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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-20
Monument .f T.ar..

Marking the dividing line between
Europe and Asia and Of Russia and
Siberia. at the summit Of the Ural
mountains, is the Monument oe
Tears" white triangular pyramid
significant to unfortunate exiles.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03

admitting 100000 tons. In May the
British claim the rate OF loss su bsided.
but in the British figures Of weekly
sinkings the chief reductions have
been in small vessels under 1900 tons.
The tonnage reports. German and
British. for the month will have to
be awaited to draw a reliable concur
sion as to whether the curve of de-
struction has passed its climax or Is
still rising, or is simply in a long
sweep holding Its own.
Eject OF Aiming Merchantmen.
The rate of destruction in the fu-
ture will depend upon the number of
U-boats maintained in the field ana
their efficiency In the chase.
The effectiveness In the chase will
depend principally upon the availa-
bility OF convoy.
The addition of our navy, especially
our destroyer flotilla, which will rap
idly increase, will make a substantial
difference In convoy work, a differ
ence that will probably be greater in
proportion to the relation of our ton
mage to the British tonnage
l do not think the universal arm
Ing of merchantmen Is making any
substantial difference. 1t only charges
the procedure OF attack. The U-boat
cannot remain above water. so the
use of its rap,d-fre guns is reduced
TO a minimum. as also it's overhaul
ing. boarding. getting supplies and
information. but the determining
weapon. its torpedo. is unimpaired
and the attack will be without
warning. Forcing the U-boat to de-
pend upon torpedoes alone will ham,
per their operations. because the
! largest U-boat carries only eight or
ten torpedoes. After they are used
the U-boat must return to its base -or
more ammunition But the armlu z
respect protect our cargoes, sailors or
gun crews.
So il can be said In a general wsy
that II unconvoyed tonnage continues
to navigate the zones in magnitude and
C-hoats reach the zones in forca. the
latter may be expected to continue
to bag tonnage about in proportion
TO their numbers and the amour. OF
luncouvoyed tonnage.
As matter of fact. the emergency
tonnage built to go unconvoyed will
tend to smaller sizes. faster than ,ne
T-hoat supply or torpedoes will In
crease. while more convoy force will
be available for the vessels of larger
tonnage. The last two weekly reports
show considerable falling of in num-
bers sunk, but without a proportional
decline in tonnage. In the months TO
come the tendency will be to decline
in tonnage sunk without a. proportion
ate falling off In numbers OF rhips
lost, Thus, on the whole. the prin-
cipal factor In the U-boat warfare Is
the number of U-boats maintained in
the field.
This depends on three suh-.actors:
I1he rapidity with which U-boats are
Wuilt. the ease with which they reacn
their bases, and the rate OF destruc-
ton.
Making a guess, and that is all any
body can do, | should say the British
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03

tive testimony. 1t is hardly likely
that German U-boat commanders
would report sinkings that did not
occur. There seems to be few II any
cases of sinking claimed by the Ger
man government that have been dis
proved.
100000 Tons a Month Sunk.
The neutral vessels plying the zones
around England are engaged in the
same commerce as the British vessels.
Just why the British do not report
neutral vessels sunk is not clear. UNI
less 1t is simply the inherent perversity
of the censors or else q deliberate
policy to suppress part OF the truth
in order to deceive the people as well
as the outside world.
Weighing the evidence and the con-
ditions existing. ! should say that for
practical purposes we may assume
that the tonnage reported sunk by
the enemy submarines was actually
sunk, or its equivalent. After the
Inauguration of the new policy, Feb
ruary /, the toll taken rapidly rose.
as was to be expected. until the Ger
man reports for April claimed more
than million tons. the British report
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03

