South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-26
MANY ARE ATTENDING
ANTI-SALOON MEET
Convention Opened Sunday,
Closes Thursday = Prom
inent Speakers Present.
Special Service :

News-Times Special Service
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, June 20
The annual convention of the Anti
Saloon league OF America. which is
being held here this week. brought
several Thousand persons to this
city All Of the meetings, with the
ception OF an oratorical contest.
Will be held in TOmlinson hall They
began Sunday and close Thursday
night.
About 100 OF the superintendent
and workers of the Anti-SalOOn
league have been holding executive
sessions at the Claypool hotel for
several days, discussing plans for
crowd arrived in the city Sunday
and Monday.
The program contains such names
as United States Sen. Wesley L.
Jones Of Washington; Sam Small Of
Georgia: Gov. Alexander of Idaho;
Bishop Francis j. Mcconnell Of Col
oradO: former Gov. r. Stuart Of
Tennessee; former Gov. Malcolm r.
Patterson of Tennessee; Capt. Rich
mond z. Hobson Of Alabama; John
c. Woolley Of Wisconsin; Fred Lam
dis Of Indiana; Prof. Q. +. Excel
Of Chicago, and others.
DePauvv Man VIII speak.
A feature of the convention will
be the college mems oratOrical con-
test for the eastern states which
was held at the Claypool hotel Mon
day afternoon. June %. Represent
atives from eight large universities
speak, the Indiana representative
being jefferson y. Simmons of De-
PAW university.
Another interesting session was
that of Monday evening which will
be a young peoples rally. Speakers
viii be Daniel A Polling, Boston.
president of the Christian Endeavor
union. and DR.. Merton S. Rice Of
Detroit.
At Sis each morning of the con-
vention in various rooms at the
Claypool hotel were held round
table conferences touching many
phases of the anti-saloOn movement.
Workers Of national reputation were
in charge of these conferences.
The music for the convention was
in charge of Prof. O. Z. Excel of
Chicago. assisted by Prof. Alvin
Roper of WinOna.
At the Wednesday evening session,
at which the Rev. Joshua Stansfield
of indianapolis will be the presiding
officer. the principal address will be
by Ben II. Spence, general secretary
of the Dominion alliance, Toronto,
Ontario. Mr.. Spence will tell Of
the rapid spread of prohibition in
the Dominion of Canada. Other
speakers az this session will be for
mer Gov. Richard Yates of Illinois,
and Capt. Richmond p. Hobson.
keynote Address.
The keynote address of the con-
Vention, TO be delivered Tuesday
morning at 1880, will be by Sam
Small the Georgia evangelist.
The address OF Frederick Lands
Of Logansport will be made at the
Tuesday afternoon session, his sub
jet being "A Fine Business"
The officers of the National Anti
Saloon league are as follows: Presi-
dent. Bishop Luther B. Simpson OF
New York City; national superin-
tendent DR. pUrley A Baker of CO.
lumbu o.; national secretary, 5. +.
Nicholson of Richmond, Ind
All sessions of the convention are
open 20 the public. A special meet
ing preliminary 10 the convention
Will be held in TOmlinson nall sun
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Adj
dresses Will be made by DR. PurIey
A. Baker. national sup, ntendent of
the Anti-Saloon league. and Sen.
Wesley l.. Jones of Washington.