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Big Campaign Launched To Dry Up Washington lYuliiltiiiitii I'liiritri'i'ini'iil l> lit ll- (irculc-l IV?t ir. National Capital untl Official* Knlru-tid \\ iili J11I1 Mate Made I |i to Mo ll Tliormi^hlx lt> Kouri; r t. smm.i, (Copyright. IWJ, By !h? Advance) Washington. Jail. 12. ? Prohibition enforcement is to have its greatest tost here in Washington. The officials entrusted wit!: that work haw made up their minds tliat tlio nation's capital is to be bone-dry. With Anti-Saloon l.e;ij;ur; > and temperance advocates jjiiili cred ho.v for the ft'lt'l > r; 1 1 * t ? ; i next \vi of t )i?* four! Ii ant:' vursary of constitutional prohi bitioil i 1 this country word ha. gone fo,th that this city at least is to Ix made in actuality a dry iminicipulity no matter what tli ? cost, This is to lw a real tost. If it f lis then it will he admit ted Hi.. t prohibition laws cannot be made operative. So lino; a* Wa.litnKlon reitiiiiuK "wet" ii is there is little liopu of ('ftei'iivi' enforcement In other com mum lies that lean to alcoholic d.impue?s. The chit'Is have decided there is not iniicii to he gained in raking their subordinates over the coals in other jurisdictions when the Volsted Act is being violated right under their noses, here in Washington. Fair warning has heen ' given, therefore, to Government officials aud u ! 2 other flaunters of. the law that they must make up their minds to accept prohibition and abide by it. The prohibition agents have goiii> so far as to say that if they cannot make Washington dry they might as well give up t lie task every where. Washington consequently is to become a <lr>' symbol to the rest of the country. There lias been en tirely too much drinking here In connection with national banquets and dinners. Too many prominent visitors have gone hack to their 1 home towns witli the statement that . they found Washington as- wet as the Atlantic Ocean. All of this is going to be changed. It is admitted wines and liquors have not been served op enly at the banquet tables, but tin tlie occasion of each big dinner it is claimed several hotel rooms have bYen taken over and converted into virtual bars. For some of the func* tions the committees in charge have imported old-time liar tenders and the jubilation has gone forward in gab*, tempo. Distinguished foreign visitors, en-, tertuined here at the capital, invar-' la l?ly have gone back to Kurope with the statement that prohibition seems! to be .? "Joke" in this country even ill file very home of the Government. All of this semi-public drinking is to be stalnped out. To thin end the prohibition chiefs are importing some of their most successful operatives fiom other districts. Nolle of 'the regular agents are being relieved' in the District of Columbia, but there is to be a concentration here of the "lies' minds" in the enforcement per sonnel, and it is to be a ease of dry ' up Washington or "bust." It was reported today that tin*' special agents who recently "cleaned lip" Savanujfi. Oa.. and rounded -up some ninety or one hundred of the chief bootleggers and conspirators,! have arrived in Washington and be- ' gun work "under cover." They are known in the service s the "Irish wrecking crew" and wlint they in tend to do to the law breakers here In the capital is said to be a plenty. Nc'.tlier - uators, nor congressmen nor officials in any branch of tin* Government will be spared In the "round up of those who sell and those VV'U) posess I lie forbidden bev erages. An example Is to lie i iade of Wash ington and naturally the temperance' delegates who are here are delighted with the prospect. They feel that a gr it step forward will he made if the lid ran he damped on Washing ton good nd tight. Tho? have l>?;en knitflofr pvivrv wllnri'. ifiw drinking In Washington. and they believe if an effective start ran fre made here the rerft of the country will yield . The prohibition agent* do not ex pect to blot out the last vcjstige of we* n ens. They say tii it a certain jvnonnt of moonshine will continue t ? filter into the capital from the n*rrn.indlng rural counties In Mary land and Virginia. They are striking ftt the "choice liquors" which have been pouring into the Cdpl'xl lately and bringing here higher prices than in Almost any other sections of the count ry. F>me of the raids thus fir in vie hav ? been anonymous Affair*. The n-ime'- of the homes invaded have not been made public. This Is to be no bras* band affair this time. The workers are going to labor quietly and earnestly and believe their si lence will be more effect ite than ? ??????????????????? 1 Fresh Fruits f | x axd vKtii-rruiiM j* We are receiving dally the Jj i 2 best the markets afford. ? | Main Street \ Grocery f ! t fHow: n-t.