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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

Norway Must ImpeFt sssststnlA
Norway produces no sugar within its
own borders and the sweet slFups pro
dueed from vegetable sources are e
slight importanee. 20 that country =
IN q position Of almost absolute DE-
pendence on imports for It's sweetsn-
Ing materials
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

The Australian eucalyptus. or, as II
Is commonly called. the gum tree, has
been grown successfully In many
countries. and In New Zealand It has
been found that its growth is, in IA
vorable spots, faster than In Australia.
In Brazil the authorities recognize it's
value for timber.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

Il wonder what the moon Is made
eff said little Jennie. Is she paused
10 gaze at the large. round orb. at
ain't made Of nothIn'." replied her
twin brother. Bill ~It's a hole In the
sky for God to look through when he
wants to see II We are mlndin' ma"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
Unsouoht Fame.

This Is the end of my social ca
reer!" moaned Algernon. sitting up In
bed. Il drank too much last night At
the ball and staggered into every
bOdyi" Scarcely. sir. scarcely" said
his valet spolOgetieaIly. @Eyeryone's
talking Of you as inventing q new
Cancel"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
Innkinn for Cat

Little Paul, age seven, and his auhA
were playing with the cat when II rh
under the buffet. STOPPING down DIS
aunt said: II can see only his hino
quarters" Paul ran to the other eno
OF the buffet and looking under eA-
claimed: -Oh. / can sec rs hea"
quarters"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

There Is little in the theory that II
you make better mOusetrap than any
body else the world win beat a path
way to your door. You probably &C
cept that theory. Very we'll Who
manufactures the best mousetrap on
the marketf-Philadelphia Public
Ledger
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
Cause for Rejoicing.

Leonard was walking with his nurse
and met a friend Of his mother, who
proceeded to engage him in converse
ton in a most effusive and enliVened
manner. On parting with her, Leon
ard was silent for a long time, and
then said with a gentle sigh Of thank
fulness: Il am so glad, Sarah, that
I've got a nice, gloomy mother"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
Interxieninn IN. Minister

Ny brother was married young and
felt embarrassed He went to inter
view the minister relative to the cere-
mony, and after much stammering
and many bushes. managed this sur
prising request: 'Will you come up
TO the house and marry me and an
other girlTr-Chlcago Tribune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

On the 18th OF June. 1897, the frat
''whaleback- left for voyage across
fhe Atlantic The ship was the
Charles w. Wetmore. She sailed from
Duluth for Liverpool with q CARGO q
gEaln.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
star. and stripe. On the Sea.

Our flag rules one-Hfth Of the worlds
shipping now, and 40 per cent OF the
shipping between our own ports and
others Is under our own nag. Trade
routes where our flag has not been
seen On merchant ships for half q CEN
fury are now traversed by the boats
Of Uncle Sam.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
south chlns's Adminlstratlvs city.

ooutn S"thGs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SaAy'
Canton Is the chief Chinese admin
istratiye and commercial city Of South
China. II is situated inland from
H0ngkong. % miles by water and 112
miles by rain, and is located in the fer
tile Canton delta country, 10 which
converge the West. North and East riv-
ers In foreign trade Canton ranks
third among Chinese ports, being ex-
ceeded in volume by Shanghai and
Dalren.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
He,rnIa DIslIkea

According TO his japanese widow,
thee cratic but brilliant American
writer, LafcadiO Hearn, ''disliked liars,
abuse Of the weak, Prince Albert coats,
the city Of New York, and many other
things" He was fond Of the sea and
swimming lonely cemeteries" ghost
stories, Martinique and Of beefsteak
and plum pudding.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

When the siiverware has become
badly furnished put Il in ah aluminium
dish. cover with water and boil for a
short time. and IL win come out bright
and clean. The aluminium dish win be
slightly dlseOlOred after this process.
but It may be easily cleaned
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
Jack seor.a

The whIms Of wiIl-makers are many
and curious, but for the pure sarcasm
command Us to the British sailor who
requested his executors to pay his wife
one shilling. wherewfth to buy hazel
nuts. as she had always preferred
cracking nuts to mending his stock
ingS.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

The Wheat-eating Carthaginians were
no match for the pork-eating Romans:
the gOat-eating Greeks easily over.
came the herbivorous Persians. While
the beef-eaters Of England have often
proved their bravery. Yet the British
army contains no better soldiers than
the Scottish and Irish, to whom meat
WIS long a luxury.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
Life in Raadad.

