The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-09
Makes Demand on State
Officials to Take Out
Mahogany"
SEES Law VIOLATED
Says Trappings of Old Time
Saloon Not Necessary in
'Soft Drink" Parlors.

whats the use Of having mahog-
on when you are selling nothing but
colored water with little flavor in it :?
The trappings of the old-time saloon
are not necessary or lawful for a soft
drink parlor." This was the declara-
tion Of Crusader John S. Scholey on
Tuesday night as he made written
demand on State Prohibition Commits
sioner T. T. Hazelberg of Madison for
the removal of saloon trappings from
what are termed "soft drink parlors"
in Kenosha.
Scholey demanded that the mahog
any fixtures, suggesting the old-time
saloon, be removed from these places
at once and he said that he had been
advised that under the state law this
power. was given to the commissioner.
Acts After Turn-Down.
His appeal to the commissioner to
remove "even the appearance of evil"
came after the council had shown no
willingness to act on his demand for
the reduction of the number of licen-
ces and regardless of the fact that the
license committee of the council had
brought in a report in which it de-
clared that no more Glass A permits
would be issued in Kenosha. It was
intimated that the crusader was not
interested in how the council @classed"
the permits and he declared that the
result was the same and that the for
hidden juice Of the corn was being
sold over bars in Glass B as we'll as
Glass A permit places. Many COM
plants have been made to the COM
missioner of the violation of the law
in places where nothing but temper
ance" drinks are supposed to be sold.
Thousands Spent in Fixtures.
It is admitted that some of the.
places in the city have spent thou
sands Of dollars in fixtures and that
these fixtures are still in position re-
CARELESS of the fact that the places
are supposed to sell nothing which
would be prohibited under the federal
amendment and the state law.
1t is certain that the places will
fight any effort on the part Of Scholey
or the state officials to remove these
fixtures from the pieces. eve sell
only near-beer," said one of the men
under fire this morning, "but we would
sell mighty little of it if we did not
have the bar and things that go along
with it. A lot of people kid them
selves into believing that they are
getting the same stuff they used to
get"
While this statement may have been
enlightening, one of the leaders of the
vets in Kenosha has declared that the
breweries are openly sending into Ke-
nosha beer with an alcoholic content
greater than two and half per cent
and that the percentage may be in
creased.
Grand jury Resumes Tomorrow.
The federal grand jury will resume
its sessions in Milwaukee on Thursday
morning and it is expected that fur
Their delving into the liquor business
in Kenosha is to continue. Two rep
resentatives of the grand jury have
been in Kenosha since last Saturday,
making investigations in regard to re-
ported violations of the law here. It
is understood that this evidence will
all be laid before the grand jury when
it resumes its considerations Thurs
day. Two members Of the grand jury
are residents of Kenosha county and
it is understood that they have lot
of first hand information to present to
their fellow jurymen.
No announcements has as yet been
made of the indictments which have
already been voted by the grand jury.
Constable Scholev has not been called
as a witness before the grand Jury
and he does not expect to be. called.
He has furnished all the information
he has to the regular operatives of
the government.