Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-30
DORA TOPHAM
RAISES RENTS
Stockade Prosperity Occasion
For Vice Trust to Squeeze
Unfortunate Tenants.
WOMEN SHIPPED INTO CITY
Special Policeman Raises Alarm When
Respectable People Enter to In
vcstigate-Down Go Blinds.

The white slave traffic In the stock
AIDE or on Electric avenue, as the
street Is named after the notorious
thoroughfare IN ogden. was destined To
become ever more vicious and an ad-
ditional burden placed on the unfort-
unates in the stalls called cribs by the
fret Of June had IL not been for the
expose made by The News OF the
cruelty and bondage existing there.
As stated before. there is no chance
for the woman who finds herself in
the tolls Of Miss Belle and her willing
tools. They dare not go on the streets
for fear Of the police. and they can
not leave the city because they are not
permitted 10 save enough money with
which TO purchase a ticket 90 another
point where such slavery does not
exist
a few days ago the quiet tip was
given that after the FIRST OF June. the
price Of the stalls would be increased
just one dollar. making the price $3.50
per day. Ia advance. but the order was
not authoratatiyely issued because.
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protest that some drastic measure
would simply have 10 he taken.
TOO MUCH PROSPERITY.
Some weeks ago a woman rented a
small house from Belle London. with
the understanding that the occupant
was to pay $50 per month for three
months After the woman had been
there for a short time, she decided one
night To give her associates treat.
and proceeded 10 open wine The affair
got to the ears Of Miss Belle and the
opening ~ wine spelled prosperity. To
q person whose every humane emotion
is measured by the dollar sign. there b.
always the thought Of more dollars and
Miss Belle saw @ chance She smiling
ly Informed the landladv that. al
though she had agreed 10 rent the
place az $50 per month FOR three
months the rent would be 800 after
the first Of the month.
The Only reason she did not get
it' said the former occupant Of the
house "is that / was fortunate i'm
having enough money and the chance
TO slip away before she could prevent
IT,"
one woman was forced 10 give up a
place In town she had occupied for a
long time and go 60 Bingham because
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90 go 90 the stockade and threatened
NJ she aid not she would go 10 jail
just as sure as the sun shined When
II seemed that tho threat would be
carried out. and the woman be COM
pclled 10 defend herself In the police
court She. Ike the Arab quietly folded
her tent and departed This rs one Of
three or four cases where the women
were sensible enough 10 realize their
danger and escape the clutches Of the
stockade owners. II all goes 20 show
the minute working Of the white
slave traffic
DRIVEN TO sTOCKADE
Women Of the town were practical
ly driven to the stockade. once there
they were told in no uncertain Ian
guagc that thoy must stay there get
out Of town or go 10 jail. II they
could not leave the city because Of
lack Of funds. and did not want To
20 10 Jail as Grace Gilmore did, they
simply bowed their uecks TO the yoke.
And that is not gll. They have 10 pay
Bell London. Mrs. ID. b. Tophan. $3.50
per day FOR the cribs and 81 per week
for a place TO sleep. In addition 20
that comes the hospital fee for the
advantage Of going to Miss Bellies
private hospitai nj ogden. II Is TO this
place that the man who was badly
wounded In cutting ARRAY at the
stockadc recently, was shipped lust
as soon as public attention was called
10 some OF the conditions on salt
Lakes Electric avenue.
WOMEN SHIPPED HERE
Failing to Induce or threaten an tho
women of the town operating In the
city, 20 go 20 the stockade, plans
were quickly put into operation which
brought women from other points
shipping stations were established
ana Young women whose heads turn
ed hy the glamor OF gold and the
swish Of silk and near silk skirts and
also. the prospects Of a life of I'M
diligence aud ease first found them
selves In ogden where the process Of
teaching them the lessons they must
learn was started After that they
came 70 salt Lake and were herded
into the stockade.
Miss Belle says If the women here
are not an willing 10 come 10 TN
place. she viii get women iron
nthcr places." said an inmate OF crib
"And She said she didn't care so much
any way about some OF the old one.
because she could get younger ones
,Jt might be difficult 10 get the name
Of the stockholders OF the Institution,
said one who is thoroughly familiar
with the stockade white slave traffic
"but thcv can be secured and th'
names should be published Belle Lon
dom has been careful to avoid th'
clutches of the law but she has certain
lv made "a few slips. There is man %
Chelun. Wash named n. ]. Mum. H'
b. supposed 10 he related TO the woman
and although he hasn't enough money
u buv shoelace. he Is credited WITH
beIng the heaviest stakeholder IN ID,
storkadc. That's one way Of covering
NO the facts"
SIGNAL TO CLOSE UP.
sunday night four persons Of evident
resuectahility. two men and two WON
an quietly slipped into the stockado Coz
the purpose Of investigation. They had
moi gone dozen yards when the
special policeman employed by Mis-
Relic saw them. In his eyes there wa
startled look and FOR a moment b.
bcsItated Then he raped sharpl'
with his stick and almost instantly
blinds were pulled down and door.
were quickly closed The signal wa
understood by the Inmates and woe he
tide the one who disobeyed
The white slave traffic goes on. Hot
Joints are running In full blast. Their
is Gambling The license law IN viol1t
"a with impunity and the witty ans
county authorities know 10 but Wi
not act What Is tho answer