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Show I WAR UPON KAN8AS JOINTS. Attorney ' General Will Endeavor to Enforce Prohibition Law. Topokn, Kan. Suits to oust from office A. D KIrkwood, mayor of Pittsburg, Pitts-burg, Knn., for falling to enforce tho state prohibition law, and ngnlnst tho cities of Pittsburg nnd Junction City to prohibit them ns municipalities and their ofllcors from collecting licenses from Joints, or Illicit saloons, havo been tiled hero In tho Kansas supremo court by Attonioy Kenernl C. C Coleman. Cole-man. These suits nro slmllnr to that .filed ngnlnst Mnyor Hose, of Kansas City, Kan., which finally resulted In bis being ousted from oinco. Tho most llagrnnt violations of tho prohibition law are In tho cities of Wichita, Leavenworth, Fort Scott and Topeka, but most town in tho stnto nro Involved. In Topeka, however, contrary to tho custom In most cities snd towns, tho city does not derive nny revenue from tho Joluts. |