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COULD END U-BOAT WAR

BARRE. MASS. July lA.-"I believe
we shall soon sec the end of submarine
warfare" says James Hcrrcshoff Jr.. n
relative Of Nat Herrcshom. of cup de-
fender fame. and one Of the foremost
engineers in this country Mr.. Her
rcshoff has made study OF submarines
and has closely watched the develop
ment of German submarine warfare.
The only kind of war vessel which
can successfully cope with the sub
marine" he continues. lis the torpedo
boat destroyer, but at present Great
Britain is employing all her destroycrs
to convoy the troop laden transports
from England To the Continent. More
over. dcstroyers are expensive. There
is a much cheaper and more effective
way Of Kidding the seas of this SUBJ
marine terror than by constructing de-
stroycrs."
Mr.. Hcrrcshoff is spending the sum-
mer at the home of the late Jacob a.
Riis here. He explained the details Of
his plan which have so impressed some
OF his friends that they have written to
acquaintanccs in England and asked
them to present the scheme to the ad :
miralty.
II would build n number Of launches
capab bic of developing speed of
eighteen or twenty knots" said Mr..
fIcrreshoff. "and ! would arm them,
fore and aft. with three pound guns.
would place these launches In the zones
frcqucntcd by the submarines. The
launches would be of very light draft.
One Of these launches. with a crew OF
say, FIVE men and two three pound
guns. could be built at cost of not
more than $4,000. would make them
from fifty to ninety feet in length with
a width of eleven feet and draft OF
three feet. OF course, such launch
could outrun a submarine.
1T would be the duty Of these
launches to patrol the restricted areas
and be on the watch for the time when
the submarine should rise to the sur
face AS soon as she did well-placed
shell from either the gun in the how
or the stern would drill a hole in her
and down she would go. \ submarine
IL just as heavy as water, and just az
soon IA one has Il hole knocked in her
she sinks very rapidly.
~ number OF these launches could
be built for the cost of one torpedo
boat destroyer ] would build 1000 IF
them and station them five miles APART
in the waters traversed by tho sub
marines. 7 think a fleet like that would
soon nut the submarines out of bus;
ness
"It is very simple proposition. x
would not take more than two or thrc.
men to handle the guns and another
mar to act as cook Cor tho crew.
II became so convinced OF the nrac-
ticability of tho idea that ! thought or
drawing plans for submission to tho
British government, when l heard that
the British were about to build 500
submarine destroyers in Scotland at the
Glasgow yards, where the Shamrock
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ay's Best Cartoons.
elective

, weak 10 stand any heavy protective
work The angel on top Of the cam
p".',e mas been blackened. She has
| not been removed because OF popula r
objection to the suggestion. when ,bo
c"Wpanlle fell in 1902 the angel wau
round IN the ruins almost unhurt. win
| only little piece Clipped OF. That ,ha
| chn'pahlie IN falling had not Injured
e. was attributed by the poo
pie to the miraculous care Of, Tho anno,
VINO Tor centuries had stood unop w.
h'shcst point III the lagoon pu,r5inr
me cry ana her children. In peace and
III war. IN fair weather and foul Ard
80 az 'hts war the angel has been lef,
az hcr post, darkened so that she NAV
not cnin;entionally give warninr n ~
| enemy. "s 70 me
ihe amount OF Unemployment has
enormously increased. for while many
~ the male factory hands have been
49,, TOT inc army. the women and
children who did most OF the worL
IN the glass and lace nanufac,nr,.
nave oecn thrown out because OF Tho
seheral shutdown. In addition. hardi,.
/ any or the thousands OF men wn,,n.
( ana children who were entirely do
pendent on tourists such as hotel err
wants. gondoIiers, shop cun,oynnv e.,
I nave earned soldo in more M,
year. 80" /"
on the other hand. tho source or
ghHritahle supply has almost ceased
/ Nv 'puiiS's VINO no LONGER come ,tsea
/ 70 give good deal while the ITALIANS
/ VINO gave largely have either conc
I away or because o: rho war arc ton
{ poor 10 give nearly as much as usual
me italan people are making a very
aa!iant night for the Accomplishment, OF
th"ir nationality. All are making sac
( rinccs. but the people af Venice, who
are on the tring line, are making
greater sacrifices than any one
! II any one who reads this appeal de-
sircs 10 help the people Of Venice.
should suggest that the money will be
wisely spent by the church authorities
Ihe charitable machinery of the
church in Venice is excellent m. Won
/ "han priesthood is one OF the finest
ana most self-sacrifcing in Europe
ana is IN close touch with the peop,,
I am convinced that money sent
through IN" church will 20 further
man II sent through any local com
I inltt"c or government official Drafts
or hostal money orders should be made
payable TO Mgr. Federico BRUNETTE Vic
Italia.
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VENICE, ON THE FIRING | INF

