The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 17, 1920, Page 1

THE WEATHER Generally Fair THE BISMARCK T BUN LAST EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, J UNE 17, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS LANGER AMAZES WITH VITALITY ON HARD TOU “Bill” Called Second “T. R.” for Strenuous Campaign He Makes in the South OTHER WEARY, BUT NOT HE Answers Heckler Who Fries to Say Where Funds of Bank of North Dakota Go (Spe sal to the Tribune) Robinson, June 17.—“Dili" Tanger has amezed the people of nearly every part of North Dakota with his wonder- ful vitality. Traveling or speaking almost day or night, riding over rough roads and in rain, he never fails in his merciless attacks on the socialistic trio which controls the Nonpartisan league by virtue of a constitution which perpet- ually puts them or men of their choice in control. Every speech gives him fresh cour- age. Firmly convinced that if the people of North Dakota only can have the bare truth of the socialistic re: gime laid before them they will turn from it forever, he never fails to ac- cept an invitation to lay before them the facts. Never Wearies. Members of Langer’s party some- times are a bit wearied but the chief never lays down. His energy, his fear- lessness in answering every question that is put to him and in laying the whole case before the people, has won him hundreds of friends. His visit to Logan county on Tues- cay was nothing short of a triumph. It was a holiday almost throughout the county. Lehr, Napoleon, Fredonia . and Gackle closed up shop. Burnstad was the mecca of the speakers afier lunch, On the shores of beautiful Red lake, two miles north of Burnstad. a great pavilion:had.been erected partly over the lake, while the steeping hank furnished an ideal place for tier upon tier of seats. Most of them were filled and it was estimated conservatively on no less authority than Arthur At-! kins, state’s attorney of Logan coun- ty and endorsed for re-election by the Nonpartisan league, that 2,500 peop'k had gathered to learn the truth of iLe Frazier administration. At Lehr put one man was left in town and he had to slay to receive and distribute the mail. For two hours Attorney Gens:al ‘Wm. Langer talked to the crowd. Shows Bank’s Workings. Mr. Langer came to the point in his speech where he unmasked the work- ings of the politicians in control of the Bank of North Dakota. “You folks, your township, school and county officials, had to send every penny of public money to this bank,” said Mr. Langer. “That money was_ redistributed among the banks,” the county manager of the Townley organization inter- posed. The manager was imported to Logan county from Bottineau county, following the usual practice of not using a home county manager. “Yes sir, it was redistributed,” an- swered Langer,” and when I read the fourteen leiters you'll learn how.” To Insolvent Bank. And then he read the letters,of Jim Waters to Hagen of the Scandinavian American bank telling of the shipment of money to that insolvent institu- tion. The Townley manager dropped his head on his hands and hid his face be- fore the jeers of the vast audience. It was not entirely a Langer crowd when the meeting. started—Mr. Lan- ger draws to his meetings many farm- ers who come to learn from his speech-' es what the Townley gang is doing— but when he finished it was a 95 per cent Langer crowd. He was in- troduced by W. L. Jackman. Mr. Langer had no sooner finished his address when requests were made of him to tell in the German language the story to many. He took a drink of water and then retold the story in German to those who had requested it. ‘ He answered questions of every description for an_hour and a half, exploiding the political bumcombe be- 1g circulated in this strongly Ger- man-speaking district that Frazier had saved to them the right to con- verse with each other in the German tongue. The heckler from Bottineau county again attempted to address the audience and the crowd laughed him down, Glad He Was Arrested. A striking attitude of the people was given when the chairman an- nounced that Gottleib Geissler, of Fre- donia, would speak a few words. He lauded Langer for his fidelity to his duties and he smashed a bit of Town- ley propaganda, for down in this ter- ritory Langer had arrested a number of men for failure to send their chil- dren to school. “He arrested me, too, because I did not send my children to school, but he did his duty,” said Geissler. “I should have been arrested. I am glad he ar- rested me. I am for Langer for Gov- ernor and the whole ticket which he, heads,” he told the crowd in Ger- man. Geissler then took up the taxes which he and his neighbors are forced! to pay to support the Townley-Frazier regime. He called names and num- bers and explained beyond question | that Logan county’s increase for state purposes