The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-28
WASHINGTON TO BE WET DURING
 ARMS C0NFABS
Foreign Visitors Chased As Diplomats Bring Their
 Own Stocks of Liquor.

Washington. Oct. 2S-Prohibition in the nations capital will take a back seat for the period of the Armament Conference.
 From November II, the opening date of the convention, until the ter imitation of the conference, Washing ton will be, perhaps. one of the wet test cities in the world-and Proh1b1- Rsa qu1cfaIs will be poweriess to pre- vePt #.
 The members of the conference and their retinue of clerks. exclusive or the American delegation, will De nm mune from all prohibition laws Of tnlS country as they will come under the head of the Diplomatic Corps, which is specifically exempted by the law.
 Already the vanguard of several of the participating nations in the con- ference have arrived and are arrang- ing the details for the arrival of the main delegations from their respective countries TheS arrangements, 1t IS said, include provision for having am- pie liquid refreshments for the foreign delegates to the conference. Huge sup plies of champagne, wines and liquors have either arrived or are on the way from Europe to alleviate the thirst Of the tired, weary members of the con- ference at the conclusion of the day, to be consumed at meal-tinnes, taken as "appetizers,' or imbibed at inter ValS throughout some partic ulaTly strenuous day when spirits are deemed necessary to sustain the mem bers' spirits.
 Officials Are Stumped
 Prohibition officials in Washington are in quandary as the results of bel ing unable to settle definitely upon some plan to keep Washington dry" exclusive of the privileged foreign visitors, during the period of the con ference. As a precautionary measure they have advised the management of Washington hotels that: they will be held to strict accountability for drink ing that goes on in their dining rooms N3TiOTS here been warned that any hostelry convicted of refusing to recognize the public drink ing by their patrons in the dining room will be closed for one year, un- der the provisions of the National Prohibition act. In addition, the Fed eral Prohibition Office has served mo- tice to the different hotel establish ments that they will be held to strict accountability for the health and safety of guests in their rooms who obtain whiskey and other alcoholic stimulants from bellboys.
 Through these edicts issued to the hotels here and the rigid enforcement of the prohibition law it is hoped by prohibition officials to curtail to a minimum drinking by others than the foreign members of the conference. Concerted raids on alleged blind al leys," establishments charged with dispensing paraphernaliat and ingre- dients used in the distilling of whis- key, and the wholesale roundup of alleged bootleggers have been in pro- STeSS TOT some tune here, With a view to making it as difficult as possible to obtain outlaw alcoholic stimulants during the time the Armament Con ference will be in session. This vigil lance is to be maintained stringently it was stated
 Capital Will Be Very Wet
 No matter how successful prohibi- ton officials are in their efforts to keep the dispensing and consumption of ''bootieg" liquors at a minimum while the conference is going on, tn e: fact remains that staid digniffed Washington will be one of the wettest centers in the world during this time due to the fact That the foreign mem bers of the conference who are inn mune to American prohibition laws have and still are stocking in enor- nous supplies of liquors and wines It is estimated that when the confer ence is at it's height there will be al- most as much. liquor in Washington as there ever was at any one time during the wettest of pre-prohibition days.
 And a large portion, if not all, of this liquor will be unmolestedly con sumed within the shadow of the build : ing from which emanated the prohibit ton law, and almost under the nose of : Representative Volstead, the author and chief proponent of the law that bears his name.