The Washington times., 1901-09-17
GAMBLING AT SEA.
Steamship Captains sey They Car.
not Prevent II,

not Prevent y
Talking on the question OF professional
gambling In the smoking rooms OF trans
Atlantic steamers. and the statement Of
one captain, that card sharpS' cannot
be prevented from taking passage on the
passenger steamers, the agents of the
various lines sailing from New York sezm
to agree that 1t Will nsSsr be possible to
oreak p2 the practice altogether. 1t was
/ agreed. though, that some. .hins could be
done by courageous captains to protect
innocent persons from being dseced, as
was the case few weeks ago on 3iis OF
the fast liners On its eastward trip. Cap
tain Albers of the Deutschland has sue-
gested that the companies be furnished
ny the police department officials OF New
York with photographs of all professional
I Isani iSts, S.s,, SO that the steamer captains
Souio display them In the card rooms, as
Is done IN the rogues' gallery.
n r. Dorgeloh. acting head OF the
hamburg American passenger depart
ment in this city, said that his company
nad not done anything in this connection
and mad no intention at present Of doing
50.
What can We do about it?'' he asked
before we could refuse a man passage
on the ground that he was q professional
gambler we should Immediately have to
snow proof or be liable to a libel suit.
OF MS being refused passage, all that he
would nave to do would be to go to ono
on tne agents or brokers, where an as
sumed name would avoid difficulties Il
would, OF course, be extremely ventures
some to post IN the cardroom any photo
grapns. excepting those which are In the
~ ,ususs gaiiery- But these well-dressed
game among the wealthy passengers. us-
uaiiy manage things so as not TO come
nas, fnt1 intimate contact with the Central
Gustav Fl. Schwab OF the North German
ihoyd spoke CT the presence of profess
hohal ,ba gamblers on board ship as one OF
question before the managers of trans
Auantc lines is how to prevent profess
siohai gamblers from plying their trade
t.t ~ tne hisn seas where they can be re-
sLaihed oy no law, except those rules
whicn the captain may make As far as
the North German Lloyd is concerned
ane ans eomnany may be relied upon to adopt
aiS measures which may appear lkely to
prevent the activity of professional gam
piers am not prepared to state what
measures may be best to take in this mat
infoo put oeyond the posting of p!acards
rlorming the passengers % beware of
professional gamblers. when there Is rea-
son 10 believe that such rlen are at work
sne company does not see its way to en-
ual." ~ e Aoi' io
James A. Wright Second Vice President
Oh the international Navigation COMPANY
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e toulu mol be expected to draS a line be-
tween those of the playcrs whom. they
neIieved to be playing for sport and those
MIC Mo were following the game as a
means OF livelihood. The American Line
ne SAID, had 10 reason to take action. be.
cause 1t had no trouble on the ships and
no complaints of losses The manager of
the Anchor Line whose ships r-,r be-
tween New York and Glasgow. stated
ina .nat several years ago their line had been
,h ,hIested oy gang of card sharpers. but
that was hfteen years ago, and after the
detectives had driven them out they never
returned ' "eei
As long as human nature remains
What IL Is We must lock for gSSabling in
one FORM or another on shipboari said
an officer OF the White Star Line "at
sea the monotonous outlook Of sea and
SKY, SKY ana sea, day after day. drives
inose OF tne passengers to the easiest di-
version within reach. Women find IL In
ne latest novel; men at the gaming table
90 1ar honors are easy. Now as TO the
pr, prevention of high seas robbery: In the
,,,aI ,,rs. piaee. as soon as We know that one
nian OF several men are steadily winning
money, notices are posted which tell the
passengers 10 be on their guard as the
! sGtherlties .af hare reason to believe that
gamblers are on board
With persons of ordinary sanity such
2 notice would suffice. But not so with
these lambs 1t happened within the last
the man who was steadily winning his
money was a professional gambler and
was Playing a crooked game. He replied:
does it ~ nv" ne
After he had spent 1900 on this inves-
tisation his curiosity had abated-but the
money did not RETURN
Captain Walker of the Cunard liner
Campania has summary way of dealing
with card rogues who have got aboard
his ship Within the last three months
Lhere was the case of a man winning $500
m the smoking room by crooked methods
AS soon as learned of it. gave him the
option Of restoring the money or of being
gwen over to the police on arriving at
this port. He returned the money ar
once But, ordinarily. there is very little
gambling on ships of this line and I have
seen more card playing in single morn
ng on club car running from New York
lhan l have known in a whole day on
ihipDoard- New York Evening Post