were for state purposes alone. Among those who applauded him was an old man, the father of sev- en sons, all strong Townleyites. “I believe it, and I will vote for you (Continued on Page Tnree) SOCIALIST WHO WOULD TAKE LAND FROM FARMERS, MAKING THEM SERFS, STILL LECTURES FOR TOWNLEY CROWD Walter Thomas Mills, Who Left Norih Dakota After Farmers Were Aroused by Teachings, Now Reported Speaking for Nonpartisan League in Kansas 4 Walter Thomas Mills, who became persona non grata to the. farmers of North Dakota when his views regarding socialism and land became gen- erally known, has been lecturing for the. Nonpartisan league in’ Kansas re- cently. ‘he retention of Mills by the Townley organization is cited here by observers as proof that socialism still dominates the Nonpartisan league as controlled by Townley, Lemke and Wood, who are the sole rulers of the league under its constitution. It is referred to as proof that the aims of Townley et al are not to promote a real farmers” movement primarily but to use the farmers’ organization to promote their radical socialistic ideas in various parts of the country. One of League Organizers. Walter Thomas Mills was one of the organizers of the Nonpartisan league in North Dakota and during the first he was reputed to be one of the most at the state capitol. Excerpts from on socialism found in most socialist t force,” and in that connection makes stronger force,” and that “only unde: speaks about as follows: of Mr. Mill’s book. Speaking of the present day he lined by Karl Marx is at hand. How! Farmaris The Mills case is one of the many the state, reverting to the same basi: vassals. SINCLAIR ALSO "ASKED FREEDOM FOR RS, O'HARE Congressman Running on So- cialist Ticket Acted Last July in Her Behalf URGED PETITION BE FILED ‘He Kept Silent About It, How- ever, When He Was on Platform While Frazier Explained Correspondence on file in the office of the attorney general of the United States, shows that, while J. H. Sin- clair, of the third Congressional dis- trict in Congress, has done nothing tor the farmers as far as anyone has been able to learn, he did have plenty of time to work earnestly and insist- ently for the liberation of Kate Richards O'Hare. No one needs be told that he could have occupied his time to far better advantage, so far as the pecple of. North Dakota are concerned, for the remembrance of the traitorous teachings of Kate Rich- ards O'Hare makes the blood of every real American boil. Filed in the office of the pardon at- torney in the Department of Justice on August 29, 1919, were two letters bearing on this case. The following copy of one of them shows that while he was supposed to be laboring for the welfare of the North Dakota farm- ‘er in the Nation’s capital Mr. Sinclair was very busy trying to secure the pardon of Mrs. O'Hare. The following letter from Sinclair written cn July 30, 1919, is now on file with the attorney general of the United States as a part of the cor- respondence and petitions urging Mrs. O'Hare’s liberation: The Letter He Wrote Mr. Harrison B, French, Bowman, N. D. My dear Mr. French— Both your letter and booklet have had my gareful attention. In my opinion, the trial and conviction of Mrs. Q'Hare were nothing but a miser- able travesty upon justice, and the conditions which made this possible a disgrace to the nation. As I view it it is of primary import- ance to have Mrs. O'Hare released from prison, and if this were conting- ent upon investigation, the chances are it would be delayed for some time. My suggestion is that the people of Bowman get up a petition on her be- half and I am inclined to think the President would act favorably. [ shall be glad to render any assistance ‘in my power, and shall hope to hear | {further from you in‘the matter. Yours very truly, |. (Signed) J. H. Sinclair. | He Kept Silent ! This is sufficient evidence, were none other producible, to conclusively (Continued on Page Three) | Rome. June 17.—Hard work and few | amusements must be the portion of pa- jtriotic Italians during the next few | years, in the opinion of Former Pre- mier Nitti. ‘Phe taxes on theaters and concerts already somewhat heavy, |have been considerably raised; while the proprietors of hotels who give balls. dances and other entertainments must pay tothe state from $50 to $500 a time. There are to be no more automobile are being betrayed by the Townley outfit. q doubtless is being used to support the speaking tour of a man who would take away from the farmers the land they now own and make them tenants of session of the Nonpartisan legislature potent advisers in the secret caucuses his. voluminous -book, “The Struggle for Existence,” which he circulated in England and the United Sta’es, are being quoted to show the method by which the socialists are seeking to spread their doctrines through the Townley organizations. The book is a