Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-20

were made, the heads of the following
houses:
Moore Grain and Elevator Company, J.
w. Moore. president.
w. P. Hunt Commission Company.
Fred P. Smith Commission Company.
F. G. Logan. W. w. Cowen. manager.
French Bros Commission Company.
Christie-street Commission Company.
Central Commission Company.
Traders Grain Company.
Houston, Fible & Co.
Moss Commission Company.
Charles Oldham Company.
Western Commission Company.
Shelton Commission Company.
A. n. McDearmott.
Donovan Commission Company. q,
Ra1dy,n RRaETy e scsenav Rend Grain and prov,s,o,
Company.
Charde-Knepp Commission Company.
The city authorities have lately announc-
ed that in addition to closing the pool
rooms they would close the buchetshops
and the work of yesterday was the result,
SO City Attorney Brown says. Of work done
Hayes. The city attorney says the list.
with five exceptions. was furnished to him
by the chief and upon this information he
had the warrants issued.
c. C. Christie and G. W. Clawson were
among those upon whom the warrants
were served in the morning, They, soon
was desired to get all the firms in town
doing the same kind of business. They Of
fered to furnish list of all such and evil
dence to show that the others did the same
their list. but found only five firms upon
1t which were not upon the list already fur
nished by Chief Hayes: He accordingly
were served just as was the list furnished
by the chief. The five firms whose names
were furnished by. Christie and Clawson
and not by the chief were Houston & F'ible,
Moss Commission Company. Moore Grain
and Elevator Company, Fred Linton and
Fred P. Smith Co..
commission firms along with the bucket
shop proprietors was puzzler to the
grainmen in the Exchange building. After
concluded that the bucketshop men had
engineered the matter with the hope that
all arrested would unite to help fight the
case and thus make 4 II easier I. upon tne
rest anyway. A report got around that
the ordinance. in order to cover poolroms.
any place Of business for the purpose Of
posting the prices of grains. stocks. etc,
or announcing the result of races or con-
tests. .,,
even the blackboard of the Kansas City
board of trade itself. and that Is why.
warrant was issued for President Moore
The commission men who took this view
of 1t said that matter could be easily reme-
died. None of the legitimate commission
houses care for blackboard. 1t was only
Il
just as well be dispensed with.
w. W. Cowen. Of F. G. Logan G Co. was
the eqmmssiGn men an,s
have to have blackboard to keep up the
interest and draw in the suckers, A legiti-
mate house has only the blackboard for
But it was a mistake 10 suppose that 1t
was the blackboard which got the commits
sion men in trouble. There is no provision
about blaekboards in the new ordinance at
all. 1t simply provides a fine for the op-
Grating of any place where people may re-
sort or assemble for the purpose of betting
or winning or losing money or property, or
things representing money OF property, on
the result of any game or event. and also
for being an inmate of any such place
The rise and fall of the market Is an event
and bucketshop business is practically the
betting by the trader against the bucket
shop proprietor on the result Of this event.
yond the margin" put up by the trader.
he loses his money. If it rises and he
sells. he wins the bucketshop's money:
grain through a commission house can also
be construed the same way is what the
courts will be called upon to decide in the
cases of the commission men arrested yes
terday. In the bucketshop cases the de-
cision will be whether their markets are
gambling or whether they are simply trad
houses claim to do.
City Attorney Brown says the question Is
fss and i emaned ed to eod S
be convicted or not. The ordinance is on
the statute books, the police have invests
gated. the police commissioners have said
to go ahead and he has followed these in.
The. city attorney. himself
seemed of the opinion that there Is a wide
distinction between bucketshop and
legitimate commission firm taking orders
to be actually placed in Chicago. He said
to a reporter for The Journal last evening
that in the case Of those who claimed not
to he doing bucketshop business he
would make an investigation. and in case
he was satisfied the claim was correct.
such cases would be dropped. The city
attorney seemed to have no thought that
there was any way to hold such operators
under the ordinance or any desire to do SO.
The men against whom the warrants
were issued were all down at the police
station during the day. and gave bonis
for 500 each for their appearance for trial
this morning. though nearly all refused
to pay the 30 cents fee generally exacted.
and the bonds were made out without the
fee.
But ordinarily the members of the board