Evening star., 1935-12-06
D|RKSEN AROUSES
D. c. DRY FORCES.
Campaign for Guyer Bill
Continued With Two
Rallies Tonight.

Taking up the challenge Of Repre-
Sesentative Dirksen, Republican, Of
Illinois, that he would oppose every
effort to force prohibition on the Dis
trict," the United Dry Forces last
night continued their anti-liquor drive
in several sections, seeking to build
up support for the Guyer bill, which
would bring back prohibition to the
Capital.
Tonight there will be two dry rallies.
DR. E. M. Ellison, president of the
United Dry Forces, will deliver his
first public address during the weeks
dry drive at Foundry Methodist Epis-
copal Church. DR.. Frederick Brown
Harris, pastor of the church, will pre-
side.
At West Washington Baptist Church
Rev. c. B. Austin will preside and
j. Raymond Schmidt will speak
Although no rallies are scheduled
for tomorrow night, there will be many
on Sunday morning at church services.
and the climax of the campaign will
come Sunday, at pm. in a mass
meeting at the National City Christian
Church, on Thomas circle. AT this
meeting the speakers are expected to
be DR.. Ellison, Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin
of New York City, vice president of the
National w C. T. u; DR.. Harry E.
Woolever, editor of the National Meth
odist Press, and Police Inspector L. I.
H. Edwards.
Schmidt Answers Dirksen.
Reply to Representative Dirksen was
voiced last night by ]. Raymond
Schmidt, speaking at Mount Rainier
Christian Church. Referring to Dirk
sen as author of the legislation ito
bring back the open bar into the Dis
trict, despite the promises of repealists
that the saloon must not return
Schmidt said:
How fitting that Mr.. Drksen
should tonight be celebrating the
second anniversary of prohibition re-
peal by addressing a rally of bar
tenders"
Mr.. Dirksen grows emphatic" said
Schmidt, when he declares that pro-
hibitiol must not again be forced
upon the District. We would remind
Mr.. Dirksen that he is responsible
for helping force upon the district of
Columbia a condition, due to the new
liquor traffic, far worse than was
ever known in pre-prohibition days"
Increase in jail commitments for
intoxication here was cited by Miss
Laura Lindley, research secretary Of
the Anti-Saloon League of America,
speaking at the Union M. E. Church.
Since beer legalization and repeal,
she said, "all jail commitments have
increased, as compared with the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1882, Ill per
cent in 1888, 34.1 per cent in 1884 and
1928 per cent in 1885, according to
the official records of the jail. A
large number of repeaters, Jail officials
state, are drunks.
sos Per cent Intoxication.
Commitments for intoxication
formed SOB per cent of the total
jailed in the District of Columbia for
all causes in 1882. This percentage
rose to 81 in 1888, 62.7 in 1884 and
GIG in 1895 The four months of
the present fiscal year for which re-
ports are available have already
scored 483 per cent as many COM
mitments for intoxication as the entire
fiscal year 1882. The courts of the
District sentenced to Jail for intoxica-
ton 1883 persons in the fiscal year
1882, and 1921 in 1888. With the
coming of repeal in 1884, the number
jumped to 20,865 and to 20,590 in
1885,"
America soon will be appalled," by
the results of increased sales of LIQUOR
to women and the youth of the coun-
try, Deets Pickett, of the Methodist
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and
Public Morals, told rally at Calvary
Baptist Church.
Pickett charged that after repeal,
new liquor legislation was written by
attorneys for the liquor interests,
passed by Congress, and today the
public is taking the consequences"
Rev w. S. Abernethy, pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church. presided.
John B. Hammond, at Zion Bap-
tist Church, praised the pending
Guyer bill. as containing an injunc-
ton provision SO strong that he said
it had been found more effective than
drastic criminal laws. This provision,
in other legislation, he said had been
sustained by courts of last resort.
''Thirty-two of the States" he ex-
planned, found 1t necessary to adopt
the paddock law as a necessary means
OF enforcing their prohibition laws.
and universally succeeded where GRIM
inal laws failed"