South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-06

who charges one dollar for each ex-
animation. The furtherance of this
plan of supervision was intended, 1t
is said, by Or. Freyermuth in the
presentation 20 the city council OF
the late venereal disease ordinance.
He also has some kind Of insurance
to sell them and sometimes some Of
the inmates OF the houses of ill
fame object 10 being examined by
DR.. F~reyermuth. They would pre-
fer 10 employ their own physician.
and sometimes they utterly refuse
10 obey the mandates of the health
board secretary. With a city ordi-
nance. DR.. Freyermuth argued. the
inmates Of the bawdy houses would
be more timerous about refusing 10
comply with his orders.
Gambling Hclls Numerous.
In addition TO the 80 or more
houses Of prostitution. there are
countless gambling bells and blind
tigers in the city. These. too. are
scattered throughout the down.
town district. throughout the resi-
Dental portions of the best parts
of South Bend. out in the suburbs,
and in fact. in every part OF the city
where their proprietors deem 1t
profitable 10 conduct them.
Street-wa1king is said 10 have be-
come so common that the business
thoroughfares are crowded with
immoral women plying their trade.
Many Of the houses of prostitu-
ton have gambling hell anneXes.
And all of them have blind tiger at
tachments. Never before i'm the his
tory of South Bend mas the under
world Of the city had such privileges
as il has been given by n Carson
administration.
Women of the underworld openly
boast that they are under the pro-
lection of the city police. They toss
their heads with scoru when warned
that they may be arrested for ply
ing their trade too openly on the
streets OF the city.
Say Police Are MuLzlcd.
They declare that police officers
do not dare TO arrest them They
say that if they are taken TO police
headquarters. they viii be immedi-
ately released. for they have already
paid for the privilege with cold.
hard cash.
Mayor Carson declares that South
Bend is as good as any other own
He says that if the government
should establish q motor training
school in this city. the goternment
would probably establish "a four
mile zone around the school. barring
scarlet women from that zone. The
mayor so far mas failed 70 deny hat
houses OF ill-fame flourish in the
city.
When others in the employ Of the
taxpayers of the city are approached
regarding the presence of houses Of
prostitution by the core. they ask if
10 is not better TO have such places
than 10 have the young men OF the
city running wild.
only sporadic attempts 10y the
police have ever been made TO ar
rest even a few Of these law violat-
ors, and the arrests that have been
made OF immoral women and OF
proprietors Of gambling houses and
blind tigers are those who are said
to be considered outlaws. They
do not belong TO the element recos-
nized by the Ca.son administration.
Conferred With Officials.
The proprietors Of the immoral
places in the city Know lust TO-
far they can go. -hey were told
that a. q conference between them
and city. AUTHORITIES The confer
euce was held az the city hall. For
DAYS woman after OF i'll re-
pute appeared AZ the city hall. and
left smiling. She had been told
what she could do, and she was pre-
pared to do what she had been told
she could do. Not D. complaint
was heard from any of them
Open charges are thrown about
that somebody at the city hall is
getting graft. TIA there Is "a pay
roll the publication OF the personnel
OF which would rock the city 20 its
foundations.
sometimes individual members ~
the police department do their duty
This happened when Night Patrol
Serst Benjamin d. Roberts the
same Serst Roberts who raided
rouy Barrett's gambling house early
ir The Carson administration wiki
out orders. rsided n gambling