Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
Old Time Ribaldry
Rules as Tip Goes
Out That Things Are
Now Running Easy

I The lid is off the town. Chinatown was
| all eglow last night and early this morn
| ing. Every restaurant IN Rae street
was crowded. The mufned sounds of
and laughter, hoated out into the street,
where throngs of Tenderloln habitues,
men and worue. of the unt srworld, we're
discussing the possibilities of 1wideopen
town"
Those who had come into Chinatown
did so with the understanding that It was
going to be a big night" The tip had
been passed, and they had answered the
call.
The New Republic restaurant, at s1s
Race street, had advertised several new
dishes for the towns wide Opening"
every one of the pearl-set ebony tables
had Its quota OF diners. The place reeked
with the smell of tobacco Men and
women, many of the latter still in their
teens. puffed cigarettes. There were many
after-theatre parties the men In evening
dress. the women in decoilete.
One corner of the room was occupied
by party of marines and sailors. The
piano was struggling along at a fair clip
but the tune was barely dlscernible, 30
great was the noise made by the diners
Wong Pock. one of the proprletors of
the place. after several Intellectual eff
forts to stop the noise, had retreated to
the kitchen.
THE FIGHT BEGINS.
The noise among the marines and sail
ors rose to a high pitch when one OF the
women In the party screamed Imme-
dlately giant marine jumped to his feet.
He invited several bluejackets to accom-
pany him to the street. Suddenly bowl
of ohop-suey, hurled from one of the
tables. struck him a glancing blow on
the head, and then crashed UP against
the wall, scattering its contents over all
those near.
The place was in an uproar. The
screams OF the women, mingled with the ,
cries for help from the Chinese. the
curses OF the struggling marines and
sailors and the crash of china on the |
tile floor, would have drowned out the |
noise of n boiler factory.
A bluecoat appeared at the door. He |
tore his way over toward the fighting |
marines and sailors, his club in one hand |
AMI revolver In the other He finally un- |,
tied the knot of struggling men. One |
marine and one sailor We're unconscious. |
They were bleeding from many wounds in |
the face. Both were hustled Off to the |
I1th and Winter streets station house.
The chill air of the streets was more
A revolver shot rang out,
and every one believed the Hip Sing Tong
and the on Leon Tong had once more
declared war.
HoLD-UP GAME WORKED.
From 9th street came cries of "Mur-
lei 7" Help !" "Policel" Detective Bar
'on and Policemen Martin and Hunt, the
Chinatown cops" dashed toward the cor
Ter and caught four men In the act OF
filing the pockets of another, who was
IN the ground. struggling to rise. Two or
he men were captured, after a fight but
he others escaped. The victim held on to
lis money. He proved to be visitor
rom Toms River, N. ].
Twenty minutes later the screams OF
Woman startled pedestrians. Again the
'luecoats became active. They soon had
hree marines under arrest. They had
over woman's affections. All
we're hustled off to the station house
The city has placed a significant sign
n the corner of a little thoroughfare
eading off OF 10th street, just below Vine.
t is Liberty Court. Two policemen were
truggling with a man and woman who
insisted that they have the liberty or
aging their respects to friends they knew
new there Both were arrested and
AIKEN round to the station"
A REAL "SNOw PARTY"
Then cGme r "snow ball" Snow in
he vernacular of the tenderloin Is the
aky narcotic called cocaine. use of
Which is strictly forbidden by law In the
United States.
Up a small street, through an alley, out
nto another small street, and suddenly