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About Tillamook herald. (Tillamook, Tillamook County, Or.) 1896-1934 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1914)
MASONIC BODIES DENOUNCE "FAKE l mm OreponUn : Tlmt a cotortr of unprinctoksl mon i ro icttmiinc mnny who would join the Mntonir onlt?r by taking what feo. thoy onn collect for nilmissioti to bocus onlcr of Mtcotiry i. tho chnrv of CihiwI Secretary Kohlnon, of the lira ml Uxliro of Mason of OroRon. Mr. Itohiruott sny thin "confklcnce k.miio" has boon oinr on for ywtr. Two memlHsrs of the order, which i? stylotl tho "Anitricnn Mionic Federation," Nathan H. Winobo't? ami Joseph Men rtel, were fined JSV each by Magistrate Shaw In Vancouver. H. C, Inst Occin bcr ami wore deport.! from Onnniin. Tne charge was obtaining money under f.iNe pretenses. The grand org!'. iter of these "Clan destine Masons," as thev have been i . i i it 1 ; .! !rt ,1 .V. .tn! I" U'timd U the tit. I to 'tint a rctiiin of the offense would be more severe ly dealt with and ptumlicd with a rion entenee.' ' The fraternity of .V. F. nd A. Ma im) of the world are in no wv con mcteil with or renpor-iblc for the chiRi put forth by the above untried 1 1 nd tittr boi talllnc tbcniselve M.non. "These cltndrMinc of Ufcc 'Mon have been cvposed o mnny time throiifh the public pte and other that it i Astoixhin anv in:-l-buent person can be o shamefully imposed upon b them. i' will call .it this office I will hou von letteis from one of their members to another of their members Krc ihcv divided the money ob tained from ome of their victims I ' ;; single . , Kir. I. mm. Ic.tnt H irt, m in, team ,dtin. sinfle I utkh.ut, in(le . . I ho'ii-son, roan, team Hart, nun, team Fil.lt n, 1 in, team. . . . (.am, foreman rr. . Fit.' Fi : w. f. Hen Km. at Nebbe, titan, Iccuu... !.., ( I'i". iih.mt, m.in, tetm. Joli ! Thl, .tingle A Miller, single lohn Wall, siiirIc . . ... . , l.etef l'ltts, iittRle Ftl Hrannersrcutpr, IhsIp.. F'ted Zaddarh, forettmu John Lnnnley, man, tenin... lHakc Thompson, tingle . . . Millard Itobliit, man, team . John I'anuet, siiiRle (ro. lleuson, nun, team . . lohn llobson. Mtiglc ON ind where one of them bought for irom anoinrr ot tttcir tjcnt tnr ; .ri, I'a.pirt. mmi, team, i pret nded) richt to establish lodvcs rt,jrte Morran. ,intrle . in . .rcgon. "Als.t I will show you letters from tle tiran.t l.otle of Scotland don in thit it tthc t.rand Lodge of Scot- lin.li eer cave the American M- cslled. ts MeBIaln Ihompsom. of altjMnic Federation' any charter or au Lake City, who, aceordinc to a letter j thority to estahiili lodge in Ameri from Alfred A. A. Murray, grand see- ea or elsewhere. "No Masonic era ml body of Scot land or nn other country enn leptl l u,.-i; M. .iiiic ld"rs tu America. "Htri"-r ! h.nv natle tH so verv "I tin that any can utulerttnnd it, T i fraternally viurs. "IAMKS F. ROMS' SON'. ':rjnd Scerct.irv lira ml Lodge A. I. :ed A M. of Oregon." Ft.wi- r- .-"-tracts from and copies of letters from eratul sccrc- taries of l-'nland and Scotland bear I on the standitic of McHlain j Thomson and other connected with the American Masonic l-ederation: Ktract from letter of Albert A. A. Murray to V. H. LimUax, a member of the "American .Mnouic Federa tion :" "F.linturirh. Scotland, Feb. 15, toil. "U" H. 1 indsay: I have received yo-ir letter of January 37 ' ' "Fotirth Its active tnrmlirn arc inson yestenlay. "Lindsay operated so far I know, of no --taiidinj: the business for somo time, until he whatever was arrested by the Portland police f.r ! . "Vi,,i,Thc ,,,,,J1C,I,' C,P""1. - ""I vnsipicr 01 couami. u men is oni le-i'i natc Roval Arch botlv rctary of the cram! chapter of Scot land, to (rnmd secretary RobiruMn, is an expelled Mason. The organizers of the American Federation in Oregon have been A. iL Lucas and W. II. Lindsay. Lucas Iwsrnn operations in Portland in 1910. under authority of McHlain Thompson. He had offices in the North End, where ac cording to Grand Secretary Robinson, he pretended to confer three degrees of Ancient Craft M.isonry on his vic tims in the short time of 35 minutes, charging a fee if JM. "After he had made condiderable money peddling his spurious masonry he trans fered the business to W. H. Lindsay for SO)." said secretary Rob- 15.00 JS.U I l-7 1.1- eoniriuuiing 10 ine uennquencv 01 , small twys. He was tried in Judge Mc-1 in Sc.-tland doe Ginn's court, convicted and parolled. Then he disappeared and hHS not been heard of since. "After Lindsay's disappearance the busi icss of the American Masonic Fed eration was transferred to A. J. Court, G. B M. Sommerville, g H. Haines, J. A. Wheeler, P. A. Johnson and other, who are stlil pretending to or ganize lodge and confer Masonic de grees on anyone the.' can prevail upon to put up the money. "These self-constituted officials, pre tend to confer any degree of masonry from the first to the 33d degree, and mary other degrees not recognized by legitimate Masons. As long as their victims have the money, these impost ors will give them some kind of de grees and call it rnaonry And of course if any of the.-e victims come to any of our lodges we cannot admit them. They cannot be recognized by any Masonic lodge in the country. "There have Itien about 20 victims of this bocus Masonry in Portland. T. ". Hunt, who recently was admitted to the bar in this city, ia one of thoin. He sued the organizers for obtaining mot.ev under false prutenties. The caw was triH before Judge Kavanaugh. The j'jry stood nine to three for con viction. At a second trial the organiz-re-, were acquitted. It was shown by their attorney that no fraud was in tinJf4, in prouf whereof he pointed to a sentence in small printing on the r rtn'ie.itc which read: 'This docs not - u the right to visit any other not reeocmic the t. ouncil ot Kites. "The latter has no authority what ever to confer the Royal Arch dc giee, eitb-r in Scotland or out oi it. "In no circumstances will Thomson or hi- confederates, in my opinion, he ricoqntied hy the Grand Priorv" 1 Knights Templar.) "They hac il soluteK no riirju to onfr. the lcree. lifg.-ces con ferred by th - 11 or by their .Ui.hori'v will not be rreotrnifed by any of the r.Rular Templar jurisdictions throughout the world. "Neither Sp.-nce, Thoul n nr Jim isci hive h- thirt)-thiri degree. tSignc-l) "ALFRED A. A. MURRAY, "(iraiil Secretary Grand C" hauler. Scotland " Cop- .f b-tti-r from errand Hell Smith tary of grand Iorc of Scotland: : Johnson "Edinbarsh. Scotland Vnv 1 .- i I'd. Ilium James F. Robinson. Grand Secre-i '"r5,"k' Kcyuohlt $.c tary, Oregon: I have this iiiorninK re- h M?1" fJ j our iciier 01 Ji4in uit. making I Z' ''iwo .. inquiries in regard to the authority f To" Campbell of McBlain Thomson to establish I Albert Darby . lodges and confer degrees within I Jacobs your grand jurisdiction and that of j Johnaon other grand lolges in America. A- Freeburg .. "That person h no authority from i Johnaon the grand lodarc at all. ror h h. 1 Dell Smith ... any authority from any regular and Steioou ilv. Louts Krooks, mail, tram., l-'rank llobson, foreman.. AKin lurks, man, team . Adam krumbaugh, single . Walter Morgan, single.... Edward Leuo, single .... Harry Mitchel. single .... James Custer, single N'els S'elso ,nsingle Art Davis, single . Ho.'ur Davis, man, team Al Sloth, single lohn Krumlauf, single .... W.I Uurgati, single .. .. ij.