1920 Proceedings - Grand Lodge of Missouri, Volume 1 by Missouri Freemasons

JULIUS CAESAR GARRELL St. Louis Grand Master, 1919~1920

BIOGRAPHICAL JULIUS CAESAR GARRELL

Grand Master 1919-1920 I write this short sketch of our .Junior Past Grand Master with more than ordinary pleasure, because I have known him so long and so well, because he is my friend and brother in all that tb.ose words imply; because he is so honest, manly and true, and because he so highly merits all the good things that can be said about him. My one regret is that I cannot do justice to my theme or find words to adeqnately express how he and what he has done are appreciated by the Freemasons of the state in which he was born, and in which he has always lived. Julius Caesar Harrell, the only soh of Christian and Caroline (Sickel) Garrell, was born in the City of St. Louis on the first day of February, 1862. He was the youngest of three children. His oldest sister, Caroline, married Doctor and Brother George W. Shade, and after a happy life, passed to the great beyond in 1906. His other sister, Mary, was for many years a teacher in the St. Louis Public Schools, but in late years has retired, and is now living with her mother, a dear old lady, now in her eighty-fifth year. As indicative of the great love he has for hig' mother and sister, and as an example he has set for us to follow, I might say . that he makes it his invariab~e custom, unless prevented by some unavoidable engagement which calls him too far away to do so, to go and see them every Wednesday and take lunch with them. His opportunities for acquiring an education, owing to the untimely death of his father, were very limited. This occurred when Julius was only eleven years old, and路 hence it was that he never was able to obtain that education he so much desired. For it then, even at this early age, became necessary for him. to go t~"'. work to help support the family.路路 This he did cheerfuif~t but it compelled him to stay out of school several times for more than l:\- year at a time. However, he succeeded in going to High School for two years; and though he' never graduat~d from High School or College, yet the schooling he did get wa"s thorough and bore fruit in after years.

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When nineteen years of age he entered the business of title investigating, and to it he has devoted his business life. He is now Presid.ent of the St. Louis Title Co., and has a well establishe<!, growing and lucrative business in the City of St. Louis. He resides, however, in Webster Groves, St. Louis County. On the 22nd day of March, 1900, he was married to Miss Hattie Grimm. They have three children, Harriet W., now a Senior at' Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; Julius C., who is a Sophomore in the same institution, and Caroline, now eight years old. M. W. Bro. Garrell was made a Freemason on the 11th day of April, 1898, in Occidental Lodge No. 163, St. Louis. He was Passed April 25th, 1898, and Raised May 9th,1898. He served his lodge as Master in 1904. He was Advanced September 15th, 1898, Inducted into the Oriental Chair and Received and Acknowledged October 6th, 1898, and Exalted October 20th, 1898, in Oriental Chapter No. 78, Royal Arch Masons, St. Louis. He served his Chapter as High Priest in 1902, and was Anointed, Consecrated and Set Apart to the Holy Order of High Priesthood at Jefferson City the same year. He received the Orders of Christian Knighthood in St. Aldemar Commander-y No. 18, St. Louis, on December 29th, 1899. He received the Degrees of Royal and Select Master February 4th, 1903, and that of Super Excellent Master March 4th, 1904, in Hiram Council No.1, St. Louis. He served as its .Master in 1906. He received t~e Order of Noble Mystic Shrine May 23rd, 1902, in Moolah Temple, St. Louis. He received the several 'Grades of the ScottiSh Rite from the 4th to the 32nd in the Scottish Rite Bodies of St. Louis in 1902 and 1903. He was initiated in Alhambra Grotto No. 47, St. Louis, October 10th, 1914. He and Mrs. Garrell 'Were initiated in Webster Groves Chapter No. 64, O. E. S., Webster Groves, November 21st, 1916. Although it will be noted in passing that our M. W. Brother has joined, and I may add still holds his membership in so many Masonic Bodies, yet his activities in a very large measure have been confined to the Blue Lodge: He made his first appearance in the Grand Lodge at Kansas City in 1902, being then Junior Warden

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of Occidental Lodge, of. which M. W. Bro. Joseph C. Finagin, then Grand Master, is also a member. In 1904 he was appointed by R. W. Bro. Allan McDowell, District Lecturer of the 33rd Masonic District, then composed of both the city路 and county of St. Louis, and so ably and so satisfactorily discharged the duties of the important trust confided to his care that he was reappointed in 1905. In 1906 it was the pleasure and also the honor of the Grand Master to appoint him D. D. G. M. of the same district. In 1907 he was appointed by R. W. Bro. J. R. McLachlan District .Lecturer of District 33, and was by him reappointed in 1908 and 1909. So in all he served five years as District Lecturer of the largest district in the state; having within its limits thirty-five lodges. In 1910 he was appointed to a line office in the Grand Lodge and was regularly advanced from year to year, until in 1919, by practically a unanimous vote, he was elected Grand Master, "The highest honor that .can come to any man," and especially so to him as it was conferred upon and has been held by him while his dear mother is still living. How ably the office has been filled the record of the year just closed and the proceedings of this Annual Communication bear witness. And with it all, like of the three weary sojourners of ancient times, it can be well said "his modesty bespeaks his merit." Though for the last twenty-two years he has given so abundantly and so freely of his time a~d of his talents to the fraternity he so dearly loves, he has never directly or indirectly sought office or preferment. He can say in very truth that all his honors have been thrust upon him. And this is one among the many things that makes Freemasonry so dear and so precious to its true followers. It delights to honor those who are worthy, and it looks down in contempt on those who seek their own advancement. .So may it ever be! A great future lies before him. He has not yet passed the meridian of life. His zeal for the welfare of th(3 craft, his wide acquaintance among the brotherhood, the high esteem in which he is held by the fraternity, his business experience and good common sense, his uprightness of character and the purity of his motives, all combine to make him a tower of strength. His influence, I am quite sure, always will be exerted for what he believes to be for the best g60d of the Order, and. hence it is the heartfelt desire of his many friends that his 'days may be long in the land which the Lord our God hath given us. D. M. WILSON.

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

ONE HUNDREDTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE

GRAND LODGE

ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE

STATE OF MISSOURI

HELD IN KANSAS CITY

COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 21, A. D. 1920, A. L. 5920

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS. OF THE

ONE HUNDREDTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE

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ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF MIS.SOURI The l00th Annual Conununication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted :Masons of the State of Missouri convened at Masonic Temple, 9th and Harrison Streets, Kansas City, lVIissouri, commencing Tuesday, September 21st, 1920, at 10 Ao Mo • PRESENT JULIUS C. GARRELL .... oM. W. Gmnd Master WM. F. JOHNSON. oR. W. Deputy Grand Master O. A. LUCAS. oR. W. Gmnd Senio1' Warden BERT S. LEE o oR. W. Gmnd Junio1' Wm'den WM. A. HALL o' o. oR. Wo Grand Treasurer JOHN R. P~RSON .. oR. W. Grand Secretary J. R. McLACHLAN .. o. o' R. W. Grand Lecturer JNO. H. MILLER R. Wo Grand Chaplain ARTHUR MATHER. .R. W. Grand Chaplain -FRED V. LOOS R. W. Grand Chaplain JOSEPH S. McINTYRE ... :. R. W. Grand Senior Deacon ORESTES MITCHELL .. oR. Wo Grand Junior Deacon AUSTIN L. McRAE o' o' o' oR. W. Grand Senior Steward W. W. MARTIN oR. Wo Grand Junior Steward CHARLES C. GARDNER.o .R. Wo Grand Marshal JOHN PICKARD o, oR. W. Grand Marshal ANTHONY F. ITTNER . R. W. Gmnd Sword Bearer BYRNE E. BIGGER. R. Wo Grand Pursuivant JAMES HARDIN SMITH Ro W. (';rand Orator HARRY A. KRUEGER o' R. Wo Grand Tiler 0.0

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OPENING At 10 o'clock A. M. the l\110st 'vVorshipful Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of 1Vlissouri, was opendiri A1\1PLE FORM by the :Most Vvorshipful Grand :Master, Julius C. Garrell, with ,the assistance of the other . Grand .Officers. America as Opening Ode was sung by the Grand Lodge n1~mbers.路 Divine blessing and gui~ance during the approaching communication was invoked by R. Vv. and Rev. Bro. John H. 11 i.Iler: Grand Chaplain:

o Lord, our God and our Saviour, we approach Thee in faith and hope and love and deep humility. We plead no service that we have rendered, no sacrifice that we have made as the reason for expecting favor at Thy hand. But we plead the words which Thou hast spoken, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." Make, 'Ye pray Thee, every Mason in Missouri a true, honest, faithful, temperate servant of Thine, who will pray daily to Thee for his family and his couritry-::-a' real red-blooded American citizen from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet. We entreat of Thee that we may as Masons, individually. and collectively, behold the great opportunity for the exerCise of patriotism as well as benevolence in our association with the people who reach our shores from the distressed sections of foreign lands. Help us, 0 Lord, to stand foursquare for the rights which have come to us through blood and battle and fervent prayer, an<'t not' permit the least change in what is as dear to us as life itself. o Thou "rho ruJest over the destinies of natibns, who exaJteth the righteous and bringeth peace and prosperity ~o the God-f~aring,路 we beseech Thee, in these days of strife and unrest and Mscord,':'help Masons to teach the highest ideals of truemahhood and righteous living as the only safe and san~ coursefof in'aintairiing :all ~ that we prize in our own well-loved country. 'We implore Thee for the tender touch of Thy ioving hand in' all Masonic homes in Missouri where the angel of d'eath has takE'm loved ones away to the land of rest. Our blessed Lord, how can we thank Thee sufficiently 路for encouraging us by the growth of our Masonic Home. Bless its -offi- cials, its inmates and its supporters.

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Our thanks to' Thee are beyond expression for the good health and good spirits of our Gr~nd Officers, from the Grand Master in the East to the Grand Tiler at the door. \Ve implore Thee for the same favors and blessings in the year we are about to begin, a year full of anticipation and hope; and may we ever praise Thee. Amen and Amen.

CREDENTIALS The Committee on Credentials reported that a majority of Lodges of the State was represented, and therefore 'a constitutional number being present, Grand l\1aster Garrell declared the Grand Lodge open for the t.ransaction of all business that il1ight properly come before it.

COMMITTEE FOR RECEPTION OF DISTINGUISHED VISITORS The Grand Master appointed M. VV. Bros. \JVm. F.,Kuhn, R. R. Kreeger and Van F. Boor as Committee on the Reception of Distinguished'Visitors.

DISTINGUISHED VISITOR 1\1. \11/. Bro. Samuel S. \iVhiting, Past Grand l\1aster of Nebraska, was introduced byM. VV. Bro. 'Kuhn, fittingly greeted by the Grand 1\faster and received with the Grand Honors. He gave a humorous and highly interesting response. M. VV. Bro. Kuhn also read a letter from Rt. \iV. Bro. Francis E. \iVhite, Grand Secretary of Nebraska, introducing 1\,1. V."T. Bro. \iVhiting to the Grand Lodge of Missouri.

TELEGRAMS TO TWO PAST GRAND MASTERS The Grand Master expressed his regret at the absence from this Grand Lodge of Past Grand Masters Xenophon Ryland and A. M. Dockery, and directed the Grand Secretary to send a telegram to each of these beloved brethren expressing the love and esteem of this Grand Lodge, and deep regret at their inability to attend this Communication. This was accordingly done.

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ADDRESS OF THE GRAND MASTER Most Worshipful Grand Master Julius C. Garrell presented and read the following Annual Address which was referred to the usual committee consisting of the Past Grand l\lasters pr~sent, with M. W. Bro. C. C. Woods as Chairman To the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of llIissouri:

Dear Brethren: In presenting the annual address of the Grand Master, I desire to give as briefly as possible, such account of the trust which you placed in my keeping one year ago, as my ability路 permit. Before doing so, however, I wish to extend to you, one and all,/ a most cordial welcome to this the One Hundredth Annual Communication of our Grand Lodge and to express the hope that our coming together on this historic occasion may be productive of much constructive good for the cause of Freemasonry, not only within the bounds of our own Grand Jurisdiction, but through路 out the habitable globe.

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I wish, here and now, to acknowledge my appreciation of the great honor which you conferre.d upon me by elevating me to this. responsible and august position. As I have often said, I have never felt, in any adequate sense, equal to the demands which the exalted office of Grand Master requires, but I have done my best and the record which .1 now present to you will bear witness of that which I have tried to do. ' THE FRAT:B]RNAL DEAD. .It is becoming that I should first of all, refer to the irreparable

loss which our Fraternity has sustained in the death of our Most Worshipful Brother, Arthur Middleton Hough, which occurred on Saturday, July ~3, 1920, at Jefferson City, Mo. Judge Hough was in his 73rd year and had flpent an active life in professional and Masonic circles. His public benefactions to his native city, and to the Masonic Home of Missouri are known to us all, and his wisdom and counsel will be sadly missed in our communications. He was a prince among men and world-wide Freemasonry is poorer for his "Home-going." The large concourse of people at his funeral was an eloquent testimony of the esteem in which he was universally held. Suitable record of this good man's many amiable virtues will, no doubt, be made by the Committee on Necrology. .,

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The sudden death' of Right ,Worshipful Brother Henry T. Wright, the highly esteemed and capable District Deputy Grand Master of the Thirty-eight Masonic District, which occurred on January 15, 1920, removed one who was greatly loved by ~ll who knew him. Brother Wright served his District with marked efficiency, and it is to men of his calibre that Freemasonry is so much indebted. "Thus star by star declines, . Till all have passed away, As morning high and higher shines To pure and perfec( day; Nor sink those stars in empty night, But hide themselves in heaven's own light." VISITATIONS. Immediately upon adjournment of the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge last year, I made my first visit, accepting the cordial invitation of the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of Missouri Lodge No. 1. On that occasion, I was accompanied by a large number of Grand Lodge Officers and 'several Past Grand Masters. In responding to the call of the Worshipful Master for some remarks, I expressed a desire that it might be possible for me to make as many lodge visitations during' the year as my lt~siness would permit. I stated that I hoped especially to meet with' the brethren of the smaller lodges and to visit particularly those places which seldom, if ever, had been visited by a Grand Master. It was my desire to journey into everyone of the fifty-nine Districts which make up our 'Grand Jurisdiction. In this, however, I have been disappointed, but through no fault of mine. Business demands have made such unusual and unexpected inroads upon my time, that I had reluctantly to relinquish my ambition in this direction. Nevertheless; I have visited the following lodges: Missouri No. 1 Independence No. 76 Meridian No. 2 Polar Star No. 79 Beacon No. 3 Bridgeton No. 80 United No. 5 Webster Groves No. 84 Geo. Washington No. 9 Miami No. 85 St. Louis No. 20 Brookfield No. 86 Naphtali No. 25 St. Mark's No. 93 St. John's No. ,28 Pomegranate No. 95 Mt. Moriah No. 40 Bethany No. 97 Bonhomme : No. 45 Heroine No. 104 Sullivan No. 69 Trenton .. , '.No. 111

8 Twilight Erwin Athens Monett Occidental Maryville Portageville Censer Gray's Summit Pride of the West. Pyramid Hannibal Wellsville Somerset Forest City Good Hope Kansas City St. James Bucklin Palestine Keystone ; Neosho . Aurora Solomon Fenton : Cosmos Corner Stone Charity Breckenridge Joplin Fellowship America .. ~ Hebron Tuscan Cache Itaska

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No. 114 Gate of the Temple No. 422 No. 121 Wheeling No. 434 No. 127 Anchor , No. 443 No. 129 West Gate .. : No. 445 No. 163 Ivanhoe No. 446 No. 165 Lambskin No. 460 No. 166 Nodaway No: 470 No. 172 Kirkwood No. 484 No. 173 Harmony No. 499 No. 179 Euclid No. 505 No. 180 Clifton Heights No. 520 No. 188 Gate City : '.No. 522 No. 194 Apollo No. 529 No. 206 Fergus0t:l No. 542 No. 214 Algabil .. ' No. 544 No. 218 South Gate No. 547 No. 220 Rose Hill No. 550 No. 230 MoscoW No. 558 No. 233 york , No. 563 No. 241 Maplewood No. 566 No. 243 Olive Branch No. 576 No. 247 Forest Park N'o. 578 No. 267 Clayton ,No. 601 No. 271 Wellston No. 613 No. 281 Sheffield No. 625 No. 282 Magnolia No. 626 No. 323 Vo.lley Park No. 629 No. 331 East Gate No. 630 No. 334 Tower Grove No. 631 No. 335 Triangle No.. 638 No. 345 Mizpah No. 639 No. 347 Jennings No. 640 No. 354 Trinity No. 641 No. 360 Benjamin ~ranklin ..,., .No. 642 No. 416 Shaveh : .. U. D. No. 420 University U. D. I

At each of these lodges I have been received with the utmost. cordiality, and through these visits I have been impressed with' the splendid harmony and spirit of brotherly love and affection which abound in our midst.

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CORNERSTONE LAYINGS. The brethren of East Gate Lodge No. 630, of Kansas City, sent me a cordial invitation to lay, on October 25, 1919, the cornerstone of the magnificent temple which they have recently com路 pleted, and it was a great pleasure to officiate in that capacity. The occasion was one long to be remembered, and the brethren deserve an commendation for the manner in which they carried out the arrangements made for the event. Right Worshipful Brother, Dr. Will M. Sams, D. D. G. M., and his efficient assistants placed me under lasting obligations, for their kindness and courtesy on that memorable day. On November 19, 1919, in company with Right Worshipful Brother Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain, I journeyed to Caledonia and at the invitation of Tyro Lodge No. 12, laid the cornerstone of their new temple which is to replace the one destroyed by fire some time ago. The day was well-nigh perfect and the occasion was most impressive. The brethren of Tyro Lodge deserve high praise for their zeal for our Institution and they wiII reap the reward which always comes to those who so labor. Right Worshipful Brother Charles E. Pyle, D. D. G. M., is to be congratulated on this enterprise. A request from our brethren at Joplin, Mo., took me to their beautiful city on March 22, 1920, for the purpose of laying the cornerstone of the magnificent cathedral which our Scottish Rite Brethren are erecting in that important Valley. The cere,mony was one of the most imposing of its kind that I have ever witnessed, and was attended by an immense throng of craftsmen and citizens. Most Worshipful Brother Jacob Lampert, Past Grand Master, Right Worshipful Brother William F. Johnson, Deputy Grand Master, Right Worshipful Brother Bert S. Lee, Junior Grand Warden, Right Worshipful and Reverend Brother Dr. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain, Right Worshipful Brother Orestes Mitchell,路 Grand Junior Deacon, together with a number of honored brethren from nearby cities were present and assisted in the ceremony. The arrangements were of an elaborate kind, the procession conspicuous for its magnitude and superb order, and the enthusiasm was in perfect keeping with the event of the day. Rev. Dr. Arthur Mather made the principal address and, everyone present declared it was a Red Letter Day for Freemasonry in Southwest Missouri. Right Wqrshi.pful Brother Willard P. Taylor, D. D. G. M. of the Forty-fourth District, and his able assistants demonstrated that they are ski1l~d workmen and deserving of the continued confidence of the craft..

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DEDICATIONS. Right Worshipful Brother W. N. Marbut, D. D. G. M. of the .Fifty-fifth District, and the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of Monett路 Lodge No. 129, cordially invited me to dedicate their new temple which I did on March 24; 1920, under most auspicious circumstances. These brethren are to be congratulated on having secured one of the most commodious and welladapted equipments for Masonic purposes which could be desired. The dedication was very largely attended and the occasion one that will not be readily forgotten.

On April 12, 1920, in response to the invit!ltion of the brethren of Breckenridge Lodge No. 334, I dedicated the splendid new hall, which had recently been donated to this Lodge, in the presence of a representative gathering of our brethren, many 'of whom had journeyed from a considerable distance to be present at the ceremony. This Lodge'will celebrate its golden jubilee next month. and it has the distinction of having among its membership a brother who is in all probaqility the oldest living Freemason in the United States, if not in the world. Brother Dr. Joseph S. Halstead, a charter member of Breckenridge Lodge, is 102 years of age, in possession of all his faculties, only his sight being somewhat impaired, and has been a Freemason for 78 years. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on July 4, 1818, and lived in that city until 1860. He was one of the leading physicians of Fayette County, Kentucky, and had the honor of having Henry Clay under his professional care for the whole of the last year of that distinguished statesman's life. Dr. Halstead was made a Maste( Mason in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1842, and dimitted to Missouri when he came to our State in 186.0. I regret exceedingly that I became acquainted with the facts just stated too late for me to make a personal visit to the home of this honored brothel', but I am sure that the brethren of this Grand Lodge delight in hearing of him and will unite with me in the con~ratulations which I sent to him through Right Worshipful and Reverend Dr. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain, who on a later day visited both the lodge and Brother Halstead. The brethren of Censer Lodge No. 172, Macon Mo., have secured valuable property for their new home and I had the pleasure of dedicating this Temple on September 6 in the presence of a large gathering of craftsmen and visitors. After the ceremony the lodge was formed in procession arid, under a splendid escort of Knights Templar from Emmanuel Commandery, the brethren marched to the Court House lawn where appropriate exercises were held

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Addresses were delivered -by Rev. H. L. Reader, Worshipful Master. of Wellston Lodge No. 613, Right Worshipful Ray V. Denslow, and Right Worshipful Dr. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain. Our brethren at Macon deserve all commendation for their zeal and enterprise. Right Worshipful Wm. L. Hamrick, D. D. G. M. of the Fourteenth District, is to be congratulated on the splendid progress which is being made in that District. On September 15, 1920, in the presence of a large number of brethren, and with the assistance of M. W. Brother Wm. F. Kuhn路 and R. W. Brothers O. A. Lucas, W. M. Sams and Chas. T. Kornbrodt, I l:!.ad the honor of dedicating the new Temple of East Gate Lodge No. 630. This ceremony was all the more pleasing to me by .reason of the fact that early in, the Masonic year, I had the privilege of laying the cornerstone. These brethren deserve every commendation for their devotion and I prophesy a brilliant and successful future for their lodge. On September 20, 1920, the evening preceding the convening of the Grand Lodge, the beautiful new Temple of Sheffield Lodge No. 625 was dedicated according to ancient usage. A large attendance of brethren, including a number of Grand Officers, assisted me in the work, and an address appropriate to the occasion was delivered by Rt. Wor. and Rev. Dr. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain. This ceremony completed my year of visitations for special purposes, and it was with a sense of infinite pleasure that I could perform this ceremony for these good brethren. CONSECRATION OF AMERICA LODGE. A charter having been granted the brethren of America Lodge bearing the Number 347, it,was my pleasure to formally constitute and consecrate that Lodge at St. Louis on October 9, 1919, in the presence of a large assemblage of brethren from all parts of the Thirty-third and Fifty-seventh Districts. This Lodge starts out with a great future before it, and I expressed the hope that its members would ever remember the ideals which are inseparably connected with the 'name they- have chosen. INSTALLATIONS. I have had the pleasure of installing the officers of the following lodges: Meridian No. 2 Tuscan No. 360 Sullivan No. 69 Hiram No.__ 362 Erwin No. 121路 Kirkwood No. 484

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Algabil No. 544 Wellston No. 613 Maplewood No. 566 Magnolia No. 626. In every instance I could not help noticing the splendid spirit of harmony and co-operation which is prevailing, and these occasions will long abide among the precious memories of the year. LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION. On December 5, 1919, I had the pleasant task of setting Shaveh Lodge to work under dispensation. This Lodge is well located in the northwest part of the City of St. Louis, and 路begins its career under favorable circumstances. A recent visit to this Lodge convinced me that it is maintaining the high hopes which I had of it when it began its work. The brethren at Montgomery City were granted a dispensation, and on February 9, 1920, I set them to work under happy auspices. On this occasion I was accompanied by Right Worshipful Brother Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain, who rendered valuable service which was much appreciated by the brethren. Right Worshipful Brother John E. Reeds, D. D. G. M. of the Twentyeighth District, is to be commended for the splendid manner in which he has piloted Montgomery Lodge,and I look ~or fine results accruing to this Lodge in the future. LODGES OF INSTRUCTION. I have had the pleasure of attending Lodges of -Instruction at Bonne Terre, Columbia, Milan, St. Louis, and Washington, and in every case I was impressed by the evident desire on the路 part of the brethren to become workmen of whom the Craft at large need not be ashained, perfect in the rendition of the ritual. Great credit is due to our District Lecturers ~nd the Grand Lecturer for the manner in which our work is being done. SPECIAL OCCASIONS. Immediately after entering upon the duties of Grand Master, I was besieged with invitations to visit lodges in various sections of the State for occasions of a special nature, but for reasons already stated, I was able to accep~ only a limited number of these. '1'he places that I ha,,:e been privileged to visit, and the occasions which brought about these special meetings, have left a profound impression upon me as to the prosperity which seems everywhere to abound, and the good will which exists throughout our Grand Jurisdiction. Justice to the brethren concerned, demands that 1 should make brief mention of these events.

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HANNIBAL-On Sept. 26, 1919, I attended a Masonic Soiree at Hannibal, at which I was the guest of St. Jqhn's Lodge No. 28, and Hannibal Lodge No. 188. The weli-nigh perfect arrangements for this gathering were made under the -able leadership of Rt. W. Brother B. E. Bigger, D. D. G. M. who, with an influential committee, carried things to a complete success. Brethren from all the lodges of路 the Fifteenth, and many of the Sixteenth Districts were present, and the Sisters of' Crown and Sceptre Eastern Star Chapter served one of tl:).e finest banquets that could be desired. Dr. Mather on this 路occasion made a speech that greatly impressed the more than four hundred brethren who crowded into the hall. ST. CHARLES---'-On' October 6, 1919, Palestine Lodge No. 24~, celebrated the centennial of the founding of the first Masonic Lodge in St. Charles County. The occasion was in keeping' with the event and advantage was taken of this opportunity to make plans for a new Temple upon which the brethren of this enterprising Lodge have set their hearts. Appropriate addresses were made by Most Worshipful Brother Frank R. Jesse and Right Worshipful Brother Arthur Mather. Brother Isadore Stahlbehl, Worshipful Master, and his brethren deserve hearty congratulations on the manner in which they handled the affair, which was in every way a complete success. ST. JOSEPH-The four lodges' at St. Joseph tendered me an enthusiastic reception on October 27, 1919, at a banquet in the Masonic Temple at St. Joseph. Right Worshipful Brother Orestes Mitchell was toastmaster, and addresses were made by Most Worshipful Brother Jacob Lampert and others. Nearly seven hundred brethren were present at the reception and the occasion was one that will live long in my memory. At the meeting of Charity Lodge No. 331, which followed, I had the pleasure of conferring the Third Degree. Most Worshipful Brother Jacob Lampert, Past Grand Master, deliverefi the Lecture. Right Worshipful Brother William A. Piner, D. D. G. M., has things in fine shape in his District, and is doing splendid service for the Fraternity. 'WELLSVILLE-A memorable day was spent on October 15 with the brethren of Wellsville Lodge No. 194, at which evidences of the good work whic'h is being done throughout the Twentyeighth District were manifest. Right Worspipful Brother John E. R::eeds, D. D. G. M., is a tireless worker and very capable leader. SPRINGFIELD---'The brethren at Springfield having arranged a Masonic Festival during the week of November 17, 1919, I )ac-

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cepted their invitation to be present at the opening, and in company with M. W .. Brother Lampert and. R. W. Brother Dr. Arthur Mather, I spent a pieasant day with them. The brethren of United Lodge No.5, Solomon Lodge No. 271, and Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 arranged the program which included conferring of the degrees by selected teams, and a banquet which was-attended by some five hundred brethren and over which R. W. Brother Bert S. Lee presided as toastmaster. Addresses were made by several of the brethren including M. y.r. Brother Lampert and R. W. Brother Mather. The brethren, led路 Oy their District Deputy Grand Master R.' W. Brother Ernest G. Rathbone, left nothing undone to contribute to its success. M. W. Brothers C. H~ Briggs and Arch A. Johnson were present' and rendered splendid service which was greatly appreciated. ' MIAMI-One of the pleasantest days of the year was spent . with the brethren of the Saline County Masonic Association, at their quarterly meeting held on November 24, 1919. A splendid representation from each of the eight lodges in that District made up a very large gathering, and the work done and the talks made left a good impression. Right Worshipful Brother J. S. Wilson and his splendid corps of helpers are doing a wonderful work for our Fraternity in ;that District. Right Worshipful Dr. Mather made a teping speech on the "Freemasonry of Tomorrow." N'EOSHO-I enjoyed a pleasant visit with the brethren of Neosho Lodge No. 247. R. W. Brother W. A. Phipps, D. D. G. M. t and W. Brother Prettyman proved themselves to be ideal hosts and united their efforts in giving me a real go6d time. My observations enable me to prophesy long and continued usefulness for our Fraternity in that secUonof our State. WELLSTON-Worshipful Brother Harold L. Reader, Worshipful Master of Wellston Lodge N~. 613, who with his enthusiastic corps of officers had arranged a Lincoln Birthday Celebration for February 12, 1920., extended a cordial invitation to the Grand Master to be present, and to participate in the Degree Work which was to be part of. the affai:c.. The occasion was in every way a success and was attended by a large number of brethren from all parts of the City and County of SL Louis. The addresses on this occasioh were delivered by Most Worshipful Brother Frank R. Jesse and Right Worshipful Brother Dr. Arthur Mather. TRENTON-On April 13, 1920, I visited Trenton Lodge No. 111, at Trenton, where a very. enjoyable evening was spent in mingling with the brethren of Grundy County. The Third Degree was con-

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ferred and the principal address was made by Right Worshipful Brother Dr. Arthur Mather. The courtesies extended by the local brethren, headed by the D. D. G. M. Right ·Worshipful B-rother Ray V. Denslow, were of the highest, and I was greatly pleased with all that I saw and heard concerning the condition of the craft in that District. BETHANY-From Trenton, Brother Mather and I journeyed forward to Bethany, where, under the wide-awake leadership of Right Worshipful Brother E. W. Prentiss, D. D. G. M., we were received with open arms and entertained at one of the most sumptuous banquets that I ever attended. It was an added pleasure to meet here with Right Worshipful Brother Fred V. Loos, Grand Chaplain who, with Dr. Mather shared the responsibility of the speak. ing part of the program for the evening. The Third Degree was conferred and the occasion was greatly enjoyed by everyone present. ALBANY-April 15, 1920, was spent at Albany with the brethren of Athens Lodge No. 127. Inclement weather, however, somewhat interfered with the gathering, but not with the enthusiasm and· good w~ll of the brethren. Right Worshipful Brother J. A. Marsh, D. D. G. M., showed every courtesy and spared no pains to make everything pleasant for his visitors. MARYVILLE-On April 16, 1920, I visited Maryville, the county seat of Nodaway County, and enjoyed the fellowship of the craft in that important District. Hight Worshipful Brother Jonathan Stark, D. D. G.• M., and his fellow workers vied with one another in making the occasion a success. FOREST CITY-On April 17, I was the guest of Forest City Lodge No. 214, which held high festival that day in honor of the Grand Master. Space prevents my saying all that is in my heart concerning the efforts of the brethren, but their courtesy will long be remembered. Right Worshipful Brother Howard S. Teare, D. D G. M., is to be congratulated. KIRKWOOD-On April 28, 1920, I attended a most unique meeting of Kirkwood I... odge ·No. 484. The occasion was the "Raising" of the younger son of Rev. Dr. Arthur Mather, and the work was done by Grand' Officers from all parts of the State. There were present Most Worshipful Brothers C. C. Woods, JohnR. Parson, Robert F. Stevenson, D. A. Jamison, C. H. Briggs, W. A. Hall, Jacob Lampert, and Frank R. Jesse. Right Worshipful Brother Wm. F. Johnson, Deputy Grand Master, Most Excellent Herbert

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W. Powers, Grand High Priest, Most Illustrious Louis Moller, Grand Master of Royal and Select Masters, and Brother Alex G. Cochran, Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Scottish Rite,' all of whom participated in the work. In all my experience I have never witnessed just such a scene, and it will be a long time before such a gathering can be duplicated. CAPE GIRARDEAU-May 31, 1920, found me in Cape Girardeau, as the guest of St. Mark's Lodge No. 93. The day being a holiday, was observed as a time of sociability, and the meeting at night partook of that nature. Right Worshipful Brother Dr George W. Walker and his confreres were ceasless in 'their efforts to make my visit pleasant and there was abundant evidence of the wide-awake condition of Freemasonry in this important center. Right Worshipful Brother Mather accompanied me on this trip and contributed greatly to the enjoyment of the evening. MOSCOW MILLS-I accepted the invitation from the brethren of the 29th District to spend. St. John's Day, June 24, 1920, with them in their District Festival, and in company with Dr. Mather, I enjoyed one of the most successful St. John's Day Celebrations in which it has been my good fortune to participate. Ev.erything that could contribute to the success of. the occasion was brought into requisition, more than six hundred partaking of the dinner which had .been prepared by the Sisters of the Eastern Star in conjunction with the Committee on Arrangements, making a record which will long remain. Right Worshipful Dr. W. P. Smith, D. D. G. M., has cause to be proud of the achievements oJ that day. PORTAGEVILLE-On July 9, 1920, I went to Portageville, the guest of Portageville Lodge No. 166. A memorable day was spent with the brethren of the Fi~ty-first District, partly in conferring degrees and partly in social fellowship. The arrangements for the occasion left nothing to be desired, 路and the attendance was abundant eViden6e of the popularity of Freemasonry in Southeast Missouri. ' Right Worshipful Brother Dr. G. C. Bishop and Worshipful Brother Largent deserve all commendation for their efforts. POWERSVILLE-Being. informed that Somerset Lodge No. 206 was to celebrate its Sixti~th Anniversary on July 23, 1920, and also that this Lodge had never had a Grand Master' within its tiled precincts, I accepted the cordial invitation of Worshipful Brother Dr. Cozad, 'Vorshipful Master, and the' brethren of Somerset Lodge, to spend that day with them. On my way thereto, I paid a short visit to Wheeling Lodge No. 434, at which I greatly en-

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joyed the whole-souled 'hospitality of Right Worshipful Brother Richard A. Tharp, D.. D. G. M~, of the Twelfth District. This Lodge also is one that never had a Grand Master in its midst. It was a great pleasure to assist in conferring a degree, and to greet these brethren, if only for a few brief hours. Arriving at Powersville the next day, it was evident that a full program was before us. Five Third Degrees were on the Trestle Board and these together with a banquet of ample proportions witb "speak.. ing" appropriate to such an occasion filled up a busy day that will long be remembered. Right Worshipful Brother John Santee, D. D. G. M., was unable to be with us on that day and we missed his good fellowship. BUCKLIN-On July 24, 1920, I had the pleasure of fraternizing with the brethren of Bucklin Lodge No. 233, greatly enjoying their fellowship' and hospitality. Here, as elsewhere, I met with nothing but kindness and the recollections of this visit will always afford me pleasure and satisfaction. SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' RECEPTIONS. Beacon Lodge No.3,' of St.路 Louis, having determined to welcome home those of their brethren who had been in the service of their country during th~ late war, I was invited to a magnificent banquet which was given at the Statler Hotel, on October 18, 1919. Nearly seven hundred brethren of Beacon Lodge were present and everyone will long entertain pleasant thoughts and reminiscences of the things done and said. It was a great pleasure to represent the Grand Lodge on that occasion. " , Pomegranate Lodge No. 95, of St. Louis, held a similar banquet in recognition of their comrades who had served ,in the war, and it was my pleasure to participate in the event which took place at the American Annex Hotel, on January 31, 1920. I con. gratulate all concerned on the manner in which things were managed and the splendid spirit shown to those who are so worthy of our confidence and esteem. INVITATIONS DECLINED. The Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Maine, through its' Grand Master, Most Worshipful Brother Silas B. Adams, ilotifiedme that the celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of its organization .' would take place on May 5, 1920, and extended a most cordial invitation to be' present. I greatly regret that business duties were such that it was'impossible for me to accept, and I wrote

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Most Worshipful Brother Adams accordingly, at the same time congratulating the Grand Lodge of Maine on the attainment of its Centennial and expressing the hope that the second century would wifness a continuation of its usefulness ~nd prosperity. .The Most Worshipful Grand Master of Iowa, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at the Cedar Rapids Conference last November, tendered me an invitation to visit the Grand Lodge of Iowa at its recent Annual Communication at Fort Dodge. I was compelled for business reasons to decline the same, but assured him in my letter of regret of the good will which the Grand Lodge of Missouri has towards her "daughter" and hoped that they would have a profitable session. GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. Acting on the recommendation made at the last Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, that some one be designated to accompany the Grand Master on his visit to the George Washington Memorial Association, I appointed Most Worshipful Brother Jacob Lampert, Past Grand Master, to undertake this duty, and in his company. journeyed to Alexandria, Va., attending the annual meeting of the Association on February 23, 1920. This Association was organized ten years ago by representatives of several Grand Lodges in different parts of the United States, for the following purposes: First, to erect at Alexandria, Va., where he held Masonic membership and served as Worshipful Master, a suitable memorial to George Washington, the Freemason, and second, to construct a safe and enduring building in w~ich ~o deposit and preserve through all time the priceless relics now owned and in possession of Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22, of the Grand Jurisdiction of Virginia: The movement has the endorsement of all the Grand Lodges or their Grand Masters except two, and those two will undoubtedly approve and cooperate when the purposes of the Association have become better under-' . stood. The Memorial Temple will be erected in Alexandria upon a beautiful site presented by -the brethren of Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22, on Shooter's Hill, which was originally selected by Thomas Jefferson for our National Capitol Building. The temple, when completed, will be not only a memorial to one of the. greatest Freemasons of all time, and a depository of the famous Washington relics, but it will become a Masonic centera rallying路 point for Freemasons, not only of our own country, but

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of every land. The progress of the movement has been slow because the promoters desired to engage the interest and cooperation of all,the Grand Lodges to the end that it might become a free-will offering in which every Freemason in the United States - would have opportunity to share. Until quite recently, .the funds have been raised only from the sale of life memberships and from contributions from Grand Lodges because it was deemed inadvisable to accept individual contributions until sufficient progress had been made to insure against any possible failure. That point has now been reached. The' Association has title to the site and $25,000.00 in hand, so there can be no question that the memorial will be built. Organized plans are now under way to reach every lodge in the United States and solicit from it an amount equivalent to $1.00 per capita of its membership. Freemasonry throughout the country is prosperous as never before, and it seems that it should not be difficult for the lodges to raise such a sum for so worthy a cause. Some of the Grand Jurisdictions are well under way toward the goal. I was greatly impressed by what I' heard and saw and am convinced of the worthiness and merit of the enterprise. I feel sure that it will meet with a sympathetic response from the Freemasons of Missouri, but having in mind the fact of the overwhelming and imperative need of our Masonic Home at this time and well knowing the hazard of路 under~aking too much, I hesitate to make any specific recommendation to you, rather desiring to turn over the entire matter to the earnest consideration of the incoming Grand Master. MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION. Agreeably to ,the provisions made at our last Annual Communication concerning the Masonic Service Association, I attended the Annual Meeting of the Association held at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on November 11th, 12th and 13th, in company with Most W~rship颅 ful Brother C. H. Briggs, Most Worshipful Brother Jacob Lampert and Right Worshipful Brother George S. McLanahan. Thirty-four Grand Jurisdictions were represented and the sessions were animated and rleasant throughout. The impression concerning the scope and magnitude of this undertaking, together with the far-reaching consequences involved,

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which I received at the meeting, and which has since been increased by correspondence coming to me from the Executive Committee, convinces me that this whole matter is taking on proportions which were not comprehensively before our Grand Lodge when our committee was created one year ago, and I am of the ' opinion that the matter is of such imp0.rtance that it should receive the careful attention of a Special Committee of this Grand Body, whose duty it shall be to go very thoroughly into ev~ry phase of the movement, and bring in suitable recommendations as to our future relations to this Organization.

I therefore respectfully recommend that the Committee on Grand Master's Address, name a Special Committee of three for the specific purpose of investigating the scope, merit, and usefulness of the Masonic Service Association, so that this Grand Lodge can intelligently determine what our future relations to it shall be. I路 greatly enjoyed the fellowship of the occasion and my brethren from Missouri united in their efforts to do justice to our Grand Lodge. Most Worshipful Brother Briggs was elected a member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Central Division. Doubtless he and the other members of the ~pecial Committee will favor us with their impressions of the gathering. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. At the last Annual Communication of our Grand Lodge, the Report of the Committee on Grand Master's Address made the following recommendation which was adopted: "We recommend that the matter of celebrating the centenary of this Grand Lodge be referred to a Special Committee to be appointed by the incoming Grand Master and ask the Ways and Means Committee to appropriate for the expenses of that celebration such a sum as may be needed, not to exceed three thousand dollars. Your Committee asks that the celebration be held in 1920, one year before we complete our Centenary as a Grand Lodge." \ Complying with that provision, I appointed a Centennial Celebration Committee composed of Most Worshipful Brothers W. F . . Kuhn, D. M. Wilson and ArcJl A. Johnson. This Committee met in due course and found upon investigation that in their opinion, it would take from fortY"five hundred to five thousand dollars to properly care for the celebration. They also found that the Ways and Means Committee had failed to provide the appropriation mentioned in the recommendation above

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quoted. In this dilemma, they appealed to me. I requested the Committee on Jurisprudence to give me the benefit of their advice on the matter and found from them that it would be inadvisable to sanction the expenditure of the money called for, in the absence of an appropriation by the Ways and Means Committee. I therefore acquainted the Chairman of the Centennial Celebration Committee with the facts as presented to J!1e and told him that I could not see my way clear to authorize the expenditure of so large a sum of money for the purpose, especially when the Grand Lodge had sanctioned the expenditure of a sum not to exceed three thousand dollars. BOARD OF RELIEF. Among the most valuable agencies for good in the Masonic Fraternity are the organized Boards of Relief, which are at work in various parts of our Grand Jurisdiction, and the one located at "S1. Louis is a model worth copying. The St. Louis Board has a membership of eighty and meets every Saturday night under the wise leadership of Right; Worshipful Brother Andrew J. O'Reilly, who is also Secretary of the Associated Boards of Relief of the United States and Canada. It was my pleasure recently, to attend a meeting of the St. Louis Board and to become acquainted in some measure with the work which it is doing. The membership is composed of two from each lodge in the Thirty-third District and is truly cosmopolitan in its make-up. Lawyers, physicians, merchants, mechanics, clergymen, undertakers, the city jailer, representatives from the Hospital Commissioner's office and various city institutions, together with successful men who have relinquished active business careers, devote their best talents to this organization, and no one can compute the value of the service which they are rendering to the fraternity. Withou"t the sound of axe, hammer or any tool of iron, these brethren are endeavoring to uplift the unfortunate and to weed out the unworthy. They deserve the highest commendation which the Grand Lodge can give them for their untiring and unselfish\ labors. I sincerely appreciate the cordiality extended in their welcome to me on my visit and wish them long continued success in their endeavors. EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. The work of the St. Louis Masonic Employment Bureau is progressing with satisfactory strides. For a long time this institution has been doing excellent work and the indications .are that

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it is to becom~ one of the most valuable adjuncts of our Masonic endeavor. Mo'st Worshipful Brother Frank R. Jesse, who has reo cently been elected Secretary of the Bureau, is throwing his energies into the work and I bespeak the co-operation of all our cra.ftsmen, especially in St. Louis and vicinity, with this valuable agency. If brethren who are employers of labor will avail themselves of the resources of the Bureau, it will be a great factor in extending its usefulness. MASONIC HOME. Without doubt, the right arm of our Masonic usefulness is in the direction of applied chari~y as represented in our beloved Masonic Home, and too much cannot be said of the value of this institution. For nearly a generation, this great work has been on the heart of the Grand Lodge, and its usefulness has been continually on the increase. Second to none in the whole country, it is doing a work the' value of which cannot be estimated, and its limit 13 measured only by its resources and physical capacity. The rapid growth of the craft in our Grand Jurisdiction with the consequent enlargement of our responsibility as our brother's keeper is causing anxious thought on the part of those most intimately associated with the working~ of this institution, and I confess that no problem has been so much on my heart during the year as has been the future of our Masonic Home. In the last fifteen years our membership in the lodges of Missouri has more than doubled, and the year just closing has brought in more than ten thousand men, all ~f whom are eligible to the rights and privileges of Freemasonry, among which, are the benefits of the Masonic Home. For nearly thirty-five years we have been laboring to carryon effectively the work of this worthy agency, and all are proud of the achievements which have been made. The work of the past, however, has been done by those of a g'eneration now fast passing, and it is incumbent upon those who are now entering into the privileges thus founded to devise ways and means whereby路 they may become participants co-operatively in this great work. There are two avenues open to us through which we may' work. One is by increasing the per capita assessment to such a sum as will adequately take care of the future. The other is by enacting such- legislation as will make it obligatory for every applicant for the degrees to deposit with his petition fee, an additional sum, such as may be determined by this Grand Lodge, to be paid to the Masonic Home for its benefit. I have given long and careful

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thought to both methods and am of the opinion that to raise the peI" capita tax would not be wise, and I am not sure that it would fully meet the case. The second method, I believe, w<?uld solve our problem. I therefore recommend that the officers of the Masonic Home bring to the attention of this Grand Lodge,路 at its present Communication, some suggestion looking to路 the establishment of a larger income to its funds, by means of which this most worthy institution may be adequately perpetuated. WAIVER GRANTED. I waived jurisdiction in favor of Apollo Lodge No. 461, of Cantrill, Iowa, over Elman Shannon, residing within the territory of Memphis Lodge No. 16 of Memphis. DISPENSATIONS. There have been numerous applications for Special Dispensation for various purposes. The merits of these have been carefully investigated, and when not in conflict with our laws and usages, they have been granted. A full list of these appears in the report of the Grand Secretary.DISPENSATION REFUSED. Lexington Lodge No. 149 of Lexington, asked for a路dispensation to appear in full regalia and to take part in the celebration of American Legion Day at Lexington on May 31. I refused the request on the ground that the occasion had no Masonic significance and did not come under any law or' the Grand Lodge that would warrant a dispensation. AUTHORITY TO SOLICIT FUNDS REFUSED. I refused consent to several organizations to appeal to the lodges for funds for their various building enterprises, pointing out that there are so many worthy cases, that to give authority to one would work embarassment on the others and to the lodges in general. CONSENT TO BORROW MONEY GRANTED. Skidmore Lodge No. 511, located at Skidmore, requestedauthority to borrow $6000 with which to cpmplete the purchase of a suitable building for its permanent home. Upon careful in-

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vestigation by R. W. Brother Jonathan Stark, D. D. G. M., and on his recommendation, I gave' the necessary permission. Ewing Lodge 'No. 577, located at Ewing, requested permission to borrow $500 for its new hall. After conference with R. W. Bro_ther B. E. Bigger, D. D. G. M., I granted the permission. Craft Lodge No. 287, located at Canton, requested authority to borrow $5000.00 with which to acquire a new building. After careful. investigation by R. W. Brother B. E. Bigger, D. D. G. M., and on his recommendation, I granted the necessary permission.. Tyro Lodge No. 12, located at Caledonia, Mo., is building a new te'mple to replace the one which was destroyed by fire. This lodge needed $2500.00 wit~ which to complete the enterprise. On the assurance that the lodge had no o,ther debts or liabilities and upon the recommendation of R. W. Brother. Chas. E. Pyle, D. D. G M., I gave the necessary consent. Rutledge Lodge No. 572, located at Rutledge, requested authority to borrow $300.00 with which to complete the purchase of a new hall. Upon the recommendation of R. W. Brother H. N. Martin, D. D. G. M., permission was granted. FOREIGN RELATIONS. The relations of the Grand Lodge of路 Missouri with other Granq. Lodges with which we are in fraternal fellowship continue to be of a happy and harmonious nature. I have had considerable correspondence on a matter involving rights of visitation, in which a member of one of our lodges, residing within the Jurisdiction of the York Grand Lodge of Mexico, is concerned.. I have placed this correspondence in the hands of M. W. Brother W. F. Kuhn, Chairman of our Committee on路 Recognition of Foreign G~and Lodges, and he will present the findings of that Committee to you in due time. \ MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS. I received the following letter from M. W. Brother Dorsey A. Jamison, President of the Masq.nic Temple Association of St.Louis: September'23rd, 1919. Hon. Julius C. Garrell, Grand Master of Masons, St. Louis, Missouri. Dear Sir and M. W. Brother: At theregul.ar annual meeting of the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis held on last Thursday; September

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18, 1919, the delegates duly assembled, unanimously approved and accepted the action of the M. W. Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of the State of Missouri, with reference to that Grand Body becoming an active member of the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis, by accepting and ratifying the action of the Grand Lodge in modifying the proposition previously made by this Association to the Grand Lodge, for it to' become an active member of said Associationthat is to say, by the Grand Lodge adopting the majority report of its Masonic Temple Committee, it agreed to become an active member of the Masonic' Temple Association of St. Louis, and to pay to said Association, its proportionate. share toward the maintenance and up-keep of the proposed new Temple Building, which proportionate share should not exceed $1800.00 per annum; and, also, the Grand Lodge agreeing to pay to the Masonic Temple Association the sum of $8,000.00 each year for the period of fifteen (15) yearsthe first payment to commence in the year of 1919. All of which was approved of and accepted by the Masonic Temple Association as aforesaid. At said meeting of the Masonic Temple Association, the undersigned were also ordered and directed to advise you, and the Grand Lodge through you, of the action of the delegates at said session of said Annual Communication, and to express to the Grand Lodge, through you, the high appreciation of the Association of its having become, as aforesaid, an active member of the Masonic Temple Associationnot only for the amount of money which the Grand Lodge has undertaken to contribute toward the erection of this Masonic Temple Building, but also, the appreciation of the spirit and sentiment exhibited in the Grand Lodge by the unanimous vote of the members of the Grand Lodge in adopting the majority report of the committee. We desire in this connection also to express to you personally, the appreciation of our Association to you, for selecting as delegates to the Association, men of such high standing and character as M. W. Brothers C. H. Briggs, Jacob Lampert, and Frank R. Jesse. We dare say, that they will add wisdom and dignity to the Association, which is composed of the delegates from other Masonic organizations, as well as delegates from the Grand Lodge.

