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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-12-27

Lake st.
Bob English does not 20 in for q
line Of redlight endeavor. Since one
Dickinson, railroad man with wife
and family, ran away with Madam
English, good old Bob sees the evil of
men being too promiscuous with females
other than their own mate. As a result
OF wisdom based on hard experience,
Col. English confines his efforts to q
gambling dump, disguised by a pool
room IN the Sartori building. Original
~, there was a pool room and a bowl.
ing alley. A couple of tables event.
ually were moved back and a partition
thrown across. Behind that PARTITION.
several green-topped tables were in.
stalled for the convenience of the local
sports in playing poker and "rummy''
Tor real money. Of course there is a
"kitty", belonging to Col. English.
which the gamblers feed with regulari.
ty and generosity.
One memorable game started at those
tables Saturday evening, Dec. 13, 1919,
Kept up all night and was going strong
at lO a. m. Sunday forenoon, with Col.
English still on deck and as fresh as
a daisy.
Col. English g combined pool hall and
poker room has number of distin.
gulshed patrons. Near the head of the
ast is former night-sergeant Greentall.
William Jacobson, a prominent shoe
dealer adds tone to the place when the
leather business will permit. George
Portugue, man with wife and family.
who works not, neither does he toll.
manages to get by with winnings at
poker and rummy. Peter Tramontin
believes that all work and no play
makes Pete dull boy, therefore he
plays fully as much as he works. Cant
Carl r. Lorentzean is another classy
patron Of the place.
The people are beginning to murmur
because street commissioner Emil
johnson seems to take more interest in
the English games Of chance than he
does in seeing the wintry SHOWS scooped
Off the walks and out of the streets.
Fred Miller has an altar where the
boys pay homage to the Goddess of
chance. It is located at 207 West
Lake st. Those who thirst can get
all sorts of soft drinks there. Affiant
sayeth not as to hard drinks. There
are seductive slot machines and, in the
rear, poker and rummy tables.
Since the dry lid closed down 50
tightly, with grave danger of Uncle
Sam taking stern hand in any fitting,
it is much harder to get the goods with
which to pour out libations. But hard
goods must be obtainable, otherwise
there would not be so many boozy boys
ON the streets Saturday nights.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-12-27

At No. 1922 West Superior street, j.
Badeaux runs a pool hall. Punch
boards seem too childish and effete for
the bunch Of boys that registers around
that place. Fully fifteen men were
shooting craps on pool table, bets
often running from 81 to SIS. A num-
Der of railroad boys were in that sporty
bunch and those railroad boys are not
pikers when it comes to betting on the
bones.
A few days later, when a Rip-saw
inspector dropped into that pool hall,
goodly gang was shooting craps.
"Well, boys, this is the last throw"
exclaimed the boss to the bunch. "We
now are going to play stud poker.'
ooh, h-l!" exclaimed a railroad
man who had been winning at craps.
Every time you win at craps in the
Badeaux pool hall you pay a war tax
of five cents to the house. If you
gamble in there you also have to bring
the coin or the long green. The pro-
prietor refuses to cash personal checks.
When the inspector was there chap
who rendered a check was told to 60
to the bank and get it cashed.
So far as anyone has heard, no COM
plants have been made by Capt. Ba-
deux that the patrolmen in that section
of the city bother or break up the crap
games in the classic precincts of his
popular pool hall.
For months much scandal has crept
uptown concerning gambling and
punchboard stunts at West Duluth. The
storm center seems to be in the pool
room of Messrs. Arbor and Rice, on
Central avenue, a couple of doors from
Fieldman s department store. A great
pile Of junk is hung up in connection
with 3,OO0-hole punchboard.
A watch worth about $40 is given a
punchboard value of $35. A kodak that
local dealers sell for about $3.50 has a
punchboard value of $40. Two pipes
Of an alleged value of $40 each can be
bought anywhere uptown for $3.50
each. Then there are several gold
coins. It's dollars to doughnuts that
a punchboard realizing $500 does not
hang up prizes really worth over $780,
perhaps less.
Then that place maintains two boards
of about 1000 holes each. Punches on
those boards cost only S cents, being
very attractive to newsboys and school.
boys. Fifteen boxes Of candy, up fol
prizes, would reasonably retail fol
about $40. That's the standard five to
one ratio in favor Of the house.
Some weeks ago, an inspector brought
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-12-27
|BART0NI KEEPS SALACI0US SALON
Chisholm Has Strings Lake Stee-Sna Admit,
Male Callers and Pucumous Danes Amu TemBob ENGLISH Keeps
Shrine Where Knights Can Woo Goddess Of Chance

