The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-12-14
Wayne B. Wheeler Coming
From Washington to
Address Gathering
JUDGE GEMMILL'S REPORT
AWAITED WITH INTEREST
Many Noted Dry Leaders Have
Been Invited
ANNIVERSARY BANQUET FEATURE

One OF the most interesting ad-
dresses to be delivered at the State
Convention of the Anti-Saloon League
to be held in Chicago February and
will be that of Judge VIM. N. Gem
mill. For a great many years Vim. N.
Gemmill was judge in the municipal
court of Chicago. In the recent cleo
tions he was named as Superior
Court judge. Judge Gemmill has long
been an earnest advocate of prohibi
ton. He has given special study to
the results of the dry law particularly
relative to crime and imprisonment
The results of his early studies have
been given by him in the form of
addresses delivered on various occa-
sions. These reports on prohibition
results have been widely reprinted by
the newspapers and magazines and
throughout the United States. They
have also been put into leahet form
for distribution by the Anti-Saloon
League and other law enforcement or
ganizations. At the Illinois League
state convention Judge Gemmill is ex
pected to give the results of his recent
nationwide Investigations on the eff
feet OF prohibition laws. He is ex-
HeSsed TO give some startling figures
on changes wrought by the Eighteenth
Amendment particularly in the matter
OF Jail population.
National Attorney Coming
Wayne B. Wheeler, national attor-
ney and legislative superintendent for
the Ant-Saloon League, will also ap-
pear on the convention program. Dr.
Wheeler is probably the most noted
defender of prohibitian in the dry
ranks. AS legislative superintendent
at Washington DIR. Wheeler leads the
fight to prevent the passage of wet
legislation by Congress. 1t, is DIR.
Wheeler who exposes the fallacies and
weaknesses of wet bills introduced in
Congress and leads in the mobiliza-
ton of forces for the defeat OF such
legislation. DIR. Wheeler is also the
chief defender of dry laws in our
courts. Repeatedly he has appeared
before the Supreme Court of the
United States to defeat the efforts of
the vets who have kept up a constant
fight to weaken enforcement legisla-
ton through adverse court decisions.
Catholic Orator Will Speak
Father Joseph McNamee, noted
Catholic priest in the city of Chicago,
has also accepted an invitation to
speak on the state convention pro-
gram. For years Father McNamee
has been one of the most aggressive
enemies of the liquor traffic in the
state of Illinois. In the. early days OF
the fight Father McNamee did valiant
service in helping outlaw saloons un-
der the local option law. In many
cities and villages his earnest appeals
resulted in majority for the dry
side. Few men in Illinois have earned
greater hatred by the liquor traffic
or greater respect by the dry forces.
Col. Smith Invited
Among other speakers who have
been invited by the Anti-Saloon
League are Chief OF Police Morgan
A. Collins of Chicago, States Attorney
A. V. Smith of Lake county, Hon.
Homer Tice, leader of the dry forces
in the lower House at Springfield, Ex-
Senator Cuthbertson, a dry leader in
the state Senate and member of the |
Anti-Saloon League State Board, and
Mrs. Lottie Holman O'Neill, state
Representative from the Forty-frst
District.
Big Anniversary Banquet
One of the chief events of the con-
vention will be the celebration of the
25th anniversary of the founding of
the Anti-Saloon League of Illinois.
For this celebration there will be
great banquet at the Morrison Hotel
where preparations are being made
to serve over thousand guests on
this occasion.
In the choice of speakers and the
arrangement of the two-day conyen-
ton program particular attention is
being given to the problems of law