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Wishing you grea't success in the administration of the affairs of the Grand Lodge during your term of office, we are, Very respectfully, THE MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS By Dorsey A. Jamison, Pres. Attest:

Edw. F. Nolte, Acting Secretary. APPOINTMENTS.

Several changes have occurred in the roll of District Deputy Grand Masters during the year, consequent upon death, leaving thedistrict, etc. The list of the new appointments is as follows: Walter A. Craven, 11th District.. Robert A. May, 16th District. J. E. Millsap, 38th District. Joe W. Gravely, 41st District. Ralph L. Wardin, 43rd District. Willard P. Taylor, 44th District. Charles F. Funkhouser, 53rd District. LIBERTY BONDS. On October 7, 1919, I gave my consent to the Grand Secretary to purchase $5000 Liberty Bonds, for which he paid $4795.07. RECOMMENDATIONS. Relative to that part of the Grand Master's duty which reo. quires him to recommend to the Grand Lodge such measures as he路 deems expedient, it is my opinion, from what I have observed, that but little suggestion is needed from me, beyond those already referred to in the specific items herein before alluded to. I am persuaded, however, that the usefulness of our fraternity can be enhanced, if means are instituted whereby our District Deputy Grand Masters can, from time to time, be brought together, say in sections, in different parts of the state. Mutual consultation and fellowship of this kind would have a splendid effect upon the craft at large through such communion, and it is possible that the Grand Lecturer could be the medium through which such meetings could be arranged.

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Careful observation in my visits throughout the state during the year, convinces me that our law as to the time that must elapse between the conferring of the degrees, needs revision, and I therefore respectfully recommend that a period of at least one month be required to elapse after the reception of the first degree, in order that the candidate may serve a lawful time as an Entered Apprentice before he is eligible to be passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft; an'd that a similar period be required to pass before the candidate is eligible for the Master Mason Degree. I further recom.mend that the dignity, solemnity and importance of the. three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry be protected by making it a Masonic offense in this jurisdiction to solicit or to propose a Master Mason for membership in any organization, for which that' standing is a qualification, until he has been a Master. Ma~on for a period not less than three months after he has passed a satisfactory examination in the Master Mason Degree. The confusion which has followed in the wake of the late war, consequent upon our having to request foreigIiGrand Jurisdictions to confer the degrees upon our candidates, leads me to the conclusion that from this time forward, the Grand Lodge of Missouri should cease to make these requests. Such a proceeding would greatly simplify matters in the keeping of our records, and would insure complete uniformity in the work done. I recommend that in case a petitioner is elected and then desires to withdraw his petition, he be allowed to do so, his fees being returned and his standing路 then being the same as that of one who has never applied for the degrees. The practice which has obtained for some time past of granting certificates of good standing to members desirous of transferring membership has been a fruitful cause of serious confusion in the office of the Grand Secretary, often resulting in members being carried on the records of two lodges at the same time. I therefore recom.mend that in future the method of transfer be conducted through the office of the G;and Secretary and that a fee be charged, the same to accompany the request for the certificate. I respectfully recommend that Section 42 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws be amended so as to require the full amount that is charged for the degrees to accompany the petition. , I recommend that in case a Master or Past Master is expelled or suspended for unmasonic conduct, restoration to good standing shall not restore the rank of Past Master, nor membership in the Grand Lodge.

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.Brother A. McGarry, Secretary of Kansas' City Lodge No. 220, wrote me that an amendment to change the by-laws of the Lodge, for tlie purpose of creating the office of Assistant Secretary, had b~en proposed, and asked if said office could be legally created. Answer: No. A brother .asks "Is it right for any Lodge in this state to use a code?" Answer:

No.

R. W. Brother H. A. Stearns wrote that Clifton Lodge No. 463 had a Fellow Craft who, since he received the Second Degree, lost . the second and third fingers of his right hand, and asked· if he was eligible to receive the Master Mason Degree.

Answer:

Yes.

Brother G. R. .Shelley, Secretary of Green Ridge Lodge No. 425 of Green Ridge, wrote that the Lodge expelled a brother, against whom no charges had been preferred. I wrote him that the action of the Lodge was set aside; that the Lodge erred in expelling him when no charges were pending against him. .

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Right Wor,shipful Brother Willard P. Taylor, D. D. G. M. of the 44th District, asked: "Is a member of the Masonic Home family required to pay Lodge dues?" Answer: It seems to me that his Lodge should have remitted his dues. However, if the Lodge refuses to do so, nothing can be done by you or me. In my opinion, there is no way of co.nipelling the Lodge to remit the dues, except by action of the Grand Lodge. Brother H. C. Steele, Secretary of Frankford Lodge No. 192, asked the following questions: 1. Can a Master Mason who has been raised since 1908 and who has not passed a satisfactory examination as to his proficiency, l€gally serve on a Committee on a petition for the degrees?

Answer: 2.

Answer: 3.

Yes.

Can he legally recommend a petitioner? .Yes.

Can he legally hold an appointive office?

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'" 4. Can a Lodge legally examine a candidate as to his proficiency at a special communication? Answer:

Yes.

Brother Lon P. Eversden of St. Louis, asks a number of questions concerning a petition that was not signed by the petitioner. Answer: Failure to sign a petition for the mysteries makes the document equivalent to no petition at all, and all steps taken thereunder are nun and void. Brother C. C. Slowensky asks: "Can a brother who has not passed his examination in the third degree legally object to the initiation of a candidate?" Answer:

No.

Rt. Wor. Brother Wm. M. Sams asked: "Can a member of a Missouri Lodge, who resides outside the state, transfer his membership to another Missouri Lodgr;?" Answer:

No. INVASION OF TERRITORY.

Early in the year, Right Worshipful Brother W. A. Phipps, D. D. G. M., of the 56th Distr.ict, informed me of an alleged invasion of the territory of Granby Lodge No. 514, by Neosho Lodge No. 247, in which the former claimed an amount equal to double the fees collected from the' candidates involved. Brother Phipps decided that inasmuch as the invasion was purely inadvertent and Neosho Lodge had not knowingly transgressed but had acted in good faith, it be required to pay the amo~nt received from the candidates. On Brother Phipps acquainting me with his decision, and after a conference with representatives of Granby Lodge, held in Neosho, I concurred therein. The Brethren of Granby Lodge not being satisfied with the decision now appeal to the Grand Lodge. CHARTER ARRESTED. Some weeks ago, Right Worshipful Thomas F. Hurd, D. D. G. M. of the 17th Masonic District, in reporting on the work in his District, called my attention to Stoutsville Lodge No. 592, located at Stoutsville. It appears that dissension had crept into the Lodge, and Brother Hurd expressed the fear that harmony could not be

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restored. From experience gained elsewhere during the year, I clung to the hope that the case of Stoutsville Lodge might be adjusted without resorting to the extreme measure of arresting the charter. I therefore wrote Brother Hurd, suggesting that another effort be made to restore the Lodge to its former usefulness. On September 4, Brother Hurd replied that, after exerting every possible influence, he was decidedly of the opinion that nothing could be accomplished and recommended the immediate arrest of the charter. I therefore, most reluctantly, issued instructions for its arrest, and the case is now before the Grand Lodge for disposition. 째

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. lam perfectly sure that all the distinguished brethren who have occupied this Chair before me, have found out by experience, the valuable asset which the Grand Lodge possesses iIi its Grand Secretary-the Grand Old Man of Missouri Freemasonry. During the year now closing I have had innumerable opportunities of availing myself of Most Worshipful Brother Parson's wisdom, advice, and good judgment, and he has been a tower of stren~th to me at all otimes. Faithful in that which is least, as well as in matters of large import, is the chief characteristic of our belov~~ friend and brother, who has done so much to dignify and adorn the craft in our commonwealth. I pray that he may long be spared to occupy his place among us. May the blessings of Heaven ~e upon him always. To another good brother, I am more than debtor. Right Worshipful J. R. McLachlan, our Grand Lecturer, has been instant in season and out of season. He has rendered inestimable service to me while occupying the Grand East. His work throughout the Grand Jurisdiction is worthy of all praise, and if his timeo'during the coming year will permit him to hold some Lodges of Instruction for the District Lecturers in different sections of the State, he will in my opinion, confer a lasting benefit upon the craft in Missouri. To the District Deputy Grand Masters of the fifty-nine Masonic Districts of the State, I am deeply indebted. They are worthy brethren and have demonstrated their fitness for the confidence which has been reposed in them. In each of the Districts that I have been permitted to visit, I have been greatly impressed with what I have seen of their work, and I am not surprised that we have this year had the largest increase in membership in the history of the Grand Lodge, for with such representa째

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tive men in the lead in. our several districts, the result could not well be otherwise. Without making invidious distinctions, I must mention the names of Right Worshipful Brothers. Dr. Will M. Sams of Kansas City, Willard P. Taylor of Joplin, A. Stratford Fuller of Maplewood, and William A. Sommers of St. Louis, whose striking qualifications have won golden opinions, and whose inceSsant labors have helped me to reach this day with whatever success -has been attained. I am under great and lasting obligations to. Most Worshipful Brothers Jacob Lampert and Frank R. Jesse, Past Grand Masters, for invaluable services路of various kinds which they have so willingly rendered. All who know them, however, know this to be a leading characteristic of each of these good brethren. To Right Worshipful and Reverend Brother Dr. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain, I am indebted, and so is the craft throughout the State, for much courtesy and splendid service 路of a kind which can be -rendered only by one who is so excellently equipped with Masonic knowledge, and whose culture, education, and kindness have so greatly endeared him to us all. Dr. Mather has traveled far and wide with me during the year, and the brethren, everywhere, hav.e appreciated his help, and 1?:ave not been slow in recognizing the great value of. the services which he has rendered, and is rendering the Fraternity in Missouri. Any lodge ought to be rroud of having such a valuable asset in its membership. CONCLUSION. And now, my dear Brethren, my task is nearly done, and from my hand tho gavel of authority which you placed therein will soon pass to another. I cannot let this occasion go by without once more assuring you of my deep and abiding appreciation of your confidence and affection which have been manifested throughout the years of my official.connection with this Grand Lodge, especially during the last twelve months of administrative responsibility. Words fail me in which to adequately express the deep sentiments which are at this moment in my heart. This much I will say, however, that while our beloved Brotherhood is rich in the possession of many who are more highly gifted and endowed, yet I yield to none in my loyalty to this time-honored institution, which inculcates Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth; whose principal working tool symbolizes that most of all to-be-desired society of those who can best work and best agree. In the year just

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closing, we have, in Missouri, grown stronger numerically, financially, and influentially, and we come to the end of our first cen路 tury of endeavor with a membership ninety thousand strong. This fact, however, makes us realize, more and more, that the strength and permanency of our Institution cannot be main路 tatned by numbers if our purpose is not primarily that of laying the foundations of true and noble manhood and the exemplification of sacrificial service toward mankind. Perhaps our greatest obligation at the present time is that of protecting the fraternity from the admit'sion of the unworthy,路 and especially from those who are unmindful of their duties to God, their country, and humanity at large; and who cannot or do not understand what true citizenship and fraternal fellowship mean. While the inner door of our tiled lodges should ever swing wide open for the reception of the worthy and well-qualified, it should as readily close tightly against those whose curiosity or ambitions do not square with those ideals so frequently set before us in all our Masonic teachings. Let Freemasonry continue to be a beneficent, unambitious, and disinterested guide, ever showing forth an abiding faith in humanity, and an unconquerable hope for the future prosperity of the world. And may we individually, in loving kindness, press ever onward in the great cause of universal truth and righteousness, being quick to shatter idols that hold the souls of men in bondage, always mindful of our . responsibility to Almighty God, ever remembering that "In His Court of High Chancery, the rules of right and not of might will be strictly enforced against those who have taken unjustly, wealth, rank, influence, reputation or affection." And "the God of love and peace will delight to dwell with and bless us." Fraternally submitted, JULIUS C. GARRELL,

Grand Master.

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REPORT OF THE GRAND SECRETARY. M. W. Bro. John R. Parson, Grand Secretary, presented the report of Grand Secretary; showing that for the sixteenth time every lodge in the state had made returns; also stated there had been a net increase in membership of 10,650. To the Grattd Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri:

Dear Brethren: 路According to custom and the Grand Lodge law, the following report of official work in the office of Grand Secretary is presented for your consideration covering the period between September 10, 1919, and September 9, 1920. NEW LODGES. Two new ledges, chartered at the last session of the Grand Lodge, were set at work according to law, and are named and located' as follows: Chartered September 17, 1919. America Lodge No. 347, at St. Louis, 33d District. Altamont Lodge No. 108, at Altamont, Daviess County, 10th Diat. PROCEEDINGS DISTRIBUTED. . The Proceedings of 1919 were printed and distributed 60 days after the session. DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. By order of M. W ..Bro. Julius C. Garrell, Grand Master, commissions were sent to the fifty-nine District Deputy Grand Masters by him appointed. COMMISSIONS RECEIVED. Grand Master Garrell recommended for appointment as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Panama near the Grand Lodge of MissouriRt. W. Bro. Richard H. Woods Versailles COMMISSI.ONS TO GRAND REPRESENTATIVES. Grand Master Garrell appointed the following Brethren as Grand Representatives of Missouri near sister Grand Lodges: Manitoba Frank W. Buggey Rivers Panama ' Percival C. Cunha Panama Queensland R. Thorburn Brisbane ARRESTED CHARTER. For failure to make returns and pay Grand Lodge per capita tax, Grand Master Garrell has ordered arrest of Charter of Stoutsville Lodge No. 592, at Stoutsville, Monroe County, 17th District.

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DUPLICATE CHARTERS. By order of.. Grand Master Garrell dupl-icate charters were issued to the following lodges: Point Pleasant Lodge No.Âˇ176 Ball destroyed by fire Jan. 5,1920 Clark Lodge No. 610 Hall destroyed by fire Mch. 28, 1920 LODGES CONSOLIl?ATED. Prairie Hill Lodge No. 546, with twenty Master Masons in good standing, consolidated with Salisbury Lodge No. 208 under name and number of the latter lodge, November 18, 1919. â&#x20AC;˘'Voodlawn Lodge No. 223, after reporting and paying dues on thirteen members August 3, 1920, voted to consolidate with Madison I.Jodge No. 91 under the name and number of the latter lodge, and the same was accordingly done on August 24, 1920. VACANCIES IN OFFICE OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. Grand Master Garrell appointed the following Brethren to fill vacancies in office, and commissions were issued accordingly: 11th District-W. A. Craven, Excelsior Springs, vice Emsley' C. James. 16th District-Robert A. May, Louisiana, vice A. C. Behringer. 38th District-.r. E. Millsap, Lebanon, vice H. T. Wright. 41st District-Joe 'V. Gravely, Bolivar,' vice Jno. lVI. Chamberlin. 43d District-Ralph L. Ward in, Nevada. 44th District-Willard P. Taylor, Joplin, vice B. R. Elliott. 53d Distriet-Chas. F. :F'unl,houser, West Plains, vice Ib- A. Stearns. LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION. Grand Master Garrell granted dispensations for eight new.lodges as follows: October 22, 1919, Orient Lodge; Kansas City, Jackson County, 35 p~titioners, 22d District. _ December 2, 1919, Shaveh Lodge; St. Louis, 34 petitioners, 33d District. . . December 5, 1919, Noel Lodge; Noel, McDonald County, 22 petitioners, 56th District. January 12, 1920, Montgomery Lodge; Mon,tgomery City, Montgomery County, 68 petitioners, 28th District. . January 17, 1920, Elmer Lodge; Elmer, Macon County, 20 petitioners, 14 th District. February 7, 1920, University Lodge; University- City, St. Louis County. 4fl petitionerH. !i7th District. March 30, 1920. Parma Lodge; Parma, New Madrid County, 22 petitioners, .51st District. May 11, 1920, Cleveland Lodge; Cleveland, Cass County, 22 petitioners, 34th Distri.ct. BLANKS FOR ANNUAL RETURNS. Two copies were mailed June 1st to each lodge together with circular giving full information as to method of making returns; and on July 10th a SEALED circular was sent to all non-reporting lodgeff calling attention to the law governing the making of these annual returns; notwithstanding this warning, there were 22 delinquent lodges on August 1st. Twenty-one of these delinquents have now reported and paid Grand Lodge per capita. tax. DELINQUENT LODGE. For' failure to comply with the law, Stoutsville Lodge No. 592 will have its Charter revoked according to "law, by recommendation of its District Deputy Grand Master. In this connection, may it be noted that our efficient District Deputy Grand Masters, in many instances, drove miles over bad roads to round up these procrasti-

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nating lodges; and our grateful thanks are hereby recorded. Also, special thanks are路 due to Rt. W. Bro. Davidson, Past District Deputy Grand Master, whose ,persistent and unremitting efforts finally cleared the Sixth District of two dilatory lodges, in the absence of its District Deputy. LODGE RETURNS. Returns show unprecedented growth of membership in the lodges there being a net gain of 10,650. STA TISTICAL. Number of Chartered Lodges in the jurisdiction Number of Chartered Lodges making returns Number of members in lodges making returns Number of members (1919) in one non-reporting lodge Number of members in lodges U. D Total number of Master Masons in the jurisdiction Net gain in membership for the year

643 . 642 . . 89,901 22 . 493 .. 90,416 . . 10,650

BLANKS FOR REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. Blanks for these reports were sent .Tuly 15th to the District Deputy Grand Masters of the several Masonic Districts. SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS To Lay Corner Stones. C. H. Briggs, P. G. M.-High SchOOl at Summersville. Ralph E. Sweeney, P. M.-High School at Chilhowee. Chas. E. Pyle, D. D. G. M.-Hall of Tyro Lodge No. 12, Caledonia. Ralph L. Wardin, D. D. G. M.-Annex to Lamar High School. C. H. Briggs, P. G. M.-Christian County Court House. C. H. Brigg's, P. G. M.-Masonic Templ~, Greenfield. Jonathan Stark, D. D. G. M.-Quitman Lodge Hall. S. P. Cunningham, D. D. G. M.-W1lliam Woods College. C. H. Briggs, P. G. M.-Methodist Church at Buckner. R. B. Campbell, D. D. G. M.-Methodist Church at Rich Hill. G. C. Bishop, D. D. G. M.-Masonic Hall at Hornersville. C. H. Briggs, P. G. M.-Missionary Baptist Church at Dexter. C. H .. Briggs, P. G. M.-M. E. Church South at Blodgett. Thornton Jennings, D. D. G. M.-Shawnee Mound High School. Geo. W. Walker, D. D. G. M.-Hall of Zalma Lodge. Carl A. Swenson, D. D. G. M.-Norwood High School. REBALLOTS. Solomon No. 271. Clinton No. 548. Missouri No. 1. Beacon No. 3 (5). Wellston No. 613. Higbee No. 527 (2). Benjamin Franklin No. 642. Mt. Moriah No. 40 (2). Shekinah No. 256 (5). America No. 347 (3). Chilhowee No. 487. , Jennings No. 640 (3). Clay No. 207. Jonathan No. 321. Centertown No. 611. Ark No.6. . Grain Valley No.路 644. Cornerstone No. 323 (3). Naphtali No. 25 (5). Richland No. 385. North Star No. 157. Tuscan No. 360 (3):

Altamont No. 108. Webster Groves No. 84. Richmond No. 57 (9). Trilumina No. 205 Maplewood No. 566. Leadwood No. 598: Clayton No. 601. Triangle No. 638 (4). University U. D. Caruthersville No. 461 (3). Tower Grove' No. 631 (2). Breckenridge No. 334. Olive Branch No. 576. Gate of the Temple No. 422. Cambridge No. 63. Leadwood No. 598. Aurora No. 267 (3). Heroine No. 104. Blue Springs No. 337. Sheffield No. 625. North West No. 358. Vincil No. 62.

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Butler No. 254. Harmony No. 499. Russellville No. 90. Portagevme No. 166. Apollo No. 529. Twilight No. 114. Gate City No. 522 (3).

Trinity No. 641 (3). Florida No. 23. Calhoun No. 552. St. James No. 230. Hayti No. 671 (3). Meridian No.2. Plattsburg No. 113. Mt. Vernon No. 99.

DEDICATION OF HALLS. Chas. E. Pyle, D. D. G. M.-Belgrade No. 632. E . .T. Koch, D. D. G. M., Salem No. 225. G. C. Bishop, D. D. G. M., Point Pleasant No. 176. W. D. Rogers, D. D. G. M., Moniteau No. 296. James F. Blair, D. D. G. M., Strasburg No. 604. Jonathan Stark, Skidmore No. 511.

TO MEET IN OTHER HALLS. Magnolia No. 626. St. Louis No. 20. Tower Grove No. 631. Fellowship No. 345. Joplin No. 335. Mizpah No. 639.

Heroine No. 104. Bwing No. 577. University U. D. Bast Gate No. 630. Beacon No.3.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Elvins No. 599. Kirksville No. 105. Adair No. 366. Urich No. 286. Brookfield No. 86. Strafford No. 608. Albert Pike No. 219. Heroine No. 104. Westport No. 340. Kansas City No. 220. Gate City No. 522. Louisville No. 409. East Gate No. 630. Arcana No. 389.

Ninevah No. 473. Sampson No. 298. Queen City No. 380. Hermann No. 123. Easter No. 575. ' Rock Prairie No. 269. Pittsville No. 428. Nodaway No. 470. Doric No. 300. Clark No. 610. Tiff City No. 569. Claflin No. 229. La Plata No. 237. Shamrock No. 686. MISCELLANEOUS

Public Installation, Advance No. 590. COURTESIES RECEIVED AND GRANTED. By direction of Grand Master Garrell, 404 requests. have been sent to sister Grand Jurisdictions to confer degrees for Missouri lodges; and 229 requests have been received by lodges in Missouri to confer degrees for sister Grand Jurisdictions.

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TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS. Railroads in the State have agreed to sell round-trip tickets at one and one-third fare on the Certificate Plan. Circulars giving railroad and hotel rates were mailed to all lodges September 7th and copies of same may be found in the Granq. Lodge. . APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES. All petitions sent to this office have been delivered to Chairman of the Committee, Rt. W. Bro. Thos. F. Hurd.

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Grand Lodge of Missouri GRAND LODGE PROPERTY.

The Grand Lodge has made another investment in Liberty Loan bonds; Grand Master Garrell purchased five $1,000 bonds at $4,795.07, which he considered a good investment; and, these bonds together with ten $1,000 Liberty Loan--bonds, previously bought, arc deposited in the name of the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, in safe deposit box in the Mississippi Valley Trust Company, St. Louis. Interest amounting to $679.45 has been received on this account since my last report. . DEAD LODGE PROPERTY. Since the last session of Grand Lodge, Rt. W. Bro: Jno. E. Reeds, D. D. G. M., of the 28th District, has sent the sum of $140.57-cash ill the treasury of defunct Montgomery City Lodge No. 246, and $50 cash received from sale of regalia and furnishings. Also Rt. W. Bro. W. A. Phipps, D. D. G. M. of the 56th District, has sent the sum of $59.60 'cash in the treasury of defunct PiI!eville Lodge No. 108, and $82.50 cash received from sale of their property; all of which Is shown under head of receipts.

MASONIC HOME. Warrant No. 154 for $38.75 was issued to the Masonic Home on June 30, 1920, to cover five-sevenths of back dues collected since September 10, 1919. The per路 capita tax for 1920 to and including September 9th, together with arrears received since July 1, 1920, amounts to $157,692, five-sevenths of which-$112,637.14, has been turned over to the Masonic Home. RECAPITULATION. Five-sevenths of back dues to June 30, 1920 Five-sevenths of per capita tax 1920, as above Grand Total paid to the Home sinc'e Sept. 10, 1919

38.75 112,637.14

$112,675.89

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Receipts. Cash balance from 1919 ' Back dues, 1919, collected $ From Pineville Lodge No. 108 (defunct) cash , from treasury . From Pineville Lodge No. 108 (defunct) sale of furnishings .. : . From Montgomery City Lodge No. 246 (defunct) ca~h from treasury . From Montgomery City Lodge No. 246 (defunct) sale of regalia, etc. . . From defunct lodges .......................• From manuals (pocket) : .. From manuals (library) . From Dues Receipts . From Constitutions . From sale Grand Lodge Proceedings . From'Dispensation fees, Lodges U. D. (8) . From charter fees (8) .................•..... From refund, by Max A. Wittmann . From Masonic diploma . From St. Louis Board Relief-1 grave . From sale Int. list of regulax: lodges . From interest on daily balance at 2% . From interest on Liberty bonds .

$ 47,854.46 54.25 59.60 82.50 140.07 50.00 156.16 5" 702.75 96.00 704.54 67.95 8.00 ' 240.00 160.00 3.00 .50 10.00 5.00 613.53 679.45

8,833.80

$ 56,688.26 Per capita tax, 1920, up to and including Sept. 9, 1920 .. ,. 157,692.00 Total receipts from Sept. 11, 1919 to Sept. 9, 1920 .... $214,3~0.26 Disbursements. Pay Roll, 1919, Warrant No. 1. $ 12,104.15 Pay Roll, H119, Warrant No.2 . 115.95 Masonic Home of Missouri, 5/7 back dues, 1919 38.75 Masonic Home of Missouri, 5/7, 1920 per capita tax , , . 112,637.14 100.00 Charity, according to report of Com. on Charity Expenses of Grand Master , .. 1,000.00 Expenses of Grand Master to Alexandria, Va .. 99.65 99.65 Jacob Lampert, expense trip to Alexandria, Va. Salary of Grand Secretary, John R. Parson .... 3,000.00 2,500.00 Salary of Grand Lecturer, J. R. McLachlan .. Expenses of Grand Lecturer, J. R. McLachlan 700.00 Extra expense, Grand Lecturer, J. R. McLachlan 500.00 Salary of Grand Treasurer, Wm. A. Hall . 200.00 Rent of Grand Lodge offices, Bd. of Education 1,500.00 1,525.00 Salary, assistant to Grand Secretary . 1,225.00 Sa.lary, assistant to Grand Secretary . Printing, postage, stationery and incidentals .. 425.00 Spalding Stationery Co., printing and supplies 1,004.97 Chairman Com. on Chartered Lodges, C. L. Alexander . 50.00 Chairman Com. on Pay Roll, W. R. Shrodes . 100.00 Southwestern Telephone Co. (Bell) . 53.78 Kinloch Telephone Co. . . 87.10 Rev. C. C. Woods, Fraternal Correspondent.. 400.00 Fire Insurance, Grand Lodge furnishings, Delafield & Snow . 9.50 Mendle Printing Co., printing Proceedings, etc. 2,569.80 Mendle P,rinting Co., printing Pocket Manuals 498.65 Becktold Ptg. & Bk. Mfg. Co., binding Manuals 2,117.70 City Tax, Gra.nd Lodge furnishings, Edmond Koeln , . 18.80 Delafield & Snow, premium on bonds, Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer , 100.00 Expenses 1919 session of Grand Lodge . 470.80 H. Clay Perkins, Auditor, 1919 . 50.00 Barr Jewelry Co., P. G. M. jewel, Jno. W. Bingham .. , , . 157.50 H. A. Krueger, Gr'and Tiler, to Sept. 30, 1920 .. 150.00 Painting ,portrait Grand Master Bingham ..... 65.00 Lee M. Edgar, reporting 1919 Proceedings and transcript ............•.•........... , •.••• 75.00

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Mississippi Valley Trust Co., safe dep9sit box to Dec. 31, 1919 . Merchants' Ice Company . Five $1000 Liberty Loan Bonds, L. E. Anderson & Company . Masonic Relief Assn. U. S. & Canada 1/2c to Jan. I, 1919 . Masonic Relief Assn. U. S. & Can. 1/3c to Jan. I, 1920 .......•..................... W. A. Phipps, D. D. G. M., expense SpI. Deputy National Laundry-691 aprons . The Masonic Temple Assn. of St. Louis . Temple Desk Co., desk and chair . •J. L. Heckenlively, expenses, Committee on Masonic Temple . Thad B. Landon, expenses, Committee on Masonic Temple I . Clinton Rich, Tiler Rochester Lodge No. 248 (defunct) .. , . R. R. Kreeger, "50 fatherless French children" Expenses, Committee to Meeting of Maonic Service Association . C. H. Briggs, expenses to meeting, Masonic Service Association (Arkansas) . Chas. C. Homer, Jr., Balto., Masonic Service Association Ie per capita . C. H. Briggs,' P. G. M., expenses attending funeral A. M. Hough, P. G. Moo . Expenses Grand Master and three Grand Officers, attending funeral A.M. Hough, P. G. M " ..........•.......• Woodward & Tiernan, blank parchment charters . Garrison- Wagner Printing Co.-blank returns S. G. Adams S. & S. Co.-five bookcase units .. Pantagraph Ptg. Co., Bloomington, Ill., Lists Regular Grand Lodges . Expenses, Comittee Revision of By-Laws . Expenses, Committee on Centennial Celebration ......................•...........

5.00 18.81 4,795.07 371.00 264.83 3.50 17;28 8,000.00 86.00 20.00 41.40 2.00 310.00 161.45 22.48 800.00 19.14 45.20 263.25 274.00 58.50 6.00 129.13 37.68

Cash Book Balance, Sept. 9, 1920

161,500.61 $ 52,879.65

Uncleared Warrant No. 190-to Masonic Home of Missouri, for balance 1920 per capita tax : ............•......• $ 3,898.03 Ca~h Book Balance, Sept. 9, 1920........................ 52,879.65 Bank Book Balance, Sept. 9, 1920 .............•...... $ 56,777.68 MASONIC WAR RELIEF FUND. During the 'Year I have received the sum of $164 from loqges, as follows: September 22, 1919-Zeredatha Lodge No. 189 $ November 21, 1919-Ionic Lodge No. 154 . November 29, 1919-Hannibal Lodge No. 188 . January 17, 1920-Unionville Lodge No. 210 ............•.

four 12.00 2.00 93.00 57.00

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$ 14,529.60 164.00

Relief Com., Kansas City .. $ 14,693.60

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REPORT OF THE GRAND TREASURER. 1\1. Vv Bro. Wm. A. Hall, Grand Treasurer, presented his report which was adopted as follows, together with report of Auditor: T

To the M. W~ Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M., of Missoliri: Dear Brethren: Herewith I submit my report as Grand Treasurer together with my books and vouchers: The following is a list of my receipts and disbursements in detail since my last report: Receipts. Balance on hand, Sept. 11, 1919, as shown by 1919 Bank Book $ 48,281.96 156.25 Sept. 24 Rece,~ved .. r oJ? Gr~.nd Sec~~tary . 171.25 Oct. 7

317.07 103.80 166.40 395.40 172.10 133.70 149.55 135.05 221.15

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6,951.25 168.15 2,980.25 10,087.50 4,394.25 6,107.50 13,049.75 2,767.50 137.35 3,316.25 4,761.75 7,848.50 8,942.50 4,347.00 5,643.00 125.75 9,346.00 6,790.75 10,791.75 9,217.75 6,928.25 5,504.51> 115.70 2,288.25 1,001.00 280.00 144.75 351.50 180.50 180.25 285.25 147.75 58.00 125.50 104.25 89.25 32.25 121.80 135.50 73.50 117.25 87.60 89.25 77.00 165.25 135.05 88.46 51.33 39.35 33.04 2.00 29.02 25.48 25.86 24.47 22.03 21.67 "128.48 122.34 $214,807.76

DISBURSEMENTS. Warrant 1919 No. Sept. 10 186 Masonic Home of Missouri, 5/7 per capita (uncleared) $ 427.50 18 1 W. R. Shrodes, Chairman Pay Roll Com. 12,104.15 19 2 W. R. Shrodes, Cha.irman Pay Roll Com .. 115.95 20 3 Barr Jewelry Co., Kansas City, P. G. M. jewel, J. W. Bingham . 157.50

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" Proceedings L. M. Edgar, reporting 1919 and transcript ................•......... W. R. Shrodes, Chairman Pay Roll Committee, 1919 . C. L. Alexander, Chairman Committee Chartered Lodges . Albert Meyer, painting portrait Jno. W. Bingham . J. L. Heckenlively, Exp. Com. Masonic Temple . Thad B. Landon, Exp. Com. Masonic Temple H. Clay Perkins, Auditor Accounts, 1919 .. Max A. Wittmann, Exp. 1919 Grand Lodge Session ....•........................... Clinton Rich, Tiler for (defunct) Rochester No. 248 . R. R. Kreeger, Exp. "50 French Children" Committee . H. A. Kru~ger, salary G. Tiler to Oct. 1, '19 Spalding Sta. Co., printing, etc . Delafield & Snow, premiunion bonds G. Secretary and G. Treasurer . Monticello Lodge No. 58, "for Mrs. V. Anderson" . Bd. of Ed., Rent Grand Lodge offices, Sept. J. R. McLachlan, G. Lee., salary month of September ..' . J. R. McLachlan" extra expo as Grand Lee., September . John R. Parson, G. Sec., salary month of September . C. L. Munson, Asst. to G. Sec., salary month of September . R. H. Caffall, Asst. to G. Sec., salary month of September . W. A. Phipps, Exp. as Special Deputy . Spalding Sta. Co., printing and supplies . Kinloch Telephone Company . Southwestern Bell Telephone Company . Nat'l Laundry Co., laundering 691 aprons L. E. Anderson & Co., five $1;{)00 Liberty Loan Bonds 4 % . The Masonic Temple Assn. of St. Louis .. Ed. of Ed., rent G. L. offices, October .... J. R. McLachlan, G. Lee., salary month of October : ...•................. J. R. McLachlan, extra expo as G. Lee., Oct. .John R. Parson, salary G. Sec., for October C. L. Munson, Asst. to G. Sec., salary for month of October . . R. H. Caffall. Asst. to G. Sec., salary for month of October . R. R. Kreeger, Com. on "50 French Chil." Spalding Sta. Co., printing, etc . Temple Desk Co., desk and chair . Edmond Koeln, Collector City Tax (1919) Merchants' Ice & Coal Co.-ice ' . John R. Parson, printing, postage, etc . Delafield & Snow, insurance furnishings G. Sec. office . Southwestern Bell Telephone Company . J. R. McLachlan, expo G. Lee. for October .. Exp. Com. attending Masonic Servo Assn. Printing, postage,. etc . Printing, postage, etc . Bd. of Ed., rent G. L. offices, November .. J. R. McLachlan, salary G. Lee., for Nov. J. R. McLachlan, extra expo for November John R. Parson, salary G. Sec. for Nov... C. L. Munson, Asst. to G. Sec., salary, Nov. R. H. Caffall, Asst. to G. Sec., salary, Nov. Printing, postage, etc . Spalding Sta. Co., printing and supplies ..

[Sept. 75.00 100.00 50.00 . 65.00 20.00 41.40 50.00 470.80 2.00 10.00 150.00 107.02 100.00 100.00 125.00 208.33 41.00 250.00 125.00 100.00 3.50 56.15 19.50 7.85 17.28 4,795.07 8,000.00 125.00 208.33 41.00 250.00 125.00 100.00 300.00 36.09 86.00 18.80 4.15 25.00 9.50 4.00 82.77 161.45 50.00 . 50.00 125.00 208.33 41.00 250.00 125.00 100.00 50.00 78.90

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Mendle Prtg. Co., printing 1919 Pro., etc .. J. R. McLachlan, expo G. Lee., November Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., Nov... Chas. C. Homer, Jr., Treas. Mas. Servo Assn. J. C. Garrell, expo Grand Master . C. C. VVoods, Fraternal Correspondent . VVm. A. Hall, Grand Treasurer . John R. Parson, salary G. Sec., for Dec . C. L. Munson, Asst. to G. Sec., December .. R. H. Caffall, Asst. to G. Sec., December Bd. of Ed., rent G. L. office, December .. A..J. O'Reilly, Sec. Bd. Relief U. S. & Can. J. R. McLachlan, salary G. Lee., December J. R. McLachlan, extra expo as G. Lee., Dec. Spalding Sta. Co., printing, etc . Becktold Printing CO" binding Manuals . Kinloch Tel. Co., to Dec. 31, 1919 . J. R. McLachlan, expo G. Lee. for December Southwestern Bell Tel. Co., December .... Mississippi Valley Trust Co., Safe Deposit Box to 12/31/19 . Printing, postage, sta. and incidentals . B. E. Bigger, Exp. Com. Revision By-Laws D. M. VVilson, Exp. Com. Revision By-Laws Bd. Ed., rent G. L. offices, January . John R. Parson, G. Sec., salary for January J. R. lVIcLachlan, G. Lee., salary for January J. R. McLachlan, extra expo as G. Lee... C. L. Munson, Asst. to G. Sec., January .., R. H. Caffall, Asst. to G. Sec., January .. Hotel Baltimore, Kansas City, Exp. Com. on Centennial . D. M. VVilson, Exp. Com. Centennial Cele. Spalding Sta. Co., printing, etc . Arch A. Johnson, Exp. Com. Centennial Celebration . J. R. McLachlan, Exp. as G. Lee., January Southwestern Bell Tel. Co., January . Bd. Ed., rent G. L. offices, February . John R. Parson, G. Sec., salary for Feb. J. R. McLachlan, G. Lee., salary for Feb. J. R. McLachlan, G. Lee., extra exp., Feb. C. L. Munson, Asst. to G. Sec., February .. R. H. Caffall, Asst. to G. Sec., February .. C. C. VVoods, Fraternal Correspondent. ... JUli.us .C'. Garrell, G. M., expo to Alexandria, VIrgInIa . Jacob Lampert, Exp. to Alexandria, Vir . J. R. McLachlan, Exp. as G. Lee., February Southwestern Bell Telephone Co,' February VVoodward & Tiernan, 117 parchment charters . Spalding Sta. Co., printing and sup., Feb. Julius C. Garrell, expo Grand Master . John R. Parson, G. Sec., printing, postage, etc. . . Bd. Ed., rent G. L. offices, March ' John R. Parson, G. Sec., salary for March .. J. R. McLachlan, G. Lee., salary for March J. R. McLachlan, G. IJec., extra exp., March C. L. Munson, Asst. to G. Sec., March . R. H. Caffall, Asst. to G. Sec., March . Kinloch Telephone Co. to March 31, 1920 Spalding Sta. Co., printing, etc . Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., March. Mendle Printing Co., 10M Masonic Manuals J. R. McLachlan, Exp. G. Lee., for March .. Merchants' Ice & Coal Co., ice . Bd. ,Ed., rent G. L. offices, April . John R. Parson, G. Sec., salary for April.. J. It.' McLachlan, G. Lee., salary for April .â&#x20AC;˘

43 2,569.80 101.13 4.00 800.00 250.00 100.00 100.00 250.00 125.00 100.00 125.00 371.00 208.33 41.00 88.10 835.38 22.50 84.23 4.00 5.00 50.00 12.28 5.00 125.00 250.00 208.33 41.00 125.00 100.00 20.60 8.40 61.45 8.68. 108.86 4.00 125.00 250.00 208.33 41.00 125.00 100.00 100.00 99.65 99.65 81.49 5.73 263.25 103.09 250.00 50.00 125.00 250.00 208.33 41.00 125.00 100.00 22.50 74.90 4.00 498.65 106.62 8.42 125.00 250.00 208.33

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41.00 .T. R. McLachlan, extra expo G. Lee., April 125.00 C. I,. Munson, Asst. to G. Sec., April . 100.00 . 100.00 C. C. Woods, 3rd. qr. Fraternal Correspdt. 81.84 J. R. McLachlan, G. Lee., expo for April .... D. M. Wilson, expo Com. Revision of By14.55 Laws .................................• 64.14 Spalding SUi.. Co., printing and supplies .. Garrison-Wagner Prtg. Co., printing blank 274.00 returns . 4.00 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., April.. 50.00 Printing, postage, sta. and incidentals . 125.00 Bd. Ed., rent G. L. offices, May . 250.00 John R. Parson, G. Sec., salary for May .. 208.33 J. R. McLachlan, G. Lee., salary for May .. 41.00 J. R. McLachlan, extra expo as G. Lee., May 125.00 C. L. Munson, Asst. to G. Sec., for May . 100.00 R. H. Caffall, Asst. to G. Sec., for May . S. G. Adams, S. & S. Co., five bookcase units 58.50 D. M. Wilson, expo entire Com. Revision 28.35 of By-Laws . Spalding Sta. Co., printing and supplies . .71.65 Southwestern Bell Tel. Co., for May . 4.15 53.06 J. R. McLachlan, G. Lee., expo for May . Printing, postage, sta. and incidentals .. 50.00 Kinloch Tel. Co., Mch. 31, '20 to June 30, '20 22.60 Pantagraph Prtg. Co., Illinois, lists regular lodges .................•............... 6.00 264.83 Mas. Relief Assn. U. S. and Canda . Julius C. Garrell, Exp. of Grand Master .. 250.00 Bd. Ed., rent G. L. offices, June . 125.00 John R. Parson, G. Sec., salary for June .• 250.00 208.33 J. R. McLachlan, G. Lee., salary for June .. J. R. McLachlan, G. Lee., extra expense .. 41.00 C. L. Munson, Asst. to G. Sec., June .•.•.•.. 125.00 100.00 R. H. Caffall, Asst. to G. Sec., June . Masonic Home of Missouri, 5/7 back dues to June 30th .........................• 88.76 Spalding Sta. Co., printing and supplies .. 188.13 C. H. Briggs, expo to funeral A. M. Hough, 19.14 Past Gra.nd Master ................••.. Becktold P~tg. Co., binding Manuals . 689.52 J. C. Garrell, expo of Committee (4) Fun45.20 eral A. M. Hough, P. G. M..............• D. M. Wilson, expo entire Com. on Revision By-Laws . 26.17 4.00 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., June ..•• 60.00 Printing, postage, sta. and incidentals ... Mas. Home of Missouri, 5/7 per capita tax July 1st to 17th '....•..... 49,138.39 . Wm. A. Hall, Grand Treasurer, salary ..•. 100.00 Masonic Home of Missouri, 5/7 per capita tax to July 24 ............•..........• 24,899.29 C. H. Briggs, expo attending Masonic Serv22.48 ice Association ............•........•.. Bd. Ed., rent G. L. offices, July .....•.... 125.00 John R. Parson,. G. Sec., salary for July ...• 250.00 J. R. McLachlan, G. Lee., salary for July .• 208.33 J. R. McLachlan, extra expo for July ...• , 41.00 125.00 C. L. Munson, Asst. to G. Sec., for July .• R. H. Caffall, Asst. to G. Sec., for July .... 100.00 C. L. Munson, extra asst. to G. Sec..•.....• 25.00 R. H. Caffall, extra a.sst. to G. Sec . 25.00 Masonic Home of Missouri, 5/7 per capita tax to July 31st .......•.....•...••..• 34,701.43 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., July ••.• 4.06 C. C. Woods, Fraternal Correspondent ...• 100.00 Julius C. Garrell, expo of Grand. Master .• 260.00 John R. Parson, G. Sec., salary for Aug. 260.00 Spalding Sta. Co., printing and supplies .• 34.36 Becktold Prtg Co., binding Manuals .....• 592.80 B. Ed., rent G. L. offices, August .•.••••• 126.00 R. H. Caffall, Asst. to G. Sec., April

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J. R. McLachlan, salary G. Lee., for August J. R. McLachlan, extra expo G. Lee., Aug. C. L. Munson, Asst. to G. Sec., August.. R. H. Caffall, Asst. to G. Sec., August. . Merchants' Ice Co., ice to July 31, 1920 . D. M. Wilson, exp.· entire Com. Revision of By-Laws . Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., August.. Spalding Sta. Co., dues receipts (printing)

208.37 49.00 125.00 100.00 6.24 42.78 4.00 41.00

Total Disbursements .........•....•.. $158,030.08 RECAPITULATION. Total Receipts ............•.........•.................... $214,807.76 Total Disbursements 158,030.08 Balance September 9,

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Warrant No. 190, balance due on 5/7 of per capita tax to and including Sept. 8, 1920, issued to Masonic Home.. Actual Balance

$ 56,777.68. 3,898.03 $ 52,879.65

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

St. Louis, Sept. 9, 1920.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK In Saint Louis September 10, 1920. Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri.' Gentlemen: This is to certify that the balance as shown by our books at the close of business September 9th, 1920, standing in the name of Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, was $56,777.68 (Fifty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy Seven and 68/100 Dollars). Very truly yours, F. L. DENBY, Assistant Cashier. O. K.-Sept. 10, 1920, H. Clay Perkins, Auditor.

