Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1909 — MAKERS OF BEER AT LOGGERHEADS [ARTICLE]

MAKERS OF BEER AT LOGGERHEADS

Organization of Brewery Men Has Been Dissolved. CAUSED BY OPTION SUCCESS Quarrel Brought to the Attention oi Indianapolis Mayor Makes Public the Fact That Exchange Went Out cf Existence Three Months Ago. Agreement Not to Back Any More Saloons Has Been Broken—-Case Has Been Continued. Indianapolis. ■ Sept. 3.—lncreasing dry territory under the county option law is said to be responsible,for the dissolution of the Indianapolis Brewers' exchange and the breaking of an agreement among the brewers that no more brewery saloons should be estab Hshed in Indianapolis. These facts were brought out when the president of a local brewing company declared that the Terre Haute Brewing company was backing Bernard Dorfman a saloon keeper at 311 Indiana avenue, and that a local brewing company had arranged to back Oscar Hartman, who has applied for a license at 302 Indiana avenue. Dorfman was before Mayor Bookwaiter to show cause why his license should not be revoked for selling liquor within five hundred feet of the Capitol avenue boulevard. The case was continued. There is no longer a local ex change,’’ said the president of a brewing company. “The Indianapolis Brewers’ exchange went out of existence about three months agb,”