$o li I. Saipingtoii, ingle.. S.u Frank Thompsrtt. .single .V." Ralt.h Ledard, single j ji; C. V. Ross, foreitmn tt.s.0 j Walter Walling, uwn, team.. t..js 1 K. II W'oixl, single s.oj Hay Ci'y hxamiiier tj.so 1'. K. N' Ry 0;.;u lico. V. Phcli, mdsc t.5o Chas. I'lasom. contract Locr- labcl road Tillamook Bay Construction Co, contract (.iRtilMldi Wheeler toad 1771 .v Total $.jty r Road District Noj. rrauk ue $ C. Weagrl N". J. Dye Joe Mouohoti Sid Travis F. Travis moo X. P.iiirjborn ,,. J$.oo H. Kppelctt jo.00 It. W'cagel i;.So C. C. MUck ." , G. W. Perrish , joo illwm Ijiwrvncc ,ooj .s. orncr ii. uraKe A. Darby J. J 0)1 11 sou C. . Funk Albert Robitrch 11. penuppt 24 00 Toncy Dolpe u.fo li. G. Pearson 60.00 Artrtur Ltppcus Carl White ... Emil .arson . A I Ill . " .iTin mum 11 1t.1t t. .... 50-5 S .03 1 to 50O0 v .47.50 t.s.0O J8.t.- 6aco too i.50 3? So 6j..t M 00 I ed s on rite st ck of letters four inches high i.i '.lit possession of Grand Secretary Robins. m, most of them from Lucas to Li; .hay and some from Thomson to J.ii,Uay, throws some light on the l-r ii -ns of the organizers and v. f.ori- the ffrnipr nari n t U . Following is a letter written by Gr ind .ecretury Robinson in ansv.er to an inquiry regarding the "Clande sti'ic Masons:" "In reply to your question: "What -tndinp will my friend, ilr. bit M i ! tlft nci'' 1, li. 'i $ . .I . .di r' ht 1 r the Masonic fraternity and be permitted to visit the A Ancient Free and Accepted in Oregon if he should join of the American Masonic i n?" I have to inform you will have 110 standing ' in, 'ill he be nermitted to visit or rtcoirniieed as a Mason hv anv in-niber or any lodge of A. F. and A. M 1 r" Oregon or any other state or r MTry in the world. ' I he ' tm-rican Masonic I-Ydem. like m;iny other imtator of nit bodi-s, are known anil ! d by -ill A. I', and A Masons ..'i '. " or fake Masons, f.m ,f lite persons you name, to- ..iciilim I hompson, A. J. Court M i.i. i' rville. S. M. Hir.i k l' he. '. r or f. A. Johnson, have ni.'iii'.. from any lodge or ! 01 -. I-. and A. Masons u y other country to cstab- or confer Masonic dt- tlo., M ,t br.v as ' wt' (j. h A W an;, c 'irte.l l.o in this i.r 1is.li loJ -gr. -. ' r .tt r.,,,, joining the 'American Mt..int I-e.'i r.ition' expecting they at' ' tun, Untiniatc Masonry or ex-pccUii-T to In- recognized as Masons 1' i..n't, , o visit or affiliate itii A. P. and A. M. will be I'isai.r-ointcd. S :' ti not true that the court of .i'",n have pronounced the Aii Mtisonic Federation' 'a K-gitri.tU body.' One of their i.ah recogniied Masonic bosi . .1 . .. ; 14 it ,. .rK 1 ,r !'H U ml a ft c-i'iri ,:l 1 i.t. a:t. ti.e authority he rt Yi 1 11 ni'i irom himself. "i Signed) DAVID REHD, irar:l Secretary Grand Lodge of Scotland." Copy of letter from A. A. A. Mur--'.'.. grand secretary, Grand Chapter ot Scotland: "F.dinburgh. Scotland, .Vov. 6, 1012. las. b. Robinson, Grand Secretary I beg to acknowledge your letter of J-itb October and I beg to reply offi c,iI,' am Rorically as follows: The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland never did issue any authority to Mathtw McIJiain 1 hompson to organize or to confer ?'iy 01 the degree under its author ity conform to its constitution. "H " did not and does not now, hold either as an individual or as a deputy ir ,m ...... n . 