Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1927, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1927. NO DODGING ON LIQUOR ISSUE | Peter J. O'Callaghan pronounced the benediction. ?Engineer Paralyzed at Throttle; MAN FOUND DROWNED » INSOLVENT, ACCUSED HOTEL DENIES BAN Manager Says He Was Not Asked About Admission to Prohibition Banquet. Absence from the i the season here « Committee of One Enforcement an; Bishops Georg nent of ville. - 3 s « N. ¢, and city, all col Methodist Church had rece invitations to attend the banqu gave rise to considerable comment to day which evoked statements the colored clergymen that they had Bsen told by Iton M. Sherwood, ex ecutive secretary of the National Com fttee of One Thousand, that it would “wt be possible to admit them to Bangret. since the munagement of the “Willamd Hotel objected to their pres ence there. Frank F. Hight, of e Willard that he knew nothing fon at all and had n proached relative to the efther Mr. Sherwood the local committee Mr. Sherwood statement by nquet closing Citizens Law sand for ervance Louis Charlotte sho man; g director or members substa aying this n > had no information as 1o the management of the hotel vefused admittance Be stated furiher tated this orning that rether No Colored Man Barred. *No colored man refused Mittance to the dinner e invi tation extended i Bishop Clement to ttend the hanquet was not withdrawn by the National Committee As far as the National Committee is concerned, we positively re make any discrimination on of race, color or cree Mr. Sherwood did not deny aver, that he bhad conferred- ount how with Bishop Clement at the home of Bishop | Walls, at 1 meetings, | ferences we informal. W. T. Gallihor, chairman local committee, stated that mittee had not tions extended the colored church men. Bishop Clement today sent the following letter to Mr. Sherwood Sees Self-Respect Issue. “In regard to the conversation over the telephone v ise to write you before leaving the city about the unfortunate occurrence s of the meeting at the Hotel New Wil- lard, 1 have this to It was im possible. as I said to vou, for me to attend the business session, as sug gested by you, without feeling free to attend all sessions, especially when the evening session was the ohe most emphasized in your letter and that of the president, Mr. Fred B. Smith. “As I told you in our conversation at the home of Bishop Jones, 1 owe it not only to my own self-respect, to say nothing of the group which 1 repre- sent, to refuse any discrimination based on race. However dearly and sincerely 1 espouse the e of pro- hibition. and however eager I am for its succe: great question of citizenship rights for the American negro. Any discrimina tlon based upon race is both un-Chris- | tian and un-American. “If my presence and interest in the | meeting were desired, and if T am at | street, prior to the ated that such con of the his com all worthy of the confidence hllhorm\ Pplaced in me, to acquiesce in such dis- erimination would destroy any infiu ence, whether small or great, that I might have. My interest in law en- forcement and my support of national prohibition will riot in the least abate, and I trust that never again will an occasion arise such as the one to which I have referred in this letter. “I am deeply conscious of the need for a favorabie consideration on the part of the two millions and more of my: own people to exercise the fran chise in our Nation, and I would not prejudice them aguinst this great cause and to this end. 1 beg to re. main, vours very truly, “GEORGE C. CLEMENT.” Bishop Jones’ Statement. Bishop Jones stated: “We have very little confidence in the sincerity law enforcement movement that mits color to interfere with tions.” Bishop Walls expressed the opinion that the local committee should have e e e . !Eu AVENUEZ & NINTH pe: its func Men’s Wool Ve Formerly $5 to $7.50 A very limited quan tity of these fancy wool vests—in checks, plaids and plain effects with contrasting trimming on pockets and front. Sizes from 34 fo 40 —majority of vests in the smaller sizes. Ludov: The Avenue at Ninth ATIONALL Y g 5 L NOWN ST A Xy e | . m—— from | the | withdrawn the invita- | sterday and my prom- | I cannot lost sight of the | of a| IN 1928, WARNING OF SENATORS ON NEGB[] BISHOPS Boxah. and Sheppard Tell Gitizens' Com- mittee for Law Observance Showdown ' on Question Is Certain. e nenecsity of upholding the Cor | stitution of th | implicit United States and of to the the regardless of prefer was emphas at a banquet which e annual meeting of the Citizens Thousand Enforcement, obedience laws of | 1and individual | ences zed last ni neluded the Committee of One Observance for Law attended and women who take high rank in the fe of Natic d aders of the Senate | forees throughout the countiry While the prohibition situation was | cited a conspicuous example of a | !'problem involving lawlessness and | corruption, the point was brought out, | through resolutions and speeches, that the fundan; ct of the commit is to the observance | 1 cnforcement of ali laws and the | maintenance of the