Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-31
DRIVE IS RENEWED
ON TULSA'S IDLE
Police Raid Three Pool Halls
and Bring $50 Men to
Station.
TWO MANAGERS ARRESTED
Nights Activities Marks New
Effort to Clean Up
Unemployed.

The police started Il new campaign
last night 10 rid the city OF idlcrs, and
three puolhulls werC raided The rand
VIII continue TIL every poulhall and
billiard hnU In the city has been
visited All who are found there viii
bc compelled TO 80 to The ponce
station "a give a record OF themselves,
In an % arrests were made last
eht Of these ~ were Of persons
found Ia poolhalls Two were man
apcrN. charged with allowing minors
to play. aud five others were made
independently of the poolhall raid
.hr places raidcG were The CAN'T
pooIhau at lul North Main street
whore l26 men were found the stag
paoIh,u at o East Second street,
where eighty men were picked up,
uul the iGth star billiard parlor at
lGl south Main street whore 20 mon
wore found
',hr majority Of the men were al
lowed to go after giving satisfactory
account of themselves Al the station
where they were rigldly hnd closely
questioned Those caught In the pool
uull raids who were held under
yagranCy charges were H. Ryley
Robert Miles. John Hays, &. shaw, j.
Johnson. J NJ Alderman, W. II. Llnk
NJ J. MahuncN G. Mcfaddcn, Harry
Wais. Earl carroll. Nergll Bowyer.
Clarence Davenport, John Mcintosh.
j H. Allen Fred Mnyfiold and G, w.
l'luok
Is W. Gnntz and w. A. Greenwood,
managers os the Gantg aud stag halls
respectively. were arrested ana
charged with allowing minors to play,
and were later released under bond
OF 500 each
e. Sam Coils was held for invesiiga
( tlun by the federal officials on a
Mackor charge. Others are also TO
| ho investigated on "A similar charge
| while the vugrancy charge In being
! disposed OF
Ray Brown, Floyd Thomas. Ed
! Howard. J. H. Lewis and W. j
| krumpe were arrested also or
Nagrancy charges tho they were not
| In the pOolhal raids some 0f those
caught were released on bond aud all
viii be given hearing today In the
! municipal court.
| Yhe raid last night wns only the
! beginning OF the campaign which has
been started To end only when every
! poolhall In the city has been raided,
| police say. - purpose Is To clear
! the city of all undesirablea ana 10
I
| slnckeTs.
CHIEF r.. L. Lucas and Capt. w. u.
| Nilkerson declared last night that the
| raids had been started for the pur-
| po,e OF more effectively carrying on
! the yagrancy campaign. While not IA
! session Of the municipal court goes by
| without maximum fine being given,
| and nltho a systematic effort has been
made to round up the unemployed.
| thia move was decided on to catch
| everybody that IL ldllng in poolhnlls.
! n was taken as n war measure to see
| that there are no shlrkets In prose
cutting the war.
Those who were brought in last
| night were asked their names, their
residence their business or occnpa-
| ton. whether they were steadily em-
ploycd. how long they have been en-
| gagged AT their present business, their
age. whether married or single. their
| nationality. and whether or not they
were registered
Those who were able TO give sat
! isnfctory answer AZ TO their occupa
| tion and what business they had In
| the poolroom were allowed 10 so. hut
| tho Information gained will he kept
on file and II man Is caught a sec
onl time II may go hard with him. nc-
| cOrding 10 the police.
II Is quite ms much the purpose to
| find out II there are any slackers ~
! to round up the Idle. and as result
Of last nights raid several cases were
! held for further investigation, Chief
/ Lucas declared Those who reside
| elsewhere were asked to give their ad-
! drtss and II will be determined II
| those within the draft did actually
| register
The Tulsa vaRrancy campaign has
J attracted the attention OF other cities
i Chicf Lucps has received a request
| from Chicf Of Police W y Nichoh
/ nf Oklahoma CITY and Assistant CITY
| Attorney Bailey Bell from the mayoI
| OF Bartlcsyille. FOR copies Of the Tulsa
| ordinance that they might mode
| similar laws after the local ordinRnce
/ SERIOUS DAMAGE no SuL hR