Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-27
Governor Tells Newark Dele
CATION He Is Unable to
Help Them.


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In this place, to which any applicant
can purchase tickets. Intoxicating
LIQUORS are served in all parts of the
hall and at the bar, and boys .
girls resort there unchecked and oe-
come under the influence of liquor.
Service of liquors continues contrary
10 law. on Sundays, and liquors are
served to people who are visioly I'M
orr the influence of liquor.
These conditions remain Unchecked
Notwithstanding appeals to the re-
secnsibie authorities
Following is the leagues report on
a Broad street hotel
This place is a resort for nm
moral people of both sexes, and at
night immortality and drunkenness
are unchecked. Many very young
PERSONS share in the revelries, ana
the behavior and atmosphere OF II
place is such that no decent woman
could experience il and remain nn-
contaminated. The details are too
Indecent for publication. The great
est revelry is on the early Sabbath
hours. from midnight until near dawn
Nhen hundreds of men and ome
youth and maidens. may be seen
arinking themselves into maudlm CON
dition. The elevators are running
actively all night. chiefly with men
and women to and from the overhead
rooms. and the office maintains no
check upon indecency, During the
summer nights these revelries are
| transferred 10 the roof, where a
vaudeville performance with drink
ing and revelry is conducted every
Sunday morning and night,
City Officials Present.
EVERY law regulating The liquor
traffic is here violated i~mpudently,
consistently and with full knowledge
OF. and apparently under the protee-
ton of the authorities Our investi-
gators have recognized among those
| shafing the sunday morning festivi-
ties many city officials among them
being a police officer, an alderman
| and two heads of most important
departments"
Of another hotel in the same street
this is said:
conditions in this place are prac-
tically a duplicate of those reported
above. Hundreds of men and women,
| young and old, join in scenes of rev.
elry and debauchery. and the drunk
| enness and lawlessness. are especially
marked on Sundays, Although re-
peatedly reported to the authorities
these conditions are unchecked. and
apparently the proprietor believes
that he is immune"
A music hall in Halsey street gets
this:
"Of the numerous places in the
city of Newark under protection of
che authorities that publicly deal in
the very lowest of human passions
this place has possibly the least ex-
euse for existence.
"Abutting on the street is a saloon
of the low-dive character. Inside is
"a row of penny-in-the-slot picture
machines, showing Indecent pictures.
Imprisoned in a cage is a monkey,
the only respectable denizen OF the
place. Although licensed to sell liz
uors no license is exhibited, and when
asked to be shown it could not be
found. The proprietor also has a
license for varieties to be con-
Quoted in a ear room, which con-
yist of the banging of an old piano
and the exhibition of a succession
of tough women, clad in garments
greatly abbreviated at both ends.
who, without any voca. ability. bawi
and squat out some vulgar songs
Invited Behind Scenes.
For this show the admission fee
Of 10 cents is charged. Meantime the
women ogle and beckon to men and
in the audience, inviting them
To meet them behind the scenes. and
she walters whisper like invitations.
Those who accept the invitations are
and escorted to seats behind the
stage or into private booths in the
Drinks are ordered. the ia
vorite beverage of the females being
imitation cocktail, for which half
q dollar is charged; interspersed with
Indecent exposures. vulgar language
end suggestion and direct solicitation
to crime, either in the cellar booths
or in outside disorderly houses. The
habitues of the pace are al
most all n lowest ana most re-
pulsive of their class. and we have
Witnessed youths apparently much
under age under the influence of
1iauor. solicited by women apparently
twice their g
I'm an effort to close this pest
house two prominent citizens of New
ark made sworn complaint to tie
of Excise Commissioners, The
board refused to hear the evidence
conditions satisfactory to City
James r. Nugent were met,
and Mr., Nugent imposed conditions
that no self-respecting person and no
poor mar could meet; particulars of
are given in appended exhibits.
AS a result the place is still doing
BIS malignant work.
This place has also b&en repeat
reported to the city authorities.
but apparently is under strong pro
lection"
In Bank street. says the petition