Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 11, Hammond, Lake County, 24 March 1917 — Page 7
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How the European SoldiefFightsBy NightAs WellAsByDay-Trench Raids In Darkness and By the Glare of Rockets. Copyrijlit, 1017. bv Th Iutoruatlonal Synrtloate. 7f T s said that "nccepstty 1a the
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f u1.! effectiveness of these implements cor: id not be brought out in th daytime, the infrenulty of the combatants has developed modes of destruction which require the darkness of m;rht for their deadliest work. So, the world is today witnessing a holocaust of life and property carried on with i relentless vigor and malignity , for the j whole twenty-four hours of the day. j Modern inventions have mnde rtieht ! f jrhtine possible on the battlefield.-! of! !".: rope for all sorts of lights are now in use to prevent surprise attacks as well as to locate and destroy the
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quently thrir last on earth. IVrsonal Ami Iir.iMTsonal. The difference between day
tver existed a necessity for devis- j night fighting miht be described as
F2 ing: ways and means to accom- ! impersonal by day. and personal I'iish results that necessity exists to- even intimate, by n'.jrht.
d.iy in the great European strtiRgrle. j Purine the d:iy the bl? sruns of Not content with the implements of I each side hurl tons of explosives over !
warfare which can be used in the i the field, but the tartrets of each can diyliht, or, rather realizing that the 1p seen but Ijnily thro'.jch the rrav
mists of tiie short winter diys, and
:re of. th? havoc of This is impersonal
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The Germans have been p-'vticu'nr-!y successful in the use of ; peruluar tlash pisto thit- shoots fireworks to a Rreat h'-isht. The inpredients ned consist of a cotton fuse i?nitin? a ehemier.l mixture and at the same time releisinsr a small parachute. Then sloii'Iy in serpent i ribbons 'he
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lipht, but niht on the front is an inferno that gets a man's nerve," he told the nurse in the hospital where he was sent with a shi- 1 c ! t 'A Many nights are spent in rcpairint: barbed wire entanftlemer-.ts 8nd in mendinar broken telephone communications. When the men work at the latter, a sentry generally climbs a tree nearby and hides union? the leaves ' watching: the enemy's trench to ward 1 off a Burpri.se. The men who work on the wire entanglements lay flat on the
si.i.io . p.u..., - ; aeveiop at a moine rockets 'are burning and then return 1 men are j-rt. ....
to their work in the darkness. y re
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the German trenches, hat a raid :s to bo mad' is laid to Kuid-- the men 'hem from eettinz 111..'
bearings as the tren n iir.es a always straieht and ev n in th licht not easily dicrnr d. Our:
:iar-s th. Up ht si.iri'-s w . h mi un. jnr radiance and various devices are cmployed by the men to keep it from showing the;r faces, S.)u.e use a d.irs Krease, while others -n er t h c rn s el v ..
with dark veils. The.-o ni? it ;:t'.af.
s r.oticc rind the ordered out in
enemy's trencf.es. Ail nttrht Ion-
! the men eneaee in hand to hand coirhit's on "no man's land" between the trenches. This is personal warfare, for there the soldier sees his adversary
: 1: .1 Knows w no is ine viciur 01 in
j these rockets soar through the air Trench Raids. j undr the direction of the Germrtn The lone: dark nights are ideal for; chemists and woo to the Frenchman W ha f is known as "trench raids". Very ; or Knplishman who Is ca ipht in the
enemy. The night life alonp the bat- little is paid in the officii! reports of merciless plare which show even a ! lines is weird'y pctureqno for the nocturnal conflicts between the blade of Trass. The darkness is there are flares and Aires of rockets j men, yet hundreds have been killed : s'rrnked -with fantnio sh-ipod flames as far as the eye enn reach. They 1 or made prisoners by this mode of . of various colors and at times the burn with great brilliance for a time warfare where the men use the most sceno is not unlike one of our Fourth p.nd then go out leaving the nisht i primitive methods, often pounding , of July firework displays. When thcs.i darker than ever although the least 1 each other with hammers or stabbing l'-?hts so up from the Gorma n trenches si?n of alarm will cause the bat, lefietd ' the enemy with a dirk. This is in- ; their niaohir.e R'inj have been mal" to be illuminated like some vast the- jtimate warfare The scien'lsts of the ready for action and as a rocket will sre, and the hissin.tr and sputtering of 1 different warring nations seem defer- j last at least forty seconds the German ; th--- machine guns will begin at once mined that the soldier man shall not. arr illeriest can, easily establish a range ' r.d men who only a few minutes be- j rest and have invented diabolical i and almost before the men of the ; fo-e wore resting in the trenches are I lighting devices wh!-h search out other sld- can move the pitiless rain info ar-tt-n a call which 1 fre- I every living th; v.-''h!-i 1 r-'d'us of 1 of bullets pel- d own tipon them. :i- '
war tak.
