Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-28
CATHOLIC ORDER
FOR SACRIFICE
Speakers at Knights Of Colum-
bus Banquet Make Pa
triotic Appeals.
TOAST TO BOYS IN FRANCE
Festivities End With Prayer
for Orders Members
Over There"

Patriotism, the kind that trusts and
sacrifices without murmur or critl-
clam, marked the words OF speaker
~ the banquet of the Tulsa council OF
| Knights Of Columbus At the ketchum
hotel last night The evening began
with the singing of the national an
them and ended with toast TO the
| boys In France. represented by the
orders service flag with ~ stars
The Rev. A. Hubert OF Okmulgee.
state chaplain, OF the Kniph hts OF Co
luinbus. "a peiglan by birth and an
American by adoption and natural!Ea-
| lion, delivered an eloquent appeal to
the several hundred guests 10 give
their last cent and the last ounce Of
their power for the United states. the
nation-at-war.
Belgian Urges Sacrifice.
There was firo In the pr.ests words.
PEI hnps he was thinking or the ashcs
OF i.ouVain or was II the suffering
women and little children OF belgium
nut there was earnestness in his
words that made his hearers feel
what he termed the righteousness Of
I this war"
"uVl America en..red the world
war, he said the nations of Eu-
rope did not know what they , were
fighting for. There In wave OF Ger
man propaganda sweeping ADver the
country with the purpose 0f lullirg us
INTO feeling OF security. A man told
me the war would be over by, Christ
mas ana that WAS weeks ago | said
We Will have peace some Christmas
but II will not be this year; perhaps
In 1913, but when IL comes II will be
lasting peace. DO what your gov
eminent asks Of you .ry TO realize
| IN kHA
| ions now that Germany has been
taking for forty years and dc not
hesitate to sacrifice yolr money and
your life"
otlaiioma Was Generous.
| ed. ]. Delaney, state deputy. told
briefly OF the work oklahoma has
done ana is doing In the national and
guard cantonments IN the country
me a..te's quota of $4,000 was over
subscribed three times, bringing word
from national officers that the aplen-
oid response Of Oklahoma was the
outstanding feature or the national
campaign To raise SO. goo, OOO for war
wcfk activities a.spng the men in
khaki The per capita amount raised
IN the state was s35, ranking Oklaho-
ma third on his basis
"A, j. CrossmeSer OF OkmulRee, one
or the national four-minute men. gave
al elsht-minute talk descriptive of the
need OF workmen in government ship
yards. While there were fourteen
shlpyards before the war, there are
| ia now, he said. and Oklahoma Is
asked 10 contribute 10000 workmen
to build ships There Is need for prac-
tically every kind of labor. The gov
ernment frankly admits, Mr. Cross
myer said. that at the present time
I "a IN hot lNy ~
can be built.
| And your war work activities. and
training of men and manufacture OF
munitions and your sacrifices and
your money Will be all useless unless
ships are built 10 transport men and
supplies to Europe. Plans are now
under way for building bottoms for
ten million tons and IL In thot that
before the war ends, we will need 100
million TONS" he said.
We Nee.i War Spirit.
J. y. O'Meara, formerly of Bnrtles-
VIE and now n resident OF Tulsa
made an appeal for fun cooperation
with the government, declaring that
the Knights Of Columbus held their
country above all else. A prayer, once
said by an Irish priest over the grave
OF Fenian. was repeated by Mr..
] " N'ai" US type OF tne spirit that
should move Americans now. This liz
the prayer; God give us peace and
keep red strife away but should II
come, God send us men and steel"
Other speakers OF the evening were
| X. IA. Seigfried, graEd knight OF Tulsa
council: Charles w. Daley, district
deputy OF the order; Frank ]. Minton
OF Oklahoma City; f.. w Essig. Ok
mulsee Horace II. Hagan of Tulsa
presided as tonsnnaster.
The banquet was the closing exer-
| else OF the program for exemplifica-
ton of the first three degrees OF the
knights of Columbus, at the hall.
il6 IL Boulder, yesterday afternoon.
Forty candidates we're Initiated, bring
ing the membership OF the Tulsa coun-
Gil past the four hundred mark, and
| giving IL the distinction OF being the
largest council In the state and one OF
the largest In the southwest. Mem
bcrs of the order from Oklahoma CITY,
Muskogce, Bartlesville, Ponca city