Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-04
Chicago Mayor Tires Of
Waiting for Action
of Police.
GOES ON TOUR OF LEVEE
More Licenses Nav Be Revoked
by Executive if Conditions
Are Not Improved.

Chicago, H., July 4.-Mayor Harri-
son set of some fireworks yesterday.
His premature celebration of the
Fourth consisted of discharging a good
sized bomb in the old vice district
The shock that was felt from one
end of the region TO the other came
from his revocation of the licenses of
II saloons connected with resorts
The doomed dives were closed early in
the evening, but the district and the
cafes along its border did not recover
for the rest of the night. They were
almost as orderly as legitimate sa-
loonc.
The police also felt the ground shake
under their feet II was not on any
recommendation of theirs the mayor
acted, and they were compelled to ac-
cept his wholesale chopping of of
saloon keepers heads as the most de-
cided form of reproof for their mac
tivity.
They and the divekeepers had COM
mon feeling that another explosion
might follow unless reforms were in
stituted Immediately
TEN LISTED BY COMMITTEE.
Ten of the II places were included
in the report of the committee of 15,
which listed much larger number OF
resorts in which immortality was toll
Grated by the police. The list of dives
hit by the mayor follows:
Edward Woods, 1902 Wabash ave
nue..
A. z. Harris, 1910 Wabash avenue.
Morris Feinberg, 1921 Wabash ave-
nlc. ---r..----.-. -
w. Halliday. 1904 Wabash avenue.
Michael Rebick, 1926 Wabash ave-
nue..
Harry Williams Oh. J. Cusick and
Thomas Owens, proprietors), 2120 Wa
bash avenue.
Joseph Friedman, 1922 Wabash ave
nuc.
Sam Norducci, 1GoS South State
street.
Louis Bernstein, 1925 South State
street.
Joseph Farias, 1905 South State
street
James Leather. 21O2 South State
street
c. y. Smith. 211S South State street.
A. Markowitz, 1886 Archer avenue.
John Torrio, 2001 Archer avenue.
Ike Berger. 1915 Armour avenue.
Dominic Bertucci, 81 West Eigh-
teenth street.
George Carroso, SO West Twentieth
street.
MAYOR GOES THROUGH DISTRICT.
l'r. Harrison started the statement
Of is reason for the revocation by
saying he had grown tired of waiting
for a police report on the communica-
ton from the committee of Is
He indicated that. although some Of
the places hit might have been listed
by that organization as Objectionable,
he had acted against them for other
reasons than the committees com
plant
The law department has not sent
me its report on the committees com
munioation," he said. and have act
ed against these places on my own in
formation. Some OF them were re-
ported by Major Funkhouser and were
checked up by my private investiga-
tor, and others were listed by my in
vestigator on his own initiative. The
cases against them were completed by
a run through the district ! made last
night
"Of course. my observations were
from the exterior. but / was convinced
these saloons we're fragrant violators
% vh 10 81.
way they ignored police regulations.
This will be a lesson, not only to
them but 10 other saloon keepers, and
want II also TO be notice to the po-
lice that know they have not been
doing their work. There will have TO
be a decided improvement in condi-
tions in that district or there will be
some changes in the police there"
MORE MAY BE REVOKED.
He was asked If more licenses would
be revoked.
That depends on developments" he
said. but there certainly will 5e more
II circumstances demand saat action
The mayor said als= ne had seen in
dications that the lid" is not tightly
fastened on some OF the resorts no;
connected with saloons.
Here and there you would catch q
glimpse Of a woman looking out tie
window OF house that was supposed
10 be closed. That was by no NEAR S
general, but even what little OF that
sort of thing there is must be stosI
ped"
One OF the newspaper men cypress
ed nopinion that his sweepizS actor
constituted the biggest "msGsacre" o