The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-11-01
J.E. BELL Of EVERETT IS
AN JNM|T|GATED LIAR
Takes Exceptions to Mayor Gellatlys Speech at Ever
EFT on the Liquor Question and Writes Newspaper
an Untruthful Statement Regarding Conditions Here
Says Hotels Do Big Business Caring for DRINKS.

| Are Wenatchee hotel keepers in
the habit of putting large numbers
of drunken men to bed every night
IL. E. Bell, of Everett, has given
signed statement to that effect which
was published in the Everett Tribune
last Sunday. Following is a portion
| of the letter and includes all refer
ence made in regard to conditions in
!Wenatchee:
! Everett, Oct. %.
Everett Morning Tribune:
In an issue of the Daily Herald
of the 18th inst. copy from a speech
delivered by the mayor of Wenat1
chez, where the honorable gentle
man, in making some statements
shows one of two things-that he
either belongs in the class with Ted
dy Roosevelt of the Ananias club, OF
else he is not thoroughly informed
of the conditions existing in the city
of Wenatchee. He states that only
one man has been drunk in the city
of Wenatchee since prohibition went
! into effect, and upon investigation
/ it was found that this one man had
gotten drunk on Jamaica ginger.
! II have had occasion TO be in We
natchee three different times this
summer. and from the conditions
saw men in on the streets, would say
that they must have a Jamaica GIN
ger mandatory running overtime
| The last time | was there was the
early part of September. / was there
for about II hours, during which
time l stopped at the Olympia hotel
| saw eight drunken men land they
were not hobos) led in and put to
bed in this small hotel, and frOml
what / could learn the balance of
| the hotels were doing a proportion-|
ately good business in taking care
of Jamaica ginger DRINKS.
| tSigned)
u. E. BELL"
Mayor Gellatly is i'll at Vancouver
3. c., unable to continue his cam
paign tour for a few days, so be
could not give an answer TO thel
World regarding the indictmen1I
made against his veracity and intel
ligence by Bell of Everett. City
IClerk Sam Sumner says he saw the
speech of the mayor as reported IN
| the Everett Herald on October III
and that Bell has deliberately mlsI
represented that Mayor Gellatly Was
asked by someone in the audience|
whether any difficulty in regulating
the drug stores in Wenatchee has
been experienced. He replied thai
only one drunk had been found I'd
have obtained liquor at drug stord|
and that he secured Jamaica ginger
The mayor made no claim that only
one drunk had been arrested sincd|
the city went dry.
The statement by Mr. Bell that nd
saw eight drunken men put TO bed
in the Olympia hotel in one night is
absolutely denied by Manager Wilcox
of that hostelry. He says that drunk
enness is positively forbidden in the
house and that a man who is help
lessly intoxicated is not allowed ipI
the hotel, much less put to bed.
| Harry Taylor, of the Hotel Wenat1
chez, emphatically declared that mott
a single drunken man has been seenI
in his lobby since the place opened /
E. L. Mann, proprietor of the Ell
man, is out of the city, but he isl
known to be very strict about the|
character of guests allowed in his es-
tablishment. The reference 10 his|
assisting several DRINKS TO bed cham
bers at the Elman every night would
doubtless be considered by him as AMI
insult to be resented deeply.
Manager Wilcox of the Olympia
hotel says that this man Bell is in
| terested in some lumber mills on theI
coast and makes frequent visits toI
this city for the purpose of selling|
building materials. The amount of
construction going on here has givenI
him opportunity to take very largeI
orders in Wenatchee. His recent
abuse of Wenatchee in the public|
prints on the Sound will not increase
his popularity here nor cause local
business men to favor him in thel
awarding of orders and contracts.