The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-18
CLEANUP
STARTED
BY POLICE
OVER TOWN
Twisting the Tigers Tail
Now Obsolete Sport in
Hammond Clubs and Sa-
looms Put on Black List.

1oo1ac Ir+ an PIooIy T-ic+
IA
Tiger t.il-tv,istlnp has ceased 10 - =
- 49,. - -
ooms are to be abolished
The moa. sweeping anti-gamblins ana
order in thirtv-nvs
years was issued bv Nsvor Dan Brown
TODAY tbrouvb cbief oe pill. .,,-,rn
=, ,.,,, 80 ..,,,.- - ,.e..-
va ~4ea'' '9'''7' 1'iai'9 anu 0oo- -
from hundred and forty saloons. II
VIII abolish scores Of vine rooms.
rrarr+,,s,,,. -7,,u+ -.
All zambllne : - he -tonnod
60. - e.-.-,
'''0 ~ ''iial poker sa'"e'
Away VITA the rhum tables
bas the kelley pool sharks.
E. rigid o~5..- cyo-, ,,...
p-o 49,, q.
ans "a io''s
e'''' ne ~7Ao county CouncH 81 Pc
Tense. this morning Chief Of Police
Peter Austsen every tabl7. every cha.t.
every screen, was ordered out of The
saloons.
The festive little poker game that
has been going on fer some time va
put on the blink. In fact. the buzzer
Vas put on the hlS poker games all
over town.
E1un and Dies Must GO.
club gambling WIS ntt ~ ... -,4,,.
piaHus
Rhum and dice games took me -o....-
This IS The FIRST IN thirty-ave years
for Hammond
II your wife wants a glass Of beer
in Hammond. or any other chaps viz
you'll have 70 leave her GU. on the side
walk and fetch it out to hcr.
The town is fun Of gloomy Gus-c.
today.
Mors To Follow.
That this is to be the opeuinr vedre
In a drastic reform campaign CLOSING
saloons on Sundays and striking At the
social evil. was the belief today follow
ing reports Of confidential meetings II
the new city's morals committee which
is said to be planning cloan-up M
who happened onto one of the
meetings at which about sixty pron,,n-
ent church people were in sttendancc.
including many clersynen. was reoues,-
ed not to publish ANYTHING be heard or
leave the hall" He accepted the alterr-
ative.
That the reform is inspired bv The
80 vernrnent to protect munition WORKERS
from HABITS detrimental to tho prosecu-
ton Of war orders by the men is ON
other Well-founded report.
At any rate the crusade Is on.
Effective At Once.
Saloonkeepers were staggered bv H.
new blow. The. prohibition law ia be
come effective April > vas the f-st
crash. The feuoeranre vac hs-
ready cut down tbe cons,,r,nt,on c.c
liquors and tho saIoonlnon have come DO
den,nd more on The rs,.r,,a fro,,, -,
games and the wine rooms W htch atford-
ed a trysting place for men and vo1n-
en-. Only 81 few saloons did nor main
tain wine rsolns or gambling games.
but those that dids't eotiutcuauco then,
are hit plth ain the rest
~7a,, A. +ts po1,co9
A reporter called the mavor today al,
asked regarding the orisin Of the-oreie,
Did 1ou Issue ite" Na,,or r,ro,,.,,
Was asked.
yes he rcpliod "tho police con,r,i~-
slouers ana l."
"Hyiu il be enforced"
AT once. am tired of having re.,
ple accuse MS of r,innfrs. the t,,,,, ,.,,.
o-en am told tb.,.e &c o.,~,t.I..--
,carl,. e,or,. sa1oa, q,h. ..,o...-
ro ,irbr ,,nsfr fbo s,,tc l.,,
.Isai-s ~, t,t,laz ~. bo.l.fI,s .....t,.--
cent has, t>.t,,roe .,5 ,I,. --r-.-le..l-
The vine rooms ,,uet. 20 N-eif5,cr 49,,
they plav cards in rooms sdiotni,,~ g
loons-or elsewhere. ann toI5 .ho
Eosrr1 is lousy v,sTfF ,r~--s.,...-