and correctness of the records, reports and the good work done by Jennings, Pomegranate, Peculiar, Pyramid, Trinity, Ben Franklin and the Northeast Lodges, we recommend that charters be granted to them.

In the matter of Grain Valley Lodge it may not be best to have a Lodge at that place on account of the limited population from which it has to draw its membership; but for the reason that dispensation has been granted; that it was recommended by the District Deputy Grand Master, and that the adjacent Lodges waived jurisdiction, and at the time when they 'should have opposed the formation of this Lodge if they so desired, they failed to take steps to indicate that

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such action might not be best, and by reason of the fact that such Lodge has done good work, we recommend that a charter be granted; at the same time, your committee would strongly recommend a greater degree of care in the future in granting dispensations for new Lodges in territory having a limited population.

In the matter of Clarkton Lodge we find that there is practically no record of the proceedings, and such record as it has returned is in bad form, almost unintelligible. We cannot determine from the records whether they have done their work correctly or not. We suspect that it is the fault of the Secretary, but, under the circumstances, we think it best to continue this Lodge under dispensation another year, and suggest that the Master see to it that a better record is made. We so recommend in this case.

Fraternally submitted by the Committee, J AS. A. BOONE, ELI TRIMBLE, SAM GOLDSTEIN, J AMES A. DE ARMOND.

REPORT OF COMMI.TTEE ON CHARI.T'Y. Wor. Bro. Andrew J. O'Reilly, chairman, read the following report of Committee on Charity, which, on motion, was adopted.

To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Your Committee on Charity respectfully reports that we have considered the several applications for charity and make the following recommendations: That Bro , a member of Hallsville Lodge No. 336, of Hallsville, Mo., be allowed $100.

That Mrs , of Mexico, Mo., be allowed $100.

That Bro. . , of Craft Lodge No. 287, of Canton, Mo., be allowed $100.

That Bro , of Portland Lodge No. 242, of Readsville, Mo., be allowed $50.

Your committee further recommends that the names of those above mentioned be omitted from the printed proceedIngs.

Kindly submitted.

A. J. O'REILLY, FRANK SEIDEL, SOLON CAMERON, R. A. MARKWELL. GEO. W. McKOWN, V. H. PRIMM.

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CALLED FROM LABOR. At 12 :20 P. M. tne Grand Lodge was CALLED 'FROM LABOR until 1 :15 o'clock this afternoon.

THIRD DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION. St. Louis, Thursday, September 21, 1916.

The Grand Lodge was called to Labor at 1 :15 P. M. by Grand :Master Frank R. Jesse, the other Grand Officers being in their respective stations.

Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. John H. Miller, Grand Chaplain.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WAYS路 AND' MEANS. M. W. Bro. Campbell Wells, chairman, presented and read the report of Committee on Ways and l\1eans, which was adopted, as follows: To the Most "Vorshipful Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri: Your Committee on Ways and Means submits the following fiscal exhibit: The cash balance in the treasury available at this time for current expenses for the ensuing year is $38,371.66, and wc recommend the following appropriations: Pay-Roll, 1916, Warrant No.1 $ Pri n ti ng Proceedi ngs 1916 .

Expenses, Grand Master .

Rent of Grand Lodge off(ces .

Assistant to Grand Secretary .

Assistant to Grand Secretary .

Printing, postage, stationery, extra stenographic work and incidentals ' ' .

Salary of Grand Secretary .

Salary of Grand Lecturer .

Expenses of Grand Lecturer, to be reported and audited, monthly ' .

Salary, Fraternal Correspondent .

Salary, Grand Treasurer .

Salary, Grand Tiler .

Portrait of Grand Master Frank R. Jesse .

Premiums on bonds, Grand Sccretary and Grand Treasurer.

Past Grand Master's jewel, Frank R. Jesse .

Lee M. Edgar, reporting proceedings and transcript. .

W~lter R. Shrodes, Chairman , .

9,570.50 2,100.00 1,000.00 1,200,00 1,200.00 840.00 1,400.00 3,000.00 2,500.00 700.00 400.00 200.00 150.00 50.00 150.00 100.00 60.00

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Clarence L. Alexander, Chairman Telephones in office of Grand Secretary Charity,' according to report of committee International Board of Relief, U. S. and Canada , Stenographer, Appeals and Grievance Committee Reprinting and distributing Masonic Manuals Donation to Masonic Home Improvement Fund W. K. Spinney, Auditor George Washington National Memorial Association Two hundred white linen aprons Becktold Printing and Book Manufacturing Company James A. Boone, expenses Special Deputy Expenses, this session of Grand Lodge

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25.00 175.00 350.00 300.00 29.00 1,400.00 6,000.00 50.00 500.00 40.0(} 185.82 4.85 375.90 $34,156.07

CAMPBELL WELLS, D. M. WILSON, J. T. SHORT, WALTER A. COON, W. C. RANSOM, G. F. RIXEY, GEO. P. ST. JOHN.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PAY路ROLL. W. Bro. Walter R.Shrodes, chairman, presented the following report of Committee on Pay-Roll. On motion same was adopted: St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 20th, 1916.

To the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri: Your Committee on Pay-Roll at this sess'ion of the Grand Lodge begs to report that the allowances paid for mileage and per diem have been distributed as follows: Grand Lodge Officers , Past Grand Masters District Deputy Grand Masters District Lecturers Committees Lodges Under Dispensation Representatives of Chartered Lodges Total

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365.65 .

974.00 .

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$9,579.50 WALTER R. SHRODES, ROBT. M. WILSON, THOS. D. MARTIN.

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GRAND OFFICERS. Frank R. Jesse ;$ Edward Higbee...........

Wm. A. Clark............

John W. Bingham........

Wm'. A. Hall.............

John R. Parson...........

John H. Miller............

J. C. Garrell.............

W. F. Johnson............

K. 1\1:. Vetsburg...........

9.60 21.30 15.60 23.50 9.00 9.00 25.60 9.00 19.20 9.00

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PAST GRAND MASTERS. Xenophon Ryland $ 22.10路 A. M. Hough *.J. T. Short.

C. C. Woods..............

9.00 A. A. Johnson Wm. F. Kuhn............ 25.60 C. C. Bigger Campbell Wells.......... 27.30 T. W. Cotton D. M. Wilson............. 23.60 n. R. Kreeger............ 25.60 C. H. Briggs A. S. Houston Van F. Boor ..... :....... 25.60 R. F. Stevenson..........

9.00 J. W. Boyd Theo. Brace D. A. Jamison............

9.00 Jacob Lampert...........

9.00 *Note: Refunded $3.00 account of absence.

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS H. N. Martin John Santee E. M. Wilson E. W. Prentiss Jos. E. Reese E. S. Ballard E. C. James R. A. Tharp Eo W. Tayler G. F. Brewington B. E. Bigger R. A. May T. H. Walton H. R. Mason Wm. Baker J. P. Tucker H. H. Mathonet.

W. T. Wernwag John Pickard 8. P. Cunningham John E. Reeds J. W. Powell E. A. Fluesmeier Wm. C. Heck

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C. H. Pope R. B.- Campbell W. H. Crisman H. W. Fristoe Carl G.Ross E. J. Koch C. E路. Pyle H. H. Finley S. B. Vickers .. ;., Felix. Eberlein H. C. Dalrymple Carl A. Swenson J. M. Carnahan W. B. Massey G. W. Miller J. A. Boone Virgil P. Adams T. D. Martin G. J. Vaughan H. P. Sons W. A. Phipps H. N. 路Lloyd J. S. Laffer

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DISTRICT LECTURERS. P. O. Sansberry C. C. Gardner B. F. Watson H. C. Noland Alex McDonald

$ 23.05 21.30 27.20 26.00 25.60

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CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES. Aug. F. Weeke Walter R. Shrodes C. L. Alexander A. J. O'Reilly Wm. E'. Hoke

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M. V. W. J. B,

T. Balsley O. Saunders K. Spinney M. Boon L. Tatman

APPEALS AND GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE. Thos.

A. F. B. R. F. C.

F. Hurd $ Ittner..............

Wade..............

Donnell.............

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G. T. Burnham S. D. Hodgdon L. M. Haydon

LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION. Pomegranate Jennings Pyramid Trinity

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Solon Cameron $ R. H. Hein.........................

J. J. Wheatley.....................

E. C. Amick........................

W. J. Leyde........................

W. Y. Rich " Andrew McMehen..................

L. Tate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........

W. A. Sommers....................

T. H. Reynolds , . . . . . . . . . . ..

C. W. Miller.......................

Ed Drew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lee Williams '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Jas. Bradford...................... !. M. Horn..........................

H. H. Key.........................

T. M. Barbee.......................

W. W. Crockett....................

Sam'l Goldstein....................

J. T. Spencer......................

C. N. Thomas ;...............

9.00 9.00 9.00 16.25 23.30 19.80 15.25 4.25 9.00 15.50 12.25 10.00 26.45 19.75 21.80 14.05 17.10 18.85 9.00 12.25 15.50

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Napthali.

F. C. G. Lanz Ava C. H. Coble Evergreen M. T. Connally St. John Paul Anderson Windsor J. H. Walton Huntsville E. Haines Liberty O. I. Moore Humphreys C. E. Humphreys Ralls H. D. Sh ulse Troy J. T. Garrett.· Mercer R. W. Steckman Cooper H. G. Hurt Hemple E. W. Snyder Callao J. W. Brown ·.: DeWitt : J. A. Williams Mt. Moriah " .. C. B. Grimm Bismarck " .. J. S. Carmical.

Jefferson J. L. Tate Fair Play A. R. Frieze Bonhomme J. M. Brew·er Wentzville W. R. Dalton Fayette T. J. Magruder Fulton F. T. Montgomery Ho.t G. F. Brawner Xenia H. A. Russell Livingston ; Jack Estes Wakanda Otto Hale Weston .. : ........•... W. B. Calvert Index ' J. R. Woolery Arrow Rock T. B. Morris Richmond J. F. Baber Mon ticello J. W. Hawkins Cen tralia ' G. V. Proctor New Bloomfield A. E. Bedsworth Vincil M. R. Wiley Cambridge H. G. Dawes Monroe W. J. Rouse Pattonsburg ......•... To L. Smart Kennett Thos. Boyd ; Sullivan H. G. Landon Armstrong " Levi Markland Savannah , G. C. Sparks E·ureka , .. '0 •• L. E. Merrill.

Warren L. B. Thrash Silex W. D. Middleswartz Independence ' N. D. Jackson Lebanon W. D. Summers St. Joseph P. W. Peck Polar Star Wal ter G. Nenzel Bridgeton W. J. Goddard Cen tral ' Ot to How·ard Laclede " .. C. B. Burley

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REPRESENT ATIVE.

LODGE.

Wm. C. Urban , .. R. E. Hays P. G. Griffith It~riendship S. M. Jarvis Russellville : .. A. J. Bond Perseverance A. C. Behringer St. Marks G. W. Walker Vienna ' .. B. F. Branson Bethany ' .. I-Iarry C. Darr Webster Ney Dugan - Mt. Vernon W. N. Marbut Ash Grove S. S. Meindinger Bogard : H. H. Coburn Bloomington E. W. Jones West View ' ..

P. Stearns Heroine C. F. Cole Kirksville P. D. Higbee Gallatin J. T. Cope Greenville ; ' .. B. A. Milster Stanberry Chas. Rainey Marcus ' .. F. R. Newberry Maitland N. E. Boring Twilight P. M. Klass Laddonia E. C. Kennen Barnes A. M. Payne Versailles , Geo. A. Brown Kingston ' .. F. L. Bowman De Soto M. C. Edwards Compass N. E. Gresham Erwin J. C. Eckardt Triplett , M. E. Ca-rlyle Hermann ' .. Fred Pletz Union Star , T. J. Shouse Seaman , R. M. Wilson Athens G. A. Howell Monett " .-' .. P. S. Pittman Potosi.

0. L. Loomis Farmington C. W. Francisco Star of the West.

W. R. Edgar. Jr Phoenix ' .. J. E. Thompson Delphian , ...• ' .. C. Johnson Oregon ...........• ' .. T. A. Claggett Papinville J. B. CampbelL Amsterdam , .. A. H. Hall Modern W. P. Carleton Latimer C. C. Mobley McGee .'

W. A. Greer Cass R. R. Deacon Lexington Geo. H. Bates Linn Creek C. T. Thrailkill Bloomfield D. A. Sloan Ashland E. P. Crenshaw-

PAID.

Webster Groves Brookfield Washington .. ,

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9.60 21.25 25.60 22.50 14.30 14.65 16.81> 12.40 23.50 19.00 25.25 24.35 19.75 13.00 15.25 25.60 21.30 24.05 17.25 36.65 15.50 16.75 17.75 13.20 18.25 17.25 24.65 11.70 17.00 9.00 14.20 13.80 13.00 23.50 26.35 25.90 13.10 14.60 14.45 14.70 12.75 14.25 10.00 6.50 17.25 17.80 13.50 24.25 23.65 1_5.25 14.75 15.60

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Grand Lodge of Missouri LODGE.

REPRESENT ATIVE.

159 PAID.

Mountain Grove A. F. Collier . 22.15 Green City W. E. Swingley · . 22.75 Occiden tal , .. C. E. Fisher .

9.00 Maryville Jonathan Stark .. 28.10 Camden Point.

R. C. Cummings . 14.00 Hartford , .. H. C. Lowe . 11.00 Censer J. G. Thompson . 19.25 Gray Summit B. A. Thornhill . 10.25 Sturgeon E. N. Gentry . 16.90 Texas J. A. Rhea . 25.50 Griswold W. E. Long .

8.25 Pride of the West.

H. H. Dumm .

9.00 California J. W. Roth . 18.00 Morley H. F. Kirkpatrick ................•. 16.00 Chamois F. H. Caughill . . 15.00 Morality A~ G. Davis .

9.00 Hannibal.

B. M. Schlichting . 16.20 Zeredatha , F. E. Long , . 27.20 Putnam A. J. Wells.: . 21.50 Wilson Grover Golliher . 11.25 Frankford L. T.· Tucker .

7.75 Wellsville S. S. Cox . 14.50 Bolivar J. M. Chamberlin . 25.60 Carthage W. E. Bailey . 27.80 Allensville ........•... Frank McLeish . 12.25 New Hope R. ·E. Black : . 13.10 Sonora B. M·illion .' .

6.50 W estvi lIe C. M. Colyer . 15.25 Brumley ..........•... J. D. Stanton . 10.00 Rowley C. M. Ward . 27.05 Trilumina J. P. Rose . 20.15 Somerset F. A. Cozad ' . 17.00 Clay ' F.'. R. Hull . 24.70 Salisbury E. H. Straub '.' . 19.10 Poplar Bluff K. C. Johnson . 19.~5 Unio·nville L. E. Proffer . 24.80 Hickory Hill , L. D. Howard . 11.50 Four Mile C. D. Bray . 21.70 Rolla J. H. Bowen . 15.60 Hornersville ; J. M. Ford . 13.25 Hale City C. McClure . 21.70 Barbee J. 'D. Smith . 18.00 Good Hope '.'

W. M. Holman .

9.00 Albert Pike V. H. Primm ~ . 25.60 Kansas City Nat Neusteter . 25.60 Mystic Tie D. M. Wills .

9.75 La Belle W. A. Brightwell. .. 19.10 Hamilton E. B. Vaughan . 24.05 Salem A. A. Ball . 16.60 Saline R. H. Hudson . 13.45 Cypress ..........• :- .. H. J. Benjamin .. 14.25 Claflin ............•... C. A. James . 18.75

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Proceedings of the REPRESENTATIVE. LODGE. St. James W. J. Moreland Cardw·ell .........•.. 0. D. Hall Polo C. B. Jones B·uckIin R. S. Kathan Sedalia G. W. McKown La Plata J. L. McKinstry Hopewell Redmond Black Palestine E. H.Barklage Portland S. H. Gilbert Keystone Walter Cole Middle Fabius W. S" GowelL Montgomery City J. O. Baskett.

Neosho E. E. Newton Qarroll J. M. Goodrich Glensted Joe Milburn Hope , .. E. H. Hake Laredo J. E. Murphey Butler J. A. De Armond Alton Arthur Rice Shekinah , .. John Vinyard Ravanna Orrin Callaway Lodge of Love E. L. Attebery Mechanicsville R. E. L. Fulkerson Florence B. F. Rice Holden R. C. Brownlee Summit .. , "" .E. T. Browning Kirbyville J. C. Ellison .............•...... · Corinthian ....... .•... E. G. Favorite Social F. M. Tate Aurora R. F. C. Purnhagen Lodge of Truth V. D. Gordon New Salem B. Wise : Solomon B. B. Jones Granite ...........•... J. G. Jolly Cold Spring R. E. Hobson Bunker J. S. Hogan Grand River C. M. Majors Wm. D. Muir S. L. Stites Essex A. W. Martin Hogle's Creek.: A. S. Johnston Reed's Spring ....•... J. A. McCullah Fenton F. Wolz Cosmos ' T. J. Siegfried · Canopy E. H. Baumann Craft. ; A. M. Pilcher Fairmount J. C. Bowman Edina A. G. Grainger Lamar ............•... H. Humphrey : Sarcoxie G. W. Wood Moniteau V. B. Wilson Ozark C. W. Wingo Temple E. H. Kundegraber

[Sept.

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15.61t 14.75 . 15.55 20.00 . 20.30 20.45. ' 12.75 10.45·· 9.75 9.00 22.45 14.06· 27.60· 15.75 9.50 12.25 22.75 25.90 10.75 11.15 19.00 22.00 9.50 10.00 20.00 24.10· 11.25 22.10 14.80 9.00 .18.00 12.3~ .

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No.

Grand Lodge of Missouri LODGE.

REPRESENTATIVE.

J. F. Miller .

300. Doric' ....• '......•..

303. Osage .......••...•... F. E. Woodfill ....•................

W. L. Hamrick .

305. Clarence 306. Ashlar: : : . : • : ." .. A. L. Mills .

307. New· London G. E. Mayhall .

308 . Parro{t C. C. Boner . . 310. Sikeston , T. W. Haskins . .

311. , Kearney·..........•... O. B. Moberly 313. Kingsville C. L. Ferguson . '.....••• c••• J. M. Davis ' .

314. Pine.' .

315. Jerusalem: .......•... P. A. Peer 316. Rural. '.' .. M. F. Smith .

317. Osborn. : , .. J. E. Deems : ..

J. A. Evans .

318. Eldorado 322. Hardin M. G. Kennedy .

323. Corner Stone H. D. Schilling .

324. McDonald H. H. Wait .

J. A. :Loomis .

325. Dockery 326. Linn E. E. Turner .

327. Mt. Zion ........•.•.. . C. F. Funkhouser .

328. Cainsville ......••.... F. M. French . ·329. Kennedy .......••.... C. R. Lamar .

330. Bertrand W. M. Childers .

331. Charity ........•....... J. H. Roth, Jr . .

332. Excello ...........•... G. W. Butler 333. Chillicothe J. D. Stewart. . , .. T. D. George .

334. Breckenridge 335. Joplin , .. W. A. Lyman .

G. T. Pollard .

336. Hallsville H. E. CareL .

337. Blue Springs 340. Westport J. D. Warren .

341. Rockville H. L. Hall .

J. J. Beaty .

343. Agricola 344. Mo berly ..........•... W. L. Haynes .

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347. Spring Creek 349. Pollock .......••.. '" Otis Reinhardt .

350. Tyrian R. Griffith .

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353. Barnesville .......•... P. B. Smith P. C. Van Horn .

354. Hebron J. N. Farris ; 356. Ancient Landmark 357. Aux Vasse L. E. Martin .

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360. Tuscan ...........•... E. E. Huffman .

361. Riddick " .C. A. Finley . : .A. T. Blum .

362. Hiram , .. I • • • Thos. Woody .

363. Fraternal A. H. Hoefer .

364. Higginsville S. B. Bohon .

366. Adair '.' .. O. E. Hamil ton .

367. Barry I'

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368. Crescent Hill ( Fred Hanley .

Jacob Hardcastle .

369. Composite 370. Willamstown , .. D. A. Leslie ..............•........• 371. Sheldon W. T. Fowler . .

372. Nonpareil ........• " .C. W. Hinote 373. Belle .. ; T. J. Tynes ......................•.

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378. Berlin 379. Billings Wm. Thompson : .

380. Queen City G. IJ. Lauer .......•................

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381. Ionia 383. Pythagoras S. A. Newman .

384. East Prairie F. W. Davis . ' W. C. Cowan .

385. Richland 388. Chula 0. B. McCoy .

389. Arcana E. N. Henderson .

390. Marionville B. F. Smith .

R. E. Livesay .

392. Christian 393. Bee Hive A.. R. Remley .................•....

397. Gower A. J. Walkup .

400. Decatur S. J. Douthitt .

401. Carterville ........•... J. M. Cruse .

402. Malta W. M. Rozell .

404. Rosendale W. B. Wood .

406. Malden G. T. Penny .

407 Charleston E. J. Deal, Jr .

411. Joppa " .E. B. Garner .

412. Appleton City J. A. Williams .

413. Valley ' W. L Wood .

414. Greensburg S. T. Meilicke , .

415. Hunnewell. " .. C. C. Gardner ; .

416. Cache H. A. Frank ...............•.......

418. Clear Creek A. O. Bumpas .

420. rtaska G. R. Gloor .

422. Gate of the Temple C. R. Solomon .

423. Galt J. O. Keith .

424. Samari tan W. J. Marshall .

425. Green Ridge J. L Lee .

426. Rothville .........•... 0. L Mayhugh ........•............

427. G'lenwood '" .. L McGoldrick .

430. Winona ...........•... F. O. Smith .

431. Cement G. ·W. Battreal. .

433. Mack's Creek .....•... R. T. Brown .

434. Wheeling F. S. Littrell .

489. Mt. Olive ' C. W. Brown, Jr .

C. A. Walker .

440. Trowel.

441. Excelsior " .. J. H. Sachse ....................•..

C. O. Smith t • ••••••••••••••••• 443. Anchor 444. Ada W. C. Williams .

F. A. Hopkins .

445. West Gate G. W. Restrick .

446. Ivanhoe J. M. Darrow .

448. Schell City

PAID. 21.60 21.25 16.25 19.50 10.26 14.26 27.50

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LODGE. REPRESENTATIVE. PAID. Verona. , .. R. J. Mitchell . 11.00 Forsyth. ~ J. B. Hicks . 13.60 ContinentaL C. F. Mattingly .

