The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-02
TRIBUTE PAID
TO The DEAD.
oriaI Day With other Lodges
OF Order Over thu
Country.
ARE LARGELY ATTENDED
Members and Friends Join In the
Services and Listen to Eloquent
Memorial Ad-
dress.


The national memorial day OF the Be-
nevolent and Protective Order OF Elks
was fittingly observed BY the Keokuk
lodge with services In the Eks hall
Yesterday afternoon. The brothers Of
the order had assembled and were
seated together, and large numbers OF
friends of the deceased members OF
the lodge were present at the servi-
ces.
rendered by Prof. Ira S. Christy's or
chestra, "The Spirit Of independence
The instrumental music was followed
by a song by Mrs. e. Marder's choir,
4The Heavens are Telling"
The opening ceremonies of the me-
mortal service were conducted by he
exalted ruler and secretary, the lodge
members singing the opening ode, aft
ser which the Invocation was given by
the chaplain. Mrs. Joseph Furlong sang
beautifully the inspiring song, Face
to Face" Eulogy over the memory
Of those who died during the past
year was read.
The address OF the services was de-
livered by j. A. S. Pollard, Of the Fort
Madison lodge. Mr.. Pollard paid eIo-
quent tribute to the memory of the
departed brothers and to the prin.
ciples of the order.
Mr.. Pollard quoted the cardinal
principles of the, order, charity, justice
brotherly love and fidelity. He said
that the Elks lodge performed its acts
of charity without ostentatiol so com
mon in the present day and that
faithfully it carried out the great basic
principles upon which it was founded
He said that. all over the country
there are to be found magnificent
Elks homes but that the greatness Of
the order was not apparent in the
buildings it had erected but in thu
ministration of charity. suppression o
hyprocricy and the democracy Of it!
lasting brotherhood.
The speaker praised the order fol
its distinctive Americanism, it's broth
erhood respecting neither difference
of race or religious belief. He point
ed out that the order was often mis-
judged by the outsider as one of con
VITALITY only but that the brother
that were bound in the ties Of fel
lowship knew of the soundness of it
teachings, the practice of it's guidin'
principles and their harmony with tn
doctrines taught in the book which j
supreme.
ThIrty-one Gone.
Thirty-one members of keoku
Lodge B. p. o. e. have passed to tn
great beyond, eight of whom die
during 1912.
During the past year death ha
claimed j. w. Steiger, w. d. Va
Deusen. George w. Maxwell, Charie
A. Prescott, John Cosgroye, Jane
Cameron. Hal II. Brown and Georg
Rogers Hartei.
Those who have passed away befor
the present year are:
Jas. VIM. Hutchinson March q
1892.
Harrison Tucker-April 20. 1893.
Charles Deheny Horton-April 2
1894.
Joseph NJ. Casey February I
1896.
Michael Malloy-April 10, 1908.
Harry L. Miller March 3, 1904.
Simon vogel-December Z, 1906.
Geo w Jones December rs, 1907.
Charles Carroll Marsh January
1908.
John @. Hubinger January ~, 1916
Fred E. Starr-April ], 1908.
James Ward-August "a, 1909
David ]. Ayres December 9. 1909
Albert Azinger-March 26, 1910
Robert H. Fegers January 2S, 191
Hugh Robertson-April 2, 1910.
Charles A. Bowen April 1910.
Chas, September 81, 1910.
Leighton Brownell--October 4
1910.
VIM. F. Rush November Is, 1910
Matthias Garmo February 8, 1911.
Chas Johnson--June Is. 1911.
Victor B. Uchiltree-October
1911