The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-06-25

there was some hesitancy on the part
of the aldermen to go on record. Al
derman Sullivan demanded that the
matter be laid over until the adjourned
meeting so that the facts in the matter
might be more definitely reported to
the council This motion finally pre-
vailed without division of the council.
Joel Jacobsen was under fire of the
committee, it being held that he gave
only few hours day to conducting
his place on Main street, and that the
remainder Of his time was spent in Chi
cago, where he was acting in the ca
raclty Of superintendent of the Crown
Novelty company. Jacobsen was rep
resented in the fight by Attorney A. L.
Drury, who declared that he had been
informed that Jacobsen was at work in
Chicago in order to save the property
of his sister-in-law, who had lost her
husband by accidental death. Alder
man Kisten declared that the Jacobsen
place was noisy and that at times
liquor had been sold to intoxicated peo-
pie. Jacobsen made a strong plea for
license at the meeting, but the council
vote to lay the matter over for further
investigation. The vote to lay over,
follows: Ayes-Aldermen Sullivan,
Shearer, Rowe, Mueller, Kisten, Rauen,
Willems, Gundlach, Bounsall, and
Thomey. Nays-Aldermen Roberts,
Swift, Tully, Anderson, Martin, Loef,
and Joachim. Alderman Barth was not
present at the meeting.
l. Brandy, who operates clothing
store on North Main street, has asked
for license at sol North Chicago
street and the committee while making
no objections to Brandy, declared that
the place was unfit for saloon and
that Brandy was planning to have it
managed by some one else. Brandy
made plea for license declaring that
he planned to repair the building and
give a portion Of his time to the saloon
business. He offered to furnish bond
to the city to insure repairs in the
building and on this offer the license
was held open until the adjourned meet
ing.
The committee refused to recommend
the granting of license to Joseph
Roetz for the saloon at the corner of
Church and Park street. 1t was stat
ed that there was no objection to Roetz,
but that the committee had found the
condition of the building such as to
make it unfit for saloon purposes and
that the present tenant had withheld
the payment of the rent of the place
pending repairs being made by the
brewing company. The recommends
ton that no license be granted was ac-
cepted by unanimous vote of the coun-
Icil.
J. M. Gordon and Stanislaws Rut-
kowski had both applied for the Ii
cense at No. 33 West Main street and
strong fight was made to have the
license given to Gordon The commit
tee in its report declared that Rutkow-
ski, who had been in business at the
place for several years had an excellent
reputation and that Gordon had been
able to keep out Of the clutches Of the
police. They strongly recommended
that the license 60 to Rutkowski and
their recommendation was accepted by
an unanimous vote.
The application for a license at No
200 Main street by Harry D. Painter
was held up pending a further inves-
tigation into the legal status of Painter,
the committee holding that he had not
been resident of the city or state for
year.
The license of Jacob Giles at the Ho-
tel Kenosha was reported favorably by
the committee but was held until the
adjourned day on the statement that a
deal was pending for the sale of the
hotel.
The council refused to grant license
for No. 81 Milwaukee avenue, against
which protest had been fled, and there
was no dissenting voice to the adop-
tion of the report.
All other licenses on which the coun-
Gil could properly take action were
granted.
The committee served notice on all
saloon men that during the coming
year the police department would make
regular reports to the committee and
the council on the manner in which
places were conducted and that any
men who failed to live up to the ordi-
nanees of the city and the state law
would be promptly summoned before
the council to show cause why the Ii
censes should not be revoked.
One thing is certain and that is that
the action Of the committee gave the
saloon men of the city the biggest scare
in years. 1t was shown that the COM
mittee meant just what it said and it is
certain that the committee will be
ready and willing to start prosecutions
against saloon men who fail to live up
to the regulations.
The lobby of the council chamber had
been pretty well packed by saloon men
and before Alderman Kisten started
with his report he demanded that an
officer be brought in to prevent what
he referred to as trough neck dem
onstrations. The appearance of police
officer Bradley had a tendency to cut