Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 67, Hammond, Lake County, 6 September 1911 — Page 4
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THE TRIES. r Wednesday, Sept. G, 1911.
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THE BROTHEL AND THE GRAFTER.
West Hammond is a cesspool of iniquity. If Sodom and Gomorrah were
as tad the destroying angel was Justified In his wrath. There are two kinds of wickedness in West Hammond. The evils of the segregated district.
The corruption of village officials.
TheBe two evils are differentiated not because there is any real line of demarcation between them, hut because the second is the outgrowth of the first. The toleration of the social evil by a city or village makes it a fore-
rone conclusion that there is official corruption In that municipality. The
law does not recognize the right of city or village officials to establish a
segregated district. The toleration of this evil, then, is an Infraction of the law. Now municipal officers do not break the law without being properly compensated by those who profit from it. Village officials in "West Hammond are not defying the outraged sentiments of its decent citizens without being well paid. And if their toleration of these evils arises from their greed for the tainted dollars which come from the brothels, then they are common, ordinary grafters. BUT THE POINT IS THAT MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION MUST NECESSARILY FOLLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PLACES OF THIS CHARACTER. IT IS THE LOGICAL OUTCOME OF THE SYSTEM. And the theory Is borne out by the facts. Other cities in Lake county said the social evil was necessary for the protection of the virtue of the good women of the city. The political corruption of these cities is a matter of common knowledge. The officials of these cities winked at wide open re- - sons, called them hotels and said they did not see how the police could inquire into the business of a man who intended spending the night in a hotel. Old John Hessler, the president of the village board of West Hammond, said: "So long as they stay on Plummer avenue I see no harm in them." And the village across the line is steeped in political corruption and immorality. Although the police of Hammond could exercise a more strict supervision of hotels and rooming houses and could do more for the elimination of the "street walker" there is no recognized segregated district in Hammond. West Hammond bears Hammond's burdens in this respect. As a rsult there is less municipal corruption in Hammond, and there has been less in the past ten years, than in any city in the Calumet region. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE TOLERATION OF IMMORAL
CONDITIONS BY A MUNICIPALITY IS THE CAUSE OF , POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND NO MATTER WHO IS ELECTED MAYOR OF THE
NEW CITY OF WEST HAMMOND THE PEOPLE MAY EXPECT CONDI
TIONS TO REMAIN IN THE PRESENT DEPLORABLE CONDITION UNTIL THEY RID THE VILLAGE OF BROTHELS AND MAKE HAMMOND SOLVE . GROWTH OF SOCIALISM. As was observed in the news columns of THE TIMES, food for thought was furnished by the excellent turnout made -by the socialists in Gary when they held their Labor Day parade. Socialists, with crimson banners instead of the customary union labor marchers, was a great change in the usual Labor Day program.
More than 300 of them followed their red-sashed leader in the Broadway procession. It was not thought that there were so many in Gary. For
the most part they were foreigners. In Gary there are thousands of for
eigners who come from countries where socialism Is quite a factor. It Is
a known fact that many of them have never asserted their socialistic ten
dencies and whether the revival of this party in Gary will bring them to do
so remains to be seen. Eugene Debs, the party's great leader, is to speak
- in Hammond next Saturday night and the crowd that greets him will un
doubtedly Indicate the strength of the party. About five hundred socialists
votes were cast at the last election.
HAVING spent her last cent, of course, you may expect, her home. THEY should christen it "Sport Day" instad of Labor Day, however. s THE weather man seems to have been on Laporte's side all right
enough.
AS we have said before, Beulah will
probably have, her little stunt in the'
limelight.
THE only time some men ever get a rest Is when they are being operated upon in a hospital. ' WHAT; a relief it is not to pick up a paper and se nothing therein about Mr.Gotch or Mr. "Hacksmlt." -ft , HEADLINE says, "Julia Marlow Marries Her Joint Star." Don't they mean her jointed star, or is he not a crustacean? LA PORTE is raising an awful fuss because the city is full of litter. Weji, that isn't as bad as being full . of litters. - WHAT if the Jack Geraghtys do not get any money from father-in-law, Isn't Jack running a mint we mean a garage?
, DIAMOND back terrapin is now up to $130 per dozen. Outrageous! Here-
aiier, nowever, we win only order a,
half portion.
HARD to compile statistics showing
which gets the most advertising for
nothing. Mayor Shank of Indianapolis
or Mayor Knotts of; Gary.
ft CONTEMPORARY truthfully says
that a man with long whiskers can be very popular with a baby as long as
he allows it to pull them.
GERMAN war clouds gathering
again. When there Is nothing else doing in the world, you always see a few
German war clouds gathering.
. j WOMAN doctor says a baby should
not be rocked or coddled, another say
the baby needs "mothering. Move
that we leave it all to the baby.
HARRY Kemp. Mrs. Sinclair's fluff,
hasn't worn a hat . In twenty years.
Probably would hurt his brain to have
e'en the pressure of a hit on it.
.- ' e TOGO says the New York women were the most charming he ever met. Shucks, admiral, why did you pass Judgment before you had seen ours?
SEISMOGRAPH at Turkey Creek reports a slight shock in the vicinity
of Seaman's line. It is thought that
Bomebody stubbed his foot on the
right-of-way.
UNDERSTAND that Pascuel Orozco
raided the Juarez gambling houses,
and can't help wondering why they failed to pasB Pascuel the usual little
envelope.
