OCR Text |
Show ! HIGH-UP OFFICERS BETTING ON RACES Washington. Aug 25 Evidence has been found, according to the police, that betting on horse races, has not j been confined to the clerks in the government departments but that I i certain high officials also w-ere pat-1 pat-1 pons of the book makers, six of whom recently were arrested in the navy yard The investigators declare the t 1 "men higher up" made their wagers I through some subordinates and as a result their apprehension will be dlf-:3 dlf-:3 flcult "' The inquiry Into the hand book bet-j. bet-j. ting industry in the departments, the police say, has led them to the die-( die-( covery that It was conducted by a , "ring" of gamblers with resources of upwards of a half million dollars For years, It is said, this "ring" dl-I dl-I vlded profits annually ranging well I up into the thousands of dollars |