Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-30
SUN DAY WAS QUIET
RESORTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
DECIDE TO REFORM.
Peaceful Day mt Cabin John - County
officials Were on the
Alert.

Cabin John bridge has been regenerated
and purged of its lawlessness. How long
1t will remain purified is not known, but if
the statements of the proprietors of the
well-known resort across 1.-The biggest sin
gle span in the world" are to be relied
upon, the change is for all time. AS they
told a reporter of The Star yesterday, lit
is our intention to make this place .irst-
class road house. where the wives and chill
dren Of gentlemen can come with perfect
security. We enjoyed that reputation once,
and mean to deserve it again Our eyes
have been opened, and with the assurances
we have received from the authorities. our
efforts to keep the lawless away will have
their cooperation. There will he no more
drinking on Sunday, and the slot machines
have been sent away. We have no COM
plant to make of The Star. 1t simply did
its duty, and made us realize ours
Yesterday at Cabin John bridge was in
ma rked contrast to the previous Sabbath.
Thousands made the trip expecting to OBJ
tain liquid refreshment and try their luck
with the machine gambling devices. but
were sadly disappointed. Everything was
tight to use a New York expression. The
bar rooms were closed. 1t was not small
bluff, for the reporter got an inside
glimpse, and they We're entirely deserted.
And the gambling machines had all dis
appeared The hotel quiet and orderly.
On the ample porches the reporter noted
several Well-known residents of Washing
ten, with their wives and children, enjoying
the beautiful view of the river. There were
many diners about the place, and the tough
element was conspicuously absent. 1t did
not take the word long to so down the line,
and after noon, when the sports began to
drive, they did not tarry at Cabin John
bridge, but kept on to the Great Fails. The
beautiful Conduit road, however, was al
most entirely free from that class of OBJ
jectionables which has in the past made it
positively dangerous. 1t is understood
Chief of Police Sylvester will be asked by
the Maryland authorities to help improve
the morals of Montgomery county by keep
ing at home the demi-monde of the city.
word from the police, IL is said, will &C
complish this.
Authorities on Guard.
The Maryland authorities were out in
force yesterday. Early in the morning
Sheriff Arthur Williams started from Wash
inSton in a carriage, and personally visited
every place along the Conduit road and vi
cinity where liquor sold. Each proprie-
tor was seen and cautioned in no uncertain
language, and when the sheriff left they
realized, as one of them tersely put it. The
booze business out here is dead At Cabin
John bridge the sheriff met States Attorney
H. Morris Talbot. The Maryland officials
went through the hotel and over the
grounds. All was quiet and respectable
Perhaps they were expected. Be that as it
may, the propr!etors We're called before
them, and heard. perhaps for the first time,
what the law expected and what the state
demanded. They explained that the time
had come for a new order of things, and if
the law was violated they need expect no
quarter. Golden promises We're made, and
the officials were apparently severely in
earnest. To a reporter of The Star they
said:
This lawlessness in Montgomery county
has got to stop. The continued breaking of
the law will be unrelentlessly prosecuted
Our own people must be protected from this
indiscriminate dumping of Objectionable
characters into our county on the Sabbath
This is no grand stand play We love peace
and order here in Maryland as much as you
do in Washington. and we are going to have
1t If we are forced to arrest every objec-
uonable person who comes into our state.
1t has recently come to our ears that these
volatorS of the law bride US to keen away
from them. There is no use paying any at
tentlon to such a charge. Both of us are
too Well known in the state to even take the
trouble to deny it. Maryland is in earnest,
and spsaNng for the state, We desire to
thank The Star for its good fight in the in
terest of law and order.
Were Disappointed
1t was amusing in the early part of the
day to watch the expressions of the peo-
pie who had made the journey from the
city to take a cool drink. BY twos and
threes they came. and made straightway
for the bar. CLOSED" The sign was stag
gering. ITS bluff; come around to the
other bar" Closed" That sign again.
horrors what was the open sesame, where
the right place? Come on down in the
rathskeller." Closed" Two knocks on
the door. No answer. Three No, that
was not the right one soft whistle 1t
looked black indeed. Then they hunted up
Leo, the manager. Surely he would fix
things for them. Gentlemen, the bars are
closed: You cannot get drink here under
any circumstances"
''Aw. come off. We're all right. We amt
no reporters"
Makes no difference, gentlemen, no
drinks are served here on Sunday"
They went away crestfallen and thirsty
and tried another place, not a mile away,
with Indifferent success. Later in the day
the sheriff closed this, and the thirst ex-
change was moved to Great Falls Word
was brought to the sheriff that everything
was wide open there, and he concluded he
would like to visit the falls
Some ladies who do not enjoy the best
regulations in the world visited Cabin John
bridge during the day, and went away
complaining of discrimination. They were
politely, but firmly turned back
All in all last Sunday in Montgomery
county was peaceful and orderly There
were no murders, no fights and few drunken
men.
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