The San Francisco call. [volume], July 28, 1907, Page 1, Image 1

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FIGHTING
BOOZE
OUT OF
BERKELEY
M. D. Oriole
rOR the first time" probably in lt«
history you can't buy/ a drink ,1a;
Berkeley.. Such of the stnftents o£j
the University of . California- a*i
tave a thirst for beer will find out. thtaj
fact presently wh?ni4lie^£all^««nit^«t^
opens. -" '{
The municipal authorities .; |taa . - thm
antisaloon league have put- the "speak*
casles" out of - business; so* completely
that you- might search In vatn> through^,
Eai t. West, -North, South and * Central
Berkeley without flnainir: a; fflass; of
"goafs milk;* or "cider" ; in * auotation
marks to slake • your burning thirst. . :
It has been a bitter fight, a ' dramatlo r .
fight and one that is- not yet over, for
the illicit liquor traffic has "many In
fluential sympathizers* ih"Berkeier. v )Biit -
\u25a0the town marshal, has^the upper. ;hand :
ani uays 5 he.wlll'" keep*'., oh' 1 ' the J-lid.'
Whether or not he can do It remains; to .
be seen. "r" r \u0084 "., >\u0084-.,'.',' ,* •." \u0084."„ !,»•! ''.'.
When the students come back f or^the .
fall opening of . the^tateunlyersity'eoro*
of them will mourn; forthe picturesque
and time bonored^instltutlonSithat 'are V
now no mpr*. They* will 'In
vain for "The Widow";. they will
that the Hotel Acheson has been turned
into real estate offices and a strictly,
law abiding rooming house, from which
trap doors, sliding panels- and other
paraphernalia of •'underground .history"
have been forever, removed. They will
find that giving the "high sign" at . tha
"family entrance" of." soda water em
poriums elicits no fitting response, and
that Denis Kaggerty is W longer at
the eld stand ~ where: his predecessor,
old "French • Charlie," served . a former '
generatioa>of "Rah! " Rah! boys.":
If they. journey to West Berkeley, in,
hope" of relief nothing, but further" djs-"
appointment will await them. There,
like the angel with the. naming sword.
t lands Rev. G. ii WUklns . on - the
.threshold of the- "Lusher/a - Paradise"
"and over him; is" the \u25a0inscription' "2S."
And while "we thus * regard the ; . Rev.
Mr. Wilkins, let us>top, to jdo him •fit
ting honor. • I -
In Rev. G. :H. vWllkins, pastor t of the
Westminster ' Presbyterian- church, the *
liquonnea* of -West: Berkeley have mef
their Waterloo/: Itwastth'us:
Safely.' out of the.mil© limit Juris
diction of the . state law which-pro
hiblt» the tale of Intoxicants .within a
radius of on« mlle'jf rom 1 the
grounds.^ th«vweot Berkeley/ 'liquor ;
dealers fiourl«hed«Vdesplt«" sporadic"at
tempts to • dlßlodgeVthemi on j the jpart;
of the : better : element, \ until? the : pass
age of a . prohibition : ordinance' by* the
dty fathers.l effective January* 1." 11 807. ;;.
With the^- consummation , of - this eolar ;
. plexus hlow;imomi^ Berkeley % temper-"
ance workers; aubsld»d^n"jcontent"ana
patted' themaelvesjon- the Vback : like:
Little : ; Jsck-Hors«r,-- : . ;.
Usf ki« Cbristrnw .ptej : - • >,
He put in bis thumb
To pcU out « plum- •, * . " \u0084„ . . .
' Not eo!the,R«v.l Mr.Jwilklnis.*. •;
Ho i got .'.aYcopy/of that :
ordinance, took- It home* wlthi him f and \u25a0
made "* himself . thoroughly o acquainted f
with its 'contentst^; \ .. . -
The Local Qption^ Clause
Then 'he knew why the Hqubrmen 1
..were not Vaa v downhearted ."about the
The San Francisco Sunday Call.
