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MRS. .CATHARINE ZONES.

After a long Hines. Mrs. Catherine
Jones, widow Of Henry F. Jones, died
yesterday at the home Of her daughter,
Mrs Frank A. Wolff, 1743 Lanier place.
MIRA Jones was ninety-two years old
and had been q resident Of the District
OF Columbia for more than twenty years.
Born In Ireland. Mrs. Jones came to
the United States when a little girl
and made her home for several years
with relatives In Illinois. Beside her
daughter. she is survived by two sons,
Albert w. Bosley of Detroit, Mich,
and B. F. Bosley of Ransom. Ill. Fun
eral services will be held at st. PauTs
Church, 18th and v streets, tomorrow
morning at 8 O'Clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-03

directors operating in secret MAS at the
last moment revived interest in what
had almost proved a fizzle for the demo-
Gratis.
Copyright 1907
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-03

= CAHDavOF THANKS. :. ~--r.
n0WN. We wish to express our thapks to
relatives and friends for their kind eyrhpathy
and beautiful Coral offerings ~ the ldeeth
Of our dear mother. LOUISA BROWN
MITCHELL. / wish to express ny sineere
thankx 70 relatives and friends for their
many acts Of Kindness. sympathy ard tke
beautiful no.al tributes At the death ~ ny
mother. SARAH ASHTON AITCHEllt
W. X. MITCHELL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-03

London has an average population
Of 1900 to each of its 1iS square
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-03
FUNERAL, OF EDGAR SCOTT.

Funeral services for Edgar Scott. sew
enty-seven years old. Of Fairfax county,
Va, who died Wednesday at George
Washington Hospital, are scheduled to
take place this afternoon at Oakton,
Va. Mr.. Scott was a widely known
farmer Of Fairfax county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-03

Perry B. rurpin and Claude H. woed.s
ward. -
The weekly meeting Of the club was
held yesterday. Roe Fulkerson, the
newly elected first vice president of
the international organization, gave
q report showing the growth Of the
various Kiwanis CLUBS. He said tftt
there were now 5000 Kiwantahs In
the United States and Canada. rT
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

"One of the evils mas been the baseball
pools. but the people have been dsilusioned
within the last few months by the revele-
lions that the baseball games were 'hXed.
Baseball we always regarded as perhaps the
cleanest of sports few people ever dreamed
that the games were thrown to one team or
the other. 1t may be that the disclosures
which came at the end of the baseball season
before the Grand Jury in Chicago will have
its effect In checking the number of pools.
One of the favorite ways of betting on base
ball games has been TO bet on the number of
runs that would be made. not on which team
would be victor.
THE idea of needing money TO give
thrill has developed, too among the women.
While not every game of bridge. of course.
is for money stakes yet the number that
are for money is astonishing Sometimes
the stakes are low, not more than a quarter
of a cent a point but they run up in the
total and the fact remains that vast
amount of money changes hands in this way
all the time.
The playing of poker apparently is on the
increase. The Government figures SHOW
that the income from the sales of playing
cards amounts to more than sl,OOOOOO a
wear. indicating that not less than 4O,OoO,OOO
decks of playing cards are sold. The use
To winch these cards are put of course is not
revealed nor Is there any way in which 1t
can be learned. Many of the cards are used
for bridge; many for poker
There is a story in the newspapers to-day
Of n man who lost $4,000 in a poker game.
That of course is the exception. But there
is no question that many poker games are
IN operation throughout the country and
that vast sums are won and lost In this
manner every day. It is. to be sure, impos-
sible TO get any definite information as to
the extent Of these losses ana winnings out
the number of games is shown in degree
nv the number of raids that are being made
by the police.
"The police do not learn Of all the games,
by any means. Bankers. too, are more or
less familiar with poker activities, because
of the fact that many OF the checks tna'
zee tbrough their banks are drawn in pay
mont of poker debts. The checks do not
saw 40. but the general circumstances with
which bankers are familiar lead to this
judgment
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

