The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
Citizens Association Would
Declare Hammond Part
Of It's Field.
POOL SHIP one OF OURS?
Police Say: take Care of Your
Own and Shake Not Your Cory
Locks at U.s."

The Citizens association OF ChlcagO,
through its secretary. Shelby NJ. Sing
Teton, seems inclined to carry its war
on Chicago vice in it's various forms
into Indiana. A communication was ad-
dressed today to Governor Hanly, re-
questing him to cooperate with the
law and order people of Chicago to
curb the Chicago overflow of vice into
Lake county, which assumably is the
territory referred to. 1t was intimat-
ed in the presentment of the grand
jury of Cook county, supported by Sec
retary Singleton, that divers and sund-
ry lawbreakers of Cook county were
being sheltered in this section.
1t has been said in defence that the
pool ship, City of Traverse, is immune;
that it simply loads it's passengers In
! Illinois and does business with them in
| pOoI-selling way in the waters of
! Indiana On this assumption the own
ers of the City of Traverse have piled
their business for two years.
Secretary Singleton considers that
/ citizens of Chicago have been led into
the paths Of wrongdoing through the
connivance of Indiana authorities
Therefore it is the purpose of the as
sociation to call the attention of Gov
ernor Hanly to the alleged fact.
No Dump Here, Mr.. HeaIy.
The presentment of the grand jury
was calculated to lead the law-abiding
citizens of Hammond and surrounding
towns on this side of the boundary
line to believe that Lake county was
still being used as a dumping ground
TO-. the lawless element of Chicago.
This idea has been resented. Chief
Rimbach and his police force, who oc-
/ Ecupy the outpost of the Indiana pro-
/ tectorate declare that they know moth
| ing about the existence in this city or
adjacent cities in Indiana, of organized
gambling In this they We're borne out
/ by citizens who have taken it upon
themselves to make an investigation.
The attack on the pool ship, City of
Traverse, seems to be of the usual
spasmodic nature and not entirely di-
vorced from politics. 1t is hard to de-
termine whether the City of Traverse.
when it leaves it's South Chicago dock.
steers into Indiana waters or not. In
fact it is the general impression that
the captain of the ship does not pay
much attention to the chart as long
as he keeps moving.
Chief Collins two years ago declared
that he would put the City of Traverse
out of business. In the attempt to do
so. Mayor Dunno and the chief him
self declared that all the legal re-
sources at hand We're exhausted and
that they were compelled to allow the
pool ship to sail on its course unmo-
Tested. The absence of molestation
naturally inspired the owners of the
City OF Traverse to take greater liber-
ties and gradually reduce the incon-
venience of its patrons. or its victims,
as the law and order people have 1t.
None of Our Businesss
1t is u matter of fact that the City
of Traverse has been a matter Of very
little concern to tie people of Lake
county during all the time it has
been receiving the wireless messages
from the wireless station at South
Chicago bearing information as to the
beginnings and finishes of the horse
races at New Orleans and other points
Now. however that the grand jury and
the Citizens association have started
one of its spasmodic crusades against
the pool ship, the pool ship people
themselves are saying that they do not
operate in Illinois waters The citi-
zens' association regards the City OF
Traverse and the business it is engag-
ed, as an Illinois nuisance and wants
to invoke the aid Of Governor Hanly
OF Indiana to abate It.
The City of Traverse, in whatever
business it is engaged is an Illinois
institution. Those who sail in it be-
long In Illinois. 1t is intimated that II
has been hugging the shore at Soutl
Chicago ever since Mayor Dunno ant
Chief Collins were forced to the con.
clusion that they could not reach the
dealers and the players who assemble
upon its decks.