Show Vanderbilt Jr Chases Cartoonist I I I Down Reno Streets With Revolver Rev ver AGENTS TO TOI I OPEN DRIVE ON RUM INDUSTRY I Woodcock Sets July 15 as Zero Hour for Warfare Against Ups Higher PLANS TRAINING COURT New Will Join in Campaign By JOHN JOliN F. F CHESTER Associated Press Staff Starr Writer WASHINGTON June 18 18 The The zero hour for thc the biggest sustained she sl in prohibition history against I leaders of or the thc illicit liquor industry was as set for Jul July 15 today b by federal officials Exactly 15 days before that date Prohibition Director Woodcock saida said a corps of new dr dry agents wm will be concentrated in a dozen cities spread from coast to coast for an intensive two week two week training course i Added to the thc pres present nt force of more morel than I 1500 OP to make it tt the biggest and andl best trained federal dry iry army In history history his his- tory he said they win will be Instructed to concentrate on the commercial violators and tb tre ups Che pf the liquor gangs leaving the speakeasy and small time bootlegger principally to local en en- Woodcock acknowledged that for forthe forthe forthe the past two or three months his office had been bending every efort effort effort ef ef- ef fort ort toward the date when these new men selected from among thousands thousands thou thou- sands of applicants could be thrown Into the field EXPECTS RESULTS If we dont don't make more and better bet bet- ter cases with our force increased by nearly a third he said then something is wrong with our force There Is 15 no denying that our effort will be stronger The results should speak for lor themselves The Thc federal dry chief chic made mode clear however that the new offensive sh should uld not be considered as a a. drive in the sense that it would be a spec spec- Continued d on Pace Two I I I VANDERBIlT CHASES ARTIST WITH ITH PISTOl Continued from Page Pace One Vanderbilt nervous and worried told the United Press as he left the Riverside Riverside Riverside River River- side hotel for the offices o of his at attorney attorney at- at torney Sam Platt Both Vanderbilt and his wife have ha moved from their home which Is next to that of Peter Arno since the predawn predawn predawn pre pre- dawn affair of Monday Mrs Vanderbilt is staying with friends I would have shot him If it the gun had been loaded Vanderbilt ex ex- ex Bad feeling has been brewing between between between be be- tween Vanderbilt and Arno erstwhile friends for some time over Arnos Arno's attentions to wife wIre As Asa Asa a result of threats exchanged Vanderbilt Van Van- has bas been going armed and has employed a special police pollee guard he said ARNO GETS LAWYER Arno Ama has retained an attorney Clyde D. D Sauter and issued a a. statement statement statement state state- ment denying the entire affair from start to finish He was still In hiding today arid his palatial home was occupied only by a a. Japanese house boy leaving Before he issued a statement I knew nothing whatever about the affair of Monday morning until today he said Vanderbilt was working on a novel Monday he said when he saw Arno drive drive up up in front with Mrs Vande Vande- bUt bilt The author shouted and brandished the tho revolver Arno retreated Vanderbilt Van Van- after him Accounts of the chase differ dUfer here it being variously reported that It was conducted both by automobile and by foot The paramount fact was that Arno reached his IDS home first About halfway to the Arno home Vanderbilt realized the enormity of the situation got himself himsel together and returned home his attorney Mr Platt said Nothing happened and there was no gunfire FINISHES RESIDENCE Arno once a firm friend of Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Van Van- finished a week six residence In Reno today but did not file a di divorce divorce divorce di- di vorce suit against his wife Lois Long writer When Arno arrived here it was reported he was engaged to Mrs Florence Rich Smith New York actress who recently divorced her broker husband It then was re reported reported reported re- re ported she broke with Arno because of his attentions to Mrs Vanderbilt It was generally agreed however that aside from any other considerations considerations considerations consider consider- Arno Is fast on his feet |