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NOTICESUpon Saloon Keepers to Close Their Places of Business Sunday.SANDUSKY MAY GO “DRY”As Some of the Saloonists Have Already Decided to Heed the Warning.—Statement From Reform Committee.Th.e probabilities are that Sandusky will be a “dry’*, town next Sunday, or least any rate1 that pop and soda water will be the strongest beverages on tap Some of the members of the reform committee wh^'were instrnmental in causing the arrest of Manager Boeck-ling, of Cedar Point yesterday, made a tour of a number of the leading last evening. The party known, comprised H. C. Huntington, Theodore Alvord and Judge Malcolm Kelly/ They courteously, bat firmly insisted that unless the keepers of the saloons visited, kept their places closed next Sunday, arrests would s ly follow. Of course the committee did not visit all of the saloons, nor even any considerable portion of them. The calls were made nppu the richest of the saloonists—those who are classed as do ing the largest and best business.Mr. Alvord said to a reporter thi: morning that the committee did not de sire to call upon the small dealers fir»1 and have the charge thrown up to them that they were attacking the little fellows and did not dare to go after biggerandThe committee also desire that the public should know the facts. When tbe*eare known the committee is confident th.tr meu will conclude that totlt;»p 11im illegal sale of liquor at Cedar Point *ni Sunday will prove beneficial rath* ttlnu hurtful to all concerned.Jj s' week the committee, or a por tion thereof, bad ihree interviews with Manager Boeckling or his representative. At these interviews it was at first represented »o the committee by Mr. Boeckling or bis representative that if Cedar Point should be compelled to stop the sale of liquor on Sunday, the resort would have to be closed, Details of the financial condition of the company wei gone into at considerable length, and protracted and friendly discussion took place. The committee assured Mr. Boeckling that u did not wish to bring about such a result. At first it was proposed to the committee that if the co: ?any could be allowed to sell liquor Sundays as usual during the balance of the season, then the bar would be closed Sundays next year and thereafter Aftjr a full consideration, the- committee informed Mr. Boeckling that it could not accede to that proposal; that if it it would be compelled to allow all who are now selling liquor on . Sunday to continue as long as they thought necessary; in other words, that the committee would have to give up its work lay itself open to the charge of favoring the strong and influential as against the weak and helpless. Then Mr. Boeckling personally met the committee and proposed that if the company could be allowed to keep its bar open for three Sundays more it would close the bar on Sundays for the balance of the season, and thereafter keep it closed on that day. The public should bear in mind that the statute requires that ‘‘all places where such intoxicating liquors are on other days si Id or exposed for sale, except regular drug stores, shall on that day (Sunday) be closed.” Mr. Boeckling explained to the committee that the company had no place nor facilities for selling “soft drinks” except at and lt;the bar where on other days it sold toxicatidg liquors, and that the building , where the bar is located is so arranged that if the “place” was closed it would amount to closing their whole business The members of tne committee who were present told him that they would report to the full committee and let him know its decision. The same evening•I believe that 75 per cent of the saloons in the city will be closed next Sunday,” continued Mt. Alvord. He re-, fused to say just how roany of the sa- j JndSe on behalf of the commitloonists had been ooHfled, bat lie did «e. informed Mr. Boeckling that whilesay that as surely as these notices were disregarded arrests would follow. “We have the evidence against these saloen-ists and are in position to use it if necessary, although wc do not wish to persecute anyone.”Asked as to what would be done in the cases of saloonkeepers who bad not been personally notified by tbe committee to keep their places closed, Mr. Alvord said that he was not fully prepared to ’say. He said that it would be an impossibility for the members of the reform committee to personally call upon every saloonkeeper in Sandusky and warn them what the results of violation of the liquor lawB would be, “I think,” continued Mr. Alvord, “that notices published in the newBnapers of our intentions should be sufficient and it is probable that the committee will adopt this plan.”Asked if the committee had evidence against all the local saloonkeepers, Mr. Alvord said that of course the committee had not, but that it would be secured as fast as possible if Sunday closing did not come to pass without recourse to the law.Several of the saloon keepers who received verbal notices from the committee last evening were interviewed by a reporter this morning. Some of them said that they were not prepared to state just what they would do. Others said that they would probably close and still others said that they certainly would close; that their business was not profitable euougn'at best to risk