The Detroit times., 1912-04-27
PASTORS WILL FIGHT TO
CLOSE M'CURDY SALOON,
WHICH ANNOYS CHURCH
To Aid st. Barnabas Congrega-
tion in Effort to Get Rid
of Intolerable Nuisance
COMMITTEE WILL STICK
Likely To Adhere To Decision to
Grant License and Fight
Will Go To Council
COMMITTEE WILL STICK

The council committee on liquor
regulation will probably adhere TO
its decision in renewing the saloon IL
cense of George w. McCurdy, Jr., No.
901 Fourteenth-ave., in spite OF the
vigorous protest TO be made in the
Protestant churches, Sunday. Those
who wish to oust the saloon because
of its proximity TO st. Barnabas Epis-
copal church, Fourteenth-ave. and
Breckenridge-st, to which IL proves
an intolerable nuisance, must carry
the fight to the council. Members OF
the committee seem inclined to the
position that the saloon was there
before the church, and that the re-
striction In the Warner-Cramton law
making II illegal for a saloon to be
established within 400 feet OF a
church, does not apply ia this case.
However, a keen fight Is certain.
McCurdy's saloon is known 10 have
been open on number OF Sundays,
when people were going TO st. Barn
abas church, but McCurdy has not
been convicted In court.
Twenty-four pastors attended a
meeting in the Y. NJ. c. A. Friday az
ternoon, and after listening to the
statement OF the Rev. Paul Ziegler,
rector OF st. Barnabas, decided to
make concerted attack on the saloon
and the action of the committee, in
all the Protestant church. Sunday, un-
der the auspices of the Men and Re-
ligion Forward movement. The pas
tors will be asked TO devote a portion
OF their sermon TO the subject. The
mass meeting at $3.50 p. m, Sunday,
under the auspices of the Men and
Religion movement, In ST. PauPs Epis.
copal cathedral, will also be devoted
to some extent to arousing interest in
the matter. so that the aldermen will
be made TO feel the influence OF the
church people, determined to preserve
the saEctlty OF one OF their edihces.
DR.. Maurice Penfield Fixes. Dean 5.
s. Marquis. the Rev. ". NJ. Faber and
Rev. w. s. Jaquess will speak.
The council committee on liquor
regulation threw mp their hands about
1880 o'clock. Friday afternoon, and de
cided TO quit for the day. The com
mittee had arrived at the considera-
tion of the applications for licenses
for a number of dives, ana the usual
orderliness OF the committee room
was sadly shattered A half dozen al
dermen, not members OF the commit
tee. suddenly put in an appearance.
Attorneys rustled In and out OF the
room. The usual rule was broken
down and the applicants who had
been kept back In the council cham
Der now came boldly into the room,
all leaning over the committee table,
all talking at once. Scores OF saloon
keepers whose licenses were formerly
approved by the committee in the lis,
OF old men In old locations insisted on
Secretary Schreiter looking over his
records and telling them II their IL
'censes were renewed. Ii became evi.
dent TO the committee that little pro-
gress could be made, and adjourn
ment was taken until Saturday morn
ing
Before adjourning the committee
granted Alexander McMinn a license
with permission TO move from his
present location across the street to
No. SAC Sixteenth-st. This location
was formerly under restriction OF the
Watson ordinance but with Aid.
OBriens assistance the district was
removed from the Watson ordinance
so McMinn could move TO better To-
cation
The committee refused to grant a
license TO George link, who sold his
saloon at No. 716 Rivard.st., TO Paul
Yuhasz. link thought because he had
been in business he was entitled to
get new license and start elsewhere.