The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-04-20
Law NOT ENFORCED
AGAINST P00LR00MS

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were running they put money
into circulation. The money swat
lowed up by the local pool rooms IL
not disbursed among a thousand or
more employees, as waA a large per.
centage Of the money Lost Ia the
gambling houses.
The running expenses OF the pool
rooms are paitrY. outside OF the tel
sgraph charges, and tho EN0R-
NOUS WINNINGS ARE DIVIDED
Up BETWEEN A FEW MEN. NOT
A FEw or WHOM ARE NON
RESIDENTS
The loss 10 the community In
money. however. l. Of tfifiing eonse-
quepea compared to
THE HfpEous EFFECTS
OF the pool rooms ON The morals %
the city. II IL no exaKgetation 90
say that rs PER CENT Or THE
EMHEZZLER8 AND DEFAULT
FRS discovered IN responsible posi-
lions In Seattle are TURNED ouT
ny THE POOL ROOMS
The case % John Mcdonald il still
fresh Ia the memory OF Seattle news
paper readers In onn short year
Mcdonald. who for nearly half his
life had been the trusted -tnploye %
a large Eastern firm and had han
died millions Of dollars Of its money.
LOST tis.eaa IN THE pool
ROOMS or SEATTLE AND NOW
80 s~sstsaa 80 srffV- xsFsNrsre@@s
TIARY STARING HIM IN THE
FACE
How many similar eases have
come 10 iixht In business houses IN
this city and have been HUSTLED
UP viii never be known.
Trusted employees Of banks and
business houses. who would no,
DARE BE SEEN IN A PUBLIC
GAMBLING HOUSE. are often 20
be seen In the pool rooms. which By
soms false conception OF the public
are though, TO be in some manner
MORE RESPECTABLE THAN or
BINARY GAMBLING HOUSES,
business men Who would not
dream Of sitting down 20 faro
game send money 10 the pool rooms
OF the old tsnderioin district. 10 be
waEered on horse races. and thereby
set an example in law breaking TO
their employees. Even women who
stand we'll IN the social world are
victims Of the mania for
PLAYING THE PONIES"
Not even the knowledge that the
odds are no fixed that 1T rs M
POSSIBLE FOR THE POOL ROOM
To LOSE serves Co stay the victim
OF the race horse gambling microbe
n IL within the power Of the pres
ent city administration to close the
pool rooms once and for all time and
put stop to the enormous drain
upon the city's wealth and moral
stamina. In doing so. moreover. the
authorities would do more 60 rid the
city Of criminals aud vaErants than
could be done by ten-fold increase
Of the police force. Does the admin
istration intend 20 do TT
Like the hrothoia above the Jack
son street dsadllne. the pool rooms
OF the old tenderloin district are an
heirloom from the administration
happily NttuNN "a HlNAtu HNNt TIE
HAVE EXISTED since the passage
OF the ordinance mentioned. on July
9 Of last year. ONLY by SUFFER.
ANcE.
The only reason that
THEY ARE NOW RUNNING
t. that In n COOKED UP TEST
CASE In the police court the city
attorney. DeBruier. obtained n de-
cislon IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE WILL OF THE POWERS
BEHIND THE THRONE that tho
ordinance which was passed for the
express purpose Of closing the pool
rooms did not apply 70 them.
The court held that under the ev-
idence submitted David Argyle and
Frank Clancy. the two pool room
propriet0fs. who we're arrested for
the purpose OF testing the law, we're
not guilty. BUT THE CITY AT
TOHNEY NEVER APPEALED
FROM THE DECISION. and during
the farcieal trial introduced no tea-
timony whatever 10 disprove the un-
corroborated statement 81 the de
PENDANTS that they accepted and