Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-13
Burke's License
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beer in it being pushed out of the place
| on Sunday. too"
Policeman Dougherty also saw baby car
| riages roll away from there.
Schin Is already facing trial for selling
| liquor in smaller quantities than permitted
| by wholesale license and for selling on
| Sunday
! The court decided that the accusations
against Schiff were well founded and denied
| a renewal OF the license.
The court dismissed the remonstrance
| against the license of Henry Muller
| Eighth and Spring Garden streets.
For the last two years the Burke license
| has caused storm of disapproval among
| residents OF the section affected The last
| time II came before the court Judges Bar
| ratt and Davis granted the license despita
| the fact that more than 500 neighbors on
| posed it. while only sixteen favored it, 81
Subsequently the remonstrants, headed
by Harry g. Dennis. sought TO obtain q
preliminary injunction preventing Burke
from opening the establishment They
based their action on a restriction in the
original deed OF the property in 1861. This
prohibited saloon on the premises as an
Objectionable and offensive occupation."t
The Court ruled that the question of tia
restriction of the deed to the property upor,
which the action was basod had been thor
oughy threshed out by the License Court
during hearing in the case.
Charges have been frequently exchanged
between those for and against the saIoon
In this connection d. Clarence Gibboney
figured prominently. Dennis who has
been one OF the most persistent opponents
of the Burke sa loon charged some time aro
that he was asked to withdraw from the
fight and promised that he would be taken
care Of This was subsequently denied by
Gibboney, who took opportunity spectacli-
larly to defend the Courts action
Allegations of improper conduct of half
dozen saloons by their owners were pre-
sented today before Judges Martin ana
Finletter, OF the License Court In the alb
sence OF specific evidence of fragrant viola-
tions OF the law, the court merely gnve
warnings and dismissed the remonstrancei
which had been filed against the licenses. A
In the case of the remonstrance against
the license OF Mrs. Ellen NJ. Hore, northeast K
corner OF Fourth and Wood streets th9
court gave the woman opportunity to
procure a purchaser OF the license. In the
meanwhile rear room attached to the
saloon will be closed and the saloon doors
will be shut between the hours of / and 3
o'clock in the morning
Judges Martin and Finletter accepted the z
expls nation offered by Nicholas .Cparoni.
proprietor OF saloon at sol South Twelfth
street. that he was not party to the dis
tribution Of cards containing verses Of 8
suggestive character for advertising pur-
poses. According TO the saloonkeeper, in
bargaining for the printing of calendars the x
printer oGsred to include a number Of
souvenir cards. When the printing was de-
ltvered. Ciparoni said, he saw the character
of the cards and at once placed them in =
closet and ordered his bartenders not to
circulate any of them. Contrary to these
orders. however, one Of the bartenders gave 4
away a few of the offending cards. '
Several OF the cards were obtained by
agents of the Law and Order Society, but
Mr.. Gibboney admitted there was no COM
plant against the personal character OF IA
nod fha sal I<<@sx.
keeper to be more careful in future and told 4
him to destroy the remainder of the trouble
some cards. NJ.
William T. Clark. proprietor Of the Glen
side Cafe, southwest corner of Thirtieth
street and Columbia avenue. Is under pro-
baton from the License Court, and should
further complaints be made about the coin~
duct of the place II is likely that the
Judges will revoke his license. Judges Mar
tin and Finetter so notified Clark after
they had heard the complaint Of Mrs. Maui
Headey, a probation officer in the Municf~
pal Court. IN