At one period Bagdad had a pOpula-
ton Of two millions. Today It has
dwindled to two hundred and twenty
i've thousand. The desert rolls almost
~ to the walls Of the city, for the
elaborate system OF canals which rem
4ssred the land capable Of supporting
a teeming population has been neg
lected-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
nun c.rtain Blind Po.t

The little girl who inquired at H.
brary for The Four Horses In the
Eucalyptus" had lots Of company In
that sort Of blunder. A letter Of Mrs.
Thrale's, recently sold at auction, tells
of her neighbours maid coming with a
request from her mistress for loan OF
mix and Asparagus LOst."-Boston
Transcript.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

As Juanita and Charles were eating
breakfast one morning they both
asked at the same moment for the
second helping. Having taught
Charles that his sister must be waited,
on first. he said. ~well. ladies first
and mans next"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

When people VINO are toierably for
tunate IN their outward lot DO not IND
n life sufhSient enjoyment to make Il
Vsiuable to them. the cause generally
Is caring for nobody but themselxes-
J. s. MilL.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
DARING Pioneers

On June Z, 1859. Daniel Boone Ein
i've other hunters from Nortn CI'
OlIna, reached Red river, KentncN'
They were the first white men 70 q
plore the territory, fOrbiddingly caHe
By the Indians The Dark and bl0oQ
Ground"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

Little Edwards twin sisters were
being christened. An went well until
Edward saw the water IN the font
Then he anxiously turned to his moth
er and exclaimed: ma. which enc are
you going to keepr-Blighty Lion
dnns.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

Bert could not eat pOrridge WitnT S.
feeling distressed. Seolded one oA' J.
his sister for speaking rudely 70 =
girl friend. he said: Il juSt a.
help It. sis; she Affects me 'Eaeu' ="
porridge."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

Joe q thoroughly Mp "A automobile
parianes. His baby brother was Just
beginning to walk and wobbled consid-
erably. One day Joe dashed into the
kitchen shouting. -Oh. ma. come quick
an see Buddy skiddlng."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
Reason Enosoh.

Ny twin nephews were paid two
cents q day for waking me at z each
week day morning. One Sunday they
awakened me At z. protested and
they said: I'VE knew you wanted TO
sleep. but we need the money
Chicago Tribune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
uss Of India Rubber.

India rubber was used for the DE.
time as an eraser In ITO, when q veg
small piece was sold for three mAlAS
Il was, however. many years later
fore It was put into general use. r.
to this the erumb Of bread was 10
for erasing purposes.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

With the coming OF winter the life
Of the wasp ceases. but until that time
they are most exemplary creatures.
There are no lazy folk in waspland.
Labor and effort are evenly divided In
a nest Of wasps. Some assume the
duty Of plundering. going out In search
Of food, whlee others act as policemen.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
RaInr sea,ona b cxel...

According to Eduard Brueekner, the
great Austrian meteorolOgist, cold,
rainy seasons come in cycles abOGt
every thirty-1ve years, the years near
est to these partaking Of their nature
and those furthest distant being dry
and hot. The year 1915 was the height
Of one Of these cold, wet cycles.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

A young lady says that her most en-
barrassed moment occurred on q rainy
day recently, when she entered q
crowded street car with a sOpping UNI
brella and accidentally rested the
point Of II in fellow passengers low
shoe.--Boston Transcript.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
Morn. Enemy 81 sIra.

The great horned owl Is the worst
Of the owl family as a destroyer Of
game and poultry. He even extends
his depredations to rabbits and other
fur-bearing animals, and II he diseov-
ers the sleeping place Of a eovey Of
quail he win clean them up to the last
bird.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

Ny three year old boy noticed an
TIE others On leaving the party speak
10 fhelr hostess. 80 when his turn
cane he looked up with q NEST en-
gagiRg smile and said, Haven't Ne
had a terrible tinsY'-Rxehanss.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

ne ether day Mary ca1ne up On
the porch 70 tn me her grievances
Il seems one a. TIE boys Of the neigh
borhood had been teasing her and
win flashing eyes ahe said Il hate
that Russell better than any boz J
knoW.r-Exehanga
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
Rut Nhod Run a.. ahln,

London Times PersOnal-James A:
Please understand that were We the
last two persons on earth and feand
myself On the same continent that con-
tanned you. / should emigrate.-Boston
Transcript
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

Insincerity IN a mans ewn heart
must make an his enjoyments an that
eoneerns him, unreal; 50 that his
whole life must seem Ike a merely
dramatic rsDresentadon.-HaEthOrns.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

Man invented the period. ne IN
terrogatioa marx and the exclamation
peint are tie work Of woman.-Deroit
1ournal.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
chIeory.

