Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-04
MANY MEMBERS ARE PRESENT
Rules Laid Down by the Ritual Are
Followed in Detail.
ONE OF FEATURES OF FESTIVAL
Citizens and Soldiers Take Part in
Parade Of the Day.
MORRIS SHEPPARD THE ORATOR
Tells the story of WOodcraft and
what Has Been Accomplished by
the Organization that Has
It's Home In Omaha.

With appropriate ceremonies and a big
the features OF the Ak-Sar- Ben festiv-
tiles. the Woodmen OF the World building
at Fourteenth and Farnam streets was
dedicated yesterday afternoon. Thousands
OF members Of the order came from distant
parts to take part In the event. which
marks the completion of the Woodmen
skyscraper.
In breaking up after passing over the
business streets Of the city the fraternal
sections OF the parade, including the Of
ficers Of the head camp. the drill teams
and members OF the visiting and Local
camps or the Woodmen OF the World
and the officers of the Woodmen Circle.
countermarched on Farnam street as far
east as the new Woodmen building.
There for two blocks UP and down the
streets they massed, the head camp of
ficers and head officers of the Woodmen
Circle proceeding to the platform erected
in front of the building. on this plat
form the exercises were held. Those on
the platform were:
Sovereign Officers Present.
w. A. Fraser, Dallas, sovereign ad-
wiser and acting sovereign cofnmandert
Colonel B. w. Jewell. Omaha, sovereign
watchman and acting sovereign adviser;
N. B. Maxey, Muskogee. sovereign man
ager and acting past sovereign cons
mander: John T. Yates, Omaha, sovereign
clerk: Morris Sheppard sovereign banker
and United States senator-elect from
Texas; H. F, Simrall, Columbus, Miss,
sovereign escort; ID. C. Bradshaw, Little
Rock, sovereign sentry; ]. =. Fitzgerald,
e. B. Lewis, T. E. Patterson, Ed Camp
bell. William Ruess and r. T. Wells, SOW
ereign managers: Superintendent Walshs
and Manager Crawford OF the building;
W. N. Brown. Minneapolis, and Hawiey
vidrig. Port Huron and Mrs. emma b.
MEncheeter ana thaS other officers Of the
woodmen Circle,
Root I'm Europe.
In the absence of Sovereign Commander
Joseph Cullen Root OF Omaha. who is
In Europe for his health, w. A. Fraser
presided as acting commander. He intro
duced Rev. j. Scott Ebersole Of Omaha,
who offered the prayer
The regulation ritual form used IN the
dedication OF Woodmen buildings was
employed, Mr.. Fraser briefly giving a
history OF the Omaha building. referring
TO 1t as a structure In which not only
Omaha: but Woodmen the world over
feel pride, realizing that In 1t they have
an interest and that the money therein
invested Is a part Of the reserve Of the
organization.
| Following the regulation form, Colonel
Jewell OF Omaha. acting sovereign adj
wiser. anointed the cornerstone with oil,
thus dedicating 1t and the building as a
monument to enterprise and industry. He
was followed by Sovereign Clerk Yates,
who, In performing his part In the cere-
monial, sprinkled salt upon the stone.
saying that 1t was dedicated as monu~
ment to labor.
stone sprinkIed with Water.
! Sovereign Banker Sheppard in performs
ing his part Of the ritualistic duties de-
volving upon him sprinkled the stone with
water ana then y sovereign manager
Maxey placed fruits and flowers about
its base, typifying the results of hus-
bandry and the results Of what the earth
can produce after the woodmen have
cleared away the forests and prepared
the soil for tillage.
The dedicatory Grafton. pronounced by
the thousands who heard It, one Of the
most eloquent ever delivered in the city,
Twas delivered by Morris Sheppard Of
lDalias. Tex. sovereign banker and
UNITED States senator-elect.
During the dedication exercises cele-
Ibrating the completion Of the new Wood
men of the World building, Mr.. Sheppard
spoke, in part, as follows:
The completion Of the great structure
we have assembled to dedicate today
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