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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-29

Benton made face at the music and
struck tho keys.
1t seemed to Stella nothing short. OF
a miracle. She had been mute SO long.
She had almost forgotten what trag-
edy losing her voice had been. And to
find 1t again, to hear 1t ring like a
trumpet-it did! 1t was too big for
tho room. She felt herself caught up
III triumphant ecstasy as she sang.
She found herself blinking rs the Inst
note died away. Her brother twisted
about on the piano stool, fumbling for
cigarette.
And still they say they can't come
back" he remarked ut last. "Why,
you're better than you ever were. Stel-
Ia. You've got the old sweetness and
fiexibilIty that dad used to rove about,
but your voice is bigger, somehow DIFF
ferent. 1t gets under n mans skin"
She picked up the baby from the
floor, began to play with him. She
didn't want to talk. She wanted to
think, to gloat over and hug to herself
this miracle Of her restored voice. She
was very quiet, very much absorbed In
her own reflections until it was time
very shortly, to put Jack junior in his
bed. That was n function she made
wholly her own. The nurse might greet
his waking whimper In the morning
and minister to his wants throughout
the day. but Stella tucked him in"
his crib every night. And after tho
blue eyes were closed she sat there
very still. thinking. In a detached
way she was conscious Of hearing
Charlie leave.
her dressing table brushing her hair,
,, Fyfe came IN. He pcrched himself on
the foot rail- Of the bed, looking silently
at her. She had long grown used to
that 1t was familiar trick Of his.
GLOW did 1t happen that you've new
er tried your voice latelyT' no asked
after time.
Il gave 1t up long ago." she said.
Didn't I ever tell you that used to
sing and lost my voice?"
! mo-" he answered. "Charlie did Just
; now. You rather took my breath
away. It's wonderful. You'd BIO a
] sensation in opera"
II might have been," she corrected.
'That was one Of my little dreams.
You don't know what O. grief 1t was
to mo when got over that throat
! trouble and found I couldn't sing.
I used to try and try, and my voice
would break every time. I lost all
| heart to try after awhile. That was
when I wanted to take up nursing, and
:. they wouldn't let NO. haven't thought
about singing for an ago. I've crooned
, lullabies to Jacky without remember
! ing that I once had volume enough to
drown out an accompanist. Dad was
awfully proud of my voice.,
you've reason to be proud Of II
now" Fyfe said slowly. "Its voice
In ten thousand. What arc you going
to do with it?'
Nothing" she said, a trifle tartly
''How can IT Granting that my voice
Is worth the trouble, would you like me
to go and study in tho east or abroad I
| Would you BIO willing to bear the ex.
| pense Of such an undertaking? To have
me leave Jack to nursemaids and you
to your logs?" ''.
$50 that in the fullness Of time ]
might secure little reflected glory as
tho husband of Nine. Fyfe, the famous
Soprano" no replied slowly. "Well. ]
~->-ansssakgn
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-29

she selected three and set them on tho
rack.
+ Benton whistled when no glanced
over the music.
%" The Siren Song,'" he grunted.
What is it-somcthing ncw7 Lord,
look Mt the scale! Looks like one of
those screaming arias from tho Ely
Ing Dutchman.' Some stunt"
"Mafchand composed 1t for tho ex-
press purpose Of trying out voices"
Stella said. ut Is stunt"
You'll have to play your own &C.
compartment" Charlie grinned. "That's
too much for me-"
"Oh, just so YOU give me little sup
port here and there" Stella told him.
Il can't sing sitting OH a piano stool"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-29
NORFOLK & WESTERN.

ONLY ALL.RAIL LIN. TO NORFOLK
Leave Byrd Street Station, Richmond FOE
MohfoLR, 'o;i6 A. n. 1900 A. NJ, .s:ss r.
FOR LYNCHBURo AND THE wEsT-.sls
A. NJ, $3.50 A. NJ, $500 p. NJ. ss:s5 p. II.
Local to Crewe, 'o:S5 P. II.
Arrive Richmond from Norfolk-.l1:to A NJ
'8:S6 P. H., 5000 p. M, .ll:so P. n, Fro.s
the wsstm'e:le A. ~. 1887 a. NJ. ..2:is r.
.Datly ..Daily except Sunday s::suniay on,y
". u. BEViLL, W.. O. SAUNDERS,
r. ~ NJ no1noke @. P. A., Rosaohs
o. ii. BOSLEY, d. P. A., Richmond, Va.
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SEABOARD AIR LINE,

