The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-19
Bla Pageant to Honor Drafted Men
Tomorrow Night, viii Start on
Dot From Third
Street.
WILL MARCH OUT MAIN
Line Counte rmarches to Ninth and
Dsbands at Sixth in Front OF
EIks Building for
Program.


The big parade, part OF the god.
speed given the selected soldiers or
the national army, departing from Ice
county, will move exactly at f:oo
o'clock Thursday evening.
It will form on Blondeau street
from Third to Ninth street. The
line of march will be down \ htrd to
the monument; up Main to TWeirth;
counter-march down Main to Nlnth'
to Blondeau; to Sixth, III front OF the
Elks club.
At once upon the dis:,anding Of the
parade, the mass meeting will begin
in front of the Elks club. There VIII
be music and some talks strictly nm
tied to five minutes each, the speak
CTS addressing the audience FROM the
porch Of the Elks club house which
will be the platform. Front seats
will be occupied by the guests OF
honor, the selected soldiers, ana
some others.
The position of the different or
Plantations in the parade will be
announced by Committeeman Charles
| S. Abel in The Gate City Thursday.
| A. J. Hardin will be marshal. with
T. H. R. Rollins as chief of staff.
Committeeman Abel wants 1t dis
tinctly understood that the column
will begin its march exactly at 7:5o
| o'clock, regardless Of absentees. and
that anybody not in line at that min
ute will be left. He always starts
parades in his charge on the minute.
and there will be no fatiguing delays
In this monster farewell demonstra-
ton to the selected soldiers.
| Committeeman Fred Overton has
found it impossible to carry out his
plan of giving flag to every march.
err. There are only few hundred
flags available for the thousands who
will be in line. Every marcher, and
every organization, is asked to bring
flag If each organization brings
its own large flag, the showing will
! be adequate, in addition to the many
smaller flags in Keokuk homes which
| individuals can bring and carry.
The Program.
The program for the evening at the
Elks club has been arranged in the
| following form by Chairman Scott:
D. D.
America, double quartette, compos-
ed of Miss Baldwin, Miss Grace Jest
err, sopranos; Mrs. Hugh J. Robertson,
Miss Harriette Kastner. altos; tenors,
| James Young and Howard w. Wood;
bass, c.. F. Mcfarland, C. w. Dick
| inson; Clara Gertrude Fry, accomp-
anist.
| Address, Winona Evans Reeves,
representing the women's organiza-
| tons.
Address, Father George Giglinger,
representing the Catholic churches.
Address, by representative of labor
organizations.
| Address, c. r. Joy, representing
the bankers.
Address, Wells NJ Irwin, represent
ing the business men.
Address, Alonzo Drain, represent
ing the colored citizens.
| Address, A. H. Evans, representing
the veterans.
Address, Ed. s. Lotion, mayor. rep
resenting the entire city.
Marshal A. J. Hardin this after
noon appointed his aides for the pa
Burton Wilkinson, L. A. Berryhill,
T. H R. Rollins and J. J. Crimmins,
Sr.
Organized Labor to Show Large,
The executive board of the Trades
and Labor assembly met last evening
and resolved to make the largest pos
sible showing in the big parade
All organized labor will mobilize
at their hall Thursday evening in time
to start from there at 7:15 o'clock
sharp for the position assigned them
on Blondeau street in the formation
of the line. The three assistant
marshals for the organized labor
division appointed last night are John
Mckenzie, Albert Kiefer and William
G. Bowman.
A bulletin was drafted askins that
| all members Of organized labor who
previously have marched with fra
| ternal and other lodge organizations,
march this time with the Trades and
Labor assembly division in this pa
rade With organized labor from
Samuel Gompers down, so strongly
patriotic in this war, the Keokuk as
sembly hopes that the showing in
this parade in honor Of the selected
army will make showing common
surate with its real attitude.
The idea Of closing all mercantile
houses and factories at 5 o'clock
Thursday afternoon to give the men
opportunity to march, is meeting
with universal acceptance. L. a.
! Hanill. in charge Of this for the
committee, has not yet been able TO
see all of the proprfetors, and re-
quests that they telephone him at
once their willingness to close at
O'Clock, or ask him to adjust any
agreements necessary to this end.
Soldiers to Get the Very Best.
at want the selected army soldiers
to feel that we are sincere in the hon
ors we pay Them" said John G. Scott,
"and that in addition to the parallels
and the bands and the speeches in
their honor, we feel that nothing Is
too good for them" After being
modified at the county court house
Thurs day afternoon. the soldiers will