Evening star., 1923-09-13
TALKS and TALES
With and About4
CAPITALS GUESTS

fumed and fretted ever since thu
passage OF the volstead act. which
deprived them Of their much-relished
amber fiuid. may take hops once more.
for if a resolution to be presented
by Representative L. c. Dyer of Mis-
souri, IS acted on favorably by the
Congress the time is not far distant
when the real thing will be back.
Fit as fiddle, the popular mem
ber from St Louis registered at the
Hotel La Fayette. and when ap-
preached In the lobby Of that houg..
enthusiastically detailed the -contents
of his resolution, which he claim
Will be accepted by all fair-minded
people of the country. including tenn
perance workers, business men, civic
organizations and the public in gen
eral. $
The representative proposes to
change the enforcement act so as to
permit the manufacture of beer, the
alcoholic test of which will be deter
mined by weight, 2k per cent beInE
permissible by law, which Is the
equivalent of .S46 per cent by volume
This VIII wipe out the present ridic-
nlous allowance of one-haIf OF | per
cent and will in no way affect the
eighteenth amendment" said Mr.
Dyer There is no chance to chang
the amendment. but what my bill pro
poses to do is write the eighteenth
amendment into the enforcement act
| The St Louis man has jugt finished
a countrywide tour in favor of his
proposal, and said he found at every
turn sensible people enthusiastic over
pared briefs outlining the bill 70 b.
/ sent to President Coolidge, along with
which will be, added the names of
prominent personages in every wall
OF lie who have indorsed the sug-
gestion.
| AT present" said Representativc
Dyer, the prohibition law is a farce
our penitentiaries are filled with mar
cotic users who resorted to drugg
wnen unable to secure alcohol The
whole thing is a dismal failure"
The westerner came to Washinstor
70 confer with Secretary of Labol
! Davis about securing q date for
Lloyd George, former British premier
to speak at st. Louis and to take his
Iyoung daughter Martha to Ann Arbor
Mich. where she will enter the med
+ cal college. He said that definite ar
rangements had been made for tn.
noted Britisher TO visit his home tow
/, about October IS.
While in the city Mr.. Dyer will con
| fer with Frank Rhea. registrar of tn.
China act in China, who has come
| thls country to complete details OF aa
| agreement made with the. father uf
| the China trade legislation when tlJy
I latter toured the eastern countrF.las,
year. p
''If President Coolidge steeFs3clesr
| of the league of nations or &rorit
court propositions he will not only b..
| nominated by the republican party.
| but will sweep the country in TIs24"
| emphatically declared Hugh O'Nei
noted Chicago lawyer, and one of the
powers behind the political throne in
! that state.
Mr.. O'Neil, who is spending a few
| days at the Shoreham Hotel, was
| one of the leading figures in the bloc
| that prevented former Gov. Franz
Lowden OF Illinois from securing the
| nomination for the presidency at the
1 1920 convention which chose Warrep
q. Harding, and has no hesitancy In
! saying that IL was Gov. LowdenS
tsympathies with the league of nations
idea that prevented his receiving the
/ necessary majority.
we tried him out" said Mr. 0'SNl
and found he was as much an inter
nationalist as was former President
( Wilson, and that was the chief factor
| to kill any chance he might have had
| The people of this country are against
/ the United States becoming mixed NJ
in foreign politics. under any cIrcum-
stances, and my hope is that Presi-
dent Coolidge, who I think is u most
capable Executive. and logical choice
to lead the old party, viii turn a deaf
| ear to any proposition that might
draw this country into the European
| muddle." . -
II cash register sales may be con
sidered a barometer. which is so con
| ceded in certain sections, then genera
conditions in the United States are lin
\
W. karr of the National Cash Regis
1 ter Company. Dayton, Ohio. who is a.
the New Willard Hotel. sales OF his
| organization during the past eight
| months have passed all previous rec
ords. Every month during that time
has been greater than the correspond
| ing period a year ago.
Mr.. Karr is in town on business
with the air service department Of
the government. Owing to the in
| adequacy Of space in the congested
| district of Dayton, about a year ago
] the air service decided to move Nc
Cook Field, tho largest enRineering
division of the service. from that city.
No announcement could have upset
Daytonians more. Loyal 10 their ma
! tive sons. the Wright brothers, con
sternatien prevailed throughout thai
section of Ohio, and so alarmed were
the citizens of Dayton that a move
| ment was straightway launched by
| r. B. Patterson, president OF the huge
| cash register company, to secure sut-
| ficient funds to purchase a suitable
/ site for the noted field.
| Within tweuty-four hours more
| than 100000 had been subscribed BY
/ the patriotic people OF the husting
! of the city limits, the tract was Of
| fered and accepted by the government
and all Dayton breathed easier.
part of the section is now being oc-
| cupied by the Wilbur Wright Field.
The gift was the largest OF its kind
| ever donated and accepted by the gov
| ernment, and assurances were imme-
diately given by Maj. Gen. Patrick
| chief of the air service. that McCook
| Field would be moved to the new
area. 1t was also announced that
portion of the s25,0eo,0oe appropriated
1 for the air service during the next
/ fiscal year would be devoted TO com
pleting the new field.
The purpose of Mr.. Karr's visit TO
Washin gton at this time is to pave
! the way for a portion of this sum TO
| be used in the development of the new
| Dayton field, and he has been assured
that the project will be taken care Of
| this year as generously as possible. The
late President was greatly interested
in the work.
| When compared with schooner
! races off the coast Of Gloucester,
1 Mass yacht racing, national or in
( ternational, is little more than childs
/ llay At least so thinks DIR. I
| Dewitt Allan, of the little sea coast
/ town. who is stopping at the Hotel
| Arlington while visiting friends IN
4 the city.
/ DR.. Allan was one of the leading
spirits in the recent celebration OF
the 30Oth anniversary of the found
ing of the Massachusetts town, ana