Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 12, Hammond, Lake County, 1 July 1920 — Page 9

Harbor Men Storm At

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Citizens Fear Race Riots if "Bad Negroes are Permitted to Live in City.

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Asserting that. Indiana Harbor now on t!i verse if race riots and that trouble will freak rut within a very short time unless some deeisivpleps are taken for ridding the eity of it.-i dives, gambling houses and undfsirable eitiiens about one hundred citizens of Indiana Harbor met at the rooms of the Indiana Harbor Ovie club last evening and made arrangements for compelling the city authorities to lake immediate action. The meeting- was probably un'.ik-? any other that lias ever b.-cu held in this region because of the tact th.it both whites and blacks united in the meeting and demanded that the diccnt citizens of the city be given protection from th cr.minals whom the gambling joints and dives are bre. d;nj. The meeting waa called at ta, instigation ot a number of the colored people who complained to the whif that a respectable colored person can not live in the city without being molvsted because of the odium which a lew of the. worthless "niiiira" hav;

brought upon the race. "If this lhin,r Is not nipped pret

toon some morning you are going i" wa,ke up and find a battle on yout handd which will set the city back t iventy yt ars and will keep it theru tor a long- time." said Attorm y V . J. Murray, who struck the key note ol the meeting in an impassioned pb-a tor action on the part of the whites.

An organization of the negrots woulJ!

Set no place. Attorney ."Murray eried. because ' if the belter cla:

ntgrots should organize to clean u the citv they would need some one l

SO their bail in abouyt twelve hours." It is common, he said to Ivar on t'.iei treets. "Vp better take about tight (

or ten of those a niggtis ano hang- them." With this condition existing because there are three or four hundred bad r.groes in the city, he asserted that it is onlv a matter of time until soma

t ne does ?tart a hanging and then Indiana Harbor will see a rate riot whuhi

will keep the city in a turm-il tor weeks, give the city a bad name, and stop industry for an indefinite period. As a protection to the industries of the city who have been responsible for bringing the negroes to the district the better class of the citiz'ns ef Indiana Harbor, both white and

black, should go to the '.oard of Safe;',, &r.d not only t-ii then, v hat is a.ir.-i Sweetheart Soap, 3 cakes . in the way of a cleanup in Indiana' ... , ,

Harbor but insist that they comply 1 T els iNaptha COap, bar 2C

with the requests of the citizens. . pct Brand Milk, tall cans . . .n1

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explained to the mecttng- l y Jei.n ; parrn Peas, No. 2 cans . . . 1 8c Blossom Brand Olive Oil Ttmslf v. John l':irr snd .lm. Hii.v- ' r i v i i v- t - . i i i- -

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lition in the city, who explained that;

there are in the city three or four hun j

dred worthless negroes who loaf la Gives and gambling- joints and take the money of their more industrious brethern. It is these negroes who have Sten holding up people and murdering during the past few months, they explained, but the entire race gets t hecredit for all of the crime, causing ill-feeling between the whites and the blacks and making possible farther trouble and bloodshed. A young ngru preacher. Bowden said, returning from church about. 11 o'clock in the evening with a young lady was stopped and searched at the

potnt or gun on one of tne city

main streets by two plain cl icemen. Another colored

Atty. Murray said, was stopped by two plain clothes men in the middle if the day with the order, 'Ho'.d up your

hands you black or I'll you." The negroes wish t driv

the bad from their midst in order that the respectable colored people may n t be molested in this way. After a couple of hours of discussion in which the troubles of the citizens were aired the sentiment of thmeeting was voiced by Atty. Murray when he stated that "Indiana Harbr r must no lonprer be the dumping groan 1 ft the Calumet region. "If the. F.oar 1 of Safety does not clear, up the c;t;.let's inpeach them, if the ch:ef of police does not do his duty and cloj-e u;. the places ef vice lei's impeach h.m. if the mayor 'does not require t h"chief of police and the board of safety to do their duty let's impeach hir-i. If we can clean the city no othei -vav

then I'm in favor of playing I'arri Nation." he further arserf-d.

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decided to appoint a committee of ten. j half blacks and half whites to wait! upon the mayor and the Board of Saf I ty and make known the demands which ; were framed at the meeting last eve-, r.ing. There w as then appointed a com ! mittee of three to solicit funds for th; I purpose of prosecuting the campaign and securing- the Impeachment of any ! city officials who do not do their duty, i A third committee of ten captains.' each to pick their own committee. wad i appointed to secure the names an,; ad- ! Cresses of all dives, gambling houses.! tad pool rooms, etc. . j The ten who will wait upon the ma- j yor are: Whites: W. J, Murray. A.' J. liurns. John Farovid, Christ I)oi-i las. Ben Maginrky; negroes; John Tim- ! sley; Chart. Perkins. James Uowden. i

ii. L.. Iavidson. S. II. Howard. The

finance committee is composed of John

v. aornp, .-seison Ueaton and OMie Sterling. Another meeting will he held in the Civic Club rooms next Thursday eve

ning at wnicn time the committee' will report and further action decided i uron. ; Others who spoke at the meeting I were: tV. K. Jewell. V. A. 1'ark.. i Kdwin Carlson. II. 10. Critcs and Jim- ' my Jonston. I Mayor McCormack. when informed ' of the action taken, exrresse.i nio,,,. I

ure that the citizens are at last waking to their responsibilities and said: 'If the citizens will give of the nam-

