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Show K. OF P. ENTERTAIN C1ICELL0R YOUNG Supreme Officer Urges Loyalty Loy-alty to Country and Preparedness Pre-paredness for War. Despite the inclement weather, more than 200 Knights of Pythias gathered at their hall on East Broadway last night to gr eet Brig S. Young of Ada, Ohio, au- j preme chancellor of the order. j Sir, Young arrived yesterday, accompanied accom-panied by Mrs. Young. They are stopping stop-ping at the Newhouse hotel and will remain re-main In the city until tomorrow after- j noon. They will Jjo entertained on a trip to Bingham today and with a luncheon ; at the Newhouse tomorrow. Last night's greeting to the supreme ! chancellor was given jointly by Calanthe- : I Myrtle lodge No. 1, Rocky Mountain lodge i No. S and Lincoln lodge No. 23. Samuel ; M. Randolph, grand chancellor for Utah, : presided, and speeches welcoming Mr. ! Young were made by Justice J. 1). Frick i of the supreme court and B. O. Leather- wood, supreme representative of the J Pythians. The address of Supreme Chancellor Young was the principal event of the evening. He spoke of the growth of the Pythian order in all of its branches and the lessons the order teaches: "Loyalty to self, loyalty to family, loyaltj' to home, loyalty to government and loyalty to the Stars and Stripes, the sun-kissed emblem of the greatest and most loyal people on God's earth." Speaking of the military branch of the order, Mr. Young remarked that its members were pledged to the national defense; that the roster of membership is on file at the war department in Washington. Wash-ington. He recalled the large number of Pythians who served with valor and distinction dis-tinction in the Spanish-American war. Touching for a moment on the subject of preparedness, Mr. Young said: I think I know, as do but few men, for I have been accorded the privilege of meeting men as has been accorded to but few others, during the past year, what this great American people desire and what they will demand of those In charge of our national defense. de-fense. The people of this country will insist that Immediate steps be taken to provide such defense as will insure in-sure the protection of our shores against an invader, at least until such time as will be required to develop ana equip me fjieai. tinny lhh-l wuum Insure the permanent exclusion of any invader of our loved land. It Is a well-known fact that, at ths time of the destruction of the Maine, the magazines and storehouses of both our navy and army were empty and that aix long months were required re-quired for preparation to bring our equipment up to the point where our martyred president felt It safe to declare de-clare war, that the destruction of the Maine and the Insult to our loved flag could be forever wiped out. " Mrs. Young last night was the guest of Mrs. Randolph, wife of the grand chancellor, at the theater. The supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias signs hie name "Brig S. Young." He explained yesterday how he came by the first, suggesting, like his last name, the famous Mormon leader. As a matter of faot, he said, he was named after Brigham Young. The christening was by hla chums at oollege. Mr. Young was christened Benjamin Scott Young. His fellow students at college, though, would have none of the "Benjamin Scott." As a freshman he became "Brig Young" and so remained throughout his college days. Subsequently he was known to so many of his friends as "Brig" that he dropped the Benjamin and adopted "Brig." |