The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-01
TIP ON JOHN D., JR.,
BARS SALOON DOORS
MYSTERIOUS Warning Makes
Arid Sunday in Outlying
Districts Of City.
CAUTION IN MANHATTAN

If &c " hto D'' 80. ISL
meter that registered the Sunday thirst
r Greater New York yesterday was a
phenomenon worthy of note. II wav-
cred nervously in the friendly barkeep's
rlsss as he tried not to miss your
hand and look over his shoulder cau-
.iously all at once. m as the tremor
grew along toward the thirstiest part
~ the day and night the wise ones
Anew what 1t meant.
Manhattan was a lone oasis-Quite
all alone-in the midst of a thirst
parched desert that fringed along the
edges of The Bronx. took in nearly all
of Queens and the Flatbush, Benson
hurst and other parts OF Brooklyn
Jersey City too-and was swallowed UP
somewhere. nobody knew where or
cared.
A seemingly we'll authenticated theory
Of the unslaked thirsts in Brooklyn yes
terday, where it wa. estimated hat the
caution" exercised against -%irregulars''
COS, the liquor dealers about 800. 900,
was that reforrners allied with John D.
Rockefeller. Jr.. wanted to show the city
authorities that the excise law can be
enforced and that the suburban dis
tric:s of the city were taken as proving
grounds. They certainly proved some
thing. for even some of the downtown
saloons served only familiar patrons.
and an uptown wet goods merchant who
some years ago boosted that he had
thrown away his key yesterday ad-
mitted investing in a door chain.
brewer Admits Giving TIP.
The panic of fear among saloon keep
ers throughout the Sreater city was al
most Unprecedented . President Bick of
the Kings County United Liquor Deal
ers Association denied giving orders
10 members not to open until after
church hours, but ]. Lehman of the
brewing company bearing his name ad-
mit,ed c%autioning elders of licenses in
places where his company holds mort
cages.
The announcement OF a special meet
ing of the United Liquor Dealers Asso-
cation TO consider the situation next
Friday night supported the notion that
some kline Of a plan is being formulated
20 offset the activities of those who
would close the saloons altogether on
sundays.
Queens was a whitening desert, judg-
ing by pathetic reports. 1t seems the
warming took most effect out there.
where the family entrance was a bolted
door and mar a cloth covered can and
%container left its hook in the kitchen and
ieturned as dry as before. About the
only favored ones in that broad land
estcrday were the in College
Point. where the law enforcement was
not so rigid as in Long Island City.
Woodsidc, Winfield, Elmhurst and CO.
ona. II was not by any means a
propitious day for violation seekers but
then. y'know, II was mighty blustery and
chilly out that way.
caution was the watchword all along
tho line in Manhattan. it was said. But
believe TIRE SrN reporter from the
region OF the FIVE cent frothy long ones
20 the highball belt and beyond II the
thlrst was a familiar one in some places,
tul whether it was or not in others. II
was duly quenched. Practically every
s~aloonkeeper in the city received the
warning. Some said they got II from
the brewers associations, but Jacob
Rupert disclaimed any knowledge of /,
and put it up to the liquor dealers or.
ganization.
Police Not Enlightened.
IollNt iisDttlpI boidlio VI NAAuA8S "
to East Side district. and the other in
s%pectors throughout the city had their
usual squads working. but they
found out will not be known until tin
morning, BE sure, however. II was no,
4 concerted raid on the part OF the
police. They just got this myter!ous
tip like every one else Interested ir
wet goods on sunday and that was al
the. knew.
Coney Islands with it's hotels was fairly
happy, but across the river in New Jer-
sey again II was different. for the entire
police forces of the towns, anti-salooners
and others. swooped down or the wei
shops with determined glee but no
thirst. One arrest OF a ~saolonkeepe,
had resulted up to last night.
One mildly alarmed s~aloonkeeper sale
he had heard that Commissioner Wood
and Mayor Mitchell were touring tn,
town in an automobile. but the Commits
sioner denied this last night and tn
Mayor was said TO be resting on hi.
farm. Another rumor was that $50 in
spectors OF the State Excise Department
had selected yesterday afternoon TO OBJ
serve conditions in the city and repor
TO the Governor.
II was suggested that 'us drinkers
were getting together to make a show
.ng TO head off the prohibitionists. blu
II could not be conflrmed-this eug
gestion couldn't.
At any rate the Rev. James v. Chal
mers. who recently called Mayor Mitche
a tango Mayor" because Of ALLEGED
sunday violations, said last night tina
he saw some cans and some open sid'
doors" but thought things were a littl'
stricter than usual and was greatly