The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-04
ONE LICENSE
 WAS REFUSED ANoTHEn ESCAPES A SIMILAR FATE IN CITY COUNCIL BY
 A NARROW MARGIN.
Fred Ashford Can Not Be Connected With Saloon, and Such Is Con.
 dition Imposed by the City.

One saloon license application was refused almost unanimously last night I by the city council, and a second
 one only escaped a similar fate by a
 margin of one vote. Alderman sor.
 rells led the fight against both the applicants, and while he rallied suf- ficient force to cause one to be de. nied he failed on the other after put. ting forth strong effort.
 The first license application refused was applied for in the name of Al Rowles, for the building on Malvern avenue next door to the Valentine saloon. Mr. Sorrels objected stating he understood Fred Ashford would be connected with the place.
 Louis Cooper was present and ex. plained to the council that he owned the building and was interested in the place, and Al Rowles, an em. ploye of his, had asked for the li- cense. He stated Rowles would em. ploy Ashford to run the place, but Ashford had no moneyed interest in it and would only be on weekly pay.
 Alderman Jones moved that the license be granted, but the point was raised as to whether it took ma. jority of the council to grant li- eense, or merely a majority of those present, and after an investigation City Attorney Stallcupp reported it would require a majority of the coun. ell elected.
 There were but seven members present, and the matter went over for awhile, and before being acted on there were 10 present.
 On the vote as to whether the li cense should be granted, Alderman Jones voted aye. and Aldermen Hous ley, Moore, Mooney, Klein, Schneck, Sorrells, Rowles. Sigman and Mckee. han voted no.
 The next license to be passed on was that for R. A. Wheatley for the operation of a saloon directly across the street from the Central Methodist Church. Alderman Sorrells stated that this was the most beautiful church in the city, and had membership of about 600, and that he would op. pose the granting of a saloon license Just across the street from it.
 Alderman Schneck. who favored the Wheatley license. asked MT. sorrells if he would vote for the wheatley Ii. cense within the middle of the block. q few doors further from the church. and Mir Sorrells answered he would.
 The question was put, however, and Alderman Sorrells lost his fight when Aldermen Housley, Schneck. Hooney. Klein, Jones, Rowles and sigman had voted for the license where it was ap. piled for, as against Aldermen Sor. rells, McKeehan and Moore voting against 1t being granted.
 Before finally shutting of the poasi. bility of the Malvern avenue saloon from operation the council by vote agreed that the saloon could be op- erated by others than Fred Ashford until another meeting, when, if an agreement could be reached that Ash ford would not be connected with 1t, the license would be granted MT. Cooper or MT Rowles. just as 1t is granted to Valentine anu others in this district
 MT Cooper previous to this had ex. piained to the council that lie only asked the same restrictions on license issued to him that applied to others. and thai he would give h.s personal guarantee that the place would ybe conducted in an orderly manner al all times