8.75 Jonesburg ' G. L. Wilson . 13.20 Melville A. C. Blackman .

9.25 Hazelwood E. Trimble . 16.60 Lambskin J. S. Sheets ....................•...

9.00 Santa Fe · J. J. Flynt . 15.00 Clifton L. D. Davis . 26.30 Plato , ••. ' .. J. T. Bridges , . 18.25 Nodaway · W. E. Goforth . 28.10 Golden , .. C. R. Boone . 16.60 Mt. Hope E. Powell . 23.00 Rich Hill G. G. I..ane · . 25.25 Marceline ' .. F. L. Snider . 21.00 Clintonville J. C. Nafus . 23.75 Fairfax ; W. N. Curry : . 20.76 9.85 Kirkwood ........•... D. Nighswander .

Cairo ...........••. ' .. Frank Haynes . 15.26 Chilhowee Wm. If. Brown . 21.05 Lock Spring Wm. Bowersox . 15.50 Vandalia ;'J. W. Renner . 15.65 Daggett ..........• ' .. W. A. Bezold .....................• 12.00 Vernon G. D. Alkire . 12.25 Lewistown : N. H. Burnett . 13.26 Robert Burns .....•... J. R. Reed . 15.25 Equality W. T; Wilkins . 16.75 Pee Dee , W. H. Owens . 12.75 Paynesville ' .. R. J. Guy '.' .

7.25 Buckner ..........•... C/. Henthorne . 22.25 Prairie Home ;... , .. A. L. Meredith ................•....

8.50 Platte City ; .' .. J. T. Duncan . 22.26 Avalon R. B. Alexander .

6.50 I..athrop ..........•... Baxter Waters " .. 18.00 Van Buren T. A. Hill. ' . 20.10 Biswell J.D. Lay ' . 10.75 Skidmore S. B. Garnett . 19.25 Webb City H. B. Hulett . 28.40 Senath ' P. L. Tipton ~ 23.40 Granby ..........••... J. L. Woodcock . 12.50 Galena ...........• ' C. O. Craig . 13.00 Seligman ........•.... V. A. Willey .

9.25 Orien tal .......•...... C. J. Blackburn ...................• 12.00 Crane E. L. Norton . 23.26 9.00 Clifton Heights C. S. Nicholson .

Gate City ....•....•... A. F. Eichman ..............•.•.... 25.60 Cunningham U. A. House •..................• 12.25 Wayne ........•.•.... W. ,T. Powers . 16.80 Higbee G.' A. Lambier .......•.•..•........ 17.70 Lane's Prairie W. J. Little .....................•.. 13.25 Dexter C. E. Clowe . 16.00 8.7& Comfort I. R. Shelley....................•..

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Ingomar F. S. Rubey .

Bethel F. G. Noll .....................•...

Stella ............•.... W. H. Carnes .

Winigan S. Thrasher .....................•..

Jacksonville C. E. Riley .

Mansfield " .. W. C. Coday .

Mexico R. A. Markwell .

Zalma ............•... E. T. James ) .

South Gate G. H. Imbrie ..' .

Clin ton C. P. Dickinson : Rose Hill H. G. Cook .

Clarksburg H. A. MicWorkman ...........•.....

Summerville , .. H. Creglow .

Prairie J. L. Noble .

Moscow J. S. Martin .

Clarksdale W. O. Swails ' .

Cowgill 'C. A. Reed . york G. P. St. John , Jamesport Chas. Evans .

Tebbetts H. H. Leonard .

Maplewood Alan MacEwan ; .

Miller W. R. Isbell .

Republic .......•.• ' D. T. McAllist·er .

Hayti S. E. Judson .

Rutledge C. Simpson .

Easter J. P. Short .

Olive Branch C. L. Mattes .

Ewing > • • • • • T. S. Morton ...........•...' .

Forest Park G. W. Burrows .

Grandin J. F. Emmons .

Houston , .. E. J. Sims .......................•.

Illmo , .. J. J. Craig .

Koshkonong F. H. Harrison .

Branson , .. Floyd Jones .

Grove Spring B. F. Hudson .

Advance : .. T. Hosmer .

Barnett '. H. L Windler .

Union A. H. Steinbeck ' .

Emmanuel.

A. R. Teater ',' .

Puxico ' D. Brady .

Bosworth S. W. Strange ' .

Leadwood ~ .. H. L. Stapp .

Elvins J. C. Westover ' Clayton , C. N. Gilles ' Acacia J. P. Davis ' .

Craig , E. L. Redmon , ..

Eminence , .A. J. Hawkins .

Strafford J. J. Foster .

Clark '" .. J. F. Caldwell .

Cen tertown B. H. Stark ' .

Mokane R. E. Patterson ; Wellston F. E. Burns :

23.70 14.75 11.75 13.00 13.5'0 16.00 15.6il· 16.75 25.60 22.70 9.00 12.60 16.30 13.50 12.30 14.25 16.50 25.60 20.00 13.25 9.00 12.50 24.20 16.00 11.76 11.60 9.00 11.26 9.00 11.00 7.75 17.30 14.00 12.75 6.75' 10.60 16.30 7.0Q 8.50 14.00 13.00 13.16 13.15 9.50 17.75 14.60 13.26 6.76 12.25 10.00 14.25 9.00

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.614. M't. Washington L. 615. Chaffee ............•... T. 616 Marion C. 617. Park G. 620. Willard , E. 623. Maple ..........•..... C. 624. Owensville ' : .. D. .-; C. 625. Sheffield 626. Magnolia ',' .. J. 627. Wallace Park '" .J. 629. Valley Park ......•.. :C. C. '630. East Gate R. 631. Tower Grove J. 632. Belgrade 634. Steele -~ H. 638. T'riangle T. 639. Mizpah : F.

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T. Lamar .

C. Scholl .

B. Killingsworth .

J. G. Morison ' .

T. Garrett .. ' .

E. Doerner .

W. Whittier . \Y" Evers : .

165 PAID. 24.76 17.65 10.76 13.25 11.76 8.00 10.75 25.60 9.00 10.75 7.25 26.60 9.00 6.50 ~.OO

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REPORT OF DELEGATE TO INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF RELIEF. M. W. Bro. Van F. Boor presented the following report on Biennial Meeting of Masonic Assodation of -United States and Canada, which was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Your delegates selected t~ attend the Eleventh Biennial'meeting of the Masonic Relief Association of the United States and Canada held In Indianapolis, Indiana, October 5th, 6th and 7th, 1915, respectfully report as follows: The sessions were presided over by A. J. O'Reilly of St. LouIs, the President of the Association, as well as the present President of the Masonic Board of Relief of St. Louis.

The membersh'ip of this international association at that time consisted of forty~eight Grand Lodges and 132 Boards of Relief. The "Warning Circulars" sent out by Secretary Willis D. Engle reaches more than 12,400 Lodges, with a membershIp of nearly 1,400,000, and the number of frauds and unworthy persons reported to our Secretary of publication averages about 375 a year. It is noted with regret that only a few of the impostors are detected, because so many of tho Lodge officers and members are unwilling to spare the time necessary In, preparing and forwarding the facts to headquarters.

Lou B. Winsor, Grand Secretary of Michigan, of Reed City, Michigan, is President, and Alexander Patterson, of Toronto, Ontario, is First Vice-Pr,esident. ' Omaha, Nebraska, was selected as the next meeting, which will be in the fa,ll of 1917.

The attendance was larger than at any previous meeting and

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from all quarters it was learned that the interest taken in organized relief work was increasing.

Missouri was well represented by having delegates trom St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph and Sedalia.

Fraternally submitted, A. J. O'REILLY, V. F. BOOR.

REPORT OF COMMITTE,E ON MASONIC BOARDS OF RELIEF. R. W. Bro. M. T. Balsley, chairman, presented the following report of Committee on Masonic Boards of Relief, which was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge' of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Your Committee on Boards of Relief beg to report that they have examined the reports of the Boards of Relief and find as follows: At the present time there are thirteen local Boards in the State, as follows: St. Louis, Independence, Columbia, Joplin, Mexico, .

Kirksville, St. Joseph,

Kansas City, Sedalia, Hannibal, Springfield, Chillicothe, Maryville.

Out of this number, eight have reported.

We find the Chillicothe Board was organized Feb. 24, 1916; Mexico Board, Feb. 12, 1915.

Maryville reports $200.00 on hand; no calls tor relief. Kirksville has not reported as having organized its Board, as required by Section 59, By-Laws of the Grand Lodge. We infer that the needy Brethren within its jurisdiction are left to their own devices.

The reports received mention only the amount due the Board trom subordinate Lodges, amounts received, amounts remaining unpaid, amounts disbursed and balance on hand, as follows: SedaliaCash on Hand July 1st, 1915 Cash Received Disbursements Balance on hand June 30th, 1916

$

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132.61 54.00 $ 78.51

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IndependenceCash on Hand July 1st, 1915 Cash Received Disbursements Balance on Hand June 30th, 1916

$ 150.00 .

28.00 $ 122.00

ColumbiaCash on Hand July 1st, 1915 $ 202.90 Cash Received in way of interest. . . . . . . . . . . .

2.65 $ 205.55 Cash Disbursements Total

$ 205.55

(This report should show Cash on Hand July 1st, 1915, $207.90, and Balance on Hand June 30th, 1916, $~1?55.)

HannibalCash on Hand July 1st, 1915 Cash Received

Disbursements Balance on Hand June 30th, 1916 SpringfieldCash on Hand July 1st, 1915 Cash Received

Disbursements Balance on Hand June 30th, 1916 St. JosephCash on Hand July 1st, 1915 Cash Received

Disbursements Balance on Hand June 30th, 1916 Kansas CityCash on Hand July 1st, 1915 Cash Received

Disbursements Balance on Hand June 30th, 1916

$ 104.25 28.00 $ 132.25 3.20 $ 129.05

$1,055.15 78.00 $1,133.15 48.06 $1,085.09 $1,376.92 141.92 $1,518.84 279.61 $1.239.23 $1,633.25 3,763.87 $5,397.12 4,454.80

$ 942.32

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We find in looking over the report from the Kansas City Board of Relief that splendid work has been done in that Jurisdiction, and while the report does not go into detail, as is the. case with the St. Louis report, we attribute it to the fact that the Board of Relief and the Employment Bureau are conducted as one body. Kansas City is to be congratulated on the splendid work of their Board, the amount dispensed being far in excess of the aggregate of all Boards reported.

St. Louis-We desire to make a special mention of this report and request all of the Boards to follow this example: Cash on Hand July 1st, 1915 Cash Received

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$4,002.06 1,819.73

Cash on Hand June 30th, 1916 ..:

$2,182.33

Disbursements

The Board during the year ending June 30th, 1916, had 454 applicants distributed throughout the year, as follows: July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan.,

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Of this number, 115 were from various points in the State of MIssouri, 76 from Illinois, two from Indiana, and the remainoer from. other points in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico and Central America.

With the exception of 18, which include unknown dead having Masonic emblems in jewelry or tattoo marks, some women not knowing the State in which their husbands, fathers or brothers held their Masonic membership, out of this 454 applicants we find them classified as follows: Clandestines 5 Dead Beats................... 2 DOUbtful Worthiness 27 Expelled..................... 6 Frauds 39 Persons-investigation 27 In good standing 100 Local Applicants 40 From Delinquent Lodges..... 2 Missing Members............. 11 Not in Need 23 Impostors 9

No Masonic Claim Applicants residing outside City Limits.................

Suspended Members...........

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Unworthy Withdrawn when they learned investigation would be made Unquestionably worthy.......

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In the matter of investigating claims of applicants, and contributing to their support during the year, this Board expended $215.18, of which amount $109.27 was mostly for telegrams.

Relief was furnished to the amount of $1,832.51.

Funerals Telegrams Railroad tickets Boarding House Postage, printing, etc Secretary

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$ 309.96 109.27 262.96 24.75 105.28 75.00

$1,819.73

The Card Index of the Masonic Relief Association of the United States and Canada proved to be of great value to the Board. By it 17 applicants were detected as unworthy; 33 others added to the list as unworthy .of Masonic consideration.

Amount r'eceived from' City Lodges, $585.00; all Lodges reported as paid in full.

We would have you note the striking contrast in this St. Louis report in the detailed statement submitted by the Secretary of the St. Louis Board of Relief-the thorough manner in which he accounts for the handling of the funds.

It 'is so commendable that your committee has seen fit to make the extract which we have just read.

We recommend, also, that their example be followed by each Board, not only in submitting the detail of the worthy and unworthy cases and classification of disbursements, but also the use of the Card System for protection against impostors.

Too much cannot be said in praise ab9ut the economic, efficient and business-like method of the St. Louis Board of Relief, for it is with peculiar pride that they are able to show that Masonic Charity extended beynod the State line, practically, as well as theoretically, knowing no bounds.

Fraternally. submitted, M. T. BALSLEY, G. W. CUSTER, JOHN H. ROTH, JR., HOWARD G. COOK, J. D. WARREN, B. M. SCHLICHTING.

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS. R. W. Bro. B. L. Tatman, chairman, presented the following report of Committee on Transportation and Hotels. Same adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri: Your Committee on Transportation and Hotels desires to report that in the matter of transportation it has been unable to render any service. It seems that the railroads have a slight aversion t'o granting a. reduction in the flat rate of two cents a mile.

A circular was sent to every subordinate Lodge setting forth in compact form the location of several convenient hotels, the rate per day in each case, and the car line on which the hotel was located.

The committee cheerfully complied with several requests from delegates to secure suitable hotel reservations for them.

Fraternally submitted, BERNAL L. TATMAN.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON, DISTRICT D'EPUTY GRAND路 MAS,TERS' REPORTS,.

The Grand Secretary presented and read for Bro. Wm. E. Hoke the following report of this committee, which was adopted: St. Louis, Sept. 20th, 1916.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the Sta~e of Missouri: Your Committee on District Deputy Grand Masters' Reports begs leave to submit the following: The reports of the District Deputy Grand Masters were considered. These reports are compiled from information given the District Deputy Grand Masters by the subordinate Secretaries. Of the 634 Lodges in the Jurisdiction but 392 are included in these reports, 242 Lodges having failed to report to the District Deputy Grand Masters, or the District Deputy Grand Masters failed to report. Of the 59 Districts in the Jurisdiction, eight District Deputy Grand Masters failed to make any report. Districts Nos. 2, 5, 8, 10, 18, 34, 48 and 54 are missing from these reports. Twenty districts out' of the total of 59 make complete reports from all the Lodges.

Thirty-one districts make reports which do not include all the Lodges.

The form on which the District Deputy Grand Masters make their reports calls for informatiol) which is largely statistical, and as the reports are quite incomplete, nothing much can be gained from the figures.

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Three matters of importance are. developed from an examination of these reports. The failure of about 40 per cent of all the Lodges to report to the District Deputy Grand Masters, and the failure of eight District Deputy Grand Masters to make.a report to this Grand Lodge. Third, and most important, is the very large amount of dues in arrears. A printed blank is now provided on which the District Deputy Grand Masters are to make their reports in typewriting. All the reports except three were on these blanks and but five were not typewritten.

The information called for by this form is largely statistical and is communicated to the Grand Lodge by the subordinate Secretaries, they being required to send to the District Deputy Grand Masters a copy of their report to the Grand Secretary. It is necessary for the.

District Deputy Grand Master to have such information to guide him in the discharge of his duties. It would seem that a burden of duplication of work is placed on the District Deputy Grand Masters In requiring them to repeat to the Grand Lodge information that has already been communicated to it by the subordinate Secretaries. It may be argued that the District Deputy Grand Masters should, for their own informatiolt, tabulate the figures given them, and they would be obliged to do so to make the report called for. It would seem that a District Deputy Grand Master should make use of the figures supplied him In order to properly attend to his duties. But having done so and having noted the outstanding facts which the figures might show, he should only be required to bring to the attention of the Grand Lodge such matters as in his opinion require Its consideration. The District Deputy Grand Master's report should give to the Grand Lodge the state of the Craft in his district and call attention路to any matters of importance. It may include statistics if of moment, but should not necessarily do so. The typewriting of such a report in this day and age is almost a necessity, but not entirely so.

In conclusion of our report on this subject it is the recommendation of this committee that the use of tlie printed blanks for District Deputy Grand Masters' reports be discontinued, and that the form and subject-matter of such reports be left to their discretion.

A vigilant and trustworthy District Deputy Grand Master will see that subordinate Secretaries report to him as required.

Such an officer of this Most Worshipful Body will also make his annual report to it. It is to be presumed that a District Deputy Grand Master will inform himself of his duties and perform them.

Of the information contained in these reports the most important is the excessive amount of dues in arrears. Many of the reports received call attention to this under the heading "Remarks" and one suggested that a Lodge oI- Instruction for subordinate Secretaries be held to inform them of their duties. Another seemed to think that a Secretary should not hold over too long, as he gets careless. Neither of these suggestions seem to offer a solution of the matter of arrears in dues.

The District Deputy Grand Master!:! have been diligent in their duties. It is especially to be noted that the condition of the Craft in this Jurisdiction is eminently satisfactory, that Brotherly Love prevails, that reliet if? a.t lla.nd t9r the worthy Brother, his widow and

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orphans and that the ennobling truths of the Order are being disseminated.

The District Deputy Grand Masters have traveled many miles and many hours on the errand of the Brethren. As the Representatives of the Most Worshipful Grand Master they have performed their duties well.

Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM E. HOKE.

REPORT OF COMMITTE,E ON CREDENTIALS. W. Bro. August F. Weeke, chairman, presented the following report of Credentials Committee, which was adopted: Your Committee on Credentials has the ho.por to report that there are present: Out of the total of 639 Chartered Lodges there are Lodges represented 460.

Worshipful Masters or their proxies............................

Senior Wardens or their proxies................................

Junior Wardens or their proxies...............................

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In addition there are present: Past Masters Grand Lodge Officers...........................................

Past Grand Masters............................................

District Deputy Grand Masters and Lecturers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Representatives of other Grand Jurisdictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Distinguished ~isitors Total Attendance

368 19 18 59 10 1 1,014

Respectfully submitted, AUG. F. WEEKE, ARTHUR S. MOREY, WM. H. CARPENTER, HARRY B. HULETT, F. E. DIEKNEITE, CHAS. T. KORNBRODT, J. PERCY ROSE.

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APPOINTMENTS. The Grand Master-elect, M. W. Bro. Edward Higbee, 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 , : MARSHAL SWORD BEARER PURSUIVANT ORATOR ORATOR TILER

J. R. McLACHLAN. JOHN H. MILLER. R. W. LILLEY. B. F. JONES. WM. F. JOHNSON. 0. A. LUCAS. BERT. S. LEE. JOSEPH S. McINTYRE. ORESTES MITCHELL. AUSTIN L. McRAE. W. W. MARTIN. CHARLES C. GARDNER. C. J. ENGLISH. E. COMBIE SMITH. HARRY A. KRUEGER.

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INSTALLATION. M. W. Bro. C. C. Woods, as Grand Master, and M. W. Bro. C. H. Briggs, as Grand Marshal, proceeded to install the following Grand Officers for the ensuing year: EDWARD HIGBEE, Kirksville WM. A.CLARK, Jefferson City JOHN W. BINGHAM, Milan JULIUS C. GARRELL, St. Louis WM. A. HALL, St. Louis JOHN R. PARSON, St. Louis

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

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APPOINTED OFFIC'ERS. J. R. McLACHLAN, Kahoka GRAND LECTURER. JOHN H. MILLER, Kansl;ts City GRAND CHAPLAIN. R. W. LILLEY, Kirksville GRAND CHAPLAIN. B. F. JONES, Cameron GRAND.CHAPLAIN. WM. F. JOHNSON, Boonville GRAND SENIOR DEACON. O. A. LUCAS, Kansas City GRAND JUNIOR DEACON. BERT S. LEE, Springfield GRAND SENIOR STEWARD. JOSEPH S. McINTYRE, St. Louis GRAND JUNIOR STEWARD. ORESTES MITCHELL, St. Joseph : .GRAND MARSHAL. AUSTIN L. McRAE, Rolla GRAND MARSHAL. W. W. MARTIN, Doniphan GRAND SWbRD BEARER. CHARLES C. GARDNER, Kirksville GRAND PURSUIVANT. C. J. ENGLISH, Brookfield GRAND. ORATOR. E. COMBIE SMITH, St. Louis ,GRAND.ORATOR. HARRY A. KRUEGER, St. Louis GRAND TILER.

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CHAIRMEN OF STANDING COMMITTEES. The Grand Master, IVr. W. Bro. Edward Higbee appointed the following chairmen of standing and special committees: .JURISPRUDENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. B. E. BIGGER. APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES KARL M. VETSBURG. WAYS AND MEANS ·.......•.... CAMPBELL WELLS. CREDENTIALS AUG. F. WEEKE. PAy-ROLL WALTER R. SHRODES. CHARTERED LODGES CLARENCE L. ALEXANDER. LODGES U. D ......................•.• JAMES A. BOONE. CHARITY ' WM. C. HECK. REPORTS D. D. G. M.'s AUGUSTUS F. BRAUN. MASONIC BOARDS OF RELIEF LOUIS MOLLER. RITUAL D. M. WILSON. MASONIC HOME ...................•.. CHARLES H. POPE. CORRESPONDENCE CHARLES C. WOODS. OBITUARIES CORONA H. BRIGGS. AUDITING WM. K. SPINNEY. GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS XENOPHON RYLAND. UNFINISHED BUSINESS MOSES WHYBARK. TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS F. F. WM. KRENNING.

COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES. Karl M. Vetsburg, Chairman; Homer N. Lloyd, N. A. Franklin, Thad B. Landon; John Pickard, Forrest C. Donnell, Alfred H. Smith.

COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUD,ENCE. B. E. Big.ger, Chairman; Dorsey A. Jamison, W. L. Hamrick, Grant Emerson, Moses Whybark, R. W. Steckman, Fred Hudson.

