The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-04
UNRE:M|TT|NG
WAR 'GA|NST
BOOTLEGGERS
Bert Morgan Sees Brighter
Times in His Line in
Lake County

Bootleggers, Illicit dfstiIlers. wine
makers and home brew artists received
formal notice last evening that al, TN
Fefnitting war Is to be waged against
them until the light is Won.
The word came from Bert MORGAN
Indiana director OF prohibition en-
foreement, in an address delivered in
Room 1 at the Hammond courthouse.
THE Hammond police have been
cooperating wonderfully with US;
East Chicago has made rapid strides
since the first OF the year. improve
ment is shown in ali parts of the dis
trlct and it looks like brighter times
ahead. in Lake county" he said.
Mr. Morgan pointed out the fac:
that passage OF the Eighteenth amend
ment only started the fight agains,
the liquor traffic
we must have public sentiment
with us in this work" he said. "Tho
other side has its propagandists WORK
ins through every medium They
have plenty OF money. They sell you
that prohibition is a failure ana that
the law cannot be enforced. 1 say it
can be enforced. We must have the
support and assistance Of all good citi
zens. / know and you know that
many men are aiding and abetting law
violation who should be working on
our side.
we know that there are city, cou..-
~ and other public officials who arc
aiding and abetting the law vioiators
Lake county is different from any
other part OF the state. ] believe am
safe in saying it presents our hardest
problem III enforcing prohibition.
feel that 1 should spend more time
here from now on. We have Terre
Haute and several other cities which
were formerly our worst spots in the
south part of the state in pretty good
shape now and new city adntinistra-
tions are helping US wonderfully. In
Terre Haute we closed up a number OF
places under the new law for abate-
ment OF nuisances. It proves very ef-
fective for an owner OF property will
think twice before taking chance on
having it closed for year because he
allowed il to be used by a cheating
soft drink parlor"
The prohibition director spoke N
glowing terms Of the service which has
been rendered by Gus Simons who yes
terday was succeeded as chief OF the
Northern Indiana group of agents by
George Weeks OF Gary He stated that
Simous had been promoted 70 a genera:
a gent job and would continue to max
his headquarters in Hammond. Ed
Berwanger also came IN for his share
Of praise and the director took pleas
ure in assuring his hearers that B-r-
wanger had consentend TO continue
with the department.
You often hear criticisms sail
the director. MEN in public office
must expect that. assure you that
l have always been a temperance man.
| have been engaged in temperance
work all Of my life. arm doing my
best to keep the men OF my depart
nent clean. Whenever n man doesn
go straight. he loses his job. You can
depend upon that I have the last
word in such matters Crooks may
creep in bat they can't stay long.
believe that the slow. steady agent who
is honest. will get farther and do the
cause more good than the shrewd fel-
low who is crooked and not to be
trusted
Expressions were called from Tho
audience following Mr.. Morgan
soeech Gus Stmors and Ed BeT
yyanEer each spoke and thanked rho
neople for the co operation which had
heer extended them. Berwanser sus
restcd that people SPEAK an encoursE-
in zword to the agents occa sionailT
He told OF the awful pressure which
was constantly being applied from tAc
other side and said the moral supper,
Or the good citizens would do ruc"
towards cutting down the number o.
AGENTS that go wrong.
Joe Hojnacki. king OF the Norm
side Polish settlement. was present
ma renorted between thirty and forty
ems in his neighborhood. Two raids
we're made by police in that part Of
town late last night
Judge Henry Cleveland. Mrs. ". 4
MYERS. Mt. and Mrs. II. e. Granger
also spoke Mrs. J H. Mcclure act
ed as chairman OF the meeting.