Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
BAh|SHED FROM PARIS
Belgian Croupiers Of EtoiIe
Quarter Leave France.
LEFT WITH LARGE WINNINGS
Gambler Shrewd Scheme to Attract
Patronage.
RESULT OF THE LAST CENSUS
An Increase Of seo, $40 In Five Years
Santos Dument Plans to Avoid
Accidents in New Aeroplane.
LEFT WITH LARGE WINNINGS
RESULT OF THE LAST CENSUS
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS, February 4-Belgian gamekeep-
ers and croupiers doing business chiefly In
the Etoile quarter have been expelled from
the country. Few Of them had waited for
the DEGREES, Of which they, In some mys-
terious way, unaccountable to the police,
had been warned, but had already taken the
rapide to Brussels. of course with their
gains. These. as already stated. amounted
to at least 100000. The business Is pay
Ing one and all that is required to start
with is working capital Of $4,000 or Vs.
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Most of the money was. it is believed,
netted by one man, who had already had
large experience of the trade at Ostend and
Namur. One of his inventions was the pla-
carding. not only Of Belgian. but Of French
towns, with posters bearing the words.
"Nan,ur. the zero suppressed" Gamblers
flocked thither persuaded that they would
catch the jade fortune this time because the
bank at Namur had magnanimously for
gone the advantage Of the zero. The bank,
however. continued to make by them. at
slower rate 1t is true. but as more money
was staked the result was the same.
The roulette is rare, even in the clandes-
tine gaming dens of Paris, baccarat Is pre-
ferred, at which. when the bank Is kept by
the manager or the confederate OF the man
ager, the so-called Club can make as
quickly and as easily as the Monte Carlo
lessees. In bona fide Partisan clubs of old
standing. at all Of which baccarat Is played.
any member takes the bank when ne reefs
inclined to stand his chance of winning or
losing heavily. The profits Of the game,
which are pocketed by the manager of the
proprietary clubs such as are all OF the
gaming dens when they are clubs at all. go,
in the case of genuine clubs. to the COM
mon fund BY means Of this "cagotte," or
pool a good club serves Its members at
about quarter rates.
OF course the expulsion and the present
scandal have nothing to do with the good
clubs, which, by the way, are barely half
q dozen in number. The gaming dens are
clubs only in name. They are. as mat
ter of fact now going on as cheerfully as
before in spite of the forced departure of
the managers. But they have suddenly de-
yeloped an unwonted strictness. Hitherto
there were about q dozen Of these places. OF
which practically any one could become q
member in five minutes.
Unique Court Decision.
Horses have no business to become
frightened at motor cars. Such is the
latest decision Of M. Sere de Rivieres. the
good judge" Of Paris A case was
brought before him by the owner of two
horses which had been frightened by the
passing of two motorcycles on one of
the public highways in the department of
the Somme. The driver in trying to
master the horses was run over by the
cart The owner sued for damages The
judge decided that they were not due, as
horses ought to be trained so as not to
shy at motor vehicles. If peasants had no
motor-cars to supply the object lesson
this was not the fault of the motor-cars
or the horses.
The result of the census taken on
March Is now officially announced. The
total population of France amounted at
the end Of that date to 80 .252,267 In
322 during the five years following on
the census taken In 1901. Since 1901 the
population has increased in thirty-two
departments and has diminished in fifty
five. The decrease in some departments
is partly accounted for by a move to-
ward the great centers. Paris on March
last had population OF 2.16S.39 Mar
seille came next. with 1893; Lyons
eigners in France. which ten years pre-
viously had been 1.115.214, had decreased
in March to zoos. AIT.
In an interview M. Santos Dumont
makes plain how he proposes to avoid
accidents with his new aeroplane.
The danger is" he said, that If your
motor stops you must tumble. But even
then, IL you are careful you can prevent
an accident
my scheme is to rush down head first,
and when near the ground turn the point
Of the machine quickly upward SO that
you come to the earth with light thud."
NJ Leagues has just refused the post Of
ambassador at Madrid, as he prefers to
with its salary of less than $40 per day
Il have been minister myself" he said.
land I know that the only way to keep
ones hold on the ministerial memory is