SPECIAL COMMIT.TEES,.

Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges-Wm. F. Kuhn, J. W. Boyd, Campbell ,"Vells, R. F. Stevenson, C. C. Woods.

Manuals-John R. Parson, Geo. A. Mayhall, C. C. Gardner, Charles Reilly, John H. Gundlach.

Ritual-D. M. Wilson, R. R. Kreeger, John T. Short, J. R. McLachlan, Wm. A. Hall, Charles C. Gardner.

Lease of Offices-A. M. Dockery, Campbell Wells, Jacob Lampert, F. R. Jesse.

Masonic Temple~Thad B. Landon, John T. Short, James L. Heckenlivel'y.

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LIVING PAST GRAND MASTERS OF THIS JURISDICTION. XENOPHON RYLAND, ALEXANDER M. DOCKERY, CHARLES C. WOODS, ROBERT F. STEVENSON, JAMES W. BOYD. THEODORE BRACE, GEORGE E. WALKER, JOHN R. PARSON, ARTHUR M. HOUGH, DORSEY A. JAMISON. CORONA H. BRIGGS, CAMPBELL WELLS, JOS. C. FINAGIN,

WM. F. KUHN, A. S. HOUSTON, D. M. WILSON, JOHN T. SHORT, ROBERT n. KREEGER. WM. A. HALL, CLAY C. BIGGER, ARCH A. JOHNSON, JACOB LAMPERT, VAN FREMONT BOOR, TOLMAN W. COTTON, FRANK R.. JESSE.

PRESENTATION AND TRANSMISSION OF GRAND MASTER'S JEWEL. Retiring Grand Master Frank R. Jesse, in transmitting to Grand l\1aster Edward Higbee the Grand Master's Official Jewel, spoke as follows: Most WorshipfUl Grand Master Higbee, I have a pleasing, and to me a very agreeable duty to perform. It is a great honor to have served the members of this Grand Lodge for the past year. I have felt my unworthiness, but I have tried to do the best I could. But in the coming year, I know that there can be no regrets on the part of any member of this Fraternity while you preside over the destinies of this Grand Lodg-e.

It is my pleasure and my privilege to transmit to you this Jewel, this emblem of your authority, that you are to wear on all public occasions when on the busines sof the Craft. I know路that you will wear it full w路orthily, so that the great record made by these other Grand Masters who have worn this Jewel year after year in this great cause, will be kept up during your administration. (Applause.)

M. W. Grand Master Higbee responded as follows: Most Worshipful Brother Jesse and Brethren of the Grand Lodge: God knows that I appreciate the great honor that you by your suffrages have conferred upon me, and God knows that I realize my inability to carry this burden unless I have the hearty co-operation of all the Gran~ Officers and of the Freemasons throughout the State of Missouri.

Last night I was looking over the roll of the Past Grand Masters of the State of Missouri, and there I saw the names of the greatest

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and most distinguished citizens of our great State. The Freemasons of Missouri are justly proud of their achievements. Their memory is a noble heritage. The world is better for their having passed through it. It is a great task to take up their work.

I have no words, I say, to express to you my appreciatio'n of the great honor and the trust that you have reposed in me.

Freemasonry ,has a mission; it is a factor in civilization. It has done much in breaking down race prejudice and religious bigotry.

I hear people talking about the "higher degrees" of Freemasonry.

I don't know of any higher degrees than the Three Degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry. (Applause.) We learn in the First Degree morality, faith and trust in God, and no man ever learned more important lessons. Freemasonry is the practice of the homely Virtues, Faith, Hope, Love, Temperance', Truth, Justice, Equality. We are character-builders. _We are trying to build men, to make them good citizens by instilling these homely virtues as they are exemplified in the Three Degrees of Freemasonry. I repeat, I know no higher degrees than the Three Degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry.

I accept, Most Worshipful Brother Jesse, with fear and trembling, this most distinguished hO,nor. I hope that this may be the best year for Freemasonry that Missouri has ever known. I hope so. I know that I am going to make a路great many mistakes, because I am very human. When I get so that I can't make mistakes I will set up to be Pope. (Cheers.)

I have introduced an innovation, that is, when an Official decision of the Grand Master is desired upon any question it shall first be submitted to the District Deputy Grand Master of the District, because I feel that the Craft is entitled to the benefit of his experience and wisdom, because he knows the circumstances and surroundings as no Grand Master may know them. I need their counsel and co-operation.

Now, Brethren, let me repeat; I thank you for the great honor you have today conferred upon me, and I pray God that I may have the aid and support of all the Grand Officers and Freemasons of this State in the discharge of my duties. (Applause.)

PRES,ENTATION' OF PAST GRAND MAS,TER'S JEiWEL. M. W. Bro. A. S. Houston, on behalf of the Grand Lodge, presented to retiring Grand Master Frank R. Jesse a Past Grand Master's Jewel, saying: In all ages Freemasonry has been marked by the moral excellence, the high standard of intellect and the almost divine harmony which prevailed among its initiates. This is true today as never before.

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This body of men is recognized by the world today as a body of "Picked Men". He, then, who rises to p~ominence among us, must come possessed of rare attainments. He must be endowed with rich gifts of personality; full-measured integrity; and an unbending fidelity to his trust. To him the cry of distress, nor the outstretched hand of want, may appeal in vain. He must stand "as Saul among his fellows", a "tower of strength" in our midst. To such a one we now turn aside to do well-merited honor.

Brother Frank, it is my pleasing duty to present to you this . jewel. To me it is the consummation' of my hopes, my dreams, my anticipation. From the day that you knelt on the ground floor of King Solomon's Temple, to this time, when you preside over the' deliberations of this Grand Body, we, who know you best, have watched with constantly increasing gratiflcation and pride your progress from the lowest to the l1ighest round of preferment. In all these years your work has been tested by the searchlight of Truth. It has borne the test of the most rigid scrutiny, and on you we now set the seal of our approval. You have fought a good fight. You have kept the faith. You have measured up to the full standard. This jewel is the voice of sixty thousand picked men, and the plaudit is, "Well done".

Wear it then, my brothel', with the proud consciousness of work well done; with the happy reflection that you are worthy of its distinction; with the pleasing assurance that the love, the confidence and the esteem of your brethren will follow you, as you lay aside the working tools. 'Wear it, till for you Time shall be no more. And when the last summons comes may this jewel, untarnished by taint of dishonor, be sacredly preserved as a memorial路 of your constancy路 and worth.

(Great applause.)

M. W, Brother Jesse responded as follows: Most WorshipfUl Brother Houston and Brethren of the Grand Lodge: There are times when words fail. That time has come to me. The highest honor, the highest joy, that life could give has come to me with the presentation of this emblem of your regard and esteem. I know that I hav~ not been worthy of it, but the opportunity to be of service to my brethren and to preside over this Grand Body has made me a better man, and by the grace of God it will continue to make me a bettez: man. (Gr~at applause.)

But, Most Worshipful Brother Houston, this is dear to me for a reason far greater than that. You are my Father in Freemasonry.

I know that you have watched my every step as if I were your own son in the flesh. I know that you have watched my course with that admiration and with that joy at my small measure of success born of that true brotherly love and fatherly interest so rare and sweet coming from one of so noble a character, and I desire to express to you my great appreciation for your love and your untiring interest, inspiration and support.

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If I have done anything ~n my feeble efforts to serve the Brethren, in trying to discharge my duties, which may be deemed worthy ot their acceptation, I will be thankful. I hope, too, Brethren. that wherein I have failed you will forgive.

Therefore, my Brethren, in accepting this jewel, I promise you that as far as in me lies it shall not bear a stain of shame or dishonor during my life, and at my death will remain an heirloom in my family, a token of the love, the affection and the regard of the Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri for my efforts in the great cause of humanity. (Great applause.)

INVITATION TO ATTEND THE CENTENNIAL OF MISSOURI LOD'GE NO~ 1.

The Worshipful Master of Missouri Lodge No. 1 extended to the officers and members of the Grand Lodge a cordial invitation to attend the Centennial Celebration of the organization of Missouri Lodge, to be held in St. Louis on October 4th and 5th, 1916, stating that the Grand Officers would have all of their expenses paid by Missouri Lodge, and promising a hearty welcome and ample accommodation and entertainment to all Freemasons who would attend.

The Grand Master extended the thanks of the Grand Lodge for the invitation, saying it would be a memorable occasion, the 11rst celebration of a centennial in the State, and expressed the hope that all who could would attend. Hoped that all the members of the Grand Lodge would be there and help to make the occasion a great success.

PRINTING OF PROCEEDINGS. On motion, the Grand Secretary was directed to print for distribution the usual number of copies of the Proceedings of this session of the Grand. Lodge.

MINUTES APPROVED,.

The minutes of to-d~y's session were then read by the Grand Secretary and approved by the Grand Lodge.

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THIRD READING OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. The Grand Secretary read by title amendments to the By-Laws.

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OLOSING. No further business appearing, at 3 :45 P. M. the M. W. Grand Master, Edward Higbee, closed the Ninety-sixth Annual Communication of the :Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted l\1asons of the State of Missouri IN AMPLE FORM. "America", sung by the Brethren as a closing ode.

Prayer by R. W. and Rev. Bro. John H. Miller, GrandChaplain.

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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRANDMASTERS. 1st District-H. N. MARTIN, Kahoka.

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JOHN H. HOLTON, Kirksville.

3d JOHN U. BROWN, Unionville.

4th Eo M. WILSON, Laredo.

5th E. W. PRENTISS, Bethany.

6th J. A. MARSH, Albany.

7th JOS. E. REESE, Maryville.

8th H. S. TEA RE, Oregon.

9th EMMETT S. BALLARD, St. Joseph.

10th C. A. SHAW, Pattonsburg.

11th EMSLJl:Y C. JAMES, Hemple.

12th RICHARD A. THARP, Wheeling.

13th 'E. W. TAYLER, Marceline.

14th GEO. F. BREWINGTON. Bevier.

15th B. E. BIGGER, Hannibal.

16th ROBERT ,A.. MAY, Louisiana.

17th 'rHOS. F. HURD, Paris.

18th T. H. WALTON, Higbee.

19th H. R. MASON. Marceline, R. F. D. 20th WM. BAK Em, Hale.

21st J. P. TUCKER. Parkville.

22d R. J. SMITH, Kansas City.

23d "\V1\1:. '.r. \VERNWAG, Lexington.

24th J. S. WILSON, Marshall.

25th M. E. SCHMIDT, Boonville.

26th JOHN PICKARD, Columbia.

27th S. P. CUNNINGHAM, Mexico.

28th JOHN E. REEDS, Jonesburg.

29th J. W. POWELL, Elsberry.

30th E. A. FLUESMEIER, Wright City.

31st WM. C. HECK, California.

32d JAMES A. MAY, Pacific.

33d ANDREW J. O'REILLY, St. Louis.

34th JAS. F. BLAIR, Belton.

35th R. B. CAMPBELL, Spruce. _ 36th WM. H. CRISMAN, Green Ridge.

37th H. v'\!. FRISTOE, Windsor.

38th CARL G. ROSS, Conway.

39th EDMUND J. KOCH, Rolla.

40th CHARLES Eo PYLE, DeSoto.

41st JOHN M. CHAMBERLIN, Bolivar.

42d H. H. FINLEY, Greenfield.

43d SA1VI:UEL B. VICKERS, Schell City.

44th FELIX EBERLEIN, Joplin.

45th WALTER A .. COON, Republic.

46th CARL A. SWENSON, Mountain Grove.

47th J. M. CARNAHAN, Van Buren.

48th Vl. B. MASSEY, Bonne Terre.

49th G. YV. MILLER, Millersville.

50th JAMES A. BOONE, Charleston.

51st VIRGIL P. ADAMS, Hayti.

52d OTTO A. McKINNEY, Poplar Bluff.

53d H. A. STEARNS, West Plains.

54th G, J. VAUGHAN, Ozark.

55th W. N. MARBUT, Mount Vernon.

56th \V. A. PHIPPS, Neosho.

57th BERNAL L. TATMAN, Kirkwood.

58th J. S. LAFFER, Eldon.

59th ALLAN McDO'\VELL HOYT, Independence.

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DISTRICT LECTURERS. 1st District-P. O. SANSBERRY, Wyaconda.

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C. C.' GARDNER, Kirksville.

3d JOHN SANTEE, Greencastle.

4th E. M. 'WILSON, Laredo.

5th E. W. PRENTISS, Bethany.

6th J. A. MARSH. Albany.

7th JOS. E. REESE, Maryville.

8th H. S. TEARE, Oregon.

9th B. ]". WATSON, St. Joseph.

10th C. A. SHAW, Pattonsburg.

11th ETvISLEY C. JAMES, Hemple.

12th HICHARD A THARP, Wheeling.

13th E. "V. 'rAYLER, Marceline.

14th GEO. F. BREWINGTON, Bevier.

15th B. E. BIGGER, Hannibal.

16th ROBERT A. MAY, Louisiana.

17th THOS. F. HURD, Paris.

18th '1'. H. WALTON, Higbee.

19th H. R. MASON, :Marceline, R. F. D. 20th WM. BAKER, Hale.

21st H. C. NOLAND. Parkville.

22d CHAS. T. KORNBRODT, Kansas City.

23d Wl\L T. WERNWAG, Lexington.

24th J. S. 'WTLSON, Marshall.

25th S. L. STITES, Pilot Grove.

26th J. A. OLIVEH, Columbia.

27th S. P. CUNNINGHAM, Mexico.

28th JOHN E. REEDS, Jonesburg.

29th J. "V. POWELL, Elsberry.

30th E. A. FLUESMEIER, Wright City.

31st 'VM. C. HECK, California.

32d JAMES A. MAY, Pacific.

33d HOWARD G. COOK, St. Louis.

34th .lAS. F. BLAIR, Belton.

35th R. B. CAMPBELL, Spruce.

36th WM. H. CRISMAN, Green Ridge.

37th H. W. FRISTOE, Windsor.

38th CARL G. ROSS, Conway.

39th EDMUND J. KOCH. Rolla.

40th eHAS. E. PYLE. DeSoto.

41st JOHN M. CHAMBERLIN, Bolivar.

42d H. H. FINLEY. Greenfield.

43d SAMUEL B. VICKERS. Schell City.

44th \VILLIS M. WALLINGFORD, Carthage.

45th G. W. CUSTER. Springfield.

46th CARL A. S\YENSON, Mountain Grove.

47th J. M. CARNAHAN, Van Buren.

48th W. B. MASSEY, Bonne Terre.

49th G. W. MILLER, Millersville.

50th .1 AMES A. BOONE. Charleston.

51st VTRGIL P. A DAMS. Hayti.

52d OTTO A. McKINNEY, Poplar Bluff.

53d H. A. STEARNS, West Plains.

54th a. J. V AUalT AN, Ozark.

55th 'V. N. MARBUT, Mount Vernon.

56th W. A. PHIPPS. Neo.3ho.

57th BERNAL L. TATMAN, Kirkwood.

58th J. S. LAFFER, Eldon.

59th ALLAN McDO\VELL HOYT, Independence.

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NEW LODGES. CHARTERED SEPTEMBER 21, 1916.

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ANNUAL COMMUNICATION, 1917.

The Ninety-seventh Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge will be held in St. Louis commencing at 10 o'clock on the morning of the third Tuesday, viz: The 1.8th day of September, 1917.

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TO BY-LAWS ADOPTED.

AMENDMENTS

The following amendments to the Grand Lodge By-Laws were adopted during the session, 1916: Section 152. Non-Payment of Dues. When a member shall fail to pay his dues within three months after the same become due, it shall ·be the duty of the Secretary to notify him of such delinquency by delivering to him, in person. a bill for such indebtedness, or by mailing the same to him at his last known place of residence. Should the delinquent refuse or fail to pay his dues on or b'efore the next stated communication of the Lodge, after the issuance of such notice. it shall be the duty of the Secretary to notify the Master of such failure, who shall, in open Lodge, order a notice to be given the delinquent by the Secretary, requiring him to appear at a specified subsequent stated communication to show cause why he should not be suspended for non-payment of dues.

E. Co WM. ORTMANN.

REVISION OF BY-LAWS GOVERNING APPEALS. Revise Article 1~ of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by amending Sections 221, 240, 241, 242, 243 and 244 and by adding three new sections, to be known as Sections 243a, 243b and 244a, as follows, to-wit: Section 221. Testimony. The testimony of all resident Masons who can attend the Lodge shall be given orally in open Lodge at the trial. All such oral t~stimony shall be taken in shorthand, when practicable, and when not practicable, the Master shall appoint a Brother who shall reduce said oral testimony to writing at the time it Is given.

Section 240. A.ppeals, How Taken. and may be in the following form:

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Section 241. Time for Appeal. All appeals shall be filed with the Secretary of the Lodge within thirty (30) days after the trial and jUdgment, and not afterwards.

Section 242. Notice of Appeal. The appellant shall, at the time he files said appeal with the Secretary, also file with him a notice in writing to the opposite party that he has appealed to the Grand Lodge, which notice shall be served on the opposite party by the Secretary or some one designated by him within five (5) days, and the notice with the manner of service endorsed thereon shall be made a part of record of appeal. Service, except as to time, shall be as provided in Sections 213 and 214, Grand Lodge By-Laws.

Section 243. Perfecting and Transmitting Record. When an appeal and notice shall be filed with the Secretary, he shall endorse thereon the date of filing and immediately send the same to the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, together with a certified copy of the charges, notice to the accused, his answer or plea, date of the trial, the result of the ballot on the questions of guilt and punishment.

Within sixty (60) days after the trial, the appellant shall file with the Secretary of the Lodge a statement of the substantive facts proven at the trial, together with notice to the opposite party of such filing.

Said statement shall not set out the testimony of witnesses by questions and answers except where a review is sought on a ruling of the Trial Master on a particular question or answer objected to or moved to be stricken out during the trial' or except as hereinafter provided, but shall include a brief recital in narrative form of the substance of the evidence offered or introduced in the trial. Within ten (10) days after the filing of such statement and notice with the Secretary, the opposite party may file objections to such statement. Such objections shall only point out: First, the omission from such statement of any ultimate fact or of some document or the substance thcreof" proven or offered at such trial, and, second, that there has been included in such statement a substantive fact, doc'ument or the substance thereof which was not proven or offered at such trial.

If no objections are filed to such statement within ten (10) days, or within such further time, not exceeding sixty (60) days aft.er the trial, as the Trial Mastcr may, for good cause shown, permit, then the statement filed by the appellant shall be taken as a true and correct statement of the facts proven at said trial.

Section 243a. In any case where an appeal is sought to be perfected by filing the statement provided for in Section 243, in lieu of the transcript of .the evidence, to which statement objection is filed by the opposite party in which it is alleged that said statement does not contain a fair statement of the facts proven in said case, the Trial Master shall, if in his opinion justice demands, order a transcript of that portion of the testimony in controversy to be made at the expense of the trial Lodge, which said transcript, together with the statement and objections thereto, shall be made a part of the record in said casa Section 243b. Nothing contained in Section 243 hereof shall be deemed 路to prOhibit the appellant in any case trom perfecting such

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appeal by filing with the Secretary of the Lodge, in lieu of such statement provided in Section 243, a transcript which shall contain a true copy of all the testimony in the case, together with notice to the opposite party of such filing, provided" that the opposite party in such case shall have the privilege of examining and noting objections to such transcript within ten (10) days after its filing and befpre the same is sent to the said Grand Secretary. and provi~ed further, that where an appellant filed a transcript of the testimony in the case. in lieu of the statement provided for in Section 243, the cost of such transcript shall be paid by the party ordering same.

Section 244. Objections to Transcript. Where a full transcript, in lieu of statement, is filed with the Secretary. together with notice to the opposite party, objections thereto may be made by the opposite party within the time and in the manner provided in S'ection 243 for filing objections to the statement of facts proven at the trial.

Section 244a. Cost of Appeal. The cost of the first appeal shall be charged to the subordinate Lodge; the cost of subsequent appeals shall be paid as directed by the Grand Lodge at the session at which such appeals are heard and may be charged against the appellant, the local Lodge or, if circumstances justify, paid by the Grand Lodge.

ARCH A. JOHNSON, THOMAS F. HURD. JOSEPH S. McINTYRE.

STANDING .RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED (1916).

Resolved, That confer more than one and the same hereby empowered

the Grand Lodge does hereby forbid any Lodge to one of the degrees, or sections of a degree at time, in the same Lodge. The Grand Master 18 to enforce this edict.

WM. F. KUHN. [Proceedings 1916, pag~ -.]

Resolved, That at the annual sessions of the Grand Lodge the work shall be exemplified under the direction of the Rt. W. Grand Lecturer, and for such purposes he shall select officers from active Masters and District Lecturers present. Provided, that officers of the Grand Lodge may officiate in their respective stations If they so desire.

O. A. LUCAS, WM. F. KUHN, BERT S. LEE. WM. F. JOHNSON, JNO. W. BINGHAM. rProceedln~s 1916, page -.J

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Whereas, Questions arise from time to time on which the official decision of the Grand Master is desired, in the consideration ot' which the Craft and the Grand Master are entitled to the benefit of the advice and experience of the D. D. G. M. of the District in which the question may arise; therefore, Be It Resolved, That such questions shall first be submitted to the D. D. G. M. of the District, who shall forward it to the Grand Master, together with his opinion and suggestions thereon in writing. .

EDWARD HIGBEE. JACOB LAMPERT. [Proceedings 1916, page -.]

Be It Resolved, That the Grand Secretary instruct the Lodges that all matter coming before the Grand Lodge for action be read and debated at some meeting of the Lodge at least one month before the Annual Meeting of the Grand Lodge at which the subject is to be taken up for action.· This order to be sent each Lodge with a copy of. the.Grand Lodge Proceedings.

WM. SESSINGHAUS, P. M. No. 267, JAMES W. BOYD, P. G. M.• LOUIS MOLLER, P. M. No. 445.

[Proceedings 1916, page -.]

• Appears in printed proceedings following third day.

J. R. P.

Be It Resolved, By the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Misso~ri, That the Grand Secretary be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to have printed sufficient copies of the Manual in library form to be sold at the price of One Dollar ($1.00) per volume to supply the demand of the Craft.

