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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-07
STATE VOLUNTEERS
! APPLY FOR RECOGNITION
Cambria, in Montgomery County, IL
First to Make Formal
Application.
MANY COMPANIES ARE FORMED
Will Ala Police in Protecting State
and suppressing Riots During Alb
sence Of National Guard on War
Duty.

Cambria. a small town In Mont
Eomery County. has the distinction OF
being the fret community in the State
to mako formal application fo- the rec7
ognition OF company OF the Virginia
State Volunteers. The application. duly
signed by seventy men. was received
hero yesterday by Adjutant General w.
w. Sale. and as soon as enlistment
papers can be printed. the company
Will be inspected and the members duly
sworn into the service Of the State.
The Virginia state Volunteers will
not be an unorganized body Of men, but
will be regular units of militia. The
members must be actually enlisted. and
must subscribe to an oath similar to
that taken by regular State military
organizations prior OF Juno 2. 1915.
when the entire militia or the country
was federalized. Tho companies will
be liable to call for duty In the sup
preston OF riots. or any other dis
order, and will be under military disci-
pline while In the performance OF duty.
Lieutenant Colonel 10 Lane Stern.
inspector general. Virginia National
Guard. will be directly In charge OF
the organization OF the Virginia state
Volunteers. Colonel Stern has received
applications for permission to organize
liz companies, but the Cambria unit
Was the first actually to seek recog-
milton. Al least nve companies are in
process OF formation In Richmond.
MUST USE JUDGMENT
IN ACCEPTING MEN
While no age limit has been pre-
scribed for membership In the Vir-
6inia State Volunteers. the officers arc
expected to use judgment in accepting
men. AS tho companies may be or
dered out for strike duty. or may be
called on duty which will require weeks
or months to perform. the physical
standard Of tho men should be high.
Each company is urged to have doc
tor regularly enlisted.
Uniform regulations for tho organiza-
ton OF homo defense companies have
been prepared and furnished all appli-
cants. The enlistment papers and mus
ter rolls are now being printed. The
term of enlistment, II Is now planned
Will be for the term OF the present
emergency.
Tho Virginia State Volunteers will
be organized under the State laws. Con-
sequently, the Attorney has
ruled that II will be necessary for al
officers and men to subscribe to oaths
similar to those prescribed for the
State militia. The volunteers must sub.
scribe to an oath to support the Con-
et!tution OF the State and the United
States. and shall be enlisted to faith
fully serve the State In case OF war
invasion. the prevention or suppression
of invasion. the prevention or suppress
sion OF riots. and in aiding the civil
authorities in the maintenance and
execution OF laws of tho Common.
wealth"
Al meeting OF the Cambria com.
pany. John z. King. the town ser.
scant. was elected captain of the com.
pany. Other officers will DO selected
later. u
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-07
CREWS OF SEVEN
VESSELS RESCUED
Six OF Them Had Been Sent TO the
Bottom OF Azores Islands
by Submarines.
fBy Associated Press. !


AN ATLANTIC PORT. August 6.-The
crews Of seven vessels. six OF which
were sunk BY German submarines off
the Azores Islands were brought here
to-day by French steamer. which
took them on board ut port OF call on
her voyage from Europe. The vessels
sunk BY submarines were:
Italian bark Doris. 1853 tons. last
reported as leaving Puenos Aires May
Canadian schooner Wilhelmina Ger
trude.
American four-masted schooner John
Twohy. 1,013 tons, from Norfolk, Va,
for Algiers. Captain j. B. Morehouse.
Norwegian steamer Ellen. 3.s77 tons,
from Philadelphia for Marseilles. Cap
tain John Lothe.
Norwegian steamer Hanseat. 1858
tons. from an Italian port for Hamp-
ton Roads, Captain Evensen.
Norwegian steamer Horland. 2,472
tons. Stockholm for France. Captain
Lyngholm.
The seventh vessel. the British
schooner Conqueror. OF $50 tons. was
abandoned and went down June II,
off Flores. after she had sprung a leak
in rough weather. She encountered no
submarine. according to her crew
The sinking Of all these vessels, ex-
cept the Ellen. Doris and WilhelmIna
Gertrude. had been previously reported
Captain Lothc. OF the Ellen. said that
his vessel carried eleven locomotives
Of large size intended for u.e on rail-
roads which American engineers are
constructing behind the battle lines in
France.
The procedure of the Germans was
the same In all cases. accordi.g to
the crews. The vessels were stopped.
boarded by the submarine commander,
and the men ordered to the lifeboats,
after which mines or bombs were plac-
ed in the ships and exploded. Then the
submarine towed the life boats a few
miles toward shore and gave them the
right direction before submerging
1t required two days or more in most
Instances for the. crews to sail ana
row to ST. Maria in the Azores
Both Captain Lothe and Captain
Evensen, of the Hanseat, said that the
submarine which sank their vessels
was commanded by Lieutenant Eyring.
They were taken on board the sub
marine while their lifcboats were be-
ing lowed. Captain Lothe said the
submarine was the largest one he had
ever seen. carrying a crew of seventy
ono men. and mounting two six-inch
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-07
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ing Until Close of Contest

