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1919

HISTORY COMMITTEE OF THE FOUR MINUTE MEN

OF CHICAGO

72 West Adams Street, Chicago

"Now that this work has come to its conclusion and the name
of the Four Minute Men has become a part of the history of the
great war, I would not willingly omit my heartfelt testimony to
its great value to the country, and indeed to civilization as a whole,
during our period of national trial and triumph." — From President
Wilson's Farewell Letter to the Four Minute Men of America.

CONTENTS

PAGE

The Four Minute Men of America 7

The Four Minute Men of Chicago 9

Facts and Figures 20

President Wilson's Letters 22

The Part of the Four Minute Man 24

Illustrated Section Following page 16

The Roster 26

Officers 26

The Committees 28

Speakers and Workers 32

Prominent Guests 39

Honorary Members 89

Reserve Speakers 40

Four Minute Men in the Army or Navy 42

The Theatres '. 43

Auxiliary Speakers 51

Fraternal Section 51

Labor Section 53"

Church Section .53

THE FOUR MINUTE MEN

The Four Minute Men were a nation-wide organiza-
tion of public speakers under Government control dur-
ing the period of America's participation in the World
War.

Although the idea and early plans for the Four Min-
ute Men originated in Chicago in the early part of
April, 1917, the work officially became a division of
the Committee on Public Information, on June 16, 1917,
when the national headquarters were removed to Wash-
ington. The national organization and all its branches
ended official existence on December 24, 1918.

Between these dates the Four Minute Men of Amer-
ica, numbering about 75,000 speakers, throughout 37
speaking campaigns, delivered over 750,000 speeches
to audiences totalling 315,000,000 persons. The
speeches were delivered almost exclusively in the motion
picture theatres of the country during "four minute"
intermissions. The work was organized in 7,448 cities
and towns, including every State in the Union.

The part of the work done by the Four Minute Men
of Chicago is the subject and scope of the following
pages.

THE FOUR MINUTE MEN
OF CHICAGO

TO CHICAGO belongs the honor of originating
the plan for the nation-wide organization of
public speakers known as the Four Minute Men.
To Chicago also fell the task of working out many of
the details of local organization which afterwards became
a part of the standard plan for other centers throughout
the country.

This history of the Chicago branch of the Four Min-
ute Men is written in part as a souvenir for those who
were privileged to take part in the work, and in part
as a permanent record of a typical unit of a great
national organization that attained for itself a place in
the history of the United States and its part in the great
war.

I. EARLY DAYS.

The first period of the History of the Four Minute
Men extends from the inception of the idea in Chicago
until the establishment of national headquarters in
Washington.

To Donald Ryerson, of Chicago, belongs the un-
disputed title of Originator of the Four Minute Men.
He was the first to see the tremendous possibilities of
a national organization of public speakers for patriotic
service, the first to make an experimental four-minute
speech in a motion picture theatre, and the first to assume

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the burden of establishing such an organization as an
instrument of the Government for war time service.

Although the formal declaration of a state of war
with Germany was not made until April 6, 1917, when
Congress met in extraordinary session, it was an almost
universally accepted opinion for some time prior to that
date that war was inevitable. Diplomatic relations with
Germany had been severed on February 3rd, and the
situation was hourly growing more tense. During
this state of the public mind the urgent need for more
adequate military preparedness was the one uppermost
subject of thought and conversation.

The latter part of March, with war coming as a moral
certainty, found every patriotic citizen eager to see his
personal line of duty, and his opportunity for service
to the country. The Chamberlain bill for universal
military training, which had been left pending when
Congress adjourned on March 4th, was then in high
favor and seemed at that time to represent the best
judgment of the nation.

The imperative need of arousing the public to an
appreciation of the tremendous problems involved in
preparing for war was evident. A group of Chicago
men at the Saddle & Cycle Club were engaged in an
informal after-dinner discussion of the war prospect
and the Chamberlain bill, when the importance of de-
veloping public sentiment in favor of the Chamberlain
bill became the topic. This discussion brought out the
idea of making brief speeches to this effect before picture
audiences.

One of the men was Donald M. Ryerson, to whom
the idea appealed with special force. Another was
Senator Medill McCormick, who strongly endorsed the
idea and did much to strengthen Mr. Ryerson's deter-
mination to make it his work to bring the plan into

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reality. Another with whom the idea was discussed that
evening was William McCormick Blair, who promised
his support, and who afterwards succeeded Mr. Ryer-
son as national director of the organization. Another
was Arthur G. Cable, later decorated for service over-
seas, who gave Mr. Ryerson his immediate and practical
assistance in getting the work started.

The first form the idea took was that of constituting
a patriotic committee to send speakers to motion picture
theatres to urge upon the public an appreciation of the
importance of military preparedness as then provided
in the Chamberlain bill for universal military training.

When it was found that four minutes was the limit
of available time for speaking during the intermission
in most motion picture theatres, the name "Four Minute
Men" was adopted, carrying with it also a reminder of
the patriotic spirit of the "Minute Men" of the Revolu-
tionary War.

Mr. Ryerson's first move was to seek the advice and
endorsement of representative citizens. When he was
assured by all with whom he consulted that the idea was
sound, he made arrangements with the Strand Theatre
of Chicago, for permission to make a trial four-minute
speech. This was done on the evening of March 31,
1917.

On April 2, Mr. Ryerson invited a group of men to
meet for luncheon at the University Club, where he out-
lined the need and opportunity for patriotic service, and
the idea of the Four Minute Men. The meeting ended
with a plan of organization agreed upon, with the fol-
lowing officers : Donald M. Ryerson, President ; Stephen
Gardner, Treasurer; George R. Jones, Secretary; Keith
J. Evans, Assistant Secretary. A call for volunteer
speakers was issued, and some of those present were
enrolled for the work. A temporary office was estab-

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lished at the University Club, luncheon meetings were
held almost daily, and a committee was appointed to
arrange a schedule of four minute talks at motion pic-
ture theatres.

After a number of speeches had been made by the
Four Minute Men on behalf of the Chamberlain bill,
and after war had been declared, it became evident that
the Chamberlain bill, which did not meet the war time
emergency, was to be dropped, and another bill put for-
ward, known as the "Universal Selective Service," and
afterwards popularly known as the "Draft."

This made it necessary to change the plan of the Four
Minute Men. The nation was now at war, the leader-
ship of the President under the war-time powers granted
by the Constitution was undisputable, and the need of
acting only with the approval of the Government became
a matter of course. It was plain that all further talk
on the Chamberlain bill would be out of order ; and until
Congress had enacted a law or the President had out-
lined a policy for civilian activity, it could not be known
whether the Four Minute Men were helping or hinder-
ing the plans of the Government.

A meeting of the Four Minute Men was called on
April 9th, and the situation laid before them. It was
the sense of the meeting that Mr. Ryerson should go
to Washington and lay before the Government his plan
for a nation-wide organization of public speakers under
some form of Government control. Accordingly Mr.
Ryerson went immediately to Washington to see what
could be done.

On April 14, President Wilson had created the Com-
mittee on Public Information, and it at once became
apparent that if the Four Minute Men were to obtain
a standing as an agency of the Government it must be
as a division of this Committee. Mr. Ryerson inter-
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viewed George Creel, the newly appointed chairman of
the Committee on Public Information, who in turn
secured for the plan the approval of the President, and
on April 20 Mr. Ryerson telegraphed to his associates
in Chicago that he had written arrangements with Mr.
Creel which placed the Four Minute Men on an official
basis as a division of the Committee on Public Infor-
mation.

The control of the organization at first remained
vested in the original committee in Chicago. The first
subject, "Universal Selective Service," together with
typical arguments to be advanced by speakers, were
approved in Washington by Mr. Creel before being
released to the speakers. It was soon found, however,
that the national headquarters for the work must be
established in Washington. This was done on June 16.
At that time Mr. Ryerson, who had previously received
a commission in the Navy, and who had secured a two
months' leave in order to establish the work of the Four
Minute Men, relinquished control of the organization.
William McCormick Blair, of Chicago, was then ap-
pointed National Director of Four Minute Men and
took up his residence in Washington. The responsi-
bilities of national leadership, although still vested in
Chicago men, thus passed to Washington, and Chicago
thereafter took its rank as one of the local units of the
national organization.

The subsequent history of the Four Minute Men of
Chicago is that of a unit acting under the general direc-
tion of the national headquarters at Washington, as a
division of the Committee on Public Information.

II. THE PERIOD OF SERVICE

The second period of the history of the Four Minute
Men of Chicago dates from the reorganization on June

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16, 1917, to the conclusion of the work on December
24, 1918.

The Chicago members were organized into a local
unit, and George R. Jones was appointed Chicago
Chairman by the National Director. In him was vested
all authority and responsibility so far as relations with
the national organization were concerned. This was in
accordance with the standard plan of the national organ-
ization, each local chairman receiving an official appoint-
ment which carried with it the complete authority neces-
sary to the conduct of the work.

The plan of local organization worked out in Chicago
included much that was afterwards adopted by the na-
tional organization as the standard plan for all local
chairmen to follow, and also many features that re-
mained peculiar to Chicago. The authority vested in
the Chicago Chairman was delegated by him to com-
mittees covering every branch of the work, and the chair-
men of all committees together constituted the Chicago
Governing Committee. All matters of policy affecting
the work were discussed and voted upon by the Com-
mittee, although the power of veto necessarily remained
with the chairman in order to fulfill his personal respon-
sibilities to the Government. This plan gave at once the
advantages of centralized and unquestioned authority
and the wisdom and interest of a large board.

One of the necessities of the work was that each local
unit should be financed by local contributions, prefer-
ably from a few patriotic persons able to give gen-
erously rather than by appeal to the public. In view of
this plan it was a matter of great service to the Four
Minute Men of Chicago that Samuel Insull, afterwards
Chairman of the Illinois State Council of Defense, gave
the use of offices and equipment in the Edison building

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and later secured for the work the support of the State
Council of Defense.

The Monday luncheon meetings, which began with
the inception of the work in Chicago, continued through-
out the entire period to be the center and inspiration for
Four Minute Men, and was largely adopted in other
local organizations throughout the country.

These luncheon meetings were held at first at the
Grand Pacific Hotel but later and for the remainder
of the period at the Morrison Hotel. The program
usually consisted of one or more addresses by speakers
of note, always on some topic of interest in connection
with the war. Open meetings were also held upon
occasion, giving any member an opportunity to raise any
topic, and also giving all an opportunity to hear repre-
sentative four minute speeches then being delivered by
some of their fellow speakers.

The various committees met as occasion demanded,
and called for a great amount of hard work and pat-
riotic sacrifice of time. These committees were :

Chicago Governing Committee. Composed of the chairmen of all
other committees. Advised on all matters of policy.

Admissions Committee. Passed on the qualifications of applicants
for membership.

Assignment Committee. Arranged the schedule for speakers and
theatres.

Speaking Committee. Visited theatres and reported on the work
of individual speakers.

Speakers Conference Committee. Assisted individual speakers in
perfecting their work.

Theatre Committee. Arranged for the co-operation of the theatres.

Program Committee. Arranged the programs for the Monday
luncheons and other meetings.

Publicity Committee. Represented the organization in its rela-
tions with the press.

Liberty Loan Theatre Committee. Arranged for speaking in regu-
lar theatres during the Liberty Loan drives.

Committee Representing Regular Theatres. Advisory.

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Committee Representing Motion Picture Industry. Adrisory.

Public School Committee. Arranged for speaking at public
schools.

Public Parks Committee. Arranged for speaking in parks during
the summer.

Amusement Parks Committee. Arranged for speaking in amuse-
ment parks during the summer.

Church Section. Arranged with ministers to use the official bulle-
tins for patriotic talks to their congregations.

Convention Section. Arranged for speaking at various conven-
tions being held in Chicago.

Fraternal Section. Arranged for speaking in various secret so-
cieties and fraternal meetings.

Labor Union Section. Arranged for speaking at labor union meet-
ings.

Wabash Avenue Section. Arranged for speaking by colored men
to colored audiences.

