The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-28
Senator FraiIey Makes Forceful Appeal Last
Evening to the Citizens to Buy
~ Liberty Bonds.
BOND SALESMEN'S PARADE A FEATURE
Patriotic Rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan
Drew the Largest Crowd Ever
Assembled in keokuk.

Private Harvey A. Breitenstein hai
told the story of his experiences OF
the way to France and his man!
trips over the top to the people o
Keokuk. 1t seemed as though every
man, woman and child in the cit!
turned out last night to listen to the
interesting story of his part in the
war OF the world.
Intense Interest.
The great crowd listened attentive
" and wanted him to go on when he
had finished.
His style was that OF a fighting
man. He told things just as they ap
peared to him.
He told about many Of the terrible
atricfties which he has seen with his
own eyes and which are melting the
hatred for the Huns in the hearts OF
the American soldiers and causing
them to make wonderful advances
low in progress.
Entire Meeting Pleased.
C. r. Joy made a most acceptable
chairman of the meeting and the
great crowd cheered long and enthus-
iastically when he adm onished those
men who fail to remove their hats
when the emblem OF our country
passed in the parade.
Senator Jos. r. Frailey made a
patriotic address the equal Of which
has not been heard in this city since
the beginning Of the war.
Iowa's part in the fourth Liberty
loan will be due in great measure
to the hundred or more addresses
which Senator Frailey has already
made in its interest.
Mayor Presents Medal.
At the con clusion of Private Brett
enstein's address Mayor Ed s. Lotion
in behalf of the people of Keokuk
presented him with handsome gold
medal.
The inscription on which Is: ITO
Harvey A Breitenstein from the citi-
zens Of Keoknk in appreciation OF
his sacrifices in the World War, 1918"
Private Breitenstein was much i'm
pressed with the gift and thanked the
people most cordially.
The Parade.
: All the bond statesmen for the fourth
Liberty loan headed by company in
command of Capt c. A. Powell and
the Keokuk Concert band acted as
an escort to Private Breitenstein pre-
Yious to the meeting
This procession went to the Breiten-
stein home where the boy, his father
and step-mother were placed in an
automobile and escorted through the
city proper to the speakers stand on
the postoffice lawn.
Private Sretenstein Cheered
The two speakers on the program
were Senator J. R. Frailey of Fl. Madi-
son and Private Harvey A Breiten-
stein.
Quite the hero Of the evening was
Private Breitenstein, who because Of
MANNED hand and paralyzed arm,
has been invaded home from active
service in France. He is the first Keo-
kuk boy to return from war. The
government engaged him to tour Iowa
and speak in the interest of the fourth
Liberty loan drive and he was here
last night for that purpose.
Private Breitenstein was greeted
with cheers as he came forward to
speak. In opening his talk he out
lined the experiences Of Company l.
after the Keokuk men reached Camp
Mills, told of their trip across seas
and the journey from England to
France
The feeling the men had in going
under fire for the first time was de-
scribed by Private Breitenstein in
this way:
THE only thing find wrong about
us going under fire is the fact that
they tell us at ten o'clock the night
before that we must 90 "over the top
In the morning. To have to worry all
That night, to think Of a fellow com.
rade going to his death-for seldom
does soldier think OF his own death
serves to break fellows nerve
"a few minutes before we went
over the top one fellow in the GROVE
began to Jolly us. Two minutes be
fore we went he slapped another sol
der on the back and said. buck IN
1t will not be 40 bad. What's The mat
ter with your
Nothing stammered the other
The boys started to laugh. Oufc1
orders came for us to make the td
vance. We went over the top-smiI
ing
He recited several instances n
marked German cruelty. Because q
these things, American soldiers war
not sparing the Germans, was HI
declaration IA
1t was noticeable that Private Pref
}enstein did not talk of himself ~ N
manned hand and paralyzed arm
His message was simple and dire,
and for his country all the way throne,
as he began to plead for peop,e An 7 :