The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-04
WAR SAVINGS
MEETING HELD.
Believed to Have Been the Most Sue.
cessfuI Meeting Of Its Kind Ever
Held in Crawford County
LIEUT.. MIcHEAux is cHEERED
Proved Himself a Valiant Soldier on
the Battlefield and Was Decorat-
ed by Belgium and France

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Proved Himself Valiant Soldier on
| the Battlefield and Was Decorat-
| ed by Belgium and France
The war savings meeting which was
held at the opera house on Friday,
November 29th, at 1 o'clock, was no
doubt one of the most Interesting meet
| ings ever held here for war purposes.
The meeting was in charge Of Sears
McHenry, who is the county chair
man of the War Savings committee.
and Notwithstanding the fact that the
meeting was postponed on short no.
| tice from 10 O'Clock as advertised, to
o'clock, a good audience greeted the
speakers.
The party was composed Of five
people, namely: M. L. Bowman, OF.
Waterloo, who had charge; Ed 81.
White, of Harlan; Rabbi Emanuel
Sternheim, of Sioux City; Mrs. Laura
c. lockwood, of Iowa City, and Lieut.
Micheaux of the French army The
purpose of the meeting was to I'M
press upon the people the great need
of continuing in thrift, and the neces-
sity of purchasing War Savings
stamps. This was briefly stated by
Mr.. McHenry and the speakers were
then introduced, and took charge. of
the meeting. Each speaker gave q
short talk which was right to the
point, and stated facts concerning the
cost of this great war, which were
astounding. Mr.. Bowman by means
OF an interesting chart brought out
the fact that the cost of the war had
increased from one-half billion dollars
which was, the average expenditure
for six months in ordinary times, to
thirteen billion dollars which will be
the expenditure for the six months
beginning Jan. l., 1918. He made It
very emphatic that while we had
come forward on every occasion in the
past for raising money for war pur-
poses. the need was so much greater
now than generally understood, that
we would have to continue to contrib
ute and lend to the government to q
much greater extent in the months to
come Each speaker dwelt on the
thought that while the fighing was
|oyer the cost of the war had hardly
begun, and in order to meet these
demands there is a greater need for
thrift now than ever before. IL,
Rabbi Sternhaim, OF Sioux City,
gave a most eloquent address on de
|mocracy, and his earnest and force
full manner OF speaking greatly inl-s
pressed his hearers. The last speak
|er of the party was Lieutenant
Micheaux, who is lieutenant of ar
tillery in the French army. Lieuten-
ant Micheaux entered the great world
war the second day after its conf
mencement and was stationed in Bel
gium with his artillery. He has been
GUM and twice in France, and was
one of party sent out to locate the
first long range gun which fired on
Paris. and which they were success
full in locating and destroying. The.
lieutenant speaks English brOkenly
and while he is not to be classed With
the orators, his talk was listened to
with profound interest and his state
ments made a deep impression on the
audience and will long be remember
ed. Speaking of German atrocities, he
stated that we knew nothing about
them, for newspapers dared not print
what had actually occurred and that
he himself had witnessed sights which
he could not repeat at such a gather
ing. He said that it was q common
supposition that the German people
themselves did not want this war,
but that the kaiser had forced it upon
them, but from many incidents. some
of which he related, he was OF the
firm opinion that the German people
were as anxious for warfare as the
kaiser himself. He paid high tribute
to the United States for their timely
assistance in this great crisis and
stated that France never would for
get
The speakers were limited for time.
inasmuch as they had to leave at IS
o'clock, but each one handled the sub.
ject from different viewpoint and
no time was wasted in unnecessary
speaking. The schools We're dismisg-
ed in order to permit the students 70
attend the meeting and the young
people, showed as keen an interest as
the older members of the audienc8
In conclusion the chairman OF the
party urged everyone to keep their
pledges for the purchase of War SaF.
ings stamps and stated that Iowa was
more than fifteen million dollars short
in their pledges for this purpose. All
pledges for War Savings stamps afe
now due and should be paid pit once In
order to help offset this shortage. ".
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