Evening star., 1924-10-04
OFFICIALS SEIZE
100 SERIES TICKETS
Strips Taken From ScaIpers
After Arrest by U. S.
Revenue Men.

More than one hundred tickets of
the priced admission, choice reserva-
tions, of the world series base ball
are tied up in the hands of the
United States Internal Revenue Off
GERS, taken from six ticket scalpers
arrested in this city last night,
charged with violating a Federal
statute prohibiting the sale or scalp
ing of tickets and charging excessive
prices over and above the regular
prices fixed by the base ball manage
ment.
Efforts are being made, it is under
stood, to secure the release of these
tickets.
Informations were filed with AS
sistant District Attorney Ralph Given
in the Police Court today by Pre-
cinct Detectives Thomas Nally and
Carlton Talley against Edward r.
Dronerberg. Reed w. Diggs, James
w. Edlin and James c. Dane under
an act of Congress in which they are
charged with the sale of tickets to
the world series at a price in excess
of the sale price set by the base ball
management and for profit.
Put Up Collateral.
At the time of their arrest each or
the defendants put up 500 collateral
and was released. Reed w. Diggs,
one of the defendants, failed to
answer to his name when called in
court today and his collateral was
automatically forfeited. The three
other defendants cases were con-
tinued over until next Wednesday.
m the District of Columbia branch
of the court today. before Assistant
Corporation Counsels Frank w. Madi-
gan and Edward w. Thomas. infor-
nations were filed against Leon
Cantor and Charles Barnette on
charges similar to those against the
four other defendants in the United
States branch under the District OF
Columbia code. They are charged
with selling tickets at prices in eX-
cess of the fixed price printed on the
tickets. Their cases will be heard
next week.
Business Rushing.
Recovering from a temporary set
hack yesterday afternoon at the
hands of the local police, ticket
scalpers in the downtown section
were doing a rushing business today
with eleventh-hour customers who
had been frustrated in their attempts
to get tickets to the world series
from regular sources.
And as the demand for the fancy
colored cardboard strips increased
with the rapid approach of game
time this afternoon the scalpers
asked and got almost any price they
pleased Grandstand tickets sold for
three figures in many instances and
even pavilion tickets scared to SIM
liar figures.
In "scalpers' row." on Pennsylvania
avenue between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets, brokers registered as
such by the United States Govern
ment passed out the treasured tickets
to willing purchasers and wrapped
the redbacks and greenbacks received
aroung huge rolls of currency.
Must Split With U. S.
Nobody knew today, probably not
even the brokers themselves, just how
much money these men had taken in,
although deputy collectors of internal
revenue kept check of the sales as
they were made for later tabulation
and taxing. Every broker was re-
quired to split his profits $3.50 with
the Treasury Department, under the
revenue law of 1924.
Repeal of the order, under which
two brokers had already been arrest
ed, accordingly resulted, and in it's
place was issued an order that the po-
lice arrest only persons selling the base
ball tickets on the street or in other
public places, in violation of the local
police regulations.
The revenue bureau meanwhile got
busy and took into custody several
men who were charged with selling
tickets at profit without having
registered with the bureau or having
marked the new selling price on the
ticket. so that the government could
receive its share of the profit. None
of the regular ticket brokers were
offenders in this respect, officials said,
as they had a well-planned system of
stamping their names and the selling
prices on the backs of the cards, in
compliance with the law.