According to the Warren-Cramlon Law of 1909, no city should have more than 1 bar per 500 residents. According to the latest census, Detroit should have no more than 1000 bar rooms, but in fact has 1550 bar licenses. And there is no indication the number will go down since there have already been more applications this year than in 1911.
REDUCE THE SALOON NUMBERS HERE. Detroit Free Press, April 9, 1912.
BAD BARS TO CEASE EXISTENCE: HERMAN WARTELL’S “ANNEX” AND SIMILAR NOTORIOUS SALOONS WILL BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS BY COUNCIL COMMITTEE. REFUSE LICENSE NO MATTER WHO ASKS ALDERMEN DETERMINED TO EXCLUDE PLACES OF EVIL REPUTATION, DESPITE CHANGES OF NAME, OF OSTENSIBLE APPLICANTS. Detroit Free Press, April 9, 1912.
Other news from the Detroit Free Press, April 9, 1912:
WOMEN TALK TOO MUCH: BOSTON DOCTOR SAYS CHATTER MAKES THE DEARS NERVOUS.
GIRL’S PARENTS FOIL ELOPERS: INDIANAPOLIS SWEET 16 AND U. OF M. GRADUATE TRIPPED ON LICENSE AT ST. JOSEPH.
TAKES HAIR TONIC FOR COLD: (ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR) “WILLIE” HESTON SWALLOWS RESTORER BY MISTAKE; GOES HOME ILL!.
Note : The Main Library now provides the MSU community online access to the historical Detroit Free Press from 1858 through 1922.