CHISHOLM, Dec. 23.-(Speical to
the Ris-saw.)- Mot only is Chisholm
filled and overflowing with Christmas
cheer but the disciples of lawlessness
and low moral endeavor are doing
their stunts without legal let OF hin.
drance. Chisholm never was much Of a
Sunday school burg but, since Chaun-
cey E. Troyer's death, the sinful set
again is beginning to sit up and do
business.
The swellest salon of sin in all CHS
holm is personally conducted by Sig.
nora Virgilio Bartoni. That pulchri-
tudious dame once was a star Der.
former in Madam Lizzie Mackay's red.
light dump. Signor Virgilio Bartoni
pounded the piano for Madam Lizzie
and, when that classic retreat was
burned couple Of years ago, Signor
Bartoni and Signorita Bright Eyes
hooked up for better or for worse. So
far, it has been something Of stand
off.
The Bartoni villa is located at No.
1877 East Lake st. It is classy brick.
Down stairs Fenna and Turbizzie main
tain soft drink emporium with card
tables and unlawful slot machines,
where the wops gather to dissipate
their hard earned coin in bucking the
games and drinking the bevo. There
may be few sups of very, very hard
cider on Saints days, but the less said
about that the better.
Upstairs, Signora Bartoni maintains
her gay court and many are the royster-
ing blades who 60 there to do her
homage and to swap coin of the realm
for carnal delights. Signora Bartoni
selects the more pulchritudinous and
prosperous looking of the callers and
then passes along the others to her
maids in waiting, Of whom there are at
least three well matured creatures at
the present time. One quite critical
sport, in fact, declares that they were
blithe little chickens when Chicago
was flag station.
When a Chisholm sport goes out
stepping and rambles up to Signora
Bartoni's salon of sin, he bumps into
tightly closed door at the head of
long flight of stairs. That bump or,
possibly, knock, reaches Signora
Bartoni's keen ears. --....
"Who s there3' her dulcet voice
inquiries.
If no answer is given, a slit in the
door opens up and Signora's discrim-
mating eye gives the visitor the once
over. If he looks like ready money,
Signora Bartoni bids him enter and
such disposition is made of him among
the female inmates as is possible OF
that seems best.
When Signora Bartoni opens that
door to her mantrap, she often is .
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-12-27

some wierd tales about low moral
endeavor around the Rice & Arbor
place, but they will be passed by at
this time. One story had something to
do with a burglary Of booze down in
the basement, but, Of course, that's an
other story.
James P. Smith, 214 Central avenue,
who conducts the Mesaba Iron Range
bevo and bingo bar, keeps two card
boards from which you pull numbers,
the winning number drawing box of
cigars worth $l.25 at retail. The fif-
teen pulls at 10 cents each realize $3.50
for the house. This is a petit larceny
game, compared with some of the big
punchboards in other places.
M. J. Herald, foine ould Irish GIN
tleman who smokes a democratic corn
cob pipe and expectorates copiously be-
hind his counter in the Cody hotel
block, sells soft drinks and has a small
punchboard with holes punchable at
cent each. The worst feature in Bro.
Herald's place that the inspector
noticed was an undue number of bows
who were slackly loafing, putting
oCAhhihS CiS1iEVtoS, SWEARING duu JlSC-
ening to obscene tales.
Arthur McClave conducts the 201
pool room at No. POI Central avenue,
West Duluth. He keeps one punch.
board Of 5000 holes where punches cost
10 cents and are calculated to win a
number of gold coins. This board will
realize $500 to the house and the
prizes will not aggregate over $50 or
$65 in value, the standard ratio, ap-
proximately, Of five to, one.
Grand avenue is quite clean of gam
bling devices. One newsstand has a
| small punchboard, a sort of petit lar
ceny affair, with a limited number of
holes and punches only 5 cents each. A
huge pile of junk is hung up, most of
the pieces not worth over 20 cents each.
The proprietor has bigger and better
! business on his hands, therefore that
board is not boosted or featured unduly
with the small boys, which is saving
grace.
A news-dealer up town who has a
small store but big business some
time ago decided that he would take a
chance on maintaining a punchboard
feeling able to bluff the police, if they
objected, by informing them that biz
hotels and favored pool halls and cigar
stores were maintaining boards with
out let or hindrance. >,..-..---.--....-
That was candy board with punches
at cents each. Newsboys began to 90
crazy over the gamble and were spend
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-12-27
SORRY, JUST THE SAME.

