The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11
PooLRooM REGULATIONS.
/. No minors permitted In pooirooms.
No beverage containing any alcohol
to be sold.
No gaming OF any kind permitted.

{ Mayor David P. Jones has formu
lated a policy for the regulation Of the
poolroom evil and will issue an order
Co the sixty or more poolroom keepers
in the city. The policy will be strictly
adhered to-. He made known his plans
today to a delegation Of billiard and
poolroom managers who not only COM
mended them, but promised willing
compliance.
[ The feeling was cordial on both
sides. Mr.. Jones informed the delega-.
ton that he had never heard com
plant against any of the exclusive bill
lard and poolrooms downtown. Many
abuses had grown up in the so-called
poolrooms in the residence districts and
the situation had become so bad that
in order to bring the matter to a focus
last Sunday, with the idea of beginning
all over again. The Sunday closing was
1 not the essential feature of the move
| ment by any means, he said.
I Resorts for Loafers
| Many of the poolrooms,. he argued,
were simply resorts for idle young men
and boys. Intoxicating liquors were
scld, gambling in some form was per-
mitted, while profane and improper
language and boisterous conduct were
on week days. His sole object was to
protect the boys, and there was no
intention of interfering in any wise
with the pleasure of the devotees Of
the cue. & =.
However, all billiard rooms, no mat
ter where located, would be required
to exclude all minors from their rooms
at all times, to abstain from the sale
Of any beverage containing any guam
i of oil III m 1,,lo
bling under any guise.
The members Of the delegation de.
clared such a regulation would be of
the greatest benefit to the legitimate
poolrooms. They did not want theft
places to be known as rendezvous fol
! minors and loafers; neither did they
want to run a blind pig under the
guise of "malt ale,' nor to conduct
any kind Of gambling. These regula
places and the plans Of the mayor
would tend to raise. the mbral tone, OF
all such places and attract the respect
able elements of the community.
/ Question Of License.
l Mr.. Jones says that if the dispensers
! of "malt tonic'' and similar prepare
b tions are required to have govern
: ment license there is no reason why
they should not be required to secure q
4 city license. The license inspector had
secured samples of malt tonic contain
: ing as high as AZ per cent of alcohol
The city ordinance, however, makes NJ
y distinction between any kind Of malt
4 preparations.
Il BY some arbitrary rule, preparation.
i with less than per cent Of alcohol art
! considered to be non Intoxicating, buI
: under the laws the sale without the nee
+ essary license is prohibited and in I'll,
: future this will be strictly enforced
! AS matter of fact, the stuff is callet
: : "beer' by the boys who frequent thes
: noisy and boisterous conduct com
4 planned of is caused by too free con
! sumption OF the malt preparations.
i Billiter Is Pleased.
y y "Mayor Jones' policy in regard t
q the management Of billiard and poo
rooms is entirely satisfactory to me,
, SAID 1S Frank Billiterr, proprietor Of tn
J dome hotels. 1T think his course ha
: been wise and good one. NY place
were closed, as. were other public pal
% lors, but if the mayors action will re
- suit in the betterment of conditions
4 have no fault to find. The regulation
= adopted by the mayor are entirely sal
isfaetory to me. q.
70 There are no finer games than Doc
- and billiards, the latter being recof
: nized as the gentleman s game all owe
: the e;, world &c AS lover Of these sport
and any lover of these games shout
feel the same way. I am, therefor
glad that the mayor has stepped in I
r better conditions. In the first-cla.
4 places there; will be no change an
where there is change you may
sure it was needed
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