George Il. Mcclellan. former Mayor Of
New York City. and now connected with
Princeton University. writes to tho
Philadelphia Public Ledger from Venice
under date OF June 6. and what he says
OF conditions there. and the need which
the people have for help, will appeal to
Americans who love that Italian city
Here Is Mr.. McClellans letter:
Venice has fallen on evil DAYS. We
have heard that there was great deal
Of misery in the city. and so we came
here from Florence TO see for ourselves
Fearing that our sympathy might
prejudice our Judgment, | called on my
friend. the vicar-general of IN. Patri-
arcata, who confirmed Tn. opinion We
had formed from our own observation
that the poverty of the people is very
great and very pressing.
II Is very difficult to convey an ade-
quate idea Of the dcsolation OF the city,
for II must be seen TO be appreciated
AS Venice is fortified, and the nearest
seaport to the enelny's territory. a state
OF siege has been proclaimed, and the
military authorities, who are ~ full
control are rapidly preparing the town
for any cventuality. and are stripping
her like battleship that is about to
go into action.
They have taken down and sent to
places Of safety all the important pic
lures and ceilings in the Academia. the
Ducal Palace and the churches. The
Ducal Palace is hardly recognizable. for
not only has the Interior been cmpticd
but the windows of the room of The
great council have been removed. the
arcade of the ground floor has been
brickcd up with supporting piers in
each arch, and the upper arcade has
been shored up with timber beams.
san Marco has been n more difficult
question TO solve. ThcrA is so much
a. iG ",
stable that comparatively little could
be accomplished. In the interior the
stairs and capitals OF the columns have
been covered with burlap, while sand
bag defcnses have been built around
the altar and holy water basins.
Outside. the corner arches have been
brckcd up, and the Silt balls on the
domcs blackcned. The bronze horses,
originally stolen BY Enrico Dandoio in
1904, stolen again by Napoleon In 1897.
and restored In 1915. have been taken
down and put safely away. Nothing
has been done to protect the domrs or
the roof, and II is doubtful II anything
can be done, for they are probably TOO
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News Of Fifty Years Ago

Ex-Governor Letcher. of Virginia has been
,na.a from the Old Capitol Prison in Wash
iuetoh on parole and on condition that he shall
at once repair to his home in Virginia and
remain there closely, subject to future orders
President Johnson day before yesterday par
6onea the following well-known citizens OF
portsmouth, ID. J. Goodwin, Holt Wilson, Will
nan. nam Reed and W. H. Peters. All Of these gen
tiemen have been refugees in the South
since Norfolk and Portsmouth first fell into the
hands Of the Federal forces
correspondent of the Boston Advertiser
writes long letter to that paper from Rich
nlond Among other things, he says: Towards
seated on the front porches the street,
and the stranger has ample opportunity to
glance at Richmond beauty. He will see scores
OF most beautiful faces and charmnely grace
full figures, but If he Northern cloth or
bears any sign whatever to indicate that he
with a cold. fixed look bitterness and hate
without doubt. the women more bitter than
the men in their feeling towards the North"
1t is reported that yellow fever has broken
out in Wilmington. N. c.. and is creating
panic.
The Washington correspondent of the New
YORK Herald claims to have positive informa-
ton that there is sort of probability that
MI Davis VIII be brought to any kind of trial
give his authority. even intimate that his
information comes from officials. but he is so
positive in his statement that the Herald pub
fishes the letter in large type.
The Washington papers ridicue the reports
OF ora an enriy resignation on the part of secre-
OF War has idea of resigning al this Tim,
or at any other time
band of robbers, composed of two white
men ana lour negroes. went to the residence of
nathaniel c. Crenshaw, of Hanover County.
about twenty miles from Richmond. night he fore
last and demanded admittance Being refused
by the servants in charge of the house in the
ahsence or Mr.. Crcnshaw. they broke down the
doors ana wniie Two OF the party brandished
pistols. the others ransacked the entire house
going through trunks, drawers and everything
else lhey said they were In search of money
that they knew Mr.. Crenshaw had just brought
from baltimore, but they found none. 1t is true
mat Mr.. Crenshaw went to Baltimore n week
ago on business Of some kind. and. in fact had
hot returned when the robbers made their ap-
pearance This kind OF thing is getting too
common in this part of the country. ard a shot
gun policy on the part of the citizens may soon
be inauguratcd
General y. e. Forrest was severely injured
IA d railway accident on the mississippi and
tennessee Railway few days ago. Hts shout
der blade broken.
mere mas been an unexpected rise in the price
of gold in the Northern cities II Is now bring
ing l4l In New York and philadelphia
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America for Herself

