Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
DRY ACT WQLATORS
SCORED BY. LEAGUE
regulation of Bondsinen Also
Endorsed by Local Anti.
Saloon Body.

resolutions favoring more strin
gent law enforcement and extollins
the benefits of prohibition were adopt
ca by the Anti.Saloon League of the
district of Columbia at its annual
meeting in the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church last night.
The League pledged itself to CO
operate with local officials in enforcing
the prohibition laws. and condemned
Inc practice of those arrested on
liquor charges TO forfeit collateral
witnout appearing in court Bonding
OF prohibition law offenders also was
attacked, and Endorsement was given
10 the Gibson bill. now in the House,
10 regulate bondsmen.
commentator was voted tn the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
OF the District and regret was voiced
az the recent death of Wayne b.
Wheeler, general counsel of the league.
Hesse Among Speakers.
Addresses were given by Maj. Ed
win r. Hesse. superintendent of po'
lice; DIR. Francis Scott Mcbride, gen.
eral superintendent of the Anti-Saluon
Darby. executive secretary of the
Washington Federation of Churches.
Maj. Hesse discussed the problems
OF the police in enforcing prohibition
and other laws. and asked the support
of the League in local law enforcement.
DIR. Andrew Wilson was elected
president for the eighteenth consec-
utixe term f.. Hilton Jackson was
elected president pro tempore. The fol-
lowing vice presidents were elected:
Right Rev. William Fraser Mcdowell,
Right Rev. James +. Freeman, Rev.
DR.. Charles Wood. DR.. Luclus G.
Clark, William Knowles Cooper. DIR.
Harvey. Wiley and Gen. A. s. Dag
gett, u. S. A, retired.
Other officers elected were: Rev.
c. H. Butler. chaplain: Henry F.
Lowe, secretary: Albert Stabler, treas
tary and attorney.
Trustees Are Elected.
The following were elected trustees:
Rev. Charles S. Longacre, Owen p.
nellar, c. Clinton James, Rev. j. Mil
ton Waldron, Rev. Walter H. Brooks,
Arthur Bishop. Rev. Harvey Baker
Smith, Rev. Moses r. Lowell, Hugh
A. Thrift. Rev. Murray S. kenworthy,
Albert Stabler. Rev. Charles II. But
Ter, Rev. S. T. Nicholas, Rev. d. f.
Wiseman, Rev. James l.. McLain.
Rev. Clarence H. Corkran, Rev. John
Paul Tyler. John Brayshaw. Rev. ]. L.
King, Rev. c. f. Stewart. Rev.
Paul Sperry. Rev. H. X. Fulton,
Rev. Alfred E.. Barrows. Rev. A.
A. Bird. Rev. C. +. Hawthorne,
Rev. Francis j. Grimke, Rev. George
+. Dudley, Rev. c. s. Abbott,
Rev. James D. sBuhrer. Rev. Eugene
A. Hannah, Judge William H. De
Lacey, Rev. s. B. Dougherty. c. S.
Hardy, Rev. T.. G. p. Pierce. Charles
S. Davis, Merritt Smith. James r.
Moss. Ernest A. Grant, Paul l.. Brin-
dle.. Milton A. Trenham, Mrs. John y.
Culbertson, John r. Mahoney, Wilmer
King, Mrs. N. M. Pollock. Mrs. David
w. Lum, Theodore A. Hostetler. Miss
Georgia Robertson. Rev. John Phelps
Rand, Rev. w. A. Lambeth. Maj. SAM
uel III. Walker, Col. l.. NJ. Maus, L.
S. A.. retired; Charles Williams. Ed
ward S. Brashears. William V, Ma
honey. Mrs. Isabelle Helmick, Mrs.
Lindley d. Clark. n. X. Gardner. Rev.
Clarence True WILSON. n d: Norton
NJ. Little. James TfimBIe. Mrs 4. s.
Henry, James NJ. Pickens. John e.
Dawson. Judge Hosea B. Moulton. DR..
Ernest Cherringtop and DIR. J. Scott
Mcbride. .ffk8