Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-16
TRIES ON THE LID
Omaha Passes Sunday with the
Chasing Laws Enforced to
Great Extent.
HITS ALL SORTS OF BUSINESS
Names of VioIators Taken, by Police
and Many Prosecutions May Fol-
Iow-At Kansas City.

Omaha, Neb., Dec 16.-Although the
lid was on, much Sunday trading was
done in Omaha yesterday. Groceries.
meat markets and candy stores were
closed, but cigar and drug stores and
many billiard and pool rooms were
open as usual.
Newsdealers and stationers, in most
cases, obeyed the law, but newsboys
did a thriving business on the street,
with piles of newspapers and maga-
zines stacked upon street corners.
Commencing at midnight Saturday,
with editors. reporters and mechanical
employees of the daily newspapers, the
police took the names of all Sunday
workers, and warrants will be issued
Monday for their arrest
Theaters All Open.
Interest centered in the theaters,
whose course promised to have much
to do with the action of other places
of business, AL the Omaha theaters
were open for matinees and night per-
! formances as usual The names of all
managers, ticket sellers, doorkeepers
and stage foremen of all theaters were
taken and warrants for their arrest
will be issued.
If the test cases go against those
who have been listed by the police,
and it is decided they must pay fines
| for violation of the Sunday law, more
than 1000 citizens of Omaha will be
arrested and fined. In that case the
minimum revenue to the city from
fines will be $4,000, and the maximum
possible $4,000.
Law Ignored in Kansas City.
| Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 16.-OnIy
two theaters, the Willis-Wood and the
Majestic, respected the Sunday clos
ing order of Judge William H. Wal
lace.
| The manager of the Majestic has
jestic will remain closed until the le
lgality of the Sunday closing movement
is finally decided. and It is believed
that Klaw & Erlanger, who own the
Willis-Wood. will no longer resist the
enforcement of the Sunday closing
lorder.
All other theaters and amusement
parlors were open, and deputy mar
lshals again secured the names of al
alleged violators of the law.
New Orleans Almost Dry.
New Orleans. La. Dec. 16.-To Sc
lcure an alcoholic drink in New Or
leans yesterday, Identification of som'
lsort was necessary. Those who coulC
produce satisfactory proof as to inten
tions were admitted past saloon doors
many of which were otherwise secure
lily locked.
Some saloons closed entirely for tn,
first time in years.
Today'S strict observance wa
caused by an order of Police Inspecto
Whitaker to his men to make arrest
whenever they saw violations.
Only saloons Closed in st. Louis.
st. Louis, Dec. 16-Everything wa
wide open in ST. Louis yesterday eX
lcept the saloons, and no attempt wa
made by any of the religious or othe
organizations for the enforcement o
any closing measure. The law wa
directly responsible for one death
man whose wife placed some ammoni
in a beer bottle drank it at dinner an
died. He did not live long enough t
, explain.
Applies In Idaho.
Il Portland, Ore, Dec. 16.-Severs
Idaho cities were compelled to observ
closing laws yesterday. The Sunda
closing law was recently declared col
= stitutional by the supreme court G
: Idaho
u Last Small Bank Reopens.
Kansas City, Dec. 16-The Unio
Avenue Bank of Commerce, one of tn
L. IL