Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1919 — CAN’T BELIEVE THE AWFULNESS OF IT ALL. [ARTICLE]

CAN’T BELIEVE THE AWFULNESS OF IT ALL.

BALTIMORE. Judge Rose, United States district court, sustains demurrer to indictment charging a brewery with manufacturing a “cereal beverage containing at least one-half of one per cent of alcohol.” He ruled that the manufacture of beer having an alcoholic content of two and three-fourths per cent could be done only at the risk of the brewer pending final decision by the higher courts. The case will be taken to the United States court of appeals at Richmond and probably to the supreme court Saloons are open and selling two and three-fourths per cent beverages. KANSAS CITY. Two bartenders, first to be arrested in the country, are taken before a federal commissioner on a charge of selling beer. They pleaded guilty and SSOO bonds were fixed. The owners of the saloons were not arrested. About half of the saloons are still open; they sell beer and light wines. All breweries are closed. Hotel bars mark time.

SAN FRANCISCO. Brewery’s petition for injunction restraining federal attorney from prosecution - for two and three quarters per cent beer brewing denied. ATLANTIC CITY. Every saloon wide open; sell whisky, gin, and everything you desire. Preachers protest to mayor; he refuses to act; United State commissioner also refuses to prosecute or even issue warrants. City Council, at special meeting yesterday, issued all saloon license renewals requested. NEW YORK. .Saloonkeepers warned that they sell two and three-fourths per cent beverages at their own risk. Seized beer is being analyzed; warrants will be issued if it is found to contain a higher percentage than two and three-fourths. ST. LOUIS. Thirteen breweries making two and three-quarter per cent beer; nearly all saloons open and selling it. . . .. Excise commissioner issues licenses stamped “permits do not authorize violation of laws of the United States.”