They were newly married and she
was much too young to understand that
a man takes but little interest in shop
ping expeditions. She had left his side
tC look at a window in which were
exhibited some new fashions.
When she returned she took the arm,
which seemed to be half grudgingly
proffered, and sobbed:
"You-you don't even lo--look at
anything [ want TOTO see; you do
don't care how I am dressed. You no
longer lo-love me. You haven't even
kissed me for whole day, and you-''
81 am extremely sorry, madam, but
that is my misfortune, not my fault
said the gentleman, looking pathetical-
ly down into her face ------.-~--.
She looked at him and gasped-she
had taken the arm Of the wrong man!
philadelphia Press.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-12-27

sight for the gods. She is a large,
buxom lady with passionate, flame
colored hair. She often is garbed in
kimona and a smile. That kimona
is flimsy stuff and with lamp at her
back, the caller in the dark stairway
is enabled to get the full of his eye of
Signora's physical charms, and they
are well developed and ample.
Sunday nights, after vesper services,
as high as dozen men often are seen
seated in the Bartoni salon, patiently
awaiting their turn at entertainment
by Signora Bartoni and the female
members of her staff.
Signor Virgilio Bartoni, by the way,
works shift day, with occasional
overtime, at carrying the mail for Un-
Gle Sam. He has been doing that for
a couple of years and it makes a
mighty good blind for his garden Of
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-12-27

ing money for punches instead of TAX
ing it home to their mothers. That
dealer had a remnant of a New Eng
land conscience, therefore he utterly
refused to stand for punchboards in his
place after that first one was exhaust
ed. He could not endure sight and
thought of the demoralizing influence
on small boys.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-12-27
TWENTY LOCAL POLICEMEN
ARE CALLED ONTO CARPET
MADAM SELMA SMITHS CHARGES OF BIBlJL Gus CON.
DUCT in WEST HOTEL STARTED SOMETHING.

Civil Service Commission Billed to Meet Friday Afternoon,
Dec. rs, to Investigate Charges Deny Ale
cations Of Wrong Conduct plain Clothes Patrolman
Cavanaugh Resigns-Raider Of West Hotel Peeved at
Civil Service and Makes Promises to Set Off Fireworks
If Forced to Do So-Madam Smith Stands Pat.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-12-27
pIJNCHB0ARDS and CRAPS
- NOW FLOURISH IN, DULUTH
STATE AND CITY HAVE BAN ON GAMBLING GAMES
AND ALL THE MANY GAMBLING DEVICES.

R;osaw INSPECTOR Finds Profitable Pchboards at Holland
and Lenox Hotels-Empress Pool Hall Works the Graft
-Badeaux' Pool Hall Runs Stud Poker and Craps-Big
Bunch Of Pmchboards Operating Gaiy at West Duluth
New England Conscience lmpek One Dealer to Banish
Candy Punchboard.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

