The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-28
PACKED HOUSE
HEARS SPEECH
AT AUDITORIUM
Rev. Gales Talk Was Pre-
ceded Bv the Motion Pic
ture Lest We Forget"

A thousand clenched fists were
raised high in the air and the vast
audience. standing, gave expression
to the emotions that stirred them
deeply with the words I'VE will
see this thing through" as the eli
max to the address of Rev. Thomas
". Gales. state superintendent Of
the Anti-Saloon league Of North
Dakota, last night at the city audi
forum. The talk and the motion
picture, Lest We Forget are
par. Of the educational program
which the league intends to bring
within the reach Of every man.
w n and child in the state.
me auditorirG, was packed to
its very capacity last night and
several hundred people were turncd
away when the city authorities or
dercd the stairways and aisles
cleared before the program could
proceed. Rev. Gales states that al
ready many requests have come t.
him that the program be repeated
and says that if Il sufficient num-
Der indicate such IA desire he will
he glad to make his plans accord
ingly.
Acting Is FOrceful
The picture, Lest We Forget"
is a simple story Of the results in
family from beer and wine. The
acting is Of an exceptionally high
type and tremendously forccfu'.
Tears were silently wiped away.
while an occasional sob could be
heard, and several times an invol-
rH.ary CIV was heard in the audi
cncc as /omc scene brought to
memory occasions of the past. The
picture is in no sense gruesome
and there is nothing crude or of
fcnslve about it, yet it will never
be forgotten by the many who saw
it.
The short address that followed
was stirring appeal to the people
Of North Dakota to take UP the
torch and carry on the fight for
the enforcement Of national pro-
hibition until the last illegal IL
quor establishment is driven from
our shores"
he wefs have been demanding
4 hearing said Rev. Gales. "They
have set up such plea Of having
hcea uni istly treated that the
American people had al mo
reach ne conclusion they had a
case. lat there must be some evil
dencc which would prove prohibi-
ton wrong.
"The senate agreed to give the
vets a hearing and the papers have
been full Of it for several weeks.
What have they proved? That
Trey, the vets, are lot of dislcyal,
law violating criminals, who have
told the country the only way to
make them respectable citizens is
to modify the law so they can do
what they want to. Some folks
say You cannot make people good !
by law. /but if this modification
proposition is not an effort to make
people good by law, please tell me
what it is"
Speaker Applauded
The audience strongly applauded
1hc speaker when he said: II wish
t,,.lis great audience would send 4 |
request to congress that there be
no weakening or modification Of |
the prohibition laws. but that, on
the other hand. the laws be
strengthened and enforced more
stringently.
Rev. Gales went to Mckenzie to-
dav where this afternoon he will
address a meeting of the w. c. r.
u. Tonight he will show the mo-
ton picture at the Indian school
and tomorrow night he will give
the same program at the state pen
itentiary.
Sunday morning he will speak
from the pulpit Of the Presbyterian
church at Mandan and Sunday eve
ming he will speak at Steele. AL
most every date during the month
Of May is already booked for APP
pearances in Fargo and neighboring
towns.