Evening star., 1911-05-31
LIQUOR IN DISTRICT SEARCH FOR WOMEN
Senate Subcommittee to Give New York Police Following
Hearings on Bills. Clue in Bathtub Mystery.
TWO MEASURES NOW UP BODY LAY FOR MONTHS
Senator Jones. in Effort % Hide Crime
PROPOSES ENTIRELY NEW LAW HUSBAND HELD AS SUSPECT
offered
Provides Radical Changes N Who Rent of Death
Regulations Apartment
Senate Subcommittee to Give
Hearings on Bills.
TWO MEASURES NOW UP
One by Senator Works and One by
Senator Jones.
PROPOSES ENTIRELY NEW LAW
Measure offered by Senator Jones
Provides Radical Changes in
Present Regulations.

Senator Jones Of Washington, chairman
Of the subcommittee on excise and liquor
legislation of the Senate District COM
mittee, declared today that hearings on
liquor bills that have been introduced
would be granted by his subcommittee
during the present session of Congress
II requests for the hearings are made.
Two liquor measures have been intro
duced in the Senate this session, and the
sponsors for both are members of the
subcommittee on excise and liquor legis-
lation. Senator Jones, its chairman, has
put in bill ''to better regulate the traf-
fc in intoxicating liquors in the District
OF Columbia" and Senator Works of
California has proposed bill ito limit
the number of saloons and to confine
them to business streets"
The other members of the subcommit-
tee are Senator Dillingham;, who comes
from the local option state of Vermont;
Senator Johnston of Alabama, sponsor
for the proposed Sunday-observance law.
and Senator Lea, who represents prohi-
bition Tennessee.
No Reply From Commissioners.
Both of the liquor bills have been re-
ferred by the Senate District committee
to the District Commissioners for report
and recommendations. and although the
municipal officials have had the measures
before them for over two weeks, their re-
sponse has not yet been received at the
Capitol.
Senator Jones' bill is similar in its pro-
vision to the Gallinger bill of the previous
Congress. 1t proposes an entirely new
liquor law for the National Capital. re-
organizing the excise board SO that it
will be composed of the judge of the
Juvenile Court, the health officer and one
Of the inspectors Of the police depart
ment designated by the Commissioners.
In order to get license to sell
liquor at a specific place, the bill re-
quires the written permission Of a
majority of persons owning real estate
and a majority of the residents keep
ing house. including bona fide tenants
in apartment houses who lease by the
saloon is to be established and within
the five other squares located nearest
to the proposed place Of business. If
within the city Of Washington.
If the saloon is to be established out.
side of the city of Washington the bill
requires the permission of a majority OF
the persons owning real estate and ma
jority of residents keeping house within
the space of 1000 feet of the street on
each side Of the building where the
liquor is to be sold and within similar
space on the side of the street fronting
opposite such building.
Special Limitations.
It is further provided that no licenses
shall be granted for the sale of liquor
within $50 feet of public schoolhouse.
public park or public playground, any
private school. college or university, or
any place OF worship. nor for any saloon
confronting the Capitol grounds or the
grounds Immediately surrounding any
building owned or controlled by the
United States or the District for public
purposes, nor for the sale Of liquor with
in any station or waiting room OF steam
or electric railroad.
Senator Works bin proposes to limit
the number of saloons in the National
Capital to 100 and to allow no such
nlaces In the residential streets