tips come from racing charts, dope sheets
and sporting papers that are widely soio
and have a large circulation.
''rhe time was when few women pet OF
the races when women felt ii unbecomnG
of them to fight their way through the bet
ting rings to lay bet. But now they thinN
nothing of it, and at every large course the
women cut almost as much of a Inquire as
the men.
There is a peculiar psychology ABOUT tne
races and the bets that are made. Many
men who are perfectly honest in their ousl-
ness dealings. who would not think OF cheat-
ing anybody in any sort of a deal, even II
splendid opportunity for such thing eN-
listed do not hesitate TO take a hot UP anu
play it. even if they have reason to believe
that the race on which they are putting
their money is fixed
'The betting does not extend TO the race
tracks alone. system is in full operation
throughout the country where bookmakers
take bets from persons who are many, many
miles away Some Of the bookmakers handle
the bets themselves. paying the winners out
of their own pockets or collecting for them
selves when there are losses Others tele-
srraph the bets to the tracks. The police IN
some states are doing their best to break up
the system but the business Is one which
flourishes Just the same.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Made Nationwide Survey
For the Treasury Department

Mr.. Lewis, whose work in the Treasury
Department is to encourage the sale of
Thrift and War Savings Stamps. knows the
trouble that bankers and others have in
getting the people to save their money. He
deals with the problem every day. He has
been making a survey of gambling in the
United States. as one of the elements with
which he must combat in obtaining the sale
of Government obligations even in small de-
nominations. Much of the information has
come to him in his office in Washington, a
part of it he gathered in his personal con-
tact with other people, some of ii he OBJ
tanned on a recent trip through the country
in connection with the work of the Treas
ury Department
II have been greatly impressed" Mr..
Lewis explained. at his desk in the Treas
ury Department, with the great amount
of gambling talk that a man runs across
even when he is not looking for it. Within
the last few weeks / have been pretty
well over the East and the Middle West
l have been as far west as Kansas City,
and / spent much time in Chicago. 1
have been in all sorts of towns, in con-
nection, of course, with the savings cam
paign of the Treasury Department
ION every hand / have run into this
gambling talk. 1t is general, 1t is not
confined to class Everybody is INDUCING
In it.
lin one town where there is winter
hotel | got to talking to the clerk and
he pointed out two or three elderly women
who he explained. made IL a practice to
pass the winter months at the hotel They
boasted openly that they made enough
money at bridge to pay all of their ex-
penses. They are women of means natu-
rally but they play with other women Of
means who lose the money. II any one
accused these women of being gamblers
they would hold up their hands in holy
horror
Down in the basement of the hotel. In
the barber shop, heard nothing but racing
talk. The barber who was cutting my hair
was getting some dope from a man who
seemed to have straight dope from the
track They we're getting ready to make
a bet through n bookmaker. The bootblack
shining my shoes chimed in with the talk
He seemed to know as much about racing
as any of the others.
"This did not happen in one town alone.
II happened in a great many towns. 1
am convinced, and my conviction has been
reinforced by the opinion of other men who
have travelled around a great deal more
than 1, that this gambling mania extends
the entire length and breadth Of the country.
Il happened to hear OF conversation the
other day that some women were having.
One of the group was wearing some beaut-
full diamonds. The other women admired
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Golf Gambling Medium
And Sex Lines Are Ignored

"rrbero is too considerable gambling In
Golf Very few games are played nowadays
unless there is bet OF some sort lhose
who play simply must have the thrill
"There arc no sex lines when gambling
is considered. Women are quite as much
given to taking chances where money IS
involvod as men, although the aggregate
probably is not so great. The form Of the
gambling also is different. the women con-
dnInp their activities to bridge and the races
and the men 70 poker and races.
"This does not include the vast amount
of stock gambling that is going on, which
in itself runs into many millions every
year.
for gambling is Reno. New, where licenses
arc issued for open poker and other games.
ON certain OF the streets in Reno there are
lines Of gambling houses. and all person
has 10 do Is TO walk in from the street
stud poker is the favorite game In Reno
although there are regulation poker games
dice games. gambling machines and the
like Some OF these places never close, their
proprietors boasting that there are no keys
In Reno hourishes the last sembance of the
old West, unmolested, but fostered by the
professional gambler. who Is passing rap
idly
"The trouble is not so much with the
professional gambler as Il is with the peo-
pie who gamble as a side issue. The pro.
fessional gambler always has existed and
will continue until he is completely driven
out by the authorities. as he has been In
the greater part OF the country. The diff
Guilty Is with the man and woman who
can't resist the temptation to make a lot of
money in a hurry. There arc thousands
upon thousands Of them in tho United
states. The nation at this time Is gambling
mad"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

