The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-09
CLOSED SALOONS WERE FEW.
SNAIL DEALERS SCARED. nut
FEW SHUT UP ENTIRELY.
Watchers on Many Doors and tho GROWER
Trade Cut on-Big Hotels Made no
Changes Ommen Talks OF
Sunday saIcs-Suggests6 DAY Licenses.

might be dry SUNDAY was not NeTlned
The police did put their clamp on some OF
tho small saloons. but a majority OF them
sold liquor AZ usual and the hotels and
restaurants were not molested.
There were sixty-two arrests in the city
yesterday. Five OF these were in Brooklyn.
No arrests were made in the boroughs OF
Queens and Richmond. Whether It was
IN account Of Ar. Jerome's threats or not,
the fact remains that the number OF excise
priests took big jump since last Sunday,
On thnt day nineteen were made, one OF
which was in Brooklyn.
This was the greatest number OF excise
Arrests since Jan ~ 1904. SiSty-five were
made on that Sunday. soon after MoAdoo
took Office. The record ia 1872 arrests. on
Illy II. 1909, when Greene was Commits
toner.
The precincts in which the most arrests
we're made Yesterday were the East Fifth
ttreet where six places we're found 10 be
violating the law; the East 104th and East
Tny-frst four arrests in each; the Fast
Thrty-fifth, six arrests. and the West
Twentieth Tenderloin. West Sixty eighth
aud Fast Eighty-eishth, three each.
Wherever saloons were found closed
there was also 20 be heard the report that
derome's men had been shopping around.
However. what was done in the way of
making tho town dry was accomplished
by the police in their own peculiar way
on Saturday night the tip was sent out
10 small saloonkeepers to close for the day
Of at least to admit only such persons as
we're we'll known.
Hotels and good sized places we're al
1 =.
j didn't take the thirsty long to find an
oasis even il they did have to walk two or
three blocks. On the Bowery number Of
saloons closed or at least made n pre-
tence at closing 1t was difficult for one
not familiar with the neighborhood TO
G"t into these places, although there was
always a bouncer at the door 10 notify the
caller that there was nothing doing
minor complaint on tho east and west
sides OF the town was that the Jerome tip
had scared the saloonkecpers into shutting
n entirely the can trade No constrlc-
ton OF the liquor law the saloonkeeper,
fenr can make a caller with a can guest
Of hotel.
BY nightfall many saloons thar had been
running cautiously during the day were
opened moro boldly and everybody was
admitted, In the Tenderloin the small
places vure closed 20 those not known as
steady patrons ihe big hotels and res
taurants made no pretcnoe OF varyingtlei
usual customs
Inc police II TIE OAh sfrset station were
worried last night about an incident that
occurred iear the bridge entrance ye--
terday afternoon, A man with camera
took mp position directly 10 front Of Que
Of the saloons lust north OF The bridge
entrance and snapshottod everybody who
went in or out Of the place Ho did this
for half an hour, and a Zig croSd collected.
4 group OF young women leaving
Fuoklyn FOLEY car went IN add ont two
@ 'lrce times, SO a. 10 ra SINE they were
Photographed Word Of the cameras
q appearance vas roised about in the saloon
4 ONE refused 20 'c1ve until assured I
n me mau and toe camera had departed. /
S' sn' COPS .r'I 10 get the photographer |
' ~J7 he was, hat be kept mum
Little attention was paid to the excise |
10 The West Twentieth and West Thirty |
zenith street precincts saloons we're
oaeu withina block of both stations. From
o. street people could be seen drinking
D the hack rooms. The same situation /
cV-fcd oil over town except where he alarm (
bad gone forth that Jerome S men were up
ava doing
On tts arpcr East Side there were many
Violations and few arrests. the East .
ifhiy-eignJh street station having only |
Three prisoners. Ono was the proprietor
@. . Ramcs law hotel who did not serve /
Hdviohes with drinks and the others were
fao1nkecpers. Many q the saloons in
Is district We're cautious TO the extent
O. saving chains on their doors and adj
nNins only trusted customers.
lhe better class hotels did not devinte
rom their customary rule Of selling drinks
10 everybody Some of them offered the
hover eaten sandwich and charged five or
Hn cents extra for il. II is said that the
most famous hotel in New York makes
'ooooa veareytra on the Sunday sandwich
"ther hotels simply served drinks al tai les
without sandwiches still more put out
ihefaadwiohes and did not charge FOR them.
i n not etiquette to eat Raines law sand
Vlch nor is it hygienic.
Magistrate Ommen IN talk last night
On tho excise problem suggested that three
olasses II licenses should be issued, a license
iof Saloons that keep open six days and
70 keep open seven days The law should
require that the restaurants have a seating
capacity for about $50 people and that the
hoieis at least in cities OF the first class.
nave twenty-five bedrooms. Mr.. Ommen
Is strongly in favor OF having the ques-
uon Of open Sunday saloons voted on by
We people Of this city. He added
That question ought 20 be settled one
way or tne other. Tho saloon keeper is
NE oaitedore and shuttlecock OF politics.
hf Jerome DR.. Rainsf0rd and some others
t"hN he saloons oughs to be open on sun
cay. My own impression is that a majority
o. the people OF this city do not want an
open saloon on Sunday.
The police would favor it, for il would
'aHe from them n question with which
hey now have much to do and about which
'ney viii always be criticised a. long az
me law remains as il Is and they act az they
90" do. The saloonkeepers and their
''enda would favor it, for with them IL is
matter Of business. Then there are a
number OF people, among them some
vi gymen, who never 90 into saloon.
''' VINO always jlnt know what the people