Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-12


have arisen such condition" he, said
Every man will be placed upon a basis OF
nonor and efficiency. II lieutenant is not
olg enough or man enough to keep his dis
trict clean, he must be replaced by one
VINO Is. And this rule will apply down 10
patrolmen"
-, Policemen must have more money for
their services, he said They perform use
ful work and should be dealt with accord
ingiy' 1t Is crime that men who devote
their lives to this business should have
nothing better to look forward to than SO
DAY. graded system Of salary and COM
pensation will be very important part OF
my efforts in the future"
The Mayor will establish a n,stropo-itsn
police system hero IL he thinks II can be
done. Three friends OF mine, who are in
position to study the subject are doing go
now, at my request"
Monday Is the day when the Mayor will
actively inaugurate his campaign for new
police conditions in this city. II have lust
talked with Director Wilson on the long
distance phone and 1 told him 1 would cut
my vacation short on Monday morning and
see him in City Hall"
is ENEMY TO VICE.
The Mayor revealed himself as a sworn
enemy of vice In every form, and uttered
dramatic excorietlon Of that section of
the written law by which women of the
streets are permitted to purchase their
freedom by the payment of fines, which
go Into the common treasury and are used
to pay the expenses Of government
I am absolutely opposed to a systen,
that has for Its object the maintenance of
this traff1o in shame, and one of the saddest
facts is that Its maintenance is perpetuatetl
by law which permits tho acceptance of
a flno as n sort of palllation Of tho offense.
Owners of properties used for immoral
purposes should be held equally guilty with
the lessees and inmates thereof"
"Righto |" Baid his Honor when he read
the Grand Jury's recommendation that the
Swift antl-vi-e act should he enforced. THE
Swift act should be enforced every time a
disorderly hou1e is discovered.
There is no place In decent society or
in public buildings for the male parasites
Of the underworld. Let the Grand Jury's
recommendations on that score be taken
to heart by every one in tho City Hall
These men should be driven from the Hall
and from the Central police court They
are n disgrace"
Five hundred more policemen are ur-
gently needed in this city, he said. 81 shall
do my utmost to see that the police force
Is augmented by at least 500 additional
men. The Grand Jury's suggestion is a
timely one"
Cigar stores where gambling Is permit.
ted Will De lnCOnIlnenIly WarTcu against. Il
have had scores of letters from mothers of
young men who gamble in back rooms of
| cigar stores. / will not tolerate this"
The Mayor had just arisen from bed
after long nap, taken In an effort to
, fight off cold, caught, he believes, while
in the ocean two days ago. He said he
| was feeling fine after the nap. and was
| eager to read the presentment OF the Grand
| Jury, which had been returned to Judge
| Rogers in open court shortly before noon
| yesterday What the Mayor said after he
read it was probably the most portentous
| utterance made by Chief Executive OF
| this city in many years, at least so far as
plans for improved methods of fighting vice
| and crime are concerned.
GIBBoNEY ON QUARANTINE.
D. Clarence Gibboney, president of the
Law and Order Society, today refused to
| discuss the report of the Grand Jury In
| general, but freely spoke on the subject
| of quarantine. making an urgent plea for
honest application of that method to abol
| ish vice. and severely condemning the man
ner in which 1t has been executed by the
| Police Department.
| He said: "I agree with the Grand Jury
| that quarantine is infinitely better thar
segregation, but not as 1t has been applied
| in the past. Former applications have
proved a joke.
1.-THE Police Department did not display
| intelligence, ability or honesty in pursuing
| the course of quarantine. 1t has in tht
| past been used to coerce these people Gre
| sort keepers and habitues in different
| ways.
ST have been before the Grand Jury anC
| expressed my opinion about quarantine ant
| also segregation. Their report is perfectly
| satisfactory on that question. To apply
| quarantine on smooth and quietly con
| Quoted resort where detectives have beer
| unable to secure convicting evidence /!
| good. But to have a policeman placed ir
| front of the door, who can be removed al
will by a division leader is bad. 1t Is
| equally valueless to have an officer stand
ing in front of the place who appears tc
| be a 'gawk'
"The manner of conducting the quaran
| tine placed during the last four or five
| years is worse than a Joke. 1t has beer
used to browbeat divekeepers, who should
i hn In inll