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a r.ew terror very dif- leaps about one hundred atjd fifty feet
great hasfe when u. "listenmsr nosf '
fi'ientlv Ihpv are sir.v.tef1 :t n ft the ma-
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(tune guns or '.'ie enemy ;it huiil-i-. among the wire0. They strike with a sharp metallic ping all around the prostrate men. "It seems ages before you rise," said one man, "and whep. you do, you expect every minute w.ll be your last. SomeMvics a man Is wounded and we have to carry hirn hack to the trench before we finish
ferent from that felt during a daylight ; in the air and spreads a clear light . our work.'
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fer an attack. luir.:'.; !: of the war this o errro.l but "listt nine" is tv.-.rr-now, as many i,;l er .h their n.eii 10 speak s.bove in the trenches at i .-'it
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battle and calls for genuine courage. ; over a large area. Utter blackness The use- of firearms after dark Is , appear he tit; go scar n
.- . . ... . . j fftrhWrtun leaf the noise should call 1 asainst ti;C oarK sy 1;
the shells crashing on their mission of
destruction. Then another bomb joes up, followed by more shells.
Ilcpti'r Work. ions used are dirks, hammers and en- ana at of n
Much of the r-pair work Is done at i trenching tools. During trench raids (about until the i.reak of night and the patrols who are exposed i friend and foe sometimes become a line on the position of
I'rienil Or IYe. There Is icnuthlng hideous about this night lighting for even the shadows iro a menace. In the darkness it is not c to tell friend from foe and even the shell tern shrubs waving to and fro seem to fake on forms of the enemy rs 'heir branches bend over shell craters filled with dead men. At the least sound the soldier is jilcr as the darkness bet wen the rorkets offers an opportunity for an enemy to sjp up from behind and with a dirk siler.ee a man before he can give an alarm. luccii-lia.rv llnrr.bs.
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attention to tora special operation ; ine m n iw or that Is hein? carried out under the guns ! o get .1 rc'i
cover of darkness. This adds to the ; gun is su c-ssf.:; flendishness of the fight, for the weap- .down the machine
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v. ht-n the rockets begin, rush to cover hopelessly mixed and on one occasion ( occasional. y the .epoetin 01 at once for they know that the ribbon a Frenchman is said to have, killed his : plane, as the case may be. lr
bomb as net-.r the scare' '-light a;
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lights re but forerunners of death. ; own brother in one of these combats, (i.te v ictim who was seriously wound- ; The dreadful scene was finally lighted r-i wf-.ile repairing a barbed wire en- by the glare of a rocket us it fell over t.'.nglcmer.t at night and failed to the field, and wh.cn hc man saw what re?ch cover in time declared that he had done he became a ravirg when the light from a rocket spread . maniac and rushed toward the Gerover him lie felt as if he hail been man trenches, being killed by a shell
The Allies send up incendiary bombs stripped of bis clothing and propped ; a few minutes later, which Rive an intense glow, and when ? gainst a wall for Inntr.nt execution. : Sometimes the flares have shown on'- of the- .-r-.'.-..'e, r.v-..-,n ,.?f!ime "T am no afraid of guns in the day- s ripi of white t ape ir id forward from
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at least ktilmg its gunr lians. These scenes are rr.act-'-d nil :- the battle 'ines. for the Austrian a Italians play the same came !. ever the ground is such that it can worked, and death stalks forth horrible form at night wherever ' nations meet in battle rrrav.