We can assume that neutral coun.
! tries by large prices and premiums
can be induced to turn their building
capacities into turning out tonnage
for .Ae English trade. Assuming that
America could supply 100000 tons a
year. Britain 100000 and neutrala
1000, 900. we should have 1000, 600
rev tons a year and 10000, 900 now
on hand. to meet the drain OF the T.
boats that have attained as high as
/ 10000 month.
This estimate Is crude, but II shows
that at best the method of buildi 10
new ships, even by the million tons.
U-boat menace. We must bring in a
new factor, namely. interfering with
the sortie and return OF the C-boa.s
from and to their bases. blocking the
channels and lanes from the German
harbors.
The Call For "More Ships~
This survey of the U-boat situation
shows that the menace is far moro
serious than official statements admit,
but, on the other hand, the crisis is
not SO Overwhelmingly as to Justify
our government in being stampeded by
the cell for ships, more ships. aoI
yet mere ships into forgetting our
own national interests and future.
Our government seems bent ON an
undlgested program OF snip construc-
ton. to cost about $1,000. 900. 900,
about two-thirds of the tonnage to be
small cargo vessels of $500 to 5000
tons. unsuited for fuel ships. unsuited
for transports or naval auxiliaries
during war and poorly adapted to
commercial purposes after the war.
Our government would spend this vast
sum. only to be loaded down with
junk when the war is over.
Shortly after, the British prime min
lister made this appeal that so upset
our government. Earl Curzon, a mem
Der of the war cabinet, made the fol-
lowing statement to parliament:
THE admiralty has first claims
upon the shipbuilding facilities OF the
United Kingdom, and at the end of
the war the British navy will be found
to possess tonnage greater than the
navy tonnage of all the rest OF tho
world combined"
This statement must be taken at its
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03

have not caught or sunk 100 U-boats
from tho beginning Of the war, and
that they have not caught or sunk Z
score Of the new type. am more in
clined to take at face value the re-
ported statement Of the German NM
the reichstag, that the late, iosses OF
large tT-toats hive beer much below
German expectations, and that the
building and manning of U-boats are
advancing so that there will be a
steady expansion of U-boat opera :
ton. Probably the greater part of
the building facilities OF Germany are
being thus employed. One of the re-
cent big credits successfully floated by
the German government was called
the U-boat loan.
7,04O,O0O Tons Already sunk.
The rapid development of the
power of destruction of tonnage by
U-boats is shown In figures taken
from reliable German sources. Quot
ing the German minister of Marine,
up to February 1, of this year. when
the new policy began, approximately
100000 tons had been sunk In
were sunk: in March. $4,000 tons;
then in April 100000 tons. The pre-
liminary weekly reports for May in
dictate q falling off, though nor u.
magnitude to indicate any new fac
tor in the equation. The monthly re-
port due soon will tell the tale Britain
has probably less than 10000, 900 tons
left under her flag, and more than
half of this Is engaged in other SER
vice, SO that, including neutral tom
mage, she had probably less than IT,
100000 tons available for serving the
needs OF her people.
About 100000 tons were in course
of construction In American sftipyarv~s
on February /, more than 1000 600
of which were under English contract
About 3.000,Jt1 tons are 20 be miilt
in the next eighteen months under
order from our government
English shipyards have been en-
gagged during the war largely in
building warship tonnage. We can
assume that in a crisis they will now
be turned chiefly to building merchant
tonnage. and that materials will not
be cut down seriously.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03

face valus- 1t was got made to tho
press or at popular gathering. brit
was made to parliament by a minis
ter responsible to parliament.
This statement means not only that
the British government regards ex-
cessive war tonnage of more Impor-
lance than merchant tonnage, hut
also that Great Britain has definitely
changed its naval policy from that of
maintaining the British navy ON q
basis OF strength superior &c that Of
any two other navies 10 a basis OF Il
British navy superior to The combined
7 avies of the world. This is A matter
! for serious reflection for American and
lall other democracics.
Why should the British navy be
bigger than the navies OF all the
other countries combined? What can
be the motive in turning the ship
yards of Britain away from building
sorely needed merchant tonnage to
the hasty expansion of warsh!p tom
mage, already overweaning in its pre-
ponderance over any other navy:
What can be the motive in so hus-
banding British warships that no APP
probable risks whatever have been
taken, not even an aggressive patrol
policy close to the German U-boar
bases?
Three quarters OF the earth's sur
face Is water surface. A nation con-
trolling the high seas with its navy
would dominate all other nations.
1t is a wise and laudable policy for
every government, especially ours. to
take advantage OF the condition of
war to bring about a sound condition
of national defense by the time ems
war closes. D.
But the British navy is now 50 far
superior to the German navy that the
Herculean efforts to increase further
its strength till it exceeds by the
end of the war the. combined nav.es
OF the world would indicate that at
the peace conference, or following it,
Great Britain has in its mind the
opposition of other nations besides
the Teutons. The natural and logical
Interpretation is that Great Britain
expects a negotiated peace. net a
dictated peace. Under a negotiated
peace Germany would ask for the
restoration OF her colonies seized by
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03
(by Richmond Pearson III o o II
Naval Expert and Former Menu

