Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1910 — QUEER SENTENCE FOR INDIANAPOLIS BAR KEEPERS. [ARTICLE]

QUEER SENTENCE FOR INDIANAPOLIS BAR KEEPERS.

Mayor Suspends License of Those Who Violate Sunday Closing Law Until They Attend Church. Lew Shank, the new Indianapolis 'mayor, is making an effort to compel saloonkeepers to obey the law and has instructed all of hia policemen to arrest every violates Last week when the Sabbath breakers were brougnt before him he suspended their license until such time as they should attend church and bring proof of their* attendance to the mayor. One of the law-breaking saloonkeepers was Marion L. Cummins, and Sunday he attended the Columbia Avenua M. E. church and the pastor, Rev. James Hixon, gave him a certificate that he had attended the service and listened to the sermon. His saloon had been closed since the Wednesday before, the day that sentence was passed. He was allowed to open up on Monday morning. William Brennan, another saloonkeeper who kept his bar open on Sunday, said he would not go to church, even though his license was permanently revoked. He will probably have the satisfaction of getting what his bluff seems to call for, namely, a permanent revocation of his license. Mayor Shank is endeavoring to make the saloonkeepers of Indianapolis respect the law and his novel sentence has attracted a great deal of attention and seems inclined to make the bar keeps sit up and take notice.