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Show CAPTAIN OF POLICE ANNOUNCES ' WAR ON GAMBLING WOGDEN; CITY i JUDGE SAYS HE WILL EE SEVERE I War on gambling in Ogden has been I started by the Ogden police department. depart-ment. With the arrest of four in a raid on a coffee house at MJL Twenty-firth street last night, first steps in the campaign were taken. Two of tho men, Andrew Manoletes and Andrew Seffos, alleged proprietors, proprie-tors, will be arraigned tomorrow before be-fore Judge D. R. Roborts in lhe city court- They are charged with a felony and their bonds were fixed at 500 each. j The other members of the party, Gust Dinns and Dan Bagekos, will be ! arraigned Saturday on a charge of I gambling. Bail in this case was set ' at $50. I The men were arrested by' Sergeant ! Charles Pincock-and Detectives Tom iBurk, Everett Noble and W. A. Lewis. "A war to rid the city of gambling has been started and all violators will !be punished to the full extent of the law," said Captain Jonathon Jones to-!doy. to-!doy. "We shall recommend thnt the violators get heavy fines and jail sentences, sen-tences, j "Gamhling is one of the worst evils young men have been reported gam- bling. The practice' must stop. Thel law must bo enforced and with all our men notified concerning thc conditions, condi-tions, all violators will bo held to answer." Judge D. R. Roberts said he would be severe in passing sentences on those found guilty of gambling. "The conditions In Ogden are said to be of the worst nature," Judge Roberts Rob-erts said "I shall have no mercy in imposing sentences on those found guilty." J. C. Call, arrested last night and charged with having liquor in his possession, pos-session, forfeited bail inthc sum of $50 for non-appearance today. A warrant for his arrest was ordered issued by Judge Robert?. In the case of lhe citv against Hazl' Harnish and Biayton Campbell, whoj were charged with disorderly conduct! in a local hotel, ball was forfeited. Th defendants failed to appear for trial. |