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shere he arrived in ti 1a even to see the last of the vans, n 9mpty, whil' briskly out of pier 1-1 and up the street.
 Delaying only long enough to note the license number of the vehicle. he darted briskly into the pier shed and at discretion lost hims If among its shadows; in which bus ness luck-of sort-again was with him. For he barely escaped being spotted by two pGrticularly grim and rcpulsive look ing young Japanese, who had appar- ently been posted near the eD,Tance for the express purpose O preventing es- piOnage.
 It was q busy place, a-roar with the activities of a multiut of longshorc- men. On either sid fcameiS were taking in cargo, with fN " indication of furious effort to get liShed with the job and away. Blu, which Was which? Aboard one the On. ming ''prc- paredness" fund had been owed and presently would be outwar bound:
 Presently a Hull fell in | sound and fury of cargo loading on one side of the pier Preparations W, re made to take in the gangplanks. Dock labor CTS concerned themselves with the cables that moOred the vessel. Its deep throated whistle blasted warning once, twice, and again. Down the pier ran alertly the two Japanese who had stood guard near its entrant e. As they jumped aboard the last gan plank was withdrawn. The vessel be; m to sheer away from the pier.
 Parr hastencd to the nearest op, and waited there till, overhead. open cargo port in the ships pain. flank moved past. At peril of his l. he lcapcd. caught the lower lip of q. opening. and scrambled aboard. to finu himself in 'tween-dccks sloom-and definitely committed to the most des- pcrate adventure of his history.
 It seemed impossible that he could have escaped observation. Yet, ap- parcntly. he had; and that despite the fact that. not far distant. a number of efficient. deadly little Japanese deck hands were busy slowing cargo at the chest of boatSWain. s
 EavcS,lruppius aticutiycly upon the r,nv crSltiun of thc dcckhaudS. h" learned all he needed iu knuW-'li>cnv- cred ihai Inc had slowed away aboard the Sandal of IokohaAa. bound for Vera Cruz; that she had sailed with considerable suddenue-s. three dgs 'e-
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would prove to he the case. Pst:1. sprang lightly through the breach.
 Instantly loop Cf stout lines set tied over her head and shoulders, pin- ming both her arms to her sides. An other followed it and another, half hitcheS thrown with deft eXpertneSs. Before she could utter the cry that chOked her throat she was bound and helpless in the power of sullen ruff fan who was deaf to tears and prayers, and proceeded calmly to rope the girl to the back of a heavy chair. and then, knelt to strike a match and light a Sputtering fuse. This done. he moved quickly out into the adjoining cellar.
 She needed almost a minute before she comprehended her danger.
 Then the vault echoed with her screams, answered by voices from be- yOnd the steel door to the underground passage, where Ryley and his aSSoci- ates were at work with the acetylene torch.
 But however rapidly it worked 1t could not possibly be swift enough to compass Patria's salvation.
 Of sudden the girl stilled her cries. In her struggles she had freed one hand from it's bonds. And in the pocket of her coat. convenient to that hand, lay the dainty little revolver she had on impulse snatched up on leaving her boudoir in Newport the night before.
 There was just a chance. She was q fair shot, and the fuse was slOw-burn- ing. If she could only contrive to break it with a bullet.
 Working the weapon with great diff cuty out of her pocket, she aimed as best she might and fired.
 Twice she missed. But the third bull let struck the fuse fairly and snapped it in twain.
 Then the revolver slipped from her nerveless grasp and she sank back un- conscious in her bonds.
 Thus Ryley and the others found her when, some ten minutes later. they at length broke through the steel door.
 The open air uf the gar,ien revived her. By the time a cab had been called she had recovered sufficiently to apprt- ciate that Captain parr had disap- peared.
 Her last instructions to H.iey were simple and direct:
 "The money doesn't matter. But never rest till you've found Captain ParrI"
 THE SANDAL.
 Luck of sort played into the hands of Captain Parr that morning. He ;CpgnG iio difficulty about trailing three heavy-laden. moving vans across the lower West side to the waterfront,
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EPISODE THREE
Winged Millions"

