Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
PATERSON'S NEW
MAYOR ENFORCES
THE BISHOP LAW
Shuts Saloons on Sunday and
Announces They Will End
Sabbath Selling.
LspeclnI to fine Newnrlk stnr.I

Especial to the Newark start
PATERSON, Jan. 28-For the first
time in six years, Paterson passed
through a dry Sunday yesterday. A
sudden activity on the part of the
police resulted In the suspension OF
business In nearly every saloon in the
city. Two places were raided by the
police and the persons found there
arrested. Except private clubrooms,
not drink could be obtained in
Paterson yesterday.
Robert H. Fordyce, the new Mayor
of Paterson, is responsible. Urged by
the ministers, he ordered the chief of
police to see that the city was closed
tight, and he declared today that this
will be the case in the future.
Ban on Curtains"
orders had been issued to the pro-
prietors of the 500 or more saloons
in the city that the windows of their
places must be freed from all objects
which would obstruct the view into
the interior from the street and al
most the entire police force was busy
seeing that these orders had been
obeyed. Not a single saloon escaped
the vigilance of the policemen and
members of the detective bureau.
Detective Sergeants McInterney and
Close, together with Patrolman
Daley, made a raid on the saloon
owned by Charles Schwartz at los
River street and arrested the pro-
prietor and the bartender. Several
men who were seated in the rear
room escaped. Later In the after
noon the detectives made another raid
on Scheffels saloon, First avenue and
River street. The bartender and sew
eral patrons of the place were ar
rested. They gave their names as
Larry M'acko. OF First avenue. the
bartender; Bastian D. Baden, of East
ton, of Fifth avenue; Isadore Rich
ards, of Fairlawn; John Olrie, of
Ridgewood, and Charles Holman, of
Holman street. They were held I'M
der the charge of inmates of dis
orderly house.
One Saloon Wrecked.
Before the policemen were sent out
on duty they were addressed by Chief
of Police Bimson, who instructed them
to see that the law regarding the win
dows in saloons was strictly observed.
Chief Bimson told the men that the
movement for a dry town was not a
sudden spasm, but might be expected
every Sunday as long as the present
laws were on the statute books. The
most disastrous occurrence as a re-
suit of the crusade was at the saloon
of David O'Connell at rs Grand street,
late Saturday night, where the pa
irons, enraged at the saloonkeeper,
who insisted on complying with the
law and closing at midnight, wrecked
the furnishings of the place. officers
Cook and McGrath arrested Solomon
Tidesky, of West Twenty-fifth street,
and Donate Feriru, of West Thirty
fourth street. The latter was COM
mitted to Jail in default of SITS bail, IN
which he was held.
Members of the Liquor Dealers As
ISOLATION were indignant when they
heard the news that the local author
tiles had made such a determined eff
fort to carry out the provisions of the
law, and freely voiced their threats
that if they were compelled to close
their places of business they would
see to 1t that every cigar store, drug
store and restaurant, would also be
closed on Sunday.