Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-24 | Page 1 | Liquor Charges Start Capital Cleanup

I Liquor 0 r rC C Charges f. f ha rg s Start si rt Capital a. a i 0 Cleanup ean U U. U tic S. S Agents Plan Secret Investigation Howell owell Replies to to co Doran on En Thi Enforcement len t tf f TO iTO DEF DEFEND D SELI SELF Washington Wringing Wringing Wring Wring- i ing Welt WettIe WetHe He Says By Dy WALTER K k IC WALER United Fess re St Stiff Staff ff C Correspondent WASHINGTON Sept 24 LA 24 24 A oA drastic ref reform rm movement has swept the nations nation's n capital Ib h In the last 48 hours demands l have e been e 1 made ide of ot the president to dean clean up Washington Wa V s hington on the floor of ot the seriate senate it was Charged t. t that at opium d dens ns and other narcotic nar cotic r operated d intile in 11 th tile tho- shadow of the p lI e were a accused of accepting money on n the side sIdo and 2nd n 1 winking at blind administration Ion vas tigers ilger the he n yas charged with ith stamn where here pro pro- conc I N Now 1 cal and ric fed r author tIes r dra tl J to maJ make e Washington a a. mod model L city With w the liquor arid and narcotic sit lilt in hi th rf r gr j federal tg nt were secret J cret investigations to learnt leim m the exact condl- condl Lions tiona In the cap toL Officers Officers' ers were ere ready to to investigate the thC narcotics charge made by Senate Blease I rat S South uth Carolina while bUe special J l treasury re surY agents Were prepared prepared pre pre- prepared pared to receive information that bootlegging was was a a. thriving business busi bus lieSs ness here TO DEFEND SELF Senator Howell Republican No No- braska who vho challenged neil the pr president sl- sl dent to clean Ul up Washington of ot Its bo bootleggers bootleggers' rs' rs by VIgorous application tion of his hii appointive power was expected to defend his statement on the floor of or the senate today that prohibition vas was riot not being en enforced enforced en- en forced In th the District District- of of COl Columbia Is a will wU to enforce 1 prohibition pro pro- 1 it Itcan can be enforced ced How How- Continued on P Page ge 4 of HOW j U U. U S. S Sj gents gent's Plan ecret Secret Investigation on Con t fro o. 1 i 1 page 1 ell cli said saM I I r ached th the conclusion conclusion con con- on- on th the will is 15 lacking Howell said sald the president has absolute power in tho the District of ot what he he- Columbia Columbia- and could do wills It Jt Is clear clear- that tho the prohibition law Jaw can be ent enforced he said In commenting up upon n Prohibition Commissioner r Dorans Doran's statement that enforcement activities were IncompEtent in incompetent comp competent hands fully capable of do doing pg the tho job Howell owen said Of O course if Jt Doran is satisfied we we can n not t expect to improve Thero are parts part ot of the United States tat s where prohibition Is effective but Washington n like most of ot the eastern east east eastern em ern cities is wringing wet NOT DIS DISCUSSED YET Commissioner Dougherty in charge chargo of ot local police m matters said Mid he had not discussed th enforcement enforce r ment ent situation with his two commissioner com corn missioner colleagues as yet pointed out outi however er that it has bas been twice e recommended that all aU police pollee officers should bo be sworn Inas in Ind as d t dry agents ns-en ns h. h