The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-22
ASK |NJUNCTIONS
TO CLOSE HOUSES
IN VICE DISTRICT
rwENrY-s1x KEEPERS AND MORE
THAN TWICE AS MANY GIRL
INMATES, DEFENDANTS.
State Health olscer S. Z. Jepson Named
AS Petitioner In z ach Application
Hearings June %.

KccrCrs Of twcnty-siN alleged houses
Of prostitution and about two and one
hall times that number OF girl inmates
suit, lied yesterday in Ohio county cir
ciIII court. The plaintiff in the lnJunc-
, ton proceedings Is Dr.. S. l.. Jepson,
state health commissioner OF west Elr-
.;iuia.
The notices Of application for lnjunc-
ton sct~torth that on Monday, June IS
before Judge J. b. Sommeryllle lhe
| health commissioner will ask for an IN
| junction restraining the women who are
named defendants from owning, keep
| ing Of being inmates OF houses cf uucs,
| l.onable character within the state III
! West Virginia.
| Attorney ". r. Nuttcr. neal OF inc
| bureau Of law enforcement Of the West
| Virginia department Of health. Is sad
/ u have been largely instrumental IL
| Norklng up the cases upon which ih&
injunction proceedings are odseu. Mr'
has been working hand III hand win
! cay Manager charles o. SPhlh AMI
| Chef III l'olrve Fred Frazier 10 rid The
| sity Of alleged vice conditions. The
cundIt:nns In that district ha:c grad
. JaIly Improved "a strict r+%u'a''onS
! acre enforced and lines imposed upon
! ,;en >iultlorS. Those who persisted IN
Accepting ther places gong were made
| lhr Defendants in the injunction Sult.
| Deputies from the Off - 81 ShariH
! H,na.'d Hastings 49, -:rdNY afternoon
| Mr,, ipwn into the district below the
creek :, serve the papers upon the de-
| f-ni1u.y. Tn" deputies secured service
u,'~" - az the lundladicS; but found
40 81 ,nunu-s m any OF the houses.
! ETun; yN,Itrmrnt was caused by me
.rp agnn,. u ;l.c officers. even though
NY nr,,i veg quietly into the red
| :gshl' district AID great crowds gath
rIHl. particularly in the Twcnty-third
st,ct section. 10 SO what was going ON.
| The d,tcldL',t, III the injunction suits
ivan I'm n ~
allie. Cd k,"t rs:
| LauIa rrit,. - At: Mabel Winters. Ct
Al: M.Iy G."ssu-ld. Clarcc Nuttcr. CT
| -: ", rnthy Nulu,r. May Howard. Sadie
! St-Inbcrr e nj Jennie Good. May Haze.
ct al. SADIE Nj, ct al; Lura Thomas.
CT all Mabel Means CT al: BESSIE Bow
crs. Anna H. ..hrr. rt al: Nell Downing.
~ al: Marie Smith. ct al. Fannie Conrn
Ct Al. kate Grown. Ct al: BeSS LaRue
Ell al Sadie Smith. Tetima Gcrmiller.
It al, Rose Fisher Anna Howard ct al:
Thvl..a Rogers. e. al. bessie Nelson, ct
al and Stella Jones, ct al
DR.. l.. JcpsOn. state health COM
missioner. is nnn.cd "s rctition"d for
! thu injunction in each case.
Th"sc familiar Aith tn, names of the
Defendants will noe that thu women
sought are located in thu Tmcnty-third
street. Twenty fifth street. rwenty-siXth
street. South Nam and S"uth Market
81 rect sections, except Anna BU"hcr.
whose lSIAllbn II Sl''H al SOulH
; Woods street address.
MRS. Booher Settles Case.
4 f"w hours after III" injunction suus
: had been filed Mrs. RoOhCr called at
pulire headquarters ana Informed D~'k
Lieutenant Paul WinENrIcr that s'I-
: wanted 10 settle tho city case pendInE
AGAINST her. 4 few weeks $50 she Mas
/ fined $lhn and COSTS on charge a. ~
Grating diSrcputablc house ~ South
Woods street. and appealed tnr case To
tn" criminal court. Mrs. Eoohcr was
, referred to Circuit Clerk John l.. King
'horu. at whose office she pad the nne
aud all costs. totalinE SUI so. or This
sum. il cost her S1@.5U IL take he M.
, peal. which she will net now prosecute.
! Timely Warning.
: Don't wait until the va rrinute nut
act ~ soon as The first i,di:aiIOaS Of a
bilious attack appear. ana YOU can usu.
) ally ward 1t of. You have timely w"rh-
ing 49, your appetite fairs som" n2urS
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