The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-26
Judge Yates Raises Penalty on
Women of the Streets.
Parsons to Tighten Net Around
Houses of Bad Repute.
HE CUTS OUT ALL RED TAPE
"Charity" Continues as City's
Popular Form of Graft.
Safety First Idea Worked to
Limit by MOtOrcOps.

A big police drive on disorderly
houses and strenuous warfare against
women of the streets will follow the
startling discovery that a dangerous
disease is being spread through the
city and is becoming a menace to pub
lie health. The drive on houses of ill
repute is being mapped out and evil
dence that secures the conviction of
many owners and inmates. has been
secured
Orders have beer issued to plain
clothes men and patrOlmen for rigid
enforcement of city ordinances cover
ing the offences
During the last two weeks between
fifteen and twenty women of question
able reputation have been booked and
fined at police headquarters. So num-
erouS have beer such arrests that
Judge Yates has raised the minimum
fine from $40 to SIS 1t is expected
that another raise in the minimum
fine will be made in order to discour-
age the violations
This week some of the women
brought to the station have been fined
as high S100 or sentenced 10 100
days IN Jail
About half the number of women
arrested in the last two weeks have
been white. The remainder are ne
groes. A large number of the women
arrested are charged with vagrancy
and disorderly conduct. These charges
have as heavy penalty attached and
cut out not little OF the red tape
d
street walking charge.
Such violations are demanding more
attention of the police than for
number of months Topeka received
much unfaVOrable advertising in the
recent city political campaign and
election.
Statements that Jay House was in
cahootS with brewerS-Such state
ments being made by preachers and
women's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES evident
~ taken seriously by questionable
citizens of other cities and states. Be-
1ieVing that the two eX-newspaper
men who are running the police de-
partnent would be slack in the en-
forcement of certain ordinances these
undesira bles sought Topeka as a new
field fer their business.
ThIs-partially so at any rate-the
"clean Up is made necessary.
More Charity"
Begging in the name of charity is
becoming the popular graft in To-
peka- Time was when beggar was a
plain beggar and made no bones about
it In these modern times, however,
the correct thing is to pretend to
represent some charitable institution
and obtain a little glory as well as
better financial returns.
This morning a man was reported
to be soliciting in the 1900 block on
Western avenue with the pretenSe
that the money would go to the
phanS home. To add little trimming
children in the home. His name was
not learned but investigation showed
that the man was not known at the
home. The police desire to get in
touch with him.
Autoists Are Arrested.
Following up the safety first idea
Gently inaugurated in the police de-
partment, and still another idea of
compelling auto drivers to buy Ii
censes, d. W. Maine, Ken Saxon and
Kenneth Alexander are booked at the
police station. Maine and Saxon are
booked on a charge of driving with
out lights and licenses. Alexander is
charged with exceeding the speed
limit.
Several similar arrests have been
made recently. A few days ago one
man was found driving with a license
more than two years old and pro-
tossed great concern and surprise when
told that he was compelled to buy
new license every year. MOtOrcopS
WEIGH and Richards made the arrests.