When, some thirty minutes later, Pa tria Charming and Captain Parr re- entered the walled garden they were no more alone; three men accompanied them. plain citizens all. of manner and appearance so little romantic that the girl found it somewhat difficult to ac- cept them for what they really were, on the word of Captain Parr-highIy efficient operatives of the United States secret service.
 None but would have been readily lost in crowd: and he whom Parr pre- sented as Mir. Ryley. his most valued cO-wOrker in the service. possessed a personality so cOlorless and unassum- ing that he might have moved unques- toned in almost any stratum of society. Yet it was this one who took over tenn pOrary charge of the treasure with the utmost sang froid-for all the world as though he were asked to safeguard q hundred cents instead of a hundred millions of dollars.
 Though by this time the firemen had e1tinguiShed the flames, the first and second stories of the house were a smoking. steaming mass of wreckage that precluded utterly any attempt 10 examine the approach to inc treasure vault via the library. Police still watched in front of the house and would. Ryley guaranteed. till the last of the treasure had been removed  through the garden.
 'It's safe enough" he said, return ing from exploration of the under ground way in company with Parr, 'almost too safe. if you ask me. That door down there is shut for keeps; we'll want an acetylene torch to cut through it before we can call this a moving day. I'll be going after that now, if you don't mind. Burgess and Harvey here will stop on the job and see that nobody makes trouble before l get back"
 Approving this arrangement, Patria turned 10 Captain Parr
 And now" she said with weary lit- tle smile, ''you may take me to break- fast for I'm famiShed. And I'll call Newport on long distance and Soothc Aunt Amelia down and get her to send my maid in with something else for me to wear"
 After breakfast they taxied back to the walled garden.
 Ryley himself had only just returned with q mechanic and the acetylene torch apparatus.
 His fellow workers in the secret service remained in undisturbed pos
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SYNOPSIS.