text book on socialism and was used as a text book in Mr. Mill’s International School of Social Economy. He gives the usual treatise ext books. In this book Mr. Mills declares himself to be a socialist. Against Private Ownership. On page 198 of this book, Mr. Mills says: “All titles to land are founded on this statement: “But as force is the sole foundation of private titles, no such title can be valid in the face of a x the collec‘ive use of the earth’s re- sources can the earth be used to ‘greatest advantage’ which is most natural, only under socialism can this advantage of collective use, and hence ful- fillment of the natural law, be realized.” Mr. Mills praises the Populist movement of thirty years ago. which he “Its career was an important incident in the evolu-| tion of the American socialist movement,” This statement is on page 602 declares the political revolution out- are Betrayed. incidents which show how the farmers Farmers’ money, paid in dues, is as the old feudal system where the lords who ran the government owned the land and the farmers were but ee | GIRLS USE RULE TO | MEASURE IN DANCING > = 2 San Diego, June 17.—When a high school faculty here ordered dancers at commencement ball dance six inch- es away from each other students agreed to comply. Girls’ brought rul- ers and, cutting them in half, fur- nished each dancer with a six-inch rule as a favor. GOPHER VOTERS MUST INDICATE PARTY FEALTY Ruling in Primary to be Held on June 21 is Made by State Election Officials St. Paul, Minn., June 7.—Party al- legiance must be sworn to if a voter is challenged in the Minnesota pri- mary election, June 21, for republi- cans alone are entitled to vote in the republican primaries, and democrats in the democratic primaries. Enforce- ment of the law is the duty of the election_ officials. A ruling to the foregoing effect has been made by Attorney General Clifford L. Hilton. In a letter reply- ing to an inquiry in ‘the matter, he said: “If a person presenting himself at the polls calls for the ballot of a political party with which he is not generally believed to have affiliated, he should be questioned and required to take the oath of party fealty. “If he takes such oath the judges have no further discretion in the mat- ter. They must permit him to vote. if he has sworn falsely he can, of course, be prosecuted. There is no way of preventing a person from com- mitting a crime, although he may be punished for it after its commission.” ENLISTMENTS MAY BE FOR ONE YEAR Official notification was received by he local Army recruiting officer, to he effect that, in accordance with the Act of June 4, 1920, all original en- | listments shall be for a period of one j;or three years at the option of the ! soldier and re-enlistments shall be for ja period of three years. ! Existing laws providing for the pay- | ment of three months pay to certain | soldiers upon re-enlistment are re- |pealed and hereafter an enlistment | allowance of equal to three times the | pay of a soldier of the seventh grade. shall be paid to every soldier who en- | lists or re-enlists for a period of three | years. Payment of the allowance for | original enlistment will be deferred ‘until honorable discharge. The pay | prescribed for a soldier of the Seventh | Grade is $30 per month. |PREMIER OF ITALY TELLS PEOPLE THEY MUST WORK AND ECONOMIZE rides on Sunday, as cars may not be used between Saturday afternoons and Monday mornings. No one may motor between 8 o'clock in the evening and 8 o'clock in the morning all the week, and cars of more than 35 horsepower are forbidden to all. As the trolleys and trains which go out on Sundays to Frascati, Tivoli and other outing places are greatly re- duced in numbers, it will be necessary for the average Roman to invent some other mode of passing his Sunday. ——t a i se seve! i +, A had called at his house several times; to delegations that split on the ques- ;and new something about revolvers. | | Polonsky’s house ‘for one night and STATE ASSAILS ‘MEADOWS TALE IN MURDER CASE Bend Efforts to Break Down Testimony of Man Charged With Murder FIND MAN WHO GOT GUN Witness Tells Jury That Po- lonsky Paid Him $5 to Buy Revolver. for Him Rebuttal against the testimony of Morris Meadow, accused by the State of having “wilfully, maliciously and with malice afore thought” murdered Moses Polonsky, on the morning of March 22, occupied the entire fore- noon Thursday. Peter Doborusky, Ukrainian, former modjik in the Russian army, and financially comfortable miner, near Wilton, testified that he had loaned money to Polonsky during intervals in the last four years ranging from $150 to $280 and that at the time of; his death Polonsky owed him the lat- ter sum. Defense Examines In cross-examining the witness for the state, Mackoff one of the lawyers for the defense, drew from Doborusky that it was he who bought the 22 cali- ber