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REPORT OF AUDITOR St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 10, 1920. To the M. W. Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, Gentlemen: . Having been appointed Auditor of the Grand Lodge for the year 1919-20, I have examined the book records and accounts for the year ended September 9, 1920, and have found them correct. The following Statement shows the result of my findings: Sept. 11, 1919-Bal. Deposited First Nat'l Bk. in St. Louis. $ 47,854.46 Nov. 14, 1919-Reccived for Liberty Bond Coupons.$212.50 Dec. 27, 1919-Received for Liberty Bond Coupons. 135.70 Ma.y 19, 1920-Received for Liberty Bond Coupons. 212.50 June 22, 1920-Receiv..ed for Liberty Bond Coupons. 118.75 679.45 Received interest daily deposits Sept., 1919-Aug., 1920.... 613.53 Received for lodge dues and other sources 165,232.82 Total Receipts and on hand

$214,380.26

DISBURSEMENTS Warrants issued cover numbers 1 to 190 inclusive

$161,500.61

Septemher 9, 1920 Cash Hook Balance $ 52,879.65 Cheque No. 190 to Masonic Home outstanding............ 3,898.03 Sept. 9, 1920, verified deposit in First Nat!. Bk. in St. Louis.$ 56,777.68

In company with the Grand Treasurer, Brother William A. Hall, I have verified the following papers of the Grand Lodge of Missouri as deposited in a Safe Deposit Box of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company of St. Louis, in the name of the Grand Lodge, viz:Ten $1;000.00, 4% % U. S. Government Liberty Loan Bonds- $10,000 Five 1,000.00, 4%, % U. S. Government Liberty Loan Bonds- 5,000 Coupons for $21.25 and $23.75 on above bonds falling due November 15, 1920, and December 15, 1920. Fidelity Bonds' covering the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer to September 25, .1.920, in., amounts of $25,000 each. Payment af Annual Premiums continues these bonds in force. Deed for' Mount Washington Cemetery Lot as reported in 1919 audit. . ... Insurance Policy on :F'urniture and:'Fixtures for $1,000 expires November 25, 1920. Lease on premises expires' June路 30, 1922. . Fra~ernally . yours, H. CLAY PERKINS, Auditor.

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FRATERNAL CORRESPONDENCE. ~1. W: Bro. C. C. \\1oods, Chairman, presented the report of Committee on Fraternal Correspondenccwhich, on ~notion, was adopted and ordered printad in the Proceedings. (See Appendix. ) ,

RESOLUTION INCREASING MILt:AGE AND PER DIEM IV1. VV. Bro. R ..R. Kreeger offered the following rC!:jolutionincreasing mileage and per diem allowances to representatives in attendance at this Communication, which on motion was unanimously adopted. .ViThereas, An extraordinary condition exists, traveling expenses being much greater than in normal times, and the mileage and per diem provided by law wholly insufficient to cover the actual expenses of the members attending Grand Lodge; Therefore, Be it Resolved, That there be and hereby is appropriated out of the funds of the Grand Lodge, a lump sum that will be necessary to pay to each accredited representative attending, a . sum equal to two cents per mile each way. traveled by him in going to and returning therefrom; in addition to any sum allowed him by law, and that the further sum of two dollars per diem be allowed and paid to each accredited member in attendance at the present session of the Grand Lodge. RAY V. DENSLOW, J. L. HECKENLIVELY.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS. R. VV. Bro. Arthur Mather offered the following amendments to Section 42-Fees, of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, which were referred to the ~0111mittee on Jurisprudence with the request that it report on same by tomorrow路 at 2 o'clock P. 1\1.: To amend Sec. 42 of the Gra!1d Lodge By-Laws by addi:ng Sec. 42a and Sec. 42b thereto: Sec. 42a. Same. Each petition for the degrees, and each petition for affiliation from a Grand Jurisdiction otller than IUissollri, in addition to the fee required by the by-laws of the Lodge, shall be 路accompanied with the sum of twenty dollars for the use and benefit of the Masonic Home. In the event of the election of the petitioner, the Sec- . retary of the Lodge shall immediately remit such sum to the Grand Secretary, who in turn shall immediately pay the same over to the

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Secretary of the Masonic Home. If the petitioner be rejected s.uch 4Iamount shall be' returned to him. Sec. 42b. The money so obtained by virtue of the preceding section shall be set aside and used for the purchase of additional grounds and buildings for the Home and for the erection of buildings on the grounds so purchased, and for the maintenance of the Home; the balance of such moneys shall be set aside by the Home Board to the Endowment Fund.

RESOLUTION-,FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Rt. W. Bro. Louis K1011er presented the following written resolution as to Free Public Schools, which was by order of the Grand Master, referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence: The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, in Annual Communication, declares: It regards the free public school as the chief bulwark of the State and Nation, to be kept under the sole dominion arid direction of the State, and so far as the efforts of Freemasonry in Missouri are concerned, its voice, vote and influence will at all times be exerted in keeping it so. It regards any individual or other influence, that seeks to destroy or weaken the free public school system as now operated in this country. as an enemy of one of our cherished American institutions. It urges that all teachers in our free public schools, shall be those who are in perfect sympathy with them. . It demands that the highest type of manhood a.nd womanhood may be secured as teachers in our free pUblic schools, that they be paid generously, and be required to realize that loyal, efficient service will be expected at their hands. LOUIS MOLLER. WM. F. KUHN. C. C.'WOODS. EDWARD HIGBEE, CLAY C. BIGGER~ JOHN T. SHORT. CORONA H. BRIGGS.

REPORT OF COMMITIEE ON REVISION OF BY-LAWS M. W. Bro. D. M. \\Tilson, chairman, presented the f~l足 lowing report of Committee on Revision of Grand Lodge ByLaws, which was adopted: To the Grand Lodge of Missouri: Your Committee on Revision of the Gra~d Lodge By-Laws respectfully reports: That it has made a complete revision of the By-Laws. incorporating therein, without recommendation, the Article on Trials. as re-

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vised by the Special Committee to which Article 18 was referred for revision at the Annual Communication of 1918. Six meetings of the full committee have been held, the first two at St. Louis in January and April, the third at Hannibal in May, the fourth and fifth at St. Louis in July and August, and the last in Kan!>as City in September. In the intervals between these meetings each of the members of the Committee has devoted much time to the further consideration of the various matters brought up and talked over at these meetings. Your Committee is prepared to present the Revision now, and to have the same p~ssed on a't this Annual' Communication, if such should be the desire of the Grand Lodge. However, it has its doubts as to the propriety or the wisdom of such a course. It . is the opinion of your Committee that the Lodges of this Grand Jurisdiction should have the opportunity to examine and discuss the proposed changes and to that end believe that the Revision ought to be printed and distributed, and not come up for final consideration and action until ample time has been given the fraternity to investigate and make up its mind.

As through oversight no appropriation was made at last Grand Lodge to defray the expenses of collating, printing and distributing, your Committee was not warranted, neither did it deem it advisable to incur this expense without the expre'ss sanction of this Grand Body. r At the S:;l,me time it has realized that some proposed changes are pressing, demand immediate attention and should be disposed of one way or the other at this time. Your Committee has therefore come to this conclusion. It has selected twelve sections of the By-Laws, viz: Section 9, sub-division "L,': Section 12, sub-division "p," Section 13, sub-division "d," Sections 37, 38 and 38a, Section 58, Section no, Section Ill, Section 115, Section 116, and Section 176, and suggest that they be taken up, considered and acted upon, and made a special order immediately following the election. These sections pertain to the following matters: Salaries of the Grand Master, Grand Secretary and Grand Lecturer; Special and regular meetings; Requisites and form of petition for degrees; Notices of petitions in city lodges; Waiver of concurrent jurisdiction; Conferring degrees on groups of five; and Time to elapse between conferring degrees. We therefore recommend that the report of the Committee on the above twelve items be passed upon by the Grand Lodg.e, and then they shall be a part of the law of this Grand Jurisdiction; that the whole law be re-cbmmitted to the Committee with full power and authority to make such further alterations, changes and additions as the Committee shall deem proper and cau'se the present report,

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action of the Grand Lodge on the above twelve items and such further amendments and additions to be printed and distributed to each lodge in this jurisdiction, to each Past Grand Master -and each Grand Lodge Officer, at least ninety days before 'the next Annual Communication. D. M. WILSON, BYRNE E. BIGGER, EUGENE McQUILLIN.

STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES. The Grand Master announced the following Standing and Special Committees for the session: .JURISPRUDENCE-Wm. R. Gentry, Chairman; John C. Robertson. Charles E. Dickey, ~had' B. Landon, A. B. Frey, John H. Windsor, R. W. Steckman. APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES-Thomas F. Hurd, Chairman; W. L. Hamrick, James F. Fulbright, Henry C. Chile's, Robert A. May, Wm. D. Moore, George Imhrie. WAYS AND 1\fEANS-Frank R. Jesse, Chairman; John T. Short, D. M. \Vilson, Eo G. Rafhbone, M. E. Schmidt, John H. Meyer, W. A. Phipps. CREDENTIALS-O. P. Bloss, Chairman; Seamon Russell, J. G. ,Pearse,Robt. E. Fisher, F. 1\1. Huffman, Forest E. Brown, H. C. Henrici. PAY ROLL-W. R. Shrodes, Chairman; W. B. Massey, 'Fred Pearson, Ray V. Denslow, B. C. Porter, Allan McD. Hoyt, Del C. Moor~. CHARTERED LODGES-Clarence L. Alexander, Chairman; Paul E. Eckert., G. C. Bishop, N. H. Summitt, Frank Miller, E. P. Ellis, Ira R. Allen.

LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION-James A. Boone, Chairman; Harry Schneider, Wiley O. Cox, Raleigh Sisson, H. B. Bevan, DeBraden Jones, W. L. Howard.

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CHARITY-James P. Tucker, Chairman; Phil Unterberger, Sol A. Link, J. M., Ellis, Harry B. Block, W. H. Dungan, J. E. Thompson. , REPORTS OF D. D. G. M.'S-Wm. T. Jamison, Chairman; Thomas Needham, E. S .. Matthews, Ward Goodloe, Emery G. Webb, S. R. Freet, Clyde Rucker. MASONIC BOARDS OF RELIEF-Andrew J. O'Reilly, Chairman; S. F. Trammell, Geo. H. Tieman, Fred Burns, A. L. Nash, Julius R. Edwards, L. L ..Jarrard. ........ RITUAL-D. M. Wilson, Chairman; R. R. Kreeger, John T. Short, J. R. McLachlan, Frank R. Jesse, Wm. A. Hall.

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MASONIC HOME-H. N. Martin, Chairman; Dwight L. Davis, E. N. Gentry, N. W. Newton, Frank E. Boling, J. W. Brewer, S. W. Field. CORRESPONDENCE-Charles C. Vloods, Chairman. OBITUARIES-Corona H. Briggs, Chairman; E. H. Wheeler, J. P. Hurtt, H. L. Reader, A. T'. Miller, W. F. Ruff, J. M. Carnahan. AUDITING-H. Clay Perkins, Chairman. GRAND MASTER'S A'DDnESS-Xenophon Ryland, Chairman. UNFINISHED BlJSJNl<JSS-;Joseph E. Cavin, Chairman; Roy Sutton, 'Vm. Baker, J. H. Humphrey, Chas. Niehaus, F. E. Brandon, L. R. Mahen. TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS-Frank A. Marshall, Chairman.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES. RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGES-Wm. F. Kuhn, J. ,V. Boyd, C. C. 'Voods, C. 'H. Briggs,' A. S. Houston, Tolman W. Cotton.

MANUAL~John R. Parson, Geo..A. Mayhall, John H. Gundlach. IUTUAL-D. M. Wilson, R. R. Kreeger, John T. Short, J. R. McLachlan, Frank R. Jesse, Wm. A. Hall. WAR RELIEF FUND-Geo. S. McLanahan, C. H. Briggs, R. R. Kreeger, C. C. Bigger, Jacob Lampert. REVISION OF TRIAL CODE-Dorsey A. Jamison, Edw. Higbee, Arch A. Johnson, Karl M. Vetsburg, Thad B. Landon. MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF,THE UNITED STATESC. H. BI"iggs, Geo. S. McLanahan, Jacob Lampert. REVISION OF GRAND LODGE BY -LAWS-D. M. Wilson, Eugene McQuillin, B. Eo Bigger. ARRANGEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT-Fred O. Wood, L. L. Hoopes, Herman C. Henrie!. CENTENNIAL A. Johnson.

C]~LEBRATION-W. F.

KUhn, D. M. Wilson, Arch

MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS-Jacob Lampert, C. H. Briggs, F. R. Jesse. John L. Heckenlively, Consulting Architect.

CALLED FROM LABOR. At 12 :25 P. M. the Grand Master called the Grand. Lodge FRO.LVI LABOR until 3:00 o'clock this afternoon, then to convene for the purpose of laying corner stone.

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IVANHOE TEMPLE. Preceding the laying of the corner stone, five thousand Masons' 'gathered at the old Ivanhoe Temple, Thirty-third and Woodland, for , a procession to the new temple. The parade was led by Eben Sloan, drum major, and the 100-piece Ivanhoe band. Following the band came the members of the Kansas City, Oriental and Westport commanderies in full uniform, the members of Ivanhoe Lodge No, 446, visiting delegates to the convention of the Grand Lodge, and the Grand Lodge Officers. The procession proceeded south on Woodland to Armour Boulevard, west on Armour to the Paseo, north on the Paseo to Linwood Boulevard and east on Linwood to. Park Avenue, where it disbanded to witness the ceremony, With three symbolic taps of the gavel by M. W. Bro. Julius C. Garrell of St. Louis, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. M., the corner stone of the new $750,000 Ivanhoe Temple, Linwood Boulevard and Park Avenue, was lowered into place at 6 o'clock Tuesday, September 21st, 1920. More than twenty thousand were present. , Grand Master Garrell was assisted by the Rev. C. H. Briggs of Springfield, acting Deputy Grand Master in place of Rt. W. Bro. Wm. F. Johnson, who was unable to attend on account of illness; O. A. Lucas of Kansas City, Senior Grand Warden, and Bert S. Lee of Springfield, Junior Grand Warden. A copper box, containing objects of interest to future generations, was placed inside the corner stone. Among the articles were rosters of Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, Kansas City Commandery No. 10, Kansas Cit.y Chapter No. 28, and Ivanhoe Club. Coins, a gavel, lodge .emblems, a 1908 issue of the history of the Grand Lodge of the state, copies of the Kansas City Star, a history of Ivanhoe Lodge, forms of membership blanks, a copy of the Ivanhoe Masonic News and letters from members of the Grand Lodge were enclos~d. At the opening of the ceremonies, a prayer was offered by the Rev. John H. Miller of Kansas City, Grand Chaplain. Short addresses were given by Grand Master Garrell and the Rev. Arthur Mather of St. Louis, Grand Chaplain, in concluding the ceremony. Members and officers of the Grand Lodge then adjourned to the speaking pavilion, where talks were given by W. Bro. Samuel R. Freet, present Worshipful Master of Ivanhoe Lodge, who introduced Dr. Wm. F. Kuhn, who as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, laid the corner stone of the old Ivanhoe Temple, Thirty-third Street and Woodland Avenue, sixteen ~ears ago,. and the Rev. E. Combie Smith of St. Louis, a member of Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446. Rev. Smith said the mission of Masonry was to make men, and he complimented the members of the organization who made possible the erection of the new temple. In conclusion W. Bro. Freet thanked the members and officers of the Grand Lodge for their courtesy to Ivanhoe Lodge in assisting in the laying of the corner stone. Rt. W. Bro. O. A. Lucas then delivered the benediction. .

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The Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 7 :30 P. M. by Most \Vorshipful Grand Master Garrell, the other Grand Officers being in their several stations. Prayer by R. 'V. and Rev. Bro. Fred V. Loos, Grand Chaplain.

EXEMPLIFICAnON OF WO;RK. The Most Worshipful. Grand l\1aster then placed the . Grand Lodge under the direction of R .W. Bro. J. R. McLachlan, Gran~ Le.cturer, who, aided by the other Grand Lodge Officers, proceeded to exemplify the First Degree in full and the Section Section of the Second Degree, Grand Master Garrell occupying the East.

'CALLED FROM LABOR. At 10:00 P. M.. the Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 9:00 tomorrow morning. Prayer by R. VV. and Rev. Bro. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain.

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SECOND DAY-MORNING SESSION. Kansas City, Wednesday, Sept. 22; 1920. "

The 1\1ost Vvorshipful Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 9 :00 A. M. by IVL VV. Grand Master Julius' C. Garrell, with the other Grand Officers at their several stations. Opening Ode, sung by the members. Prayer by Rt. V\!. and. Rev. Bro. Fred V. Loos, Grand Chaplain.

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

REPORT OF MASONIC EMPLOYMENT BUREAU OF ST. LOUIS. The Grand Secretary presented the report of the Masonic Employment Bureau of St. Louis, which was referred to the Committee on Boards of Relief.

REPORT OF DIRECTORS OF MASONIC HOME. V\T. Bro. S. E. \rVaggoner presented the report of the Directors of Masonic Home Board, which was adopted and ordered printed in the Proceedings. (See Appendix.)

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY. IV1. VI/. Bro. C.H. Briggs, chairman, presented and read the report of the Committee on Necrology, which on motion was adopted, as follows: To the Most 'Worshipful Grand Lodge of Miss~uri, A. F. & A. M.: Your Committee on Obituaries submits the following report: Another ~wift revolving year has gone and we meet in our Annual Communication, rejoicing in the greatest prosperity our Fraternit~路 has ever known. The officers of this Grand Lodge have been

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spared through the year,' but ;nany of the faithful' workers who through past years by their patience and devotion laid the foundations on which we are building have gone to their reward. Their names will appear in our Proceedings and sweet memories of their virtues will linger long in the hearts of their brethren who labored with them in their good work. Chief among them' was one who five and twenty. years ago was chosen to preside over this Grand Lodge, and who not only bore fittingly the great responsibilities of that high office, but through all these years has been one of the most active and useful members of this Grand Lodge. Stalwart in frame, upright in character; strong in intellect, he never Shirked responsibility but always stood fo'r what he believed to be right, with a soundness of judgment that rarely led him astray: Ar.thur Middleton Hough, Past Grand Master, was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, Japuary 9, 1848, and died in that city July 3, 1920, aged seventy-two years. He was at one time a steamboat clerk, but in 1870 began the study of law in the office of his brother, Judge \Varwick Hough, in Kansas City. He was admitted to the bar in 1872. During the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh General Assemblies he served as a clerk in the Legislature. He was clerk in the Adjutant General's 路office under General Gorge C. Bing'Ham. and chief clerk under General John B. Waddell. In 1878 he began the practice of law in Jefferson City, which he continued with marked success until his death. He was Lieutenant Colonel on the military staff of Governor Wm. J. Stone. He was offen special judge and his most important decision in that office was the one affirming .the validity of the issue of three and a half million dollars in bonds for the erection of the present state capitol, which" decision was' sustained by the Supreme Court. To him in large measure the City of Jefferson owes its Public Library. His g'ift of a Park to Jefferson City, and $5000 to the Masonic Home of Missouri showed his public spirit and his devotion to the l)l'inciples of Freemasonry. He was President of the Jefferson City Humane Society from its organization and probably entered more largely into the civic life of .Jefferson City than any other citizen in the last twenty years. MASONIC. He was raised in Jefferson Lodge No. 43, A. F. & A. M., August 5, 1881, and was ;\fa.~ter in 1885-1886 and 1888. He was District Deputy Grand Master in 1888-89 and 1890, and District Lecturer in 1888-89. He was Grand Marsha,l in the Grand I~odge in 1890, Grand Senior Deacon in 1891, and regularly advanced until his election as Grand Master in 1895. He was Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of 'Alabama.. He was exalted in Jefferson City Chapter No. 34, March ~4, 1882, and was High Priest in 1887, 188"8, 1889, 1890 and 1893. He wag Grand Master of the Second Veil in 1893, Grand Royal Arch Captain

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in 1894; and regularly advanced until his election as Grand High Priest in 1900. He received the Order of High Priesthood April 24, 1900. He received the Council degrees in Shekinah Chapter No. 24 at Kansas City, October 29, 1900, and dimitted in 1902 to become a charter member of Ezra Council No. 32 at Jefferson City, which he served as Master from 1902 to 1907 inclusive. He received the Orders of Knighthood in Prince of Peace Commandery No. 29 at Jefferson City May 15, 1882. He was appointed Warden in 1883; was elected Generalissimo in 1884, serving three years, and Commander in 1887, serving seven years. He was appointed Grand Drill Master and Inspector in 1896, was Grand Warden in 1889; was elected as Grand Commander In 1904. He was a member of the Past Commanders' Association of Mis. 50uri.

He was a charter member of Victoria Chapter No. 14, Order of the Eastern Star, instituted at Jefferson City, February 22, 1901, and was Worthy Patron in 1904. He was a member' of Ararat Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Kansas City and a 32 0 Scottish Rite Mason, being a member of Missouri Consistory No.1, at St. Louis. His personal character, culture and legal ability joined to his knowledge of Masonic law gave him great influence in the Grand Bodies of Missouri and he was often called upon to serve the Craft. He was Chairman of the Revision Committee of the By-Laws adopted by the Grand Lodge in 1908; and the Revision Committee of the Grand Chapter in 1901 and a member of the Grand Chapter Revision Committee in HIll. He revised the By-Laws of the Grand Commandery three times, being Chairman of the Revision Committee in 1900 and again in 1913. A great man and a Prince among us has fallen. His funeral was held at Jefferson City July 5. 1920, under the direction of M. W. Bro. Julius 'C. Garrell, Grand Master, accompanied by Past Grand Masters Corona ;II. Briggs, John T. Short, Jacob Lampert, Frank R. Jesse and William A. Clark. Sir Arthur T. Nelson. Deputy Grand Commander and Sir Wm. Y. Bean, Grand Generalissimo were present with a full Templar escort; and the burial service was conducted by M. W. Bro. Corona H. Briggs, with Rev. Bro. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain. From other Grand Jurisdictions we have the following names: ALABAMA. John Hollis Bankhead, Past Grand Master, was born near Moscow, Alabama, September 13, 1842, and died at his home in Washington City, March 1, 1920, aged seventy-seven years. He was elected Grand Master in 1883, and re-elected in 1884. In the Civil War he served as Captain in the Confederate Army and was the last Confederate soldier in the United States Senate at the time of his death.

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For twenty years he was a member of Congress from Alabama. and from June, 1907, until his death was United States Senator. The Bankhead Highway from Washington to San Diego, California. which is the longest road in the world bearing a single name. honors his devotion to the cause of good roads. Hugh S. D. Mallory, Past Grand Master, was born in Talladega County, Alabama, February 6, 1848, and died in Selma, Alabama, March 12, 1920, aged seventy-two years. He was elected Grand Master in 1907 and re-elected in 1908. For over fifty years he resided in Selma, where he was engaged in the practice of law. As a member of the Cadet Corps of the University of Alabama he saw service in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. He was Mayor of Selma and a member of Selma City Board of Education, and filled various other positions of honor. ' Basil M. Hill, Past Grand Senior Deacon, was born in Benton, Alabama, July 22, 1850, and died in Ragland, Alabama, May 16, 1920, aged seventy years. He was appointed Senior Grand DeaCOn in 1893, and was elected Grand High Pri~st in 1904. For many years he was tax assessor of S1. Clair County, Alabama. He was for forty-six years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and was a steward nearly forty years. ARKANSAS. Nathaniel Pendleton Richmond, Past Grand Master, died at Malvern, Arkansas, June 28, 1919, in his eighty-seventh year. He was elected GraI:ld Master in 1894 and Grand High Priest in 1905. He was an official member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Malvern. COLORADO. William David Todd, Past Grand Master and Past Grand Secretary, was born in Philadelphia June 14", 1846, and died in Denver, October 24, 1919, aged seventy-three years. He was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Commandery from March, 1876, to September, 1901, when he was elected Grand Recorder and served until 1904. He was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Chapter from September, 1876 to September. 1901, when he was elected Grand Secretary and served three years. He was elected Grand Master in 1888 and was Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge from May, 1901 to September. 1904. He was clerk and confidential secretary for Schulyer Colfax when he was Speaker of the House. He practiced law for a time in Denver and in 1874 organized the Denver Safe Deposit and Savings Bank and was its Secretary and Treasurer, and when this became the Union Bank of Denver, he was made cashier. He served one term in the Colorado Legislature, and was a member of the Board of Public Works. He was a private in the Federal Army a short time in the Civil War.

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Clarence Melville Kellogg, Past Grand Master, was born at Mt. Carroll, Illinois, March 25, 1859, and died in Denver October 27, 1919, in his sixty-first, year. He was elected Grand Master September 17, 1918" and Grand Commander September 20, 1918. He was Principal of the Grade Schools of Galesville, vVisconsin, three years and, for ten years Assistant Cashier of the Bank of Galesville. He served the city one year as Mayor. For the last twenty years he was engaged in the practice of law in Denver. He was a member of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church of Denver. IDAHO. Charles Himrod, Past Grand Master, Past Grand Secretary and Past Grand Treasurer, was born in Burdett, New York, November 4, 1842, and died in Boise, Idaho, January 26, 1920, aged seventy-seven y'ears. .

He was elected Grand Senior 'Varden in 1874, Grand Secretary in 1875, serving four years, Grand Master in 1879, and in 1889 was elected Grand Treasurer and served until 1:)17, when he retired because of failing health. He was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Chapter from 1910 to 1913, inclusive. He served the' Grand Commandel'y as Grand Treasurer ten years. He was Mayor of Boise four terms; Treasurer of Ada County two terms, and Treasurer of Idaho Territory from 1885, to 1889. He served two terms in the Territorial Legislature. Samuel Blythe Connelly, Past Grand Master, and Past Grand Treasurer, was born at Gallatin, Tennessee, August 1, 1821, and died March 13, 1920, aged ninety-eight years, five mo'nths and twelve days. He was elected Grand Treasurer in 1867 and 1868, Deputy Grand Master in 1869 and Grand Master in 1870. He was made a Master Mason in Fidelity Lodge at Versailles, Indiana, in January, 1849, and was a member of the 'Craft more than seventy-one years. In his early life he was a carpenter, but he went to California in 1852 and to Idaho in 1863, and for many years was engaged in placer mining. INDIANA. Calvin W. Prather, Past Grand Master and Grand Secretary, was born in Clark County, Indiana, August 19, 1845, and died in Indianapolis, Indiana, August 1, 1920, aged seventy-five years. He was elected Grand Master in 1880 and Grand High Priest in 1887. In 1901 he became Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge and . Grand Chapter, and Grand Recorder of the G,rand Council and Grand Commandery and filled these offices with marked ability until his death. He served two terms as President of the Grand Secretaries Guild of the World.' He was in continuous attendance upon the. Gl'and Lodge for more than fifty years and served it in various official

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capacities forty-six years. He was a Trustee of the Grand Lodge eighteen years, and a member of the Board of Directors of the MasoniG Home. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis. IOWA. Henry William Rothert, Past Grand Master, was born in Germany, September 11, 1840, and died at Council Bluffs, Iowa, January 29, 1920, aged seventy-nine years. He was elected Grand Master in 1875 and Grand Commander in 1882. When he was ten years old his parents removed to Cincinnati. Since 1860 he made Keokuk his home. where h~ was engaged in tbe hardware business. He was Alderman, County Supervisor, and for two terms Mayor of Keokuk. He served in the State Senate and was Lieutenant Governor of Iowa when the news of the Chicago fire reached him he started on the first train with $1000 and a carload of provisions and was the first' Iowa 'Mayor to reach the stricken city. For some time he had charge of the Iowa School for the Deaf. Francis Hammer Loring, Past Grand Treasurer, was born in Belpre, Ohio, July 9, 1832, and died there May 6, 1920, aged eightyeigh t years. He was elected Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Iowa in 1888, Grand High Priest in 1889, and Grand Commander in 1897. He served through the Civil 'Varin the Federal Army, 'enlisting as a private and before the war closed received a commission as Brevet-Major. â&#x20AC;˘ He became a resident of Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1865, which was his home for the most of his life. LOUISIANA. John Stanley Thibaut, Past Grand Master, was born in Donaldsville, Louisiclna, June 20, 1860, and died in New Orleans, February 12, 1920, aged nearly sixty years. He was elected Grand Master in 1911, and again in 1912. His great grandfather was the first Grand Master of Louisiana in' 1812. He was elected Grand High Priest in 1917. For years he practiced medicine in Donaldsville, but in 1896 he organized the Bank of ' Ascension, became its Cashier and -retired from the practice of-medicine. MAINE. Herbert Harris, Past Grand Senior Warden, was born at East Machias, Maine, December 17, 18'16, and died 'in Chicago, .June '6, ] 9l!l, aged seventy-two years. He was elected Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge in 18!l4. Grand Commander in 1899, and Grand King in 1903.

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He taught music for some years in Boston, and was organist and choir master of churches in Bangor and Portland. James H. Witherell, Past Grand Senior Warden, was born at Norridgerqck, Maine, March 10, 1852, and died at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, September 9, 1919, aged sixty-seven 路years. He was elected Grand Master of the Grand C<:>uncil in 1910, Grand Scribe in路 1915, and Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge in 1917. Many years ago he established at Littleton, New Hampshire, the business of J. H. Witherell & Co., manufacturers of scythes and axes. In 1888 he moved the business to Oakland, Maine, where it has since continued under the name of The Witherell Scythe Co. Clifford J. Pattee, Past Grand Junior Warden, was born in Jackson, Maine, June 10, 1874, and died at his home in Belfast, Maine, December 8, 1919, aged forty-four years. He was elected Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge in 1914 and Grand High Priest in 1918. His father established a fire and. marine insurance business at Belfast and after his graduation from the Maine Univer.sity he entered the firm and gave himself to that business as long as he lived. He was a member of the Belfast Congregational Church. MARYLAND. James Franklin Allen, Past Grand Junior Warden, was born at Hopkinton, New Hampshire, August 13, 1841, and died at his home in Rockville, Maryland, March 12, 1919, in his seventy-eight year. He was elected Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge in 1897, Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1903 and 1904, Grand High Priest in 1905, and was Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Commandery at the time of his death. , He was admitted to the bar in 1866 but most of his life was given to work in the various departments at Washington City. From 1882 he served in the Indian Office of the Interior Department, and in his later years he was Assistant Law Clerk. He was Commissioner to negotiate with the Nez Perces Indians in 1892. For two years he was a member of the Town Council of Rockville. Edward路 R. Trippe, Past Grand Junior Warden, was born in Talbot County, Maryland, March 25, 1840, and died at his home in Easton, Maryland, July 28, 1919, aged seventy-nine .years. He was elected Grand High Priest in 1894, Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Loc.g路e in 1902, and Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1913.

For about fifty-seven years he practiced medicine, taking high rank in his profession. Robert David Grier, Past Grand Senior Warden, was born at Milford, Delaware, October 27, 1856, and died near Salisbury, Maryland, June 15, 1920, aged sixty-four years.

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He was elected Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Maryland in 1903, and Grand Commander in 1915. He was a member of the Presbyterian Ch\jrch and for many years was active in church work. l\UNNESOTA. Albert Berg, Past Grand Master, was born in Center City, Minnesota, June 25, 1861, and died in the City of St. Paul, February 13, 1920, in his fifty-ninth ~路ear. He was elected Grand Master in 1917. He taught school several years but in 1886 was elected Register of Deeds of ChisagQ County and held the office eight years. He was six years Secretary of State of Minnesota and served one term in the Legislature. He served one term as Mayor of Spooner, Minnesota. l<~rom 1900 until his death he was engaged in banking and insur ance. MISSISSIPPI. Frederic Gordon Speed, Grand Secretary, was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, March 2, 1879, and died at his home in that city October 19, 1919, in his forty-first year.. On the death of his father, Frederic Speed, he became Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter and Grand Recorder of the Grand Council and Grand Commandery. He was one of the youngest Grand Secretaries in the United States. He was a tag boy in the compress business and became i.ts general manager. lIe was a member of Christ Episcopal Church of Vicksburg. Edward J. Martin, Past Grand Master, was born in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, September 16, 1854, and died in New Orleans,. November 24, 1919) aged sixty-five )'ears. He was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1908, Grand High Priest in 1909, Grand Commander in 1911, and Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1915. In .Tuly, 1910, he was elected Superintendent of the Masonic Home' of Mississippi and held that office at his death. NEW YORK. John 'Robert Gardner, Grand Treasurer, was born in Newar~, New Jersey, October 21, 1859, and died at his home in New York City November 19, 1919, aged sixty years. He was elected Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1903. In 1904 he was elected Grand Treasurer of !he Grand Lodge. NOVA SCOTIA. William Crowe, Past Deputy Grand Master, was born at Guelph, Ontario, in 1843, and died in Halifax, September 14, 1919. aged seventy-six yea.rs.

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He was elected Grand High Priest in 1891, Provincial Grand , Prior in 1897, and Deputy Grand Master in 1907. From 1904 to 1911 he was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Chapter. .Joseph Robert Bennett, Past Deputy Grand Master, was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 3, 1846, and died in that city, June 8, 1920, aged seventy-four years. He was elected Deputy Grand Master in 1916, and Grand High Priest in 1917. For forty-four years he was outside superintendent of one of the larg'cst shipping firms of Halifax, and for years was authority on all records of shipping at that port. He was communicant in St. Paul's ~piscopal Church of Halifax, and his funeral was the most largely attended Masonic funeral in many years. OKLAHOMA. .Tohn Coyle, Past Grand Master, was born at Glasgow, Scotland, January 12, 1839, and died at Rush Springs, Oklahoma, August 24, 1!H9, in his eighty-first year. He was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Indian Terrtiory two terms, was Grand High Priest in 1905, Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1899, and was Grand Commander of Indian Territory several years before that Grand Commandery was merged with that of Oklahoma. He served five years in the United States Army before the Civil War. At Fort Gibson, Indian T~rritory, he had charge of the construction nf government buildings. In 1871 he was a contractor engaged in building the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway in Indian Territol'y. PENNSYLVANIA. F. Henry Williams, Past Grand Master, was born in England, October' 13, 1856, and died in Philadelphia, October 24, 1919, aged sixty-three year~. He was elected Grand High Priest in 1905, and Grand Master in 1914. He was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1877 and prac. ticed law in that city until January, 1916, when he 路became an asso_ ciate judge of. the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. "His course was brilliant-his life an inspiration." SOUTH CAROLIN A. Benjamin E. Nicholson, .Tunior Grand Warden, was born near Ridge Springs, South Carolina, January 15, 1875, and died at his home in Edgefield, South Carolina, .January 13, 1919, aged fourty-four years. He was elected .Junior Grand ,Varden in December, 1918. ;-

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He was elected Grand Master in 1901. For seventeen years he was in the service of the United States Government at the Santee Indian Agency, Nebraska. Five years he was Indian Agent. In 1890 he retired from Government service and established a bank at Sl)ringfield, South Dakota. He was a member of the Society of Friends. TEXAS. 'Valter Acker, Past Grand Master, was born at Needmore, Texas, January 14, 1874, and died at Fort Worth, Texas, April 18, 1920, aged forty-six years. He was elected Grand Master of the Third Veil in the Grand Chapter in 1901 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1910. He was Superintendent of the Waxahachie Public Schools from 1898 to 1910. From July I, 1!114, until his death he was Superintendent of the Masonic Home and School at Fort Worth, Texas. Of his administration it was said, "He found an institution and he left a Home." VIRGINIA. Philip Kuszner Bauman, Past Grand Master, was born at Gellenhausen, Germany, April 17, 1850, and died April 25, 1920, aged seventy years. He was elected Grand Master in 1914. He founded a number of Masonic Lodges and was a life member of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. WASHINGTON. Royal Amenzo Gove, Past Grand Master, was born in Strafford, Vermont, .Tune 9, 1856, and died at Tacoma, Washington, January 21, 1920, in his sixty-fourth year. He was elected Grand Master in'1908. His father. Hoyal H. Gove, was Grand Master of Minnesota in 1886. He was Librarian of the Tacoma Masonic Library. As one of the Custodians of the Work in 1903-04, he assisted in the revision of the ritual of his Grand Lodge. For about thirty years he was engaged in the practice of medicine in Tacoma, and路 was a member of the State Medical Board of Examiners. WEST VIRGINIA. George W. Feidt, Past Grand Master, was born in Washington County, Maryland, October 2, 1838, and died in 'Vashington City May 11, 1919, aged eighty years. He was elected Grand Master in 1894. He served his Grand Chapter as Grand King and his Grand Commandery as Grand Junior 路Warden.

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He served in the Federal Army during the Civil War. He was admitted to the bar at Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1875, was appointed Registrar in Bank~uptcy in 1877, and was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Berkley County in 1886, servin~ six years. John Harper Riley, Past Grand Master, was born in Jacks0J.l County, West Virginia, August 2, 1842, and died路 at his home in Marietta, Ohio, July 27, 1919, aged seventy-seven years. He was elected Grand Master in' 1881. /He was a Justice of the Peace and Treasurer of Jackson County. He served the county six years as Prosecuting Attorney and served two terms in the West Virginia Legislature. He was a member of the conventions which nominated Garfield and Harrison for President. Removing to Marietta, Ohio, he served four years in the Ohio State Senate and was elected in 1911 a member of the Fourth Constitutional Convention of that state. Kephart Delwar Walker, Past Grand Master, was born at Sommerset, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1837, and died at Fairmont, West Virginia, September 11, 1919, in his eighty-third year. He was elected Grand Master in 1875. H;e served the Grand Chapter as High Priest and the Grand Commandery as Grand Generalissimo. He became a resident of Fairmont in 1857, where he was en'gaged in the telegraph and railway service nearly fifty years. The youngest of these honored brethren was forty-four, while the eldest had attained to the ripe old age of ninety-eight years, five months and twelve days, the average being a little more than seventy years. Who can calculate the amount of service which they gave to the Craft during their long and useful lives. They. served their generation well. It is ours to bear aloft the torch passed to us from their failing hands. Important as was their work, the conditions existing in the world today throw upon us a still heavier responsibility. and in larger measure than ever before the hope of civilization lies in English speaking Freemasonry. God give us the wisdom, devotion and courage to meet the demands of this crisis-hour of the world's history. Fraternally submitted, CORONA H. BRIGGS, H. L. READER, W. T. RUFF, EDW. H. WHEELER, J. P. HURTT, ARDEN T. MILLER, J. M. CARNAHAN.

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REPORT OF GRAND LECTURER. Rt. W路. Bro. J. R. McLachlan, Grand Lecturer, presented and read his annual report, which on motion was adopted as follows: . Kahoka, Mo., Sept. 21, 1920. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the Slate of Missouri: The record of my work for the past year will enable 'you to determine whether or not I have kept pace with the general progress of the craft throughout this Grand Jurisdiction. Never before, to my knowledge, has there been such an enormous growth of the faternity as we have witnessed during the year just past. Many lodges were overburdened with work and there are but few that will not show a substantial increase in membership. Fears are 路entertained, by some of' our brethren, that the 'desire for gain in membership has lessened the vigilance of the Invstigating Committees and, in the rush, many undesirables may have been admitted. I have come in contact with a number of the Initiates and from my own observation and the expression of the brethren, I am inclined to the opinion that the Investigating Committees, realizing their responsibility, have been most watchful and careful in judging the cJ:1aracter of the petitioner and very exacting in their requirements. As a rule, none were admitted unless they were found worthy. In the report of the District Lecturers to me, all of them boasted of the gains in membership but tool\: more pride in the fact, that they were among the best in the community. I have visited every section of the state, although not in every district. There have been an unusual number of resignations of District Lecturers, on account of their moving out of the District, and I had to give much time in setting others at work and instructing where acceptable assistants could not be found. Lodg'es of Instruction were held at the following places: Milan, Brookfield, Queen City, Labelle, 'Vyaconda, Gorin, Lancaster,LaPlata, Louisiana, Troy, Bellflower, Columbia, Vandalia, Lamar, Lockwood, Nevada, Calhoun, Warrensburg, Union Star, Ridgeway, Eagleville, Grant City, Slanberry, Coffey, B'ethany, Maryville, Ravenwood, Burlington Junction, Kearney, Chamois, Union, Sullivan, Washington, Bunceton, California, Hillsboro, Washington, Bonne Terre, Farmington, Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Advance, Sikeston, Dexter, Bernie,' Kennet, Caruthersville, Malden, Poplar BlUff, Ironton, Bismark, Fayette, Boonville, Lees Summitt, Harrisonville, Freeman, Liberty, Parkville, Dearborn, Rockport, Mound City, Rosendale, St. Joseph, Chillicothe, Newtown, Bucklin, Shelbyville, Winifield, Warrenton, New Florence, Moberly, BUffalo, Mt. Vernon, Monett, Hartville, West Plains, Conway, Richland, Mexico, Cameron, Excelsior Springs, LaGrange and Canton.. . It has been my pleasure to be present at many other Masonic meetings and enjoy the association and hospitality of the brethren. At other times and places the brethren have extended to me the courtesy of an invitation to ,be presen.t,on some special occasion, but

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mueh to my regret and disappointment, my engagements would not permit of acceptance. The invitations, however, were appreciated as a token of remembrance from the brethren. With sadness I report the death of R, W. Brother Henry T. vVright, District Lecturer for the 38th District. No greater monument can be erected to the memory of any man, than he himself builds, by living his entire life, to old age in one community, winning and retaining the good opinion,' respect and friendship of the entire community. Brother vVright was universally esteemed as an honorable, upright, charitable man and citizen and beloved by all who knew, him. He had served the craft for fifty years, and no one was more active than he, in the cause of Freemasonry. He will be missed by hi::; Lodge and the brethren of that District but they are fortunate in being the beneficiary of his long service. The condition of the craft, in general, as to the ritualistic work, is good. The work, as a rule, is well done. There has been so much to do, that the \vork of conferring degrees, has given the brethren such practice as to render them capable of doing the work smoothly and in many cases, very accurately. The difficulty, in some of the lodges, is the fact that so few of the brethren are qualified to render any assistance, and in the ab.sence of any of the regular workers, their places must be filled with unskilled workers, which oftimes mars the beauty and effectiveness of the degree. The Lectures, which, when properly ,delivered are so impressive and explanatory of the initial parts of the degrees, are not given as much thought and attention, as their importance demands. Some zealous brother, with a good memory, committs them, and the brethren are content to depend upon him on all occasions. In his absence or in his removal from the locality, the lodge is powerless to do anything, hut depends upon the courtesy of a neighboring lodge or brother. Some of the District Lecturers complain of this condition in onc or more of their lodges. It is to be hoped that others can be persuaded to put forth efforts to prevent the recurrence of any such condition. The work is 'educational within itself, and he who will apply himself to this study, will be compensated for his efforts. The District Lecturers have been faithful in the performance of their duties. Their watchful care for the welfare of the craft in their respective fields of labor, merits the commendation~of the fraternity in this Grand Jurisdiction. All of them are of necessity, actively engaged in the various vocations in life for the support and maintenance of themselves and families. It is; therefore, not always possible or convenient for them to answer calls for assistance on short notice. Sufficient time should be given and all should adapt themselves to the situation as much as possible. I am gratefUl for all the assistance they rendered me and for the continued courtesies bestowed on me at all times. The abstract of the report of their work and of the general condition of the craft is as follows: ABSTRACT OF REPORTS OF DISTRICT LECTURERS. Brother Paul Higbee, of the 2nd District, held School of Instruction at Newark, and visited the lodges at Brashear, Novinger, Greensburg, as well as being a frequent attendant of the lodges at Kirks-

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ville, in his home town. On such occasions, instruction was given and correction made whenever necessary. He gratefully acknowledges the assistance of R. W. Brother Charles C. Gardner, and the invaluable service rendered by him to both lodges. He notes that in the lodges at Kirksville, a number of' the initiates have become the best workers, which is very reassuring for the continued prosperity of the fraternity in that locality. The lodges at Brashear and Novinger are taking more interest in the work and a good Masonic feeling exists in both places. In the removal of a brother from Newark lodge who was conversant with the work, and took the initiative, the members sustained a loss; and more interest must be taken and closer application must be given to the work before they can regain their normal condition. Brother Jno. Santee, of the 3rd District, held School of Instruction with the following lodges: Hartford, Lucerne, Green City, Putnam, Pollock and Winigan, and reports excellent results. Three other lodges are well cared for by local, informed brethren and are progressing nicely. With the exception of two lodges, viz: Arcana and Humphreys, he says, the interest manifested and the work done throughout the District is a good indication of the progressiveness of the brethren. Brother Jonathan Stark, of the 7th District, visited eight of the lodges under his care, was a regular attendant at the two lodges in Maryville, and held Lodges of Instruction at Elmo and Ravenwood. He was particular.!y active iIi rendering assistance to the various lodges, in conferring degrees, laying of corner stones, and conducting funerals. He says the brethren are anxious for instruction, and when the husy season is over, work will be resumed with renewed activity, and he hopes for satisfactory results in their proficiency. The visit of the Gl'and Lecturer, last winter, was appreciated and profitable to all. He reports unusual activity in all the lodges during the past year, and increased membership over preceding years. Brother Howard S. Teare, says the reports from the 9 lodges composing his District, are very good with one exception; all report gains and more interest in the WOI路k. The visits of the Grand Lecturer at Rockport ~nd Mound City \vere appreciated and productive of good. The visit of the Grand Master at Forest City was the event of the year. A big crowd was there to welcome him, and when the days work was done, a banquet was given in his honor. B,'othcr B. F. Watson of the 9th District visited a number of lodges in the District, held Lodges at Rushville and Cosby and held weekly Lodges of Instruction during the three win leI' months of the year for the lodges in S1. Joseph. He reports a prosperous year, considerable work done, and that the ritualistic work is very satisfactorily performed in every respect. Brother H. W. Saunders of the 10th District, in reviewing the work accomplished, and the general condition of the craft, is very much encouraged by the marked improvem路ent. A higher standard in the ritualistic work is noticeable and a most gratifying spirit of brotherhood prevails. Visitations were made and instruction given to the following lodges: Jamesport, Osborn, Weatherby and Altamont. The laHt named was organized and set to work under its

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charter October 2, 1919, with very favorable prospects for, its future existence. The' statistics of the District show an increase in mem~ bership of 99, and the quality of the' work has improved. ' Brother Emsley C. James, of the 11th District, held Lodges of Instruction at Holt, Gower an'd Lathrop, and visited several other lodges. He reports unusual activity in all the lodges. Brother James removed from the District early in the spring and his report is not for the full year. ~everal visitations were made by the Grand Lecturer, who is pleascd to report very favorably on the general condition of the lodges. Brother Hichard A, Tharp, of the 12th District, visited seven of the thirteen lodges comprising his District, and held fivc Lodges of Instruction, with good attendance and close attenti~ to the work. The lodges seem revived, harmony prevails throughout the District, and increased membership is shown. The visit of the Grand Lecturer to the District was appreciated. A visit to the Wheeling lodge by Grand Mastcr Garrell was an event that will long be remembered by members of that lodge.

