The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-04-25
WATCH ACTION or DANIELS
Local Saloons Not to Have New Regula
tions as Result of Change in Admins
tration and Saloon Men Themselves
Are Urging Caution in Business.

Saloon men in Pleasant Prairie and
Somers who were hopeful that the road
houses could be re-opened with the be-
ginning of the spring, will have to have
another guess, as the Attorney General
of the state on Wednesday handed down
an opinion in which he held that where
towns had voted wet at the recent town
elections that the town boards could
not issue licenses until the first of July
the beginning of the regular license
year. He holds that when the town
went dry it went dry for the license
year and that a town board can not
issue a license until the first Of July.
The opinion was given on the applica-
tion Of the district attorney of Douglas
county. Saloons in both of the Keno
sha county towns are planning to re-
open just as soon as the town boards
will issue the licenses. 1t is expected
that there will be disappointment for
some of the saloon men, as the mem
bers of the town boards have shown
a desire to be little careful about
issuing licenses and men who have been
charged with violating the dry regula-
lions may not get licenses for the new
year no matter how wet the towns are
1t is understood that letters have
been sent to the Secretary of the Navy
asking for. an Interpretation of the re-
cent regulations in regard to saloons in
the neighborhood Of navy camps. IF
the five mile law is strictly enforced
it would probably eliminate saloons in
the town of Pleasant Prairie.
Many men are being trained at Camp
Logan, which has been converted into
a rifle range for the United States
navy. These men are sent to Camp
Logan from the Great Lakes Station
and they come under the same regula-
tions as the men at the station. Secre-
tary Daniels has issued a proclamation
in which he has declared all territory
within five miles Of the Naval Station
dry territories and it is thought that
this same ruling will apply to property
within five miles of the rife range.
There have been repeated rumors
that the saloon conditions in Kenosha
were being investigated by federal Of
ficials. One story was that the federal
government had six men in Kenosha
collecting evidence against saloons
which had sold liquor to men who have
been stationed at Camp Herring. Of
fcials at the camp have declared that
if such is the case they have not been
advised of the fact They admit that
the government is very much inter
ested in the manner saloons in Keno
sha and the surrounding territory are
being conducted.
Saloon men who expected to have a
happy hunting ground in Kenosha as
result of the election of Mayor
Joachim, are said to be destined to dis
appointment. The new mayor has made
no public announcement as to the reg
ulations which are to be made for
governing saloons. 1t is reported that
he has informed the saloon men that
the regulations VIII De no less SBfIng-
ent than they were under the previous
administration. OF course, the hand
ling of the saloon problem is matter
for the Police and Fire Commission,
but the mayor of Kenosha has always
had considerable to say in regard to
just what closing schedule shall be
maintained. Tt is understood that
saloon men are entirely willing to con-
tinue under the old regulations and
that they arc agreed that everything
possible shall be done to keep the sa-
looms of the city from coming under
the fire of the federal officials.