Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-22
CAPITAL FLOODED
WITH XMAS RUM
Two Arrests and $4,000 in
Liquor Seized in Fashion
! able Apartment
SOCIETY WOMAN ASSISTS
Ru d SLnr Enrrcsnnrhcnt


Washington. Dec 22.--Whilp rrc>i-
dent llnrding is appealing for NOR"
respect for tn" prohibition laws. boot
1eggers here arc rcaping . merry Christ
mas, virtually unmolNSt"G. They nr"
entering orders and making dclivctio"
Of the choicest of the choi'c. and NJ (
prices that run $50 case less than .
during the pro- Christmas thirst season
last year. And they are operating vir. !
tually within tho shadow of the White .
House and Capitol.
Right now tho business Of booze dis. I
tribution is AT its height. and tho boot
lcggers nrc making deliveries with no
special effort toward secrecy. to points
within 100 Yards of the office OF Pro-
hibition Commissioner Haynes.
ChampagnPs. rare hranGicS. GIN.
sherry, various kinds Of Win" ARG JINt
''plain corn likker'' arc available for
those with tho rrirC and tho desire.
Orders are taken and deliveries mad" III
the United States Capitol in III" Sen
ate and House Office buildings and IN
other public structures devoted tu 'h'
business of governing a nation and en-
forcing its laws.
The drop in price. tho h"ot!essers
explain. is du" to tn" augmented sup
plies from many foreign n well ~
domestic sources. The capltnl rum
runners depend chiefly upon PhlIad'I
mia. Baltimore and tho bahama Islands
for their sources ot supply.
Concre,snen Face Disclosures
Disclosure Of list &; members Of
Congress soi1ci yesterday in an
apartment described by the police As
hendouartcrs of an exclusive capital
boo(lecgor was threa onrd last night by
REPRESENTATIVE Jpshaw. Georgia pro-
hbitonist. who pointed an acrNinf
dry" finger nt Senators. Renr"se9ta'
tives and high Government officials in
tho House Wednesday.
Mr.. Upshaw said 10 would request
the list Of the police il Representative
Hill. leader Of the House wet bloc.
demanded the evidence upon which h"
charged members of Congress and high
officials with maintaining on" attitude
on prohibition in public and quite an
other in private.
Two men were arrested and more
than 10000 worth OF liquor was snl2cd
IN the raid. which was in an exclusive
Northwest apartment house. The men
were Raymond Gray. said to bn a
broker. and Ronald Hendey Irvine.
said 10 be an engineer. Police say Il
number of prominent lawyers offered
their personal checks for the release of
the prisoners. and one threatened to
take the matter up with the Attorney
General when there WAS n slight DELAY
over deciding the amount of bail. II
was stated .hNr former headquarters
was in the Ambassador Apartments
long the home Of Roy &. Elaines. Pro-
hbition Commissioner.
congressman OF List
Correspondence and books ,aid 70
have been n list of tho ay-Irvine
customers were Seized. Police asserted
notations after the names Of several Of
the members Of Congress Indicated they
had many orders in for ''ChriS.mas
p cheer Sergeant McQuade said ho
took orders for more than dozen
deliveries over the telephone in the
short time the police wore in tho apart
ment. secret code which he had pre-
viously obtained being used \ promi.
nent Washington merchant. it was
stated, came to the door with two
women. and when he saw the police.
asked that they be rolen sed. Their
names wcrr takcn. although no at.
fen.nt was made 10 arrest them. Names
of many influential in society Of the
capital were said to have been on the
lists.
Police explained yesterday they were
assisted in th" raid By prominent
Washington society woman. who per-
mitted the Use Of her name and home
for a ''purrhas".