Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-31
SALOONS SHUT UP
BY EXCISE BOARD
Twenty-Five Retail and Five
Wholesale Places Out of
Business.
SITUATION is ACCEPTED,
EXPECTING PROHIBITION
Rejected Applicants Not Expected to
Appeal-Anti-Saloon League Pre-
pairing New Legislation.

twenty-five saloons and five whole
sale liquor houses went out of business
at midnight last night, being establish
ments that failed to get new licenses
Some of them, including the De Alley
Hotel. 1922 Pennsylvania avenue north
west, which has been in business for
thirty -eight years. were considering
plans for an appeal to the excise board.
1t is not beyond the range of possibil-
1ty that in a few cases permission to
file new applications will be granted.
Friends of disappointed applicants
gathered in numbers at the better
known bars. such as De Alleys and
Herzog's. at 1115 E street northwest,
and revived associations of many years
as they took their farewell drinks. The
Halloween revelry without and the
clinking of glasses and hum of many
voices within gave a holiday touch to
the scene that otherwise was fringed
with somberness for hosts and guests,
who realized they probably were meet
ing in that relationship for the last
time.
Prohibition Expected.
Despite that their occupations had
stances. serious hardships were threat
ened. the rejected applicants. for the
most part, accepted the situation phil
osophically and good naturedly. Many
of them-perhaps a majority--express-
ed the view that they could have re-
manned in business but two or three
years at best, believing that Congress
will have enacted prohibition for the
District of Columbia within that time.
~F 1,rkA hi
pears to have taken hold Of the liquor
element One applicant, who failed to
get a license, said he believed Wash
ington would be dry in two years.
In this connection definite announce
ment was made last night that A. E.
Shoemaker, attorney for the Washing
ton branch of the Anti-Saloon League,
is now at work on prohibition meas
ure which will be introduced in Con-
gress early during the coming session.
Every effort will be made to bring
about passage of the bill and to have
it become effective November l next
year.
The Anti-Saloon League regards the
action of the excise board as victory
for the cause of temperance, though 1t
was disappointed by the boards fail
ure to reject certain applications. Es-
pecially is this true as regards a num-
Der of saloons on upper 7th street,
which were protested against by the
school authorities. One establishment,
the Thyson House, 1903 9TH street
graded schools, was refused a license
but three other saloons in the vicinity
got on the list.
Inconsistencies Charged.
Comment on the boards decisions de-
veloped the usual claim of inconsistent
cies. For example, the De Atley and
Herzog hotels were turned down on the
ground that they do not comply with
the law in regard to having fifty rooms
for guests; but the claim is made In
certain quarters that at least one 9TH
er hotel which also has less than fifty
rooms was granted license.
There was considerable speculation as
to why the Cairo apartment house
should have been turned down, when
licenses were given other apartments
which are considered to be in the same
class as regards location in residential
sections.
The hotel decisions were, of course,
pleasing to the Anti-Saloon League,
as was the rejection of the application
for bar at Union station 1t could
not be learned definitely. last night,
whether the hotels affected would close
down as such and applications be filed
for straight barroom licenses 1t was
considered probably that this course
would De 1ollOWed.
One feature of the decisions which
attracted attention was the rejection
of the application of John J. Daily. at
306 9Th street northwest, on the
ground that this establishment is with
in 800 feet of the Central Union Mis-
sion. The board granted licenses to
several saloons within 400 feet of the
Salvation Army's headquarters on
Pennsylvania avenue. evidently not
considering 1t place of worship
What made this distinction the more
noticeable. was the fact that though 1t
turned down one saloon within 400 feet
OF the Central Union Mission 1t issued
licenses to several saloons within 400
feet of the branch of the mission on
NJ street between goth and 31st streets
in Georgetown.
No New Place Licensed.
The board did not take favorable
cation. of which there were about fif-
teen. This fact was favorab1y COM
mented upon, last night, by Anti-Sa-
loon League officials.
But it granted licenses to two estab-
lishrnents in Anacostia over the protest Of
residents of snat section, and also gave
a license to F.. A. Sullivan. at 1916 1st
street northeast, whose application had
been protested by the Postmaster Cen
eral because of the fact that this saloon
Is located near the mail bag repair shops.
II is not likely that there will be a
formal protest by the Anti-Saloon League
In any cases in which 1t fails to agree
with the decision of the excise board.
The league is expecting an early de-
csion by the Court of Appeals in the
Metropolitan Club case. II the Districts
right TO prosecute liquor licenses in the
Police Court is sustained by this decision
r great many prosecutions will be
brought.
These cases will bring about judicial
determination of many mooted points In
the Jones-Works law. Among the ap-
plications which the excise board ap-
prove were some that are now the sub
tect of dispute in the courts. The board
took the position that It would be proper
to grant the licenses. that the cases
may remain in court until final decision
has been rendered.
KEEP QUIET, FOE LISTENS,