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NTOLERANGE BIG SPECTACLE OF
Many things in "Intolerance." whicri hisiorie a.-curn. Cu'ue to the icl.uxe theater, llaai-lbe citt-d in th
HK-nd, Sunday, for t i : days with ajtion in the "sun daily matinee, take the spectator ba-Vc the (hura- t.-r or f to t lie actual period represented in the J Into d'Anj"ii. Ibdevelopment of the four pa ra i h-1 j ring-, playing at
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pleasure derived, could hardly say but that the money was well spent in furnishing the county poor with a little cnttrtaintm nt to relieve the monotony of life at the institution. Vcdn---silay, March 21-th. tv i'l lie the day for everybody to go to Sunny Heights Farm near I.er,iy nd attend the public auction sale. Stewart and Lehman will sell every cow, heifer, calf and bull 011 the farm. livery one must b sold. You will have an opportunity to
i buv what you want at vour own price.
thereby attained may ,t is reportcl that "Pete" I lennlnx case of tne pr- senta-j ,ias sjsn(nl a coiilrafi to pitch for the play of the aces" "f 1 Hammond baseball tmm during the figure of .V..ni..-ur the! coining summer, and will soon leave to is se,-n wearing car a,.oept a 1m1 position in that city, one
gam.-s lor cniioren , -,, .,h, t.-.,,. ,,, k,.,. , trainine
j Hiul'in the best of condition to open the
eason which wiil lie in the near future. M r. John I'rown arui dnuKiiter return
ed on Tliursi'ay from their several
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this evening for the benefit of the Masonie t. inple building fund. Ilv. ryon' ns cordially invited to at fetid and h. along a good cause.
for children
ancj. nt and mod. rn days. It. (and fondling a pet. lap dog. He is :-ry
as ;l,e desire of Iiav ill VV itriffith. ! dandv with his curtMiiis hose, his short
. i-.-ator of this masterpiece, to permit ! cape, his high ruff and with the ornan.j'hing in the spectacle not authen-' meats for his ears. It is as though one .
tica'ed by authorities. For tin- Ibiby- , .-iv back again in the ol-l i.ouvre itoni nionths vsit to Florida
! r;i i!i .-pisodes and stoty tlc re was ; whi.-h harl"s IX nr.-.i upon -ne iiugue-as?-idu.us delving into ponderous tomes. I nets. mid for the period represented in ihe. Nothing ever before accomplished ;,(t denling with the Middle gives so line an id.-a of mediaeval Pa .'is j
of France, inuuiries and invest i-1 as tins '.ritnth piay ot lo e s sirugRio . t:s extended to t he fftii.-u i t at ion of j throughout the ag--s. The old Louvre, is, documents. ' p.r; r.-itt s. e'c. in ! whielt years go disuppenred, has been j h-ading museums of th s count ry j reproduced with fidelity to records aid of Kurope. Fspecia! attempt was to old prints or paintings. A glimpse ! ; to have accuracy in tic- cos-i c f the 1,,-n that t.dl.-d the signal for : s -f participants in this dm- ! the massacre of St. Bartholomew is
niatie creation, and nothing in ' 1 n' .d- j ha. I.
raia-e" is more thoroughlv accurate accurab lv
as to reproduction of co.-tum.s and of Hie ,hu.-ch of S-. 1 c rma in-l'Auxerrois. mann'i-s than the scenes devoted to life i which siand close to the Louvre Ur ,11 the court of Franc at the time of j today and to the famous -Niagaras du the massacre of St. liari !:-.!-. mew. This Louvre. is so because of the fact that search- The production to be shown here ,ntr study was given such works as the j com. s direct from the Colonial theater. "a'holic Encyclopedia, biographi'S of i Chicago, and carri.-s a superb symphony 'at'ierine de Medn i. chronicles of I orchestra and chorus toe-ether with a
Charles IX. etc. An instance of this 'carload of scenery and
hell is shown In a tower ! r r. s- nting the belfry of
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state board should it be found necessary. That 'lie chamber is d . idedly in earnest in this rnat'. r goes without saying. Torsyth Avenue. From all information flat can be gathered it looks very probable that the city board of works will pae Forsyth avenue by special assessment nrovidine
Nejd! and Greenwald do not fulfill I
their contract that has b.-.-n slundimr for the pnst year. It i- ox,,'.-ted that full information will he obtained soon In regard to the intentions of this firm. Constables' Malpractice. Director YV. .1. Murrav made a plea for the moral and if nod be for the financial support of the ehal,,her in effect in tr a clean-up of the disreputable and illegal practices engae-cd in by certain ootistabh-s in Indiana Harbor who
1 s ill lout itaie to tnrion no fictitious
The Fastern Stars will give an old-J ,..-, rges against unwarv foreigner and fashioned dance at Central Music Hall m..k s,,, , i,,,f...i s w,ih ti.. ..r
j foutt. Hundreds if not thousands of dollar- hae recently been ilb-h, , from I citizens of that end of t he ciiv wj-hia the la st few months.
