The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-18

druggists and toilet counters.
believed that nations needed to pre-
pare the same. as individuals. y
Navy 10 First Limo.
The first line OF offense. Major Col
Inns said, was the, navy, because of the
fact that the United States has TO-
900 miles Of coast and the Monroe
speakers address was that the United
States should build the limit in battle
ships. The limit he placed at ships
that could go through the Panama
canal. A ship of 10000 hons could do
this, he said. These would cost but
little more than those being built at
present. he said, and would not go to
the scrap heap in few years. He
suggested that all interested should
take up the matter with congressman
from this district.
The postmaster then called upon
Very Rev. j. w. Gillespie, pastor of
st. Peters Roman Catholic church.
Rev. Gillespie proved to be a very
witty speaker and also a. very eloquent
one. He put his hearers in good
humor at the start by relating a num-
Der of humorous stories. He then
launched into his address on "The
Needs and Wants Of Society,"" inter
rupfing every now and then to push
his point home with pithy story.
Three Needs Of Society.
The three most urgent needs Of So
cfety as noted by Rev. Gillespie are.
God, home and country. The priest
also made a plea for political honesty.
He urged that the best use be made
of the ballot box. Besides political
honesty, the subject Of international
honesty was touched upon. Rev. Gil
lespie wanted to see rights Of all ma
tons respected and Justice upheld and
pointed to the United States as the ex-
ample for others to follow.
Postmaster E. P. McMan1ls was then
called upon. AS the other speakers
had made several sly hits at Mr.. Nc
Manus, he turned on them with ven
geance when he obtained the floor.
The speaker introduced number OF
witty stories and closed with tribute
to the High Tension club, its. founders
and members. He said that the organ
ization held a high place in the regard
OF the community. MAKE as much
of your organization as possible" he
said in conclusion. "anM keep it as
clean in the future as you have in the
past"
Short talks were given by R. B.
Rowland, J. p Ingle, Hazen 7. Sawyer
and N. T. Wilcox. In closing the meet
ing President Venning spoke Of COM
ing events and thanked Manager
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for their efficient service and also all
banquet success.
Those Who Were There.
Following is list of those present
ut the banquet last evening":
Invited guests-G. q. Weisenber-
ger. r. E. Baker and H. W.>Davis
of the Electro Metals company: II;
G. Chapman and M. C. Cook of q. Z
du Point de Nemours Co.; c. J. Eek
lard and e. o. Eckland of J :.
Hubinger Bros. Co.; C. Cutler, Bur
lington wire chief Of the Mississippi
River Power company; Major Mont
gom cry Meigs, U. S. G.; Commission
er Fred Hilpert, Jr.; G. E. Warwick,
Edward F. Carter and Charles ID.
Honce from The Gate City; w. e.
Strimback and A. L. Hemenway of
the Sunday Morning Optic; Phil Dali
lam. editor of the Warsaw Bulletin;
y X. Ewing, editor of the Hamilton
Press: Neil Daugherty, mayor of
Hamilton; Mayor Hill Of Warsaw;
Charles Allen, mayor of Montrose;
C. ], Kirch of the Standard -Four
Tire company: e. Johnstone. Emil
Renaud and the following speakers:
w. b. Collins, E. P.<McManus, Very
Rev. ]. w. Gillespie and H.: S.
Walker.
Members
G.. A. Kirchner, R. r. Ralston, c.
G.. Bluffum, VIM. II. Kennedy, b! c.
ward, R. b. Rowland, ]. L. s. Scad-
ding. Paul C.. King, w. j. Croker,
Jr., Verne Plenge. H. p. Denton. R.
II. Bolster, c. D. Stoner, G. G. Jewett,
Albion Davis, Leslie Bever, T. M.
Chamberlain, S. e. Moore, G. w.
Carlson, w. G.. Ainsley, A. =. kuse.
DR.. f. b. Dorsey. DR.. F. b. Dorsey,
Jr., r. v. Sprague, l.. X. McQuade,
J o. Boyd, A. T. Murray. 7 c Meri-
wether, c Herlofson, I. K. Gibson.
Geo. Peterschmidt. II. M. Perks, Al
fred 8. Nichols, E. Plug, A. q; Hill
mer. E.. Roberts, j. p. Ingle, Thos.
T, Murray, Terrence Cavanaugh. r.
s. Bacon, c. e. Burns, VIM. Judd,
JOS, Judd, G.. Nelson, Dan Devine,
Jos. j. Hiley. E. w. Mccoy, f. II.
Rennert, j. v. Devine.
F. J. Venning. C. Wickham. ID. NJ
Miller. M. H. Montague, I. A. Mighill,
II. P. Roberts, E. G. Elliot, +. J.
BUYS, Hazen 1. Sawyer. Paul Newell,
!. III. Bissell, Frank O'Neill, J. A.
Gordon, Roger A. Gordon. J. E. Dietz,
C. A. Wickham, A. c. Anderson. 4.
+. Doyle, r. v. Bear, F. e. Tomlin-
son. e. Earl Frank, N. I. wilcox,
Ed. Brugman. E. H. Keator, Z. w.