THE PROGRESSIVE RAILWAY on qMH Aousr
eouthbound traius scheduled 70 isavs NsAsssNa
d,aay: e:1 A. u, local TO Nerliaa; lsss r. o..
ntrninsham; e:s5, P. T., through scssSss ~
sleeper. 20 Jaeksonylile;. 1880 7. IL, YiseSSs
nnAted, 1a:D A. NJ, aleepers 70 Atlanta. -.
minehssn, Jacksonville, Tampa esd coasHss O.
Jacksonville.
Northboaad trains scheduled - srrivs "a
Assnnond daily: 49, 4. d, tn A. H., e6
A. H., local. 6:ss 4. H., gie7 p. 0.
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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO,

Cincinnati, Lou,vle & West, SIP, - p, Ill D.
Main Line Local, sT:26 A.. SsB:fk n
James River Line, $1,000 A.. ssS.1S r.
Newport News, Norfolk and Old Point,
Newport News Local. 81 A. q
$3.50 p. Newport Newa, 1855 a., ss:oS D. -
From West, 1910 a.. $3.50 p. seo:6s go
s1:16 p, TAO p. daily from Charlottesville.
except Sunday from Thurmond "
Jsfes River, "'s:1 a., 1850 p.
DAILY ssExcept Sunday
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SAVE COUPONS

WORK AND SAVE UP PLANET
COUPONS AND GET AN UMBRELLA
OR A PHONAGRAPH-BO ARE
GOOD. SEE ADVERTISEMENT
IN THIS ISSUE AND START TO
WORK IMMEDIATELY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
Threat Aids Workers
In Shipyard Strike
Loyal Men Cause Strikebreak-
ers To Be Turned Back
at Shooters Island

Several hundred strikebreakers were
brought by the Standard Shipbuilding
Company to its Shooters Island plant
Yesterday afternoon. As soon as the
eight hundred men who had remained
at work at the plant learned that
strikebreakers were to take the places
of the 1900 strikers, they informed the
company that there would be two thou
sand places to fill II the newcomers
were admitted.
The strikebreakers were sent away
again, as the detection Of the eight
hundred would mean closing down the
plant altogether. Strike sympathizers
jeered them as they departed, but were
restrained by soldiers from any more
violent action.
J. ]. McIntee, business agent OF the
International Association of Machinists,
said that strikebreakers had been
brought from Chicago to break the
shipyards strike, and that they were
slackers almost to a man. lie denied
reports that strikers were returning TO
work in any of the yards, and said that
the struggle would be long one unless
the government interviewed.
William H. Davidson, superintendent
of the Staten Island shipbuilding plant
where 500 men are on strike, predicted
that most of them would return to
work on Monday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
4O0-Foot U.-Boat
Sunk by u. S. Ship
Off Irish Coast
Survivors Of Oil Tanker,
Later Destroyed by Fire,
Tell Thrilling Tale

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug 24.-Sub-
marines are having a hard time with
armed American merchantmen, accord
ing to the crew of the Standard oil
tanker Navajo. who arrived here TO-
day on an American steamship from a
British port. The stern gun Of the
tanker sank one of Germany's fast 400
footers about forty miles west Of the
Irish coast on July 5. The tanker es-
capped with nothing more than few
dented stern plates, where the enemy
had landed a couple of hslf-spent
shells.
Edward Schaffer, the Navajo's third
officer. said the encounter on July 4
was a minor engagement. The U-boat
came to the surface about three miles
away and opened fire. The American
vessel promptly replied. Suddenly the
eaemy withdrew and submerged, and
was not seen again until the following
morning, when it was observed TO the
southwest, pursuing q big merchant
vessel. After sinking the merchantmen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
/. w. WIS Great Strike Plan
Defeated by Democratic Army
ORGANIZATION That Claims To Be Fighting Democratze
Industry Suppressed by Easy Going Guardsmen,
Who Believe in Equality and Fraternity
Bv THEODORE NJ. KNAPPEN