For the first year after the work began in Chicago
George R. Jones was Chicago Chairman and also State
Director for Illinois. But the work of organizing the
435 towns in the State so often required his absence from
the city and made such demands on his time that Mr.
Jones finally relinquished the active supervision of the
Chicago branch, although continuing to serve as a mem-
ber of the Governing Committee. He was succeeded by
Ernest Palmer, who was appointed Chicago Chairman
on March 25, 1918. Throughout the remainder of the
war period Mr. Palmer was the conspicuous and dom-
inant figure of the organization, and the work in Chicago
owed much of its spirit and success to his exceptional
ability and unfailing geniality.

The topics for speaking were governed by Bulletins
sent out from national headquarters fixing the period
of their use and providing a budget of facts and typical
arguments to assist speakers in preparing their speeches.
Thirty-seven of these bulletins were issued, each usually
representing a new subject, although some subjects re-
quired two or more bulletins. These bulletins were

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DONALD M. RYERSON
GEORGE R. JONES

WILLIAM McCORMICK BLAIR
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CHICAGO CHAIRMAN'S OFFICE

STATE CHAIRMAN'S OFFICE

cTcr Errjest Pointer

At the final luncheon of the Chicago Four Hinute
lien, held at the Korriaon Hotel on L'onday, the Sixteenth
Day of Decenber, Nineteen Hundred and Eighteen, a resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted instructing the undersigned
committee to record in permanent form the appreciation of
the Pour Minute Men of Chicago for the splendid work done
by you as their Chairman.

Upon its entrance into the gr««t war our country
was confronted with the problem of combating the insidious
propaganda with which Germany was then attempting to poison
our sources of information and communication. You were
called upon to take charge, as Chairman, of one of the most
important units of a national organization whose responsib-
ility it was to nullify the enemy's propaganda and keep the
people of American informed of the ideals of our country in
the war and morally pledged to its prosecution to « success-
ful issue.

You have performed the duties of your office with
untiring efforts and unselfish devotion. Through your per-
sonality, your ability as presiding officer, and your sound
judgment in executive natters, you have kept high the ideals
of the Four Minute Men and brought the organization into
great repute in and beyond the community. Through you the
work of the Four Minute Men in Chicago has been crowned with
success.

Therefore the Four Minute Hen of Chicago express
to you their appreciation of your remarkably successful work
as Chicago Chairman; their esteem and affectionate regard
for you; their regret that with the termination of the ac-
tivities of the Four I_inute Hen the association which they
have had with you must cease; their hope that the future
may offer many opportunities for other pleasant relations
with you; and their wish that the years to come may hold
for you happy memories of the Four Minute Ken.

For the Chicago Four liinute Men,

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FAC SIMILE OF A TESTIMONIAL TO THE CHICAGO CHAIRMAN

issued in the following order and were used during the
period named:

Universal Service by Selective Draft, May 12-21, 1917.

First Liberty Loan, May 22- June 15.

Red Cross, June 18-25.

Food Conservation, July 1-14.

Why We Are Fighting, July 23- August 5.

The Nation In Arms, August 6-26.

The Importance of Speed, August 19-26.

What Our Enemy Really Is, August 27-September 23.

Unmasking German Propaganda, August 27-September 23.

Onward to Victory, September 24-October 27.

Second Liberty Loan, October 8-28.

Food Pledge, October 29-November 4.

Maintaining Morals and Morale, November 12-25.

Carrying the Message — November 26-December 22.

War Savings Stamps, January 2-19, 1918.

The Shipbuilder, January 28-February 9.

Eyes for the Navyi February 11-16.

The Danger to Democracy, February 18-March 10.

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, February 12.

The Income Tax, March 11-16.

Farm and Garden, March 25-30.

President Wilson's Letter to Theatres, March 31-April 5.

Third Liberty Loan, April 6-May 4.

Second Red Cross Campaign, May 13-25.

Danger to America, May 2 7- June 12.

Second War Savings Campaign, June 24-28.

The Meaning of America, June 29-July 27.

Mobilizing America's Man Power; July 29-August 17.

Where Did You Get Your Facts? August 26-September 7.

Register, September 5-12.

Fourth Liberty Loan, September 28-October 19.

Fire Prevention, October 27-November 2.

United War Work Campaign, November 3-18.

Red Cross Home Service, December 7.

What We Have Won, December 8-14.

Red Cross Christmas Roll Call, December 15-23.

A Tribute to the Allies, December 24, 1918.

A number of special events of more than ordinary
interest to the Four Minute Men were held during the
lifetime of the organization. Of these may be mentioned :

Friday, Nov. 9, 1917. Get-Together Dinner, field
day, and entertainment at the Edgewater Golf Club.

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Dec. 24, 1917. Monday Luncheon in the Ball Room
of the Morrison Hotel. Guest of honor Capt. Paul
Perigord, special representative of the French Govern-
ment.

February 5, 1918. Get-Together Dinner at the
Stevens Building Cafe. Guest of honor, Donald M.
Ryerson, Founder of the Four Minute Men.

May 6, 1918. Get-Together Dinner at the Midday
Club.

May 29, 1918. Luncheon in honor of 103 French
"Blue Devils" in the ball room of the Morrison Hotel,
which was supplemented by an automobile drive through
the city and a reception to the public at the Auditorium
in the evening under the auspices of the Four Minute
Men.

November 11, 1918. Armistice Celebration Lunch-
eon, at the Morrison Hotel. Guest of honor, Hon. Wil-
liam Howard Taft. Songs for the occasion by the
Liberty Chorus.

November 22, 1918. Victory Dinner, in the ball room
of the Hotel La Salle. A festival occasion designed to
mark the official close of the work, although speaking
assignments continued until December 24. Guest of
honor, Wm. H. Ingersoll, National Director of the Four
Minute Men.

December 16, 1919. Final Monday Luncheon. Fare-
well address by Samuel Insull, Chairman of the State
Council of Defense.

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PERMANENT ORGANIZATION

A Resolution was passed at the Victory Dinner, at
Hotel LaSalle, November 22, 1918, providing for a
permanent organization of the Four Minute Men of
Chicago as an honorary body to perpetuate the friend-
ships formed during the period of service. The incum-
bent officers were chosen to continue the organization, to
which were specially added the names of Donald M.
Ryerson, William McCormick Blair, and George R.
Jones. The Chicago Governing Committee, with
Ernest Palmer, Chairman, accepted their further re-
sponsibilities under the resolution, and elected to their
number those who in the past had served as members
of this committee. It was the sentiment of the members
present at the Victory Dinner that an annual reunion
dinner should be provided for, the matter being left in
the hands of the Governing Committee.

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FACTS AND FIGURES

FOUR MINUTE MEN OF CHICAGO

Number of speakers enrolled

Workers who served on Governing Committee

Total workers on Committees

Theatres cooperating

Members who served in Army or Navy

Killed in Action

Speakers in the Fraternal Section

Speakers in the Labor Section

Speakers in the Church Section

Reserve Speakers

Number of speaking campaigns

Number of speeches made in Chicago 50,000

Total of audiences reached, estimated 25,000,000

Monday luncheon meetings held. 84

Standing Committees 20

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PRESIDENT WILSON'S LETTERS TO
THE FOUR MINUTE MEN.

I.

The White House
Washington, November 9, 1917.

To the Fifteen Thousand Four-Minute Men of the
United States:

May I not express my very real interest in the vigor-
ous and intelligent work your organization is doing in
connection with the Committee on Public Information?
It is surely a matter worthy of sincere appreciation that
a body of thoughtful citizens, with the hearty coopera-
tion of the managers of moving picture theatres, are
engaged in the presentation and discussion of the pur-
poses and measures of these critical days.

Men and nations are at their worst or at their best in
any great struggle. The spoken word may light the
fires of passion and unreason or it may inspire to highest
action and noblest sacrifice a nation of freemen. Upon
you Four-Minute Men, who are charged with a special
duty and enjoy a special privilege in the command of
your audiences, will rest in a considerable degree, the
task of arousing and informing the great body of our
people so that when the record of these days is complete
we shall read page for page with the deeds of army and
navy the story of the unity, the spirit of sacrifice, the
unceasing labors, the high courage of the men and women
at home who hold unbroken the inner lines. My best
wishes and continuing interest are with you in your work
as part of the reserve officer corps in a nation thrice
armed because through your efforts it knows better the
justice of its cause and the value of what it defends.

Cordially and sincerely yours,

WOODROW WILSON.

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II.

The White House
Washington, November 20, 1918.

To All the Four Minute Men of the Committee on

Public Information:

I have read with real interest the report of your activi-
ties, and I wish to express my sincere appreciation of
the value to the Government of your effective and in-
spiring efforts. It is a remarkable record of patriotic
accomplishment that an organization of seventy-five
thousand speakers should have carried on so extensive a
work at a cost to the Government of little more than one
hundred thousand dollars for the eighteen-month period
— less than one dollar yearly on an individual basis.
Each member of your organization, in receiving honor-
able discharge from the service, may justly feel a glow
of proper pride in the part that he has played in holding
fast the inner lines. May I say that I, personally, have
always taken the deepest and most sympathetic interest
in your work, and have noted, from time to time, the
excellent results you have procured for the various De-
partments of the Government. Now that this work has
come to its conclusion and the name of the Four Minute
Men (which I venture to hope will not be used hence-
forth by any similar organization) has become a part of
the history of the great war, I would not willingly omit
my heartfelt testimony to its great value to the country,
and indeed to civilization as a whole, during our period of
national trial and triumph. I shall always keep in mem-
ory the patriotic cooperation and assistance accorded me
throughout this period and shall remain deeply and
sincerely grateful to all who, like yourselves, have aided
so nobly in the achievement of our aims.

Cordially and sincerely yours,

WOODROW WILSON.

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I am a Four-Minute Man.

I am the Mouthpiece of Democracy.

I make men THINK.

I wield the most potent power of Human Endeavor — THE
SPOKEN WORD.

The Blind do not read — the Ignorant cannot read — the Dullard
will not read — but ALL MEN must harken to my message.

My appeal is universal — elemental — primitive.

I was a Roving Shepherd. I came back to my tribe and told of a
Far Country, green with pastures. My message reached Abraham.
He led his tribe forth and founded a great people — Israel.

Again, I was a Nomad Slave. I returned to my people, groaning
under the fetters of Pharaoh, and told of a beautiful land beyond the
desert. My tidings came to the ears of Moses and he led his Chosen
People to the Promised Land.

Again, I was a Wandering Monk. To the High and Low, I
brought the tale of the Holy Land, suffering under Moslem oppres-
sion. My appeal inspired the Great Crusade.

Again, I was a Wayfaring Mariner, spreading strange rumors of
unknown lands, beyond the seas. Columbus heard my message —
set sail and discovered a New World.

Thus it is, that the destinies of Humanity have been swayed and
directed by the SPOKEN WORD.

Today, my appeal is more compelling — more potent — more uni-
versal than ever.

I am a Stoker for the Great Melting Pot. In four minutes, I
breathe the flame of true American Patriotism to people of all kinds
and creeds.

I am a Soldier. I fight German propaganda, intrigue, falsehoods,
treachery.

I am a Teacher. I set forth in 240 seconds, lessons in loyalty,
duty, thrift, conservation, co-operation.

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I am a Herald. I sound the clarion call for men to serve their
country. I summon help for the Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross.

I am a Salesman. I sell Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps.

I am a Preacher. Using the text that all men are equal, I invoke
Loyalty, Patriotism, Devotion.

I am a Doctor. I give four-minute treatments for disloyalty, un-
Americanism, selfishness, laziness. I eradicate apathy and listless-
ness and instill "pep" and enthusiasm.

I am a Lawyer. Before a jury of all races and creeds, I indict
old world standards of caste, class distinction, privileges and false
pride.

I am an Efficiency Engineer. I plead for the elimination of waste
and carelessness and the practice of economy and conservation.

I am an Optimist. I have faith in the triumph of Truth and Right
over Might and Brute Force.