In order that the h.afnber may secure the strong co-operation of the county prosecutor's offb-,. in this work.
the prosecutor, Cly de Hunter, will he
united, to he present at the luncheon
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BIG INCREASE I U. S. STEEL EARNINGS
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Attentici was --ailed to the, fact that some vacant yards and business lots !r. the vity arc at this time presenting a v.-ry unsightly and disgraceful app nr mice and the comniittee on health ind sanitation were requested to prepare pians for a clean-up campaign. Pirector Twynian called attention to the efforts being made to form a federal reserve corps and the response of the i handier was instantaneous and sincere. Idrector Burdick moved that the chamber stand loyally hack of the effort: that the Ih'ig tie displayed from tl. eft.,Tril.e 1. e ml n 1 1 n r t erst that eiti-
-'.ens be requested to display flags on i
and in their homes; and that avtomo- 1
mobile drivers be revju
llat,s on their oars. Tit
ried unanimously.
Easter Sunday April 8th
iested to display M?J The motion c-ti -
TO GIVE A DINNER Preparations are under way for a hist constitutional convention dinner to be a '-ven to t lie members and friends of the id st chh-agiv Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening. April ?., at Indiana Harbor. Some of the best speakers of the state will be present and one of the largest meetings in the history of the organization is anticipated.
of the director on n.i Friday. March What is 1T'-Wnti"?
Sii.i.iHin.iii.ii cash provided in organiza-
CROWN POINTj
The public auction sale of all cows
and loafer roy. ".-dr
ably be the lat opportunity
The tinprccei.lented i rosp' i ity .-literal- ; i- :; Vic: operations of the t'nited States Ste.-l (-ornoration for J f 1 ar- set for 111 :
.n the annual report issued y. st. nlny., li"ii. amounts to $38 l.OOii.p 1
Total earnings of $:?42.997.f'li2 exceeded those of 191.1 by $2112.747,021;: net income of $294.026. 5tl" showed an increase of $19f..03S,602, .and -surplus net imome for the year aggregated $ 20 I . v",:..., n."., as compared with ? ( !.2fa.37 i in the pre-
ious year. This lat item is the more j remarkable from the fa.-t that it includes regular and xtra div, 1- n Is of ? 1 I. ) 7 1". . -i ti '.i on the covimon stock, as against onlv M."-i3.7d di.-bursed in fm;. ' j ilv p.-nditures during lt for maintenance, renewals, and extraordinary r i placements totaled $G? .y92.fi27. an increase of 0.0l per cent over 19t.". To meet the corporation s enormous output of tsuisheii materials, production of iron ore, coal, coke, and other byproduct -5 ;
show corresponding increases. Net ex-r.-txiouies on property a .' mi :. t amounted to s,;4..;mi,i',4 s. Gross Earnino-s riww Big- Cfa:n. Voiuiae of bus'iiess done by all the subsidiaries, during 1 ! 1 t as n-pri sented by combined gros- fics and earnings.
