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Show i j Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers Hold Touching Memorial Services. ; ELOQUENT ADDRESS MADE H BY REV. P. A. SIMPKIN Hr Ladies' Auxiliary of the Order HI Takes Part in the L Programme. Hi 'BcautJful and loving tributes to the mcmoh' of their fellow ' members who have died during the past year were paid yesterday afternoon by Salt Lake dlvl-' dlvl-' sions 222 and 713 of the Brotherhood of , Locomotive Engineers and Ladles auxil- iary 108. The memorial services were , held in Moose hall and were well at- tended. The Rev. P. A. Slmpkln of the i Phillips Congregational church delivered an eloquent address. Fred C. Graham and p. s." Watson rendered beautiful and ' appropriate solos, and to conclude the services the roll of the denarteu .ones was called and a blossom for each en-twined en-twined in a wreath. The divisions represented at. the soiv-' soiv-' ices Included members of the- organization employed on all four of the roads center-lng center-lng In Salt Lake the Short Line, the Salt Lake Route, the Denver & Rio Grande and the Western Pacific. a rule of the order, the second Sunday in June Is set apart for memorial services throuchout the United States. Canada and Mexico. Song Opens Services. Gilbert McLean of division 222 prc-i prc-i sided over the services, which were opened with the singing of ' Crossing the Bar" by Fred C. Graham. His ln-terpretatlon ln-terpretatlon was marked by deep feoj-Iiik feoj-Iiik and line expression- The Rev. -P. A. Slmpkln offered a brief prayer and then Mr. Graham sang "A Prayer' ( Thorvald Lieurcnce), In bediming his memorial address, the Rev. Mr. Slmpkln called attention to the time when the greatest railroad builder i of ,modfi-n times had laid down life s burden and Ills body had been placed In i a macnlficent mausoleum. recalling the fact that all over his great railroad sys-terns sys-terns the wheels had stopped for a few minutes, all the employees thus paying their tribute in silence. "We todcy." said the spaker, gather hore 10 remember those who by their fidelity, ability and couracc made possl-1 possl-1 ble the triumphs of the crentcst rail- road kins:. They have for their requiem, not the silence, but the rattle and roar of , the wheels and the thunder of mighty engines. And. could thev speak, they would choose to be remembered by loved I ones and friends In a quiet place like I this than by the formal tribute paid to their chief. We dlcnlfy ourselves when we clioose to come Ih.to the silence and drop a tear for those who lived and worked in constant danger." . Fraught With Danger. H., Continuing, the Rev. Mr. Slmpkln said 1 that no other avocation was so fraught with danger as was the life of the rall-L rall-L road man that no soldier who laid down M, his life on the field of battle was braver 1 than the man at the throttle, the man Hk with the scoop, or the man at the rear end of the train. He then paid a heauti-, heauti-, ful tribute to the personal qualities of the railroad men. praising their fidelity, their high ability, their open-hearted 'i charity, their broad view of life, their fearlessness and their faith in the Eter-nal Eter-nal Father. He told of onlv a few months ago sitting In a hospital by the bedside of an crigineer who had received fatal Injuries In the discharge of his duties, 1 and who said as he realised the end was , approaching: "I am satisfied. I just j played the game fair and square. I am not afraid to go out into the tomorrow." This abiding faith, said the speaker, was characteristic of the brave men who had laid down their lives In their service, f regardless of their creed or their profes- j, sion of religion He concluded with the B' expression of comfort to the bereaved H, that they, might confidently look forward with certainty to again seeing the faces of their loved ones. Names of the Dead. H. D. C. Watson sang "When the Kbb Tide H'i Flows." his beautiful baritone voice be- H lng lieard to advantage. Then came the Y roll call of the tioparted and the cere- mony of p racing ror each a blossom In the ' wreath. Following are the names of the mem-bers mem-bers of the local B. L. E. who have died during, the year: .lames MqCabe, John A. 1 Balloy. George . E. Edwards, Frank . A. i Stephens. W. JL Ryan. J. M. Hurst, F. i B. Hanson. .1. H. Fitzgerald, W. G. Ganc, If. D. Cule. I. M. Brown, Alex Marcle, J. C. Dunton. Paul Fisher, George Call-H Call-H cott, E. F. Blackmair, John Forster, 1 John F. Selgrath, Thomas J. Loftus. C. 1 A. Darmond, W. L. Orblson, J. J. Ern- Hj i berg, -. W. A. Robertson, George McAleer, j C. O. DIckcrman. W. A. Goodale. V. -V. Wilson. .W. S. Corker, H. W. Anderson, H. B. Martin. Ladles' Auxlllao' Mrs. Charles Llnd-H Llnd-H sa.-MrK, E, E. Peery, Mrs. Jacobson. The decoration of tlie graves at the cemeteries was made under tlio super- vision of the following committees from H t,ls T-nTIes' Auxiliary: City cemetery j Mrs. . F J, Bult, Mrs. G. Coleman, Mrs. A D. A. Everett; Mt. Olivet Mrs. G- I. j; Norton, Mrs. E. C. Shermer, Mrs. George H Brown. |