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THE KANSAS WORKMAN PAGE THREE MAY, 1918. rATr Kf4dl CiireTO Mam Eto 3L2 Sua Fipsdiskc sured In an "old lino" company obtains protection in the Juvenile Beneficiary Department of the A. 0. U. W.

of Kansas that the industrial policy which has been carried will be lapsed. There is no question but that the PUBLISH ED MONTHLY. Entered as second class matter April 4, 1913, at the post office at Brie, Kansas, under the Act of August 24, 1912. EVERETT A. KING, OF HARRIS LODGE NO.

377, IS FIRST MEMBER OF A. O. U. W. OF KANSAS TO FALL IN BATTLE IN DEFENSE OF THE NATION.

Juvenile Beneficiary Department of Quenemo lodge No. 1G2 Is one of the active lodges of the A. 0. U. W.

of Kansas, winning a place on the Roll of Honor in 1917 by an increase of thirty in membership, or a net gain tincates of membership in the A. 0. U. W. of Kansas.

"Lucky Bill" employs about sixty poople with his show and sixteen of these, in addition, are members of' the Order. As a matter of fact, a good sized and certainly a OFFICIAL ORGAN A. O. U. W.

OF KANSAS. of approximately twenty-five per cent the A. O. U. W.

of Kansas will make serious inroads on the Infantile business of industrial insurance companies in Kansas," but the growth of the department cannot be chocked by such misrepresentations as are now being made by "old line" agents. The protection afforded by a certificate in Four Other Members ot the Order Have Made the Supreme Sacrifice that the Principles of Democracy and National Rights May Live-Beneficiary Certificates of Two of These Have Been Paid, While the Settlement of the Others Will Be Effected as Soon as the Proofs of Death Can Be Completed. the Juvenile Beneficiary Department of the A. O. U.

W. of Kansas is just as safe and sound as that afforded by a policy in any industrial insurance company, for the reason that the rate is adequate and the benefits guaranteed are based upon the same table of mortality experience used by the A. 0. U. W.

HEROES. FRATERNAL ISM. "Frateruallsm is the most distinctive associative movement of the time," writes Harry C. Evans, a noted fraternal editor. "Members of fraternal societies are not only partners in common misfortunes, such as sickness, accidents, financial difficulties and death, but they are partners in social affairs and in the joys of life.

They are mutual insurers of each other's temporal welfare, with the help that conies from their association in moral dicipline and uplift. "Co-operation among the people of the earth is at high tide. Everywhere there is co-operation along material lines. There is co-operation and combination of capital; there is co-operation and combination of labor; by co-operation market prices are fixed; by co-operation the price of skilled labor and professional services are fixed in short, there is cooperation in all lines of business. "There is co-operation in spiritual affairs.

Hundreds of thousands of people are banded together in the churches for the purpose of saving souls and giving the world a moral uplift. "Co-operation in a fraternal way combines the material and spiritual. Association of men in fraternal orders is the marriage of the material and the spiritual. Fraternalism is a combination of business, charity and soul-saving. Fraternalism converts charity into equitable claims, held by the right of proportionate contributions by the individual.

It gives a new nature both to alms-giving and to the acquisitiveness of individualism. It creates an estate in a new way, something akin to alms-giving, yet without the opprobrium of alms-taking one the part of the recipient." 4. 4. When the service flag of the Grand Lodge of the A. 0.

U. W. of Kansas was unfurled a couple of months ago with 1500 stars it told a splendid "old line" companies. Greater benefits are given because the A. O.

U. W. of Kansas is being operated for the benefit of its members and not for the profit of stockholders. Under Direction of J. v.

GRAYBILL, GRANO MASTER WORKMAN. COOPER JACKSON, Associate Editor, NEWTON, KANSAS. All correspondence for The Kansas Workman should be addressed to Editor Kansas Workman, Newton, Kansas. Rates of Subscription. One copy, one year Fifty Cents ERIE, KANSAS, MAY, 1918.

GRAND LODGE. J. W. GRAYBILL, Grand Master Workman, Newton, Kansas. E.

