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Show oo GAMBLERS AREUPSET Eight Big Establishments Establish-ments Raided Simultaneously Simul-taneously by Police "ew York. Feb C The higher up circles of the gambling fraternity Were upset today by the raids which were made simultaneously last night upon eight big alleged gambling establishments es-tablishments In the Fifth avenue and theatrical districts. Several features of the rails were spectacular and novel For the first time in the histoiv of the polite, firemen were used The police. In eight taxicab parties un-rJei un-rJei the command of Inspector lohn F Dwver, swooped down upon the suspected places, firemen gained entrance en-trance by either pretending to be Inspecting In-specting the buildings, or by shouting ' "Fire,'" if successful in getting in, the polite squad followed If not axes and crowbars forced entrance Proprietors "Tipped Off " But in all of the eight plates there Was none to arre.t In some mysterious myste-rious maimer the alleged proprietors had all been tipped off" and suave butlers left in i barge The collection f gambling instruments and furnishings, furnish-ings, however was one of the finest the point- ever laid hands on The seven van loads carted to station bouses were valued at $25,000 |