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HE SUNDAY ONVERTED ALGOL PROBLEN DENED Prohibition Bureau Marshals Figures to Prove Indus- trial Honesty. BY REX COLLIER. In response to decljrations from re- | sponsible cources that industrial alco- hol is prohibition's biggest problem, the Bureau of Prohibition has marshaled an imposing array of facts, flures and arguments to show that alcohol di- version 1s really one of its lesser wor ries today. Just as the bureau enjoying a sense of satisfaction over its announced achievement in reducing the illegal stream of a few years ago to a mere dribble, comparatively speaking. along came Mabel Walker Willebrandt and Senator Jones of Washington and even, according to the latter, members of the Law Enforcement Commission, with feelings quite to the contrary. The prohibition authorities hint that | the misgivings of these distinguished persons arise from misinformation, mis- understanding and false premises. “Proof” vs. “Wine” Gallons. Some of the confusion, for instance, is thought to have arisen because of & misunderstandihg of the difference be- tween “proof gallons” and “wine gal- lons” in considering alcohol statistics— and nothing plays havoc with compara- tive figures so much as mixing the two types of gallons. A popular misconception—even after the figures are all straightened out— is that America has no legitimate mar- ket large enough to consume the 100,- 000,000 gallons (wine type measure) of commercial alcohol produced each year. Prohibition officials have looked “into the matter and differ. “But how about that 14.000,000-gallon jump in production last year?” the skeptics ask. “"That's easy,” the statisticlans reply. | “The answer, roughly. is lacquer and rayon. You forget that the United States has gone lacquer-minded of late. Every automobile that rolled out of the factories last year was glepming in its thick coat of alcohol-celfulose paint, not to mention widespread use of iacquer for furniture and household purposes. Artificial silk also accounted for a large part of the increase.” To illustrate the wrong conception of the commercial alcohol situation at- tributable to confusion over the types of gallons used in formulating Govern- ment statistics, attention is called to a recent editorial in a New York news- paper contrasting the 81,000,000 gal- Jons produced in 1925 to the total of 200,832,051 gallons last year,” and con- cluding, “anyone who thinks that these figures indicate the normal growth of the paint and toilet water industries is entitled to his optimism.” Inquiry showed that the figure quoted for 1925 was taken from Federal re- ports using the wine gallon as a meas- ure, while the later figure was the Fedeval estimate in proof _gallons. Translated to wine gallons for proper comparison with the 1925 total, the production last year was 106,960,458 gallons. Alcoholic Content Differs. A proof gallon, therefore, contains | only about half as much alcohol as & | wine gallon. To be explicit, & wine gallon contains 95 per cent alcohol and 5 per cent water, while a proof gallon is half alcohol and half water. How much of the 106,960,458 wine gallons of commercial alcohol produced in the fiscal year ended July 1 last was diverted from legitimate industrial uses into {llicit channels? Of course, the exact amount cannot be stated in so many gallons. If the prohibition bureau knew exactly where it went, if it could locate definitely the leaks which, incontrovertibly, occurr, officials assert there would be no illicit diversion of commercial alcohol. But by a process of elimination, that appears to be entirely logical and quite convincing. the bureau has arrived at the conclusion that not more than two or three per cent of the industrial alco- hol now being manufactured goes into cocktalls rather than the paint, rayon, perfumery and scores of other articles for which it was intended. W. V. Linder, head of’ the technical division of the Prohibition Bureau, has spent & lot of time recently in consid- eration of facts and figures bearing on this matter, “A very important fact frequently overlooked in this connection,” Linder sald yesterday, “is that approximately half of the commercial alcohol produced i | | | 1,360 Deaths Listed As Dry Law Toll by Tydings for Record By the Associated Press. Permission to place in the Congressional Record a summary of persons killed in prohibition enforcement during the 10 years the law has been in effect was obtained yesterday in the Senate by Senator Tydings, Democrat, Maryland. Explaining the summary showed 1,360 persons had been killed in dry law enforcement, Tydings said he hoped the sta. tistics would receive the atten- tion of the Law