M. FOUDE, Grand Recorder, Emporia, Kansas. ALBERT H. DENTON, Grand Treasurer, Arkansas City, Kansas. DR.

A. R. HATCHER, Grand Medical Examiner, Wellington, Kansas. ONE ASSESSMENT EVERY MONTH IN THE A. O.

U. W. Without notice, and without any varia-tlon. If not paid by the 28th of the month, your Certificate will stand suspended, until all arrears and pending assessments are paid and until the Lodge votes to reinstate you. For amount of your Assessment In the A.

O. U. W. and when it should be paid, ee Assessment Notice in this paper. Better pay your assessment the first of the month, and not run the risk of suspension by waiting until the last of the month.

FRATERNAL GROWTH UNCHECKED BY WAR. (Continued From Page Two.) Following is a list of the deaths reported from among the soldier and sailor members of the A. O. U. W.

of Kansas, who have offered their lives in the defense of democracy and national rights: Everett A. King, Harris lodge No. 377. Wm. C.

Baxter, Parsons lodge No. 1. Claude E. Pratt, Lucas lodge No. 255.

Julius A. Schaubel, Holton lodge No. 111. William Farrell, Pratt lodge No. 164.

lodges. A general movement has developed all over the United States among fraternal societies to reduce the number of local lodges. Small lodges without influence and inactive are having their charters taken away and are being merged with stronger bodies. The result is an increase in fraternal spirit and activity, while the "LUCKY BILL' NEWTON. Everett A.

King, of Harris lodge No. 377, is the first member of the O. U. W. of Kansas to fall in He was killed in action March 30th very active lodge could be organized in Lucky Bill's show.

Because it imposes no occupational restrictions or hazardous rates, the A. O. U. W. of Kansas is one of the very few fraternal societies numbering circus men among its members.

Since its organization, however, the society has pursued this policy, and, while it has thousands of railroad men, miners and others who follow occupations which are generally classed as hazardous as members, the death rate among its membership is no greater than that of the average fraternal society, which bars these classes of risks or requires the payment of hazardous rates. during the year. Its splendid growth is due to its good fortune in having a fine bunch of active, hustling members who can be depended upon to take part in membership campaigns with enthusiasm and energy. One of these is Wm. Newton, better known, however, throughout the Middle West as "Lucky Bill." "Lucky Bill" Newton is a veteran circusman, who makes his home in Quenemo.

He is the proprietor of "Lucky Bill's Circus," the largest overland shows in the country. He is one of the most active members of Quenemo lodge and his faith in the Order is shown by the fact that sixteen members of his family hold cer- story of loyalty and patriotism. Now several hundred aditional stars will have to be added. 4 If you can't fight, buy a bond. When HELP TO CHECK LAPSATION.

If you hear of a neighbor or friend suspending his membership in the A. O. U. W. of Kansas it your duty to see him personally and endeavor to induce him to reinstate at once.

It will be a kindly and neighborly act if you do this and at the same time you will be rendering a positive service of great value not only to the A. 0. U. W. of Kansas but to the community and the nation as well.

The family of a man who dies at this time leaving neither an estate or insurance is placed in dire straits on account of the increased cost of living. In a majority of cases they inevitably require assistance and become a burden on the public. The man who allows his insurance protection to lapse under present conditions' is either incapable of sound thinking or is a slacker of the worst character. Because of the increased cost of building materials, property you come to think about it of what social purposes of fraternity are strengthened. At the end of the year 1917, the A.

O. U. W. of Kansas had 395 local lodges, one less than at the end of 1916, despite the fact that a number of new lodges were organized. During the year several small inactive lodges were consolidated with larger and stronger lodges and the result, it is believed, has been beneficial.

Because it will be of interest to the membership comparison is given below of the results of the past year's operations of all the various Jurisdictions of the A. 0. U. W. upon which official information could be secured.

It will be noticed that the A. O. U. W. of Kansas has a total membership nearly double that of the next largest Grand Lodge.

KANSAS Members written in 1917, amount, $7,985,000. Members in force at end of 1917, amount, $65,256,000. Assets, Benefits paid in 1917, MASSACHUSETTS Members written in 1917, 459; amount, Members in force at end of NO LIMIT IS PLACED ON CHILD INSURANCE. use is a man who has not gone to war, has not bought a bond, has not contributed to either the Red Cross or Y. M.