ordinance asjthcy^oaght ; ,t6:ha.v.e.v.b9Qn. > :
There !was; 'aVl9<^l : \optl6h^cla.uEe..7.;lf ;
Rev. Mr. "^WiJklnBX had," been -tsimpiy V* i
man : \u25a0 of . "^God^aiid: not s ; a ; tCrp perancej
champion*pcriiaps?this } i/o"uld*not' i haO%*
conveyed 'ariyyespecial-' moaning' to^'his",
mind; *' b'ut^as^ltc'-Tvas^ ho. Unew'^tiirat '
local option \u25a0inirthe seventh ? ward; Vaß
what! the^llQUonrich termed ','a/cinch'. T ; ;
So 1 he" called,- a mars . meetinV-of/- tJw
ministers , 'arid ; prom?«iont ' citizens. ': "ex 7•7 •
plained^the :: .' situation .'and "aroused \u25a0so
much .: enthusiasm v: that.' -the; / ; ctnc!i"l
faded .'into: inhocu'ous f desuetudeV'and:
.the^llquorjnenl'gpt -to pass wji^
.written t'inwitUlpnsliofZwhfc'h^tl^V^*^'
"R-r-r-r-f efcenge^was^. thef keynote. ?,~;4z
- .Rey/jG^H^jWUlclnsCbfigan i\to : .recVive'
; w*» ? an^_ -Vundeslrabl e .\ciUzen.V ; bu t^ h^,
tthrewftijem^intaihe* waste /baskpt^uii^
that i hls^house 'might "ibu'rnV; or:* some--;
thing Jmlghtjhappen;'to' him } on aVdarlc^
night* of^thYt^
'torate f If Jhe*-"di«in!t^quit' ; J'buttlngi'ln.vi
but . , he /.went j rtght^ahead^reiching 1
a^Jnst ;rx l^quo r;^
again st sl tCand ; makipg vi ts rcause*a very
; unsafe - and.< unpopular one.; "; *t. ; I;.'- :r.: r . '
> •One^Sunday_i.not^-lorig/'agp"-rie^ found
; hlmße|f^a^g!r^
church door.'r Attached to* thejeffisy'was
a . • pia'card^threatening-, "to and'
all. •"3'klnds4 4 *^frs\jwoV-"^andV^siVned !
'"peac9~."^asspclatJpV."-V Rlgh£»Vonr« r >top:
of* .this^.ithe. .head {;of* /.jtlie > thurch'
board . _of '>' trustees':- _ ;'camo.v out - »flat-;
f ooted \u25a0 •\u25a0 i. and ' commanded"^' R«Cv.* ' v-ilrl
\u25a0 said- th at .1 f " lie; <\id\ n 61"6 1 " hi s Vre's sgna t ip 'nj;
[ would';, be'j^Bskc'd,i^fQr,^";._becausVj' <^the^
t church's •\u25a0'-^revenues -^ were lO^ingMdimin 1 -/;
• ishe'd fth f the-' Vanißliing^' point*,* by 'the/
*pkstor,"s^ unfortunate^ antagonism! j '/-V ;
.si.-RMC^Mr'-^^llklnV^basn't^pa
;alleiUibn^toJhim*.^;H6?says'*it
J bpard^p resldeh\^was; v - h is? s'tl nfc lt'Jf rterid 'I
; untU^his /(the; p_resldent'sK soh.\was --ar-j-j
i'restjpd *lnVa|irald/on^a AWestjßerkeJtfyt
ifcpeak<c"asy^lvir.iWllkin~salso'Hntl^
v eith'e'^^^^
..^iv^a'mjflghtlng^
>: like i Viim ;"»; says|Rev. ;^ M r.^ WJU lTln'MX'tJi^f?
1 Tmfeping^ r j jrlitj^atiead j'as ir lopW';*as^the^
;• L^rd>wiil^let\n^e."i; f i^ f. J;^ ' _i .* -/ t :;;.^. " c < ;,
'; central ;hla^bjeen| eoTualfyy'df a*§
Cm a'tlc7§Tho ugh I' ttf^^
jof \u25a0 the^contestfhasj heyer^'beenVtoia i hfeVe^ 1';1 ';
"i tbf bre.^-I t i b'eg-an":ma J nyT y ; ears T ago;!but^
succeeded rjuntll^Oliyer/Tounes^
fcajne^up', f rom iPomonau^where * kei v had i
r,p« t. I .trie V saloons : " out;'u t ;' of'•b v»i n"ess,v: and ?;
twasreeeki.ng;freshj fieWs^to^ conqiti»r;rlie
c,T)d vtsiey.way^hcjnreciplt^todirhimseK
r-< \u25a0\u25a0 -A- *i^ \u25a0\u25a0«»-.> . *<^<^«v« v j"^! -;- *.-^«* s » l^?s- «T*'~ t «'-» i;
int^tiTe.iTlWst-of^itjwag-'a: caution.". ;., ; ;
jtljei-methods; of
]» quorm'en ,*\u25a0"; MiC; l^JUßga ii 'dwljivbt^ tVy'A' to)
Tip o.'pV^-sl .^n t^n^tjio^v was rto^arrestfi a
.manr.for^vtplatt^g^-theillq'uor^ordinance
i n^iite :^»n'orn'i^^ttmpa)rel^6j uty^ by.