Enforcement Commission and that “life may still have some value in the United States.” Asked by Senator Trammell, Democrat, of Florida, if the summary showed the number of officers killed, Tydings said it did, and “also gave the number of persons who had been killed who were not bootleggers.” and runs the p@mut from ammunition, artificial flowe1® and aspirin to_billiard balls, corn remedy, dve, embalming fluid, fireworks, glass, hats. imitation ivory, jewelry, leather substitutes, mir- rors, optical goods, photographic films, rouge, soap, TNT, varnish remover and water color: While last year's production of com mercial alcohol was 14,550,000 wine ga lons more than the total of 92,418,000 gallons in 1928, it was only 11.500.000 gallons higher than in 1927 and 1,600.- 00 gallons above the output of 105,375,886 gallons in 1926. In view of the greatly increased pro- duction of automobiles and the exclu- sive use of lacquers instead of paint by that industry, and in view of the huge advances made in the manufac- ture of artificial silk and other prod- ucts using large allotments of alCohol, Federal officials do not feel at all con- cerned by last year's increase in the use of industrial alcohol. Permits Tssued Carefully. Permits for obtaining industrial al- cohol are issued only after a searching investigation of the character, repu- tation and financial responsibility of the applicants, the Prohibition Bureau points out. Inspection of the appli- cant's premises is made and bonds are required to cover the alcohol to be withdrawn. Samples and formulas of all preparations to be manufactured are carefully scrutinized and must meet Government requirements. After permits are granted records must be kept showing the disposition of the alcohol withdrawn and to whom the products are sold. Frequent in- spections are made and inspectors often are stationed on the premises of the permittees to watch operations. Remarkable progress has been made during the last nine months in elim- inating questionable and undesirable permittees, so that the permit situation at the present time is in a better condi- tion than has existed since passage of the national prohibition act, officials de- cl Seven hundred and sixty-five permits were revoked over a six-month period, including 165 permits of manu- facturing concerns. Close administrative attention has resulted in practically putting the in- dependent denaturing plants out of business, it is stated. During the months of October and November no alcohol was withdrawn by an independent de- naturing plant in the metropolitan dis- trict for the first time since 1920. Reg- ulations have been issued insuring the dispositicn of ethylacetate solvents and Iacquer thinners in legitimate channels. A large number of permits for manu- facture of tollet articles have been re- voked. Hundreds of toilet formulas have bren revised. Morcover, a 15 per cent reduction has been ordered in alcohol production for the next calendar year, with a view to holding production” within legal de- mands. Law Protects “Cover-up” Houses. Mrs. Willebrandt has referred to the “cover-up houses” in connection with the industrial alcohol problem. These houses still exist, but not because of any laxity in enforcement of industrial alcohol regulations, it is explained. The law itself is at fauit, in that it restrains the Government from tracing the flow of ‘commercial alcohol beyond the first purchaser of articles manufactured by permittees. In short, the Government can control the use to which commercial alcohol is put by the manufacturers licensed to use it, and can require the manufac- turer to give the name and address of the dealer to whom his products are consigned. The Government cannot, however, compel the dealer to tell what he did with his consignment of shellac thinner or hair tonic or whatever the OR DORAN DEFENDS SERVCEPERSONNEL ProhibitionEnforcement Head, Respects Man’s Home as A defense of the Federal prohibition enforcement personnel, with the claim that a Nation-wide survey has now made it clear that there exists a “more intelligent and efficient organization in | the fleld” among the dry agents was the substance of a lengthy statement issued here today by Dr. James M. Doran, commissioned of prohibition. Dr. Doran’s statement reveals that & 55-page volume, presenting “a factural outline of the training program de- signed to promote higher morale and efficiency of the Federal prohibition en- forcement service,” is now ready for immediate distribution to dry agents and Federal officials. This volume em- phasizes that the agents “shall enforce the law within the law.” It sounds a keynote of instruction to all dry officers that the courts, including