Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-18
DETENTION HOME
TO Be PROVIDED
Injected Persons Will No Longer
Be Left to Spread
Disease.
ADVISORY BOARD is NAMED
Branch. Wortham. Easley, Reed,
Schwarzschild and Dabney
to Aid in Cleanup.


establish = detention home for disease.
infected persons in portion cf the
city Home. the Administrative Board
yesterday adopted n resolution request
ing the City Council to npproprjatc
$500 for the employment OF six qua rd5
20 properly patrol the detention sec
tion OF the institution. These guards.
or so many as may be needed for the
work. Will work under the control Of
tho board. directly under the super
vision Of the Health Department The
resolution will be forwarded to the
Council at It's regular July meeting
This plan was adopted Saturday dur
ing a conference between John Ifirsch-
berg. chairman of the board: Mayor
George Ainslie. Commonwealth's At
torney George T.. Wise and c. r.
Kelley. executive secretary OF the State
Council of Defense. II was pointed
out at that time that such detention
home was absolutely necessary for the
proper enforcement Of the State Health
Departments drastic regulations gov
erninG venereal diseases. Persons ar
rested under these regulations will be
held In the detention home until they
arc pronounced cured of the infection.
and VIII then be turned over TO the
police authorities for court action.
MAYOR AINsIIE APPOINTS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Refusing TO take notice ot charges
Of laXity and incfiicicncy made Sunday
from the pulpit, Mayor Ainslie yester-
day appointed John Kerr Rrarch. Colo
man Wortham. John c. Easley. Will
liam T. Reed. William Fl. SchNrarzs-
child. and w T. Dabney as an al
visory committee TO aid in cleaning
up Ei>hmond. II is noticeable that
among the men appointed. all arc prac-
tcal business men. No minister or
citizen prominently connected with
ultrareform movements in this city
was appointed on the committee. In
making his appointments. Mayor AiEslie
addressed the following letter to the
members of the advisory committee
Messrs. John X. Branch. Coleman Wor-
than. John c. Easley. William T
Reed, W. II. Schwarzschild, w. T.
Dabncy:
On Saturday. June Is, series of
resolutions adopted as result OF sew
erai conferences, one or more of which
understand you attended, were pre-
sented to me by a committee OF The
confeTce5 appointed for that purpose.
one Of the resolutions reads:
That :his meeting hereby calls upon
the Mayor to take imm mediate steps TO
enforce the laws. and to make and
keep the city clean and law-abiding "
| asked the committee at once il
they had any suggestions to offer as
10 how such a result could be better
obtained. and they frankly confessed
that they had not.
Another OF the resolutions states. ar
gumentatively. that:
owing to lax enforcement OF tho
law, both as TO the Illicit sale OF alco
hol and TO the suppression of the social
evil, morals of the city. as we'll IS the
success OF arms and tho health Of our
soldiers. are seriously menaced."
I find from the police records tina,
since the closing of the segreEat ed
district. arrests for offenscs against
morality to .Ipri! l, 1918. the latest
date to which ! could obtain the iS-
ures. arc as follows:
Keeping house OF i'll fame l5n
Street-"alheTs jS4
Unlawful cohabita;ion 1902
Keeping gambling houses. ........ ia
Since November l. 1915. the date tin,
prohibition law became effective, tha
number OF arrests for violation of that
law was 7S4. l5G having been made
between January ] and April /. 1915
So much for what has been done. Bu.
to reach what is done is our task, and
| in the performance Of it all citizens
as we'll as all officials. have "a large
interest and duty.
The gentlemen who presented the
resolutions each assured me that they
were authorized to offer the assistance
and advice of all those whose interest
had brought about the conferences. and
this is respectfully to request that you
! will act as a member OF an advisory
committee whose effort shall be to in
vestigatc the facts. give careful con-
sideration to our present methods. and
TO make and hear and help to carry out
such suggestions as may seem to be
practicable in the effort to improve our
conditions.
Your favorable reply will be appre-
cia ted.
Very truly yours.
(Signed) GEORGE AINSLIE.
Mayor.
CHyEIr SHERRY JSSUES