The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-02-28
Demand for Federal License
for Purchase or Sale of
Explosives Continues to
Increase.
PURCHASER AND VENDER
Both Dealer and Customer Must Have
Licenses for Transaction - List of
Druggist, Photographers, Garage
Managers and Others Grows.

County Clerk Russell Jones is issuing
another notice to all persons in Keno
sha who may be affected by the recent
federal law licensing the sale or pur-
chase of explosives and acids. The
number of people in Kenosha affected
by the law increases. daily and it is
imperative that vendors and dealers
both search the lists of commodities and
ingredients which may now be sold only
by medium of a license. County
Clerk Jones is now well supplied with
license blanks, and, although he admits
that he has no idea how many people
in Kenosha may be affected by the law,
he hopes to have enough to supply the
demand.
cit is certain said Mr.. Jones this
morning, that every druggist, photo
grapher, garage manager and powder
dealer must have license to be on the
safe side. The fee for the license is
only twenty five cents and this is
charged merely to pay for the expense
Of fling and printing. One vendors
license will cover all Of the sales made
by the dealer providing he states in his
request for a license all of the explos-
ives and licenses which he wishes to
sell. Every purchaser who wishes to
buy more than an ounce of any of
the acids or make any purchase of gun
powder or explosive must secure a
license before he can make his purchase.
The longer you study the law, the more
people it includes and it is important
that Kenoshans secure their licenses i'm.
mediately."
County Clerk Jones has asked all
dealers who apply for licenses to bring
with them a typewriter list Of the in
gradients or explosives which must be
included in their license and which must
be filed with their application Each
purchaser must also state the quantity
of explosives or of acid ingredients
which he desires to purchase and his
license will not be valid for moro than
that amount.
To inform the persons who must Sc
cure a license either for the sale or
purchase of explosives, County Clerk
Russell Jones is issuing the following
list of explosives which cannot be sold,
except according to exceptions, without
federal license:.
Ammonium nitrate, blasting powder,
blasting caps, caps, blasting, decorating
percussion-all classes, chlorate powder,
decorating fuse, or cordeau detonant,
detonators, dynamites, electric blasting
machines, electric blasting caps, fire.
works, fash-ight powders, Eliminates,
fuse of all varities, gun cotton, gun
powder and gun powder mixtures Tex
cept small arms or shot gun cartridges)
nitro cellulose exceeding 101S@o nitro
gen, nitro glucose, nitro glycerine Eek
cept in official U. S. Pharmacopoeia solu-
ton, or in form of pills, or gramules
containing mot more tina 1.50th Of a
grain each), nitro, glycol, nitro mannite,
nitro starch, nitro sugar, permissible ex-
plosives, ammonium picrate, picrates,
picric acid, smokeless powder Except
small arms or shotgun cartridges)
squibs, trinitrotoluol (triton) trinitro-
cresol, trinitronephthaline, tetranitro-
methylanaline, notwithstanding
The exceptions for the sale or pur-
chase of explosives are:
~ When the above are sold or issued
by licensed foremen to workmen IN
der them.
(2) For small arms and shotgun cart
ridges, with small ars defined as fore
arms which may be discharged from the
hand or the shoulder.
Any person using explosives for the
loading or reloading of shot gun shells
or small arms ammunition must obtain
a license of the proper class. The
manufacture, sale, expectation, impor-
tation and purchase of fireworks of all
kinds and in any quantity will be un-
der license and the foregoing rules will
apply excepting thai no license will be
required for the purchase at retail of
Chinese frecrackers, American fire.
crackers, toy torpedoes, serpents, spark
lers, or toy paper caps when costing not
more than ten cents a package.
In regard to the licenses necessary for
the sale of acids, the following list is
issued of ingredients which may not
be sold in more than ounce quantities
without license both on the part of
the vendor and of the purchaser:
Bichromates: ammonium, potassium,
sodium, CELEBRATES: barium, potassium,
sodium, strontium, chromates: ammon-
ium, barium, calcium, chrome green,
chrome yellow, lead, potassium, sodium,
nitrates: ammonium. barium, copper,