Show MOTHER NATIONS 5 WORK BEARS BEhRS FRUIT IN TOPEKA Prominent Citizens in hi Mass hlass Meeting Decide All AU Joints Must Be Closed by Feb 15 Ultimatum Issued and 1000 1 Men Will Raid All Saloons ons That Do Not Obey Topeka Kan Feb 10 A mass nias meet meetIng meeting Ing of the of Topeka pel this tills after afternoon afternoon noon on at t which were vere present pre de decided decided decided that the joints of the city must go at t once Friday Fliday Feb Peb IB 15 1 Is IK named as the time when wUen the cleansing of the i city must be complete If it is not done by time a army army of 1000 men will move n gye upon the Joints and rema rem by force The f t rno n was re remarkable le in every o ery respect It was called by a committee of the Law J aw En Enforcement Enforcement for ment league legue I Sit said 11 t was 88 attended att by nearly narb all tl the e business b s men of ot the city C Conservative men who have heretofore advocated ted moderation m insist that the people of Topeka 8 an i take the law in their own bands An ultimatum was passed led command commandIng I Ing the officers of the city and county to perform their duty regarding the closing cI of the th Joints The property owners OWne on on whose wh premises the joints are age kept were warned that they would better abate the nuisance nul at t t once or orthe orthe orthe the people of Topeka would not Dot be re responsible responsible spon for the damage that might ensue to the buildings Warning W ng the Joint Keepers The Jo jol were yere were warned in the fol following f following l lowing vigorous terms that Topeka did not desire their presence any longer To those engaged In this illicit business busl we have to say ay y that the thelong thelong thelong long controversy of the public with you must come to an end You have openly and persistently defied our laws you have made yourselves the agents of even greater criminals outside of the state who jiho ho have supported you in your unlawful traffic you have introduced ed edthe the most corrupting and demoralizing factors and influences into our local politics and for years you have scorned all appeals and warnings that have been presented to you by b the time virtue 1 loving lovin portion of the community Now we feel that the time has hu tome some me when we must speak sp ak to you peremptorily You must stop this lawless business at ai a once We hereby reby ht notify you ou that w Wi must have bave satisfactory evidence thai all aU your illicit goods shall have been removed and shipped hipped from the t city before be before fore 12 dock 0 noon Friday Feb Fth i l lUpon Upon the strict observance of this rl d de demand mand mend we shall insist and if it shall hail be In disregarded we will take whatever measures are necessary for its rigid en Nl enforcement enforcement If a 8 long outraged public shall be bf compelled to resort to the fundamental right of against crim crini criminals crimInals and their thir abettors the grave eon con consequences sequences to evil doers which may re result r suit sult from such a return must rest with who wit h the and nullifiers i 4 f pur our oui law laws lawand lawand and the of our oui government governmental t al machinery The the men who rent property to and atul th mh men who have violated their oaths in tolerating rime crime these are the disturb distIllI erR of the peace and now the lite wrong I public which as sovereign n has h both bot l the right and duty to see s e that its will wil willand wiland I and judgment shall be respected rc Mrs Nation Referred To There were a number of addressee in which Mrs Nation tame came in for fOI Ii h r full share Chief hief of Police PoliN Stahl mad mail madan madan mailan an address He lie said the law lw could I enforced if the entire police of the city cit y would work in unison with him Twelve hundred men signed their names nameH to tit I cards pledging themselves to be read react ready y yat at a moments notice to t join th army which has been recruited t i stamp out the joints by the time th limit set by the ultimatum expires Pastor Pa torSh Sheldon Protests P The Rev C M Sheldon author of ofIn ofIn ofIn In His Hie Steps preached a sermon to ju today today juday day in which he disagreed with th tb methods about to be undertaken by bv th citizens of Topeka to rt rid lid the town ton II joints Rev Sheldon said the i iI should be laid on the individual I and that the officers be b forced I to do their duty |