Show GAMBLING PINES PAID Chief Hilton Will Include Private Games in Order Chief Hilton yesterday amended his stalcmcnt made tie previous day and said the order was Intendqd not only to suppress percentage games but also private poker games which havo of late grown so popular in the rear of many saloons and hotels In fact all games of chance whether fO drinks cigars or any other gain When Olllccr lams went on duty on Commercial street yesterday afternoon after-noon he found that his orders of the evening previous to remove the signs from the doors and windows of the sirens had not been obeyed So he went to work and It was but an ane hour before a dozen peroxide of hydrogen hy-drogen blondes were scrubbing off the I pat from their windows and by nightfall there was nothing left by Which the Identity of the dwellers within tho houses could be had FINES FOR LATE MONTHS The revenues received by the city during tho past few months from the gamblers Is as follows The records at police headquarters show that there were six big games running and three poker games paid tribute the total amount received beIng be-Ing 375the big games being then taxed at 50 and the poker ther 525 September six big games and five poker games125 October six pbk6r games and five big houses 100 November four poker games and anct four big houses 300 J December five big gomes and three poker 376 I On the first of tho year the prices for the big games were raised to 100 I and during January vc big games were run while six poker games paid i tribute 050 In February five his houses and six I poker games added HOD to the treasury ury uryMORE 1 MORE FULL DINNER PAILS In speaking of the variance in the arrest made Detective Sheets said J last night that gambling was a business I busi-ness that varied A house was fre i I quently started and abandoned In less than a month and as a rule there were more poker games In the winter than I In the summer I am glad he continued rthat the order has been Issued There will be I more full dinnerpalls The closing up cf the gamblinghouses on Commercial Commer-cial Street alone foreshadows to my I mind the closing of at least eight sa loons also This means a loss of revenue rev-enue to the city of UOO a month or 16800 a year There are probably 150 dealers boosters and others con < nected with the gambling games who live off the earnings of those who visit the houses probably mores more-s to how many places there were saloons hotels cigar stores and private pri-vate roomswhere friendly games of poker were played at Irregular in tervals the detective did not care to hazard a guess |