The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-25
The lid Is on.

The lid is on.
Mayor Linck and Chief of Po-
lice Duley, after a stormy ses-
sion with the council last night,
agreed with the solons that they
would keep it on and enforce the
law against the social evil in Ia
coma.
The mayor and chief tried to
shift the responsibility for al
lowing a restricted district onto
the council, but the council would
not take it.
Council on Record.
Giblett, Hawley, Hogberg,
Turnbull, Brand-all said they
thought the restricted district the
best way to solve the problem,
but none but Turnbull was willing
last night to advise the mayor to
handle in that way.
During the discussion all ex-
cept three of the councilmen
freely admitted that they had
talked with the mayor concerning
the segregation of the women and
all except four of the members
frankly admitted that they had
advised the mayor to follow the
course he did take. For this rea-
son the mayor insisted that the
council should bear the RESPONSE
bility.
Jameson, Lynn, Hawthorne
and Rankin held the councilmen
to the issue and compelled them
to go on record either for or
against the segregation idea, and
after much haggling and lodging
the councilmen voted that the law
must be enforced.
Duley's Side of 1t.
Both the mayor and Duley ad-
mitted they had not enforced the
law on this point. Duley said
there had been 156 women in the
vice palace by actual count. How
many new ones had come in with
the recent influx he did not know.
He had made no effort to keep any
out. 1t would not be fair, he said,
to arrest the new ones and not
the old, so he let all have free
swing. All they had tried to do
was keep order and keep boys
out.
Wilkeson thought it had been a
poor job. He had talked with 80
women and all but two had only
been in town two days. The 9TH
er two had been in three weeks
when he saw them, and many
hovc uaro In &ho p1ano
Duley said he had put his best
men down. there to keep order.
1.-TWO of them were church mem
bers," said the chief.
Found Boys There.
Wilkeson said he went down
the other night with John T..
Bibb, Charles Drury and Mr..
Reese and found several boys
they knew. ....
After much lodging Duley ad-
mitted he was for the restricted
district. as against the scattering
Of the women. That is why he
had not enforced the law. He
said they had started the fining
system last year but the council
would not stand for that. SO they
were not collecting anything from
the women in the recent move
ment.
Mnck Demands Grand Jury.
Mayor Linck when put ON the
carpet was nervous and strenu-
Gus. He attacked the council re-
port and demanded a grand Jury
to sift the charges in the report.
He shook his fist in Jamieson's
face and demanded that he prove
the charges in the report before
a grand jury. He said the council
had stopped them when they had
tried to solve the problem BY
larresting and fining the women.
Wilkeson said this was noi
true. The officers had never tried
to arrest and fine the women.
They had simply started collecting
fines from them good for a month.
THAT is not arrest and pun
ishment for lawbreaking. that is
simply a license" said Wilkeson.
IF the officers tried they could
grab every one of those women
and haul them to the train and
ship them out Of town. It's a
cinch."
The mayor again attacked
Jameson and said that as deputy
sheriff he had done the same
thing and collected fines In the
raids by. Rowland. Jameson
said the sheriff's office had moth
ling to do with collecting any
money from. the women.
Agree to Wipe It Out.
After an hour of dodging by
both councilmen and administra-
|tion Rankin finally insisted that
the administration tell what It
was going to do now. He did not
care about the past. but he wanted
to know about the future.
"Public sentiment is against
this dive" said Rankin. jamie
,son, Lynn, Hawthorne all sec
onded his idea and the mayor and
chief declared II the council said
SO they would wipe out the dis
trict.
II will close mp this place and
keep It closed and Il you say 20