South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-02
THREE PETITIONS
ARE TURNED DOWN
Saloon Men of MiShaWaka Take
Appeals When Commission
erS Refuse to Permit Them
to Transfer Licenses.

The petitions Of three Mishawakans
in liquor license cases were denied by
the board OF county commissioners
Monday when remOnstrances were
filed. Each of the cases were appeal
ed 10 the superior court where they
viii be threshed out. Evidence was
heard Monday.
Julius Van Dale filed an application
Tor a change OF location. He is now
operating a saloon on Fourth street
and asked to be allowed to move to
a new building on w. Sixth street. The
demonstrators objected on the ground
that the new building is built for the
espresso purpose Of enabling liquor
law violations. 1t was also alleged
that Van Dale has allowed women in
his saloon and has sold after hours
and on Sunday.
The proposed building is declared
by the demonstrators to be connected
with a dance hall by an enclosed
stairway and has secret entrances and
exits besides dumb waiter connection
with the hall above. Attorney /. K.
ter designed to facilitate law viola
ton exists in Indiana than the one
Van a proposes TO occupy.
Clause Stricken.
On motion of attorneys for Van
Dale. however, this clause of the re-
IlOTSlIdlCt was SlIlChGn OuNs OOulLg
Attorney Dan Pyle ruling that il did
not constitute a ground for remon-
STRANGE. The attorneys for the sa-
loon nan contended that the issue
could only be raises after Van Dale
had been indicted for some specific
violation of the liquor law on the
premises.
The signatures of several women
were on the remonstrance but these
urara hold 70 10 invalid Tho rauonn-
trance stood on the mems signatures
attached.
August DeMeester who also petit
toned for a change OF location of his
saloon. was also denied the privilege
and his case was one of those appeal
ed. Julius Bennett asked to be allow
ed TO purchase the license of l.. j.
Casbon but was denied. His case was
the third appealed.
The commissioners allowed "a liq-
uor license renewals, three transfers
and one change of location at the
meeting Monday. Louis Mucha was
allowed TO operate the saloon of Steve
Kopermik, as administrator of the es-
tate.
The remonstrance of J. j. Engle-
drum and others against the Jacob
Fuller, sr., gravel road improvement
in Penn township was overruled and
Auditor Sedgwick was authorized to
advertise Tor DDS 10 De Tiled not ldler
than Monday Dec. %.
Receives Petition.
The board received the petitions of
Dr.. G. H. Vitou and DR.. d. w. Nc
Namara for appointment as secretary
OF the county board Of health TO sue
coed DR.. w. G. Wegner and ordered
them placed on file. The petition of
Don Wilson for appointment as night
fireman at the county infirmary and
Of w. G. Stewart as custodian of the
comfort station were also placed on
file.
The resignation OF Peter ]. Kelley,
as superintendent Of the county mfr
mary was accepted n n petition OF
Isaac Gearhart for appointment as
his successor was placed on file.
G. II. Harness was allowed an eX-
tension Of time until July 1, 1914, to
complete the gravel work on the Cop
pert road. The contractor has been
delayed by a weather and the ill
ness OF his partner.