(hy Richmond Pearson II o b o II,
Naval Expert and Former Mem
Der of Congress.)
The U-boat operations have a vital
bearing not only upon the control OF
the seas and the course of the war.
but will have a vital bearing upon the
terms OF peace and the future of mari
TIME and naval power.
Let on no subject ave hthe peoples
81 the Western democracies been kept
IN such ignorance.
In no other field has the press cen.
sor exercised such talents. In no
other feld has the truth been so dis
torted and iuggled to work" the -peo-
PIE OF Britain and the people Of Amer
lea. On both sides of the water the
public mind is in a state of general
confusion
One source of conflict between Brit
ish and German reports is that the
British, though they report sailings
Tor all vessels, British and neutral.
only report British vessels sunk. while
Germans report all vessels sunk
In this case, as in ali cases of con-
ntcting testimony, the rules OF EVIL
dence give superior weight to the pos
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03

1.-THE British In return fof nj s
ton Of the allied tArrit6fy 04S]
now holds. This proposstid3l
logical that II might win the tl1
ment Of the other powers. 1spoe
the United States e x ~ nv
Engiand's Policy and Our
Certainly our government 144l
people and should keep the pk2
vfsed fully and clearly upon th4 n
purposes of the vast siiu1s askeA tn
which must be paid by the po0r5
IA large, part of the credits asked ~
parliament is being applied to huH
ing new British warships, with 4
British navy already more than tMie
a single new warship II to conne fru1E
the vast credit OF $1,000. 00Os0pe 5o1
asked of our congress, though on&
navy is languishing low In the eel
umn of the worlds navies.
The British insist that new na&F<
chant tonnage shall give way 70 thu
construction on new warship tonn41f1
in Britain, but we are asked to cfnit
new warship tonnage and set aside
the building Of that already authors
ICED In order to build new nerch4nt
tonnage to be owned by the soyerns
ment tonnage OF just the Kind thai
the government permanently has no
earthly use for and so unsuitsd kof.
modern convenience that after tft0
war private concerns would not fake
this tonnage off the governmentso
hands as a gift,
II the needs of the English peopfn
are really SO great that this array ~
small ships, partly wooden, must ~
built at once in American shipyard6
for their relief. why shouidn't thu
British government pay for and own
them. not our government?
am not against our rovernmeR1
building up it's merchant marine.
For years / have been like "a vnlce
crying in the wilderness" pleading
In congress for even the most clemens
tary legitimate measures to encour
age our merchant marine and TIM
building, in time of peace, Of atsipG
valuable in time of war. as tfansporta.
fuel ships and naval auMllaries. Le1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03
TIE SUBMARINE MENACE
NAVAL EXPERT
SHIPS GERMANYS CAPACITY DESTROY
b


will
herself building
DOLLAR provides warshp
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03

(Con>inued on Fourth P1ge.y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03

Even if it cost you good money to
have m expert test your battery
regularly. you'd have it done. just to be
sure that It wouldn't suddenly quit
cold.
But for the asking at the Willard
Service Station, you can get Willard
Service Gard that entities you to semi
monthly hydrometer tests by our bat
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-12
ADVERTISING
IN THE JOURNAL
SELLS THE GOODS
Half YGag Living
WiEssossS Money Cost

A right or wrong start in 1917 will
make CT break most farmers III the
South. We arc all facing q crisis.
EAis war IN Europe puts things in
such Uncertainty that no man can
.orc5ce tao future with any degree OF
le- oas.
Tho sure and certain increase in
-ltcn acreage means lower cotton
rice5 next fall. Cost Cf all food and
.~ia products - hiSh SO high that
% $40 can afford TO buy and expect
. pay oGt with cotton.
It's : time above all others to play
5aia; . produce al possible food.
tT2-o 1-il GoH15o supplies on your
'"-n 2o-oa; to cut down the store bill
= oc2l piece CT garden ground.
i, - n'2n-od, rightly tended and
>e' 't@ntsl mo year round, can be
-la' s'2 Say Eaif vow I'--t4g. Tt will
321 , yuH NO. Honey is, you made
IN yhe bea5 - acres O. cotton YOU
ever grew!
Hastings I51T Seed Beck tells all
aEout the right hind Of q money say
.n5 garden and tho vegetables 10 .2ys
n it. Il tells about the Iie!d crops a.
well ard shows you the clear road to
real farm prosperity. It's Free. Send
tor 1t today 10 It. G. HASTINGS CO.
aa.-A1
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-12
9Th GRADE A.