C. A. funds, and who allows his insurance protection to lapse? 4 In asking the people to use less wheat, sugar and fats the government is not demanding that they shall "old line" companies. While the Prudential Life Insurance company, for instance, offers a maximum benefit of $190 uipon the life of a child at a cost of five cents a week, or $2.60 a year, the A. O.

U. W. of Kansas in its Juvenile Beneficiary Department (Continued From Page Seven.) guarantees a maximum benefit of of the A. 0. U.

W. of Kansas have been organized. The reason is that the benefits guaranteed at a smaller cost by the A. 0. U.

W. of Kansas are from two to two and one-half times as great as those promised by A i 1 starve themselves. Waste should be reduced and in addition other foods can be used and wheat, sugar and fats conserved for the soldiers who are ouv at a cost ot twenty cents a month, or $2.40 a year. The agents fear that as soon as a child now in in France, while serving with the American expeditionary forces under the command of Gen. John J.

Pershing. Details regarding his death have not been obtained as yet, the official report simply announcing that he had been "killed in action." It is presumed, however, he met hia deatk in one of the raids the German forces have attempted on the American sector in Lorraine. Brother King was born September 16, 1895, and became a member of Harris lodge No. 377, May 25, 1917. His mother, Mrs.

Anzo Netta King, is named as beneficiary in his certificate. Four other members of the A. O. W. of Kansas have made the supreme sacrifice that democracy and national rights may live, dying front disease while at training camps.

The beneficiary certificates of two of these have been paid and settlements of the other two losses will be made as quickly as the death proofs can be completed. Julius A. Schaubel, who became a member of Holton lodge No. Ill on October 20th, 1916, died of measles and pneumonia at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, June 18, 1917. He was an apprentice seaman in thf, United States navy.

He was born. January 29, 1896, and his certificate for $500.00 was paid to his sister, Meta Singer, on August 18, 1917. Claude E. Pratt, a member of Lucas, lodge No. 255, died of pneumonia ii.

the United States Naval Hospital at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station on March 4, 1918. He was bom February 8, 1998, and became a mem ber of the A. O. U. W.

of Kansas, owners generally are taking out larger amounts of fire insurance so they may be adequately protected in case their properties are destroyed by fire and it is necessary to rebuild. On account of the higher cost of living a larger amount of life insurance protection is needed by every man to safeguard the future welfare of his family. Instead of lapsing insurance this is the time to increase the amount fighting the battles of the nation. 4 4 4 The Third Liberty Loan campaign is over. This month the second Red Cross drive will be inaugurated, and will be followed next month by anoth 1917, amount, $37,107,000.

Assets, $955,451. Benefits paid in 1917, $1,096,000. MINNESOTA Members written in 1917, 551; amount, $607,750. Members in force at end of 1917, amount, $25,976.35. Assets, $790,651.

Benefits paid in 1917, $510,725. ONTARIO Members written in 1917, 146; amount, $95,000. Members in force at end of 1917, er 1. xl. u.

a. anve. mere win De tests of patriotism for those of us who remain at home. We must back up the boys who have gone to the front. amount, $12,444,301.

Assets, 730. Benefits paid in 1917, $460,822. IOWA Members written in 1917, amount, $5,983,013. Members in force at end of 1917, amount, $15,688,469. Assets, $926,104.

Bene fits paid in 1917, $285,387. NORTH DAKOTA Members writ April 10th was "Grand Master's Night" with Osawatomie lodge No. 267. There was a good attendance of members and, following the initiation of a fine class of new members, the work being conferred by Lecturing Deputy A. A.

Reeside, the Grand Master Workman addressed the lodge upon the history and growth of the A. O. U. W. of Kansas, as well as the necessity for the close co-operation of fraternal societies with the government in war activities.

It is the patriotic duty, declared the Grand Master Workman, of every good citizen to get firmly behind the government at this time and to assist in the prosecution of the war not only by the conservation of food stuffs, but by the purchase of Liberty Loan Bonds and War Savings Stamps, as well as by generous contributions to the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and other war He told of his visit to Washington when the Secretary of the Treasury, Wm.

G. McAdoo, held a conference with the executive heads of the fraternal societies of the United States for the purpose of enlisting their co-operation in financing the war. The A. O. U.

