Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-02-05 | Page 14 | Welden Hotel is under Fire

WELDEN HOTEL IS UNDER FIRE Knowledge Kno of Law Violations Violations Viola Viola- Denied 1 by hy Applicant i for License Tho The hearing on the application for tor a license for or tho the hotel at 23 East Broadway occupied the Iho entire afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- session of oC the tho city commission yesterday esterday Mrs Anna Hensler In whose name namo the application was made appeared and denied all knowledge o of tho the violation of law at nt her house She Sho said Bald L 1 did not ask every couple who came camo up there thero for their marriage license as I did not think that thai necessary As long long ls as the they conducted themselves properly while on the premises I could not ask ak ik them to leave o Members of ot the police purity squad testified that tho Iho hotel had an unsavory ory on reputation and wa was known to the tho members of ot the time police force aa as a place which harbored d all kinds of or lawbreakers ers ors The matter of or the revocation of or orthe time the license was wat as taken under advisement advise all ment Mrs A. A Solberg appeared before the i board in tho morning and told wh why hy hyshe I she Bho thought her hel license ought not to be bc revolted revoked ed Sho She said sho she did lid have I whisk whisky when the tho police raided her I house but that she had it for tor her hel hue bus band who was was suffering Buffering from tuberculosis tuberculosis losis She said sho she had never sold It it The police admitted the they had found only a small email quantity of oC liquor at her house and that they did not have any evidence e of oC bootlegging a against her Tho The matter was taken under advise advIse- mont ment C C. G. G ar was granted a n license to run a n sott soft drink parlor at Cl 61 W. W First South street lie He was was denied his application on a a. previous occasion be because because because be- be cause he included In his petition a a. place at ID 49 W. W First South where prohibItion pro pro- violations are arc alleged to have u taken place The case of Mrs Irs C. C W. W for a license to run a rooming house at W South Temple TempI was continued owing tl to the Illness of or h her r attorney I