I am a Prophet. I predict the doom of Despotism and Autocracy
and the triumph of Liberty and Democracy.

I am a Lover. I love the Stars and Stripes. I love to think that
this nation under God is having a new Birth of Freedom and that
Government of the people, by the people and for the people shall
not perish from the earth.

I am the Mouthpiece of Democracy.

I make men THINK.

I am a Four-Minute Man.

Note. This composition was awarded a prize offered by the State Chairman
for Illinois for the best manuscript on "The Part of the Four Minute Man In
the War." The author is Fred A. Wirth, one of the Four Minute Men of Chi-
cago.

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ROSTER

( Status at the close of the work. )

OFFICERS

ERNEST PALMER, Chairman
JAMES C. JEFFERY, Vice-Chairman
HENRY G. MILLER, Vice-Chairman
WILLIAM S. ELLIOTT, Treasurer
JOSEPH A. RUSHTON, Secretary

Past Officers

GEORGE R. JONES, Chairman

STEPHEN GARDNER, Treasurer

FREDERIC ULLMANN, Secretary

KEITH J. EVANS, Secretary

HENRY C. CHANDLER, Secretary

Louis W. MACK, Secretary

NATHANIEL SEEFURTH, Assistant Secretary

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CHICAGO GOVERNING COMMITTEE

ERNEST PALMER,
Chicago Chairman

HENRY G. MILLER,

Vice-Chainnan

WILLIAM S. ELLIOTT,

Treasurer

JOSEPH A. RUSHTON,

Secretary

JAMES C. JEFFERY,

Chairman Admissions Committee

FREDERICK F. NORCROSS,

Vice-Chairman, Admissions
Committee

LLOYD C. WHITMAN,

Chairman Amusement Parks
Section

HARRY J. DUNBAUGH,

Chairman, Assignment Committee

GODFREY H. ATKIN,

Chairman, Church Section

R. E. PATTISON KLINE,

Chairman, Conventions Section

E. A. ABBOTT,

Chairman, Fraternal Section

JOHN H. CLAYTON,

Chairman, Labor Union Section

J. W. PALMER,

Chairman, Program Committee

JOHN L. LOVETT,

Chairman, Publicity Committee

Past Members of

DONALD M. RYERSON
SOLOMON H. CLARK
W. R. DICKINSON
KEITH J. EVANS
STEPHEN GARDNER
C. H. G. HEINFELDEN
ROGER B. HULL
THOMAS J. MEEK
BERTRAM G. NELSON

NATHAN ASCHER,
WILLIAM E. HEANEY,
JOSEPH HOPP,
MAX HYMAN,
PETER J. SCHAEFFER,

Representing Motion Picture
Industry

GEORGE R. FOLDS,

Chairman, Public Parks
Committee

HERBERT J. FRIEDMAN,

Chairman, Public Schools
Committee

HARRY J. POWERS,
HARRY J. RIDINGS,

Representing Regular Theatres

JOHN J. PECKHAM,

Chairman, Speakers' Conference

WILLIAM A. DURGIN,

Chairman, Speaking Committee

GEORGE R. JONES,

State Chairman

DONALD M. WOOD,

Chairman, Theatre Committee

HENRY P. CHANDLER,

Chairman, Colored Section

WALDO P. WARREN,

Historian

Governing Committee

MORTIMER M. NEWFIELD
WILLIAM G. SAGE
ANDREW R. SHERIFF
OSCAR D. SEAVER
FREDERIC ULLMANN
Louis W. MACK
A. CLEMENT WILD
JOHN P. WILSON, JR.
NATHANIEL SEEFURTH
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ADMISSION COMMITTEE

JAMES CLARKE JEFFERY, Chairman
FREDERICK F. NORCROSS, Vice Chairman

HENRY G. MILLER WILLIAM S. ELLIOTT

HENRY P. CHANDLER JOSEPH HOPP

HOLLO L. LYMAN ARCHIBALD CATTELL

WILLIAM A. DURGIN HENRY HORNER

CHARLES O. RUNDALL GLEN A. BISHOP

AMUSEMENT PARKS COMMITTEE

LLOYD C. WHITMAN, Chairman

RAYMOND C. COOK J. W. PALMER

J. Q. STEPHENS

ASSIGNMENT COMMITTEE

HARRY J. DUNBAUGH, Chairman

GRANT GORDON J. W. PALMER

WALTER A. MURPHY W. W. Ross

Past Members of Committee

WILLIAM A. DURGIN EDGAR B. ELDER
WILLIAM O. FREEMAN

CHURCH SECTION

GODFREY H. ATKIN, Chairman
JUDGE JOHN P. McGooRTY MORRIS L. JOHNSTON

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PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMITTEE

HERBERT J. FRIEDMAN, Chairman
WASHINGTON FLEXNER WILLIAM SHELBY REED

Past Member of Committee
HOLLO L. LYMAN

PUBLIC PARKS COMMITTEE

GEORGE R. FOLDS, Chairman
LIONEL THOMPKINS CHARLES ALLING

Past Member of Committee
ANDREW R. SHERIFF, Chairman

SPEAKING COMMITTEE
WILLIAM A. DURGIN, Chairman

DR. M. L. AREN JOHN J. PECKHAM

H. H. BATCHELLER G. M. PETERS

JOHN R. BENTLEY W. R. PINCKARD

CHARLES B. BLACK H. E. SMOOT

J. H. CAMERON J. Q. STEPHENS

W. G. DOOLEY W. S. UNDERWOOD

CARLISLE DURFEE IGNATIUS WALSH

J. J. FORSTALL GEORGE HUNT

O. M. Fox GEORGE R. JONES,
E. J. GOODSPEED Exofficio

GRANT GORDON ERNEST PALMER,
JOHN J. HENNESSY Exofficio

E. L. JOHNSON JAMES CLARKE JEFFERY,
B. C. LINGLE Exofficio

ROLLO L. LYMAN

THEATRE COMMITTEE

DONALD M. WOOD, Chairman

JOHN J. CLEARY CHARLES R. BIXBY

CHARLES H. ELDREGE F. H. ELWERT

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CONVENTION SECTION

R. E. P. KLINE, Chairman
G. M. PETERS JOHN S. LORD

Past Member of Committee
C. H. G. HEINFELDEN

FRATERNAL SECTION

E. A. ABBOTT, Chairman
WILLIAM A. STILES C. G. WHIPPLE

Past Members of Committee

MORTIMER M. NEWFIELD BURRELL J. CRAMER
GEORGE W. MANIERRE

LABOR UNION SECTION

JOHN H. CLAYTON, Chairman

HOPE THOMPSON EDWARD O'GRADY

BENJAMIN BUSCH GEORGE FOLDS

JOHN R. BENTLEY

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS REPRESENTING
CHICAGO LABOR UNIONS

JOHN FITZPATRICK VICTOR OLANDER

SIMON O'DONNELL

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

J. W. PALMER, Chairman

JOHN H. CLAYTON CHARLES A. BARRY

J. Q. STEPHENS

Past Members of Committee

FREDERIC ULLMANN A. C. WILD

WALDO P. WARREN
so

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE

JOHN L. LOVETT., Chairman
GEORGE MORRIS HUGH MAXWELL

BEN KENDALL FRANK HONEYWELL

CHESTER KEEL WALLACE SMITH

SPEAKERS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

JOHN J. PECKHAM, Chairman

ROLLO L. LYMAN BERTRAM G. NELSON

R. E. PATTISON KLINE

LIBERTY LOAN THEATRE COMMITTEE

HENRY G. MILLER, Chairman
WALTER D. HERRICK GUY M. PETERS

JAMES CLARKE JEFFERY HARRY J. RIDINGS
CARL R. LATHAM HARRY J. POWERS

MORTIMER M. NEWFIELD PETER J. SCHAEFER

REPRESENTING MOTION PICTURE
INDUSTRY

NATHAN ASCHER JOSEPH HOPP

WILLIAM E. HEANEY MAX HYMAN

REPRESENTING REGULAR THEATRES
HARRY J. POWERS HARRY J. RIDINGS

HISTORY COMMITTEE

George R. Jones, Chairman
Waldo P. Warren, Historian

George R. Folds Rollo L. Lyman

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FOUR MINUTE MEN OF CHICAGO

SPEAKERS AND WORKERS

ABBOTT, E. A.
AIKIN, EDWARD J.
ALDEN, FRANK A.
ALESHIRE, O. E.
ALEXANDER, A. M.
ALLAN, W. A. D.
ALLEN, W. A.
ANDERSON, DANIEL
AREN, DR. M. L.
ARNOLD, EUGENE P.
ARTHUR, WILLIAM H.
ARVEY, JACOB M.
ATKIN, GODFREY H.
AT WILL, A. T.
ASCHER, NATHAN
AVERY, CHARLES P.
BACK, LLOYD E.
BADENAUX, RALPH G.
BADENOCH, BEN H.
BALDWIN, FRANCIS E.
BARNES, D. E.
BARRY, CHARLES A.
BARTON, LESTER C.
BASKIN, BARRON H.
BASSETT, F. P.
BATCHELLER, HENRY H.
BECK, NORMAN A.
BECKWITH, EDWIN B.
BELL, WILLIAM A.
BENTLEY, JOHN R.
BERNHARD, EDGAR

BlENEMAN, W. C.

BIERMA, HARRY
BISHOP, GLENN A.
BIXBY, CHARLES R.
BLACK, CHARLES B.
BLAKE, REV. JAMES V.
BLATCHFORD, NAT H., JR.
BLOCK, Louis I.
BLUIM, HENRY L.
BOOTH, SHERMAN M.
BOSKIE, B. H.

BOUSFIELD, DR. MlDIAN O.

BRAESE, O. C.
BRECKENRIDGE, WILLIAM
BRILE, JOHN J.
BRODMAN, H. C.
BRODFUEHRER, O. M.
BRUGH, REV. AVERY
BRYANT, JOHN M.
BRYDGES, DR. J. C.
BUDD, GEORGE H.
BULL, FOLLETT W.
BURKHALTER, ROBERT P.
BURTON, OWEN ABBOTT
CALLIS, HENRY A.
CAMERON, JOHN H.,
CANAVAN, WILLIAM H.
CARNAHAM, CHARLES C.
CARPENTER, ARTHUR H.
CARPENTER, JOHN C.
CASE, WILLIAM W.
CATTELL, ARCHIBALD
CERVENKA, JEROME J.

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CHAMBERLAIN, CLARENCE

K.

CHANDLER, HENRY P.
CHAPMAN, JOHN W.
CHAPMAN, REV. BENJ. E.
CLARK, CHARLES G.
CLARK, S. H.
CLARKE, DR. ARTHUR
CLARKE, FREDERICK M.
CLAYTON, JOHN H.
CLEARY, JOHN J., JR.

CODDINGTON, A. O.

COHEN, ARCHIE H.
COLBY, RICHARD H.
COLEMAN, HAMILTON
COLTMAN, BERTRAM
CONNELLY, WILLIAM
CONRAD, HENRY C.
CONRAD, A. H.
COOK, RAYMOND
COOPER, JOSEPH R. W.
COYLE, JAMES G.
CRAMER, BURRELL
CRAWFORD, WARREN
CROY, HARRY C.
CRUMMER, W. F.
D'ARMOND, L. B.
DAVIDSON, JOHN L.
DAVIS, DAVID F.
DAVIS, JEFFERSON
DAWSON, HORACE L.
DENISON, W. L.
DICK, HERMAN A.
DICKINSON, WILLIAM R.

DlXON, WlLLARD J.

DOLAN, BENNETT G.
DOOLEY, WILLIAM G.
DOWNING, ELLIOTT R.

DUGGAN, F. E.

DUKE, CHARLES S.

DUNBAUGH, HARRY J.
DURHAM, E. D.
DURFEE, CARLISLE
DURGIN, WILLIAM A.
EDMONDSON, STUART B.
EICHER, B. L.

ElSENDRATH, D. S.

