Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-02

Webster City.
Private Lewis Larson. Webster Cit,
At Church.
The memorial day address was. mad
at the Methodist church, Senator c.
Saunders Of Council Bluffs having bee
secured for its delivery. The churcl
was com fortably filled, the members 0
the g. A. r. and w. r. G.. Occupyin
places specially reserved for them
Mayor r. G. Clark presided and intro
lduced the speaker as .'amOng Iowa
best which later comment was ais
the concensus of opinion of those VIII,
heard the address.
Father Barry read the Invocation ant
the Webster City mems glee club san,
two enjoyable numbers under the lead
ership of Fl. &. KOenig. An interestin:
feature of the meeting was the eXcellen
delivery of Lincoln's Gettysburg ad
dress by James Young, son of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Calvin Young. The meeting CLOSED
with the assembly singing America
and prayer.
| Senator Saunders Speaks.
Senator Saunders, after paying tri
butte to Americas defenders in three
wars, among them the 10000 who Lie
in fresh graves in France, recalled the
| traditions of the nation. its victorious
war record, its lack Of Interior motives
in the great world war and, in closing
took strong stand in favor of the
League of Nations. He delivered Bit
ing Indictment of bolshevism in eynry
form and made telling plea for world
Americans, and the dedica ton anew Of
the life Of every citizen to the best
cause of this nation.
Nations Traditions.
"A nation without traditions is q dy-
ing nation" he declared For a great
nation, there must be great men and
great women who have had great tro-
ditions.' The speaker recalled the ira
ditions Of the Revolution, the war Of
1872, the traditions Of Gettysburg,
Vicksburg and the March to the Sea.
Our boys in France did not retreat n
mile" he said. Veterans Of the civil
war, they We're your boys; they would
not have been worthy of thei- fathers
if they had not achieved as their IA
theirs achieved"
Speaking of the high purpose OF Am
erica's entry into the world VAR, the
senator asked: What have we gained
from the war? Territory? None! We
would reject it with contempt if it We're
offered We want no indemllitiei. They
sank a few of our merchant ships They
will pay for those. We will be no rich
er than before. We gained no temporal
wealth in dollars and cents when we
took up the struggle of a battle Scared
world against the brutal Hun. ''7-' r.
Autocracy Dead.
Eve are assured of the fact that au-
ltocracy is dead forever. There does not
live, nor will there live in, a thousand
years, any m ton which will tell us to
keep off the ocean. We have been called
upon to arbitrate at the peace confer
ence. We are not as popular in Europe
today as we we're two years ago. We
are sharing that particular result which
always comes to the one who is COM
PEELED to act as arbitrator.
"America is spokesman at -.le pea.r
conference because she is il the right
Germany is looking as anNinnsiy IT, Am
erica today Sc is France or England.
They all know and understand that
America seeks nothing of profit, her
only desire is that tl.e world live in
peace"
Senator Saunders paid high tribute
to American soldiers, quoting foreign
military officers and the words Of a not
ed English woman, ''rhe American army
not only fights well, but they are so
well behaved He also spoke enthusi-,
astically of hospital unit X of Council
Bluffs. to which Dr. II. C. Crumpton of
this city was attached throughout his
army medical service. %
Iowa in Civil War.
Referring to civil war days he spoke
of Governor Kirkwood's call for one
regiment, He got ten regiments. Iowa
with population of less than 100000
sent $4,000 men to the front. There
was no such percentage in this war, but
if it had been necessary, there would
have becn," the speaker affirmed. "Af-
ter ALL he concluded. ''we tasted only
the top of the cup France, Belgium,
England drained ii to the dregs. Fiji
ty-eight per cent of the young men of
France between the ages of eighteen
and thirty-One are dead. Forty-two per
cent are cripples. England lost 1,15O,-
600 in battle and thousands of English
men sleep under the restless waves