IF the United States ever breaks off diplo-
1 matte relations with Germany, it will not
be on account OF anything Germany has done
TO England, France, Belgium or any other
country, save this country, that we all VEN
crate and love. We shall not be used to fight
any battles save own, avenge any
wrongs save our own, unless, may chance,
we act in concert with other neutral nations.
Individually. Americans may let their
sympathies go where they will, but as n ma
ton, we are not called on to rectify Europe's
wrongs.
If Germany could just keep this fact in
mind there would be far more chance Of
agreement. The notes addressed by Wash
ington To Berlin are assertions OF American
rights descriptions of American wrongs and
demands for redress; they are not based on
a defense of anything the allies have done
or left undone. In such a controversy prin-
ciple cannot be sacrificed to any dictate of
eXnediencN.
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Right and Duty rs We'll

HERE could be nothing more ridiculous
than the suggestion that any citizen of
Richmond has not the right TO interest him
self In changing the form OF the city's gov
eminent. He who does not interest himself
IN such problems is either dolt or deficient
in some OF the primary attributes of good
citizenship.
1t is quite true that the City Council NAV
frame new charter, submit il TO the pcople
anu IN the event Of ratification AT the POLLS
request the Legislature to enact il This is
the somewhat clumsy procedure whereby a
benevolent Commonwealth permits our es-
cape from the shackies of an outworn or
ganic law. This does not mean, however.
that the ordinary citizen shall refrain from
eHorts 10 induce Council to recommend the
best sort OF charter-and if the ordinary citi-
zen feels the interest he should feel he will
not fail to display activity
We should all concern ourselves in munich
pal government and try TO learn something
about 1t. If, when The professional politi-
clans profess to have monopoly of such in
lormatlon-lo he impaired under no circum-
stances, and practiccd only on condition that
they be continued III oiiice-we accent tho,r
estimate OF the matter and yield meeklv 10
their dictation, we shall not make much
progress. Strive we may, most OF MS viii,
what honest students, without preiudjce or
bias or personal interest 10 sway their con-
clusions have thought and written
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The Voice Of the PEOPLE
MIOIt n Symptom"

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,'-Ihe above caption, though borrowed is
Nron some grave and timely reflection. If we
larry analyZe in most the principle 81
OF our time, we may ind that il is progressive
only in the destruction of the basic principles
a aG when ms great government was reared
means nothing more than how much ADVANTAGE
one class OF citizens may acquire another
d2ch elect"r viewing the matter from his in.
cIccts on the other fellow.
Sow we are on he eve Of another Of
net. VIZ criminality of war. world peace at
any price arbitration. Space does not permit
me herc 10 enter discussion of the merits OF
prec!ate the horrors Of war can refer 10 The
lact That some OF the richest blessings conferred
"noh humanity have been brought about by
the free has been hequea thcd TO us sealed Win
IN blood OF our fathers. could also refer TO
IN freedom OF conscience, the anal goal Of himn1I
lapcrF; AT inns period of the worlds advance
diihcult TO comprehend how arbitration in maj
., Oh conscience can avail Such Is the per-
many would object being forced intn bo, ia, ,a'
our savior fully recognized this Drincinia -,
nuinanlty In establishing earth our sweet
conscientiously believe that by his nidin. We; u;
making and SHIPPING war munition he becomes
rone he should refrain vet abstain frnm i om
dcavors TO enforce his conscience upon nnntbcr
either In governmental or other waV s,nh !;
the only way by which genuine reforr, 'm m Is
brought about in free and demoCrntic 't no DC
e,i t fGr instance. the Prohibitionist can
actions may be Interpreted as on nP io'G as ms
to prohibit the other fellow If the bcnr,e f
Shirt e OF c csrs ,nr With the teaching and
from human standpoint TO adinst, hora ence es
De no wars nor intemperance. 1o'''
Wakefield, Va. July ls. 1915 v WATKINS
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Justice Moves Swiftly

