Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-03-01
Licnnae Court,

were those or AQOIpnuS hOcn, WllildIl
Lackey and Benjamin Forquer, Chicora.
There were no remonstrances against
them. Lewis B. McCamey asked for
license at the Central House, Petrolia.
A number of witnesses appeared for
him, while against him was remon-
STRANGE signed by 16 men and 90 wo-
men. Rev. Hovis. Fl. l.. Barney. Mr..
Gilmore and Miss Bertha Bottner, presi-
dent of the County w. c. I. o., ap-
peared against him. 1t was shown by
the witnesses that crowds collected In
front Of the hotel. and Judge Galbreath
stated he would consider any hotel that
allowed crowds TO collect on the side
walk as maintaining public nuisance
The next applications heard were
those Of George A Gehm. William
Wahl and Charles III. Miller, all pro-
prietors of hotels at Evans City. Gehn
was questioned considerably about Il
man named Fulton getting his arm
broken.
Fred B. Goettler asked for license
in the Cottage Hotel formerly the resi-
dence Of Thomas Marshall, in Mars
He exhibited plans for extensive i'm
proyemeuts A large number OF re-
monstrants, led by Rev. Wilson, Rev.
against Goettler to show that the house
was moi fitted in size or location for a
licensed house
The cases of Lewis Zeigler and Samuel
Beam of Harmony. William and Albert
EicholtZ and Henry w. Stokey OF
ZeIienople. and John E. Muder and
Thomas z. Cooper of Saxonburg were
heard without opposition developing.
The Butler list was then taken up
and retail applicants, Nixon Bros, Mrs.
Reihing. Gus Rockenstein, Ralph
Gregg, Jos. a. Harvey, Daniel McCrea,
G. c. Haworth, E. d. Clinton, G. Z.
Hosford, Gil Moser and Frank ID.
Myers were quickly disposed of.
For Myers. Postmaster Lyon, William
fluff, a brother of Hon. George F..
Morris BARLEY and Samuel Brown, all
of Greensburg, appearted to testify as
to his good reputation, etc. Objection
was made to the Guaranty Safe Deposit
IL Trust Co. being on the bonds on the
ground that the charter of the t-ust
company was not legally recorded.
The wholesale applicants were u. Z.
Frederick, who applied for license FOR
his distillery at Zelienople, was called.
Former District Attorney John Hen
ninger, who is representing the Minis
terial Association, and remonstrants in
general, the presented a remonstrance
against granting wholesale licenses,
the brewery license and the Frederick
license. The remonstrances were sign
ed by over sixteen hundred men and
over nineteen hundred women.
There was but one tavern applicant
to be heard when Court convened
Tuesday morning, Earl d. Clinton of
Standard Hotel, and his case was
quickly disposed or.
The wholesale list was then taken up.
P J. Mohan and J. FL. Forquer. Elmer
Kelly, Lewis A. Weisburg, Charles I.
Aland, Charles 3. Wuller, Philip ].
Miller, r. l.. DeHaven, and Frank
Kemper and G. Z. Pfeister asked for
wholesale licenses in Butler. Agent w.
Fl. Robinson of the West Penn railroad,
Yard master Henshaw of the B. 81 o.,
and agents of several express companies
were called in behalf of the applicants
to show that great amounts OF liquor
were shipped into the town under the
present no-wholesale system. Mr..
Henshaw testified that on two occasions
whole carload of beer had come to
Butler consigned to one unlicensed in
dividual l. G.. Smith. Louis Stein,
John laval, Geo. K. Thomas, ]. F.
Hutzler, Milton Mays, Henry Berg and
Geo Schaffner, Jr. appeared as wit
nesses for the wholesalers. Attorney
Henninger had gene raj petitions against
granting wholesale licenses which were
signed by 1923 voters and 1898 women.
Another remonstrance containing 4S0
names had arrived too late to be filed
against the applicants. There were also
special remonstrances signed by Reys.
Robinson, Worrell and Enterline charg-
ing that the bonds were defective, etc.
The first witness called by the relnon-
strants was Supt. Joseph Graham of the
County Home, who testified that en-
ployes and inmates OF the Home went
down town and came back drunk when
there were wholesale licenses, and since
wholesale licenses were refused this was
not the case. P. d. Sherwin stated
there was less drunkenness at his coal
mines since the wholesale licenses had
been refused. Charles Gerner Of Butler
said that he did not think any liquor
licenses were necessary. ]. J. McGarv-
ey Of Harrisyille, James Barr of Pros
pect and J. w Humphrey Of Porters-
vile testified that there was less drunk
enness in their parts Of the county
since the wholesale houses had been
closed
Tuesday afternoon the application of
the Independent Brewing Co. for a
brewers license for the Butler brewery
was taken up, and a hard fight was
made against it by the remonstrants.
1t was shown that "Silver Top" beer
was shipped into Butler, stored in a
building at the West Penn station and
distributed to local hotels as they want
ed it. Manager w. M. Kennedy Of the
brewery stated that the hotel men
simply gave him their orders, he tele-
phoned them to Pittsburg, where the
beer in question was made in another
branch Of the Independent Co., and the
goods were shipped in the lots desired
to the hotels ordering. II hotel pro-
prieter ordered fifty cases 1t was sent
here consigned to him, and the brewery
wagons simply delivered it. Attorney
McQuistion tried to have the books of
the brewery kept from being put in
evidence. and he and Mr. Henuinger
had little tilt during which Henninger
called McQuistion Cur and McQuis-
tion replied you dare not say that out
side" The balance OF the afternoon
was taken up in arguments.
District Attorney Walker was order
ed TO learn the name Of the individual
who had been receiving beer in the car
load lots.
When Miss Bertha Bottner OF Petrolia
was asked how long she had been a
resident of Petrolia she replied almost
as long as / have lived" and that is az
near as the inqnisitiye attorney conld
come to learning her age.
Court adjourned Tuesday evening
Judge Galbreath stating he would file
his decisions within few days.
ACCfUEETS.
d w. Forester Of Prospect lately