Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-30
WADMAN URGES
ACTION TO STOP
ILLICIT influx
Says District Attorney Should
Proceed to Prevent Arrival
of Undesirable Women
HAS FAITH IN DETECTIVE
DEPT, BUT NOT IN POLICE
J. W. Thompson Ayers Red
Light Habitues, if Citizens,
May Come and Go

Declaring again that some action
must be taken to prevent the alleged
influx into the territory OF undesir-
able women both from the Orient and
from the mainland, DR.. John w, Wad-
man, superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League, this morning referred
questions to the United States district
attorneys Office and the marshaps OF.
fee and, in statement to the Star
Bulletin, said that primarily 1t Is up
to the federal officials to do some.
thing in the matter.
Following investigations made by
him, Doctor Wadman declares that
Honolulu is being flooded with unde-
sirable women, the majority of whom
are coming from California for the
reason that the red light" districts In
San Francisco and Sacramento have
been closed. Others, he says. are
coming into the territory from Shang-
hal. -aEa - 5..,:.-,.. r.
Doctor Wadman further declares
that The local federal immigration ;au.
thorities are ready to take some &C
tioh to prevent the influx, and that
this information has been given him
by Inspector-in- Charge Richard l.. Hal
sey .r. , I - i. III !.
Captain of Detectives McDufie is
also ready to take some action, ne
said further. Il have absolutely no
faith in the local police, or in the po-
lice magistrate, but have every faith
in the detective department.
Federal Authorities Should Get Busy.
1T seems to me that the federal
authorities should get busy along this
line. We have. sort of q defHnct
Civic Federation here, but there is
practically no organization for this
work. The work hardly falls to the
Anti-Saloon League. although that or
ganization is always ready to go to-
work on projects which are for the
public welfare. believe that this
work is up to the federal authorities
to the district attorneys and the
marshaps offices. II they can't do any
thing, who CAM" ~-.~
Speaking of the undesirable women,
Doctor Wadman said that there are
enough of these in Honolulu already
without having more come in from
the East and West. However" he
continued, "the federal authorities
have done nothing as yet. Once these
women get in here, and get in busi-
ness, what can be done? II the fed
eraI authorities say to the imfnigra-
tion authorities We don't want these
women here then let the law take
its course and, from what Mr.. Halsey
has said me, he's ready. ..ss.---
"Iwilei should be 0utfawed. we
have no law here to protect segre-
gated vice." Doctor Wadman conclud-
ed. y. II :. < Z -
When the proposition of prevent
ing. the influx of undesirable women
into Hawaii was put up to Assistant
District Attorney j: Wesley Thompson
this morning, that official threw g new
Hight on the matter with the state
Iment that women on the mainland
who are American citizens, and who
come to Hawaii for the purpose OF
engaging in their Illicit trade, are free
to do so, and that there is no law
to prevent this. This would also ap-
ply, he said, to American women COM
ing to Hawaii from Oriental or other
foreign ports.
Mr.. Thompson stated that action
could be taken only in cases where
women are aliens. Such action, he
continued, would be taken by the i'm
migration authorities.
Doctor Wadman says that the Anti
Saloon League has taken no action In
the matter, nor has any other organi-
zation. Interviews by him with
number of prominent local residents,
he declares, reveal desire to have
some action taken which will prevent
the influx OF these women.