ARCH A. JOHNSON, No. 271.

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Be It Resolved, By the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, That Crane Lodge, No. 519, located at Crane, Mo.; Galena Lodge, No. 515, located at Galena, Mo., and Reeds Spring Lodge,. No. 280, located at Reeds Spring, Mo., be taken from the Fifty-fifth Masonic District and placed in the Fifty-fourth Masonic District on account of the geographical location of said Lodges, and to more equally apportion the work of the District Lecturers of said Districts; there being at the present time seventeen Lodges in the Fifty-fifth District and but seven in the Fifty-fourth District.

ARCH A. JOHNSON, No. 271, JOHN R. PARSON, No. 267.

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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. Article V, Section 1.

A proposition was presented by W. Bro. Geo. S. McLanahan to repeal divisions (4) and (8) of Section 1 of Article V of the Constitution, and enact in lieu thereof the following: .

To amend divisions four (4) and eight (8) of Section 1 of Article V of the Constitution by repealing said divisions and enacting in lieu the-reof the following: To assess and collect from the several Lodges under this jurisdiction such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to be appropriated to the benefit of the Craft and for charitable purposes.

Provide(} Further, That when it is proposed to assess and collect said moneys or to increase or decrease the amounts required by law to be paid, such proposal shall be referred to a vote of the Lodges of this jurisdiction, which must be taken and reported to the Grand Secretary at least thirty days prior to the next following Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge. If it shall appear that a majority of the Lodges voting and reporting thereon favors such proposition, it shall be declared carried and become effective immediately, otherwise it shall be declared lost. The vote by the various Lodges hereunder shall be taken in the same manner as prescribed for amendments of the Constitution in Article V, Section 2, of the Constitution.

G. S. McLANAHAN, PERCY A. BUDD.

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS. Amendments to By-Laws Offered a,nd Proposed by the Jurisprudence Committee.

I. To repeal Section 231 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, and substitute in lieu thereof the following: Section 231. Trials. All Masonic trials shall be in the Lodge of the highest degree to which the accused has attained, and both the accuser and the accused, even though he may not be in good standing, may be present in person, and may be represented by counsel in good standing, during the hearing of the evidence and the argument.

II. Amend the Grand Lodge By-Laws by adding two new sections to be known as Section 157a and 157b, which said sections are as follows: Section 157a. SaIDe. Any brother of this Grand JurIsdiction, free from charg-es, desiring to transfer his membership to a Lodge of any "recognized" Grand .Jurisdiction,路 which has a law substantially the same, shall have the right to petition such Lodge for membership, which petition shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Good Standing from his Lodge. showing him to be not delinquent In the payment of dues to the Lodge in which he holds membership, which Certificate shall bc substantially in form set forth In Section 157 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. Should the Lodge so receiving his petition elect him to membership, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Lodg-e so electing him to notify under seal of the Lodge, his former Lodge of such election and request said Lodge to forward his Dimit to the Lodge so electing him. Upon the receipt of such notice his former Lodge shall grant him a Dimit and forward ~ the same to the Secretary of the Lodge electing him.

In case of his rejection by the Lodge to which he applied, his membership shall remain in his former Lodge granting the certificate. If the Certificate of Good Standing herein provided for is not used within Three Months from the date thereof, it shall become null and void and of no effect. Provided, however, that this section shall in no wise be construed so as to impair the right of voluntary and absolute dimission.

Section 157b.

Same.

Any brother of any other "recognized" Grand Jurisdiction. free from charges, desiring to transfer his membership to any Lodl;"e in this Grand JuriSdiction shall have the right to petition such Lodge for membership, which petition shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Good Standing from his Lodge, showing him to be not delinquent in the payment of dues to the Lodge in which he holds membership. Should the Lodge so receiving his

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petition elect him to membership, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Lodge so electing him to notify under seal of the Lodge, his former Lodge oJ such election and request said Lodge to forward his Dimit to the Lodge so electing him. The Dimit shall be filed with the Secretary of the Lodge so electing him and his membership therein shall date from the time his former Lodge granted his Dimif. It shall be the duty of the petitioner to pay his former Lodge such dues as he may be indebted to such Lodge. In case of his rejection his membership shall remain in the Lodge granting the certificate.

III.

Amend Section 132 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by adding the following to said Section-"157b"-So that when so amended said section shall read as follows: Section 132. Petition for lUembershlp Dlmit Must Accompany.

A Lodge shall not entertain a petition for membership, unless the same is accompanied .by a Dimit or some other documentary evidence of good standing of the applicant, as provided in Sections 157 and 157b.

DORSEY A. JAMISON, ARCH A. JOHNSON, THAD B. LANDON, SAM D. HODGDON, B. E. BIGGER, ROBERT A. MAY, J. .M. CARNAHAN, WM. A. HALL, J. H. CRANFILL. Section 50. Contract Debts. A Lodge shall not be permitted to contract debts for any purpose or to engage in enterprises for building halls without the consent and approval of the Grand Master.

Lodges obtaining permission to contract debts shall at once notify the Grand Secretary of the amount of debt, security given, and when debt matures. When any debt contracted as herein provided shall have been paid, the Lodge shall notify the Grand Secretary of such payment. A record of such debts shall be kept In the office of the Grand Secretary.

DORSEY A. JAMISON, B. E. BIGGER, J. M. CARNAHAN, J. H. CRANFILL, ROBERTA. MAY, THAD B. LANDON, JOHN C. ROBERTSON.

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS. 1.

2.

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To amend Section 67 by substitution.

To amend Section 111 by substitution.

To amend Section 69.

Section 67. Annual Dues. Every chartered Lodge shall pay annually to the Grand Lodge the sum of One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) for each Master Mason reported in the annual returns. One dollar ($1.00) 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 one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for each year's dues so collected, if not previously accounted for.

J. M. McDONALD, No. 220, C. A. LESTER, No. 625, GEO. P. ST. JOHN, No. 563, S'EAMAN RUSSELL, No. 104, NAT NEUSTETER, No. 220, CHAS. B. KILLINGSWORTH, No. 630.

Be It Resolved, That Section 111 be amended by repealing said Section 111 and in lieu thereof adopting the following as such section: Section 111. Snme. Anyone of the three degrees may be conferred upon not more than five candidates at one and the same time, at any special or stated Communication, provided, that such candidates shall be received separately in the First, Second and Third Degrees, and shall pass separately through the second section of the Third Degree.

ALEXANDER McDONALD, THAD B. LANDON, CHARLES T. KORNBRODT. To amend Section 69 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by striking out the words "one-seventh", in line eleven (11) of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "one-fifth," so that said section when so amended shall r.ead as follows: MILEAGE AND PER DIEM. Section 69. lUllen'ge nnd Per Diem. The Past Grand Masters, Grand Officers, District Deputy Grand Masters, District Lecturers and one Representative from each Lodge, and the Chairman of each Standing Committee, who do not draw mileage and per diem in any other capacity, shall be paid the sum of three dollars ($3.00) for each day they may be in actual attendance upon the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, and three cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning therefrom; provided,

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that no Representative shall receive either mileage or per diem unless all dues from his Lodge to the Grand Lodge have been paid by August 1st, and no Representative shall receive more than one-fifth of the sum paid by his Lodge for that year as dues, and no one shall receive mileage and per diem in a double capacity.

R. J. MITCHELL, No. 452.

The following proposition to repeal Section 67 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, and to enact a new Section 67 in lieu thereof, was presented by 'V. Bro. Gco. S. McLanahan.

To amend Section 67 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by repealing said section and enacting in lieu thereof the following, to be known as Section 67: Section 67. Annual Dues. Every chartered 'Lodge shall pay annually to the Grand Lodge the sum 'of one dollar and. seventy-five cents ($1.75) for each Master Mason reported in the annual returns.

One dollar and twenty-five eents ($1.25) 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 s,uspended member dues. for the non-payment of which he shall have been suspended, such Lodge shall pay to the Grand Lodge the sum of one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) for each year's dues so collected, if not prev10usly accounted for.

Provicled Further, That in the event it shall be proposed to increase or decrease such annual dues, such proposal shall be referred to a vote of the Lodges of this jurisdiction, which must be taken and reported to the Grand Secretary at least thirty days prior to the next following Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge. If it shall appear that a majority of the Lodges, voting and reporting thereon. favors such proposition to increase or decrease the annual dues, it shall be declared carried and become immediately effective, otherwise it shall be declared lost. The vote by the various Lodges hereunder shall be taken in the same manner as prescribed for amendments of the Constitution in Article V, Section 2 of' the Constitution.

G. S. McLANAHAN, PERCY A. BUDD.

To amend Section 182 by striking out entire section and substituting _the following therefor: Section 182. Snme. No Lodge shall receive a petition for the degrees or for affiliation from any person who is engaged in the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, either as a distiller, brewer, brewery agent, wholesale or retail liquor dealer or salesman, or agent, superintendent or foreman for such manufacturer or dealer, a saloonkeeper, bartender, or one who serves intoxicating liquors as a vocation, or of anyone who is engaged in any capacity in the handling, manufacturing or selling of intoxicating liquors as a beverage; or of anyone owning a building or stock In a corporation or a building whose specific purpose, or use is for

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the manufacture or sale either by wholesale or retail of intoxicating liquors. Nor shall any Freemason recommend, or sign any petition â&#x20AC;˘ or application for a dramshop license. Any Freemason who may, hereafter, begin such business, or perform, or be engaged in any of the acts forbidden in this section shall be expelled; and any Lodge receiving a petition of a person so barred, or having elected' to membership a person so barred, and which shall fail to expel such person, when informed of his ineligibility, shall have its Charter lIuspended or arrested by the Grand Master.

C. H. BRIGGS, WM. F. KUHN, CAMPBELL WELLS, ARCH A. JOHNS'ON, A. M. HOUGH, C. C. WOODS,

BERT S. LEE, G. C. MARQUIS. PERCY A. BUDD, SEAMAN RUSSELL, ALEX McDONALD, GEO. G. BAlERS.

M. W. Bro. Wm. F. Kuhn offered the following proposed amendment to Section 246 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws: To amend Section 246 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by striking out the last two (2) lines of said section, which read as follows: "The appella,nt may dismiss his appeal at any time before the mt~ting of the Grand Lodge."

WM. F. KUHN, C. C. BIGGER.

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STANDING RESOLUTIONS. Standing ResQlutions, Amendments to Grand Lodge ByLaws and Approved Decisions, adopted since the publication of Boo\< of Constitutions (1908).

MASONIC BOARDS OF RELIEF.

By R. W. Brother D. B. Farnsworth: BOARDS OF RELIEF-REPORTS OF. We respectfully recommend that the reports of these Boards, in the future, include a detailed statement of their disbursements, that the Craft may more fully understand and l{now their work, and be encouraged to emulate .them; also that all of their receipts be given in more detail.

[Proceedings 1909, page 99.]

MASONIC HOME IMPROVEMENT FUND. Resolved, That the special contribution called for in the report of the Committee on the Masonic Home for the improvement of the Home and grounds of fifty cents per annum for four years from each member of the Fraternity under the Jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, except those whose regular annual dues are remitted, and which was levied upon our members by the Grand Lodge' QY the adoption of the recommendations of said Committee, be collected from the members by 路the Secretaries of the respective Lodges and remitted to the Grand Secretary at the same time and in the same manner. as the regular annual dues; but that a separate statement of the same be made in the 'Annual Report of the Lodges in a column provided for that purpose,- setting out the amount collected and remitted and the amount delinquent, if any.

WM. M. WILLIAMS, XENOPHON RYLAND, WM. F. KUHN, A. C. STEWART. [Proceeding:s 1912, page 72.].

SMOKING PROHIBITED. "Resolved, That smoking in the Lodge room of each and every subordinate Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction is hereby strictly prohibited, not only during the time of conferring of Degrees, but at all times while the Lodge is in session for any purpose."

It shall be the duty of the Master of every Lodge to see to the enforcement of this prohibition.

[Proceedings 1913, page 162.]

By M. W. Brothers Kuhn and Wells:

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FUNERALS OF GRAND OFFICERS. Resolved, That in the event of 路the death of one or more ot the first six officers of the Grand Lodge or of a Past Grand Master the obsequies shall be conducted by the Grand Lodge, and the expenses of the remaining first six Grand Officers, one Grand Chaplain and the Past Grand Masters in attendance shall bp. paid by the Grand Lodge.

[Proceedings 1913, pa'ge 87.]

By M. W. Brother A. M. Hough: DIGEST OF LAWS. Resolved, That the Grand Secretary shall arrange and append to each publication of the Grand Lodge Proceedings, on pages by themselves, all amended By-Laws and the standing resolutions that are in force, and approved decisions under the head of "Standing Resolutions," and annually add thereto such as may thereafter be adopted, and omit such as may be repealed.

[Proceedings 1'913, page 86.J BOARDS OF RELIEP-BURIAL LOT. ResolYed, That whereas an emergency exists in St. Louis in the matter of 'lack of space in the present burial lot. .

Therefore, Be It Resolved, That the St. Louis Masonic Board of Relief is hereby authorized to purchase a suitable burial lot in St. Louis, in the name of the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and pay for the same out of the contributions from the various Lodges in the City of St. Louis as prescribed by Section 59 of the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge.

[Proceedings 1913, page 137.J Resolved, That the burial lots located in Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis County, purchased and paid for by the Lodges in the City of St. LOUis, in the name of the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, be, an.!l the same are hereby, placed in charge of the St. Louis Masonic Board of Relief, in the same manner as the lots so owned in Bellefontaine Cemetery, and that said Board of Relief shall direct who may be buried therein.

A. J. O'REILLY, LOUIS MOLLER, WM. SESSINGHA US. [Proceedings 1914, page 195.]

BORDER LEGISLATION. That a Lodge In a border State desiring to receive IJetltions from and confer Degrees upon residents of lUlssollrl shall first obtnin waivers from tbe LOtlge in tbis State hnvlng jllrlStUctlon antl from the Grand ltluster of IUissOllrl.

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APPLICATIONS FOR CHARITY. Resolved, That all applications for the consideration of the Committee on Charity be made in writing by the officers of the Lodge upon whose membership the applicant bases his or her claim, and that all such applications be filed with the Grand Secretary at least twenty days before the meeting of the Grand. Lodge at which the matter is to be considered.

A. J. O'REILLY, D. W. GOSNELL, ROY E. STEPHENS. [Proceedings 1914, page 157.]

By M. W. Brother Van F. Boor: GRAND MASTERS' CONFERENCE-REPRESENTATIVES. Resolved, That the Grand Master, and one of the Grand Lodge Officers selected by the Grand Master, be and are hereby designated as the authorized representatives of this Grand Lodge to attend all future Conferences of Grand Masters, or'other similar conventions or meetings having for their object the betterment of the laws, rules and regulations governing the Craft, especially having in view more uniform rituals and lectures, both written and unwrittEn, and the cultivation of closer fraternal relations between the Grand Jurisdictions of the world.

[Proceedings 1914, page 173.]

By M. W. Brother A. M. Hough: BALLOT-FOR GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. Resolved, That in the election of Grand Lodge Officers, that the vote shall be taken by ballot, and that each officer and .member of the Grand Lodge present shall cast one vote and no more: provided, that the vote may be taken by Lodges, if demanded, by the representatives of ten Lodges.

[Proceedings 1.914, page 192.]

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES-WHEN PRESENTED. Resolved, That the Reports of the Committees on Jurisprudence, Appeals and Grievances, and Ways and Means ~hall be presented to the Grand Lodge for consideration not later than the second day of the session of the Grand Lodge.

[Proceedings 1914, page 192.]

Resolved, That all reports to the Grand Lodge, except the address of the Most 'Worshipful Grand Master, which have been printed prior to the session of the Grand Lodge, shall be presented and not read, and ordered printed in the Annual Proceedings.

[Proceedings 1914, page 192.]

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IMPOSTORS-LIST OF. Resolved, That all Masonic Lodges in Missouri not under control of a Board of Relief be furnished with an alphabetical list of names

of impostors with identification means, 'regular reports, together with a letter suggesting plans and ways of handling applications for relief.

D. B. FARNSWORTH, R. W. MILLER, A. W. BAKER, G. W. EARLY. [Pr~ceedings 1914, page 156.]

GEO. WASHINGTON MASONIC NAT'L MEMORIAL ASS'N. Resolved, First, That this Grand Lodge approves and endorses the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association and the proposition to erect a Masonic Temple as a Memorial to George \Vashington, the Freemason, in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, and hereby enrolls itself as a member of said Association; Second, That the sum of One Hundred ($100) Dollars is hereby appropriated and directed to be paid to the Treasurer of said Association in order to place this Grand Lodge upon the Charter Roll of Honor; Third, That it recommends to 'such individual Freemasons and Masonic Bodies in its Jurisdiction as are willing to do so, to become Charter Roll of Honor members of said Association by making like contributions; Fourth, That it hereby authorizes the Grand Master of this Grand Lodge to attend the meeting of said Association in the capacity of Representative of this Grand Lodge at and to represent it at such meetings, and when he shall be unable to be prescnt,or for other cause sllall deem it best to do so, from time to time, to appoint an appropriate representative to attend the meetings of said Association for this Grand Lodge, and to represent it at such meetings in his place and stead.

Fraternally submitted, A. C. STEWART, JACOB LAMPERT, WM. F. KUHN, ORESTES MITCHELL. [Proceedings 1914, page 129.]

By M. W. Brother A. M.Hough: AMENDMENTS-TIME FOR. 'Resolved, That all propositions to amend or change the Constitution, By-Laws or Proceedings of this Grand Lodge shall be set for consideration on the' morning of the second day of the session, at an , hour to be fixed at the session of the first day of the Grand Lodge.

[Proceedings 1912, page 36.]

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PRINTING REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE, Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be authorized to print a sufficient number of advance copies of the report of the Committee on Correspondence to supply each member in attendance at the Grand Lodge with one copy.

(Proceedings 1912, page 40.]

By M. W. Brother Wm. F. Kuhn: CHANGE OF NAME OF "INFIRMARY" TO "HOSPITAL." Resolved, That the "Infirmary Building" be now and forever known as the "Hospital" of the Masonic Home of Missouri, and that' whereVer the word "Infirmary" appears in these reports 'it be strickeri out and the word "Hospital" be inserted in lieu thereof.

(Proceeding路s 1912. page 62,] APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES COMMITTEE-APPEARANCE BEFORE..

'Vhereas, It is necessary for the Committee on Appeals and Grievances to prepare and submit to the Grand Lodge written opinions in . causes coming before them, and in order to do this, each member ot said Committee must of necessity familiarize himself with the record and testimony in each case; Therefore, Be It Resolved, That all arguments before said Committee on any matter before it shall be ~ade on Monday preceding the open i ng. of the Grand Lodge, and no one shall be heard after that date. " ' CAM;f>BELL WELLS, CLAY C. BIGGER, JOHN T. SHORT, R. R. KREEGER, WM. F. KUHN. [Proceedings 1915, page 65.]

MASONIC HOME FUNDS-PAYMENT OF. Resolved, That the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer be hereby directed to turn over to the Treasurer of the Board of DIrectors o( 'the Masonic Home weekly, as collected, all moneys due' the Home.

[Proceedings 1915, page 147.]

LEGISLATION-PROPOSED BY MEMBERS ONLY. Resolved, That no matter be received in writing, such as Amendments to the By-Laws, new By-Laws, Resolutions, Motions, or any similar matters demanding the action of the Grand Lodge, except it be signed by 'two (2) members of this Grand Lodge who give their Rank and ,number of the Lodge to which they belong.

[Proceedings 1915, page 152.]

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DEGREES~FORBIDDEN.

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge does hereby forbid any Lodge to confer more than one of the degrees or sections of a degree at one and the same time, in the same Lodge. The Grand Master is hereby empowered to enforce this edict.

WM. F. KUHN. [Proceedings 1916, page ... ] EXEMPLIFICATION OF WORK-AT GRAND LODGE. Resolved, That, at the annual sessions of the Grand Lodge the work shall be exemplified under the direction of the R. W. Grand Lecturer, and for such purposes he shall select officers from aCtive Masters and District Lecturers present. Provided, that officers of the Grand Lodge may officiate in their respective stations if they so desire.

O. A. LUCAS, WM. F. KUHN, BERT S. LEE, WM. F. JOHNSON, JNO. W. BINGHAM. [Proceedings 1916, page ... ] QUESTIONS REFERRED TO D. D. G. M:s.

Whereas, Questions arise from time to time on which the official decision, of the Grand Master is desired, in the consideration, of which the Craft and the Grand Master are entitled to the benefit of the advice and experience of the D. D. G. M. of the District in which the question may arise; therefore, be it Resolved, That such questions shall first be submitted to the D. D. G. M. of the District, who shall forward it to the Grand Master, together with his opinion and suggestions thereon in writing.

EDWARD HIGBEE, JACOB LAMPERT. [Proceedings 1916, page ... ] LEGISLATION PROPOSED-MUST BE DEBATED BY LODGES. Be it Resolved, That the Grand Secretary instruct the Lodges that all matter coming before the Grand Lodge for action be read 'and debated at some meeting of the Lodge at least one month before the Annual Meeting of the Grand Lodge at which the subject is to be taken up for action. * This order to be sent each Lodge with a copy of the Grand Lodge Proceedings.

WM. SESSINGHAUS, P. M., No. 267, JAMES W. BOYD, P. G. M., LOUIS MOLLER, P. M., No. 445.

[Proceedings 1916, page ... ] *Appears in printed proceedings following Third Day.-J. R. P.

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MANUAlr-LIBRARY FORM. Be It Resolved, By the Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri, That the Grand Secretary be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to have printed sufficient copies of the Manual in library form to be sold at the price of one dollar ($1.00) per volume to supply the demand of the Craft.

ARCH A. JOHNSON, No. 271.

(Proceedings 1916, page ... ] DISTRICTS-CHANGE OF. . Be It Resolved, By the Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri, That Crane Lodge No. 519, located at Crane, Mo.; Galena Lodge No. 515, located at Galena, Mo., and Reeds Spring Lodge No. 280, located at Reeds Spring, Mo., be taken from the Fifty-fifth Masonic District and placed in the Fifty-fourth Masonic District on account of the geographical location. of said Lodges, and to more equally apportion the work ~of the District Lecturers of said Districts; there being at the present time seventeen Lodges in the Fifty-fifth District and but seven in the Fifty-fourth District.

