Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-02-29 | Page 4 | Report on St. Louis Vice Conditions

REPORT ON ST. LOUIS VICE CONDITIONS Evnnficllrnl Alliance Makes Serious Ohariics Upon the Authority of Policemen. ST. LOFIS, IVV s. A report on vice condition In si Louie made today by i he legislative committee of (he HSvan-gelii HSvan-gelii ai allium r ph.vk thai pollcentgil have itated "nit It In uselees to nnke arrssts rm violating t he la ws prohibiting ga nihil ni-hil um and vice, in ,i that i atrolnuMi who make micli arreeti are "humiliated," Hera Is a ummary of the report; "In cafCH liquor Is sold to women and i hi 11 ri n utid K'' and dlnorderlj houses usually ars In ths neighborhood, "I !afe ndjutn Mloonn and dn bigger business than the saloons. l tcgenarate tlanccn nre permitted In thnne cafes, in dance halls, dances ate conducted until nlmoni dawn Bundaya and no Intto-fi Intto-fi in t long are i squlfsn. "Mmi) Haldoic: are open on Sunday nnd have users t tide entrances, Home saloons do mors bust nasi on Sundays than on wee; deySi "tlnmblini; In allowed in saloons, clubs and rooming houses. "At paberetM semi-nude women iilvr uggaatlvi dances1 Ths report also aaya thnt patrolmen, ttv arrests Hie narleM, as the offender fcre released by 'tie oourtg,