The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-04-10
Henry NJ. Rathbone Says
Americans Must Consurn-
mate Victory Won On
the Field of Honor.
ALWYN HANSEN PRESIDENT
Officers Are Elected For Forthcoming
Year Chicago Lawyer Makes Bril-
liant Address Pleads For Peace
and Federation.

AUIv upHUlulHg LIS CFdulLIOuS OF MS
family 80 his grandfather was sena-
tor from New York and his father an
army officer shot in an attempt to cap
ture the assassin of Abraham Lincoln
Henry r. Rathbone of Chicago thrill
ed the members of st. Matthew s Men 3
Club on Tuesday evening with his
stirring appeal for support of the Vic
tory Loan.
We musb subscribe to the Loan
and SO consummate the victory won by
the blood of heroes, Mr.. Rathbone de-
claTed, cor fight another war so ter
rible that even a war-mad world can
hardly conceive it horrors.
The address of the eminent Chicago
lawyer and orator followed most
enjoyable dinner and business session
of the Club in which officers for the
Forthcoming year were elected as fol-
lows: President, Alwyn T. Hansen;
Viee-P President, FL. j. Trowbridge; Sec
Rotary and Treasurer, Robert s. Whita-
ker; Executive Committee, @. B. Voor-
HES, John Henley, A. L. Davies, George
Whyte, and DR.. George F. Adams. In
short speech following the announce
ment Of the new cabinet, retiring Presi-
dent Frank L. Wolfe had especial praise
for Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Palica, whom he
said had done much to contribute to
the success of the Club for the year
just past, the former by advertising
the meetings with "pepo and punch,
and the latter by so ably supervising
the preparation and serving of the I'm
est dinners in the history Of the Men s
Club.
just preceding Mr.. Rathbone's
speech "Billy Anderson and the boys''
sang "Absent'', "Youm Find Old
Dixie-Land in France :, and g She IS the
Rose Of No Mans Land. The num-
bers were interpreted with exquisite
harmony and with a depth of feeling
that drew spontaneous applause from
an audience accustomed to only the
best in music.
In Introducing his theme - !" Ameri-
csnism and the Victory Loan Mr..
Rathbone said:
"We are on the eve of last fin
ancial campaign. Thanks to the men
who won the freedom of the world at
Chateau-Thierry and in the Argonne
Forest it is no longer Liberty Loan;
it is rather a Victory Loan, the sym
boil Of the glorious triumph so splendid
~ won on the field of honor. It must
be made fitting climax to such an
achievement. It must be made the
capstone Of the arch reared by martyrs
working under the Architect of the
Universe and supporting the whole |
structure of Liberty, Democracy, and
Civilization.
Subscription to the Victory Loans,
he continued, lis urged by sound bust
ness Judgment, and sterling patriotism,
by the former becarmA the credit of the
United States is - secure as the
towering slopes of the Rockies, and
by the latter, because America must
not be allowed to lose the harvest Of
a victory so bloodily watered and
reaped".
In developing these two main topics
Mr.. Rathbone showed that the world
war had been an education for the
American people, that it had taught
them more than anything else thrift
and sacrifice. He quoted statistics to
show that war-bonds issued by vic
torious nations always went above par
and contended that subscription to the
Victory Loan was consequently a high |
~ paying investment. He explained |
that the money so raised would be used |
both to meet the current expense of
maintaining an American army abroad
and to defray the expense of victories
already won on the hallowed fields of |
France.
tWe are proud of our country $ |
achievements he declared with great
fervor, "and we're willing to pay for
them as we would willingly pay for
our most priceless POSSESSIONS.
Thereafter Mr.. Rathbone insisted /
that the war was won but not finished. /
He argued that America 8 great con-
tribution to civilization was not only
practical Democracy but also Fedora
ton and that America s work was in
complete until she had given history
not only the United States of America /
but also the United States Of the
World. He asserted that nothing was |
politically right or socially right that
sas not morally right and plead for |