ELDER, EDGAR B.
ELDREDGE, CHARLES H.
ELLIOTT, J. KENTNER
ELLIOTT, WILLIAM S.
ELWERT, F. H.
ERRINGER, DR. JAMES W.
EVANS, KEITH J.
EWEN, WILLIAM R. T.
FAY, R. C.
FEGEN, N. A.
FENN, GEORGE H.
FEUCHTW ANGER, JOSEPH
FINE, LAWRENCE M.
FISHER, HARRY M., HON.
FLEXNER, WASHINGTON
FOLDS, GEORGE R.
FORBRICK, W. F.
FORDYCE, WILLIAM J.

FORSTALL, J. J.

FOSTER, GEORGE H.
FOWLER, R. FORMAN
Fox, OWEN M.
FOXTON, DR. HAROLD C.
FRANK, CHARLES S.
FRANKEL, M. G.
FREEMAN, WILLIAM O.
FRIEDMAN, ED.
FRIEDMAN, HERBERT J.
FRISBIE, C. O.
GARRISON, J. L.
GEKAS, JOHN C.
GEMMILL, HON. H. S.
GIBSON, GEORGE H.

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GlFFORD, R. H.

GODEHN, PAUL M.
GOLMAN, ALEX M.
GOODSPEED, EDGAR J.
GOODWIN, JUDGE C. N.
GORBY, CAPT. JOHN W.
GORDON, GRANT
GORDON, LESTER B.
GORDON, SPENCE
GRAY, VANDORF
GROFF, JAMES O.
GUERIN, HON. HENRY
GUERIN, MARK E.
GURTLER, FREDERICK H.
GUSTAFSON, JOHN C.

GUTKNECHT, JOHN

HALLENBECK, FRANK M.
HANK, JACOB J.
HANKS, HOWARD H.
HARMON, HARRY
HARRIS, FRANK F.
HAWXHURST, R. R.
HAZEL, PAUL M.
HEALY, FRANCIS V.
HEINFELDEN, C. H. G.
HENKE, H. E.
HENDERSON, D. M.
HENDERSON, J. C.
HENNESSY, JOHN J.
HERBERT, JOSEPH D.
HERRICK, WALTER D.
HETH, LLOYD DAVID
HEYMAN, ALEXANDER H.
HILL, SAMUEL A.
HOAG, PARKER H.
HOLE, PERRY L.
HOLLEB, A. PAUL
HOLMES, C. M., JR.
HOLTON, CHARLES R.
HOOKER, H. A.

HOPP, JOSEPH
HORNER, HON. HENRY
HOSHOUR, HARVEY
HOWARD, BERT
HOY, IVAN A.
HOYNE, MACLAY, HON.
HUGHES, H. D.
HULL, MAJ. ROGER B.
HUNT, EARL R.
HUNT, GEORGE C.
HUNT, THEODORE
HUTCHENS, HARRY LEE
HYDE, HENRY NEAL
HYMAN, MAX A.
JACKSON, A. L.
JAFFE, BENJAMIN E.
JARECKI, HON. E. K.
JEFFERY, JAMES CLARKE
JENSEN, G. P.
JOHNSON, EDWIN L.
JOHNSON, W. M.
JOHNSTON, MORRIS L.
JONES, GEORGE R.
JONES, S. MINOT

JUNKERMAN, LESLIE L.

KANDEL, JOHN S.
KASPERS, LAMBERT
KELLY, GEORGE A.
KELLY, RAYMOND
KERR, WILLIAM D.
KLINE, R. E. P.
KNAPPEN, FRED F.
KOBICK, HENRY G.
KOLB, THEODORE A.
KORSHAK, MAX M.

KORTMEYER, BENJ.

KRAUTH, HARRY E.
KUIT, S. N.
KUMPFER, HERBERT L.
LAADT, ANTON

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LAMPMAN, CLINTON P.
LANE, FRAYSER T.
LARASH, REV. G. IRWIN
LAVERY, URBAN A.
LEE, GUY F.
LEVINSON, M. K.
LEWIN, HENRY J.
LEWIS, DR. JULIAN H.
LEWIS, W. E.
LINDSAY, WILLARD C.

LlNGLE, B. C.

LINK, JOHN H.
LISTER, WILLIAM
LITTLE, JOSEPH A.
LONG, ALBERT L.
LORD, JOHN S.

LORENZ, O. C.

LOVETT, JOHN L.
LOWITZ, LEO H.
LUEBECK, EDWARD H.
LUST, H. C.
LUTKIN, H. C.
LYMAN, ROLLO L.
LYMAN, WILLIS M.
LYON, GEORGE W., JR.
MACCLINTOCK, SAMUEL
MACCOLLIN, W. X.
MACGILL, WILLIAM V.
MACGREGOR, JOHN H.
MACK, Louis W.
MACINTYRE, W. A.
MAC KAY, GEORGE

MACMlLLAN, DR. D. P.

MAHON, L. D.
MAHONY, JAMES H.
MAIN, F. W.
MAINE, A. B.
MALINA, ARTHUR
MANIERRE, GEORGE W.
MARCUS, CARL L.

MARTIN, FRANK A.
MASON, ROSWELL B.
McBRiDE, ROBERT J.
MCCARTHY, J. L.
MCCARTNEY, REV. A. J.
MCELROY, CHARLES F.
McGooRTY, HON. JOHN P.

McGREGOR, D. A.
McHANEY, G. W.

McKEE, WILLIAM L.
McKEowN, JOHN A.
McKiNLEY, DONALD S.
McMAHON, BERNHARD
MCNAMEE, WILLIAM
MCNEAL, H. E.
McNiCHOLs, GEORGE F.
McQuEEN, ALEXANDER M.
MEAGHER, JOHN T.
MEE, WILLIAM L.
MEEK, THOMAS J.
MENGES, PAUL O.
MERRIFIELD, FRED
MERRITT, J. B.
MEYERS, JOHNSTON
MIDDLETON, SYDNEY
MILLARD, REV. W. B.
MILLER, ALBERT G.
MILLER, HARRY B.
MILLER, HENRY G.
MILLER, J. K.
MILLER, W. S.
MILLS, CALVIN H.
MILLS, MATTHEW
MILNER, DUNCAN C.
MISHKIN, CHARLES
MITCHELL, C. C.
MORRIS, G. MAURICE
MORRISON, M. A.
MORRISON, REV. S. J.
MORRISON, WILLIAM J.

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MORSE, EDW. L. C.
MUNFORD, H. M.
MURPHY, JOHN C.
MURPHY, WALTER A.
MURRAY, FRANK B.
NARAMORE, MILTON O.
NATHANSON, MORRIS J.
NELSON, BERTRAM G.
NELSON, P. B.
NELSON, WILLIAM J.
NEWFIELD, MORTIMER M.
NEWMAN, EDWIN R.
NEWMAN, SAMUEL
NORCROSS, F. F.
NORDIN, DR. HENRY A.
NORTON, ALBERT J.
O'BRIEN, QUINN
O'CONNOR, JAMES J.
O'DONNELL, ANDREW J.
O'DONNELL, JOHN S.
O'GRADY, EDWARD
OGREN, JOHN W.
OHAN, WILLIAM J.
OLDS, WALTER F.
OLIVER, DAVID
PALMER, ERNEST
PALMER, J. W.
PAM, JUDGE HUGO
PAPOT, BENEDICT
PEARSON, HAYNIE R.
PECKHAM, JOHN J.
PERSONS, ALBERT D.
PETACQUE, MAX WARREN
PETERS, G. M.
PFLAUM, WILLIAM K.
PHILLIPS, E. J.
PHILLIPS, ERNEST L.
PICKERING, J. FRANK
PDERSON, HAYNIE R.
PIERSON, DR. H. W.

PlNCKARD, W. R.

POIRIER, WALTER J.
POLLARD, W. L.
POOR, EDWIN L.
PORTER, JAMES HALE
POTTER, MERLE H.
PRESCOTT, PATRICK B., JB.
PURCELL, EDWARD
RATHBUN, CHAS. F.
READ, GARDNER
READ, IRVING E.
REED, WILLIAM SHELBY
REID, LEONARD C.
REIN, THEODORE E.
REINHARDT, FRED W.
REINHOLD, W. C.
REMY, VICTOR A.
REYNOLDS, J. J.
RICE, ARTHUR H.
RICHARDS, FRANK W.
RIDINGS, HARRY J.
RISLEY, W. J., SR.
RISELEY, LT. W. J.
ROBBINS, JOHN W.
ROBINSON, A. J.
ROGERS, JOSEPH B.
RONEY, CHAS. H.
ROSBOROUGH, O. A.
ROSENHEIM, DAVID

ROSENTHAL, AfiRAM I.

Ross, WALTER W.
RUBECAMP, JOHN W.
RUNDALL, CHAS. O.

RUSHTON, JOS. A.

RYERSON, DONALD M.
SACHS, PHILIP P.
SALSMAN, THOS. J.
SANDERS, HORACE C. L.
SCHACHT, F. W.

SCHOFIELD, C. M.
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SCHOOLMAN, RALPH B.
SCHULZ, ADOLPH M.
SCHULZE, WILLIAM C.
SCHWARTZ, U. S.

SCHWARTZBACH, AflRAM A

SEEFURTH, NATHANIEL
SHAVER, HARRY L.
SHERIFF, ANDREW R.
SHUDNOW, FRANK
SKINNER, JULIAN
SLEEPECK, WILLIAM
SMITH, HAROLD B.
SMITH, DR. H. REGINALD
SMITH, DR. OAKLEY
SMOOT, HARRY E.
SOLDAN, WILLIAM G.
SOLOMON, L. J.
SOLOMON, J. J.

SONNENSCHEIN, EDWARD

SPRAGUE, WILLIAM C.
STAMP, ERNEST E.
STEAD, JAMES R.
STEPHENS, J. Q.
STEVENS, J. H.
STEVENS, R. A.
ST. GEORGE, M. J.
STIFLER, FRANCIS C.
STILES, WILLIAM A.
STONE, GEORGE
STREYCKMANS, FELIX J.
SUGRUE, G. H., JR.
SWAN, HARRY
TEBOREK, JAMES J.
TELLER, CARROLL A.
TEEVAN, JOHN C.
THIEDE, JOHN C.
THOMAS, WILLIAM N.
THOMPKINS, LIONEL
THOMPSON, HOPE
THORSEN, JAMES B.

THORSEN, SAMUEL B.
TILTON, GEORGE FRANCIS
TITUS, LT. ROBERT V.
TOPLAN, IRVING S.
TORUP, FREDA.
TREACY, PHILIP H.
TRUMBULL, V. H.
TRUSDELL, R. V.
TURNER, CHAS. W.
TYSON, JOHN R.
UFER, HENRY W.
ULLMANN, FREDERICK
ULLRICK, DELBERT
UNDERWOOD, WALTER
UNGARO, G. M.
VANDER, MUELIN, C.
VEASEY, EDWARD T.
VON AMMON, ERNEST CARL
VON OBSTFELDER, HUGO
WALSH, IGNATIUS
WALSH, L. J.
WALTER, WILLIAM S.
WARFIELD, WILLIAM S.
WARREN, REV. CLAUDE W.
WARREN, WALDO P.
WATTERS, JAMES E.
WEBB, ALEXANDER
WEILER, JOHN
WEINBERG, MORRIS A.
WEIPLE, ALBERT
WEISS, IGNACE E.
WEISS, MORTON B.
WENDELL, EDWARD E.
WERMUTH, GEORGE H.
WHEELOCK, EDGAR T.
WHIPPLE, C. G.
WHITING, CLIFFORD W.
WHITMAN, LLOYD C.
WHITMAN, R. D.
WHITTLE, AMOS B.

WILD, A. C.
WILLIAMS, JOHN L.
WILLIAMSON, GEORGE H.
WILLNER, Jos. Z.
WILLNER, MEYER M.
WILSON, CHARLES S.
WILSON, EUGENE S.
WILSON, JOHN P., JR.
WINSHIP, FRANCIS A.
WIRTH, FRED A.
WOOD, CHARLES J.