nopSj t *try i |tfie .'cae^iin^the ; af tefnoon^and
sV<> liye^an^'ac^uitX^ -tojcidlsagr •eemen vi
witrffstiijsV^tJentfdismi^
\u2666bvVriVhiV/ : -\u25a0- . \u25a0'•; /./; ;/'^; '^ ''"/-;
'-v^Lfec^lyv/'j Mi: C^'il^iiiisr^Mr.^Tptings
.; : besg*'fl^to'rdiffe^.V^r'-^' - -;- \u0084...: ;*,./:
'^.ri&tlrs t* go V iiv-vto'ucii.\\u25a0jrithvthe?anti
sal oon^leasue fand- «acure,d | the * appolntf;
jtiwnJJ'of^ faSsAprej^ifommitteeiojt^hVee/
icaVno| toVs&nj^^
>. nfe S e r v id eji de \u25a0'• ajr«l rftrtrj the^ spjeakfeaiy
s\«spec ts.^p Soii^'bt^wem /poked I'ai f itu^
dcntsf,BoroeJas';Vli^.e^»/^so^
•InljmertCfan^
\u25a0sients^tourijiii^^;- V:
; T^Ofn^^Bhu^y^Wlth>t^e
'disirictlattoro^^S^^^ot^
C^je'|«lsovVe^^£a J /to> \u25a0 assist
the- prosecy t4on,-^t^ie; evidences was ';perr
i t £cte*d;K toi^a^pij t yfl^jMifefirt lyjinapped
ro~ut?an4'^itli^^tM/x;ll/_st'^aYrest\^as
TheTJury /That: Wasn'tf Packed -;r?
1 it: a* Aat more
!orilessjpleasa.ntif6rn»ality-anajßfave'the
:UStia!*,or^crsUo^packlthe:3ury.i>ißutia
!surprisc;.wastiini: store »ifbri:lilm-'>^" The
'Pfeosee^utijQnYwouldjtJt'lha^ve^ajjy^doußf-p
Tu^lJtaiJsmon'and^thel'sher^
rbusv^^th*elr'ipy*iit*'e^lre'^f^o'ra*all.Vthe'
- byvr arj s ,' a^n d;: \\ ig 111 1 y ?."• 1 1 'i r caul red '^tw pi
Lrceisks'^to^
it^id^otY;lose^any:Uimesin*br^ug;inK;
:in'*a'fverQictVof ;, mi-;
;p"os?d%lthc.lin^xJmunv ; ,4ne;s/aVdl-tlie.w'lj^
if«idanl;;\w^6soV'mindtwas)falniost^un-i
ibaf a need *by f.\he . s hVc k^ of {s urpr i a c.- ; ap-H
' : peaied^only^^o'^aad^coujydeiibTe^p7h|s.
Cpst Onfl >fi cc * r^ -^ 1- n . C X I 1I 1 L^Her^ 7t rl bun a ! j
:con firm"i rm " b'X he . ; /_o pi fclnab;^ dec isi on ~' with";
\u25a0 mischi/wafmthFand '* d^slV^ehesV.^''.?.^-!