Brother E. \V. Tayler, the 13th District, visited four of 'the lodges and found them doing good work. A Lodge of Instruction was held at Bucklin, the attendance was good and the members are taking an active interest in the WOl'k. The year's work has been most satisfactory, in ever'y respect. The Secretaries are complimented on their good work, as there are lcss outstanding dues than .ever before and all reports made on time. I Brother \Vi1liam L. Hamrick, of the 14th District, reports good interest, substantial progress, fairly good proficiency and desirable conditions as to harmony in the lodges of his District. The officers of Elmer lodge were examined, and the lodge set at work under dispensation. The reports show a substantial increase in member'ship, ail had some work with the exception of Hunnewell. Brother Byrne K Bigger, of the 15th District, says the ritualistic work has not improved in' some places as it should, Palmyra lodge has been very active' and has decidedly improved in their work. He visited the lodges at Ewing, Canton, LaBelle and lodges at Hannibal fl路equently. The prevalence of the "flu" last winter was more serious than t.he preceding year, particularly so, outside of Hannibal, and it required considerable time for the lodges to regain their usual stride. On the whole, he believes the lodges are generally, in very good condition. Brother Robt. A. May, of .the 16th District, received his appointment late in the season on account of the resignation of Brother A. C. Behringer, who had moved from the District. He reports much and better work being done than formerly. The young men are taking a very active interest in lodge work which has enlivened the lodges very considerably. Brother Thos. F. Hurd, of the 17th District, visited all the lodges but Madison ana Florida and held Lodges of Instruction with Paris Union, Middle Grove and Santa Fe lodges. He reports the consolidation of Woodlawn Lodge No. 223 with Madison Lodge No. 91, and the arrest of the Charter of Stoutsville Lodge No. 592. We regret the necessity of arresting the Charter, but hope it may be the

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means of a reconciliation of any differences of opinion that may have caused it. He reports all the lodges now in existence in a fine condition, doing good work and with plenty to do. Brother T. H. Walton visited five of the lodges under him during the past year and reports them doing more work than usual and done very creditably. Reports from the others are very favorable and he says th;:lt all of them are in better condition every way than they have been for years. Brother Horace L. Mann, of the 19th District, visited the following lodges, giving instruction and assisting in the work: Salisbury, Triplett, Sum~er, Keytesville, Brunswick. At his request the lodge at Westville was visited by Brother Mason of Marceline who reported very favorably on the condition of that lodge. Prairie Hill Lodge No. 546 has consolidated with Salisbury Lodge No. 208, and the remaining lodges are awakening, and marked improvement is seen along all lines. Several of the lodges have purchased lanterns which' has proved an incentive to some to learn the lectures and aroused a renewed interest among the brethren. . Brother William Baker, of the 20th District, held Lodges of Instruction at Hale, Bogard, Carrollton, DeWitt an~ Knoxville. He reports the attendance very good and the improvement made as very gratifying. The lodges have an unusual amount of work and consequently. but very little time for instruction. , Brother Chal'l~s T. Kornbrodt, of the 22nd District, says that the work of the year has been one of great pleasure to him. The Lodge of Instruction held weekly during the months of January and February, were hetter attended than ever before, teaching was easier, as the brethren had profited by the efforts put forth in the past, and the work was exemplified intelligently in a manner pleasing and profitable to all. A contest between two lodges, with competent judges, aroused considerable interest; and the verdict of the judges indicates a very high degree of proficiency .of both lodges with honors a bout even: He reports good work. being done in all the lodges. Brother Kornbrodt has served the Craft faith'fully and well, and the pl'ogressiveness of the brethren is a fitting expression of their confidenc~ in him. Brother J. S. 'Vilson, of the 24th District, reports very favorable conditions existing among the lodges. Nelson lodge has revived, and Trilumina lodge has enjoyed the greatest year of its history. The District ,Meetings are well attended and work is very creditably done in most of the lodges. Brother S. L. Stites, of the 25th District, met regularly with his home lodge, freely gave all help required of him and reports the working conditions of this lodge as only fair. Bunceton lodge is credited with being the most active and proficient lodge in the county.' Otterville lodge needs instruction. No call from any lodge in Howard County and he concludes that conditions are satisfactory, to them.

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Brother S. P. Cunningham, of the 27th District, held Lodges of Instruction at- six places, including Mexico; as far as he knows all lodges are active, but the work is not as accurate as he would like. He reports Auxvasse lodge as having a hard time to ge"t together but he is still working with them. Brother J. E. Reeds, of the 28th District, visited all the lodges in his District, with one or two exceptions, assisted in conferring degrees, and instructing the officers. A weekly Lodge of Instruction was held at Jonesburg, to which all' lodges were invited. The year has been most prosperous to all lod"ges. The Lodge U. D. at Montgomery City is starting out under most favorable conditions and a splendid future is predicted. He says conditions were never more favorable in the District, harmony prevails throughout. The lodges are busy and the new membership among the best in the community. Brother E. A. Fluesmeier, of the 30th District, visited each lodge in the District, giving instructions and assisting in the work. He found all the lodges able to confer t.he degrees in a satisfactory and impressive manner. The attendance has been good and the District shares the general prosperity of this j.urisdiction. Brollier W. D. Rogers, of the 31st District, held a Lodge of In~ struction at Russellville and was present and assisted the Grand Lecturer at Chamois and California; meetings were well attended, and very beneficial, especially the one held at California, where the .:>fficers of a number of lodges in that section were present and participated. Other Lodges of Instruction were planned, but circumstances prevented. He gave his assistance whenever required. He reports all the lodges, with the possible exception of one or two, as being able to perform all the requirements in conferring degres and general lodge work in very satisfactory manner. Brother R. A. Breuer, of the 32nd District, visited ten of the . eleven lodges over which he is placed. He reports that the majority of the lodges have very efficient workers and路 they are earnestly seeking for greater proficiency, but in other lodges they are dependent on a few for real work and interest. As a whole, however, the brethren are awake to the needs of efficient impressive work. He savs the visit of the Grand Lecturer in the early pilrt of the year ha's borne good results, and he has assisted the brethren in every way possible to still greater endeavor. Brother Thomas Moyser, of the 33rd District, reports that thirty-five Lodges of Instruction were held. The average attendance was one hundred and thirty-three. The Board of Governors, consisting of Worshipful Brothers Matthew H. Hodgson, Fred B. Ho\\rarth and Wm. A. Wagner, were faithful and untiring in their services. They attended to the details of the classes, and only by. their assist搂lnce could such large Lodges of Instruction have been held. At many of the meetings we had the presence of Most Worshipful Brother Frank R. Jesse. When-

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ever his manifold duties and business interests permitted we found Most \\Torshipful Brother Jacob Lampert ready with a helping hand. Most \-Vorshipful Brother Julius C. Garrell seized every "open evening" during his stl-enuous year and gave u.s' his help and counsel. Right 'Worshipful Brother J. H. Cranfill, veteran instructor of the 33rd District, assisted in conducting the floor work at each meeting. Right \\Torshipful Brother Harry Abrams was ever watchful to see that the worl<ersdotted the "i's" and crossed the "t's." Worshipful Brother .John N. Stewart, by his attendance at the thirty-five meetings and his readiness)to serve in any capacity, endeared himself to all of us. Worshipful Brother Allen H. Cole, assisted with the floor work and was largely responsible for the success of the Deacons' and Stewards' class. Under the direction of R. W. Brother Karl M. Vetsburg, assisted by W. Brother Percy B. "Rversden, we devoted many evenings to developing and improving the enunciation and impressiveness of the workers, believing this to be as important as exactness in ritual. The eagerness with which the workers received and aCCel)ted R. \-Y. Brother Vetsburg's interpretation of the ritual proved that. in this. as in every other Masonic assignment, he abundantly "made good." 1n addition to the Lodges of Instruction, I visited thirty lodg'es, some only once, and many of them frequently. I found all of them active, and the work being very creditably done. At every ,meeting, in his office, wherever he was, Right Worshipful Brother \-Vm. A. Sommers, D. D. G. M., strove untiringly for the success of the Lodge of Instruction.' . , Brother James F. Blair, of the 34th District, during the year 'visited six lodges and has kept posted from time to time with the other lodges not visited. He reports them as doing very satisfactory work and apparently exercising proper care in the choice of their material. A n exchange of courtesies between lodges has aroused considerable interest and has a tendency to promote greater efficiency. The 'standard for admission is being gradually .raised. Several of the lodges are making special efforts to build and own their lodge rooms. Brother R. B. Campbell, of the 35th District, held Lodge of Instruction at Rich Hill, Butler, Hume, Papinsville, Foster and Crescent Hill. A date was made with Tyrian Lodge but no one came to the meeting. They are in bad condition. All the other lodges except Foster are in good working condition. Brother Del C. Moore, of the 36th District, held Lodges of Instruction at路 Lamonte and Holden, and was present and assisted the Grand Leeturer at vVanensburg. Meetings were also held at Sedalia once each month and all but three of the lodges took advantage of this instruction. With few exceptions, he says, "the work is not up to standard and there is work to do." Some of the lodges. made no reply to letters sent them and at other places, circumstances would not permit them to hold their meetings at the time set. Sometimes' every thing seems to go wrong, my brother, but "Tomorrow" it may be bright. The lodges at Sedalia are doing well., .,;. ,", ...

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Brother Charles E. Pyle, of the 40th District, visited and held Lodges of Instruction at Blackwell, Caledonia, Belgrade and Irondale. and was also present and assisted the Grand Lecturer at Hillsboro. He says, "The lodges are at work and seem to take .greater interest than ever before and it has been my pleasure to be present on many occasions to assist them in the work." Brother H. H. Finley, of the 42nd District, reports that he has given more personal instruction than ever before, and has been busy visiting and assisting- the various lodges in conferring degrees. He reports that all lodges are in good condition and that peace and harmony.prevail throughout the District. The ne'... hall at Greenfield will soon be ready for dedication. Brother J. R. Hutchison, of the 44th District, visited all the lodges in his Dil:?trict, some of them a number of times and assisted in the work. Held Lodges of Instruction at Carterville, Oronogo, Alba, Carl Junction and Webb City,. with good attendance at路 each. He reports that the officers and members were doing their work in a very proficient manner. All but one lodge have gained in membership and the entire District has prospered and everything Masonic is harmonious. The District was honored by visitations from many notables of the Craft, and among them was M. W. Brother Julius C. Garrell, G. M., who visited the Joplin lodges and conferred the Third Degree.

Brother George W. Custer, of the 45th District, visited most of the lodges in the pistrict, and found most 9f them doing fairly well. Held a Lodge of Instruction at RepUblic; the interest shown by the officers was splendid and they are doing fine work. All of the lodges have been active, especially the lodges at Springfield, and they have been overtaxed. Brother Carl A. Swenson, of the 46th District, visited twelve or'the fifteen lodges in the District, and reports increased interest in learning the work. . He has recently had calls from practically all the lodges. Ava Lodge which has been dormant for some time, has revived and is doing considerable work. The outlook for more and better work in the future throughout the District is very cheering. 'Brother F. E. McGhee, of the 47th District, visited all of his lodges. Some of them are in' fine condition, and others on account of local conditions are 'plodding along. In several places many members have moved away on account of the closing down of the mills, and it will take some time to adjust themselves. Instruction was given in all of the lodges, the brethren applied themselves and the situation is more hopeful. . Brother W. B. Massey, of the 48th District, says this has been the most prosperous year in the history of the District. Lodges of Instruction were held at Leadwood, Bonne Terre, Far~ington, Fred.icktown, Ironton, Bismark and Belleview. At the last place, Brother Charles E. Pyle of DeSoto conducted the school at 'my request, and his kindness and skill was fUlly appreciated by myself and the

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lodge at Belleview. These schools were well attended and considerable benefit was derived from them; as a rule, the lodges are doing better work, showing better improvement year by year. I

Brother F. E. Mount. of the 50th District, visited the following lodges, assisted in conferring degrees, but held no regular Lodges of Instruction: Morley. Blodgett and Chaffee. At other places and at different times he gave considerable instruction to the officers of the lodge. His information is that considerable work is being done and with some exceptions the brethren are fairly proficient in work. Brother G. C. Bishop, of. the 51S\District, visited eight lodges during the year and held two special odges of Instruction. In addition to. the above the Grand Lecturer was at Kennett, Malden and Ca.ruthersville. He reports the work, as a whole, is done in a .very satisfactory manner. Much enthusiasm was aroused by the visit of Grand Master Garrell at Portageville where a great number of Masons were there to greet him. Brother K. C. Johnson, of the 52nd District, visited several lodges, assisted in degree work and installing officers. Lodges of Instruction . were held at Poplar Bluff On various occasions and personal work was frequently given, illness in his family prevented his doing as much as he intended. The lodges in his District are doing. good work and have a share in the prosperity of the Craft in this jurisdiction. Brother Charles F .. li'unl"houser, of the 53rd District, was appointed late in the season to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of R. W. Brother H. A. Stearns, who had moved from the District. However, he made several visitations. He finds that some of the lodges need to be "woke up" but reports many of them very progressive and doing good work. His report shows a gain in membership and the general condition of the lodges is good. Brother G. J. Vaughan, of the 54th District, visited all the lodges once or morc and held Lodges of Instruction from one to three days in duration and assisted in conferring all the degrees of Freemasonry. He reports progress in every branch of the work all over the District. The lodges visited are Sparta, Billings, Clever, Claflin, Kirbyville, Branson, Reeds Springs and Crane. He did not visit the lodges at Ozark, Forsyth and Galena, as they needed no special instruction in conferring degrees or otherwise. Brother W. A. Phipps, of the 56th District, reports a very busy year, more interest was manifested and a corresponding demand for help and assistance. He visited all the lodges and some of them fre. quently. A marked improvement is noted and a desire for greater. proficiency prevails, indication of still better work. The increase has been ver'y good, and e~pecial pride is taken in the fact that the quality is superior. Brother A. Stratford Fuller, of the 57th District, reports as follows: "The fraternity has enjoyed a year of unparalleled prosperity,

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both financially and numerically; the increase in membership haviI).g been over twice that of any previous year." He visited each of the twelve lodges (including one U. D.) numerous times, held eighteen "called" Lodges of Instruction, as well as several informal ones, with an average attendance of twenty-eight. Have also assisted the Craft in a general way in the ritualistic work, in which, the brethren have -taken a keen interest, and in all. of the lodges their interest plainly shows its effect: I have been ably assisted in this work by several of the very proficient ritualists from the 33rd as well as the 57th Districts, and to these brethrtn I am duly thankful. During the year I have had the honor as well as pleasure of setting to work U. D.-University Lodge at University City, and of instructing its officers in the work, in which we are doing excellently. Brother Allen McD. Hoyt of the 59th District, held IJodges of Instruction at Independence, Buckner and Blue Springs, and found the brethren ready and eager to learn. The lodge has been unusually active and with much practice, the work has been improved accordingly. The visitations of some. teams from the city lodges, to the neighbori~g country lodges has the effect of instilling confidence in the minds of the brethren, that the work is the same and that all things considered, one lodge can d.o as good work as any other. He says the lodges are in a healthy and growing condition. Fraternally submitted,

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGES. M. W. Bro. \Vm. F. Kuhn, Chairman, presented the following report of Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges, which on motion was adopted, section - by section, separately. First section as to Mexico, adopted. Second section as to France, adopted. Third section as to Germany, adopted. To the Grand Lodge A. F. &. A. M. of Missouri:

Your Committee on the recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges submits the following report. Much material has come before the Committee which required careful consideration and investigation. The report is of necessity lengthy, but to it the Committee invites careful attention.. MEXICAN AFFAIRS

The Committee has before it: 1st. A request for fraternal recognition from the "Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico for the Federal District of Mexico." 2nd. A protest from W. Bro. Arnold Shanklin, member of a in this Grand Jurisdiction, from an edict of suspension from the rights and privileges of Freemasonry in the Grand Jurisdiction of the Republic of Mexico, by the Grand Master of the York Grand Lodge of Mexico. Both the request for recognition and the protest, alleged that the York Grand Lodge is an illegal and spurious Grand Lodge. To a thorough understanding of the whole matter, .it is necessary to recall the action of the Grand Lodge of Missouri in reference to the York Grand Lodge of the Republic of Mexico. In 1903, after careful consideration and investigation, and at the special recommendation of M. W. Bro. .:r:os. C. Finagan, Past Grand Master Of this Grand Lodge, who was then living in Mexico, the Grand Lodge of Missouri extended fraternal recognition to and an interchange of Grand Representatives with the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico, the name by which the York Grand Lodge was then known. A detailed report of this action is found in the proceedings of our Grand Lodge for 1903. Everything seemed to progress satisfactorily in the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico until lodg~

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1910. At this .time in Due, Ancient and 'Accepted Mexican manner, an in~urrection broke loose in the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico. This insurrection arose over the adoption of'a new Constitution and the election of the Grand Master. The new Constitution was adopted and Grand Master Jose J. Reyn08a~ elected by an overwhelming majority. . Immediately, the representatives of seven of the Mexican Lodges, out of a total of twenty-five Lodges, under the leadership of Past Grand Master Levi, withdrew in a very disorderly, disrespectful and unmasonic .manner. This rebelious element constituted a small minority of the representatives. After withdrawing, this element held a secret meeting and organized a Grand Lodge, purloining the name of the parent Grand Lodge and declared itself to be the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico. In 1911 the parent Grand Lodge, in order to protect itself and its good name, and that it might not be confused with the illegal and rebelious body, amended its Constitution by changing its name to "The M. W. York Grand Lodge of Mexico, F. & A. Masons." The action of the parent Grand Lodge 路changing its name was brought before the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and the name "Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico" erased from the list of recognized Grand Lodges, and the name York Grand Lodge of Mexico substituted therefor. A full. account of this action is found in the Proceedings of our Grand Lodge for 1910 and 1911.

The request for recognition from this rebelious element which now calls itself the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico of the Federal District, is an affront to the Grand Lodge of Missouri. If this reo bellious element felt aggrieved over the action of the Grand Lodge, in which action they participated, there is a legal and Masonic way in which such matters can .be adjusted. If these seven Lodges could not live in harmony with the others, the majority of which are English sJ;;leaking Lodges, by proper methods, the aggrieved Lodges could have secured a separation, and then Ofganized a new Grand Lodge with the sanction of the parent Grand ,Lodge. Such a new Grand Lodge w.ould have been a legal one and worthy of recognition. But this rebelious element did not see. fit to adopt legal and Masonic methods to organize a Grand Lodge, but met in secret,organized a Grand Lodge, took the name of the 路 parent Grand Lodge and now comes to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, asking recognition. The Grand Lodge of Missouri does not 路 and can not recognize rebellion to co~stituted authority. The socalled Grand. Lodge Valle de Mexico of the Federal District is an 路illegal and spurious Grand Lodge, and recognition is hereby denied.

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Your Committee would call the attention of the members .of the Lodges under the Grand J~risdiction of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, who may be living or visiting in the Republic of Mexico, to the fact that visiting or holding Masonic communion with the Lodges or members of such Lodges that are under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico, constitutes a Masonic offense 'and subject to trial and discipline. Special attention is called to the City of Mexico Lodge No. 35, under the路 jurisdiction of the irregular Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico. It claims to be an English speaking L;odge, but it is a clandestine organization and must be avoided. THE SHANKLIN PROTEST

W. Bro. Arnold Shanklin is a Past Master of a Missouri Lodge, and, although a resident of Mexico City, yet by virtue of holding membership in Albert Pike Lodge No. 219, Kansas City, he is a member of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Bro. Shanklin was in the consular service of the Unitec;l States in the City of Mexico for many years and is now a practicing attorney in that city. Masoni'cally he is well known to many in this state as a zealous and enplUsiastic Freemason. In Mexico City he was made an active, 33rd in the English speaking Consistory of the Scottish Rite, was High Priest of, Mexico Chapter No. 225, Royal Arch Masons under the. jurisdiction of the' Grand Chapter of Texas, and Commander of Mexico Commandery No.1, Knights Templar under the jurisdiction of the Grand Encampment of the United States of America. In the course of his MasQnic activities in Mexico City, he was a,' member of a Committee of Two, of the Scottish Rite to investi~ gate the legitimacy of the York Grand Lodge. Upon the report of this Committee, the English speaking Bodies of the Scottish Rite, Orient of Mexico, under date of Nove.mber 19, 1919, issued "Balustre No. 79," declaring the York Grand Lodge a spurious Grand Lodge and held that eleven so-called Grand Lod&,es in the Republic of Mexico, were legitimate. As High Priest of Mexico Chapter No. 225, Royal Arch Masons, he appointed a Committee and on the report of this Committee he issued a circular letter, under date of December 26, 1919, declaring the same list of Grand L~dges as contained in the Scottish Rite Balustre were legitimate Grand Lodges and only from these' petitions would be received for the Chapter. He further stipulated that no member of a Lodge under the jurisdiction of any Grand Lodge not mentioned in the list could visit the Chapter路 and giving such members forty days in which to be healed as to their Masonic standing. This edict was

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directed against those who were members of Lodges under the York Grand Lodge, and they were classed as illegally-made Masons. A collusion between the Scottish Rite Bodies and Bro. Shanklin's action as High Priest of a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons can readily be Eeen. Whether Bro: Shanklin carried his Poo Bah into the COlllmandery of Knights Templar, no evidence exists. This action of .the Scottish Rite Bodies, based on the report of a Committee of which Bro. Shanklin was a member, coupled with his decree as High Priest of a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, coming to the knowledge of Grand Master Motta of the York Grand Lodge. he issued an edict against the members of the Committee. This edict reads in part as follows: "Each and all of you guilty, to a greater or less extent, for this outrageous and flagrant violation of the Ancient Charges and your Masonic obligations, and I do now, by the power in me vested, suspend you one' and all from all the rights and privileges of Freemasonry, as known and practiced within this Jurisdiction. A Committee will be appointed and when the evidence is in form, you will be summoned to appear before them and show cause why you should not be forever expeiled from further. participation in the rights and privileges of Freemasonry. Anyone of you who can produce sufficient evidence whereby release from this sentence of suspension, may be granted, should present the same to the office of the M. W. G. L: and the same will be considered:'

The legality of the edict of Grand Ma~ter Motta, in suspend路 ing Bro. Shanklin from all the rights and privileges of Freemasonry in the jurisdiction of York Grand Lodge, is not in the province of your Committee to determine, and it is, therefore, referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. But as much of the protest, as, reo fers to the legitimacy of the York Grand Lodge, your Committee will take cognizance. The Grand Lodge of Missouri has recognized the York Grand Lodge as legitimate. Such recognition stands until recalled by the Grand Lodge of Missouri. It is not within the authority of a Scottish Rite Body, or a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, or any so-called higher Bodies, to pass on the .legitimacy of Grand Lodges. It is a 路well established Masonic usage that Grand Lodges and Grand Lodges only determine the legitimacy of a Grand Lodge. It is therefore an unwarranted assumption and meddlesome impertinence for the Scottish Rite Bodies of the Republic of Mexico and Bro. Shanklin, as High Priest of a Chapter of Royal Arch路 Masons to pass on the legitimacy or illegitimacy of the York Grand Lodge. This act of the Scottish Rite Bodies and of the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons does not set aside or determine what the acts of the Grand Lodge of Missouri has been or shall be.

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Bro. Shanklin, as a member of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, failed in his duty to his Grand Lodge and assumed authority not his own, in signing a report declaring the York Grand Lodge an illegal or a spurious Grand Lodge. While it路 is true that the edict of this Scottish Rite Body was not necessarily the act of Bro. Shanklin, he was particeps criminis to the edict. His action of High Priest of Royal Arch Masons in declaring a Grand Lodge to be a spurious one, partakes more of a farce comedy, a huge joke, rather than anything serious. It is indeed something new in Masonic jurisprudence for the High Priest of a small Chapter of Royal Arch Masons to pass on the legitimacy of a Grand Lodge, especially for a member of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, erstwhile a ~Iigh Priest of such a chapter, in his official capacity set aside the action of his own Grand Lodge. Shakespeare has well said: "Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he is most assured, plays Euch fantastic tricks before high Heaven, as make the' angels weep." Fortunately his action as High Priest was short lived and no harm done. For as soon as this action was brought to the notice of the Grand High Priest of Texas, under whose jurisdiction Mexico . Chapter No. 225 belonged, he directed High Priest Shanklin to withdraw his decree and to expunge all acts appertaining to it from the records of the Chapter, and he informed him that it was not in his power to pass on the legitimacy of Grand Lodges; that Grand Lodges determined such matters for themselves; that the Grand Lodge of Texas recognizes York Grand Lodge and the Grand Chapter of Texas must recognize the action of the Grand Lodge of Texas; that High Priest Shanklin's action was untenable and antagonistic to the Grand Chapter of Texas. Your Committee is pleased to state that High Priest Shanklin immediately obeyed the orders of the Grand High Priest, the edict was withdrawn and all records of such edict expunged. All is well that ends well.

The claim that the York Grand Lodge is not a legitimate one is merely a sinister movement of ~he Scottish Rite Bodies of the Republic of Mexico to obtain control of Freemasonry in the republic. Many years ago, date unknown to your Committee, the Scott~sh Rite Bodies of the Republic of Mexico renounced all authority over the symbolic degrees in the republic. Yet its hand has been secretly moving and endeavoring to control Freemasonry in that country. Balustre No. 79, issued in 1919, clearly sets at rest all arguments, for in it are clearly enumerated what Grand Lodges are legitimate or illegitimate, from its own standpoint. It is clearly

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an assumption actuated by sinister motives. The ~traw man set up to prove the illegitimacy of the York Grand Lodge is based on two reasons. First. The York Grand 'Lodge has only two Lodges in the Federal District where the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico claims jurisdiction, therefore .the claim of jurisdiction over the Federal District by the York Grand Lodge is an illegal one, hence the York Grand Lodge is a spurious Grand Lodge. When the Grand Lodge of Missouri recognized the York Grand Lodge, under its original name of the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico, no claim of state or district jurisdiction was made, but it claimed jurisdiction over the entire Republic of Mexico; as such it was . recognized and not as a State or District Grand Lodge. This is substantiated by the records which clearly divided the Republic of Mexico into. six districts. In 1909 this Grand Lodge by resolution declared, "That the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico shall not relinquish its jurisdiction over any Lodge which it holds under charter in any State of the Republic where they may be a State Grand Lodge not recognized by it." In the Constitution of the York Grand' Lodge, in 1910, it again clearly states that "The jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge is over all Lodges working the York Rite Ritual and all Ancient and Accepted Masons within the limits of the United States of Mexico." These citations ought to be sufficient to set aside the charge of illegitimacy. The claims of the irregular Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico is a mere pretense and a specious subterfuge. Second. It is charged that the York Grand Lodge is a spurious one, because it requires the Ritual to be given in the English language. This charge is so amusing that the wonder is how anyone with a modicum of Masonic sense could make such' an accusation. If there is one principle clearly established above all others, it is that a Grand Lodge is a sovereign Body in all matters affecting its organization., It has the absolute control over the Ritual, it can dictate the language in whicli the Ritual is, to be given. It may permit or prohibit any language as it sees fit. The expediency as' to the use of a. language must be determined by the Grand Lodge itself. The charge therefore of illegitimac'y on the ground of using the English language is so trivial, that it hardly merits consideration. Your Committee has carefully examined the Constitution and By-Laws of the York Grand Lodge. It opens with the Ancient

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charge of a Freemason as adopted by the Grand Lodge of England in 1721. Its code conforms in every essential with the Book of Constitutions of the 'Grand Lodge of Missouri. In fact so much of its phraseology is no near, that' it appears to be a copy of our own Code. This Grand Lodge has annually published its Proceedings and that of 1919 is before your Committee. It has under its jurisdiction fifteen Lodges with a membership of 1018, and has a bal-ance 01$2,501.35 in its treasury. ,n-/has been officially recognized by twenty-nine of the Grand Lodges in the United States as well as by the Grand Lodges of England, Scotland and Ireland., Your Committee can find no reason for withdrawing fraternal recognition froI;ll the York Grand Lodge 6f Mexico. It is doing good work for pure needs encouragement rather than that the York Gra~d Lodge of the and duly constituted Grand Lodge Masons.

and undefiled Freemasonry and censure. It is therefore路 held Republic of Mexico' is a regular of Ancient, Free and Accepted

FRANCE

At the Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge held in 1919, the matter of the recognition of the Grand Orient, and the Grand Lodge of France was again referred to your Committee for investigation. The Committee has again gone over the entire subject and has carefully considered all additional information that it has been able to secure. There are in France three organizations claiming to be Masonic and all having concurrent jurisdiction. The Grand Orient of France. The Grand Lodge of France. The Independent National Grand

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The Independent National Grand Lodge has been recognized by the Grand Lodge of Missouri as a regular and legitimate Grand Lodge. It has under its jurisdiction nine Lodges with a membership of about nine hundred. To avoid confusion the other two will be considered separately. THE GRAND ORIENT

The Grand Orient of France has been a sovereign Grand Body since 1772. It is the largest Grand Lodge in France. It was, until 1877, a regular and legitimate Grand Body of Freemasons and so recognized, possibly, by all the路 English speaking Grand Lodges.

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In 1877 the Grand Orient struck from its Book of Constitutions the following declaration: "The bashs of Masonry is a belief in God and in the immortality of the soul," and substituted therefor-"The basis of Masonry is freedom of conscience." This act placed ,the Grand Orient beyond the pale of legitimate Freemasonry and made it an irregular Grand Lodge. The origin of the Grand Orient was legitimate, having sprung from the Mother Grand Lodge of symbolic Masonry, the Grand Lodge of England, but in "" 1877, by its own act, it rendered itself irregular by striking out of its Book of Constitutions the very foundation upon which Freemasonry is builded. Immediately, thereafter, recognition was withdrawn by nearly all, if not all the English speaking Grand Lodges both in the British Empire and in the United States, 'l:his status has remained ever since until the World's War. Since then the question of recognition has received much attention. The opportunity to examine into French Masonry by Americans, during and since the war, has been very much facilitated and the information gained very valuable. Several Amercian FreemaRons have gone over the ground thoroughly. The Committee gives a few quotations. Past Grand Master Luther R. Ginn of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, who spent nearly two years in France as Deputy Controller of the United States Treasury, and who was the special agent of twenty-two Grand Jurisdictions to examine into and report as to conditions in reference to Freemasonry in France sums up his exami.nation as follows: "After two years of investigation and acquaintance with French Masonic conditions, it is my emphatic opinion, that French Masonry can not and must not be recognized by American Grand Jurisdictions,"

This statement covers both Grand Orient and Grand Lodge of France. W. Bro. Leonidas P. Newby of Indiana, 'Grand Generalissimo of the Grand Encampment, Knights Templar, went to France in the interest of the Templar War Fund for French Orpha1.ls. In a letter to the Chairman of your Committee he says: "The Grand Orient as a Masonic Body is an impossibliity." W. Bro. Raymund Daniel, Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, and as his Committee also passes upon the recognition of Grand Lodges, he made a thorough examinaqon into French Masonry. His report as submitted to the Grand Lodge of Georgia, in 1919, is the most thorough and exhaustive report ever submitted by anyone to a Grand Lodge. Your Committee wish' it were possible to submit his re-

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port in its entirety, but one paragraph only is necessary as it covers the snbject thoroughly. He says: "The Grand Orient of France prohibits the mentioning of God and the use of the Book of the Law of God in its organization. It permits the discussion of politics."

He recommends the non-recognition of the Grand Orient. Our own member W. Bro. George S. McLanahan, Chairman of our Overseas Committee, spent some time in France and talked with many members of both the Grand Orient, and of the Grand Lodge. His testimony is that the members of the Grand Orient admit that a belief in God was stricken from its Constitution; that a belief in路 God is not required路 to become a member; that atheists. are admitted, and that the Bible, our Book of the Law, is discarded in their Lodges. It is not necessary to multiply testimony. THE GRAND LODGE OF FRANCE

The origin of the Grand Lodge of France is ~ot clear: Writers differ, and many are of the opinion that its legitimacy is questionable. It can not trace its lineage to the Mother Grand Lodge of England.' It is admitted by some of its adherants that the Grand Lodge is of French Scottish Rite origin and became supreme over the symbolic degrees in 1904. The legitimacy of its origin may be waived for the present. as much other matter claims our attention. In 1919 a protest against the action of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, as taken in 1918, in its refusal to recognize the Grand Lodge of France was filed with the Grand Secretary, John R. Parson. This protest is signed by W. P. Campbell-Everden, P. M., P. Z., L. R., Paris. Who he. is and his authority for a protest your Committee has no knowledge, except he appears to be an Englishman, a special champion of the Grand Lodge of France and the author of a pamphlet路 in defense of the Grand Lodge of France. His protest is long, but for the sake of the information it contains the important portions are hereby given: "The two Bodies, the Grand Orient and the Grand Lodge, are entirely distinct in organization, constitution and principles. The Grand Orient de France did, in 1877 alter its Constitution in the way described, and thus incurred the consequences which are well known to many Masons. Whether in so doing it was right or wrong, wise or unwise, and whether the consequences incurred were merited or unmerited I do not propose to discuss in this letter. These questions may be left to the champions of the Grand Orient, of whom

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I .am not one. But I wish to emphasize to the uttermost in this letter that the Grand Lodge of France did not, either in' 1877, or at any other time, alter its constitution in the manner indicated. H is a baseless calumny wh路ich has been widely spread, usually in ignorance, but sonietimes intentionally. Since 1904 there have been no valid grounds for the refusal of recognition of the Grand Lodge of France either by the Grand Lodge of Missouri or any otner Grand Lodge. "The Masonic principles of the Grand Lodge of France are as . pure and as orthodox as those of the United Grand Lodge of England itself. The Constitution of the Grand Lodge of France is based upon the declaration of principle路 made by the Covenant of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite Freemasonry which met in Lausane in 1875. Just two years before the Grand Orient made its counterblast. One of the principal points of the Ancient Doctrines of Scottish Rite Masonry is: "Freemasonry is an institution of Brotherhood whose origin is in the cradle of' human society. It has its doctrine, the recognition of a superior forcce whose existence is proclaimed under the name of the Great Architect of the Universe. The declaration of principles above referred to proclaims as it has since its origin the existence of a creative principle under the name of the Great Architect of the Universe. "The Grap.d Lodge of France in an official letter on the subject on the first and most important of the ancient landmarks, says: 'We, the Grand Lodge of France have always been in accord with that landmark, which we, in common with the whole Scottish Rite, have always conserved as fundamental in every country because the Scottish Rite is one and indivisible throughout the world. We, the Grand Lodge of France,路 have therefore no power and certainly no desire to change or modify any of the ancient landmarks.' What could be plainer, what ~ore do the Masons of Missouri require? "The Grand Lodge of France asks for recognition not on any sentimental ground so much talked of lately of affection for the French people, or of military community of interests or of mingling of o~r blood in the military defense of our common right against a ruthless enemy; but on the eternal grounds' of justice and principle; because the Grand Lodge of France has a right to be recognized on these grounds. Its Masonic principles entitle it to Masonic recognition everywhere. "I am dear sir and brother, "Yours faithfully and fraternally, "W. P. CAMPBELL-EVERDEN, P. M., "P. Z., L. R."

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The Committee has given considerable ,space to this protest. Not that .it contains anything especially new, but it emphasizes clearly two points. 1st. That the Grand Lodge of France does not trace its lineage to the Mother Grand Lodge of the World, the Grand Lodge of England, but it is the creature of French Scottish Masonry. That it has been a sovereign Grand Lodge, only during the past sixteen years and is now independent of the Supreme Council. 2nd. That its religious conception, if it may be called such, is a belief. in a superior force, a creative principle proclaimed under the name ofo the Great Architect of the Universe. Immediately after the receipt of this protest the Chairman of your Committee directed the following letter: Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 17, 1919. W. P. Campbell-Everten, P. M" 34 Boulevard Haussman, Paris, France.

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My dear sir and brother: Your letter and enclosed protest to the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Missouri has been referred to me as Chairman of the Committee on the Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges. In the letter you speak of having sent a pamphlet on Freemasonry in France. This pamphlet was evidently not received. Will you send me a copy for examination? I have read your protest and can assure you that the claims of the Grand Lodge France will have careful consideration路 as there is no desire to confuse the Grand Lodge of France with the Grand Orient of France. Your protest calls attention to an important distinction between the two. In order to assist the Committee in arriving at the conclusion, will you kindly answer the following. questions:

1. Does the Grand Lodge of France have an established and authorized Ritual and do all the Lodges under its jurisdiction use it, oris each Lodge permitted to use a French or English Ritual as it may desire?

2. In the initiatory ceremony, and in the petitions for the degrees of Freemasonry, does the candidate have to express a belief in "The one living and true God?" 3. The Grand Lodges,of the United States are of English origin and not of Scottish Rite origin. Is, therefore, the declaration of a be'lief, "In a creative principle under the name of the Great Architect of the Universe," a philosophical or religious interpretation and conception? You can readily see that the recognition of a creative principle, and a belief in a one living and true God, are not necessari:y the same thi~g.

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4. Does the Grand Lodge of\ France and the Grand Orient 路of France have fraternal relations with each other, and do the members of the. Lodge under the Grand Orient visit the Lodges under the Grand Lodge? 5. What relation do the women's Masonic Lodges bear to' the Grand Lodge of France, and is there a fraternal comity between them? 6. Is the Bible displayed upon the Altar and is the candidate obligated thereon, according to the authorized Ritual of the Grand Lodge of France? 7. Is Anglo-Saxon Lodge, under the Grand Lodge. of France, an English or French Lodge and does it' use the English or the authorized I<'rench Ritual? I would be pleased to receive for examination an authorized Ritual of the Grand Lodge of France. Will you kindly answer in detail these questions, as it 'will aid the Committee very much in arriving at a working basis. Fraternally yours, WILLIAM F. KUHN, Chairman of Committee on the Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges.

It will be noted that, these questions are very searching and the answers thereto necessary before recognition could be accorded.

No reply, to this letter was received. After waiting three months, the Chairman of your Committee wrote another letter which letter was sent under postal 'register: Kansas City, Mo., March 10, 1920. W. P. Campbell-Everden, P. M., 34 Boulevard Haussman, Paris, France. My dear brother: On December 17, 1919, I wrote you in reference to information on the Grand Lodge of France. My letter was based on a letter" of protest from you to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, in reference to refusing to recog'nize the Grand Lodge of France as Masonic. I have not heard from you. The question of extending recognition to the Grand Lodge of France will come before the Grand Lodge of Missouri in September, 1920, and the Committee desires to have all the information possible. May I hear from you without delay? Fraternally yours, WILLIAM F. KUHN, Chairman of Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges.

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The return receipt from the French Post Office Department was received in April, showing that this letter was delivered March 29, 1920. But up to this date Brother Campbell路Everden has not seen fit to reply. In order that your Committee might have the testimony of the friends of the Grand Lodge of France and that the Committee might not be accused of partizanship in the investigation, the Chairman of your Committee addressed a letter to Edward P. Denny, Grand Secretary of the Grand ~odge of France. Brother Denny is an English school,tcacher living in France, member of Anglo-Saxon Lodge and one of the best informed Masons as to th~ -matter under consideration. The following is the copy of the letter: Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 5, 1919. Edward P. Denny, Grand Secretary, Grand Lodge of France, No. 12 Rue Sevres, Bologne, Paris, France. My dear sir and brother: At the recent Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, U. S. A., the question of the recognition of the Grand Lodge of France was referred to the Committee of which I am chairman. In order to give this matter a just and unbiased consideration, I am writing you, as one well versed in all that pertains to the Grand Lodge of France, for the consideration of the Committee. In order to get at the pith of the matter, I have arranged it in the form of questions. Will you kindly answer the foilowing and also give me as much information as will enable me to obtain a full view of the matter involved? 1. From what source did the Lodges that formed the Grand Lodge of France obtain their charters?

2. Does the Grand Lodge of France in its ritual require of the candidate for the mysteries of Freemasonry, a belief in Deity-a belief in the one living and true God? 3. Does the Grand Lodge of France in the declaration of its principles, hold that a belief in God and in the immortality of the soul, fundamental? 4. Is the Holy Bib\e displayed on the attars of all the Lodges under the Grand Lodge of France, and is the candidate obligated thereon? 5. Do all the Lodges .under the Grand Lodge of France use the same authQrized Ritual?

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6. Is Anglo-Saxo!1 Lodge an English Lodge using the English Ritual and do the religious requirements differ fundamentally from the Frel~ch Ritual? 7. Is the Grand Lodge of France a sovereign Grand Body, . that is to say, is it supreme in its jurisdiction over the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry and not under the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite or any other Supreme Body? 8. It is charged that the Grand Lodge of France is in fraternal relatio路ns and in accord with women's lodges of Masons, and that the Grand Lodge of France has issued charters or warrants for the formation of women lodges of Masons. Are there charges true? If I could obtain a copy of the authorized Ritual of the Grand Lodge of France I would appreciate it very much, and will return it to you after examination. An answer to these questions as soon as possible will be appreciated. .

Fraternally yours, WILLIAM F. KUHN, Chairman of Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges.

While these questions seem to duplicate to some extent the other list of questions, yet they are of such a nature that the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of France ought to be able to answer very readily. No answer to this communication was received, therefore a second letter was sent and duly registered. Kansas City, Mo., March 10, 1920. Edward P. Denny, Grand Secretary, . Grand Lodge of France, 12 Rue Sev'res, Boulogne, Paris, France. My dear sir: On December 5, 1919, I wrote you a letter asking for certain information concerning the Grand Lodge of France, but to date have not heard from you. The question of extending recognition to the Grand Lodge of France will come before the Grand Lodge of Missouri in September, 1920, and it is very essential that the Committee have all the information possible. May I hope to hear from you without路 del.?-y? Fraternally, WILLIAM F. KUHN, Chairman of Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges.

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The registry receipt was returned showing that the letter had been delivered March 29, 1920, but to date no answer has been received. It is a great disappointment to your Committee that these two exponents of the Grand Lodge of France, who are so intimately connected with this organization should fail to answer the letters from the Committee. If these inquiries had received the attention expected, much matter under dispute might have been explained and the actual conditions of the Grand Lodge of France been made clearer. Why the inquiries have received no answer, the Committee can only conjecture.

For the purpose of clearness, it may be well to give the reasons for some of the questions asked. It has been asserted with some authority, that neither the Grand Orient nor the Grand Lodge have much control or authority over their respective subordinate lodges. In matters of the Ritual there is much laxity. The authorized Ritual, if there is one, may be modified, certain parts eliminated, added to, or curtailed, to suit the whim 'of the Lodge or the character of the c,~ndidate. One good authority reports 'that the conferring of the Master's Degree on five candidates was accomplished in fifteen minutes, and then two hours were devoted to the discussion of . political questions. That much laxity in the supervision of the Ritual and of the Lodge evidently prevails. Hence the questions in the Ritual. It is also asserted with much' credence, that Anglo-Saxon Lodge, nominally under the Grand Lodge路 of ~"'rance, is really. an English Lodge, retaining its old English Charter, using the English Ritual a.nd conforming with every essential to the landmarks laid down by the Grand Lodge of England; that in no sense is it a French Lodge, but to it all English speaking Masons are directed under the impressio~ that it is a French Lodge, conforming to the French Ritual. One investigator has called this Anglo-Saxon Lodge a camouflage for French Masonry. This charge is a serious one, and the questions in reference to Anglo-Saxon Lodge is therefore pertinent.

The question asked of Bro. Campbell-Everden, as to whether the Deistic conception of the Grand Lodge is purely a philosophical or religious one, is very important. A conception of a "Superior Force," or of a "Creative Principle," m~y be as far removed from a religious conception as the East is from the West. Every in-

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telligent man, even an atheist, believes in a "Supreme Force," but that does not necessarily constitute a belief in the one living and true God. This spoculative philosophical conception of a "Supreme Force" or a "Creative Principle" does not partake of the Faith that "I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth." It is an intangible something placed in juxtaposition to a living reality. The mere conception of a Supreme Force never inspired the Psalmist to exclaim: "Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me besides still waters. He restoreth my soul."

Nor did this conception ever produce that confidence and trust to permit one to say: "Yea, though I walk throug-h the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou are with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me."

If Freemasonry is to endure, if it is to attain the end so devoutly hoped, it must have an "anchor. and sure and steadfast." It can not drift about in a metaphysical mist, or lose itself in a speculative, philosophical fog bank. The conception of Deity as pro1J1ulgated by the Grand Lodge of France is very unsatisfactory.

The Grand Lodge of Alabama in the annual communication of 1919, adof,ted the following declaration of principles. It is in such a marked contrast to the declaration of the Grand Lodge of France, that it is herewitl? given: "\Ve believe in God, that He is the Fnther of us all nnd that He is the ,Crea.tor of Heaven and Earth and aU things therein. We believe, as we teach, that lve should re"creJu'e and adore HiJn and hnIJlore HiN aid in all our laudable undertakings, and esteeln Him as the Chief Gtl)od. "We belie,-e as we tench, that no ntheist can be made a lUason and tl\at no one should be made a l'lason without a profession of a belfef in God. ''We can not affiliate, l'lasonically, with one who denies the existence of God. "We believe that the Holy Bible, the First Great Light in Masonry, is Illore than a synlboI. We believe, as lve teach, that the Holy Bible, sometimes in our work called the 'Holy Scriptures', and sometimes called 'The Holy Writing/ is the inestimable gift of God to Illan; that l'lasonry has accepted this gracious nnd Divine gift as containing an eXIJression of God's Will, and that precepts are the ruling guide to our faith in God, and our unerring guide in the dischar~e of our duties to God, our neiA'hbor and ourselves. "We belicve tbat God and the Holy Bible are essential to FreeJnasonry."

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This declaration by the Grand Lodge of Alabama rings true and with no uncertain tones. Freemasonry has no other foundation. The statements heretofore given, under the Grand Orient by American investigators, applies in many respects to the Grand Lodge of France. In addition, Bro. Raymund Daniel of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, heretofore quoted, states in reference to the Grand Lodge as follows: "The Grand Lodge of !Âˇ'rance claims to perform in the namf of the Grand Architect of the Universe. But this formula is disregarded at the will or'Lodges. The Book of Law of God is not required in the Lodges, although it is not prohibited and some Lodges display it. The Grand Lodge permits the discussion of political â&#x20AC;˘ subjects. "At such a time as this, When God has blessed our cause, your Chairman cannot help but feel that Georgia Masonry should and must t.urn more proudly and closely to her God and His Word-not a camouflaged Deity, not a God in whom Masons mayor may not believe, but in a realistic, personal, Fathe~-a living, supreme, triumphant God. To your Chairman's mind, recognition of French Masonry, IS it is now constituted, would be a surrender of the very principles to which Georgia Freemasonry holds and for which Georgia Freemason stands."

So speaks Bro. Daniel who. has given by personal investigation and examination in France, the condition of French Masonry in both the Grand Orient and the Grand Lodge. What stronger testimony ca.n be given? Your Committee of France and the the opinion of Bro. the Grand Lodge of

would conclude its report on the Grand ~rient . Grand Lodge of FranCe by quoting in brief Thomas F. Penman, Grand Correspondent to Pennsylvania. He says:

"No one alleges that French Masons are all atheists or materialists; ur that a great portion of them are such. But that some of them are and that no one is excluded on that account, is not denied. Here is where our paths diverge. No Pennsylvania Master Mason can sit in a French working Lodge'without violating his obligation, so long as the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania maintains its present constitution and ritual. A petitioner for Masonry in Pennsylvania must declare: 'I further declare my belief in the existence of a Supreme Being.' There ean be no Lodge opened in Pennsylvania unless the Holy Bible lies upon its altar. These are among the landmarks by which the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania exists and is governed; it has put them beyond its power to change; it is the only kind of Masonry that Pennsylvania knows or can recognize."

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Your Committee therefore recommends that fraternal recognition of t.he Grand Orient of France, and of the Grand Lodge of France be denied. GERMANY

At the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Missouri held in 1904, the Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges reported as follows: "We therefore recommend that the following Grand Lodges be recognized by the Grand Lodge' of Missouri: Queensland, Costa Rica, The Three Globes, GermanY,Royal York, Saxony, Exlectic Union, Zur Sonne, Zur Erntracht of Concord, Denmark at Copenhagen,' Sweden at Stockholm, Norway at Christiania, and Netherlands, Holland."

