New Britain herald., 1926-04-09
Arguments in Favor of Prohibition and in De- nouncement of Vets Take Up Much Time at Manchester Convention Today.
South Manchester. April Cr coo

South Manchester. April 2 Cr -- Prohibition was the principal topic of discussion at the session of the GSih annual meeting of tho New England south conference oG the Methodist church hero today Ad- dresses were given by Bishop Char cnce True Wilson of Washington, D. C.. F. L. c. Hohenthal Of Man chester, field secretary Of the inter- national prohibition force ot the church and R, P. Hutton. state superintendent of the Rhode Island anti-ssloon league, The presiding bishop, Ernest G. Richardson, also gave 8 talk on prohibition in which he told the results of his personal observation during a fifteen week tour of Europe as compared with d IS week tour of the United States.
 Bishop Wilson said: q would rather see d fight than a drift on the prohibition question. The churches are falling down in their duty Temperance lessons are no longer EINbu III bll ohIbhJ GNilVNAF
 Teachers have slowed up on temperance sermons. We must rc- member that the passage of la" does not mean the annihilation of an evil. dare say the Ten Command ments have been broken here in Now England this week,
 Churthc- Too Indifferent
 While the churches have h, III sitting back. the vets have been organizing their forces, Although -iourths of both houses Of con- gress are dry, few vets are doing all of the talking. It is time We woke up and had our say. At the hearings before the senate judiciary commit do some talking. If we have the same publicity the vets have had, there will be no question as to the outcome. The talk of the vets re- minds me of the story of a chicken with its head cut off. lis activity is greatly increased, hut it's longevity is reduced. Don't be fooled by the dy- Ing of the hopes of the vets,
 Advances in Europe
 Mr. Hohcnthal told of the ad- vances being made by the prohlbi- tiouists in Germany. Austria and other European countries. He said: "Remcmbcr this fight Is not only in America, it is world Wide," he asked the conference 10 support world wide prohibition not only nor ally, but financially,
 Superintendent Hutton in his talk urged the members of the confer ence to send messages to the senate committee at Washington next week protesting against any changes in tho prohibition laws except those which may strengthen them
 Protests Wet Publicity
 Bishop Richardson protesting tho publicity given the vets said that il vas only unusual things that made news and that it was not unusual tc hear of people wanting liquor back, which accounted for much of tho wet publicitys Of his trip in Europt he said he counted 2S drunken per sons, while on his trip through tho United States he saw mot sinEir drunken person." He said the itin- crary of his American trip includ. cd New York, Atlanta. Chicago Buf. falo, Indianapolis and other largt western cities.
 "I do not believe" said the bishop "tha' one-ffth the amount of liquor is now consumed in this country that was consumed before prohibi ton. We must continue the fight t' keep the people from being fooled The great mass is just as enthusIas ic for prohibition as oycr.'
 Other DOings of Day
 No action was taken upon th' nlace of the next meeting ot th' conference. although the bishop Of forcd inc matter for consideration twice.
 Announcement was made Of a gif nf $3o0 10 tho permanent "ndo" mcnt pension fund as a memorial t' Ecv. William Kirhly hv his daugh Ter. superintendent Ira w. Lonarol ot Proyidcncc moved tho elimination of certain sections in the year bool as an economy measure. The mo ion was carried.
 Myron F. Center. superintendent of tnc Norwich district reported tha ihe committee had ronominatod in present members Of th" Iri"rs of ap pcals.
 The conference relations commit t,r commented retirement of tl following ministers: |. B, CoddinE c rohasat', Mass, Chaplain Of Erlie' water state farm. James R. Alirlc of Georgctown and r. l.. Brooks c Orleans, Mass. Tbe rccommonla'jO 'yas accepted.