The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-28
MRS. ANNIE K. WEISEL TALKS OF
 NATIONAL w. c. T. U. CONVENTION

of the improvement in conditions In ms state since the passage of the prohlpl- ton law; ex-Governor Hanly of lndiana' Richmond Pearson Hobson, Hon. An thony Caminetti, commissioner general United States bureau of lmmlgfauon' Madame Yayyah Barakat, Mrs. L. L. Shepard of Utah, lecturer National Re form association, against Mormonlsm and Mary Harris Armor of Georgia. monologue of The Man Who Forgot, by Prof. G. C. Williams of Ithaca, N. '" president National Speech Arts assocla- ton, and the selection given by Hafold Stockton. The Hoosier Bird Boy, the Newsboy Band and Glee club oI the 1h- dianapolis News added much to the en- tertainment of all III some oL the 9Fe ming meetings"
 Each evening at 6:30 stereopticon lee tures were given on "The Fight of Sci ence Against Alcohol by the national superintendent of the department Of scientific temperance instruction; The World on the Water Wagon, by the editor of the Union Signal, the organ of the national w. C. T. U.; Alaska" by the president of the Alaska w. c. T. U.; Porto Rico, by the president of Porto Rico w. C. T. U.; Alcohol and Health by Dr. J. N Hurty, secretary Indiana ! state board of health, all of which were entertaining and instructive to the thou sands in attendance.
 On welcome night Gov. Samuel G. Ral- ston. governor of Indiana, Mayor Jo- seph D. Bell MT. Charles F. Coffin, vice president Chamber of Commerce, were among the speakers.
 Nearly 2O,0O0 new members were en- listed during the past year. and much enthusiasm was manifested by the newly won states of Montana, Michigan, South Dakota, Nebraska and Alaska. Miss Rankin, the newly elected con gressman" from Montana, is white ribboner," and there now remains but 300 GOO square miles of wet area in the United States, while Alaska has 60o,0Oo square miles of territory-the entire territory having voted dry in the late election. Almost $1O.000 were contributed by the delegates for the fight for na- tional constitutional prohibition and great meeting is called for December 10, next, in Washington to enlist the inter- est of the United States Congress. The Syrian relief fund had good additions made to it's treasury by the members of the convention.
 A committee on plans for the W. c. T. U jubilee in 1924 was continued and the membership urged to begin at once securing 100000 new members and fund of $1000,000 by that time. The su- perintendent of the publicity bureau re- ported that 10000 newspapers of the United States now use the plate matter edited by the national w. c. T. U. and over 1000 "clip sheets are mailed monthly to Honolulu and elsewhere in the campaign of education against the evils of the liquor traffic. The Sunday school department reported 139,400 Sun day school pledges signed during the year, making over 100000 pledge signers now in the Sunday schools of the United States, representing 36 denominations. The invitation of Washington, D. C., was accepted by the national w. c. T. U to hold it's annual convention in 1917 there and perhaps the most gratifying event of the entire meeting was the fact that Miss Anna Gordon, the beloved and hon. ored president of the national Womans Christian union, was reelected