Show r y w ini i TI i First Mail Flier Elected to Head Early Birds Pioneers of Aviation LOS ANGELES Feb 13 Associated Asso Asso- I Ano-I Press Press Press-Earle Earlc Ovington pioneer pioneer pio plo neer aviator who flew the first air mall mall from from Nassau to Mineola N. N Y V. a II distance of six miles today miles today became president of aviation's unique organization the Early Birds Bird fliT r. r who won their aerial spurs prior to December 1916 He succeeds P. P G. G B. B Morriss of New NewYork NewYork York having been chosen last lut night A transcontinental telephone hookup connecting meetings Ji of Early lii N Now New w CIl City and Loa 1103 Angelea 4 brought ti tt to O ln Ovington Oton tho n news of or his election th there rc and andin andin andin in return carried his a acceptance ad aldr's al- al drs dr's dress Sixteen members of ot the tho organization z ton gathered hero here at nt u u. banquet l to fete their new president In hl his hi acceptance address Ovington pictured pic plc- a n ro roseate future for Cor aviation and und pleaded for or Improvement of present facilities to tn hasten u use e of ot tho the air all b by tho thu public Waldo aldo Los ss Angeles 8 aviation cn engineer W was S appointed secretary of oC a committee to lo locate ate aviators entitled to membership in inthe the lie Early Ealy Birds j v Women Battle for br Repeal A ot of Eighteenth Amendment Continued from page lase 1 temperance that was t their aim attn and leave eave prohibition alone Assailing what ho termed the frightful crimo conditions in Chiago Chi- Chi Chicago cago ago he said The Tho real of this ils pollution Is He He- He ass asserted that he knew or 02 I course ourse that thata n a majority of o this com corn Is averse to the measures now no ow under con consideration He Ho said that 70 per cent of or all the slUts tills stills confiscated lt d throughout the th country were werl taken In th the tho states of or orthe the he ol old C Confederacy nf derl c The good men and women who brought rought about prohibition have ha given to criminal men the tho touch of ot Midas Idas ho he said Among Amo tho the cities and states which had bad prohibition ho he 10 m mentioned as ha having Ulon billon scandals were Philadelphia Chicago South Bend nd Ind Oklahoma Alabama Georgia Maryland Jar land Idaho Montana and Galveston Gal- Gal veston Tex i Bruce had only halt half completed lit hl hla testimony when a Do access was taken until I p. p m. m WOMEN IN A Most 1 of the audience again today loda vas wis made up Of tf women Mrs Norton la Ia author of one onA o of lh ho tho resolutions to repeat repeal the Eight Eight- amendment She explained 1 amend which would woul her measure re he lie constitution to permit a duni dum um on the time Eighteenth amendment She ho said a a. referendum would t give I e the ho voter tho privilege o of resister resister- In lag ig their own will The Tho drys dr s 's express oI their ence that they o ha an o er majority of oC the people of oC the tho 10 United Slates States in favor or of tho Eighteenth amendment pho l' said cl not nol HI if If so why should they come ome the th tent teat Why should they the not ot welcome tho tue direct approval allro of or ortho tho ho Iho Eighteenth amendment by the people cople themselves CI tho time approval al not hereto hereto- which Inch time the people have havo fore ore oro had au an opportunity to lo cx- cx press PRAISES INTENTIONS Regardless of o their convictions as a to lo tho l Eighteenth amendment ho American people aro a good J eople copl they the are arc good Intentioned they hey want to he be fair lair A normal citizen clUzen regardless s of or be beefs beliefs be- be on tho tim Eighteenth EI amendment would readily concur In iii tho the prin- prin principle ciple that the amendment should not ot remain In the constitution without with with- without out ut majority approval al of o the tIme people of f tho time United States Stales dry dr I 1 believe o er c every Intelligent who vho gives this his considerate Jud Judgment will concede o that it il i jest leat for this country counti y th that tt the EI Eighteenth amendment cease to be part pait parlor of the lie constitution when a ma ma- orlly of ot tho tIm people ot of tho timo nation go o to tho polls and find register