the Supreme | Court, frown upon ‘“unreasonable | searches and seizures,” hold against promiscuous employment of the search rrant, and stand in support of the ‘sanctity of the home” against unlaw- ful invasion. On December 24 Senator William E. Borah, Republican, of Idaho, a leader of ultra-drys in the Senate, made a scathing attack upon the Federal en- forcement, personnel and sald that the law would never be enforced “with the present personnel from top to bot- tom.” This and othet assaults by lead- ing drys, together with the admission of the Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission that laxity has entered into the enforcement problem and the possibility of a Senate inquiry into the past_enforcement regime, are believed to have caused Dr. Doran to place a defense of his agents before the public. High Type of Men in Service. “The enforcement personnel-is com- posed of as high type of men as will be found in any crime detection organi- zation,” he says. “Many of the agents are college graduates, Others have been successful business men, ranchers, farmers, merchants and bankers,” he declares. Dr. Doran proceeds to establish the intelligence of the dry corps as incor- porating “representative types of good American _citizenship” among them “Jawyers, doctors, engineers, chemists, teachers and accountants, men of State and municipal police experience, men from the Post Office Inspection Service, the Secret Service, the Inter- nal Revenue Intelligence Unit, the In- dian service and the customs service.” He declares these men are required to pass & rigorous civil service exam- ination; are subjected to character in- vestigations in their own communities; are thoroughly schooled in crime de- tection and legal requirements of their work, their,duties and limitations, and adds, “Not a single agent is over- looked in & prohibition training school of instruction, moving constantly over the 25 prohibition districts,” says Dr. Doran. ‘The commissioner further points out that agents are constantly “tested to ascertain whether they are keeping step with instructions, which include the ef- fects of current court decisions or de- partmental rulings.” As further indication of improved conditions, he says: Improvement Noted. “Federal judges, Federal district at- torneys and foremen of Federal grand jurles throughout the United States have noted and commented upon the pronounced improvement in prohibition agent personnel. “Their observation has been that the building up of a better trained group of enforcement agents has had a mark- ed effect in speeding up the processes of justice. “These results are noted: “1. Federal prohibition agents now command wider respect of the courts, Jjuries and the public. “32. Prohibition cases brought to trial reflect more earnest and methodical preparation. “3. Prosecutors rely more iraplicitly upon the evidence presented and wit- nesses produced. “4, Agents make a better impression upon the courts and juries when they appear on the witness stand to give tes- timony. “5, Agents, by their straightforward handling of cases and in furnishing evidence, are less susceptible to attacks | product may be. Having learned of this immunity | by defense counsel. “6. A more favorable attitude of in the past fiscal year was completely | ynder the law, some of the illicit users grand juries in relying upon the testi- denatured, so that it was not potable | or jndustrial alcohol have established | mony of agents, and quicker action in and was impossible of being made so except by highly intricate and expen- sive processes not. practical for the boot- leg trade to undertake. Denatured Product Not Factor. ‘Analyses of seized liquor has failed to show, in any instance, evidence that | this completely denatured product is a factor in the diversion problem. It's cheaper for the bootleg interests to make their own alcohol than to try to remove the denaturants from the ajco- hol known in industry as “C. D.” grade, or “completely denatured.” Hence, we can leave out of consideration altogether the 51,367,600 wine gallons of “C. D.” alcohol used last vear in anti-freeze solutions, cleaning fluids, varnish, shoe- blacking and so forth. “That leaves 54,456,000 wine gallons of what we call ‘specially denatured’ commercial alcohol to be accounted for. This type of alcohol has a thousand legitimate uses in industry. Unfortu- nately, it can be made drinkable, and it is this alcohol which is being diverted. “Of the specially denatured product more than 67 per cent, or 36,851.474 wine gallons, went to 39 outstanding American firms whose names are a by- word and whose reputations are beyond question. I mean such concerns as the Du Pont