The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-28
Fourteen keokuk Business Houses
Were Open Here Yesterday
Report Made by Police to
Deputy County Attorney.
ACTION IS TO FOLLOW
Many Places Of Business Closed Vol
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and News
stands Not on Tabooed
List.

A slight fitting of the lid marked
the first Sunday for Keokuk under
the Iowa blue laws. Fourteen places
of business were reported as running
contrary to the law and legal action
against some or all of them Is ex-
pected to follow in day or two.
Police officers yesterday conducted
an investigation throughout town
and turned in a report of the bust
ness houses in operation. In this list
are seven cigar stores, two confec-
tionary shops, one drug store, one
ice cream manufacturing place and
three theatres. The list follows:
Cigar Stores.
C. w. Ewers, Ills Main street.
e. ]. Plug, 1922 Main street.
J. G.. Stadler, 822 Main street.
Wards cigar store, 525 Main street.
J. D. Sheehan, sos Main street.
G. w. Tanning, 3O2 Main street.
Seibert's cigar store, 400 Main
street.
Confectionery.
Buffalo Candy Co., James Papgohn
and G. N Lambros, 718 Main street.
G. J. LOOMS, 61S Main street.
Druggists.
G. e. Lock, 401 Main street.
Ice Cream.
r. E. Burke, IA South Seventh
street.
Hippodrome, 416 Main street.
Orpheum, AIT Main street.
Grand opera house, 26 North Sixth
street.
Keokuk business generally was
closed Ten cigar stores, six candy
stores, ten drug stores and three Ice
cream manufacturers were closed, as
were also four shoe shining parlors,
four bakeries, and all barber shops,
meat markets and grocery stores.
Restaurants were open as usual and
Sunday newspapers were sold.
Chief Of Police Hennemann has
turned the list of those who remained
open yesterday over to Deputy
County Attorney McManus, but it is
probable that action will not be
taken today. Mr. McManus will prob
ably confer with County Attorney
hamilton at Fort Madison before TAX
ing legal action.
It is probable that nothing will be
done toward prosecuting the
theatres. Municipal Judge Joseph
Never of Des Moines ruled last week
that Sunday movies and baseball are
not violations of the Iowa blue law
and this decision will be adhered to
here. unless it is overruled.
How Iowa Observed Law.
The Des Moines Register prints the
following review this morning OF plue
law enforcement throughout Iowa:
The "bIue law" lid blew off with
bang in most Iowa cities yesterday,
while the Sunday closing statutes
were generally enforced in the coun-
ties where there are no large cities
In Des Moiies, while some drug
and cigar stores remained closed, most
of them opened up for business as us
ual and there were no arrests by the
police The Sunday ice cream soda
famines was broken, and the smoker
had his supplies as usual
twelve arrests are reported at
Ames. all being employees and pro-
prietors Of candy stores and refresh
m eht parlors These will probaoly
plead guilty and submit to fine OF 81
and costs each. :,
Along the Mississippi river the law
was more generally observed than De-
fore. however County Attorney Jeoens
of Scott county has announced that ne
will try series Of test cases on var
ions phases of the blue law statute
taking a new class OF Offenders each
week. A.,
It is reported to have been the
ouietest Sunday ever seen in CLINTON
picture houses. drug stores and Ice
cream shops closed all day. News
stands sold papers during the morn
ing only and garages were open TO
Give access to cars, but with no gaso-
line sales.
A lrage crowd saw the ball game, at
which managers and umpfres were ar
rested and ordered to appear IN court
Monday. ,.,,,od
No convictions have been obtained
en- far in prosecutions in the larger
rities If the state on any variety OF
of the law, save upon pleas
of guilty. ,,+,
Havner's next move Is awaited Win
interest. He has not announced any
new line of campaign, but has declared
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