The San Francisco call., 1898-03-22

llOn rom men and women who have the social and moral welfare of the community at heart.
 The fact that women of all sorts and
 conditions were degrading themselves
 by visiting these dens of iniquity and squandering their money in making
 pools on horse races was genuine surprise to the public at large, and al- though some were inclined to doubt the
 possibility of certain classes of women
 being so lost to a sense of shame the
 evidence submitted in the columns of
 The Call was so conclusive that they
 were forced to the conviction that the
 plain, unvarnished truth was being
 told.
 When once the spirit of gambling is
 thoroughly aroused in a woman it is
 hard to eradicate it. In this respect she
 IS worse than a man, as her emotions are keener and she has less control over
 them. She is easily made the dupe of
 the willy bookseller, who spurs her on
 to make more sacrifices of her money
 by lying to her about the winnings that other women have made.
 That married women are freQuenters Of the poolrooms has been demonstrat- cd beyond question by the police, and
 Secretary Frank Kane of the Pacific Coast Society for the Suppression of Vice will probably soon have his hands
 full if he carries out his threat to ap
 ply to the courts for letters of guar dianship over the children of these wo- men. It is not an idle threat on the part of Secretary Kane, but he means what he says. and as soon as he has in h he will make an example of some of these women.
 The police. stimulated by the expose in The Call, are determined to make one last desperate effort to prevent women from practically unsexing them selves by visiting these poOIrOOms. and if the existing laws are found to be in adequate the Board of Supervisors will be asked to pass an ordinance to meet the requirements.
 The police by their action on Satur- day III stationing two men at all the poolroOms known to be frequented by women in the ''tenderlOin district" | with instructions to take all the names of the visitors with the object of arrest ing them for Vagrancy. gave evidence of their hearty cooperation with The Call and yesterday another proof was given of their sincerity in the premises. . trict south of Market street, and yes Jerday morning Captain Spillane per sonally saw that two officers were sta tioned at each Of the poOlrooms who re- ceiVed the same instructions as those in the ''tenderloin district" The places visited were: Ex-Senator Dunn's rooms on Stevenson street, near Third; corner Of Fourth and Mission streets; corner of Fourth and Stevenson streets in the basement of the Cafe Royal, and at
 I, IDs,Va aysrlff building on Market street. Room 320 is occupied by McGee & Burbridge, 321 by Stuart 61 Co.,. 322 by H. A. Morse & Co. and 325 by Joseph Sheridan.
 Policeman John Jordan, who was one of the officers detailed in the ParrOtt building, reported to captain SpllIane that the men occupying these rooms claimed that they dealt only in New York stocks and Chicago grain and pro- visions. McGee & Burbridge showed him a brokers license from January 2I, 1887, to February 26, 1898, and Sheridan showed him a license dated January ], 1898.
 Notwithstanding these protestations Jordan kept his eagle eye on the people visiting these rooms and he reported ! that from 7:15 a. m. till F noon, when he was relieved by another officer, five ladies and several men visited the rooms. When a lady entered he fol- l lowed her and politely asked her name | and address. They all indignantly re- 1 fused to accede to the officers request | and questioned his right to ask for the | Two of the ladies made | the excuse that they were friends of the | ladies in, charge of the telephone and | had called to see them. The other three l said it was none of the officers business l and curtly told him that they had a 1 right to go where they pleased. Jor- dan was unable to get any of their | f k,o in he will arrest them for Vagrancy and | their identity will be known.
 Policemen Tracy and McEntee, who | were stationed at ex-Senator Dunn's bedrooms on Stevenson street, arrested | i'm the afternoon John Connolly, a clerk. for selling pools and James F. Blanch- lrd. a stableman, for buying pools, on he horse races. Policemen Donovan and dO'Connell were stationed at Fourth lnd. Stevenson streets and arrested JG- ;epb Dow, a clerk, and George Wright, l he former for selling pools and the lat CT for buying them. When Chief Lees earned that the two latter were selling md buying pools on the Jefries-Jack- ;on fight he notified Captain Spiliane lot to make any more arrests on that .harge. as the department was only liter the bedrooms where pools were old and bought on horse races:
 As an evidence of the growth or the vii of women gambling on horse races
 
 Spiilane received a report yes erday from Sergeant Conboy that the roprietors of the Custer lodglng-nouse, G6 Market street; the Cosno House, 02O Market street, and the Leland Iouse, HIS Market street, had been ap- ,roached by booksellers to lease rooms or selling pools to women, but they ad declined. In the Vendome, Gn Mar ,et and Turk streets, rooms had peeh .ased for this purpose, but the poolmen sft a week ago and removed to Mason treet. The police scored a great victory yes erday afternoon, which is attributed C. the crusade made by The Cal gainst the poolrooms. For months It as been impossible to get conviction V a jury in any of the police courts; he juries made it clearly understood : nat so long as pool selling vas permit ad or. the race track they saw nc req nn why it should not be permitted out ide the track. In other words. there ras no use cutting off the branches nd leaving the root untouched. The police and Police Judges had