Corporation, the Ford Motor Co., the Eastman Kodak Co., Lambert | Pharmacal Co., the American Tobacco | Co., and so on through the list. “Certainly no one suspects any of these Jarge firms of diverting alcohol. We check on them, nevertheless, and we have never found any cause for sus- picion. They are all using alcohol legal 1y in industries that are above reproach. “Let_us, then, eliminate these users from the list. There are left a group of some 3,800 smaller concerns using ap- proximately 18,000.000 wine gallons. The majority of these firms, all using small quantities, are just as well known to the public and just as reputable as the companies I have mentioned as being large users. . “A careful study of the group enables most any one to separate these small users into two groups—one composed of firms whose integrity is unquestioned and another made up of concerns whose names are less familiar or strange to the average person. It is found that a grand total of 132 best known users, large and small, account for 83 per cent of the specially denatured product. Small Concerns Not Dishonest. “1t is unreasonable to believe that all the other small concerns are dishonest. As & matter of fact, the closest super- vision by Pederal inspectors has failed 1o produce definite evidence of law vio- Jation on the part of any of the firms now licensed to use alcohol. This same supervision eliminated 100 firms from the 1ist of permittees last year. “There are, however, a few inde- pendent_firms whose activities are un- der suspicion. They are using not more than 3,000,000 gallons of commercial aleohol ‘yearly and the products which they are manufacturing are not so ap- parent as n the cases of other promi- nent firms. They are being watched closely.” To the unitiated the myriad uses to which industrial alcohol is put by man- ufacturers today is a revelation. The st occupied several pages of printed matter in the bureau’s annual report so-called “cover-up houses,” which sre | nothing more nor less than bootleg | establishments operating under the | guise of wholesale firms. Some of these | “dealers” have only a corporate name, a room, a desk and a telephone. There | is no existing provision of law to com- | pel these dealers to obtain permits to operate, and only when they are ac- tually detected in the act of violating | definite sections of the dry law can they be dealt with. As long as the Government is thus restricted in keeping Y course of alcohol from the licensed- dis- tilling plant to the ultimate consumer there will continue to be some Aiversion of the supply into illicit fields, it is be. lieved. There is doubt as to the wisdom of Government control of the flow be- yond the first purchaser of the manu- factured product. The task would be | a herculean one, for it would mean ex- tending Federal scrutiny to every corner drug store, every hardware store, and countless other dealers in alcohol derivatives. ‘The Bureau of Prohibition feels that it is doing a difficult job well, and it is convinced its honest critics will feel the same way when they come into posses- sion of all the facts. CHOIR WILL GIVE SHOW. Proceeds Will Help Pay for Church | Organ. | | For the benefit of a fund to liquidate | indebtedness on_the church organ, the cholr of the Church of the Blessed | Sacrament, Chevy Chase, D. C., will | give a minstrel show. to be followed by a dance, in the Mayfiower Hotel Priday | night. ! The minstrel show is scheduled to | start at 8:30 and the dancing will be | from 10:30 to 12:30. | The committees in charge are headed by John Kieley, Matthew Lepley and | Thomas J. Slattery. | | | New Lumber New Sash New W New | | c B its eye on the | Do returning indictments. “7. A higher record of correction in prohibition cases brought to trial.” Man's Home Is Castle. Dr. Doran's statement answers ef- fectively the appeal of some of the dry organizations who have urged drastic changes in law to destroy the long- standing principle that “a man’s home is his castle.” Federal prohibition agents are given these explicit instructions, say ran: “The courts of this land, both Fed- eral and State, have at all times held that the sanctity of a person’s home must be preserved at all times and that it should not be invaded except in strict compliance with the law. “A man'’s home has been described as | his castle, and should be guarded by the law. As to the search of places other than private dwellings, the courts have been considerably more liberal in con- struing the provisions of the law. It has been held by the Supreme Court of the United States that the Constitution only provides against unreasonable searches and seizures and not all ches and seizures. If a search is s reasonable, except probably in case of FOR RENT Three Bed Rooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bath and Large Reception Room. Electric Re- frigeration. THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Road Inclose your Porch Improve Your Home at Low Cost by Buying All Your Material at Hechinger’s allboard Doors New Frames New Roofing Let Us Estimate on Your Entire List 3—Branches—3 MAIN OFFICE—6th & C Sts. S.W. AMP ME|GS—5th & Fla. Ave. N.E. RIGHTWOOD 5921 Ga. Ave. N.W. | great integrity and competence appoint- Dr. | Langley. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., 'JANUARY a dwelling, it is not a violation of the' constitutional provision. “The thought that you should have | in mind at all times in reference to search warrants is that the rights of the person against whom the warrant is directed are paramount to the success of the search. Do not unnecessarily resort to harsh means or tactics in the discharge of your duty in this regard. “You must remember that when a| search warrant is being applied for, and in its execution and return, you are handling one of the most technical in- | struments known to the law. It is the one thing in the law that the courts have been inclined to dismiss on tech- | nical grounds, while the general | tendency of the courts s to do away | with technicalities. | “You are admonished at all times to | keep in mind that a search warrant is an extraordinary writ and should be | dealt with accordingly. While it is per- fectly obvious that in the course of events and changing economic condi- tions, laws have been passed by which it has become necessary to issue search | warrants almost in every case arising | under those laws, the warrant has not | lost its dignity. | Courts Protect Citizen. “The tendency of the courts, includ- ing the Supreme Court of the United States, in recent decisions is to protect | the citizen against unreasonable search- | es and seizures. All Federal law en- | forcement officers should be thoroughly familiar with this subject, as it re- stricts, defines and limits the scope of your lawful activities, “The rights of all citizens under the fourth and fifth amendments to the Constitution are strongly stressed in the lecture courses given by instructors and in daily training of Federal prohibition agents throughout the United States. “The system of training that em- braces the entire prohibition field force and the more rigid tests established for entrance into the service have resulted in the building up of & more efficient and well trained enforcement person- nel. Prohibition agents generally have a more intelligent appreciation of their dutles and limitations and of the rights | of the people. “There Is a reduced turnover in the force of agents in all, districts. The Federal enforcement personnel is oper- ating motg smoothly in co-ordinating its work With other law enforcement | personnel.” TR STUPIDITY BIG SIN SAYS PUSSYFOOT of Johnson Entertains Diners Anti-Saloon League With Dry Speech. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, January 18.—William E.| (Pussyfoot) Johnson, picturesque prohi- bition campaigner, entertained dele- | gates to the Anti-Saloon League Na- tional Conventional at their banquet | here tonight. The crusader who lost an eye in one | of his efforts to carry prohibition to the old world, told the league that he has | made a study of wrong-doing and has | come to the conclusion that there is only one sin in the world. That, he sald, is stupidity. “It was stupid of Cain to kil Abel" | Johnson said. It was stupld of Noah to get soused.” Johnson said that attempts to regu. late the alcoholic beverage business fo) 4,000 years had proved failures and that America discovered prohibition to be the only successful manner at handling the situation. Other speakers at the banquet were Judge Florence Allen of the Ohio Su- preme Court and P. H. Callahan of Louisville, Ky. Judge Allen said that enforcement of the prohibition law should be made a matter of individual effort, for “if we | once concede the right of the individual to decide which law is law to him, the whole structure falls.” She said that the recommendations of the National Commission on Law Enforcement. would greatly relieve clogged conditions of court dockets and “advance the en- | forcement of law in a most practical way" ““Over and above any mere procedural suggestions, however, there are two | underlying prerequisites in any program | of law enforcement,” Judge Allen said. “So long as we cdnsider appointments which deal with enforcement of law to | be political plums, we shall not secure the highest type of service. There are, | of course, countless