Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
"DRYS" MARCH IN
BIG ANTI BOOZE
DEMONSTRATION
Three Thousand Voters Pro-
test Against Liquor Traffic;
Thousands of Spectators

Nearly 5000 voters of Harrisburg
marched over the principal streets of
the city last night in a great anti
booze demonstration. The parade
was prediction protest against
the liquor traffic and registered the
support of the great body of voters
on the side of the dry" candidates.
Ihe patriotic band of voters
marched to the tunes of five bands
ana several drum corps For two
houfs voters marched through the
city To the plaudits of thousands of
spectators who lined the sidewalks
Inc parade aroused lively interest
in the crowds along the sidewalks
Irom the moment the platoon of po-
lice under Sergeant Drabenstadt
swept down Market Square until the
last unit had passed. In the line of
march were numerous banners de-
nouncing the liquor traffic and her
aiding the candidacy of the Ratifica-
tion Committee candidates.
suburbs In Line
Harrisburg was not the only inter-
ested party in the huge demonst ra-
uon. New Cumberland, LemoNne.
NormleNshurC. PaNtang and PEN
brook had organizations in line Be-
sides these units from points in the
county. hundreds of men from the
city and county marched in the pa
rade as individual protesters against
the liquor traffic. More than a score
of organizations We're in line with
almost their complete memberships.
Following the parade. the partici-
pants gathered in the south side of
Market square and. with the massed
bands. sang patriotic songs under the
leadership of Prof. John w. Phillips.
During the singing the candidates
endorsed by the Ratification Commit
tee reviewed the paraders from a
balcony overlooking the square.
These candidates. who marched in
the parade, We're: \. Ramsay Black
and DIR. G. willis Hartman. Demo-
Gratis; nr, {. I. TrullnEer and II. \.
Sherk. Republicans. who rode in au-
tomohiles in the parade; {. w. Me
Coy Democrat and Republican, in
the district outside of the city, and
Q. r. Bottomley. also Republican and
Democrat. outside the city.
Many Units March
L. Laubenstein was chief marshal
of the parade. O. Z. Beckley was
chairman of the parade committee,
with the following four men COM
manders Of the four divisions:
First. J. Frank Barley: second. John
+. Dare; third. Norman Ream;
fourth. Don Monahan.
The following were amonE the or
ganizations in line:
Market Square Presbyterian
Church. Commonwealth Band. with a
detachment Of Boy Scouts and dele
cation Of lc5 men; Derry Street
United Brethren Church and Mems
Bible class. Singer Band. of Mechan-
10 ~ Y AZ m
Corps. l50 men; Christ Lutheran
Church and Mems Bible class, sixty
men; Stevens Memorial Methodist
Church and Mems Bible class, with
detachment OF stevens Memorial
Guards. seventy-five men; Park
street Evangelical Church, fifty men;
PaNtang delegation. with Loysville
Orphans Home Band. 100 men;
Church Of God. Penbrook, seventy
/ I'VE men; Pine Street Presbyterian
Church and Mrs. John Y. Boyds
Mems Bible class. led by Mrs. Boyd,
and Millersburg Band and drum
corps. $50 men: Hick-A-Thrifts'
forty; Bethany Chapel, forty; Boy
Scouts. thirty; Otterbein United
Brethren Church. seventy-fye men;
First Baptist. forty men; Augsburg
Lutheran Church. fife and drum
corps. 100 men; Fourth Street Church
of God. fifty men; Bethlehem Luther
an Church and Boy Scouts, thirty
five men: Grace Methodist Church,
125 men; miscellaneous, zoe men, and
a dozen automobiles.
Among those in the Market Square
PRESBYTERIAN division of the parade
was x-Representative Fair. of West
moreland county, now a resident OF
Harrisburg. who as a member of the
House several years ago was success
full in getting a vote on the first local
option measure.
Bishop James Henry Darlington
returned from Baltimore last evening
in time to participate in the parade.
Those responsible for changing
the route of the parade after it was
announced should have heard the
red hot comment of the thousands
who were massed on Nerbeke street
and saw the procession pass up Third
m ReiIE without notice