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SENATE CLASH PERILS HOOVER FARM RELIEF Scheme to Pay Bounty on Exports May Bring on Bitter Battle. HOUSE TAKES UP BILL Half Billion 'Co-Op’ Market • Draft Called for First •V Discussion Today. BY' PAUL K. MALLOX United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 17.—An informal survey of the Senate agriculture committee today revealed only three or four of the fifteen members inclined to vote against the proposed far-reaching debenture plan of farm relief as an amendment to the administration’s cooperative marketing bill. This overwhelming setniment for the plan which President Hoover did not metnion in his farm message to Congress yesterday developed as the House was holding a brief sesison. particularly to permit Chairman Snell of the rules committee to prepare the way for consideration of the House co-operative marketing bill there Thursday. Snell’s rule was adoped without objection. Senate Meeting Off The Senate committee called off its scheduled meeting, because Chairman Monary was busy with Senate organization matters, and leaders were in no haste for a final committee vote on the bill. Monary will introduce the bill at a short session of the Senate Thursday and the Senate will then adjourn until Monday, so the committee will have until Saturday to prepare it for Senate action Snell went to the White House today to tell President Hoover of plans for consideration of the administration bill. Afterward he said the senate could nat adopt the debenture plan because it is a revenue raising measure and therefore must originate in the house. McNary took no stock in his argument, pointing out that the government would not raise any money lrom the measure. Other senate leaders planning to go ahead with the debenture amendment endorsed his plan. Reserve Beard Attacked The senate was not in session. Time was given in the brief house session to permit Representative Reid (Rep.. 111.) to introduce a resolution proposing an investigation of the Federal Reserve board policy toward Wall Street credit. House leaders are not disposed to such an investigation and the measure faces strong opposition. Representative Loring Black <Dem., N. Y.) made a house speech charging the federal reserve board has exceeded its jurisdiction over credit control. Publicly disappointed at President Hoover's farm views expressed in his message, some Republican members of the senate committee were reported to be preparing to tack on the debenture or tariff bounty scheme as an amendment to the administration measure. If the debenture plan is added to the bill by the senate committee, a serious fight is certain to develop. This plan would provide that farmers get a bounty from wheat exported: that this bounty be paid in the form of negotiable certificates, to be redeemed by the treasury in payment of tariff duties on imported produces. The idea is to make the tariff directly effective for the benefit of the farm. The plan was advanced by Senator Caraway (Dem.. Ark.), but little attention was paid it during the recent hearings. Later. Republicans indicated Mr. Hoover might stand for the plan and a sub-committee was appointed to consult him. They came away lrom the White House with the understanding that Mr. Hoover had not looked into the plan; that, inasmuch as it was not included in the Republican platform, he had not considered it fully. Approval is Doubted Many of the less enthusiastic farm leaders doubt it Mr. Hoover would sign such a bil. bat they point out the record as it now stands indicates n administration opposition to it. Such Republicans and Hoover supporters as Brookhart of lowa, Norbeck of South Dakota, and Borah of Idaho are inclined to favor the plan along with the remainder of the Republican farm bloc, including Capper. Howell. Norris. Frazier. Nye. La Follette. Blaine. McMaster and Johnson. McNary is willing to go along with them. As matters stand, this group, with the aid of the Democrats, can swing the whole senate. Thursday, Friday and Saturday are to be allotted to general house debate and amendment* will be taken up next Monday, with a view to passing the bill before the end of next week. With many troubles besides the farm problem on their hands, senate leaders are in no hurry. They will meet Thursday to make the larm bill the unfinished business and then adjourn until Monday. Hourly Temperatures 0 a. m 37 10 a. m 47 7 a. m 39 11 a. m 49 Ba. m..... 44 12 (noon).. 51 9 v m..... 47 1 p. m 32

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Betty Compson Back With Mate and in Hospital F. i United Press HOLLYWOOD, April 17—Betty Compson, screen actress, recently