-v i | YEAR SUCCESSFUL IN WELFARE WORK < '.?tniiiii?iinirr Make- \miiial Statement of A<c(iiii|?li?!i ? iirnt anil Look- l orwanl l? Another (>on<l \ car, Italeigh. January 11 ? Declaring that i In* year 1923 wan the must suc cessful and even ll'u I in its history. tl>L. Stale Hoard of ' Charities and Public Welfare today made public a*review of (lie, year's work and the plans as outlined by Mrs. Kate Burr Johnston, Commissioner for the lj'Jl period. Among subjects dis riissr-d ?n !!;,?? report were lite pri^.ia ; conditions, >ork for crippled child ren, the operation of the Mother's Aid I.aw passed by the 1923 Assem bly and the use of ilie fifty per cent . increase for the work of the Hoard which was granted by the 1023 Ueg , islature. Increasing popular sup port and understanding of the work < ' of the Board on t lit* part of the pub lic lias been very heartening to the officers of the department, the state- j incut declared. For 192:!, according to Mrs. John son's statemnt, the Board will en- ' large the scope of its five bureaus dealing with public welfare and it is expected that the new State insti tutions will come under its supervis- ' ion. Clinics for the crippled cliild r?n, conducted successfully for 1923, will be continued in 1924. Tin adoption of definite standards for the work of the county superinten flamboyant accounts of obscure ar rests. Neither Is the rounn up here , tfr be a forty eight hour "dead line" affair. If Washington is dry by late ? spring, the prohibtion unit will be satisfied. I df nts of public welfare was began In' 11*23 and will be continued in 1924 i<> iii uiK t it ? i 1- work t<? i*? hiul'. 't possible state of efficiency. ? T . - ? ,-J. ' . ; iii M i b f ??" \.d I..; A \> tii Assembly in 1 ?!?>]... d t if ? -t .it?-:i;> nC' and > ? ? fill;. ; ?-r ? ? :it itirrease in the Legis lature's .tpp: opriat. 0:1- to the Hoard were tun of the ycur's high lights lor lir Sr.it?* hoard of (' Mantles and I'ualic \V? Ifare. Supervision of the administration of the Mothers' Aid fund of ?m?u from the State to be m:iU'h"d dollar for dollar by the ?M>tii:ti? > wheh avail themselves of its pnvhioiis has considerably incrcis ?'<1 t h ? work of the Board.' This is King ?Ificiently handled by MUs Kmeth Tuttle, Director of ?|otli?rs' Aid. who has now approved more than .1 hundred- cases in TiS co'in rie?. Hy helping worthy mothers ' deprived of their tqpsbauils support ... re;: r their <?!? i!il ren in* their o a n . ill.- Aid turul is 'Z ili* * intact vt !i.t h HiiL it ?*i- : .v. -?? bo iiriikfil up. A:, ilu r in a?h uh ?? taken ?>> ltoaid oi Charities and Public V. - 1 1 art* ?lurtiti; I'J'Z' was it- attempt a'lli" i d> lniiti* standards :ur - app:o\al t? j" county superintend ?? ?>:?? . Heretofore, no sy-ternatic effort in this direc tion has lu in mude. Itiennial elec tions of county superintendent* last J u i > Ravr til*- opportunity to put r)ie>e standards into effect. This vva* at tend I'd i:i some crises b5' <lif ibulties which had l?t?-n foreseen but which, it is thought. will de crease with tin* growth of familiarity with t!u* standards adopted. It is (Continued On Page Seven! l.\ 111 {KIT TRUE. ivHY, ov= -eotjt^se, hrs.trog, your ujork. is" Marc . Yoo Go at it jn ^och a ha f ? tW72ARO MAMKCR ? |T hOUL- D &? A SooD IDEA This NEhl YcaR. CoR Yow to ADopr Sowe RE^OEMS PlCTHOOJ TO " SIMPLIFY your. WORK ? reenucc things ? To OROSR ? DOINGS OF THE Dil l s A Sui'iiriw fur Wilbur BY ALLMAN WONDER IF I'M DOING WRONG IN COMING DOWN Z HERE- WILBUR ) CAN STOP IT IF (NEW HE WANTS TOO 1 " -WELL HERE G056 I WON'T TELL WILBUR I ABOUT IT FOR A j FEW DAYS. BUT I I DON'T THINK HE WILL J CARE '-7' I'D LIKE TO OPEN A ' CHARGE ACCOUNT IN THE NAME OF WILBUR ? b OUFF.MV HUSBAND^XallR,ghT M MRS. DUFF- JUST AMIMUTE PIEA5E paSBBfflaiiaariiaiifiriiriirii Eliliarjciiai.ii.ii-iirir ALKRAMA THEATER Today THE GREAT CROOK ? COMEDY DRAMA "LIGHTS OUT" FROM THE BIG BROADWAY STAGE SUCCESS i ADMISSION 10c and 30c i MATINEE & NIGHT i???H?H[iir5iriii5ifi1[5,r=,,=,,5lir=ir=ir Joseph M Scher.ck * piesents in ASHES OF VENGEANCE If 100,000,000 people could see Norma Talmadge in "Ash ex o* Vengeance." 100,000,000 hearts would cry out "There is no (J renter njcture!" Prices That Everyone Can Afford To Pay Admission ? Matinee & Night Children 10c, Adults 30c Pre-eminent Love Interest 5> Magnificent Settings Gorgeous Costumes Make This & & I > 8* A WOMAN'S PICTURE Virile Rush of Action? Herculian $ & Batles Between Hate-Maddened Swordsmen, make this t?> A MAN'S PICTURE i ALKRAMA THEATER 5 t Tuesday & Wednesday I I January 15 and 16 I ? & & ? & & ? I
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