The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
/ lawmakers WILL BE
DRYER THAN DUST
BooTLEGGERS TO
RE ARRESTED ON SIGHT. UP
sHAW'S DOOR CHRISTENED.

WASHINGTON, D. CAS- a re-
srt of the charges that bootleggers
are plying their trade in the senate
and house office buildings Senator
curtis, chairman of the rules commit
tee has ordered the sergeant at arms
II the senate to instruct the police in
tbe senate side of the capitol and in
the senate building to arrest bootleg
oers who invade these buildings.
Senator Curtis said that he had been
nnelled to issue these orders by the
freouent assertion in the newspapers
On the part of dry leaders that the
law was being violated in the capitol
Unfortunate Slip.
81 do not know of single violation
oarsonally. and / do not know wheth-
~ The charges are true, but if they
ora we intend to stamp out this trail
fc at once. My instructions were to
make arrests no matter who was back
of the violator, or to whom ne was
making the sale. No amount OF politi-
cal influence will save the man caught
violating the prohibition law IN the
senate side of the capitol"
Two hours after the instructions
were issued a man strolled into the
senate wing and was about to enter
The restaurant. He slipped on the
s+one floor and there slid from under
,eath his coat quart bottle OF whis-
Nv # broke on the floor and its fumes
s6read potent aroma throughout the
building.
Upshaw's Door Moist.
The man who lost his liquor was
described as George" waiter. He
was reported to be carrying the cheer
to a favorite senator
On the house side all was quiet ex-
cept for large quantity OF liquor
which was discovered on the floor out
side the office door Of Representative
TTpshaw, who has been investigating
the illegal traffic. Mr.. Upshaw had
zone to Georgia and the christening
OF his portal is supposed to be the
work of practical joker and an ar
dent wet.
Tremble in Their Gators.
congressman who have preached the
doctrine of rigid enforcement OF the
nrohibtion law, for the benefit of their
constituents. but who have personally
patronized Washington's prominent
tradesmen in the bootlegging line, are
trembling in their congressional gar
ters. For Congressman UpshaW,
who has launched t1r e
against liquor hypocrites IN high
places, has obtained a mighty. weapon
which he is threatening to WELD with
remorseless power.
Washington police have raided an
apartment in the exclusive Pelham
Courts, lust off Dupon circle, and ar
rested Raymond Gray, the capitals
gentleman boot1egger." They found
his account book, containing names OF
his customers over on Capitol Hill.
And Congressman Upshaw is threat
ching to read the list of names in pub
lie
Fashionable Women Patrons.
While the raid was in progress a
dozen fashionably dressed men and
women called at the apartment to pur-
chase liquor. They protested when po-
lice attempted to take their names.
The holiday bootlegging season III
Washington felt the results OF the con-
Germ recently expressed by the presi-
dent and members of the cabinet at
disregard for the prohibition law.
Chases of bootleggers through the
streets Of the capital, with resulting
automobile smashups and injuries to
bv standers have become frequent.
Resents Upshaw's Charge,
Representative Hill, OF Maryland,
has introduced a resolution calling Tor
an investigation of the charges" by
Representative Upshaw, and requiring
him to produce his evidence. He char
acterizes them as a serious reflection
on the entire membership OF the
house of representatives.