The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-04
(Py Associated Press.)

COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 4-Anti-vice
Or cleanup" campaigns inaugurated
in the larger cities of the state recent
ly are being carried forward unrelent-
ingly and have resulted in many hun
dreds of offenders being prosecuted.
So alert are the police departing nt S
and county officials charged with law
enforcement that the large cities have
become unsafe" for law violators.
Fines assessed during the last few
weeks probably amount to several
hundred thousand dollars.
Cleveland today probably is expert
encing one of the most active anti-vice
crusades in many years under direct
orders of Mayor w. S. Fitzgerald
There, arrests are continuing at the
rate of approximately one hundred per
day with total arrests since the cru
SADIE started at near the 1000 mark.
Violations include infractions of the
liquor laws in various forms, gambling
and other statutory charges.
Municipal court records of the Ohio
metropolis for one day recently show
ed fines Of more than 100000 assessed
in 1874 cases. In So liquor cases alone,
the fines aggregated S11, 600. Activi-
ties of local authorities have been
supplemented by that of federal Off
GERS with the result that one days &C
tivities in Federal Judge Westenha-
ver's court Melted $16,S20 in fines and
cOnfiscation of 20 automobiles used to
transport liquor.
Demand Cleaner City.
In Toledo, demand for cleaner city
on the part Of citizens organizations
and clubs resulted in a shake-up of the
police department. The safety director
resigned, the inspector of the detective
bureau was reduced in rank and al
though Chief Of Police Herbert had
been asked by Mayor Schneider to re-
tire on a pension for the coed of the
department. he finally was retained
by the new safety director George p,
Greenhalgh, veteran officer of the
world war. A grand jury which inves-
tigated conditions reported on NOvem-
Der %. that conditions in Toledo were
no worse than in other large cities of
the country
Dayton's police force is under strict
orders to apprehend on charges OF
lettering or suspicion every person IN
able to give a satisfactory account of
himself. Many undesirab ,eS fright en-
ed from other cities where crusades
are under way were suspected of hav-
ing taken refuge in Dayton and 10 rid
the city of those persons prompted ac-
ton. Scores of arrests have been made.
Gum Shoe Campaign
Youngstown within tho last few
days has started a "gum-shoe" cam
paisn against crime under direct or
ders from Safety Director Scott. A
number of uniformed men have been
put into plain clothes and ASSIGNED
to watch all incoming trains and the
city in general for suspected criminals
No arrests will be made BY these plain
clothes men except in case of nPCPs-
sity in order to keep their identity
secret. The uniformed men will make
the arrests. Extra men are TO be add
ed TO the police force.
Mayor Herman Witter. of Canton
has appealed to- the city council for
appropriation for two dozen more pO-
licemen and Safety Director Braucher
has personally instructed the patrol
men to cooperate and put forth every
effort to suppress crime in the city,
which is said to be on thee increase.
Cincinnati police are waging a cam
paign against handbook gambling,
Chief Of Police Copelan has instructed