The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-09
bREWE Rs ACT. AS
UMP|RES BEFORE
COMMITTEE
Decide Who's To Be Considered
Bona Eide Applicant for Liquor
License When More Than One
Seek Same Stand.
Aid. Lemkie Declares No Attention
Will Be Paid To Commissioner
Crouls Blacklist.

All the breweries In Detroit, with
two exceptions, were represented In
the meeting of the council committee
on liquor regulation, Friday morning.
when the committee began the task OF
hearing saloonkeepers and others in
terested In the granting OF licenses.
The committees time was almost
entirely taken up with the considera-
ton OF cases in which more than one
application for license had been filel
for the same place. The brewers. who
control most OF the leases, were pres
ent as sort OF arbitration board to
decide which applicant is entitled 10
be considered as representing the
lessee and entitled to consideration.
About 10 of these duplicate applica-
tons were considered anu disposed Of
q few OF which affected downtown sa-
looms. There was general laugh
when Committee Clerk Schreiter read
two applications for the saloon and
cafe OF Tom Swan, Nos. 2426 Lafay-
ette-bvd. Besides Thomas himself.
John II. Main indicated yearning for
the stand Mr. Swan will remain at
the old stand.
Billy" klinnick and man namei
Klein were bUrI applicants for tho
Baldwin hotel license. The brewer
ruling the destiiiies of the Baldwin
bar decided against Klinnick and in
favor OF Klein.
Andrew Smith and James Wilson
both applied for the privilege of sue
oeeding Paul German. who ran sa.
loon at No. 100 Michiganave. Smith
drew the plum Harry =. Baughton,
who has been running place at No.
20 John R.-st., was another shining
light in the downtown district who
was ruled against. Roy L. Williams
who has been In business at No. 90
Catherine.st.. was allowed the priv
iIege OF applying Tor a license Tor
he place. The Catherine-st emporium
will be closed.
Every one OF these 10 disputes as %
who should get the license was settled
bv the brewers. The following brew
cries were represented: Kings, Goe'
beYs. EcXhardt g. Becker, Tivoli.
Champion West Side, Pfeiners ).
Stroh's, Koppitz & Melcher, American
independent. Detroit, Columbia. Zol-
towski. White Eagle and Voigts. Inc
only two not represented. were the Mu-
tual and .he Union.
These Implications arc not an un'
usual thing" said Arthur Darmstaett
or. OF the West Side brewery Lots
OF these fellows flea applications with
out the slightest idea OF going after
The Mace. They did this, | suppose, SO
that if there was a possible chance OF
Getting in. they would be in on tho
ground floor. -.
Two applications were filed Tor the
Swanee island resort, off the foot OF
Illibridgc-ave Gerhard Dickhon ana
William Tank were the applicants.
The latter was successful.
One OF the noticeable figures in the
crowd was James V. Oxtoby, the at
tornev He is representing the First
PRESBYTERIAN society in It's hght
against the establishing of a bar IN
tho Addison apartments. As soon as
tho Addison application comes up, Mr..
Oxtoby will register his protest.
The committee is paying no atten-
ton tn Police Commissioner Crouls
list Of undesirable saloonkeeprs.
"As far as the committee is con-
cerned. il doesn't know that such
list exists" declared Aid. Lemkie.
,.personally, | have never seen 1t.
believe il was given 10 the chairman
~ the committee, but none OF the
other members were provided with
copies. No attention will be paid
to the list"
When the name of Charles Stevens,
an applicant for license TO run
Michigan-ave. saloon, was read one
of the brewers announced: You can
throw that one out. Poor Stevens
died this morning.
The committee adjourned at noon
Friday afternoon was taken up with
the consideration OF the applications
of about Is men who seek licenses
In new locations.