The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-05
Attorney General Brewster Puts
Down Lid on BeVO.
Nothing Goes With Malt or
Alcohol in State.
NO MORE TEMPERANCE FOAM
And All That "SalOOn" Talk
Must Be Forgotten.
Back to PhOsphates for the
Soda Fountain Boys.

Anything which contains alcohol or
malt and is sold in Kansas as beV-
erage-bang: Prepare for war. 5. M
Brewster, attorney general, declared
tCdav that all near beers" were at
once to come under the ban in this
state. Bevo, Tanhauser and all other
drinks must go under the Brewster
e6ict. Enforcement of an custer or
der against Anheuser-Busch Brewing
&C mpany. makers of Bevo. is threat
ened.
Brewster's sweeping announcement
today followed a conference with
oozen Topeka women, representatives
of the State Temperance union They
met with Brewster and Governor Cap
Der in the governors office in the state
hnuse. They brought with them sam
pies of Tanhauser. a substitute 1or
beer. which, according to adveruse-
1Ients contains One-half OF one per
cent of alcohol. They asked the state
to put the lid on Be"o and all similar
near beer" drinks.
No Temperance Saloon.
Establishment of a Temperance sa-
loon" and a Bevo distributing station
in Topeka will be over protest from
the attorney general and after d RED
hot fight in the courts. Brewster de-
clared that every effort would be made
to block the establishment of the
Temperance saloon" and that persons
selling beverages containing any per-
centage os alcohol or malt would be
prosecuted for violation of the prohibl-
tory liquor law.
Under the meaning of the prohibit
tC.y y liquor law. the sale. as a beverage,
of any drink that contains any per-
centage of alcohol or malt, is viola
ton of the prohibitory law" said
mi
beers and other drinks that contain
alcohol in any amount. 1t means soda
fountain drfnks-if such be sold-and
all other beverages.
Looks for No Trouble.
Il don't anticipate trouble in en-
forcing this order. In fact 1 think it
will be very easy. There is Bevo. for
instance. The state still holds an
custer order against the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing company. That order
Gusts the company from doing bust
ness in this state. l don't think that
under the present legal status of the
oise. the company will desire TO es-
tablish either distributing station or
a Temperance saloon in Kansas. If
they do-well, that's their business"
Prosecutions will be directed by the
attorney general against ali persons
selling near-beers iE Kansas. Scores
of letters have recently been received
by Brewster relative to the various sub
sttutes offered in this state. He has
refused to give his official approval to
any of the drinks.
The minute 1 say a drink is all
right, it is advertised broadcast over
the state" says Brewster. Then the
drink suddenly begins to increase its
percentage OF alcohol and it is a
mighty difficult matter to enforce the
law. My idea is to keep the lid on
without quibbling with these fellows
as to what they sell.
Anything that contains alcohol or
malt and is sold as a beverage, any
thing that looks like beer. foams like
beer, tastes like beer or acts like beer
is under the rule. That ought to be
clear. Now if anyone wants to sell
the stuff, that's his business. The
states position is clear