This report was signed by E. F. Allen, Allan McDowell, Campbell Wells, J,oshua B. Thomas and W. R. Stubblefield. In this list of Grand Lodges to which fraternal recognition was extended are seven German Lodges, and, the Committee in its report presented in detail the reasons for such recognition. These seven German Lodges had in 1904 a total membership of 44,084. At the Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge in 1919, the question in reference to these. seven German Grand Lodges was asked, "whether these relations are fully justified?" This question was referred to your Committee. The Committee that reported for recognition of the seven German Grand Lodges was a very able one and it entered fully into the question of the regularity and legitimacy 'of these Grand Lodges and from their investigation the Committee felt that the Grand Lodge of Missouri was fully justified in. extending recognition. While everyone of the Committee have laid aside the working tools of life, their labors for Freemasonry are still with us, and your Committee would not que,stion their acts in this matter. But the World's War has raised the question, not as to the regularity or legitimacy of these German Grand Lodges, but are they any longer to be considered worthy of fraternal recognition, for unmasonic acts committed during the war, and is the Grand Lodge .of Missouri justified in retaining this fraternal recognition? It is impossible for your Committee to satisfactorily answer this question at this time, as no authentic data or facts have come to the Grand Lodge of Missouri. There have been rumors and statements in reference to the action路 of Freemasons in Germany

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spread broadc~st, which mayor may not be true, and your Committee is unwilling to condemn without knowledge. It is reported that the German Grand Lodges have severed relations with all Masonic Bodies and would in the future recognize only German Freemasonry. If these seven Grand Lodges have taken such action, then our r~lation with them has ceased without -any action on our part. But there is no authentic evidence that such action was taken, as no prooeedings of the Grand Lodges of Germany of a late date have been ~eceived. The latest Record is that of 1915, and covers only the first路 years of the war. The proceedings of these Grand Lodges for 1914 and 1915 do not contain anything that could be considered the;.. least un masonic, but show that a vast amount of charity for the wives and children of Masons serving in the army had been done. If such action has been taken it will doubtless appear in their proceedings of 1916 to 1918. until authentic data can be obtained your Committee would recommend that all action in reference to these seven Grand Lodges in Germany be postponed. Fraternally submitted, WM.\ F. KUHN, JAS. W. BOYD, C. C. WOODS, C. H. BRIGGS, -A. S. HOUSTOJ.~. T.路W. COTTON.

TELEGRAM FROM PAST GRAND MASTER DOCKERY. The follqwing telegram from Washington, D. C., was received from Past Grand Master A. M. Dockery and given hearty applause by the members: Washington, D. C., Sept. 22. Julius C. Garrell, Masonic Grand Master: Your kindly telegram expressive of the regrets of the Grand Lodge at my absence received, and I thank you with all my heart for your thoughtful good' wishes. This would have been my fiftythird attendance at the session of the Grand Lodge if I had been able to be with you. A. M. DOCKERY.

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ELECTION OF GRAND LODGE OFFICERS.路 The hour for the election of Gra!1d Lodge Officers having arrived, the Grand Master appointed as tellers: Brothers .Tohn Pickard, Chairman; Ray V. Denslow, Geo. W. Walker, E. W. Tayler, Charles T. Kornbrodt, W. R. Gilbert, Charles Banl(s, F. E. McGhee, Jacob Pugh, Frank McAtee, E. W. Dugan.

路The election proceeded with the 路following result: ......

William F. Johnson, Gl'a'nd Master. O. A. Lucas, Deputy Grand Master. Bert路 S. Lee, Grand Senior Warden. Joseph S. McIntyre, Grand Junior ".Varden. William A. Hall, Grand Treasurer. John R. Parson, Grand Se.cretary.

ELECTION OF DIRECTpRS OF MASONIC HOME BOARD. M. W. Bro. C. C. Woods placed in nomination for members of the Masonic Home Board, 3 years, M. Vl. Bros. John T. Short, Arch A. Johns~n, D. M. Wilson, R. R. Kreeger, and for 2 years, Chas. T. Kornbrodt, and moved their election. Same Cluly seconded and carried unanimously. For three years: John T. ~hort, Arch A. Johnson, D. M. Wilson, R. R. Kreeger. For two years: Charles T. Kornbrodt.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS. M. W. Bro. C. C. Woods, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Grand Master's Address, which was adopted as follows: Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 22, 1920. To the Grand Lodge of' Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the ,State of Missouri: Brethren: The Committee to which was referred the thoroughly Masonic and exhaustive address of the Most WorShipful Grand Master, fraternally submits the following: . We congratulate the Most Worshipful Grand Master on account of his activities in the best interests of the Fraternity. His administration' has been a particularly trying one, but has met with the u!'Jual care and consideration devoted by him to all Masonic matter.

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In relation to that portion of his address referring to the George \\Tashington Memorial Association, we recommend that an appropriation be made by this Grand Lodge to the fund of such Association of One Thousand Dollars. The matter of the Masonic Service Association, we recommend be referred to a committee of three, with instructions to report at its pleasure. In this connection we suggest as suitable members of such committee the names of Dorsey A. Jamison, D. M. Wilson and F. R. Jesse. The matter of the centennial celebration is withheld for report at a later date. We recommend that the questions of waivers granted, dispensations granted and refused, authority to solicit funds and consent to borrow money, be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. The subject referred to under Foreign Relations be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. We approve all of his appointments and as well as authority given the Grand Secretary to purchase five thousand dollars worth of Liberty Bonds. That the following recommendations be referred路 to the Committee on Revision of By-Laws: 1. That a period of at least one month be required to elapse after the reception of the first degree before an Entered Apprentice' be eligible to pass to the Degree of Fellow Craft, and that a similar period be required to pass before the candidate is eligible for'the Master Mason Degree. '. 2. That in' case a petitioner is elected and desires to withdraw his petition he be allowed to do so, his fees being returned and his standing then being the same as that of one who has never applied for the degrees. 3. That relating to the granting of Certificates of Good Standing to members desirous of transferring membership from one lodge to another in this grand jurisdiction. 4. Relating to the payment of the entire amount for the degrees at the time the petition is presented. 5. Relating to a Past Master expelled or suspended for un-Masonic conduct, etc. . That all Decisions be referred to the Committee On Jurisprudence as well as the question of invasion of territory. We commend the Grand Master's desire to prevent unseemly haste in securing the petitions of newly made Master Masons for other organizations, but we do not concur in the recommendation of the Grand Master making such action a Masonic offense.. We approve the recommendation that District Deputy Grand Masters should be called together from time to time for mutual consultation and fellowship, and leave the details of carrying out this suggestion .to the incoming Grand Master. 'Ve approve the action of the Most Worshipful Grand Master in arresting the charter of Stoutsville Lodge No. 592.

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The members of this fraternity have just cause to congratulate themselves on having been so fortunate in selecting a Grand Master so well grounded in the principles of Freemasonry. To serve the present age is the most laudable ambition anyone could have. This he has done in a most commendable, pleasant and effective manner. The fraternity is stronger and more harmonious that it was路 at the time he took the gavel. The exigencies of the peculiarly distressing times through which the world is passing demands of those in authority the most thoughtful and serious consideration. He has met the demand of the times with a courage and determination to do as nearly exact justice to all as it is possible for man to do in a manner that is commendable and should meet with the approval of his brethren. . Fraternally submitted, CHARLES 路C. WOODS, ROBERT F. STEVENSON, JAMES W. BOYD, JOHN R. PARSON, DORSEY A. JAMISON, CORONA H. BRIGGS, WILLIAM F. KUHN, JOHN T. SHORT, ROBERT R. KREEGER, WILLIAM A. HALL, CLAY C. BIGGER, ARCH A. JOHNSON, JACOB LAMPERT, VAN FREMONT BOOR, TOLMAN W. COTTON, FRANK R. JESSE, EDWARD HIGBEE, WILLIAM A. CLARK, JOHN W. BINGHAM.

SCRAP OF PAPER. 1\1. W. Bro. ) acob Lampert, appeared in the absence of Grand l\1aster Garrell, with v,Thaf he called "A Scrap of Paper", which read as follows: "St. Louis, Sept. 10, 1920. "INTERNATIONAL BANK OF ST. LOUIS, "Pa;y to the Order of Masonic Home of Missouri $1,000.00 "One Thousand Dollars "JULIUS C. GARRELL."

and comm~nted on different kinds "Scraps of Paper." At this point M. W. Bro. Garrell ~as conducted into the hall by Rt. W. Bro. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain, and his appear-

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ance was greeted with tremendous applause, the entire membership standing. The check was handed to W. Bro. S. E. Waggoner, President of the Home Board, who accepted the donation in behalf of the Home, expressing thanks in a feeling and fitting manner, announcing that the money would be added to the Endowment Fund to be known as the "Julius C. Garrell Fund." M. W. Bro. Garrell responded with a few earnest words, expressive of his gratitude for the ability and opportunity of gratifying one of his greatest ambitions in life, that of doing some good to mankind and especially to Masons and Masonry, in the spirit of "From each according to his abilitytinto each according to his need."

CALLED FROM LABOR. 路 At 12 :05 P. M. the Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 1 :30 P. M.

CALLED TO LABOR. SECONDDAY:----AFTERNOON' SESSION Kansas City, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1920. The Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 1 :30 P. M. by Grand Master Garrell with the other Grand Officers in their respective stations. Pr~yer byRt. W: and Rev. Bro. John H. Miller, Grand 'Chaplail1.

REPORT OF COMMITIEE ATTENDING MEETING OF MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF UNITED STATES. M. W. Bro. C. H. Briggs, member of the Executive Commission for the Central District Masonic Service Association oJ the United States, made the following report for the Special Committee appointed to attend the meeting of the Masonic Service Association of the United States which

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on motion was referred to a Special Cpmmittee on Masonic Service Associatio~. To the W"orshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. & A. M.: Your Special Committee appointed to attend' the meeting of the Masonic Service Association of the United States offer the following report: Pursuant to the action of this Grand' Lodge one year ago, Most ""'crshipful Bro. Julius C. Garrell, Grand Master, appointed M. W. Bro. Corona H. Briggs, M. W路. Bro. Jacob Lampert and W. Bro. Geo. S. McLanahan路 to accompany him to the meeting of the United States Masonic Service Association, held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, No;V. 11-13, 1920.

This meeting was attended by eighty-four representatives of thirty -four Grand Lodges. After an ,open discussion in which all G rand Jurisdictions represented at the meeting were heard from, a plan (of organization was agreed upon, which divides the United States into ten districts, with a Commissioner from each districL, mak ing, ';"ith the Chairman, an Executive Commission of eleven m(~mbers ready to act .in matters of relief should any emergency arise. The Grand Lodges were called upon to 'set apart the sum of five cents per member to be paid as needed On the order of the Grand Masters. So far- t路,vo cents per capita has been all that has been asked for, that amount being ample to meet all the expense of inaugurating the work. While the need of union for relief work was the moving caus~ in forming this Association, the cessation of hostilities left us without the pressure of a great emergency, so far 'as relief work was concerned, but brought us face to face with the larger problem of grounding our members in the great principles for which our order stands, a work especially needed at this time when such multitudes of, young men are becoming members of our fraternity. This more difficult task demands the best thought of the best minds of the Masonic world, and can be best accomplished by united effort such as is pl'ovided for in this organization. The next annual meeting of the Association will be h~ld in St. Louis at Hotel Statler, November 9-11, and it is important that this Grand Lodge should provide for adequate representation at this meeting: M. ,V. Bro. Corona H. Briggs was' chosen as the member of the Executive Commission from the Ce~tral District, which included Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky; Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee. He will present a separate report of his work as Commissioner. Documents giving full information concerning the Association accompany this report. Fraternally submitted, CORm";A H. BRIGGS, GEO. S. McLANAHAN, JACOB LAMPERT.

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To the Most "Vorshipful Grand Lodge of Misotiri, A. F. & A. M. As a member of the Executive Commission of the Masonic Association of the United States, I de~ire to present the following report: January 20-22 I attended a meeting of the Commission at Anamosa, Iowa. The deliberations of this smaller body resulted in a briefer and clearer statement of the work before us than that which was issued by the Association at its meeting in November. While it is hoped that careful research may increase our knowledge of the important work of Freemasonry in shaping American institutions, yet we were united in the conviction that the great task immediately before us is that of emphasizing the fundamentals of Freemasonry, notably the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man. A paper giving our conclusions accompanies this report. At the request of M. W. Bro. Geo. L.Schoonover of Anamosa, Ia., Chairman of the Executive Commission, I visited the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. at the session held in Guthrie. February 24-26, 1920. The visitor was most hospitably entertained and given an ample hearing. 'rhe Grand Lodge entered heartily into the spirit of this new movement, and created a standing committee of three to have charge of the work. 'rhis committee with the Grand Master and Grand Secretary, '''ill represent the Grand Lodge at the meetings of the Association. On the invitation of the Grand High Priest and Grand Secretary. I visited the ,Grand Chapter路 of Oklahoma at its session held in Oklahoma City, April 20-21. The Royal Arch Masons of that state did not fall behind their brethren of th"e Grand Lodge in courtesies extended to the sojourner, and gave a good hearing to his message. July 21, 1920, I attended a meeting for the Central District, held at Little Rock, Arkansas. Our' Chairman, M. "V. Bro. Geo. L. Schoonover, was present and directed the work. The brethren from Oklahoma reported that their Grand Master and others have visited many of the lodges in the interests of our work. These meetings were largely attended and were productive of much good. ,It was the sense of the Little Rock meeting t-nat the Oklahoma plan for disseminating our work at meetings called by the Grand Master and attended by him and by speakers selected by him or the standing committee in charge of the ''lork of the Masonic Service Association, is worthy of the consideration of the craft at'large. In various Masonic addresses I have presented this work to many of our brethren in different parts of the state. Since this work is new and imperfectly understood it should in my judgment be carefully considered by a special committee. of this. Grand Lodge. Fraternally submitted, CORONA H. BRIGGS, (Member of the Executive Commission for the Central District, Masonic Service Association of the United States.)

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INTERESTiNG AND INSPIRING EVENT. At the beginning of -the Afternoon Session the Grand Master spoke as follows: Brethren, before we proceed with the exercises of the day, want to present to you some of our dearly beloved brethren. l!'irst. Dr. Edwards, a dear old' brother, now 94 years old and a Master Mason over 72 yea-rs-before most of us were born. I know you would like to hear a few words from this brother. (Great applause.) Dr. Edwards entertained the Grand Lodge with some interesting reminiscences, both Masonic and historical, and- he in turn introduced Brother Foreman, now 92 years of age, who haP. been a Master Mason for over 60 years. The Grand Master then introduced Brother William Carpenter, w'ho had been a Master Mason for over 60 <years, who also responded with remarks expressing his appreciation of the opportunity of being here. The Grand Master also introduced Rt. W. Bro. Mayhall, who responded, stating he was made a Master Mason in l!'ebraury, 1864, and has been a member of this Grand Lodge since_ 1872.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES. Th~ report of the Committee on Appeals and Grievances was presented and reaq by Rt. W. Brother Thomas F. ,Hurd, Chairman, and was adopted section by section, separately, and then adopted as a whole, as follows:

No.1. Petition for restoration of George R. Pohlman. Denied. No.2. Petition for r~storation 9f 0: G. Duzan. Retains membership in Barnett Lodge No. 591. No.3. Petition for restoration of John A. Withers. Restored to good Masonic standing, and certificate to be issued by the Grand Secretary. No.4. Petition for restoration of Clyde Stover. Petition laid over until the ~ext Grand Lodge session. No. S. Petition for restoration of Ralph A. Ruebel. Restored as an E. A. in :Mt. M?riah Lodge No. 40.

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No.6. Petition for restoration of Albert A. Johnson. Denied. No.7. Bogard Lodge No. 101, vs. Sam W. Vaughn. Appellant asked dismissal of case. No. 8. Lamar Lodge No.路 292, vs. Geo. D. Koehler. Case reversed and remanded for new trial according to' Masonic law. N<;>. 9. L. F. Farris, vs. Wm. T. Powers. Reversed and remanded with directions to Wayne Lodge N0.526, to proceed ' with a retrial" in accordance with Masonic law. No. 10. Fairmount Lodge No. 290, vs. Fred Gerth. Verdict and judgment of Lodge affirmed. No. 11. Osage Lodge No. 303, vs. Fred O. Wolfing. Appeal dismissed bY appellant prior to meeting of Grand Lodge. No. 12. Advance Lodge No. 590, vs. J. M. Bolick. Appeal dismissed by Grand Lodge on account of failure to comply with Masonic law by giving legal notice. No.1 . In the matter of the} Petition of George R. Pohlman for restoration to good Masonic standing. This applicant was before your Committee last year and his re- . quest denied for the reasons given in the opinion rendered at that' time. (See Grand Lodge Proceedings 1919, pages 85, 86.) Practically the same condition exists now. Your Committee feels that it has not been furnished with sufficient evidence to warrant favorable action on the .petition and therefore recommend that the request of the petitioner be denied.

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In re application O. G. Duzan . for restoration to good standing in Barnett Lodge No. 591, A. F. & A. M.

STATEMEN~ ) Brother O. G. Duzan, a charter member of Barnett I~odge No. 591, moved his relilidence within the jurisdiction of Lowry City Lodge No. 403, and in August, 1914, he asked Barnett Lodge for a certificate

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of good standing for the purpose of changing his membership to Lowry City Lod.ge. Thereupon Barnett Lodge granted the request and the certificate was shortly presented to Lowry City Lodge with his petition' for affiliation. There is no record of Lowry City Lodge showing the presentation of such certificate and petition, and no record of any action being taken thereon by Lowry' City Lodge, and no record of Barnett Lodge showing the issuance of a dimit. Thereafter at a date not shown, the word "transferred" was written opposite the name of O. G. Duza~ on the record of membership of Barnett Lodge, and said' brother claims that since 1914 he has had no Masonic privileges. He petitions this Grand Body to restore him as a member in good standing of Barnett Lodge. DECISION. Inasmuch as there is no record of any action being t,aken by Lowry City Lodge On the brother's petition for affiliation, and no record of the issuance of a dimit by Barnett Lodge, we hold Brother O. G. Duzan has never severed his membership in Barnett Lodge, and is still a member thereof in good standing. If he Rtill desires to affiliate with Lowry City Lodge he should proceed in accordance with Section 157 of the' Grand Lodge By-Laws. No.3 In re application John A. Withers for restoration. Charged with un-Masonic conduct, Brother John A. Withers of Whitewater Lodge No. 417, on trial in said Lodge, was acquitted; on appeal to the Grand Lodge he was expelled. (See Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, 1914, page 176.) He now seel<s restoration. His petition is recommended by Right Worshipful Brother Geo. W. Walker, District Deputy Grand Master, 49th District, and Past Master J. A. Kinder, both -of Cape Girardeau, ..M issouri. From the proof suhmitted, your Committee finds that he has been sufficiently punished; that he is no longer in the distilling business, having disposed thereof some time prior to the date the manufacture of whisky was prohibited by the United States Government, and that for the several years just passed he has led an honorable and upright life and is now residing at Cape Girardeau. 'Ve therefore recommend that his application be granted and that he he restored to good Masonic standing and that a certificate be issued to him by the Grand Secretary accordingly.

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No.4 In the matter of Clyde Stover, Petition for restoration. The petitioner was a memher of Hogle's Creek Lodge No. 279, and expelled from said Lodge Feh. 21st, 1914. He is now asking to be restored to good Masonic standing.

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Nothing has been furnish~d your Committee, other than a couple of letters, which are merely self-serving and do not give any jnror-路 mation as to the records of the Lodge, the merits of the appellant's case, or aid us in coming to a decision. From all indications of the files, it appears that the appellant is ignorant of the necessary and proper steps to get the matter before the Grand Lodge. We therefore recommend that the petition be laid over until the next Grand Lodge session, and ,the District Deputy Grand Master be instructed to assist the petitioner in getting his petition in proper and sufficient form. No.5 In the matter of the} Application of Ralph A. Ruebel, formerly an Entered . Apprentice of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 40, A. F. & A. :rvr. Ralph A. H.uebel, an Entered Apprentice of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 40, "",-as acquitted on a trial therein for a Masonic offense. An appeal was taken and the Grand Lodge in 1917 reversed the decision of the trial Lodge and expelled the brother. (See Grand Lodge ~ro颅 ceedings 1917, pag'e 182.) He now peUtions for restoration and accompanies his application with a certificate of the Secretary of Mount Moriah Lodge showing the unanimous vote of the Lodge asking for his restoration, and no objectiop. appearing, your Committee recommends that Brother Ralph A. Ruebel be restored to all the rights and privileges of an Entered Apprentice of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 40. No.6 In the matter of the} Petition of Albert A. Johnson, for certificate of good Masonic . standing. STATEMENT. The petitioner discloses that he was a member Of Webb City Lodg'e No. 512, and that he was tried and expelled for un-Masonic conduct on March 9th, 1911; that since that time, to-wit, on November 13th, 1919, he petitioned said Lodge for reinstatement and failed to receive the necessary two-thirds vote, and now petitions this Grand Body for a certificate of good standing under Section 250 as amended. DECISION. On investigation of the facts, your Committee find that on March 9, 1911, charges were preferred against him, charging gross unMasonic condud, and that at said time, March 9th, 1911, an appearance was made for said Brother Johnson by Brother R. A. Mooneyhan, and a plea of guilty entered; that said Lodge on that date heard

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said charges and on a vote on expulsion there were 39 for and 5 against expulsion. This record certified to this committee by L. O. Walker, Secretary of said Lodge, on September 3rd, 1920. The petitioner represents to this Grand Body that he was at the time said charges were filed and tried, the legally elected and acting Worshipful Master of said Lodge, when in fact he had filed his resignation as Worshipful Master; of said Lodge and the same had been accepted by said Lodge ~fore any charges were filed. That said proceeding by 'Vebb City lodge No. 512 was regular and legal. Your Committee find that this petitioner has misrepresented some of the important facts in this matter. In view of the fact that in his letters of recommendation no reference is made to his Masonic character or life, has led us to believe that they might have been given the petitioner for the purpose of obtaining a business position, rather than for the purpose of influenc/ing the action of this Grand Body. We, therefore, recommend that his petition be denied. No.7 Bogard Lodge No. 101, vs. Sam W. V.aughn. This c.ase came to this Committee on April 9th, 1920. On September 17th, 1920, your Committee received the written application of Bro. Sam W. Vaughn, the appellant,. asking that his appeal be dismissed. No fraud appearing, we recommend that said appeal be dismi路ssed.

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No.8 Lamar Lodge No. 292. vs. George D. Koehler. This case originated by the filing of charges by the Junior Warden, against Geo. D. Koehler, charging him with un-Masonic co'nduct, based on the following specification: That said Brother Geo. D. Koehler on the 15th day of June, 1920, at the City of Joplin, County of Jasper, State of Missouri, did plead gu,ilty in the United States Court to the charge' of defrauding the United .States a,nd was fined $1000.00 and costs, in violation of his duty as a l\fason,. to the scandal and disgrace of the Masorlic fra.ternity. A trial was held Aug. 13th, 1920, and resulted in the acquittal of the accused by a vote of eight guilty and twenty not guilty. In the taking of the testimony, the Lodge failed 路to comply with the Grand Lodge By-Laws,Section 221, to the effect that the testi!TI0ny was not taken down when given at the trial. ~ The record, 路furnished your Committee was written by the at.tor路ney of the accused some two weeks after the trial, which the :S'ecretary of the Lodge accepted as .the official record.. It is written in somewhat of an argumentative manner, and more of a history of the evidence rather than a verbatim report.

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Because of the Lodge failing to take down and preserve the testimony, your Committee feels that it should not attempt to give a decision. vVe therefore recommend that the case be reversed and remanded for a new ttial, in accordance with Masonic law. No.9 L. F. Farris,

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Accuser, vs. Appeal from Wayne Lodge No. 526. Wm. T. Powers, Accused. This case has been pending since the last Annual Communication of. the Grand Lodge. (See Proceedings of 1919, pages 90, 91.)

The accused, who was acquitted in' the trial Lodge, now comes before the Committee on Appeals and Grievances, by his attorney, Brother O. IJ. Munger, and, waiving all imperfections in the record, files a written statement that material facts tending more strongly to establish the innocence of the accused have developed since the consideration of this case a year ago, and requests that, in the furtherance of justice, the same be reversed and remanded for a new trial. We therefore recommend that this cause be reversed and remanded with directions to Wayne Lodge No. 526 to proceed' with a retrial thereof in accordance with Masonic law. No~

Fairmont Lodge No. 290 vs. Fred Gerth.

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Charges were filed in Fairmont Lodge No. 290 at Wyaconda, Missouri, against the accused by the Junior Warden of said Lodge on March 29th, 1920, charging the accused in one specification as follows: That said Brother Fred Gerth on or about June, 1919, was guilty of immoral and un-Masonic conduct, to the scandal and disgrace of the Masonic fraternity. That due notice of the filing of said charge was given the accused, and that all other Masonic preliminary. proceedings were regularly had, and a trial of said charge wa's had in said Lodge on April 29th, 1920, which re~ulted in a verdict of guilty by a vote of 36 guilty, 7 not guilty and one voting "yes." On a vote as to punishment, a punishment of expulsion was inflicted by a vote of 36 yes and 7 no, and one vote being "guilty." This case comes to your Committee in exceptionally fine form. The transcript and record furnished in typewritten form and an exceptionally fine job of work. As we view it, Fairmont Lodge is entitled to be complimented on tl}e magnificent record it sent up.

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DECISION. Your Committee has thoroughly read the record and testimony in this cause, and while the testimony presents two sides to the case, your Committee are of the opinion that the Lodge itself was the best judge of the weight of the testimony, having seen and observed th~ witnesses, their manner and expression on the stand" being better acquainted with the situation and all the incidents leading up to and during the trail, and a showing of the vote of 36 guilty and 7 not guilty, we are of the opinion that they are the best judges of the weight of the testimony. We therefore recommend that the verdict and judgment of Fairmont Lodge No. 290 be' by the Grand Lodge affirmed. No. 11 Osage Lodge No. 303'} .,iA. F. & A. M. vs. , Fred O. Wolfing. The appeal in this case having been dismissed by the appellant prior to the meeting of this Grand' Lodge, under authority of SectiOn 246, Grand Lodge By-Laws, as amended 1917, there is no further action for your committee to take. No. 12 Advance Lodge } No. 590, A. F. & A. M. vs. J. ,M. Bolick, Accused. The accused, Bro. J. M. Bolick, a Fellowcraft of Advance Lodge No. 590, 'was tried by his Lodge June 21, 1920, on a charge of unMasonic conduct preferred by the Junior Warden of the Lodge. The trial resulted in the acquittal of the accused and was followed by an appeal to the Grand Lodge. This appeal was filed with the Secretary of Advance Lodge August 5, 1!)20, forty-five days after the trial, and the transcript of the evidence delivered to counsel for the accused August 27, 1920, more than sixty days after the trial. Counsel for accused claims notice of appeal was not in conformity with Section 239, Grand Lodge By-Laws. It is also shown that only the members residing within the jurisdiction of the Lodge received notice of the trial. These are the only defects of importance found in an otherwise excellent record. The serious character of the charge, the evident care with which the record was made and the voluminous transcript, have induced your Committee to go further into the case than we need have done under the' law. The examination thus made discloses some serious irregularities in the trial procedure which might have resulted in a reversal and remanding of the case had your Committee been able to find that it was invested with jurisdiction to consider the case on its merits. The law of trial procedure is plain and the method used by the Grand' Lodge to' pl~ce- it within reach of the Craft so ample that

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no excuse exists for any subordinate Lodge being ignorant of its prOVISIOns. And surely a matter of so very great importance as the trial of a Brother on a serious charge should induce a thorough in;' vestigation and acquaintance with that law on the threshold of a trial. Your Committee feels that among the first duties and responsibilities resting upon it is to carefully observe that law, require others to do so, and so shape its course that none may take advantage or pretend ignorance of the. excellent precepts it enjoins. The entire record in this case discloses that from the initial procedure throughout, the case was in charge ~of brethren well skilled in law, a circumstance emphasizing a necessity for an application of the doctrine of strict legal observance. Because of the failure to give legal notice to the members of the Lodge, the taking of the appeal and filing of the transcript out of time, your Committee feels that it is not invested with jurisdiction to consider the case on its merits and therefore recommend that the appeal be dismissed for failure to comply with the Masonic Law. THOMAS F. HURD, ROBERT A. MAY, WM. L. HAMRICK, WM. D. MOORE, HENRY C. CHILES.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE. W. Bro. Wm. R. Gentry, Chairman, read the report of , the Committee on Jurisprudence. Items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 were, on motion, adopted as read. No. 8 by a unanimous rising vote. Item No. 6 was, on motion, duly carried, amended to read $20 instead $10 as the additional amount to be charged with each petition for degrees for benefit of the Masonic Home. On motion the report as a whole was adopted as amended In reference to Item No.6. i\lso moved, seconded and carried that this Grand Lodg~ approve the Home Board's contract with the Jewish Hospital Association for the purchasing of their property just west of the Home. To the 1\1ost 'Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., State of Missouri. Dear Brethren: Your Committee on Jurisprudence begs leave to submit the following report on the Decisions contained in the Grand l\faster's address, and on other matters especially referred to said Committee.

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1. DedsionH. We recommend the approval and adoption of all of the decisions a.s set forth on pages 28 and 29 of the Grand Mas-' ter's report. \

As to the Grand Master's decision on the invasion of jurisdiction appearing' on page 29 of his report and bearing on the controversy between Granby Lodge No, 514 and Neosho Lodge No. 247, the repre~ sentatives of the two said lodges have this day appeared before us, and an agreement has been reached between them whereby the entire controversy has been amicably ,~ettled in a way satisfactory to all parties concerned, and further action on the matter on the part of this Grand Lodg'e is therefore deemed unnecessary. 'Ve approve the action of. the Grand Master in arresting the charter of Stoutsville Lodge No. 592. 2. ProltOsed Amt'ndments to By-Laws. On the proposed amendment to Sec. 187, referring to Masonic emblems and the word "Masonic," and prohibiting the use thereof, your Committe,e recommends that said proposed By-Law shall not be adopted. As to the propo.sed By-Law on Collective Balloting on petitions providing, in substance, for the balloting on any number of petitions for degrees or affiliation collectively, with the proviso that if a negative vote appears, a separate ballot shall be had on each petition, your Committee recommends that said proposed By-Law be not adopted. (Page 118 of the Proceedings for the year 1919.) 3. As to the proposed By-Law providing for change of date of the session of the Grand Lodge from the third Tuesday of September to the second Tuesday of October, being set forth on pages 118 and 119 ~f the Proceedings for the year 1919, your Committee recommends that said proposed By-Law be not adopted. 4, As to the proposed By-Law relating to mileage and per diem set forth 0n page 11!l of the Proceedings of 1919 be not adopted in its present form, but proposes as a substitute the following: Sec. 69. MileaA'e and Per Diem. The Past Grand: Masters, Grand Officers, District Deputy Grand Masters, District Lecturers and one Representative from each Lodge, and the Chairmen of the Standing Committees, and the members .of the Committee on Jurisprudence and Appeals and Grievances who do not draw mileage aed per diem from the Grand Lodge in any other capacity, shall be paid the sum of Five ($5.00) Dollars for each day they may be in actual attendance upon the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, and F'ive (5) Cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning therefrom; ltro"ided, that no Representative shall receive either mileage or per diem unless .all dues from his Lodge to the Grand Lodge have be,en paid by August first, and that no Representative shall receive more than one-fifth of the sum paid as dues by his Lodge for that year, and no one shall receive mileage or per diem in a double capacity.

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5. \Ve recommend the adoption or the proposed By-Law offered yesterday to be known as Section 42a in reference to the requirement that *$10.00 shall accompany every petition for the degrees and everv petition for affiliation from other Grand Jurisdictions; said sum of *Ten Dollars to be sent to the Grand Secretary for the use and benefit of the Masonic Home. 6. A majority of the Committee recommend the adoption of. the proposed By-I~aw offered yesterday to be known as Sec. 42b, provid. ing how said sum of *Ten dollars accompanying every petition shall be used. 7. The Grand Lodge has referred to us the question as to whether or not it shall give a quit claim deed to certain real estate located in Osceola, Missouri, hereinafter described, in which a Masonic Lodge, now no longer in existence, formerly owned a one-half interest. It appears that a Lodge known as Osceola Lodge, No. 61, A. F. & 0\. M., formerly located at Osceola, Missouri,' on September 8, 1858, together with the Odd Fellows, purchased the following described lot upon ,,:hich to erect a Hall. Lying and being in the town of Osceola, County of St. Clair, State. of Missouri, and known as parts of Lots Five (5) and Six (6), in Block Twenty-five (25), having a frontage of Twenty (20) feet, and known as the old Masonic Lot. That some time thereafter Osceola Lodge No. 61 ceased to exist, and apparently was succeeded by St. Clair Lodge No. 273, located at the same place. That on June 10, 1873, Osceola Lodge No. ~5 of the Odd Fellows conveyed its interest in said lot to St. Clair Lodge No. 273, thus leaving the interest of Osceola Lodge No. 61, defunct, undisposed of. And, Whereas, by virtue of the Grand Lodge laws, the property of Osceola Lodge No. 61 became vested in the Grand Lodge upon its suspension, and Whereas, St. Clair Lodge No. 273, located at Osceola, Missouri, in 1872, requested the Grand Lodge to convey the interest of Osceola Lodge No. 61 to it, and Whereas, the Committee to whom that matter was referred recommended that said request be complied with, NO\V, THEREFOR:F., Your Committee recommends that this Grand Lodge convey, by quit claim deed, the uRdivided interest in the above described lot, to St. Clair Lodge No. 273: at Osceola, Missouri, for a nominal consideration of One ($1.00) Dollar. â&#x20AC;˘ RESOLUTION. 8. On yesterday the Grand Lodge referred to us a Resolution offered by Worshipfui Brother Louis Moller and others, reading as follows: The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, in Annual Communication, deelares: It regards the free public school as the chief bulwark *Amended to 20.

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of the State and Nation, be kept under the sole dominion and direction of the State,and so far as the efforts of Freemasonry in Missouri a.re concerned, its voice, vote and influence '''ill at all times be exerted in keeping it so. lt regards any individual or other influence that seeks to destroy or weaken the free pUblic school system as ,now 'operated in this country as an enemy of one of our cherished American institutions.

It demands that all teachers in our free public schools shall be those who are in perfect sympathy with them and not those who are their enemies. It demands that the highest type of manhood and womanhood may be secured as teachers in our free public schools, that they be paid generously, and be required to realize that loyal, efficient service will be expected at their hands. After careful consiOeration of this Resolution, we desire to state that all of the members of the Committee are in hearty accord with the spirit of the Resolution. It is our opinion, however, that before being adopted, one or two slight changes in the wording should be made. ,Ve recommend that the word "demands" in next to the last paragraph of the Resolution be stricken out and the word "urges" substituted. therefor, and that the last seven words of said paragraph, to-wit: "and not those who are 'their enemies," be stricken out, so that said Hesolution when so amended shall read as follows: "The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of MiRsouri in Annual 'Communication, declares: It regards the free public school as the chief bulwark of the State and Nation, to be kept under the soH~ dominion and direction of the State, and so far as the efforts of Freemasonry in Missouri are concerned, its voice, vote and influence will at all times be exerted in keeping it so. It regards any individual or other influence that seeks to destroy or weaken the free public school system as now operated in this country, as an enemy of one of our cherished American institutions. It urges that all teachers in our free public schools, shall be those who are in perfect sympathy with them. It demands that the highest type' of manhood and womanhood may be secured as teachers in our free public schools, that. they be paid generously, and be'required to realize that loyal efficient service will be expected at their hands." \\' e recommend the adoption of it in said, amended form.

H.espectfully. submitted, WM. R. GgNTRY, JOHN C. ROBERTSON, A. B. FREY, R. W. STECKMAN, JOHN H. WINDSOR, THAD B. LANDON.

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OVERSEAS ,COMMITTEE M. W. Bro. R. R. Kreeger made the following report of Overseas Committee, which was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons in the State of Missouri: The following is fraternally submitted as the report of the Missouri Freemasons' Fraternal and Social Service Overseas Committee: At the last Annual Communication of this 'Grand Lodge by unanimous vote, this committee was continued for another year in' order to meet any contingencies Which might arise, in connection with the members of the Frater)1ity, who were then serving in the United States Army or Navy. Since that time we are happy to report that our attention has not been called to any case requiring assistance. This impresses us as indicating the ability and willingness of our brethren serving their country to take care of themselves and as setting an example worthy of imitation by each one of us. Only two meetings were held during the year. The first one on the 30th day of March, 1920. This meeting was called for the purpose of acting on the recommendation of M. W. Brother R. R. Kreeger, that the $2,000 on deposit to the. credit of the Committee with the Guarantee Trust Company at Paris, France, be transferred to the credit of the "fatherless children of France." After thoroughly considering the matter, it was unanimously decided that the entire sum of $2000 be transferred as provided by this Grand Lodge at its Annual Communication in 1919, and that the chairman and secretary draw on the fund in accordance therewith. The drafts to be drawn in favor of R. W. Brother Edmund Heisch, Grand Junior 'Varden of the National Independent Grand Lodge of France, in such sums and at such times as might best accomplish the purposes for which intended. The Secretary's' financial statement submitted herewith shows the dates and amounts 'of the drafts. Being familiar with the dire distress of the unfortunate people of France, and realizing the necessity of assistance from some source, in order that the helpless children may not suffer for want of sufficient nourishment, we recommend that this Grand Lodge again set apart $1825 as its contribution toward the support of these fifty fatherless children. And that the Grand Secretary draw warrants not exceeding this amount, at such times and sums and in favor of the person or association to be designated by Past Grand Master Robert R. Kreeger.

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The financial reports show that the Committee received: From Lodges, an aggregate of $ 9,192.50 From Individuals . 500.00 From IJnknown source . 1.10 I<'rom Interest on deposits . 327.. 29 From the Grand Lodge . 5,000.00 Making the total from all sources

$15,020.89

And that the total expeditures, including the $2,000 donated to the 50 fatherless children of France $ 3,907.25 Leaving the net balance today of.

$11,113.64

We therefore recommend that the entire expenditures, $3,907.25, be deducted from the $5,328.39 received from this Grand Lodge, interest and unknown source, and that the balance of $1,421.14 be return'ed to its treasury, through the Grand Secretary's office. We further recommend that the $9,692.50 donated by Lodges and Individuals be paid to the Grand Secretary for the purpose of returning it to the various contributors, making written request on him for the return of the amount originally paid to him; and if no such request路 is received by him by the last day of December, 1920, he shall regard the donor as having waived the right to its return, a.ndhe shall immediately pay the sums not claimed, as herein provided for; to the Directors of the Masonic Home, as a contribution to the permanent endowment fund of that corporation. On payment of the sums above specified to the Grand Secretary, this Committee shall be finally discharged. In submitting this final report the Committee cannot refrain from expressing its highest appreciation and esteem of the Lodges and individual members of the Fraternity for the spirit which prompted them to make such generous contributions to this worthy cause. Their action conclusively proves that they rightly understand the fundamental principle taught by Preemasonry in relation to Cllarity. Charity the most beautiful and tenderest sentiment in the category of human virtues. A wise and serious philosopher, long centuries ago, said "Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels, and have not charity,. I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling symbol." The fund was freely given as an act of charity to relieve the distressed. Through the wisdom and goodness of our Supreme Grand Master, the necessity for the use of these voluntary offerings was removed and it affords us much pleasure to recommend that they nOW be returned to those who so generously offered them in the best interests of their brethren. Praternally submitted, GEO. S.McLANAHAN, R. R. KREEGER, CORONA H. BRIGGS, CLAY C. BIGGER, JACOB LAMPERT.

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Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 22, 1920. FINANCIAL STATEMENT Missouri Freemasons' Overseas Committee. Receipts to Sept. 13, 1919, as per report SUbmitted to Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri. .... " . , ..... $14,636,83 Additional CollectionsBlue Lodges , .. " , , . 164.00 Interest on deposit , . 220.06

Total Receipts from all sources $15,020.89 ·DISBURSEMENTS. Total Disbursements to Sept. 13, 1919, as per report submitted to the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Mo .... $1731.55 March 30, 1~20, expense of Committee meeting...... 175.70 Amount turned ov·er to the Committee of the Fatherless Children of France, Robert R. Kreeger Chairman, as per proceedings of Grand Lodge 2000.00 Total Disbursements

$3,907.25

Balance on deposit in Commerce Trust Co. to the credit of the Missouri Freemasons Overseas Committee ..... $11,113.64 NOTE: The total receipts are ma4e up as follows: From Blue Lodges, as per itemized statement submitted Sept. 13, 1919 $ 9,028.50 From Ionic Lodge No. 154: . 2.00 From Hannibal Lodge No. 188 . 93.00 From Unionville Lodge No. 210 . 57.00 l<'rom Zeredatha Lodge Ko. 189 . 12.00 Total from Blue Lodges From Donation (party unknowll) From }<]xchange ; From Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri From Jacob Lampert, St. Louis, Mo From Interest on deposits '

$ 9,192.50 1.00 .10 5,000.00 , 500.00 . 327.29

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Total $15,020.89 Disbursements made up as follows: Expense of Committee meetings $ 462.88 Expem;e of Geo. S. ,McLanahan and William P. Borland to France , 1300.00 Expense of cablegrams and telegrams ,......... 44.37 Total expense ' $1726.05 Donation to charity fund St. George Lodge at Paris, France .......................................•. , $ 100.00 Amount voted by Grand Lodge to be turned over to ' Committee of Fatherless Children 2000.00 Total Balance, as above

$ 3,907.25 $11,113.64

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Our report of Sept. 13th, 1919, showed on deposit with the Guarantee Trust Co.; pOaris, France, 10,354lh franc, or .... $2,000.00 The Committee ~rew draft: March 24, 1920, for 4728 Franc Aug. 9, 1920, for 4728 Franc 9,456 Franc, or 1,825.00 ~.Jeaving

balance on deposit to credit of this Committee of 898 Y2 Franc, 01· . . . . • . . • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • . • . • • • $ 175.00 Respectfully SUbmitted, R. ~. KREEGER, Sec'y.

REFUND OF UNUSED PORTION OF WAR RELIEF FUND Following the recommendation of this Committee that the $9692.50 unused money donated by the Lodges and individuals be paid to the Grand Secretary to be returned to the donors on their demand fori same, Temple Lodge stated they would donate all their interest in said fund to the Endowment Fund of the Masonic Home. M. Wort Bro. Jacob Lampert did the same as to his $500 individual contribution, followed by the, representatives of -the following Lodges, all donating their claims on this fund to the Masonic Home Endowment :0 Cosmos Lodge No. Cornerstone I"odge No. St. Louis Lodge No. Trinity Lodge No. Good Hope Lodge No. Wellston Lodge No. Anchor Lodge No. Lambskin Lodge ; No. Geo. Washington Lodge .. No. Jennings Lodge No. Cosby Lodge No. DeSoto Lodge No. Kansas City Lodge No. Euclid Lodge No. Adelphi Lodge ; No. Owensville Lodge No. Gower Lodge No. Bloomington Lodge No. Republic Lodge ......•.. No. Liberty Lodge .1 •• •No. West Gate Lodge No. Meridian Lodge No. Ferguson Lodge No.

282 323 20 641 218 613 443 460 9 640 600 119 220 505 355 624 397 102 570 31 445 2 542

York Lodge No. Bismarck Lodge No. Hickory Hill Lodge No. Gate of the Temple No. Excelsior Lodge No. Caruthersville Lodge No. GUilford Lodge .0 .•.••.••. No. Apollo Lodge No. Jamesport Lodge No. Maplewood Lodge No. Red Bird Lodge No. Barnett Lodge No. Mt. Washington Lodge No. Triangle Lodge No. Salisbury Lodge No. Higginsville Lodge No. Belle Lodge No. Lane's Prairie Lodge No. Pyramid Lodge No. Corinthian Lodge No. Pride of the West. No. Wellsville Lodge No. Aurora Lodge No.

563 41 211 422 441 461 474 529 564 566 584 591 614 638 208 364 373 531 180 265 179 194 267

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RESOLUTION-PRAYER M. written Degree, adopted

W. Bro. Dorsey A. Jamison offered the following resolution as to Prayer in Second Section of Third which was r~ferred to the Committee on Ritual and by said 路Committee.

Hesolved, That the following Pra)'er which has 'been composed and written by Most Worshipful Brother Charles C. Woods, P. G. M., may be used, if so desired, by any Lodge in lieu of the prayer now printed in the Manual: PR."-.YER

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Oh, Thou Infinite and Eternal One-Thou Most Worshipful and Supreme Grand Master of the Universal Lodge: We beseech Thee grant the benediction of Thy grace to the solemn ceremonial of this hour; separate us from every vain and unworthy thought and so influence us by Thy ineffable presence that the great lesson hereby communicated may he impressed upon every hea;t. May he who, prone and silent before us, representing the dread fact that all must face, rise from this hour to walk henceforth in the newness of life. May he, gathering wisdom from our Great Light,-from .the beautiful symbolism of FreemaHonry, and from the instructive tongues of older and wiser brethren, so rid himself 'of all that is evil and unworthy, that he may become a perfect Ashlar, fitted in the quarries of earth for the gloriotls temple above. Impress upon him, and all of us, the lesson of our mortality and enable us so to regulate our lives by the teachings of Thy ,Yord and the pure principles of our Order, that when at last we are summoned into the unseen, and our bodies lie cold and still and helpless, we may meet that hour in the glad hope that even Death itself shall surrender its hold at the magic touch of the Lion of the Tribe of JUdah, and that His strong grip shall raise us to enter into everlasting rest and refreshment in the Grand Lodge on High. Amen. So mote it be. DORSEY A. JAMISON, KAHL M. VETSBURG, EDvVARD HIGBEE:, ARTHUR' MATHER, "V. A. SOMMERS, ARCH A. JOHNSON, J AS. A. BOONE,

WM. F. KUHN, T. W. COTTON.

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REPRESENTATIVES OF LODGES U. D. PLACED ON PAY ROLL. On motion, one representative from each Lodge Under Dispensation was placed on the Pay ~oll.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS' REPORTS. /

Rt. W. Bro. Wm. T. Ja1T!.ison, Chairman, read the following report of this Committee which was adopted: To the Most 'Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Your Committee On the Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters, begs to submit the following report: Of the 59 Districts, 53 have reported; Districts 5, 6, 39, 41 and 58 n;al<e no report, which shows a lamentable lack of diligence and interest on the part of the Deputies in these respective Districts, and in Districts 2, 3, 8, 20. 25, 31, 3'4, 36, 38, 40 and 55 the Secretaries of a number of the lodges are open to sharp censure for their 'neglect to make reports. . But in pleasing contrast are many reports showing" the splendid work done, con'~'picuous among which are the reports from Districts 15, 22, 33, 44, 56, 57 and 59, and we wish to state that many others show careful, intelligent and painstaking attention to duty, the Deputies in many instances having been obliged to perform not only t11eir own duties but those ordinarily devolving upon the District Lecturer. Attention is directed to the very large amount of dues in arrears in many. of the lodges. As shown by the reports, these arrears amount to $33,307.00, explained in part, however, by the fact that the date of payment in some of the lodges does not conform to the time necessary to make report to the Grand Lodge. The amount of dues in arrears on the latter account cannot be accurately determined {rom the data at hand; we ,~ould therefore recommend greater diligence in pressing the collection of dues, and that the time for their collection be so changed by the lodges, when necessary, that the report thereof may be made in accordance with the By-Laws; a splendid contrast in this respect is shown by the reports from the 22nd and 33rd Districts. Upon the whole the reports show a high degree of faithfulness and devotion to their work On the part of the splendid array of these invaluable aids to our Grand Master, arid right faithfully have they 'performed the duties with which they have been intrusted. A wonderful increase in numbers is shown, and the reports would indicate that a commendable effor't has been made by many of the lodges to "guard the outer door," to do which we think of supreme importance. The reports show that a superb young manhood is being added in large numbers to our ranks, and it is par-

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ticularly commendable that in many Districts Lodges of Instruction have been instituted by the District Deputy Grand Masters, in which much interest has been manifested by the Craft, as well as all of the activities of most of the lodges, which augurs a b:ight future for Freemasonry. Respectfully submitted, WM. T. JAMISON, WARD GOODLOE, THOS. NEEDHAM, E. S. MATHEWS, SAMUEL R. FREET, ,EMORY G. WEBB, CLYDE RUCKER,

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ,ON LODGES U. D. Rt. W. Bro. Jas. A. Boone, Chairman Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation, presented the following report . which was adopt~d : To the Most 'Vorshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. & A. M.: Your Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation, beg to submit the following report: Eig'ht dispensations were granted during the year, to-wit: Orient at Kansas City, October 22nd, 1919. Shaveh in the city of St. Louis, Dec. 1st, 1919. Noel, at Noel in McDonald County, Dec. 5th, 1919. Elmer, at Elmer in l\:Iacon County, January 7th, 1920. Mo.ntgomery, at Montgomery City in Montgomery County, January 12th, 1920. ' ' University, at University City, near St. Louis, Feb. 7th, 1920. Parma, at Parma in New Madrid County, ·March 30th, 19'20. Cleveland, at Cleveland in Cass County, May 22nd, 1920. These lodges did work as follows: Initiated, 233; Passed, 182; Raised, 102, and Affiliated, 59, and they have a total membership of 493. They have property valued at :. ' $6,130.81 Cash on hand 3,003.50 and carry $200.00 insurance. • We have examined the returns, books and papers of all these lodges and find them in good shape, orderly and well kept, some of them exceptionally so. We think it would be to the best interest of the fraternity to grant Charters to all these lodges and we recommend that the same be done. J AS. A. BOONE, HARRY SCHNEIDER, WILEY O. COX, RALEIGH SISSON, H. B. BEVAN, DE BRADEN JONES. W. L. HOWARD.