Betty Compson The Cruzes were reconciled one week after Miss Compson left her husband with the statement that she would not return. “She just moved out and then she moved back,’’ Cruze explained. “I hope it will last.” TORCH KILLER'S PAST SEARCHED Slayer's Insanity Defense Is Weakened. By United Press ELIZABETH, N. J„ April 17.—The j past life of Henry Colin Campbell, j confessed slayer of Mrs. Mildred Mowry, his bigamous wife, was under close scrutiny today. Authorities sought to learn more about his career as an embezzler, for which he served a term at Sing j Sing prison in New York under the j name of Henry C. Close. They also want more information concerning his reported career as druggist and later as “Dr.” H. C. Close, operator ! of a sanitarium for mental diseases j at Montclair, N. J. The state meanwhile bolstered its j arguments against the reported I claim of the defense that Campbell is a drug addict and insane. Four alienists, who watched the murderer's every move in the jail, reported that Campbell was sane and was not a drug addict. Mrs. Delia Budd of New York, failed to identify Campbell as “Frank Howard,” who kidnaped her 10-year-old daughter, Grace, last year. PROBE DRY KILLING Illinois Assembly Votes Aurora Death Quiz. 8,11 I II iirel Press SPRINGFIELD. 111.. April 17. The Illinois general assembly today decided to investigate the killing of Mrs. Lillian De King by an Aurora dry raider. The vote was 81 to 50. Two hours of debate preceded the | roll call, centering about the prohi- j bition act and its enforcement. The committee to make the investigation will be named later by Speaker David E. Shanahan. MEXICAN PRESIDENT SMASHES AT ALCOHOL Nation Called on to Assist in Drive on Booze. fin Unite,l Press MEXICO CITY. April 17.—Pro- | visional President Emilio Portes Gil ; of Mexico is bringing the "clean-; up” methods he practiced as Governor of Tamaulipas into action throughout the nation. The president announced last | night that he was instituting a na-tion-wide drive against alcohol, and called on agrarians, workers, and women to aid him in the campaign j against "this terrible vice.” RESERVE PROBE ASKED Reid Seeks Investigation of Federal Board rolieies. Ba 1 nited Press WASHINGTON. April 17.—Representative Frank Reid (Rep.. 111.), introduced a resolution today calling for a congressional investigation of the activities and policies of the federal reserve board during the last ten years.

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Bn United Press CHICAGO. April 17.—An unofficial verdict of parental neglect in the coroner’s jury investigation of the death of George Lux in a grammar school drinking party accident was linked today with the arrest of fifty-six parents on charges of lax discipline of their children. Twenty-three parents were fined and two who refused to pay were committed to the Bridewell. The arrests followed the order of William L. Bodine, superintendent of compulsory education Bodine directed his staff ot 124 truant officers to make an extensive investigation of alleged speakeasies in the vicinity of public schools and to report ail cases of Indifferent parents. The action was prompted by testimony of several witnesses to the death of George Lux, who was