After merry Christmas vacation
we have come back to school ready
for work hoping to do better than
before.
Besides the Christmas songs Miss
Mcmillan taught us, Miss Briscoe
taught us a very pretty one.
In spite of the bad weather we
won the flag for the third week
for the best attendance, but the
fourth grade was not far behind.
Miss Briscoe will read us the book
of Just David" when she finishes
Robin Hood and His Merry Men. :"
We have had indoor recess for about
two weeks.
Sixth Grade A.
Thelma Rollins.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-12
THANK YOU BROTHER HALL

In its last issue the Marietta
Journal referred to the fact that the
paper is fifty years old. That is a
long time for a paper to live but for
almost two generations The Mari
eta Journal has served the people
Of Cobb County ably, honestly and
successfully. 1t has long been re-
garded as one Of the most solid ana
best established papers in the State.
t has grown into the esteem and
affection of the public like a great
oak grows into the ground. The
Marietta Journal is a better paper
now than ever before, and it future
is fun of Dekalb New
Era.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-12
HARRIS GETS FINE POSITION.

Atlanta, Ga, January S. The
chairman Of the Federal Trade
Commission, one of the most i'm
portant and influential positions in
the administrative branch OF the
national government, has fallen to
Georgian, William j. Harris, in
the resignation of Edward n. Hur-
ley, who left the Commission be-
cause he was compelled to return to
his business in Chicago.
Commissioner Harris, who was
vice chairman of the board will
succeed MIR. Hurley as chairman,
thus becoming the head of the far
reaching and varied activities of
one of the most powerful arms Of
the federal government, which ex-
ercises practically the same control
over interstate trade as the Inter
state Commerce Commission exer-
cises over railroads engaged in in
terstate transportation.
Mr.. Harris is former state sena-
tor of this state, who made fine
business success before he went il
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-12
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to the friends and neighbors
who stood by us so faithfully dur
ing the illness and death of our be-
loved husband and father, George
b. Burtz.
The memory of their loyalty and
service helps to Tighten the burden
we bear and our hearts will b e
warm with gratitude to them as
long as life shall last
MRS. G. B. BURTZ.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Burtz.
Mr.. and Mrs. "A. H. Burtz.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Burtz.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-12
ALETTER TO THE CHILDREN
ON AN INTERESTING SUBJECT.
Idlehurst, Marietta, Ga,
January 1917.

January 1917.
To the Children OF Marietta.
Dear Children:
| am going to ask Mrs. Carter OF
the Journal if she will not print
this letter TO you, for | have
great scneme" and l need your as
sstance very, very much in order to
make it successful. 1t is something
that concerns you very much; and
am sure will interest you when
you know what it is.
Now, just think OF the most beau
tiful thing around Marietta-and
the most historic; and now guess?
Please don't all speak at once; for
/ am sure you all have all guessed
that l am talking about your beau
tiful Kennesaw Mountains. Yes,
are they not beautiful when clothed
in the tender garb of spring and
crowned with garlands of fragrance
and beauty?
Or they stand bare and leafless at
winters touch until the Ice King
clothes them with his magic wand
in the rainbow nues of diamond and
opal. Then have you seen them
wrapped in their mists, dreaming,
dreaming of the long ago? Chill
dren Of what are they dreaming?
And why those deep scars and
yawning pits, can you tell me? And
will you not get your teacher to let
you write her the history Of what
the mountains are dreaming, and
when and by whom came those deep
scars and rocks of defense? Now,
will tell you what l will do. We
will have Mrs. Carter and two other
judges appointed, and for the ones
who can tell BEST what the noun
tainS know, and the best descrip-
ti0n of them, and why every child
in Marietta should love and rever-
ence them, l will paint a picture of
those mountains, to be given to the
one the judges select. | will have
the picture ready and on exhibition
by the time the judges decide.
But | haven't told you of my
scheme, and how | want you to
help me. 1t is this. While living
so near those mountains and seeing
them every day, it has occurred 20
me, that you children Ito whom
they rightfully belong), Marietta.
Atlanta, and all the tourists who
pass thru, should see more of those
mountains, know more about them
and enjoy them more. And it has
also occurred to me, what a fine
and great thing it would be if the
children of Marietta would erect a
monument to Gen. Johnston woo
held them % days-the longest
siege Of the Civil War-against
Gen. sherman with twice the num-
Der of men. Now wouldn't it be
a fine thing for every one to see
for you to put a statue of Gen.
Johnston on one of those mountains
and a finer thing still, if you
could, of Gen. sherman on the 9th
er. And you could begin right now
to teach the world that all men
are brothers. That you are for
peace and opposed to war. The
children Of America erected in
France a beautiful monument to
Gen. Lafayette because he was
great and good man, and stood for
liberty, You must tell us how our
Gen. Johnston compared with him.
In my next, if Mrs. Carter will
let me write you again. | will tell
you how | think you can accom-
plisn this, if you are interested.
And | will also tell you how one of
the northern soldiers who fought
in the battle on your mountains,
made Kennesaw Mountain famous
the world over.
Your friend,
MRS. ADA T. -WALDRIP.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-12

