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MHM MtpfHfiiiWfpa'iWt! TANSEY DEFENDS SMALL CLUBS Charging the police of the Shakes peare avenue station with discrim ination in favbr of the big fellow, John P. Tansey, pleading the cause of thirteen jnen arrested in a raid, obtained their "discharge yesterday before Judge Wade. Sam Weiss and twelve others were arrested early Sunday morning in a raid on his club at 2021 Division st after the police had watched the place for thirty minutes. Tansey was present at the raid, bailed the men out and pleaded their case before Judge Wade, declaring that the police raided the small pleas ure clubs for doing the same that the larger rich men's clubs did every night. "The police are discriminating against the little fellow," sa,id Tan sey. "Small clubs running only for the pleasure of the members are raid ed every few days on the Northwest Side, while the big clubs operating the same-games or worse are 'not bothered' The game objected to by the police is played for chips costing five cents apiece which, according to Tansey, the members can exchange for selt zer, watermelon, cigars or soft drinks. The club has a license to play cards. o o CLIPPINGS LEAD TO ARREST New York, July 14. James Mc Donald, alias "Milkie," and Benjamin Morton, alias "Deafy," arrested when they were found to have in their pos session numerous newspaper clip pings of the hold-up of the M., K & T. train in Missouri last Thursday. Both men are old offenders and are technically held on suspicion of being connected with wiretappers who re cently fleeced wealthy New Yorker of several thousand dollars. WAITRESSES WIN Affidavits from a dozen business mn were read in Judge Windes' court yesterday by Att'y Dudley Tay lor claiming they feared they might lose business if they patronized res- IciuraUlb Wlidle p.Ct...ilig WaS ltillig carried on, as their customers were friendly to the striking waitresses of Powers' and Efting's restaurants. Taylor asked an attachment for Elizabeth Maloney, Anna Timeus and eight girls whose names he did not know who were doing the actual picketing, saying: "Unless the picketing ceased his clients would be compelled to sign up with the unions or go out of business as they were now operating at a loss of from 25 to 50 per cent." 'Judge Windes said: "So long as the picketing is peaceful and does not in anyway intimidate or coerce or threaten the complainants in any way or their patrons, it is not unlawful picketing." o o WASN'T FLIRTATIOUS J-mk Country Girl There's another car that passed and didn't stop. City Girl You should have waved at the motorman. Country Girl But I don't know him! Streets skirts are worn very short; many smart women wear them to about where the shoe top would be if high shoes were worn. U-T-lg IT -1 -Li J. J-ll ii iMM aM