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Show l.ns rieen the lender of the reform movement In Ogden since the work j wnn taken up bv thf lflRU. Th ! Kcv. lTldorkln ha recently rcf A?'1 ii i'm the pulpit of the First C'ongre- j rational rhtjrch of Oeden. an-l will j '.avc next week to acrcpt a position In ene of the churches in KMsa- City. Anions lb? other active work- , r& In Ihe rol 1 nan the K"v. G. W. Me-Oiocry Me-Oiocry of the I'.it Methollst ehurcn. ! who h? also rorenftv renls:ne'l from j thf p.ilplt in C jdrn. He leaves short- ; ly for Colorado. A. W. AKf. ono of the leadinR law-y-is of tho city, also played an lm-prirtnnt lm-prirtnnt part in the raid. Agec delivered de-livered an impassioned ppcch at th? r.;nys meetluK Feverely censurlriK the eity administration for allowing tho rnmbllug and o'her evils of like character char-acter to ko on unmolested. All of the j L2 membfrs of the leat;vie were ai tborlzed to make arrests, an l wor? their ba Iges on their roata. I Mayor Glacimnnn and the cit at- . 'ornoy went to the police station as i,on a tbo imirl started, and while the ra'ld was in progress they were Making preparations for booking and arranRiriK fo ball of the persons to be bronchi in. Desk Sergeant Hap- bk.-rt Andfivon was sworn in as bail comiuisFioner by Mayor Glasmanu. It ItH.u upward of one hour and one-half lo en:er the nnniffi, fix balls and dispose dis-pose of the persons arrested. The entire raid lasted over a period of over two hours. Try to Break Away. In the raid on the St. Louis bouse, several patrons made attempts to break away, but wer repulsed, and none escaped. The raid marks the climax of a bitter fibt, lasting over a period of several weeks, between the 05''?n .letterment league and me city administration. L'ist week the members of the city council, and Mayor Glagmanu, together with a ujinber of the members ot the Dec-terment Dec-terment Uane. made a trip throng'i Ot Jen's tenderloin, visiting (be saloons, sa-loons, the gambling bouses and thtf underworld, and tonight's action n the result. The mass meeting was called for lb: purpose of announcing the results re-sults of a canvass of the city made o learn the public sentiment in re-,".arrt re-,".arrt to open gambling and the liquor traffic. Those In charge of the canvass can-vass secured a total of f,T' opinions, opin-ions, of which Mot) voted In favor of closing the saloons at 7 o'clock In the evening. Out of the total opinions. opin-ions. fi.179 were In favor of reducing reduc-ing the numler of saloons In the community com-munity lo one for every 1,000 Jnhabl-t.int Jnhabl-t.int Other opinions on matters ;ei tabling to the regulations of th? evils produced about the same results. re-sults. The speakers at the mass meeting were A. W. Agee. Rev. G. W. Mr-Crecry. Mr-Crecry. Rev. N. S. Elderkln an.l C. 0. Richards. tors of the houses named and are charged with conducting gambling bouses. Their bonds were fixed at a)300 each. The employe of these places, as nearly us their names could be learned, against whom formal complaints com-plaints were filed, are: WllPani Minor, A. Peterson, Wong Ping, John Pray, Ralph Haines, John Roache, Harry Wartz, Frank Rogers, Henry Crane, J. Maloney, George Gleason and .Jack Fraudson. Each of these men were placed under un-der a bond of $100 for appearance In couit. The other complaints will le formally for-mally filed as soon as Ihe city attorney attor-ney can disentangle the long list of suspects and figure out who wer? "spectators" and who were really en gaged in the games. The little court room at tho police station was crowded this morning hy men elbowing their way along to answer their names when called by I the clerk. It was found to be impossible impos-sible to make an arraignment of individual indi-vidual cases, so It was finally decided that all were present and that a wholesale disposition of the matter should be made. The city attorney stated that he would concede that every man arrested and hooked at the station last nlgiit was on hand and ready to defend himself against whatever charge might be preferred against him. and the attorneys for the other s.dc slated that they would stand sponsor for every man named by the city officers and plea 1 "not guilty'' In each and every instance. The time for taking up the duly of trying these cases was not fixed, the attorneys fir both the city and the defendants not being able to say when they would be ready for the hearings. The court advised them to deciye upon a time ns soon as povsilde in order or-der that the docket may be cleared of the ca?es at an earlv date. Some or the men charged w.th gambling say they will fight the prosecutions to the bitter end, aud they think there will not be a conviction in a single instance. in-stance. What Other Papers Say. As the Standards representatives were slumbering when oil the raiding was occurring last night, and Aere not witnesses to the affair, the reports of the occurrence ae taken from the Morning Examiner and the Salt Lake Herald-Republ.Yan, which, though con-llictlng, con-llictlng, are highly entertaining, and aie as follows: Examiner's Story, (From the Examiner, ) J Following a mass meeting called by the Betterment League last evening even-ing the police department, aided by the mayor and twenty-five members of the league, who had