Evening star., 1919-12-29
DRY" CELEBRATION
WILL LAST A WEEK
Conference. Banquets and
Meetings Will Begin on -
January II.

In celebration of national prohibi
ton. which goes into effect on
January 10. number of reform or
ganiZations will make the entire week
one of jubilation in the Capital.
Conferences. banquets and public
meetings. beginning January II. will
reflect the joyful spirits of those who
achieved the goal of their ideals
prohibition. Plans for greater reforms
in 1920 will be discussed.
Two organizations will hold their
annual conventions. the National
Temperance Council and the Inter
national Reform Bureau.
Twenty-6fth Anniversary.
The International Reform Bureau
will begin it's twentyffth ami
versary on Sunday January II, with
meetings in the Foundry Methodist.
First Congregational and Mount Yer
non (Southern) Methodist Churches.
AT these and later meetings senators
and representatives who are on the
reformers will speak. On January IL
the bureaus superintendent. DIR. viii
bur +. Crafts, and Mrs. Crafts Will
be lat home in the bureaus building,
east of the Library of Congress, for
personal conference with visitors. On
January 13. IA and Is the bureau Will
conduct informal institute studies of
gambling and sabbath desecration and
law enforcement. at the bureaus $ main
office and in near churches. some or
these studies. led by Henry n. Pringle.
the bureaus law enforcement expert,
who has secured $3.50 convictions for
violations of laws against CONNER
cialiZed evils. and is expected to take
a great part as the head of new
citizens inspection bureau in keeping
local law officials in big. cities up to
1concert pitch in the enforcement of
the newest article of the Constitution.
The bureau will have two or three
lunch and supper conferences to Drlng
together in a war council the legis-
lators who sponsor reform bills and
the people who must drive them
through by informing. arOusing and
expressing public sentiment. 1t is
expected that next" in the legislas-
tive program of these reformers will
nti-gambling bills to prohibit inter-
state transmission Of gambling de-
vices and bets The only executive
meeting" of the bureau will be from
3 to 1890 on January Is. when the
directors hold their annual business
meeting. The bureaus final supper
conference will be at $50 on January
16. just preceding the prohibition
amendment celebration in which the
week eliminates.
Speakers at Meetings..
The meetings of the national coun-
Gil and national legislative confer
ence. which are substantially the
same. each of them representing all
the national reform organizations
that united to promote national pro-
hibition. will be held on the after
noon of the 18th and in both forenoon
and afternoon of the 10th. The pro-
gram promises to be of special in
terest John + Kramer. federal pro-
hibition commissioner. is to give an
address. Expected speakers present
ing the viewpoint and method of ap-
proach of racial groups. are Rev. F..
X. Hertzfeld for the Jews. Rev. r. T..
Corradini for the Italians. Rev. John
Bokmelder for the Russians. Rev.
Charles A. Tindley and Rev. d. De-
witt Turpeau for the negroes. Will
liam Hung of the Chinese Students
Prohibition Association for the Chi
nese and others. Mrs. Mary Clark
Barnes will speak on methods of tenn
perance education among foreign
born women.
The purpose of the whole week is
to rally strong support for prohibi-
tion enforcement leaders.