1 . . -j. wiiii capacity wnatever, or in any such authority from it to confer W ucii octrees 111 anv riart of it.. i..nrt,i C. I.vr,.i John iVix Goy Vaughn ... Albert Oids .... A. nium John Blum Charles Desmond A. Gilman Ralph Uhiin ... Ayilv 1 1 row 11 Fred Brown V. Drown , F. Babler J. Proctor r r ri: 1 ... v.. vv. , mim t 3i V) U J. I-arien jqqo Hull Johnson 20 37 K. Davis uj'o,, V. Harris t0(M iirs. j. aaiwey Frank (iln.ser . G. Old's I- W. Ltr . A. Holden ... J. T. Rccker A. Rccker W. II. Sutton whatever, "He does not possess now, and has never received from any of the bodies recognised as legitimate Masonic l-ooiei by the grand lodge, or the su preme grand chapter of Scotland any authority to corner Masonic degrees. (Signed) "ALFRED A. A. MURRAY, ScotlandL;"eWry' Gr'"Ul C,,al"cr This letter is also of date Novem ber 6, ioi from Mr. Murray to Mr. Robinson : " ' Nearly all the descrip tions you quote 111 connection with J hompson are perversions of the i.u 11, 111 ine sense mat lie is an ex- 1 pellcd Mason, and that lit is not a ' member of the recognized Masonic bodies in Scotland bearing ti,,. ,1,.. 1 iecre- 01 lod-! bid virn Ihn arr 3 , ' 1 1 1 I. of 1' SI t . S J! vcr, ' f. F f 1 n f 1 uilion t.a r.. j "I ' t n buncouil had them ied m ; triad 'for obtaining moil ' 1 '.e pretenses,' and they , ! conviction on a technt- ' 1 :' two of t!)e a',c !tt ' ' Masonic Federation' 1 '' - llutr sjurioiis Ma- ' 1 r, ins in Vaneoii- . rc arristt d, tii rt scriptions quoted by yon. 1 think you should not hesitate to publish at widely as possible the fact of the expulsion." wopy 01 letter from grand 'ary, grand lode; England. l.c.Hi,., ..4th iortl,, J;ilIle.fc ' Robinson, Grat-d Secretary In re ply to your inquiry in your letter of the 10th inst. The grand lodge of r-nglaiiil knows nothing of the body ty ing lUclf 'The American Masonic 1'cdtr.itioii and has never recognized or exchanged representatives with it (Signed) E. L ETC H WORTH. ira,V 'St"tary, Grand Lodge Eng land. " C. D. Grout .. 11. C. Witt ... H. Hutler C. D. Grout .. H. C. Wilt .., H. Hutler Fred I'oonnan D. Wood H. Campbell . . , F. I'oonnan . . , Dan Nichols .. T. Hangui .... E. Goi dsfieed . Jack Jennings , Amos Vaughn . M. Darby .... George Wilks . Ed. Stark H. Nichols .... P. Hanuen A. Vaughn ?o.oo 11.8 loo. 5.00 Voo 17 V) O.87 So 13 SO -50 1-7' 7 60,00 tvoo J6.00 24.00 98. SO Z) 00 20.J7 Jboo, 20.O0 1O.S8 20 00 ! 10.00 j io.oo j lo.tw , 10.00 ' 1000 10,00 q.oo BILLS ALLOWED BY COUTY COURT Road District IIo. 1. Dan Davidson, single $ Emil Ross, single - V- ' lioiiipson, riian, ttani I . li. Allen, man, team Hob Aired, single T. C. Hamilton, finglc. , . . P. L. J'tost, siuijle 50.0") 17.50 05.0'j 97.50 1 j Tillamook Iron' Works', imise .11111 repairs Wm. R. Wilson, graver!."..'" Dolph 'I imicrstett, contract Hughey creek road P.ic. Telephone Co Co;ni.- Dye, contract jc-ti-" kins ro;ti King & Smith, mdsc ". ', '. '. '. M. J. C one, road work Osc-ir little, gravel (ommirci.il Stables, livery t !y ,r;!!,,?fl'r Co - U;" work John Williams Ed. Stiodgrass, gasoline'!.'.'.' M-n' 'ol1." Sllwt;y. KraveL... Iillamook I-eed Co., repairs John Perry, sawing wood..! L. K. 1-rai.er, piling 'tn f 'tit,,,,,. 1 Jim wilso.,, Piiiw " Jilmerjiall, road w-o,k A. P. Coatcs Lumber Co,, lhr, i,H.j3 8.10 3f.1-SS 1.50 3f'.S0 ! .35, -so : S.00 ,1 00 10.00 I IO.00 ' fi.25 I jo.tw ! 10.50 2.5,0 l. (.00 The G BEACH Beach Beautiful But Recently Put on the Market Now is the time to buy Ut. Iliwiftj,,, 1 " ' I 1 1 1 Int.. - "OW. 1 n.W. lU-ACII it lK-ntfl tni tlu- t xtn-iiu' Mtuithn ly t-nl ol Spit, al"t ottc iitul imu- hH mile lr"" n-wnu llulcl. t sttu tutmpup our of lhr ptctliiHt uom nottu uicfimM. I.oiiu llonch Ims then- jhIv.iiiImkch nvcr oilier rt-oris: Tln miiI ,s fil utl.l owiiiK to thcuhdtcr ol Capo Mwtr, whifh i.Iho lr.ml(?t nil i. tltc ,uj. Mtit !t ct wintls so thin none ol tlic tcrrililo sK.i'ium f winter im tdi, T ptupottv lies IukIi enough nhovc the level of the ocean to climiimtr (t ,1,,,, ol .l.mtajLif from the mosit extreme hih witter. 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