;*^.Jln r^Als*imanner^ih ( eCi\ch
and' oth"f*.*tljnej hWocotl'jJy^i^^of/t Jj^j
i jln^o r^4aw >^ were rb,u ghf^^ios^b'^ok"t
< Biiri^Achljfiflin;^ ( ;:tlje^f|rj^
*;tpothV»nd;*najl; for.va^time,; '"Jtut't^^ finally
s y l«jtionY*and 'p^onirse d ' to s b>t~gVo(T. . V-f.t «
\u25a0 prosecu i t^ons $,wa s"t as. ; v nique ; as ith c \^i t-:
; he'ssek "j > ere- u n wi 1 llri g. fjOne^'.^ m*?^n
r stated' :in at^ hfivVrtg /a he \Weh tH to 1
; that
; ; iifould ifcu r e; th!t h ! rt.V:' v ; He •: his \u25a0 n e^il'
: and^ Hce{Ve\rVg^^eth^^.wli icji-i lio
[though t 'Vni IRh t|j Kiyejibeeti ,; casto r t". oi 1 H
or^-lt! *jyiP.P^| I^'"^:^^
jburiX^hisljHirodt;*as*Ve*rthelMs>U^
Jdiwcen ;t. ! .;*s '^" 11 -^*^?^X^S^? v^^ *°''£?'' ;
srep.eited'^tli©; J tlosq-,,on*;sllghtv;pro vocaV
f>f r A*n d t he r .| tWs^t i fi«di to '^dfiif ki ri gj:a. f. sjaps
which
si produced ip^cttliar^effects, ;\u25a0 and^ a^ third
descnbed 4 -hiß ( "rimbibing* olj. r,ui»ri anu^
: rootribecr:-. behind-.- closed - "doors. ""/.Thc%
brands'sold-th^re.^he" admit ted;' \u25a0!j»'Jb>:e^ot '
( oliff
pi J ore]r'girig4f "tfn ', them 'than 4 those 6b-;
"tAineof -i^ejsewh'e/e.^'- G|nS'o» % >\a}'?.?- w'as {
'anbTtiier*? d r ihk,*;^ the Vev fd encp^- ; sho }}X& ",'
,'wljictij 'wasf much i"!.';prcferrecf > . in t ' r tiuT,
breVA" -'^ \u0084. X. ' •*,*•"* >|^.1. 1 f -^ •*
,:» Some vof/ the^niethpds ? i>iirsvie"j; to
«:ui% '-* t hes e \u25a0 d Yin ks • al so mad hj i ji tc¥es t Jrf^
'tV^ti?non>Vv:tHoush*- f aU'! jbfj w 'the ; i detaHk.-
7 out. iy ;Ute/ll<iuori
?^ase"s^theSni^in'.;p6'iat being" «.'\u25a0 evidence
; th aV* ll q \id f * had dc tually. b e f n 's6 l <3 ;t; tv 'ft I» - !
L '-'ltlwag i-bariiot'r.*.
,iry!;i* reports^madc; to -the^secrci c«>ra-.;
"nriilt^e.'.ihowiQvcr.'/t&at , th>>^ precautions
l anoptedit»yv l Uussia*n '.nihilists' Trer>T as'
•nothing' compared^ to - those \u0084ln
fspVak^easv ipatrons.^Agresular'.ssecret.
i la n jf ua ge ATCas-i f ou iid ' to -'extst.*-::/*.~ : J'J'j*.
eßefkeleyans;weree ßefkeleyans;were : ':'"»iidt!ncily
r 'proud^6?^tfte spealcjeasie^iand jielishted.
ihi^Ko^lngstheaiHo; ylsitors. s S^V-"ViHcad'
"vtsltlng t'sSnie ;C*6lleße > st^dt:nt^w*sc I'Cjst'1 'Cjst'
ap^D^saaked^lf'h'e^cpuid^Vstftnd^a^ltLft,,
- gloat's .Viillfe," : 4nd -jipoiij answer ing in, tt^
rahirmailveiwas: piloted to;qnefor;aßJ"i;f
'*tfiev.va>i^s'~ illicit^ ficjuo*r dispehsatie*-^
'^}^%p^th'?^oyi^a f rtou3*oK''ttj^e} l was'
rithl^siyiyP^ •jJp^ 1}?l-V*^*:a*y1 }? l-V*^* :a*y HUIeV-soda;
Jttail i -cuntiy .\*store^ ;•• near* Jtha^'.Tet^gra'iih*
J'ay*no^7«ntra"nce v to^'the J grounds. /McVe
'c'h^.cniQrfedra^ba'ck^door a ml" ' 'nominated
' onels ; p'o \ sonlv *Nv h' icii \ was rv ed," mo re
\u0084--« < Wt*.!ir».-jt v W.rj- v , v^..^;> r ;y». Wi ... \u0084 >\u25a0 , t , v ,.