On her twenty-first birthday. when she is to take over control of her fortune, Patria Charming finds her guardian as sassinated by Japanese in her New York home. A letter written by the murdered man tells of a secret vault beneath the li- brary containing SlO0o10.o0J. hoarded by Patria's patriotic progenitors to combat the perils of national 'unpreparedness' of which trust Patria is sole eXecutriX- and warns against Baron Hurolli, alleged head of the Japanese secret service in America. Japanese invade the house and set it afire while Patria is inspecting the treasure vault with Capt. Donald Parr Of the United States secret service. The two escape by an underground passage to a garden behind the house.
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fore her scheduled sailing date; that she carried passengers of some impor- tance Out these were not named) and cargo consisting of arms and amnu- milton for the CarranZista forces; final ly, that treasure of vast value had been brought aboard at the last mo- ment and stored in strongly guarded staterOom in the officers quarters.
 As the freighter drew out to mid stream and began to drop down the river the deckhands trotted off on other business and left the stowaway to di- gest. his information and formulate his plans.
 The last proved no easy matter. What one man could be expected to ac- compliSh against Shipload was a rid dla that bafIled Parr's wits for the best pa rt of q long hour. Satisfied that the Charming treasure had been brought aboard the Sandal" and quite ready to believe that Baron HurOki and his pet Mexican. Senor Juan de Lima. had not been actively concerned in its theft but had sailed in charge of it. he still failed to puzzle out any feasible way to inform the authorities and cause the detention of the freighter and the ar rest of the thieves without sacrificing the neck of Donald Parr.
 Huddled in the shelter of the bales. the young man commanded a view through the cargo port; and his thoughtful gaze had long been fixed up- on that breadth of hurbor water slip ping past so slowly and steadily be- fore he distilled an inspiration from it's hue.
 And even as he began to take cOgni- Zance of the fog. Parr heard the jingle of signals in the enginerOom below his hiding place. And immediately the pulSinCs of the engines ceased. For a little the "Sandai" drifted with stead fly slackening way. Then the anchor was dropped, with chain roaring through hawse-holes. and the freighter settled down to wait the lifting of the fog.
 In this combination of circumstances Parr thought to see his chance. The ship could not he far from land; and ne was strong winner. If he could slip unseen over the side and win to the shore or even to q friendlier yes sei's decks.
 With every preci ution, he stole ont to the main deck and--was instantly espied by barefoot little monkey of q sailor, whose shriek of warning rang out the instant his vision c0mprehend- ed ihe face of a stranger.
 Failing in an attempt to gain the side his way barred by half a dozen Japa- nese who seemed verbally to spring
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her well. She clOuted more than one clOse-shaven. brownish poll with it, and planted it's point against the chest of more than one who sought to follow her over the side of her mOtOrbOat, be- fore she could get the engine going. And when that opened, she got a taste of what Japan's resentment might mean.
 For. as she sheered off and her small craft gathered speed, a shower of bull lets Spattered round it, fired from the freighter's decks.
 But their aim was indifferent; Patria too quickly became lost in the fog.
 Sunset and Clearing Skies.
 In pitchy dark compartment of the Sandals hold. wrists and ankles in irons. Donald Parr lay in an extreme unease little tempered by the fact that ne was but semi-consciOus.
 A blow on the head during the scuffle in the wireless room had proved mer-
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sTssiOn of the garden with nothing more to report than that they had ob- served np suspicious circumstances of ar,y sort.
 II was Burgess who offered this re- assurancc-a hubby little man with q iow-pitcled. pleasant voice and mild, Tricndly sYos. He had just finished sFeaking Wli"n lo started violently, cried out in sharp pain. cIapped a hand to his lcfi breast. Siond for g mnuon, sWaying while u Iooi, of a,.'te, amazed protest widcncl OBI his cauu,enance- and dropped dead al their feet, shot DroUgh the heart.
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cifully anodynous. For he had been severely manhandled before irOned and imprisoned
 Now he had knowledge neither of his whereabOuts-save that he was not far from bilge-Or of how long be had lain there insensible.
 Vaguely he apprehended. that the ship was once mere under steam. But he suffered too much tO reason from this that the fog must have lifted. ..
 It was, in fact, only just lifting at that sunset hour. And as the evening breeze gained strength and swept clear the face of the sea. it showed those On the Sandals bridge the slender. graceful, white shaI4 of a Naval Re serve cutter standing between her and the open sea.
 Aboard the cutter PatGa Charming indicated the freighter wiih a trem- bling hand.
 A moment later q twO-pounder spoke from the cutters deck. and its shot dropped neatly beneath the Sandai's bows.
 Now the freighter had drifted almost dangerously near inshOre during that afternoon of fog; while the cutter was still well out. She would need several minutes in which to lay her boats alongside the Japanese-more minutes by several thau the Japanese would require in which to land her own boats on tue nearby. lowlying shore. And the crew of the freighter, no more than her passengers. desired tO become pri>- Oners of the United States government.
 There followed. consequently. some thing of scramble aboard the Sandal But her boats were launched quickly and in Sailorly fashion, and were aciu- ally headed shOreward and pulling fast by the time the cutters were we'll started toward their destination.
 But before the Japanese abandoned the freishter. Donald Parr was briefly entertained by fugitive caller.
 X manhole above his head was sud- denly opened. An active little officer slipped down the iron ladder to the plates whercon the American rested. Without nCtieing Parr in any way. the officer moved off into the gloom. and for a moment was busy in some mys- terious fashion. He reappeared. pur- sued by a noise of gushing water. Swarmed briSkly up the ladder. re- closed the maHhOle.
 Parr moved uneaSily in his irons. Cold water was swiftly envclOpinS his body in a pool. Then abruptly he gn- lerStood, and with desperate effort got upon his feet His tongue clave to the roof of his mouth and his heart was like a mad thing in his breast.
 For the Sca-cocks had been opened .o Scuttle tho ship-and he was pelned in there to die by drowning in the lark
 When the Naval Reserve men opened he manhole they found Parr clihginS with his manacled hands to the upper 'ungs of the ladder, his head barely put of water.
 But he wasn't long ahOut reGaiuing liS pOiSe. when they bore him up td 'atria on the deck Under the inllu- 'nce of that surprise he was even able O muster flickering smile wheD the icUtenars in command of the board ng party laughingly explained that his fife had never been in real danger. ince the Japanese had tried to scut;le he Sandal at point so Shoal that she 'ould not have sunk or even have filed beyond the point the waters had cached when Parr was rescued.
 As for the treasure. that ,uS saved without any loss what Oever.
 (END OF THIRD EPlSODE.)
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THE CAST.

