The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-21

YAWNS ON
CLOSE DAY
A Thirsty Population Goes
Smokeless, Twiddles It's
Thumbs and Takes it Very
Good Naturedly, Willing
to Help Mr.. Garfield Out
On the Coal Proposition.
HAMMOND'S FIRST
COALLESS MONDAY

Ice creamless. candyless, smokeless.
boozeless. poolless. billiardless, bowl
ingless-and tomorrow viii be actor
less
The only Industries 10 work We're the
Standard Steel Car Co. the T. 6. Betz
plant Reid -0furdochs. Chaplin Co, and
the Western Grain Products Co.
stores saloons. poolroons. cigar
stores, dance halls, etc. closed.
Ho. hum. nothing to do till tomorrow.
Hsmmond industries and business
men today offered another sacrifice on
the altar Of patriotism and did it wiz
UngIy.
The first war "hollow-day' came and
went and never left q ripple. It was
the quietest twenty -four hours in the
history OF the city. Saloons. pooIroons
dance halls. cisar stores and all places
of business except banks theatres. res
taurants, drug stores. grocers mar
gets. dairies. the eity hall and courts
were closed. The drug stores sold
nothing excepting cigars and the mar
kets. grocers and dairics closed at noon.
Not kn0ckless Day.
The railroads operated on Sunday
schedule The street railway ran as
usual on no'schcdule. Ic il has a sched-
ule it keeps it pretty well concealed.
What say YOU. fellow straphange gers p
Right-o Anyway this isn't knockless
day.
Not everyone was prepared for the
coalless DAY because Of the rather
short notice Scores OF employees went
90 their WORK as usual this morning
20 find the gates locked A few said
taey knew nothing OF the closing and
others claimed it had slipped their
minds. Many women tried vain1y to
get into the big department stores. A
few dazed patrons of saloons inquired
the reason the places or thirst were
closed.
But the smokers bad the worst time
Of all With the cigar stores closed
they applied at the drug stores only
20 be refused. Some OF the restaurants
refused to sell cigars while one or two
sold them-there being some confusion
on the matter George Kussmaul. pro-
prietor Of a cigar store at State street
and the Monon tracks secured permis-
sion to keep hs place open so the
street car and railroad men would have
place to stay while waiting to 60
to work However. NTr Kussmaul re-
fused to make any sales.
The Greeks Are Closed.
The Greek candy and ice cream par
lors were closed for the first time in
the memory of the oldest inhabitant
There was no place in town where one
could buy magazines candy or ice
crcata. Tho outdoor news stands arc
not included in the fueless edict so they
rer1aln-d open and there was a great
sale cf newspapers
The theatres did capacity business hut
tomorrow they viii be closed. The thea
ire managers accepted the proposition
that they stay open today and give the
idle people some place to go closing to
morrow.
II is probable that nowhere in In
diana was the first coaless Monday OBJ
served rs in ITammend.
The Betz plant. making army sup
plies: REID Murdoch's, food Gamers:
Chapin & Co. grain elevators. portions
of the Standard Steel Car munitions
works and the Western Grain Products
Co. were the only industries in the city
v-j1o operated today
They had special permits crom Wash
instol,