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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder tonight with lowest ‘rature about 18 degrees; tomorrow fair with slowly rising temperature. m;ent\lno—mthut. 46, at 3:30 pm. yesterday; lowest, 28, Full report on page n’&'l:lfll . today. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 é he ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entered post office, seco! Wa: No. 31,676. fd class matt er D, C. shington, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, HOOVER DRY STAND SEEN AS MAKING ISSUE IN 1932; NATION PONDERS REPORT President Held Hope of Foes of Change. WET DEMOCRAT MAY MAKE RACE Fess Declares Chief| Executive Will Keep Attitude. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The prohibition issue has been pitchforked still further into the national campaign of 1932 by the Wickersham Commission report| and President Hoover's letter of | transmittal. This presupposes the candidacy | of President Hoover to succeed himself and the nomination by the Democrats of a presidential candidate who favors repeal or revision of the eighteenth amend- ment. The nomiination of President Hoover by the Republicans, sup- porting the eighteenth amend- ment, and the nomination of a| Democrat also favoring a reten-| tion of the amendment—for ex-| ample, Senator Robinson of Ark-! ansas, the Democratic leader of | the Senate—would have the effect | of taking the liquor question out of the presidential race. Hope of Drys in 1932. ‘The belief is prevalent, however, that the Democrats will nominate a wet. Had President Hoover transmitted the report of the Law Observance and Enforcement Commission without spe- cifically taking issue with the suggested ~revision of the eighteenth amendment, carried in the report, the situation form of revision of the prohibi- tion amendment. But his action has been interpreted as taking a stand sgainst revision. Says Letter Conclusive. Senator Fess of Ohio, ‘thairman of the Republican National Committee, calling at the White House today, ex- | the opinion in no uncertain| terms that he interpreted President Hoover's letter transmitting the Wick- ersham report to the Congress as con- clusive proof that he is not going to change his attitude toward the eight- genth amendment and its enforcement. After the close of the last congres- sional campaign, Senator Fess in an interview expressed the opinion that the Republican party would espouse | the cause of prohibition in the cam-| paign of 1932. With the Democratic | party leaning to the wet cause wi strongly, Mr. Fess was of the opinion that there was no alternative. Wet Republicans in New York and other States immediately took issue with the position of the national chairman. If President Hoover maintains his position in support of the eighteenth amendment and makes it clear he \n‘ against any revision, he will face the opposition of the wet Republicans for | renomination, in all probability, unless | issues other than that of prohibition dominste in the preconvention cam-| paign and at the next Republican Na- tonal Convention. The wet sentiment in the Republican party has grown stronger in recent 5. It manifested itself strongly in | ew York, in New Jersey, in Massa- | chusetts, {n Tilinois, in Wisconsin and in | many other States which are regarded ary to Republican success in | election during the Jast cam- | Unless some way can be found to subordinate the prohibition issue, it 15 likely to trouble the Republicans in the coming campaign In the past, or rather until the con- gressional election in 1930, the wet and | dry 1ssue has proved more disastrous for the Democrats than for the Re- blicans. The boot mow appears to | on the other leg, although the Demo- crats are by no means reconciled on this issue, with many of the Southern Democrats _attacking _the Democratic Continued on Page 5, Column 1) ALBANY LEGISLATORS | OFFER REPEAL BILL House and Senate Leaders Intro-| duce Resolution Asking Action by Congress. ALBANY, N. Y., January 21.