1T is late afternoon. in cosey, smoke
filled living room. Three women sit
back idly putting at their cigarettes.
while the fourth, with the stub of
pencil, is close at the edge of card
strewn table figuring up the results OF
the bridge game. into their beaded
purses they delve presently for a settle
rnent. The worst loser is So out; the
big winner is SRI ahead They have had
a lovely time, and now they must hurry
home to be on deck when the husbands
arrive.
The husbands are coming on the 5:T5.
They, too, are playing bridge. time only
for one rubber, but the stakes are higher.
Their settlement involves Sr4.
Down the street block there is a pool
room. Dropping in, one by one, are an
architect. barber. a lawyer. bootblack
and many others of the neighborhood, to
learn from the proprietor, who runs
handbook, how the ponies ran that day at
Pindico. Some of them lose; some of
them win. The bets range from ss to Sro
. Up the alley to the left FIVE newsboys,
waiting for the last edition, with its
black, screaming headlines. are shooting
craps.
Fade you for nickel" cries one of
the youngsters as he gets the dice.
Come, baby" he coaxes, and a seven
rolls Double it up" and they shoot a
dime.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Race Track Betting Sport
In Majority of Instances

There has been tremendous increase in
betting at the races. The Government fig-
ures on tax returns from the race tracks
show that the attendance at the HUNDRED
ar 60 important race courses in the country
increased greatly during the last year. The
betting machines, which are In general OPP
GRAFTON at the different tracks. show that
there has been much more betting than
there ever was before.
"Men and women alike go In for this sort
of gambling Some--a great many people, in
fact-make a business Of Il; but the vast
majority INDUCES merely for the sport OF
n. making three or four visits TO track
during the race meet. Lots of them figure
out the winning horses on their own ac-
count; but for the most part the betting
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
William Mather Lewis, Director of
Savings, U. S. Treasury Department.

them and asked if her husband had given
them to her.
mo she replied. they represent earn
ings at bridge
Now, of course" Mr.. Lewis continued,
IAN investment in diamonds was not alto
gether a bad one. The point Is that not all
persons who win at gambling spend their
money so judiciously. There Is no denial or
the fact that money lost in gambling is not,
in its broad sense. an economic loss The
money still exists. The people who lose have
not got it, of course. but those who win
do not have 1t long, either.
Money that is easily obtained, as by
gambling. is readily spent. as a rule, for
things that are not needed. A man who
wins $3.50 in poker game may be needing
a new suit OF clothes but IL is seldom that
he spends It in that way. He is more likely
to buy three quarts of bootleg whiskey and
have a party. winding up with taxicab
ride or something of the sort. IL he buys
something more substantial the probability
is that he could get along just as We'll
without IT, AS rule, the money does the
winner very little good. The old adage of
come easy, go easy, applies very generally.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
BY DONALD McGREGOR.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c., Dec. 20.


