The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-19
GOODWIN NOTIFIED.
Mayor Davis Hands Him List of %
Alleged Joints.

| Twenty-Five members of the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance union
swooped down on Mayor w. H. Davis
in his office on Friday afternoon at 8
/ o'clock and told him, that the. condi-
lions in Topeka, so far as the enforce
ment of the prohibitory law was con-
cerned, was as bad now as ever in the
history of the city.
Then they handed him a list of %
places in Topeka, where they declared.
were reDuted joints. Appendaged to
the list was the statement and many
others on the south side, to say Moth
ing of those on the north side"
AS a result of this visitation Chief
Goodwin this afternoon received an in
vitation to a heart-to-heart talk with
Mayor Davis and a list of alleged
joints In his mail on Monday morn
ing County Attorney Otis Hungate also
received a list of the places. Chief
Goodwin was instructed to let his auto
mobile cool off for a few days and
Investigate Hungate was simply
furnished copy"
There was considerable scattering
when the ladies bore down on the
mayor. They came unannounced and
unexpected. Mr.. Bradley, representa-
tive of the Texas Asphalt company,
was just in the middle of telling Mr..
Davis the manifold virtues of his paw
ing material. The mayor was deeply
interested. A gentle rap came at the
door The two turned and more than
appeared about as quickly as the pen
nant chances for the White Sox this
year. He just naturally evaporated.
This morning when he returned, he
first peeped cautiously around the
door frame and said: Coast clear.
III come back and tell you the rest
now"
AS the ladies came in, Mr.. Davis, al
ways very gallant and extremely
unctious in manner, begged: Ladies.
/ a MI 1ra' N6a,.
chairs in his office and four is not q.
I'VE prefer to stand,' said one lady,
whose aggressiveness indicated that
she was a leader.
ladies, advancing. 81 am a member of
other ladies. i've want to tell You
something about the joints in the city,
informed about the terrible conditions
existing here or you would have bet
! tered them long before this.
| 1.-The conditions are worse in Topeka
than they have been for a long while
| and probably as bad as ever continued
/ Miss Bray There are more Joints and
disreputabIe dives than ever before. and
new ones are opening up all of the time
1t is a disgrace to the city and the
| state that such things are permitted in
about these places but they do not seem
/ willing or able to close them There has
been some talk that you would start a
fine system and license them We want
to know about that, and we want tc
know what you mean to do in this mat
ter anyway. We have here a list OF
places where we feel sure that liquor il
being sold and we want you to investi-
gate them"
Mayor Davis smiled pleasantly and
said cautiously: 4 am not we'll inform
ed personally about the conditions il
Topeka. I have been told by people wht
know of the conditions that they ar,
better than they have been for recen
years. understand that great man,
people say that there are more nov
than when Stahl had charge of the pc
lice. That is not true. He is a goot
man and tried hard
YES" exclaimed one little woman