CARELESS CAL CATCHES FISH AGAINST LAV Commits Misdemeanor by Hooking Trout Without License. MAKES 15-POUND HAUL So Legislature Passes Law to Provide Him Free Permit. Pei i nited Press SIMSBURY, Conn., April 17. Calvin Coolidge has taken sixteen trout from Connecticut waters without a license, it developed today, but the state legislature has made it possible for him to fish free hereafter without danger of running counter to the law. The Northampton (Mass.) angler did his trout fishing on the estate of George P. McLean, former United States senator, here Monday. McLean told the United Press today that the former President had no license —a misdemeanor w’hich, even if committed on private property, is punishable by a fine of about $1 and costs. “Mr. Coolidge had no license,” McLean said, “but I had one and I didn’t think he needed one inasmuch as he was fishing in a private stream.” Catches Fifteen Pounds The Northampton citizen went back to his home carrying his sixteen trout which weighed a total of fifteen pounds, and apparently thought no more about the matter. Bi.t at, Hartford, the Connecticut stat; capital, the legislature passed an unusual bill Tuesday. The measure provided that Governor John H. Trumbull, with the approval of the state fish and game board, might issue complimentary hunting and fishing licenses to non- j residents. No explanation of the legislation I was given, but under it Trumbull [ and the fisheries board can let i Coolidge cast his fly—or his worms j —in the Connecticut streams with- j out charge. But Not Retroactive The measure is not retroactive to cover Monday’s fishing episode, but the board has given no indication it will take action against the fisherman from the north. McLean was loud in his praise of Coolidge’s fishing prowess. “Mr. Coolidge is a good fisherman,” he said. “He cast with a dry fly and I didn't think they’d lash at it. But they did and he went home with sixteen trout. They weighed as much as a pound, some of them. “The catch was rather remarkable in view of the bad weather.

reconciled with her director-hus-band, James Cruze. entered Glendale sanitarium today for treatment. It was said Miss Compson would undergo X-r a y treatment for pains in the back of her head and neck, troubling her for several weeks.

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FROGS WORTH $15,000 ARE STOLEN IN TOLEDO Hoppers Used by Scientist in Tests Taken From Tank. B.n United Press TOLEDO. 0.. April 17.—Toledo’s latest robbery, involving two frogs valued at $15,000, is shrouded in mystery. Dr. Robert Wald, owner of the high-priced amphibians, told police they were stolen from their tank in the rear of his home. Raised on artificial food and imported from Louisiana, the hoppers were the subjects of an important experiment, intended to prove whether amphibians could be raised in artificial surroundings in sufficient number to warrant commercial investment. Seize Beer in Apartment A woman said to have rented Apartment 21. at 1530 North Illinois street, is wanted by police on liquor charges. They found 325 quarts of home brew and some alcohol there Tuesday, they reported. The raiding squad waited in vain several hours for the owner to return.

killed in an automobile accident Sunday morning after a night of dancing and drinking with a party of grammar and high school girls. A coroner's jury of notable educators listened to the “gin codes” propounded by two young school girl members of the party. Among the frank statements which the Jury heard were: “There always is ‘booze’ at the parties I attend.” “We danced and drank highballs till 2 o’clock in the morning and we all had a chance at the bottles." “Nowadays you have to take a oottle when you go visiting.” “I carry’ my own key. My parents don’t know when I get in.” The jurors voiced opinions that parental indifference was responsible for the situation which ended In the death of young Lux.

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Elsie Janis Bn l itited Press . PARIS. April 17.—Miss Elsie Janis. American actress, sailed for New York today aboard the White Star liner Olympic. She recently recovered from a acriouß illness which forced her to cancel her engagement in the Moulin Rcuge revue. RUSSIA’S ms FLEA REFUSES Plan to Cut Armaments in Half Voted Down. Up Unite,! Press GENEVA, April 17.—The Russian Soviet project to cut world armaments in half was rejected today by the preparatory disarmament commission of the League of Nations. After Japan, Germany, France and Chile had declared the Russian project unacceptable, the other delegates refused to discuss it further. MELLON HOLDS POST Still Treasury Secretary, Senate Decides. Bn United Press WASHINGTON, April 17.—Secretary of Treasury Mellon legally holds office in spite of the fact that he was not renominated by President Hoover, the senato judiciary committee decided informally today. No vote was taken by the committee on this question, but the committee was almost unanimous in the belief that there are ample precedents for a cabinet officer holding over from one administration to another without renomination.