ARCH A. JOHNSON, No. 271, JOHN R. PARSON, No. 267.

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AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS ADOPTED.

By R.

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Brother Jos. S. McIntyre: LODGES OF INSTRUCTION.

Additional section to Article III. Article III, Section 27. Lodges of Instruction. "In each Masonic District having a city with ten or more Lodges, the District Deputy.

Grand Master and District Lecturer, together with three other members to be selected from three separate Lodges in such District by the District Lecturer, shall constitute a Committee on Masonic Instruction.. Such committee may adopt rules for its government, and shall, for a period of at least four months each year, hold a Lodge of Instruction once a week and appoint such assistant instructors as may be necessary, subject to the approval of the District Lecturer, who shall be the authority in the work and have sole charge of teaching it, as provided in Sec. 23 of this article, and the Grand Lecturer may, upon the recommendation of the District Lecturer, appoint some one, or more, suitable Brothers to be present and superintend the instruction on such occasions as, for any reason, the District Lecturer may be unable to be present himself; and, in support of such Lodge of Instruction, the Lodges voluntarily participating in such Masonic instruction may contribute annually to the support thereof such sums as may be necessary to pay the actual expenses of such Lodges of Instruction."

[Proceedings 1910, pages 52, 89 and 105.J

By M. W. Brothers Wm. F. Kuhn and Campbell Wells: SALARY OF GRAND SECRETARY AND GRAND LECTURER. Section 12 (paragraph p) and Section 13 (paragTaph d).

Strike out the words "Twenty-seven Hundred and Fifty" ($2.750.00) in Section 12, paragraph (p) and insert in lieu thereof the words "Three Thousand ($3,000.00)," so that the section when amended, shall read: Sec. 12 (p). The salary of the Grand Secretary shall be Three.

Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) per annum, payable monthly.

Strike out the words "Twenty-seven路 Hundred and Fifty" ($2,750.00) in Section 13 (paragraph d) and insert in lieu thereof the words "Twenty-five Hundred" ($2,500.00), and add thereto after the words "per annum" the words "and traveling eXl)l.'nseS not exceeding Seven HundrN} Dollars 01'.700.00) ller nnnuIn, uudited nnd," so that the section, when amended, shall read: Sec. 13 (d) The compensation of the Grand Lecturer shall be Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) per annum and traveling expenses not exceeding Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00) per annum, aUdited and payable monthly.

[Proceedings 1911, pages 92-93 and 149.J

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To amend Sec. 50, page 14, of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge by striking therefrom the路 words "until sufficient available means . have been secured to complete the same," and substituting therefor the following words, "without the consent and approval of the Grand Master," so that when said Sec. 50 is so amended it shall read as fol~ lows: Sec. 50. Contract Dehts. A Lodge shall not be permitted to contract debts for any purpose or to engage in enterprises for building halls without the consent and approval of the Grand Master.

[Proceedings 1913, page 143.]

By M. W. Brothers D. A: Jamison and Wm. A. Hall: TRIALS. To amend Sec. 200 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by the insertion of the word "the" in lieu and in place of the letter "a" between the words "for the violation of" and the word "moral" in the third line of said section, and by the insertion of the word "or" in lieu of the word "and" between the words "moral" and "IV[asonic law" in the third line of said section, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: .

Sec. 200. Offenses. A Mason may be proceeded against by trial. as hereinafter provided, for the viOlation of the Moral or Masonic law.

[Proceedings 1913, page 143.]

By R. W. Brothers Jos. S. McIntyre and Thos. F. Hurd: To amend Sec. 211; Art. XVIII, of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. Be it enacted that Art. XVIII and Sec. 211 of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri be altered by striking out in the fourth and fifth lines thereof the language "residing in the Jurisdiction," so that said section, as amended Shall read as follows: Sec. 211. 'l'fmc and Notice of Trial. When a th'e Master shall appoint the time of trial and cused to be nqtified as hereinafter provided; he members of the Lodge to be notified of the time [Proceedings

charge is preferred shall cause the acshall also cause all of the trial.

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By M. W. Brother A. M. Hough: RECEIPT FOR DUES-FORM OF. To amend Section 12 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by striking out clause (0) of said section and inserting the following in lieu thereof: (0) He shall prepare a uniform Receipt for Dues, of thin economy ledger paper, not more than two and one-half inches by four

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inches, with stub, to ,contain the printed autograph of the Grand Secretary and a facsimil~ of the Seal of the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, which shall be used by all the Lodges in this Jurisdiction.

Each receipt shall bear an impression of the Seal of the Lodge. The receipts shall be furnished to the Lodges at actual cost, including postage. The receipt shall be substantially in the following form: No

Ledge No ........,

No $ Date Rec'd of

For

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Dollars, for

Received of TIro.. . . . . . . . . . . . dues to 19:. . ~ Secretary.

(Signature of Member.) ' .

This is to certify that.

Lodge, No .

A. F. & A. M.. is a legally charterE:d Lodge under , the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of IVlissouri. .

(Seal) Grand Secretary.

[Proceedings 1914, pages 107-205.]

PETITION-CANNOT 'BE , WITHDRAWN. To amend Section No. 102 by striking out the last line of this section, which reads: "and may be withdrawn at any time before it is reported on," and inserting the words: "and cannot be withdrawn after the petition has been referred to the Committee." 'So that the section, when amended, shall read: Section 102. Same. A petition for the degrees or membership must be presented at a stated meeting of the Lodge and cannot be withdrawn after the petition has been referred to the Committee.

Wl\1. F. KUHN, R. F. STEVENSON. [Proceedings 1914, page 157.].

EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. 'Ve respectfully submit the following as an oclcHtJonnl section to the Grand Lodge By-Laws to be known as Section 59a: Sec. 59a, Art. V. Eml)loyment Bureau. In cities where there are twenty or more Lodges, each Lodge shall appoint or elect one of its members, who shall constitute a General Employment Bureau, whose duty shall be to aid unemployed members to secure employment. Such Bureau shall adopt rules for its government; and each Lodge in such city shall contribute the sum of (25c) twenty-five cents per capita per annum to the Employment Bureau, ::::uch contribution to be calculated on, and payable with, the annual Grand Lodge returns. Provided, That no contributions shall be called for when the amount on hand exceeds the sum of ($3,000.00) three thousand dollars.

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Such Bureau shall employ a Secretary and maintain a permanent office, where applicants may apply for employment.

ED N. KAERCHER, V. H. F ALKENHAINER, JOHN HERZOG, F. E. SCHUTZE. [Proceedings 1914, pages 68-205.]

GRAND LODGE ANNUAL

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Section 67. Annual Dues. Every Chartered Lodge shall pay an-路 nually to the Grand Lodge the sum of one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) for each Master Mason reported in the annual returns.

One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) of this sum shall be used for the support of the Masonic Home, unless otherwise路 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, su~h Ledge shall pay to the Grand Lodge the sum of one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) for each year's dues so collected, if not previously accounted for.

W. l!.... KUHN. [Proceedings 1915, page 122.]

MILEAGE AND PER DIEM. Section 69. Mlleag'e nnd Per Diem. The Past Grand Masters, Grand Officers, District Deputy' Grand Masters, District Lecturers a.nd one Re'j)resentative from each Lodge and the Chairman of each Standing- Committe, who do not draw mileage and per diem in any other capacity, shall be pa.id the sum of three dollars ($3.00) for each day they may be in actual attendance upon the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, and three cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning- therefro'm; provided, that no Representatiye shall receive either mileage or per diem unless all dues from his Lodge to the Grand Lodge have been paid by August 1st, and no Representative shall receive more than one-seventh of the sum paid by his Lodge for that year as dues, and no one shall receive mileage and per diem in a double capacity.

[Proceedings 1915, page 128.]

GRAND LODGE MEETING-TIME AND PLACE OF. Section 1. Time :md Place Of. An Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge shall be held in the City of S1. Louis on the third Tuesday of September, 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.

[Proceedings 1915, page 128.]

BY -LA WS-ADDING SECTION. Section 263. By AtMing' Section. Any addi tional section not conflicting with the provisions of these By-Laws, which may be desired,

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[Proceedings 1915, page 128.]

BY -LAWS-,-ALTERATION OR REPEAL. 1 Any alteration or proposiSection 264. By Alteration or R~pe~i'ng 'By-Laws shall be reduced tion .to amend or repeal any of th~ f~1 ~~e session and be published in to wn. ting ~nd read o~ one d~) ~Odge and lie .over until the next 'edmgs of thIS Gran d 'f approved by the proc.. 'm路unica.tion, and shall be again read; an , I rt of the Annual Con.. 'f the members present, shall become a pa the major~ty \'. '"rand Lodge.

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[Proceedings 1915, page 1 .

.... UMENT ARY EVIDENCE. VISITORS.:..L:.DO\.-

~ shall not --admit a visitor who Section 197. Visitors .A: "JLOdg 'ntan' evidence and examin.ashall be unable to establi'sh by doc~ml:.~ Section 196, th~t he hafllS . . . ;n the JurisdIction 0 a tIon, or by personal voucher, as provided 1., .'

Docufrom some Lodge in this Jurisdiction or. with. of MISSOUtrl'ear or a . . ~urren Y , Grand Lodge recogmzed by the Grand L()dg.~ "he seal of the mentary evidence shall be receipts for dues for the .. ~ ther with certificate of good standing, either of which shall bear, e "m from Lodge and the signature of the Secretary of the Lodge::}ob '. the the signature of the Grand Secretary of the Grand Jurisdict.. which a visitor may hail; or a diploma, duly authenticated b.> signature of the Grand Secretary of the Grand Jurisdiction, togeth" with the seal thereof. All of which designates a Lodge under' the' jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge recognized by the Grand Li)dge of Missouri. And such "Documentary 'Evidence" shall bear ,date not more than twelve months last past.

[Proceedings 1915, page 129.]

BALLOT-ALL MUST VOTE. Section 123. _<\11 1\'11Ist路 Vote. When a ballot is taken, all members of the Lodge present must vote, except as provided in Section 121.

[Proceedings 1915, page 129.]

ENDOWMENT FUND. Section 262%, Article XX. Endowment "'und. The Endowment Fund, now under the control and management of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home, and all additions thereto hereafter made, shall continue to be a permanent fund to help support and maintain said Home, and that only the earnings and income therefrom can be used for that purpose.

[Proceedings 1915, page 130,]

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DUES-FAILURE TO PAY. Section 152. Non-Payment of Dues. When a member shall fail to pay his dues within three months after the same become due, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to notify him of such delinquency by delivering to him, in person, a bill for such indebtedness, or by mailing the same t6 him at his last known place of residence. Should the delinquent refuse or fail to pay his dues on or before the next stated communication of the Lodge, after the issuance of such notice, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to notify the Master of such failure, who shall, in open Lodge, order a notice to be given the delinquent by the Secretary, requiring him to appear at a specified subsequent stated communication to show cause why he should not be suspended for non-payment of dues.

[Proceedings 1916, page ... J

REVISION OF BY-LAWS GOVERNING APPEALS. Section 221. Testimony. The testimony of all resident Masons who can aU'end the Lodge shall be given orally in open Lodge at 'the trial. All such oral testimony shall be taken in shorthand, when prac- . ticable, and when not practicable, the Master shall appoint a Brother who' shall reduce said oral testimony to writing at the time it is given.

Section 240. Appeals, How Taken. Appeals must be in writing, and may be in the following form: . ............ , Mo., To the Worshipful Master, WarMns and Brethren of Lodge, No , A. F. & A. M.:

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Brethren, I, , a Master Mason and meml;)er of .................... Lodge, No , do declare upon my honor as a Mason that I feel aggrieved by your judgment in the case of .................................. and, to the end that justice may be done in the maUer, do take an appeal to the Grand Lodge for the following reasons: First, Second, Appellant.

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'ion 241. 'I'hne for Appeal. All appeals shall be filed with the 'If the Lodge within thirty (30) days after the trial and ~ not afterwards.

Secretary. " jUdgment, art\..

The appellant shall, at the time 'th the Secretary, also file with him a notice in 'l"ty that he has appealed to the Grand Lodge, Section 242. 1\. , on the opposite party by the Secretary he files said appeal w . , within five (5) days, and the notice wri.tin g to the oPPOSit~路PQ.. WhICh notice shall beserve.~ Qr ~o~~ one desi~nateq._ br ~i~: '1}tlce of Appeal.

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with the manner of service endorsed thereon shall be made a part of record of appeal. Service, except as to time, shall be as provided in Sections 213 and 214, Grand Lodge By-laws.

Section 243. Perfecting and Transmitting Record. When an appeal and notice shall be filed with the Secretary, he shall endorse thereon the date of filing and immediately send the same to the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, together with a certified. copy of the charges, notice to the accused, his answer or plea, date of the trial, the result of the ballot on the questions of guilt and punishment.

Within sixty (60) days after the trial, the appellant shall file with the Secretary of the Lodge a statement of the substantive facts proven at the trial, together with notice to the opposite party of such filing.

Said statement shall not set out the testimony of witnesses by questions and answers except where a review is sought on a ruling of the Trial Master on a particular question or answer objected to or moved to be stricken out during the trial or except as hereinafter provided, but shall include a brief recital in narrative form of the substance of the evidence offered or introduced in the' trial. Within ten (10) days after the filing of such statement and notice with the Secretary, the opposite party may file objections to such statement. Such objections shall only point out; First, the omission from such statement of any ultimate fact or of some document or the substance thereof proven or offered at such trial, and, secol)d, that there has been included in such statement a substantive fact, document or the substance thereof which was not proven or offered at such trial.

If no objections are filed to such statement within ten (10) days, or within such further time, not exceeding sixty (60) days after the trial, as the Trial Master may, for good cause shown, permit, then the statement filed by the appellant shall be taken as a true and correct statement of the facts proven at said trial.

Section 243a. In any case where an appeal is sought to be perfected by filing the statement provided for in Section 243, in lieu of the transcript of the evidence, to which statement objection is filed by the opposite party in which it is alleged that said statement does not contain a fair statement of the facts proven in said case, the Trial Master shall,. if in his opinion justice demands, order a transcript of that portion of the testimony in controversy to be made at the expense of the trial Lodge, which said transcript, together with the statement and objections thereto, shall be made a part of the record in said case. 路Section 243b. Nothing contained in Section 243 hereof shall be deemed to prohibit the appellant in any case from perfecting such appeal by filing with the Secretary of the Lodge, in lieu of such statement provided in Section 243, a transcript which shall contain a true copy of all the testimony in the case, together with notice' to the opposite party of such filing, provided, that the opposite party in suc路h case shall have the privilege of examining and noting objections to such transcript within ten (10) days after its filing and before the same is sent to the said Grand Secretary, and provided further, that where an appellant filed a transcript of the testimony in the case, in lieu of the statement provided for in Section 243, the cost of such transcript shall be paid by the party ordering same.

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Sectio!! 244. Objections to Transcript. Where a full transcript, in lieu of statement, is filed with the Secretary, together with notice to the opposite party, objections thereto may be made by the opposite party within the time and in the manner provided in Section 243 for 'filing objections to the statement of facts proven at the trial.

Section 244a. Cost of Apllcal. The cost of the first appeal shall be charged to the subordinate Lodge; the cost of subsequent appeals shall be paid as directed by the Grand Lodge at the session at which such appeals are heard and may be charged against the appellant, the local Lodge, or, if circumstances justify. paid by the Grand Lodge. {Proceedings 1916, .page ... ]

APPROVED DECISIONS. STATUS OF CANDIDATE. 1.

Moberly Lodge, No. 344.

On March 23, 1903, we gave a Brother the E. A. Degree, he having been previously elected and paid the fee for the. three degrees. He '. was in the grocery business at that time, but' sold out and went. to traveling for a grocery firm. At present he travels for a whisl<y house and now wishes to take the two other degrees. He commenced to travel for the whisky house three or four months before the last session of the Grand Lodge.

Question. Can we give the degrees to him?

Answer. In my opinion the Brother is not barred from advancement and your Lodge can confer the remaining degrees upon him.

Section 182 forbids a Lodge to recej\'e the petition of a person engaged in the business of salesman for a wholesale liquor house, after the enactment of the section. As your Lodge, long before the enactment- of the section, received his petition and conferred the Entered Apprentice Degree upon him, your Lodge does not in this case come within the prohibition 'of the section.

The second part of Section 182 states that any Mason who shall thereafter engage in this business shall be expelled. As the Brother was in the business before the enactment of the section, he does not come within its provisions. His status is fixed and determined by the law in force at the time he was elected' to receive the degrees.

Section 182, so far as he is concerned, prohibits him from engaging in the business thereafter; but as he was already in the business when the section was enacted, and a Mason, he is not barred thereby.

(Proceedings 1909, pages 20 and 151.]

2.

Clifton Heights Lodge, No. 520.

The stable foreman for a brewery company has petitioned this Lodge for the degrees, Question. Is it possible for him to become a member?

Answer.

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stable foreman for a brewery company. My judgment is that it would not be safe for the Grand Master to add any other occupations than those specified therein. A strict interpretation -of this section, which is in derogation of the previous laws and practice of the Grand Lodge, in my opinion, does not prohibit the reception of the petition; it should take the usual course.

[Proceedings 1909, pages 20 and 151.]

3.

Weston Lodge, No. 53.

Question. Under the law as passed by the Grand Lodge of Missouri, can a man who is superintendent or foreman of a brewery become a Mason?路 .

Answer. Section 182 of our Grand Lodge By-Laws contains this language: "No Lodge shall receive the petition for the degrees or affiliation from any person who' is engaged in the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, either as distiller, brewer," etc. Not being able to determine how a person can be "superintendent or foreman of a. brewery" and not be engaged in the manufacture of intoxicating liquor as a beverage, it Is my opinion that a person occupying such a position cannot legally be made a Mason.

[Proceedings 1909, pages 21 and 151.]

MANUFACTURE OF LIQUOR. 4.

Robert Burns Lodge, No. 496.

Two Brethren residing in the jurisdiction of this 'Lodge, both of whom are In good Masonic standing, are thinking of Investing in what they call a joint stock company for the purpose of manufacturing whisky, They are to receive their part of the dividends in whisky manufactured by their company. They do not want to violate the Masonic laws, and contend that this would not make them dealers.

Question. Would they be permitted to engage in this cIass of business? ;,: Answer. Section 182, so far as it relates to the question you ask, contains this language: "No Lodge shall receive a petition for the degrees or for affi'lia'tion from any person who is engaged in the manufacture of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, either, as a distiller, wholesale liquor dealer or salesman for such dealer.

Any Mason who may hereafter begin such business shall be expelled."

This section, in my opinion, deprives Master Masons of the privilege of retaining, membership in any Lodge in this State if they engage in the sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, after the date of its final adoption, October 1, 1908. Therefore, they must be expelled if they engage in this business under the conditions stated.

[Proceedings 1909, pages 21-22 and 151.]

STATUS OF 5.

C~NDIDATE.

Mount Zion Lodge, No. 327.

Question. Does Section 182 apply to a man employed in the State Beer Inspection Department?

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Answer. It does not, provided he is not financially interested in the manufacture or sale of intoxicants in any other way than as a State official. . .

[Proceedings 1909, pages 22 and 151.J 16. From a member of Whitewater Lodge, No. 417, we have the following seven questions: (a) Is running a distillery sufficient grounds for expulsion?

Answer. It is not, if started before October 1st, 1908. It is, if started since September 30th, 1908. (b) Is selling liquor in one to five-gallon lots grounds for expulsion?

Answer. Yes. (c) Is selling liquor illegally (say under a gallon and down to a half-pint, when not licensed to sell less than a gallon, and also to minors), sufficient grounds for expulsion?

Answer. Yes. (d) Is lying to a brother Master Mason sufficient grounds for expulsion?

Answer. Yes; and he is equally guilty if he lies to a profane. (e) If a certified copy of the testimony of a Master Mason in a court of record can be produced, and the fact proven by a number of good citizens that that testimony was false, is that sufficient grounds for expulsion i . Answer. Yes. (f) Is it un-Masonic to report a brother Master Mason to the grand jury, or proper authorities, for violations of the civil law?

Answer. No. (g) If one dimits and engages in the saloon business, has the lodge granting the dimit the authority to proceed against such person?

Answer. Yes. 17. Inquiry from Elvins Lodge. No. 599: "About three years ago three members of this lodge endorsed the notes for a party who was in business as an agent for a brewery. In this way they became responsible and have had to pay quite a sum of money, and the party having no other assets but this brewery agency, these three brethren took over the agency and have been conducting it since that time; that is, they have hired some one to run it for them, and one of them is looking after the business details of the concern."

Question. Can a lodge give them six months or a year in which to get out of the business? In 路case the brethren refuse to quit what proceedings would you advise?

Answer. A lodge cannot give its members any length of time in which to wind up such a business, no matter how theY happened to get into it. Prefer charges against them instanter, establish the facts as stated, and then expel them from the lodge. .

[Proceedings 1914, pages 22, 23, 170.J

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STATUS OF CANDIDATE. 7.

Osborn Lodge, No. 317.

A c2J1didate made application, was elected, and received the En-¡ tered Apprentice Degree about five years since; but for good reasons did not present himself for the Fellow-Craft Degree until about a month ago. ,Ve asked him to make new application, which he did, and in the ballot was rejected. Several Brethren claimed this was not the proper way to handle the case.

Question. How should this case have been handled?

Answer. Your Lodge should not have required the Brother who received the First Degree long before our present Grand Lodge laws were adopted to petition for advancement. He has a right to receive the Second and Third Degrees on standing an examination satisfact017 to the Brethren. The law of 1892, under which he was elected, gives him this right and demands nothing further from him than to stand such examination. No further balloting is necessary. ,"Vhen he shows suitable proficiency in the First Degree, he should be given the Second, provided, of course, that no objection is made, in which case charges would have to be preferred as provided by Grand Lodge laws.

[Proceedings 1909, pages 23 and 151.]

LIST OF CANDIDATES. 9. Anthony F. Ittner, Secretary Missouri Lodge, No. 1.