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Frank Wisnow sUy, r,o;i Faring ave , is today looking for v.hi'h lie says ;oine one Mole from Iim trunk. The 1 m.-ney was in four ii fries and one fw-en ty and W i sn,, w.-k v knows it was in his! Hunk at nine o'clock last Thursday morning. A .-id.- from that he- doesn't have any ide.i nlifie the money has

I Indiana Harbor was yesterday called 3712 Pennsylvania avenue where jMihain Itirila was found dead by his partner Panfil I'rod.r. The man had t evidently been dead about forty-right hours. lr. Men-is stated, and apparently died a natural death :;noe no bruises or cuts were evident. The lnijue.-t I has not yet bee n held

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W . II. Higgins. o.llfi Commi-n wealth avenue. Indiana Harbor, reported to the police that some one gained entrance to his house last night through a. floor which had b. t n left open and .-t-le a gohl wat.-h and J3 in cash. An filt'-mpt was made to enter the house next do.r ,i,t the thieves were evidently frightened away after cutting the screen.

ations for which the articles) r-f incorporathm have just been filed in Indianapolis. They art- Lithuania Po-lUi-a! Whitcclover Club, directors Jos. cph Matuck, Stanley Paszwinski, Joseph Kuzuila, Carrol Castings Company, directors 1-ree- F. Carroll, Huirh K. Carroll, Markwood W .' Cnursey; First Tond and Mortsa.ge Company, directors Walt'-r J. Itiley. C. A. Westberg and Charles M . K. ed .

ADJOl H V I'Oll SI tniF.H Thf Fast "hicago Chamber of Commerce y ."t-nlay held their last noonday lunrhe. n meeting of the summer and adourncd until the rst Wednesday in .September when they expect to resume their luncheon -ineetuigs at the Congregational Church. If matters of importance arise a special meeting of the membership will be called.

Walter Scully, timekeeper at the American Steel Foundries and a resident of Ivy st.. is tnpoying- a vacation at Cincinnati. O., and Louisville. Ky. ond expects to be gone a couple ef weeks. The Last Chicago restaurant on Forsythe avenue is undergoing a complete remodeling on interior decorations and the; colors selected are white and gold. The color presentation" is a most pleasing one and adds materialis to the general at-pect of the dining room. Louis Tsaros is the proprietor and is 'juite in the lime light at ihe; present time owing to his coming be'.hrothal next month. Miss Marie Sandrey of Kmyln riaei is a pit lent at .St. Margaret's hospital undergoing surgery for the removal of her tonsils. The I'.iinco club meets this evening with Miss Certrude Given in Tod and Chicago avenues.

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Essex travels 80 miles in 88 minutes from BuiTalo to Rochester, averaging 54'2 miles per hour. Fastest train time between these cities is 84 minutes, but the route traveled by the Essex was 1 1 miles longer than by rail. TELEGRAM June 29, 1920. Detroit, Mich. Essex wins dealers' reliability run at Sacramento, Calif., with highest average for gasoline, oil and water. Distance, 261 miles over Sierra Nevada Mountain?. F.s-ex averages 24 '4 miles to gallon highest gnsolnic average regardless of class, size or price. ESSEX MOTORS.

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TELEGRAM June 29, 1020. Detroit, Mich. Two great records: Essex averaged 50 miles per hour over Texas hills from San Antonio to Medina Lake. And 414 miles in 10 hours 54 minutes from Manchester, N. H., over the White Mountains to the Canadian boundry and return, climbing three famous mountain passes Crawford Notch, Vixville Notch, Pinkham Notch1 in high gear. Gasoline average, 16'4 miles per gallon, ESSEX MOTORS Think ahead when you buy a car. Time will bring you to the keenest appreciation of the Essex' mechanical endurance and stability. It is performance, endurance, speed and power. The Essex draws no distinction of type, size, cyinders or price. It wins against the field. The Franklin, Hudson, Essex and Dort Cars Sold by

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Pursuant to an order issued by the Public Service Commission of Indiana, June 30th, 1920. The rate of fare for Passengers on the cars of the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Railway Company after 3:01 A.M. July 2nd, 1920, will" be as follows: " ' , Passengers six (6) years of age or over, when paying cash fare, eight cents (8cts). Car Tickets, fourteen (14) for one dollar ($1.00), accepted for fare, are now on sale in Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor at the following places: Hammond SUMMERS' PHARMACY 562 Hoh man Street SAM SKUFAKISS Candy Store, 1 1 20 Columbia Ave. HAMMOND, WHITING & EAST CHICAGO RWY. CO.'S OFFICE Gostlin & Sheffield CHAS. STERGIOS Candy Store Corner Indiana Blvd. and Calumet Ave. Whiting E. NARDI Candy Store, 302 1 19th Street East Chicago NOBLE MORRELLI Candv Store, 4616 Forsythe Ave. G. MORRELLI , Candy Store, 4706 Forsythe Ave. Indiana Harbor MORRELLI CANDY STORE 3401 Michigan Avenue

Provisions as to 1 ransfers shall continue as they now exist.

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