Hints Coffin and Former Councilmen Involved; to Be Broadcast. John L. Duvall, former mayor, today promised that he will relate in detail his version of the “inside story” of all the political and business maneuvers which led up to his ouster as mayor in 1927 after his conviction on a corrupt practice charge. Duvall will make disclosures, which he says will be startling, in a speech at Cadle tabernacle, Thursday evening. He has rented the hall to launch his campaign for Republican nomination for mayor, in case the city manager form of government is overthrown and their is a federal for mprimary in May. He also has arranged for broadcast of his remarks over WKBF from 8;30 to 9:30 p m. “I don't want to make my speech in advance,” said Duvall, but he j stated he would have a lot to say j about some connection George V. Coffin, Republican city chairman, j Duvall’s former close political asj sociate, had in utility maneuvers. He also said he will detaii what ! happened in frequent secret conferences with former city councilmen before both he and the councilmen were forced out of office. Inklings of some of these conferences were given in the briberycases of some of the councilmen several months ago, but the whole story never has been told. Duvall said he is not much interested in becoming mayor. "I just want to be in the campaign. There are so many interesting things this I year.’ VOTE DRY LAW REPEAL Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bill; Senate to Act. ! Pu United Press MADISON. Wis., April 17.—Re- | peal of the state dry law was voted by the Wisconsin assembly today when it passed the Gobschmidt bill, 56 to 33, and immediately -sent it to the senate {or action the**

TERRIFIC GALE LASHES SHIPS ON ATLANTIC Tugs and Steamers Sent in Violent Storm; Damage Is Heavy. FLOODS MENACE EAST Rain and Snow Send Many Rivers Rising Toward Danger Point. 8,1 t iii I r ‘t Pn ss NEW YORK. April 17.—A terrific j storm which lashed the entire eastern seaboard had left today flood | threats, snow-blocked roads and. : thousands of dollars damage to ! shipping. I Two deaths were attributed directly to the storm. The body of a sailor was washed ashore in New Jersey and a man was killed in Connecticut. Rivers are rising today in Maine and New Hampshire as a result of the combined snow and rain storm which swept across the New England states yesterday. Some roads in western Massachusetts are blocked and snow plows are in use today in parts of Penni sylvania. The snow extended as far south as Maryland and Virginia. Shipping Is Damaged Shipping suffered. Five crafts were sunk in New York harbor as a I gale of 78-mile velocity battered the shore line- Most of them carrying valuable cargo. All crews were rescued. A 70-mile gale struck Cape Cod and two craft went on the rocks. The steamer West Hika was in danger with a broken rudder, but was saved. Trans-Atlantic steamers were delayed in arriving, a number being held at quarantine off New York harbor. Several coast-wise vessels were held in harbor at Boston. The fruit crop in south central Pennsylvania suffered as result of the low temperatures and snow and sleet storms. Storm Is Abating Through most of the region the storm had abated today and moderation had started. The forecast for the metropolitan area predicted snow or showers during the day with a clearing tonight which will give way to warmer temperatures tomorrow. The violence of the storm was described by commanders of two steamers which arrived a day late. The Siboney of the Ward line was off Atlantic City, with two anchors down, during the worst of the storm while the Panama of the Munson line paradoxically was in a dead calm in the very center of the storm. One table was ripped from the fastenings in the captain's cabin on the Siboney and papers were strewn about. Two persons were injured slightly. The waves were striking | the ship broadside and the vessel I was shipping water in the engine room and lacked only a few degrees j from being in a dangerous tilt. Ship in Dead Calm Captain L. T. Steamstrom said the | storm was unusual for these waters, |as he never had seen anything to equal it except in the Indian ocean. Captain J. H. Lum of the Panama | said he frankly was worried. He was off the Delaware Capes yesterday and received reports from every direction of the terrific wind. Yet the Panama was in a dead calm, apparently the exact center of the storm. He said he was unable to make any headway. The captain’s statement was borne out by the fact that four motor boats on the forward deck were as ship-shape as when the vessels left Nassau. The He de France arrived and passengers said that the passage had been rough since leaving Cherbourg. Several persons were injured, but none was in serious condition. BATTLES RAGE ALONG THREE CHINESE FRONTS Nationalists Direct Attacks at Shattered Foe Armies. Bu United Press LONDON, April 17.—Fighting has broken out on three sectors of the central China front, a Hankow dispatch to the Daily Mail said today. The Nationalists attacked the remnants of the Hupehites at Shasi. about 150 miles below Ichang on the Yangtze river, while another Nationalist general attacked Ichang to cut off the retreat of the WuhanI ites, driven from Hankow two weeks ago. The Kwangsites, meanwhile, made a strong counter attack on the Na- ' tionalists in Hunan and southern Hupeh provinces, where the fighting was reported severe and the issues doubtful. Venue Change Granted P.u United Press EVANSVILLE. Ind., April 17. Charged in an indictment with the murder of James Murphy at a dance hall here. James Coffin will be tried in Posey circuit court at Mt. Vernon following granting of a change of venue. Coffin is alleged to have stabbed Muqft*