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF BY-LAWS. M. W. Bro. D. M. Wilson assisted by Rt. W. Bro. B. E. Bigger, read the report of the Committee on Revision of ByLaws, which was voted on section by section with th~ following result: Item 1. Sec. 9 (L)-Grand Master's Salary. Adopted. Item 2. Sec. 12 (P)-Grand Secretary's Salary. Adpd. Item 3. Sec. 13 (D)-Grand Lecturer's Salary. Adpd. Item. 4. Sees. 37, 38 and 38a-Adopted. Item 5; Sec. s&-Notific'ation. Adopted. Item 6. Sec.. 110-Conferring Degrees. Adopted. Item 7. Sec. 11 5-Petitions (Requisites for). Moved, seconded and adopted that we 路add the question to petition: "Have you ever been convicted of a crime ?'.' and Sec. 115 then adopted as thus amended. Item '8. Sec. 116-Form of Petition, was adopted as recommended except on motion duly carried. This section was declared to become a law within 30 days from this time instead of at once it being moved, seconded and carried that the Grand Secretary be instructed to have the new .form of petiti()ns printed in sufficient numbers so they can: be furnished each Lodge in the State at approximately cost of' printing, and he to send notice to each Lodge .that this is now the official form of petition and that no other form may be used after October 23, 1920. Item 9. Sec. l76-Waiver of Concurrent Jurisdiction. Same adopted. Iteh1 10. Sec: Ill-As to" number of candidates that may have degrees conferred on them at one time. After a :very lengthy debate the recommendation of Committee to retain present form of Sec. 111 was adopted. Section 9. (L) The Grand Master shall receive the sum of $1000 annually, and in addition thereto traveling expenses not exceeding the sum of $500.00, payable monthly. Section 12. (P) The salary of the Grand Secretary shall be $3600 per annum, payable monthly.

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Section 13. (D) The compensation of the Grand Lecturer shall be $3000 per annum and traveling expenses not exceeding $1200.00 per annum, audited and payable monthly. Section 37. Stated lUeetings. Stated meetings are those held at the time prescribed by the by-laws; apd at such meetings all general business, such as balloting for candidates for the degrees or for membership, election of officers, and the discussion of the questions relative to the interests of the fraternity shall be transaCted in a Lodge of Master Masons. A lodge regularly closed cannot be reopened at the same communication. Section 38. Special lUeetinA"s. Special Meetings may be called in the discretion of the Master, by giving due notice to the resident members; but no business except trials, conferring of degrees, or ceremonial observances including the necessary examination of candidates in the proficiency lectures shall be transacted; nor shall any lodge be convened on Sunday, except for fun~r:al purposes. Section 38a. ,Vhen a lodge has been regularly opened on the first, second and third degrees for a special meeting on the date of a stated meeting, but earlier than the hour named in the by-laws for stated meetings, the special may be changed to a stated without going through the ceremonies of closing and again opening, but in the following manner only, viz: at a time not less than fifteen nor more than forty-five minutes after the hour named in the by-laws for the stated meetings, the Master shall announce in open lodge that the hour for the stated meeting having arrived and the lodge having been opened on the first, second and third degrees in form, further work in the special meeting will be dispensed with and the business of the stated taken up. The records shall show that the above declaration was made by the Master. Section\ 58. Notification. In any city or town where two or' more lodges are situated, the Secretary of each lodge shall notify every lodge in said city or town of all petitions for initiations or membership, and of all rejections, suspensions, expulsions, and reinstatements, Which shall be read to the lodge to which sent at the next stated communication, and placed on file; pJ:'O"ided, that in cities where there are ten or more lodges, the reading of such notice may be dispensed with at the discretion of the Master. . Section 110. Conferdng Degrees. A candidate shall not receive more than one degree at the same communication nor shall he be advanced in less than thirty days from the time the preceding degree was conferred. Section 115. Requisites of Petition. A petition for the degrees must be signed by the petitioner with his full name, and must state that he is a firm believer in the one living and true God. Nor shall any such petition be received unless the petitioner shall have answered therein in his own handwriting the following questions: 1. What is your full name? 2. "When and where were you born? 3. Where do you reside? 4. State explicitly your husin'ess occupation for the past ten years, and where conducted?

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7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

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Have you resided in the State of Missouri the twelve months last past? And if so, have you resided the last six months in the jurisdiction of this Lodge? Where have you resided the ten years last past? If in more than one place, state particular years in each place, and specify your residence during the six months' last I1a'st? Have you ever been rejected by any Masonic Lodge? If so when and by what Lodge? "' Are you in sound bodily health? Do you know of any physical, legal or moral reason Which would prevent you fr.om becoming a Freemason? Have )'OU ever been convicted of a crime? Have you read all of the questions contained in the foregoing petition? Are all the answers thereto in your own handwriting? And do you upon your honor declare your foregoing statement to be true?

The Petition shall be substantially as follows: Section 116. Form of Petition. To the Most Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of . Lodge No , Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons: The petition of the subscriber respectfully represents: That unbiased by friends and uninfluenced by mercenary motives he hereby freely and voluntarily offers himself a candidate for the mysteries of Freemasonry; that he is prompted to make this application from a favorable opinion entertained of the Fraternity, a desire of knowledge, and a sincere wish of being serviceable to his fellow creatures. He is -a firm believer in the one living and true God. His 1. 2. 3. 4.

answer to each of the questions below is as therein stated. What is your full name? . When and where were you born? . Where do you reside? . State explicitly your business occupation "for the past ten years, and where ?onducted? .

Have you resided in this .state the twelve months last past; and if so have you resided the last six months in the jurisdiction of this Lodge? 路 . "There have you resided the ten years. last past? If in more than one place state the particular years in each place, and specify your residence during the last six months?

7. S.

Have you ever been rejected by any Masonic Lodge? If so, when and by what Lodge? " .. " . Are you in sound bodily health? . Do you know of any physical, legal or moral reason which would prevent you from becoming a Freemason? .

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Have you ever been convicted of a crime?

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Have you read all of the questions contained in the foregoing petition? Are all your answers thereto in your own handwriting? And do you upon your honor declare your foregoing st~temellts to be true? .

Should his petition be granted he promises a cbeerful compliance with the rules and regulations of the Fraternity. Dated............... . . vVe the subscribers hereby certify that we are personally well acquainted ,vith who has signed the above petition, and believe him to be of regular and upright conduct, fair fame, sober life, and well qualified to be Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. Date

$20.00 of the fee is for the benefit of the l\Iasonic Home of Missouri. I

Section 176. "\\iah'cr of Concurrent Jurisdiction. Waiver of jurisdiction over petitioner residing in territory possessed in common by two or Inore lodges m~y be g-ranted only by the lodge located nearest to the home or residence of the petitioner, and when several lodges are equally near then the request for such waiver shall be filed with the oldest "lodge. It shall be the duty of the lodge requesting such waiver to give notice of its request to all lodges having concurrent jurisdiction over such petitioner at least two weeks before :,;uch petition is received. Fraternally submitted, D. M. WILSON, EUGENE McQUILLIN, BYRNE E. BIGGER.

CALLED FROM LABOR. At 8 :40 P. 1\11. the Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 8 :30 A. M. tomorrow morning.

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THIRD DAY-1\'10RNING SESSION. Kansas City, Thursday, Sept. 23, 1920. The Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 8 :30 A. 1\1. by 1\1. \l\T. Grand l\:Iaster Julius C. Garrell, the other Grand Officers being in their stations. Opening Ode sung by the members. Prayer by Rt. ·VV. and Rev. Bro. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain.

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

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHARTERED LODGES. \Vor. Bro. Clarence L. Alexander, .Chairman, read the following report of the Committee' on Chartered' Lodges. which was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri: Your Committee on report:

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There are 642 Chartered Lodges in this jurisdiction, one less than last year. Two new loqges were chartered at the close of the BI9 session of the Grand Lodge, but since that time two lodges have consolidated with other lodges, and the charter of Stoutsville • Lodge No. 592, at StoutSVille, Monro~ County, 17th District, has been arrested by the Grand Master for failure to make returns and pay Grand Lodge per capita tax. With the exception of No. 592, returns and remittances have been received from all lodges. The following lodges, however, failed to send reports and remittan~es to the Grand Secretary prior to August 1, as tile la'w requires: No. 65 125 145 168 181 252 258 288

Lodge Date Received Pattonsburg ,............ August 5 Gentryville :............ August 26 Latimer .'.................. August 7 Colony ..•.................. August 10 Novelty..................... August 11 Alanthus August '30 Ravanna '.' .. .. . . .. . . ..• August 6 Hermitage August 23

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Sampson Whitehall Riddick Barry Mt. Ararat Rockbridge Burlington Forsyth Milford Ewing Stoutsville Strasburg Wallace Park Moundville .,

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There were 22 delinquent lodges this year as compared with 37 in 1919. This is a 'decided improvement. Nos. 252, 301 and 628 have been delinquent two consecutive years. The representatives of the delinquent lodges are not entitled to mileage and per diem. We find from the records in the Grand Secretary's office that two copies of blank Returns were mailed June 1 to each lodge, together with circular giving full information as to method of making returns; and on .July 10 a SEALED circular was sent to all non-reporting lodges calling attention to the law governing the making of these annual returns. On August 1, letters were sent to the Worshipful Masters, • vVardens and Past Masters of delinquent lodges urging them to see that returns were sent. The Grand Secretary also sent "s. O. So" signals to the District Deputy Grand Masters, many of whom drove long distances' over bad roads to secure returns from the delin'quents. ,\Vere it not fo'r the help of the District Deputy Grand Masters there would doubtless be many more delinquents, and, it would be necessary to arrest more charters, as in the case of No. 592. R. W. Brother Tharp, D. D. Go lVI:., 12th District, for (ear that one of his lodges would be in arrears sent his own personal check fo:, the amount due. All of the delinquents are small lodges, only one having more than 100 members, and when the returns are finally received almost all are found to be incorrect. Not one offers a reasonable excuse for the delay. Gentryville No. 125, says blanks were not received· until August 25, and yet the Grand Secretary's record shows that in addition to the usual notices sent to all lodges, FOUR SPECIAL letters were sent to this particular lodge. The return of Sampson Lodge No. 298 was secured with the help of a Past Master, who says that he had urged the officers to send the report, but that the vVorshipful Master and Senior Warden told him it would be all right if the report was in by Sel)tembcl' 1. The Grand Lodge of Iowa employs a statistician who for four months prior .1.0 the sessions of ,that Grand Lodge, devotes all of his time to the examination and auditing of lodge returns. The work of receiving Returns and Dues in the Missouri Grand Lodge office begins .July 1st and must be completed by the first of September; and' as many of our lodges do not send· their returns until 'the last week in July, there is less than bvo months to accomplish what the Grand Lodge of Iowa. with fewer lodges and a membership 20,000

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less than Missouri, does in four months. From this you will understand why we emphasize the importance of ()rolll()t returnR. OUTSTANDING DUES. Total amount of outstanding dues reported in 1920 Total amount of o\ltstanding dues reported in 1919

$39,425.00 45,029.00

Decrease $ 5,604.00 'I'his is a very favorahle showing, particularly when we take into account the very great increase in membership and also the fact that some lodges have increased the amount of their annual dues. The following lodges report the largest amount of outstanding dueS in proportion to membership: No. 169, 75 members, $300.00 outstanding. No. 204, 129 members, 299.00 outstanding. No. 228, 102 members, 315.00 outstanding. No. 502, 26 members, 11/).00 outstanding. No. 549, 85 members, 259.00, outstanding. These five lodges with a total aggregate membership of 553 have a total of $1,283.00 outstanding which is just $1.00 more than the total amount outstanding in the 39 lodges in St. Louis, with a total membership of almost 20,000. t

The following lodges report no dues outstanding: Nos. 5, 271 and 422, all in Springfield. Nos. 52'2 and 563, both in Kansas 路City. Nos. 2, 20, 25, 40, 79, 95, 121, 163, 180, 218, 282, 460, 499, 529, 544, 550, 576, 578, 631, 638, 639 and 641, 22 lodges, all in St. Louis. Also the followil).g having a membership of over 200: Nos. 53, 63, and 613. Nos. 105 and 366, both at Kirksville, and Nos. 114 and 602, both at Columbia. MEMBERSHIP. Membership in chartered lodges 89,901 Membership in No. 592, charter arrested................. 22 Membership in lodges under dispensation................ 493 Total membership, 1920 Total membership, 1!J19

90,416 79,449

Net gain 10,967 This increase is unprecedented and is more than double the gain made last year, 5,248. 'fhe increase is not confined to the large cities but is 'general throughout the jurisdiction, in fact we may exclude the gain made in Kansas City and St. Louis, and the gain for the balanc.e of. the state is 5,436, or more than the increase for the entire state in 1919. RECAPITULATION OF WORK. Initiated 13,431 Suspended N. P. D '..... 609 Passed 12,286 Suspended U. M. C.......... 5 Raised 12,007 Expelled " .... 26 Affiliatea 1,521 Died , 1;072 Reinstated' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 ,Rejectej 2,344 Dimitted 1.847

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The number of rejections is unprecedepted, and while this may indicate that we are selecting our material, it may also indicate that a large number of our members are not as particular as they should be in signing their names as recommenders on petitions. A few ~'ears ago comment was made when a lodge had over 500 members. Today we have seven lodges with' over 1000 members, as follows: Ivanhoe, No. 446, 2,575 members. Temple No. 299, 1,876 members. Mount Moriah No. 40, 1,594 members. Gate City No. 522, 1,507 members. Beacon No.3, 1,365 members. Wrestport No. 340, 1,105 members. Kansas City No. 220, 1,069 members. All of the above are in Kansas City and St. Louis. The largest lodges outside of these cities are; Gate of the Temple No. 422, at Springfield, 710 members. Charity No. 331, at St. Joseph, 692 members. l1nited No.5, at Springfield, 651 members. Last year it was stated that seven lodges had raised over 100 candidates. This year seven lodges have each raised over 200 candidates as follows: Ivanhoe No. 446, Kansas City, 459. Temple No. 299, Kansas City, 379. Gate City No. 522, Kansas City, 312. Beacon No.3, St. Louis, 274. Westport No. 340, Kansas City, 253. Mount Moriah No. 40, St. Louis, 239. East Gate No. 630, Kansas City, 215. Kansas City No. 220, 212. Sixteen more lodges have fais.ed over 100 candidates, as follows: !'los. 5, 9, 79, 104, 219, 316, 331, 416, 422, 445, ,547; 563, 626, 639, 642 and 643. All of these lodges arc located in St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph and Springfield. The following figures show that lodges in smaller places are also doing a great amount of work: Raised V\Tellston No. 613, St. Louis County : 89 Kirksville No. 105, Kirksville 78 Granite No. 272, Sedalia· 77 "\Yebster Groves No. 84, Webster Groves 75 St. Johns No. 28, Hannibal 70 Joplin No. 335, Joplin 66 Fellowship ·No. 345, Joplin ' 60 Moberly No. 344, Moberly ...........................•... 60 Sedalia No. 236, Sedalia 56 Monett No. 129, Monett " .' 50 McDonald No. 324, Independence 48 Acacia No. 602, Columbia ," " , '" 47 Hannibal No. 188, Hannibal 45

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Carthage No. 197, Cart)'{age Adair No. 366, Kirksvf'Ile Only 13 lodges repol't no work: 396, 409, 415, 436, 502, 580.

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44 , 43 Nos. 23, 55, 81, 91, 223, 300, 365,

MEMBERSHIP IN THE LARGEST CITIES. Total Dues Members Raised Rejected Outstanding St. Louis, 40 lodges 19.932 3.023 853 U.282.00 (Including' one lodge U. D.) Kansas City, 15 lodges 12,707 â&#x20AC;˘ 2,734 388 2,589.00 (Including one lodge n. D.) St. Joseph, 4 lodg'es 1.889 347 '74 395.00 Spring-field, 3 lodges 1,848 294 38 NONE Joplin. 2 lodges 839 126 45 65.00 Hannibal, 2 lodges 733 115 14 210.00 Sedalia, 2 lodges 708 133 60 400.00 SL Joseph and Springfield have been "seesawing" for several years as to 'which has the larger membership. This year St. Joseph is in the lead. RRRORS AND OMISSIONS. "\Vhile we are glad to note a decided improvement in the returns this ye~r, your Committee again finds it necessary to call attention to the inexcusable errors and omissions. Notwithstanding the fact that year after year this committee recites in detail many of the most frequent errors in the returns, many secretaries fail to heed the recommendations of your committee and t.he instructions of the Grand Secretary and a repetition of the errors follows. We find in many cases that after the Grand Secretary has called attention to errors and omissions in various reports he has great difficulty in getting replies from the Secretaries of these lodges. We have almost come to the conclusion that the. officers of some lodges carefully file all communications from the Grand Secretary's office in the waste basket. 'In Sixty r"tllrns the Secretaries did not seem' to know how many members the lodge reported last year, and as a result started their recapitulation wrong, in some cases, as many as six or seven O\'("r or short. thus forcing a balanee. The list of members in the returns of Nos. 161, 200, 229, 250 and 514 were not alphabetically nrranged. thus causing unnecessary trouble in checking. The returns of Nos. 196,' 229, 367, 504, 528, 581 and 583 were not signed by tIle "'\"\'orshipful !lIDster. We wonder why these returns were not signed by the Worshipful Master as the law requires. Is it because the Seeretaries are ashamed of their work, or are they over modest and do not want the \Vorshipful Master to see what neat and accurate returns they make? Claflin Lodge No. 229, with a membership of 79. makes a bid for the "spot light" with a letter from its new Secretary, stating, "Each member listed. If we fail to get anything right advise and instruct us. A few of us younger members have vowed 'we would pull the lodge out or sink it deep.''' The spirit expressed by the younger set is commendable. Your Committee finds that certain names and dates are omitted in this report. We further find that the list of members is not alphabetically ar-

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. ranged, and altogether the report is incomplete and what there is of it is "'Hong. We further find that the Secretary has failed to answer the Grand Secretary's letters ask ing for corrections. The vow of the younger set is a double jointed affair, "to pull it out or sink it deep." \V~ suggest that they get together and SllOnge out the latter half. The lodge is in deep enough. They ought to make a new vow composed of the first half only; "pull it out." There are extenuating circumstances in this case, however. We are informed that the vVorshipful Master, Senior 'Varden and Secretary left the town and it was necessary to elect new officers. Therefore we will excuse you this year, Brother Secretary, if you will answer the Grand Secretary's letters and get your 1920 report corrected and "pull it out" for 1921. We find that a great many lodges fail to give dates of degrees conferred, suspensions, deaths, etc. You cannot confer a degree, issue a dimit or suspend a member without the san(!tiOJl of the lodge and a record of same made on the minutes. Why then this absence of dates? Of course when a member dies he does not ask the consent of the lodge, but surely the Secretary can with a very little trouhle ascertain when the member died, and the least tokt'n of reSIJect we can JUlY to the memory' of a deceased brother is to furnish the correct date of his death for the. Grand Lodge record. No. 239 reports the rt'instatement of a member who was relJortcd dead in 1919. Nos. 60, 174, 277 and 425 include from two to five deceased members in their returns. Before the advent of woman suffrage this was done quite extensively in political cam~ paigns and sometimes whole cemeteries were added to the voters' list, but we consider it a questionable method which is sometimes called "padding." ,Ve fail to se~' the reason to "pad" the roster of a lodge, varticularly as it costs the lodge $1.75 to pay the per capita tax if not discovered in the GI'and Secretaries office. No. 87 omitted five live memhers and included one dead one. No. 122 included one Entered Apprentice but omitted three l\'[aster Masons. In many lodges the recapitulation does not halance with the list of members. or the raisings, /3Ilspensions, etc. For instance, No. 220 had 1083 members in its roster and 1068 members in the recapitulation. Fifteen dimitted members were inclUded and three names duplicated and four Master Masons omitted from the roster. Every Secretary should check his recapitulation with his report, and it would be very little effort on the part of the \Vorshipful Master, when he signs the report to see that the roster and work agree with the recapitulation. The recapitulation of No.' 105 shows IS' dimitted, but only three names were listed in the .dimitted column; if the names of the 12 are not furnished to the Grand Secretary it would follow that their dues should 'be forwarded at once. The Secretary of No. 10 certainly does not appreciate the importance of the Grand Lodge records as he writes his ret.urn with a lead pencil. ,Ve wonder if the lodge records are also written wit.h a lead pencil. Errors or om'issions were found in the returns of the following lodges: Nos. 1, 10, 21, 22, 26, 38, 41, 54, 60, 65> 67, 81,' 87,' 96, 97, 101, 103, 105, 114 120, 122, 125, 130, 136, 1137, 143, 145, 148, 151, 158, 161, 166,

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172, 232, 277, 326, 396, 444, 494, 559, 604,

177, 238, 283, 337, 398, 448, 495, 561, 607,

181, 239, 284, 342, -400, 453, 496, 562, 617,

190, 247, 288, 343, 401, 459, 498, 569, 619,

195, 250, 292, 350, 404, 460, 504, 577, 620,

196, 252, 2!l3, 360, 409, 462, 514, 581, 624,

200, 255, 296, 361, 41O, 465, 516, 582, 627,

202, 258, 298, 363, 419, 470, 528, 583, 628,

203, 260, 301, 365, 425, 475, 539, 584, 644.

210, 213, 215, 263, 264, 269, 307, 309, 315, 367, 369, 381, 427, 432, 435, 477, 478, 486, 541, 548, 549, 587, 590, 593, Total, 163.

216, 272, 318, 382, 438, 487, 551, 595, ~

The Secretary of Blodgett Lodge No. 594 encloses a letter to the Grand Secretary when submitting his accurate and neat report, saying, "In looking over Grand Lodge reports I find where the Grand Lodge criticises reports that are not complete, but fails to commend Secretaries that use all effort to make out a complete report." Well; we are glad to know that at least one Secretary in Missouri reads the Grand Lodge Proceedings. There are more than 400 lodges whose reports this year are free from error and it would be impossible for us to mention each one; but inasmuch as we have enumerated all of the incorrect lodges, we are in effect complimenting the balance. Avoid the spotlight Brother Secretary by keeping your lodge number out of the foregoing list and all will be well. REINST A TEMENTS. Section 67, Grand Lodge By-Laws, provides that if any lodge shall collect from a suspended member,. dues, for non-payment of which he has been suspended, :such lodge shall pay the per .capita tax to the Grand Lodge "if not previously accounted for." Some lodges fail to comply veith this law, particularly No. 105, with nine reinstatements and No. 114 with 12 reinstatements. Fellowship Lodge No. 345 "oluntnrily paid $31.50 on account of reinstatements this year, a goodly showing. CERTIFICATE PLAN OF TRANSFERRING MEMBERSHIP. The certificate plan of transferring membership is still causing much confusion in lodge records. A member applies for a certificate of good standing to transfer his membership, which is issued and the Secretary forgets all about it. -He is elected to membership in the o.ther lodge and that Secretary forgets all about it. Later both lodges claim the same man as a member. We are informed of a case where a member tra~sferred his membership from Lodge "A" to Lodge "B." The records of Lodge "B" were destroyed by fire, and they haye nothing to prove their case when Lodge "A" claimed they had never been notified of his election and 1n fact had never even issued a certificate. During the time that he was supposed to be a member of Lodge "B" this lodge brought a charge of un-Masonic conduct against him and he was expelled, but later restored to membership on good behavior. Perhaps the whole proceedings of trial, expulsion and restoration were void as he was really a member of Lodge "A" the entire time. We believe it would be advisable to amend our law and require all certificates of good standing for the purpose of transferring membership be issued by the Grand Secretary, who could keep a record of them and see that such trans-

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fers are properly completed. A nominal fee could be charged the member requesting the transfer in Qrder to cover the expense in the Grand Lodge office. This was suggested to us by the, Grand Master. CONCORDIA LODGE No. 464. In accordance with the recorJmendation of the Committee on Chartered Lodges in 1919, and the consent of M. W. Brother Garrell, the name of AullYille Lodge was changed to Concordia Lodge. LAFAYETTE LODGE No. 437. Your Committee regrets that the 1920 report-of Lafayette Lodge No. 437 will be the last report received from Brother S. M. Reynolds, who has been Secretary for twenty-two years. Not once during the entire period has a single criticism been made against any report of this careful, painstaking brother. We are not informed as to whether he resigned, failed of r'e-election or "struck oil," but we hope that his successor' will strive to equal his good work. Possibly the oldest Secretaries in point of service are R. H. Caffall, who has been Secretary of Anchor Lodge No, 443 for thirty-eight years, and E. P. Ambler, who has been Secretary of Polar Star Lodge No. 79 for thirty years. Both of these St, Louis Secretaries always send complete and accurate reports. SECRETARIES AT GRAND LODGE SESSION. heartily commend the action of Olive Branch Lodge No. 576, Apollo No. 529 and Algabil No. 544, of St. Louis, in sending their Secretaries, (who are not Past Masters), and paying their expenses to this session of the Grand Lodge. We firmly believe that any Secretary who has the opportunity to attend Grand Lodge sessions and listen to the discussions and various reports, particularly the reports of the Committees on .Jurisprudence and Appeals and Grievanc,es, will greatly increase his knowledge of Grand Lodge law, and thereby his efficiency and value to his lodge. May we make the follo,ving suggestions to the Secretaries for next year: First, read the instru(~tions of the Grand Secretary on the first page of the return; see that your list of members is allJllabetically nrranged and give the first names of all members in full, (iilitials not permitted); see that all names of work,' affiliations, deaths, etc., are correctly given under the proper headings; start ~'our recapitulation with the correct number of members returned this year, (see 1920 Proceedings if you have lost your duplicate return); Sf"e that your recapitulation a~rees wHit YOur work; answer promptly all letters from the Grand Secretary, and finally send your report to the Grand Secretary as soon after .July 1 as IJOsslble. We cannot- hold the Worshipful Masters responsible for the errors of , the Secretaries, but we do say that any Worshipful Master who signs a report and does not examine it to see that the work agrees with the recapitulation, is almost as bad as the Secretary. The indications are that we will have 100,000 members in 1921, or 1,000 members 'for each year of our existence as a Grand Lodge. Let's celebrate our Centennial with no delinquent lodges and let's reduce the errors to' the,minimum. ~~e

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ants for courtesies and help rendered to us while in his office compiling the data for this report. Respectfully submitted, C. L. ALEXANDE~, G. C. BISHOP, N. H. SUMMITT, E. P. ELLIS, . HARRY E. SCHNEIDER, PAUL E. ECKERT, FRANK .A. MILLER, IRA R. ALLEN.

RESOLUTION-FORM OF PETITION. 1\1: VV. Bro. A. A. Johnson offered following written resolution as to printing ne,,,' forms for Petitions. Adopted. \V.hereas, by aetion of this Grand Lodge, the sum of $20.00 must accompany each petition for the degrees, which sum shall go to the Masonic Home of Missouri; and \Vhereas, important changes have been made in the form of the Petition for the degrees; and vVhereas, it is important that such information be given the lodges at once; Therefore, be it Resolved, That in printing said Petitions the Grand Secretary be and he is hereby directed to print a footnote to such Petition, reciting" the fact that by action of the Grand Lodge, a fee of $20.00, in addition to the Initiation 'fee charged by the lodge, must accompany the Petition for the benefit of the Masonic Home of Missouri; and Be it Further Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be and he is hereBy instructed to distribute Petitions to the various lodges free of ('harge as follows: To lodges having a membership of not more than 250, twenty-five Petitions; to lodges having a membership of over 2,50, 'fifty Petitions. ARCH A. JOHNSON, JOHN T. SHORT, BYRNE E. BIGGER.

MASONIC TEMPLE OF ST. LOUIS. Report of Consulting Architect. V'l. Bro. J. L. Heckenlively, Consulting Architect of Ma-' sonic Temple Association of St. Louis, made following report, which was adopted: â&#x20AC;˘ To the Most ,Vorshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., State of Missouri: One year ago I was' appointed by the l\fost Worshipful Grand Master to the position of Consulting and Advisory Architect to look

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after the interest of the Most 'Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri, in matters pertaining to the planning and erection of the proposed new Masonic Temple to be' erected by the Masonic Temple Association of St.. Louis, in which the Grand Lodge of the. State of :\'Tissouri is an active member. . Since my appointment, I have accompanied the Masonic "Temple Association':::; Building Committee on two trips East for the purpose of examining Masonic Temples of the latest and most modern construction, and arrangements. On these trips we visited some of the latest buildings, and were cordially received and entertain.ed by the brethren at the different places visited, and had the pleasure of consulting some of the most eminent architects, committees,' and others who had planned and designed the beautiful and imposing buildings that we visited; and we believe we secured data and information that has a value beyond estimation. "Vhile the Masonic Temple Building Committee was seeking in-' formation for the Masonic Temple, as a whole, these brethren assisted me in every poss~ble manner to secure the very best and latest ideas for the portion of the building that will be occupied by the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and when the sketch plans are being prepared by the architects, they will be carefully gone over and studied before being approved. I desire to extend my thanks to the St. Louis Masonic Temple Association Committees arid its Officers, for their as:::;istance and courtesies. I have had during the year many conferences with this Building Committee, and am familiar with their progress and !{now that matters are moving along nicely, and with â&#x20AC;˘ continued activity. I agree with the Committee that it would be a very unwise business proposition to undertake to erect the building under present ftuctuating material and labor pl'ices; best to wait for more normal conditions, but I as:::;ure the brethren that we are progressing in a satisfactory manner. Fraternally submitted, JAS. L. HBCKENLIVELY, Consulting Architect for the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of the State of Missouri.

ORATIONS. The Better Life. The Grand Master calkd on Vlor. Bro. Harold L. R~ader of \Vellston' Lodge No. 613, whom he designated as "a man who always has a message." \Vor. Bro. Read.er responded with an eloquent "Message" picturing the beauties and incalculable value of the Bettâ&#x201A;Źr Life which was listened to with rapt attention, and applauded heartily at the close. 'the thanks' of the .Grand Lodge were expressed by the Grand Master.

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Rt. vV. and Rev. Brother James Hardin Smith, Grand Orator, was introduced by the Grand Master and delivered a wonderfully humorous, sparkling, instructive and entertaining talk which was highly appreciated, warmly applauded, and a vote of thanks tendered by the Grand Lodge.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF TRIAL CODE. :M. vv. Bro. Dorsey A. Jamison made report of the' Committee on Revision of Trial Code as follows, which was adopted, so"me explanations being made by W. Bro, Thad B. Landon:* . *The Revision of Trial Code to take the same course as Revision of By-Laws, To the Most v"lorshipful Grand Lodge of' Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Your Committee appointed to revise the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge relative to the trial of Masonic offenses respectfUlly submits the following as its report and its recommendations:

Section L "Trial Code,"

ARTICLE I, This code shall be known and referred to as the

ARTICLE II. ... Section L lllasonie Offenses. Masonic offenses which subject the individual offender to trial and punishment, as as follows: (a), A wilful violation or disregard of the constitution or the laws, rules or edicts of the Grand Lodge, or of any law, moral, criminal '01' Masonic. (b), Any act, conduct or neg'lect of duty tending to impair the good name of the Masonic institution or its usefulness, or to cause scandal, or to degrade it in public estimation, or which is in any wise contrary to its principles, obligations or teachings. (c), Disobedience of lawful Masonic authority. (d). Disobedience to process authorized by any Masonic law, inclUding this Trial Code, (e). What Charge Not Entertained. A Lodge shall not entertain a charge against a member for the purpose of adjusting mere legal rights, pecuniary or otherwise, unless such ch~rge specifiei? fraud on the part of the alleged offender, or involves moral turpitude; nor for statements made in a pleading filed in court; nor for any offense committed before he petitioned for the Mysteries of Ma. sonry, except as provided in Section 194; nor for any offense committed more than five years before the c'harges shall l;>e presented.' unless the offense has been concealed.

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AR TICLE III. Section 1. .Jurisdiction. A Lodge shall have jurisdiction, to try any Mason, affiliated or un-affiliated, for any offense committed within its jurisdiction; but such Lodge shall notify the Lodge of which the accused is a member, if known, of the penden~y of the charge, and if requested so to do, within thirty days after such notice shall transfer the case to such Lodge 'for trial, and the case shall there proceed as though begun in that Lodge. If no such request be made within thirty days, then the Lodge first receiving the charge sha.ll proceed with the trial. Sec. 2. A Lodge shall have jurisdiction over all its members, its Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts, affiliated or non-affiliated, wheresoever residing. Sec. 3. Members of Lodges in Another State. A Mason of another Grant! .Turisdiction while residing or sojourning in this State shall not be entitled to Masonic comity, rights or privileges in this State, , when his business, actions or conduct would" under the Masonic law of this jurisdiction, bar him from membership in the Missouri Lodge. Sec. 4. A Lodge cannot entertain charges against the Master of the Lodge during his term of office. Exclusive jurisdiction to arraign and try him While he is Master belongs to the Grand Lodge. After the expiration of his term of office he may be prosecuted for any offense committed by hi!1?- while Master, except for official misconduct. ARTICLE IV. Section 1. Procedure. Preliminary Investigation. It shall be the duty of tbe Master immediately after his installation to appoint a Grievance Committee of not less than three, nor more than five, composed of Past Masters in good standing of the Lodge, such Grievance Committee to serve for the term and period of one year and until their successors are appointed. One of the Committee shall be designated as chairman. Sec. 2. Any Master Mason in good standing may prefer charges in any Lodge having jurisdiction of the, offense charged; such charge shall give the name of the accused, and a brief description of the offense, together wit.h the names of witnesses who may have notice or knowledge thereof, and shall be signed by the Master Mason making the charge. All prosecutions shall be in the name of the Lodge. ::;;ec. 3. Upon receipt of such a charge, the Master shall forthwith refer the same to the Grievance Committee and the Junior 'Varden with a request for investigation, and the Master shall note on such complaint, the date of the receipt thereof, and also the date of reference to said Grievance Committee. Sec. 4. The Grievance Committee, upon receipt of a charge, shall forthwith proceed to investigate the same. And it shall be the duty of the Junior ,Varden to assist the committee in' such investigation, and present to such committee such facts and evidence as he may be able to obtain. Such investigation shall be made within twenty ,days from the date of the receipt of the charge- (unless for good cause further time shall have been given by the Master), and after having com-

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pleted such investigation, if such committee, or a· majority thereof, shall he of the opinion that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed, and of the probable guilt of the accused, such committee shall endorse upon the charge its findings thereon, and such charge, together with the findings of the committee' shall forthwith be delivered to the Junior V;Tarden. The date of the reference to the Junior \Varden shall be noted upon the charge. S,"c. 5. If the finding of the Grievance Committee is one of probable cause as in the preceding section mentioned, the Junior Warden shall, within ten days, prepare the charge or charges in legal and Masonic form, and which may be substantially in the following form, each separate charge to be embraced in separate specifications: "To the vYorshipful M.aster of ' . Lodg-e No , A. F. & A. M.: _ I, ......................................• Junior Warden of Lodge No , A. F. & A. M., and prosecuting for and on behalf of, and in the name of said Lodge, do hereby charge Brot.her . Lodge No . a memher of A. F. & A.M., with un-Masonic conduct as follows: (Here set out the date and place of the offense, and in brief and concise la'nguage th'e nature or character of such offense. Each offense'to be set out in different specifications.) Each specification to conclude as follows: "In violation of his duty as a Mason, a,1d to the scandal and disgrace of the Masonic fraternity." And the charge shall conclude as follows: "And I declare upon my honor as a Mason that I make this charg-e for the general good of Masonry, and in t.he defense of the interests of the fraternity." Fraternally subm'itted, ........................... Junior \Varden of. Lodge No A; F. & A. M. Dated at , on the day of , , , , .•...." Sec. 6. The Junior Warden shall file such charge with the Secretary of the Lodge ,"vho shall at once endorse the same as filed, giving the date of such filing. l'pon the filing of such charge or charges, the Secretary shall at once present the same to the l\1aster, who shall endorse thereon: "Presented , , (giving the date), signed, ................................ , Alaster of Lodge, No.............• A. F: & A. lVI., and the Master shall at once fix the d:lte for trbI, v,'hich date shall not be more than twenty-five, nor less than twenty days from the dat'e of the filing of the same with the SecretG:ry. And the date of such trial shall be endorsed upon such charge or charg'es, and the same returned to the Secretary of the Lodge. Sec. 7. Immediately upon the fixing of the date of trial in the manner as provided in the preceding section, the Secretary. shall'

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forthwith give written notice,. to the accused, which notice shall be substantially as follows: "To Brother : You are hereby notified that On the day of Junior "'arden of. Lodge No . A. F. & A. M., acting for and on behalf of said Lodge, filed written chargcH against you, a tr.ue copy of which is hereto annexed; that said charge was presented to the Master on the day of , who路 has fixed the day of as the date, at. o'clock as the hour, and , .............................. as the place when and where said trial will he held, when and where you may appear and defend such charge if you so desire. You are required to answer the same within ten days from the date of the service of this notice by placing on file with the Secretary of said Lodge, any objections you may have to the sufficiency of the charge. If you have no objections thereto, then you will plead to the allegations thereof with one of the following pleas: 1. That you are guilty of the offense charged. 2. That you are not guilty of the offense charged. 3. Or any matter in explanation or' extenuation of the offense charged. You are further notified that a trial of said charge will be had on the day of. , at. o'clock, M., at the hall of .. Lodge No , A. F. & A. M., when and where you inay appear and defend such charge if you so desire. You are further nqtified that you can at said trial, be aided and assisted by counsel provided said counsel are Master Masons in good standing. (Signed) Secretary of Lodge No , A. F. & A. M." Said notice to be attested by the seal of said Lodge. Sec. 8. The Secretary shall make a copy of such notice and charge and deliver, or cause the same to be delivered by a Master Mason, to the accused, at least ten days before the time appointed for the trial: Sec. 9. If the residence of the accused be more than two miles from the place 'of Lodge me~ting, the Secretary may cause an attested copy of said notice and charge to be deposited in the mail at least fifteen days before the time appointed for the trial, addressed to the accused at his last known place' of residence, which shall be good service of such notice. Sec. 10. Proof of Ser"ice. The proof of service of such notice shall be as follo",'8: By endorsing on the back of said notice one of the following certificates: "I herehy certify that r"did on , , a true 19 , deliver to Brother

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copy of the within notice, together with a copy of the charge therein referred to. (Signed) Secretary, Or a Master Mason." Or: "I hereby certify that on , 19 , I deposited in the postoffice at. , a true copy of the within notice, together with a copy of the charge therein referred to, adp.ressed to Brother . ............................ , at his last known place of residence. (Signed) Secretary, Or a Master Maspn." Sec. 11. If the residence of the accused be unknown, the trial may be had by posting the notice in the Lodge at least twenty days before day of trial. Sec. 12. The answer of the accused shall be filed not less than two days prior to the date fixed for trial. Sec. 13. If the Grievance Committee, or a majority thereof, shall, after investigation, report to the Master that they do not find probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed, or that the accused is guilty, the Secretary shall immediately notify the Brother making the charge of the action of such committee, and he shall have the right within thirty days thereafter to present the matter to the Grand Master, who may cause the same to be investigated, and at' his' discretion, he may order the Junior Warden to prefer charges notwithstanding the action of the Grievance Committee. ARTICLE V. Section 1. All trials under this Trial Code shall be held before a tribunal known as the "Trial Committee" which shall be constituted as follows: (a). The Master of the Lodge shall be the chairman of said Trial Committee, and shall fix the date of the trial and preside thereat, provided however that if the Master disqualify himself, or be disqualified from acting either because of kinship with the accused, a materi~l witness, or interested for or against the accused, the District Deputy Grand Master of the District in which said charges are preferred, or some suitable Master Mason appointed by the Grand Master shall be chairman of said Committee. (bi. The Secretary of the Lodge, or a stenographer who shall be a Master Mason in good standing, may be designated as Secretary, such Secretary to be the Secr,etary of the Committee, take the testimony, keep the minutes of the meetings, and preserve and file all writings or papers t~at may' be filed during the trial. (c). The ,:Marshal of the Lodge shall be the Marshal of said Trial Committee, and shall preserve order, and perform such duties as may be required by the chairman of the Trial Committee. (d).

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shall determine the guilt or innocence of the accused, and shall fix the punishment, such jury to be selected in the following mariner: The chairman of the Trial Committee shall, after charges have been preferred and filed, and notice thereof given as herein provided, select twelve disinterested Master Masons in good standing of the Lodge, and who shall not be related in any manner or degree to the accused, or a witness· either for ar against the accused, and who have neither formed nor expressed any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused, from which number the trial jury shall be selected. The names of such twelve jurors so selected shall be filed with the Secretary of the Lodge who shall at once cause the brethren so selected to be summoned, by written notice, to appear upon the - date named for the trial, and failure to so appear in obedience to such summons, unless for good· cause shown to the chairman of the • Committee, shall constitute a Masonic offense. If on the day of trial less than twelve of those summoned shall appear, the chairman of the Trial Committee shall fill the vacancies by summoning other qualified brethren, provided that if a panel of twelve jurors is n'ot obtained on the day set for trial, the chairman of the Trial Committee shall have the right' to continue the trial until such jury panel shall be filled. If, however, the chairman of the Trial Committee should not be able to secure twelve qualified jur'ors from the Lodge in which the charges have been preferred, then he shall summon from adjacent Lodge or Lodges sufficient qualified jurors to complete the panel. The twelve brethren so selected shall answer upon their Masonic honor, such questions touching their qualifications to sit as jurors as may be put to them either by the Junior Warden, the accused, or the chairman of the Trial Committee~ Either the accused or the Junior Warden may challenge for good cause, and if such chalhmge shall be sustained by the chairman of the Trial Committee, the Broth~r so challenged shall be excused, and the panel of twel\'e filled by the chairman as hereinbefore proVided. ¥,rhen twelve qualified jurors have been selected, the Junior Warden shall peremptorily strike off three names from said panel, and the accused shall thereupon strike off three names, and the six so remaining shall constitute the trial jury, and such trial jury shall be sworn upon their Masonic honor to w~ll and truly try the issues, and true findings render according to the law and the evidence. Immediately after said trial jury shall have been selected, the trial chairman shall charge said jury to refrain from discussing the case among themselves, or with any witness, or with the accused, and shall not allow any other person to talk with them about said case, and that if any person shall attempt to talk with them with reference ,thereto, they shall immediately refer the matter to the trial chairman, and. that they will keep their minds free and open until the conclusion of the entire' trial. And this same admonition and charge shall be given at every rece'ss or adjournment of the trial of said cause. If any person shall attempt to talk about the pending trial with either the trial jury, or any members thereof, or the twelve brethren selected as above, it sha.ll constitute a Masonic offense.

