Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-04
LORE THAN y. 90
nRxag ING ~ ACES TO
GO OUT or BUSINESS
srs Os Natseaai Parse VII De
sng TAsse r Disappear Undsr
Dry Natten LeglaEatlsm

~ @NyAMSMg Il
More than - Thousand licensed
imking places III the 'swet" states
III the Central Illinois, Ken
saekv and .OhIo- are to 50 out OF exis-
es in four months IL America aboi
asaes liquor traffic, for the first time
IN History. under the presidents war
ssnas prohibition order.
Millions os deIlars' worth of prop
sg used as dsstillsrles. brewsrias, aa-
icons, wine ROOMS and roadhouses ai-
xaady haa changed hands and u being
eonysTeed into new lines Of industry.
Mnng small breweries and few
gasss ones have arranged to become
nuEa ct0Yles. cold storage plants or
artificial Ice factories. In Wisconsin
hsch produces sixth of al beer
hFaws6 ID America. one big brewery
disposed Of It's fixtures and sold its
ass aa Liberty cabbage" contain
afs.
Iae two hundred Kentucky distil-
lers claim their financial losses viii
ger srFpaes those of brewers because
location and peculiar construction Of
&isEsiaePtes will not permit OF easy
conversion TO other industries. Own
ega or isolated roadhouses, the rem
devious biz say auto parties, say they,
100, viii suaeT heavy financial losses.
Tlaey say It would be impossible 10
draw patrons 20 out ok the way places
without liquor inducements
DlstFlhutsen OF Saloons.
wisconsin has 1855 licensed drink
Ing places. illinois S,4ls. Ohio. $500.
Missouri 5000. Minnesota, 1880 and
Ksntgcky 800.
Chlo's saloons are expected to close
On Agay 50 under an amendment to the
state constitution.
Hundreds OF saloons Id the SIX states
will be converted into s6da shops,
cafetarlas, cafes, motion picture thea
tres, drug stores. haberdasheriea and
eoaey soft drinking dancing empor
1nhae
Saloon fixtures. as rule. are suit
abla Tor the drug store. said one big
ChicaRo dealer. sFor this reason
th0Fs will Be many more drug stores.
And new. with prohibition virtually d
fast, the little verse we used to re-
Daat Id Jest can Be said with grain Of
sincerity
Hush, little harroom,
Don't you cry
You'll be drug store
Bye and bye.
The closing will mark the passing OF
sasny saloons that for years have had
almost national regulations. In
bridgeport, Ohio, Is what III renuted to
De kha largest harroom IN the world.
with 26S test 81 bar space: In Chicago
- sha smallest. The Midget, with =
space og but ave feet; up In parts Of
Minnesota are resorts that almost
form b part Of the states early his
tosy. places where the polyglot float
ers from woods and fields, under the
shaduwg Nare OF kerosene Tampa.
staged gun bastles that would cheaper
the present day movie director
III Chicago the trick stairwaya, cleo
trio currents and Ore gongs that caus-
sd rural visltoFb st Heiniegab ubbier's
90 cut strange capegs. while regular
patrons doubled up 4 gale Of laugh
ter may be replaced with barber
chairs and bathrooms tt WAS twenty
years ago that Heinegabubbler's open
20 So house 81 trap doors, sliding foot
NsAta ana kissing serpents Later
similar places were opened ii other
elfies.
Hi WAS not unusual to zee g typical
Halits with broad hrtmmed straw
bet, overalls. high boots and grip sack.
some sliding out into State street after
. one story drop d. q trick stairway
sITlnky Dlnk'ss Place
Definite arrangements have not been
made Tor disposal 81 Alderman "FIinky
Dink Kenmn's Workingmen's Elk
chenge, which advertised the biggest
beer ia Chicago and which sold as
many as sixty barrels Of beer over Its
$50 tsat Of mahogany n single day.
RICH ssmers. III South Clark street. for
years meeting place of politicians
md headquarters tor election or bet
ting, may ratain It's fountains and cost
~ nxtures and continue as restaur-
mt. More than 100000 has been
handled On one election BY the pro-
prietor.
Sunday closing and other restric-
tiCna caused the number of saloons Id |
Chicago to awfndle from 5000 to 5000 |
b recent years. Chicago will vote ON
local option on April l, and dry de-
ciBiOn would close the saloons month
later.