their ju judgment against 11 It H This Im k i resolution proposes nothing fl d l offends IIno nothing that t a against the best besl judgment ot a or a normal minded wholesome imme Intel Intel- merl an citizen RETAINS CONTROL This re resolution further provides that hat In the i T people ople vote ote for tho repeal o of the Eighteenth am amend amend- u meat congress slick still retain tho timo io er lo to prohibit time the Interstate tram transportation of or intoxicating liquors In viola violation lion of or stab stalo laws wt This right Is II express expressly 1 retained la In In Inho Inthe ho tho federal deral f statutes t 5 to ho the federal federal fed fed- eral government wc r over u Inter- Inter blate commerce In time the transportation lon tion ot of o liquor Time The lh further provision Is Ia made mado that hat notwithstanding nol the r I repeal al otho ot of t ho tho Eighteenth amendment no italo sUIl f shall hall permit or 01 authorize time the conduct of oC a saloon I 1 belle o the American people on the tb whole artS art well wilI saLIs tied wIth time the th saloon rhe They do not nol want vaut to see seo It return Many people strongly h convinced of or the tho evils of prohibition would object t. t to returning the thc prohibitive o power to flit tho states If i they the thought such a It would lead to the return of the saloon Therefore Therefore There There- fore fOle I believe e this provision pro preventing preventing preventing pre pre- venting the thc states stales from reestablishing reestablishing lishing tho the saloon would remove this question from our problem and permit the fair determination of ot this question GUARDS STATE RIGHTS If It It the people ot of the tho United States should repeal the time Eighteenth amendment nt the tIme power would be re restored restored re- re stored to each state to follow its Us own policies In iii reference to this question It will deny no state st te the time opportunity to work out Us Its own destiny It will relieve unwilling states from the operation op of a federal federal federal fed fed- eral eral law that to lo people of or great rent sections ns of or th this s country is unwelcome unwelcome come com obnoxious and what they re regard regard re- re tee Interference gard ai as n unwarranted with their local affairs rime Tho repeat repeal of the Eighteenth amendment am would restore re tore us the tIme same constitutional government go adopted by our forefathers before the time Eighteenth amendment It would grant Jt l t instead of ot deny the therl rl right ht o local self government to the states 5 ta t es Mrs 1 Sabin followed Mrs Nor Nor- ton tomm She s said ald she appeared to the timo claim o of tho ho drys dr that all the women of tho tIm country were in Iii faor fa- fa Lavor or YOI of or prohibition BACKED BY She asserted d that h her r organization for lion tion the Women's Organization National Prohibition Reform was compos composed d ot of than titan women women wo wo- men all over o tho ho country who once h had lIl thought prohibition was wa c needed n but now now- to lo bring about temperance mad had found that prohibition had re- re re resulted suited d in a worse condition condl on Her 1 hands shook hool a as site she de denounced denounced do- do politicians who she ho said Mid personally wet vet but responded to lo the whip of the league anI and the Methodist board of ot temperance temperance temper temper- ance slice to vote dry Like Mrs Norton N she wore n a ablack black s 4 trimmed In white with witha a Lt snugly filling fitting black hat hal over o her herra gray ra halt hair Numerous Num rous times limes sho almo Wl was applauded until Chairman Graham Gra Gra- ham tam o of tho committee committee- rebuked the audience for what ho h described as asan asan asan an unnecessary demonstration At first time the women o of the time land Mrs Irs Sabin said paid 1 thou thought hl that p. p I would strengthen a a. weak character Th They are now realis realising and heart heart- In ing rig with s she ha asserted that If IC the thc ph it Is 18 not within legislation can be bc o of no avail a They fb thought they could make prohibition pl as a as QI the con- con but hut Instead th they y havo o made undo the tho constitution as weak as Applause greeted l this timis statement |