The Lottery In The Mails

Washington, Jan. al. - Assistant Attorney Geueril Thomas, of the postoffiee departmont, has ruled Ín connection with newspapcr lottery noticos that it is immaterial whcthor the result of a lottery drawing is publishod as ncws without pay or as an advertiaement. Nowspapors containing the result of the awarding of such prizos ar i non-mailable. ïhe ouly excopfclons made are in the oases of newspapers pubUshing such matter in order to expose the concerns. The department also decides that the awardiug of a prizeto the purson gucssing neare-.t tht nuniber of seeds in a water melón would be a lottery, though the guessiug oí thc vveight of a melón would not constituís a lottery if the guesses were made at'tur the melón had been lifted. ïhe award oí a prize to ono suggesting the number of beans in a glass bottle, in plain view, is also held to be a lottery.