from a policy of letting everybody do
almost anything TO sap the spirit and
strength of the nation, took the mo-
mentous step of arresting men before
crime instead OF afterward, according
TO our easy-going custom.
The whole affair was handled by the
soldiers in such a nonchalant manner
that'no |. ". ". had a chance to make
a martyr of himself without az the
same tire making himself ridiculous.
lt was not forgotten that the men ar
rested had their rights. They were in
formed that they were military pris-
oneTs, that prompt investigation of
their cases would be made and that
none of them would be long detained
without good reason.
Revealed Weakness of Leaders
At the time this was written, it ap-
peared as if the sudden arrest Of the
leaders had exposed the whole threat
ened strike as a gigantic bluff or, at
least. that when free from intimida-
ton the members at large were not
subject to any considerable degree OF
control or influence from headquarters
The leaders in this district are not
strong men. They have neither the
nerve nor Ihe IleHtdIlNy " O@'ty W.
an audacious plot. Moreover, it is GER
tain that as leaders they did not p Ian
or contemplate violence or destruction
of property.
They did expect, after the general l.
". W. policy of indirection. that some
of their followers would practise sabo,,
tage, but the temper of the farmers and
general public was such that midi
viduals were afraid TO go far with that
exasperating form Of direct action
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25

Religious services of several demon
nations will be conducted tomorrow
for three regiments encamped at Van
Cortland Park.
The lst Infantry, which is composed
Of upstate men, will be addressed at
9 o'clock in the morning by Bishop
Gailor of the Diocese of Tennessee.
Chaplain H. W. Forman of the regi-
ment will also preach. At 7 o'clock
the Episcopal members will receive
communion.
In the afternoon the Esd Regiment
will hear sermon on "The Qualities
Of a Good Soldier" by Chaplain Frank
|. Hanscom, the Congregational min
lister of the regiment.
At the Van Cortlandt Mansion House
the list Regiment will attend services
conducted by Chaplain William Croker
in the morning. Chaplain Croker will
preach on obedience Is Part of Lib
erty." Before that service the regi-
ment will receive communion.
In the evening services for all SOL
diers will be held in the Y. NJ. c. A.
tent.
Two sermons on war subjects will be
preached in New York churches to-
morrow. "The Conditions for Answered
Prayer" will be the topic OF the Rev.
Eugene R. Meudewitz, at the Church
of the Atonement. DR.. Meudewitz will
give Scriptural reasons whyhe believes
united prayers for peace were not an
swered.
At the Marble Collegiate Church, in
the evening, the Rev. o. P. Barnhill
will preach on "For God and Country"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
Germans Arrested in
Shipyard Strike Plot
Used Money Freely, 1t Is
Charged, to Halt Work
on informed Vessels

A plan to start strike at the Morse
Dry Dock, foot Of Fifty-eighth Street,
Brooklyn, where ten interned German
ships are being repaired, was thwarted
early yesterday morning by government
officials, when Marshal Power, acting
on orders telegraphed from Washing
ton, arrested two German laborers in
the Morse Company machine shop.
The prisoners are William A. MARI,
thirty-one years old, of 44O5 Third
Avenue, Brooklyn, and Paul Schroeder,
thirty years old, of 3l4 Fiftieth Street,
Brooklyn. They will be taken to-day
from the Raymond Street Jail tosEllis
Island and informed there as dangerous
alien enemies for the duration OF the
war.
When the government stepped in the
agitators were prepared TO spread dis
satisfaction among their fellow work
ers and cripple the work now being
done to transform the seized German
vessels into transports, federal officials
say.
The information which led to the ar
rests was gathered by agents in the
new Intelligence Bureau OF the Navy
Department. The agents learned, it is
said, that Schroeder and MARI, both OF
them expert machinists, had already
done much by means of propaganda and
money to stir up their fellow workers.
The Attorney General at Washington
ordered the arrest Of these two men
and their associates. The Federal Dis
trict Attorneys Office in Brooklyn did
not learn of the Intelligence Bureau 8
action until warrants, signed in Presi,
dent Wilson's name, were telegraphed
TO il lust before the arrests were made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
Harvard Men Send 500
Footballs to France