been previously previous-ly sworn in as special policemen. p.aJe the most successful as well ns sensational gambllng-housc raid ever witnessed in Ogden. The establishments known as the Elephant Club, run by J. F. Smith Ac Company, and the St. Ixiuls Club, run bv Creighhaum & Peterson, were the objects of the raid and the entire force of dealers, together with the proprietors, were placed under arrest end taken to the police station where they were admitted to ball and re- occupation. The ages of the men tanged from thirty to fifty-seven and lie "occupations" f;ivcn Included such harmless pursuits as "grocery clerk," 'cook." "lahorer." cigar maker." etc. Pail was fixed In each cane, which on. j being deposited, the men were released re-leased with instructions to appear in ( court when th:lr enses wore called. I The men arrested were all strangers, strang-ers, consisting of the foreign element I principally Chinese. There were . cer seventy arrests. j Many Ogdcn Men Escape. I In the raid on Crelghbaum fc Peter-Miu's Peter-Miu's place the officers found that j there as well as at Ihe other place j many Ogden men who were at the ,camlng tables made their escape i down the back stair as soon as they I were confident of tho fact that a rail i u u a under way. 1 In all cases the white gamblers who wre arrested gave assumed names A part or those taken into custody were Chinese and Japanese, but in most cases those arrested were regular regu-lar hangers-on, hocu'ers and swamp- . c i s lor the various games. I In the raid local police were assist- ' ed by twenty-five members of the Betterment League who had volunteered volun-teered their services. These were all who would consent to assist In th? raid regardless of the fact that Mayor May-or Clasmann hrvl I old the league that he would swear In every one of I'S members as special police to assist as-sist in this raid. i ; Herald-Republican Story. (Special to The Herald-Republican.) ; Ogden, Aug. 11 With what wa3 ! pobably Ihe greatest demonstration I that bns ever occurred in Ogden. lollowing a mass meeting of the Og-I Og-I lcn riotterruent league, In the Wc-1 Wc-1 her academy, twenty-two members ' ot the leagu? sworn in as special of-ficeis, of-ficeis, together with the policemen , of the eitv, conducted a well-directed i mid on all of the gambling houses of Ogden. arresting several hundred gamblers. The raid was the climax of a campaign cam-paign that has been con-Jutted by the Betterment league for severol , months past, and among those taking tak-ing part were many of the representative represen-tative citizens of Ogden, including j ministers, lawyers doctors and men liom all walks of life. The raid wan planned this afternoon, after-noon, and, five compl.-vnts pjainst tr.eli of the gambling houses were issued, all sworn lo by Mayor William Clatniarin. Following the mass meeting at Weber academy, where an enthusiastic enthusias-tic assemblage of nearly ,oo persons was present, the twenty two members of the league matched down town, v. here they were joined by all the :ualbible policemen of the city. Followed by a great throng of excited ex-cited people blocking the streets of th city for over two blocks, they i proceeded against the Elephant gamb- ling house and the St. Iyuis gamb-I gamb-I ling house, surprising the patrons I And proprietors of the houses, igath-ing igath-ing over four hundred and fifty In th? net. many of whom are among tho I most prominent residents of Ogden. Raiders Divide Forces. I The fnrrps nt tho ralrluru wprn ill RAID MADE ON THE GAMBLING HOUSES Twenty-live Special Officers Sworn in From the Betterment League and Fifteen Regular Policemen Capture Seventy Men, But Allow Three Times That Number to Escape. I teased. At Clop"? of League Meeting. Following the close of the Betterment Better-ment League meeting In Weber Academy Aca-demy auditorium last evening, th members of the committee met In private conference and then repaired to ihe office of the mayor where twenty-five of their number were sworn in as special officers. Advance parties made up of the specials and several of the city detectives de-tectives were then directed to gain entrance to the two gambling houses mentioned and mingle with the crowds therein until the arrival of ihe chief of police and his force of officers. Armed with warrants and com-plaints com-plaints signed by Mayor GhiGmann. there was no alternative for the chagrined cha-grined gambling proprietors than to admit the raiding parties and submit as gracefully as possible; to arrest. Follce Take Possession of Money. An officer had previously been detailed de-tailed to take possession of each table ta-ble in the establishment together with all the money in sipht. The heaps of gold and silver coin, bank notes and drafts were then slowly counted at each table'anl alter being p'fced in sacks anil sealed was then .