The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-28
FOUR BOSTON HOTELS DECIDE ID CLOSE BARS
NO MORE LIQUOR TO BE SOLD IN THEM FOR THE
 PRESENT.

Announcement Made by PrOprietors of
 the Essex, YOung's, Adams and Par
 ker-TO Await Result of Campaign
 Being Waged Against Them by Dis
 srict Attorney MOran-Latter Had
 Threatened to Close Them Up by
 This MOrning-Police Commissioners
 Refuse to Transfer the Essex's Liz
 License-COunseI Irate.
 Boston, Dec. 27.-When the propri- etors of four of the leading hotels in this city closed their bars at Il o'clock tonight they announced that no more liquor would be sold in their establish ments pending furth;r developments sn the crusade now being directed by Dis trict Attorney John B. Moran.
 The proprietors of Hotel Essex, Young's hotel, tine Parker house and the Adams house, hotels which the district attorney declares have forfeit ed their licenses through violation or the screen law, decided tonight to stop entirely the sale of liquor and await more favorable time for re- opening the bars.
 The hotel proprietors on the advice of counsel decline to make an eXtend- ed statement. It is understood that l they have decided to await the out come of their applications for new H. censes before taking further action. 1 They felt that in view of the position 1 taken by MT. Moran, who contends that a technical violation of the law | voided the licenses that it was not de- sirable to continue the sale of liquor until the application for new license had been passed upon by the police commissioners. Two courses are open I to the hotel men. They can await the | issuance of new licenses following the 1 surrender of the old licenses, which will necessitate nearly three weeks of clos ed bars, or await possible action by the legislature in the way of more lib' eral liquor legislation.
 | In statement last night District | Attorney Moran announced that If the 1 sale of liquor at the four hotels men tioned was not stopped before Thurs l day morning, he would himself takt steps to end the alleged illegal sales l Yesterday the District Attorney engag' ed a private detective to get evidence l against the hotels. In the naeantim. I all four of the hotels had applied tC 1 the police commissioners for new Ii 1 censes.
 General Francis Peabody, jr., counse for the Hotel Essex, to-day called or 1 the police commissioners and asket permission to transfer the license o the Hotel Essex to an individual. Gen eral Peabody was informed that Ii view of the pending charges of tn district attorney the police board coult not, even if 1t so desired make an, change.
 General Peabody had stormy in terview with the commissioners an
 when he emerged from the office h expressed his feelings vigorously.
 Another incident to-day in the con troversy between the district attorne
 and the police commission was the ex
 animation by the commission of a Co lumbus avenue liouor dealer. Thi dealer has store at the corner of Co
 lumbus avenue and Berwick park, an
 in another portion of the same build ing the Hotel Navarro, are District At torney Moran's private apartments The commissioners questioned the Il
 qior dealer in an attempt to ascertai If he had ever served liquors to guest
 in the Hotel Navarro. The dealer an swered that he did not, and after
 brief interview he was dismissed,