Secure the largest number of votes
between July 2Sth and August 25th,
and you will have this dandy ma
chine. She's beauty. with her cleo
trio lights and automobile finish.
You'll like her. A little extra hustle
may win for you.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-07
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-07
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Read each advertisement carefully,
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Vengeance
Was in
Every Heart

and just as the sergeant was about to
leave he asked:
"Opt with it, sergeant; what's hap
pcned! =. .--......-. authorizations. -
The sergeant turned around and in a
choking voice said:
Boys, Smiths gone west. Some
bloody German sniper got him through
the napper as he was passing that
bsshed-in part In Yiddish Street"
"Sailor Bill" calculated:
"Poor old Smith, gone vest" Then
he paused and sobbed out: "My God,
think of his wife and three little nip
pers waiting in Blighty for him to come
home for the Christmas holidays!"
believe that right at that moment
a solemn vow of vengeance registered
itself in every heart in that festive
circle.
The next day we buried poor Smith
in little cemetery behind the lines.
While standing around his grave our
artillery suddenly opened up with an
intense bombsrdment on the German
lines, and rs every shell passed scream
ing overhead We sent q prayer Of ven
geance with IL.
As the grave was filled in imagined
huge rainbow embracing the graves
in that cemetery on which, in letter.
Of FIRE, was written, peace on Earth,
Good Will Toward Men"
But such is war.
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tend 10 defect TO the railroads what
could more economically be carried by
water. or inyersely, and both forms OF
TRANSPORTATION would become much
more economical by cooperation.
There would be no desire 10 Craze
cattle on lands adapted for wheat rals-
ing, nor attempts to raise wheat on
farms unsuited thereto, nor would for
est growth be destroyed by sheep rals-
ing. or the value Of the river valley, OF
the country's water power, be destroyed
by reckless deforestation Of the head
waters. With the same interests con-
trolling all these activities 1t IS OBJ
vious that no activity would be permit
ted which does more harm IN ore re-
spect than it profits in another, and no
interference would be allowed between
the different industrial activities be-
yond that incident TO human lmperfec-
ton, and thus unavoidable.
All this is not a mere impractlcable
dream, but it has long been all estab-
lished fact, has been the operating
principle within all the more progress
sive large industrial corporations, ana
all that is necessary is TO extend meth
DDS of economic efficiency from the in
dividual industrial corporation TO the
UdNlOudl &c q 'hNA~'
Competition TO Find the Best
Thus. there will be competition be-
tween water transportation and railway
transportation, to decide which in each
individual instance is more economical,
considering quality of the transported
material, distance, time, etc, while now
the waterways may stand idle for lack
Of a railway connecting with them, or
for lack Of transfer facilities, or hun
dreds of millions are wasted IN the con-
struction of waterways which can never
economically pay for their cost, but the
only legitimate purpose of which is to
keep the railroad freight rates down by
their competition.
There will be competition, whether
gas engine or electric motor is to be
used; whether local steam turbine
plant is TO be installed or power bought
from a long distance transmission sys-
tenn. But the decision will be made on
the basis of the relative economy of the
various propositions, uninfuenced by
commercial or financial considerations
alien to economy.
Financial manipulation for the mere
acquisition of more money, without re-
gard 10 constructive economical organ
ization, necessarily must be impossible.
There must be an active cooperation
between all producers from the un-
skilled laborer to the master mind
which directs a huge industrial organ
ization. Such active cooperation pre-
supposes that everybody feels person
ally interested in the industrial econ
cmy. This presupposes that the fear Of
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opened, were on his pack. He was now
half hour overdue. <' t-
"Sailor Bill" noting our eagerness
to begin, held up his hand and said:
Now, boys, we're all shipmates to-
gether. Don't you think'it would be
better to wait few minutes more for
Smith,"
We all assented, but in our hearts
We were .cursing him. for his delay.
Ten minutes passed-ffteen--then
twenty. All eyes were turned in
"Ssilor Bill's" direction. He answered
our looks with:
go to II. boys, we can't wait for
Smith. don't know what's keeping
him, but you know his name is in
orders for leave and perhaps he Is so
tickled that he's going TO see his wife
and three little nippers in Blighty
that he's lost his bearings and has run
aground"
We started in, and waxed merry for
few minutes. Then there would be
an uncomfortable pause and all eyes
would be turned in the direction Of
the vacant place.
Unessiness seemed to prevail.
Suddenly the entrance to the dugout
was dsrkened and 8 form came stun
bling down. With one accord we all
shouted:
"Come on. Smith. you're missing one
Of the best Christmas dinners Of your
life"
Our sergeant entered the dugout.
One look at his face was enough. We
knew he was the bearer Of III tidings.
With tears, in his eyes and catch
in his voice, he asked:
which is Smiths psek7" We ell
solemnly nodded our heads In the d.
reetion Of the vacant place. without
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