That man, Harry Hawker. doesn't
seem to be a good sport. Although
Americans have warmly praised him
for his pluck in trying to fly from
Newfoundland to Ireland in an ordi-
nary airplane, and rejoiced greatly
when they learned ne was saved from
a watery grave, he has put in most
of his time since sneering at the crow
of the NC-4, because the American
navy took precautions to care for them
and their craft on it's flight across
the ocean. Hawker no doubt has
pluck, but he didn't make much of a
fight. He tumbled into the ocean be-
fore he had gone far, and it is safe
bet that he would have been mighty
glad if the whole British navy had
been on the lookout for him. Britons
are generally good sports, but once in
awhile you find one whose prevalent
trait is bad manners-and one speci-
men of that species is Hawker.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

The Ocala Star says: "When two
girls are with one man, no chaperone
is needed" We rise to ask where the
Star obtained such valuable informa-
ton. Evidently the Star is in love,
for in another paragraph in the same
issue it says: "The human heart can
hold many loves, but only one can
find the central place. Clearwater
Sun.
Read up. esteemed contemporary.
One of those remarks was adapted
from an American humorist; the
other from Persian poet. One trou-
bic with most of you newspaper boys
is you so seldom read anything but
the baseball scores.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

Our state senator, Mr.. Crosby, in
explaining to US his attempt to have
license required for repeating and
automatic shotguns, gave as one of
his reasons that the police officers of
the state would rather face any other
weapons that one of those guns in
the hands of a criminal This is true,
but very few of our criminal class
have such guns. The Star has al
ways opposed laws against weapons,
because they do not seem to be much
of a deterrent to criminals, while
they often cause a good citizen to be
unnamed at the very time he needs
a gun. We think about the best law
that could be passed would be to re-
qUire every man and woman to OBJ
tain license in order to own any
more formidable weapon thar %
caliber, single-shot rifle. Such licenses
should be made out by the boards of
county commissioners only to people
who they know to be of good char
acter or to those who could bring at
least two good citizens to testify to
their characters. These licenses
should be issued for fifty cents, re-
newed every year for 25 cents and no
hardware store, pawnbroker or pri-
vate citizen should be allowed to sell
firearms or ammunition to anyone
without a license. A law like this
would not discriminate against any
class, and it would enable the law
abiding part of the community to pro-
tect itself against the lawless.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

benefit and development of the agri-
cultural, horticultural, live stock and
other resources of Marion county of
the state of Florida, and to prescribe
the powers and duties of the board of
county commissioners of Marion coun-
" with relation to such fairs and ex-
positions" and,
Whereas, the said statute requires
said board to submit to the qualified
electors of said county, said statute
under referendum before putting it
into effect; and,
Whereas, said board of county
commissioners now deem it for the
best interest of said county to conduct
and operate such a fair; now, there
fore, be it
Resolved, by the board of county
commissioners of Marion county. Fla,
that an election is hereby called in
Marion county, Florida. to be held on
the 22nd day of July, 1919, at which
shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of said county the question
of whether or not the statute above
named shall be put into effect by the
said board; be it further
Resolved, that notice of such cleo
ton be published in the following
papers published in said county, to-
wit: Ocala Weekly Star, Ocala Ban
ner and Summerfeld Chronicle, which
notice shall be published each week
from this date until said election is
held.
Warrants No. 1876 and No. 1O187
for $132.35 on the road fund were
ordered issued to cover bills duly ex-
amined, passed and ordered paid
Bonds for license 70 carry rife of
S. Leroy Creider and Oscar L. Johns
were approved.
The board adjourned to meet Sat
urday, June IA.
Saturday, June 14th
The board of county commissioners
met June 14th, with Commissioners
O. H. Rogers, ]. A. Talton, J. w. Da-
Wis and w. D. earn present.
Mr.. F. w. Bishop appeared and
discussed dipping vat matters with
the board.
The minutes of the board from
April 9Th to May 9Th, 1919, were read
and approved.
Commissioner Hutchins met with
the board.
The attention of the board was
called to the fact that quite lot OF
property in the county is not on the
tax assessment books, and that q
large portion that is on the books is
pIoportionately underassessed; and
is being the intention of the board
that each tax payer in the county
should pay taxes in proportion to the
value of his possessions, the board
therefore gives notice that commenc.
ing July 7th, 1919, and from day II
day it will be in session to equalizt
taxes and will make an honest effort
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

