Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-26
COMRADES' MEMORY
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS HONOR
DEPARTED MEMBERS.

BALTIMORE, November 26.-Division 81.
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers. held
memorial services yesterday afternoon at
the Maryland Theater. The membership Of
the division consists entirely Of employees Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
which was represented officially by Presi-
dent Oscar G. Murray and a number Of
other officers. Gov. Warfield and Mayor
Timanus were present Among those in
whose memory the service was held was
!Mr.sP. NJ. Arthur. grand chief Of the order
= The nature of the meeting rendered APP
plause inappropriate, and Gov. Warfield
was not accorded the demonstrative ovation
that always greets him when he goes among
the people attends public gatherings But
the spirit of ovation was in the atmosphere,
and the breathless stiffness with which the
governors every word was listened to was
as eloquent and sincere as the most thun-
drous applause.
The governor said he felt at home be-
cause he knew that his friends were in the
audience and that his girls were with him
on the stage. Mr.. Thomas Fitzgerald, gen.
eral manager of the Baltimore and Ohio,
who spoke later, cautioned the governor
that he (Mr. Fitzgeral0 had always said
they were his girls. and that he hoped that
they wouldn't give him up entirely for the
governor.
The Governors Address.
The governor said: 1.-The qualities that a
man must possess to enable him to succeed
as q railroad man are of the highest type
and the very best to be found in mankind.
They are courage, steady nerves, quick per-
ceptions. good judgment, sobriety and idel-
ity. With such qualifications the railroad
man is equipped to meet the dangers and
emergencies that confront him daily in the
performance of his duties. You men Of the
xt,o-A
qualities in marked degree. Because you
do possess these manly and splendid traits
you have won and command my admiration.
Maryland has no better sons than those
who handle and haul and direct the move
ment of the immense railroad traffic over
the great lines that traverse her territory.
IT like this organization of yours. the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. like
the tenets of your grand order. You have
infused the right spirit into your brother
hood. You seem to want all Of your friends.
of whom I am proud to call myself one, to
join with you in your pleasures and diver
of life
Custom a Fine One.
''The custom of holding these memorial
services is beautiful one You come here
to revive the memory of those who have
passed away, to think of their virtues and
to gain new strength for the battle Of life
from their examples. 1 am not one Of those
who believe that the good in us is buried
with our mortal bodies. I believe 1t lives
on for all time to encourage and bless those
who come after"
The service was opened with prayer by
Mr.. S. E. Iabarre, chaplain of Division No.
81 Maj. Joseph G. Pangborn introduced
the speakers and made an address. The
speakers and the order in which they spoke
were: Mr. ]. o. F. Covell, chief of Division
No. 81; Gov. Warfield. Rev. ]. Wynne Jones,
pastor of Abbott Memorial Presbyterian
Church.; Rev. L. Nj. Zimmerman, pastor of
Christ English Lutheran Church; Mr.. q. T.
Brantner, shop foreman at Martinsburg,
w. Va. Rev. M. j. Riordan. pastor of the
Catholic Church at Pikesville; Mr. ]. M.
Rice. secretary of the Baltimore and Ohio
Young Mems Christian Association; Maj.
Pangborn, Mayor Timanus.