men and women of ed to political office. The gap comes | with appointments which are made as & matter of political reward without | reference to particular personal fitness.” | Lieut. Palmer Orde;-ed Here. Lieut. Carlton D. Palmer, who for- | merly was on duty at the Anacostia Naval Air Station, has been ordered back to this city for duty in the flight | radio test section at the local air sta- | tion, it was announced yesterday by | the ‘Navy Department. Lieut. Palmer | will come here next Spring_ follwing the Sping maneuvers of the fleet. He now is attached to VS-1B squadron | aboard the alrcraft carrier U. S. S. Less Than 10 8-Tube All-Electric Else to Buy Genuine Kolsters with electric dyvnamic speakers. in and see it. .hear its tone. you'll want one! Model K-42. Kolst 523 11th St. N | that the repeal resolution would be | ous stage on several occasions. | Tlinols be | liance and ability and not because th | tions committee in charge of the bill, | declared that the House would be vio- | resentative Kolster Radios To Sell at This Low Price The Finest Radio Value TODAY Complete—Nothing Come HARRY C. GROVE, Inc. 19, 150000013 GIVEN FOR ENFORGEMENT Drys Defeat Wets of House; to Every Move Against 18th Amendment. (Continued From First Page.) of the way. The “drys” are confident overwhelmingly defeated if a show- down came. Several of them believe it would be advantageous to the “dry” | cause to have the matter voted on in the Senate now. Enforcement Transfer. Chairman Willlamson of the House committee on expehditures in the ex- ecutive departments has asked the At- torney General and the Secretary of the Treasury for a Teport on the bill he re- cently introduced to carry into effect President Hoover’s recommendation that prohibition_enforcement be transferred from the Treasury to the Department of Justice. It is expected that he will call a meeting of his committee some time this week to consider this bill. A subcommittee of the House judici- ary committee, to which was assigned the task of considering the law en- forcement commission’s proposal that United States commissioners should be used to hear cases of minor violations of the prohibition laws, is to meet to- morrow. The debate over prohibition in the House yesterday reached the acrimoni- Repre- esntative Beedy, Republican, of Maine, a “dry,” demanded that language used by Representative Sabath, Democrat, of “taken down” so that it might be expunged from the record on | the ground that it was an attack on the judicial branch of the Government. It turned out, however, that it was La- Guardia, and not Sabath who had made the remark to which Mr. Beedy ob- jected, and the incident passed. Representative Schafer, Republican, of Wisconsin, aroused the “drys” from the Southern States when he shouted “President Hoover was elected by the American people because of his bril- Democratic candidate was a ‘wel Schafer insisted that the last presi- dential election was not a referendum on the “dry” question. Representative Clancy, Republican, of Michigan discussed the convention of the Anti-Saloon League in Detroit last week, charging that the meeting was ‘“rocked with cheers wheri any speaker condoned promiscuous killing by prohibition agents and Indirectly incited the agents to kill more men, women and children.” ' Normalcy Seen Ahead. “Before long,” shouted Clancy, “the country will return to normaley. Vio- lence and lawlessness by Government officials will not be encouraged success- fully by the league. Graft by prohibi- tion officials will not be winked at. Crime and immorality will be lessened.” A bili was introduced by Representa- tive Sirovich, Democrat and “wet,” of | New York which would compel - the Government to use pyradene, malachite reen or diethylpthalate in denaturing ndustrial alcohol. These are emetics, not poison. Dr. Sirovich said last night hat he had been assured by & number g:‘“”flrys" that they would support his Representative La Guardia obtained the floor to make his point of order against the appropriation for prohibi- tion enforcement as soon as the Treas- ury-Post Office bill was taken up in the House yesterday. His argument that the eighteenth amendment was inoper- ative because three-fourths of the States had failed to re-ratify it during the first seven years after its original rati- fication was ridiculed by a number of “drys,” including Representative Beedy and Representative Ramseyer, Republi- can, of Jowa. Representative Will Wood of Indiana, chairman of the appropria- lating the Constitution itself if it un- dertook to pass on a constitutional question, reserved to the Supreme Court. During La Guardia's argument Rep- Cramton, Republican, of Michigan, rose to