20 il goes all over the country, in every
city, in every town, even in the tiny
~ settlements that dot the hills and val
ieys. America is gambling mad Never be-
fore in history has there been such furore
for gambling-at cards. with dice, betting on
the ponies, on baseball this and that
and everything, to say nothing of the
spending of money for long chance stocks
.--oil stocks mostly-also a gamble.
Some experts after a more or less careful
survey of conditions declare that the money
won and lost in gambling in the United
States in a single year amounts to not less
than $4,000, 100000, or more than the cost
of the operation of the Government. Nobody
knows, Of course. how high the figure goes;
nobody ever will know; there can only be
guesses.
William Mather Lewis, Director of Saw
ings of the United States Treasury Depart
ment, conservative as most men who have
to do with important financial matters, be-
lieves the figure amounts to at least $1,000
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Ponzi Case One in Point
Where Easy Money Is Sought

There is a notable example of the condi-
ton as It is reflected in the Ponzi case in
Boston Ponz wasn't satisfied with per
cent. on money: he wanted 90 per cent, and
he wanted it over night That Is largely
responsible for the condition to-day. People
are not satisfied with 5 per cent; they want
so. The result is that they are willing and
ready to take tremendous chances. to risk
all they have In order to make bigger sums
every few people save money or much
money at least before they are 40 years old
IT'D 10 that time a man has trouble getting
started to making money, or, II he is making
money is required to spend large part Of
Il for the support of his wife and his chill
dren. When he gets to be forty the burdens
are lifted a little, perhaps, and the realiza-
ton comes over him that he must get to-
eether something to leave his wife and
children.
"The figures show that the average man
with family leaves less than $4,000 to thom
when he dies. With prices as they have
been that is not very much, and the man
who is gathering it together realizes 1t.
with what money he has then he starts
in to plunge. The chances are he knows
more about gambling than he does about
legitimate investments, and so he CANDLES.
"Of course that is not the only reason for
gambling. We as nation have come to the
point that we cannot enjoy sport for sports
sake That condition did exist at one time
hut not now. In order TO get up any interas;
in a sporting proposition there must be some
money involved
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Government Not Considering
Against the Practice

II want to be completely understood In
this matter. The Treasury Departments in
terest In the gambling mania is not that
of a crusader. The United States Treasury
Is a financial institution and while, OF
course, IL does not want to see the country
go gambling mad. does not want and
has no business TO go into the matter from
the moral side There are other institutions
far more capable OF taking up'that part OF
the equation.
still the situation cannot be completely
overlooked in view of its interference with
the Governments programme for the sale
of securities as a means of Federal hnanc-
ing. All the Treasury Department can do
is to call the attention Of the country to
the economic situation that exists, In the
hope that II may be corrected as means
OF increased thrift.
IT am of the opinion that the condition Is
due almost entirely to a nervous reaction
from the war. While the country really did
not go far enough into the war to feel the
pinch as some of the European countries
did. just the same there was campaign of
economy abroad which had its effect. This
was particularly true of the Liberty and
Victory Loan campaigns, and the cry con-
tinuously was to save. IL checked, for
time at least, the riotous spending that had
been INDUCED in for period just preceding
Americas entry into the war and which has
developed to a far greater extent since the
signing of the armistice.
within the last two years however the
condition has grown and grown. The fact
that prices have been high has had great
deal to do with &C. There has been n vast
amount Of money i'm circulation, and most
of the people have had plenty Of money. 1t
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Charles Ponzi, latest get rich quick
man, whose operations ran into the
millions.

has been responsible for the gambling spirit.
Money has been made so fast that the idea
has been to make ii still faster. The time
has not been long since almost anybody who
made an investment found himself making
money. The country hasn't stopped trying
to do that all the time.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

100000 a year. but he admits the estimate
is low.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-10-15

