The San Francisco call., 1904-07-27
NON.UNION MEN
GET LICENSES
Board of Police Commits
siOnerS Grants Permits
to Drivers af Hacks
FIVE SALOONS
PrOprietOrs of DisorderIy
Resorts Are Put Out
of Business for Good

The Board Of Police Commissioners
experienced q change Of heart last
night and before the adjournment Of
its meeting six ack drivers licenses
we're issued 70 n-union handlers of
the ribbons. I recipients of this
favor are william. d. Hughes, H. A.
Martin, Thomas Smith. c. G. Brad
ford, II. H. Smith and Thomas F.
Glynn. The petition OF P. J. Curtin
for a license was the only one denied.
Representatives of the Citizens Al
lance were present 10 lend moral
support 10 the non-union applicants
Tor licenses. They were pleased with
the outcome. To round out the nights
work Bush F'innell, counsel for the
Citizens Alliance, demanded that the
board revoke the hackdrivers' licenses
now held by Joseph. better known as
KID" Egan, Matthew J. Gallagher
and John Walsh.
Though Finnell offered to produce
Police Court records showing that
Egan was not it person 10 hold a
drivers license and prove that the
other two named were also unworthy
Of such favor at the hands Of the COM
mission. the board refused to h Ear the
charges and continued the cases until
next Tuesday evening. The police
have been directed 10 locate Egan and
serve him and the others with cita-
uOns 10 be al the meeting.
The hack drivers disposed Of. the
commission took UP the charge
against PatrOlman George O. Brown.
Brown IS accused Of having been alb
sent from his beat for one hour and
tive minutes, or at least failing TO re-
port at the station for that length Of
time. After these facts were testified
10 the case was continued to the next
meeting TO enable Brown TO summon
witnesses 10 endeavOr to prove that
he has been falsely accused.
The board then began a slaughter
Of saloon licenses and before the meet
ing adjourned a gOOdly number were
revoked and several institutions wiped
from the city's business directory.
The license Of GeOrg- D. Somerset,
who conducted a den at the northeast
corner Of Pine and Dupont streets, was
first revoked. John Pero, a sculptor
set forth that Grace, wife Of the pro-
prietOr. had relieved him Of about S100.
Somerset pleaded absence at the time
of the commission Of the offense, but
the testimony Of Grace was more dam
aging TO her than was that Of the
prosecution. Grace was led away in
tears when the judgment license re-
TOked" was recorded.
because his elecLrlC piano ban nge0
away at divers tunes during the other
wise quiet hours Of the morning the
license Of Abraham Becker, whose re-
sort graced 236 Grant avenue, was
taken from him. Becker left the rooms
Of the commission muttering that he
would get even.
The inh2rmonious piano that amused
the guests Of Benjamin Santos saloon
II 536Iz Pacific street cost him his
license The hour Of its last produc-
tion was a m. II will annoy no
more
A trombone, blared TO the accompa-
nimcnt Of an untuned piano, lost for
Joseph Judis OF 231 Townsend street
his license. The harmony II the duet
was pronounced by the witnesses as
NOT only execrable, but brutally pro-
l0nged
Charges preferred against Marc Au-
genblick. who held forth at 1860 Polk
street, were Of such nature that the
board heard them behind closed doors.
At the conclusion Of the trial Augen-
blic1's license was ordered revoked
forthwith.