Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-13
FIFTY DOLLARS
REWARD OFFERED
By Eiquor Dealers Association Of
Annapolis
"SPEAKEASIES" TO BLAME?
Liquor Men Would Cause Arrests If
They Are Furnished With
Evidence.
"SPEAKEASlES' TO BLAME?

polls Liquor Dealers Association was
held last night, and action taken on
the matter of selling liquor to serv-
ice men in uniform.
| AS stated in The Capitals recent
editorial. it is not the liquor men who
sell these sailors, soldiers and ma
rines intoxicating drinks. but stool
pigeons, or else they obtain ii from
''speak-easies," two or more of which
are said to be in operation In various
parts of the town.
Every member of the Annapolis
Liquor Dealers Association has arisen
en- masse since the publicity given
| through the Evening Capitals edi-
torial on who's to BIame?" and at
last nights meeting the Association
adopted resolutions and prepared the
| following advertisement to appear in
this paper on the front page for one
| month:
$4,000 REWARD!
The above reward will be
paid to any person or persons
giving information leading to
the arrest and conviction of
any person in any way fur
| nishing to any sailor, marine
or soldier in uniform any in
toxicating liquor in any form
in the City of Annapolis or
J vicinity.
(Signed)
ANNAPOLIS LIQUOR DEAL
ERS' ASSOCIATION,
Per FRANK r. SMITH,
Treasurer.
The Liquor Dealers Association
means business. A committee waited
upon the City Council last night and
presented their side of the case. 1t
was emphatically stated by them that
| they obey the law to the letter, and
at no time do they sell liquor to men
in uniform, nor to any one known to
them as an intermediary, one who
buys drink to SELL in turn. to soldiers
sailors or marines.
| Furthermore. the Liquors Dealers
! Association viii employ, at their own
| expense, men in plain clothes to ap-
prehend suspects.
There is a strong belief that a num-
ber OF places, one in the West end
one in the central part of the city
and another in the eastern section OF
| Annapolis are IN operation where
liquor unlawfuliy is disposed to serv.
ice men. Then, again. it is alleged
there are private houses where
liquor is given to men in uniform
The Liquor Dealers Association has
taken a determined stand in this
matter of bringing the guilty partie:
to justice, and have offered a reward
of fifty dollars for apprehension ant
conviction of offenders against the
law, as herein stated
| The Liquor Dealers Association al
represented before the City Council
last night was composed of the fol
lowing committee: Messrs. Charles
Weiss, Edward Weiss, August Lutz
Frank r. Smith and Charles Shear
man.
Mr.. Smith acted as spokesman, anC
amcng other things said that tn,
Liquor Dealers Association, which h,
represented, stands for the best inter
| est Oh the CITY. uey are SOOu Clti
zens and taxpayers, and are in heart.
| sympathy with the Mayor in carrying
out the wishes of the Secretary of tn
Navy and the President in not selling
= liquor to men in uniform. They ar
willing to do everything in thei
power to cooperate with the Mayo
in the matter and, as respectable citi
zens and taxpayers, they are willin
to do all in their power in the prem
ises, even to defraying the expense
of extra policemen in plain clothes t
| apprehend those guilty of the boot
Logging now in operation in and abou
J city.
The representatives of the Associa
tion were congratulated by the Boar
of City Council upon the stand the
had taken in the premises, and re
ceived the general commendation G
| l Is.