The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-11
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
GAMBLING
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axe may contain prize or may
entltir the purchaser 20 some article
or thlnx % value not directly con-
templated and known 20 the puF-
chaser.
-on behalf OF iIberty.ioving and
law-rrspectinx citizens Of this city.
/ demand that this violation OF city
ordinance be no longer 'wsnked at
BY tho executive department OF the
city Of Seattle. All such lotteries
shnuId be- closed and closed At once.
Il have made no mention In
this letter Of the automobiles
that zr. being ratified off" Chat
tertcu explained. because. while
this l. also . clear case 81 viola
tlon Of the law. therr might he
some chance for quibbiing on ".
but ther~ II no way Of getting
around the fragrant violation OF
the Law involved In tho operation
of wheels Of chance
This particular violation IL par
fsculartv vicious. In tho first place.
n tenchen children 10 gamble--and
even the lowest efvcs never permit
ted children TO take part in tbs
games.
Then there IL tho Generalization
az tire police department asked a
policeman II this sort Of thing IL per-
mGtssd. and he replied with wink
land leer:
"T'm not supposed 70 see any
thing. These people are all right
Can YOU wonder, after hearing a
statement Of that sort. that the men
down on the 'skid~ay' are In favor
OF diretc action7
what does u profit city 20
wreck a little Chinese gambling Joint.
which cannot influences more than
two doxsn people night. when II
permits the open operation Of n gam
bling school on such mammoth iine@f
The Lutheran ministers tell mo
that " II such things ms this that
mako II hard for them 20 convince
their people that gambling IL Illegal
they think its just some arbitrary
prejudice on tho part Of the church.
II Il liz Illegal they ask their minis
sers. how can this sort OF thing be
permitted7'
But Il IL Illegal. no matter where
the lottery II conducted or who runs
II. IL would be- Just ms Illegal 70
gamble in a church as II Is as the
Shrine circus.
1T should BE- distinctly under
stood that there are many
shrincrs In the city who nre by
no means In sympathy with tho
methods adopted mt the circus.
Il happen to know that thero
has been a good deal Of di@affec-
ton among the members and
that many of them, when they
Jaw the gambling side Of H.
threw away their tickets and re-
fused TO try TO sell them.
II took this matter up with Mr..
Caldwell on Wednesday. September
n. He refused to listen TO my srgu.
ments. taking the stand that the tenn.
pie needed the money That's the
Same argument that Germany used
when II went thru Belgium; that the
holdup man uses when he sticks up
a victim at the point OF a gun: that
the yeggman uses when he cracks n
safe
In reply 10 Chatterton. Caldwell
made the following statement after
his talk with Mayor Brown:
The same circus WIS held last
year, for the same purpose aud using
the same methods.
AT that time neither Mr.. Chatter.
ton nor anyone else complained 10
ma as mayor about anyyTo the meth
DDS used.
However, when the matter came
up this year we gave n careful con.
slderation. We wrote around 10 the
other cities in the Northwest and
found they were al doing the Same
thing this year.
80 we decided that everything
was all right ard entered into n CON
tract for the circus.
Then, wien we were all tied
up with our contract and couldn't
get out. MIR. Chatterton stepped
In and tfied TO wreck II.
Il can't see any fairness In
That. " they don't want a repefi-
ton ~ the circus In the future,
steps can be taken 10 raise mon.
ey w other ways. But. with only
fouT days for the circus to 20, n
scetns unreasonable to demand
tbak we close up now.
"AZso fuch action Will bring to So.
aftlJ more OF the undesirable kind Of
publicity - Of which we've already
had more than our share"
THE resolutions adopted by the
Lutheran. Methodist, Baptist and