Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-02-07
ANTI-SALOON WAR.
Women Of Kansas Continue Their
Attacks.
-Four "Jointso at Anthony are Wreck.
ed by Imitators Of Mrs. Nation and
Scared SaloOnists In Other
Parts Of the state
Shut Up shop.

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failure to close the saloons of Kan
sas. Then she visited the offices of
Attorney General Goddard, County
Attorney Nichols and Sheriff Porter
and demanded of each that they
close the saloons.
When Mrs. Nation entered Gov
Stanley's office by turns she admin
istered to Stanley tonguelashing
for his failure to uphold the laws
against liquor selling, or begged him
for aid to carry on her crusade. She
put her questions with fierceness and
answered them herself without Civ
ing the governor time to utter a com
plete sentence in his own defense.
You can close every joint in Kan
sas if you will" she said with force.
You can do it if you want to, but
you won't. You are lawbreaker
yourself if you don't. You are not
only lawbrea<er, but a perjurer."
Finally Gov. Stanley said: you
get the county prosecuting attorneys
to put the joint keepers in Jail and [
will use my power as governor to
keep them in. | will see that they
are not pardoned out"
This promise instantly trans
formed Mrs. Nation. She beamed
with JOY, and thanking the governor,
started for the Office of Attorney
General Goddard who referred her to
the county attorney.
To County Attorney Nichols she re-
peated her demands, and said she
wished to swear out a warrant for
the saloonkeepers who had attacked
her Saturday night with a broom
stick. Then she headed for the Of
flee of Sheriff Cook. The sheriff
boiled over with anger under her
searching attack. He broke away
and, rushing towards newspa-
per man in the crowd who had point
ed to him, seized the offenders col
lar and made a motion to strike him.
Others interfered, and, Sheriff Cook
returning to Mrs. Nations side, asked
her to his private office to continue
the argument alone. The chief of
police was picked out for the next on
slaught, but his office was. found
locked and Mrs. Nation harangued
crowd near the city hall.
Boston, Jan. 31.-Mrs. Mary Green,
who seems to be familiar with the
methods of Mrs. Carrie Nation, of
Kansas, wrecked a Cambridge street
bar room Tuesday evening and yes
terday was sentenced to serve a term
at Deer island. Mrs. Green not only
laid the bartender low with a plate,
but also shattered several plate glass
windows and drove the patrons of
the establihment into the cellar.
I'm Carrie Nation" she said, "and
I'll leave no rum shop in the town
when | got through"
Mrs. Green's imitation of the noted
Kansas reformer was terminated by
policeman and Judge Wentworth
sentenced her to the house of correc-
ton.
Anthony, Kan, Jan. 31.-Mrs. Car
rie Nation was outdone here Wednes-
day when a band of w. c. r. u. wo-
men, headed by Mrs. Sheriff, of Dan
vile, completely wrecked the fixtures
in four Joints" smashing plate glass
windows and mirrors right and left
and turning gallons of liquor into the
cutters. The women, who were of
the best families in Anthony, were
accompanied by their husbands and
lection. The band will, it is said,
start out to-day ON a tour of destruc-
tion through Harper county, which is
prolific in saloons. Mrs. Sheriff, who
led the raid is under bond to appear
at Danville in April to answer a
charge of saloon wrecking placed
against her six weeks ago. Mrs.
Sheriff came to Anthony on Tuesday
and worked all night procuring
hatchets and other implements of de-
struction.
No arrests were made, but the
mayor swore in extra police and the
crusaders were placed under strict
surveillance. He also preserved the
names of the women engaged in the
work. AS a sequel to the raid a
number of young men and two or
three small boys became reeling
drunk Two of the boys were locked
up in the city Jail. During the ex-
element they had followed the cru
saders into the saloon and secured
quantity of whisky, wine and beer.
Wichita, Kan, Jan. 31.-Wholesale
liquor dealers here received tele-
phone messages from Harper last
night stating that there was not an
open saloon in town at sunset Harp
er is half way between Anthony and
Danville and it is said that the local
w. c. T. U. leaders were strangely
active there yesterday. Messages
have also been received here that
three saloons at Attica have closed.
Coffeyville. Kan, Jan. 31.-Every
"ioint" in Montgomery county is
closed as result of the action of
County Attorney Dana, who served
notice on the keepers that they
would not be permitted to run
longer.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 31.-Mrs. Carrie
Nation yesterday organized a band
of 46 women to follow her leadership
and assist in wiping out Joints"
Missourians win.
Washington, Jan. 29.-The United