-.urrendered to the police, a rcc.eip'. bein.g given by each of the olficerfl taking charge of the money. The doors of exit had been careful !y guarded durinrr the raid and no one was permitted to enter or leave the places until the money had been secured and the gamblers in charge of the various games had beer founed In line for the march to the :-tation. Thousand Watch Raid. Nearly a thousand people were gathered in the street in front of the Elephant Club when the doors were thrown open and there emerged ii-om the brilliantly lighted interior S Uic line of lladhlly dressed gambler c'osciy guarded by squads of police. There was little comment on the part of either the prisoners or the police during the march to the jail, the latter taking their arrest philosophically philo-sophically and evidently believing that the matter was not as serious as It appeared. On rr-achlug the station the prisoners pris-oners were lined up In front of the rcrgeant's desk nnd each was quested to give his name, age and v.'ded and the attacks on the two houses conducted simultaneously. At the Elephant gambling house, ail th.' exits to the hall were guarded by Chief of Police Thomas Browning and Captain C. C. Brown, assisted hy members of the police force Utile aware that ihe move had developed .-G far, the raiders found the house doing a land office business, over 200 persona either playing or looking on at the various games. All of these, together with the proprietors pro-prietors and attaches of the house, were taken to the station and booked. All the money In sight on the tables v.as confiscated, aud tonight Is being uted a ball money, and will be further fur-ther need for evidence in the prosecution prosecu-tion of the cases. At the Elephant establishment $2,000 in cash was taken tak-en in. The proprietors of the house, F. A. Smith and J. 1?. Smith, were released under cash bonds of $-"00 each, while the erght employes of tho bouse, who were running the game, were released under $300 bonds each At the St. Louis establishment. $1.. 100 was taken by the special officers, and lC.o persons, ninny of whom are well known citizens of Ogden, were linced under arrest. The patrons and onlookers at the gam?s are being be-ing given the alternative of going to jail or testllying in the pro.v the gamblers. The majority prefer testifying to the other altemr.live. A great sensation I pomisej when the cases are calle 1 in co.in, upwards of 100 of the loremo.t clti-.ens clti-.ens of Ogden will be witnesses. Warrants were alwo sworn to before be-fore Mayor Glasmaun against the Turf Exchange gambling house, the Gilll gambling house nnd th White Elephant gambling hous-v The proprietors pro-prietors of the White Elephant re-' re-' ccived word during the afternoon of tho proposed ralJ. and closed their doors to the public at o'clock. When lh. raiders arrived all was In darkless. dark-less. The word was passed to the other two houses during the raid of t nc White Elephant, and the St. lyjuis and their places were closed before the police arrived The warrant issued against the proprietors of these houses will he served tomorrow. Ministers In Posse. Chief among the special officers takiiiK part In the raid tonight was the Rev. Noble Strong Elderkin, who X. raid was mado on the gambling bouses ot Ogden last evening by iwenty-flvc special officers, sworn In liom the membership of the Better-ment Better-ment league, and fifteen regular po-luemen. po-luemen. Tho special officers were: Heber Scowcroft, F. W. Stratford, Wni. H. Tolhurst, James Drysdale, Win. H. Crandall, Fred Pelham, Lu-thei- Buck, Jos. E. Evans, A. H. Mar-lb), Mar-lb), A. W. Agee, L. L. Coray, G. W. McCreery, J. W. Welch. J. M. Carl-ser.. Carl-ser.. Noble S. Elderkin. R. II Mc-f Mc-f une, Wells Me Eutire, Wm, M. Put-liugton. Put-liugton. L. H. l-'roerer, Marcus Farr Mid five others whose names were not civen. In Police Court. As a result of the raid, 70 names ere called In the police court this morning, some ( the persons named re.hg charged with conducting a gain-Ming gain-Ming hoi;s and others with the manipulation man-ipulation of particular gambling dc-ilcea. dc-ilcea. There was no complaint against Ihe spectator who chanced to be In the gambling places when the "run" kj made, and, on motion of the city attorney, all such were released from custody. But, there being so many nrrcfts without dVicrlmlnatlon as to gambler and spectator, tbp clerk is at p. loss to know Just who haH been re-b re-b Hjf and who is to be arraigned for trial. It Is a certainty, though, that the men who came under the ban last I night who were "mere spectators," j wll not make an appearance In court. Jt Is possible, loo, that many who ! were really interested in the gambling I games, as employes of the proprietors. will take advantage of the attorney's J motion to dismiss the guests of the i places and they will forget all about i Ihe police court exactious. The proprietors of the gambling houses that were raided and the employes em-ployes of the houses, as nearly as can be known, were placed under j bonds for Lhe.r appearance for trial, I all being represented in court this J morung by A. G. Horn and T. D. Johnson, who waived the reading of complaluts and entered a wholesale plea or "not guilty." Only lu a few eases were ecin-plolnts ecin-plolnts on file, and it was In these t cases only that bond.3 could be dell-' dell-' nltely fixed and arraignments insti-i insti-i tuted. These complaints were sworn ; to by the mayor of the city, the names , of the defendants being as folUws: j John F. Smtth and E. F. Smith of . the Elephant; J. c. West. John John-Son John-Son and Kit-hard Tyree of the Turf: Charles Cralgbaum and Frank Peterson Peter-son of the St. I ouls. and John Welch of the Grill. These ai0 the proprlc- |