The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-07

chance of hitting human being.
INDUSTRY CLOSED DOWN.
The violent assault Of the ele-
ments on the region closed down
industries, including the Aetna
guncotton works at Gary. stopped
street cars. delayed trains from
nine to fifteen hours and made
travel by motor impossible. Nc
automobiles were seen on the
streets after noon Sunday. Thou
sands of worknen walked miles to
the industries in which they were
employed, arriving hours late TO-
day while as many more made nc
attempt to wade the drifts anc
fight the wind. Schools were dis
missed.
DUG OUT OF SNOW.
Joseph Mazask, IS, West Ham
mond. was dug out of a snow bank
and taken to St. Margarets hos
pital with his hands and feet
/ frozen.
Twenty-Five people, passengers
on a stranded street car at Indian
apolis boulevard and Calumet
boulevard, Hammond, slept on
tables in the cafes and fish restaur-
ants last night.
SLEPT IN POLICE STATION
An Indiana Harbor woman with ?
baby in arms reached Hammond sun
day evening on a train from Indiauap-
oils several hours late and could find
no means Of transportation TO her home
Every hotel was filled with people " bo
had been unable 10 set to their homes
. and they slept on divans in the parlors
The only refuge the woman could find
was the police station where she spent
the night.
For the first time in history tic South
Shore interurbsn line was forced 10
abandon service. At least 5000 work
men could not get TO their employment
in the Gary steel mills while other fac
tories were effected in proportion. The
steel mills operated today at half ca
pacity and officials anticipate further
trouble because Of the blockade in the
shipment of orc.
BANDITS WE'RE BUSY.
Chicago bandits lurking In doorways
took fun advantage Of the storm and
yanked victims inside and robbed them
Two robbers who said they were from
Gary were captured after their second
hold-up. They gave their names as
George Bobel and Claude Mason
While thousands ploved through
snow waist deep today Contractor Ing.
Nvald Moe of Gary laughed. lie had il
on them. West siders were aStounded
this morning " hen they SAW man
with long wooden runners going casilE
up the street. II was MI Moe en- skis.
No plowing through hoavy drffts for
him. He had learned the art sc skiing
years ago in Norway.
MILKMAN WAS STUCK.
When the inhabitants Of Lake county
stirred from the warmth OF the bed
clothes this morning they looked out en-
world con rletely c,othed il White.
There was no morning paper on The
doorstep.
For the first time in memory the
u-ilkman failed to come.
Street cars were not running
A Rolls Royce or Pierce ARROW could
not have gotten out of the garage
The taxi companies laughed when pa
irons called for cars.
And endless stream of men bundled
to their eyes. wading TO the knees down
the center of the street. indicated the
only method Of transportation "a Nogue
70 those without sleighs
INTERUEBANS DEAD.
The telephone companys business
wss tripled because Of the storm and
sled- were employed iH getting tho op-
orators TO and from their work The
eiergymen and the janitors composed
the larger part Of congregations at
churches Yesterday white tho thcatcrs
looked like a MondaT ri b. during lent.
Thcda Cara was staue1 in q hagGaca
care somewhere between Chicago and
Indiana and inc Tumbline Thompsons
sat huddled in a street car stuck in a
snow bank so both the movie and vaude-
willie thcatcrs were shy ON performers