The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-01
Ale Brewer and Sportsman.

Ale brewer ana sportsman.
Another Englishman whose identity
could not be mistaken was H. S. H.
Guinness of London West. A member
Of the famous Guinness stout family,
old chappie, and right good sport,
SO all who met him declared. He
wore q monocle and carried his blan-
ket. The view of the work on the
power plant to him was "mahvelus'
and he spoke of "drawft tubes when
the engineers were explaining the
draft tubes to him Guinness stout
is famous the world over, and this
visitor was from this family of ale
brewers.
And then there was E. Mackaye Ed
gar. Of London, owner of Maple Leaf
III, the fastest motor boat in the
world. and the winner of the Harms
worth trophy. So interested was Mr.
Edgar in the work here, and SO inter
ested was Engineer Cooper in the
motor boat mans success, that the
movements of both men became or
mutual interest to each other.
Soldier and,sFinanciers.
Another visitor was Captain Sir
George Prescott of the Second Life
Guards. He was not the only soldier
to visit Riverview club
w. S. Barclay and SitArthur Gibbs,
both of The Daily . Mail of London
were members Of the newspaper fra
ternity who registered at the club.
Llionell Whiteford and Ernest L..
Lea were other sLondoners who regis
tered at the club.
Another watera power man was Ar
| thur e. HadIey who-was here OCTOBER
| Is, 1912, and who was the managing
director of the Victoria Falls COM
pany. ~
An article in a recent issue Of the
Saturday Evening. Post quoted Hart
lev Withers, director Of the financial
Inquiries at the, British treasury. The
| club register at Riverview showed
that Hartley Withers of London, Eng
land, arrived in Keokuk on December
IS, and departed on the following
day. u.
Not all of the visitors talked about
London and the good old days at Elton
and Oxford. There were plenty who
owned Heidelburg as their Alma Mat
err, and who pledged allegiance to the
kaiser.
kaisers Engineer Hero.
DR.. Max Schinkel of Kiel, GERMANY
was one Of the most prominent vlsl-
tors to the Riverview club. DR.. Sch1n.
KEEL was the chief engineer on the KEEL
,canal-the Kaiser Wilhelm ship canal.
The canal was dedicated by the kais-
or and after its completion, the en-
efneer was made a cabinet member.
A. the time of his visit here DR.. Schin-
kel was considered one Of the great
n Gnrr9ny.
And then there was K. Frentzen.
chief engineer in charge of the canal
at Essen-Ruhr. DR.. Richard Borchers'
a Prussian government engineer was
also in Keokuk during the construc'
tion Of the dam and power plant
George Fischer, commissioner OF pup
liz works for the German government
aft Breslau was at the club. ...,..
The following crowd Of German en-
eineers came together and stayed AT
tha Riverview club, July s, 1872: VII
helm Germelmann, Berlin; F. Teler
Uarnci w. Germany; Paul Kraft
cruiten. Rhineland, Germany; Gustav
. p;ohter Potsdam: Dietrich Hide
hand Rreslau. One of the men in
!. this group was count.
Karl F1chs of Munich, a hydro
+,cbnic expert was a visitor at the
pi,erview club. In November, 1911
when the work was in the carry
stages. f. Horstman of Heidelberg
, visited the project.
From France and Russia.
From the republic of france cam
d,.t;nguished visitors to the RivervfeW
oiuh during the time that the water
newer project was in the process Of
! p,,;Iding Chief among these was |
, pourgougnon of Marseilles, chief engi
neer of roads and bridges OF france
, He is one of the most famous OF the
French engineers.
|, Russia had several representative
! + men registered at the R,verv1ew s, ciu 10
,, No lesser parsonage than Emil ae
,, Hoerschelman. TzarsvoeiSelo. near