or more shall not. IN the aggregate. ex-
coed one hundred cents on the one hum
dred dollars valuation: In cities ard towns
having less than thirty thousand and
over ten thousand inhabitants. stid rate
shall not exceed sixty cents on the hun
bred 9doilars valuation; In citlesO and
towns having less than ten thousand and
more than one thousand inhabitants, said
rate shall not exceed fifty cents on the
hundred dollars valuation; and in towns
having one thousand inhabitants. or less.
said rate shall not exceed twenty-five
CENTS on the hundred dollars valuation.
For school purposes In districts composed
OF cities which have one hundred thou
sand Inhabitants or more. the annual rate
on property shall not exceed sixty cents
on the hundred dollars valuation. and In
other districts forty cents on the hundred
dollars valuation: Provided. the afore-
said annual rates may be increased In
districts formed OF cities and towns and
In other districts to an amount not 10
exceed one dollar on the hundred dollars
valuation, on the condition that a major
lty OF the voters who are taxpayers. vOt-
ing at an election held 10 decide the
question. vote for said Increase, which
increased rate. II voted. shall he levied
annually thereafter until changed In like
manner. For the purpose Of erecting or
repairing public buildings In counties,
cities or school districts. the rate OF
taxation herein limited may be increased
when the rate Of such Increase and the
purpose for which Il is intended shall
have beer submitted to a vote OF the
people. and t~wo-thirds OF the qualified
voters OF such county, city or school dis
trtct. voting at such election. snail vote
therefor. The rate herein allowed TO
each county shall be ascertained by the
amount Of taxable property therein. ac-
cording to the last assessment for state
and county purposes. and the rate allowed
TO each city or town by the number Of
inhabitants. according 10 the last cenaue
taken under the authority Of the state.
or OF the United States; said restrictions
as to rates shall apply 10 taxes of every
kind and description, whether general or
special. except taxes to pay valid in
debtedness now existing. or bonds which
may be issued in renewal OF such IN
debtedness; Provided. that the city Of
ST. Louis may levy for municipal pur-
poses In addition to- the municipal rate
OF taxation above provided. a rate not
exceeding the rate which would be al
lowed for county purposes II said city
were part Of a county.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-10-15


and the last publication 10 be within two
weeks Of the date Of such election.
. Section II. Amendments OF any char
ter framed and adopted under the author
ny OF section Is Of article Q Of this Com
%stituti0n may be submitted to the cleo
tors BY a charter commission in the man
nsr provided for the submission OF a COM
piete charter. Amendments may also be
proposed BY the legislative authority OF
me city or by a petition OF not less than
ten per cent OF the qualified voters Of
the CITY, filed with the board OF election
commissioners, or officials having charge
p municipal elections In such city. set
Ting forth such proposed amendment. The
legislative authorities OF the city shan
At once provide, by ordinance. thai any
amendment so proposed shall be sub
mitted to the electors al the next cleo
lion held In the city not less than sixty
Gays after Its passage. or at a special
election, II called for in the manner pro-
posed for In section t6 OF this article.
any proposed amendment submitted 10
the electors. and approved by a majority
OF those voting thereon, shall become a
part oil the city charter at the time and
Under the conditions fixed in such amend
msnt; and sections or articles may be
SUBMITTED IN the alternative and deter
mihed IN the same way as hereinbefore
provided with reference to alternatives
sections or articles OF a complete charter
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-10-15
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NO. II,

Directing the Legislature 70 enact q
law enabling qualified electors Of thla
state absent from the state on account
OF military service to vote.
JOINT AND CONCURRENT RESOLU-
TION submitting TO the Qualified vOsera
OF the state of Missouri an amendment
to the Constitution Of said state con-
corning Soldier vote"
Be It resolved by the House OF Repro-
sentatives, the Senate %concurrins there
In;
That at the general election to be held
IN this state on the Tuesday next fol-
lowing the FIRST Monday In November,
a. ID. 1920. there shall be submitted to
the qualified voters OF this state for adop-
ton the following amendment to the
Constitution thereof:
Section !. That section II OF article 4
OF the Constitution OF Missouri, reading
as follows: NO officer. soldier, or marine
In the regular army or navy of the Unit
ed States shall he entitled to vote az
any, election In his state Is hereby re-
pealed.
Section 2, That In lieu OF section Il.
article & Of the Constitution Of Missouri
hereby repealed, there Is enacted the fol-
lowing new section 70 he known az seo-
ton II, article 8. viz: The leRislatura
shall, by general law, make provision
enabling qualified electors OF this state.
absent from the state on account OF mill
ttary service, to vote AZ general and spe-
cial elections.