Evening star., 1920-01-15
WILL OBSERVE DRY
REGIME ARRIVAL
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Meetings Begin Today-Pro-
hibiti0n Effective TOmor-
row Midnight.

Prohibition forces are observing
| today and tomorrow the date on
| which national prohibition becomes
! effective, a series of meetings. begin
| ming at 80 O'Clock this afternoon and
/ continuing until tomorrow midnight
! having been arranged by the Natohdl
| Temperance Council.
| The afternoon meetings are to be
| held in the oak room of the Ralelgh
/ Hotel, while a mass meeting, at Whlch
men Of national prominence are TO
| speak is to be held in First Congre-
| gasonal Church. 10th and g streets
northwest. beginning at o'clock to-
| morrow evening and continuing as a
watch meeting until after midnight
According to a ruling of Federal Pro-
! hibition Commi sSioner Kramer, IN
| charge of prohibition enforcement.
| the eighteenth amendment, providing
| for national prohibition, goes into ef-
| feet tomorrow midnight.
Mr.. Bryan to Speak.
| Speakers who are on the program
| for short addresses at tomorrow
| nights meeting include William Jen-
| nings Bryan, Secretary Daniels, Dan
iel c. Roper, comm iSSioner of internal
| revenue: John F. Kramer. prohibition
| commisS sSioner: Senators Kenyon and
| Owen. Representatives Barkley, Fess
and Randall and others.
| At the stroke of II o'clock tomorrow
night tHe duult1tt Is " JUN III SiliS
| ing the "Hallelujah Chorus The
meeting is to be preceded by an organ
recital.
The day sessions, which began at
1:3O O'Clock this afternoon, include
consideration of business matters and
committee and council reports. Speak
ers at this afternoons meeting, with
the topics discussed We're; Rev. Robert
Corradini, on Work Among the
Italians; Rev F. L. Hartzfeld, on
| q -,,l- hn
minute talks from representatives of
Temperance organizations. A reform
rally will be held tonight at Liberty
Hut. at which Attorney General
Palmer will be the principal speaker.
Gatherings Tonight.
| At a banquet to be held at the
| Raleigh Hotel at $50 o'clock this
evening several brief speeches are to
be made and the final report of the
united committee on war temperance
| activities in the Army and Navy is to
| be read.
| Tomorrow's meetings. beginning at
| 8 o'clock am, in the oak room at the
! Raleigh Hotel, are to include legis-
| lative conference, report of the eX-
| ecutive committee of the council, ana
other council business. The principal
| addresses are to be by RevS. Charles
A. Tindley and D. Dewitt Turpeau. on
| Work Among the Negroes: William
! Hung, on Work Among the Chinese;
/ NJ Yamaguchi, on Work Among the
Japanese" and Mrs. Mary Clark
! Barnes. on Temperance Work With
! Foreign born Women" \ number of
three minute talks are to be made by
| representatives of temperance organ
! iZationS.
Ready for Enforcement.
| Prohibition Commissioner Kramer
| has completed organization of the
machinery for the enforcement of con-
\ after the
amendment and the enforcement law
become effective at midnight tomor-
row night Commissioners have been
appointed for practically all states. as
well as for the districts into which
| the country has been divided for pur-
poses of enforcement of the law.
! With the coming, INTO force of the
amendment, the export of lntoXicat-
| ing liquors will cease. An enormous
amount of whisky has been sent out
of the country within the past few
weeks, but large stocks still remain
| in bonded warehouses and its dispo-
sition will be watched closely to pre-
| vent illegal sales.
| LioGcr held in warehouses and else
where for private account must be
| moved in homes or other places of
| residence by the owners before to-
| morrow midnight. Any remaining in
storage will be subject to seizure.
| Home brewing of beverages con-
! tanning more than One-hal1 OF per
cent of alcohol also will come under
/ the ban.
!; Enforcement of the new liquor law
! will be left largely to state, county
! and municipal officials, but Commits
sioner Kramer has given warning that
| where these fail to use due diligence,
! the federal authorities will step in.
! Resolutions urging loyal citizens"
! to remind those who are Indifferent or
| hostile that unless the national pro-
| hibition law is enforced lawlessness
! will be encouraged. were adopted to-
| day by the executive committee of the
! Anti i-Saloon League of America. Fed
eral authorities were urged to see
| that the law is upheld in those states