WOOD, DONALD M.
WOOD, MILTON G.
WORMSER, LEO F.
WRIGHT, ARTHUR C.
WYMAN, VINCENT D.
YEOMANS, ALFRED B.
ZIMMERMAN, E. A.
ZIMMERMAN, W. J.
ZINKIN, ARTHUR A.
ZOLLA, EMIL N.

PROMINENT GUESTS

HON. WILLIAM HOWARD MAJOR STANLEY FIELD

TAFT S. J. DUNCAN-CLARK

MAJOR-GEN. WM. H. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

CARTER JOSEPHUS DANIELS

BRIGADIER- GENERAL E. D. WILLIAM A. HEATH

SWINTON R. E. PATTISON KLINE

103 FRENCH BLUE DEVILSMAJOR K. B. FERGUSON
CLARENCE D ARROW SHAILER MATTHEWS

SAMUEL INSULL WILLIAM MATHER LEWIS

HON. FRANCIS W. PARKERDR. HUGH BIRCKHEAD
LT. GEORGES FLACHAIRE WILLIAM H. INGERSOLL
LT. HENRI FARRE WILLIAM McCoRMiCK

LT. JOSEPH DOBELLE BLAIR

RUSTON RUSTONJEE DONALD M. RYERSON

HARRY A. WHEELER CHARLES WOODS, F.R.G.S.

H. H. MERRICK CAPTAIN PAUL PERIGORD

C. H. McNiDER MAJ. CARSON MCCORMACK

WILLIAM A. BRADY MAJOR-GENERAL E. D.
DR. HUGH BIRCKHEAD SWINTON

WELLINGTON CROSS JULIUS TANNER

WILL CRESSY WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
MAJ. CARSON MCCORMACK TAYLOR HOLMES

JOHN T. McCuTCHEON LEO CARILLO

Louis MANN WILLIAM ROCK

WILL ROGERS JACK GARDNER
SIDNEY SMITH

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RESERVE SPEAKERS

Men subject to call in important campaigns, and
others who rendered valuable assistance to the organiza-
tion.

CARL R. LATHAM
EDWARD R. LITSINGER
Louis E. HART
GEORGE I. HAIGHT
CHARLES S. DENEEN
J. A. BLOOMINGSTON
FREDERIC BURNHAM
PANDELE ANASTAS
CHAS. T. BURRAS
JUDGE WELLS M. COOK
S. J. DUNCAN-CLARK
PERCY B. ECKHART
REV. CHARLES W. GILKY
CHARLES H. HAMILL
JUDGE HOWARD HAYES
C. R. HOLDEN
JOHN H. S. LEE
AMOS C. MILLER
FRANCIS O'SHAUGHNESSY
ALEX F. REICHMANN
REV. R. KEENE RYAN
FRANK H. SCOTT
JAMES M. SHEEAN
JUDGE BEN M. SMITH
HORACE K. TENNEY
FRANK F. WINANS

HENRY M. HYDE
D WIGHT S. BOBB
STEPHEN GARDNER
CHAS. H. WACKER

A. H. REVELL
W. T. ABBOTT
M. R. EBERSOLE
E. W. LLOYD
CHARLES W. FOLDS
CHARLES H. SCHWEPPE
MARQUIS EATON

H. H. MERRICK
GEORGE P. MERRICK
ROGER SHERMAN
EDGAR A. BANCROFT
JOHN D. BLACK
.WALTER S. BREWSTER
JUDGE FRANK JOHNSTON
ERNEST T. GUNDLACH
PETER MORTENSEN

B. J. MULLANEY
JULIAN F. MASON
S. E. THOMASON
DAVID R. FORGAN
J. R. CATLOW
JOSEPH FEUCHTWANGER

CHICAGO MEN WHO SERVED IN
WASHINGTON

DONALD M. RYERSON ERNEST T. GUNDLACH

WILLIAM McCoRMicx THOMAS JONES MEEK

BLAIR BERTRAM G. NELSON

KEITH J.EVANS SOLOMON H. CLARK

HENRY ATWATER WALDO P. WARREN

WOMEN ON THE OFFICE STAFF

MRS. JOSEPHINE M. LLOYD GLENDORA KNIGHT
MRS. FRANCES D. TALCOTT SARA KNISLEY
MARY ESTHER McLEAN HELEN HIQBEE
YVONNE BEAUVAIS MRS. HILDEGARDE W.

ELEANOR G. READY WARFIELD

FOUR MINUTE MEN IN THE
ARMY OR NAVY

HARRY BIERMA
B. H. BOSKIE
DR. ARTHUR CLARKE
RICHARD H. COLBY
HAMILTON COLEMAN
WARREN CRAWFORD
W. R. DICKINSON
BENJAMIN L. EICHER
R. FORMAN FOWLER
DR. HAROLD C. FOXTON
ED. FRIEDMAN
PAUL M. GODEHN
JOHN W. GORBY
SPENCE GORDON
VANDORF GRAY
JOSEPH D. HERBERT
HARVEY HOSHOUR
ROGER B. HULL
BENJAMIN E. JAFFE
HENRY G. KOBICK
HERBERT L. KUMPFER
URBAN A. LAVERY

O. C. LORENZ

J. B. MERRITT
FRED MERRIFIELD
Louis W. MACK

JAMES H. MAHONEY
ALBERT G. MILLER
CHARLES MISHKIN
REV. S. J. MORRISON
G. MAURICE MORRIS
MORTIMER M. NEWFIELD
ANDREW J. O'DONNELL
EDWARD PURCELL
VICTOR A. REMY

W. J. RlSELEY

DONALD M. RYERSON
OSCAR D. SEAVER
NATHANIEL SEEFURTH
FRANK SHUDNOW
J. JOSEPH SOLOMON
R. A. STEVENS
HARRY SWAN
J. J. TEBOREK
HOPE THOMPSON
ROBERT V. TITUS
IRVING S. TOPLAN
FREDERIC ULLMANN
L. J. WALSH
WILLIAM S. WARFIELD
ALBERT WEIPLE

Killed in Action

AMOS B. WHITTLE LESTER C. BARTON

EDWARD T. VEASEY

LIBERTY CHORUS

Of the Four Minute Men of Chicago

M. R. EBERSOLE, Director EUGENE KAMMERER

S. MORGAN BUSHNELL G. H. LOUNSBERY

F. L. CURTIS CLARENCE MCCARTHY

W. DAVIES P. N. H. MUNSON

W. B. EGAN ALBERT A. OLSON

O. J. EMMONS CARL A. PFAU

W. J. FITZPATRICK ROBERT H. SMITH

C. COY GLIDDEN H. D. SULCER

W. E. GODSO HARRY WEESE

GEO. H. JONES E. S. WILSON

THEATRES

The following Theatres in Chicago, including both the
Motion Picture Theatres and Regular Theatres, gave
full cooperation to the work of the Four Minute Men,
and received the Government's Official Certificate
acknowledging their service.

ACME APOLLO

5241 North Clark St. 47th & Forestville

ADELPHI ARCHER

7070 North Clark St. 2008 W. 35th Street

ALCAZAR ARGMORE

69 Madison Street 1040 Argyle St.

ALMA ARISTO

54th & Wentworth Ave. 2650 Lincoln Ave.

ALPHA ARMITAGE

5419 South Ashland Ave. 3553 Armitage Ave.

ALVIN ARROW

860 E. 63rd St. 1438 Fullerton Ave.

AMERICAN ASHLAND

8 North Ashland Ave. 1613 W. Madison St.

43

ASHLAND

4717 South Ashland Are.

ATLANTIC

8950 West 26th Street

ATLAS

1619 West 68rd St.

ATLAS

4716 South State St

AUDITORIUM

56 E. Congress St

AUSTIN

5619 W. Madison St.

AVERS

3825 W. 26th Street

AVENUE

11307 Michigan Ave.

AVENUE

3106 Indiana Ave.

AVON

3325 Fullerton Ave.

BANDBOX

125 West Madison St.

BELL

3064 Armitage Ave.

BELL

2407 West Madison St.

BELL

1539 Milwaukee Ave.

BELL PALAIS

2138 West Madison St.

BEN HUR

3065 Cicero Ave.

BERTHA

4717 Lincoln Ave.

BIJOU DREAM

114 South State Street

BlOGRAPH

2433 Lincoln Ave.

BLACKSTONE

60 East 7th Street

BLAINE

3743 Southport Ave.

BLOCK

1310 South Halsted St.

BOSTON

25 N. Clark Street

BOULEVARD

1606 West 55th Street

BOWEN

3092 E. 92nd Street

BROADWAY

5206 Broadway

BROADWAY STRAND

1641 W. 12th Street

BROOKLINE

7107 South Chicago Ave.

BRYN MAWR

1125 Bryn Mawr Ave.

BUCKINGHAM

3319 N. Clark St.

BUGG
3940 W. Robey St.

BURNSIDE
9314 Cottage Grove Ave.

BUTLER

518 W. 26th Street

CALIFORNIA

3434 West 12th Street

CALO

5406 North Clark Street

CALUMET

9206 S. Chicago Ave.

CASIMIR

4760 Milwaukee Ave.

CASINO

3606 South Halsted Street

CASINO

68 West Madison Street

CENTRAL PARK

3535 W. 12th Street

CENTURY

1421 W. Madison St

CHARM

4303 S. Halsted St

CHATEAU

3810 Broadway

CHICAGO

614 S. State Street

CIRCLE

3241 West 12th Street

CLERMONT

3220 North Clark St

CLIFTON

1136 Wilson Ave.

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COHAN'S GRAND OPERA
HOUSE

121 North Clark St.

COLONIAL

24 W. Randolph St.

COLUMBIA

11 North Clark St.

COLUMBUS

6238 S. Ashland Ave.

CORT

126 North Dearborn St.

COSMOPOLITAN

7938 S. Halsted St.

COVENT GARDENS

2653 North Clark St

CRAWFORD

19 S. Crawford Ave.

CRESCENT

2915 Milwaukee Ave.

CRITERION

1220 Sedgwick St.

CROWN

6123 Wentworth Ave.

CROWN HIPPODROME

4011 West 26th Street

CRYSTAL

2701 West North Ave.

CRYSTAL

1720 W. 63rd St.

CASINO HIPPODROME

403 North Clark St.

CASTLE

6 South State Street

CENTER

1161 W. Madison Street

CRYSTAL

4921 S. Ashland Ave.

DANTE

813 West Taylor Street

DEARBORN

40 West Division Street

DELPHI

225 E. 31st Street

DELUXE

1141 Wilson Ave.

DELUXE

814 E. 63rd Street

DOUGLAS

3236 West 22nd St.

DRAKE

2905 Milwaukee Ave.

DREXEL

858 E. 63rd Street

DRURY LANE

2736 N. Clark Street

EAGLE

3324 S. Morgan Street

EAGLE

764 Milwaukee Ave.

E. A. R.

6839 Wentworth Ave.

EASTERLY

2766 Lincoln Ave.

EDWARDS

2419 Wentworth Ave.

ELBA

3115 Indiana Avenue

ELMO

2404 W. Van Buren St.

ELMWOOD

Oak Park, Ills.

ELSTON

3167 Elston Ave.

EMMETT

4338 Wentworth Avenue

EMPIRE

673 W. Madison Street

EMPRESS

6226 South Halsted Street

ENGLEWOOD

726 W. 63rd Street

EROS

641 N. Clark Street

10106 Ewing Ave.

FAMOUS

3644 West Chicago Ave.

FOUNTAIN

35th & South Park Ave.

