The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-10
MINNEAPOLIS LID
LIFTED SLIGHTLY
"HUNCH' FROM UNKNOWN
SOURCE rs ACTED UPON. -.
Cafes and Hotels with Bar Licenses
Serve Alcoholic Beverages to Custo-
mers Apparently Without Fear of Re-
sults-Mayor and Chief of Police Will
Investigate. rs,....--.. r.-..... y

"The lid will stay down tight is
long as I am mayor Of Minneapolis,
even It there is a revolution in the
liquor trade, a general forfeiture of
licenses, or an upheaval in the police
department. >.,S d.
This is what Mayor D. p, Jones said
today. when told that liquor was freely
sold In restaurants and hotels yester-
day. = " ssG - ~ - ,
If the lid was raised yesterday.
Mayor oJnes will make trouble for
someone and All investigation has been
started to find out gust what was do
ing. 5 T.: u. 5-9G =. 8, i
It was common talk on the streets
last night that drinks could be OBJ
tanned in certain restaurants and cafes
acted on the rumor and obtained the
liquor. After theater hours the res
taurants were thronged with persons
anxious to get a drink. Most Of the
proprietors Of the places deny that
liquor was sold, while the customers
say denial would be- worthless ii it
came to- a show down. Nothing was
sold over bars as far as IS known.
When these things were told to the
mayor he explained the situation, as he
understood it, saying that it, was too
early to gain all the information.
Inspector Warns Restaurants.
George Longfellow, license inspector,
says he heard the rumor Saturday night
that liquor would be sold and accord
lngly he went to the hotels and cafes
and told the. propTietors that if there
was any Infringing the law ! the
licenses would be. forfeited and arrests
would follow. ALI the men, be says,
romised to. obey the law to the letter
and ne visited thesipaces yesterday and
found nothing. wrong. .tsv iy-.t ~.
,. Both he and Mayor Jones explained
that 1t had been the custom to allow
restaurant and hotel men to furnish
liquor to their guests providing it was
bought and paid for the day before. If
they. have gone further than that and
furnished drinks to those who merely
dropped in, there is to be trouble.
No one has yet come to the mayor
with an actual charge and none Of the
policemen spoke Of the violations in
their reports to Superintendent Doyle
today. =. ~: !: ~ ~ :: y,
:. 5~ Chief Is Emphatic. '2>...
1.-THE lid is not to raise. one inch
while, am in this offce,O he said,
and will not hesitate to discharge
duy pol1CSludu WHO uOoS not Go his
duty and see that the law is obeyed.
There are, three weeks left of this ad-
ministration, and the rules already set
down will be carried out to the end.
1 will be just as willing now as at any
other time to revoke licenses or re-
model the police force if it is neces-
sary, to maintain the principles we have
established.' i: ] &i;"& - !,
Mayor Jones said he also knew that
there had been concerted effort to
make 1t appear as if things were be-
ing allowed to slide SO that in case of
a different policy in the next admins
tration persons could say that the same
was done under Mayor Jones. 49,.
b. He also said that the sporting ele-
ments are gathering just as they do at
the beginning Of every new admins
tration to see where they stand. Sew
eral persons who have not been seen
IN the city for two years are now here.
Most OF them are. gamblers who want
to see whether there is going to be a
change. =. :"