The Washington times., 1912-08-11
GLEN ECHO LID
MAY BRING ABOUT
RIGID BLUE LAW
Manager Schloss Says His
! Park Is Subject of
- Persecution.

Sheriff Clifford Howard, Of Mont
gomery county. and two dozen deputies
are covering the county today to detect
violations of the Maryland blue laws
and bring the Offenders to speedy Jus
tice. Twenty men we're arrested and
fined last Sunday, and Sheriff Howard
proposes to make q larger cleanup to-
day II necessary.
The chief point Of interest is Glen
Echo park. There Sheriff Howard ex-
pected to be in person with as many
deputies as might be required. His ap-
pearance, however, according to Man
ager Schloss, will be the signal for clos
ing down the amusement resort.
Glen Echo park has been the subject
Of persecution, not prosecution" said
Manager Schloss today, ''and II II IL
necessary to close this park on Sun
day I propose to make 1t my personal
business to see that every other similar
place in Maryland is closed on Sunday.
Will Close and Then Fight.
mo admission is charged and no
drinks are sold here on Sunday. There
are places conducted openly In the
State on Sunday in which these things
are done. II they are permitted to
run and Glen Echo is not I am going
to make a personal fight Of the matter.
III the sheriff and sheriff's deputies
are present this afternoon I shall close
the place. However, I do not propose
to subject patrons to the inconvenience
and embarrassment of being watched
by officers
Manager Schloss was clearly angry at
the threat Of the sheriff to be present
at the park during the afternoon to
take in charge everyone found guilty OF
violating the Maryland blue laws
Sheriff Howard said this morning that
he proposed to go to the park pre-
pared to make wholesale arrests II the
laws against the sale of merchandise
and the running Of amusements are
violated.
Will Inflict Maximum Penalty.
Judge Arthur Mace, Of the Rockville
police court said that he was prepared
to visit the full penalty Of the law upon
offenders brought before him.
Monday last twenty employees at the
park were taken before Judge Mace and
fined s. and costs for violating the Sun
day. blue laws by working on the Sab
bath. This time the maximum fine OF
$50, assessed for the sale Of merchan-
disc. will be employed by, Judge Mace
to impress offenders with the majesty Of
the law and the sanctity of the Sabbath
as prescribed by the laws Of Maryland.
Judge Maces action last Monday
hardly left any doubt that he was in
dead earnest and that when violators of
the blue laws are brought before him
something unhappy is going to happen.
Sunday Crowds Large.
1T was rumored that the Glen Echo
management felt like fighting the blue
laws to a finish and that 1t might prove
a profitable proposition for them to pay
fines and run in defiance of the law.
The Sunday crowds there are usually
very large.
Of this runner, however. and indicates
that If necessary he will comply with
the very letter Of the blue laws but that
II he Is forced to do this he will make
everyone else In the State Of Maryland
do the same thing II he has time and
money enough to see them all.
Chevy Chase Lake was kept within the
bounds Of the blue laws last Sunday and
It is stated that the Chevy Chase CLUB
and other Montgomery county amusc-
ment resorts will be carefully conducted
within the law today. There will be
music by a section Of the Marine Band
while ice cream and ordinary food will
be all that will be jurveyed at Chevy
Chase today.