The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-10
ALL DIVES
MUST CLOSE
BY MAY 15
Twenty Year War on Vice In
". Hammond and BuTnham
Now al an End

Uncle Sam now reigns in the
suburbs of the Windy City. What
the Cook county officials winked
at he has frowned on.
Federal orders that West Ham
mond and Burnham must be free
of vice by May IS were delivered
through Sheriff Traeger of Cook
county to the officials of the state
line toms today and spell the
death knel of the dives.
THIS ENDS THE D1saEAcE.
It terminates a twenty year fight on
1 the overlords of the underworld Of West
Hammond who were driven to cover
time and again by public sentiment but
never exterminated.
It was the ambition of these masters
Of fallen women to build on the bound
airy line of Hammond second Dawson
tlts TO rival Alaska's palmiest DAYS that
brought down upon their necks the axe
Of the government
PLUMMER AVE. WORLDS EASY ST.
Plummer avenue. west of the state
! me, was TO have many new abodes oP
/ the women of the Babylonian profess
/ sion 1t would have become an Armour
avenue with West State street a double
row of saloons
Something had to be done Burnham
! = lCn
notorious. The Lake County Council or
Defense appealed directly to the federal
I government. Lieut.. Beckwith of the
army and Lieut. Pollard of the navy
were sent by Secretary Baker and Sec
/ retary Daniels and conducted investiga-
tions The Committee of Fifteen Of
Chicago was also in touch with wash
4 ington.
/ u S. BOYS TO BE PROTECTED.
The result was a conference yester-
/ day Of the army and navy represeuta
/ tiFes with Sheriff TraeEer. States At
torney McClay Hoyne and Cook County
/ Commissioner Daniel Ryan
! For the protection of sailors and SOL
diers the dives must be closed by May
/ 70, the government ordered. and Taeger
and Hoyne pledged themselves to carry
| out these instructions Meantime the
!
! While not so picturesque and such
4 good newspaper copy as Virginia
Brooks. the government will doubtless
| be more effective in West Hammond. or
| woe 10 the Cook county and city ori-
! cfals! Miss Brooks conducted most
4 spectacular campaign aginst vice in
I West Hammond and did succeed in GUST
/ ing it from West State street to a great
I extent.
sURNHAM MOST NOTORIOUS.
Burnham has been the scene of many
midnight disturbances. Its cabarets and
| disorderly houses have been the mecca
! for midnight jewellers.
Every since it came into existence
! THE TINES has campaigned against vice
in West Hammond and it was its revela-
! tions of the plans of the underworld of
| that city to build and remodel dwellings
to more than double the tenderloin that
brought about the present cleanup
movement
I THEY GET TIE NEWS TODAY
Burnham. the oasis for denizens Of
1 the underworld since the old levee dis
/ triet was closed in Chicago. VIII receive
1 its ultimatum today through a squad Of
detectives from States Attorney
/ Hoynes office. The keepers and in
mates Of the disorderly houses will be
told they must close their doors and
i keep them closed The same will be
i done in regard to West Hammond prob
ably tomorrow.
Lieut. Beciswith told the Cook county
authorities he has made a personal in
vestigation Of conditions in Burnham.
and that following his report and that
! of Lieut.. Pollard to their respective
| chiefs their orders were to close up for
o1adt those Taia-as b4- Nav
a NEST OF DIVES"
Lieut. Beckwith described Burnham
as a nest Of low. filthy dives" and de-
clared h had been sent direct from the
government to urge Mr. Hoyne to close
I the place up.
@Im close the place up in forty-eight
hours" Mr. Hoyne told the officer. If
/ Sheriff Traeger will specially deputize
my twenty-five detectives"
! THAT will be unnecessary" Sheriff
/ Traeger rejoined. IF raids or deputy
sheriffs become necessary III be glad
| TO take hand.
Ard. speaking for til county board"
said Mr.. Ryan. Il can assure you that
any financial support that may be need
ed viii be forthcoming"
TEEEE ARE NONE SAYS MAYOR.
i don't know Of any dives in West
Hammond Those that We're here have
| been closed by the police"
This was Mayor Kamradt Of West
Hammond's statement today regarding
the action of the federal government in
ordering all houses Of III fame in that
city closed
It has been reported for several days
by those in a position to know that the
undesirable women had left both West