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Show NEW MAYOR ON THE LID 1 1 1 "Corrupt and contented" no longer describes the condition of Philadel- phla. The new administration of May- or Blankenburg is purifying the city I and vice is already on the run, seek- 1 lng cover. 1 The other Sunday for the first time in 30 years the saloons of the city K were closed and all of Philadelphia from center to circumference was as dry as a bone. Not only were the saloons sa-loons closed, but even the unincorpo-, unincorpo-, rated clubs shut their doors, and the various speak-easles, of which there are more than 1,000 In the city, were in the main as quiet as a graveyard. The few. that opened were promptly raided. The doom of the speak-easies has been sounded In Philadelphia, for not only Is the administration opposed to their existence, but the brewers and licensed saloonkeepers are also making mak-ing war on them and soon their names will be only a memory. But the retorm administration or Mayor Blankenburg has gone further, and disreputable resorts of all kinds are under the ban. Fully 600 of these vile dens have already closed. The closing of saloons, however, on Sunday has given offense to a large German element, which consider the use of beer as much a right on Sunday as upon week days, and they feel particularly displeased because It is a German Ger-man who is depriving them of what they consider their rights. But the mayor's position has been taken, and from now until the end of his administration adminis-tration it is his determination to make Philadelphia one Of the best governed, cities In the land and one of the cleanest morally. i |