The Detroit times., 1911-04-21
Herman Wartell, Beneficiary, Argues
That the Establishing of the Rum
Shop Will Elevate Moral Tone
OF Community.
Neighboring Business Men Protes'
Against Issuance Of License, But
To No Avail.
Licenses Approved.

Seventeenth-st
Michael Hogan, No l79 Wood
bridge-st
j. w. Jackson. No. 361 Canton
ave.
Michael Pacholeck. No. 1895
Dennis-ave.
John Kosch, No. 26 Greusel-st.
Stephen Kosnicki, No. 500 Fer
ry-ave.
Henry Hamill. No 600 Spring
wells-ave.
Poilliom & Koester, No. S4S
Gratiot-ave.
Connors. Beuther Il Smith, No.
1924 Cadillac-sq.
Herman Wartell, No. 6-8 Gin
ton-st.
Fourteen liquor license applications
were approved by the common coun-
Gil liquor committee Thursday morn
ing. Complaints to the effect that
certain saloonkeepers were on the
undesirable list; that they were not
natives, and representations that
others were being mulcted by their
landlords. were aired. and the commit
tee became a Judge on about every
kind OF difficulty.
The most amusing scrap involved
three nationalities. Louis HoltZ. Ger
man; Tony Peters. Italian. and p.
HOLMAN. Irish. each wanted license
for No. $500 Brush-st Holtz had
previously been granted license at
No. 95 Champlain-st. Peters said that
Holtz had sold him a stock OF gro
ceries which were part OF the Cham
PIANIST. outfit, without telling him
that there was a chattel mortgage on
II.
Representatives of the Voigt brew
cry said that they had advanced
Holtz money, and that he was not
paying IL. and they wanted Peters in.
There was a threecornered argument,
which was foreign TO the province
OF the committee, with HOLMAN, stand
ing. trying to get a word In edge
wise. II developed that the Holtz
who was talking was the father OF
the applicant, and the committee told
the party to step outside. while the
case was taken under advisement.
Herman Wartell, proprietor OF the
Palm cafe, on Gratiot-ave.. and faith
er-in-law of Estimator Edward Bar.
nett was given a license for a new
stag hotel and cafe. which he said
would elevate the moral tone OF Sui
eide Row." No. 6-S Clinton-st. War
tell said that he had been In the sa-
loon business seven years, and had
! only one complaint against him.
except as TO the dance hall feature,
and he wanted to drop that. He said
that he was fitting up 60-room hotel
and had already spent $1,000 for fur
niture j. H. Toepel, who are In
business nearby, protested that there
were already seven saloons within a
short radius, and that the way to ele-
yate the tone OF the neighborhood
would be to reduce the number. Aid.
Ellis agreed with him, but the appli-
cation was approved.
Joseph Hartman was granted IL
cense for No. 204 Michigan-ave., al
though a protest was made that II
was within 400 feet of the wilkins
school. The question raised was de-
clded In the Addison apartments
case. Ii was as to whether the 400
foot limit meant a radius or the line
OF the street. The supreme court said
In the Addison case that a radius
was meant, but the committee granted
the application, Aid. Allan voting no.
Herman Prietz, now In rented prop
erty at No. 291-3 Congress-st. east,
was told that if he would move to
property which he owns nearby, he
would probably be given license.
Carl thinner and Prietz are rivals for
the license at the old stand, and 1t
looked as II the Port Huron brewery,
which supplies Prietz, was trying 20
freeze" him out. President Gutman
of the common council championed
PrietZ.
Michael ]. Hogan, who owns the
premises at No. l79 Woodbridge-st.
west. said that Frank Lapp, his ten
ant was an undesirable. He was
given the license and Lapp frozen"
out.
Bert Kelly, former candidate for
sheriff on the Democratic ticket, is an
applicant for a license at No. 1855
Jefferson-ave, as is also Luther p.
Robin, the present proprietor. Rob
lin would be satisfied II he could get
a license at No. S93 Kercheval-ave.
Otherwise, he wants TO stay In the
old place. The committee does not
want TO freeze out" either Kelly or
Robin. and Is in quandary. The
committee took recess Till 2:3O
p. m.