"Under a resolution of the Lodge, I have as Secretary for the past six months published lists of candidates for the Mysteries and for affiliation, to be balloted on at the several stated meetings, for the information of the members. Some of our members have con~ tended that this practice is in violation of Section 183, of the Grand Lodge laws, which says that a Lodge shall not publish the fact that it has' conferred or will confer any Masonic Degree upon anyone." (a) Question. Is this in violation of Section 183? * Answer. You should not give the names of the petitioners in the monthly Lodge circulars.

[Proceedings 1909, page 151.] (b) Question. Does Section 158 only refer to dimits issued by Lodges in the State of Missouri? In other words, is a Mason from another jurisdiction who presents a dimit less than a year old and by virtue of which it was intended that he should enjoy Masonic privileges for a certain period after its issue, entitled to visit a Lodge in this jurisdiction, 01' does he cease to enjoy all Masonic privileges iri this jurisdiction, except the right to petition, the same as if the dimit had been issued in this State?

Answer.â&#x20AC;˘ Sections 158 and 197, when considered together, deny the privilege of visiting to all who are not members of some Lodge in this State or of a Lodge within the jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge recognized by the Grand Lodge of Missouri.

[Proceedings 1909, page 24.]

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路Disapproved; see Report of Jurisprudence Committee on Question a .. as follows: We are also of the opinion that the publication of lists pf candidates to be balloted upon for membership, for the information of the members, by Missouri Lodge, No. I, is not in violation of Section 183, of the By-La\vs, and we disapprove of the decision of the Grand Master in Subdivision a, Decision No.9.

REMISSION OF DUES. 10.

Grand Secretary John R. Parson.

A Lodge whose returns were received today, August 11th, deducts $8.75 for seven members whose dues were remitted July :11, 1909.

Question. Is this permissible under Sections 67 and 68?

Answer. Lodges must pay on the basis of their membership on the 30th day of June, as that is the day fixed by Section 68; and no other day can be substituted. Consequently, they owe the Grand Longe $1.25 for each member whose dues were remitted July 31st.

[Proceedings 1909, pages 2ri and 151.]

7.

Salem Lodg'e, No. 225, asked if a Lodge could remit the whole or any part of a member's dues except for inability to pay, and does the age or occupation of the member make any difference?

An路swer. No, to both interrogatories.

[Proceedings 1914, pages 20, 170.]

RESTORATION AFTER CONSOLIDATION. 11.

Barnett Lodge,. No. 591.

A former member of Euclid Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Versailles, Morgan County, Missouri, being suspended by that Lodg'e for nonpayment of dues, and that Lodge later being absorbed by Versailles Lodge, No. 117, is now ready and willing to pay all back dues, and desires to be reinstated and affiliate with some Lodge and, since he now resides in the jurisdiction of Barnett Lodge, No. 591, states that it is his desire to. affiliate with this Lodge.

Question. v\That would be the proper course for him to pursue in 'order that he might again become a Mason in good standing?

Answer. He will have to make application to Versailles Lodge, No. 117, for reinstatement.

That Lodge, under Section 85, of the Grand Lodge laws of 1892, by union of the two Lodges, acquired all of the members, property and debts due by, or to Euclid Lodge. Versailles Lodge has jurisdiction over him, no matter where he resides. and no other Lodge can restore him to good Masonic standing or accept the dues for the non-payment of which he was suspended.

[Proceedings 1909, priges 2G and 151.]

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NON-'AFFlLIATE MAY NOT PREFER CHARGES. 12.

Southwest Lodge, No. 466.

An applicant for affiliation was balloted on and rejected. He then preferred charges against S., the Brother who objected to the receiving of his petition. It is my desire and also that of Brother S. that you send some one from a different Lodge to preside during the trial, which will be held at our next regular Communication, September 25, 1909.

Answer. There does not appear, under the conditions stated by you, to be any necessity for sending anyone to preside at the contemplated trial in your Lodge, as the charges, if preferred by a nonaffiliated Mason, should not be entertained. The Master should decline to permit the Lodge to act on them in any way.

Section 205, of our Grand Lodge By-Laws: provides that any Master Mason in good standing may prefer charges; and Section 158 states that the holder of a dim it is not entitled to any Masonic priVileges except to petition for affiliation, also that "he ceases to be a Mason in good standing from the date of his dimit." A dimitted Mason, not being in good standing, is not entitled to the privileges of Section 205. You must therefore, as above stated, refuse to entertain the charges.

[Proceedings 1909, pages 25 and 151.]

TO PH-OCURE: A DIMIT. 13.

Four Mile Lodge, No. 212.

Since the annual dues are now payable in advance, if a Brother asks for a dimit in January, or any other month of the first six of the year, without having yet paid his dues for that current year, should the Lodge require that Brother to pay his full year's dues before granting him the dimit, or charge him for only the pro rata, or, if he has paid his dues for the current year and asks for a dimit before the year is out, should the Lodge return him the pro rata?

This question is now up to this 'Lodge to decide.

Answer. Section 146 requires dues to be paid annually in advance.

Section lti6 provides for the issuing of dimits wl}en all the conditions specified therein shall ha.ve been complied with; the first being "when a member whose dues are fully paid, etc." It, therefore, follows that a Brother desiring to dlmit must not be in arrears for any pOl'tion of the current year's dues before a dirilit can be granted him; whether he makes appli.cation in the first or tenth month of the year is of no consequence. The Lodge. is under no legal obligation to return to him any portion of the amount paid in order to obtain a dimit, except as provided by Section 157.

[Proceedings 1909, pages 26 and 151.]

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Social Lodge, No. 266.

'Ve have a member who ''\fishes to transfer his membership to the Lodge at New Florence, Mo. His dues amounting to $4.00 have not been paid. Two dollars of this amount is back dues; that is, due

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to June I, 1909; and the other $2.00 is for dues in advance to June I, 1910.

Question. How much shall we collect from the Brother before g-ranting him a dimit?

Answer. He must路 pay the fuJI amount now due, $4.00, before he is entitled to a dimit or certificate of good standing. When this indebtedness has been paid he can proceed as. provided by Section 157; and, if elected to membership in the Lodge, he selects for affiliation, Social Lodge should retain only the portion of dues paid for the fiscal year 1910 to the date of issuing the dimit, as provided by this section, and return the balance to him . .[Proceedings 1909, pages 26 and 151.]

F ALLURE TO ADVANCE. 1. Held, That an E. A. or F. C. who fails to apply for advancement within twelve months must, after that time, petition in regular form and the same course must be followed as for the Mysteries of Freemasonry.

If rejected he cannot apply again for twelve months.

[Proceedings 1,910. page 23.]

REMISSION OF DUES. Held, That since Lodge dues are payable January 1st, they are to be considered as having accrued and may therefore be remitted at any time during the year.

[Proceedings 1910, page 23,] 2.

CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING-REFUND OF DUES. That a certificate of good Masonic standing cannot be given unless dues are paid in full for the year, since it may possibly not be p['esented within three months; and if received by another Lodge during that time, on notification, the Lodge granting certificate must refund to the Lodge receiving, the balance of dues to the end of the year.

[Proceedings 1910, page 23.]

SECRETARY MUST NOTIFY. 3, Held, That on suspension for non-payment of dues Or any other cause, or on expulsion, the Secretary should at once notify the party, if he is not present at the time of sentence.

[Proceedings 1910, pages 23 and 102.]

5. Section 58 of Article V reads: "In any city or town where two or more lodges are s'ituated, the Secretary of each lodge shall notify every lodge in said city or' town of all petitions for initiation or membership, and of all rejections," etc.

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the benefit of several Kansas City Lodges, that the limit of time for so doing should not exceed seventy-two hours after each meeting.

[Proceedings 1914, pages 20, 170.]

FUNEHAL OF A WOMAN. 5. Held, That the Worshipful Master, as such, has no authority to appoint a committee to attend the funeral of a WOman-as representatives of Freemasonry.

[Proceedings 1910, page 23.]

ELECTION VOID. 6. Held, That a Brother elected to membership in a Lodge witnout a certificate of good standing, remains a member of the former Lodge, the election being null and void.

[Proceedings 1910, page 23.]

POLITICAL ISSUE. 7. Held (in a local option contest), That a Lodge, as such, has no right to take part in a question which may become a political issue.

[Proceedings 1910, page 23.]

STATUS OF CANDIDATE. 8. Held, That a clerk in the railway traffic department of a, bl'eWery may petition for the Mysteries of Freemasonry according to the law, as now recognized.

[Proceedings 1910, page 23.]

LACK OF SEAL. 9. Held, That the absence of the Lodge seal does not invalidate a Lodge dimit. the form being regular in other respects, [Proceedings 1910, page 28.]

DIMIT IN OLD FORM. 10. Held, That the action of a Lodge in granting a dimit, with privileges, in the old form; is illegal, null and void, and the dimit should be recalled.

Nevertheless, if received already by another Lodge, the status should not be disturbed.

[Proceedings 1910, page 23.]

LODGE MEETING PROHIBITED. 11. Held, That a Subordinate Lodge cannot hold a meeting during the session of the Grand L'odge, since, while any Past. Master may open the Lodge in the absence of the Master and Wardens, yet

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as every Past Master is a member of the Grand Lodge, they are supposed to be in attendance as well as the Master and Wardens.

[Proceedings 1910, pages 23 and 102.]

DIMIT WHEN NO CHARGES. 1. Hazlewood Lodge, No. 459.~A charge of gross unmasonic conduct 'on the part of a Brother was in general circulation in the community, and seemed to be so well founded that a committee was appointed by the Lodge to investigate. This committee called on the Brother for his statement and any explanation he desired to make in regard to his reported misconduct.. He refused to affirm or deny the truth of the report and was evasive in his answers. From his demeanor and from other facts ascel'tained by the committee, they became convinced of his guilt. The Brother offered to tal~e his dimit from the Lodge. He was square on the books and no formal charge had yet been preferred. The question asked, was whether, under the facts stated, the Brother was entitled to a dimit. I answered that on the face of the record, he was. But if the Lodge was satisfIed of the Brother's guilt, charges shOUld be preferred at once, the dimit withheld, the Brother tried, and, if found guilty, adequate punishment inflicted, [Proceedings 1911, page 18.]

RESIDENCE. 2. Higbee Lodge, No. 527.-A young man was born and reared at Higbee, where his parent8 still reside; he is employed in the United States Railway Postal Service, running between St. Louis and Kansas City; he worl{s three and is off duty four days of each week; while off duty he is usually at the home of his parents, which he has at all times called his home: he always votes at Higbee and has never exercised the right of citizenship elsewhere. Do the facts constitute the young man a resident within the jurisdiction of Higbee Lodge, and would the Lodge be justil1ed in r.eceiving his petition for the Mysteries of Freemasonry? Answer. Yes. [Proceedings 1911, page 18.]

PROFICIENCY-AS TO VOTING. 3. The by-law requiring all newly-made Master Masons to pass a satisfactory proficiency examination in open lodge before being permitted to Yote, hold office in the Lodge, ordimit, is more bewildering, and causes more questions to be asked than perhaps any other law on our records.

Section 123 says "all must vote" when a ballot is taken. Section 121, which says you shall not be permitted to vote until you have passed a satisfactory examination, and we have answered all inquirers that this section prohibiting voting, holding office 路and dimitting applies only to Master Masons who have received their third degree since September, 1908.

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NON-AFFILIATE MAY PETITION. 4. A Brother states that he dimitted from a Lodge and petitioned another Lodge in this State for affiliation. His petition was rejected and he remains unaffiliated. He desires to know, first, if he can petition a Lodge for affiliation, other than the Lodge nearest his place of residence, and second, can he visit Masonic Lodges while unaffiliated? Answer: First, an unaffiliated Master Mason may petition any Lodge in the State for membership, and he is not confined to the Lodge nearest his place of residence; second, under the Grand Lodge By-Laws, as they now exist, there is no such thing as "a dimit with privileges," A non-affiliated Master Mason is not entitled to any Masonic privileges except the mere right to petition for affiliation.

[Proceedings 1911, page 18.]

LODGE MAY NOT MEET. 5.

A District Deputy Grand Master stated that a Lodge in his District was expecting a large attendance of Brethren at a meeting to confer a number of degrees," and requested a Dispensation permitting the Lodge to meet in an opera house for the occasion, as the Lodge room would be inadequate to accommodate the crowd.

I declined to issue the Dispensation and held that a Chartered Lodge could not legally meet and work in a building that had not been dedicated and consecrated to Masonic purposes.

[Proceedings 1911, page 19.]

SUSPENSION MORE THAN ONE YEAR. 6. Plato Lodge, No. 469.-A Brother had been suspended for non-payment of dues for more than a year. He paid the dues he owed and petitioned the Lodge for rein~tatement. Was a committee of investigation required? Answer: Yes. [Proceedings 1911, 'page 19.]

FAILURE TO INSTALL. 7. Blackwell Lodge, No. 535.-At a meeting of the Lodge for the election of officers, the Senior Warden was elected Master and thereafter was duly installed. The Senior Warden~elect was not present to be installed. Was the installation of the Master illegal, he having been the Senior\Varden during the preceding year and his successor in that office not having been installed '? Answer: No. His installation as Master vacated the office of Senior 'Varden, and that office will remain vacant until the election and installation of some Brother therein.

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DRUG STORE SELLING LIQUOR. 8. Adelphi Lodge, No. 355.-A member of the Lodge owns an interest in a drug store in which intoxicating liquors are sold as a beverage illegally, This Brother does not have the management ot the store and does nat; make the sales himself. He knows of the Illegal sales of intoxicating. liquor at the store and receives his share of the profits from the business.

In so doing, does this â&#x20AC;˘ Brother violate the Masonic law? Answer: Yes. When he, as part owner of the store, knowing of the illegal sales of intoxicating liquors therein, aoo so knowil1:g, receives his share of the profits of the business, he violates the letter and spirit of Section 181 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws.

[Proceedings 1911, page 19.]

LIQUOR SELLING-WAITER. 9. D. D. G. Master Homer N. Lloyd of Clayton asks: "Is a man employed in a small hotel dining room and rathskeller, both of . which are conveniently arranged in connection with a large saloon (which is the chief attraction and support of the 'whole works'), and whose duties are to serve meals at the usual time, and intoxicating liquors at any timc when so requested by patrons, eligible?" .Answer. No. He is barred by Section 182 .of Article XVII. 11. From United Lodge, No.5, the following question comes: Is a' Brother who is filling the position of "waiter to the steward at the Elks' Club" violating the Masonic law?

Answer. He is. There is no difference in serving behind an Elks' bar ",-here intoxicating drinks may be gotten and in serving behind the bar of a regular saloon. You are warranted in having charges preferred and in giving him a trial.

[Proceedings 1914, pages 20, 21, 170.]

NON-PROFICIENT MASTER MASON. 3. Rose Hill, No. 550.-Question: Is a newly made Master Mason, who has not passed the examination on the first section of the Degree of Master Mason, he having just received said degree and having had no opportunity for such examination,. eligible to vote on the petition of an applicant for degrees? Answer: No. [Proceedings 1911. page 18.]

DUES-INCREASE OF. Urich Lodge, No. 286, increased its dues by an amendment of its By-Laws from $3 to $3.50 a year for a period of four years to cover the assessment levied by the Grand Lodge of 50 cents a year for four years on the members for a fund to make betterments and improvements at the Home, and asked if that was lawful.

We answered that their dues could be legally increased in that manner and for that purpose and that at the end of the fourth year, 1.

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and without further legislation, their dues would automatically drop from $3.50 to $3 a year.

[Proceedings 1914, pages 19, 170.]

CANDIDATE-MAY SOLICIT. 2.

Is it unlawful for a profane to invite other profanes to petition for the mysteries at the same time he does, which results in getting together a class of candidates?

Answer. The Lodge has no control over a petitioner in a case like this until he has been elected. The most natural thing for a man to do, after he has decided to petition a Lodge for the degrees, and even after he does so, is to tell his most intimate friends about it and invite them to do likewise, and at the Same time he does, and if the result is the formation of a class of candidates there is nothing improper about it. The by-law which says it is un-Masonic to solicit membership from profanes applies, of course, only to members of the Lodges.

A Lodge that would censure or criticise or black ball a class of petitioners because they l{nocked at its door at the same time, having no other reason,should not be permitted to retain its charter.

[Proceedings 1914, pages 19, 170.]

EMPLOYMENT BUREA U. 18. From Gate City Lodge, No. 522: Is the establishment of an employment bureau in connection with the Board of Relief, which increases the expense of the board more than double, legal?

Answer. The establishment of such a bureau by a Board of Relief is lawful and wholly within the bounds of what a Relief Board is expected to do. There is no limit as to the number of departments, divisions, subdivisions or bureaus that a Relief Board may establish and maintain for the purpose of aiding the worthy distressed Free Mason in good standing.

[Proceedings 1914, pages 23, 170.]

POOL TABLE-LODGE l\TAY BUY. 19. Question from John C. Senate, D. D. G.M., at Milan: Can a Masonic Lodge buy a pool, tabl'e and put it in, either its reception room or dining I'oom to be used by Masons only? And, can a club composed of Masons only buy a pool table and with the consent of the 'Lodge put it in either its reception or dining room '!

Answer. Yes, to both interrogatories.

[Proceedings 1914, pages 23, 170.j PETITION MUST LAY OVER. 9. Carthage Lodge, No. 197.-Can a petition for affiliation be legally voted on two weeks after it is received, and the committee of investigation appointed? Answer: No, it must have lain over four weeks.

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A member of Gate City, No. 522, filed his petition for affiliation with Iva11hoe, No. 446, at their regular communication July 9th. On July 18th he requested from his Lodge a certificate of good standing under the provisions of Section 157, and it was issued that date and received by the Secretary of 446 two days later.

He was elected August 13th. The first regular communication of Ivanhoe fOllo';ing the date the certificate of good standing was issued was July 23rd.

We held (September 16th) that thE; ballot had been spread two weeks too soon; that the Brother's election. to membership was premature and consequently null and void, ane. that the ballot should again be spread on the application September 24th-the next regular communication.

[Proceedings 1914, pages 23, 170.]

DIMITTED AND REMOVED-CANNOT AFFILIATE. 10: Lodge of Love, No. 259.-A member of the Lodge removed to the State of Colorado. \Vhile living there he wrote the Lodge, as it understood from his letter, that he desired a dimit. The dimit was granted and forwarded to the Brothel'. He immediately returned it to the Lodge with a letter stating it was a mistake, as he did not want to terminate his membership in the Lodge, that what he desired was a certificate showing his good Masonic standing in the Lodge. Thereupon the Lodge had the Brother regularly petition for affiliation, and proceeded to elect him to membership.

Was the action of the Lodge regular? Answer. No. What the Lodge should have done, upon learning that .the dimit had been granted t.hrough a mistake, was to rescind its action granting the same. If granting the dimit under the circumstances terminated his membership, the Lodge could not lawfully receive his petition for affiliation, as he at that time was a resident of another State.

[Proceedings 1911, page 20.]

PER CAPITA TAX NOT DEDUCTED. 11. Marceline Lodge, No. 481.-In 1906, a member of the Lodge left Marceline, and some time afterwards information came to the Lodge of the death of the Brother, and in its annual returns to the Grand Secretary, this member was so reported. Recently the Lodge learned that the report of the death of this member was a mistake; that he was living in an adjoining State. The question' arose, did the Lodge owe Grand Lodge dues for the year 1906 and thereafter?

Answer: Yes. [Proceedings 1911, page 20.]

L.ODGE MUST ELECT ACCORDING TO BY-LA WS. 13. Camden Point Lodge, No. 169.-Can a Lodge call a meeting for the election of officers of the Lodge on a date different {l'om that fixed by its By-Laws? Answer: No. [Proceedings 1911, page 20.]

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JURISDICTION OF ST. LOUIS LODGES. 14. The question was asked by a District Deputy Grand Mastbr how far the Jurisdiction of the Lodges in the City.of St. Louis extended? Answer: Ha!f way by air line from the City Limits to all adjacent Lodges outside the City.

[Proceedings 1911, page 20.]

PE'l'ITION OF NON-RESIDENT. 15. New Madrid Lodge, No. 429.-Can a Lodge in this State lawfully receive the petition and elect and confer the degrees on a candidate who, at the time, resides in another State, and if not, can the Grand Master lawfully authorize the Lodge to do so? Answer: No. 'l'he Grand Lodge By-Laws forbid the Lodges of this State to receive the petition, either for the degree~ or for affiliation, of a 路non-resident of the State, and the Grand Master has no power to suspend the operation of this law of the Grand Lodge.

[Proceedings 1911, page 21.]

FAILURE TO ADVANCE. 16. Clinton Lodge, No. 548.-lf an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft fails to present himself for advancement for a year, and then petitions for advancement, is a committee of investigation required on his p8tition, even though the Brethren of the Lodge know. him well and c0uld readily vouch for his moral character? Answer: Yes, the committee should never be dispensed with. The Lodge has no legal. right to ignore a plain provision of the By-Laws.

[Proceedings 1911, pag路e 21.]

RESTORATION IN TRIAL LODGE ONLY. 17. Charleston Lodge, No. 407.-Charges of unmasonic conduct were preferred against a member of Charlesfon Lodge, No. 407, in East Prairie Lodge, No. 384, the accused residing within the jurisdiction of East Prairie Lodge at the time. Due notice of the pendency of the charges was given to Charleston Lodge, and that Lodge requested East Prairie to proceed wi i:h the trial. This was done, the accused found guilty, and his punishment fixed at suspension for two and one-half years. Before the expiration of the period for which he had been suspended, the accused petitioned Charleston Lodge for reinstatement, and that Lodge granted his petition and reinstated him. Did Charleston Lodge, under the law, have the right to reinstate the Brother? Answer: No. As the accused was tried, found guilty, and his punishment fixed by East Prairie Lodge, that Lodge alone had the right to reinstate the suspended Brother. The Lodge pronouncing the final judgment has the right, alone, to modify its action.

[Proceedings 1911, page 21.]

10. Fellowship Lodge, No. 345, has this kind of a case: A member of this Lodge asked for and received a dimit. '.rhen he went

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into the saloon business.

