Evening star., 1924-01-11
BUTLER SATISFIED
! VICE ON DECREASE
Replaces 0usted Police Of.
ficiaIs-Raids Continue.
Crime Cut to Half.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. January i1.-Bs-
fore leaving for his home early to-
day to snatch a few hours sleep,
Brig. Gen. smedley D. Butler ex-
pressed satisfaction with conditions
as he had found them at the end OF
the fourth day Of his campaign to
rid the city Of vice and crime.
we shall drive right along" said
Gen. Butler. Amy knock that ap-
pears In the machinery will be taken
out SO that 1t will run smoothly"
He said he believed that most of the
city and that the big Job now was
to keep them out.
The general lost no time In filing
the places of the six police lieuten-
ants anu two sergeants suspended
yesterday, when. at the end of the
forty eight-hour limit, they had
failed to clean UP their districts. But,
he said. the new men will have to
show they mean business.
They also will be given forty eight
hours. Under the civil service COM
mission laws, the suspended men will
why they should not be denoted.
While Gen. Butler was shaking up
the executive personnel of the force
raids on questionable resorts wers
being conducted in nearly every dis
trtct They continued far into the
night and resulted in scores OF ar
rests and the confiscation of many
stills and quantities Of mash and
high-powered beer. Police iieuten-
ants, after making the rounds of their
~ fn[ hat Il
resort In the tenderioin was closed
ught and that not a single gambling
house was operating.
To CIean-Up Clubs.
Supt. OF Police Mills announced that
the drive would be carried into hotels
and clubs where liquor has been
openly displayed.
The city council has voted Director
Sutler $4,000 raise in pay. making
his salary $4,000 a year. The meas
ure, however, must pass second read
ing.
Cen Butler. the mayor said. had
declined to accept the $4,000 a year
half pay to which he was entitled
from the federal government by rea-
son OF his rank In the Marine Corps.
Take his name, Elliott" bids fair
TO become historic in the police his
tory Of Philadelphia. Gen. Butler Is
accompanied on his daily and nightly
POUNDS of police stations by George
". Elliott. assistant director of pub
lie safety.
Wherever the general meets a pa
trolman or commanding ofncer he I'M
tremendously asks questions, looks
him over. and winds up by saying:
Take his name. Elliott" Sometimes
he will add and put it in the right
column"
Pausing before the street sergeant
at roll call Gen. Butler said: What's
your name, sergeant"
Nc nnIx
How long have you been in the
Thirty years"
be phsw rs., thioty 11Ic.sn yssrs Say you you must
erais comment. And I like your
looks. Keep moving along and who
can tell what might happen i'll thirty
years more"
sergeant and shook hands
You're a fine looking fellow" the
general said. You have been doing
some fine work. I have hal my eye
on on, you up here. Take Ids name.
The dictum to Raid. raid until they
get tired being raided." rs being car
rted out by the police Several places
have been invaded more than once
and alleged high-powe:ed liquor
Cafe Raid Repeated.
The Venetian Cafe, which received
publicity when Gov. Pinchot visited the
place In a nocturnal inspection of
saloons several months ago and which
has been in the spotlight during the
present crusade. is receiving close at
tention by the police. 1t was raided on
Wednesday. Last night truck loaded
with barrels of beer was seized as it
drove up to the place. Early today
another truckioad was taken by police
before it was unloaded. Whether the
beer contains more than the lawful al
coholic content has not yet been de-
termined by the police
Gen. Buffers campaign showed it's
effectiveness in checking crime today,
when police records revealed a decrease
of 80 per cent in the number of rob-
berries committed Only ten were re-
ported to headquarters and Of these,
four were thefts of motor cars,
Obeying Gen. Buffers edict to "go
out and shoot a few bandits" q West
Philadelphia policeman engaged in
pistol battle with six men, who were
attempting to start parked car RUSH
ing them, he forced them to take
hight in their own machine, and emp
tied his pistol into It as it drove Off