revolver by which Polonsky met! his death and that Polonsky chose! him because he was a former soldier The inference was that Doborusky | also showed Polonsky how to use it. Q. “Did you think something was wrong—funny with Poolnsky?” A.. “Yes.” | Doborusky testified that Polonsky! trying to induce him to “shadow” a man employed in the same mine with) him. Watched (His House He admitted that he had watched that after that he, ceased because he’ couldn't see any use for watching’ al-; though Polonsky had urged him sev- eral times more to watch his house} and offered to pay him. “Doborusky stated that he paid $5 for the gun ‘he purchased. He also testified that his wages as a miner amounted to $100 to $250 a month. That he was married could not read or write, he also admitted. John Hammond, quiet of police of Wilton was also on the’ stand this morning and he in effect reiterated his testimony given Wednesday. Eleven Witnesses. For the past two days the attorneys for the defense have hammered away at the state’s case against Meadow. brother-in-law. Eleven witnesses have thus far ap- peared for the defense and it is prol- able that the case has not yet reached! the stage where the attorneys will present their case before the jury. jlong as Ss a SEARCHES FOR HER : FATHER 30 YEARS Ae o Webster City, Iowa, June 17.—Mrs. Alvin F. Davis of Webster City has found her father, W. J. Stevens of Spirit Lake, Iowa, after a separation of thirty years. For many years she thought her father was dead. When Mrs, Davis was a baby the family home was in Marshall county. The home was broken up and in the years that followed father and daugh- ter lost sight of each other. Several years ago each began searching for the other. Only recent- ly they were successful. LABOR BODY IN CONFLICT OVER RAILROAD PLAN Convention at Montreal En- dorses Government Owner- ship After Stiff Fight BUILDING TRADES OPPOSE Applause and Hisses Alternated Vote and Charges of Steam Rolling Made ‘Montreal, June 17.-Government ownership with democratic opera- tions of railroads was endorsed to- day by the American Federation of Labor convention here today, Roll call showed that government owner- ship was endorsed about three to one. The roll call was corrected several times when delegates of sev- eral cr divided several times. Charges of “steam rolling” were hurl- ed at the chair by several delegates when it denied the right of roll call tions. Gompers Loses Applause and boohs and hisses al- ternated the vote. The building trade delegation presented almost a solid front against government ownership supporting Gompers and administra. tion forces. Action Not Justified A movement to call on the United States to reorganize the soviet gov- ernment or lift the blockade against soviet Russia was blocked in the con- vention yesterday after a heated de- bate. James A. Duncan of the Seat- tle central labor council, led the fight in behalf. of the soviet, with the aid of representatives of the Ladies’ !Garment oWrkers, but the “conven: tion adopted, by an overwhelming vote, the report of the resolutions committee opposing any action. The committee report declared the federation would not be justified in taking any action that might be con- strued as an assistance to ‘or ap- proval of the soviet government, so it is based on _ authority (Continued on Page Three) OUTLINE METHOD Took Stand. Morris Meadow, the accused. was a witness in his own behalf. Mrs. Poi- cnsky, his sister and the wife of Mcs- es Polonsky, for whose death the state accuses Meadow, and Mrs, Tillie War- sister of the dead man testi- ( for the defense. But the engima-—the “I’m your mur-, ” still remains locked within two vifnesses by effective legal stratesy. or it was buried with Polonsky. The; ‘act remains that this statement was heard by two of the witnesses for te {Continued on Page Three) CENSUS FIGURES SHOW INCREASE IN BIG CITIES Bureau’s Work Nears Close, With Only One Large City | Showing Decrease Thus Far Washington, June 17.—The 1920 population of 169 of the 229 cities and towns which in 1910 had more than 25,000 people has been announced by the census bureau. Good progress also has been made in the total popu- lation of the states. TO BE PURSUED IN HOLY LANDS British to Guarantee Complete Religious Freedom, Com- missioner Announces London, June 17.