leave the chamber. La Guardia urged him to remain, but Cramton declared that unless “the gen- tleman from New York has something more serlous to present” he would be forced to leave. Representative Wood insisted that the eighteenth amendment and its constitutionality had been ar- gued before the Supreme Court and elsewhere by leading lawyers of the country without this question having been raised before. “It remained for the gentleman from New York to find this fly spe The “drys” in the House rode rough- shod over every proposal advanced by the “wets.” Some of the “wets.” how- ever, expressed satisfaction because none of the “drys” had risen to speak in defense qf the use of poison for de- naturing industrial alcohol, as they have done in the past. of These Fine Just as Pictured 'Nothing Else to Buy Small Down Payment Q72 er -W. Dis. 2067 1930—PART ONE. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. 'TODAY. Red Triangle Outing Club will meet today at 2:15 o'clock at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue to go to Al- exandria for the second of a series of eight hikes through historical country. John Smith, leader. A card party will be given for the benefit of St. Aloysius Church tomor- row at 8 pm. at the Notre Dame auditorium, North Capitol and K streets, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey Trent, Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, will meet tomorrow evening at 1502 Fourteenth street. “Why Should the Maternity Mor- ! tality Rate Be So High in the United States?” is the subject for considera- | tion at the monthly meeting of the Homeopathic Layman's League of Washington to be held Thursday at 8 o'clock at the Homeopathic Foun- dation headquarters, 1811 H street. Huguenot Soclety of Washington will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at St. John's Parish Hall, Sixteenth and H streets. Eric H. Louw, Minister from South Africa, and Mrs. Louw will be guests of honor. The Minister will speak on “The Huguenots of South Africa.” Dental Assistants’ Society of the Dis- trict of Columbia_will hear Dr. Carl Mess of the local Dental Society at the | regular meeting_tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Hamilton Hotel. West End Citizens' Association meets tomorrow at 8 o'clock at the Western Presbyterian Church, 1911 H street. “Advertising Washington, the Host" will be the theme of an address by Wil- liam Knowles Cooper before the Adver tising Club of Washington at its victory meeting Tuesday at 12:30 p.m., at the | National Press Club. Vincent B. Costello Post. No. 15, American Legion, will meet Tuesday evening. 8 o'clock, in the bcard room ofthe District Buliding. Loyal Knights of the Round Table *will ‘meet at the University Club for o'clock. luncheon Tuesday _at 12:3 judge, board Maj. Ernest H. Van Fossan, of tax appeals, will speak. Meeting of the Clitizens' Forum of Columbia Heights .will be held at the Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets, Tuesday at 8 p.m. Petworth Citizens Association meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Petworth School. ‘Washington Alumnae Club of Mu Phi Epsilon Sorority will mee Wednesday at 8 o'clock at the home of Hazel Wood, 1401 Girard street. Miss Elizabeth M. d'Aubique Carhart will speak on the work of the McAll mission in France next Wednesday at 4°30 o'clock in the chapel of the Church of the Covenant. Her talk will be il- lustrated with lantern slides, showing vacation colony in_an old French chateau and other phases of the work P. E. O, Sisterhood founders’ day will be observed by a “Siderial Soiree,” Jan- uary 30, at the garden house of the Dodge Hotel, 8:30 o'clock. All visiting and unaffiliated. P. E. O.'s invited. “Birds and Bird Calls” will be the subject of the seventh lecture in the Georgetown ten-event course, given tomorrow night by Guy_C. Cald- These are the kind of letters I receive from holders of M Company’s Non-Cancellable Policies. terms. A definite promise, to be| | | well of the American Nature Associa- | tion, in the chapel of Georgetown Pres- | byterian Church, P street, near Thirty- | first, at 8 o'clock. | Clemson Alumni Association has com- pleted plans for the annual ladies’ night banquet, to be held at the Cosmos Club next Wednesday. Dr. D. W. Daniel, director of arts and science department Senator and Mrs. sentative J. J. McSwain, former Gov. and Mrs. R. A. Cooper, all of South Carolina, will b2 honor guests. Ninth annual meeting of the Boys' Club of Washington will be held Tues day, at 8 o'clock, in the club house, 230 C street. Miss Jean Steph “Orignal Sources son will speak on tomorrow night be- fore the members of the National Genealogical Soclety and