The Detroit times., 1915-04-29
81 UNDESIRABLES
LOSE LICENSES;
DEATH CUTS MORE

4 1919 liquor commNtee. ADOPTED by
the common council In q special
session. Thursday morning. The
committee's action viii put n undo.
sirable saloons out OF business May
"A. There WEIR "a surrenders by
death during the license year. One
new license Was granted. Imre ka-
man. No. as Medina street. being the
applicant. On a question OF citizen.
ship two years ago. kAman's license
Was wrongfully denied by the coun.
ell committee. This year kAman
succeeded In convincing the commit
tee that he had been put out OF
business through q mistake. and the
committee took care OF him. The
granting OF q new license to ka-
man leaves q net reduction OF a.
In the total number Of saloons In
Detroit Last year the council
granted l.til licenses. and this May
l.377 viii be issued
The list OF undesirables includes
several notorious downtown cafes
that have been under IRE for two
and three years. Two saloonkeep-
ers. who are bankrupt and In debt.
were refused licenses. The commit
tee placed the responsibility for the
conduct OF saloons behind the bar
and four saloonkeepers who have
records as heavy drinkers and peace
disturbers were put out OF the bust
ness. One saIoonkeeper was black
listed for selling beer In his base
ment on Sunday. and another lost
his license because he had two wo-
men In his saloon at s o'clock sun
day morning.
George Mccurdy. whose saloon at
No. so1 Fourteenth street 10 near
St. Barnabas church. also gets q
new license for the same location.
despite the protest OF Rev. Paul
Ziegier and others. The rector and
Chairman Dingeman ciashed In q
hearing on McCurdy's license. and
the alderman served notice that he
would vote 10 renew McCurdy's II
cense. II Is understood that Nc
curdy has promised the committee
TO ind another location. = he does
not move out Of his present loca-
ton within 80 days after May 1 he
viii be held 10 account by the 1915
liquor committee.
John Rivard. whose cafe was Civ
en- q bad name by the police. sue
ceeded In saving his license. a. did
Harry Frazer proprietor OF the no
iorious "Pointe' cafe opposite police
headquarters. A fatal shooting oc-
Cured In Fraxer's saloon not long
ago. and the liquor committee also
had a report on . beer bottle bravi
In the place. The cafe upstairs Is
freouented by women Of the streets.
Frazer engaged Attorney Percy
Crosse to appear before the com
mittee In his behalf. II was rum
cred after one session OF the liquor
committee that Fraser's license had
been cut out. but II II was. q restor
alton was made later. The warsaw
cafe out Michigan avenue In which
two police oficers. drinking after
midnight. started . tight that result
ed in . killing, was granted q new
license.
Il am satisfied with the work OF
the committee" said Chairman
Dingeman. Several vicious cafes
In the downtown section have been
put out of business. The committee
had to have backbone TO cut on
these places because OF the tremen-
dous influence broush 10 bear By
the cafe proprietors and their
friends"
Thomas A. Bowman. whose cafe
at No. "A Broadway, was under at
tack for more than year. asked
permission TO withdraw his appli-
cation for q new license. but the re-
quest came too late and the commit
tee wen Through the formality OF
denying him license as an unde-
sirable.
william X. Mcintyre's Mack
cafe. Nos. 1915 Columbia-st- west.
was the scene OF chandelier-kicking
exhibitions By the -0iri In Blue"
and was also frequented BY Fran
ces. known az the ''DuQuense Kid"
who boasted Of an unslacked thirst.
Mcintyre made o hard night 70 save
his license, but the committee
turned deaf ear to his arguments.
after reading the reports OF their
private investigator.
A brief history Of the other I'M
desirables. a. reported to the com
mittee. follows:
Baldwin hotel-Hang-out for lewd
women OF the worst type.
Mcouade's cafe-Poiice Commis-
sioner Gillespie on a tour Of investi
CATION found q young sfri in this
cafe badly intoxicated. Police re-
ports gave the place . bad name.
Hester--A gathering place for
gutter scum. Women with jail rec
ords In the habit Of gathering there.
william J. keenan's cafe--Caters
to women Of the street
Frank Neuman's cafe-Police have
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