sor^less^ openly.^ln-soda^water.^vi'.'Soda.
p.with^a\s\ic^Mh*jltV^y'3oda?\^ith;aVcbnar
on, -r -rattjQsnaKe * medicine* , sassa
poodle and^cldefcjw^th ,a, wink"
H-e,re/; jo"itt» VoC - tiej^fancy't.rftimos *"\u25a0 for
Vhlsky^loat^in^flz v 6r, b n4'nd s?*na soda.
a.^d rjs^cre^f t^ «? con
'^tr'-'j^cecaHo&iitrade|,V-:^' T " i
.' ~ Ma ny ; y ears ago .Ftc'nclnCbartey flour
"TridoWr;; held 'fort of/fact
he^*tvas* neither French* nor^ named
jjtfaVies^buUtlrjsTh^was known* until,
old^/age ['forced *Thfin-^tb 'abandon; his
\u25a0"^fe.^^Cft^r^im^amft.notJthy'delujsf'e,
b.u t , Deri J3 r; Ua ggerty. who grew to be
almost; ast'much,* art institution ; in "his .'
way. \u25a0 '- £oth yrtTf?' gob^ftearteil, -jovial
f elTqws, of the old woridt bonf face type,
available;." tor ..yam occasional" "touch"
-and' sympathetic } itr "one's troubles ' to 'a
remarkable.ilejjreel
, >Tlii. Aeheson. hotel.- wt\ile -more.df a
report . for •.•tbV-'town-fblfc* "©f-* i ßerkVle"y
Vho'twere * tiloufbiisly '.•'inclined"", tlianr.it or
tut; st:ido!it. < 5.;,was r atnong ,tbe;mo3t suc
ies^tul^and £eVJ>rated ..violators of -the
•Ik|uor«laf:<f6r-*njany years: -'According
to ram^r pn* ente*red.an'alnlost bare
roorij.'.jSe.at'jtJ one's* self.. Ji«d remarked
,tJiatlt;iQ^xv«sttber. was \u25a0•.'-•pow.erlui ;dry."
;£}t>bn_ / &ft««f*ar .'Sliding 'panel' openeil "and
;; a]vpic». % askPd. "JVUo are^ypu.?"^ ,
r.V,Tq this one. answered, -*<TU« original
iATJKpraiKtil." «V* « : « --' i • -
*-* M What ! Vdo* jrpa:-*'dd _' '-when ! you're
\u25a0 tMrsty^'\vas\tli.f ;n'ext* question!. <•
\u25a0\u25a0 i Oct.* a class; of .koumiss and butt/In/*
"\u25a0in "exthanjce ".of : coinnfor brimming
's!rs??3 'followed ': an 4 the .Incident ( was
rVOtJier met^ibd^ot. similar, nature were
•pWrsuctl'inf 'btlwyp pJaceVsome sotng so
Verve*: frankfurters '.with' their
."bc'verases*and>soiner*<iultc brazenly 'sell-'
-ins;siquor{to;all^ha'aßked.for It wlth
but^an:•.cefQtnoTis;;-w:;atevir? > m ***y r [ \u0084 •
* ; Ml 'these Tthings.^ hoywrcr." ire* of •
\u25a0pa3t?jfor •*Marshai^Yorim«sr*ls «ittlngr:6it;"
?tsJoVild?«u4 f Oliver \Ytfimgß^t«|keeplnis:
l Matjey6 Very . grtTnJy|on
iH^'pved'lcts^p'rohibltiiJn' for j LtMi^Ao;^
vSele^lri.a.Ts'coctstlinet.and 'say* Berkeley ..
Sts/getthif? '^K&i^creain'b'f 'the Vast" for
\u25a0'lU"tnev?. ? #etti*M. i<! . ;' ," ; 7 •,-."-."_".'» \u25a0
SfiTCh'enVtK^ejVTstodenU. . come jbackj; they,.;
j'wUt* r p*robaliiy4 mourn in ,valn;for pleas- :
;iires* tiiatTare J past. The J day »f th»
Tspeak^easjv In -Berkeley' Is over.