The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-12-04
LARGE CROWD
ATTENDED B. P.
0. E. LODGE OF
SORROW HERE
Grand Theater is Filled at Annual
Services Held Sunday; Eberhart
Gives Address,.
SAYS u. S. MUST ASSUME
LEADERSHIP OF WORLD
Judge Stanton at Virginia Meeting
Points Out That Selfshness
Causes Misery.

Causes Misery.
when it comes to the healing of
the wounds and the relief of the dis
tressed, all the world is one great
brotherhood"
This statement was made Sunday
afternoon at the lodge of sorrow of
the Bemidji B. P. o. E., No. 1862,
by Adolph O. Eberhart, former gov
ernor of Minnesota. Mr.. Eberhart
delivered the main address of the
program.
In speaking of the world as
brotherhood, he said: "To assume
the leadership in that great brother
hood movement is now not only the
sacred duty but the unquestioned
privilege of our country. We possess
the required natural resources, the
fraternal spirit infused into our Co.'S
citizenship and institu-
tions by the greatest fraternal Or
ders in the world, and we have the
energy, ability and experience re-
quisite to extend this service to the
remotest corners of the earth. Such
leadership will ultimately make Am
erica the most powerful factor in the
establishment of world peace. Few
seem to realize the tremendous op-
portunities that this greatest of all
wars for conquest and determination
has thrust upon us. 1t has not only
placed at our disposal an unlimited
expansion of commercial and indus
trial enterprise, but has made it pos
sible for the United States of Am
erica to become the greatest factor
in shaping the diplomatic relations
of every country in the entire civil
lied world"
The Grand theater was crowded at
the Elks' services. An excellent pro-
gram was given. Burchard's orches-
ira rendered several selections, Miss
Elizabeth Erickson and Miss Ida Vir-
ginia Brown sang solos and Miss
Vera Backus gave a reading. Rev.
B. D. Hanscom delivered the bene-
diction.
Fifteen members of the Bemidji
lodge have died. They are George A.
Markham, A. L. Wyler, Fred D. Still
lings, Patrich Walsh, Edison Eggle-
ston, James Lappen, Henry McCabe,
George A. Hanson, Vinton Ellis,
Thomas Symons, Fred Eberlein,
Chester Oracle, Richard Walsh, Will
lis L. Wyman and Ernest J. Holler
In speaking of the memorial SER
vices of the Elks;, Mr.. Eberhart said:
"Our annual memorial service would
be unworthy OF. it's name did it not
bring to our minds an earnest con-
templating of our relation to the
Great Exalted Ruler of the Universe
and the life hereafter.
"Our order is founded upon the
great principles of charity, justice,
brotherly love and fidelity, and no
Elk is worthy of the name who does
not willingly sacrifice something for
the welfare of his brother.
"This afternoon has been set aside
for the special purpose of paying
tribute to our departed brothers that
we might show to the world how
their faults have been written upon
the sand and their virtues upon tab
lets of memory in our hearts,
Mr.. Eberhart explained the good
work of Elks and of the work that
should be done by. good Elk. His
address was very we'll received.
He was the guest of honor at a
dinner party at the Markham hotel
Sunday evening.
Judge G.. w. Stanton Of the dis
trict court delivered the memorial
address at the lodge of sorrow at Vir-
ginia, Minn., Sunday.
Judge Stanton in his address
pointed out that selfishness more
than any other trait of human char
acter, is the source of the greater
portion of misery and discomfort.
"Selfshness destroys all happiness
in those who yield to it's control;
takes away even the capacity for
happiness and causes us to disregard
the happiness of those with whom
we associate" he said. "The worlds
history presents panorama of wars,
strife, bloodshed and misery, all the
work of this selfish nature. The ap-
palling war of exhaustion and exter-
m1nation now being waged in Europe,
In which the rank and file wonder
why they are fighting and what is
hoped to be gained by the awful sac
rifice of lives and property, furnishes
the greatest demonstration in all his
tory of the far-reaching direful con-
sequences of national selfishness and
personal ambition" s..
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