Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
SALES OF LIQUOR
/ TO CHILDREN HIT
Mount Pleasant Citizens Or
ganize Drive on BootIeggerS
in That Section.

Aroused to indignation, and alarmed
by what was construed as recent evi
dence of the sale of intoxicating liq
uor to children of high school age,
the Mount Pleasant Citizens Associa
ton last night adopted resolutions
calling for drastic action against boot
leggers of their territory in an effort
to prevent the further sale of lIquor
to minors.
Citing an instance of death and Sc
rious injury to young boys VINO had
drunk liquor, Maj. A. NJ. Holcomne'
chairman of the fire and police pro
lection committee of the association.
pleaded with the 20 members of the
association at the meeting to pro
tect our children from their own i'm
mature judgment by keeping hquor
out of their hands.
The first definite action against the
bootleggers of Mount Pleasant VIII
be taken by the committee OF when
Mai. Holcombe is chairman. LIS
members were instructed by the as
ISOLATION last night to seek prompt
prosecution of certain alleged hquof
law violators whose names were FUR
nished the body by Capt +. Nj. Corn
well of the tenth police precinct, VINO
also addressed the association meet
ing Many of the names submitted
by Capt. Cornwell last night were
those of Offenders who had been ar
rested several times without having
been convicted at trial, ne sald.
Saws Citizens Tan Help.
Oiscussine the supposed difficulty in
securing the conVicuon of liquor law
offenders, Mai. Hoicomb declared lhat
the residents of the city can help
bring about these convictions II we
are willing to pay the price OF making
real efforts"
II am not prepared to believe tnat
our authorities are helpless to deal
with the violators who are caught
red handed" he said, Il admit | don't
know how IL is to be done but / be-
Ieve 1t is up TO US as citizens to ma
cut. If serving on juries will aid In
sEhe enforcement of our laws then we
must serve willingly, remembering
That it is for our own children that
we are working"
! Mai. Holcombe made it clear that
ke sought only to curb the sale of
hQuor TO children, saying:
II don't care whether adults drink
poison liquor or not; / don't intend
10 lecture my friends and associates
On what l think they should do, but
! do want to protect our children.
1T was illegal TO sell intoxicating
nQuor to minors before prohibition
femains today"
Wants Better Jury Service.
: William Henry White, attorney,
also spoke in favor of the prevention
Of the liquor sale to minors although
Be, too, failed to include adults as
persons to be protected under the
g. nf
ing the law for the protection of
children, however. he suggested that
residents of the District serve will
fagly on the juries, that they seek the
aid of Congress in giving to Wash
tngton two additional police courts
20 take care of the great number of
cases while they; are new, and the
maintenance of a live committee to
help actively in the prosecution of
dry law violators.
! As for the law, however, Mr.. White
said: 81 have no more use for this
law than / would have for one that
says you must go to my church: it's
TIE same thing, but still, while we
have it, we should enforce it, particu-
Arly as 1t regards the youngsters"
! Miss BERTHE Backus, principal of the
Powell Junior High School, who at
rended the meeting, expressed her
gratitude to the association for the
support it promised In the adoption of
the resolutions and in the other action
4 took.
/ George E. Hurt. music director of
Me Powell Junior High School, also
spoke. declaring the conditions of
drinking among the children to be de
plorable, outrageous and tragic
I Capt. Cornwell, who spoke briefly,
A<1n - A..
That they could to enforce the law
against the sale and manufacture of
Hquor, and he promised that he and
his men would continue in their eff
fprts, with the aid of the members of
the association.