Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-01
NATIONAL CAPITOL
NOW OFFICIALLY DRY
John Barleycorn Made His Exit
Last Night.
AND DRINKERS ARE WAILING.
Hotels Have Gone Into the Soft Drink
Business-Prince Georges County
Also in Column.
lFrom the Baltimore American.l

(From the Baltimore American.)
John Barleycorn and 0. b. Joyful
left Washington last night on the mid
night train for long, long ride.
They refused TO be interviewed, but
issued this official statement paying
their respects to Congress and the
District of Columbia:
Congress ought to be ashamed of
itself to vote the poor old District
high and dry and then run away from
IL"
They were given royal sendoff.
Some said it was funereal, but no
human being who was able TO walk
from the Capitol TO the White House
would agree to such a description. 1t
was like a Mardi Gras night and
every barroom that braved the last
day of its liquor life by remaining
open was jammed like subway train.
Official returns, received up to some
time around midnight. showed that
one drink cost:
One shirt,
Half of coat,
Part of hat,
Whole shine,
5, 10, Is, 20, 25 or 30 cents, sometimes
nothing, according to how your luck
was running. Profanity politely ap-
piled
The streets looked something like
an election night And as if to make
the celebration international. large
numbers Of French, British, Italian,
Belgian, Russian and about every
other kind Of Allied officer seemed to
be out in the streets with their gay
colored uniforms There were thou
sands of other in the streets without
uniforms and still others in uniforms,
waiting for the men to come out of
the cafes.
Official vote on the number of men
who fingered too long or too tearfully
over their departing privileges was
not all in at midnight. Some went
afoul of the police. while still others
declared they would not go out of
the gilded palaces until midnight. For
they new that the liquor law does
not provide for a drunken man after
midnight. So a man cannot be found
intoxicated in the District of Colum-
bia today-so they say-a man can
have just as long as he wants to re-
cover from the awful calamity.
Hotels in all parts of the town have
gone to the soft drink habit immedi
ately, while many of the other places,
known for many years for their fine
wines and ales, will be no more; but
ii all the threats that were made
against Congress for making the town
dry are carried into effect, there will
not be enough marble in the whole
world to supply the demand.
Baltimore will now supply the fam
| lily and other trade of Washington.
but the indications are that this trade
will not be very fourishing until
| Christmas time, and then it is pre-
dicted there will be deluge of orders
and also numerous visits to the Monu-
will go over with empty grips and
| come back with them filled with stuff
which either made Milwaukee famous
or put Kentucky on the map.
Prince Georges Also "B0ne Dry,
Prince Georges County became dry
territory at II o'clock midnight, at the
same time the District OF Columbia
put John Barleycorn out of business.
The cry of the thirtsy it. Its a long
way to Baltimore" which is the near
/ est point to procure the fluid of cheer
as the result of the Act passed at the
recent special session of the Maryland
Legislature.
Fifty saloons in Prince Georges
closed their doors at midnight Sheriff
Gates and his deputies kept a close
watch to see that the law was strictly
| enforced. So far as is known, there
was no attempt to violate the statute,
and the closing was attended by no
UNUSUAL excitement. Reports from
the various sections of the county are
to the effect that in some places a few
persons made strong effort to con-
sumo all that was left, but this con-
dition was attended by no disorder,
but will probably result in morning
after feeling on the part of the indis-