—Basing | their action on the report of the Wick- ersham Commission, Senator Bernard | Downing and Assemblyman Irwin Stein- | gut, Democratic floor leaders in their respective Houses, introduced in the Legislature today a bill memorializing Congress to repeal the Federal prohibi- tion statutes. The preamble of the resolution sets forth that the Wickersham Commission re;nru the prohibition statutes are “not adequately observed or enforced” and that prohibitions of this kind are “sub- versive of the fundamental and basic rights of the people and tend to create in them distrust for all law and order.” “If”” in Revision Section of Report There in October By the Associated Press. ‘With a dispute in progress as to when and how the "if" got into the Wickersham Commis- sion’s suggestion for a revision of the dry amendment, newspaper men were shown at commission headquarters today a draft of this section as it was said to have stood last October. In this preliminary form, the report sald “if” the amendment is revised,” etc. This later was made to read “all of the com- missioners agree that if,” etc. The section just preceding had two blank spaces in the prelim- inary draft. Into these blanks were to be written later how many commissioners favored and how many opposed revision. In the final form the report merely says that “some’” oppose it, and “others” favor it. VALIDITY ISSUE UP ment Finished—Hughes Drops Out of Case. By the Associated Press. The Supreme Court listened intently today to arguments attacking and de- fending the validity of the eighteenth | amendment. Surrounded by a calm sharply con- | trasting with the usual clamor of the consideration the recent decision of Federal Judge Willlam Clark holding | the amendment invalid because im- properly ratified. Solicitor General Thacher, for the Government, and Julius Henry Cohen of New York, supporting the Clark ruling, delved far into the history of the Nation for material for their argu- ments. Chief Justice Hughes withdrew from brief to the court when prohibition was before it in 1920 and thus considered himself disqualified. ‘The decision of Federal Judge Willlam | Clark of New Jersey was based on a contention that the amendment to be valid should have been ratified by State conventions rather than by State Leg- islatures. U. 8, Solicitor Speaks. After brief preliminaries, Solicitor General Thacher launched into Government's argument. He said it seemed clear that Article 5 of the Constitution had conferred ample authority upon Congress for its determi- nation to refer the amendment to State Legislatures. He added the article was a mandate upon Congress and left it free to use its own judgment in determining wheth- er the prohibition amendment should be referred to State Legislatures or con- ventions. ‘The solicitor general then reviewed the decisions of the Supreme Court since 1824 to sustain his contention. Upholds Congress Action. He insisted Congress was at liberty to determine in all cases whether & proposed constitutional amendment should be submitted to State Legisla- tures or State conventions for ratifica- tion. ‘The decision of the Supreme Court in the national prohibition cases deter- mined the question raised by Judge Clark’s decision, he continued In that case New Jersey raised the issues Presented in the present case, with the result, he said, that the eighteenth amendment had been held valid by the Supreme Court. The court in plain language had sup- ported other constitutional amendments against similar attacks, he added. In closing, he said: Misconception Seen. “This attack against the eightenth amendment falls utterly and completely to the ground because based upon a fundamental misconception of the character of the Government which had been created by thg Constitution.” Solicitor General Thacher took only a half hour in presenting the Govern- ment’s appeal, although allowed two hours Throughout the solicitor general's discourse, the court refrained from in- terrupting with questiohs. Usually the freedom Mr. Cohen said such an important case had not been presented to court in years, and that he and the other lawyers supporting him fully be- leved in their cause. sale of liquor, he said, except by an amendment conferring this power. The eighteenth amendment, he added, was & purported grant of such new power. He said he would attempt to show it was the intent of the framers of the opstitution to have such amendments as the eighteenth ratified by conven- | ions and not State legislatures. e British Cruisers Quarantined. GIBRALTAR, January 21 (#).—The British battle cruisers Renown and Tiger were placed under quarantine to- day because of an outbreak of influenza | among thet By the Associated Press | ng thelr cre 10 SUPREME COURT Arguments on Dry Amend- prohibition issue, the court took under | the case, announcing he submitted a | the | Jjustices interrogate counsel with great | the | Originally there was no power in the | | Government to prohibit or regulate the Two Questions on Meaning Raised. DENIAL ISSUED AS TO PRESSURE Col. Anderson Says Modification Was Intended. By the Associated Press. The growing tumult of discus- sion, dispute and speculation over the Wickersham prohibition re- port centered today around two salient queries: How far did the commission mean to go toward recommending revision of the eighteenth amend- ment? And what will be the pol- itical effect of President Hoover's | opposition to