FRANCIS

2407 W. 12th Street

FRANCISCO

2917 West Madison Street

FRANKLIN

328 E. 31st Street
45

FROLIC

951 E. 55th Street

GAIETY

9205 Commercial Avenue

GARDEN

3305 N. Marshfield Ave.

GARFIELD

2844 W. Madison Street

GARFIELD

5531 S. Halsted Street

GARRICK

58 West Randolph Street

GAIETY

531 S. State Street

GEM

450 South State Street

GLEN

2852 Armitage Avenue

GOLD

3411 W. 12th Street

GRAND

3433 W. North Ave.

GRAND

3110 S. State Street

GREAT NORTHERN

23 Quincy Street

HALFIELD

5451 S. Halsted Street

HALSTED

320 S. Halsted Street

HALSTED

6202 S. Halsted Street

HAMILTON

2150 E. 71st Street

HAMLIN

3826 W. Madison Street

HARMONY

411 E. 43rd Street

HARPER

5236 Harper Avenue

HARRISON

603 S. Kedzie Ave.

HARVARD

6312 Harvard Ave.

HAYMARKET

722 W. Madison St.

HILLSIDE

1515 W. 69th Street

HOMAN

3346 W. 26th Street

HOME

3749 W. 26th Street

HOME

5035 S. Halsted Street

HOWARD

1630 Howard Avenue

HOYBURN

Evanston, Ills.

HUB

1746 West Chicago Ave.

HYDE PARK

5314 Lake Park Avenue

IDEAL

1622 Larrabee St.

ILLINGTON

2118 W. 22nd Street

ILLINOIS

61 East Jackson Blvd.

INDIANA

219 East 43rd Street

lOLA

1238 Milwaukee Ave.

IRIS

5743 W. Chicago Avenue

IRVING

4003 Irving Pk. Blvd.

IRVING PARK

4835 Irving Pk. Blvd.

JACKSON PARK

6711% Stoney Island Ave.

JANET

617 W. North Ave.

JEFFERSON

1523 East 55th Street

Ju ANITA

5038 W. Chicago Ave.

JULIAN

918 Belmont Ave.

KARLOV

4048 Armitage Ave.

KEDZIE

3204 W. Madison Street

KEDZIE ANNEX

3210 W. Madison Street

KENMORE

1039 Wilson Ave.
46

KENWOOD

1225 E. 47th Street

KEYSTONE

3912 Sheridan Rd.

KlMBARK

6240 Kimbark Ave.

KNICKERBOCKER

6217 Broadway

KOZY

40 S. Clark Street

KRITERION

2138 W. Madison Street.

LAKESIDE

4730 Sheridan Road

LANE COURT

328 Center Street

LANGLEY HIP.

63rd and Langley Ave.

LASALLE

lia West Madison St.

LASALLE

152 W. Division Street

LELAND

4716 Lincoln Ave.

LEXINGTON

1162 E. 63rd Street

LEXINGTON

715 S. Crawford Ave.

LIBERTY

3705 Fullerton Ave.

LIBERTY

1180 Milwaukee Ave.

LINCOLN

3132 S. State Street

LINCOLN

1846 W. Madison Street

LINCOLN HIPPODROME

3162 Lincoln Ave.

LINDEN

743 W. 63rd Street

LITTLE KIMBARK

Kimbark and 75th Street

LOWY'S

740 Milwaukee Avenue

LYCEUM

3851 Cottage Grove Ave.

LYRIC

1217 Milwaukee Ave.

LYRIC

320 S. State Street

MABEL

3956 Elston Ave.

MADISON SQUARE

4740 W. Madison Street

MADLIN

1910 W. Madison Street

MAGNOLIA

2810 Fullerton Ave.

MAJESTIC

18 W. Monroe St.

MAPLEWOOD

2811 Diversey Ave.

MARION

3446 S. Halsted Street

MARLOWE HIPP.

6254 Stewart Ave.

MARSHALL SQUARE

2871 W. 22nd Street

MARSHFIELD

1650 W. 12th Street

MAY

3159 Elston Ave.

McVlCKERS

17 W. Madison Street

MELROSE PARK «

Melrose Park, Ills.

METROPOLE

238 W. 31st Street

METROPOLITAN

4644 Grand Blvd.

MICHIGAN

5441 S. Michigan Ave.

MIDWAY HIPP.

6248 Cottage Grove Ave.

MlLDA

3138 S. Halsted Street

MlLFORD

3311 N. Crawford Ave.

MODEL

4151 W. Madison Street

MODEL

1348 S. Halsted Street

MOHAWK

539 W. North Ave.

MONARCH

2123 W. Division St.

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MONOGRAM

8520 S. Halsted Street

NATIONAL

608 S. State Street

NATIONAL

6221 S. Halsted Street

NEW AMERICUS

3437 Ogden Avenue

NEW APOLLO

1640 N. Crawford Ave.

NEW ASHLAND

4856 South Ashland Ave.

NEWBERRY

864 N. Clark Street

NEW ILLINOIS

8116 Wentworth Ave.

NEW MAYWOOD

Maywood, Ills.

NEW PARK

840 East 61st St

NEW PARIS

618 S. State St.

NEW REGENT

6826 S. Halsted Street

NEW STRAND

2111 W. Division St

NEW WONDERLAND

734 W. Madison St

OAK

2004 N. Western Ave.

OAKLAND SQUARE

3947 Drexel Blvd.

OAKLEY

2320 West Chicago Ave.

OAK PARK

Oak Park, Ills.

OGDEN

2336 W. 12th Street

OLYMPIC

166 N. Clark Stret

OLYMPIA

4619 S. Ashland Avenue

ORCHARD

669 W. North Avenue

ORCHESTRA HALL

216 S. Michigan Ave.

ORPHEUM

112 S. State Street

ORPHEUS

1613 W. 12th Street

OWL

4663 S. State Street

PALACE

127 N. Clark Street

PALACE

1146 Blue Island Ave.

PALAIS ROYALE

1710 W. Madison Street

PANTHEON

4644 Sheridan Road

PARAMOUNT

2648 Milwaukee Ave.

PARKSIDE

1660 N. Clark St

PARK MANOR

361 E. 69th Street

PARKWAY

11063 S. Michigan Ave.

PASTIME

760 W. 79th Street

PASTIME

66 W. Madison St

PAULINA

1339 North Paulina Street

PEERLESS

3966 Grand Blvd.

PERSHING

716 W. 12th Street

PHOENIX

81st & State Street

PlCKFORD
108 East 35th Street

PINE GROVE

717 Sheridan Road

PLAISANCE

660 East 63rd Street

PLAISANCE

466 North Parkside Avenue

PLAISIR

8947 North Crawford Ave.

PLAYHOUSE

410 S. Michigan Avenue

PLAZA

808 W. North Avenue

POWERS

124 West Randolph Street

48

PRAIRIE

6748 Prairie Avenue

PRINCESS

819 South Clark Street

QUEEN

2643 West North Avenue

RAINBOW

11311 S. Michigan Ave.

REGENT

6746 Sheridan Road

REX

6848 S. Racine Ave.

RlALTO

336 South State Street

RIVIERA

Broadway & Lawrence

ROGERS

2516 Fullerton Ave.

ROSE

63 W. Madison St.

ROSE

2860 Milwaukee Avenue

ROSELAND
11331 S. Michigan Ave.

ROSEWOOD

1823 Montrose Blvd.

SAVOY

4346 West Madison Street

SCHINDLER'S

1009 West Huron Street

SHAKESPEARE

942 East 43rd Street

SHEERIN

663 North Clark Street

SOUTH CHICAGO

South Chicago, 9223 Commercial
Ave.

SOUTHERN

828 South Oak Park Ave., Oak
Park

SPRINGFIELD

3857 W. 12th Street

STANDARD

760 N. Clark Street

STAR

68 West Madison Street

STAR

1453 Milwaukee Ave.

STAR

Evanston, Ills.

STAR

1415 Fullerton Ave.

STAR & GARTER

815 West Madison Street

STATES

3507 South State Street

STRAND

3031 Lincoln Ave.

STUDEBAKER

418 S. Michigan Ave.

TRIANGLE

Evanston, Ills.

TEMPLE

3121 Lincoln Ave.

TERMINAL

3308 Lawrence Ave.

THALIA

1215 W. 18th Street

TIFFIN

4045 West North Ave.

TRIANGLE

7219 Wentworth Ave.

TULANE
6108 South Halsted Street

TWENTIETH CENTURY

4708 Prairie Ave.

TWENTIETH CENTURY

3630 W. 12th Street

UNION

4650 South Ashland Ave.

UNITED STATES

646 S. State Street

VAUDETTE

3044 E. 92nd St.

VERNON

436 East 61st Street

VILLAGE

Wilmette, Ills.

VIRGINIA

210 East 43rd Street

VISION

2660 W. Division St.

VISTA

824 East 47th Street

VlTAGRAPH

3137 Lincoln Avenue

49

WABASH

1838 S. Wabash Are.

WALLACE

622 W. 31st Street

WAVERLY

627 South Halsted Street

WEST END

121 N. Cicero Ave.

WHITE PALACE

1609 S. Kedzie Ave.

WILSON AVENUE

1048 Wilson Avenue

WINDSOR

1235 N. Clark Street

WINDSOR PARK

2644 E. 75th Street

WINNETKA COMMUNITY
HOUSE

Winnetka

WOODLAWN
853 East 63rd Street

WOODS

64 West Randolph Street

WORLD

61 West Randolph Street

YALE

Maywood, Ills.

ZlEGFELD

624 S. Michigan Ave.

SO

AUXILIARY SPEAKERS

Three auxiliary organizations were developed by the
Four Minute Men. These included speakers who spoke
only in Fraternal Societies, Churches, and Labor
Unions. These speakers, although not regularly listed
as Four Minute Men, did effective service in their re-
spective fields, followed the schedule of official topics,
and acted in accordance with instructions from the Chi-
cago Chairman. These lists comprise only those who
spoke in five campaigns, the basis of the award of the
Honorable Discharge Certificates.

FRATERNAL SECTION

Aiken, E. J.
Allegrette, Francis B.
Alesh, Frank
Alexander, R. G.
Alexander, J. A.
Almcrantz, Hilton O.
Amerson, G. W.
Andelman, M. L.
Anders, "W. F.
Anderson, Mabel B.
Anderson, A. G.
Anderson, Ole
Anssem, Peter
Avallove, D. G.
Armbruster, C. A.
Ayers, G. L.
Backus, Theo. B. R.
Badger, Carlton S.
Banks, Anna S.
Bartisek, Frank
Basener, Emil A,
Bauer, Henry J.
Baum, Wm. L.
Bayer, F. A.
Beck, Norman A.
Becker, John
Berg, A. G.
Berg, J. M.
Bertram, Wm. H.
Besdorf, M. H.
Besold, G. C.
Bienman, W. C.
Bllek, Frank J.
Birma, Harry

Blattan, John H.
Blencoe, W. H.
Block, J. L.
Blomquist, Wm. <
Bloom, J. B.
Bluim, Elmer
Booth, Sherman M.
Brakeneld, Helen M.
Bricker, Olive
Brouillet, H. A.
Brown, S. G.
Burnett, Marlon S.
Campbell, W. P.
Canmann, Harry L.
Carey, Judge F!dward J.
Carmody, M. E.
Cato, Frank
Chlsholm, Thomas M.
Chrystal, W. L.
Claffy, Thos. J.
Conlon, Andrew A.
Cohan, E. J.
Cromley, P. J.
Curlleux, E. E.
Davis, J. W.
Day, L. W.
Deachman, T. W.
Delson, L. J.
Del Vecchio, C. J.
Dempsey, R. G.
Denison, W. L.
Denman, Sarah H.
Derebey, Nellie P.
Dickhert, H. E.

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Dixon, Frank
Donat, A. I.
Donnell, Andrew J. O.
Doran, Mary E.
Dorner, Albert W.
Doud, Wm. P.
Downey, Wm.
Drechsler, Charles
Duffy, W. P.
Eckberg, Carl O.
Edholm, Eli E.
Edwards, Helga
Eiselen, F. C.
Euler, John
Ewerts, Peter
Farrow, P. R.
Feick, Henry
Ferrin, J. C.
Fey, Wm.
Finn, Martin J.
Fischer, Edw. J.
Fixmer, H. J.
Flekhan, Otto W.
Frey, J. Fred
Friend, Hugo M.
Fischer, W. E.
Funk, Mrs. Melva Garten
Gaede, H. H.
Geiger, Louise E.
Cellar, Louis H.
Geslason, A.
Gibson, Francis P.
Gisling, George
Glickman, Louis

Gordon, Lester

Lapham, Anna Rose

Gorman, John J.

