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Show LIQUOR AND VICE TO BE WIPED OUT; i WASHINGTON, March $. Suspension Suspen-sion of two federal district officials at Rock Island, 111., by the department of justice, was considered officially an indication of the determination of the , department to enforce strictly anti- liquor and vice regulations about army and navy camps. Field officers of the i department will be expected to take action on their own initiative to remedy rem-edy improper conditions, it was explained ex-plained and not await prodding from tho department Hundreds of prosecution of liquor venders and persons violating the vice restrictions have been made, and recent re-cent reports indicate that conditions about most camps are good. The principal prin-cipal difficulties encountered in the clean-up movements were from city officials who refused In some cases to assist federal agents in enforcing the federal regulations. i The Hock Island situation became acute several weeks ago, soon after the ordnance training camp there was placed In tho class of camps surrounded sur-rounded by liquor and vice barred zones. Agents of the department of justice visited Rock Island on receipt of complaints that saloons and Immoral Im-moral houses continued In operation. Accordingly, the department took direct action to order saloons closed and vice conditions abated. District Attorney Knotls of the southern Illinois district, went to Rock Island today, according to department depart-ment of justice reports to request Federal Fed-eral Judge Humphreys to name a special spe-cial United States commissioner to ex-pedlate ex-pedlate the trial of violators of the liquor law. .no |