MRS. VERNON CASTLE as Patria Charming. MILTON SELLS as Donald Parr. WARNER GLAND as Baron Huroki. DOROTHY GREEN as Fanny Adair.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
THOMAS IS DISCHARGED
FOR GOOD OF SERVICE
School-Teacher Who Prcferred
Charges Against Board Sum
marily Removed.
ADMITS ERRONEOUS STATEMENT
Not Required to Teach Sewing and
Singing in School as He Had Al
legged i'm Statement Given To AN
Afternoon Newspaper.

Robert y Thomas was dismissed
from the teaching force ~ the Rich
mond school system yesterday after
noon AT a special meeting Of tho City
school Board. called AT tho conclusion
Of TIL" cisht-hour Investigation of
charges against him on Friday night.
The resolution was passed after the
consideration Of an explanatory state
ment made by Mr.. Thomas at tho re-
quest Of w. Lawton crutchncld The
dismissal closes a chapter uf the his
tory Of the controversy between MIR.
Thomas and the board which arose dur
ing the course OF events following
charges brought by Mr.. Thomas against
a. y. Iiiddick formerly assistant prin-
"ipal Of The Bellevue Prev"cational
school.
The charge &C which Nj Thomas
was found guilty MAS that he had
caused to he published false statements
10 the dctrimcnt of the school authors
ties. Among the statements ascrihcd
To Mr.. Thomas We're assertions that
upon being transferred from the Belle
Nue Prevocaiional School 10 the High
land Park School he was required to
teach sewing. painting ana sing ing
that he was ass i2ncd to teach a double
grade without being compensated for
II. and that II was AN established prac-
iice for teachers in the public schools
desiring an absence from business. to
remain away from their ass!enmcntS
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
TWENTY-EINE MEMBERS
OF CREW AMERICANS
LEN .A.-onisi,d rrc.s- I

GALVESTON. TEN, February =
The american steamer Iiousatonic.
which Was sunk to-day of the Sc;lly
Islands. was commanded by Captain r.
y. Ensor Of New York. and OF the
crew Of thirty-seycn men which sail
Cd aboard the vessc! from Galveston.
twenty-five were Americans
Ralph Jones Dcumark. was FIRST
mate; l'ati ] E"uoss, Chicago. send
mate: l., Solcm, Norway, q uaturaliz-
cd American, hoatswain. and David
l-ouhon, Scotland also a naturalized
american. chief engineer. Others Of
tn. crcw nclud,d !. " Glaze. OF
,;lraz.. of South Carolina. auG L. N.
pritcheu, Tennessee. .\hout twenty
Eve members az the crew were shir ped
hcic.
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WATCHING GERMAN VESSELS
The Arknnsn.. tho lnmnrraw md Ar
tiiicrymon on Duty nj New
port News.
IEy Associated Press !

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. February :.
Tho coast guard cutter Namacr;a ".
tho battlcship Arkansas and squad
az thirty artillcrymcn ana II lieutenant
from Fort Monroe Tonight arc doing
neutrality duty here. Collector of Gus
toms Norman Il. Hamilton had ordered
that a close watch be kept Oh the
German steamer Arcadia and the AUS
trian steamer Budapest. tied up here
for safety.
The collector said that lac had re-
ccivcd no advices relative To the dis
position OF the steamers The Yama =
craw and Arkansas arc on duty near
the capcs.
Extra watchmcn have been placed on
duty at the shipyard where the battle
ship Mississippi is being completed.
Yard officials anticipate no trouble,
hut wish TO he on the safe side. Ship
ming activities at this port are normal
according to the collector of customs
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
Military Measures
Of Precaution aiken
BY This Gouer7unenl
Wilson May axe Oath
Quietly a, White House

" WASHINGTON. February 3
While II" decision has been reached
""i"t"II.. there il very decided
sentiment In all official quarters to
nhhnd"n the public ceremonies of
'n""Surnti"n "n March =. md simply
have the President take the oath Of
office In the White House on sunday,
hnr"h !. Tho army Hnd navy rccep-
ton "t the White Iiouse probably
will he abandoned.
TIC mnttrr has not bccn taken up
with the President himself Robert
y. Harper. chairman of the in#u-
Eurni committee. sHid Tonight that
abandonment Of the ceremonies had
not becn considered.
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MAN FORT WOOL BATTERIES
al Strangers Arc Haired From Mili-
tary RcscrSnfiOn at Fort
Monroe.
IRv Associated prc.s-l

