Evening star., 1935-12-07
DRY FORCES G|RD
FOR FINAL DRIVE
ON LOCAL LIQUOR
Meetings Scheduled for To-
morrow win Mark End
of Campaign.
DEALERS ARE ATTACKED
AS UNFIT FOR LICENSES
DR.. E. M. Ellison Cheered When
He Hits Record of Late
Edward v. Killeen.

3OICSc "a bAic 0A0OAACt Va OOtuAuDAh W
drive liquor from Washington will
reach its climax at 8 pm. tomorrow
with a mass meeting at National City
Christian Church.
A meeting at pm. tomorrow in the
Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church
will mark the official conclusion Of
the campaign.
DR.. E. M. Ellison, president of the
dry forces, will preside at the after
noon meeting. Speakers include 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 Methodist Press, and
Police Inspector L. I. H. Edwards.
There will be special program OF
music.
Dealers Attacked.
DR.. Ellison told meeting OF dry
forces in Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Church last night that many liquor
dealers here have no right to licenses
because of their records.
The audience cheered as DR.. Eli
son attacked particularly the issuance
of a license to Edward v. Killeen,
Washington gambling leader. who was
killed recently by woman.
"I am sure Washington had q
shock" Ellison said, when it came
to light that Uncle Sam was in part
nership with Eddie Killeen. am sure
there are many other people in the
liquor business who have no more
right in 1t than he had"
Statement Declared False.
DR.. Ellison declared he was shocked
when he read that member Of the
District Alcohol Beverage Control
Board, whom he did not name, had
said liquor conditions here have i'm
proved 100 per cent since repeal.
THAT is an unspeakable falsehood, +"
he asserted.
DR.. Ellison then read O newspaper
article quoting Representative Dirk
sen, Republican, of Illinois as an
nouncing he would oppose efforts to
make Washington dry.
"I must say I admire Dirksen for
his frankness," DR.. Ellison said. He
doesn't hesitate to say he doesn't want
us to interfere with the pernicious
activities Of the five distilleries In his
district and take away his job"
Declaring the liquor situation here
already IS worse than at any time
during our history" DR.. Ellison told
his listeners in detail of the harmful
effects of alcohol.
Repeal Declared Doomed.
Repeal is doomed" he concluded.
"The people who have turned hell
loose under the Stars and Stripes are
due for a rude awakening"
The speaker was introduced by the
Rev. Edward Ford, assistant pastor
of the church. who said it would be
"a splendid thing If we could dry up
Washington and set an outstanding
example for the rest of the country" "
Both DR.. Ellison and J. Raymond
Schmidt, who addressed another dry
rally in West Washington Baptist
Church, urged passage of the Guyer
bill to restore prohibition in the Dis
trict.
Address Criticized.
Schmidt criticized an address Thurs
day night by George W. Offutt, chair
man of the A. B. C. Board, who told
District bartenders the liquor business
has taken 1000 unemployed persons
of the streets and Is putting 81, ,000,-
600 annually in the District treasury,
Somebody must spend less for the
necessities Of life 10 order that 1000
men may work in the liquor business, "
Schmidt said. ''As the intake of the
drink traffic increases, legitimate lines
like groceries, soft drinks and milk
products must suffer. It is easily pos
sible that for every person employed
by the liquor trafic two will be laid
on in the legitimate lines"
He also attacked a statement to
the bartenders by DR.. James M. Doran
that liquor had very little TO do with
the increase in automobile accidents,
which Doran attributed to idiots and
morons who drive cars"
Schmidt said he would like to ask
DR.. Doran what could be worse as a
trafic menace than idiots and morons
who drive cars after they have been
drinking"
Schedule Of Meeting.
Following is the schedules Of other
meetings for tomorrow, some of which
will be devoted entirely to the cam
paign:
IL a.m.-Takona Park Christian
Church, chairman, Rev. w. H. Pink
erton; speaker, DR.. W. L. Darby.
IL am. Park View Christian
Church, chairman, Rev. w. F. Smith;
speaker, T. B. Davis.
II a.m.-Bethany Baptist Church,
chairman and speaker, Rev. M. p.
German.
IL a.m.-Cavalry Baptist Church,
chairman and speaker, Rev. w. S.
Abernethy.
IL l1a.m.-Metropolitan Baptist Church,
chairman and speaker, Rev. John G.
Ball.
IL am.-New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church, chairman and speak
er, Rev. J. r. Sizoo.
IL am.--National City Christian
Church, chairman and speaker, Rev.
r. H. Miller.
IL a.m.-waugh M. e. Church,
chairman and speaker, Rev. A. r.
Poore.
II a.m.-Epworth M. E. Church
South, chairman and speaker, Rev.
H. M. Canter.
II a.m.-Luther Place Memorial
Church, chairman and speaker, Rev.
G. c. Rasmussen.
IL a.m.-Highland Baptist Church,
chairman and speaker, Rev. N. M.
1915 p.m.-Nineteenth Street Bap-
tist Church, chairman, Rev. Walter
H. Brooks; speakers, Z. NJ. Bryan and
John B. Hammond.
p.m.-Fifteenth Street Presbyte-
rian Church, chairman, Rev. II. B.
Taylor; speaker, G. NJ. Pidgeon.
7:45 pm-Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church. Rev FreeIey ROhrer: speaker,