a heavy fine and imprisonment also.Asked as to what would be done in case intoxicants should be sold again ( Cedar Point next Sunday, Mr. Alvord . said: “IVo don’t propose to let them make monkeys of this committee. Tin re will be more arrests 11The impression seems to have gone abroad that the reform movement so far as Sunday liquor selling is concerned will be as spasmodic as was the effort against Sand ly base ball, the game now being played unrestrictedly on Sundays. But the committee msists that such will not be th“ cisc One member of it said this morning that they propose to keep everlastingly at it and ho believed that everybody would in the end be better off financially, morally, mentally, physically and every (®ther way if a strict observance of the laws is enforcedMeanwhile, the talk continues about boy col ting the members of the committee, but as yet no concerted action has been taken by the liquor dealers and their friends.THE REFORM COMMITTEE Believes that its side of the case was not fully and fairly set forth in the evening pane,s yesterday, and the following is submitted by Mr. Theodore Alvord for publication, to winch Tun Star givesthe law required that the places where they sold intoxicating liquors on other days should be closed on Sunc in view of the construction of the building where the bar was located, the committee would make no objection to his selling “soft drinks,” ices, etc, and at the bar, provided he would give bis word that no intoxicating liquors should be sold on Sunday. This Friday night. Mr. Boeckling said that he would submit the matter to tbe Cedar Point Pleasure company’s board of directors and let the committee know their decision- No farther word was re ceived from Mr. Boeckling, and on Sun day intoxicating liquors were sold at the resort as usual.In the interview which Mr. Boeckling held with a portion of the committee, he expressed his desire to make the sale of intoxicating liquors at the resort less prominent. He said that it had been pnshed so much in the past that it became offensive to many patrons of the resort. Mr. Boeckling stated to the committee that there was as much profit in the sale of “soft drinks” ices, etc., as iu the sale of intoxicating liquors; that the sale of the latter on Sunday brought to the resort many bud characters, and kept away many excursions which would otherwise come to them.Mr. Boeckling met the committee in a very friendly manner. He stated that he would be glad to comply with the law as soon as different arrangements could be made at the Point, and that he was confident such a course would not be detrimental to the company, but j would be of financial benefit. The com-Imittee is satisfied (hat it will not be to close 1 he Point, even though no intoxicating liquors should be sold on Sanday. and that the plans of tbe company, if carried out, will make that beautiful watering place a great benefit to Sandusky and a source of pleasure and pride to all our citizens At the same time, the committee will invoke the full power of the law in its effort to suppress lawlessness in the city. It neither can nor will countenance any discrimination between those who think it profitable to trample on the law, no rnatier whether the lawbreaker be rich and influential or poor an 1 friendless.spa.Answer Filed.The answer of defendant in the r of Maggie Smart, administrator, against the Huron Dock company has been filed iu the common pleas court. Defendant denies most nf the allegations contained in the petition and alleges that if John Smart was killed on the docks, the ac cident was duo to his own negligence.Mrs..Albert Grosman left this morning for State Road, N. Y., where she will spend some weeks visiting her grandmother.DIED.BJFJTL—At the family reside:, lt;d4 WaiFred Bh-hi, aged 73 jean,month'*Funeral from the deceased's Info- n-ndenen nt 3:00 o'clock, Thursday. Services at the (Jarman Reformed church on Hancock stree1 2 JO o’clockj PROPOSALS FOR SWEEPING.T1 iere are some statements and omissions m the evening newspapers of yesterday, m their account of the charges against the manager of Cedar Point for selling intoxicating liquors on Sunday, which are likely to givo the public a wrong impression. All the citizens of Sandusky recognize the advantages of Cedar Point as a pleasure resort, beliov- j ing it to bo one of tho moat beautiful spots m the country, and know that it might he of great benefit to Sandusky | liven j in many ways. The committee ap-ews-1 pointed nt the meeting of citizens, for that I the purpose of reducing lawlessness in imp- our city, appreciate these facts as much aifhtdrtl _ . _ ^* Bv order ef the city council,mhly i a«-myone, and earnestly desire todoj a. w. MILLER, City Clerk,e ef- J nothiug to injure tho financial prospectsI* received at theWEDNESDAY, ATAJCST* WH, 1000, for awer-pln? th*' t aved *»trlt; ets of the rtty from August to December 1 RjveciflcA lions will bo furnished bv tho city The city reserves tho right to reject any or.uutuiu^ i- lu-uio ...« SanrtTOky,(\. A«nr.s, 1000. »-ll-MI of the company in control of the resort. I Sobecrtbe for The Daily SWr
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Sandusky Star
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Tue, Aug 14, 1900
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