T_he Junior Warden preferred charges and he was expelled. He has now quit'the saloon business and wants to be restored to .good Masonic standing.

Answer. He would have to petition 路the Lodge which first dimitted him, and afterwards expelled him, under Section 250, for restoration, and, if successful he would then be at liberty to petition"for affiliation in the usual way.

[Proceedings 1914, pages 21, 170.] .

BALLOT MAY NOT BE DISCLOSED. 18. Vandalia Lodge, No. 491.-When ballotting on a petition for the Mysteries of Freemasonry, a member took a black-ball from the ballot box, and holding it up so all present could see it, then cast it. Afterwards, he publicly boasted that he had come all the way from Chicago to cast a black-ball against the petitioner. ~uestion asked, was the member guilty of unmasonic conduct, and if so, what action should. be taken by the Lodge? Answer: The Brother was guilty of most reprehensible and unmasonic conduct, and charges should be preferred against him and he should be p.unishedas the Lodge shall determine. ' .

[Proceedings 1911, page, 21:] DOclJMENTARY EVIDENCE-VISITORS. 19. Keystone Lodge, No. 243.-Has the Grand Master power to relieve ,the Lodges of the State from enforcing the provision of Section 197, requiring visitors to produce documentary evidence路 'that .they come from a regular Lodge in this, or 'some other Grand J.urisdiction recognized by the Grand Lodge of Missouri? Answer. No. That proyision of the By-Laws was enacted' by the Grand Lodge, as a safeguard against impostors, and like all laws of the Grand Lodge, . must be upheld and enforced by the Grand Master. rProceedings 1911, page 21.]

CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING AFTER EXPUJJSION. ' 20. Missouri Lodge, No. I.-A member was expelled for un-路 masonic conduct. No appeal was taken to the Grand Lodge. In time 'the expelled, member petitioned Missouri Lodge for reinstatement.

The ballot on his petition for reinstat,ement was not unanimous, but l1J.ore than two-thirds were favorable. He thereupon was restored to good Masonic standing, but not to Lodge membership, and was entitled to a certificate to that effect.

The question was asked, should the certificate of good Masonic standing be issued by Missouri Lodge, or should it come from the Grand Lodge through the Grand S'ecl'etary? Answer: The certiflca'te of' good Masonic standing should be issued by Missouri Lodge, because it was the Lodge that pronounced the judgment and also reinstated the Brother, and the Grand Lodge had never acquired jurisdiction 'over him.

[Proceedings 1911, page 22.]

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DIMIT IN OLD FORM ILLEGAL. 1. Brother Livingston Culbertson, a member of Papinsville Lodge,

No. 140, wrote to the Secretary of the Lodge that he desired to change his membership to Hume Lodge, No. 130, and asked his Lodge to grant him a dimit for that purpose. Papinsville Lodge, No. 140, issued him a dimit on the old form in use under the Grand Lodge By-Laws of 1870, as amended by the By-Laws of 1880. The Brother at once petitioned Hume Lodge for affiliation, attaching the dimit to his petition. His petition disclosed the fact that he lived across the State line in the State of Kansas. Hume Lodge rightfully refused to receive his petition. He thereupon returned his dimit to Papinsville Lodge, together with his dues in said Lodge for a year, and requested he be retained as a member of the Lodge.

Papinsville Lodge, No. 140, asks what they should do in the premises.

Decision: In his application for the dimit, Brother Culbertson complied with the requirements of Sec. 157, which provides for the granting of a certificate of good standing to a member who desires to affiliate with another Lodge in this State. The Lodge' was at fault in not issuing him a certificate as provided by Sec. 157 in place of the dimit a'ctuallY issued; and that, notwithstanding the Lodge issued a dimit, he had the right to treat it as a certificate of good standing, c~nd that his membership was not terminated in Papinsville Lodge, that by his immediate return of the dimi t路 issued, together with his dues, he retained his membership in Papinsville Lodg-e.

LProceedings .1912, pages 12-13 and 103.]

DIMIT-CANNOT BE RETURNED. 2. Troy Lodge, No. 34, on February 11, 1911, on application of Brother Thos. H. Moore, who prior to said date had moved to the State of California, granted him a dimit. In .January, 1912, he returned the dimit, stating that he did not want to join a'Lodge in California, and would like to have a certificate of good standing such as would enable him to visit a Lodge in California.

Question: Could the Lodge take back the dimit and issue him a certificate of good standing? .

Decision: The Lodge having regularly issued him a dimit, he ceased to be a member and the Lodg~ had no authority to take back the dimit and issue him a certificate such as he desired.

The difference between this and the case from Papinsville Lodge, No. 140, is that, in the present case the Brother g'ot "'hot he called for when dimit was issued him, while in the former case a certificate of good standing should have been issued in the first instance rather than the dimit.

[Proceedings 1912, pages 12-13 and 103.]

CANDIDATES-LIS'.r OF. 3. R. W. Brother Frazer P. Gibbs, D. D. G. M., Thirty-third Distl'ict, asks if Sec. 183, of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, prohibits the sending in sealed envelopes, of a list of names of candidates to be balloted on for the degrees to members of the Lodge.

Answer. No.' [Proceedings 1912, pages 12-13 and 103.]

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TIME AND NOTICE OF TRIAL. 4.

Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, asks where charges of unmasonic â&#x201A;Źonduct are preferred against a member', is it mandatory that the Master appoint a time for trial, or may the Master exercise his discretion as to whether he will cause the trial to be had, taking into consideration the facts known to him as to the difficulty of making proof of the charge? .

Answer: Sec. 211, By-Laws, makes it imperative that the Master should proceed with the trial.

[ProceedIngs 1912, pages 13 and 103.]

STATUS OF CANDIDATE. 5. Rockville Lodge, No. 341, received a petition for the degrees from a man who forty years prior thereto had petitioned and was elected to receive thedegTees in a Lodge in Henry County, but who failed to present himself fOl' initiation.

Question: Has the Lodge the right to receive his petition, or does the Lodge in Henry County retain jurisdiction, notwithstanding the fact that he now resides in the jurisdiction of Rockville Lodge.

Decision: Sec. 167, of the By-Laws, was not intended to retain perpetual jurisdiction in a case like this. Sec. 113 would prevent the Lodge in Henry County from receiving t'his petition as the candidate did not reside in the jurisdiction of the Lodge. Rockville Loqge had the right to receive the petition, [Proceedings 1912, pag-es 13 and 103.]

LODGES CANNOT TAKE PART IN POLITICS, 6.

Hannibal Lodge. No, 188, asks whether members of the Masonic Fraternity should sign their names to such a document as the following:

"TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: "'Ve, the undersigned citizens of Hannibal, Mo., and members of the Masonic Fraternity, have known" ... , .... for a number of years,. and have always known him to be a broad-minded man in his religious and political views."

Answer:

No. [Proceedings 1912, pages 13 and 103.]

STATUS OF CANDIDATE.

7. Heroine Lodge, No. 104, asks whether an advertising manager for a wholesale liquor house, whose duties are to send out advertising matter for his employer, is eligible under the By-Laws for membership in the Masonic Lodge.

Decision: He is not eligible under Sec. 182, Grand Lodge ByLaws.

[Proceedings 1912, pages 13 and 103.]

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EXPELLED-MAY PETITION FOR RESTORATION. 8. McDonald Lodge, No. 324, expelled a member on charges preferred against him, charging him with misrepresenting tne facts concerning his residence and eligibility in his petitio'n ~qr, the" degr~es.

He afterwards petitioned the Lodge for reinstatement,; as' provided' by Sec. 250 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. ;, !

Question: Has the Lodge jurisdiction to eriterta~n his petition for 'reinstatement? .

Answer: Yes. Sec. 250 makes no distinction in case of expelled members as to the cause or charges upon which judgmeI)t was nindered.

[Proceedings 1912, pages 13-14 and 103.]

MAY NOT CONFER DEGREES OUT OF TIME. 9. Cache Lodge, No. 416, at a regular Communication passed several candidates to the Degree of Fellow-Craft. The' ne'xt, regular Communication of the Lodge as fixed by its By-Laws would convene at 7:30 P. M., Dec. 9.

Question: Could the IVL M. degree be conferred on these Brethren at a special meeting convened at 11 o'clock A. M., Dec: 9,' which meeting would continue through the da'y into the regular meeting in the evening as fixed by the By-Laws'.' . Decision: Under Sec. 110, Grand Lodge BY-Laws, 'the Lodge co~ld not confer the degrees prior to the time fixed by the By-Laws for the next regular meeting.'

The Grand Master has no authority to suspend this By-Law of the Grand Lodge by issuing a Dispensation.

[Proceedings 1912, pages 14 and 103.]

TRIAL-ON ALL SPECIFICATIONS NOT REQUIRED, 10. Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, received charges of unmasonic conduct against one of its members. r.rhe specifications were numerous, and a trial' would necessarily require the taking of a great mass of testimony.

Question: Could the Lodge require the accusing Brother to stand the expense of taking the testimony as a condition precedent to the trial.

Answer: No. Question 2: V\Tas it compulsory on the pal路t of the Lodge ,that they proceed to trial on all 'of the specifications, or could the Master or prosecuting officer of the Lodge require the accuser to elect one or more specifications upon which the trial should be had and for the purpose of ,saving expense?

Decision: A Lodge has the right to protect itself against unnecessary expense and may require the accusing party to elect which of several specifications he desires to hav~ the t~ial 'proceed upon; the remainder of the specifications contained in the charge ,to stand continued until trial is had.

[Proceedings 1912, pages 14 and 103.]

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LODGE MUST TRY SALOONKEEPER. 11. September 11, I was notified that a member of Cardwell Lodge, No. 231, was engaged in the saloon business. I instructed R. W. Brother Virgil P. Adams, D. D. G. M., in whose district the Lodge is located, to investigate the charge, and if it was well founded, to order the Lodge to proceed to file charges and expel the delinquent member.

[Proceedings 1912, pages 15 and 103.]

CANNOT BE INSTALLED WHILE UNDER CHARGES. 13. Charges of unmasonic conduct Were preferred in Itaska Lodge, No. 420, against the Secretary-elect of that Lodge after his election and prior to the date of installation.

The question was asl{ed as to. whether he could be installed while the charges were pending agail1st him?

Answer: No, the general welfare of the Lodge requires that an officer should not be installed against whom charges of unmasonic conduct are pending.

[Proceedings 1912, pages 15-16 and 103.]

CANDIDATES FOR POLITICAL OFFICE. 14. My attention has been called to a recent issue of a Masonic Journal published in Kansas City, made up largely of advertisements of candidates for political offices, giving their Lodge membership and Masonic history. Such publications in a Masonic Journal are in violation of Masonic law. (Sec. 187 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws.)

In a stibsequent issue of the same Journal the editor apologizes for the political issue of- the paper, saying that he was not informed as to the law on the subject.

[Proceedings 1912, pages 16 and 103.]

SPECIA L PER CAPITA TAX. 1. That a Lodge may pay the entire special per capita tax on its present membership for the four years out of its treasury and be thereby exempt from further payments by reason of increase in memo bership.

2. That it was optional with the Lodge whether said special per capita tax was paid out of its treasury or collected from the members.

3. That the law passed at the 1912 session with reference to said special per capita tax was compulsory, not voluntary, and any member failing to pay same, upon proper notice and demand, was subject to Masonic discipline.

[Proceedings 1913, page 15.] *That the incoming Grand Master and his successors in office be, and he and they are hereby requested and directed to take such steps as may be路 necessary and proper under the laws of this Grand Lodge to enforce the collection of the special per capita tax for the Improvement Fund of toe Masonic Home of Missouri, adopted at

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and passed at the Annual Communication- of the Grand Lodge, held September, 1912. *See report of Committee on Jurisprudence.

[Proceedings 1913, pages 15 and 161.]

REJECTION NOT TO BE ENDORSED ON DIi\UT. 4. That the Secretary of a Lodge in which .a petition for affiliation has been rejected has no right to state this fact on the face or back of the dimit.

[Proceedings 1913, page 15.]

PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS. 5. That a man who has lost the left leg below the knee and wears a cork leg is eligible if able to conform to the ceremonies. A cork leg discounts a cork head.

6. That a man having lost his second, third and fourth fingers of the right hand is ineligible.

[Proceedings 1913, page 15.]

DRAM SHOP LICENSE. 8. That the possession of a Dram Shop License in his own name to sell liquor is sufficient ground on which to prefer charges against a member.

[Proceedings 1913, page 15.]

WORSHIPFUL MASTER SHOULD WEAR HAT. 9. That the W. M. should wear his hat while officiating as such, whether in Lodge or elsewhere.

[Proceedings 1913, page 15.]

WORSHIPFUL :MASTER SUSPENDED FROM OFFICE. 10. That a W. M. under suspension from office has a right tll visit his Lodge.

[Proceedings 19] 3, page 15.]

SOLDIER INELIGIBLE. ] 1. That In the case of a soldier, who owns property in a certain town and calls it his home, but has been in the U. S. Army for fifteen years, and expects to re-cnlist, and who has not been in the State for twelve months nor within the jurisdiction of the Lodge six months, I held that he was ineligible, being unable to comply with Sec. 113.

[Proceedings 1913, page 15.]

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DROPPING FROM MEMBERSHIP ILLEGAL. 12. That in the case of a member who was "dropped" from the roll of membership without suspension, I held. that it is illegal to "drop" a member without notifying him to appear at a stated time and show cause why he should not be suspended, and then proceed to vote by paper ballot whether he shall be suspended or not. (Sec. 152.)

Not having acted in accordance with said section, I further held that said Brother is a member' in good standing, and instructed the Secretary of the Lodge to make demand upon him for all dues accruing since the time he was "dropped." And, if said member should pay the accrued dues, the Secretary .was further instructed to remit to the Grand Secretary the amount of Grand Lodge dues owing on said member from the year he was "dropped" to 1913, inclusive.

[Proceedings 1913, page 15.]

EASTER SUNDAY NOT A MASONIC OCCASION. 13. That in the case of a Lodge requesting a Dispensation to attend divine service in a body on Easter Sunday, I held that it is evidently the spirit of the Masonic Law and the previous practice of the Grand Lodge and Grand Masters to discourage public processions of Subordinate Lodges except upon Masonic occasions, ·as defined in Sec. 47.

Sec. 48 also reads: "A Subordinate Lodge shall not appear in public procession without a Dispensation for· that purpose from the Grand Master, except on Masonic occasions." In view of the law and the precedents above referred to, it is my opinion that this power of the Grand Master to grant Dispensations should not be exercised except in cases where the occasion carries with it some peculiar Masonic significance. No reasonable construction of this rule gives authority to the Grand Master to exercise his judgment in creati ng other .occasions wherein a Lodge may appear, otherwise the intention would have been made clearly manifest. It is. laudable to attend divine service, and the individual Freemason may exercise his right of conscience without either interference or direction, and in no way has he surrendered this right by his voluntary connection with this institution, whose aim and object is to establish the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man. The spirit of toleration in Freemasonry is so. broadly define.d and. so 'universally protected by the institution, that I feel I would be derelict to my duty in lending official sanction to the violation of a fundamental principle. I therefore refused to grant the Dispensation.

[Proceedings 1913, page 16.]

SALOONKEEPER FROM ANOTHER JURISDICTION. 14. That no Lodge in this Jurisdiction has the right to entertain charges against a Brother belonging to an Illinois Lodge for engaging in the saloon business in this State. Illinois does not ·bar saloonkeepers nor employes thereof from membership. ·"Committee approves, but are of the opinion that a Freemason holding membership in another State, and residing in this State, who

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violates the law of this Grand Lodge, is not entitled to the rights and privileges of a Freemason in this State." *See report of Committee on Jurisprudence.

[Proceedings 1913, pages 16 and 161.]

SECRETARY MUST ISSUE RECEIPT. 15. That the Secretary of a Lodge must issue receipt for Lodge dues to a member, notwithstanding said member has refused to pay the special per capita tax for the Masonic Home Improvement Fund.

[Proceedings 1913, page 1'6.]

CANNOT HOLD ELECTION. 16. That a Lodge could not hold Election o~ Offi"cers prior to date set in their By-Laws, although the Lodge had a provision in their By-Laws to that effect.

[Proceedings 1913, page 16.]

ENTERED APPRENTICE MAY DIMIT. 17. That an E. A. living outside of the Jurisdiction of the Lodge in which he received his degree is entitled to a dimit without standing examination.

[Proceedings 1913, page 16.]

ME~MORIAL

18.

DAY NOT A MASONIC OCCASION.

That Memorial Day is not a Masonic occasion.

[Proceedings 1913, page 17.]

NAME OE' MEMBER--CANNOT CHANGE.

19. That the name of a member on the Grand Lodge records could not be changed until said change had been made according to law.

[Proceedings 1913, page 17.]

PETITIONER NOT QUALIFIED U. D. 20. That Brethren not being qualified petitioners for the formation of a Lodge U. D. could not be elected to membership or office.

[Proceedings 1913, page 17.]

SECRETARY NOT ENTI'l.'LED TO 路INTEREST. 21. That the Secretary of a Lodge is not entitled to interest on the Lodge funds.

[Proceedings 1913, page 17.]

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ALIENS ELIGIBLE. 22. That one who has not acquired citizenship is eligible for the degrees.â&#x20AC;˘ [Proceedings 1913, page 17.]

PHYSICAL QUALIF'ICATIONS. 23. That a Lodge 'could receive petition fro'm one whose feet were of unequal size.

[Proceedings 1913, page 17.]

SUICIDE. 24. That a !vt.. M. in good standi'ng who had committed suicide was entitled to Masonic burial.

[Proceedings 1913, page 17.]

4. From Butler we received a request for a ruling upon the propriety of a Lodge giving the remains ofa Brother Masonic burial who had been guilty of both homicide and suicide. Also whether or not the Lodge could lawfully refuse to bury him. ¡Answer: As the Brother was doubtless not responsible for his acts at the moment the terrible deeds were committed, his reason surely having been dethroned, !tis perfectly proper and your duty to give his remains burial with Masonic rites.

[Proceedings 1914, pages 20, 170.]

BELIEF IN DEITY, 25. That petition for degrees mllst state that the applicant is a firm believer in the One living and true God. '(Sec. 116, page 27, Book of Constitutions, 1908.)

[Proceedings 1913, page 17.] .MEMBERSHIP IN OTHER SOCIETY. 26 That charges could not be entertained against a member because of his holding membership in the Order of Knights of Columbus.

[Proceedings 1913, page 17.]

COLLECTIVE BALLOT ON SUSPENSION. 27 ballot.

That it is irregular to suspend delinquents on a collective Each must be voted on separately.

[Proceedings 1913, page 17.]

HALL DESTROYED-LODGE MAY MEET.

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vlsIOn in their By-Laws that place of meeting could only be changed by an amendment regularly presented and lying -over two regular communications.

[Proceedings 1913, page 17.]

UNSOUND MIND-CANNOT BRING CHARGES AGAINST. Z2. Brother Davis was tried by New Madrid Lodge, convicted lind expelled for calling another member of the Lodge a rascal and scoundrel, by a vote of nineteen "guilty" and nine "not guilty."

Three of the nineteen who voted "g'uilty" were not entitled to vote because they had not passed the proficiency examination required by Sec. 121, on page 28 of the By-Laws, their degrees having been received since September 30th, 1908.

If the presiding officer had allowed only those to vote who were 路legally qualified to do so the Brother would have been acquitted . . At the time of the trial and for several years prior thereto the accused Brother was very sick. He was a victim of locomotor ataxia, was still suffering from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy upon both his mind aTJd body, was old and feeble and in his dotage and not responsible for what he said.

Believing that a Lodge has no right to place a Brother of unsound mind on trial, we ruled that he had been unlawfully expelled and directed the Lodge to restore him to good Masonic standing.

After reaching this conclusion and writing the decision, but before mailing it. we were ndvised by wire of the death of the Brother. 'Ve sent the followi ng telegram to the Secretary of the Lodge: "Having decided that O. L. Davis was illegally expelled and having reinstated him to good Masonic standing before his death, you are directed to bury his remains with Masonic honors if his widow requests it."

We have been advised that the remains were given Masonic burial by the officers and members of the Lodge. The papel's in the case have been turned over to the Chairman of the .Jurisprudence Committee. ' [Proceedings 1914, page 24.]

ASSRSSMENT-IMPROVEMRNT FUND. 24. Griswold. No. 178, of Bellflower, asks: "Where the Lodge is collecting the assessment for the building fund of the Masonic Home from the individual members, how much should we collect from members who were raised in May, 1914?"

Answer: $1.50.

Members joining between June 30th, 1913, and July 1st, 1914, will' each be liable for $1.00. The (our-year period for which this assessment of 50 cents per member per year was levied is divided, as we understand it, as follows: 1st year-from June :lO, 1912, to July 1, 1913.

2d year-from June 30, 1913, to July 1, 1914.

3d year-from June 30, 1914, to July I, 1915.

4th year-from June 30, 1915, to July I, 1916.

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27. An officer from Lathrop Lodge asks if a Brother refuses to pay the assessment of 50 cents for the Masonic Home Improvement Fund, has the Lodge a right to prefer charges against him?

Answer: Yes, but before doing so thoroughly explain to him that the money is for the purpose of making needed bett'erments and improvements at the Home; that the Home belongs to him as much as to any other Brother in the State, and that the sum total asked for is but $2.00, and that owing to the uncertaintie& of com~ mercial life his own application for admission to the Home or Hospital may be the very next one sent in by his Lodge, [Proceedings 1914; page 27.]

DUES, ACCRUE FROM DATE OF INSTITUTION. 26. Manes Lodge was instituted under Dispensation in March, 1913, and organized under Charter in October, 1913, and asked from which date it should charge dues.

Answer: From date of institution under Dispensation.

[Proceedings 1914, page 27.]

RESTORATION. 28. An expelled Brother of Independence petitioned his Lodge for restoration and failed. He wants to file his petition again. - Can'we entertain it or must he apply to the Grand Lodge.

