Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-14
bEFERMAN MUST CUT
MT CABARET STUFF
rourt Will Refuse License if
Dancing and Music Con-
tinue at Cafe

r nolicemen who visited the saloon
AN.,os "a peterman and rs cafe attach
a, sob Walnut street, testified before
mens m. Martin and Flnletter in the License
suue. ,odav as to the conditions alleged
Cour. nreyailed at the Walnut street place
70 l,ae the last couple Of months. A remon-
..nce was filed by the police against Pc
susan,s license and It was In support Of
te,'', W. remonstrances that the plain-clothes
Investigators OF ths foice Dep"' ''''"' saw
.s.r evidence in court.
c,r,s seventeen and eighteen years Of age
q absolute characters frequented the
snu according to the police testimony.
noliceman assigned to vice invest-
W, said that he visited the upstairs
-, ~ peterman's place on two occasions
'.dac January and February. He testified
os., ,bere we're more than $50 persons in
.us' .ss cafe and that there was music and
...o,ng ~. He saw several young girls whom
80 aid appeared to be minors and who were
served drinks
.,ri who gave her name as Doroth! DO
snla and her age as seventeen years. drink
~ i,ouor. Another girl, the policeman
~ INA Who gave her age as eighteen years
-. was also served with beer and whisky.
p.,srman denied that his place was re-
..,, Tor dissipated characters or that mi
.ors had been served intoxicants. lie
nol .id ,bat he had given his walters strict
ssas,s against allowing any OF the alleged
,.,nronrieties as testified by the police Wit
nasses He called Mrs. Edith n. Cordiff'
IN Ansey street Germantown. to testify
~ S ,he character Of his place. Mrs. Cord n
VA she had frequently stopped in Peter
Sc Mace with her husband. John Cor
AIN and had never seen anything improper
Cardiff was also witness on behalf OF
vs,syman. He said that he had visited
sho nlace after the theatre, in company
~ith his wife. and had never seen anything
=, an Objectionable character about the
cafe, ,.
After hearing from bartenders, patrons
.nd po,icemen who patroled the beat Gov
tring Peterman's place, all OF whom de-
clared SO far as they observed things
about the saloon were orderly, Judges Mar
t,n and Finletter announced that unless the
nronrietor suspended the dancing, music
and cabaret feature of his business they
,ou,d refuse a renewal of his license.
The remonstrance filed against the license
a, william Reynolds, sol South Twelfth
street. was acted upon with dispatch by
the Judges of the License Court. The at
tack on Reynodss license was made by
Bozarth, a special policeman, who alleged
that the saloonkeeper elected him from the
saloon a couple of weeks ago when he
entered to make an arrest. 1t is said that
REYNOLDS is friendly with one political fac
tlon in the Fourth Ward. in which the sa
loon is located, and that Bozarth favors
the opposing side.
When counsel for the police department
read the record of the magistrates pro
ceedings following Reynolds arrest on q
charge Of assaultng Bozarth. Judges Mar
tin and Fnletter decided to dismiss the
remonstrance. The case was heard in sucl
a short time that Reynolds attorney had
not an opportunity to hurry into the License
court from another court where he was en-
gaged before the court threw out the po
Ncemans protest.