Show WHITE SLAVERY WILL BE FOUGHT American Vigilance Association Association Association tion Soon to Be Launched in Chicago Chicago Oct 10 The announcement soon on will wi be made that the American Vigilance association a national organ organization organization with wih headquarters in this city will wi take tlc up a determined war of exter extermination ext r on the white slave traffic This Thi organization wilt will succeed to he the work done by the committee on legis legislation lation Jaton which was chosen by the Wom Worn Womans Womans ans World several sevel months ago and which has been successful first in fram framing ing a n number of watertight statutes as models and securing legislation in Illinois and several other states including Including ing Minnesota North and South Dakota Pennsylvania and Iowa Massachusetts is next in line Une for a anew anew anew new legislative act as the result of the exposure of conditions in Boston and of the Watch and Word society that the present Massachusetts law is inadequate to convict the guilty An agreement has ha been reached among those most actively interested and representing powerful business and other organizations regarding a general generl plan of campaign Among those tose who have consented to serve as directors are Judge Julian Julan W Mack Clifford G GRoe GRoe GRoe Roe Judge Edward F Dunne George GeorgeH H Currier Assistant United States Dis District Distrct District Attorney Harry A Parkin and andRev andRev andRev Rev Ernst A Bell Bel The advisory com corn committee will wH include Rev Dr J G Shear Shearer Sher Sherer 1 er of Toronto secretary of the Moral Morl Morland and Reform council of Canada Dr DrEdward DrEward DrEdward Edward Eward A Janney anney of Baltimore pres president presIdent president ident tee of the national vigilance commit committee teeThe The wish is I to have lave every state in inthe Inthe inthe the Union represented on the advisory board bord and to keep In close cose touch with wih efforts made in every ever state both to se so secure euro cure legislation and to enforce the stat statutes statutes statutes utes According to an announcement announcement one I difficulty encountered has been in the eastern states complacency regarding existing statutes and in the western wester states an impression that this traffic is one of urban communities only whereas recruiting for it I is done in all al the rural states and a large proportion proportion tion ton of the girl victims who are sold into slavery slave to vice have come from the smaller cities cies and the towns and the farms of rural states George E Roberts president of the Commercial National bank has been chosen for the treasurer treasure of the Ameri Amen American can Vigilance association and to him the funds secured by b the friends of this movement should be sent sent |