Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1909 — DOORS OF GARY RESORTS CLOSED [ARTICLE]

DOORS OF GARY RESORTS CLOSED

Women Help Pastor In Campaign Against Liquor. MANY WARRANTS ISSUED Terre Haute Prizefight Promoters Declare Their Intention of Staging Another Bout With Mike Schreck as One of the Prlnicpals—Their Claim Is That the Shows Are Not In Violation of Anything That Is In the Statute Books. Gary, Ind., Aug. 3.—This city, which sometimes is referred to as the wickedest town of its size in the state, today is quiet and decorus. It heard the voice of Mayor Thomas E. Knotts raised in the interest of reform and sixty odd “blind pigs,” eight gambling houses and a dozen resorts retired from business. Hammond, Ind., Aug. 3. —From Gary to Cedar Lake the Lake county morality crusade has spread like wildfire. Forty-nine warrants against Hammond saloonkeepers were sworn out for keeping open Sunday. The Rev. James Harris Invaded the saloons with a number of women who signed the complaints. Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 3. —The fact that the Shulburn Athletic club has made arrangements for a bout between Mike Schreck and Hugh McGann indicates the club does not believe the exhibitions in Terre Haute will be stopped. The governor has said that he will “deal with the Terre Haute situation a she is dealing with violations of the law elsewhere, through the judge of the circuit court.” The several boxing clubs have been told by legal counsel in Terre Haute that as the law specifically permits ten-round boxing matches, the bouts cannot be stopped except on the ground that they are brutal and then only after brutality is evident