In some parts Of Cape Pro,so,
South Africa. ehIeOry gives a yieio .s :
$50 to $500 per acre JOhanneS0~'
being the chief market.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

Hank Hines says. Think twies b.
fore speaking. thrice before writing
and four times before hRhting. Co
lumbus Dispatch
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
carnaunaaa

sven talks necessarily" on -. -
only to keep people from finding -
how littIe she has to say.
Transcript.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

II there ever was 4 fool-kllier be
must have refIre6 from busineas-
ehleago Newz
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

Wise men say that II we could 80
ourselves as others see rs. We weRldnE
believe it.-TItBItS
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

Innocence n genius ana eanus -
power are both noble quAhaeS-
aae ids Stael
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

WhafpFeF 4 3 , ~ c1ll11 ellf.--
nIllsE.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

Auctioneers have a nod way u :
eeIving bIds.-BostOn Post
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12
THE BROAD AK


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In this city sines yuly I5tll, 1889.
wsshont missing enc single issue. Re-
puhlicans, Democrats, Catholics. Pm
Ssstana, Single Takers. Priects, in6-
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The Broad Ak b q newspaper
whose platform Is broad enough for
aI1, ever claiming the editorial right
% SPEAK its own mind.
Locai communication win rsesive
attention Write only On one side Of
he paper.
sub.eriptiSns must B. paid in sd-
vanes
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Advertising rates made known on
applicatioA.
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seo6 So, Elizabeth St, Chicago, III.
Phsss ws-a~srth 2ss7.
JULIUS T. TAYLOR
Editor ani PubliShsr
Dr.. q. a. MAJORS
Aasosiafs Editsr
eco Soath State Street
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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-12

0Nomi1tI5 IHou41L
Spread ne table and confentinn VI
esase
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
Japanese Legislators
Visit Tammanv Hall
hcnzi Adachi and Isuneii
AidAu Find Much Of In.
tercst at Wigwam

ken2' Adachi and Tsunejl Aidzu.
members Of the Japanese House of Rcp-
reScntativos, who for somo weeks have
been studying American institutions.
yesterday visited Vammany Hall under
the guidance Of William j. Dalton. the
oldest district leader. There are manv
historic documents, pictures and
memcntocs around tho Nigwam, and
the significance Of these was explained
to tho visitors. Considerable time WAS
gwen TO the portrait OF Governor Alfred
+. Smith. and tho old story was told
Of how Mr. Smith, who started his
working life az hclper in Fulton fish
market, had reached the Govcrnorship
Of tho Empire State
What interested them most seemed
TO be the workings Of tho direct nomi-
nations systcnl, explained to them by
John K. VOORHEES,. president Of the
Board Of Elections, who a. eighty-fvo
years Of age IN active in Tammany
politics. The visitors took away with
them samples Of tho primary ballots
and Jammany campaign literature. They
san for Europe on the Lapland TO day.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
Belasco Seeks to
Enjoin Playwright
Would Prevent Sclwyn & Co.
and r. G.. Megruc From Pro.
ducing "Among the Girls"

David Bclasco applied to the United
States District Court yestc crday for an
injunction against Sclwyn & Co.. the
atrical managers, and Roi Cooper Nc
gruc, playwright, TO prevent them from
proceeding with their preparation of n
musical play called Among the Girls"
until such time az suit he has
brought against them can be settled.
1t is the contention Of Mr.. Rclasco
that tho defendants have no righ, TO
produce tho play
Among the Girls which WAS m
nounccd somc time ago by Selwyn &
Co, Ia said by Mr.. Belasco TO be n
musical version of play written bv
Mr.. Mcgrue, called Seven Chances. .
Mr.. Belasco produced Seven Chances "
The musical play has been in re-
fchrsa! for several days Pcrcival
knight and Dcnman Malcy have been
engaged FOR lending roles. The play ia
scheduled TO open a. Now Haven.
Conn, on May &.
NO date was act on which the de-
fendants arc required to make answer
to the suit in equity, on which the
plea for an injunction was based.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
) Killed, Z Hurt by
Trolley y Cars and
Autos i'm BROOKLYN
Deaths All Children Run
Down in Street; Many. Are
Injured in Collisions.
Motorcycles Taking Part
By BRIGGS

