New Britain herald., 1924-01-10
Stills and Gambling Devices Fill Two Dozen Patrol Wagons - Gen. Butler Sets 3:30 p. m. as Zero Hour for Clean-up-Ac- tiOn Continues Today.

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 of theGfourth day of Brigadier Gen.
 eral Buffers campaign to clean ur
 Philadelphia, police reports indicated
 that one of the most crushing blows
 in the history of the city had been
 dealt to crooks, gamblers bootleggers and narcotic drug peddlers. All the known gambling establish | ments, disorderly houses and speak easies were said to have ceased operations and their proprietors fled As a precautionary measure. however. two policemen were stationed in the windows of suspected places. Blinds
 were thrown to the top of the win dows and Lieutenants in charge of the police districts made frequent rounds to see that the policemen carried out their orders.
 10 Raids Last Night.
 About forty places were raided last night and approximately fifty arrests made. Thirteen men, picked up on the streets as suspicious characters, were held for further hearings.
 Armed with short handled axes squads of policemen and detectives under the leadership of their Lieu tenants started their raiding actiw- ties early in the night. In the tender loin and central sections they con fined their efforts to cider saloons. gambling establishments and disor derly houses, while in the outlying districts chief attention was paid to Illicit stills and saloons. When they returned to their station houses early today they had confiscated and smashed enough gambling parapher- nalia and stills to fill two dozen pa- trol wagons. In only 8 few instances were the raiders forced to usc their axes to gain entrance. but when necessary they wielded them vlgor- ously.
 Butler Join. Raiders
 General Butler joined one of the raiding parties late in the night for a brief period and then made the rounds of the various police stations. Finding that his orders had not been strictly obeyed at several of tho stations. He ordered every available policeman on the street all night and bluntly told the lieutenants in charge that they would find themselves out of a job | when the zero hour' arrived at 3:s0 | o'clock this afternoon unless they had cleaned up their district.
 General Butler said that more than 70 per cent of the cleanup had been and he felt sure that it would be nearly 100 per cent at the expiration of his time limit. He was on his accomplishments by Mayor kendrick, who said that. thus far politicians had not placed any obstacles In his path
 Works Until 2 p. m.
 General Butler was on the job until after o'clock this morning. Gener- lily speaking, he said, he was highly pleased with the work of the police- men.
 When the forty-eight hour period gave the department to clean up ex- oires," he said, I've will take account ,f stock and the men who have not yone into this thing heart and soul will hear from me. I've started out o make every clean, honest, on-the- eyel policeman my friend: to have him IS keen for the honor of the force as he marines are for the corps with which ] have served many years. here is a force in that sort of thing hat the biggest organized vice situa- ion in the world cannot defeat"
 Only One Defiant Place
 So far as known, only one place losed by the raiders has openly de- led the police. This Is the Venetian I 'afe. one Of the largest saloons in the . entral part of the city and one of hose visited by Governor Pinchot |. uring his personal investigation of l quor violations several months ago. z he raiders swooped down on the cafe T esterday afternoon. arrested the pro- I rietor and several bartenders and , sized large quantity Of what they l elieted was illegal beer. Later the len arrested were released on copies q the charges signed by a magistrate. T hey hurried back to the saloon afi ssumed operations as soon as their U lpply of wet goods could be re- lenished. The proprietor said he was ,IIing only near beer. Ia
 "Raid, Raid. Raid'' When General Butler heard the cafe ad reOpeneJ he ordered the police of J le central station to "Raid, raid, raid T ntil the proprietor Of the Venetian b scomos tired Of being arrested, hay II e his beer taken from him and ? osed down. The wearing down pro- 5 'ss would be launched today, the 2 neral said. J
 Nany BObbrrics Occur. z, Despite the efforts O. police. re- h ,rts today showed that three hold ei ,s and 53 robberies Wer committed .
 the city yesterday. netted the |. ieves a total Of s5.00e.
 While General Butisr WAS al cl ,wntown district station late last ii ght. six masked bandits attempted
 rob a government warehouse three ocks away.
 This was s had morning for the Y 'otiaFger and the moonshiner. for n ports from different sections of inc tf Y showed great activity on the part
 the police. \ small hotel in the . -snkford district in northeast Phila- lphis vas invaded about breakfast ne. Tn this place the police seized Q gallons gf liquor mixed with cher ss. fiFe gallons of whiskey, four har-i