—The general prin- ciples which will be followed by the new administration in Palestine were announced today by Sir Herbert Samuel. high commissioner of Pales- tine. Sir Herbert said: “Complete religious liberty will be maintained. Civilian administration will be established immediately. The eqnomic development of the country will be actively promoted. “The yearnings of the Jewish peo- ple for 2,000 years of which the Zion- its movement is the latest expression, will at last be realized. The steps taken to this end will be cgnsistent with scrupulous respect for rights of the present non-Jewish inhabitants. * “Immigration of the character that is needed will be admitted into the country, in proportion as fits develop- {ment allows employment to be found. ‘ Above all, education and spiritual in- ‘fluences will be fostered in the hope that once more there may radiate from the Holy land the moral forces Of the 50 cities which had more than | 100,000 population in 1910 the follow-, ing remain whose 1920 figures have not been announced, these are: adelphia, C and, Detroit and Provi- dence, Ros er, New Haven, Birm- ingham, Richmond, Omaha, Fall River, and Grand Rapids. Twelve cities have advanced into the 100.000 c of those thus far an-} nounced. Arranged in the order of | their size they are: Akron, San An- tonio, Hartford, Youngstown, | O., Springfield, Mass., Trenton, N. J., Salt Lake C Camden, N. J.. Nor-| folk, Va., Wilmington, Del., and Kan- sas City, Kan. Of the 59 cities having from 50,000 to 100,000 population in 1910 the 1920 | population of all but twelve has been; announced. These are New Bedford, | Mass., Reading, Pa.. Des Moines, Yonkers, N. Y., Houston, Troy, N. J., Forft Worth, Savannah, Ga., Okla- homa, Charleston, Holyoke and South | advanced in the 5 Population of only of the 120 c having between 000 and 50.000 in 1910 remain to be announced and 47 cities having less than 25,000 in 1910 have advanced into the 25,000 to 50,600 ¢lass ‘while one, Clinton, Ia., has shown ‘a decrease and dropped below 25,000. of service to mankind. These are the purposes which, under superin- tendence of the League of Nation Phil- the British government in the exer-} ise of its mandate for Palestine will seek to promote.” FOR TWENTY- PASSING STEAMER Toledo, June 17.--Four youthful ex- plorers, 3, 6, 9 and 11 years old, who; set sail from Lakeside, Mich. in a frail rowboat to search for treasure islands in Lake Erie, were picked up thirty miles off shore, after having been adrift twenty-seven hours. The children, three boys and a girl, were picked up by the passenger steamer City of Toledo. A prayer of thanks was offered by 1,500 passen- gers when the qhildren had been afely taken aboard. Sunburned and tired, but happy in the fact that they were nearing home, the four youthful voyagers were the center of admiring passengers when the boat dropped anchor here last night. Robert, three years old, was the YOUTHFUL EXPLORERS VEN HIGHEST COURT ADMITS GIRL, 24 Washington, June 1 iss Dora Palkin, at the age of 2 the young- est woman to be admitted to prac- tice before the United States supreme court. During the war Miss Palkin was a member of the Loyal Advisory board wrhich rendered advice to drafted men. Hl _——oOoeoernrrnrr > —_~ | JEALOUSY SEEN AS MOTIVE FOR ELWELL MURDER Police Abandon Suicide Theory in Death of Noted Whist Expert in New York New York, June 17.—The theory of suicide was, virtually abandoned by the police in the mysterious death of 1 | noted whist authority, who was found in his home last Friday with a bullet wound in his head.. Insistence of many of the sportsman’s friends that jealousy may have played an import- ant part in the supposed murder stir- red the twenty-five dgtectives on the case to renewed activity in tracing his women acquaintances and also men with whom he played bridge for high stakes. Sisters Are Questioned Several persons were questioned at the Elwell home today, among them Countess S. De Szinawska and her sister, 's . Hardy. According to Assistant District Attorney Joyce the sisters met the turfman in Bohemia, early in the war. The two women came to America in September. A short time later, Mr. Joyce, said, El- well returned to America. The countess and her sister ad- mitted. the assistant district attorney | stated, that their friendship with El- well was broken after they heard he had made a remark associating them with German interests. This resulted, Mr. Joyce said, in the detention of the countess as an enemy alien two years ago. Their friendship was nev- er resumed, they said. Another Theory Advanced. Both told Mr. Joyce they had not seen Elwell for a year prior to his/ death. But the countess’ sister ad- mitted she said visited the house on one occasion, Some of the turfman’s friends ad- vanced the theory that he had been murdered by “a father or a hus- band.” LIGHTS CIGAR AND EIGHT ARE INJURED Little Rock, Ark. June 17.