Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-15
SQUADRON
WILL INVADE CITY
Prominent Men viii Speak For
Prohibition at Big Meeting;
Are Touring Country

Fatigued by the long local option
fight that centered in this city recently.
old General John Barleycorn and his
army of followers is rallying his scat
tered cohorts to repel> the threatened
invasion of the famed Flying squad
ron of America" an organization of
speakers of national reputation. that
will come to Harrisburg. May 81. 2s
and 29.
Grace Methodist Church has been Sc
lected by the local committee as the
scene for the engagement. All the
speakers who are coming ave had part
IN a campaign That IS going from ocean
TO ocean, and they are expected to de-
liver some hard thrusts at the weake
ing B~arleycorn forces
the Flying Squadron, was in town to-
day to confer with a number of promi-
the meetings will be productive OF
splendid results.
"~Broadsides against the liquor traf-
member of the Flying Squadron at tho
coming meetings and the effect will go
a long way toward crystallizing. the
temperance sentiment of the people of
Harrisburg"
He also points out that the Flying
sect or political party. but consists OF
temperance workers who are imbued
with the desire to do something really
worth while for the cause.
Already about 230 of the leading
cities of the country have been visited
by the Flying Squadron and every
where In the meetings. IT is declared,
the speakers were received with a cor
dialfty which distinctly shows the trend
of the popular mind as to the DISPOSE
tion which should be made Of the liquor
traffic.
Professional singers and musicians
accompany the squadron and conduct
the musical program at all the gather
ings, making them, it is pointed out,
doubly attractive.
Former Governor ]. Frank Hanly, of
Indiana. is the chairman of the Flying
Squadron committee. and is in general
charge of the direction of the cam
paign which is being fought from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. and from Michi-
gan n the far Northern States to
points in Florida and other extreme
Born in a log cabin in Champaign
county. Illinois. not many miles from
the old home of Abraham Lincoln. he
received most of his early education
at his mothers knee under her tutor
ship attended school but a few weeks
for several years. and then lat the age
the world. which led TO the Governor
ship of Indiana at the age OF fl, to-
an OF. which he turned his back when
the plan to aid mankind in the flight
for the suppression of the liquor traf-
fc presented itself to his mind.
With Governor Haniy in his work are
Oliver Wayne Stewart, former member
of the Illinois State Legislature, and a
~ dECt 1ctluTtI. ItEdIutu DIS q LID
of intense personality and deep enthu-
siasm, n Daniel a. Polling. president
of the National Temperance Council.
n the youngest man who was ever a
candidate for the Governorship of
Ohio. where in 1912. at the age. of %.
he reached by automobile eighty-siX
counties of the Buckeye State in his
speaking tours and was rewarded by
seeing the Prohibition vote at the en-
suing election raised $50 per cent.
DIR. Ira Landrith. former president OF
the Ward Belmont College, of Nash
Vile. Tenn, Presbyterian and former
moderator of the denominations gen
eral assembly. the highest honor il can
confer. is another of the leaders work
ing with Governor Hanly in the ma
the ounders Of the tennessee esS 0n Nnt ii
Saloon League, and is now a member
of the State executive committee of
the organization. having been a leader
of the work since its inception.
He was also president of the late
International convention Of the Young
the association for twenty-one years
as chairman OF the Tennessee State
committee, and is also conneete9
religious nature.
DR.. Charles NJ. Sheldon. known
throughout the world as an author of
note and an earnest exponent of prac-
teal and livable Christianity. is also
Included in. the list of speakers. Known
best by his famous book. In His
Steps" DIR. Sheldon has seen it trans
lated into seventeen different languages
and attain a circulation of millions of
copies in this country and Great Brit
ain. He is now minister-at-large of
the Central Congregational Church. of
Topeka, Kan; with idefinite leave Of
absence to lecture. hold conferences
and assist church declarations and kim
bred causes"
Or. Carolyn f. Geisel was born in
Michigan and graduated from the uni
versity at Ann Arbor: she has received
medical diplomas from three American
colleges; studied in st. Petersburg Uni
rarErH4 pTnGGtn~ n1Ga - 49, -
at the famous Fastener Institute in
Paris. She has been on the STAFF of the
Battle Creek Sanitarium since 1895. She
has been prominent on the lecture plat
form. doing C~hautauqua work for the
past fifteen years. Her active interest
in temperance work dates from the
wear 1897 and her most important adj
dress on the question is. Alcohol and
the. Man Himself" showing the patho-
logical effects Of alcohol upon the hui
man body. She is a brilliant and con-
vincing speaker. and presents the tenn
perance question in a way that makes
u appear, of vital Importance to each
An especially interesting figure who
accompanies the squadron is John B.
Boston, who is the treasurer of the
contributed $4,000 to its support He
is also vice-chairman of the Prohibit
tion national committee. and deeply
Interested in the work for the advance
ment of the Prohibition cause
Included in the list of musicians who
are accompanying the squadron are:
FREDERICK. Butler, former basso of the
Alice Nelson opera Company: Mrs.
Butler. pianist; the Rev. Daniel V. Pol
ing. pastor of the Pilgrim Congrega-
ttonal Church. Portland. Ore: VIM. L
Patton. of Portland. Ore, pianist; Miss
Vera K. Mullin. of Winchester, Ind,
soprano. who has done much concert
work over the United States and
Canada. and Miss Iris E. Robinson, of
Winchester, Ind, pianist.
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MISS LODGE TO TALK
Miss Susan 3. Lodge. president of