Automobiles and trolley cars caused
three deaths and injured seven per-
sons yesterday in Brooklyn Charles
Hull, seven years old, was killed by
an automobile driven by Harry McDon-
aid, of 1870 Metropolitan Avenue, while
playing tag in front of his home at 702
Grand Street. Spicenzo Swesta, three
years old, was killed by Il streetcar
in front of his home, 625 Union Street.
In collision between q motorcycle
and an automobile at Seventh Avenue
and Sixieth Street, Charles Lund, of
343 Fortythird Street, Brooklyn, was
killed and James Norland, Of 291
Twentieth Street, Brooklyn, sustained
fractured skull. Norland was taken
to an army hospital.
Jesse Goldberg, five years old, was
hit by strcetcar in front of his home.
SS8 Flushing Avenue, and suffered in
ternal injuries, conclusion of the brain
and fracture of the left leg. Another
strcetcar fractured the skull of Ralph
Lewis, seven years old, near his home,
l4o6 Gates Avenue. John Soutello, of
oo4 knickerbocker Avenue. Brooklyn.
was thrown from bicycle in a col
IislXn with streetcar at DeKalb and
knlckerbocker avenues and received a
fracture of the right nip and internal
injuries.
George Brunner, eleven years old. of
90 Vernon Avenue, Brooklyn, fell off a
motor truck at Bedford Avenue and
Madison Street, bruising himself,
Samuel Kuchelefsky, a chauffeur of
$50 st. AIMS Avenue, The Bronx' was
thrown from his automobile in a col,
lislon with a streetcar at Reid Avenue
and Broadway. His left leg was dis
located. Gladys Bull, eighteen wears
old, was knocked down by motor
cycle at Lafayette and Grand avenues.
She received d scalp wound. She lives
at 3335 Lafayette Avenue.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
City Briefs

The body OF Frederick r. Bearing, of So
Prospect Place. Brooklyn. was found in the
hold OF the steamship Casco in Erie Basin.
He was timekeeper for the Ocean Engine
and Boiler Work. and is believed 10 have
fallen through the hatchway
William Henkel. son Of the late former
United States marshal, has been chosen Re-
publican leader of the 10th Assembly Dis
trict a post his father held for .wcnty-nine
years.
-, Luigi dt Michele, five. while playing in
the basement of his fathers bakery, COL
Morris Avenue The Bronx, yesterday. ran
so close to dough mixing machine that his
right arm was caught in the gears and cut
oif at the elbow. The bakers improviscd a
tourniquet which stanched the flow of blood
When Mrs. Mary Ryder of $50 Ninth
Avenue, Astoria. returned home yesterday
from shopping, she found her husband, Ed
ward Ryder, thirty-onc, lying with his head
IN the oven of their gas stove with the gas
turned on. He was dead when help arrived.
Hyder. an electrician in the Fire Department.
resumed his duties after overseas service
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
Deny Being Rumcly Aids
Lawyers. Indicted with Former
Publishers. Give Bonds

Noryin T. Lindheim and S. Walter
kaufman. Of the hrm Of Hays. Kauf-
man 4 Lindhoim Of so Wall Street.
~ho we're indicted with DR.. Edward A.
Kameiy and charged with conspiring
10 conceal the German ownershin Of
Inc New York Evening Mail were
arraigncd before Judge Dietrich in tho
Federal District Court Yesterday for
pleading. Both entered pleas Of no,
each 80 T''''' %
;, Dr. Rumoly failed tn sppear 70 plead
re y nov out on $4,000 bail. which
e as 'ofnishod last July when he was
April 70. S"eu
Lineheiro Is thc only new defendant
10 the case. He and Kaufman renrcs
sen'ed nc German Embassy in tho
'sc@ York courts before the var.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
Easter
EIO1uers
And '' All Pleasant
Cr0,uiing Things''