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Aug. 24.-Five
hundred footballs, sent by harvard
men, are on their way to France for
American soldiers, Fred W. Moore,
graduate manager CT the Harvard Ath-
ietic Association, announced tonight.
Mr.. Moore said he had written to
10000 Harvard graduates to give 81
apiece or more to a fund to provide
the troops with athletic equipment, in
pursuance Of a suggestion of Eliot
Wadsworth, Harvard graduate and act
ing head of the American Red Cross.
The first 10000 appeals were sent TO
those who are on the application list
of the Harvard Football Association.
Mr. Moore pointed out the possibili-
ties of high class football games be-
hind the lines with every college foot
ball team Of note and scores Of grad
uated stars represented in the service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
State Commissioner Sees
Little Danger if Money
Is Kept Here
Menace From Spies
Up to u. S., He Asserts
Declares Dearth of Ameri-
can Companies Causes
Need of Alien Firms

The State Insurance Department is
not pro- German, Jesse S. Phillips, State
Superintendent of Insurance, says, but
he is frankly in favor Of permitting
German insurance companies TO do bust
ness in this country during the war
piling up assets Tor Germany and re-
naming in a position to secure infor-
nation of incalculable military value to
the enemy.
So long as money Is not actually sent
to Germany-and he thinks this is be-
ing prevented-he believes no damage
will be done. To keep money away
from Germany, he believes, is Of para
mount importance. Information, in his
opinion, is not so important.
Mr.. Phillips is equally frank in as
suming responsibility for the meeting
Of insurance commissioners in Wash
ington which resulted in all German
insurance companies being permitted to
do business here for months under the
protection of a Presidential proclama-
ton. By a second proclamation marine
insurance companies were barred from
American business after the suspicion
arose that the submarine attack on the
first of Pershing's transports was made
possible by information reaching Ger
many of their departure from the Unit
ed States.
IL
Without the first proclamation. Mr..
Phillips admits, the German companies
would have automatically been put out
of business by the declaration of war.
Their immunity from the usual conse-
ouences of war was secured, he said,
because he felt that the protection
these companies can give was needed
by property holders in the United
States.
None Of the German marine insur-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25

the U-boat put about and came an.
the tanker.
Captain McDougal was no, es,,.,
that the submarine was the one \. I,
encountered the day before, but ina.
ing from the way she was handl.s
the careless way she rode high or -,
seas at times, he believed il was !.
same craft. Again he presentsS -
ships stern to the enemy and 60. s
fire. Suddenly he observed .b,s, '.N
submersible ceased to answer ana ,sS
merged quickly. 'U''
The reason for this sudden ,..,.
was the presence Of a big Rr;,s.S
hydroplane that came by. Thu a;,.s
maneuvred about the tanker e.
hour, but. encountering a thicS ~
patch, put back 10 land. Captain ~
Dougal, taking advantage Of the 81
changed his course and ran a, ~
speed, but when clearing cane !, ,tI
afternoon there was the persistent ~ ~
marine three miles astern. This 80
the gunners sent twenty shells =, ~.
German, the last one hitting the No., ~
Men watching the shots through n .'s,n
glasses declared that splintsrs ..s
vspor shot upward when the sb.n ". !.
and that the undersea craft. ss,,,; :"
aft, threw her bow clear of the sp,...s
as she sank quickly out Of siebt sew
A quarter Of an hour later n. az.
was informed by a radio from ,.p
British destroyers that went owe, ~.
place where the submarine sars ~.
the surface OF the sea was strevn ~ 80.
wreckage and oil. A
Three weeks later, after undsrsol,.
repairs in a French port, the N,v.iss
on her return journey to the un,,.l
States, was destroyed by IRE. vhiS
was caused by the explosion OF an ~
pipe that fed the boilers with fuel y
The crew of the Navajo retur,h,
yesterday consisted Of thirty men &,
GLIDING Captain McDougal; j. Ham u,
boatswain's mate, in command az n.
gunners; Edward Schaffer, the Nj
officer, and Clarence Sisson, the wI,,.
less operator.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25

