Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1926, Page 10

-10 MEDICINAL LIQUOR FIGHT COMING UP Drys D|V|ded on Whether U. S. Should Deal in Whisky for Legal Use. | BY ROBERT T. SMALL. | The whole question of me Hquor soon is to be threshed out’ as result of the move in the Treasury to ask Congress to buy up all the legiti- mate whish the ware- cinal ns of stopping into the bootleg trade. d the idea of the United g in Imm-n even for al- leged medicir - »| the middle men and leaks on the way THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, of the healthiest communities in the!EPISCOPAL COUNCIL country. Whisky distillers who have main- tained their plants in a more or less workable condition have been worried as to the future. They have wanted to know how, in what quantity and by what method of distribution lquor was to be made and dispensed in the vears to come. It has been perfectly evident that there -aust be a consoli- dation of handlers of liquor and the distillers are perfectly willing that the Government should take over the en- tire system. The distillers say that liquor has be- come a pharmaceutical product and that furthermore it is a constitutional commodity and should be taken over by the Government. The ultra-super-drys are certain to take advantage of this latest Treasury proposition to urge Congress to legis- late at this time against the use of liquor even for medicinal purposes. They have contemplated such a move for some time. The present system of liquor dis- tribution, as a matter of fact, is fairly effective. The distillers sell, as a rule, direct from the warehouse to the re- tall drugglsts, doing away with all from maker to consumer, or, one should say, from maker to patient, be- cause the reup(ent of drug store whis ¢ is supposed to be in a doc- REPORTED COMPLETE Final Election of Members An- nounced for Diocesan Group Re- places Board of Goveruors. Organization of the recently estab. lished executive council of the Epis- copal Church of the District, which replaced the former board of govern- ors as the controlling group of church activities of teh diocese has been completed with the election of theh four members by the two archdeaconries of Maryland. _Rev. Thomas D. Windiate of Ken- sington, Md., and Dr. T. B. Symon of College Park, Md., were elected to the council by ‘the archdeaconry of southern Maryland at the meeting held at the Diocesan House, 1329 K atreet Rev. C. W. Whitmore and H. M. Bowen were elected by the northern archdi conry at a meeting at the Church b¢ the Epiphany. The first formal meeting of the new council, of which Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, is president, will be held tomorrow at the Diocesan House. The council was established at the recent diocesan convention at All Souls’ Memorial Episcopal Church. It is composed of six clergymen elected by the conven- tion, two appointed by the bishop, two elected by the archdeaconries and an equal number of laymen elect- €d_or appointed by the same groups. In addition to the four named, the council is composed Bishop Freeman, Harry treasurer; George F. Rev. Dr. W. L. de Vries, Rev. Dr Robert Johnston, Rev. Dr. Z. B. Phil- lips, Rev. C. T. Warner, Rev. H. Al- len Grifith, B. S. Adams, E. L. Stock, S. E. Kramer, H. P. Blair, W. 8. Bowen, H. T. Nelson, Rev. T. J. Brown, Rev. T. W. Cooke, H. K. Boss and Willlam Stanley. Will Act on Rail Bill. Final committe action will be taken on the Watson-Parker railway labor bill tomorrow, Chairman Parker of the House commerce comittee said today, and the amended measure will be brought up in the House Tuesday. The measure would set up machinery for settling rallroad labor disputes. : | forum was under the direction of John D. €, THURSDAY, F CREDIT FORUM OPENS. Educational Program Begun by Lo- cal Association. More than a score of the credit executives wholesalers, jobbers and bankers attended the opening session of the Credit Forum in the offices of the Washington Association of Credit Men Tuesday evening. The 3. Moore, chairman of the local asso- ciation committee on education. Waldo J. Tastet, a certified public accountant, and credit manager for Fries, Beall & Sharp Co., presented the first paper, enttled “What Constl- tutes a Complete Investigation.” After a serle of questions and answers which followed the presentment of the paper the meeting adjourned. Sessions will be held each succeeding Monday during the rest of the Winter and early the Spring, It is plan of the educational committee to establish' a branch of the Credit Institute, now sponsored by the National Association of Credit Men. Mrs. J. H. Hemp of Hereford, Tex., is one of the most successful farmers in the Lone Star State. EBRUARY 1926. SHOW CLAIMED INDECENT. Five Members of Burlesque Com- pany Released on Collateral. On the complaint of the Woman's Bureau, flve members of the burlesque company appearing this week at the Mutual Theater were brought before Judge Robert E. Mattingly in the Dis: trict branch of Police Court yester- day to answer to charges of conduct- ing an indecent show. The case against the five, who were Jacob Porter, manager of the show; Samuel Spears and Chayles Fretcher, actors, and Margaret Murray and Opal Taylor, chorus girls, was conunue.n until Friday. Their release was |)h tained upon a collateral of $45 | Jack Garrison, manager of the \lu | tual Thes stated that he had | changed several of the lines objecte to in the show by a policewoman & day, and that the arrests the follo: ing day was “‘simply a persecution.” 18, (,»Jri(m[ %Cdumbmn. Shae 7 )I{ /&4 Street ~ Address All (. SR S S snstaiions to W If. Hornstein, Clearing House. 107 6th St. N. V. 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