Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-19
FIVE CLUBS
STOP SALE OF
INTOXICANTS
CALIFORNIA AND JONATHAN TO
RESIST W00LWINE
PROSECUTOR SAYS HE WILL
TAKE SUMMARY ACTION
Rather Than Submit to Being Raided,
Majority of Social organiza-
tlons Dispense with
Buffets

Rather than take chances of being
wine, prosecuting attorney, who de-
clares he will treat social clubs exactly
as he would any other law breakers,
the University club, the Los Angeles
Country club and the Concordia club
joined the Union league yesterday and
ordered the sale of liquor stopped.
At meeting of the board of directors
of the University club held at noon yes
terday it was unanimously decided to
dispense with the buffet at once in ac-
cordance with the decision handed down
by Judge Felix Ewing upholding the
stand taken by the prosecuting attor-
ney. AS soon as the decision was
reached orders were sent to the buffet
that the sale of intoxicants should cease
and that institution will be a thing of
the past in this particular club.
No More Liquor There
The action taken by the board of
directors of the University club is not
a temporary suspension of the buffet,
while the Gunner case is taken to the
supreme court. Even if the decision of
Judge Ewing should be reversed it is
thought that the sale of liquor in this
club will never be renewed
Secretary Conger of the Country CLUB
and Albert Norton, attorney for the
Concordia, telephoned to the prosecutor
during the afternoon and announced
that they would discontinue the sale of
liquor. The haste displayed by these
clubs In capitulating to the prosecuting
attorney was not initiated by the Cali
fornia and Jonathan clubs. They ara
the only ones which have not, as yet,
signified their intention of recognizing
the decision of Judge Ewing.
Joseph Scott, director of the Call
fornia and a member of the Jonathan
club, said yesterday that he did not
know what action, if any, these clubs
will take.
II cannot speak for these clubs" he
said. my position in the matter was
fully set forth in yesterdays Herald,
and have not changed my views. The
case will be appealed and tried at an
early date and we hope the decision OF
Judge Ewing will be reversed"
The Los Angeles Athletic club will
probably close it's bar today. There
will be meeting of the board of direc-
ters today to determine what action
they will take. 1t is the wish of the
directors to keep within the law, and
the club will undoubtedly join the others
and cease the sale of liquor.
| 1t is probable many of the clubs will
join in an effort to have the present
law altered SO that social clubs will not
| have to take out retail license.
| WooIwine Means Business
The following statement was issued
by Prosecuting Attorney Woolwine yes
| terday morning:
| so far as the respectable clubs are
| concerned I would like to ascertain
definitely and in an authentic way the
attitude each of such clubs intends tc
| assume and any of such clubs refusing
to comply with the law will be treated
| in the same manner as any other law
breaker and will be raided just as any
| other similar violator of the statutes.
! They have been treated with every con-
| sideration consistent with my official
duty, and Judge Ewing's decision will
| put them In the pale of common law
breakers unless they cease the illegal
sale of liquor without a license. Any
| club defying the law will be prosecuted
| Just so soon as I can obtain the neceS-
sary evidence, and I wish to reiterate
| that the usual course of raiding such
places shall be resorted to without dis
| elimination.
II understand that Joseph Scott
| has criticised me for doing what any
reasonable man ought to know is my
plain duty. If he thinks it is consis-
| tent and proper for the president of the
board of education of this city to as
sumo the role of a defiant law breaker
he is entitled to his opinion. The ex-
ample that these men are setting in
! their defiance of the law is to be very
much deplored."
When shown this statement, Joseph
| Scott laughed good naturedly and said
| he did not think he had better say
anything.
"Scott criticised me for not directing
| the action against the clubs as corpora
! tions," said Mr.. Woolwine. 'If I
brought the action against the corpora
tions all would get in that case would
be a ruling and the directors would go
on doing as they pleased. 1 wanted to
stop the sale of liquor and took the
shortest route toward that end"