Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1933, Page 24

DRYS FIGHT REPEAL WITH T-ACT DRAMA =2 fl"rial of Youth in Killing Over Liquor Presented by West Virginians. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va, May 24— Whe West Virginia Anti-Saloon League s fighting repeal with drama. “Who killed Earl Wright,” the League asks in a one-act drama which grad- ually reveals that “John Barleycorn™ was responsible for the slaying. In churches, schools, theaters, but referably in court rooms, the play is geinz presented as a part of the cam- paign of the united dry forces of West Virginia against repeal of the eighteenth amendment. . ‘The play is produced by home-talent actors under the direction of Rev. B. E. Ewing, State superintendent of the league, or his representatives. It was Ewing who conceived the idea of fighting repeal with a court room drama showing the closing hours of the trial of a youth charged with killing his best friend during an argument over & bottle of liquor. Ewing Plays Part. Ewing himself played one of the lead- ing roles at the “first night,” which brought a capacity audience to a little | church in Dunbar, a bustling industrial town near Charleston. He portrayed the prosecuting attor- ney, who, swayed by arguments of the defense attorney, agrees that Earl would not have been slain if his best friend had not been intoxicated Encouraged by the interest shown at the “first night” performance, Ewing prepared copies of the dialogue and distributed them throughout the State. Now casts are in rehearsal to present the play in every town of more than 1,000 in the State before June 27, when ?e State votes upon the repeal ques- jon. 3 The play was written by a Midwest- ern attorney who participated in a trial upon which it is based. It re- quires a cast of 24, including the jury, wmaoggfimmthfimunm The comes when the defense counsel, waving a bottle of liquor in his hand, shouts: g mdcenumenolt.hemr{.. who .uhmu7 d pay the penalty for th e “The prosecuting a will tell you just this boy—this boy influenced by older men to drink this stuff that robbed him of his reason and caused | his hand to strike down his best friend. “But I say it was the man who fur- nished him the stuff. Oh, yes! I know the prosecuting attorney in his closing argument will paint a sad picture for you, a picture of a mother who weeps alone, of a widow left penniless, of two small children left fatherless. * * * Two Sides of Picture. “But, ladies and gentlemen, justice demands that I call your attention to another mother bowed and broken un- der this tragedy, and may I call your | attention to the fact that the thing | responsible for the sorrow of one is | likewise responsible for the grief of the other? “This bottle was the cause of both their griefs.” | Picking up the bottle, the prosecuting | attorney looks at it quietly, commends |the defense counsel for his attack upon | liquor, and states: “I want to add that the alcohol which this bottle contains is the embodiment |of all crime. It is the very essence of | just such deviltry as took place on that {fatal midnight. * * * | “And yet, the alcohol in this bottle lis no excuse under the law; for the jman who voluntarily puts this bottle to his lips, even as he drinks, is entering upon the school of crime and register- ing as a candidate for the county jail |and penitentiary. “1 know that this terrible tragedy would not have occurred if the man |who sold the liquor in this case had | been put,out of business. And I want |to_say here and now that whenever I | cah have the co-operation of the citi- |zens and peace officers, the jury anu |the court, the liquor sellers can and | will be put out of business, provided the eighteenth amendment is not repealed.” ‘ France May Aid Refugees. | PARIS, May 24 (A.—A Ministerial ICommittee was appointed yesterday to study the problem of giving help to the German refugees in France, mostly Jews. Government aid for private assist- ance committees is being considered. Seeks Brother . MRS. MINNIE W. DICKSON. SALMON RATES RAISED IN MOVE TO END STRIKE Astoria, Oreg., Packers Offer Seven Cents a Pound for Chinook Catches Until July 31. By the Associated Press. ASTORIA, Oreg., May 24.—In a com- promise effort to end the strike that has tied up the fishing and canning indus- try of the Columbia River since the season opened May 1, Astorla packers today offered 7 cents a pound for Chi- nook salmon until July 31. They guar- anteed the price would not be less than 3 cents a young from August 1 to Au- gust 19, ‘While the packers’ offer does not meet the price of 8 cents the gill netters have demanded, it is half a cent better than their highest previous offer. Last year the price was 6 cents until July 16, dwindling to 1 cent by the close of the season, August 25. SEPARATED 40 YEARS, LOOKS FOR BROTHER Woman, Former Resident of Rich- mond, Unable to Obtain Clue Following Adoption. It's been more than 40 years since Mrs. Minnie Williams Dickson and her brother, John Samuel Williams, were to- gether. . At that time, she was 7 years old and he six years her junior. They were liv- ing in Richmond, Va., when their father died, and their mother was compelled to place them in adoption. They have been separated ever since. Now, Mrs. Dickson is renewing search she has often times conducted for her long-lost brother. She has no clue as to his whereabouts or who his adopted parents were. Municipal records in Richmond, she says, contain no in- formation as to her own or her brother’s adoption. Mrs. Dickson recalled, however, that a John 8. Williams advertised in a We n paper in 1915 for any in- formation concerning a living relative. At that time she made efforts to locate him, but was unsuccessful. Mrs. Dickson, who now resides in Greenville, Del., says she believes her mother remarried and moved to another part of Virginia, but she has been un- able to “ocate her either. CODONA HURTS HIS ARM, CAREER PROBABLY ENDED By the Assoclated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif., May 24.—Al- fredo Codona, famous aerialist, in a telegram to his father, Edward Codona, today revealed that his performing ca- reer has probably been ended by an arm | injury suffered while performing with Ringling Bros’ Circus in Madison Square Garden, New York. Codona did not go into details re- gnrdinf the injury. He is the widower of Lilllan Leitzel, aerialist, who was killed several years ago by a fall in Copenhagen. . JOE HIG INCORPORATED" 'OUR PLUMBER’ ’eelh. He advocates the development of | idle 1ands, food growing and preparation | and other industrial programs for all | priséners. b lack of occupation, being given them to plan further crimes to be when they shall be free. It also tends to make them economical fallures through long habits of lolling about in Employment of Prisoners. 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