Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-09-21 | Page 2 | Frisco Abandons "Paris of America" Idea

FRISCO ABANDONS PARIS OF AMERICA IDEA SAN FRANCI FRANCISCO FRANCICO CO Sept 21 Cap U. Cap Captain tam tain of Detectives Wall acting thief chief of police during the absence of Chief Martin who is taking taking- a vacation pending pending pend pend- ing his retirement from the department has bas issued orders to company commanders command command- ers that the lid be kept on tight while he be is in command These orders order's were explicit and were accompanied by the statement that all tenderloin cafes which refused to obey the 1 0 o'clock clock closing ordinance would be closed summarily Patrol sergeants were directed to raid all suspicious houses bouses in the so called uptown tenderloin tenderloin tender tender- loin district This step is the first in an vice anti-vice crusade ordered by Mayor McCarthy as the result of exposures of alleged wholesale graft raft in the police department department depart depart- ment and marks an official abandonment abandonment abandon abandon- ment merit of the Paris of America idea promulgated when the mayor took of of- fice Lice