Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 37, Hammond, Lake County, 3 August 1921 — Page 4

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DISBAND THE KU KLUX KLAN. Cel. William J. Simmons, imperial wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klaa may bo as Indignant as he professes over the villiaaiea alleged against members of his order. He haa suspended one local chapter, revoked another and started an nivestigatlon of activities of other branches. But that will convince no true American that the Ku Klux can have any right to exist. It should not have been revived. Now It should be disbanded. It is essentially a menace to American liberties, however fervent may be the professions of its sponsors to the contrary. Though its creed and its doctrine have a patriotic sound, they are the opposite of patriotic. It assumes to be an extra-legal body, arrogating to itself the duty to enforce laws, some consitutlonal and otheFs f Its own making. The result was foreseen. Tha demonstration we are having in several southern states by mobs of this delectable gang waa anticipated. The only way to clean up the Ku Klu.x Is to clean it out. The imperial wizard may think that he possesses magic powers to make his followers something less than an abomination In a uin! of freo.icLi under a government of laws, but he has net. The very name of the Ku Klux condemns the order. The unsavory traditions attached to the title insure that its twentieth century members will be lawless. Wizard Simmons may go his own way to try to make the Ku Klux respectable, but the people will not be safe from It until the constituted authorities of several states take appropriate legal 6teps to break it up and mr.ish these sheeted lynchers.

MISCHIEVOUS PRESS REPORTS OF NAVY TESTS. It is unfortunate that many press reports descriptive of the sinking cf the Ostfrlesland create the impression that the incident was a contest between air and water forces, culminating in a triumph for the former. It was nothing of the sort, and was so explicitly stated by the Government before the tests. The experiments were In line with the development cf a new feature of our national defense. They showed the accomplishments and revealed the shortcomings of aerial bomb attacks, and. likewise, they suggested better means of meeting such attacks when delivered by an enemy air force. To get full value from the tests they must be considered in their relation to our entire system of national defense, an auxiliary of which is our air forces and another Is our fleet with its battleships. Those reporters and editors unwittingly strike a blow at their country's military strength who seek to create the Impression that air forces have succeeded in sinking a dreadnaught. Nothing of the sort has occurred. The conditions of the test would have been duplicated had a hollow armored hull, covered with a 3-inch protective deck and a lighter deck above been presented as a target to the airmen. The guns and

engines of the Osterfrlesland were mere ornaments that gave her the appearance of a battleship. But she could neither return the shcts directed against her nor uin from their direction.. Suppose the attack had been directed against one of our own battleships, equipped with powerful antiaircraft guns and able, if an assult from the air was anticipated, to send up a swift pursuit plane. The probabilities are that net a single bomb would havo lauded on her decks, but, on the contrary, the attacking force would have been dissipated and several of its members shot to the water. It is safe to say. that the present developraen of air attack is at least neutralized by the present methods cf combating it. so that battleships or other crafts are in no more danger from that source than they ever have been. What will be the future development of bomb dropping remains to be seen. Improved sights, fuses, and methods of launching bombs will doubtless come, along with armor pierciog varieties of those missiles. But at the same time they navy will have airplane carriers added to Its fleet; quite likely each battleship will have a pursuit plane added to its permanent equipment; the fire cf anti-aircraft guns will improve in accuracy; and special shells will be devised for explosions high in air. Thus air attack and defense will substantially balance each other. We have seen the same sort of rivalry before. The automobile torpedo was to drive the battleship from the seas, but Its menace was almost met by new types of hulj construction, special maneuvering tactics in the face of torpedo attacks, etc. The submarine was the next weapon to decree the doom of all surface craft, but special listening devices detect the approach of the "sub" over a long distance, maneuvering tactics evade it, and depth bombs destroy it.- The dreadnaught has survived and is just as much the backbone of the fleet as she ever was. It will be a sad day for our national defenses if the cry of the air enthusiasts that air bombs have scaled the "doom of the battleship" is heeded. For hundred of years the ship of the line has been the substance about which the rest of the fleet has been built. During all that time there has been constant development in naval warfare, but the battleship has remained supreme. The attack by air Is but an incident of that evolution, a fact that must be recognized if our defense program of the future are not to be woefully deficient.

