The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-07
FIVE MILE DRY 4.
MANIFESTATION
Z0NESDECREED
Liquor May Only be Served in
Private Homes Within a
Big Radius -.
TOWNS IN LIMITS INCLUDED
''ShOrt Business Street With
Twenty-Five Saloons" One
Cause of Action.

Washington, d. G., March Five
mile dry zones around the eigth per-
manent naval training stations and
camps, irrespective, of whether there
is an incorporated city or town within
those limits, was ordered today by
Secretary Daniels. Other orders may
be issued later, but for the present
no change is made in the regulations
governing conditions around other
camps
Under the authority Of the selective
service law. the secretary forbids the
sale or giving away of liquor within
five miles of the Great Lakes Training
station, near Chicago; the training
stations at Norfolk, Va, and Hampton:
Roads, the training camp at Mare Is.
land, Calf, and the Marine station at
Quantico, Va, and Port Royal, S. C
Private Homes Excepted.
AS in the case OF the army camp
zones, an exception is made of the
serving of liquor in private homes to
members Of the family or guests.
In a statement explaining his rea-
sons for the action, Mr. Daniels re-
ferred particularly tb OBJECTIONABLE
conditions at Vale Joe, near Mare Is.
land, Calf, which letter from the
Mare Island commander referred to as
a short business street with twenty.
five Saloons" said to be controlled by
a German brewer.
No Remedy Offered.
The statement said:
In the vicinity of Vale Joe, Calf,
is the navy yard at Mare Island, in
Guiding large training camp. At pres
ent there are at Mare Island, about
$500 enlisted men, of which the great
majority are young lads recently en-
listed y
"a determined effort has been made
by the department and the command
ant at Mare Island to cause an i'm
provement in the liquor situation at
Vale Joe, but action of the local au-
thorities, and the wishes of the de-
partment, have .baep stubbornly op.
posed by those interested in the con-
tinuation of this evil, and no remedial
results of any significance have been
realized. AS early as last August this
matter was subject Of grave concern
and under date of September 8, 1911,
in letter reciting the wretched con-
ditions with regard to liquor in Vale
Joe, the commandant states as fol-
lows: e., -. ,.
Forbid City to Soldiers
pending the cleaning up of Vale
joe and the establishment of imprOv
ed conditions by the municipal author
tiles the commandant is limiting lib
erty to that city to men who have
families there or are residing in the
city"
Numerous kilograms of protest rec
emily have been received from pastors
of churches and other representative
citizens. urging that the saloons of
Vale Joe be closed in order to pro-
tect the sailors.
Loses Liberty in Liberty Inn."
In another letter the Mare Island
commandant wrote of having person
ally arrested an enlisted man in the
back room of a resort in Vale Joe
known as the Liberty Inn
"This Liberty Inn. formerly the
Heidelberg Inn " the letter continued,
has changed it's name, but not its
business 1t is kept by German who
is henchman of the aforesaid brew
er "a German, who is reputed to
practically control the saloon element
of Vale Joe and the municipal gov
eminent and I have had these prem
Uses under suspicion for a long time
and have reported my observations to
the bureau of investigation, federal
department of justice, San Francisco"