Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-02
BRQOKHART PLANS
TO DESCRIBE WET
DINNER PARTY HERE
Senator Says Refusal to
Answer Jury's Questions
"Tantamount to Treason"
BLEASE MAY BE CALLED
FOR NARCOTICS EVIDENCE
District Attorneys Office Draws
Lines to Battle City's Dry
Law Violations.

HarsSsed by weeks of charges and
counter charges, the District attorneys
Office, the grand jury and the police re-
formed their battle lines today and
were plunging into campaign to dry
UP the city and silence charges of in
efficiency in prohibition enforcement.
Senator Smith w. Brookhart Of Iowa,
in answer 20 subpoena. was preparing
to appear before the grand jury at IL
o'clock Wednesday to reiterate his
charge that liquor was in evidence at
the willard Hotel in 1925 during
dinner for approximately 20 newly
elected and reelected Senators.
Senator Brookhart emphatically de-
cjsred that he would tell the whole
story" to the grand jurors and that it
would be tantamount to treason should
he refuse to answer any questions that
might be put to him. The Senator de-
clined to discuss at this time the de-
tails of what he might say before the
grand jury.
Il am not going to tell the story in
the newspapers" the Senator said.
No Social Barriers.
Senator Brookhart added, however
that he did not believe social courtesies
should cause person to attend func-
tion and refrain from telling of a crime
that might occur there.
The subpoena was served on the Sena.
tor Just before he left the Capitol yes
terday evening, at the instance OF
United States Attorney Rover.
Rover, it is said, is deferring the call
ing of Senator Cole L. Blease of South
Carolina. another critic of local affairs
to tell of the opium purchase by one Of
evidence has been submitted to the
Sackett committee, which has been ap-
pointed by the Senate to investigate
local conditions.
The South Carolina Senator yesterday
had something to say about the liquor
situation at the Capitol. Commenting
on the arrest Thursday of George L.
Cassidy, "the man with the green hat"
who allegedly was making a delivery at
the Senate ONCE Building, Blease said:
Why don't they go out now and get
the bootlegger who sells whisky under
the dome of the Capitol and the one in
the House once Building. and not play
favorites?"
Other Developments.
Other developments yesterday in
cluded the arrest of two men in
prominent hotel, granting of a tempo
rary paddock injunction against pop
ular tea house and the raiding Of d
private home, where still and quan-
tity of liquor were reported seized.
The dinner which Senator Brook
hart was to describe to the grand jury
was anegedly given by Walter J. Fany
of New York. Recently, when the Sell
ator charged on the floor of the SEN
ate that liquor was made available Al:
the dinner ir the presence of other
Senators, he said that Senator Reed
Smoot of Utah w2s among those pres
ent. This brought denial from the
Utah Senator, who said he did not re-
call being present or seeing any liquor
Senator Brookhart's decision to go
before the grand jury today is in con-
trast to his attitude of several days
ago. when he ignored an invitation from
District Attorney Rover to reveal his
information to the jurors.
Arrest Two in Hotel.
At the request of Mr.. Rover and
members of the grand jury, Revenue
Agent John T. Weigel and three other
agents went to the Roosevelt Hotel
Yesterday and arrested an alleged boot
logger and bellboy captain.
Securing room at the hotel, Weigel
said he telephoned TO Harry Bowers, %,
1909 block T street, for pint of whisky
After he is said to have made the de-
livery and accepted payment Of So.
Bowers was arrested on charges OF
transportation. sale and illegal posses
sion of intoxicants. He was released
from the eighth precinct under $2,5oo
bond.
The agents had already arrested Al
len Brown. colored, %, of the 1900 block
Of V street. They say that Brown, who
is bellboy captain at the Roosevelt, had
at their request delivered a pint OF
whisky to their room and accepted pay
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