Evening journal., 1915-06-28
CLEANUP CAMPAIGN
DUETS PENNSCROVE
Closing of Gambling Dens
and Resorts Restores Order
in CrosS-River City
FEW MINOR OUTBREAKS
REPORTED LAST NIGHT

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
PENNsGROVE, June 2S.--As q re-
suit of the cleanup campaign being
waged by local police and salem
county authorities, Pennsgrove again
is beginning to have an appearance
Of law and order few minor out
breaks occurred Saturday night and
yesterday. but the closing OF a number
of gambling dens and other resorts
last week and the strict maintenance
of order by authorities has brought
about quiet here once more.
That the authorities are aware that
Pennsgrove has been the mecca vi
crooks from all aprts Of the East
since the boom began here, is evident
by their activity recently. With from
SEQ. 900 TO $4,000 paid in salaries
twice a month by the DUPONT Com
pany. the 1900 employees Of the pow
der firm have yielded a harvest TO
such crooks. This condition. however,
is passing and. according to predic-
tions of officials. II will not be Ions
until order is restored in every part
OF this place as we'll as Salem county.
There was order Saturday night
for the first time in weeks. An aug
mented police force and 80 picked
guards from the powder plants pa
tiolled the town. Awed by this dis
play. with the law" making no effort
to conceal loaded revolvers and bill
lies, the rlff-raff that drank fought
and robbed was held in check.
While the police dominated the
shore. all was not peaceful on the
Delaware River. An outbreak oc-
Cured shortly before midnight aboard
the Arctic A giant crazed by drink,
stampeded passengers. Directed by
Colonel Weller 4. Slower. commissary
of the DUPONT barracks, and an Of
icer of the Organized Militia of Del
aware. the man was overpowered, al
ter he had felled a dozen persons
with his fists. He was bound and
turned over to the police.
Manager Joseph Wilson Of the
ferry line. today issued orders for
guards at slips to admit no person TO
the boats who was visihly intoxicated.
With the first comparatively quiet
Sunday. partial peace has been dc
clared by two factions Of townspeo-
pie. Marshalcd by S. Russeling Leap.
young attorney. one faction has been
advocating relentless anti-vice cru
SADIE. Their principal object Is TO
have the license of French's Hotel re-
voked. as il is the sole barroom IN
Pennsgrove.
The other faction. appeased by th'
results OF p demonstration of author
No. d.
trine. II fears that the clamping q
the lid on Pennsgrove would cause II
prosperity boom TO he punctured an
the flow of dollars 20 iradesmen to b
diverted 10 other centres.
The chief of police Joseph p Har
binson. said today the majority q
crooks had been driven out of iowr
"Our greatest trouble is to stol
drunkenness" he continued "Ther
have been disgraceful scenes. w
made arrests by the wholesale. Blu
our town lookup has only two cells
BY packing EN- in like sardlnes W
cannot place more than eighteen mel
behind the bars What are we goin
TO do? Maybe We will have TO bull
a larger lookup"
To curb the drinkers. Justice q
the Peace George Ellington. also Bor
ough Recorder. inflicts heavy fines
But these children of pleasure. seek
ing recreation after toll in the mills
have seemingly endless rolls of bills.
The revenue is devoted to pay'n
extra policemen Pennsgrove boast
force Of seven men. nearly all q
whom. including the chief are on th
DUPONT payroll as workmen.