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Sec. 2. The trial shall not be held in open Lodge, but shall be held 'at the regular meeting place of such Lodge, and if not concluded on the date set for such trial, the chairman of the Trial Committee may adjourn from day to day until said trial is concluded. Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Lodge shall give written notice to all resident members of the Lodge of the date of such trial. Sec. 4. All Master Masons in good standing shall be admitted to the trial except that upon objections to their presence, all visitors - (meaning members of other. Lodges) shafl be excluded except Grand Lodge Officers, or brethren especially designated by the Grand :l\1aster. 'Vitnesses, stenographer and counsel for the accused shall not be excluded. Profane witnesses shall only be allowed to remain while testifying. Sec. 5. The Junior Warde'n shall conduct the trail for and on behalf of the Lodge, provided that he may choose counsel to assist him in the conduct thereof, such assistant to be a Master Mason in go()d standing. And the accused may be represented in person and by 'counsel who shall be a Master Mason in good standing. ARTICLE VI. Section 1. The Trinl. If a plea of "guilty" be entered, no trial Shall be necessary; but the Trial Committee selected in the manner herein provided shall fix the punishment as herein provided, and may hear evidence for the purpose of determining the punishment to be so fixed. Sec. 2. If the plea that the facts in the charge and specifications do not constitute a Masonic offense, the question shall be determined by the chairman of the Trial Committee. Sec. 3. ,If the plea of the accused be "not guilty," the trial shall proceed before the Trial Committee constituted as herein provided. Th~ accuser, being the Lodge, shall first introduce its testimOny, and the accused shall then produce his testimony,' and the Lodge shall introduce any testimony in rebuttaL u'pon the conclusion of the testimony, the matter may be argued, first by the Junior "Varden (or his assistant counsel) for the Lodge, by the- accused or his counsel on his behalf, and the Junior Warden, or his assistant may conclu~e the argument. Sec. 4. At the conclusion of the testimony and arguments, all save the trial jury shall retire, and said trial jury shall proqeed to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused. The trial jury shall select one of their number as foreman, and the foreman shall submit路 to the jury the question on each specification consecutively, and he Shall put the question, "Is the ac,cused guilty or not guilty of-the offense in specification No ?" Each member of the trial jury shall vote by ballot, and if a majority of tl).e Committee shall vote "Guilty," the accused shall be so found guilty. Each specification s,hall' be put in the saine manner. If the verdict be "Guilty," the foreman shall put to the jury the matter of punishment, either expulsion, suspension for a stated time, or路 a reprimand.路 If the entire trial jury shall vote for expulsion, then the accu'sed shall be 'expelled; if 'less than the whole riumber

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vote for expulsion, then the .question shall be on suspension. If a majority vote for suspension, then the time shall be determined beginning with the longest time proposed, and so on down until some time shall be adopted by a majority of said Committee. If less than a majority of those present vote for suspension, then a reprimand shall be administered in open lodge by the Master, or some Brother designated by him. lJpon arriving at a verdict, the trial jury shall reduce the same to writing, which shall be substantially in the following manner: "\\'e, the jury, find the accused guilty, and assess his punishment as follows:

(Signed)

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and said verdict shall be returned to the chairman of the Trial Committee who shall, if the verdict is in proper form, announce the result thereof, and shall cause the same to be filed with the Secretary of the Lodge who shall immediately endorse the same as filed, showing the date thereof. Sec. 5. At the next stated Commu nication after the trial, the verdict shall be read in open Lodge and spread upon the records of said Lodge, and if the verdict be for expulsion, the Master shall then declare in open Lodge the accused expelled from all of the rights and privileges of Freemasons, and the accused shall stand expelled 'from that date; if the v~dict shall be for suspension, the Master shall then in open Lodge announce that the accused shall stand sus'~' pended for the term and period as found by the trial jury; if the verdict shall be for reprimand, then tne Master shall administer the same {n open Lodge, or the same may be administered by some Brother designated by him, If the accused is not present, the Master shall summon him to appear at a time stated, to receive such reprimand. Sec. 6. The testimony of all witnesses who can attend the triai shall be given orally and reduced to writing, which shall be taken in shorthand when practicable., The testimony of Freemasons shall be upon their Masonic honor. That of profanes, on oath by an of~i足 eel' authorized to administer an oath. Sec. 7.. The rules of evidence, including those which relate to the admissibilit.y of the evidence, and the cOmpetency of the witnesses to be observed and followed' by the Trial Committee and decided by the ch~irman thereof, shall be such as have been established and recognized in courts of law in the ordinary administration of. justice, except where said rules have been modified and changed by the express law or statutes of this Grand Lodge. The record and, testimony filed in a court of competent jurisdiction, duly certified, showing indictment or information, arraignment, conviction and sentence, or acquittal oi'the accused, according to the forms of lav., for the same offense for whi~h he is being tried

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by the Lodge, is legal and competent evidence for or against the accused, but is not conclusive as to the guilt or innocence of the accused. ,Vhere pleadings in a civil suit, to which a Freemason is a party and in which he had or has the right and opportunity to appear, present the issue as to his guilt or innocence of a Masonic offense, the pleadings and judgment or decree therein are competent evidence in a Masonic trial for the same offence, bu.t it is not conclusive as to the guilt or innocence of the the accused. Sec. 8. 'I'esthnony by Del)Ositions. The cnairman of the Trial Committee upon request of the Junior Warden or the accused, shall appoint a committee of three Master Masons who are impartial and not interested in the result of the trial, or a kin to the accused, to take the testimony of witnesses who are unabie, by reason of physical. disability or other cause to attend the trial, or who reside without the jurisdiction of the Lodge, or by profanes who are unwilling to attend the trial. "Vhen deemed necessary by the chairman, other committees may be appointed for the purpose of taking testimony. The testimony so taken shall be reduced to writing, and severally suhscribed and sworn to by the witnesses as hereinbefore provided, and certified to by the committee taking the same, and filed with the -Secretary of said Trial Comm1ttee. Sec. 9. If upon the date set for trial, either the Lodge or. the . accused shall not be ready for trial, the chairman of the Trial Committee may, for good cause, continue such trial to another date. If a continuance be granted, the brethren summoned as jurors shall be compelled to attend Without further summons, provided, however, that the trial chairman shall charge and admonish the brethren summoned as jurors as herein provided for th路e charging and admonishing of the trial jury. Sec. 10. The Secretary of ~he Trial Committee shall, after the conclusion of a: trial, file with the Secretary of the Lodge, to be retained as a permanent record, (a), the charge; (b), notice to the accused, together with service' thereof; (c), plea of the accused; (d), list of twelve jurors selected and summoned; (e), list of the six trial jurors; (f), the written testimony or the stenographic notes of the testimony; (g), all depositions and documentary evidence; (h), the verdict of the jury showing the date of the filing thereof; and (i), all other documents connected with said trial. In addition thereto, the Master may require that the stenographer's notes shall be reduced to typewritten form, and a. transcript of the testimony also attached. Sec. 11. EXl)COSt': of "'rilll. The chairman of the Trial Committee shall make an itemizQd statement of the costs attending the trial, which may include the traveling expenses of the members of the Committee, and other .necessary expenses, the necessary mileage and per diem as allowed in civil cases, for witnesses attending the trial at the request of the Junior Warden, the necessary expenses incurred in the taking of depositions at the request of the Junior Warden, the services of a stenographer or other person secured by the Committee to take down the testimony, and the service of notices, provided by the By-Laws, which items, but no others, shall

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be paid by the Lodge; provided, however, that the party ordering a complete transcript of the testimony shall pay for such transcript; and provided further, that if the Master of the Lodge shall be satisfied and shall certify in writing that the accused is unable to pay the expense of securing the attendance of witnesses, or the expense of a transcript, or both, such expense shall, at the request of the accused, be also paid by the Lodge. ARTICLE VII. 'Section 1. 'Appenls. The accused or accuser, or any member of the Lodge in which the case is tried, and no other person, may t~e an appeal from the judgment of the Lodge, to the Grand Lodge, provided that an appeal must be taken within ten days after the verdict is read in open'Lodge and spread upon the records; provided, however, that the Grand Master may order the Lodge to take an appeal at any ti?1e. Sec. 2. Notice of A))penI. The party taking the - appeal must give notice thereof SUbl:}tanti~.llY in the fOll~ing form:. . ............... , , MIssourI, __ :;. County. (DATE) To the Worshipful Warden and Brethren, Lodge No , A. F. & A. M.:

Brethren: I, , a Master Mason and member of Lodge, No , A. F. & A. M., do declare upon my honor as a Mason that I feel aggrieved by the judgment in the case wherein . , A. F. &. A. M., was the ac. . . . . . . . . . . . Lodge, No cuser, and was the accused, and to the end that justice may be done in the matter, do take an appeal to the Grand Lodge for the following reasons: (1). ~

.. . . . . .. . . .. ., . . . . .. .. .. . . . ... . . . . .. .. .. . . .. . . . . .. . . .

(2) .

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. Appellant."

Sec. 3. ",Vhen an appeal and notice shall be filed with the Secretary, he shall endorse thereon the date of the filing, and immediately send certified copy to the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, together with -a certified copy of the charges. notice to the accused, his answer or plea, report of trial committee (which need not include the eVidence), date of filing said report of the Trial Com-mittee, and date of reading the same in open Lodge, together with date of meeting of the Lodge when judgment was pronounced. Within sixty 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 review is sought on a ruling of the Trial Com-

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mittee on a particular 'question, or some objection to, or move to be stricken out during the trial, or except, as hereinafter provided, but shaH include a brief Z;ecital in narrative form of the substance of the evidence offered or introduced in the trial. Within ten days after the filing of such statement .and notice with the Secretary, the opposite party may file objections to such statement. Such objection shall only point out, first, the omission from such statement of any ultimat.e fact, or of some document or some 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. In such event, the Secretary of the Lodge shall cause to be prepared at the expense of the Lodge, and transmitted with such statement, a complete transscript of the portion or portions of the testimony in dispute. If no objections were filed to such statement within ten days, or within such further time, not exceeding sixty days after the trial, as the trial chairman ma~', 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. The appellant shall also prepare and file with the Secretary of the Lodge within sixty days after the trial, written specifications of the errors alleged to have been committed by the Trial Committee. which shall a.lso be forwarded to the Grand Secretary, together with all other papers as above provided. Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Lodge shall immediately upon the filing- with him, and the completion of the statement and objections referred to in preceding sections, send the same] to the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge. On receipt of the tran;:;cript as herein provided, by the Grand Secretary, the Grand Lodge shall be possessed of the case, and shall determine the same on the records so transmitted; provided that the chairman of the Appeals and Grievance Committee may, if he so desires, r~quire the Secretary of the Lodge to furnish, at its expense, a transcript of any or all of the testimony introdu(~eddtt the trial of the cause. The appellant, in the absence of fraud, m<ty dismiss his appeal at any time before the meeting of the Grand Lodge. Sec. 5. Either the appellant or the appellee may, in lieu of a narrative statement of the evidence as herein provided, furnish a complete transcript of such testimony, provided that the expense of such transcript, except as hereinbefore provided, shall be borne by. the party ordering the same, and 'provided further,. that the party furnishing sueh transcript shall, at least fifteen days before. the last day for filing same, present the same to the opposite party. for examination. If the opposite party路 is satisfied with such transcript, he shall indicate his approval upon such transcript. If such party is not satisfied with the transcript and the appellant and appellee cannot agree upon the correctness thereof, the objections of either. party shall be presented to the chairman of the Trial Committee who shall settle the differences, and when so settled, shall certify to the correctness thereof. Sec. 6. The judgment of the Grand Lodge shall be either that the judgment below be affirmed, or that it be reversed and the

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cause remanded fo'r a new trial, or that it be rev.ersed and the caus9 be dismissed, or the Grand Lodge may disregard the judgment of the Lodge and pronounce judgment upon the record transmitted to the Grand Lodge. Sec. 7.' The Effect of tile Grand Lodge Judg;m,ent. If the accused has been expelled or suspended by the Lodge, and its judgment is rever,sed and the case dismil:lsed by the Grand Lodge, he will thereby be restored to whatever Lodge standing and membership he held when the charge was preferred against him. If the judgment be reversed and the cause be remanded for a new trial, and such new trial result in his acquittal; he is thereby restored to his former Lodge membership and, standing. Sec. 8. Status of the Accused Pending; ApI)eal. If the accused, was acquitted by the Lodge, his status, pending the appeal in the Grand Lodge, is that of a member with charges pending against him. If he was suspended or expelled by the Lodge, he shall so remain pending the appeal, until~ suspension or expulsion shall be removed by the Grand Lodge, when he shall be restored to his former Lodge membership. Sec. 9. Promulgation of Judgment. The printed proceedings of . the Grand Lodge are the official announcements' of its judgments, and when they show that a new trial has been ordered, judgment affirmed or reversed, or cause dismissed, or other proceedings had in any case, the Lodge sh3;ll act accordingly. Sec. 10. ltt~storation, EXI)cllcd IUason. An expelled Mason wishing to be restored, must petition the Lodge which expelled him. His petition must be presented at a stated meeting and lie over to the next stated meeting, but need not be referred to a committee. The members of the Lodge shall be notified that said petition has been presented and will be acted on at the next stated meeting: The vote shall be by ballot, and if it be unanimous, he shall be restored to his original lodge membership and standing. If he fails to receive a unanimous vote, but receives a two-thirds vote, he shall be restored to good Masonic standing, but not to Lodge membership. If he receives less than a two-thirds vote for rest6ration, he may then petition the Grand Lodge to be restored to .good Masonic standing, setting out in his petition the fact that he had applied to and been rejected by the Lodge. An expelled Mason restored to good Masonic standing shall be given a certificate showing his good standing. Sec. 11. Same, SUSIJended lUason. A suspended Mason wishing to be ..restored. before the expiration of his suspension, shall petition the Lodge which suspended him. His petition must be presented at a stated meeting and lie over to the next stated meeting, but need not be referred to a ~ommittee. The members of the Lodge shall be notified that said petition has been presented and will be acted on at the ne~t stated meeting. The vote shall be by ballot, and if he receives a two-thirds vote he shall be restored to his original lodge membership and standing. Sec. 12. Same. Entered Apprentice or }1'ellow Craft. An Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft who has been suspended or expelled

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cannot be advanced in any Lodge of this jurisdiction until after reinstatement by the Lodge in which he was suspended or expelled, or by Grand Lodge. Sec. 13. Same. If the Lodge in which the original proceedings were had be not in existence, then such Entered Apprentice' or Fellow Craft or Master Mason may petition the Grand Lodge for restoration to good Masonic standing, and shall accompany the petition with a recommendation from the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he resides. Sec. 14. Suspended for Definite Time. If a Mason has been suspended for a definite period by his Lodge, or~ by the Grand Lodge on appeal, at the expiration of such period, he shall stand restored to all the rights and privileges of Masonry. of which he was deprived by such suspension. Sec. 15. Same. Petitions to the Grand Lodge for restoration can only be made when the judgment was rendered by the Grand Lodge, or when the Lodge that rendered the judgment is not in existence. . Sec. 16. Charg'es i'-galnst the lUaster of a Lodge. When a charge shall be presented to the Grand Master in vacation against the Master of a Lodge, chargingl1im with official misconduct, or with un-Masonic or immoral conduct, the Grand Master, on receipt of the same, shall cause a true copy to be served on the accused, and if, after investigation, he believes the charge to be without sufficient foundation, he shall dismiss the charge and report accordingly to the next Grand Lodge; but if the Grand Master believes the charge to be well founded, he shall forthwith suspend the accused from office, and notify him to appear before the ,Grand Lodge at its next Annual Communication to answer the charge presented against him.

ARTICLE VIII. Section 1. Article 18 of the By-Laws, and including Sections 200 to 256, both inclusive of said Article, and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all other sections or parts of sections, laws or parts of laws regulating and providing for the trial and punishment of Masonic offenses, are hereby repealed. We recommend that action on this report be postponed until the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge, and that it take the same course as regards publication and distribution as the report of the Revision Committee of By-Laws, and this Committee be continued. Fraternally submitted, DORSEY A. JAMISON, EDWARD HIGBEE, KARL M. VETSBURG, THAD B. LANDON, ARCH A. JOHNSON.

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REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION. 1\1. VV. Bro. 'Dorsey A. Jamison, Chairman, made the following report of this Committee and moved its adoption: To the Most 'Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of the State of Missouri: Brethren: Your Special Committee appointed for the purpose of investigating the scope, merit and usefulness of the Masonic Service Association, respectfully reports as follows: That they have carefully examined into said matters, and are of the opinion that the scope of the Association has been extended beyond what was considered by this Grand Lodge when it became a member thereof, as the principal' object and purpose of said Association and which induced this Grand Lodge to become a member thereof, that is to say; as it now ~pp~ars, that the principal object and purpose of the Association is now one of education and research, and not primarily for the purpose of the intelligent co-operation in matters appertaining to national or international calamity or disaster. 'Ve further find that there is no constitutional limitation as to the amount Which this Grand Lodge may be held obligated for by reason of its being a member of the said Masonic Service Association. 'Ve therefore recommend that this Grand Lodge Withdraw as a member of the said Association. and that the incoming Grand Master be instructed to give the 90 days' notice required in the constitution of the said Association for withdrawal of a member, and that said Grand M.aster be further instructed to cause to be paid out of the funds of this Grand Lodge the obligations of this Grand Lodge to said Association up to the time of the taking effect of this withdrawal. Fraternally submitted, DORSEY A. JAMISON, DAVID M. WILSON, F. R. JESSE.

1\1. VV. Bro. C. H. Briggs offered the following substitute for the Committee's report and moved its adoption. The motion to adopt the substitute carried. Resolved, That we continue our membership in the Masonic Service Association of the United States, and that the Grand Master shall appoint a Standing Committee of three to have charge of the work of the Association in Missouri; one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and that hereafter the Grand Master shall annually appoint one member to serve three. years.

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Resolved, 2. That this Standing Committee and the Grand Masteral1d Grand Secretary' be authorized to represent this Grand r.6dge at the meetings of' the A.ssociation and that their. expenses shall be paid by the Grand Lodge. ' Resolved, 3. That the sum of one thousand dollars shall be at the disposal of this Stand'ing Committee for the dissemination of the work of the Association in Missouri during the coming year. CORONA H. BRIGGS, BYRNE E. BIGGER.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE

PAY ROLL.

Vlor. Bro. Walter R.' Shrodes, Chairman, made his report of Committee on Pay Roll, which on motion duly adopted as follows: Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 23, 1920., To the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Payroll at this session of the Grand LoÂŤ;lge begs to report that the allowances paid for mileage and per diem have been d.istributed as follows: Grand Lodge Officers Past Grand l\1asters District Deputy Grand Masters District Lecturers Appeals and Grievance Committee Jurisprudence Committee Chairmen of Standing Committees Lodges Under Dispensation Representatives of Chartered Lodges Assistant Tiler Total .

$ 708.50 . 565.20 . 1,459.80 . 168.80 '. 258.70 . 226.30 222.50 . . 182.00 . 11,983.55 . 15.00

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Fraternally submitted, WALTER R. SHROD'ES, B. C. PORTER, W. B. MASSEY, RAY V. DENSLOW, ALLAN McD. HOYT.

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Julius C. Garrell "'\Vm. F. Johnson O. A. Lucas Bert S. Lee Wm. A. Hall : John R. Parson J. R. McLachlan John H. Miller Joseph S. McIntyre Orestes Mitchell

$42.70 26.90 15.00 34.40 42.70 42.70 34.20 15.00 42.70 20.20

A. L. McRae W. W. Martin C. C. Gardner John Pickard A. 1". Ittner Arthur Mather B. E. Bigger Fred V. Loos J. H. Smith H. A. Krueger

$47.20 60.10 30.50 32.10 42'.70 42.70 34.90 16.40 42.70 42.70

PAST GRAND MASTERS. C: C."'\Voods C. H. Briggs R. F. Stevenson vVm. F. Kuhn D. A. Jamison D. M. \Vilson : J; "'\\T. Bingham Edw. Hig.bee Van F. Boor

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COMMITTEES. O'Reilly " Perkins Cavin Marshall

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40 Mt. Moriah S. A. Link 41 Bismarck oR. .J. Bisplinghoff 42 Middle Grove C. C. Fleming 43 Jefferson B. C. Dawson 45 Bonhomme J. M. Brewer 46 Wentzville J. C. Edwards 47 Fayette M. A. Cornell 48 Fulton J. R. Baker 49 Holt L. A. Gorham 50 Xenia C. R. Melvin 52 Wakanda W. E. Rucker 53 Weston oJ. S. Russell 54 Index J. R. Woolery 56 Tipton ...•............. T. P. Carpenter 57 Richmond C. R. White 59 Centralia o.J. R. Ewards 61 Waverly . E. S. Booton 62 Vincil· L. C. A.llen 63 Cambridge o' , .. .G. H. Wolfskill 66 Grant City J. V. Davidson 69 Sullivan ....•...•.•••••• R. S. Landon : 70 Armstrong : Levi Markland

42.70 38.15 16.80 30.80 22.05 15.05 28.10 33.50 18.00 26.30 17.20 18.10 20.70 18.90 19.80 29.90 21.50 20.40 24.50 26.95 43.00 22.05 Savannah J. H. 'White 21.50 Gorin : G. V. Baskett 22.40 Eureka A. G.' Lynch 24.00 Warren D. Anderson 20.10 Silex E. C. Teague 16.10 Independence : .J. A. Short 16.00 Lebanon .. ;-_ G. L. Jourdan 40.70 St. Joseph F. A. Miller 20.20 Polar Star ••••••••••••• J. C. Bridell 42.70 Bridgeton F. M. Bender 41.10 Central C. Slonaker 14.00 Jackson J. A. Davenport 26.10 Laclede A. F. Billings 40.10 Webster Groves •••••••• Ward Goo~lo{ 43.30 Brookfield G. F. Burbank 0.................. 26.00 Washington ...•..••••• •J. L: Rubenstein : 30.90 Defiance ..•••••••••••••• E. P. Nesbitt 25.20 FrIendship •• ! Wm. Hogel 23.90 Madison ...•.••••••••••• E. C. Featherstone 20.30 Perseverance ••••••••••• W. B. Cowley 36.40 St. Marks E. P. Ellis 55.80 Vienna .....••.•.•••••• •B. F. Branson 18.90 Pomegranate .......•... G. P. Scholl 42.70 St. Andrews Albert Brant 26.60 Bethany S. D. Stanley ..............•.... 26.80 Webster Wm. M. Greer 33.60 Mt. Vernon W. L. Howard 33.00 Ash Grove 0. '\V. Ang-lum 31.40 Bogard :' D. W. Minnis 17.40 Bloomington ......•.... D. Edwards. Jr. 23.45 0

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West View G. W. Miller Heroine ~ L. R. Maben Kirksville H. Selby Greenville M. M. Bryar Altamont J. B. Riggs Marcus C. E. Rudy Trenton 1\1. \V. EwingMaitland J. B. Bridgemon Plattsburg N. T. Porter Twilight .. J. E. Jordan Laddonia E. J .Shobe Barnes J. 1\1. Coats Versailles R. H. "Woods Kingston L~e BridgeWater DeSoto Kirkwood Jones Compass J. A. Beller Erwin "V. J. Fricke Triplett Roy Riggin Hermann K C. Eberlin Union Star "VVm. H. Moyes Seaman D. "M. Wilson, Jr Athens J. E. Davidson' Lorraine J. M. Peasley Monett W. E. Smiley . Hume G. V. Bos"rell Potosi E. Hornsby Farmington L. G. Tetley Star of the West. G. \V. Hanson Phoenix J. E. Thompson Delphian G. S. Wattles Oregon J. H. Peret Amsterdam C. F. Howe Irondale Wo H. Martin Modern o' . .E. I. Harris Latimer J. ,"Y'. Chambers Cass o' . H. S. Crawford Purdy ..........•........ J. S. Rhea Lrxington o C. B.· Waddell Milton J. M. Meals Linn Creek J. ,:V. Vincep.t Ionic .H. .I. Schiermeyer Springhill T. E. Stith : Ashland L. L. Purcell. North Star .. D. T. Wyatt Mountain Grove J. F. Gambill Green City C. A . .Tones Clifton Hill W. H. Sears Occidental W. R. Gilbert Joachim S. M. McKay Maryville .•.. D. M. Jones Camden Point M. A. Shortridge Benevolence oH. B. Stone 0

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Grand Lodge of Missouri

151

LODGE REPRESENTATIVE PAID Hartford Z: Smith : 14.70 Censer C. W. Reagan 18.50 Sturgeon ;,..E. N.' Gentry 29.50 Newton M. Dickson 9.45 Texas Richard Mayfield 43.60 Griswold .....•.........R. L. Usry 14.70 Pride of the West M. Griffith 42.70 Pyramid S. C. Rogers 42.70 California Albert Holzer 28.30 Morley R. H. Leslie 28.35 Chamois R. D. Stoner 28.30 Morality "Warren Surber 15.75 Hermon : W·. E. Condict 26.60 Hannibal J. A. Ihrig 34.90 Zeredatha E. S. Matthews .. '.' . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20.20 Putnam A. \\T. 'Widner 28.30 Frankford 1I. C. Steele ' 16.45 Angerona A. R. Alcorn 10.50 Wellsville S. S. Cox 28.10 Bolivar J. B. Braithwaite 30.10 Quitman 1I. L. Bailey 13.65 Carthage C. D. Morgan : 30.00 New Hope R. E. Black 26.95 Sonora A. ·W. Landon 11.55 Ravenwood E. L. Houchens ' 24.50 '\¥estviIle C. 1\1. Colyer 23.80 Brumley E. V. Smith ~ 21.70 Rowley D. E. Nichols 19.40 Somerset F. A. Cozad 20.30 Clay R. T. Stephens 17.80 Salisbury 'f' • • • S. F. Trammell 25.80 Poplar Bluff J. B. 'Hogg 56.60 Unionville S. D. Hayward 30.80 Hickory Hill J. M. Logrbrinck 19.60 Four Mile '.' 1.. N. Pollock ' 44.80 Rolla J. M. Ellis \ 47.20 Barbee vV. W. George 22.40 Good Hope .........•..• J. L. Meyer 42.70 Albert Pike F. g. Brown 15.00 Kansas City W. H. Duncan 15.00 LaBelle K W. Porter 32.50 Hamilton : J. H. Everett· '.' .. 21.90 Salem J. M. Stephens : 47.25 Shelbina D. A. Turney : 30.90 St. James C. A. Haney :............... 26.60 Cardwell N. H. Summitt 26.25 Bucklin Cass Edwards 26.20 St. Francois K O. Presnell 13.65 Weatherby C. R. McClure 21.90 Sedalia J. H. Humphrey : 24.50 LaPlata : ,Joseph Park : 29.10 Hopewell ~ R. Reed 17.50

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Proceedings of the LODGE REPRESENTATIVE Palestine .........•.....C. G.Jacobs Portland ...........•...H. ;R. Gilbert Keystone D. I. Davis Middle Fabius J. S. Buchanan Neosho ...•........' A. J. Miller Clarkton A. R. Ferguson Carroll J. M. Goodrich Hope W. C. Tingle Laredo ................• Arch Bruce Butler ..............•...L. R. Twyman Alton A. Rice Shekinah A. L. Freese Lodge of Light Fred Pearson .. : Ravanna C. F. Foster Lodge of Love , .George Arni Florence E. E. Evans Hold'en J. T. Glass, Jr. Summit ................•S. A. Smith Corinthian G. F. Wilson Social L. E. Stephens Aurora A. H. Haack Lodge of Truth S. H. Steele Solomon 0. L. Miller ',' Granite '.' J. P. Hurth Grand River vVm. Hardy Hogle's Creek C. P. Scrivener Fenton F. H .. Stengel Cosmos .............•..•R. C. 8utton Stockton C. C. GlII Canopy ..........•.....•W. M. Newton Earl ............•••..••Earl Summers Urich W. B. Morlan Craft ............•.••..•F. F. Chappell Fairmont ...........••••J. 'YV. Sutter Edina ..........•.••.••••Geo. H. Hickman Sarcoxie ...............•G. W. Wood Mound City ••••••••••••T. J. Bridgmon Moniteau .....•.•.••••••M. F. Haul{ Temple .....••••••••••••G. Creason Doric ............•.•••.T. R. Gourley Lick Creek •••••••••••• •C. C. Ross Osage .............•.... A. G. Smith Clarence J. N. Wine Ashlar D. High New London .. '...•..... G. E. Mayhall Parrott F. M. McClure King Hiram 'V. W. Kincaid : Sikeston C. L. Francis Kear'ney Neal Ruddle : Kingsville J. F. Luton Rural A. T. Miller Osborn L. E. Doak

PAID 40.00 12.95 42.70 34.30 32.40 15.05' 20.60 30.80 25.70 22.20 32.20 46.60 18.i5 27.10 33.30 21.35 20.10 17.40 21.50 23.80 42.70 28.00 34.40 24.50 20.30 28.80 37.10 42.70 29.60 33.90 23.45 19.95 37.00 22.40 24.50 31.40 24.50 26.25 15.00 _15.05 36.75 25.30 24.70 27.30 25.90 23.40 21.20 52.50 17.50 16.45 15.00 17.50

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Eldorado J. W. Woodruff Paulville M. Fowler Morgan R. A. Padgett Jonathan Bart Miller Hardin Robt. Eslinger Corner Stone B. L. Shapiro McDonald L. J." Jarrard Dockery J. A. Loomis Linn H. S. Gore Mt. Zion R. W. Galloway Cainsville '.' .W. J. Burrows Kennedy C. R. LaMar Charity W. O. Cox Chillicothe ............•B. F. Clayton Breckenridge C. Reid Joplin G. C. Spooner Blue Springs ..........• E. A. Rider Westport S. W. Field Rockville ..........•....H. L. Hall Moberly W. A. Howell Fellowship J. E. Moats America J. E. Hammett Pollock 0. Reinhard Friend · C. Shollenberger Barnesville H. F. Chitwood Hebron C. F. Kehl Adelphi R. H. Boydston Ancient Landmark E. A. Morgan Garrett A. S. Folsom Tuscan D. W. Robert Hiram E. G. Hull Fraternal ..............•P .. M. Beesley Higginsville H. Mollenkamp Adair W. J. Bray Crescent Hill E. \V. Kennedy Composite P. Unterberger Nonpareil J. A. Adams Belle T. J. Tynes King Hill H. B. Black Ancient Craft R. H. Limp]) Queen City E. P. Pagitt Ionia 'V. G. Adams Pythagoras W. E. Hankins East Prairie C. D. Mitchell ~85 Richland R. A. Belsche 386 Dayton J. S. Gilmore 389 Arcana J. T. Haley 390 Marionville Alex GarSide 391 Raytown S. Hussey 392 Christian L. "V. Peeples 393 Bee Hive T. E. Manso 397 Gower W. E. Everett

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Jasper C. L. Hayzlett Decatur J. E. Barnhill Carterville H. lVI. Close Lowry City 1. E. Austin Rosendale w. B. Wood Everton : D. O. Adamson Malden J. P. Hall Charleston C. H. Stanfill Iberia : .. o B. Dickerson Joppa o' G. C. l\i[urrell Appleton City T. F. Brown Valley •.... o' oW. L. Wo~d Greensburg oA. A. Frogge Hunnewell W. ·B. Davis Cache C. R. Watkins Star . R. E. Colson Itaska G. H. Tieman Gate of the Temple E. B. Browne Galt J. Carnes Samaritan W. G. Do'\v Green Ridge K A. Bennett Rothville' '" , .. H. H. Miller Glenwood , R. F. Brown ......•............ ;. New·Madrid W. N. p'Bannon Winona J. T. Loyd Competition r. T. Emmerson Wheeling J. O. Bridgmon , :.. Lafayette E. 1\1. lVIoore : Temperance o' .W. lVI. Neighbors Mt. Olive Otis Dameron Trowel J. A. McGlothlin Excelsior W. T. Ruff Anchor "V. T. Eddins West Gate R. J. Jones Ivanhoe S. R. Freet Schell City ,or. lVI. Darrow Bois D'Arc M. O. LikingContinental o' o' o.L. H. Smith Hinton E. M. \Voodworth ; Wallace R. D. Carlos Jonesburg K McCullough Melville C. T. Landers Lambskin H. I. Barton Santa Fe S.. McIlhaney Clifton S. M. Meeks Nodaway A. L. Nash Mineral H. Stultz Pickering J. A. D. F. Hanna .. :........... Guilford : J. W. Core Golden A. Farr '. Mt. Hope ' C. S. Frost Rich Hill 0. ,V. Farrow 0

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48'0 Jewel ......•........... c..J. Bienert 481 Marceline Jeff Buster 482 Clintonville 0. K Sweareng'en 483 Fairfax Harry Curry 484 Kirkwood C. H. Neuhaus 485 Cold Water A. C. vVunnicke 486 Cairo J. S. Richeson 487 Chilhowee E. E. Little 488 Lock Spring \Vm. Bowersox 491 ,Vandalia ' J. A. B. Keith 493 Vernon G. D. Alkire 497 Equality L. L. Jorden 498 Pee Dee E. J. McKittrick 499 Harmony C. H. Coleman 501 Buckner E. Phillips 504 Platte City Arthur Ham 505 Euclid R. E. Hecker 506 Lathrop T. 0.' Parman 508 Saxton \V. D. Pyne 509 Van Buren J. L. Huett 510 Biswell J. W. Smith 511 Skidmore M. Frieze 512 Webb City F. R. Nelson 513 Senath R. B. Hubbard 514 Granby ',' .J. M. Langley 518 Oriental C. J. Blackburn 519 Crane ; J. S. Hemphill 520 Clifton Heights Thos. Needham 522 Gate City T. C. Burns 523 Stinson N. E. Roark 524 Spickardsville W. M. Ashbrook 525 Cunningham R. K Bennett 526 Wayne E. C. Berryman 527 Higbee R. C. Robb 528 Conway Jno. Thornsbury 52'9 Apollo H. G. Meyer 530 Peculiar T. K. Garton 531 Lane's Prairie J. A. Cook 533 Comfort C. T. Ford 536 Ingomar W. E. Armstrong 537 Bethel \V. H. Fox 538 Stella N. C. Jesse 539 Dawn F. R. Yahns 540 Winigan T. M. Crowder 541 Jacksonville II. J. McKinney 542 Ferguson T. G. Hyatt 543 Mansfield M. E. Gorman 544 Algabil J. H. Meyer 545 Zalma W. E. Loyd .. '.' 547 South Gate D. B. Jones 548 Clinton ;J. B. Holcomb 549 CarlJ nction ' A. ¥l. McDowell

18.40 25.60 27.50 26.20 41.90 20.30 23.45 21.30 24.50 33.70 13.30 27.25 22.05 38.85 17.40 18.30 42.70 18.80 14.35 36.75 18.20 26.20 31.00 47.95 20.30 16.10 34.00 42.70 15.00 18.90 16.30 24.40 39.90 27.70 27.30 42.70 13.65 22.75 18.20 37.45 19.95 19.95 17.60 21.00 22.75 39.20 23.10 42.70 26.25 15.00 23.8~

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No. LODGE REPRESENTATIVE PAID 550 Rose Hill , " Walter Diehm 42.70 552 Calhoun D. A. Pollard 17.20 553 Clarksburg ............• Jerry Cantlon 19.25 555 Summerville ....•.•••••• H. Rogers 29.05 557 Blairstown J. y.,r. Gallihugh 22.00 558 Moscow T. W. SuttonfieLd 31.85 559 Clarksdale T. H. Mann 19.25 561 Cowgill E. M. McCray 16.10 562 Deepwater R. R. Dadwalter 24.10 563 York ' James Hutcheson 15.00 564 Jamesport 0. J. Sommp-rville 23.60 566 Maplewood ............• 1.. M. Anderson 43.40 567 Miller E. G. Webb 24.85 568 Naylor L. G. Kingen 15.75 570 Republic T. E. Owen 35.80 571 Hayti D. R. Dortch 35.00 572 Rutledge F. M. Dick 19.95 573 Bernie '\-V. H. Crutchfield 11.20 575 Easter Henry Hoff 18.90 576 Olive Branch .....•....• E. H. Whe'eler 42.70 578 .Forest Park R. M. Crooks ' 42.70 579 Grandin J. M. McGhee ., 18.20 582 Koshkonong A. C. Roark 19.60 584 Red Bird W. T. Hunter 16.45 588 St. Francisville C. S. Rlltherford 14.00 589 Grove Spring ..........• J. R. Mott 12.25 591 Barnett ............•..• J. A. Yows 23.80 595 Emmanuel R. E. Crawford 12.95 597 Bosworth T. L. Crane 21.00 598 Leadwood A. W. Level .................•.. 41.30 599 Elvins J. C. Westover 48.30 600 Cosby C. L. Allen 16.70 601 Clayton .......•...••... F. E. Mueller 43.40 605 Walker T. G. Botsford 20.30 606 Craig E. L. Redmon 23.90 607 Eminence J. A. Hill 21.70 610 Clark .........•.•.••••• Otis Fountain 23.45 611 Centertown K. 1. Mahan 16.10 613 Wellston ; H. L. Reader 42.70 614 Mt. Washington J. W. Brewer 15.00 615 Chaffee ' 1\1:. H. Stubblefield 38.85 616 Marion D. B. Girdner 19.60 617. Park F .. E. Darling 15.00 618 Grandview T. \V. Story 17.30 619 Fairview Bert Catron 10.50 621 Anderson ...•.•...•.•.•• A. M. Mitchell 23.80 624 Owensville C. F. Pohlman 21.35 625 Sheffield H. B. Bevan ,15.00 626 Magnolia C. H. E:dler 42.70 629 Valley Park .....••.....F.' P. Knabb 14.70 6,30 East Gate .............• J. R. Allen 15.00 631 Tower Grove ' H. J. Roth 42.70

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637 Mountain View 638 . Triangle 639 Mizpah 640 Jennings 641 Trinity 642 Benj. Franklin 643 Northeast 644 Grain Valley

REPRESENTATIVE S. R. Bailey L. E. Reynolds , .â&#x20AC;˘ T. g. BrieH W. E. Kline R. F. May R. P. Weseloh r. Steve1?s A. M. Rowe

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CALLED FROM LABOR. At 12 :05 P., 1\11. the Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LA BOR until 1 :30 this afternoon. CALLED TO LABOR. THIRD DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION. Kansas City, Thursday, Sept. 23, 1920.. The Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR at 1 :30 P. M. by M. W. Grand I\1aster Garrell. The other Grand Officers being in their proper stations. -:' Opening Ode sung by the members. Prayer by Rt. VV. and Rev. Bro. Fred V. Laos, Grand Chaplain.

RITUAL. Report of Special Committee on Ritual.

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\\T. Bro. D. 1\1. Wilson, Chairman, offered an oral report on Resolution offered yesterday by M. W. Bro. Jamison, providing for use of 1\11. \V. Bro. C. C. Woods' prayer in Second Section of路 Third Degree instead of form now in Ritual, and recommended the u.se of either being made optional with - the Lodges.

On motion, report unanimously adopted. REPO~T

OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE. Supplemental.

Rt. VV. Bro. \i\Tm. R. Gentry, Chairman, presented the following Supplemental report which was adopted, section by section, and also' adopted as a whole: To the' Most Worshipful. Grand Master and Members of the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. '!\l.: By action路 of the Grand Lodge, pursuant to recommendation of the Committee on Grand Master's report, the following matters have been referred to this Committee on Jurisprudence for consideration and recommendation, to-wit: Waivers granted, dispensations granted and refused, authority to solicit funds and consent to borrow money.

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1. "Tah'ers. "Ve find upon exammmg the Grand Master's Address that but one waiver was granteddur:ing his administration. That was a wa~er of jurisdiction in favor of Apollo Lodge No. 461 路of Cantril, Iowa, over Elman Shannon, residing in the territory of Memphis Lodge No. 16, of Memphis, Missouri. We recommend the approval of the granting of that waiver. 2. Dif.'l)ensations. The Grand Master in his address reports the granting of special dispensations to appear as lodges on various public occasions, all of which in our opinion were properly granted. Vie, therefore, recommend the approval of the' Grand Master's action in granting such dispensations. 3. But one dispensation was refused. That was a dispensation where Lexing-ton Lodge petitioned for dispensation to appear on an occasion which was not a Masonic occasion. The refusal of .that dispensation was therefore proper, in our opinion. We recommend the approval of the Grand Master's action in refusing that dispensation. 4. Consent to borrow money. In five specific instances the Grand Master granted various lodges consent to borrow money for the purpose of the completion of the purchase price of property acquired for .lodge purposes, or for the completion of buildings undertaken. In each instance, according to our view of the matter, the dispensation was properly granted, and we recommend the appr'oval of the Grand Master's. action in all of said matters. 5. Soliciting I<'unds. In our opinion, the Grand Master properly refused' the applications made to him for leave to solicit funds in lodges for various enterprises. We, therefore, recommend the approval of his action on this subject. 6. There has been referred to this committee the question of the date of taking路 effect of the By-Laws passed yesterday. by the Grand Lodge, designated as Sections 42a and 42b, respectively, pertaining to the raising of funds for the benefit of the Masonic .Home, by requ(ring the payment by petitioners for degrees, and petitioners for affiliation from foreign jurisdictions, of the sum of twenty ($20 ..00) dollars i~ addition to the fees heretofore charged by the lodges. According to the strict letter of the By-Laws they would, take effect at once, unless this Grand Lodge sees fit to grant路 some extension of time for the taking effect thereof. To avoid confusion and to give an opportunity to all of the lodges to learn of the enactment of said By-Laws, we recommend that the Grand Lodge declare that said By-LaVIS shall take effect on nil petitions received by Secretnries on and after October 15th. 1920, and that the Grand Secretary be requested to notify all lodges in the jurisdiction of Missouri at once by circular letter of the passage of said By-Laws and the effect thereof and the date on which the same become effective. Respectfully submitted, WM. R. GENTRY, JOHN C. ROBERTSON, A. B. FREY, R. W. STECKMAN, JOHN H. WINDSOR, THAD B. LANDON.

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FATHERLESS CHILDREN OF FRANCE. I M. \,\T. Bro. R. R. Kreeger read the following 'report of this Committee, which was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in the State of Missouri: The following is fraternally submitted in connection with the l"ifty Fatherless Children of France: Soon after the adjournment of the regular communication of this Grand Lodge in September, 1919, in an effort to accomplish its purpose as expressed in the printed proceedings for' that year, a draft was drawn on the Guaranty Trust Company at Paris, France, in favor of the corporation which had handled the distribution of the fund during the preceding year. This draft was for a sufficient number of francs to meet the monthly payment for the 路first quarter of the year and was transmitted through the same channel as previous contrihutions. In due course of time it was returned with the information that the contribution m.ust be made in U. S. currency. On receipt of a second statement of the same purport, we took steps to find other safe channels through which to transmit the money to the children. After considerable correspondence and 路the 路delay incident thereto we received a communication from R. W. Bro. Edmund Heisch, Junior Grand Warden of the National Independent Grand Lodge of France, in '''hich he kindly placed his services at our disposal. Incidentally this is the Grand Masonic Body in France with which we are on fraternal relations.The Overseas Committee was informed of the contents of his letter and I was advised by such Committee to accept his offer of assistance. Accordingly a draft was transmitted to him in such amount as was considered necessary to meet the two payments which were then due to be made to the children. Later an additional draft was transmitted. The two aggregating the 'number of francs stated in the report of the Overseas Committee, 9456 francs. From a communication just received. from him containing original letters from forty-three of the children and certificates de vie in relation to each, it is evident the contributions are going to that number regularly. H.e reports that the addresses of seven of the children' have been temporarily lost on account of them having moved from previous addresses given. He closes his letter with "Please believe that it is a great pleasure to us to be able to help you in the distribution of your fund, and I shall be only too pleased to continue the work for next year." This indicates to you that permanent and reliable sources of distribution have been established and we believe will result in strengthening the bonds of fraternal relations between this Grand Jurisdiction and that of France. It was unnecessary for warrants to be drawn on the Grand Treasurer for any portion of the $1,825.00 appropriated by this Grand Lodge at its last annual communication. (Page 148, Proceedings of

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1919.) Of the $300.00 turned over to for' use in cO'nneetibn with the expense incident to making presents to the children and stationery and postage, I have to repl!rt that $77.77 was expended in presents and $23.25 for stationery, postage and typewriting, making the aggregate $101.02, leaving a balance in my hands of $198.98, which I recommend be used for similar purposes during the coming year. We hoped to be able to sec'ure a photograph off each child for presentation at this session of the Grand IJodge, but have not yet done so. However, the effort will he continued and at its next session we expect to have this list completed and presented. Fraternally submitted, R. R. KREEGER.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS. Supplemental. M. VV. Bro. R. R. Kreeger, made the following-supplemental report of Committee on Grand l\1aster's' Address as to Centennial Ce1ebration, which 'Y~s adopted: CENTENNIAL OBSERVANCE. Whereas, supplementing 路our Teport of yesterday on the Grand Master's Address, ,':e recommend that the Centennial of the Grand Lodge of Ancient and Free Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri be observed at the next Annual Communication, 1921, and that a committee of five be appointed to make all of the ne~essary arrangements for this observance, and that the sum of $6,000, or as much thereof as may he necessary be and is hereby appropriated and set apart for use of such committee in such manner as their judgment may suggest. Fraternally submitted, CHARLES C. WOODS, ROBERT F. STEVENSON, JAMES W. BOYD, JOHN R. PARSON, DORSEY A. JAMISON, CORONA H. BRIGGS, WILLIAM F. KUHN, JOHN T. SHORT, ROBERT R. KREEGER, WILLIAM A. HALL, CLAY C. BIGGE'R, ARCH A. JOHNSON, JACOB LAMPERT, VAN FREMONT BOOR, TOLMAN W. COTTON, FRANK R. JESSE, EDW ARD HIGBEE, WILLIAM A. CLARK, JOHN W. BINGHAM.

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MASONIC BOARDS OF RELIEF. Rt. \\T. BFO. A. J. 'O'Reilly, Chainnan, presented the following report of the Committee on 11asonic Boards of Relief and Employment Bureau, which was adopted as follows: Kansas City, Mo., September 22, 1920. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., State of Missouri: Your Committee on the Boards of Relief and Employment Bureaus respectfully report. We have considered reports from the Boards of Relief throughout the state as follows: District No. 57, consisting of the Lodges in the County of St. Louis, report that they have had but two applications for relief during the past year, and these were dependents of Lodges within their districts and received assistance from the Lodge on which they depend. Their Board reports $135.00 as cash on hand, and representatives from 11 Lodges constitute its membership. Homer N. Lloyd is the Secretary, and his office is at Clayton, Missouri. The Board of Relief at Hannibal, Missouri, has representatives from Lodges No. 28 and 188. Right Worshipful Brother B. E. Bigger .is the President, and W. H. Blackshaw, the Secretary. The Board reports a balance of $56.15 on h~md at the commencement of the year, and receipts amounting to $50.00 during the year. It also reports they had no' worthy applicants, and were under no expense. The Board of Relief at St. Joseph, Missouri, 9th Masonic District, consisting of -representatives from three lodges, with Right W~rship足 ful Brother Orestes Mitchell, Secretary, reports 18 cases investigated, ten of which were assisted, and one was that of an impostor detected, and reported for publication. Their financial conditions show a balance in the treasury on July"1, 1920, of $790.6~. The Board of Relief of Springfield, Missouri, in the 45th Masonic District: composed of representatives from two lodges, with Right Worshij)ful Brother Bert S. Lee, President, and M. F. Smith, Secretary, shows the financial conditions as prosperous, with a balance of $1,018.69 in the treasury. They make no report of the operations of the Board. . The Board of Relief of Sedalia, Missouri, in the 36th Masonic District, composed of two lodges, Nos. 272 and 236, make no report. Mary'ville, Missouri, Board of Relief, District No.7, composed of two lodges, Nos. 165 and 470, make report that they had $500.00 on hand, no applications. Brother Dennis M. Jones is Chairman, and Dr. L, C. Dean, Secretary. The Board of Relief of Kirksville, Missouri, 2nd Masonic District, composed of Lodges No. 105 and 366 makes no report. The Masonic Board of Relief of Kansas City, Missouri, composed of all of the lodges in the 22nd Masonic District, with Most Worship-., ful Brother Van F. Boor as President, and Bro. W. S. Lane as Secre-

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tary, makes report of financial conditions, but makes no report of the operations of the Board. Its balance on hand July 31, 1919, was $700.44, receipts from all sources, $6,046.63, a total of $6,747.07; disbursements, $5,309.09, leaving a balance on hand of $1,437.98. The Board of Relief of Joplin, Missouri, 44th Masonic District, composed of representatives from IJodges No. 335 and 345, with Bro. F. K. Eberlein as President, and M. Weiler as Secretary, report finances, but make no report of the operations of the Board. Their statement shows a balance on hand of $313.16 on July 31, 1920. The Board of Relief of Independence, Missouri, 59th Masonic District, composed of representatives from Lodges 76 and 324, Bro. A. M. Woodson as President, and Bro. F. Walker as Secretary, makes report of finances, but no report of operations. They have a balance on hand July 31, 1920, of $229.75. The Board of Relief of Columbia, Missouri, in the 26th Masonic District, composed of Lodges 114 and 602, make no report. The Board of Relief of Chillicothe, Missouri, in the 12th Masonic District, composed of Lodges 89 and 333, make no report. The Masonic Board of Relief of St. Louis,' 33rd Masonic District, Right 'Worshipful Brother A. J. O'Reilly, President, and Brother Charles H. Schureman, Secretary, make report as follows: The work of the Masonic Board of Relief of St. Louis was somewhat lighter than during the year previous. We had three hundred and sixty-eight cases for our consideration and attention, of these seventy-six were worthy and entitled to relief. In addition, we had fifty who were in good standing. There 'were fifty-one cases requiring our attention by investigation only. Twelve persons were reported missing. The remainder may be classified as follows: Clandestine Doubtful Expelled Fictitious Frauds Having no Masonic claim Impostors Not in need Out of our Jurisdiction...... Suspended Unaffiliated Unknown Unworthy Lost Certificates 'Vithdrawn

4 37 1

3 15 27 8 31 4

15 6

10 13 4 1

179 DuriJ).g the year' Masonic funeral services were conducted over the remains of twenty transients as follows: Oct. 9, 1919; James Eo Ross, Bunker Hill Lodge No. 151, Bunker Hill, Ill., by Naphtali Lodge No. 25. \

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Kov. 2, 1919; Adolph Robi, Fish House Lodge No. 298, Northville, N. Y., by Occidental Lodge No. 163. Nov. 27, 1919; Micheal Hanley, Star of the West Lodge No. 133, Ironton, Mo., "by Pyramid Lodge No. 180. _. . Dec. 5, 1919; John Thomas Satterfield, .Tackson Lodge No. 45, .Tackson, Tenn, by Trinity Lodge No. 641. ' Dec, 6, 1919; Nelso .T. Swayze, Rural Lodge No. 316, Kansas Cit!", Mo., by Mt. l\'loriah Lodge No. 40. Dec. 10, 1919; Henry Scooler, Keystone Lodge No. 639" Chicago, Ill., by Anchor Lodge No. 443. <" Jan. 14, 1nO; Geo. Bamberger, Queen City Lodge No. 380, Queen City, Mo". by Benjamin Franklin Lodge No. 642. Jan. 26, 1920; Everet P. Wyatt, Fort Worth Lodge No. 148, Fort Worth, Texas, by Tuscan IJodge No. 360. !路'eb. 1, 1920; Geo. F.:. Smith, Marshall Lodge No. 108, Marshalltown, Iowa, by Apo'llo Lodge No'. 529. Feb. 4, 1920; Alfred W. Brooks, Clifton IJodge No. 254, Niagara Falls, ant., by Polar Star Lodge No. 79. Feb. 18, 1920; Max Finkel, Wallace Lodge No. 456, Bunceton, Mo., by Beacon Lodge No. '3. Feb. 28, 1920; Sol Stein, Herrins Prairie Lodge No. 693, Herrins Prairie, Ill., by Aurora Lodge No. 267. Feb. 15, 1920; Osc'ar Leistner, Palestine Lodge No. 241, St. Charles Mo., by Lambskin Lodge No. 46Q. March 3, 1920; Isaac Wasserkrug, Jefferson Lodge No. 43, Jefferson City, Mo., by Meridian Lodge NO.2. March 12, 1920; Arthur J. Becker, Albert Pike Lodge No. 303, Wichita, Kansas, by Itaska J... odge No. 420. March 12, 1920; Charles J. Rogers, Marion Lodge No. 130, Salem, Ill., by Olive Branch. Lodge No. 576. April 15, 1920; David Plessner, Denver Lodge No.5, Denver, Colo., by Forest Park Lodge No. 578. April 23, 192'0; Henry C. Wiethaupt, Bodley Lodge No.1, Quincy, Ill., by Erwin Lodge No. 121. April 21, 1920; Mark Davison, Columbia Lodge No. 534, Pacific, Mo., by Missouri Lodge No. 1. May 31, 1920, Lewis David ThilmaQ., Montgomery Lodge No. 11, Montgomery, Ala., by Cosmos Lodge No. 282. Grave No. 53 in Grand Lodge Lot No. 2556, in Bellefontaine Cemetery, was opened for Brother Paul Flucks of Erwin IJodge No. 121. Three graves were opened in Valhalla Cemetery as follows: No. 21-B. Walter Grissom, West Gate Lodge No. 445, St. Louis. No. 22-Joseph J. Gray, Cosmos Lodge No. 282, St. Louis. No. 23-Michael Sweeney, Cosmos Lodge No. 282, St. Louis. Balance on hand June 30, 1920, $4,081.41. During the past year contributions were received from St. Louis Lodges amounting to $2,459.00, leaving a balance due on the assessment for 1919, of $1,117.00 to be collected from the St. Louis Lodges.