Larsen, Andrew

Graham, Wm.

Lasdon, Morris

Grank, Luke

Lathrope, W. G.

Green, Geo. E.

LeGros, Hulda

Hagberg, E. H.

Leiff, Calvin W.

Haiman, Laura

Leviton, Phillip P.

Hall, C. B.

Linder, Charles P.

Harnew, William H.

Linn, Robert F., Jr.

Harper, Henry

Loehol, Carl C.

Harris, James H.

Luebeck, E. H.

Hart, Mrs. Anna

Luik, Christian

Hart, Henrietta G.

Lumby, O. M.

Hazzard, W. J.

Lurie, Harry J.

Hearl, A. F.

Luttge, Wm. B.

Heilemann, E. A.

McAuliffe, John P.

Heineman, W. F.

McConkey, E. V.

Heist, Chas.

McCrae, Robert J.

Helton, W. R.

McKean, Thomas

Hering, Henry

McKeough, R. S.

Heron, James S.

McNair, Alexander

Heydorn, F. K.

MacArthur, P. D.

Heyman, Alexander H.

MacDonald, P. C.

Hibbeler, Mathew

Maier, John

Hillis, Frank N.

Main, C. J.

Hoffman, H. I.

Malek, E.

Hogberg, E. H.

Mammosee, J. E.

Holmes, Chas. E.

Manning, Arthur

Hoopes, A. M.

Maschek, Theo

Hoover, W. H.

Maud, Mrs. Maude R.

Horst, Chas. M.

Meloling, Grant U.

Houle, Frank R.

Merely, George F.

Hoy, Ivan

Merensky, Joseph J.

Huebsch, Arthur

Mertel, W.

Huehl, Mrs. Amalia

Meyer, L. E.

Huehl, A. H.

Meyer, M. A.

Hutchinson, Charles G.

Meyers, Francis B.

Irrmann, Walter P.

Miller, Mrs. Dorothea

Jaeger, T. A.

Miller, Joseph

Janovsky, Felix B.

Miskelly, A. C.

Jenkins, Mrs. X. K.

Miller, J. G.

Joens, J. John

Moak. Chas. L.

Johnson, Chas. J.

Moran, Wm. F.

Johnson, Peter J.

Moroney, Harold P.

Johnson, Walter A.

Mueller, Conrad A.

Jones, David

Muntmyler, L. E.

Jordan, O. F.

Murmann, A. F.

Kallschener, A. J.

Murray, Chas. F.

Kater, Wm. C.

Nehls, C. F.

Keegan, John J.

Nelson, A. W.

Kelleher, J. M.

Nelson, Pearl E.

Kemdson, Chas. S.

Nesbitt, Geo. S.

Kennedy, Chas. F.

Noack, Chas. E.

Kenney, Harry P.

Noble, Lillian

Kenner, Mrs. Nettle

Nolan, Walter B.

Kerbs, Ferd A.

Norton, William.

Kerr, James

Norwood, Benj. I.

Kerze, Frank

O'Donnell, Andrew J.

Kilbey, Geo. A.

Oakey, J. D.

Kilcran, James

Olin, C. E.

Kimball, Clyde A.

Olin, William O.

King, P.

Olson, A. P.

Kinney, George A.

Olson, Geo. A.

Kittler, J. R.

Oram, H. K.

Klepke, Wm. C.

Ord, Chas.

Klinke, A. W.

Patterson, William

Kluetsch, Nic. Jos.

Paul, John

Knight, C. M.

Pember, Mrs. Lydia

Kock, Agnes

Peterson, Harry K.

Koepke, Frank

Pfeifer, Oscar T.

Kolmos, Jesse

Pflum, August J.

Koss, Wm. A.

Phillips, Edgar

Kreer, John G.

Pollard, Annie L.

Krueger, Mary M.

Porter, Frederick

Kunze, Emmy

Prince, Hyman A.

Anderson, Mabel B.

Proctor, Howard C.

Kurtz, Henry D.

Quinlan, John M.

Kurtz, John

Rahn, August H.

Lamb, Edward J.

Raven, Alfred

Lambert, Josephine

Read, Thomas

Lamble, Thomas W.

Reese, Samuel

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Reinbold, S. H.
Resag, Fred K.
Reynolds, Fred E.
Richter, E. H.
Roche, Stephen F.
Roller, Mrs. Jennie
Roner, A. F.
Rosenueig, Geo. K.
Rountree, Hiram P.
Rowland, R. B.
Rowley, J. F .
Rund, John
Russell, Thomas H.
Rust, Mrs. Mattie
Samuels, Dr. M. W.
Schatz, W. J.
Schmitz, Claribel
Schmitz, Fred A.
Schooler, Miss Rose
Schuler, Chas. F.
Seese, Peter
Shaw, William B.
Shawcross, Chas.
Shimek, Frank
Skubic, Edw. P.
Slaski, Leo
Smeltz, R. M.
Smerling, Albert L.
Smith, Walter
Spachner, Albert
Spitzer, Sam
Sproul, Grace A.
Stanfleld, C. W.
Steffen, Walter P.
Steinberg, Samuel L..
Stemwedel, A. W.
Straus, Gertrude
Button, C. Earl
Swanson, G.
Sward, Chas. E.
Tallkuehn, Frank F.
Taylor, Oscar E.
Teller, S. H.
Theorell, F. J.
Thiel, J. A.
Thompson, F. M.
Thorelius, P. William
Tinsley, William
Toskett, H. E.
Traub, W. F.
Trimmer, Miss Kate
Trusman, James J.
Tulett, W. H.
Turner, Arthur W.
Valentine, G.
Van Houghton, Geo. 8.
Von Huf, Chas.
Van Sickle, Georgia
Vickers, E. P.
Von Hollen, Geo.
Waldo, Rev. Alfred
Walker, Guy M.
Walsh, Lawrence J.
Watson, Chas.
Weiland, F. L.
Weinberg, Morris A.
Weinert, John
Weiss, G. A.
Welch, Wm. Spence
Wetherell, F. S.
Wetmore, B. F.
White, W. K.
Whitmore, John W.
Wiggins, F. H.
Wilber, Albert W.
William, A. G.
Wirts, Fred S.
Young, Jos. W.
Youngberg, Carl
Zavadil, Louis G.
Zeitich. Julius

LABOR SECTION

Atkinson, R. C.
Bauser, John M.
Billingsley, Edw.
Booth, Milton
Cleveland, Wm. E.
Crosby, P. H.
David, John W.
Debs, Alfred
Defaut, Eugene
Diederich, Dr. J. J.
Drexel, John
Elzinga, Edward G.
Fahy, John J.
Farnam, Joseph
Feeney, John J.
Geenty, Patrick F.
Gold, Joseph
Hague, Ira
Hamilton, John
Harrison, George W.
Hawkins, Patrick
Jackson, Frank

Jackson, John
Jameson, Evald Peter
Jones, John
Joureaux, Phillip
Kearns, James B.
Kelly, John
Kennedy
Kenth, Harry
Kerr, Walter
Kinney, E. J.
Lam pa, Edward
McBreen, Thomas
McKinley, J. D.
Mangan, John
Marsh, Harry
Meehan, Michael S.
Minion, A. J.
Murphy, Martin
Neighbar, Clarence J.
O'Connor, J. J.
Oleomor, John
Peck, Joseph

Raymond, Arthur B.
Read, John
Reed, A. J.
Rossell, Wm.
Sauer, H. R.
Schmidt, Hugo
Selandee, Oscar
Snow, Walter
Snyder, John
Stoner, Clettes
Stringer, John R.
Sughura, F. D.
Sutfin, O. T.
Trost, Wm.
Turba, Louis
Walsh, Michael
Webster, George V.
Weidermeyer, Bruno
Weiss, Louis
Wild, H. M.
Wills, Charles F.

CHURCH SECTION

Aiken, E. J.
Albritton, Rev. J. M.
Aldeen, Rev. C. A.
Allen, Rev. Ira W.
Allen, Rev. Paul Riley
Althoff, Rev. Chas. B.
Ames, Rev. E. S.
Anastase, Rev. Joseph
Anderson, Rev. C. P.

Brown, Rev. Arthur T.
Brown, Rev. Clarence T.
Brown, Rev. Henry S.
Brugh, Rev. Avery
Bryant, Mr. John M.
Budlong, Rev. Fred G.
Budzinsky, Rabbi Na-
than
Burhaus, Rev. Frank D.

Anderson, Rev. Frank L. Burke, Rev. Thomas
Anderson, Rev. Frank O. (C. S. P.)
Anderson, Rev. J. C. Burns, Rev. J. Calhoun

Anderson, Rev. Joseph L. Butterfield, Rev. Ray
Anderson, Rev. Marten Esan
E. Byas, Rev. A. J.

Byrnes, Rev. E.

Cahill, Rev. Wm. F.

Cain, Rev. Louis P.

Caldwell, Rev. Ray T.

Callagan, Rev. J. F.
(LL.D.)

Cannell, Rev. F. P.

Cardon, Rabbi Abraham

Andrien, Rev. Carl J.
Angeletti, Rev. Joseph
Arell, Rev. O. W.
Arnold, Rev. Edwin C.
Baikie, Miss Jean S.
Baker, Rev. T. P.
Barnum, Rev. F. W.
Barr, Rev. Norman
Barry, Mr. Chas. A.
Barton, Rev. Wm. E.
Baxter, Rev. T. M.
Beattie, Rev. Robt. H.
Beckstrom, Rev. J. M.
Bennett, Rev. John T.
Berenson, Rabbi Meyer

I.

Carlson, Rev. Eric
Carlson, Rev. Gustar G.
Case, Rev. Carl D.
Casey, Rev. Joseph A.
Cattermole, Rev. E. G.
Cawthorne, Rev. H. L.

Berghoefer, Rev. Fred J. Chapman, Rev. Benj. E.

Berry, Rev. Ira P.
Biermann, Rev. P. L.
Bigger, Rev. Robt. R.
Blahunka, Rev. V.
Bleam, Rev. Wm. M.
Bloemer, Rev. Henry F.

Charters, Rev. Thomas
Chenuil, Rev. P. (C. S.

Chddiewicz, Rev. F. M.
Chvatal, Rev. Joseph
(O. S. B.)

Bloomquist, Rev. W. C. Clarke, Rev. A. S. C.
Blumberg, Rev. Fred Cloud, Rev. _M. H.
Bobal, Rev. Thomas J.
Bona, Rev. Thomas P.
Bonifas, Rev. Theodore

Code, Rev. George C.

Code, Rev. J. J.

Coffee, Rabbi Rudolph I.

Bortak, Rev. Joseph Paul Cohen, Rabbi Samuel S.
Bowman, Rev. H. L. Cook, Rev. Wm.

Corktrom, Rev. T. O.

Corwin, Rev. Jones Earl

Covert, Rev. Wm. Chal-

Boyd, Rev. William S.

Brand, Chas. A.

Breed, Rev. Dwight P.

Briggs, Rev. Walter A. mers

Braden, Rev. Samuel R. iCox, Rev. Clinton C.

Brosseit, Rev. F. W.

Crabtree, Rev. Allan
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Crane, Rev. C. W.
Crawford, Rev. John O.
Crosby, Rev. K. O.
Cummings, Rev. C. A.
Dahl, Rev. Edwin S.
Dandanville, Rev. E. Li.
Darcy, Rev. J. J.
Darden, Rev. Robt. L.
David, Rev. Samu«i

David

Davies, Rev. J. W. V.
De Carlo, Rev. Pasqaale
Denison, Mr. W. L.
De Long, Rev. John E.
Dembinski, Rev. Francis

(C. R.)

de Norus, Rev. R.
Dennison, Rev. John J.
Dent, Rev. Joseph Croft
Derengowski, Rev. S.
Dickey, Rev. Chas. J.
Diether, Rev. L. C.

(O. C. C.)

