Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-01
Kansas City to Entertain
Large Crowds, Business
Maintaining Brisk Pace Dur
ing Last Night of Saloons.
ST. LOUIS WITNESSES
LARGEST CELEBRATION
San Francisco's Three-Night
Orgy Concludes at Midnight;
Famous New Orleans Bars
Close Forever at IL O'Clock.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 30.-After
an hilarious Saturday and Saturday
night, followed by painful and
meditative Sunday, Kansas City
wet enthusiasts and those from
the southwest, assembled here to-
day to observe the last day of sa-
looms.
Business, both over the bar and
in package goods, maintained a
brisk pace this morning. Practical
ly all of the tables in downtown. ho-
tells have been reserved for the past
fortnight and scenes resembling
those of New Years eve took place
tonight. Saloonists built extensions
to their bars and employed extra
attendants in anticipation of a
goodly rush of the thirsty during
the last hours before prohibition
became effective.
St. Louis Going Well.
St. Louis, June 30.-With rescrva-
tons at cafes, clubs and saloons in
dica ting the greatest celebration in
the long history of wet St Louis,
wartime prohibition became ef-
fective here at midnight tonight
However, if plans of saloon keep
ers affiliated with the ST. Louis Re-
tail Liquor Dealers association are
carried out, it still will be possible to
obtain drinks Of all kinds after the
nationwide ba:i takes effect.
Hundreds Of saloon owners, who
are members OF the association, have
announced th3;r intention to disre-
gard wartime prohibition IN an ef-
fort to test It's enforccmeE, In the
event the salocrs remain open the
association mas announced that It
will fight teot case IN tie federal
courts to determine whether ofii-
cia,,s have the means to carry out
the provisions of the acy
Ends Celebration Midnight.
San Francisco, June 30.-San
Francisco ended its three-night
celebration of the coming of the
wartime prohibition tonight with
the hotels and restaurants crowded.
Reservations, according to hotels
and restaurants, indicate even a
greater business than Saturday
night.
Retail liquor stores prepared to
remain open until midnight. Con-
fidence of liquor dealers that the ban
soon will be lifted is shown at the
tax collectors office, where a ma
jority of those holding licenses have
paid their fees for the coming
quarter.
In hotels and cafes no liquor was
sold after midnight, but pur-
chases before that hour may be con-
sumed. Dancing will be permitted
all night.
New Orleans Bars To Close.
New Orleans, La. June 3d.
Some of the oldest and most famous
bars in America, where special re-
cipes for mixed drinks have been
in use many years, closed here
tonight with the coming of war
time prohibition. Some begun
closing as early as E o'clock this
evening. One large hotel announced
its bar would close at o'clock, and
that thereafter only ice cream and
soft drinks would be sold.
Milwaukee Began Early.
Milwaukee, Wis, June 30.-Mil-
waukee saloon keepers are ready
to obey the mandates of the war
time prohibition law which took eff
feet at midnight tonight. 1t is esti-
mated that 5000 proprietors and
bar tenders are affected. Many of
the neighborhood saloons had a
farewell celebration Saturday night.
in several of them dancing taking
place on the floor in which men,
bers of families in the neighborhood
participated.