The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-15
WASHINGTON
 WET DURING
 ARMS CONFAB
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 WASHINGTON, Nov 15.-Prohibi- ton in the nations capital will take hack seat for the period of the Armament Conference
 From last Saturday. the opening date of the convention. until the ter imitation of the conference Wash ington will be. perhaps. one of the wettest cities in the world--and Pro hbition officials will be powerless to prevent it.
 The members of the conference and their rctinue of clerks. exclusive of the American delegation. will he i'm mune from all Prohibition laws of this country, as they will come under the head of the Diplomatic Corps. which is specifically exempted by the law
 \lrcady the vanguard of several of 'n" participating nations in the con wrnuc" have arrived and are arrang- ing tn" details for the arrival of the wain delegations from their respec- r.. countries These arrpnromonts. id. include r~ovi ion for hav- n~ ample 't0nid rcrrosmmcnt for the nuign j,l.~ltcs to the conference. Huge "upltos of chamoagno wines and li0u.rs have either arrived or are nu rho ~1y from Europe Co alleviate rn thirst of tho tired. weary mem ". of th" conference at the con C. sion of the day. to be consumed at .l-timo. taken as "2pprtizers." or whbcd at intrrvales throughout some particularly strenuous day whnn spirits" are deemed necessary to sustain the members spirits.
 OFFICIALS ARE sTUMPED
 Prohibition officials in Washing ton ar" in Quandary as tn" result ol being unable to settle definitely upon some plan to keep Washington
 dry.' exclusive of the privileged foreign visitors, during the period of the conference As a precautionary measure they have advised the man agrncnt of Washington hotels that they will be held to strict accounta- bility for drinking that goes on in their dining rooms The various hotels here have been warned that any hosterly convicted of refusing to recognize the public drinking by their patrons in the dining room will be closed for one year under the pro visions of the National Prohibit on act. In addition. the Federal Prohi- bition office has served notice to the different hotel establishments that they will be held to strict ac- c3uLtabiity for the heath and safety of guests in their rooms who obtain vhi-kcy and other alcoholic stimu- lauts from bellboys.
 Through these edicts issued to the hotels here and the rigid enforcement of the Prohibition law it is hoped by Prohibition officials 10 curtail to a minimum drinking by others than the foreign members of the conference. Concerted raids on alleged blind al Icvs." establishments charged with dispensing paraphenalia and ingre- diouts used in the distillmg of whis- key and the wholesale roundup of alleged bootleggcrs have been in pro- crcss for some time here, with a view to making it as difficult as pos sible to obtain outlaw alcoholic stim- ulauts during the time the Armament Conference will be in session. This vigilance is to be maintained string ently. it was stated.
 CAPITAL WILL BE VERY WET i No matter how successful Prohibi' ] tion officials are in their efforts tc keep the dispensing and consumption of bootleg" liquors at a minimum while the conference Is going on, the ffact remains that staid, digaif!ed i Washington will be one of the welt est centers in the world during this time. due to the fact that the foreign members of the conference who are immune to American Prohibition laws, have and still are stocking ir enormous supplies of liquors and wines. It is estimated that wher the conference Is at it's height there