The Washington herald., 1911-06-14

Declaring the National Capital
has given much toward the prog
ress and peace of the world, Repre-
sentative Charles H. Sloan, of Ne
braska, in an address last night at
the memorial services of the
Knights of Pythias, at Pythian
Temple, praised this city for having
been the birthplace, less than half a
century ago, of the Knights of
Pythias.
TRIBUTE TO ORDER,
The speaker said there is more or less
enlightened selfishness in the striving
after success to be recorded in a family
tree but that there are instances of
immortal deeds that sprang not from
ambition for glory and power, such as
the friendship Of Damon and Pythias.
This example of friendly devotion"
said the speaker, rs the basis of the
Pythtan organization. 1t is an orsaniza-
ton somewhat military in form, but
purely civic in fact. In it the essential
qualities Of manly worth are emphasized.
its living membership is found wherever
exalted citizenship gathers; its sacred
dead lie under tropical palm, temperate
oak, and northern pine. Annually, Amer
leans, with fitting ceremony, lay flow
ers upon the graves and about the monu-
ments. weave garlands of glory to COM
me 70 he
olery 10 whom Greeks might not COM
pare in grandeur or Romans in nobility.
In the work here tonight, II is of the
civic side Of life. The prayer, the sweet
song the Ealting word, the solemn call
OF roll, the gracious deposit of myrtle on
the altar. symbolize our thoughts and
betoken our tribute"
In closing, the speaker urged the MEM
bers OF the order to observe ALWAYS
friendship that faiIeth not; charity,
which vaunteth not itself, and benevo-
Lence' which blesses both giver and re-
Ceiver.
W. E. Andrews. Auditor for the Treas
ury Department. also made an address.
Called to Order.
The exercises opened with the call to
order by the chancellor commander of
Rathbone-Superior Lodge, No. %. of the
knights of Pythias, following the en-
trance of the officers, and the ColdveII
and Washington companies of the uni
form rank of the order. The openinr
ceremony was given by the Grand Lodge
officers, invocation by the grand prelate,
Rock of Ages" by quartet composed of
Mrs. Charles B. Bayly, Mrs D. Olfn
Leech, Thomas L. Jones, and Owen Pen
ny; reading official call, by the grand
keeper of records and seal; reading OF
selections from the book Of law, by |
the grand prelate; soprano solo, THE |
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" by Mrs |
Charles B. Bayly; calling the roll of |
deceased members, by the grand keeper |
of records and seal; taps, by Otto c. |
Hauschild; selection, by quartet; deposit
ing of myrtle on the altar, renewing the |
pledge of fidelity to the memory Of the
dead members: prayer. by the grand /
prelate; closing, by Grand Chancellor |
Samuel H. Bassett: benediction by Rev. |
W. w. Barnes.
Roster of the Dead.
The deceased members in whose honor |
the ceremonies were held, with the dates |
of their deaths, and the lodges to which
they belonged are:
Past Grand Chancellor D. Elmer Wiber, |
Webster Lodge. No. Z, died December 2S, |
1910
Past Chancellors George Eckert, Ger
mania Lodge, No. Is. died July 8, 1910; |
John Hayward, Excelsior Lodge, No. II, |
died January 8, 1911; Henry w. Saul, Ger
mania Lodge, No Is, died February q,
1911; Fred G. Atkinson, Syracusians
Lodge. No. 10. died March 3. 1911; Thomas
Adams. Franklin Lodge, No. 2 died |
March I, 1911; William NJ. Kinsinger, De-
catur Lodge, No. 9. died March 10, 1911;
David Pollock. Decatur Lodge, No. 9,
died March 22 1911: Joseph T. Galliher,
Calanthe Lodge, No. II. died May 4, 1911;
George F. Wells. Harmony Lodge, No.
q, died May z, 1911, and Joseph Williams
Harmony Lodge, No. 81, died May -, 1911
Knights-A. J. Carew, Capital Lodge,
No. "A, died July 25, 1910;' z. A. Nussear,
Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 5, died August
81, 1910; John H BrideweI, Calanthe
Lodge, No. II, died November 6. 1910;
Louis Poessell, Myrtle Lodge, No. Is, died
November "a. 1910; Robert T. Ackfeld,
Equal Lodge, No. II, died December ls,
1910; George w. Keenan,. Capital Lodge,
No. "a, died January Z, 1911; John Ferber,
Germania Lodge, No. 10, died February
z, 1911; William H. Flood, Harmony
Lodge, No. q, died February II, 1911;
Werner Koch, Germania Lodge, No. Is,
died March s, 1911; ]. A. Collision, Equal
Lodge, No. II, died March 10, 1911; Ed
ward K. Somborn, Rathbone-Superior
Lodge, No. q, died March Is, 1911; George
c. Steadman, Mount Vernon Lodge, No.
:, died April II, ISL: Jacob Neurath, Ger
mania Lodge, No. Is, died April g. 1911;
c. c. Hornung. Capital Lodge, No. "a,
died May Z, 1911; John Chiavantonia,
1911.
Page-James A. Taliaferro. Mount Yer
non Lodge. No. 5, died March /. 1911.
Pytnian Sister-Ethel Williams, Bath
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