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Show - . -i-r--i-.-t-t-i-;"t"."."l"i"f'i".,,;"fi"i"f;".'f Six Months of Investigation by Rockefeller Grand Jury Comes to Naught. BUT MOVING PICTURES ARE GIVEN A ROAST Suggestion Made That Consorts of Fallen Women Should Be Exterminated. NEW YOIUC, Juno 2g. The special grand jury, with John D. Rockefeller, Jr., as foreman, handed In Its report aftcr six months of Investigation, holding thai there Is no organized trade in women hore. In other words, thc so-called white slave trafflo is a myth. Moreover, tho acquittal ac-quittal of New York is practically an exoneration ex-oneration for all largo cities in tho United States. The report as presented does not sock to say that vlco does not flourish, and it recommends laws for Its curbing. Chief among the recommendations recommenda-tions are tho following: That the moving picture shows be rigidly rig-idly inspected, as they tend to crcalo ovll In thc minds of children. That 125 massage and manicure parlors, par-lors, being nothing more than disorderly houses, should bo subjected to rigid regulation. regu-lation. That a crusado should bo made against consorts of street women. Syllabus of Eoport. Tho report In part says: "We have also found tliat associations nnd clubs composed mainly or wholly of those who protlled from vlco existed, and thoso organizations still exist. These organizations or-ganizations and clubs nro analogous to commercial bodies In other Holds, which, whllo not directly engaged in commerce, arc composed of Individuals, some of whom, as individuals, are so engaged. "Thc 'Incorporated syndicates' and 'International 'In-ternational bands' referred to In published statements wo find to bo Informal organizations or-ganizations such as have Just been spoken of." w In accoptlng tho presentation, .Tudgo O'Sulllvan. In tho court of general sessions, ses-sions, said: "Your answer to tho main question , submitted to you Is a merited rebuke to tho slanderers of thc cleanest great city In thc world." |