Little squatty pots of pun
gent white candytuft, the
kind that grows On either
side of the beautiful old
doorways in Salem, with
cleaning red brick in be-
tween - or semi-tropical
trees of yellow acacia, exotic
in their fragrance, fragile
and delightful.
Tulips, too, Of course,
flame colored masses of them.
and delicate yellow daffodils
glimpsed between drifts OF
pink clamberiNg roses.
The Bridge of Flowers is now
ablcom with all of these and a
multitude of others whose names
como please Ntiy. Hydrangeas,
mauve a.d faint pink, the Law
ender bougainvillea. marguerites,
goncsta, yellow calla lily, prim-
rose, heather aud sweet ferH.
This is the d7lnual Ro1rer
sale, held Sc that you May
buy a bit Of color and frag-
rance for your Easter morn
ing.
bridge, lonrth noor netwcen
ola and New huu5inrs.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
Missing Newark
Girl Found Here:
Two Men Arrested
Viola Mueller, IA Years Old,
Is Taken from Rooming
House i'm Goth Street:
Three Face Court To-day

Viola Mueller, the fourteen year-old
girl who disappeared from her home.
20 Baldwin Street, Newark, on April 9.
was found in q rooming house at 113
East Twenty sixth Street by Detectives
William Hauptman and Frank Mulahev.
of the West 125th Street police station.
yesterday. She was identified by the
detectives from photographs published
IN the newspapers.
Two men are held in connection with
the girls disappearance. They are
Howard j. Beatty, Porto Rican.
thirty-two years old, of West Sixty
third Street, New York, who was ar
rested by Lieutenant John A. Brady. of
the Newark vice squad. Lieutenant
Brady said Beatty admitted to him he
met the girl. He is charged with alb
duction.
The other man is Benjamin Sherman.
an embroidery manufacturer, twenty
seven years old, of 800 Simpson Street.
Inc Inc bronx. He was held at the East
twenty second Street police station.
whittier he and the girl were taken
after the latter's arrest The police
said he admitted having placed the
girl in the East Twenty-sixth Street
roomlng house after meeting her on
the street. He was later sent to Police
Headquarters
Barnett L. kopelman. of 800 Broad
way. lawyer representing the Fidel
ity and Deposit Company, Of MARYLAND.
appeared before Magistrate Brouqh in
the night court last night and asked
that bail for Sherman be fixed. Will
lam r; Sherwood, a representative of
the Chlidren's Society. who was in
court at the time, requested that the
bail be placed as high as possible
Sherman was finally released after
kopeiman had signed his bond for 50
Detectives Hauptman and Mulahev
were standing near the East Twenty
SKIN street house when the girl
passed by. Her resemblance to the
girls picture in the papers promnfod
them TO follow her. Hauptman was the
hrst TO enter the place and found the
giri seated at piano in kimono. plav-
ing, Love Me and the World Is Mine >,
One at first denied her identity. hnt
soon admitted 1t and tainted.
one was revived and taken n
tne East Twenty-second Street police
sation, and later committed to the
care OF the Chlldren's Society until 70
morrow, when she VIII appear win
oherman at the Yorkville Police Co,,w,
20 answer the charge Of imnroras
guardianship. She may be taken 9Pta -
Newark after the hearing by Lieuten.
ant Brady. '''e"'e''-
VIOLA according to Detectives Haunt
man and Mulahey made tho followinc
Il was taken from Newark to Boa.
ton and from Boston to New York a
ha nan , prougnt me here. love him and
ne pittied me. He said he would he "
father to me and that he had soms
enc who would be mother 20 mo .
She told the detectives she was scv.
cnteen years old. On being brought &c
the East Twenty Stree police
station. however she began to fcicr
aphasia and refused 20 give any con
neeted story 10 Mrs. PRESS.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
Court Puts Wet Blanket
On UnderhiIl's sClean-tp'
Gambling No Crime, Magistrate
Tells Detectives; Ten
''Prisoncrs" Freed

When Inspector Morris was relieved
OF his work in the 9TH Inspection Dis
trct and reduced to the rank Of can
tam tan. II vas expected that Inspector
Ondcrhill, who succeeded him, would
make a spectacular "clcan-up" of the
district vac
Yesterday two OF his detectives ar
TalSned before Magistrate Corrigan in
har;cm Court ten men charged with
gambling in fiat in East lO6th Street
out the magistrate Immediately robbie i
the "c!can-up' OF any degree Of drama
with a large wet blanket.
I'm getting sick and tired Of telling
you police that gambling is not a n
crimo'' ne announced 20 the detectives.
~ cannot understand why YOU con-,
tnually arrest players who have par-
Mc'pnted n game. They have vio-
lAied no law and you merely hold
yourselves liable to civil suits for
false arrest"
The ten captives were then released
ana lclt the court room smiling broad. .
ly al the detectives.