W. of Kansas, he stated, is being looked to by the government to lend potent assistance in 4 4 4 The man who says he cannot afford to carry a certificate of protection in the A. O. U. W.

of Kansas for the benefit of his family cannot afford to have a family. In Wisconsin they are talking of enacting a law making it a misdemeanor for any married man not to carry life insurance protection. 4 4 If you find that the payment of your monthly assessment is a burden, there is an easy way to secure protection without cost. All that is necessary is to obtain a new member each month and the premium you will receive from the Grand Lodge will pay your assessment and dues. There is not a member of the lodge but who could secure at least one new application a month.

4. 4. 4. The Juvenile Beneficiary Department of the A. 0.

U. W. of Kansas is growing rapidly. If a branch of the department is organized during the present year by every lodge of the Order the department will have a carried. Don't be a slacker.

Do your part in the Jubilee Year Campaign. 4 i A few good, live meetings, combined with social entertainments of some interesting kind, are the best means of reviving an inactive lodge. 4 Certificates of membership in the A. 0. U.

W. of Kansas will "keep the Home Fire Burning" in the homes of some of the Kansas )x)ys who have gone to the trenches to fight the nation's battles. 4 4 The Jubilee Year membership campaign begins this month. Every member of the Order should lend his assistance and influence in making this campaign the most successful in. the 'history of the Order.

4" 4 4 There can be no neutrals in the Jubilee Year campaign. Volunteer at once for active service in the field forces of your lodge and help the A. O. U. W.

of Kansas to "go over the top" with the largest gain in membership in its history. 4 Every month from now on we must look for claims to be allowed for our brave boys who are in the trenches and the camps, who give up their lives in defense of the nation. Several claims already have been paid and these are hut the beginning of those which will steadily follow until the war is won and democracy is triumphant. -4 4 To whom it may concern: Are you going to help your lodge to show a net gain in membership this year? It didn't last year. Have you ever thought that the reason your lodge does not grow in membership is be "The A.

O. U. W. of Kansas is a Kansas institution that has grown with the state. Founded firmly on the true principles of fraternity and protection it has stood the test of forty years.

By the prompt payment of the full face, value of every certificate, death losses aggregating a total of $18,750,000 having been paid since its organization, the A. O. U. W. of Kansas has earned the confidence and trust of the people of Kansas.

Its members are rightfully proud of this splendid record and, due to their aggressive loyalty, the A. O. U. W. of Kansas is today the fastest growing fraternal society in Kansas.

"No other fraternal society is so well known in the state or enjoys the confidence of the people to the extent that the A. O. U. W. of Kansas does.

This is because it gives full protection to its members at all times, without restriction or special charge, having rightfully become known as 'The Society that Protects in Peace or Whatever conditions we may be called upon to face, the A. O. U. W. of Kansas will not be found lacking in the emergency.

The home of every member of the Order, who has been or may be called into the service of the nation in the world war for democracy, will be protected. Every member of the Order in the trenches can be assured that the future, welfare of his family is safeguarded by the A. O. U. W.

of Kansas. As the bonds of the United States are guaranteed by the people of the nation, so is the payment of the certificates of the A. O. U. W.

of Kansas guaranteed by the more than loyal members of the Order. The redoubtable Joe Johnson was present and made an interesting talk. He said that, as an undertaker, he had an unusual opportunity to see the good work of the A. O. U.

W. of Kansas, and made the assertion that the ten in 1917, amount, members in force at end of 1917, amount, $13,896,703. Assets, $1,636,656. ARKANSAS Members written in 1917, amount, $3,461,000. Members in force at end of 1917, amount, $9,255,000.

Assets, $281,892. Benefits paid in 1917, $51,303. WASHINGTON Members written in 1917, 584; amount, $649,500. Members in force at end of 1917, amount, $9,443,500. Assets, $821,006.

Benefits paid in 1917, $135,104. OKLAHOMA Members written in 1917, amount, $1,249,000. Members in force at end of 1917, amount, $7,401,720. Assets, $291,984. Benefits paid in 1917, $89,400.

