The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-10

HEAR new CALL TO DUTY
Annual Meeting of Chamber of Com
merce Made Notable BY Address BY
John M. Callahan of milwaukee.
Wider Support Is Asked rm..

| The value of the Chamber of Com
merce in war and in peace, was shown
conclusively in reports President Dan
Q. Head and Secretary Richard Francis
made to the members at the annual
meeting at the Elks Club on Tuesday
evening. These reports showed that
| the Chamber of Commerce had filed a
definite place of leadership in the COM
munity and had filed it we'll
The meeting was a most enthusiast
tic one, more than a hundred of the
members were present. 1t was not
without a splendid patriotic feature, as
after the reports of the officers had
been made the members listened to a
thrilling patriotic address by John M
Callahan of Milwaukee. With the
powers of wonderful oratory, Mr. Cal
lahan called upon the members of the
Chamber Of Commerce as the leaders
of the great business life of Kenosha,
ito pledge themselves anew to the eause
tof the NATION in. peace and war. He
told the story of America s entrance
into the war; of the bravery which
had been shown by American men
fighting not for conquest Of indemnity
I but that world might be free. He
made strong plea for the greater
Americanism Of the complex population
of the nation he bitterly attacked
socialism and its leaders, and in con
Guiding his address he made fervent
plea to the people of Kenosha to stand
firm and put in the final punch.
In the splendid talk made by Mr.. Cal
lahan there was no suggestion of any
peace that had the mark Made in
Germany. On the other hard, he de-
clared that the American people must
demand that the Hun surrender uncon-
ditionally and that the leaders of
the Huns be turned over for trial
and proper punishment by the victors
| in the war.
His thrilling call to the people to
sacrifice now when the great victory
was just in the offing, reused his hear
ers to great applause.
The meeting ON Tuesday night was
designed as a business meeting of the
members of the Chamber of Commerce
In his annual report President Head
declared that the Chamber had accom-
plished much during the year just clos
ling and that it had accomplished these
things on account of the cooperation
I
of its members. He declared that coor-
dination among the people of Kenosha
had made it possible for the city to
stand first in the nation in meeting the
great problems of the war. He declar-
aS that the work Of the Chamber of
Commerce had rightfully been largely
connected with the calls of the nation
rather than the call of the local com
munity and that it had stood like
a bugler calling the people to the
realization of their full duty in sup
port of the nation.
Secretary Francis gave q most inter
esting report of the years activities.
He declared that the Chamber of Com
merce has asserted its leadership in
every way possible. That it had been
first to aid in recruiting volunteers;
that it had aided in raising funds to
take care of our boys going away to
war; that it had aided In great cam
paigns for the sale of the Liberty Loan
bonds and Thrift Stamps; that it had
been an inspiration to the work of or
ganizing the Patriots Fund; that it
had fostered the community spirit and
made it possible for Kenosha to come
into all Of these great movements
with united citizenship to patri-t
otically and Loyalty met every demand
made upon it.
| He spoke of its work in connection
with the organization of the Home
Guard, the State Guard company,
the Boy Scouts, the Sea Scouts and
other organizations
He spoke of work along civic lines
The fight made by the Chamber of
Commerce to secure better street rail
way traffic, to lift the ban against
sailors coming to Kenosha, and seeing
that they came under proper conditions,
It's making of a complete record of the
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