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Mexican Rebels Retreat Toward Refuge in North fill United Press NOGALES, Sonora, April 17Reports received here today indicated that the Mexican rebel army of General Fausto Topete has evacuated San Bias, Sinaloa, and is retreating northward toward Naco. Sonora. The reports, received at the offices of the Southern Pacific de Mexico railroad, said the rebels had burned the 1.500-foot approach to the road’s bridge across the Fuerte river, north of San Bias, and that Topete was leading his own forces and the army of General Francisco Manzo, recent deserter, in a northward retreat. CAPONE BROKE, AID DECLARES ■Scarface Al’ Wants to Quit Racket, Says Guard, Bu l nited Press CHICAGO. April 17—The Chicago Evening American, ip a copyrighted story today, said Scarface Al Capone, underworld czar, is broke and looking for a way to “get out of the racket.” The American attributed its information to Little Jack Guzik, one of Capone's bodyguards. “The chief can’t stand the gaff much longer ” the American quoted Guzik as saying. “Chicago, his greatest outlet for alcohol, practically is a closed market. Sales are off almost to nothing because the little fellows, who made the direct contact* with the consumer and bought wholesale from us, are getting out of the racket.” “The Jones law scared a lot of them out,” the American quoted Guzik. “Bootleggers still are operating, of course, but not one-third as many. Then the north ride Moran massacre stirred everything up and ruined business. People are afraid to move about.” According to the story, Capone’s heavy pay roll continues, but little or no money is forthcoming from his liquor and vice rackets, the lid having been clamped down and sealed recently by concerted police and federal agent drives. “If Capone could, he’d turn over leadership of the rackets to any one, take his losses and get out,” Guzik was quoted as saying. Just now Capone is endeavoring to raise $30,000 to pay off a note on his pretentious Miami (Fla.) home, Guzik said in the story. BOOK STIRS COLLEGE Student Editors in Sorority Expose Fired. By United Press UNIVERSITY. Miss., April 17. Veiled references to “improper goings on” in sorority houses at the University of Mississippi by two editors of the university year book has brought down upon their heads the wrath of school authorities. The alleged “scurrilous and libelous” matter in the book prompted a public rebuke of 500 strong words from Chancellor Alfred Hume and the indefinite dismissal of Editor Fergus L. Lloyd and Feature Editor Howard Thames. Another result of the year book’s appearance on the campus is a threat by the faculty to extend a censorship to all student publications. JIM TULLY AND WIFE DROP DIVORCE SUITS Novelist aud Mate are Reunited in California. Bn United Press HOLLYWOOD. Cal., April 17. Jim Tully, noveli t. and his wife, Margaret Myers 7 ully, have agreed on dismissal of their separate divorce actions and returned to the novelist’s home here, it was reported today. | Tully and his wife, married in January. 1926. were said to have reestablished their home in Tull.v's Spanish mansion, built two years ago.

