The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
Clubs in Topeka Abolish Liquor
Drinking Today.
Attorney General Jackson Is
sues the Orders.
WARNING is HEEDED
Locker System Now Thing of
the Past.
Chief of Police Eaton Conveys
the Warming.

The new prohibition law went into
effect in Topeka today so far as clubs
are concerned. The brand new lid
manufactured by Attorney General
Jackson for the particular benefit of
all mankind who have the least de-
sire in the world for taste or smell
OF any intoxicants of any kind in any
quantity was clamped down today by
orders of the attorney general him
self. The man in his club room may
not drink out of his own bottle, even
if he goes to the locker and gets 1t
himself. The new lid for the most
drastic prohibition law in the world
is on in Topeka and on tight. Mr..
Jackson himself went out of his way
to fasten this lid.
The Topeka and Elks clubs, the
Eagles and all other clubs in the city,
big and little, respectable and other
wise, cut out the sale or drinking of
intoxicants in or about the club quar-
ters today. The drouth is general and
it is as dry as the sands of the
desert. No such condition probably
was ever experienced before in any
city or town in the country. Drinking
whisky, beer, wine or malt in Topeka
may hereafter be c1aSSed with burg
larry and other crimes and the man
who sees another take a drink or
hears about it may be considered an
accessory after the fact.
Jackson's new prohibition law does
not go into effect until May 29, but he
could not wait until then in order to
see how it would work. Chief of Po-
lice Eaton today issued orders to all
clubs to close up; cut it out The chief
was reticent about the matter and de-
cIined to discuss his orders or his meth
DDS but it is known that the county
attorney had no hand in the matter
and the state house gossip has 1t that
the order to the city authorities came
from the attorney general direct. jack
son, Marshall, ct al are now doing po-
lice duty direct in the matter of en-
forcing the prohibition law and intend
to put all clubs out of business and all
lodges that have social features In con-
nection. AS to whether or not a man
can drink in his own home has not
been determined. But it will not be al
lowed if the law can possibly be stretch
ed to include that phase of the matter
jackson got big majority at the last
election and he thinks that II was the
result of his enforcement of. the pro-
h:bition law. He went to work iast
winter and got stronger law placed on
the statute books and is now de-
voting all his time and energy to
the enforcement of the absolute pro-
hibition law. The attorney general
is after large and lofty niche in the
temperance hall of fame and he Will
likely win the place at his present rate
of progress.
All the clubs in the. city are ooeyinE
the new orders without question and the
drinking of liquor IN the city will stop
today for awhile at least.
The sale of liquor by the drug stores
for medicinal purposes Will be stopped
after May 20. BY the first of June the
drinking of liquor VIII nave pecoihe d
lost art in Kansas.
The attorney general cannot stop The
Interstate shipment of liquor into the
state but he can stop the drinking or
heen shipped in here and this he has
SET out TO do.