Says the Plant City Courier, always
fair and conservative in its state
ments: Tallahassee dispatch says
there's no question about Governor
Cats being candidate for the Unit
ed States Senate, because he said so
at picnic. Their is, as rule, lot
of silly talk at these picnics, ana,
somehow or other, we are long way
from the conclusion that Sidney j.
Cats will be the choice-even second
choice-of the democrats of Florida
for the Office filled so satisfactorily as
Senator Duncan u. Fletcher has filled
it. Governor Cats acknowledged
inconsistency in removing faithful
public officials Marcus Endel ct ALL
forever erased him from the minds of
the people who have a reasonable re-
gard for the oath of public official"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

Several weeks ago, the Star pre-
sented to the people of Ocala the
merit of their providing the indus
trial school with library. Our peo-
pie, as usual, ready TO respond to any
proposition for good work, have SO
far contributed nearly 500 books,
many of them works of the best au-
thors. Miss Gamsby, the Ocala IL
brarian, has numbered and catalogued
most of the books, which have been
placed in neat cases and are giving
the pupils at the school great deal
of instruction and entertainment.
While the Star is much gratified with
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

Another reason why the Germans
are playing SO desperately for time is
that the extreme socialist party of
France is trying to upset the present
government, and it would give the
Germans better terms. How any man
III France could palliate the punish
ment of a people that had brought so
much woe upon his country is diff
cult to understand.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

Let all the soldier and sailor boys
in the county take notice that they
are expected in Ocala, Thursday eve
ming, June 26, on which occasion the
people will try to show them some of
the appreciation due for their bravery
and faithfulness.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

Some people are afraid that Villa
will attempt to revenge himself for
his defeat at Juarez by attacking
Americans in all parts of Mexico
where lbs faction is prevalent. If he
does, there will be only one thing for
the United States to do. The men
who scattered Mexicans like chat last
Monday morning can scatter them
from the deserts of Arizona TO the
iungles of Guatemala.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

Don't forget that large and patrit-
ic celebration that Belleview will
give on Friday, July 4, and make ar
rangements to be there with all your
neighbors. We should have the big
gest fourth in the history of America,
and no one part of the country has
any more right to celebrate than
Marion county.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

Some of the republican senators
who upbraided Wilson for not squelch-
ing the Mexicans when they first be-
gan to misbehave are now upbraiding
him for allowing the recent dash of
American troops across the Rio
Grande, when the greasers began FIR
ing into Ell Paso. Most of the re-
publican senators are afflicted with
Wilsonphobia.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

the present result, it would like to
remind the people that the school will
be greatly added to in few months,
and that thousand books will not
be too many. We would be very glad
if the people out in the country would
aid in this good work. If they will
bring any books they desire to give
the school to the Star Office, the Star
will send them to the school.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

to equalize tax assessments over the
entire county.
Mr.. j. J. Gerig rendered his resig-
nation from the tax investigating
committee, requested by Mr.. Jno. L.
Edwards, and Mr.. A. c. Cobb was ap-
pointed to act in his place.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

People who live in glass houses
should dress in the dark.-St. Angus
tine Record.
Same argument should appeal to
those who keep their windows open
and curtains tucked up these hot
nights.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

If the Senate tries to defeat the
peace treaty, and consequently put
the United States in league with the
Huns and at outs with civilization,
Mr.. Wilson will take up the issue with
the people of America, and there is
very little doubt of what they will do
about it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

Inspectors and clerks were appoint
ed to act in the special Marion County
Fair election, July 22nd, 1919, as per
list which viii be found in another
column.
There being no further business,
the board adjourned.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

IL the republican party consistent
" backs up it's spokesman in the Sen
ate, it will nominate LaFollette for
president. He would receive the solid
vote of all the pro-Huns, Bolsheviki
and towards in the country.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

If the Germans do not sign the
peace treaty, one of their strongest
reasons for not doing so will be the
attitude of the United States Senate.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

A year ago, the 32nd division plant
ed the American flag on German soil
in Alsace, and the Germans confessed
tn the loss of $4,000 men in their Of
fensive between Montdidier and No
p0u