Dinman, Rev. W. A.
Dixon, Rev. C. G.
D'Lacy, Rev. John H.
Doble, Rev. Wm. B.
Dock, Rev. Herbert W.
Doran, Rev. J. P.
Drens, Rev. Henry
Drummond, Rev. A. C.
Duha, Rev. Frank W.
Dunne, Rev. P. W.

(P. R.)

Egan, Rev. Thomas F.
Eisenbacher, Rev. Geo.
Elfentein, Rabbi Israel
Ellis, Rev. Wiles A.
Engwall, Rev. Swan A.
Epstein, Rev. Chas. H.
Epstein, Rabbi Ephraim
Epstein, Rev. F. J.
Erkenawick, Rev. C. A.
Ernstiiifi, Rev. M. C.
Evans, Rev. B. B.
Faber, R<v. W. G.
Fahringer, Rev. Fred H.
Fant, Rev. O. A.
Farmiloe, Rev. F. F

Feinberg, Rabbi Nathan Hunt, Rev. Theodore C.

Ferguson, Rev. James B. Hunter, Rev. Austin

Findley, Rev. Samuel W. Hyde, Rev. Henry Neal

Finn, Rev. John S.

Fischer, Rabbi M.

Fischer, Rev. P. W.

Fitch, Rev. Frank F.

Fitzgerald, Rev. J.

Flock, Rev. G. K.

Ford, Rev. S. T.

Fortin, Rev. J. C.

Foster, Rev. L. E.

Foster, Rev. Theodore B. der

Fritsch, Rev. H. Samuel John, Rev. John

Fuerstenau, Rev. A. F.

Gage, Rev. A. H.

Gambera, Rev. C. G.

Gardner, Rev. A. M.

Garrison, Rev. J. L.

Gelinas, Rev. P. T.

Giambastiane, Rev. L.

Gibson, Rev. Samuel M.

Gilky, Rev. Chas. W.

Gillispie, Rev. George R.

Gilmartin, Rev. M. S.

Godden, Rev. Wm. C.

Gordon, Rev. G. B.

Gordon, Rev. F. (C. R.)

Martin, Rev. E. T.

Martin, Rev. Francis Jas.

Martin, Rev. J. B.

Hyde, Rev. R. Scott Melody, Rev. John W.

Hyde, Rev. W. J. (D. D.)

Hynes, Rev. J. A. Meredith, Rev. John

Jagodzinsky, Rev. Henry Mertius, Rev. Franz Gus-
Jedlicka, Rev. F. W. tav

Johnson, Rev. Albert Messing, Rabbi A. J.

Jenkinson, Rev. Henry S. Meyers, Rev. Johnston
Jennings, Rev. Jas. J. Miles, Rev. W. C.
Jenkins, Rev. J. Alexan- Misecka, Rev. Joseph

Mohns, Rev. Arthur W.

Jordan, Rev. F. J.
Jones, Rev. Daniel H.
Karabasz, Rev. F. J.

Moore, Rev. Aubrey S.
Moore, Rev. Walter

Howard
Morrissey, Rev. John J.

Kaufman, Rev. Wesley M. Mullaly, Rev. James J.

Gorske, Rev. A. 'S. (D. D.)
Grant, Rev. Fred C.
Gratiot, Rev. Fred L.
Greer, Rev. J. F.
Griswold, Rev. S. M.
Gronkowski, Rev. C. I.
Grose, Rev. Wm. E.
Gross, Rev. Theo. G.

Kearney, Rev. W. L.
Kearns, Rev. J. J.
Kellogg, Rev. Theodore
Kelly, Mr. Raymond
Keough, Rev. Edward S.
Kestle, Rev. I.
Kessler, Rev. C. M.
Kinsela, Rev. W. J.
Klasen, Rev. M.
Klein, Rev. N. (C.

C. R.)
Knapp, Rev. L. H.
Knight, Rev. H. W.
Kotecki, Rev. Max
Kowalski, Rev. E. A.
Kramer, Rev. Edward
Kramer, Rev. Isaac A.
Kralecet, Rev. V.

Guilbert, Rev. Edward S. Kriesella, Rev. Wm. J.

Gwyn, Rev. Herbert B.
Hales, Rev. Chas. H.
Halgas, Rev. A.
Hall, Rev. Logan
Hallden, Rev. Eric
Haman, Rev. Bernard

(O. S. B.)

Hammitt, Rev. Leon L.
Hanley, Rev. Mathew
Hanson, Rev. K.
Hare, Rev. Logan
Harris, Rev. A. L.
Harris, Rev. R. A.
Harrison, Rev. H.
Hart, Rev. Thomas
Haslam, Rev. J. B.
Hedeen, Rev. J. V.

Kruszka, Rev. Joseph H.
La Marre, Rev. J. V.
Land, Rev. Geo. B.
Langfort, Rev. Theo.
Lauer, Rev. P.
Leggett, Rev. Thomas
Leonard, Rev. A. E.
Leonard, Rev. Frank H.
Leoppert, Rev. A. L.
Leoppert, Rev. H. C.
Levi, Rabbi Gerson B.
Levy, Rabbi Felix A.
Linden, Rev. Fredrik
Linkletter, Rev. C. S.
Logren, Rev. Francisco
Loidman, Rev. C. S.

Murray, Rev. Roderick
Muskin, Rabbi R. E.
Murray, Rev. Walter B.
Nabholz, Rev. O. C.
Nash, Rev. F. B.
Navacek, Rev. A. J.
Nelson, Rev. Carl J.
Nelson, Rev. Swaney
Nesmith, Rev. George
S.Netstraeter, Rev. Wm.
Newman, Rev. Julius
Nicely, Rev. John W.
Nickless, Rev. Alfred S.
Northcott, Rev. H. Clif-
ford

Nybladh, Rev. Carl A.
Nyman, Rev. Chas. A.
O'Brien, Rev. D. P.
O'Brien, Rev. F. M.
O'Brien, Rev. Terence
O'DonnenY Rev. Ed. M.
Ohon, Rev. Wm.
O'Reilly, Rev. E.
O'Shea, Rev. W. J.
Ostema, Rev. James
O' Sullivan, Rev. M.
Otto, Rev. Benj.
Palmer, Rev. Edwin C.
Papitto, Rev. O.
Parrott, Rev. H. Irving
Patterson, Rev. D. R.
Peache, Rev. Alfred
Perry, Rev. Albertus
Petersen, Rev. Robert P.
Peterson, Rev. P. Arnold

Henderson, Rev. Norman C. B.)

Lorenzon, Rev. R. (C. S. Petrajtes, Rev. A.

B.

Luhman, Rev. F. H.
McCabe, Rev. F. X. (C.

M. LL. D.)

McCroken, Rev. A. A.
McDevitt, Rev. T. J.

(LL. D.)

McGuire, Rev. Martin J.
McKay, Rev. H. Z.

Helming, Rev. O. C.

Hepburn, Rev. Henry

Heresel, Rev. LeRoy C.

Heresh, Rabbi Joseph

Heron, Rev. R. A.

Hickman, Rev. Jesse D.

Hirsch, Rabbi Emil G.

Hirschberg, Rabbi Abram McKenna, Rev. M. J.

Hisben, Rev. D. D.

Hix, Rev. L. B.

Hoff, Rev. J. H.

Hoffman, Rev. P. J.

Hogue, Rev. L. E.

Homburger, Rev. Dr.

Oscar
Hoover, Rev. Henry C.

Hopkins, Rev. John

Henry
Hosenstab, Rev. Philip J.
Hoskins, Rev. A. S.
Hosmer, Rev. Frank A.
Howie, Rev. J. L.

McKitrick, Rev. J. W.
McNamee, Rev. W. J.

(P. R.)

MacAdams, Rev. Geo.
MacAfee, Rev. Wm.

MacLogan, Rev. James.

MacWhorter, Rev. Gard- Relie, Rev. Max

ner Reutershoff, Rev. F. -J.

MacWhorter, Rev. Hugh Roberts, Rev. Ralph M,

Pierce, Rev. Elmer
Pierce, Rev. Wm. H.
Prince, Rev. Herbert W.
Pugney, Rev. R.
Putnam, Rev. Chas. H.
Pyterek, Rev. P. H.
Quigley, Rev. A. M.
Rabakowski, Rev. J. V.
Rabinowitz, Rabbi Joseph
Randall, Rev. Edwin J.
Rappaport, Rabbi J.
Rasp, Rev. C. D.
Reace, Rev. Wm.
Rebec, Rev. A.
Reilly, Rev. A. M.
Reiner, Rev. E. L.

M.

Magor, Rev. Martin J.
Main, Rev. F. W.
Malone, Rev. J. Walter,

Jr.

Huben, Rev. Wm. Henry Margolis, Rabbi Joseph

Hughes, Rev. R. D.

Martin, Mr. A. C.
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Robinson, Rev. C. E.
Robinson, Rev. Eugene P.
Rogers, Mr. Frank C.
Rogers, Rev. Joseph B.
Roland, Rev. Edward I*.
Romerowsky, Rabbi
Samuel

Rowley, Rev. J. F.
Ruyle, Rev. W. L.
Ryan, Rev. John P.
Sandberg, Rev. O. G.
Sayers, Rev. Frank G.
Scanlon, Rev. J. M.
Schanfarber, Rabbi

Tobias
Schildgen, Rev. Francis

J.

Schmitz, Rev. M.
Schneck, Rev. G. H.
Schneider, Rev. John M.
Scott, Rev. Walter C.
Searles, Rev. Geo. J.
Seate, Rev. Robert D.
Seely, Rev. M.
Selden, Rev. Frederick

L.
Seriflnas, Rev. Francis

B.

Shannon, Rev. T. V.
Sheviey, Rev. W. E.
Shumadzu, Rev. Mesaki
Silver, Rabbi Saul
Sirca, Rev. Ambrose
Slaatte, Rev. I. T.
Sladek, Rev. Edward
Slaminski, Rev. C. F.
Sloltz, Rabbi Joseph
Smith, Rev. Ernest D.
Smith, Rev. Horace G.

Smith, Rev. J. H. O.
Smith, Rev. J. P.
Smith, Rev. Roy L.
Smyth, Rev. H. P.
Sonnenschein, Mr.

Edward

Soper, Rev. A. D.
Spencer, Rev. Hugh I.
Stahl, Rev. K. L.
Stamm, Rev. John S.
Stauffacher, Rev. A. D.
Stead, Rev. Jas. R.
Stephenson, Rev. A. T.
Stifler, Rev. Francis C.
Stifler, Rev. James M.
Stixrud, Rev. A. O.
Stock, Rev. H. T.
Stone, Rev. John

Timothy

Stoskoff, Rev. Wm. B.
Studebaker, Rev. H. A.
Swaney, Rev. B. G.
Swenson, Rev. Wm.
Swift, Rev. P. H.
Symonds, Rev. E. W.
Sztuczko, Rev. G.
Thomas, Rev. J. M.
Thompson, Rev. Ermine
Turner, Rev. B. A.
Ungerleider, Rabbi N.
Valetti, Rev. L.

Vallentyne, Rev. James
W.

Van Heertum, Rev. J. A.

Vaniscak, Rev. G. K.

Wagner, Rev. C. A.

Waldo, Rev. A. F.

Wallendorf, Rev. G. E.

Warren, Rev. Claud W.

Way, Rev. Wm. C.

Way, Rev. W. E.

Wedderspood, Rev. W.
R.

Weiler, John

Welch, Rev. J. C.

Whitcomb, Rev. Leslie G.

White, Rev. Arel M.

Wilcox, Rev. Lee A.

Williams, Rev. J. J.

Williams, Rev. T.
Yeoman

Williamson, Rev. John
H.

Wilson, Rev. Gilbert

Wishart, Rev. C. F.

Woftalewicz, Rev. M.

Yarrow, Rev. Phillip

Young, Rev. Chas. Her-
bert

Young, Rev. Robert C.

Zampiere, Rev. P. S.

Zumbrunnen, Rev. A. C.

Zwierzchowski, Rev. J.

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