Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-22
SECRETARY DANIELS
FOR DRY" BERWICK
Navy Department Head Op-
poses Saloons in Munition,
Plant Region
LOCK HAVEN LOSES FIVE
Liquor Receipts in Section of Clear.
field Coal Fields Total
S336,l6S

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BLUuMSBURG, Pa. Jan. with
( Secretary Daniels as the leading figure.
the fight 10 keep Berwick, which has
been dry for the last three years, with
out license during the coming year was
waged In Columbia County License
Court yesterday before a new court, with
the view of President Judge ITorman
unknown and with l.. u. Sloan, The new
( associate Judge. "a dry" judge.
In support of the contention that Bcr-
wick should be continued dry 90 let
1 ter was presented from Secretary Jose
I phuS Daniels, uC tho Navy. for which
I department the Berwick plant Of the
/ American Car and Foundry Company,
/ employing $500 men, Is making large
I quantities Of war material
Secretary Daniels expressed his pleas
ure that citizens OF tho borough arc
making the fight 90 keep out the licensed
! saloon within fivC-milc radius OF the
/ plant, adding ut is especially important
. rom the view Of the department be-
/ cause OF the urgency Of present COndi.
! tions and the need Of efficiency and
! speed In Government work that the
workers in such plants AZ that Of tho
American Car and Foundry Company be
Safeguarded from every influence which
would tend to lessen the efficient prose-
/ cut'on Of their work"
/ District Manager w y Lowry. Of the
American Car and Foundry Company.
for the first time appeared as a remon-
strant against the license in Berwick
expressing the fear Of race riots in the
! borough II the licensed saloon were
brought back. The star witness for the
/ vets was Sergeant Upton, Of lne
state police, who directed raid against
West Berwick speakeasies several
months ago, as the result of which five
truckloads of liquor were collected and
twenty-one arrests made.
LOCK HAVEN Pa, Jan. 22.-With
Judge President Mccormack and Assoc
ctate Judges Miller and Mussiua on
the bench. the Clinton County Llcouse
Court decided that Lock Haven shall
have five less drinking places and
one less bottling establishment than
heretofore. Last year there were
thirteen bars and three wholesale deal
crs. or bottlers, In the city. but during
the coming year there will he only eight
bars and two wholesale dealers, the
hotel license Of John Biesel for the
Columbus House being held over for
Ahl NhtI NollhlueIdllOu,
In the county the applications for
places IN Beech Creek, Loganton Mill
Hall and Pine Creek township were held
over pending decision on remonstTanCes
In Remove six licenses were granted
Of the forty-nine applications before the
court, twenty-One retail, three brewery
and three wholesale licenses wcr,
granted. Five applications were held
over and three were withdrawn.
The following licenses were refused
W. H. Rankin, Charles ]. Lucas, Jacol
+. Dletz, Newton II. Dunkle, Omet y
Beck, Ernest w. Menge. Lock Haven
Nicodemus Smith, Michael Scutowitz
Charles B. Swanson, Grace Dayton
Remove; Charles Q. Lanks, William T.
Bonner, Avis; Cyrus $. Wheeler, Wes
Port
YORK, Pa. Jan. -. All liquo
licenses In York County were renewed
by the court and licensees wer
warned to keep their bar" closed OF
heatless Mondays. Lewis RamCr with
drew his application for the IIote
Obold license at Hanover. and It wal
granted to Michael Mccullough. Rame,
then applied for CITY Hotel license a
Hanover Milton Hess, who conduct
the Seven Valley Hotel, was cautioned
against selling liquor TO intoxicated per
sons.
John Wise and Gordon L. Kosler wer,
gre rted the license for the Marshal
House, YoSll George TIoke, the formc
/ iicensee. 6'ad remoOs STRANGE aoains
the renewal because Of alleged unsaui
tary conditions existing there. Logal
Marshall, the owner, was directed I,
place the property in the proper condi
ton by next Monday, or the licens
Vn','r bo rnvOlyod
pOTTSVILLE, Pa, Jan. GA mum
Der of applicants who were refuset
licenses at the term of the License Cour
last week on the ground that the place
they applied for we're abandoned durinl
the last year were yesterday granted
rehearing
Judge Berger announced that cour
had refused to grant these licenses
although they may be regarded as oil
stands, because II had adopted the prin
cipls that no stand abandoned durinI
the last year, evidently because it coul'
not be made to pay will be reopene'
by authority of court until good rea
sons are shown for such action. Tn
cases will be heard in several days
CLEARFIELD, Pa, Jan. 22,--ln tn
License Court here applicants
seven towns in one section of the minin
reg on namely, Houtzdale oSceola Ma
deira, Ginter, Ramey, Smoke Huh an
Glen Richey showed that thelr receipt
tota ed S336.16s73 during the yeai
which does not include the receipts Q
the Madeira brewery.
The dry federation IL attempting I
show that, besides increasing the Out
put Of coal, cons .derable amount q
\ coal could be conserved by closing a
,oo,,,g ,,ptiI aFtaY. the war.