equaled $1.231. 47.1. 779. as compared v. ith 72r;.iNll,."v. in the preceding year. Tie average number of employes in the service of all ihe subordinate companies during 19!; was 232. 6s, ns
against ltd. 120 m 1:1.". with totall The board of directors of the chamber salaries and wages of 521.1, "",, r,a2, an j of commerce of Fast Chicago had a increase of $r5.,4.C.3S. j very active and interesting meeting Kxport shiyments of all kinds of ! yesterday noon. In fact, in point of at-ma-.erials for 1916 increased 71. SS tons, i tendance it was the most largely titer S per cent, to 2eH,627 tons. 1 tended directors' meeting held during The corporation's current assets of j th- year. $."01. l.'.fi, $7.1 include marketable securi- j Increase of Valuations, ties, time bank Jep sils. and secured de-( There was considerable disappolntmand loans of about. $ l. '"."' and -' merit expressed because of the failure . ash. deposits of almost ? 1 s. ! na.iino. j ,,f township assessor Fscher to r.-si-en-l The undivided surplus of the corpora-,' to the invitation which was extended tion and its subsidiaries, including the! him to come before the board.
V. Harmon, chairman of the valuations committee, backed by W. It. Van Home and others of his committee, wore on hand ready to take up the matter of increased valuations with the assessor and show him the imperative need of raising the valuations. At the suggestion of Mr. Harmon. Pi-
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n smene ll..o-lits Ciri I e. 1 rei-t or Twvman moved that tile
iay. March 2Mb, will prob- tary be requested to write Mr. '.:! r 1 i
f this sea- and to say to him that this city would- i
The ' Hirst National Bank: of Hammond STATEMENT OF CONDITION, CLOSE OF BUSINESS, MARCH 5, 1917 RESOURCES. Loans 1.4-1.808.17
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577,591.88 - 82,M0,8!):,.18 8. 15( ),()()( ).()() 175,()( )().()() 0,4 1:5.74 0,825.58 14!),f))7.50 2,152,050..,,, 82,010.80:1.18
1 nid.s and Stocks Leal Lstatc ash and Due from Hanks.
LIABILITIES. Capita! Sto-k Snvplus Liulividcd Profits LesorvtMl I'm-Taxes and Interest. Circulation :
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Deposits
son for the dairymen to buy an extra insist upon a valuation of ?2".of i rt.fHio in j good covv or li. ifer. 2-24-2 bis returns; and that the increase- should; Superintendent August Neunfeldt of) come, not upon the holdings of the small j the county poor farm gave the second j property holder but upon the corpora- j moving picture show to the inmates of j tions who wore making extensive im- ' that institution last evening and nearly! provements and additions and who were j
sixty p.-ople from ibis place attended, fat the present lime assessed so luani
Two Chicago vaud. ville entertainers
Dir.ECTCPS.
A. M. TFPNFIt p. . M KYN Pre so .I'd IN" K. I-TTZCK1 cuank s. r,i; .
- - President tit. 1,-1 P. - Count v Pavings Trust Co. 1,1 1-.. Ha mmond Instilling Cue;. any. pre.-.;. lent. F. S. I.otz Coir.pany.
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o look part m the program. and mice McKeiiii'.e, Harry rUtker and Pr. H. Fa.r'cv donat.-d the lausic for the
occasion. it was a In ;c. to see the I '- d, picted on the faces of Cue un- j f.-riunates at the institution, in b.-ingj able to enjoy an ev nuig en' c-rt a inment.
in place of the monotonous cxistenc. an inmate. !tr,d Lake county people
festlv way below their just proportion
of the total amount. j . The valuations committee were given J I
full i-ower to act in the name of the chanib-r of eomm rce as they should
see tit providing the valuations should f.j f: 11 below that sum. l Although no aeion was taken further Sj
tli.'s N. RF.CK -a A X - i fist l:n, M.-yn ,v Company.
c.i:i. KA ' "I'M ANN-- Ka u ' ma n n & Wolf. OTTO KNOKPXRK Pr--siden t . C-am pi on l'ota'o Machinery Co. FHA.NK C j ;M. i " ;--Lumber p.-aier. W. C. FFLM AN Cashier.
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thai board of directors would expect the Com- j 3iiOS58!S&J5 6 ifiHSi:.
President Vice President Cashier A istent Cashier Assistant Cashier
171 Sta'e SI., Hammond, Incl. ,pen E3ry Even ng til 8 All Sols Ordered N.w Can Be Heasy in Cn w ek
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