The Detroit times., 1914-05-18
zoo CRACKS ARE
FOUND In SALOON
Lid ON SUNDAY
Christian EndeavOr Union Re-
ports to Gillespie Results of
Investigation
MAKES DEMAND THAT
THE LAW BE ENFORCED
Commissioner Promises Better
Policing When New Patrol
men Begin Work, June /

The Detroit Christian Endeavor
union sent letter to Police Com
missioner Gillespie, stating that in five
weeks OF investigation by their mem.
bers. they had found 200 violations
OF the Sunday closing law, and that
last Sunday they found 90 saloons
open, and doing business.
Commissioners Gillespie, asked what
he was going 10 do about the letter,
said: When we receive such com
plants, we get after the men 1t the
different stations, and order them to
be more watchful The officers know
their duty, and we are doing the best
We can to watch the saloons. Next
June we Will have $50 new policemen
That will help us some in watching
Sunday saloons. The more men we
get, the better work we can do"
Q VIII you ask for list of saloons,
from the Christian Endeavor union?'
he was asked, and he replied that he
would not.
The letter to the commissioner fol
lows:
Dear Sir:
During the five weeks that our
union has been making investiga-
uons OF violations of the liquor
laws, We have found more than
200 violations Yesterday we
found almost 90 These were not
all in one section OF the city, but
scattered throughout the east and
west sides. Yesterdays reports
were gathered on lS streets, from
Thirty-frst-st. on the west TO the
city limits on the east.
We were very much surprised
TO note in one OF the daily papers
during the past week that the
policy OF the police department
toward the saloon was one OF
"watchful tolerance" that Just
so long as the saloonkeeper did
not violate the law by selling to
minors and intoxicated men. his
other violations would be over
looked. We do not quite under
stand how this attitude conforms
with the oath OF office to which
you have subscribed, nor do we
see why the man who violates
one section of the law should be
closed up while the one Xho vio-
lates the next section iS permit
ted TO run.
Our Investigations have proven
that saloons that are catering TO
minors, as well as those who will
permit a man 10 become intoxi-
Gated. are stil doing business
without restraint. We have found.
and have so informed you, sa-
looms where boys of l6 were adj
mitted TO the bar on Sunday, and
permitted to purchase beer We
have also found number OF in
toxicated men in the bar rooms
or on the streets. We have found
saloons that were doing their
Sunday business over the same
bar that Is used during the week,
but their windows were so
screened that a view OF the bar
from the street was impossible.
We believe that the more than
200 violations which we have
found are criterion of what IS
going on in the entire city We
realize that there are a few sa-
loonkeepers who are obeying the
law. but these are doing so OF
their own choice The great ma
jority, however. are not obeying
the laws. We believe that the
better class OF citizens want the
laws enforced so that it will be
possible to walk through the
streets OF our city without the
necessity OF pushing through
crowds OF drunken or half-drunk-
en- men who are now lettering
around the saloons on Sunday.
We therefore repeat what we
have said to you in our recent
communications. We demand
that you issue orders to your
men who are in charge OF the
various precincts that these laws
be enforced. or that you advise
ms and others who are interested.
why such an order should not be