Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-21
PROHIBITION
SOLVED, SAYS
DRY LEADER
Aridity to Continue in
Spite of Wet Fight,
He Declares.
LEAGUE is BUSY
PinchOt Regarded as
Exponent of anti
Liquor Cause.

''The cause Of prohibition Is stronger
today in this country than ever before"
Bishop Thomas B. Nicholson of Chicago,
president of the Anti-Sal0on League Of
America declared in an interview on his
arrival today TO attend the annual execu-
tive session Of the forty-eight bishops
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The vets are making the fight Of their
lives at the present time" DR.. Nicholson
stated. a great deal of pernicious
propaganda is going on, but the prohi-
bition cause is stronger today in this
country than ever before.
THE league is conducting a survey Of
prohibition conditions city by city and
section by section. The report of the
Manufacturers Record, the Record hav-
ing sent out questionnaires to a thou
sand representative business men who
had Endorsed the eighteenth amendment
and the Volstead act before both were
enacted by Congress- shows that over 9S
per cent Of the 1000 representative busi-
ness men and manufacturers expressed
themselves as complete standpatters for
prohibition and also stated that they
were more enthusiastic than ever before
in favor of prohibition.
"The league is holding a series Of ten
conventions in different cities. At one
of these conventions held recently in Mil
waukee. which was attended by prohibit
tion workers Of eleven States, the re-
ports everywhere indicated the enormous
benefits from prohibition.
THE problem is to get the facts to the
people. Facts speak for themselves. So
far IN the congressional primaries, the
line OF those pledged to prohibition has
haan ma iuaH IN Frs
even advanced. Clifford Pinchot, who was
nominated as the Republican candidate
for Governor IN Pennsylvania. is a mem.
Der Of the league" Bishop Nicholson
said.
The execute sessions Of the Methodist
Episcopal Bishops are not opened 70 the
public. A number OF public receptions
and addresses have been arranged for in
the local Methodist churches Tonight at
o'clock, the bishops will be the guests
at a reception to be held at the Meridian
Street NJ. E. Church. Bishop William
Quayle of st. Louis and formerly Of In
dianapoIis, viii make the principal ad-
dress
Many important questions viii be DIS
cussed By the Bishops before the close
Of the formal sessions on Saturday
night. Among the more important ques-
NAuno HnALA NAAA pt AAo-uGSEu Will bG
area supervision, the benevolent program
Of the church, the Post Centenary Pro
gram, and several important National
and international problems will be dis
eussed in the reports OF the various
Bishops.
ASSIGNMENT
OF BISHOPS.
Among the more important work to be
done before the meetings adjourn will
be the assigning OF the bishops to pre-
side at the fall conferences. This will
probably be announced Saturday.
At today's sessions each bishop was
making a ten-minute report on condi-
tions in his area. The time limit is re-
moved from bishops IN the foreign fields.
Bishop Wilbur P. Thirkield Of Mex
leo reported to the other bishops that
Panama. Costa Rico. Peru and Mexico
are now open for the evangelistic move
ment. He stated that he has personally
conferred with the presidents Of all Of
those republics and each one has en-
dorsd the social and educational evan
Gelical movement Of the Methodist
Church.
STRENGTHENS
SITUATION.
n speaking Of Mexico, the Bishop
said. "The recent settlement Of the bond
ed debt and the opinion OF the internal
IiOnal banking group in New York great
II strengthens the Mexican situation, and
my hope is that it will soon lead to
recognition on a basis that viii protect
American life and property"
He reported the prohibition movement
Is rapidly gaining strength in Mexico
and the government recently purchased
many textbooks on prohibition, to be
used in the schools In northern Mexico.
to show the evils Of intoxicating liquor.
II was reported at the session this
morning that the church is building a
twenty story structure in Chicago to
be known as Methodist headquarters. II
will cost between four and five million
dollars
Il was announced that a en-million-
dollar endowment fund drive Will be un-
dertaken by the University of Southern
California 1t was announced that the
University of the Pacific Will be moved
from san Jose, Cal, to Stockton. New
buildings will be erected there.