The Detroit times., 1912-04-24
SALOONKEEPERS ON
BLACKLIST WILL
NOT GET LICENSES
Prosecutor Shepherds List of Is
Dwindles To 10, and These
- Must Quit Business
BUCKET OF BLOOD" DUE
TO BE PUT UNDER BAN
Committee Frowns on Plan of
Keeping Dive in Business by
Changing Owners

managing OWneTS
Prosecutor Shepherds list OF Is OBJ.
Jectlonable saloonkeepers was given
out, Tuesday, by the council commit.
lee on liquor regulation. Three weeks
ago the committee instructed Secre-
tary Schreiter TO ask the prosecutor for
list OF all saloonkeepers who had
been convicted one or more times OF
violating the saloon laws, and the ex-
convicts in the saloon business. The
prosecutor asked the police for the
information and they submitted the
names OF 63 saloonkeepers who were
: convicted once, seven who were con.
victed twice and eight ex-convicts.
The prosecutor sent along the list to
the council committee with this nota.
lion made at the head OF the com.
munication:
Under the law the number OF
licenses issued last year must be
reduced by the 15 saloonkeepers
who have been convicted twice
(seven of them and the men
who have. served time in the state
prison (eight of them. No Ii
censes can be issued to any per-
son TO take their places. II we
but 1887 this year.
The committee after looking over
the List, Tuesday morning, concluded
that Mr.. Shepherd was wrong In his
calculations and that only 13 OF the
. licenses can be stricken off the list.
That Is because two of the names
mentioned on the list of 10 are not
now holding licenses or included in
the total number, 1852.
The names OF the ex-convicts as fur
nished by the prosecutor are: Dan
J. Butler, saloon at No. 80 Twelfth-st.;
Joe Novak. No. 1894 st. Aubin-ave.;
with Novak's name was that of his
brother, stephen, as being a partner,
but the committee stated that Stephen
was not an eX-convict: Michael Szczes-
MAX, No. ASP Farnsworth-ave.; Ste
phen Kosmicki, No. 900 Ferry-ave
east A. p. Lipsinki, No. 26S Myrtle
ST.; Charles Sass, No. 24S Franklin
ST., and David Breen, No. SO Grand
River-ave The latter three are num-
bered among Detroit's 1852 saloon
keepers, but the prosecutor seized
their cards last October.
The seven saloonkeepers convicted
twice as presented in the prosecutors
list are: Boleslaw Wojnowski. No.
231 Thirty-third-st.: Bernard Stephan
us, No. las LaSalle-ave.; Stanislaus
Kuna, No. 35 Gruesel-st.; John Boike,
No. S84 Warren.ave edst; Frank
Schaffran, No. 1643 Russell-st.; John
Weisburg, No. 1910 Chene-st., and
Bernard .Zabawski, No. 277 Canfeld-
ave. east.
Schaffran was put out OF business
last year, the committee found, and
his name is not on the roll OF saloon
keepers. The committee could not
find that Stephanus had saloon at
No. las LaSalle-ave., and he Is not In
Guided on the roll so that leaves but
I3 OF the list TO be taken into consid-
Grafton; and three Of those were put
out Of business last October. Licenses
will not be renewed by the committee
for the remaining 10 now in business
and applicants for licenses.
The committee continued its work
on the duplicate license applications,
Tuesday morning, granting approx
mately 60 more licenses and bringing
the total number of licenses thus iar
approved up TO 80.
The committee postponed action on
the application for license Tor the
notorious Bucket OF Blood saloon
at No. 1874 Clinton.st. Charles kessler,
who ran the saloon, has transferred
his interests to another party VINO
asks for the license. This same thing
has been done In the case OF the An
mex hotel and one or two other III
stances where the proprietors, having
established bad reputation for their
places are seeking to thwart the law
nv transferring their interests, the
new applicants posing as modei
saloonkeepers and assuring the COM
r1ittee that they will tolerate no, evil
81 am against granting licenses TO
newcomers in such places said AID.
-aarvey.-of-t e-eemmittee---"lf-
Mace has been a bad one | am In
favor of closing il up no matter VINO
comes in and makes application 10
continue It."
Chairman Ellis also announced this
10 be his policy although there Is an
other member OF the committee
whose attitude is not so clear. lie is
Aid Bert Allan OF the Fourth ward.
He was asked on several occasions
what attitude he would take In the
matter and he has declined 10 COM
NIT himself.
81 have made 1t personal matter
TO investigate these queftionable re-
sorts" he said to The Times, Tues
day.
Saturday night visited the
Bucket OF Blood and so far as | could
make out II is only Negro saloon.
| saw a number of Negresses In the
place. sitting at tables and drinking,
and, perhaps, four or FIVE white men
in the place. but saw no white men
in the barroom and no white women
In the place. | thought 1t might look
pretty rotten for some one TO be seen
in the place. but they didn't know me
from Adam. What do | think about