Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16
BooKMAKERS HAD GOOD THING
Some Inmates Express Indignation
and Are Expelled.
CENSUS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE
Nearly Two Thousand Men, Women
and Children on List,
RECRUITS FOR SALT LAKE CITY
Mormon Missionaries Find a Fruitful
Field for Recruits aud Take
Many Hundred Girls from
England 90 Utah.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.


LONDON, April l5-(Special to The BeeJ
England has another chance to laugh
and 1t is taking advantage of the situa-
ton. Think OF IT! The police make raid
on a gang Of gamblers in a poorhouse
where betting on horse races has been go
Ing on for years; not penny ante or crap
shooting. but out and out book making, the
taking OF bets every day and settling up at
night!
The raid was recently made where one
of the inmates had received a number of
bets on the Lincoln handicap from pauper
patrons The practice has been carried
on by the bookmaker for eighteen months.
and he has admitted that he took the busi-
ness over from another inmate. The raid
was made i'm consequence of an anonymous
letter. and the ringleader gave the name
OF several OF his clients one of whom was
at one time a well known cricketer. The
custom to pay out on the arrival OF
The papers In future the betting and rae
ing news is to be obliterated from the pap
ers before they are placed i'm the wards.
The boUkmaker was in the habit of sending
the bets out OF the workhouse. The guar
dian held an inquiry. and they have found
that the bookmaker had an assistant, and
one of the men kept racing calendar
one OF the plungers was very indignant
when called upon to testify and he was
ordered to leave the institution.
Census of Homeless.
census of the homeless persons in this
city was taken In the night of February
II. The number of persons discovered home
less was 1885 l,i62 being men, 32l women,
and two children. Incidentally 1t may be
mentioned that the government is going to
spend 100000 in browning King George.
wales Buys America nSteel.
Three thousand tons of steel bars from
New York were unloaded from the steamer
Kutalia at Swansea. last Tuesday, 20 serve
as raw material for the Welsh tinplate
Industry. This is the largest cargo of such
bars ever received at that place.
Members TO BE Paid.
That the payment of members of Parlia-
ment Is assured this year was the an
nouncement made by the prime minister In
the House of Commons, in reply to
question.
Recruits for MOrmOnism.
According to the Countess Chichester, last
year 555 girls were transported to Salt
Lake City. Utah She said this at a meet
ing n support of the Chester Rescue home,
where she discussed the fragrant propa-
ganda OF Mormonism" being carried on
throughout England. 1t was the ignorance
OF religious things in which our boyhood
and glrlhood we're now growing up that
made them fall prey to these people, who
decoyed them away from their parents.
The countess said she mentioned this be-
cause the propaganda was going on among
the servant classes. There were large Nor
mon colonies at Tottenham, liverpool Es-
sex and Ireland The difficulty was TO get
facts upon which action could be taken
TO have the whole thing brought before
Parliament. But facts were being accumu-
lated and she hoped before long action
would be taken in the matter.
First DreadnOught Passe.
The first Dreadnought of the new type
has already been superseded as the latest
and finest sea fighting machine, though II
has only been in commission five years.
II was launched six years ago. Admiral
William May hauled down his flag two
weeks ago, and the original Dreadnought
il to he taken in hand for thorough refit
An even stronger vessel than either will
soon be ready. This is the orion. which
lis nearly 5000 tons larger than the Dread
nought. The rate at which improvements
are being effected In the construction Of
these tremendous battleships means that
their period of usefulness is growing
shorter.
Formerly warships remained for years as
flrst-class fighting machines, but every
few years. nowadays, practically new ships
are discarded. During the present, year
no fewer than nine are under orders to be
struck out.
Heavy Price for Art.
The proposition to sell Rembrant's pic
ture, 1.-THE Mnl'' for $4,000 to an American
millionaire has caused unlimited discus
sion, printed and oral. and the Marquis
I.ansdowe has enjoyed It immensely An
art critic Of recognized authority who
writes anonymously says In one OF the
papers:
THE absurdity OF the whole thing may
be easily demonstrated by plain facts
The Mil, put up for public auction at
Christie's, might have fetched E6.OOO The
highest price ever paid for a picture at
Christie's was 1850 guiness. over the
way. al Willis, that figure has been
twice exceeded. when MesSrs Robinson &
Foster sold Hoppner's Lady Louisa Man
ners" Tor itOo0 guineas few years ago
remember that when Rembrants "A
Gentleman on Horseback fetched aOW
guineas three or four years ago the price
was considered very fair one. The h-
dnclousness Of the dictum that the value
Of a thing Is whatever IL viii fetch is
therefore obvious when the aning' is a
Rembrandt sold by British MARQUIS, TO
an American millionaire for nerly $4,000 g"