Mounds, Nashville, Nokomis, Papineau, Steeleville, Virgil, Witt and Warden. The following voted to remain wet: Alton, Amboy, Andalusia, Antioch, Auburn, Aurora, Browning, Burgers, Chillicothe, Coral, Dunlieth, East Lincoln, Fulton, Ganeer, Grant, Granville, Henry, Kickapoo, LaSalle, Leepertown, McHenry, Morris, Nauvoo, Rock Island, St. Charles, Savanna, Six Mile, South Litchfield, South Moline, and West Galena. The following townships voted dry: Annawan, Avon, Brooklyn, Coal Valley, Colona, Dixon, Grafton, Grisham, Hartland, Irvington, Moline, Richmond, Sand Ridge, Silver Creek, Spring Bay and Waukegan. The following towns voted to remain dry: Altmount, Apple River, Assumption, Atkinson, Batavia, Bloomington, Belvidere, Bradley, Brookside, Buckheart, Bushnell, Canton, Chadwick, Campaign, Channahon, Chatsworth, Chebause, Chenoa, Coloma, Crescent, Dalton, Decatur, Deerfield, Dekalb, Door, Douglas, Downer's Grove, Dwight, East Fork, Edin, Elgin, Elizabeth, Elmwood, Essex, Farmington, Fayette, Flagg, Farreston, Frankfort, Freeport, Geneva, Genoa, Hampton, Huey, Keithsburg, Kendall, Kewanee, Kirkland, Lake Villa, Libertyville, Little Rock, Lively Grove, Manteno, Marissa, Martinton, Mattoon, Momence, Morrison, Nebraska, Nevada, New Berlin, Norton, Odell, Old Ripley, Oregon, Pana, Peotone, Percy, Pesotun, Pigeon Grove, Plainfield, Putnam, Rutland, St. Ann, Somonauk, Squaw Grove, Sterling, Sycamore, Taylorville, Tyrone, and Winslow. Indiana. Aside from the elections under the local option law, there have been no developments of importance. The cities which voted for license during the year were: Elwood, Garrett, Greensburg, Linton, Munsey, and Washington. Those voting dry were: Bicknell (contested), Bloomington, Columbia City, Greenfield and Sullivan. Bicknell, Columbia City and Greenfield had previously been in the license column, while Greensburg and Munsey had been dry up to the last election. Munsey, which voted for license was previously the largest dry city in Indiana. Kentucky.-Herewith is given a summary of all new laws affecting the industry. (1) Making second violation of the local option law a felony. (2) Regulating the granting of license to persons to retail liquors; to regulate issuance of retail liquor licenses; require description of location for which license is valid; forbidding blinds and screens in such places during prohibited hours and providing for license forfeiture and prosecution of certain officials for failure to discharge duties imposed. (3) Preventing adulteration of food, drugs, medicines and liquor. (4) Directing the auditor of public accounts to refund to the various former liquor dealers in counties since June 15, 1914, the unearned portion of liquor licenses from the time it became unlawful to sell. IMPORTANT MEASURES THAT FAILED TO PASS Statewide Prohibition Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Kentucky, defeated in the Senate 14 to 20; defeated in the House 54 to 40. Providing for forfeiture of State license for violation of the liquor laws and giving the Franklin Circuit Court jurisdiction; authorizing suit for forfeiture by Attorney-General, and making owner of license ineligible to receive another. Declaring places where liquor is sold in violation of law public nuisances. To prohibit transportation of more than one-half gallon of spirits or 5 gallons of beer a month into local option territory. Making a third violation of local option laws a felony. To vacate offices for drunkenness. To make punishment for violating local option laws fine or imprisonment instead of both fine and imprisonment. To repeal law punishing minors for entering saloons. Making it unlawful to operate meat or grocery stores in connection with a saloon. To make last Friday in October "Temperance" day in public schools. To punish drunkenness at public gatherings. Making it a felony to sell liquors without a license. ORDINANCES AFFECTING LICENSING OR CONDUCT OF SALOONS The Attorney-General ruled that retail liquor dealers who are forced out of business in towns which have been declared dry, may not transfer their license taken out in the city from which they started business to another which continues to permit the sale of liquor. An ordinance was passed by the city Commissioners of Middlesboro, requiring a license fee of $500 for soliciting orders or distributing blanks for mail order liquor houses, and providing a fine of $10 for violation. Legal. The Court of Appeals in the case of Robinson v. Commonwealth held that license to keep a tavern outside of an incorporated municipality should be granted only when the keeping of a tavern at the proposed place was necessary for the accommodation of the public; where the only real purpose of an applicant was to secure the right to sell whiskey and the keeping of a tavern was a mere pretence; the granting of the license was improper; where a majority of the voters protested the granting was improper. The same Court, in the case of Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. v. Roser, decided that the Council of the city where the sale of intoxicating liquors was permitted by law, had a reasonable discretion in determining the places of sale, the number of licenses and the person to whom such licenses should be granted; and when this was done they might properly refuse to issue any additional licenses, even though there was no objection to the applicants or their proposed places of business. The same court, in the case of Audubon Country Club v. Commonwealth ruled that the word "public," as contemplated in the statute of granting tavern licenses on a showing of necessity for accommodation of the public generally, was the general public, as distinguished from a class, like the members of a club coming as such. The same court took judicial notice that grape wine was an intoxicating liquor. Elections.-Two local option elections were held in Kentucky since the last report, without changing its status. The town of Gracey in Christian County voted to remain wet by 66 votes. 1911 local option was defeated in Gracey by 31 majority. Cumber land County as a unit voted dry by a majority of 811; there were no saloons in this county, only some small distilleries and about half a dozen road houses. Louisiana. The sale of near-beer in dry territory in the State is prohibited by a new statute. MARYLAND In the November elections the city of Baltimore voted against prohibition as follows: Annapolis voted against prohibition by a majority of 464 24 Ellicott City voted wet by a majority of.... 26 Brooklyn and Curtis Bay districts voted wet by a majority of... 446 Majority against licenses.... Prince George County voted to retain licenses: 17,388 9,647 7,741 6,156 5,305 851 3,080 3,007 73 Washington County voted against licenses: Dry 5,470 4,996 Majority against licenses. Hagerstown went wet by a majority of.......... 474 166 That the sale of near-beer, home brew, and all such beverages that contain alcohol in Montgomery County, constitutes violations of the local option law of the county was a decision rendered by a police court in that county. License saloons opened in Cumberland after five years of no license conditions. The sale of "Tem-po," having the appearance of lager beer, is forbidden by statute in Talbot County. A bill to repeal the gallon-amonth law, so far as Talbot County is concerned, was enacted. Massachusetts.-The annual vote on the question of license or no license excited unusual interest, because of the presence of Billy Sunday in Boston, where he conducted a revival during the campaign, and the strenuous effort to have the Metropolis of the State declare for prohibition. Boston, however, rolled up a majority of 23,000 for license as contrasted with one of 14,000 the previous year. Lowell, Lawrence and Worcester also increased their votes for license as contrasted with the previous years, and Granville, "dry" for 30 years, voted "wet." On the other hand Fall River went into the "dry" column. Few other changes of note occurred at the election. LEGISLATION The 1916 Legislature adopted a law prohibiting the transportation of liquors by licensed dealers in their own delivery teams into no-license cities and towns. It was vetoed by the Governor at the preceding session on the ground that, as then drawn, it might interfere with the transportation of liquor through no-license towns while en route to destination in licensed communities. This feature of the bill did not come up at the last session, and therefore, under the bill |