The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-23
SALOONS HOLD Up EMBARGO
Not Single Report of Violation of Or
der is Made-W aukegan Bootleggers
Go Back Empty Handed Soldiers
Get Along Without Liquor.

Listed among difficult things, right
along side of the camels going through
eyes of needles and rich men getting
into the kindom of heaven, is mys-
FERROUS stranger. The stranger is
buying bottle in saloon in Kenosha.
1t matters not whether it is amber brew
or distilled s'hard likker'' In the
future it must be consumed on the
premises and men and women will not
be allowed to 20 out of places w ere
they sell liquoe with tn ir pockets bUlg-
ing out and their tongues hanging out.
1t can be added that the same order
refers to drug stores and that the sale
Of liquor and this means all kinds of
liquor in drug stores is now restricted
to sales which are made on regular
orders of physicians. Further, the pre-
scriptions for which whiskey and
other drinks are exchanged in the drug
stores are going to be checked up with
great regularity.
The order putting the ban on 'Fbottle
trade was sent out as Especial
ORDER to all police officers late Satur-
day afternoon following conference
between the mayor, the chief of police
and the members of the license COM
mittee of the Common Council. No
bottle goods were sold in any Of the
saloons on Sunday and little of it in
any of the drug stores.
It was stated that the local organi-
cation of retail liquor dealers would
meet this afternoon to provide for the
carrying out of the order voluntarily
but the chief Of police has announced
that the order will be enforced regard
less of any action on the part Of the
liquor dealers. The order follows:
SPECIAL ORDERS.
You are hereby notified and ordered
this 18th day of May, 1918, to notify
all saloons in the city of Kenosha that
they must stop selling liquors in bot
ties to any one who intends to take
same out of said saloons. This order
also includes drug stores as well, unless
buy liquor in such drug stores.
This order must be enforced to the
letter and if any one is found violat-
ing the above order, prompt report
must be made to the police Office and
he will be arrested and dealt with
according to law. By orders of the
Chief of Police o. O'Hare.
The order got to working in short
order and before seven o'clock Satur-
day evening the sale of liquor in bot
ties was under embargo everywhere in
the city. Even old steady customers
who came looking for couple Of cold
bottles for the Saturday evening rare
bit were advised that there was "noth-
ing doing" Not one of the saloon
men seemed to be willing to take
even the suggestion of a chance at
violating the order.
Some of the liquor dealers today in
timated that they believed that the
police department had over-stepped its
powers. They asserted that the Ii
cense issued to them gave them the
right to sell liquor up to certain
amount and that this right could not
be taken away from them.
"Never mind license right said
the chief. "The police department has
powers under the state law to regulate
the sale of liquors and it is going to
regulate them from now on. We are
not afraid of any trouble over license
rights or anything else. We would pre-
fer to have the saloon and drug store
men agree to obey this order, but
if necessary we can enforce the order
to the letter.
The mayor declared that he had care
fully considered the matter. FThe
bottle business is done in Kenosha, =
said the mayor. "The saloon men
should know enough to cut it out for
their own good, but if they do not see
it this way-Well the bottle business is
done for any way
As a result of the order lot of
people down at Waukegan went thirsty
Sunday night as the messengers sent to
Kenoslha to get the usual Sunday even
ing supply went back empty handed.
All the liquor they carried back they
carried inside their hides aud not in
side their pockets.
There were no violations Of the gov
eminent order in regard to the west
side reported on Saturday night or
Sunday. Not one of the saloons at
tempted to resume business and it is
understood that they viii not attempt
to resume business. The officials are
hopeful that the new order in regard
to the sale of bottled goods will take
away the last Yestige of complaint
against the saloons in Kenosha so
far as the government officials are
leoncerned.