D ROMPTNESS with which Virginia courts
have come TO deal with such cases as
that OF the two negroes, condemned yester-
day to die for an infamous crime, explains
quite satisfactorily why ynchings and their
grisly horrors have vanished from this State.
The laws delays, so often attacked and de-
rided and so often invoked TO excuse mob
vengeance, have existence when crimes
against women have been committed. The
machinery OF justice moves swiftly. There
is no excuse for a mob taking or seeking to
take justice into its own hands.
The facts creditable to the Virginia
judiciary in highest measure.
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Limiting Franchise Life

THE New York Constitutional Convention,
1 now in session, will be urged by one Of
It's committees To limit the life OF franchise
grants, involving valuable public privileg es
TO twenty-five years. Franchises however
may be granted for longer terms provided
provision is made for reimbursement at TWEEN
ty-fve-year intervals. OF the financial condi-
tions on which they are based
The perioa favored by the convention
makers in Ae%. YORK., it will be noted is five
years less than the life of the new blanket
franchise asked by the Virginia Railway and
Power Company. The resemblance is close
enough 10 suggest that in this respect, at any
rate, the company has absorbed the modern
theory
Clearly no great financial project is likely
TO be undertaken, as an original proposition
unless ii is promised at least TWENTY-FIVE
years OF existence. a shorter period would
make It's financing so difficult and expensive
as almost TO preclude the thought of profit
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Facts About Flies

The happy hope that the domcstt.
ny had been almost obliterated nv last
years traps. poisons and swat,ers ~
not been realized. The domestic 0y
is mere and her numbers are con-
stantly Increasing. The swarms that
infest houses in summer are not n-o
duced from eggs laid the nrecedin,
season. but are the progeny OF row
or the host that have survived the
winter in some sheltered nook. From
the egg to the full grown ny il abont
fifteen days aooat
me mes form one OF the largest
orders of insects. In mere numbers NJ
lnuiViouais they exceed almost every
other group. except, perhaps tina, ~
the immense trains of forag;n., ants
which move in the great forests of
''opicai Africa and South America.
among the best known of the true
mes are the bccny, the black nv. the
puhai" enai, the turkey gnat. the blow
aS. the morse hotny. the or botny, the
crane fly, the sadny, the Hessian Nv and
me sandy. Besides these there are the
e a.. ny the onion fly, the lettuce
ny ana the radish ny. all of which
no ~, ,nuch damage to vegetation.
me cheese fly is among the most
=. mchbers of the fly family.
~ Is only about three-twentieths OF
an men iohg, shining black. with trans
parent wings and yellowish hind legs.
~ nenctrates the cracks i'm cheese with
us iohE oVipostor and lays about thirty
eSeS' These in few days develop
INTO inag2ots or shippers. which bur-
row INTO the cheese and feed upon it,
ne masgots arc called "skippers"
from their habit OF moving by bring
ing the two ends OF the bOdy topetber
and then suddenly Strengthening out
making a little lean
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with the navy. since tho board is to be
ntacneo 10 inc Navy Department. 1t is be-
starr DC given TO submarine construction AS
war IL becoming more and more scientific IT is
necessary that the best scientific ability be nut
at the service Of the government Electricity
ane chemistry will play Increasingly large
part In war. The plan that Is to be put in opo-
ration by Secretary Daniels is worthy of all
E irana IL involves the employment of Mr..
G,,n s' IN WORK Tor which he is pre-emincntly
OF CIVILIAN experts generally And that will be
very eooa Tor the Navy Department. which is
a"nys IN danger OF falling under control of
enIues. The Influences that will be brought
70 pear on IT from the outside will have an ex-
s.Iei. eitect The program Is admiru BILE In
every way.-Indianapolis News \
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SONGS AND SAWS
The Limit.

