The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-14
POLICE WARFARE
ON VICE STARTED
Two New Orders Help
City Officers to Clean
Up Rooming Houses

Two significant orders have been
Issued 30 far In the police depart
ments drive on crime and immor-
atty In Tulsa, The significance OF
these orders lies In the fact that
they are preventive as well as COR
rectivc measures. Police Commis-
eioncr J. NJ. Adikson and Acting
Chief George II. Blarc are con-
vinced they will be found extremely
useful In Kidding the city OF at
least part OF It's undesirable ele-
ment, One OF these two orders
establishes daily 'showup" of
prisoners. and the other provides
for the photogra phing OF all per-
sons arrested on lewd conduct
charges so u likeness may be
furnished proprietors OF local room
Ing houses to be used In case of
a second arrest of "A person In the
same place and at the same time
the arrest OF the proprietor.
In virtually every easteyn city the
daily 'showup" IL maintained as
siduously. Every prisoner arrested
up to the time Of the "showup"
each day In brought into room
occupied only by officers and there
his or her record is read, and identi-
fication marks are explained while
the prisoner is paraded about tho
room 80 officers may have an op-
W htuuN MS utnltanor,
his carriage and HIS manner OF gait.
Usually the officers are masked.
that the prisoner may not recognize
them later The principal result
OF the 'showup" is that II furnishes
officers with Information which
may be OF substantial assistance TO
them In identifying the same prison.
ers more quickly In the future
Responsibility on Landlords.
l.F t.sl t,,a.
been issued by Acting chief Blame,
places responsibility on the shoulders
or rooming house proprlctors for
icwd conduct cases. Hereafter.
according to this order the prlnci-
pals In -ucn cases are to he hold
long enough Tor photographing
by the city's Bortilion expert. A
copy. or this Photograph will bc
furnished the proprietor or prop
rietress OF the rooming house In
which such persons are arrested. 10
be used for identification purposes
II the person photographed is ar
rested second time In the Same
rooming house, It viii be deemed
prima fac!e evidence by the police
that the proprietor has knowledge
mat his or her rooming house IL
being used for immoral purposes
and he or she Will be prosecuted
fer operating an immoral resort.
WIN Mug" All Prisoners.
"Boginning from this date" reads
Blaine's order to the force when
you make an arrest I'm any rooming
house. hotel or apartment In the
city OF Tulsa, book party OF parties
arrested on investigation and hold
them "A sufficient time to enable
Mr.. Morgan to get their pictures
From this date on we are going TO
deliver a picture OF any prostitute
or vag found guilty OF lewd con-
duct or any immoral act to the pro-
prietor or proprietress in the room
ing house, hotel or apartment In
which tho party was arrested and
tho officer in the case WIN deliver
the picture and get receipt for
same. Thereafter we will hold the
proprietor or proprietress response
Die " the same person or persons
are found In their place the Sec
ond time and will Immediately ar.
resi- them for harhoring people OF
that character, This order must he
enforced rigidly"
Destroy Time Worn Eycusc
Heretofore, when the sam. nor
son was arrested twice in the soma
rooming house or other placc mo
proprietor or propriotress has nrr
fessed ignorance OF the his or hcr
Identity, maintaining II WAS no, tho
same person arrested previously
according to Blame phe svstem
adopted this week is disigned be ths
police department to destroy the uso
OF this time-wOrn excuse and bring
about the conviction of proprietors
that give even their tacit consent TO
the use of their place for immora!
purposes.