—When a man in a crowd viewing a small gas well near here today attempted to; light a cigar, (the bl match set the well on fire and caused the injury of eight persons, several of whom are reported in critical con- dition. The gas ignited with a roar| and the flames shot out over the} crowd. Six of the injured are wom-! en, whose clothing took fire from the} flaming gas. DRIFT IN LAKE HOURS BEFORE A COMES TO RESCUE ; coolest and most collected one of the crowd and probably the only jone; whose eyes were not wet, when he was| restored to the arms of his mother. In telling the story of the trip across the lake, Mervin, 9 years old. said that his ar-old brother Rich- ard fell overboard one time, and later Virginia, 12 years old, did likewise. He rescued both with a rope. Then to make sure of no more trouble, he, tied Robert to the bottom of /the| boat. He was still in that position when rescued. Two fish which Robert had caught for his turtle at home were grasped in his hand. The rescue of the children termi- DULUTH QUIET BUT AIR TENSE AFTER RIOTING Guards Doubled Around Jail and Morgue Where Lay Bodies of Three Men Lynched BUSINESS MEN ASK ACTION Want to Know Why Police Force Did Not Restrain Tuesday Night Rioters Duluth, June 17.— As an aftermath of the hectic night of the 15th when three negroes were lynched on a light pole near police headquarters the county grand jury is called for today to hear evidence ‘and police are re- ported rounding up alleged ring- leaders. At the grand jury investigation the girl victim and her escort will attempt to identify negroes accused by police of assault on the 17-year-old white girl. Lynch leaders will be charged with “inciting to riot” if investigation warrants their arrest. Last night passed without outbreak although rumors were frequent that outlawry would be attempted. The city was nervous and the backfiring of an automobile was sufficient cause for a gathering. Guard the Jail! Heavily armed guards were thrown around the county jail in which four- teen negroes, alleged participants in or associated in the assault of the girl are held prisoners. Police guards were doubled at a morgue where in lie the bodies of the three negroes killed by the mob. The Duluth Commercial club has made a demand on city commissioners for an investigation of “adequacy and efliciency or competency” of the Du- luth police force “in the light of the failure of such force to prevent and restrain” the lynchers of Tuesday night. Negro women employed as ushers in several Duluth theatres have been replaced by white girls and negro shoo ghiners by white. Discharges Negroes Superior, Wis., June 17.—‘We are going to run all idle negroes out of | Superior and they are going to stay Joseph. B,.Elwell, wealthy turfman and ; out,” said-Acting Chief of P71!-> Louis _ Osborne last night. All negro employes of a carnival now in Superior were discharged yes- terday afternoon and told to get out of the city by the manager of the show. “For several years we have had col- ored employes traveling with our shows,” said Larry Boyd, manager of the carnival, “but out of sympathy of the employes of the show and citizens of Superior and Duluth because of the terrible outrage in Duluth I have dis- charged them all and I shall never hire another one.” As a result of this: action the man- agement of the shows has closed down one of its attractions depicting plan- tation scenes. GUARDSMEN RETURN St. Paul, June 17.--National guard companies dispatched to Duluth fol- lowing the lynching, bee Tuesday night were released today by Sherift Frank L. Magie and all are return- ing to Fort Snelling to rejoin their brigade encampment. Adjutant-General W. F. Rhinow was notified about noon by Major W. ©. Garis at Fort Snélling that Sheriff Magie had advised that he did not be- lieve the situation demanded that the troops be longer retained at Duluth. General Rhinow said he would de- cide later when he’ will return to Duluth to begin an investigation of the lynching in compliance with Gov- ernor Burnq order. CONVERT GREAT GAMBLING PLACE INTO A HOSPITAL “The Wheel,” Which Originally Cost More Than Half Mil- lion, is Dismantled Shanghai, June 17.—The great gam bling establishment in this city no- torious for years under the name of “The Wheel.” which originally cost more than $500,000 is to be converted into a charity hospital. The chinese authorities have announced that they intend to confiscate the huge building which now stands dark and empty Its owners, however, threaten to fight this program. Up to about three years ago when the place was closed by Chinese auth- orities “The Wheel” in Shanghai was one of the biggest gambling establisn- ments in the Far East. It was located in Chinese territory on North Honan road, a 15 minute automobile ride from the heart of the city. In the days when the establishment flourished, three oroulette wheels with six lay- outs, beside faro and other games were operated. After this establishment was closed as the result of the efforts of mission- ary interests no open gambling on any large scale was permitted in Shang- hai until last fall when the interests nated a search of the lake by scores of launches and motor boats in which police, marine men and friends par- ‘ ticipated. that formerly operated “The Wheel” opened near it a smaller roulette es- ‘tablishment which in turn. was closed after a few weeks.