Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
Will Hold Mass Meeting at Co.
Iumbia Theater T0m0r-
row Afternoon.
FORESHADOWS ANOTHER
CRUSADE ON THE HOUSE
To Force Vote on Hobson Resolution
Providing for National Prohibition.
Noted Speakers.

The highest officers in the national or
eanization Of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union will conduct a mass
meeting tomorrow afternoon at the Co
lumbia Theater, in anticipation of anoth-
err massed crusade on the House OF Rep
resentatives to force a vote on the Hob
son resolution providing for a constitu-
tional amendment for the complete pro-
hibition of liquor manufacture and sale.
Representative Hobson Of Alabama.
author of the resolution proposing pro-
hibition amendment to the federal Con-
stitution. will address the meeting tomor-
row, and it is understood he will announce
that the rules committee of the House,
in. which the resolution has been pigeon
holed.- has at last agreed to report out
a rule making this famous resolution
privileged.
1t Il anticipating this action that the
entire national organization OF the w. Z.
T. U. descends on Washington to hold
its final rally tomorrow.
The meeting will be presided over
by the newly elected national presi-
dent Miss Anna y. Gordon, and one
of the chief speakers of the afternoon
will be Mrs. Mary Harris Armor Of
Georgia, known as the Georgia
Cyclone.
National Officers Present.
National officers of the W. c. T. L.
here now, or who will arrive in this
city this afternoon or tomorrow to be
present at the mass meeting. include
Mrs. Ella A. Boole, national vice presi-
dent and also president of the New
York state organization; Mrs. Frances
ID l,lvc Nf
responding secretary; Mrs. Sarah Hoge,
assistant recording secretary and presi-
dent of the w. C. T. L. Of Virginia:
-ars. Elizabeth P. Hutchinson of Kan
Dye Ellis of this city, national super
intendent of legislation; Mrs. Florence
Richards. president of the Ohio Or
ganization; Mrs. Ella NJ Thatcher of
New Jersey. worlds W. c. T. U. super
intendent for work among soldiers.
sailors and marines: Mrs. Don P.
Blaine. national lecturer and organizer,
and Mrs. Lulu Leveland Shepard, presi-
dent of the w. c. T. U. of Utah.
Juveniles in Costume.
One of the features of the mass meet
ing will be a peace and prohibition
demonstration by twenty-eight WASH
ington girls and boys in costumes rep
resenting as many countries.
among tneSe Will De Dorothy Hang
lighter. Germany; George Slime, Bull
.caria: Angelina Passaro, Italy; Ruth
Elizabeth Payne, Egypt; Nellie J. Nc
''urdy, Denmark; Anna May Poole Ire
land: Mary Slime, Chile; Thomas Keyes,
burma: Vesta Pollock, Iceland; Ruth
Nichols and George Smith, Norway:
i,auline Richmond. Madeira: Gertrude
Snlallwood. Newfoundland: Hally Tay-
Tor, Australia; Esther Roberts, Sweden !;
scott Pollock. Scotland: Robert Flat
terry, United States.
Music for the Occasion.
The meeting has been organized by
Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton. president
Of the W. C. T. U. of the District Of
columbia. who will conduct the brief
opening devotional exercises.
Music for the meeting is to be fur
nisEed by quartet composed of Will
liam E. Braithawaite, first tenor:
charles W. Bridwell. second tenor;
James L. Bates. baritone; Benjamin A.
lineback. basso. Mrs. Elsie Cheesman
will be at the piano. Rev. DIR. Earle
Whitley will pronounce the benediction.
Cshers for the meeting will be Wash
ington Topham. chairman: D. S. Flat
terry, A. c. Proctor, Charles E. Turner,
g p. Sample. T. B. Blackburn, B. c.
Wheeler. NJ. r. Spellman. ]. C. Small
wood. A. U. Scholes. P. Wrightman,
Edward Adams, J. H Siggers and H. S.
KILLER.