Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-23

tory: as to the saloons general good con-
duct and by this means the excise board
will have little trouble in learning whether
or not the applicant is friendly or unir.end-
~ to the handbook game. Aside from this
the Anti-Sa loon League viii also lnveSt-
gate this question and furnish information
10 the board as VII other temperance and
religious oreaai2atIons
Anti-Saloon League Helping.
Albert + Shoemaker. attorney for the
Anti-Saioon League said today that, in
splrcd Ivy the Stars crusade against the
landlords ard the attitude of the assessor
he will take up the fight. and. with th" aid
of h 5 assistants. find out just what saloons
in the District are resorts for handbook
men and which ones are clearing houses
for THIS form of gambling. Mr.. Shoemaker
said he is satisfied that lie can secure sutfi-
Gent evidence against these saloons to cause
licenses TO he refused when application is
made for renewal.
The Star reporter was informed this
morning that in the past police captains IN
reporting to the excise board on applica-
looms resorts for gambling men and book
makers but that in every instance tie IL
censc was granted by the board. When
this information was given to Commits
sioner West he directed the excise board
to go over their books for the past four
years ami ascertain in how many cases
this was true. II learned in this con-
nection that in the last three years the po-
a
four such saloons and that the saloonists
wcr. arrested and were acquitted in the
Police Court and upon this disposition of
their cases the excise board did not refuse
to renew the licenses.
Neglect Their Families.
Judge D-Lacry of the Juvenile Court told
a Star reporter today that he WAS pleased
to SIC Tho Star earnestly engaged in the
good work OF wagirg war upon the hand
book men and hoped that the effort would
be entirely succ ssfuL
1T can readily be seen" said Judge De-
Lacey. that Indulgence in handbook gam
bling by the head of family tends to
divert his regular income from legitimate to
Legitimate uses, and consequently to de
prive the family of that support to which
IT is most justly entitled. 1t is an EVIL
which should be suppressed, and it is my
earnest hope that the campaign now on
may put the handbooks out Of business and
IT suit in great good to the community.
Evil Affects Business.
Il am most heartily in sympathy with
The stars war of DETERMINATION against
the handbooks." said Robert N. Harper.
president of the Chamber of Commerce, to
a Star reporter today. Particularly do l
feel that the fight. which is good one
and in a good cause should succeed, De-
cause l have noticed that these LANDLORDS
feed upon the class of people in the city oil
Washington who are most easily enticed TO
make unlawful bets and who are least
able to stand the inevitable losses. l shall
be glad to see The Stars campaign sue
cessful. and every handbook shut down and
the bookmakers run out of town
l. Csoldenberg of the Goldenberg Com
pany was emphatically in sympathy with
The Stars campaign against handDoohS
and handbook gambling.
THE business men of Washington as a
whole are extremely glad. | am sure. SAID
he that The Star has taken hold of this
matter and is making a fight To drive the
handbook men out of the National capital
Aside from the bad moral effect of the
handbook traffic the evil has a decidedly
bad effect in many ways, upon the business
of the community. When employe OF
ours gets the handbook habit we are GER
tain to find that he is neglecting his bust
mes and ours besides, in all probability.
losing more money than he can AFFORD to
part with.
lone of the largest handbooks in the city
has been operating In this vicinity, and.
am told, has been simply coming money.
Success to The Star In its campaign
against the evil
Still Working Warily.
1t was stated at the Center market this
afternoon that some of the handbook men
still coming there to make collections
although the number has decreased and
those who are still in the business are not
near bold as they were a short time ago
There was time when the handbook
runners collected $4,000 5000 a day
from persons employed in the market and
those who came here to make purchases, -
remarked one of the merchants in the mar
ket this afternoon. but their collections
have decreased since The Star started upon
the good work of trying to put them out
OF business.
Il know from experience the enormity of
this evil. declared the merchant with some
feeling. and | hope The Star will pound
away at these fellows until the last one has
been driven behind the bars. People are
frequently heard 10 say that they can play
the horses once in d while. but no man
can let them alone aafter he gets a taste
and lasting. and the man who is able to
play even once and then refrain is the one
in thousand
IF a man plays the races once ard
wins. said the merchant. ''he thinks he is
In for fortune. and il he loses he wants
to hang on until he can get even. 1t is
sure thing that he VIII not get rich. and IT
Is almost equally certain that he VIII not
keep even with the game II he sticks to it
very long.