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IF GENERAL SMUTS can bring peace to Ireland they'll have to give him the Nobel peace prize for alltlme.

The six hundredth anniversary of the death of a poet is to be commemorated In September. The public never forgets the death cf a poet

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Arthu.- Grifllth. indicated by arrow, being "chaLed" by Sinn Feincrs outside St. George's cathedral.

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consisted of 132 vessels manned by 32,000 men. 6 When did England make the most progress In literature? Ans. During the Eilzabcthlan age. 7 Whfre was Shakespeare employed when h b'fcan writing draxnaa? Ana. In a thtiiUr. 8 Of the vast numbfr of pcjple ruled by ;r.t lirltaln how many arc of Eriifilnli, Hcotth or Irlh blood? Ans. One.-.lifl.th. In 1314 England ruled 426,000,000 ,;iiple. 3 What waa '1-idsVino'a full name? Ans. VU;!m Kwart Gladstone. 10 How did Irf umd come to bo under EngKth rt.'-.t Ans. Ir'iand was con3urr-.d by l h: EmfTUii . Cmqucsii started as earl an 11?T.

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Arthur Griffith, founder of the organization, and their associates

in London during the recent peace parleys was marked by an enthusiastic fratherinjj of Irish sympathizers in the capital. The phota r.Love shows a huge crevd

ridinjr Griffith around on a chair and cheering him outside St. George's cathedral after he had attended mass there early in the peace negotiations.

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AD when you clean the AUTOMOBILE all that really HAPPENS is that THE dirt gets on you. A slim girl would not object , TO having a thick waist IF the thickness was above the waist line. GOVEH.VMEXT crop reports THAT there will be plenty of rye THOVGII the news RATHER tantalizing under THE circumstances. EFKICIE.VCV like virtue HAS to bo its own reawri AXD when a man does a big JOB well everybody SAYS anybody could have done It. WHY is it that so many ME.V have an Idea THAT the school of experience IS a night school? 1'ES the rail charges are higher THAN thy used to be and THIS Includes the brass rail charges. MODERN fashions for women ARE a sort of TAKE-OFF on the old ones. IT is always eay to tell

THE man driving h?s THIRD or fourth car by the .m;iI.ESS noise he doesn't make. THE prodigal son was an Oll.XEKV pup but he got fame AXD fat feeding while HIS brother stayed home and BEHAVED himself and he did the chores A.D ate the scraps from the tame. IT has been discovered that Dempsey NEVER voted, probably for THE reason that he could SEE no money in It. Ol'R Idea of pitiless publhclty IS advertising brasieres AND bandeaux, siae 52. YOU can't Judge a man by THE clothes he wears

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THE reason why a girl hates TO have her fellow kiss her AND hug her and hold her hand IS because her father GETS mad every month BECAUSE the gas bill is too small. HOOVER says that working and SAVING will restore prosperity

BUT both are so common place and unattractive.

1 Why did the United States adopt the eagle as an emblem? 2 By what name is Isaiah the prophet known?

3 Can postcards and stamped envelopes be redeemed for th value indicated by the stamps? 4 Were $3 gold pieces ever coined? 5When did the art of filling the teeth start? 6 What prevents European countries from establishing colonies In South America? 7 What country desired to act with President Monroe when he presented the Monroe Doctrine? 5 Who was the last king of the Bourbon Dynasty? 9 What advantage Is the Iron plow over the old wooden plow? 10 How did the people treat James Hargreaves after he gave the world the spinning jenny? . AJTSWZBS TO TTTX SCAT'S QUXSTXOS'S 1 For what is the civilized world Indebted to the Hebrews? Ans. For its religion. 2 How long has cotton been grown in India? Ans. For 3,000 years. 7 What per cent of the wetght of the body is water? Ans. Frra 60 per cent to 70 per cent.

4 when was Spain the greatest

power in Europe? Ans. In 1588.

5 What was the Spanish Armada? Ans. It was a great fleet of warships. Its defeat by the English was due large ly to the lack of skill of the commanders of the Spanish fiet. The fleet

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