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Hellort of the ~I:tsonic Emilloyment Bureau of St. Louis, which is composed of representatives of all the Lodges in the City ofÂˇ St. Louis, or 33rd Masonic District. Its financial arid operation state~ ments are as follows:

InNANCIAL STATEMENT-RECEIPTS. Balance on hand .Tuly 1, 1919 $ 472.55 Receipts to .Tune 30, 1920 : 4419.01 Total

$4891.56 '

DISBURSEMgNTS. Salaries : $3316.50 Office Rent '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 420.00 Telephones 162.02 Printing, stationery and supplies ;...... 362.34 Postage, equipment and general expense 295.43 Total .......â&#x20AC;˘...... ;.................. Balance on hand, July'1, InO Month July, Aug-., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan., ' Feb., March, April, May, June,

Applicants Placed 1919 165 1919 171 1919 :. 197 1919 '.' .. " 204 1919 " 214 1919 ' 219 1920 '" 226 1920 195 1920 206 1920 230 1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 208 1920 224

Total .

2459

Cost

$4556.29 335.27

Average Cost per Job Secured

$4556.29

$1.85

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. Average Fiscal Year Placements Cost $4.47 1918-1919 885 $ 3962.13 1.85 1919-1920 2459 4556.29 Your Committee further reports that a miscellaneous document consisting of a statement of dereliction of duty on the part of mem..: bers of Boards of Relief and Employment Bureaus which was referred to this Committee is herewith returned as the subject is one for the consideration of the respective bodies and should be determined each for themselves. We are of the opinion they have no place in the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge at this time. We also recommend that the District Depu'ty Grand Masters in whose Districts Boards of Relief are required shall see to it that the requirements of the Masonic Law are carried out in relation to their formation and reports. Your Committee trusts that every Mason who has occasion to em-

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ploy help and assistance bear in mind the. existence of Employment Bureaus and notify them of their needs. No one can better carry out their Masonic duties than b~ giving employment to members of the Fraternity. ' Your Committee further recommends' that the Grand Lodge give_ earnest consideration to the treatment of unaffiliated Masons who remain in our midst for many years and give general impression that they are. members In good standing and, in a measure, partaking of the benefits of the worthy路 affiliated Freemasons. These men frequently maintain membership in regular and recognized organizations whose prerequiste is membership in a Lodge of Masons, but as a matter of fact are not members of any Lodge whatever. Respectfully submitted, A. J. O'REILLY, GEO. H. TIEMANN, A. L. NASH, L. L. JARRARD.

MEETING PLACE IN 1921. Invitation from Alhambra Grotto, St. Louis Rt. \\T. Bro. A. F. Ittner read the following letter from Alhambra Grotto No. 47, of St. Louis, offering free use of their magnificent new hall at Grand and Magnolia Avenues for meeting place of this Grand Lodge in 1921, at its Centennial Celebration. Offer duly accepted by 'vote of the Grand Lodge. ALHAl\IBRA GROTTO No. 47 ST. LOUIS, MO. September 20, 1920. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Dear Brethren: Alhambra Grotto extends to you a most hear'ty invitation to use its building during the Centennial Celebration of the Grand Lodge of Missouri and for the regular sessions of 路the Grand Lodge to be held in 1921. vVe have the best equipped fraternal building in the city of St. Louis, containing a beautiful and spacious auditorium which is well lighted and ventilated, ante-rooms and parlors sufficient for any demand and located on three car lines. The use of our Auditorium and various rooms is offered gratis and ' .... e sincerely trust that we will be honored with' your acceptance. Fraternally and sincerely, ALHAMBRA GROTTO, No. 47, M. O. V. P. E. R., G. A. PENNINGTON, Monarch. C. WM. BORN, Secretary.

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VOTE OF THANKS. At the request of Grand Master Garrell, 11. W. Bro. C. H. Briggs expressed the thanks of this Grand Lodge' to the good brethr,en of Kansas City for the magnificent way in which they had ente~tained and looked after the memb~rs during this session of the Grand. Lodge.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. M. \V. Bro. Frank R. Jesse, Chairnlan, presented report of the Committee on Ways and l\1eans, which was adopted as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Ways and Means begs leave to submit the following report: Cash in treasury available at this time for current expenses for the ensuing year, amounts to $52,879.65; and we recommend the following appropriations: ' Pay Roll, 1920 ,.........•......•..... $15,613.65 Printing Proceedings for 1920 . 4,000.00 Salary and' Expenses of Grand Master . 1,500.00 Re'nt of Grand L,odge Offi,ces . 1,500.00 Sala'rY of 'Grand Secretary . ,3,600.00 Printing, Postage, Stationery and incidentals . 5,000.00 Salary Grand Lecturer '. ............•..... : ',' . 3,000.00 Expenses Grand Lecturer . 1,200.0'0 Assistant to Grand Secretary . 1,800.00 Assistant to Grand Secretary '" .' . 1,800.00 Salary Committee on Fraternal Correspondence ...........• 600.00 Masonic Service Association for Missouri . 1,000.00 Masonic Service Association (National) ..................• 3,200.00 Salary Grand Treasurer : . . 200.00 Salary Grand Tiler . 150.00 PQrtrait Grand Master Garreil .....................•...•.. 65.00 100.00 Premium on Bonds Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer .. 157.60 Past Grand Master's Jewel, Julius C. Garrell . 108.50 L.M. Edgar, reporting Proceedings & expense of attendance 100.00 W. R. Shrodes, Chairman of Committee on Pay Roll . 50.00 C. J-J.' Alexander, Chairman of Committee Chartered Lodges:. Telephones, Grand Secretary's Office . 150.00 Reprinting and Distributing Masonic Manuals . 3,000.00 50.00 H. Clay Perkins, Auditor .. '...........................•..•. Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis ....•..••........•. 8,000.00 Repairs and Furn-ishings Grand Lodge Offices .......•.•.. 1,000.00 Expense, Eugene McQuillin, Revision Committee . 40.00 660.00 Fred O. Wood, expenses this session of Grand Lodge .. , : ..• P. B. Eversden, Organist, Grand Lodge .......•......•..... 20.00

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Telegrams to M. W. Bros. Ryland and Dockery . Masonic Relief Association United States and Canada . Printing and Distributing By-Laws ..................•.... Grand Lodge Centennial Celebration . Fifty Fatherless Children of France . Geo. Washington National Masonic Memorial Association ..• Total

1.89 433.79 750.00 6,000.00 1,825.00 1,000.00 $67,675.33

Available Assets Deficit . .

$52,879.65 14,795.68

$67,675.33 F. R. JESSE, D. M. WILSON, JOHN T. SHORT, W. A. PHIPPS, M. E. SCHMIDT, JOHN H. MEYER, ERNEST G. RATHBONE. ,/

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHARITY. W. Bro. Jas. P. Tucker, Chairman, made the following report of the Committee on Charity, which was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of the State of Missouri: Your Committee on Charity desires to congratulate the Grand Lodge upon the most excellent condition existing throughout this Grand Jurisdiction, as evidenced by the fact that not a single appli-' catlonfor Charity has been presented' to the committee. The Subordinate Lodges and the individual members of the order, as well as the Boards of Relief in the cities of the state have no doubt heard the call of the unfortunate, but their bounty appears to have been sufficient to satisfy all demands that have been made upon them. This is a fine tribute to the Lodges and members of this Grand Jurisdiction, and unquestionably indicates that they are caring for the needy (if such there be) in their resp~ctive jurisdictions in a way that is entirely satisfactory to the applicants, without the work becoming unduly burdensome upon themselves. Fraternally SUbmitted; JAMES P. TUCKER, P .. UNTERBERGER, HARRY B. BLACK, JAMES M. ELLIS, SOL A. LINK, W. H. DUNGAN, J. Eo THOMPSON.

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/ RESOLUTION-ACACIA FRATERNITY. 1\/1. VV. Bro. C. H. Briggs offered the following resolution as to Acacia Fraternal Building Ass'n of Columbia, and moved its adoption: Whereas, The Acacia Fraternity Building Association, a corporation organized under the laws of Missouri, is preparing to bUild a home for the Acacia Fraternity, a fraternity composed of Master Masons who are students in the University of Missouri, and also a home for the sons of Master Masons who are students in the University of Missouri; Be it Resolved, That the Grand Lodge approves these plans of . this Association, and that permission is hereby given to this Association to seek to obtain aid from Masonic Lodges for the carrying out of these plans.. CORONA H. BRIGGS, VAN FREMONT BOOR.

Point of order raised by :M. W. Moved by IVI. \~T. Bro. Edward be suspended and that we vote on it 1\10tion of Bro. Briggs carried,

Bro. D. A. Jamison. Higbee that the by-laws now. and permission granted.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEM'ENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. \V. Bro. Fred O. Wood presented and read this report for the, Committee, which was adopted: To the Most Wors~ipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Arrangements and Entertainment submits the following report: Stenographers for Grand Lodge CommitteesD. D. Denham, (2) $ 45.00 D. D. Denham, Appeals and Grievances ..............•.... 10.00 Thad B. Landon, Jurisprudence Committee . 10.00 Miss 7J. 'Phillips, Entertainment Committee . 10.00 Assistant Tiler, Seaman Russell . 30.00 J. Leo Phillips, Organist . 30.00 Rent Masonic Temple, three days . 375.00 A. E. Carlton, extra janitor service . 70.00 Geo. Weston, assistant to Grand Secretary . 30.00 A. Newell, floral decorations ................................• 50.00 Total

....•.......................•••........••. $660.00 Fraternally submitted, FRED O. WOOD.

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VOTE OF THANKS. On motion' a unanimous rising vote of thanks was extended to the Jewish Hospital Association of St. Louis for the interest they have taken in our behalf. .

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS. 'AT or. Bro. O. P. Bloss, Chairman, read the following report of" the Committee on Credentials: Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 23, 1920. To the Grand Lodge, A ..F. & A-. M. of the State of Missouri: Your ,Committee on Credentials submits the following report: At the present session of the M. W. Grand Lodge there are represented 451 'Subordinate Lodges, a~d there were present: 19 20 5 44 7 496 '10 417 133 . !18 1

Grand Lodge Officers. Past Grand Masters. Grand Representatives. D. D. G. M. D. L. Past Masters. Ch~.irmen of :Committees. Masters. S. Wardens. J. Wardens. Distinguished Visitor.

1250 Fr'aternallY' s.ubmitted, O. P. BLOSS, T. I. JOHNSON, F. M. HUFFMAN, 'SEAMAN RUSSELL, .JOHN G. PEASE, H. HENRICI, FORREST E.BROWN, ROBT. E. FISHER.

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LECTURER ................• J. R. l\lcLACHLAN CHAPLAIN JOHN H. MILLER CHAPIJAIN ARTHUR MATHER CHAPLAIN : FRED V. LOOS SENIOR DEACON ORESTES MITCHELlJ JUNIOR DEACON AUSTIN L. McRAE SENIOR STEWARD W. W. MARTIN JUNIOR STEWARD JOHN PICKARD MARSHAL ANTHONY F. ITTNER MARSHAL ' BYRNE E. BIGGER SWORD BEARER ....•...... ROBERT A. MAY PURSUIVANT SAMUEL R. FREET ORATOR ' FLETCHER HOMAN ORATOR JAMES HARDIN SMITH TILER HARRY A. KRUEGER

INSTALLATION. IVL \\T. Bro. C. H. Briggs., as Grand Master, and M. W. Bro. Jacob T"ampert as Grand Marshal, proceeded to install the following Grand Officers for the ensuing year: WILLIAM: F. JOHNSON, Boonville GRAND MASTER O. A. LUCAS, Kansas City DEPUTY GRAND MASTER BERTS. LEE, Spring-field ..........•. GRAND SENIOR WARDEN JOSEPH S. McINTYRE, St. Louis GRAND JUNIORW ARDEN WILLIAM A. HALL, St. Louis GRAND TREASURER JOlIN R. PARSON, St. Louis GRAND SECRETARY

APPOINTED OFFICERS. .J. R. McLACHI,AN. Kahoka .TOHN H. MILLER, Kansas City ARTHUR MATH1·jR, Kirkwood FRED V. LOOS, Liberty OIU~STgS MITCHlilLIJ, St. Joseph AUSTIN L. McRAE, Rolla W. W. MARTIN, Doniphan JOHN PICKARD, Columbia ANTHONY F. ITTNER, St. Louis BYRNE E. BIGGER, Hannibal ROBERT A. MAY, Louisiana SAMUEL R. FJU~ET, Kansas City FLETCHER HOMAN, Kansas City .JAMgS HARDIN SMITH, St. Louis HARRY A. KRUEGER, St. Louis

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LI!jCTURER CHAPLAINCHAPLAIN CHAPLAIN SENIOR DEACON JUNIOR DEACON SENIOR STRWARD J,DNIOR STEWARD MARSHAL MARSHAL SWORD BEARER PURSUIVANT ORATOR ORATOR TILER

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CHAIRMEN OF STANDING COMMITTEES. The Grand IV[aster, IVL '0/. Bro. William F. Johnson, appointed the following Chairmen of Standing' and Special Com- . .mittees: JURISPRUDF~NCE

A. T. DUMM, Jefferson City APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES .. WM. R. GENTRY, S.t. Louis WAYS AND MEANS F. n.. JESSE, Webster Groves CREDENTIALS L. H. ABRAMS, St. Louis PAY ROLIJ W. R. SHRODJ'~S, Kansas City CHARTERED LODGES C. L. ALF:XANDER, St. Louis LODGES T!Ii. D. . J AMES A. BOONE, Charleston CHARITY JAMES P. TUCKER, Parkville REPORTS OF D. D. G. M.'s WM. T. JAMISON, Kansas City MASONIC BOARDS OF RELIEF.A. J. O'REILLY, St. Louis RITUATJ D. M. WILSON, Milan MASONIC HOME WM. A. SOMMERS, St. Louis CORRESPONDENCE CHARLES C. WOODS, St. Louis OBITUARIES CORONA H. BRIGGS, Springfield AUDITING H. CLAY PERKINS, St. Louis GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS .. A. M. DOCKERY, Washington, D. C. UNFINISHED BUSINESS E. G. RATHBONE, Springfield路 TRANSPORTATION & HOTELS.F. D. GILDERSIJEEVE, St. Louis

COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE. A. T. DlJlVIM, Chairman; JOHN C. HOBERTSON, St. Louis, THOMAS F. HURD, Paris, THA D B. LANDON, Kansas City, A. B. FREY, St. I,ouis, JOHN H. WINDSOR, Boonville, BYRNE E. BIGGER, Hannibal.

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IJ. HAMRICK, Clarence, .TAMI'~S F. FULBRIGHT, Donlp~an, HENHY C. CHILES, Lexington, WM.jb. MOOR]';, St. Louis, GUY C. MILLION, Boonville, A. H. MANN, Kansas City, N. H. JOHNSON, Boonville.

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RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGgS-Wm. F. Kuhn, J. ·W. Boyd, C. C. Woods, C. H. Briggs, A. S. Houston, Tolman W. Cotton. MANUALS-John R. Parson, Geo. A. Mayhall, John H. Gundlach. RITUAL-D. l\i. Wilson, R. R. Kreeger, John T. Short, J. R. McLachlan, Frank R. Jesse, ,"Vm. A. Hall. • REVISION OF TRIAL CODE-Dorsey A. Jamison, Edward Highee, Arch A. Johnson, Karl M. Vetsburg, Thad B. Landon. REVISION OF BY -LAWS-D. Byrne E. Bigger,

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CENTJDNNIAL CELEBRATION-Wm. A. Sommers, Karl M. Vetsburg, 'Vm. F. Kuhn, D. M. Wilson, Arch A. Johnson. MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION-Jacob Lampert, C. H. Briggs, F. R. Jesse; Consulting Architect, J. L. Heckenlively. LEASE OF OFFICES-John R. Parson, R. F. Stevenson, Jacob Lampert. MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATESCorona n. Briggs, 2 years; George S. McLanahan, 1 year; ,Jacob Lampert, 3 years.

LIVING PAST GRAND MASTERS OF THIS JURISDICTION. ALEXANDER M. DOCKERY CHARLJDS C.WOODS ROBERT F. STEVENSON JAMES W. BOYD THEODORE BRACE JOHN R. PARSON DORSEY A . .I AMISON CORONA H. BRIGGS .lOS. C. FINAGIN WM. F. KUHN A. S. HOUSTON D. M. WILSON JOHN T. SHORT

ROBERT H. KREEGER WM. A. HALL CLAY C. BIGGER ARCH A. JOHNSON JACOB LAMPERT V AN FREMONT BOOR TOLMAN W. COTTON FRANK R. JESSE EDWARD HIGBEE WM. A. CLARK JOHN W. BINGHAM JULIUS C. qARRELL

TRANSMISSION OF GRAND MASTER'S JEWEL. The retiring 'Grand Mastcof, M. W. B'rother Julius C. Carrell, in transmitting the Grand Master's Official Jewel to the newly installed Grand l\laster Johnson', spoke as follows: Most Worshipful Grand Master, one year ago I

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precious Jewel from the hands of my predecessor, Most Worshipful Brother Bingham, and it now becomes my duty as well as pleasure to pass it on to you. It is a symbol of your election to the high and exalted office of Grand Master of Freemasons in Missouri. Recognizing its significance as a symbol of the history and traditions of one hundred years of Freemasonry in our great commonwealth, I knoV'( it will enable you to so rule and govern the Craft with equal regularity and justice that when it comes time to pass it on to your successor, you wili do so ,vith the full consciousness that your duty' has b'een well performed and that the lustre of this Jewel will be as bright as it has ever been in its history. (Applause.)

The lVI. \V. Grand :Master responded: Most Worshipful Brother Garrell: No words can express the feeling that I entertain at this time. Along down the years you and I have been' together and have looked forward to the consummation of this hope ending in this distinction. You can understand the sentiment that stirs within my breast. He who has ev~r attempted to paint the beauty of the sunset or the sunrise, or to give expression of that deep feeling and sentiment that is stirred in his soul by sweet music will know how impossible it is for me to tell you just what I feel. I am wondering, Most vVorshipful Brother Garrell, who is the happier at this moment, you or 1. You who have left behind you a reei:>rd of proud achievements, carrying in your heart the consciousness of duty well done, and who, in the long days and months, and years, that I hope God will spare you, will ever rem.ember and cherish the pleasures of the past year, and who at this time lays aside the re::;ponsibilities incident to the great office that you .have held; or I who have just risen to this proud distinction by the generosity, charity and grace of my brethren of the Masonic Fraternity. Brethren, we do not announce platforms in Freemasonry. The great truths that have come done to us unimpaired through the ages ~re our guiding stars. "Truth once uttered is like a star new found, Which dropping into its place, Once in its circling round Not all the tumult of the earth can shake,"

And again Brethren, I am mindful of the scriptural injundion: "Let not him who girdeth on the harness boast as he who putteth it off." th~

I feel at this moment that I could drink from a loving cup of purest distillati.on of Father Adam's ale to the sentiment: "Here's a sigh for those who love me And a smile for those who hate. And whatever sky's above me Here's a heart for any fate."

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PRESENTATION OF PAST GRAND MASTER'S JEWEL. 1\1. \V. Bro. Dorsey A. J amisDn, on behalf of the Grand Lodge, in presenting to the retiring Grand l\1aster, Julius C. Garrell, the usual Past Grand 1\1aster's. Jewel, spoke as follows: Most 'Worshipful Grand Master, and Most Worshipful Brother Garrell: It was my pleasure one year ago to install you and to aid in passing the Grand Master's Jewel from your predecessor to yourself. At that time I predicted that this Jewel would be passed from yourself to your successor vdth a brighter luster than ever. I believe that everyone in the sound of my voice today will say that that prediction has proven to be true in every respect. (Applause.) The / efficient m~nner in which you have served the Grand Lodge and the brethren of this Grand Jurisdiction, and the capable and intelligent manner in which you have discharged the duties of the office, I say, has never, within my, knowledge,' been excelled. (Applause.) You have always stood for the highest there is in Freemasonry, not only while you were Grand Mast,er, but before that, and all during the time you have-been GrandMaster you have stood for the teachings of Freemasonry and for the law of this Grand' Jurisdiction and have enforced them, irrespective of consequences. The climax was reached and the most excellent part of your record as Grand Master, occurred yesterday. It was conceived by you. We wondered why, heretofore, si>me other man, or some other Grand Master, or some other Brother, hRdnever thought out this splendid idea, of having those who seek the mysteries of Freemasonry and the benefits and privileges thereof should participate in the sacrifices, before it was possible for them to share in the benefits of our great and noble institution-the Masonic Home of Missouri. The Grand Lodge in carrying out your ideas on that subject, has piaced that institution upon a rock which no adverse wind can ever demolish. That thing, and the other acts that you have done while Grand Master, has erected a' monument to you as a Freemason and a man in the annals of th~ history of Freemasonry of this state which can never be effaced; and what you have done along those lines will go down in the history of this Grand Jurisdiction as one of the greatest among your many acts for the benefit of the unfortunate of our Craft and" the widows and orphanswill go down, I ,say, as one of the greatest acts for blessing them through all time to come. It staggers the im~gination to cQnceive of the great good that you have done and accomplished in this one thing, and I therefore say that today of all days you deserve the congratulation-and I assure you that I do from the bottom of my heart-congratulate you upon your great success in the administration of the affairs of this Grand Jurisdiction. But, my Brother, your duties as a Mason have not ceased. I therefore welcome you into that host of distinguished brethren and F're-e~asons' who have served the Craft of this Grand Jurisdi6tion for a hundred years back, and- .those who constitute the seventy-six Past

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Grand Masters oJ the State of Missouri. I therefore welcome you, Most Worshipful Brother, among' this list of distinguished brethren. I place upon your lapel (pinning P. G. M. Jewel on lapel) this be'autiful Je~l, and ask of you to accept it from this Grand Lodge as a recognition of its appreciation of what you have done for the Craft of this Grand Jurisdiction during the time of your administration of its affairs. I know that路 you will wear it with honor, both to yourself and to this Grand Jurisdiction, and I believe that you will continue this good work during the balance of your days. You should not cease to work in Freemasonry. But as I have intimated before, you have just commenced your good work. You, by your experience from Junior Steward of Occidental Lodge No. 163, to Grand Master of the State of Missouri, have acquired that experience and knowledge of Masonry and the laws thereof which makes you capable of aiding in this great cause in the most effectual way, and I know that you will continue to always stand for the highest there is in Freemasonry and that you will lend your wisdom and experience and assist the Grand Lodge in maintaining its teachings and in the enforcing of the laws; and when your time shall end here upon earth, you will have a glorious entrance into that Celestial Grand Lodge above where the Supreme Architect of the Universe presides. (Great aplause.)

Most \Vorshipful Brother Garrell responded as follows: Most Worshipful Brother Jamison: I thank you and the Grand Lodge for this beautifUl Jewel with which I am now invested. I am debtor to you and to many of my good brethren throughout the state for invaluable services which have been so cheerfully rendered during the past year; and while I am sensible of my limitations, yet I assure you that I have endeavored to discharge the obligations which the responsible office of Grand Master involves, in such a manner as to warrant the hope that I have not been altogether unsuccessful. I shall treasure this Jewel as a memento of the happiest year of my Masonic life. And I thank you, my brethren, for your kindness, g<>nerosity and co-operation. (Great applause.)

PRINTING OF PROCEEDINGS. On 1'Iotion duly carried the Grand Secretary was directed to print and distribute the necessary. number of copies of the proceedings of this, session of this Grand Lodge.

MINUTES READ AND APPROVED. The lVIinutes of the several sessions of today were then read, ana approved by the Grand Lodge.

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CLOSING. There being no further business, at4 :10 P. M. the M. \V. Grand l\1aster William F. Johnson closed the One . Hundredth Annual Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Acc~pted :Masons of the State of Missourl IN AMPLE FORl\1. I?rayer by Rt. \V. and Rev. Bro. John H. Miller, Grand Chaplain.

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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 1st District-H. N. MARTIN. Kahoka. 2d .. CHARLES BANKS, Kirksville. 3d JOHN·SANTEE, Green City. 4th RAY V. DENSLOW, Trenton. 5th E. W. rRENTISS, Bethany. • 6th JOSEPH E. DAVIDSON, Albany. 7th JONATHAN STARK, Maryville. 8th H. S. TEARE, Oregon. 9th A. F. BRAUN, St. Joseph. 10th H. W. SAUNDERS, Maysville. 11th 'WALTER A. CRAVEN, Excelsior Springs. 12th RICHARD A. THARP, Wheeling. 13th B. Vol. TAYLER, Marceline. 14th WM. L. HAMRICK. Clarence. 15th BoB. BIGGE;n, Hannibal. 16th H.OBERT A. MAY, Louisiana. 17th THOS. F. HURD, Paris. 18th 'I'. H. WALTON, Higbee. 19th HORACE L. MANN, Brunswick. 20th WM. BAKER, Bale. 21st" J. P. TUCKER, Parkville. 22d ARTHUR H. COLFJ, 1215 W. 41st St., Kansas City. 23d 'C. B. 'V ADD ELL, Lexington. 24th J. S. WILSON, Marshall. 25th M. E. SCHMIDT, Boonville. 26th .r. A. OLIVER, Columbia. 27th S. P. CUNNINGHAM. Mexico. 28th JNO. E. REEDS. Jonesburg. 29th W. P. SMITH, Troy. 30th E. A. FLUESMgIER, Wright City. 31st W. D. ROGERS, Jefferson City. 32d R. A. TIREUER. Hermann. 33d JAMJ<JS W. SKF]LLY, St. Louis. 34th JAMES F. BLAIR, Belton. 35th H.. B. CAMPBELL, Spruce. 36th DEL C. MOORE, Sedalia. 37th THORNTON JENNINGS'. Clinton. 38th VV. C. COWAN, Richland. 39th EDMUND J. KOCH, Rolla. 40th eHAS. E. PYLE, DeSoto. 41st ED 1. HARRIS, Flemington. 42d FRANK W. ELLIOTT, Eldorado Springs. ·43d SAM B. VICKERS, Schell City. 44th WILLAHD P. T AYLOR, Joplin. 45th .r. Eo CAVIN, Springfield. 46th CARL A. SWENSON, Mountain Grove. 47th FRED E. McGHEE, Van Buren. 48th W. B. MASSRY. Bonne Terre. . 49th GEO. W. '\VALKER, Cape Girardeau. 50th JAMES A. BOONJ<J, Charleston. 51st G. C. BISHOP, Caruthersville. 52d K. C. JOHNSON, Poplar Bluff. 53d C. F. FUNKHOUSER, West Plains. 54th G. J. VAUGHAN, Ozark. 55th W. N. MARBUT, Mount Vernon. 56th W. A. PHIPPS, Neosho. 57th HAROLD L. READER, Webster Groves. 58th M. E. GUMPIIREY, Eldon. 59th ALLAN McDOWELL HOYT, Independence.

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DISTRICT LECTURERS. 1st District-H. N. MARTIN, Kahoka. " PAUL HIGBEE, Kirksville. 2d ,JOHN SANTEB, Green City. 3d 4tj1 RA Y V. DENSLOW, Trenton. 5th FRTI:D PEARSON, Eagleville. 6th .J()S~~PH Eo DAVIDSON, Albany. 7th JON ATHAN STARK, Maryville. 8th H. S. TEARE, Oregon. 9th \\'1\1.. P. DAVIS, .JR., St. Joseph. 10th H. W. SAUNDERS, Maysville. 11th 'V:\.LTER A. CRAVEN, Excelsior Springs. 12th H.ICHARD A. THARP, Wheeling. 13th E. 'V. TAYLER, Marceline. 14th WM. L. HAMHICK, Clarence. 15th B. E. BIGGER, Hannibal. 16th ROBERT A. MAY, Louisiana. 17th THOS. F. HURD, Paris. 18th T. H. 'VALTON, Higbee. 19th HORACE L. MANN, Brunswick. 20th 路WM. BAKEn. Hale. 21st H. C. NOLAND, Parkville. 22d CHAS. '1'. KORNBROD'l', Kansas City. C. B. WADDELL, Lexington. 23d 24th J. S. ViTILSON. Marshall. 25th II. D. CARLOS. .TR., Bunceton. 26th Eo R. CHILDERS, Columbia. 27th S. P. CUNNING HAM. Mexico. 28th .JOHN Eo HEEDS, Jonesburg. 29t.h 'V. P. SMITH, Troy. 30th E. A. FLUESl\n;JER. "'right City. VV. D. ROGERS, Jefferson City. 31st 32d n. A. BREUEH. Hermann. 33d JOHN P. A OSTIN, St. Louis. 34th JAMES F. BLAU~, Belton. 35th n. B. CAMPBELL, Spruce. 36th DEL C. MOORE, Sedalia. 37th THORNTON JENNINGS, Clinton. ,.y. C. CO'VAN. Richland. 3Rth EDMUND .T. KOCH, Rolla. 39th CHAS. E. PYLl';, DeSoto. 40th ED 1. HARRIS, Flemington. 41st H. H. FJNLli;Y. Greenfield. 42d SAM: B. VICKERS. Schell City. 43d .J. R. HUTCHINSON, Webb City. 44th GEe. W. CUSTEH., Springfield. 4fith CAFL A. S'\VENSON. Mountain Grove. 46th FRED E. McGHEE, Van Buren. 47th W. 13. MASSEY. Bonne Terre. 48th GEO. W. WALKER, Cape Girardeau. 49th }<'. :K !'.10eNT. Sikeston. 50th G. C. BISHOP, Caruthersville. GIst K C. JOHNSON, Poplar Bluff. fi2d C. F. FUNKHOUSER, West Plains. 53d G . .r. V A UGH AN, Ozark. 54th Vi. N. MARBUT, Mount Vernon. 55th VI". A. PHIPPS. Necsho. 56th HA.R0LD L. HEADER, Webster Groves. 57th M. KGUMPHREY, Eldon. 58th ALLAN McDOWELL HOYT. Independence. E:'!lth

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ANNUAL COMMUNICATION. The One Hundredth and First Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge will be held in sf. Louis conimencing 路at 10 o'clock on the morning of the third Tuesday, viz., the 20th day of September, 1921.

ARTHUR MIDDLETON HOUGH Past Grand Master Born January 9, 1848

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IN MEMORIAM. Grand Lodge, A. F. & A.M. of Missouri St. Louis, Mo., July 7, 19.20. '1'0

the Worshipful Masters, Wardens and Brethren of all the Lodges A. F. & A. IV1. in IVlissouri:

Dear Brethren: "Thus star by star declines, Till all have passed away, As morning high and higher shines To pure and perfect day; / Nor sink those stars in empty night, They hide themselves in heaven's own JighL" It is with a heart full of inexpressible sadness that I have to inform you of the irreparable loss which Freemasonry in the Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri has sustained through the sudden death of our Most Worshipful Brother, Arthur Middleton Hough, Past Grand l\13.ster, who, on Saturday, July 3, 1920, answered the summons of the Infinite and Eternal Grand Master' of All Worlds, which bade him enter into the everlasting rest and refreshment of that undissolving lodge to which we are all advancing.

Judge Hough answered the call in the city in which he was born, and in which the larger part of his life's work was done-a city which will long- perpetuate his memory by means of the beautiful park which he donated some time ago to the public and also by the countless acts of private charity which characterized his quiet and uno btrusive life. . Arthur Middleton Hough was born January 9, 1848, his parents having some ten years previously located in Jefferson City on their coming to Missouri from Loudoun County, Va. He was educated under favorable conditiop.s in the public and private schools of his city, and when but a youth began a business career as a salesman in a general store, a vosition which he afterwards abandoned for a more lucrative one as clerk on a steamboat. In 1870 he began the study of law in the office of his brother, the Hon. Warwick Hough, and was admitted to the bar in 18'72 at Kansas City, Mo. In 1878 he located permanently at Jefferson City, laying the foundations of a' successful law practice, serving'in many positions of trust, and continuing with characteristic poise and dignity until his "Home-going." Judge Hough first saw Masonic light in Jefferson Lodge No. 43, at Jefferson City, Mo., May 22, 1881, when he received the degree of Entered Apprentice. He received the Fellow Craft degree June 22, and was rRised to the sublime degree of Master Mason on August 5th of the same year. He served ~his lodge as Senior Deacon in 1882, Junior \Val'den ] 883, Senior Virarden 1884, and Worshipful Master in 18R5-1886, and again in 1888. He was elected Secretary in 1890, and scrved nine years. He was D. D. G. M. of the Twenty-second District three years and District Lecturer two terms.

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Judge Hough made his first appearance in the Grand Lodge at the session of 1883, and has been a faithful attendant ever since. His first official recognition was in 1890,when he was appoi'hted Grand Marshal. In 1891 he was appointed Grand Senior Deacon, followed .in 1892 by election as Junior Grand Warden, in 1893 Senior Grand 'Varden, Deputy Grand Master in 1894, and Most Worshipful Grand Master in 1895. He presided over the Grand Lodge at its 76th Annual Communication held in St. Louis, Mo., in 1896. In Capitular Masonry, Judge Hough was exalted March 24, 1882, in Jefferson City Royal Arch Chapter No. 34, and after splendid service in various stations in the Grand Chapter was elected Most Excellent Gra.nd High Priest in 1900. He received the Cryptic Degrees in Shekinah Council No. 24 at Kansas City, October 29, 1900, and served as Thrice Illustrious Master. The Orders of Knighthood were conferred.upon him in Prince of Peace Commandery No. 29, stationed at Jefferson City, Mo., May 15, U82. He was Eminent Commander for seven years,and after filling several stations in the Grand Commandery was elected Grand Commander in 1909. Judge Hough was also a Prince of the Royal Secret of the A. A. S. R., his membership being in Missouri No. 1 Consistory, in the Valley of St. Louis, Mo. Such is the official record of the various degrees and bodies with Which our Most Worshipful Brother was identified; but he will be most lastlingly known and revered by his brethren for the unfailing and practical interest which he manifested in the Masonic Home. For years its Treasurer, he rendered service, the value of Which no words can adequately express; and as a Director his wisdom and counsel were not excelled. His confidence in the Institution led him to give largely to its funds, and his memory will long be held in fragrant esteem. Judge Hough had been in failing health for some little time, but to the craft at large, his end came '\\;ith painful suddenness. His funeral was in perfect keeping with the station and character of the man. It was held from the Hall of Jefferson Lodge 'on Monday, July 5, under the auspices .of the Most Worshipful. Grand Lodg~, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri. After the opening of the Grand Lodge by the Grand Master remarks were made by a number of prominent brethren, including M:. W. Brother C. H. Briggs, M. W. Brother Jacob Lampert, M. "V. Brother F. R. Jesse, M. W. Brother W. A. Clark and lVI. 'V. Brother J. T. Short, Past Grand Masters, after which, announcement was made that the pUblic were to be admitted to the religious services, which were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Barnes, Pastor of the Episcopal Church of which Judge Hough was a member. At the cemetery the Masonic Service was impressively rendered by M. and Rev. Brother Dr. C. H. Briggs, P. G. M., in fulfillment of a personal request made by the deceased. Rt. Wor. and Rev: Brother Dr. Arthur Mather, Grand Chaplain, filled his station, and

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Thus it was that in the presence of a large .and influential number of brethren and a representative gathering of citizens of the CRpital City and' Commonwealth of Missouri, we laid to rest all that 'remains mortal of our honored and beloved brother, "Until the day breaks and the Shadows flee away." Fraternally yours, JULIUS C. GARRELL, Grand Master. Attest: JOHN R. PARSON, Grand Secretary.

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AMENDMENTS TO BY·LAWS ADOPTED. The following- Amendments to the Grand Lodge By-Laws were adopted during the session, 1920, and ar·e now in force, with the proviso-"Th.at the whole law be re-committed to the Committee with full power and authority to make such further •alterations, changes and additions as the Committee shall deen1. proper:" Section 9. (L) The Grand Master shall receive the sum of $1000 annually, and in addition thereto traveling expenses not exceeding the sum of $500.00, payable monthly. Section 12. (P) The salary of the Grand Secretary shall be $3600 per annum, payable monthly. Section 13. (D) The compensation of the Grand Lecturer shall be $3000 per annum and traveling expenses not exceeding $1200.00 per annum, audited and payable monthly. Section 37. Stnf('d. l\'leetinA"s. Stated meeting;s are those held at the time prescribed by the by-laws; and at such meetingR all general business, such as balloting; for candidates for the degreeR or for membership, election of officers, and the d'iscussion of the questions relative to the interests of the fraternity shall be transacted in a Lodge of Master Masons. A lodge regularly closed cannot bo reopened at the same communication. Section 38. S)Jecinl lUeetings. Special meetings may be called in the discretion of the M.aster, by giving due notice to the resident IT.embers; but no husinesR except trials, conferring of degrees, or ceremonial observances including the necessary examination of candidates in the proficiency lectures shall be transacted; nor shall any lodge be convened on Sunday, except for funeral purposes. Section 38a. "Then a lodg-e has been reg-ularly opened on the first, second and third degrees for a speeial meeting on the date of a stated meeting, but earlier than the hour named in the by-laws for stated meetings, the special may be changed to a stated without going through the ceremonies of closing and again opening, but in the following manner only, viz: at a time not less thaQ fifteen nor more than forty-fivc minutes after the hour named in the by-laws for the stated meetings, thc M.aster shall announce in open lodge that the hour for the stated meeting having arrived and the lodge having been opened on the first, second and third degrees in form, further work in the special meeting will be dispensed with and the business of the stated taken up. The records shall show that the above declaration was made by the Master. Scction 58. Notificutfon. In any city or town where two or more lodges are situatcd, the Secretary of each lodge shall notify every lodge in said city or town of all petitions for initiations or membership, and of all rejections, suspensions, expulsions, and reinstatement.s, which shall be read to the lodge to which sent at the n~~xt stated communication, and placed on file; provided, that in cities

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where there are ten or more lodges, the reading of such notice may be'dispensed with at the discretion of the Master. Section 110. Conferring' Degrees. A candidate shall not re"ceive more than one degree at'the same communication nor shall he be advanced in less than thirty days from. the time the precee<!ing degree was conferred. Section 115. Uequisites of Petition. A petition for the degrees must be signed by the })etitioner with his full name, and must state that he is a firm believer in the one living and true God: Nor shall any such petition be received unless the petitioner shall have answered therein in his own handwriting the following questions: 1. 2. 3. 4.

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What is your full name? When and where were you born? Where do you reside? State explicitly your business occupation for the past ten years, and where conducted? Have you resided in the State of Missouri the twelve months last past? And if so, have you resided the last six months in the jurisdiction of this Lodge? V\There have you resided the ten years last past? If in more than one place, state particular years in each place, and specify your residence during the six months' last past? Have you ever been rejected by any Masonic Lodge? If so, when and by what Lodge? Are you in sound bodily health? Do you know of any physical, legal or moral reason which would prevent you from becoming a Freemason? Have you ever been convicted of a crime? Have you read all of, the questions contained in the foregoing petition? Are all the answers thereto in your own handwriting? And do you upon your honor declare your foregoing statement to be true?

The Petition shall be substantially as follows: Section 116. J<~orm of Petition. To the Most Worshipful Master, W.ardens ~nd Bcethren of , ~ ',' . Lodge No , , .'" Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons: The petition of the subscriber respectfully represents: That unbiased by friends and uninfluenced by mercenary motives he hereby freely and voluntarily offers himself a candidate for the mysteries of Freemasonry; that he is prompted to make this application from a favorable opinion entertained of the Fraternity, a desire of knowledge, and a sincere wish of being serviceable to his fellow creatures. He is a firm believer in the one liVing and true God. • His 1. 2. 3. 4.

answer to each of the questions below is as therein stated. What is your full name? . 'Vhen and where were you born? . Where do you reside? . State explicitly your business occupation for the past ten years, and where conducted? .....................•..•.••

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Have 'you resided in this state the twelve months last past; and if so have you resided the last six months in the jurisdiction of this Lodge? . Where have you resided the ten years last past? If in more than one place state the particular years in each place, and specify your'residence during the last six months?

Have you ever been rejected by any Masonic Lodge? If so, when and by what Lodge? ' Are you in sound bodily health? , . Do you know of any physical, legal or moral reason which would prevent you from becoming a Freemason? " Have you ever been convicted of a crime? . Have you read all of the questions contained in the foregoing petition? Are all your answers thereto in your own handwriting? And do you upon your honor declare your foregoing statements to be true? : , ,.

Should his petition be granted he promises. a cheerful compliance with the rules and regulations of the Fraternity. Dat.ed...................... . ...................................â&#x20AC;˘ We the subscribers hereby certify that we are personally well acquainted with who has signed the above petition, and believe him to be of regular and upright conduct, fair fame, sober life, and well qualified to' be Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. Date ;......... . ' .. ,. $20.00 of the fee is for the benefit of the Masonic Home of Missouri. Section 176. ,\\Tnh'cr of Concurrent Jtlrisdietlo1l. Waiver of jurisdiction over petitioner residing in territory possessed in common by two or more lodges may be grante{l only by the lodge located nearest to the home or residence of the petitioner, and when several lodges arc equally near then the requst for such waiver shall be filed with the oldest lodge. It shall be the duty of the lodge requesting such waiver to give notice of its request to all lodges having concurrent jurisdiction over such petitioner at least two weeks before such petition is received. To amend Sec. 42. Fees. Of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by, adding Sec. 42a'and Sec. 42b thereto: Sec. 42a. Same. Each petition for the degrees and each petition for affiliation from a Grand Jurisdiction other than lUissouri, in addition t'o the fee required by the by-laws of the Lodge, shall be accompanied by the sum of twenty dollars for the use and benefit of the Masonic Home. In the event of the election of the petitioner, the Secretary of the Lodge shall immediately remit such sum to the Grand -Secre(a:ry, . who in~tirn shall imI!lediately pay the same over to the Secre-

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tary of the Masonic Home. If the petitioner. be rejected such amount shall be returned to him. Sec. 42b. The money so obtained by virtue of the preceding section shall be set aside and used for the purchase of additional grounds and buildings for the Home and for the erection of buildings on the grounds so purchased, and for the maintenance of the Home; the balap.ce of. such moneys shall be set aside by the Home Board to the Endowment Fund. Sec. 69 IUil('uge and Per Diem. The Past Grand Masters, Grand Officers, District Deputy Grand Masters, District Lecturers and one Representative from each Lodge, and the Chairmen of the Standing Committees, and the members of the Committee on Jurisprudence and Appeals and Grievances who do not draw mileage and per diem from the Grand Lodge in any other capacity, shall be paid the sum of Five ($5.00) Dollars for each day they may be in actual attendance upon the Annual Communication of the Gra'nd Lodge, and Five (5) Cents per mile for each mile necessarily, traveled in going to arid returning therefrom; pro"ided, 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 first, and that no Represer.tative shall receive more than one-flUh of the sum paid as dues by his Lodge for that year, and no one shall receive mileage or per diem in a double capacity. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. Free Public School. "The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri in Annual Communication, declares: It regards the free public school as the Chief bulwark of the Sta te and Nation, to be kept under the sole dominion and direction of the State, and so far as the efforts of Freemasonry in Missouri are concerned, its voice, vote and influence will at all times be exerted in keeping it so. it regards any individual or other influence that seeks to destroy or weaken the free public school system as now operated in this country, as an enemy of one of our cherished American institutions. It urges that all teachers in our free public schools, shall be those who are in perfect sympathy with them. It demands that the highest type of manhood and womanhood may be secured as teachers in our free public schools,- that they be pa id generously, and be required to realize that loyal efficient service will be expected at their hands." We recommend the adoption of it in said amended form. Respectfully SUbmitted, WM. R. GENTRY, JOHN C. ROBERTSON, A. B. FREY, R. W. STECKMAN, JOHN H. WINDSOR, THAD B. LANDON.

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MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF U. S. Resolved, That we continue our membership in the Masonic Service Association of the United States, and that the Grand Master shall appoint a Standing Committee of three to have charge of the work of the Association in Missouri; one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and that hereafter the Grand Master shall annually appoint one member to serve three years. Resolved, 2. That this Standing Committee and the Grand Master and Grand Secretary be authorized to represent this Grand Lodge at the meetings 0,1: the Association and that their expenses shall be paid by the Grand Lodge. Resolved, 3. ~t the sum of one thousand dollars shall be ~ at the disposal of this Standing Committee for the dissemination. qf the work of the Association in Missouri during the coming year. CORONA H. BRIGGS, BYRNE E. BIGGER. ALL DECISIONS OF GRAND 1\iASTER APPROVED. (Shown on Pages 28-29, Address of Grand Master.)

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