such a step? So aroused were the commis- sion members over reports that| the President had intervened to forestall an unequivocal modifica- tion proposal that the following statement was issued by Chair- man Wickersham: Denies Hoover Pressure. “The statement this morning in the Washington Herald that the President persuaded this commission to abandon a tentative recommendation in favor of revision of the eighteenth amend- ment is absolutely untrue and without foundation.” After reading the denial of Chairman Wickersham that President Hoover had sought to influence the commission’s report, United States Circuit Judge William S. Kenyon, a member of the Wickersham commission, today issued the following statement at St. Louis: “I have never talked with the Presi- dent concgrning the report of the com- mission. hatve never tglked with one who claimed to have talked wif | him about it. and any statement that he influenced the commission in any way as to its report is absolutely false. Neither the chairman nor any mem- ber of t] : commission now in Wash- ington, } ‘wever, was willing to tell the | full stor, of the weeks of discussion within the commission, or explain how or when the decision against an out- and-out revision proposal was reached. As it appears in the combined com- mission report, signed by all of the members but one, the suggested draft of a new eighteenth amendment was preceded by an “if” and by a state- ment that opinion among members was divided. Yet at least 6 of the 11 declared in appended statements that they favored | either revision or repeal, and at least two of these individual expressions al- luded to revision as if they understood | the full commission was for it. Dry, Wet or Straddle. Col. Henry W. Anderson, the member | who proposed a complete substitute for | the present system, said in Richmond the report as a3 whole “favors modifica- tion of the eighteenth amendment.” | Until other members speak, the CIK; ital and the country apparently will | left to draw their own conclusions and | place their own interpretation on a re- port, which 15 being variously inter- | preted today as dry, wet, and a straddle. ~There was less dispute over the posi- | | tion taken by the President in sending | the report to Congress. With whatever effect on his fortunes in 1932, he sald definitely that he not | only agreed the amendment should ot | be repealed, but did not want to be u;xd‘:‘rsmod even as favoring a revision of it. A Democratic Senator opposing pro- hibition, Walsh of Massachusetts, placed upon the President’s message the interpretation that Mr. Hoover had definitely taken up the dry side, and would lead his party in 1932 against | revision. May Require Survey. Another Democratic anti-prohibition- ist. Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, described the President's stand as “amazing,” in view of the re- vision leanings she saw in the report itself. From a Republican opposed to the dry statutes, Representative Schafer of Wisconsin, came this observation: | “I. may be necessary for Congress to conduct a survey to ascertain what con- clusion was really reached.” La Guardia Offers Resolution. Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, Jjolned the President in objecting to the proposal for replacing the eighteenth amendment to empower Congress to regulate traffic in liquor. A resolution to that end, as well as | one for a congressional investigation of | enforcement was_introduced b *d on Page 5, Colun " (Continued on Page Gen. Edwards Very Weak. men explained the increases resulted BOSTON, January 21 (#)—Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, war-time com- mander of the 26th Division, who re- cently underwent an operation, was re- ported very weak today. |Victim Drives to Station By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 21.—The bandit who held up John Allerton’s taxicab last night apparently had every- thing figured out—late hour, dark ‘The resolution would memorialize Congress to al the enforcement statutes ;lnd to “;I:"ie :g:um“hhl '::rl as possible to nf amendment itselt, A do a big business at railroad stations. Allerton forked over his money and obeyed the gruff command: street, gun threats and all—but he overlooked the fact that taxi companies BANDIT MAKES SERIOUS ERROR, FORGETTING DEPOT TAXI STAND as Commanded and Other Drivers Give Badly Beaten Man to Police. | “Drive me to the Pennsylvania station | and don’t, stop 'tll you get there.” A few minutes later the car pulled up at the station, where more than a score of cabs were parked. Allerton gave the lfiml and drivers swarmed from all directions. A badly beaten bandit was turned over to the police. bening Sta 1931—THIRTY PAGES. ### BULL Br the Associated Press. ETIN LONDON, January-21.