Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-04
FIGHT At STANDST|LL
No New Move by the Kenil-
worth Citizens.
SOM E LETTERS READ
MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION
HELD LAST NIGHT.
Awaiting Recovering Of the Grand
Jury-Committees Announced
by President Mallory.
SOME LETTERS READ

the chapel In kenflworth last evening,
there was some discussion of pooI-room
matters, and several letters of interest to
those opposed to 1t were read, but no new
move was decided on. All are waiting for
the outcome of the petitions which are
being signed, asking for the reconvening
of the grand Jury to consider the pool
room cases. Until the outcome is known
no new move is expected to be taken.
A letter of much interest to the Kenil-
worth citizens was received from Thomas
X. Slicer of New York city, who was prom
inent in the fight waged there last summer
against the pool-room service of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company which fight
was successful for the time being The LET
ter reads as follows:
1856 East ssth Street,
New York, June "A, 1905.
"Mr. A. r. Lindsay, Kenilworth Citizens
Association, Washington, d. c.:
Dear SRA publication in The WASH
ington Star calls my attention to the effort
connect the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany with the pool-room violations Of the
law Reference Is made In the publication
70 the work done by the City Club of New
a precedent. AS chairman of the munich
pal government committee of the City Club
l was responsible for the appointment of
Mr.. f. M. Stoddard chairman of the
ton of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany was obtained, with the subsequent
action which you know, by which the d.
rectors ordered that the race-track service
and partially obeyed by the officials of the
company. The company is not now keep
Ing faith In this matter. even in the Dor
ough of Manhattan. AS a trustee of the
City Club l am interested in securing an
enforcement of this order. l would be
grateful to you if you would send any in
formation that you may have which con-
meets the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany with the pool-room service of the Dis
tr1ct of Columbia. l shall be glad to be of
any service to your association in their
contention, which Is distinctly in the direc-
ton of good morals and good order.
yours sincerely,
THOMAS R. SLICER."
1t was announced that a reply had been
sent to Mr.. Slicer stating that the Western
Union Telegraph Company was serving
to acquaint the officials of the company
of the fact.
Caused Much Talk.
The announcement about the threatening
letter received by A. w. Mallery warning
him against fighting the pool room, was
talked of considerably. The general opin-
ion was that this showed the trend of af-
fairs as the fruit of the pool room. While
1t was not thought that the pool room peo-
pie are guilty of the letter, 1t is attributed
to some SympahiZer.
Another letter was read, which was re-
ceived by Mr.. Mallory and which was also
anonymous. 1t says in part:
Il notice through the papers your earnest
efforts in trying to rid your community of
the so-called Maryland Telegraph Company.
II am aware, as well as every one else,
that the same is nothing more or less than
a gambling institution, operated by a set
of thieves of the worst kind. l know every
nTla ad wit he oar in
position TO give you some valuable pointers,
which l think will greatly assist you in
breaking the place up. The people at the
back of this concern are the same ones
practically which operated at st. Asaph's,
Virginia but they are keeping under cover.
II personally know the Maryland Tele-
graph Company Is fake, its wire belong
ing at the Kenilworth pool room does not
county; also. the real work is done over
the Western Union.
THE kilograms sent to R. P. Lee at
Harpers Ferry, w Va, are sent ever the
Western Union at the finishing of each
days business, and are not sent before each
race, as they should be- There is no COM
pany at Harpers Ferry. Mr.. r. P. Lee,
whom they claim to receive and execute
these commissions. has a summer home
at Harper's Ferry, but is seldom there
himself, as he spends most of his time In
Washington"
Most of this information had already been
obtained by the fighters against the pool
room.
Made Another Appeal.
A w Mallery recently made another APP
peal for an interview with the attorney
general for the state of Maryland, through
a friend, but the reply to the friend was as
follows:
II do not wish to seem disobliging to Mr..
Mallery but 1 do not see what useful pur-
pose would be subserved by an interview
with him in regard to the pool room said
to be maintained in Maryland. near the
District of Columbia, at Kenilworth.
II do not see what possible concern /
have in the matter attorney general. My
duties are prescribed by article 5, section 8,
of the constitution, and do not include the
prosecution of offenses in courts of the
first instance
THE states attorney for the proper coun-
ty is the appropriate officer for Mr.. Mallery
to see. If there is proper case to go be-
fore the grand jury, / have no doubt the
states attorney will facilitate 1t. OF
course, IL he desires to do so, Mr.. Mallery
can swear out warrant as a private citi-
zen and have the offending parties arrested.
II had to decline some time ago to prose-
cute some Washington physician who was
charged with abortion in Prince George
county. l did this because If I attempted
to perform the services of a prosecuting at
torney In one instance 1t would be very diff
ficut to decline to do so in others Very
truly yours. w. S. BRYAN, JR.'
Committees Announced.
1t was announced last evening as has
been published in The Star. that all these
suggestions of the attorney general have
been carried out in advance. 'It seems
that what is everybody's business is no
bodys business" commented one of the
members on the letter.
AS the meeting last evening was the first
since the election of the new officers. Pres
ident Mallory announced the following
committees
Committee on streets-R. F. Wright,
chairman; w. B. Sham, J. w. Fultz and
Frank c. Farr.
Committee on fire protection-Thomas E.
Holmes James NJ. Fowler, ST., G. r. Whit
ney and r. O. Ryder.
Committee on water main-John F. Bar
Der, chairman; H. w. Johnson, j. w.
Snapp and j. ]. Miller.
Committee on schools-A. r. Lindsay
chairman; ]. NJ. Fowler. jr. and F. H.
Lingeback.
Committee on parking-James II. Voor-
hees. chairman; r. F. Wright, jr., and c.
F. Bayne
One of the principal things which the
association will work for this year Will be
a fire engine for Kenilworth. This has
been recommended for the past three years
by the Commissioners. but has been cut out
in Congress- Il