<link rel="stylesheet" href="/js/jquery.mobile-1.3.2.min.css">
<script src="/js/jquery-1.8.3.min.js"></script>
<script src="/js/jquery.mobile-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
$(document).on("pageinit","#pageone",function(){
$("p").on("swipe",function(){
$("span").text("Swipe detected!");
<div data-role="page" id="pageone">
<div data-role="content">
<p style="border:1px solid black;height:200px;width:200px;"></p>
<p><span style="color:red"></span></p>