The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-06-07

Gentlemen OF the Gary CONNER
cial Club, the Gary Chamber o
Commerce. the Gary Ministerial As
sociation, the Gary Young Men
Christian Association. the GARY
Committee of Fifteen" and othe
live wire organizations should o.
interested to know that the Magid
city has a new live wire
Step up. gentlemen. and meet Mr.
william tBig Bid Subotich, lateiS
the king of the underworld III IN
diana Harbor, Mr.. Suhotich Is th9
live wire" referred to in the pre-
ceeding paragraph. He is now 10
Gated at 1908 Adams St. Gary. tax
ing with him Katie" one Of th9
most experienced ''madams" indiana
Harbor has ever produced.
Gary's gain is Indiana Harbor
loss for big Bill has taken with
him to Gary a large coterf- OF vicd
landlords who are locating here ano
there on the South side In fact
Pennsylvania ave. in Indiana Har
Dor is nearly deserted and Big BIZ
"Harbor Bay Inn" has been left "a
the tender mercies of Pete Ciboan{
clarence Shrrie and John Allis. tho
latter a woman. All that a report 4
er could find In the way of enter
tainment at the "Harbor Bay Inn
Yesterday evening was a decanterI
of whiskey. The women had gong
with big Bill" The activities OF
the East Chicago police were not y
bit pleasing to Bill
KNOWS THE BUSINESS
big Bill" is a great asset to any
tenderloin. He knows the vice.
game from "A" to u" and now that
Gary has gone in for that sort o4
thing his enterprise should be ap-|
preciated. BY all means, Big BIZ
should drop 81 ound TO the city hal
and he even might go so far as tol
make himself known.
big Bill hasn't any use forI
Mayor Callahan of East Chicago{
This fellow Callahan wasn't very
nice to Big Bill" and the Pennsyl-
vania ave. vice landlords. He
drove them out of town and theyI
went TO Gary where it seems the
mayor is not so narrow minded"
WHAT WILL BE DoNEs
The Times has been very conserv-
ative in its statements about vice. !
gambling and disorderly houses I'M
Gary. 1t has said that there are|
twenty-five blind pigs sixteen dis
ordery houses, fifteen gambling
houses and 13o slot machines in|
Gary. Undoubtedly there are more.
but those are the ones The TinesI
knows about. 1t has said that thcreI
are ESQ women inmates of disorder
ly houses and hotels in Gary. More|
likely there are 500, but The TimesI
knows that there are at least 25o.
What do the officials intend to dol
about these conditions? What Isl
Mayor r. Q. Johnson going to do 81
1t was reported on the street yes-|
terday that the order had gone out
to close up but last night they|
were running unabated.
These dives, gambling dens andj
houses of I'll fame are a cancer inI
Lake county politics. The recent
primary was a shameful orgy OF
spending in these places Thou
sands and thousands of dollars wereI
thrown away by certain candidates.
The pandercrs. hangers-on and dis
attaches CT these places
on candidates. The proprie-
tors of these places are only tool
eager to contribute to individual
and party funds.
once more The Times asks: What
does Mayor r. o. Johnson intend ia
dor
What does the Commercial Club
intend to do?
What does the Chamber of Com
merce intend to do?
What does the Ministerial Assoc
citation intend to do?
What does the Y. NJ. c. A. intend
to do?
Do they intend TO permit dive
keepers, gamblers. immoral women
and bootleggers TO operate openly.
hagrantly. def1antly and without
fear of the l1w7
Has anybody seen George weeksI
and Harvey Rhed. tho federal pro-
hibition officers?