The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-14
COUNTRY FOLLOWS
LEAD OF ILLINOIS
Country Awakens to Need of
Starting Vigorous Cru
SADIE Against Vice.
PLAN A CONFERENCE
This Suggestion Made BY the
PLAN A CONFERENCE
This Suggestion Made BY the
Governors of Half
Dozen States.
palladium Specially

CHICAGO, March 14.-Following
the lead taken by Illinois in the inves-
tigation of vice with a view to bring
ing about remedial legislation, half
dozen states have taken official action
along the same lines and offered to CO.
operate with the commission of this
state in making the inquiry nation
wide in scope.
Lieutenant Governor Barratt O'Hara
already has received assurances of CO.
operation from the Governors of doz-
en- states, and the action taken yes
terday by scattering states from New
York to California indicate the coun-
try-wide trend of the crusade. A con-
ference of Governors at Springfield is
expected.
In conference with Lieutenant Gov
ernor O'Hara in Springfield,
Governor Dunno suggested that con-
ference of Governors would be desir-
able Lieutenant Governor O'Hara was
favorable to the suggestion and will
get into immediate communication
with the Governors of Michigan, Iowa,
Missouri, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Indi-
ana, and other states, suggesting
general conference in Springfield at
an early date for the purpose of con-
sidering the questions.
Uniform Laws The Object.
The principal object of the proposed
conference is to formulate uniform
laws on the employment of girls and
minimum wage scale for women. 1t is
believed that one state can accomplish
little acting independently, but by
combination of adjoining states great
good may result.
In several states Legislatures are
now in session. 1t is hoped that action
can be gotten under way in time to
enact legislation this year. While it is
the intention of Lieutenant Governor
O'Hara to keep his commission at
work during the next two years, he is
anxious to obtain some legislation at
this season.
Announcement was made today that
the Senate commission will start on
it's Eastern trip on Thursday of next
week. The itinerary already includes
the cities of Albany, N. Y; Pttsburg,
which point the party expects to go to
Washington. The commission expects
to lay the subject before President
Wilson, Speaker Champ Clark, Vice
president Marshall and other federal
officials.
Pennsylvania In Line.
If bill introduced yesterday in the
Pennsylvania Senate at Harrisburg is
passed a state department for the sup
preston of vice will Re established A
vice commissioner appointed by the
In an effort to obtain accurate data
regarding the necessary expenditures
of working girls and women the Con-
sumers' League of Philadelphia today
will distribute thousands of condensed
account books among the workers in
mercantile establishments and indus
trial plants Information obtained
will be placed in the hands of the
state minimum wage commission,
should one be created according to
bill now before the Pennsylvania Leg
islature.
A bill was introduced yesterday in
the New York Legislature at Albany
giving the police commissioner of New
York city authority to appoint twenty
uniformed women policewomen to pro-
tect unescorted women and children in