Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-26
Commissioner and Detective Have
Outlined Booze Crusade.
SCARLET WOMEN ARE PROBLEM
II Will Be Easy Enough to Put the
Amateurs Out Of Business.
WHOLE THING IS DISTRESSING
r,., Arrest and Finfns ."
Imprisonment win Not Aem
s,,ua,iou q. IL Applies 70
professional Harios'

r.,,,,,..,oner Ryder has an
sa ana, there will be no auit ~
,na move TO wipe out hootlegsihs ''
IN tho city. A total Of ninety .one -,
,s.,ed Yesterday and last nisn,
~. h.y,nning. Information has oeen s
.no a.a,n., dozens OF Illicit LIQUOR oeAi.
"a ,he police have been instru0.ee
e's s..a INV a. with the enforcement OF the
law. -. found the
,,o., a,ftieult, problem In the sooiA.
us admit. that the authorities neeu n
:, . Zach a solution. Continual arress
an,rs ~ or imprisonment win not pe 81
.p,,,s. bu, simply result In enanss
=, ,he "crews OF scarlet women
onel Ryder says
Must shat Up shop.
., a., Monday morning Detective stevs
N.,on.v was detailed by my order 70
give fair warning to every man anA
woman known to be selling liquor u.
,sral,y or suspected of It. that they mus.
.nu, mn shop and quit. He was instrncteo
- ,oE Main English. with the emphasis
on ,hs word Quit He reported MS oAli.
,n,erv,ews. and ! have the names Ans
sddr,sses OF every place he visited. wiz
notes OF conditions az ne founo men
III played no favorttes and while ne -
so,ne difficulty In convincing the paruS
concerned that this warning was tns
x,ndup they all promised TO stop.
.Uow well some o. these bootlessers
VEN, their word Is indicated by the ar
rests. Detective Maioney consulted win
,h,s offlce Friday afternoon and iaia
down his plan Of campaign. after hanns
gone over the field ss above outlined. ne
waa told to proceed. He will continue
- nroeeed. The saloonkeepeFs OF TINS
civ. who pay the license provided py
law. are going TO have run 10 'he'f
money.
No one Has a Pail.
zone healthy sign, to my mind. lies N
the fact that no person has been ners
10 test his pull In this matter, and Una.
Il we'll. for law enforcement is put up
10 this department. and we will 80 about
the task, however difficult or disasree'
able, without regard to any mans inf'u-
enee. Chief Donahue and his men UNDER
stand exactly what In expected OF them.
and haven't the slightest fear thsy VII
fall In their duty.
THE problem OF handling the social
evil am giving the most serious Thought.
Arrests Of street walkers and foolish
girls not far gone on the wrong road y
easy. The veteran prostitutes present
different situation. but they. too. can be
located and arrested. Altar We have
herded them at the jail. then whatf OF
course, they might be driven across the
bridge. or otherwise sent out Of town un-
der threat. Other cities could DO the
iike-and we would simply change crews
Of scarlet women. Here IN . feld tor
work. following arrest and possibly be-.
fore conviction. that may well engage
the attention OF the best Personally. ]
will say frankly we need help. but In
Just what way TO get effective results ]
haven't yet decided IN my own mind.
Continual arrest and fining or impris-
onment won't get u anywhere. for oasusi
investigation shows that many Of the
girls and women don't know where their
next meal is coming from or how thsy are
going to pay for bed The whols thing
Is repugnant and distressing. and It may
be We can use only the crude and bar
barous means at our command tndefi-
nitely to minimize this evil I hope for
better Developments though, and am will
ing to give all the time necessary to
bring them about"