American system | Lot order: rty nator William £ enator Morris Sheppar the principal speakers, and both | 1 took occasion to warn politi ies that it will be impossible | to dodge issue of the of the prohibition law 8 campaign rolis i ound and by men addressed by and of the dry tee Borah of Idaho 1 of Texas | nation. are the ing nator | hat nd Sought to Buy Nom nd la which are Corruption ssness two great evi this country today. declared | Borah. and he went on to cha | in ) there was a delibera { men: { well organized effort to buy the neni nation for the presidency “Political parties must be | from the financial centers of the coun try.” he ed in the midst of a| upon the admixtuie weial interests and po-| al parties, and re red to such {finapcing as a ‘“practice which has | brought universal corruption. Senator Borah mentioned specific in { stances to illustrate his remarks, re. | ferring to the Illinois primary scandal l.uhl to the cl which grew out of i the primary mpaign in Pennsyl vania “It would be infinitely hetter for the people of this country and it would come back to them a thousand tim |in the benefits of a clean public serv-| {ice to have these pglitical parties ! treated as quasi-governmental insti tutions, to the extent { Government taking cz legitimate cost of 2 campaign, 17 | | than encounter the evils of this pri-| | vate financing.” he declared. | After answering in de attacks on | the prohibition law and enforce | ment and str sing the point that the| {law is now a part of the Constitution | and should be obeyed as such, Senator Borah said Elevating Lawlessness. | “The most significant and startling | feature of this unwelcome phase in ! our national life is the proposition tc | elevate lawlessness into a principle of | zovernment and clothe it with all the netity of an inalienable right.” Obedience to law is the basic prin- | | ciple of government and of the main tenance of the orderly life of this ation. he said, and closed his address | | with this fiery challenge. which pro-| voked lengthy applause from the more than 400 diner “If the political parties in 1828 un dertake to dodge the issue of law en- | forcement, and if there are those who | believe it is time to engraft upon the | | doctrine of Washington the doctrine {of nullification, personal lawlessness | { or g-oup lawlessness, let the American | divoreed | private fi | ascertained in advance of the arrival {of the colored delegates that their | presence would not be desired at the | banquet, instead of causing them em | barrassment at the last minute. Bishop Jones explained that Mr. Sherwood had called at his home on three occasions and from the first had | said that “there was opposition” to | the presence of the colored | the banquet, but had not delivered a | final decision until Tuesday night {when he told Bishops Clement and | Jones that the hotel management had i objected to their presence ner. “He told us that the management of the hotel objected to colored people ating in the dining room,” Bishop Jones declared rights, | makes an honest | when there | Wilbur | 1928, | tion and men at | at the din- | Senator Sheppard, introduced he father of prohibition,” went di rectly to the point, declaring that “when prohibition became a part of the Constitution it became the cause {of every American citizen, wet or ary Taking up the question of potson in | industrial alcohol, he declared that the | lenaturant is not added for the pur of polsoning any one, the product unpalatable | as [« the terminal to crash head-on into a ¥ 7.— | vard locomotive. George K. Leldinger. snter- | a brakeman, who was standing on the -4 of | foothoard of the yard engine, was in > Baltimore | stantly killed. - Engineer Reed York | taken from his cab unconsclous. No. | Physicians at Allegany Hospital re ported his condition serious. Both locomotives remained on the rails and train 14 was able to proceed ifter the usual divisiol change of niines The train carried no pas sengers Road F riding in the {~d a more serious cr 1 speed with which the t the v attracted his wer's condition, By the Associated Press. "UMBERLAND, Md., Stricken with paralysis ing Cumterland, George Pittsburgh, engineer of and Ohio's Chicago-to-New American Railway Express train 14, last night ran his train through Janu while K. R | pose but to make | Buyers Condemned. Even | said, it than when with the poson s no more destructiy undenatured alcohol 1sed as a beverage.” in it,” he of life | «chout, Hugh A itself . b Fred D. Smith ary Wilbur, Sen ator om utting. David W Thrift, W. T. Gallihe William Green, Secre ator F h, Col, ( Sheppard &. missioner Bishop F MeDowe Harry Sherwood The ments com people write their and is their own cz to the add, W T. Galliher own platform ndidate. pases of it is man of Engines Schuch ab with Reed, prevent sh when the un the eve | “Guiltier than bootlegg. chairman of the | fessional ¢ ngton committee on arrange- | and drink read the following letter from | and t dge. { “and such persons are ingrates. be invitation to attend the din-|cause their property and liberty ar by the Committee of One|protected by Constitution they t the New Willard Hotel late. on received. 