The Limit.
Just lots OF pests infest this earth
To worry and distress us;
or them there never is doarth;
They're always here to bless US.
We have the infant prodigy,
His parent fond and loving:
The passenger who thinks that no
Can move the car by showing;
We have the wild-eyed baseball fan,
Who loves to howl and yammer
And exc the knocker with his pan
And trusty little hammer;
We have the maid with golden hair,
Who spends her time in singing.
And makes us wish that from the air
she'll would come a-winging;
We have the politician who
Tells how he loves the people.
But yet, although they want him to.
Leaps from no lofty stceple.
But all these bars to happiness,
BY whom VIC are offended,
Are nauCht to him who'd make us guess
When this war will be ended.
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Losses In the Great War

@ REGULATION is again rife as 10 the loss
~ in killed. wounded and missing in the
European war Prussia publishes lists Of
casualties which are now mounting TO the
100000 mark The other German states
keep separate lists, and these are not pub
lished as widely as the Prussan, so that
estimates Of German losses made by outsiders
are tribe hazy. II is probably within
rather than without the truth to say that Ger
many has lost 100000 men and Austria
about 100000. Turkeys losses are wholly
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problematical, but they can be hardly less
than 100000.
These figures, however, are not quite so
staggering as they seem at first sight. Of
fetal German statements report that from SIS
to 80 per cent of the German wounded are
able to return to the front, result due to
the skill of the surgeons and nurses. Only
about ! 12 per cent of the wounded who
reach hospitals die so that in the present war,
in contradstnction to all other wars, only
the men killed outright and prisoners of war
are lost to the army. German surgeons have
abandoned the good old fashion of amputat-
ing wounded limbs; they heal the worst cases
German estimates place the allied losses at
about 5,00Q,000. French official statements
give the French losses at 100000 men killed,
100000 wounded and 100000 captured,
which figures agree with the German esti-
mates Some time ago the Germans claimed
to hold 100000 Russian prisoners. In jan
uary the London Times estimated the Rus
sian losses in killed and wounded at 1,300,-
600. Serbian losses are totally unknown.
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was bui!t The number of destroycrs
"'"pIeu mas convinced me that they
must be quite similar 10 the tynn ~
'"umch which ] have been thinking of
me British government is not con-
trac'ih2 for 500 torpedo boat DESTROY
'rs OF the kind she has in service. That
"o"!0 ne TOO expensive. I think there
- very good reason to think that the
frItiSh VIII soon be in a position to
put an end TO the operations Of the
German submarines once and for all"
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Thaw's Menace to Society

THERE never were but two places that,
after Harry Thaw shot and killed STAN
ford White, meet for his occupancy
One was the death cell at Sing Sing and the
other cell at Matteawan, or some other in
stitution for the reception and permanent de-
tcntion Of the criminal insane.
The man is menace to society," whether
he be considered sane or mad The menace
is the greater because there are, in New York
and elsewhere, persons whose conduct justi-
hes this description of the crowd in and
around the courthouse, at the time the YER
dict Of Wednesday was rendered.
II with great difficulty that court
attendants and deputy sheriffs prevented
scores OF men and women from dashing
TO Thaw in the courtroom to CON
graduate him. 1t was with much
difficulty that the crowd cleared
from the courthouse. Outside the court
house there is wide flight of
steps, which had been crowded all
afternoon with hundreds OF persons.
The street and the sidewalks either
side Of ii were also congested. When
Thnw thanked by deputy sherins. ap-
pcared in the doorway n great cheer
went up. Thaw seemed much pleased.
Who can doubt the effect reception of
this character will have on Thaws perverted
and depraved mentality?
The Judge. it is to be remembered is not
bound by the jury's finding. He may yet re-
mand Thaw to Matteawan. Perhaps he will
although that outcome appears exceedingly
improbable
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Red-Haired Wom,,

Can you tell me the origin of the suners,i
horse? Gnu inc white
W. ho,. r. l.. PENN
we nave never had any doubt that i, oroso
'U, inc siege of Troy and Helen and tho d
S"','" horse, and we havo for forty yoors knn,
g. lookout for any Greek matter which y,n,iia
n .h inc belief We regret TO say that wn
~ screening yet. and have got little further
beauty "go.3en headed" e'Vo
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Rcgretful NIotlcsty.

Il suppose" said the envi-
Gus acquaintance, that since
you have bought q car you
never miss an engagement"
Never" replied the speed
maniac. nor a dog or
chicken. either; but I do
sometimes have bad luck.
Last night I only grazed a
policeman when it should
have been a clean hit"