New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-28
T'ango-Cabaret Ring Cover
Under Lid After Arrest Threat
Continued from page l

,,g on. Of scheme for cleaning up
80 re4orts The first OF these CON
f.r,rr,, may be held early next week
In, nothing definite will be done uh'lI
H. Iltchel now in San Francisco
Ny telegraph Mr.. Mitchell has been
.1.t..l AZ the mine Bonnie Glass eA-
,..i,d when jealousy Of Eugenla Nelly
..nt Ter 70 that young womans ihoth-
~, and II ia quite possible tnht ne
u.I rut his vacation short and return
,.,,lout that grizzly bear. II has be'h
r,rresented to him that huntlhg NOR
pr,6table TO him Is TO be mad IN the
broadway Jungle. ho
THO decision 20 make arrests IN tne
ca4e Of the cabarets IS direct Fesu.'
~ the Kelly scandal, though the mHI
Gov vas under investigation weeks pe
fore TINT case developed 10 the Puo
Iritv stage. II first came up ~
weeks ago, when the managers Oh we
eo.csIled reyues and tho caDare's "e
called into conference by MI pen a"u
advised 70 change their programmes u
he arrested for violating Ihe ID"
ouirlng & theatrical license I1l ~
,ii.,formanccs. They asked Tor t"o
,or,,d expired several days ago lhch
80, rsked for a few days more. ms
,,.a. Granted. Still they failed 20 act
Then the Commissioner sent his men
go. -, cot the necessary evidence. Inns,
-oI,cef TO writing and submitted 10
,Ln COMMITMENTS legal ADVISERS was
IloroJ ~ be sufficient to warrant
prosecutions. t-
PIT is not expected that the proprie-
,ors will close up without struggle
i'm the courts. The usual inlunctions
y.ll probably be asked for. but u Is
believed that IN the end they Will nave
IN ouit. The Corporation Counse! OF
ice has been uniformly successful OF
late in such proceedings.
Net Closing in Dance Cases
The tango Joints proper Will De
,,,osocuted under the nuisance act. As
aIrosdv pointed out in The tribune
Ma covers every infraction OF the law
Tbe evidence against them already IN
hand IA complete. II Il is necessary
Nfrs Moskowitz will turn this over 70
the notice. The police, however, shouId
not have much difficulty In getting
their own proofs. .,,or
"Tba Getting Of evidence Is simple,
soid Mrs. Noskowitz yesterday. We
simply put investigators into theIe
rlaces and check up their reports. IN
eyorv case so far these reports, maze
lv operators unknown TO one aho,Hei:
match TO a nicely. That IN l'se'-
proves what Is wrong
The reports show beyond any pos
eibla doubt the character OF the places
and Of the persons who frequent them'
Tbov show open solicitation. when we
y.sre not able TO show in the case OF
tro Newmarket. That Is how easy the
rases are. You can look for results
within a few days. -.
$50 far we have cases against SIX
places. including some OF the places
lnrrating under the guise Of clubs.
Tina. device. like every other device
l,sicred TO defeat the law. probably
has "a hole in it big enough 70 drive
O'Cornells famous coach and four
through.
dance. II - nonsense 70 say that these
cannot be reached. The License Com
missioner. and not the Police Commits
sioner. ia the man for that task. II ne
can say that dancing shall cease at
o'clock in the morning he can say also
that il shall not begin until after DIM
ner or at dinner time. Il Is simple.
Furthermore. the decent restaurant
Furthermore. the decent restaura-
drop the thing If all do. Ii has not
brought them much money; II has
brought trouble, and more trouble Is
sure 10 follow. They will be glad to
get into line. The other places Will
have TO get into line. The trouble with
the afternoon places is that they ap-
peal 90 the little girls.
TO Protect Girls.
"Whv. in those places you see young
girls, mere babies, in the most atroc-