Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-03
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Odd Fellows Greet Prize-Win-
ming Representatives.
ECHO OF TORONTO DRILLS
Knights of Pythias Spring Fraternal
Surprise.
C0NGRATULATORY ADDRESSES
Grand Master Bradford and Commits
sioner West Make Remarks
Names of Other Speakers.
,oNGRATULAToRY ADDRESSES

| At Odd Fellows Hall last evening men,
bers and their friends expressed apprecia-
| ton OF the success of the representatives
OF the order who went to Toronto to COM
| pete for prizes offered for Patriarchs Mill
tant drills and degree work, and to extend
| congratulations on the success Of each
| team.
Canton Washington, No. 1, Patriarchs
| Militant, I. o. o. F., won the first prize
in the militant drill $3.50 cash. This Is the
| fourth prize won by the organization In the
last four years, it having won first prize,
$500, In the first competition In which it
| entered, at Baltimore. four years ago, the
| next year bringing home $1,000 in gold
| from San Francisco as the first prize offered
there, the next year winning the second
| prize of $500 at Philadelphia, and this
year at Toronto again winning the first
prize. Capt Chisholm and his body of men
received a large part of the congratula-
tons. Columbia Lodge, too, has been a
prize winner in previous years in the de-
| gree work Of the order, winning first prize
| three times once at Baltimore again at
Philadelphia and again this year In To-
| ronto. And new honors were brought to the
| District this year by Ruth Rebekah Lodge,
| it being the first time that the Rebekahs
| of this jurisdiction have been represented
but they entered only to capture first place.
| Thus the local representatives of the fra
| ternity' this year boasts of having the
| champion teams in three branches OF the
| Odd Fellows order.
American Colors Used.
The auditorium was decorated with Ameri-
| can flags and streamers, and the stage in
particular was abundantly supplied with
palms and flowers. Music for the occasion
was furnished by the Rebew orchestra, the
| leader Of which is Mr.. H. E. Weber OF
Federal City Lodge, which also has a de-
gree team which in previous years mas Deen
| prize winner
Grand Master E. w. Bradford presided
| over the exercises, which were of spirited
| and attractive character Columbia Dodge
degree team at $50 o'clock entered the nail
| and was escorted to the stage, being well
coined with applause. The team was fol-
| lowed by Canton Washington, No l. drill
| team, and the degree team OF Ruth Re
! bekah Lodge. each of which was also
warmly greeted by their admirers. They
| were all seated the big stage, the Re-
| bekah team being In the center, the post
of honor. They were followed to the stage
| by the Grand Lodge officers, District Com
| missioner West and Past Grand Sire John
| B. Goodwin, the guests Of honor OF the
evening.
| appearance Of the Uniform Rank, Knights
| of Pythias. headed by Colonel Harry Cog
| gins, which was on hand to pay respects to
| the sister fraternity.
Grand Master Bradford Speaks.
| Grand Master Bradford delivered an ad-
| Dress speaking in part as follows:
| 1T Is with great pride that stand before
you tonight as the head, for the time being.
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
in the District of Columbia. I am proud of
I the position; first, because it is one that
| any man might be proud to be called by
| his brothers to ILL., The order is the great
est of all the fraternal secret societies of
| the world. Its claim to greatness depends
| not alone upon the number of its members,
to-day more than 100000 strong, but also
| upon the splendid work 1t Is doing toward
| welding all parts of the great Caucasian
race into one universal brotherhood and in
spring each member with the highest ideals
| of usefulness and self-respect, loyalty to
| country and true fraternal regard for his
brothers and all mankind, as well as upon
the magnitude of it's accomplishments along
| the lines Of extending material assistance
to its members In the relief Of sickness and
distress, the care of the widow and the
| education of the orphan. Every one Of us
is proud to be a member Of this great in
stitution, founded upon such enobling prin-
good of humanity. To be the temporary
head, therefore, Of even a small part Of the
order Is just cause for pride. But, proud as
I am of the order and my present position
in the District Of Columbia.
1.-THE jurisdiction is small, one of the
smallest under the Sovereign Grand Lodge,
| but it's name stands forth today in the
world of Odd Fellowship as conspicuous as
| the name Of any grand Jurisdiction In the
world. Why. Because of the conspicuous
character of Its work in the order. work
conspicuous for its excellence, not alone in
! drill and degree, but in all the work in full
| hllmentSof the principles and teachings Of
the order"
Character Demonstrated.
when our sister jurisdiction Of Califor-
| MIA was SO sorely stricken by earthquake
| and fire at San Francisco last spring, when
| thousands of our brothers and sisters were
| rendered homeless and destitute, the char
acter of our Odd Fellowship was demon
| strated by sending to their relief cash
donation of IS cents per capita for ca CHI
member of this jurisdiction. And it was
| sent as quickly as the wires could flash the
order for the money to our distant brethren.
More than a quarter Of a million Of dollars
| was sent to the California Odd Fellows re-
| lief committee from fifty-eight grand juris-
| only the neighboring jurisdictions of Ne
vada and Utah eQualed the District of Co
| lumbia in the generosity of their donations
| in proportion to membership. I mention
| this as an illustration of the character OF
our Odd Fellowship to show how the Dis
| trict of Columbia takes and holds her place
among the first OF all the grand 5urisdic-
| lions in all of the good works Of the order.
Ought we not to be proud?
I'VE meet tonight to give expression to
our appreciation Of the work done and re-
suits achieved by the degree staff of Co.
lumbia Lodge, Ruth Rebekah Lodge and
| the drill team of Canton Washington in
| Toronto In years past the subordinate de-
gree STATS and the canton have returned
| from all competitions at the meetings of
| the Sovereign Grand Lodge in which they
have participated with honers fairly and
proudly won, and brought glory to the
| Jurisdiction. This year we have an added
distinction. We cannot only claim the
| champion canton, the champion subordinate
| degree staff, but. thanks to the untiring
work and splendid loyalty of the members
Of Ruth Lodge to their degree master and