Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-10-20
GAMING UNAFFECTED
BY U. $. PROHIBITION

lence OF gambling throughout the
, United States, according to reports
furnished the United Press by po-
lice authorities in eighteen cities.
Replying to the question
whether there was a decrease or
increase Of gamhling-such as
racetrack betting, poker playing,
crap shooting and the like-nine
cities showed opinions that there
there was a decrease, while nine
} said gaming had increased since
the country went dry.
In nearly every city, however,
officials said shooting dice was
the favorite sport of a large ma
iority of gamblers with poker,
bookmaking and baseball pools
following in order
Following is a digest of the re
plies from the police and local au-
thorities:
NEW YORK-G1mbling has in.
creased here within the last year.
Police and plain clothed men have
lmade more frequent raids and the
number of arrests has been 40
per cent greater than heretofore.
Craps, poker, lotteries and book
making have appeared TO be the
fayorite forms of gaming. Most Of
the police raids have been in the
former tenderloin district, where
also there have been numerous
raids on bootleggers.
CHICAGO-There has been
decrease in gambling in Chicago
according to Chief of Police Car
rity. There have been practical
ly no complaints Of poker playing
or bookmaking. but african golf'
(craps) games have been discov-
cred scores of times on the Lake
front.
PHILADELPHIA - Gambling
here is on the decline. said Super
/ intendent of Police Mills, who
was inclined TO credit the condi-
ton to greater police vigilance
rather than to an actual falling
off of the sport" Shooting craps
leads in popularity. Arrests have
been few.
/ BOsTON-There is a slight in.
crease" in gambling here, police
say Poker and craps appear to
be running a neck and neck race
for popularity. While there have
not been more than a dozen main
raids in a year, police assert they
have encountered more gambling
this year than formerly.
CLEVELAND - The gambling
fever has hit the old and young,
the strong and the weak, police
say. Everybody" is indulging,
they said. and the net result in
Cleveland is there is a tremen-
dous" increase in gaming here.
Police have been busy drresting
professional gamblers, but fam
lily affairs" have for the most
part been unmolested.
DETROIT-Gambling is on the
increase here. Police declare most
arrests in the last year have been
race track and crap gamblers.
SAN FRANCISCO-Gambling
has increased heavily" here in
the past twelve months. police
said. Dice, poker, Chinese lot
teries and racetrael; betting have
been the subjects of most fire.
quently raided parties"
WASHINGTON Proximity of
race tracks to Washington have
made betting the chief form of [
gaming hers, police said. Cen
orally speaking, however, they
said, gambling has shown a
marked" decrease in the past
year.
INDIANAPOLIS-Chief Jerry
Kinney OF the local police de-
clared gaming has increased here
in the past year Crap shooting
leads all other forms of amuse-
ment, he said. There have been
few poker games raided.
ATLANTA - Mississippi mar
bles," ~ come H." or just plain
craps have furnished most of the
amusement in Atlanta, where
gambling has decreased in the
period since prohibition, said the
chief of police. Most of the "ar-
restees" have been negroes.
ST. PAUL-There are practical {
ly no gambling Joints" in st.
Paul and gambling has greatly
decreased, police say. Numerous !
raids on slot machines, poker
games and the like have cleared
'em all out" they declared.
DALLAS-Most OF the gambling
here recently has been among ne !
groes and workers in neighboring {
oil fields. The amusement" has c
seen quite slack, however, po-
lice say. Police have heard re-
ports of fabulous sums said to
have been won or lost in the =,
course of an evenings sitting =
around a pair of bones" but few
arrests have been made.
COLUMBUS-Poiice here have
peen carrying on a campaign !,
gainsf gambling in any form