The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-11
DEMONSTRATION
WAS A FLUKE
Great Lakes Band, HeraIded to Boost
Liberty Loan Falls to Arrive,
and Chairman Dunlap
Acts.
NO MORE FAKES HERE
II Higher Ups Undertake to ignore
Their Promises, keokuk viii
Protect Its People,
Dunlap Decides.
NO MORE FAKES HERE

The special train sent out by the
Victory Liberty loan organization at
Chicago to cover the entire state OF
Iowa, and the crowning attraction
of which was heralded as section
Of the Great Lakes naval station
band, arrived this morning as per
schedule, but--minus the band.
County Chairman John A. Dunlap
and the local committee were at the
station when the train arrived short
ly before o'clock, and the first that
was known of the shortage of the
main attraction was when the train
pulled in.
Mr.. Dunlap's immediate decision
was that there would be no demon
stration as planned, as the people
were asked to come down town by .
o'clock in order to hear this famous
band. and the local committee would
not allow the sideshow to work here
without the big show that had actu-
ally attracted the people.
The Explanation.
A. w. Arnold. of the Greater Iowa
association, was in charge of the
train and made the following expla-
nation:
Until last night we had with US
the Rainbow Division, 16Sth Infantry,
band, and il was one of the pest or
the army bands. We were only able
to secure it after days of hard work
through authorities at Chicago and
! the war department at Washington.
This band was giving excellent serv-
ice and was attracting large crowds,
when suddenly, on Wednesday, or
ders came for the band Immediately
to return to Des Moines. After con-
siderable telephoning and telegraph
ing, even to Washington, we were
able to keep the band only until we
got to Fort Madison. after which they
returned to Des Moines.'
Mr.. Arnold placed the blame for
the fiasco on the officials in the war
department, who, he thinks, are not
giving the Victory loan the co-opera-
ton that they should in the matter
of supplying the army bands.
Praise For Dunlap.
It is the opinion here that such
ridiculous, muddled-up affairs as
billing up a star attraction here and
then the Victory loan organization
falling down on the furnishing of the
attraction makes the floating OF the
loan greater task.
Everyone is congratulating Mr.
DUNLAP on the stand which he took.
During the last Liberty loan cam
paign, the word was sent out that
12o bluejackets were to be sent here
with a band of thirty-five pieces, and
when the attraction arrived there
were but twelve Jackies besides the
band. At that time the disappoint-
ment was great, SO Mr.. Dunlap grasp
ed the situation Immediately this
morning and told Mr.. Arnold that
the people of Keokuk wanted what
was promised them or they did not
want the attraction at all.
Crowd Was Out.
It is much to be regretted that a
large war loan organization was not
able to send the band as promised,
because patriotic Keokuk had turned
out in force as usual, and by o'clock
the down town streets were thronged
with interested and disappointed
people.
Had the band arrived and the pro-
gram been carried out as planned,
chances are that the speakers would
have had ten to fifteen thousand
people to speak to.
With the train, as speakers, were
Dave Murphy, of Dubuque, brother
of Louis Murphy the internal reve-
nue. collector of this district; Cap
tain Dan Newquist, three times
wounded in two hours at Chateau
Thiery when leading his company in
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