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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.