other sub- seribers to the course on “How to Do Genealogical Research.” The series is designed to aid the beginner as well as the experienced worker. North Carolina Society of Washington ~ill observe Army and Navy night to- morrow. at 8 o'clock, in_the auditor of the National Press Club. with Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler of the Ma- rine Corps as the speaker. FOUNDER TO BE GUEST OF CONVERTS’ LEAGUE| [Rev. Francis P. Lyons and Miss | Agnes G. Regan to Be Among Speakers nt Meeting. | Addresses by Miss Agnes G. Regan, | executive secretary of the National | Council of Catholic Women of the De- | partment of Lay Organizations, and by | Rev. Francis -P. Lyons, founder of the | Converts' League, will feature a meet- ing under the auspices of the Converts' League of the Catholic Daughters of | America, at 601 E street, next Thurs- | day evening. Father Lyons will be | | guest of honor. The meeting is open | to the public. | " Other speakers include Rev. Joseph | }x. Malloy, spiritual director of the | league of Washington; Rev. Francis X. Cavanagh, chaplain of court 212 of the | league, and Miss Mary C. Boland, grand regent of the local court. Miss Floi | ence M. Winter, chairman of the Con- verts' League, will preside. A program | of music will be presented. | SOCIETY TO GIVE PARTY |" The Delaware State Society will give | a bridge and five hundred card party | | n conjunction with the monthly meet- | ing at the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 | Massachusetts avenue, at 8 o'clock to- | morrow night. | The card party will follow the busi- | | ness meeting, to be presided over by | Representative Robert G. Houston, | president of the society, and Miss Eliza- | | beth Groves, secretary. Light refresh- | ments will be served. | The society is one of the pioneer State socleties in Washington and a large | attendance of Delawareans is expected. | Miss Elizabeth Groves and Mrs. R. Armstrong will be in charge of the | party. I promptly kept. m | ‘question. | to see Indiana start it. No delay in settlement. WATSOY FAVORS VOTEBYSTATE Believes Relercnd;:m Would Show How People Stand on Prohibition. Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, Republican leader of the Senate, yester- day recommended a Nation-wide reter- endum by States on the whole questian of prohibition. He believes this would relieve uncertainty and ascertain wrere the people stand by their own votes ‘Watson stands out as a national fig ure neither identified radically with one side or the other in the prohibition Though he believes a Nation- wide vote would reaffirm the faith of the people in prohibition. he also thinks | that a number of questions should be put to all elements. among these wheth- er the pedple want saloons back, com- | plete repeal of prohibition, modification of the Volstead act to increase the ai- coholic content of beverages, whether the States should be empowered to fix the aleoholic content and whether light wines and beer should be produced and sold and if so, how? Watson foined with other Senators today in fdvoring an early vote on the resolution of Senator Blaine,” Repub- lican of Wisconsin, asking repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Senator Borah, Republican of Idaho, and other ultra-drys Priday demanded an early test on the resolution, which will be taken up by the Senate judiciary com- mittee tomorrow along with recomt- mendations for more rigorous enforce- ment legislation submitted by the Wick- ersham Law Enforcement Commission. “I would like to see this question settled by a vote of the people,” said Watson, “but each State should con- duct its own referendum. I would like 1 T have been advocating a prohibition referendum on the stump in my State for the last six years.” The Senate leader said he believed such a referendum would be of great value to Congress. “I think the country added, forced.” National wet organizations have hith- erto suggested a country-wide referen- dum, but not in the form now recom- mended by Senator Watson. is dry.”™ he “and wants prohibition en- FOR RENT Four Rooms, Kitch- en, Bath and Recep- tion Hall. Electric Refrigeration. 2001 16th St. achusetts Casualty No argument over You Ough.t to Have the Protection Offered by the Mass. Casualty Co.’s Health and Accident Policy It takes care of things when you are disabled, and relieves of all financial worry. It is NON-CANCELLABLE, which means that no matter how often, or for how long the company is called upon to pay claims renewal of the policy from year to year will not be refused by the company up to age 65! years. Protection given to both men and women. 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