The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-03-14
ANNAPOLIS TO Be
DRY SATURDAY.
Daniels Gives Capital One Week
to Close Booze Emporiums.

The order of the Secretary of the
Navy making Annapolis dry will go in
to effect at O'Clock on the afternoon
of Saturday, March 16, according to an
official announcement made Saturday
afternoon last.
Vigorous efforts were made by Rep
resentative Mudd, of the Fifth Mary
land district, to postpone the effective
date of the order, so as to save the
saloon interests of Annapolis from
hardship, but Mr.. Daniels was obdu-
rate and signed the regulation which
gives the Maryland capital but one
week of grace.
Mr.. Mudd went to see Judge Adyo-
cate-General Watts, of the navy, upon
whom the Secretary leans for advice in
such matters, but the official was I'M
able to give Mr.. Mudd any encourage
ment, and later called the Congressman
to notify him that the regulation was
about to be promulgated, fixing Satur-
day as the date.
The MarYlanders concerned have not
asked at any time for reconsideration
of the Secretarial order. They have
realized that it would be futile to do
that and perhaps bad policy as well.
Inc most they hoped for was a reason
able period of time in which saloonists
could arrange to close up their shops
and dispose of their stocks. Their IL
censes expire on May l and they ap-
pealed through Mr.. Mudd for an oppor-
tunity to continue in business until that
date.
AS previously stated in the matter,
the Department of Justice will be
charged with the duty of enforcing the
Daniels dry order, not only at Anna
polls, but at other cities affected by the
regulations issued Saturday afternoon.
The navy will maintain no police force
at the State capital, but will be pre-
pared at any time to send provost
guards to assist agents of the Depart
ment of Justice in making raids or ar
rests.
The rigid fashion in which Attorney
General Gregory carries out such
orders or either the Secretary of the
Navy or Secretary of War may be in
d,cated by the fact that he suspended
few days ago an assistant district at
torney and deputy United States mar
shall for indifference and lack of enthu-
siasm in enforcing dry conditions around
the Rock Island arsenal.
District Attorney Samuel K. Dennis
will be officially informed Of the An
napolis order by the Acknowledgement,
and will be instructed to take such steps
as are necessary to abolish all saloons
within the five mile dry zone, to pre-
vent bootlegging or any other violations
of the Federal law. United States
Marshal Stockham also will be formally
notified, and probably will take charge
of the situation personally at Annapolis
until assured that the saloons have all
closed and that no effort will be made
to dispose of stocks there after the
closing order goes into effect.
Until next Saturday the Navy De-
partment has no official interest IN the
saloons or in the liquor business beyond
the general prohibition against selling
intoXicants to a man In the service uni
form. In other words, it is not mat.
ter of concern in Washington how the
saloons close or who in civilian life buys
or stores up the wet goods that may be
on hand there now.
The formal regulations were issued
Saturday by the Secretary instead of
on Monday, as he had originally purpos-
ed. These followed generally the lines
LAID down IN his first official announce
ment.