The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-16
ORDINANCES SLAIN
BY WET ALDERMEN
Drastic Measures Calculated To Curb
Chicago Cabarcts Go Down In
Defeat--Must BE Obeyed

Chicago. Ill, May 1s.--On the eve
OF the new / O'Clock closing ors,
nance for cafes becoming effective
the wet majority of the City Council
sidetracked four or five measures
proposed by the reform" element
including the most drastic ordinance
yet devised to curb cabarets.
rms measure, introduced bv AL
German George Pretzel at the in
stance OF various civic and religious
organizations is designed to prohibit
the sale of liquor altogether In any
place where dancing is permitted.
BESIDES eliminating dancing la cafes
X would virtually have the effect Of
repeating the special bar permit or
dinance for dance halls.
Inc minority supporters Of the
ordnance sought to have IL referred
10 the Judiciary committee. hoping
IT might be fayorably reported out bv
that body. Alderman John Toman
floor leader for the vets. insisted On
reference to the license committee.
That the ordinance has nothing 10
90 with licensing any business and
tnat 1t evolved question OF policy
and moral conditions. were arsu-
ments advanced on the other side by
Alderman Captain, HIGHLANDER and
Buck. Alderman Frank J. Link. re-
ferring to the cabarets. wanted to
know what the license committee had
Sto do with those hell holes
You will lose Sc on many special
bar permits If you pass this ordi-
nance, asserted Alderman Toman at
one Juncture, and the gallery laughed
IF you don't stop that I'll have
you put out" Toman exclaimed
There were forty votes against refer
~ 3,,If ia. ~.
while only twenty eight voted In the
affirmative. Consequently the ordi-
nance was sent to the license commit
tee.
With the same facility Alderman
Toman and his following had re-
ferred to the same committee two
matters introduced by Alderman
Captain. One was an order calling
on the Mayor to refuse to issue any
wholesale or retail liquor license
within the four mile prohibition tre-
ritory surrounding the Northwestern
university. The other was an order
asking the administration to enforce
the law against the retail sale OF In.
toxtcants from wagons.
In another scrimmage over the re-
appointment OF the booze commits
sion. the personnel of which has beAn
described as dripping wet" Alder
Alderman C. f. Merriam wanted to
refer the matter to the finance COM
| mittee. BY vote of 40 TO 10 the
Council suspended the rules, thus
allowing Toman to obtain the pas
sage of resolution asking the
Mayor to reappoint the old members.
Major Funkhouser's reports on cab
arets and cafes were not sent to the
Council because OF the absence OF
Chief Healey from the city.
All cabarets, trotteries and wet
restaurants generally will have to
close at l o'clock A. NJ Corporation
Counsel Ettelson prepared for Chief
Healey a written opinion that the
new l o'clock closing ordinance be-
came operative at "12:o1 A. NJ. We'd
| nesday, May 10"
Since January on the strength Of
an opinion given by Mr. Ettelson. the
| cabarets have been open practically
| all night. Patrons, according to the
ruling, were permitted to purchase a
| reasonable quantity of liquor before
! l o'clock and consume 1t after that
hour
| BY the terms. Of the new ordinance,
! however, there Is no loophole left
| whereby wet restaurants can legally
| stay open after the h@ar fixed for
closing saloons
| The only exception In on Saturday
night, when restaurants need not
close till l o'clock. one hour after the
saloons. They are permitted to res
main open on Sunday as usual.