The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
bROGRESS OR CRUSADE
AGAINST VICE IN ALL
OK LAHOMA COUNTIES
HARLOW'S WEEKLY TELLS
WHAT is BEING DONE
TO PROTECT SOLDIERS

The current issue of Harlow's
Weekly Of Oklahoma City contains
the following:
The greatest anti-vice crusade in
the history OF Oklahoma is now
under full headway under direction
OF S. p. Freezing, attorney general.
At the request OF the war depart
ment, investigations are now being
conducted by the attorney general
in Carter, Okmulgee, Muskogee,
Creek and Tulsa counties, and a
lrobe recently completed by Freel-
lg in Grady county resulted i'll the
Indictment OF several county offi-
cials on charges oi bribery.
Judge j.. +. Hill OF McAlester,
former member OF the legislature
and well-known attorney and jurist,
has been employed by Attorney
General Freezing 10 ascertain exact
conditions as 10 law violations i'll
the counties enumerated. Where
he finds violations he is first to lay
the exact conditions before local OF
iicers and the county council OF
defense. If the communities can
not be cleaned up by this means,
then he is authorized to recommend
10 the attorney general such action
as the situation may warrant.
A shining example Of what attor-
ney general can accomplish toward
enforcing laws against vice, gam
bling and bootlegging is furnished
by results at Chickasha, where a
grand jury brought accusations
against the mayor. county attorney
aud sheriff. all OF whom were sus-
pended pending trial.
Since the action OF the grand jury
the sheriff and county attorney have
resigned. At the request OF the
county council OF defense, the Grady
CountY Bar association and the Law
and Order league, the bribery charg-
eS against Oscar Simpson, county
attorney, were dismissed during
the current week following his
resignation.
Citizens OF Creek county will at
sempt to clean their own house
through grand jury to be con-
Aened during the latter part OF this
month.
Attorney General Freezing an
nounces that an investigation OF al
legged law violations in Carter coun-
ty will begin within the next thirty
days The probe will be conduoted
either under the attorney general
bill or through grand jury.
There has been marked i'm
provement in vice conditions in
Muskogee county since the attorney
general, acting at request OF the
war department, has begun his
statewide cleanup.
a sanitary a9d moral cleanup has
been inaugurated in Claremore tol-
lowing an intimation that federal
authorities might take a hand ii cit
liens did not bring about reform. A
committee OF fifteen citizens was ap-
pointed dl Al ICNCIb lltCtliS VI tiIN
county council OF defense to assist
local authorities in gathering evi-
dence to close up the joints and rid
the town OF immoral women.
The wave OF moral reform has
'Struck IIenryetta in the coal min
ing district and Chief OF Police w.
W. Melton has started vigorous
campaign TO drive suspicious char
acter, and immoral women from
that city.
The statewide drive against vice
was inaugurated several months ago
when officers OF the war department
demanded such a crusade for the
protection OF soldiers and men in
cluded under the selective service.
Oklahoma City and Tulsa were the
first municipalities to be cleaned
up. In both cities women OF ques-
tionabe character were segregated
and those found to be diseased were
placed in detention hospitals.
Conditions generally in the State
have been greatly improved as a
result OF the drive being made
against vice, Attorney General
Freeing says. and he declares that
there will be no relaxation in the
campaign to rid Oklahoma Of vice. !