Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-05-24
PICTURES NOW BEING FILMED IN
WASHINGTON FOR INSPECTION
BY U. 9. OFFICIALS.
U. S. SUBMARINES NOW
IN EUROPEAN WATERS
One Showing Of Different Reels VIII
Be Given In Each Town and o'ty
Throughout the State.


goverument war moving pictures
which, ars now making the rounds OF
the state, under the auspices OF the
War Preparedness Board, are making
quite q distinct hit The entry OF the
govsrnmsnt, and the state, into the
moving picture business has 30 far
proven, quite .. success. More sue
cessr II predicted as soon as the actual
pictures OF the boys overseas, which
are now being filmed in Washington
for inspection by the government OF
ncials, begin 70 come through Tor re
lease in Michigan 49,
As fast as the different sets of reels
caa rbe routed into the smaller places
In the state. they are being shown.
The st,.te Is q big one, and there are
over 7c0a moving picture houses In
1 the state, these being located in prac-
tioaliy 900 cities and towns. One
showing will be given In each city
and town, at least, and consequently
Il must be understood that the pic
turss, cannot bob up In every place
at onoe. Requests for the films for
1 showing made to state headquarters.
have all been referred to the chair.
man of the County War Preparedness
| Committees. who Will have charge
Of the routing In each Of the coun-
ties.
In the various places whore the pic
lures have been 30 far shown, 1t has
been very noticeable that the au-
diences have been much interested In
the films giving details of the two
comparatively. unknown weapons OF
the United States-the submarines
and the torpedo boat destroyers. Ex-
cellent films showing the complete
movements and machinery of these
set now being exhibited. and in every
case, the audiences have paid particu-
lar attention to them.
Only few days ago, the official an
nouncement was made at Washington
that American submarines had cross
ed the Atlantic ocean and were now
attached to Vice Admiral Sims fleet
In the war zone. This announcement
In itself was somewhat of surprise
to most people of the country, and
to many In Michigan most Of all, for
the simple reason that the govern
ment press agents have never men,
toned much about the American sub
marines.
In these days Of submarines, the
very use Of the word seems to con.
vey only reference to the death deal
ing, murderous machines operated by
the Huns In the war zone, whose ev-
cry move Is SO un-civilized like that
the average American wants to go out
and commit murder whenever no
reads about them. But 1t must not
be forgotten that the American navy
has submarines-just az good in their
+! own lines, as those owned by the
Huns. They have now been taken
overseas In order that they may be
available for Vice Admiral Sims
whenever he needs them to put an
end to a section Of the Imperial Ger
man Navy, something which every
body hopes is not far distant.
As shown In the films OF the War
Preparedness Board, these American
submarines do almost everything i'm
aginable In the water. They sub
merge while going at high rate of
speed, one section Of the film show
ing An American sub going under the
water while hitting II up at rate
of 35 miles an hour. Many people
will no doubt be surprised to learn
1 that submarines can travel at that
| 20 pnthipO ~ IN
the miracle of submerging while 60
ing that fast
According to Vice Admiral Sims,
!, who Is the first American naval Off
Ger to carry the Stars and Stripes into
| the war zone, the torpedo boat de-
stroyer is the greatest weapon the
United States can. get. In a recent
letter TO the president Of the Bethle-
hem shipbuflding company. which Is
manufacturing destroyers for the
navy, Admiral Sims, In requesting
hurry, used this significant Ian
guage:
do the men who actually build
the boats understand how vitality inn
portant IL the speed of buildingf Do
they understand that we will win or
lose according. to whether we beat
the submarine or II beats us? Do
they understand that We must depend
ohiehy upon destroyers to defeat the
submarine7 Do they understand that
on this side torpedo boat destroyers
are worth their weight in goldT
One Aim which IL being shown has
to do entirely with the work OF the
Destroyer It's practicability, its use
fulness, and It's methods are all ex-
planned. And above all, Vice Admiral
Sims, the naval officsr who now
pleads for more destroyers In order
that ne can compete with the sub.
marine. IL shown standing on the deck
Of one of them securing the sea with
hia alaaaea for a Rlimnas Of An enAuv