The evening world., 1911-05-15
ASK THE MAYOR
} TO FORK OVER $40
ON DRINK OFFER
Church Club Committee Finds
} Brooklyn Bars Open,
and SO Reports.
81 PLACES WERE BUSY.
In Two Liquor Was Sold Over
the Bar, So They Want
Gaynor to Pay Up.
81 PLACES E BUSY.

Mayor Gaynor's offer TO pay so out
OF his " pocket for proof that drink.
are sold In New York barrooms Sunday
. been taken UP by the Mems Club
Of Grace Presbyterian Church, stuy-
vssant and Jefferson avenues. Brooklyn.
The Mayor made the omer last We'd
nesday In a letter to the Rev. S. Ed
ward Young OF the Bedford Presby-
terrain Church.
AZ a meeting last night In Grace
Presbyterian Church, the Mems Club.
through its vice-President, J. L. Stoyen-
so". turned In what II called IAN UNI
vanished report Of what the COM
m'ttee asserts II found out on Sunday.
NAY q In a tour of the Fifth Assembly
District. Only saloons and moving pic
turs how were visited.
Committee Kept Sober.
Mr.. Stevenson said he and his asso-
eiaAss drank In saloons. No mention
WAD made OF the number OF drinks
B committee had. but II was stated
that not one OF the six got full owing
to individual n collective foresight
In pouring some of the drinks onto
the moor when bartenders or walters
weren't looking.
According to Mr.. Stevenson, his COM
mit.ee went into cighty-four saloons and
found sixty-seven OF them doing bust
moss. This vas between 10 A. NJ, and
neon.
In two OF the saloons. the committee
reported. men were drinking at the bar.
In some Of the places drunken men We're
sssn and from many OF the saloons per-
sons were rushing the growler' while
b church bells were ringing.
"0y ~ own showing" said Mr..
0sevsoson, I'VE could 60 to the City
2A11 to.morTow and collect $40 from
Mayor 0ayaor."
n committss visited seventeen NOV
~ yaeeurs shows in the hours above
0sns0 and found four Of them unsani-
tAsy. T1sss were no educational or re-
no1ouo pictures In any Of the places, the
ooaam1ttse raportsA. One Of the moving
ptseusse sAowsd what was labelled as
DeeDss game In pCogrsss In . Western
GaaDsans sesos<-
Found Nothing Religious.
- Q theatre the committee listened.
- 0Ambsrs say I a sacred concert"
dns4nG which an actor took the part Of
. lsunasn oollsgs-boy froucking with a
ssvy Of chorus sirh. There was moth
~ educational or religious in either of
~ y theatres whore Sunday con-
csstS' were in progress. the committee
avssreA-
The report OF the committee Is to be
sent to-day to Mayor Gaynor. II con-
satns the names OF mo members of the
committee. together with q full list OF
all the places visited and details Of
what was observed In each. Copies OF
the report are to be sent TO the District
Attorney OF Kings County. to the Grand
Jury there n 10 the State Commits
sioner Of Excise.
After the report had been read and
considered last night. Supt. McClintock
Of the Society for the Prevention OF
Crime got UP In the church and said:
"1kayos 0Aynor 10 trying to bsfuddls
I'll q ~ - TO the law on excise quss-
t1eoo."
Hotel Law 10 Clear.
The lew a. to hotels Is very clear,
said 6upt. McCintock, II providing that
0very dining room must have at least
800 square feet OF floor area. capable OF
seating at least twenty guests at table.
It ID . violation OF law. said Mr.. Nc
Chinook. for a hotel" keeper to offer a
rubber sandwich" or any other food to
. person unless the food Is ordered.
The Rev. Robert IL. Carson. pastor OF
Grace Church. said Mayor Gaynor has
greatly changed his opinions on the ex-
else question since he left the Supreme
Court bench.
Mr.. Stevenson Of tho Committee Of Six
saiA that for some reason the Injunction
wh3ch the moving picture show folks
Sot from . Supreme Court Justice in
Hreekiyn last "a has been put In cold
stogaSs. The injunction stopped the no.
iiso from interfering with Sunday NOV
inS picture exhibitions.
TOOK POISON BY MISTAKE.