1 regret that i The final test of the efficiency of the not possible 4 | Constitution its adequate dress betore ) forcement, he st and paid tribute of the pre | to the officers of e and Nation who want {have been in charge of administering observance and enforcement of the|the prohibition law On the whole, no more brave, {able and capable body has ever | discharged a more difficult and peril ous task with more efficiency and suc- | Speed | cess,” he declared am F. McDowell Attacking the wets, he declared tha! Freeman, Daniel J |if they once get a majornty In Con. | Rabhi Abram Simon | gress ‘they would destroy the eight-| The dinner committe I8 to | eenth amendment by changes in the | chairmanship of Hugh | prohibition laws under the guise of | {ncluded Robert Fulton Cutting, Dr.|outskirts of Cumberland. He con- | enforcing it. Light wines George Otis Daniel J. Ca n,|versed with his fireman and with | he characterized “the « John B. Larner. T. Galliher, | Schuch while waiting for a signal to your organization can do to impress| fenders of human decency and Admiral William S retired ced hy a tower a mile outside the this principie on the public mind will | in the days before prohibition. Robert Garrett Penney, Mrs. | terminal. He appeared to be handling be a distinct patriotic service. No| Those at the speakers' table were | Roswell Mrs. Henry W. Pea-|his engine as usual when he left the country has ever reached a state of H. Van Benschoten, Robert Fulton | body, W and L. A. Sneed tower. perfect law observance or enforce ment. Every first-cl overnment and intelligent effort to enforce the law, and the standards | of citizenship are very much lowered | any general failure to| observe the law. 1 welcome the as sistance of all organizations estah lished for the purpose of supporting these principles. and pro iminals are the purchasers | s of illegal lquor in business circles,” he dec ahan, Andrews, Dougherty, Gen Proctor man wocial T 5 atten He which asped the air control » speed down to & mil No. 14 ran througl switch to strike the yard 1 cross-over was 100 vards point at which No. 14 was to stop, and the switch sig the oncoming was caught with ecn the two engines track yard w5 ad en- | ch Etchison Smith. John B. . W. F. R. Rizoo, Dr Diffenderfer Wil A Thrift, Chance, L. A Corby. Bishop Wil Bishop James E. | engi allahan and | < frman tary: Dr Larner, Abernethy W. L. Darby, Dr. Knowles Percy lies in secre Otis Ever Joseph Dy M Noble Pierce. Cooper, Hug d, business. 1 that I ard the the you to know d law as exceedingly important to the Naien set ins public of the nation. This is a sub, I have often discussed and desire constantly to emphasize. 1t is arcely too much to say that all our our liverty, and life itself, are sndent for their protection on pub law. If it fails to be enforced overnment itselt fails. If it f: e observed, the very foundation on which self-government rests is weak ened and destroy Anything that £ - hing train was or that on which the nding Laughlin, superintendent of fon, said an in- wed to ha heen train _entered the William 5 o was R. Cumberland d ation showed Thrift, and | stricken after the under the | v, w AVENUE of NINTH- President to Get Resolution. he prin enforce. A resolution embodyi ciples of law observance and ment upheld by the committes, passed | t the executive late in the ifternoon, will be presented to Presi dent Coolidge this morning Guests of honor at the banquet last night, which was held at the Willard Hotel, were Secretary of the Navy Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, prohibition enforcement head 1 William Green, president of the Amer ifcan Federatic of Labor. ar Admiral F. . B session rd, com s te to throug! 7 es by Fred B. Smith citizens' committee, who requested a mark of re e their lives in aw and presery chairman of the nd Senator Sheppard auditors to rise as t for those who the enforcement of ance of order Those attending the dinner included leaders of both branches of C‘ongress. besides prominent business and pro fessional men and women and leaders in the religious life of the community Links Liquor and Crime. Col. Patrick Henry Callahan Louisville, who presided as toastmas- | | ter, made a bricf address, pointing out | that the trail of the liquor interests | had always been tinged with corrup- | tion, even before prohibitiol Although not on the pro: Raymond Robins of Chicago, who poke at the luncheon meeting, was requested to epeak again, and he de-| clared that the American people are | ready for a presidential candidate in | “who will enforce the Constitu-| laws of the United States; and further a program involving th ndustrial and s 1 standards of the | country as well as the moral life of | the nation The invocation was given hy Bishop ! James E. Freeman and Rev. Father| h The Great Parker-Brid Clothing Clearance T | | get ram, Col. | ALWAYS | Fresu l because EVERFRESH is ster- [l ite and pure. It's the safe laxa tive that's easy to take. 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