Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-12
CABARET RAIDS
STIR CHICAGO
Dancers, Society Leaders and
Others Caught by the
State Investigators
SENSATIONAL STORIES
Proprietors of Places Tell
OF Demands and of Cater
ing to Public.
SENSATIONAL STORIES
Special bu United Press Wire.

Special BY United Press Wire.
Chicago, April 12.-Sensational
stories were heard in the night hear
ings by the Illinois vice investigators
committee at the Hotel La Sale, fol
lowing sensational. raids early this
morning on society tangoers and pro-
fessional dances at Rector's, States
and other cafes, where certain liber-
ties are permitted. Professional dan
GERS, society women and escorts and
others were caught In the automobile
raid by Lieutenant Governor O'Hara
and his investigators, armed with
subpoenaes.
Natalie" a nineteen year old cab
aret dancer at Rector's was the first
witness called. Her act is a series
of dances the first done in a costume
of gau2y texture, described as being
next to nothing at all' by one in
vestigator. Natalie said she danced
the turkey trot'' and the tango for
the edification of fashionable society
in Chicago and anywhere else they
were willing to pay the price
There is nothing improper about
my dancing that ! can see,' she said.
1T might be improper for persons
who are not artists, who have no
temperament, but for me, well l never
thought of it that way
Abe Frank, manager of Rector $
and the North American restaurants
said he put the Tango and Turkey
trot in his sabaret bill because his
patrons wanted them. He said his
patrons came from Europe to New
York, and then to Chicago and that
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MED that a song "All Night Long"
had been sung In his restaurants and
said he had barred the songs I'm My
Harhm' and ''Goody, Goody Good"
A. H. Stimson, manager of the
States, said he advertised dancing
in the open places In his restaurants
as the --latest thing from Paris" but
that none of the dances were inde-
cent. He would be willing to cut out
the cabaret altogether If the other
restaurant proprietors In the city
would do likewise. Cabaret perform
ers' salary cuts large holes in the
profits, he said.
Crowds stormed the red room of
the Hotel La Sale, where the inves-
tigation Is being conducted when the
hearing was resumed today. Senator
Beall announced this morning that
he believes every person caught in
the early morning raid regardless of
social standing, should be examined.
The expectations that dozens of
fashionable society jewellers caught
in the loop district cafes could be
made to testify thus became an at
traction and various and often anus
ing, were some of the pretext ed
vanced by which the eager ones tried
to get IN.
In the big throngs were men and
women of social prominence who es-
capped the net of the investigators.
Some of those hung back apparently
feeling they would be recognized and
called upon. Meanwhile dozen
women, red eyed by night of weep
ing, and as many of their male es-
corts nervously watching the crowds
in the lobby below, waited outside
the committee waiting room to hear
the decision of tthe probers.
The senators were late in arriving
and not until all had gathered was it
learned that the committee in confer
ence had decided to protect the
names of prominent persons caught.