The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-10
PETERS PREDICTS
. DRY time COMING
for HAWAII NET
Tells Anti-Saloon League Prohl-'
.bitlon VIII Be Here IN g..
Z -Four Years 4 J
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REPORTS SWIFT GROWTH
4 OF WHITE RIBBON NUMBERS
Expects Movement To Have Five
,rThegsand MsWbeFs Inherit e..
=" tory This Year

/, David Cary Peters, has predicted a
dry tim, coming. Yesterday he an
nounced his belief that by 1920 Hawaii
as well as all Of the mainland would
have prohibition. TO help the president
Of their. association along in his predict
ions, the members of the Anti Saloon
League at the annual meeting passed
resolution fayoring the joint resolution
introduced in. the United States Senate
and House of Representatives providing
for an amendment to the constitution
prohibiting the manufacture, sale or
transportation of liquor in the United
States.
Report Of President
President Peter 8 report in part is as
Follows: 49,. =. ?. .....a-
y 1.-THE LinGoln-Lee Legion Campaign
has been progressing steadily. The Fill.
pinos lead in number of pledges this
Srears Their workers make a thorough
canvass of all the camps and also see
the new arrivals and explain the mean
ing Of the pledge to them. Since July
10, two, hundred and twenty.eight men
have signed the pledge ut Hama, Maui,
through the efforts of one man, Roman
Dapitans and 297, have signed on, this
Island, chiefly through the influence
Of n Methodist Mission worker Alviar
This makes 525 new members.
Want Five Thousand,
"The total number of members Of the
Lincoln Lee Legion is now about $500.
We want at least to reach the 5000
mark this year. TITS is n great work
and its full value, will only be realized
when the book Of life rs opened in the
other world. We receive many inter.
esting letters written by children ask
ing for pledges for their parents and
friends to sign. One school boy got
Twenty-Five others to sign.
"Our superintendent left for Wash
ington on January Is and is still there,
getting acquainted with those who are
interested in our bill for federal pro
'hibi tipIt fOa ispTerirtoryss, We have
Received several letters from him and
he reports progress, and Irges US to
write letters and more letters to con.
gress, especially to those on the com
mitteos to which this bill has been re-
ferred. We have forwarded petitions
from many parts of the islands, contain
ing; about 5000 signatures
Praises stenographer
~ want to mention the faithful ser.
vices of our stenOgrapher Miss Ethel
M. Hutchings. / am sure that she has
greatly Increased the efficiency of our
work.
: On account of his announced depart
IRE for the mainland c. II. Cicket was
not elected as an officer of the league
for the coming year, his place as treas
nrer being filed by the election of A. F.
Cooke. The other officers elected were:
David Cary Peters, president; W. d.
Westervelt, first vice president; Mr..
j.. NJ. Whitney, second vice-president;
Miss Florence Yarrow, third vice-presi.
dent; Rev. G. Nakamura, fourth vice.
president; q. W. Patty, secretary; DIR.
J.. w. Wadman, superintendent.
Newspapers Thanked
The newspapers of the Islands were
thanked .tOr their assistance to the
league during the past year, and reports
were made by committees on resolutions
and nominations. An interesting talk
on the work for prohibition in Hawaii
before the formation of the league
was given by Mrs. J. NJ. whitney.
Last evening an interesting temper
aRce address was given at the Christian
Church by Rev. l.. l.. Loofbourow.