—The MacDonald government was de- feated today in the House of Commons by 282 to 249 on an amendment to the education bill. The defeat by 33 votes came unexpectedly. CRAMTON‘TO SUCCEED GRANT AS BICENTENNIAL CO-DIRECTOR Representative, Defeated for Re-election, Urged for $10,000 Job. Fess Tells President of Mich- | igan Man’s Qualifica- tions for Post. Representative Louis C. Cramton of Michigan, who was defeated last No- | vember for re-election, is to be ap- pointed associate director of the George Washington Bicentennial to succeed Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, at & salary of $10,000 a year. The creation of this new $10,000 - tion was recommended to the President today by Senator Fess of Ohio, director | of the commission. In suggesting this for Representative Cramton, Senator | Fess informed the President that he was representing the views of other members of the commission who met | with him earller in the day. He said | that Mr. Cramton is well versed in the | matters relating to the planning of the | bicentennial celebration. Col. Grant recently informed the President that his duties as officer in charge of public bullding and public parks and other activities incident to that position are so pressing that he thought in justice to the welfare of the Bicentennial Commission that it would be best that he be relieved of his duties as assoclate director. The President REPRESENTATIVE CRAMTON., accepted his request and asked him to serve until a successor could be selected. Col. Grant received no salary for his work as associate director. It is understood that no legislation will be necessary to pay this $10,000 salary to Mr. Cramton. The commis- sion has sufficlent funds already .E_ propriated from which this salary might be drawn. Senator Millard E. Tydings, Demo- crat, of Maryland, has been appointed by Vice President Curtis to be & mem- ber of the Bicentennial Commission, to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of Senator Overman, Democrat, lt:‘f"INm't.h Carolina, it was announced ay. PRESIDENT MAKES DONATION T0 CHEST Special Gifts Committee Gets His Best Wishes for Com- munity Campaign. With the addition of a generous gift from President Hoover, the Special Gifts Committee of the Community Chest today raised its total contribu- tions to close to & half million dollars. The President presented & check to Newbold Noyes, chairman, and other | solicitors at the White House. He wished them success, as he again com- mented on the worth-while work being done by the organization. At & meeting of the special gifts unit in the Willard Hotel workers reported 78 subscriptions for & total of $84.456. This advanced the grand total of the three-day camffaign to $430,846. The committee is Pledged to raise $1,000,000 before the opening of the main drive Mongay. Donatlons Are Larger. A large percentage of the donations announced represented substantial in- crease over the gifts made by the same individuals last year. Group chair- from the widespread feeling that the Chest should be given even greater sup- port this year than customary because of the unusually heavy demands caused by unemployment and the drought. Several of those who made larger gifts said they had taken into consideration the fact the Red Cross would receive $100,000 from the Chest as Washing- ton’s quota of the national campaign for $10,000,000 to be used {n drought- relief work. Among the outstanding donations of the day was that of Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes. He increased his contribution from $250 last year to $1,000. Plan Therough Canvass. Bellef that every citizen in Washing- ton would be given an opportunity to contribute in the Community Chest drive proper, opening Monday, was ex- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Belgian Rail Loan Planned. BRUSSELS, January 21 (#)—The officlal journal, Moniteur, today pub- lished a bill which would permit the Belgian National Rallways to launch s $17,000,000 loan. HELD N OKLAHOMA 26 Men Arrested After Gro- | cery Store Is Stormed—Re- | lief Measures Taken. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, January 21— Leaders of a mob which stormed a grocery here yesterday, shouting for food, were in jail, as the city and State took steps today to relleve suf- fering among the unemployed. With them was Prancis Owens, de- scribed by police as instigator of the attack on the store, who was arrested following & demonstration by 100 men last night. Beven to Face Charges. Lewis Morris, county attorney, said charges of inciting to riot would be filed against seven, The grocery was looted after leaders reported the result of a conference with city officials was “the same old bunk. “These men and women are hungry, they told H. A. Shaw, store managel “It’s too late to bargain with us now.” About 300 persons, including white men and women and colored people, ralded the store and seized food. - dows were smashed. Police dispersed them with tear gas and arrested 26 men. No one was injured severely. Governor Promises Ald. Gov. William H. “Alfalfa Bill” Mur- ray, conferred with Sheriff Stanley Rogers and Ed Pry, city manager, fol- lowing the raid. He promised State aid. He was told 100 persons would be provided for at the State Fair Grounds and the Salvation Army was prepared | to take care of 200 more. ROBERT LEGENDRE DIES Former Georgetown Athlete Suc- cumbs to Pneumonia NEW YORK, January 21 (#).—Rob- ert Legendre, former Georgetown ath- lete and leutenant in the United States Navy, died of bronchial pneu- monia today at the Naval Hospital in Brooklyn. Legendre was 34 and an officer in the Dental Co of the Navy, in which he had served for two years and a half. His home was in Lewiston, Me. Radio Programs on Page B-7 BILLBOARD FIRM WILL MOVE SIGNS ';Outdoor Company Makes | Pledge to qus of Unsightly D. C. Approaches. Co-operating in plans for beautifica- tion of Washington and its environs prior to the 1932 Bicentennial, the General Outdoor Advertising Co., one of the largest billboard concerns in the country, has offered to take the initi- ative in reallocating and reducing to a minimum its advertising lay units within the District of Columbia and re- mrz‘we' gx’nu ull: a "z’:‘;-mu' radius on the princi roughfares Maryland and Virginia. Other Co-operation Sought. Entailing a sacrifice of ximatel: $50,000, this offer of mcgcwn:ml wd door Advertising to pave the wa; other national the Garden Olub the home of its chairman, Frank B. Noyes, 1239 Vermont avenue. The offer was made in connec- tion with the sentative alo e -y company plans to co-operate an ing out Jfllll of its scheme of biil- board reduction and also to secure the active co-operation of other outdoor advertising concerns operating in the Washington territory. As a result of this proposiion, sub- mitted on behalf of the company by I. W. Digges, one of its officials and sec- retary also of the Outdoor Adtertising Assoclation of America, Mrs. Noyes ap- pointed a committee, headed ‘y Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, as chairman of the District Committee for the Washing- ton Bicentennial. Associated with Dr. Marvin on this committee is Repre- sentative Sol Bloom of New York, as- soclate director of the National Bi- centennial Commission; Representative R. Walton Moore of Virginia, a member of the National Capital Committee of the Garden Club of America; Ernest | M. Smith, executive vice president of the Amer Autbmobile Assoclation, and John E. Shogmaker, Washington manager of the General Outdoor Ad- vertising Co. Washington Officials Attend. ‘The meeting was participated in by two members of the Boanr.ot District Commissioners, Dr. Luther H. Reichel- derfer and Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby; Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission; Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and parks in the National Capital; repre- sentatives of various Garden Clubs and other officials and representatives of as- sociations co-opergting in the cam- paign to improve the uggemnu of the highway entrances to Washington. The plan of eo-operation for the preservation of the roadsides, as em- bodied in the proposal, extends also to the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard, along which upward of & million tour- "~ (Continued lumn 2. WAR AVIATOR DIES Infection From Leg Bruise Fatal to James 8. Glassco. KANSAS ~CITY, January 21 (#).— James 8. Glassco, wartime aviator, is gud as the result of a bruise on one nee, New Year day Glassco slid forward against the seat of an automobile when the driver applied the brakes suddenly. His leg was amputated Saturday in & futile effort to have his life, threatened by the infection arising from the injury. He died yesterday. the | sion received "Fr to Home Within the Hour™ The Star's carrier system ecovers fi block and the regular tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. every cit: * edi- Yesterday's Circulation, 119,082 () Means Associated §1,062.568.000 SET BY HOUSE GROUP FOR . 