Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-09
THE DRY CAM.
PAICNERS TRY
ANOTHER MOVE
May Cause Arrest of Two Saloon
keepers for Contempt of
Court.
ACTION WILL BE DELAYED
Nothing Will Be Done Until After
Ruling on Plea for Ad-
vancement.

Des Moines, Dec. 6.-The anti-sa-
loon forces will not play their trump
card and take the trick of the vets
in this saloon cross purpose game
until the supreme court has declared
it's hand Tuesday upon the rehear-
ing of the recent decision which has
knocked out the Des Moines saloon
petition, according to the managers
for the drys.
Warrants for the arrest of two sa-
loonkeepers, who are under injunc-
lions granted under the old law sew
eral years ago, on the charge of con-
tempt Of court, was the trump card
which was scheduled to have been
played yesterday afternoon but held
in allegiance until after Tuesday.
NJ S. Odle, attorney for the Iowa
Anti-Saloon league, is said to have
prepared the petition asking Judge
Hugh Brennan, of the equity di-
vision of the district court, to close
these places of business. He charges
contempt of court for alleged viola
ton of an injunction previously
granted and asks for permanent in
junction. The injunctions were
granted under the old law which did
not compel the closing out of bust
ness.
The decision by Chief Justice
Weaver at Iowa Falls yesterday
changed the plans of the drys. The
application advancement for a mo-
ton for rehearing of the supreme
court filed Nov. %, was not granted
| by Chief Justice S. M. Weaver. The
question was left to settlement by
the full bench which will sit Tues
|day.
The temperance workers claim
that the saloons of the city may be
closed either under the Fort Dodge
decision or under the insufficiency
ruling of the supreme court. For
this reason they propose to make
test case in contempt proceedings
and serve notice of like suit upon
the other saloon operators. Since
these two saloon operators are now
under injunction, the attorneys can
expedite matters by bringing action
against them, the temperance lead
ers say.
M. S. Odle appeared before the di-
rectory board of the Des Moines Cit
liens association yesterday after
noon and outlined his plans. The
board was agreed that the method
would be effective in closing the sa-
looms, but desired that no legal ac-
tion be started until the supreme
court had given its decision of the
action for rehearing.
BUT LITTLE EXCITEMENT.
Little excitement attended the re-
opening of the Des Moines saloons
yesterday morning. Each of the
eighty-six liquor establishments was
opened promptly at o'clock, but
there were no crowds standing in
line waiting for the first drink.
1t was reported a short time after
the saloons opened that the liquor
dealers had made the declaration
they will not close up again volun-
tarily. R. w. Wolverton, president
Iof the Des Moines Retail Liquor
Dealers association, denied that any
such statement had been made from
an authentic source.
BOYCOTT IS ALLEGED.
That the liquor men are exercis-
ing most stringent boycott against
all business men who refused to sign
the consent petition now in circula-
ton was the statement made yester-
day by several men who claimed to
be sufferers.
One east side business man, it is
said, lost twenty customers within
two days after he had been asked to
sign the petition and refused. Those
who would not continue to give him
their business, all said that even
though they wanted to, they would
be subject to fine in case they were
found out.
A list of those who will not at
tach their signatures to the state
ment is posted at saloon headquar-
tiers frequently, according to reports.
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