OIL OPERATOR BRANDED AS SLAYER OF HIS RIVAL

Bn United Press NEW YORK. April 17.—A taxicab driver stole the spotlight today from a group of Social Registerites in the investigation into the death oi Arthur Morgan Smith, Cleveland business man. Samuel E. Bell, Baltimore oil oper- ! ator, accused of manslaughter in 1 connection with Smith's death, was ! free on SIO,OOO bail. The whole aspect of the case was ! changed yesterday, when Reuben Gilbert, a cab driver who witnessed 1 the controversy between Bell and Smith outside the exclusive Hotel Marguery. testified that Bell struck Smith a blow across the face when I the latter insisted on escorting Mrs Robert L. Brown, Lexington, Ky., society leader, to her hotel. Heretofore, all versions of the incident related how Bell pushed fopit.h, without mentioning blow.

WORLEY ORDERS CITY-WIDE BASEBALL POOL CRUSADE; BUYERS WILL BE ARRESTED

Love Is Fatal Bu Timet Special KANSAS CITY. Mo.. April 17 —Daniel Mingler. 20, Ellis Grove, 111., high school athlete, was in love. He loved Miss Vivian Mitchell, 18. She loved him, too —she said —but she had other “dates.” Daniel objected while they were riding in his automobile. A lover’s quarrel followed. Vivian removed her engagement ring and dropped it in Daniel’s lap. Daniel saw the sparkling diamond. His shoulders jerked. The automobile swerved drunkenly into a curb. Vivian turned off* the motor as Daniel slumped in the seat. “Death due to an ‘athletic heart’ given a sudden shock,” the coroner said.

FATHER GIVEN BABY BY JUDGE Mother-in-Law Sobs for Child in Court. A youthful father today won the court battle for the custody of his 10-day-old motherless daughter, when Superior Judge Joseph Milner decreed that the child should be turned to Ralph W. Curry, 2339 Brookside avenue, from the home of the deceased mother’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Crail, 2643 Brookside avenue. Milner had to speak loudly that his ruling on the habeas corpus action, might be heard in the courtroom above Mrs. Crail’s sobs. During her testimony, Mrs. Crail tearfully pleaded with Milner to let her have the baby. Throughout the entire court proceedings, the blue-eyed, dark-haired baby, Betty Marie Curry, slept quietly at Crail’s home. The child was born April Sand the mother died two days later in her husband’s arms. According to testimony, Curry told Mrs. Crail he would not take the baby from her. Milner held that under the circumstances of death, no members of the family was positive of feelings or future intentions.

Farm to Marion Pit United Press PARSONS, Kan., April 17. The Parsons Chamber of Commerce has offered Miss Marion Talley a 160-acre farm, fully equipped with farmhouse and chickens, on condition the retiring opera star will .wake the farm her home. The farm which the organization proposes to donate to Miss Tally is located four miles west of here, near the country club and close to several car lines.

CUBANS ASK U. S, AID Hoover to Hear of Charges Against Machado. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, April 17.—Dr. Rafael Iturralde and Octavio Seigle have arrived in Washington to lay before the Hoover administration serious charges against President Machado of Cuba in an effort to obtain American intervention in Cuban affairs, they revealed in an interview here. Dr. Iturralde is a former minister of the interior and served in Machado's cabinet. Both men explain they fled Cuba to escape assassination. They specifically charge Machado with political murder, graft, maladministration and unconstitutional practices. These tactics, they allege, have led to establishment of a dictatorship.

