The Washington herald., 1912-12-02
ELKS CONDUCT
SORROW LODGE
More Than 5000 Persons At
tend Services Held in New
National Thsatsr.

4 Crowded into the auditorium OF the
New National Theater, filling every
chair and standing in the rear Of the
house, 5000 members of Washington
Lodge, No. Is, B. P. o. Elks, their wives
and friends last night Joined In partici-
pating in memorial services for the dead
| of the order. December / is set aside by
the order as memorial day. and services
were held, last night in every lodge Of
Elks in the country.
Simple in form and filed with quiet
sentiment, the services last night re-
hected the spirit OF brotherly love upon
which the order is founded, and were
a fitting tribute to the dead.
! Representative Augustus o. Stanley Of
Kentucky delivered the memorial adj
dress Charity the foundation upon
which the order is built. was the sub
ject of his talk.
The history of the founding of the or
der and the things which it sought to
promote were also reviewed by Repre-
| sentative Stanley. He traced the growth
of the order from fits inception by Vi
Wan, the famous gold seeker Of the days
of 1919 and the founder Of the Jolly
| Corks, out of which the present order
grew. -
Many Are 1Iourned.
One hundred and sixty-nine members
of the Elks organization. who have died
since 1888, were mourned last night. The
deaths of fourteen, which occurred dur
ing the last year. were remembered for
the first time last night.
Appropriate music furnished by the Ma
rine Band and vocal selections by MEM
bers of the lodge added TO the solemnisy
Of the occasion. THE Vacant Chair
was sung by quartet composed Of NJ. d.
In second
tenor; T. A. Murray, bass, and J. Frank
Duggan, second bass.
The ritualistic services were conducted
by Exalted Ruler Frank A. Kidd, assist
ed by the other officers of the lodge. The
opening prayer and benediction were pro-
nounced by Rev. George F. Dudley, D. d.
Seated on the stage with the active Of
ficers of the lodge were Representative
A. o. Stanley; Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent of the American Federation of La
Dor: Past Exalted Rulers Edward Shine
and John T. Warde. The following also
occupied seats on the stage: Arthur Abb
bolt, James A Balderson, Charles Bion-
di, p. ]. Bresnahan. Thomas NJ Bresna-
han, Clarence Z. Bright. A. Buchanan,
Abe Cohen. Frank B. Garrison, Richard
Collins, Charles ]. Columbus, Albert Con-
way, Patrick F. Cusick, James A. Far
rell, d. Fowler, W. J. Frick, A. W. Cir
ard, ]. c. Goolsby, Frank B. German,
August Hagemann, Louis Hartig, jr.,
Hugh F. Harvey, william Haslett, Joseph
Heeny, Charles F. Hermann, Ferd. A.
Hermann, Max Hirsch, John E. Hogan,
Albert Hollander, Albert Huber. NJ.
Jacobs, Edward d. johnson, Frank A
Kidd, Fred H. Kramer, J. William Lee,
John P. Mccarthy, NJ. G. Mccormick,
Philip Maley, William Morrison, Charles
E. Myers, Robert H. Newman, d. R. Nj
hion, L. G. Ostermeyer. J. c. Price,
George Humphrey, Herman Richards,
Jake Richards, Sam Richards, George W.
Ripley, William H. Santelmann, William
S. Shelby, sFrancis A Simmons, Leon |
Straus, ]. D. Sullivan, Dave Ullman, |
Charles H. Utermehle, John C. Wood. DR.. |
Frederick Yates, ]. s. NJ. Zimmerman, |
Charles Zurhorst, Leo Zwissler. |
Arrangements for the services were in |
charge of James L Ward, chairman, and |
John NJ. Carpenter, secretary. Immedi- !
ately after the services last night at the |
theater the Marine Band was entertained |
at the Elks' Home in H Street.