tics, or anything else. MARIETTA
MUST ACT AND ACT AT ONCE.
The Kennesaw" Company has
stated positively that they are go
ing to quit Marietta. They certain
~ must know where they stand le-
gally and they state that they are
going to quit and quit just as quick
~ as they can. If any one knows
how he can stop them until other
arrangements can be made, LET
US HEAR FROM YOU AT ONCE.
Certain citizens, feeling that the
city is in a dangerous situation,
have taken the matter up with the
owners of the Kennesaw plant and
have asked for an option for sixty
days during which time the city
might decide whether or not to pur-
chase the Kennesaw plant. They
proposed to buy the plant person
ally in the event the city council
would agree to take up their option
This, petition was agreed TO by the
Kennesaw Company with the pro-
vision that If the option was not
exercised by the city on Or before
its expiration that the city was to
agree to allow the removal of the
mains without hindrance except
that the Kennesaw Company give
bond to do the work as quickly as
possible and under proper and just
restrictions" by the city.
The city council deliberated on
the petition of the Kennesaw Com
pany Wednesday at noon and re-
fused to grant it. They took the
position that it was absolutely
necessary that the Kennesaw plant
be kept in operation. They like.
wise refused to become a party to
the option Of the citizens commit
tee. This action simply means
that court fight will Immediately
ensue for the right to remove the
Kennesaw mains from Marietta and
as we said above we do not be-
lieve the city will be able to com
pei the plant to continue operations
at a loss, or to prevent them re-
moving their property from Mari
eta.
Marietta has got to have water
and beside the Kennesaw plant
there are few sources of adequate
supply, To get this other water
will require a bond issue. That
means waiting until the legisla-
ture meets to get permission to hold
an election to issue bonds cit will
take about $4,000 to $4,000 to
get one of these other supplies
then registration will have to
be taken, an election called and,
taking it for granted that the bond
issue passes, which is doubtful, such
bonds would hardly be saleable. it
is said because the city is already
heavily bonded. All of this will
take practically year from now.
Then the work of acquiring the
property and buying the material
and putting in a plant at the place
selected would take possibly TX
months-maybe more All this not
any obstacles such as
injunctions which might be tnrown
across our path as have been done
in the past. And everybody knows
the trouble and expense that such
injunctions have cause in the
past.
Again we simply ask "WHAT is
MARIETTA GOING TO DO ABOUT
WATER SUPPLY?" The Marietta
journal calls on the people to be-
gin to think and think seriously,
regardless of politics and personal
tiles.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-12
HONOR ROLL 9Th GRADE a.

Eva Gariss. 90; William DuPre,
sc; Bolan Glover, 50; Montgomery
Anderson, "a; Kenneth Campbell,
"a Florence Scoggins, 81; Helen
Greer, SO; Paul Grower, 92.3
Ruth Shepherd, 1913; George H.
Keeler, 92.2; Willie Dobbins, 80;
Florence Swanson, 92 Cladis Hogg
90; Vernice Porter, GA; Agnes
Dobbins, sol; Julian Irwin, 90;
r. G.. Snaw 80.