3. AGENCIES Independent Office Measure Carries $246,790,000 In- orease Over Current Fund. VETERANS’ ACTIVITIES DRAW $866,012,000 Porto Rican Hurricane Relief Gets $1,000,000—$11,350,000 for Hospital Construction. By the Associated Press. ‘The vast sum of $1,052,568,000 for the actlvities of a score of Government agencies was proposed today in the annual independent offices’ supply bill for the next fiscal year reported to the House by its Appropriations Committee. ‘The measure carried an increase of $246,700,000 over current expenses, Consolidated veterans' activities under the veterans’ administration drew $866,- 012,000, exceeding this year's outlay by $108,208,000. As its Jast instaliment of its $500,000,- 000 revolving loan fund the Farm Board received $100,000,000. The Shipping Board was given $35,000,000 to be loaned under the Jones-White merchant ma- rine construction act. The Executive office, including Presi- dent Hoover's salary of $75,000, was awarded $532.380, a of $289, 000, attributable lar!ely to the absence of an appropriation for the Wickersham commisssion, which last year was given $250,000. The commission, which has made its prohibition report, will not re- quire additional funds for further study after July 1. $1,000,000 for Porto Rican Rellef. Among some of the unusual appro- riations were $1,000,000 for the gfln jcan Hurricane Relief Commission, $800,000 for the George Rogers Clark Sesquicentennial Commission at Vin- cennes, Ind.; $338,000 for the George Washington Bicentennial Commission, $304,250 for the American Battle Monu- ments' Commission in France $3,750,000 for starting construction on the vnigd States Supreme Court Build ‘ashington. allotments included $9,412,000 tate Commerce Commis- Civil Bervice ppeals ey Tax Aj 1s; $200, efficiency $188,000 for the Mediation $4,730,000 for the Employes’ increase new ven $260,000. The Trade Commis- 5 $1,761,000, an increase $181,000, to permit continued study wer com| . The reo riff Commission received $1,040,000, an increase of $225,000. $37,406,000 for Shipping Board. Altogether the Shipping Board re- ce!ve’:l"e $37,406,000, the additional $2,406,000 for operating expenses. Under the huge veterans' appropri- ations, $110,228,000, an increase of $16,578,000, was allowed administration, medical, ices. Military and naval compensation was increased by $71,289,000 to $267,- 237,000, and Army and Navy pemsions by $9,500,000 to $222,000,000, both under new laws enacted last Spring. An allotment of $121,500000 was made for military and naval insurance, an increase of $1,500,000, while $11,- 350,000, an increase of $9,350,000, was set aside to permit the Veterans' Bu- reau to accelerate its hospital con- struction program. Of the total ai bureau has tentatively allocated funds to the following: Albuquerque, N. Mex., 250 beds, $1,250,000; New York City, 200 beds, $1,000,000; Western New York State, 400 beds, $1.700,000; San Fran- cisco, 200 beds, $1,000,000; Salt Lake City, 75 beds, $400,000; Hot Springs, Ark., $1,050,000; Augusta, Ga., 138 beds, $300,000; miscellaneous, 427 beds, $1,260,000. Veteran Loan Demands Heavy. Heavy demand of veterans for loans on adjusted service certificates during the unemployment period caused an allowance of $112,000,000 for this pur- e. po;'he sum of $20,850,000 was given to the Civil Service Retirement and Dis- ability Fund. Under the Farm Board's appropria- tion, $1,900,000 was set aside for ex- penses. In reporting the bill, the Ap- propriations Committee said the full $500,000,000 was needed to meet loan commitments aggregating $468.960,000 on January 7, 1931, with loans advanced totaling $372,886,000. It noted, how- ever, that of the Joans made $131,039,- 000 had been repaid, leaving outstand- ing advances at $241,846,000. Jave Quake Kills Six. 8ix persons were killed and a number injured when an earthquake knocked down the chimneys of a tapioca factory at Propeok, Central Javan village. The earthquate also did considerable dam-| age at another village, Bomiajoe. There were seven severe shocks. AIR REGULATION Because the temperature in the east room of the White House rose 19 de- grees in two hours at a recent recep- tion, Congress has been asked to ap- DI’ODHI'&“‘:IS.ODU for the installation of ilxr-madm:‘nlnu equipment in the ecutive Mansion. . In emphasizing the need for this equipment, Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Build- bad conditions occasionally occur there, both in the Wintertime and in Sum- mer." “At a recent reception,” he said, “we started with a temperature of about 65 degrees in the east room. With 1,200 persons through and a large number crowding in there all the time, ings and Public Parks, said that “very | re) the tempera mounted to 84 degress after a emwl:‘“oi ‘hours. { » IN WHITE HOUSE IS URGED AS SANITARY MEASURE TWO CENTS. BURKE WILL WARN PROPERTY OWNERS IN GAMING DRIVE Ultimatum Will Tell ‘l"hem to Rid Buildings of Gamblers or Face Arrest. ESTIMATES “TWO DOZEN” DENS ARE IN OPERATION Presa, Nearly 100 Men Taken in Raids ‘Conducted by U. S. Marshals and Police. Warnings to rid their properties of gambling establishments