The Detroit times., 1913-04-30
Grand Central Hotel and Pol
IArd's Place, Where Woman
Was Attacked, in List of
Those Refused Licenses
OTHER TOUGH DIVES
II PUT OUT OF BUSINESS
Most of the Permits Cancelled
Were Held by Aliens Whom
Law Makes Ineligible


/ fegulation submitted its report to the
council Tuesday evening. cutting 80
4 ealoons from the list
III Several undesirable" places Viii
lose their liquor licenses and will be
4 compelled to 60 out OF business MAY
La, but most OF the saloonkeepers VINO
I will be put Oit OF business by me
action Of the committee are aliens.
who are prohibited by law from en-
h Haging in the liquor business.
E The cammi1tees report is the re-
pult OF Investigations by the police and
public hearings covering period OF
a several weeks. Never before was
list OF applicants sifted so thorough
h ".
y The Grand Central hotel. No. l45
b R4ndolph-st. OF which Paul Gold
smith is the proprietor, is cpe OF the
dives that the liquor committee will
close up For years the hotel has
had the reputation OF being an immor-
K al place. and has given the police a
Egrsat deal OF trouble. Young girls
and women OF the street have been
taken out Of the place on numerous
occasions.
Matthew Pollard No 1640 West
JefRerson-ave, Is another undesirable
osloonkeeper who will lose Lis license.
Pollard was convicted OF assault
and battery on Mrs. Rose Donnelly a
& solicitor for the Volunteers Of Ameri
e. who was attacked in the saloon and
\ wss roughly treated b. ollard. The
salooukeeper made a hard fight TO
retain his license and his case was
given several hearings by the liquor
committee.
Harry r. Tracy. keeper OF cafe
and 'hotel" at, No. 80 Adams-ave.
west. next to the Tuller hotel, will
also be put out OF business The
4 Hli0uor committee had a number OF
H complaints against Tracy's place, the
character of which was said 10 be
bad, but in recent committee hear
\ Ing the police officers displayed an in
\ clination to protect Tracy by testify
Ing that he had improved the char
4 acter of his place after receiving a
warning from the department. The
building occupied by Tracy is owned
by city ofncial.
Anthony Weithoff. No. 1872 Mich..
I. GAn-ave.. the saloonneeper who beat
MP" q woman that came to his saloon
on Sunday to look for her husband,
loses his license. Evidence was fur
nished the committee that the woman
was given $500 not to testify against
the saloonkeeper.
The Charlevoix hotel bar, No. 45
h Park-pl, will not get liquor license
this year, owing TO an oversight on the
/ part of the proprietor. Elmer w. Gre.
nell. who neglected to fiie his appli
cation for a license until April %.
His application will 5e taken up in
4 turn, but there is no chance OF IL be-
Ing reached this yeaI. There Is no
complaint whatever against the con-
duct Of the hotel bar.
Frank Blezenski. No. .694 Grandy-
ave-. will be put out of business by
the committee on complaint OF wo-
man living in an apartment over the
saloon. She testified before the COM
mittee that young girls were kept in
. room In the rear of the saloon until
7 late 1t night against their will. On
ono occasion the woman went to the
rescue Of an 18-year-old girl at mid
night. The girls screams for help
aroused the tenants In the building.
The saloon license owned by Jacob
Friedberg, of the Kentucky Liquor Co.
at No. 830-S36 Gratiot-ave., will be
taken away. At present Friedberg. ac-
cording to the committees informa-
tion, II interested in three saloons, and
10 also proprietor of jewelry store
on Woodward-ave.
Alex. Pilkewicz has held the saloon
license at No. $50 Hastings-st. for
three years, after being twice convict
y ed of law violation. The law express
ly states that man having been twice
nuSr I'D hNlI
previous liquor committees passed his
application for a license. Strong pres
sure was brought 10 bear on the pres
ent committee, and the members were
repeatedly requested to allow his
license to go through without uues-
tion. The members were informed
that they might have reason To regret
their action II they put him out OF
business.
This committee refuses To be
threatened or bullied," said Chairman
Dingeman In passing on the license
That place ought to have been put
out of business before this
The committee dug up its own IL.
formation in this case.
The license of Simon Jodlowski, No
1876 Martin-st., was also cancelled. Jod-
l0Wgd Is an ex-convict When he
learned that his license was in danger
be attempted to sell out to Peter
Olesskowicz.
A stated in The Times, Monday. a
license will he granted to George Nc.
Curdy, proprietor OF a saloon and
bowling alley at No. 9O1 Fourtenth-st.
dspit the protest Of the Rev Paul
Zeigler, rotor OF st. Barnabas church,
which adjoins the safcon. McCurdy
offered to close his bowling alley, but
when Chairman Dingeman informed
the rector OF this proposal. the latter
said that such action would have been
considered satisfactory last year by
his church, but not this year
"The committee decided that Rector
Zeigier was unreasonable in his de-
mands and the licens will be granted
to McCurdy,' said Dingeman.
McCurdy will also continue To oper-
ate his bowling alleys which are locat-
I'd SIX feet from the walls Of th,.
church.
Charles A. PaHkeH. Ses- S-ig Park
pI., will also get license. having filed
aGldavIt that he was not OF age when
HE father took out citizenship papers.
The following application have been
: denied. HE COMMITTEES 4heins satisfied
t3nf the saloons are being tiH-Ay
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