WEST VIRGINIA Members written in 1917, 195; amount, $236,500. Members in force at end of 1917, amount, $4,297,667. Assets, Benefits paid in 1917, $72,195. TEXAS Members written in 1917, 118; amount, $146,000. Members in force at end of 1917, amount, $2,607,909.

Assets, $144,371. Benefits paid in 1917, $91,391. NEW JERSEY Members written in 1917, 41; amount, $30,500. Members in force at end of 1917, 745; amount, $736,159. Assets, $60,811.

Benefits paid in 1917, $22,488. CONNECTICUT Members written in 1917, 60; amount, $54,000. Benefits paid in 1917, $226,949. Membership at end of 1916 wa3 figures for 1917 not available. Kansas by reason of its large mem- March 9, 1917.

His beneficiary certificate for $1,000.00 was paid to his mother, Mrs. Gertrude M. Pratt, of April 11, 1918. William C. Baxter, who became h.

member of Parsons lodge No. 1, August 3, 1917, died at Ft. Riley on March 12, 1918. He was a soldier in the United States Infantry. He was born September 18, 1890, and his beneficiary certificate for $1,000.00 is payable to four sisters and four brothers.

Payment of the claim has not yet been made, as the proofs of death have not been completed. Reports from Pratt announce the death at Camp Grant of William Farrell, a member of Anniversary lodge 164 of Pratt. He formerly was employed by the Rock Island railway at Pratt and enlisted last January in the Auxiliary Remount Depot Brigade, He carried a certificate for $2,000 the A. O. U.

W. of Kansas, his bene ficiary being his mother, Mrs. Margaret Farrell. He leaves three brothers, Earl, Roy, Thomas and William, all of whom are in the army except Thomas and he is in the pre-draft. Earl Farrell is now in France, while Roy is with the Aviation Corps In Texas.

Claim for the payment of the certificate of William Farrell has as yet not been filed. membership of 5,000 before the next 1 bership among the best people of the session of the Grand Lodge at Hays City. There is no question but that the department will be of great value to the Order in the future as it is estimated that with a membership of 10,000 at least 1,000 juvenile members will be transferred each year to the A. O. U.

W. of Kansas without a cent of expense. 4 "fr The great majority of the lodges of the A. O. U.

W. of Kansas have dedicated service flags in honor of their members who are in the military service. Every lodge should adopt the idea of posting a Roll of Honor on the walls of their lodge hall. A sheet of heavy cardboard, or other suitable material, can be secured and the name of every member serving his country in either the army or navy inscribed upon it. As additional members are called into the service their names state.

"National emergencies, hard times and business panics," he said, "have tested the stability of the Order in the past and it 'has emerged greater and stronger than ever. The present world war will be the supreme test for the institution and we must deepen and widen its foundations so that it may withstand any and every shock. During the past year the growth of the Order lias been satisfactory, but to safeguard the future perpetuity of the society a still greater rate of growth must be maintained in the future, as heavier burdens in death losses will be placed upon it than ever before. The A. O.

U. W. of Kansas has never yet failed to pay one hundred cents on the dollar on every death loss and this proud record must be continued. To insure our ability to do this we must increase cause too many of the members, like you, do not give any active assist members never need worry about the future prosperity of the Order as long ance in the membership campaign? This is the Jubilee Year of the A. O.

U. W. of Kansas, since on October 27, 1918, the Order will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. The A. O.

U. W. A certificate of membership in the A. O. U.

W. of Kansas for the protection of his family and some building and loan stock as an Investment is the ideal combination for the average man. Investment insurance in an "old line." company is an expensive luxury as it does not give equal returns for the money. aa the Grand Master Workman was in charge of affairs. Dr.

P. W. Robinson, who will be remembered by those who attended the session of the Grand Lodge at Hutchinson as a candidate for Grand Medical Examiner, and other members of the lodge also made short talks. Carrying protection in the A. O.

U. W. of Kansas is nothing more or less than purchasing an estate on the monthly installment plan for the benefit of your family. The best part of it is that no matter when you die the full amount of the sum you have determined to save is paid. of Kansas, as the most fitting manner of celebrating Jubilee Year, plans to can be added to the list.

In this way I our membership at a more rapid pace it will always be known just who are than heretofore and thereby strength-at the front. en our financial resources. increase its membership to fifty thousand. "Won't you help?.