Answer: Having made one application to your Lodge and faBed, he, of course, now has the right to petition the Grand Lodge 'for restoration, but it is my opinion that he now has the option of petitioning either body any reasonable number of times. ' [Proceedings 1914, page 21-] STATUS OF CANDIDATE. 29. One of the professors of our NOrmal School at Maryville is desirous of petitioning for the degrees. About twenty years ago he received the Entered Apprentice degree in San" Francisco. He has forgotten absolutely everything about the work and cannot even remember the name of the Lodge, and the records of the Lodge's in San Francisco were destroyed by the conftagl"ation wliich 'followed the earthquake. What procedure would you advise?Answer: ~Te wrote to the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of California. They replied that the professor's name did not appear on the lists of members of California since August 1st; 1912; that they had no record back of that, and that they claimed no juris: diction. We then authorized Nodaway Lodge, No. 470, to entertain his petition for the -three dâ&#x201A;Źgrees.

[Proceedings 1914,page 27.)

FUNERAL OF SOJOURNER. 30. In cities where there are two or more Lodges the Board of Relief shall keep a record' of the dates and the names of the Lodges conducting funerals of the remains of sqjourning Free-

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masons, and each Lodge in its regular turn shall conduct such funerals when requested to do so by the Board of Relief.

[Proceedings 1914, pages 27-28.]

RELIGION

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POLITICS.

No.2. Question: "Does the fact that a man is a Roman Catholic justify a Masonic Lodge in refusing him a courtesy that would be shown anyone else, such as thanking him for a favor?"

Answer: A Masonic Lodge, as such, does not in any sense participate in matters of religion or politics. It is wholly improper for a Lodge to take any action that could be construed as favoring or antagonizing religious or political moves. Freemasonry knows no Democrats, Methodists, Prohibitionists or Cat.holics, but deals with the "whole human species as one family." .

[Proceedings 1915, page 27.]

TRAVELING ACTOH.-INELIGIBLR No.3.

In Decision No. 3 the question was:

"Is a traveling actor who, with his family, spends about nine months of each year on the road, going from State to State, and even to foreign countries, but claiming a Missouri-town in which he remains during his vacation as his home, eligible for the Degrees of Freemasonry?"

The Grand Master answered as follows: . "The provisions of Section 113, Grand Lodge By-Laws, appear to preclude this class of applLcants, and, we believe, wisely so; however, in view of the decision rendered by the Grand Lodge in 1914, the conditions being very similar,we decided he can."

Under similar facts, your Committee on Jurisprudence, in 1914, reported that in its opinio'n, such a traveling actor was not eligible to membership under Section 113 (Grand Lodge Proceedings, 1914, page 170), thereby disa.pproving the decision of Grand Ma.ster Boor (page 20), but the Grand Lodge upheld the decision of the Grand Master and disapproved the decision of your Committee, and it is upon this decision that the present Grand Master made his ruling. Grand Master Lampert, in an analogous case, held that a soldier who owned property in this State and called it his home, but had been in the United States Army for fifteen years and expected to re~enlist, and who had not been in the State for twelve months, nor within the jurisdiction of the Lodge six months, was ineligtble (Proceedings of 1913, page 15), and this decision was approved by 'the Committee on Jurisprudence and adopted by the Grand Lodge (page 162). It thus appears that the Grand Lodge has, upon analogous circumstances, made inconsistent rulings. We believe that the Grand Master, in view of the decision of the Grand Lodge in 1914, was correct in his ruling, but we disapprove of the decision of the Grand Lodge ot 1914, because it clearly contravenes Section 113 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, and we recommend that the decision of the present Grand Master, for the reasons above expressed, be disapproved.

[--Proceedings 1915, page 28.]

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FEES IN CASE OF WAIVER: No.' 4. Decided that when one Lodge requests of another waiver of jurisdiction over a candidate for the Degrees of Freemasonr,y, that the Lodge granting the request has a legal right to demand"a part or all the fees as a condition on which the waiver is granted.

[Proceedings 1915, page 28.]

VISI~ORS":""-DOCUMENT ARY EVIDENCE.

No. 6~ Question: "A member Qf the fraternity who is frpm another jurisdiction, one not requiring payment of dues in advance, presents in May, 1915, receipt' for dues in said jurisdiction for the year 1914. 'Would the Grand Lodge regulations admit him to a Missouri Lodge?" , Answer: A Brother from a Grand JuriSdiction recognized, by Missouri,' bearing documentary ev"idence (receipt for dues) dated "not more than twelve mon'ths last past, such Grand Jurisdiction not requiring payment of annu'al'dues in advance, can legally be admitted to a Missouri Lodge." r!

[Proceedings 1915, page 3Q.] MILEAGE AND l?ER'DIEM-PROXY ENTITLgD TO. , , '

No.7. The question in Decision No.7 of the Grand Master is as follows: "'Vhen a Past Master, holding' the proxy of the Worshipful Master, and ,the present Senior' Ward'en both. from the same Lodge attend the Grand Lodge, which should represent' h'is Lodge and draw mileage and per diem?'" , The Grand Master desires the opinion of the J~rlf?prudence Com~' mittee on this subject. ' Article II, Section 2, of the ConsU'tution of the' Grand Lodge provides, among other things, as follows: "'1'he proxy so deputed shall be entitled to the same privileges and perform the duties of him or them deputing him." , Section 69 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws provides that the mileage and per diem shall be paid, among other' things; to ,~'one representative from each Lodge," etc. It is our opinion that the Master, being the senior in office, is entitled to draw this mileage and per diem. In view of the fact that the above-quoted portion of Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge provides thati "The proxy so deputed shall be entitled to the same privileges and perform the same duties of him or them deputing him," we are of the opinion that the party holding the, proxy should stand in the shoes of the Worshipful Master and, in the Worshipful Master's absence, he would be entitled to, the mileage and per diem, instead of the Senior or Junior Warden.

[Proceedings 1915, page 3Q.] ,

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EXPELLED-MA Y PETITION. No. 1. Question: An expelled Mason petitions for reinstatement, receives a tw.o-thirds vote and is granted a certificate of good standing. Does this entitle him to any other Masonic privllege than to petition for membership? If so, what? Also, may be petition any lodge in the State for membership, or can he petition only the lodge which expelled him and which also issued the certificate of good standing?

Answer: Upon the case stated the party is not entitled to any privilege other than to petition for' membership. He may petition any lodge in this State. He is not required to petition only the lodge which expelled him.

[Proceedings 1916, page -.J DEAD-CANNOT BE REINSTATED. No.2. Question: For the sixth time it has been asked.

A Brother is suspended for non-payment of dues and afterward dies.

Can he be reinstated if his relatives or friends pay what he" owed at the date of his suspension so that he can be given a Masonic burial and his wife and daughters be eligible to join the Eastern Star?

Answer: No-unless the deceased will make a written application for his reinstatement as required by law.

[Proceedings 1916, page -.J FAILURE TO ADVANCE. No.3. Question: Can a Worshipful Master legally proceed to confer the second or third degree on an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft who has not presented himself within one year for advancement (although he has good cause for not having presented himself sooner and there is no objection offered to his advancement) without first having him petition in regular form?

Answer: No. [Proceedings 1916, page -.J CERTIFICATE OF GOOD ST ANDING--E. A. OR F. C. No.4. Question: Maya lodge issue a certificate of good standing to an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft for the purpose of joining another lodge?

Answer: No. Certificates of good standing can only be issued to Master Masons.

[Proceedings 1916, page -.J CERTIFICATE FROM ANOTHER JURISDICTION. No.5. Question: Maya petition be received for affiliation of a Master Mason from another State on a certificate of good standing?

Answer: No. A petition from a foreign jurisdiction should be accompanied by a dimit..

[Proceedings 1916, page -.J

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FAILURE TO ADVANCE. No.6. Question: A Fellow Craft fails to appear for his third degree in one year. Is he in good standing as a Fellow Craft?

Answer: Yes. May he still continue to sit in a lodge of Fellow Crafts?

Answer:

Yes.

He has not passed his proficiency examination; may he attend lodge and pass this examination?

Answer:

Yes.

Maya Fellow Craft or Master Mason lawfully teach him the proficiency lecture before he is elected to be raised?

Answer:

Yes. [Proceedings 1916, page -.J ~.

A. MAY DIMIT.

No.7. Question: Six years ago a brother was made an Entered Apprentice in Lexington, Mo., examined as to his proficiency and on presenting himself for advancement an objection was made, but charges not filed. He moved to St. Louis, where he now lives. He wants to take the other degrees in St. Louis. Will he have to petition to take the remainder of the degrees, and, if so, what lodgethe lodge at Lexington or the lodge at St. Louis, which he wishes to join?

Answer: He may apply to Lexington Lodge for a certificate of dimission under section 163 of Grand Lodge By-laws, petition. the St. Louis Lodge for affiliation, accompanying such petition with the certificate of dimission from Lexington Lodge and upon his election to membership in the St. Louis Lodge would be entitled to receive the degrees' ipso facto without petitioning for such degrees to any lodge.

[Proceedings 1916, page -.]

FAILURE TO ADVANCE. No.8. Question: An Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft fails to present himself for advancement within a year, but has a good and sufficient excuse for not doing so. Should he be required to petition for advancement?

Answer: Yes. The good and sufficient excuse clause in section 107 refers to repayment of the fee.

[Proceedings 1916. page -.]

EXAMINATION AS TO PROFICIENCY. No.9. Question: A .brother is made a Master Mason ina lodge in Illinois which does not require an examination as to his proficiency in the third degree. On dimit from his lodge In Illinois he ill elected to membership in a lodge In Missouri and is elected an officer

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therein. Will he have to stand an examination as to his proficiency in the third degree before he can be installed?

Answ'er: No. The Masonic status of a brother is fixed by the law of the jurisdiction wherein he was made a Mason. Our law requiring an examination as to proficiency in the third degree, and imposing penalties for failure to do so, only applies to Master Masons raised in this jurisdiction. ' [Proceedings 1916, page -.J EXAMINATION AS TO PROFICIENCY. No, 12.

Question: Can a lodge in this jurisdiction request another lodge. also in this jurisdiction, to examine and vote on the proficiency of a Brother in the lecture of the third degree?

Answer: Yes. Authority to confer the third degree necessarily carries with it authority to examine and vote on his proficiency.

[Proceedings 1916, page -.]

RANK-ENTITLED TO. No. 13. Question: Our Worshipful Master has moved out of the State to reside and we have elected the Senior Warden as Worshipful Master. Is the Worshipful Master who moved away entitled to the rank of Past M a s t e r ? ' .

Answer: Yes. He will be at the conclusion of the term for which he was elected.

Question: Will the Senior Warden who was elected Worshipful Master be entitled to the rank of Past Master? ,Answer: elected..'

Yes, at the conclusion of the term for which he was [Proceedings 1916. page -.]

PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS.

No. 14. The Grand Master of Texas asked for ruling on the following question: Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 446, having a-sked Pentagon Lodge No. 1080 of the Grand Jurisdiction of Texas to confer the degrees on a candidate who had been elected to receive the degrees in Ivanhoe Lodge, but had moved to Texas, it was discovered by the master of ceremonies of Pentagon Lodge, while the candidate was being prepared, that one joint of the middle toe of the left foot was -missing, which made him ineligible to receive the degrees under the laws of Texas, and the candidate was excused, and inasmuch as the Brother would be a member of a lodge in Missouri, should the degrees be conferred on him? I was asked. if, according to our laws governing physical qualifications, he was qualified to receive the degrees which Ivanhoe No. 446 had requested Pentagon Lodge No. 1080 to confer.

Answer: In our jurisdiction it has never been held that a missing joint from the middle toe ot the left foot would hinder a person

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otherwise qualified from becoming a Freemason, and In order that there mIght be no dispute in such matters, .Grand Master Kuhn. several years ago, introduced and secured the passage of an amendment to Physical Disqualification, Section 106 of our By-laws. which provided, "Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to render anyone ineligible to the privileges of Masonry who can by the aid of artificial appliances conform to the necessary ceremonies."

Under which by-law it was decided- by Grand Master Lampert and approved by the Grand Lodge, "That a man who has' lost the left leg below the knee and wears a cork leg is eligible if able to conform to the ceremonies; a cork leg discounts a cork head."

[Proceedings 1916, page -.J DUES-BACK-LODGE MAY RETAIN. No. 15. Question: A Brother suspended for non-payment of dues tendered the amount he owed at the time of his suspension and petitioned to be reinstated, but was on vote of the lodge rejected. vVhat shall we do with the money?

Answer:

Keep it.

He owed it to you; and you have It. [Proceedings 1916, page -.J

LIQUOR-MANUFACTURE OF. No. 16. Question: Is one who is engaged In the manufacture 01 Weiss beer containing 2 per cent aclohol eligible to petition for the degrees? WeIss beer is not considered an intoxicating lIquor.

Answer: No. Ten drinks of beer containIng 2 per cent of alcohol is just as intoxicating as one drink of whisky containing 20 per cent of alcohol, and makes you feel a great deal worse.

[Proceedings 1916, page -.J ELECTION NULL AND VOID. No. 17. Question: A member of a lodge In this jurisdiction petitions another lodge in this jurisdiction for membership by affiliation, and was elected and regularly pays his dues. No certificate 01 good standing or dimit was ever issued to him by the lodge of whIch he first was a member. After some years the lodge of路 which he was first a member suspended him for non-payment of dues. What is his Masonic standing?

Answer: He stands a suspended member of the lodge of which he was first a member.

[PrOceedings 1916, page -.J TRIAL-NEW, CANNOT GRANT. No. 18.

Question: A Brother is tried and convicted In his lodge for unmasonic conduct. Has the Worshipful Master power to grant the accused a new trIal? Answer: No. [Proceedings 1916, page -.]

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JURISDICTION TERRITORIAL. No. 19.

Q'uestion: We have an application for membership from a Brother lately dimitted frbm an Oklahoma Lodge who lives just across the line in Oklahoma and just a mile from our lodge in Missouri. Can we elect him to membership, provided we get the consent of the lodge in Oklahoma in whose jurisdiction he resides?

Answer: No. Under Section 113, By-laws, we have no extra territorial jurisdiction. .

[Proceedings 1916, page -.]

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INDEX. \ A Page Absence of Lodge, seal.

214 Advance, failure to: 213-220 Aliens. eligible for the degrees, when 229 Amendments, time for consideration 196 Amendments to By-Laws, alteration 01' repeal 204 Amendments to By-Laws, adding section 203 Appeals to Grand Lodge, how taken ' 205 J\ppeals to Grand Lodge, testimony 205 Appeals to Grand Lodge, time for. 205 Appeals to Grand Lodge, notice of.205 Appeals to Grand Lodge, record ... 206 Appeals to Grand Lodge, cost of . . 207 Appeals to Grand Lodge, objection to transcript 207 Appeals and Grievance Committee, appea rance before ' 197 Assessment, Improvement Fund . ............................ 193,230 B Ballot: all must vote 204 Ballot, collective, when prohlbjted 229 Ballot, may not be disclosed 221 Ballot, for Grand Lodge Officers .. 195 Belief~ln Deity. requisite 229 Boards of ~elicf ; 193 Border LegIslation , 194 BI'other, unsound mind-cannot - bring char'ges against. , 230 Burial lot.

194 BY-Laws, adding section 203 By-Laws, alteration or repeal 204 By-Laws, Lodge must elect accordIng to 219 C Can<.lidate. may solicit.

218 Candidate, status of 207, 208, 210, 214,223,231 Candidates for political office .... 225 Candidates, list of 210, 222 Certificate of Good Standing and Refund of Dues 213 Certificate of Good Standing, after expulsion "": 221 Certificate of Good Standing. from another Jurisdiction 234 Certificate of Good Standing, E. A. or F. C , .234 Charges, cannot be preferred by non-affiliate , ,,212 Charity, application for 195 Collective ballot on suspensions, prohibited 229 Conferences of Grand Masters, • who may attend 195 Conferring degr'ees, forbidden 198 Consideration of amendments, time for 196 Correspondence, printing reports' on 197 D

Dead, cannot be reinstated Debts, Lodge shall not contract

234 201

Page Degree, failure to receive ..... 207,210 Degrees, may not confer out of time ' 224 Degrees, may not confer more than one 198 Deity, belief In, requisite 229 Digest of Laws ;194 Dlmit, cannot be returned to Lodge ." ,., ,.",., .. 222 Dimit, Entered Apprentice may ... · 228, 235 Dlmlt, In absence of charges 215 Dim it, In old form, llIegal.

214, 222 Dlmlt, rejection not endorsed on. 226 Dimlt, to procure ' 212,213 Dimitted and removed, cannot affiliate 219 Districts 54 and 55, change in 199 Docllm~ntary evidence, vIsitors . · 204, 210, 221, 233 Dram-shop license , 226 Dropping from membership illegal 227 Drug store seiling l1q uor 217 Dues, fallure to pay 205 Dues, Increase of , 217 Dues, receipts. form of.

201 Dues, accrue from date of institution , 231 Dues (back), Lodge may retain 237 Dues, Refund of and Certlflcate of Good Standing ' 213 Dues, remission of 211, 213 E

E. A.-may dlmit.

228, 235 E. A.-record lost, may re-petltion. 231 Easter Sunday, not a Masonic occasion , 227 }~Iectil)n, cannot hold ,. 228 Election, null and void 214, 237 Employment Bureau ; 202,218 Endowment Fund 204 Examination, as to proficiency .

215,235,236 · Exemp"Jification of Work, at Grand Lodge 198 Expelled, may petition 224,234 Expulsion, Secretary must notify .. 213 F

Faln!re to advance 213,220,234,235 Failure to install 216 Failure to receive degree 207,210 Fees. In case of waiver 233 Funeral of a woman, may not attend 214 Funerals of Grand Officers 194 Funeral of Sojourner 231 G Geo. Washington Masonic Nat'l Memorial Ass'n 196 Good Standing, certificate of .. 213, 221 Grand Lecturer, salary of. ~ .200 Grand Lodge dues, Increase of 203 Grand Lodge meeting, time and place ........................•. 203 Grand Lodge Officers, ballot for .. 195 Grand Masters, conference of 195 Grand Secretary, salary of 200

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H . Page Hall destroyed, Lodge may meet. 229 Hospital 197 I Impostors, lists of , 196 Infirmary 197 . Install, cannot. under chal·ges 225 Install, failure to 216 Instruction, Lodge of 200 J Jurisdiction, St. Louis Lodges 220 Jurisdiction, territorial. '.238 L

LegIslation, by members only 197 LegislatIon (pl'oposed) must be debated by lodges 198 Liquor,advertising: . , 223 Liquor, . manufacture of 208 Liquor seIling .. : .. :.~· 208, 209, 217 LIquor seiling' (walter) 217 Lodge, may not confer degrees out of time .. , , 224 Lodge, may meet when hall destroyed , ...........•.. 229 Lodge, may. not meet, where ... ,. 216 I_odge meeting prohibited, when .. 214 Lodge, must elect according to By-Laws 219 Lodge seal, lack of · 214 Lodge, shaII not contract debts 201 Lodges of Instr.uction .... ', •....... 200 Lodges U. D., dues accrue 231 M

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Manual, .library form 199 Manufacture of liquor., 208; 209,237 MasonIc Home Improvement- Fund.193 Masonic Home Fund, payment of .. 197 Masonic offense , 201 Master Mason, non-proficient.215,217 Meeting of Lodge prohibited, whert ',·.·.. ·.·.2·14 Membership, in other societies. :·... 229 Membership, restoration ·of. , .. :: . I . ' 211,220,231 Memorial Day, not a Masonic oc- , casion : : :.' .', ,228 Mileage and per. diem, whd·may draw , 203 N

Name of member, cannot change .. 228 Non-affiliate may not visit. ... 210, 216" Non-affiliate may not prefer charges 212 Non-affiliate may petition any Lodge '. .:; ,·216 Non-proficient M. M. may not bal-' lot .. ' " ~ ,'.'..'

215', 217 Non-resident,. petition of ' 220

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201 p Per capita tax,not deducted , 219 Per capita tax, special 225 Petition for afflllation. must lay over .: " , 218 Petition of non-resident ·. 220 PetitiOn; cann'ot withdraw '. ! : . . 202 Petitioners, U. D.,. not qualified, when 228 Physical quallfications.· 22i>, 229. 236 Political Issue, Lodge cannot take part In .. · 214, 223 Politics or religion 232 Pool table, Lodge may buy 218 Printing reports on correspond-

Page ence 197 Proficiency 215,235,236 Proxy, entitled to mileage and per diem 233 Publication, candidates for political office , 225 Publication, candidates' names . ............................. 210,222 Publication, Digest of Law ..... : .194 Q

Questions, M.'s

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Rank, entitled to 236 Receipt must be Issued by Secretary 228 Receipt for dues, fonn of, 201 Record lost, E. A. may re-petition.231 Rejection not endorsed on dimit.. 226 Religion or politics 232 Remission of dues 211; 213 Reports of Committees, when presented 195 Repol·ts of Grand Officers 195 Residence, established by voting .. 215 Restoration, after consolidation of Lodge 211 Restoration. expelled member may petition for 231 Restoration, in trial Lodge only .. 220 Revision of By-Laws governing appeals : 205, 206, 207 S Salary, G. S. and' G. L 200 Saloon keeper f!'Om another jurisdiction :.227 Saloon keeper, Lodg€ must try 225 Seal of Lodge, lack of.,., ,.,. 214 Secretal'y must issue receipt 228 Secretal'y must notify 213 . Secretary not entitled to interest on Lodge funds 228 Smoking, prohibited · 193 Soldier, ineligible to petition 226 Status of candidate . . . . . . .. ' ... 207, 208. 210, 214. 223, 231 Suicide, entitled to Masonic burial. 229 Suspension more than one year ... 216 Suspension or expulsion, Secretary must notify ' 213 T

Testimony, how taken 205 Traveling actor ineligible , .. 232 Trial, new, cannot grant.

237 Trial, on alI specifications not required ' 224 Tl'ial, time and notice of 201, 223 U Unsound mind. cannot bring chal'ges against Bro. of, , 230 V

Visitors, documentary evidence of ................... 204, 210, 221. 233 Vote, may not be disclosed ,. 221 Vote, who may 215.217 Voting for Grand Lodge Officers .. 195 Vote, alI must , 204 W

Waiver of .Jurisdiction 194 Washington Memorial Association.196 Worshipful Master, should wear hat 226 Worshipful Master, suspended from office may visit ; 226

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