Evening star., 1916-10-31
FEWER D. c. LIQUOR
+: LICENSES GRANTED
Excise Board Reduces Retail
ers by Ten; WHOLESALERS
by Four.
ONLY ONE CLUB LOSES OUT

The number of establishments en-
gagged in the liquor business in the
District of Columbia is decreased by
ten saloons and four wholesale houses
in the licenses issued this morning by
the excise board for the license year
which begins tomorrow. Rejected es-
Establishments must close their doors at
midnight tonight.
OF 2s1 applications for retail IL
censes the board granted 259 and re-
fused twenty-one, while one was with
drawn Last year 273 saloons were IL
censed, but only 269 are in operation
at the present time.
Wholesale Applications.
of ninety-fve wholesale applications
eighty-four were granted and ten were
refused, while one was withdrawn.
Last year eighty-nine wholesale establish
ments were licensed, but only eighty
eight are in operation at the present
time.
There were twelve original retail ap-
plications filed this year. The board
Projected ten of the number and granted
two There were nine original whole
sale applications filed. One was with
drawn five were refused and three
were granted.
All clubs, with the exception of the
Jolly Fat Mems Club, were licensed.
The Anti-Saloon League made Oe-
termined fight against clubs located on
nom business blocks, claiming that the
law operates against them as against
saloons similarly located This question
was considered at special hearing con-
Quoted by the board.
Crowd Awaits Announcement.
As in previous years. the frst-floor
corridor of the District building outside
the excise board rooms was packed this
morning with applicants. attorneys and
others interested in the announcement to
be made by the board as to what estab-
iishments had been licensed or rejected.
1t was not until shortly before noon that
the list of licensees was made public.
THE result. as whole" said Albert
E. Shoemaker, attorney for the Anti
Saloon League, ''is disappointing and
appears to show no apparent improve
ment over the result last year.
1T is gratifying. however. and
worthy of commendation that the
board rejected certain saloons which
the league urged were Objectionable"
Mr.. Shoemaker expressed disappoint-
ment because, he stated. the board
granted applications for places that
; the league contended were in residen-
tial sections. including hotels and
clubs.
Question Of Business Frontage.
business frontage on a particular block"
said Mr. Shoemaker. does not neces-
sarily make the section OF district a
business one. We emphasized the fight
in South Washington and East Washing
ton. claiming that these sections are
clearly residential ones. and while we
are gratified at the closing Of three
places in Southwest Washington we are
disappointed because others were grant,
ed
Saloons have been permitted to re-
main in the districts in which the COL
ored ministers argued that they were a
defrirnent-
The league" Mr.. Shoemaker contin-
ued." is further disappointed because
the board apparently declined to
change its method of measuring dis
tances between schools and churches
and saloons and for the further reason
that Ii refused to recognize missions
and other religious societies Worship
ing in other than regular church build
inEs as being entitled to protection un-
der the law.
M Shoemaker said the league is dis
appointed also because wholesale liz
censes were freely granted in residen-
tial sections. as heretofore, against the
earnest protest of the league and citi-
Gems affected by them. He also said
1.-THE result indicates that the board did
not exercise its authority to close
places near inhabited alleys.
The list OF applications granted and re-
Jected BY the excise board follows:
Barroom Licenses Refused.
August II. piugge. 1917 1th street northwest
Frank p. Hall to-iginail. 1000 7th stree,
southwest.
Alexander A. Davis. 1901 street northwest
John f. schreiner 730 Iith street northwest.
Patrirk ]. Daily. GIG AZ street southwest