Dry Enforcement Service Corrupt, . Foulke Charges Ynti-Saloon League Attacked in Letter by Official of Civil Service Reform League. Washington. Jan. S.—Charges that the Anti-Saloon league has '“bought" the Volstead act with congressional patronage and that the federal pro hibition enforcement service "is cor rupted from top to bottom by a set of depraved political officials, ap pointed under the spoils syster»," are made in a letter written by William D. Foulke, vice president of the Na tional Civil Service Reform league, to S. E. Nicholson, secretary of the Anti-Saloon league, made public yes terday by Mr. Foulke. Mr. Nicholson, according to Mr. Foulke, recently declared that appli cation of the civil service system to the prohibition enforcement service, established under the Volstead act, “would have been to Jeopardize the passage of the enforcement bill,” when it was before congress. In an swer, Mr. Foulke contended: "That means that you have bought the bill with congressional patronage and paid for it not with your own money, but far worse, with offices paid for out of taxes levied upon the people. 1 do not at all suppose you understood the immorality of that act, but in arty reasonable system of ethics it was far more indefensible than opposing the civil service law." Referring to the prohibition en forcement service, Mr. Foulke's letter said: “The service is corrupted from top to bottom by a sack awanna, Santo Fc and Southern Paci fic have withdrawn their oomplaints and representatives of the brother hoods believe that more will with draw before the day of the hearing. The brotherhoods, however, are pre paring to present their case before the labor board and some predictions are heard, that there will be spotty strikes in the event that the board grants the demands of carriers which remain in the fight. Outlook Bright. On the whole, however, the out look for a peaceful settlement of the controversy between the brotherhoods and practically all of the important lines is bright and there are plenty of indications that the danger of seri ous interruption of traffic during the spring will be passed. This hope was expressed by W. S. Carter who, for many years, was president of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen and Hnginemen, and was selected by William O. McAdoo, when the latter was director general of railroads, as his director of labor. ‘‘Since the abandonment of the la bor policy of the Association of Rail way Executives, when Jurisdiction over labor matters was returned to the operating officials upon each railroad system," said Mr. Carter, "the outlook for industrial peace is promising. Already most of the larger railroads are meeting and agreeing with committees of their employes as to wages and working conditions for the coming year. Al ready a splendid spirit of co-operation is being built up on such great sys tems as the New York Central lines in their entirety, the Baltimore & Ohio, and other property controlled by such operating officials as A. H. Smith and Daniel Willard. j.Some Will Press Demands. “But there remains a large number of railroad officials wtyo seem to be lieve that the Cunwnins-Esch law was Intended only to Increase freight rates for the railroads and (educe wages of employes. Some of these roads are of considerable importance and will press their demands upon the labor board that the wages of transporta tion employes be again reduced, their tight-hour day practically nullified by elimination of a punitive rate of over time and the abrogation of many working rules favorable to employes AW | Showing At 2:15 P. M At 8:15 P. M. Now Playing Albert— —Leonora LINDQUIST & ALLEN The Eminent Tenor and Soprano Theodore Bekefi A Co. — Jack Benny JACK NORTON & CO. _In “Recuperation" Grace Doro — Larimer A Hudson Topics of the Day — Aesop's Fables Paths News_ BAILEY A COWAN With Estelle Davis in “The Little Production” I MATINEES 15c to 50c P!u. U.S.Tax NIGHTS ISc to $1-00 Now A picture so true to life it will re mind you of s o m ebody you know. NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS HAMILTON - - 40th and Hamilton HOOT GIBSON In "THE LONE HAND” VICTORIA - - - 24th and Fort CONWAY TEARLE . In "A WIDE AWAKE TOWN” GRAND .... lath and Binney Harold lloyd In "GRANDMA’S ^OY” that have been in effect for a quarter of a century. "Not only are these roads making these demands upon the labor board but in the face of the language of fed eral law, and the interpretation of the United States supreme court of that law, certain railroads are demanding that the labor board now make a de cision that. In lieu of the eight-hour day, an 'eight within 12-hour day’ be required of certain employes engaged in train and engine service. "If the railroads' demands are com plied with I fear another railroad strike In the Immediate future, but not a nation-wide strike for a large proportion of the most Important roads are making no such demands upon the labor board. My knowledge of ^he situation and of relations be tween the officials anti the employes of certain roads, however, leads me to fear that the men on such roads will refuse to work under the conditions demanded by the officials of some of the corporations." U. S. Major Kills "Home-Wrecker” Former Member of Pershing's Staff Shoots Salesman in Wichita Falls, Tex. Wichita Falls, Tex., Jan. 8.—M. L. Lamar, phonograph salesman, was shot and killed in the doorw-ay of a music store here early today. Maj. W. L. Culbertson, attached to the Ninth infantry, a national guard in spector for Texas and commander of Fat Carrigan post, American Legion, surrendered to Police Chief McCor mick. Domestic troubles caused the shooting, officers said. Maj. Culberson, who returned last night from a trip to Oklahoma, is said to have called at the music store an