UNDERSTAND a million fur seals
have ben discovered up north, but If you think that this will make them
LLJ :
any cheaper for think again.
wifie this -winter
The Day in HISTORY
"THIS DATE IN HISTORY"
Up and Down in INDIANA
THE OPENING OF THE COURTS. The courts of Lake county begin their dignified grind this week. And.
considering the number of men employed, the business of grinding out justice is quite an industry. The courts of the county will have plenty of raw material to work upon for there have been over 900 cases filed so far this year as compared with 850 during all of last year. The enormous amount of court business that is being done could only originate as a result of remarkable business activity. Such activity leads to litigation and litigation keeps the courts and lawyers busy. And the same influences which create a large civil business, also create an abnormal amount of criminal business. No matter what work a man is doing in this community, the pace is swift. A mis-step and oblivion yawns to receive you.
DESERVED MORE SUPPORT.
Before long Lakewoods park will be closing its gates for the season of 1911. Most amusement parks are preparing to do this. While the weather is all that can be desired the evenings are beginning to take on the habits
of fall and there will be a tendency to stay indoors so the amusement parks
are preparing for this. '
Next year the park will re-open with greater attractions. In Indiana
there are but few counties with amusement parks. And while the public
has don fairly well towards Lakewoods this year it deserves more support
and we 'sh it this for next yea
September 6.
1578 Francis Drake entered the Pacific Ocean through tha Straits
of Magellan.
1718 Mississippi Company secured th
charter for Louisiana.
1811 John H. Noyes, founder of the
'Perfectionist" sect, born in Brattleboro, Vt. Died in Niagara Falls, Ont., April 13. IsSfc.
1814 American and British land and
water forces engaged in tha battle of Lake Champlaln.
1817 Sir Alexander Tilloch Gait,
Gait, Canadian statesman, born in England. Died in Montreal, Sept.
19, 1893.
18J1 Vlctorlen Sardou. famous
dramatist, born in Paris. Pied there, Nov. I, 1908.
181 Ocn. Grant with two regiments
and two gunboats took possession of Paducah, Ky.
1$6B A fire in the Avondale coal mine in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania,
caused the loss of mora than 100
lives.
1875 Convention met In Montgomery to frame 'a new constitution for Alabama. 1879 Brohse statue of Lafayette unveiled In Union Square, New Tork city. ' , 1881 Opening of the Exposition Building in Milwaukee. 1S83 The steamboat "Maid of the Hist" made her first passage through the whirlpool rapids of the Niagara River. 1901 President McKlnley shot at the -, Buffalo exposition.
TREE! KILLS M OOD CIIOPPEK. Sandford Waldron of Marion, 35 year
old, was killed In the woods one and one-halt miles south of Jonesboro.
hlle cutting timber yesterday after
noon. A falling tree struck another
near by, breaking a bough which fell and hit "Waldron on the back of the
head. He died a few minutes later. A widow survives.
WOMAVS JIMP PROVES FATAU Miss Ida Kessot, who recently came
to Kokomo from Hartford City, was killed yesterday afternoon when a
street car on the Markland avenue line left the track. 1 Miss Kessot Jumped and struck a telephone pole. Mrs. Ernest
Perry of Peru received fatal Injuries.
FLAX FIFTIETH REUNION. ' The golden anlve.rsary of the muster
Into the United States service during the war of the rebellion of the Thirtyfourth Indiana Volunteers. Set. 21,
1861, at Camp Stilwell. Anderson, Ind.,
wil be held at Anderson Sept. 21, It being the twenty-ninth" reunion of the survivors of the regiment known as the
"Morton Rifles."
FARMER SAVES FAST TRAIN'. Michael Chitwood, a farmer living near Trevlac. Brown County, flagged
the Indianapolis Southern express train Just in time to prevent it from running on the Chitwood trestle, wnieu w.set on fire by a freight train. Chitwood, who lives near the trestle, discovered the blazo, and with a lantern, ran down the track to flag the train, which was running twenty minutes late. While he was waiting to signal the express, members of his family notified the neighboring houses and soon twentyfive men were at the trestle with
buckets and wet sacks.
TWO pnOVV. WHILE tATHIXG. " While bathing in White River, eight miles northeast of Mitchell, Gertrude, 17 years old, and Grace, 11 years old.
daughters of Jackson Menaugh, a fore
man at the Stonington stone mills, were
drowned. Three others In the party
were rescued by William True, a fisherman.
STILL SEEK CENTER POPULATION'.
Another day was ased without, the
center of population of the United States being exactly determined. Prof.
W. A. Cogshall. astronomer of Indiana
University, who, with Prof. Drew of the department, has been seeking the elusive spot, has been on the sick list a part of the time since he began work, but says he -will likely have a definite announcement to make today. KICK MAY BE FATAL. The 2-year-old child of Harold Grant Of Marlon was playing on the lawn of their home yesterday and crawled behind a horse that wh gracing In th
yard. The animal kicked the child in
the face, inflicting injuries from whichJ
the child may not recover.
David Hoover, 17 years old, is in a serious condition at the home of his mother at Marlon, as a result of .being struck by an automobile belonging to John Londert of Anderson. The boy waa riding a bicycle and attempted to cross a street In front of tha machine. He was knocked into the air and alighted on the hood of the automobile, from
over his body, breaking several bones and injuring him internally. . His death Is feared. OPENS SHELBY'S NEW COURT. Judge Pliny Bartholomew of Indianapolis opened Shelby County"s new Superior Court yesterday morning. Miss
Pearl La Rue of Indianapolis is serving as stenographer and former Sheriff John II. Butler of Shelbyvllle as the bailiff. No cases of importance were handled during the day. The term will continue for five weeks and there are sixty-seven cases on the docket. A new
one, filed today, is by Mrs. Lona Fritter, who is asking $10,000 damages from the Shelby County Water, Gas and Electric Company for the death of her husband. Thomas Fritter, who was employed as a lamp trimmer by the company, and who was killed May 1, last.
TO THE WOMEN
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