NORFOLK. VA. February 3.--Cndcr
orders issued Tonight the batteries at
Fort Wool in Hampton Roads. have
been manned by forces from Fort Mon
roc. In time Of peace only q few men
arc kept on duty at Fort Wool
strangers have been barred from the
reservation at Fort Monroe Guards
have becn stationed at all approaches
and all batteries there, and also have
been put on tho mine docks and all
government wharvcs.
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CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
INVITED rU FOLLOW

Neutral governments have been noti-
fed OF the action OF the United States.
and have openly been invited to fol-
low its action II the new submarine
campaign violates their rights.
The breaking of relations came with
a crash. despite the fact that il had
been discussed and practically dotnr-
aimed upon last night The President,
returning from his night conference
with the Senators, determined that =
break in relations was the only ac.
consistent with the dignity and the
honor Of the United States" He worked
most Of the night preparing his ad-
dress TO Congress.
At 1880 o'clock this morning It he
came known that Ambassador Gerard
had been ordered home and that pass.
ports had been sent to Count Won Brrn-
storn. Although there was no official
confirmation or the Presidents decision
'intil he formally announced III hni-.
self TO Congress. the knowledge spread
rapidly count Won Eornstorf heard
il unoliicialiy while talking with itn
Associated Iress correspondent Whilc
apparently deeply moved. he Was not.
surprised Hts first act was 10 ask
pr. ra,l Ritter. tho SWISS miuistcr.j
to come 10 the German embassy and
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Brea K With Germany
Formally Announced at
Joint Session of
Congress.
IRv Associatcd rrrss l


WASHINGTON, February 3.-The
severance of diplomatic relations with
Germany was formally announced TO
the country and the world by Pres
dent wilson at a joint session of Con-
grcss to-day at o'clock.
The United States NOW stands on the
verge of war. with all the historic pre-
ccdent of centuries pressing il for
ward.
Fervently invoking the guidance Of
Almighty God in the step he had taken,
President Wilson detailed 10 the Con
SrcsS why the United States could not
continue the relations with warning
power which repeatedly invadcs it's
sacred rights apd takes the lives OF
it's citizens.
Calm. with sense OF right in what
may prove the most somber moment
% American history. the President
stood IN the historic hall OF the House
Of Representative and. with Senators
and Representatives before him, spok e
the words which may carry the coun-
Try into the world conflict. not for
aggression and not for power: only
for law and humanity.
silent and attentive. tho grim COM
pauy OF the nations lawmakers listened
with .rapt attention While President
Wilson told of Americas course in the
uow unsuccessful diplomatic struggle
I" disSuade Germany from her cam
pniglt Of ruthlcSSnpSs
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PRESIDENT REVIEWS
GERMAN NEt.DTIkTIUNS
lilo President spoke as follows
Gentlemen OF the Congress:

lilo President spoke as follows:
Gentlemen OF the Congress:
'''fhe Imperial German government,
ON the thirty-trSt Of January. an
uouHCcd ~ this government and to the
governments OF the neutral :.ations
thar ON and after the tirst day of Feb
ruary. the present month. IL would
adopt a policy with regard To the use
Of submarines against all shipping
seeking |" pass through certain desig-
mated areas Of the high seas. To which
il is clearly my duty to call your at
tcutiuu.
Let me remind The Congress. on tile
eighth II April last. in view OF ;he
sinking ON the twenty fourth of March
Of the cross channel passenger steamer
SUSSEX by Il German submarine. with
out summons or warning. aud the con
sequcut loss Of the lives OF several cit :
izens OF the United states who were
passengers abroad her this govcrnmeut
addressed a note TO the imperial Ger
following declaration:
IF II is still the purpose OF the
imperiai government TO prosecute re-
lcntlcss and indiscriminatc warfare
against vessels OF commerce by the
use OF submarines without regard to
what the government of the United
states must consider the sacred aud in
disputablc rules OF international law
and the universally recognized dictates
of humanity. the government of the
United states is at last forced to the
conclusion that there Is but one course
il can pursue. Unless the impcri
government should now Immediately
declare and effect an abandonment OF
its present methods OF submarine
warfare against passenger and freight :
carrying vessels. tho government Of the
United states can have no choice but
TO sever diplomatic relations with the
German empire altogether
I'm reply to this declaration. tho i'm