Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-11-30
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SWEEPING ORDER, INCLUDING
'"NEAR CAFES" ISSUED, BY:
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. #
PENALTY, LICENSE WITHDRAWAL
Blame Taken OF Habitues and Put
Up to Owners of Placcs-Mr.
Haynes Himself to Judge
Which Are Restaurants.

Minneapolis. - Any MINNEAPOLIS
sal0onkeeper who admits women. to
his saloon nor near restaurant
run In connection with a saloon will
be in danger of suffering the revoca-
ton of his license as the result of
sweeping order issued by Mayor J. c.
Haynes. The ,edict is addressed to
Superintendent of Police Corriston,
and orders that official to place it in
operation at once.
1t is declared that the mayors or
der, which signals his advent as the
active leader in the crusade being
waged against vice, means the imme-
date wiping out of every back room
for women, wine room or near cafe"
operated as an adjunct to saloon.
The mayor, without defining just
what places his edict will affect, re-
serves the right OF arbitrarily deciding
which places come under the ban. In
explanation of the order Chief Corris-
ton says it will be best that the pro-
prietors ascertain from the mayor at
once whether they are on his list of
places marked to be abolished.
Blame Taken Of Women.
Women frequenters of these resorts
will not longer be arrested Whether
they are Of evil or good repute their
presence in a saloon, either alone or
with men companions, will be the sig
nal for the arrest of the proprietor Of
the place and proceedings for the re-
vocation of the license. Serving of
liquor to minors also is included as
cause fer revocation.
That there is distinction between
some OF the restaurants and some of
the so-called "cafes," which are oper-
ated in connection with or near sa-
looms, andwhich have long been known
as the redezvous Of dissolute women
of the street, is admitted by the au-
thorities, but those to be spared are
not designated in the order.
Following is the text of the sweep
Ing order issued by the mayor:
The General Order.
TO Frank T. Corriston, Superintendent
of Police:
For various causes there has been
marked influx of dissolute women
and other undesirables into the bust
ness districts of the city within the
past year. The presence of these wo-
men in saloons is expressly prohibited
by law, but under the rules of evil
dence, it is difficult to convict any
single offender, consequently they con-
gregate in certain saloons. This prac-
t1ce is demoralizing in the extreme,
and has reached a stage where it has
become positive menace to public
morals. Thus we have an abuse which
the due and regular administration of
public and judicial authority fails to
correct.
Ordinarily I am strongly opposed
to any arbitrary exercise of executive
power, but in this emergency it is the
only means of affording immediate re-
lief. I, therefore, promulgate the fol-
lowing order, namely:
That on and after the 21st day of
November, 1910, any saloon or bar
where intoxicating liquors are sold or
dispensed, which permits any girl or
woman, whether of good or evil re-
main therein, will subject the holder
of the licenses thereof to revocation
OF his license by the mayor, coupled
with recommendation to the city
council that no further license be
granted at such place for the period
of one year thereafter.
"Near RestaurantsU included
This order does not apply to any
well regulated restaurant or cafe, of
whatever class, with a bar in con-
nection, which is conducted in a de-
cent and lawful manner, but it does
apply to all saloons, to all near res
taurants' and lunching places in con-
nection with licensed bar, and where
the sale Of drinks is the principal fea
ture, and also to all such. restaurants
and cafes which become disorderly or
which serve or suffer to be used any
intoxicating liquors during the hours
prohibited by law.
1 am we'll aware that considerable
difficulty will arise in drawing the line
in manner to make just application
of the foregoing order, and that no
matter how it is done, charges of
favoritism will be made, I therefore
hereby advise you that the mayor will
take the entire responsibility of max
ing proper classification of the plac-
es involved, as occasion may require.
]. c. HAYNES,