Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
.JONES-WORKS LAW
T0UNDERGO TEST
Validity of Many Licenses Is
sued by the Excise Board
Is Questioned.

Informations charging ten liquor deal
ers in this city with a violation OF tho
Jones-Works excise law were filed In tho
Police Court today.
The fling Of these informatons is the
outcome of a campaign by the Anti
Saloon League, carried through an in
vestigation before q Senate committee. Of
charges that the excise board issued
licenses to persons contrary to certain
provisions Of the law.
At the hearing before the Senate
committee testimony was produced
with the object of showing that many
saloons were doing business in residen-
tial sections, that others were within
the prescribed distances from places Of
worship and educational institutions,
and also that certain hotels had been
given licenses while not having fifty
bedrooms for guests. The Senate COM
mittee finally held that the excise
board had permitted violations of the
law by issuing certain of the licenses.
The Anti-Saloon League. in the course
Of its campaign, took the matter to the
corporation counsel, and the fling Of
the Information today to test the law
Is the result. Assistant Corporation
Counsel Francis H. Stephens prepared
the informations.
Delay in Serving Warrants.
Fourteen papers alleging violations
Of the law were prepared, but only
ten were sworn to by policemen at
court today. Assistant Corporation
Counsel George Taggart. in charge Of
the prosecutions in the Police Court,
tains Of each of the police precincts to
have a policeman appear at court to-
day to swear to the information.
Warrants for the arrest Of the pro-
legged to be conducted in violation of
the excise law are to be issued Monday.
The late hour Of the fling Of the in
formations by Mr.. Taggart today
necessitated the carrying over until
Monday of the serving of the war
rants.
There is considerable writing attach
ed to preparation of the warrants. it
was explained, and the warrant clerk
at the court would be unable to have
evening.
Seven cases allege the operation of
saloons in residential parts OF the city,
in violation OF the Jones-Works law.
Substance Of Charges.
"The defendant is charged with es-
tablishing and maintaining a place for
the sale Of intoxicating liquors on the
side of square, block and tract of
land whore less than SO per cent of
foot frontage. not including saloons,
hotels and clubs having barroom Ii
censes, is used for business purposes"
filed in the seven cases. The defendants
named are: Nathaniel Wilson, presi-
dent of the Metropolitan Club: Thomas
F. Schneider. manager Of the Cairo
apartment house at 1915 Q street
northwest; D. Edgar Stephen, manager
Of the Stoneleigh Court apartment
house at 1919 Connecticut avenue; Tim
othy Hanlon, saloon at S22 H street
northeast; Robert e. Bresnahan, saloon
at SO B street southeast; Gustave w.
east. and Patrick Raftery, saloon, at
225 18th street northeast
James J. O'Donnell Of 333 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast is charged with conduct
Ing bar within four hundred feet of
the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, at
4th and B streets southeast
Henry NJ Marks of 1000 E street, pro-
prtetor OF Marks Hotel, Is charged with
conducting a barroom in connection with
hotel having less than fifty bedrooms
for guests.
John D. O'Connor of s1s 9th street
northwest is charged with conducting a
barroom within four hundred feet of the
College Of Pharmacy.
IN eacn OF the 1nf0rmationS it was
stated that the alleged violators of the
law were conducting the liquor bust
ness with supposed authority of Ii
cense.
Detective Delaminco Of the ninth pre-
cinct, who swore to several of the in
formations, when asked to swear to
the information against Timothy Ham
lon at S22 H street northeast, refused,
as he said he could not conscientiously
swear that the section was a residen-
tial one. Capt. Falvey, in command of
the ninth precinct, however, swore to
the Information.