Evening journal., 1915-05-31


The Flying Squadron Of America
made up of speakers Of ma
tlonal importance, comes to
Wilmington tomorrow in Its
nationwide campaign for a prohibit
tion amendment. All the meetings
will be held in the West Presbyterian
Church at 2.S0 and 7.30 o'clock. on
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday,
the program being as outlined above.
OF deep interest TO women of church
/ temperance and civic societies of the
city will be the meetings OF the Fly
1 ing Squadron Of America on Wednes-
day at 2.30 and 730 o'clock in the
West Presbyterian Church. when DR.
Carolyn Geiscl OF the Battle Creek
Mich, sanitarium and noted woman
physician OF the country is TO make
addresses. according to Mrs. John p
Martin. who is IN charge Of the ef
fort OF rallying the women OF thes'
societies TO the meetings Of this OF
ganization with speakers Of nationa
Importance engaged in The nation
wide campaign for a national prohi
bition amendment.
Frank Il. Haley is chairman OF Tho
local executive committee arrangini
for the meetings and looks forward tC
capacity audiences 10 greet the squad
ron which has now conducted three
day campaigns in over 200 leading cit
les of the country. making splendid
progress in the fight 70 crystaliz'
public sentiment for national prohi
bition with its eradication OF the II
quor traffic from American life.
With Or. Geisel comes rs associate
speaker, Or. Ira Landrith a wei
known educator and former moderator
OF the Presbyterian General Assembl.
the highest honor the denomination
can confer. while the soloist of thii
group will be Frederick Butler Of New
York who was formerly leading bassl
OF the Alice Nielsen Opera Company
Mrs. Butler will be the pianist.
A graduate Of the University o
Michigan, DR.. Gesel later took ad
vanced courses OF study at Petrograd
Russia. after which she did much re
search work at the Pasteur lnstitut
in Paris. She also has three Ameri
B can medical diplomas. Some year
ago she took up the study of the scien
tific temperance phase of the ilQuo
traffic, of the effect of alcohol on tn
4 human body, and in her forthcom
ing address she plans 10 tell Of IN
ravages of rum on the human syster
from the viewpoint of pathologis
Her topic will be alcohol and th
a Man Himself"
r DR.. Ira Landrith has for years bee
r leader OF the International Y. NJ. {
A., and at the last convention Of IN
i organization was made president II
!, was one of the founders OF the Ter
nessee Anti-Saloon League and ha
always been a leading official of th
: organization, being now member {
the executive committee. In associi
I. ton with Dr. Howard B. GrOse.
: wrote, at the Atlantic City conventio
9 the prohibition campaign slogan ,
the great Christian Endeavor mov'
ment, of which he is one OF the il
ternational trustees: "A saloonle'
y nation by 1920 the three hundredi
n anniversary of Re landing of n
3 Pilgrims" the slogan which has sin,
b been adopted by almost every ten
perance organization in the countr
n Frederick Butler. who comes as 81
y loist of this group is regarded I
e one of the leaders of his line in tn
country. After retiring as leadir
basso of the Alice Nelson Opel
Company, some years ago he becan
y soloist for DR.. j. Wilbur Chapma
:. world evangelist, and accOmpani,
% him on globe evangelistic sour
the close OF which DR.. Chapman d
= clared him "the greatest evengelist
- singer in the world"