or face arrest s principals with the operators will be served on the owners and agents of buildings housing some two dozen al- leged gambling establishments in the business district, Capt. Frank Burke of the first preeinct announced today. Capt. Burke's drastic ultimatum came on the heels of the arrest of nearly & hundred men yesterday in the second of a series of raids on gambling houses by the United States marshals and police under the authority of Federal search warrants. Plans were made to take the operators direct to the grand Jury instead of to Police Court. “Two dozen,” Capt. Burke declared, “would be a conservative estimate of nalt; ;hmfl":hm penalty owners (oo Darricadsd dooms mount for hospitals, the | BATAVIA, Java, January 21 (@) .—| the number of big gambling dens now running in my precinct. owners and agents of the bulldings rented ex- clusively for gambling p will be nmuzmed what is going on in the struc- res. “1f they continue to accept rent while knowing of the conditions, they will be held responsible as well as the They will be c Fhe Diktiet atiomaes o attorney to prosecute them. This policy already has been followed in the cases of the owners of hum::r used as speakeasies and houses of ill- fame. Gambling certalnly is an analo- gous offense.” Owners Should Pay Penalty. ¥ wl permitted doors those of ice boxes to be Inlhll.. led :n‘ nm;.h-w police wmmdhflmmng Bot e “pimarr e cn & Nage scale Capt. Burke every resource at his command brought into play to drive from & syndicate controlled by two men. charged this ‘was .hm, t2 run in continue we obtained owners of the either co-operate or go to jall.’ hospital and domiciliary serv- | SisPe tod Ins) . F. B. W. Burke of the first see District Attorney Leo. A. Rover to find out how we could get these war- rants and execute successful reids and still be within the law. At that con- ference, I was really more or less of & spectator and sat still and listened while e others talked, and we finally worked out a scheme for securing the warrants and for having greater secrecy as to the name of the person for whom the warrant was issued or the address. “Subsequently, I have not taken any part in the matter and I have never known when any rald was going to be made or who was going to be raided. ‘There is one exception to that. I went down to the first precinct yesterday to see Capt. Burke on a matter having to do with locking of a citizen in a cell at the first precinct and while I was there I learned that a gambling raid was then in progress. Insists Law Be Enforced. “I must not be understood as con- ducting any ‘drive’ except in the sense that I do insist that the police enforce the gambling laws as walron all other laws. But I would never think of di- recting a specific raid or a speeific set (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) - CALIFORNIA AGENTS ADOPT ALCOHOL RULE Hold to District Attorney's Deci- sion That 13.3 Per Cent by Vol- ume Is Not Intoxicating. By the Assoclated Press. STOCKTON, Calif., January 21.—8an Joaquin County prohibition enforce- ment officers have adopted a ruling by District Attorney Guard C. Darrah holding that beverages ccntaining & maximum of 13.3 per cent alcohol by East Room Temperature During Big Receptions Uncom- fortably Warm, Congress Is Told. “In the Wintertime we cannot open the windows because people are con- tinually coming in and it is much more Just uncomfortably hot because it is artificlal heat, which is very arid. At such times there is a lack of hu- midity more pronounced than under desert conditions. Of course, that is lwguury." ‘The appropriation is provided in the indzpenIenz offices appropriation bill, the House yesterday. Col. Grant, in reply to questions, ex- plained that a decidedly unhealthy con- dition had been created at the White House. He called attention to the air- conditioning apparatus which has been 1:«;11:4 in d'Llllflanu" and Senate chambers an verage person does naé lppncl-tm\ vercrowded condition at the White H during large peceptions. \ volume are “non-intoxicating in fact." The ruling henceforth will govern the enforcement of liquor laws in this county, officers sald today. The opin- lon, written at the request of Sheriff Harvey M. O'Dell, United States courts had set 13.3 per cent by volume as the maximum amount of alcohol & beverage could contain and be non-in- toxicating in fact. s BERMUDA WANTS CARS New Law Would Allaw Autos for Use of Doctors. HAMILTON, Bermudas, January 21 (A —For years this little island has held out against the use of automobiles for -n‘r purpose, but the Pronvincial Assembly today passed on second ing a bill which would of motor cars by The vote was 20 to 8 measure. It must final reading before it becomes & law.