for credits in neutral countries, in Am
sterdam, for example ~
"They would have lovely time get
ting the assets here. They belong 70
the policyholders."
THAT does not apply TO the surplus ~
"True. The surplus belongs TO the
stockholders after liquidation. IL -
not at all likely that Germany could get
much on that sort of thing. The whole
thing boils right down to the fact that
the Insurance supply is narrow. These
companies give protection that other
wise might be difficult TO obtain"
Wouldn't Buy Himself
"Do they protect? The companies
doing business here have less than 80
cents in assets TO every thousand OF
risk; the New York companies ten
times that proportion. Could the Ger
man companies. cut off from all new
moneys. make good their contracts?"
"They comply with the requirements
of our law"
Would you buy such insurance !"
you can answer that question Tor
Yourself. We never advise as 70
company. If we have inquiries we say
they are meeting the requirements or
the law. You can guess what I would
do"
"That means you would not buy Ger
man insurance"
Naturally we think best Of our own
companies. But there has not been
enough of them. Nor will there be
after the war, unless a lot Of new
American companies are formed.
"As a matter of fact. that was the po-
sion taken by substantially all Of the
insurance commissioners at their meet
ing in Washington with Mr.. Lansing
prior to the issuance of the Presidents
proclamation. If it had not been for
that proclamation the companies would
have been automatically shut out by
the declaration OF war"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
War Insurance
Measures to Pass
Opposition to Sale of Poll
cies to Fighters Not Ex-
pected to Change Bill

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Hearings
on the Administration soldiers AM
sailors war insurance bill were COM
pleted by a House committee to-day
and an effort will be made to report
next Tuesday for immediate considera-
ton.
Vigorous attacks on the measure are
expected from two sources, insurance
company interests, who oppose the OPP
tional insurance feature, and those VINO
want no interference with the existing
pension system. Debate may be pro-
ionged several days by the opposition,
although ultimate passage by the
House in virtually its present form IS
expected by leaders. go,
General commendation Of the bill
marked the hearing to-day. lndorse'
ment was given by Miss Julia Lathrop,
head Of the Children's Bureau; NJ. E.
Wills, legislative representative Of the
trainmen's brotherhoods; Edwin F.
Sweet, Assistant Secretary of Com
merce, and A. l.. Hereford, of Spring
field, H., representing the National
Fraternal Congress.
The war insurance measure would
have no effect on pensions now being
paid, Secretary McAdoo explained to-
day in response to an inquiry from an
old soldiers home at Lafayette, Ind.
"The pending bill is intended to pre-
vent injustices caused by delay in pass
ing pension legislation to the sons Of
old soldiers and the sons of all other
American citizens who go to this war
by telling them in advance Of death or
injury what will be done for them AMI
their families by a just government"
the Secretary said. "The bill is so
framed as to make unnecessary hap
hazard pension legislation in the fut-
ure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
German Reinsurance
Defended by Phillips

ance companies is doing business, or
has done any, so far as Mr.. Phl!lipss
department can learn, since the Presi-
dent forbade their doing so. In the
matter of licensing new companies 70
do this class of business, the nature Of
the money back of them, the ownership
and the genuineness of the company
is investigated by the department and
the State Department at Washington.
No such company is allowed in until
the Insurance Department has submit
ted the results of its investigation to
the State Department at Washington.
Denies Pro-German Leanings
All this Mr.. Phillips made clear in
the course of an hours talk with a
Tribune reporter in his Office in Albany
Yesterday. The action OF the New York
department in rushing to the defence
of the German companies has been the
subject of much criticism. He smiled
when some of this was repeated 10 him.
Certainly this department is not
pro-German, and il is not made pro
German because it believed the Ger
man companies should be permitted to
continue in business" he said.
"The men in insurance Offices have
access to vast amounts of information
of military value. Don't you consider
it of paramount Importance that this
should not be open to spies?" he was
asked THE German companies have
German clerks; there are any number
OF alien enemies in the insurance dis
trict"
mo, | do not consider it Of para
mount Importance. Money is. Ger
many is not fighting over here. II IS
fighting on the other side. 1t is of no
value to Germany to know, for example,
that a certain factory has 100000
pounds of shells"
"But marine and fire information is
open to all in such Offices. Isn't that
reason why Germans should be
barred"
"Tes, If they are sending informa-
ton to Germany. That is for the Fed
eral government. 1t is not necessary
for me to say that if we knew of any
person doing such a thing or trying 20
do such a thing, be he German, Irish,
Scandinavian or English, we would act
promptly.
Can't Send Over Money
"The facts are that these German
company branches in the United States
are TO all intents and purposes separate
companies.s Their managers treat them
as such in times of peace. They have
to now. There is, believe, 4 deei-'gn
to the effect that they are separate en-
titles.
$50 long as they cannot send money
to Germany there is no damage done.
And that they can not and should not
be permitted to do"
"fsn't the building up Of assets here
one way of strengthening Germany, OF
giving aid and comfort to the enemy"
"They cannot realize on those assets,
so that is nonsense
might they not be made the basis