Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-26
VICE DRIVE PROVES
WOMAN ALWAYS PAYS
Both County and city Jnu T1llcd
with Them and only Few
Men Made To- suffer
CONDEMN LAWYER METHODS
aaHasaa
Efforta 10 Thwart the Goycrnmcnt
Plan Little Short Of Pro-Gcr.
man. officials say

Tho old saying that tho "womlp
always pays was never 80 true as boo
| tho present vice drive tn Tulsa
with both tho city ana county illlr
| filled 10 overflowing with women
caught In the police dragust bu, Few
! men have suffered. only lb have
| been arrested and but small per
cent will he held. They are oharsrF
with lewd conduct ana after being
/ fined get out OF jail. their blood BE-
| tested however, to detect whether
they are infected with a social dis
ease.
/ But tho women. huidlod together
| In tho cells. are wondering what %
all means Already outcaats from
society. they fan TO understand Why
| they should be selected for impT.s-
onment and detained. while no men
must suffer with them
Many hardened by their long eN-
perience with police courts think "
is only matter " few days until
Il viii an blow over and thcyu set
out OF jail.
Want 10 Get Out
II want to see a lawyer" ono uf
| the experienced girls demanded
I'm going to got out OF hero You
can't hold me I'm an American cit
| iZen and demand my rllhts"
I And there are some lawyers who
! do not regard tho serious side of the
matter and figure they are sull doal-
| ing with police court cases. They are
making flourishcs and mancuvcrs
I thai usually work when their clients
| land In the city iail But 90 far. they
| hayc been ineffective They talk
about constitutional rights and the
| right OF bail" and similar methods
that have been effective in the past,
but the jail door remains locked
Some Lawyers Are Condemned
II is tho government and during
war times and the arrests &re war
measures and ordinary systems
don't work.
Lawyers trying 10 thwart the OBJ
| iect Of the round up are not very
popular with any one around the
courts these days Snitch lawyers
used 70 getting things done have sud
denly discovered their business slip
ping and they STARTED out 10 save H.
| But theyowere told In a sott firm
voice that their acts were pro-Ger-
man and that II didn't set well with
patriotic people This had an ct-
! feet that for the present has
stopped A.
But the women are tho ones who
| pdA Not even the pimps-the men
who live or the Women--can be
found by the police They are gone
or hiding out
we figure II is the draft and TIE
army that has caught these men"
Chief Allen said The officers knew
them. but when they started the
drive they found mighty few Of the
old offenders known 10 be Of
the type. They're gone
According TO CHEF Allen. the drive !
will continue The squads of vice |
raiders wore At work last night and |
Saturday night Eozens were picked |
up throughout the city They were |
thrown into the city jail and are con |
fined In small narrow quarters. Part !
were taken TO tho county Jail The |
jalls were both full to tho top Cots
were placed IN different rooms In the
municipal building and used last
night
No solution Of tho detention camp
has been made. Mayor Hubbard and
County Commissioner North have a
big Job on their hands Il. NJ, Nc
Fprlin OF the Chamber OF commerce
Is helping solve the problem.
"rheres an exodus OF women
from Tulsa" according 10 tho ticket
seller at the Frisco last night Fri
day. Saturday and Sunday night not
less than sixty tickets were sold Tor
other cities The tickets were mo''
~ for cities. st. Louis and Kansas
City were the favorite destinations
Leaving Tulsa. acCordins TO tho
officials, won't do any good The
whole nation Is being subjected TO
this vigorous method OF stamping out
social disease Every woman found
TO be infected viii be detained, no
matter where she Is I'm other cities
the work has been going on for SOME
time.
Sapulpa and Drumrirht " was
stated by officials. got great many
az the women In the exodus A clean !
Up In the oil fields ia predicted