from the October 26, 1917 LAFAYETTE WEEKLY COURIER (INDIANA)

List of Cities The following cities voluntarily abolished their vice districts after the declaration of war on receipt of the president’s letter requesting the cooperation of the state and city authorities in protecting soldiers: Deming, N.M., El Paso, Waco, Fort Worth and Houston Tex (a local closing movement had just enacted a prohibitory ordinance) Hattiesburg Miss Spartanburg S C ,Norfolk and Petersburg Va and Jacksonville and San Francisco’s open vice district was closed just prior to the declaration of war and the government has centered its efforts in securing effective police action to stamp out clandestine vice.

 The following cities have closed or started to close their vice districts after pressure: San Antonio Texas Alexandria La. Augusta and Savannah Ga. Charleston Columbia and Greenville S. C., Douglas Ariz., Montgomery Ala and New Orleans Vice Districts. Memphis' Tenn has closed its vice district as the result of a local closing movement since the war and Mobile Ala has followed suit. The segregated vice district is therefore almost entirely wiped out. The bulk of the districts remaining were in the South where the majority of the military camps have been located.

 The Mexicans in the southwest and the large negro population in the southwest have presented' some vexatious problem...

ni: like man a WHH pro women" us one of the moans for dealing with vices - in Colorado 11 measure Intnli’iiced In the leglHlntiiro vldlng for the segregation of "fiillen women" and forbidding ih esHlb llHhinont of questlonnblu houses outside of tills restricted district 1 Now II hapfieiiH that the women vote in Colorado mid It also happened that the legislature in which thsi bill was Introduced contained two women members Tlyty listened to the discussion of the measure heard nil about the iniquities and dangers of the "Immoral fallen wcini-n" In and "Mr Sfmuker the only- reason not second tin- amendment Is tie-cnure if it were carried Into effect these would not bo enough men left out of the segregation lines to carry on ihe buslni-sH of tin- city" 1- hen tile quertion on the passage or the original lull was called Mie Ulddb- turned to the house Mih: "et him who Is without nn-t-iq you cast the first vote this bill" You could Mrs other said: 1 do for and sin for Needless to say tho m-u saw iinmiMliatcly the point which the two wouu-n iu-iuIh-i'h bad made the bill was Killed and there wAa nothing mor-- snid about the Coii-tamlmtlng Influence of the unfor-tunr te women of the lower worldl c- had slipped n cog in the revo- i j the vice centers mid then Mrs RCp-1 rescilatlve Marshall offered an ’ amendment The bill was a good 1 one she said but It was Incomplete ’ and rhe proposed uu muendmem the effect tlml "fallen men or the I Clly bhnll bo segregated In uer ns fallen wonmil” 'I In- silence wan dense hav-y cut it with a knife Ri-1 -cscntathe Riddle 1 won in meinlmr got up ltl SEGREGATION O ALLEN MEN We hear more or K-hh from Hum to linns Ubout tlm "segregation of fallen posed social.