Smith died last Friday of a skull fracture. Mrs. Robert W. Schuette, at whose apartment the party that preceded the controversy between Smith and Bell was held, testified that the men had quarreled while in her home. She admitted liquor had been served. Gilbert's cab was behind the one In which Bell and Mrs. Brown drove away and he said he saw the whole affair. "I saw two men fighting, striking blows,” Gilbert said. “I stopped my car and was just about to get out to halt the fight when 1 saw one of the men hit the other on the mouth so that he was lifted off his feet and fell on the sidewalk, hitting with his head and shoulder.” “Was it the defendant who struck the other man?’ asked Assistant District Attorney Joseph Pascocella. I

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Chief, Out to Smash Ring at Start of Season, Pushes Campaign. ASSAILED AS VICIOUS i “ Police Head Cites Scores of Complaints From Victims’ Wives. Police, in a determined attempt to throttle baseball pool selling at the very outset of the league season, will arrest those who buy pool tickets as j well as those who sell. Chief Claude | M. Worley announced today, i The chief declared that the seven arrests of operators of poolrooms, cigar stores and dry beer saloon keepers on opening day Tuesday was “just a drop in the bucket,” compared to what is to come. “We are going after baseball pools, the most widespread, vicious form of gambling in Indianapolis, from every conceivable angle. ‘‘l am tired of having wives come in here and tell me that their husbands, usually the fathers of several children, are losing as much as a third or a half of their meager, wages through this lousy racket, a racket in which they hardly have one chance in a million to win.” Tuesday the chief directed his men to watch for the appearance of pool tickets in the regular congregating places. Today they were ordered to concentrate on the “hip pocket” peddler. First Arrest Made The chief obtained a list of all the places in the city with baseball score tickers and scoreboards and issued orders that either the district patrolman or a plain clothes man hover near enough to catch the “hip pocket” peddlers. The first arrest today was that of Theodore Stevens, 604 West Maryland street, in whose dry beer saloon twelve cards of pool tickets were found by Sergeant L. M. Trout- • man and squad. Fred Okey, 311 South Hamilton j avenue, one of the seven arrested I Tuesday was discharged in munici--1 i,al court today, when Judge Clifton R. Cameron reviewed the old ruling that mere possession of the tickets is no more evidence of gambling than possession of playing cards. Judge Jaul C. Wetter took the case of William Boughton, 215 Indiana avenue, also arrested Tuesday, under advisement. Six Are Arrested Others arrested Tuesday: Ed Ford, 65, of 519 North Illinois street; Albert Washington, 34, of 552 i Blake street; James Ballenger, 53, : Negro, 816 Indiana avenue; Robert I Woods, 22, Negro, 836 Indiana ave- : nue, and Henderson Thomas, 34, of i 730 Torbett street. All but Thomas were charged with | keeping gaming devices and pool j selling. Thomas was charged with j gaming. More than fifty books were confiscated. Harry B. Ealch, 804 North Illinois street, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of keeping a gaming device, after police played a slot machine which paid in nickles. “The fact that the operators oC poolrooms, dry beer joints, and the like do not have ticket" in their places when we search doesn’t mean that we do not know they have agents selling from the hip pocket to the men who congregate around ; the tickers. Buys to Be Easy “These men sell so promiscuously 1 that we expect to find it easy to , make buys. The margin of profit for the agent is so small that he has to get reckless to sell enough tickets to make much money. The man who makes the real money, of course, is the man back of the agents. He takes little risk and gets big returns. “These agents are the type of fellow who should be out with a pick and shovel and that’s where we expect to put them, along with some of the poison booze sellers out in the west end. We've actually made some of those fellows go to work.” The chief said his men would watch for pool sellers around factories during lunch hour and he expected to have the co-operation of manufacturers, who have complained of the “bleeding” of their men. The pool seller who tours downtown office buildings also will be trailed. Buyer Is Big Sucker “While we will concentrate on the pool seller, wc are going to have no sympathy with the purchaser. Whenever we can catch him, we ll arrest him on a gambling charge. That’s what he is doing and he knows It. “What he may not know is that he’s a bigger sucker than any butter and egg man who ever got touched SIOO for a botde of ginger ale in a New York night club.’’ The chief said he hoped courts will co-operatc by not throwing a lot of legal technicalities in the way of the drive. He said the police were not going to forget that bac’ ot the army of agents there are two or three manufacturers who print and assemble the ticket* and in most cases met as bankers for the small

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