"As the submarine displayed no flag
and was coming nearer, we fired
shot. The submarine, which was then
about 1000 yards away, replied lmme-
diately with what seemed TO me, on
account of the range, 6-inch gun
Her first shot fell amidships about
course due west, increasing speed. The
submarine followed us, keeping up
fire. The fight lasted from 6 o'clock
until about 1880 p. m. We fired TWEEN.
ty-five shots. The submarine fired
over thirty, including some shrapnel
toward the end. which exploded astern
Of our ship too high to do any dam
age.
"Our last two shells seem to have
hit the submarine in the forward part.
A few seconds later her bow jumped
up, and then she went down. stern up
ward at an angle of about As degrees.
The submarine did not come up again,
and | believe it was sunk then and
there. No damage was done to our
ship, and there were no casualties"
Certain He Sank Her
Captain Charlton, the very Efficient
master of the Silver Shell. confirms
this statement in his separate report
and makes it even more convincing:
AT 7:25 our first shells appeared to
hit the submarine, but up to that time
our shells had fallen short. At 1880
one shot struck right in front of the
submarine and appeared to lift the
bow OF the craft out of the water.
Then she came back and Immediately
disappeared, with the stern elevated,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

,;ons by larger ones, and consolida-
,ion 10 still larger corporations, the
doveIonment proceeds until the indus
~ ia organized In one or a small num-
ber Of very large corporations. Jhere Is
no competition, but an executive com
n,ittee of representatives OF the cor
norations or branches Of corporations
engaged in the same and similar IN
dustries co6rdinates and correlsies
the work of the corporations, deciues
on production, on prices, polcles' ETC.
Executive committees with their mem
hers chosen from different industries
take care Of the cooperation OF tnesS
industries, and finally an lndustrlal
Senate as the supreme executive com
mittee co6rdinates, controls ana al
reefs all the country's industries-tIa'
ia. governs the country. Thus, an IN
dnstrial government would be estaD-
Iished with an authority greater thsu
the world has ever seen, and stlll
without any mandatory power; not
maintained by police FORCE Dut
based on mutual cooperation ior
everybody's interest.
Outsider Soon Extinct
Any corporation which does not wish
TO ioin or take part in the national IN
dustrial organization is free TO stay
outside, as long as it conforms TO Ine
universal policy, but if the OUTSIDER
refuses TO cooperate, cooperation is
Withdrawn from him, also. as "outia"
or "scab" corporation, TO use the ex.
pression of labor organizations. mat
is. the organized industries refuse 70
do any work for such an outlaw, or
have anything to do with any WORK
containing the product OF the OUTLAW
corporation. Rapid extinction OF sueh
outlaw would obviously be the result,
without any legal or mandatory power
being necessary. II we realize how
excessive capitalization of otherwise
conservative corporations has been
forced by the necessity of buying up
councillors at exaggerated values
based on their potential destructive
ness as competitors; how corporations
have been organized for the mere pur-
nose of holding up existing corpora
lions for an excessive price IN selilne
| Quit is obvious that prompt eiimina-
ton of anybody attempting similar &C
ton is necessary in the interest Oh the
general industrial welfare OF the ma
ton.
There is a certain glamour to some
minds in the attitude of the one VINO
defies the majority; the American
hero" who goes as strikebreaker 70
work where the organized employees
strike; the individual MANUFACTURED
who breaks price agreements and un'
dersells the others to get the business
at prices which conservative producers
cannot meet, as they leave no margin
of fair profit. But there is practlcalIy
never any moral issue behind the ac'
ton of the scab, whether individual OF
corporation. but it is the sordid attempt
of getting an individual advantage al
the cost Of the others. It is the cppo'
site of cooperation and no efficient IN
dustrial system can be built up as ione
as such attitude has any chance to sue
coed even temporarily.
The development of national gov
eminent by the industrial corporation
presupposes that the social function:
of the industrial corporation, which
are now being developed, have been
extended in all corporations and
grown TO an activity equal in impor'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

recommended to people with ner-
vous systems as a restful vacation. For
example. one OF these liners, during the
first six months of war, made only one
nerfectly tame and routine voyage.
During all her other trips across there
were fights with submarines or es-
capes from torpedoes.
Trickery on the Code
There is also the decoy radio mes
sage to beware of, kind of trickery at
which the Germans have displayed
great cunning. Such an instance ap-
pears in report of the naval officer
commanding the gunners Of one OF
these liners.
about 5 p. M, after we had rent our
radio to report the time of arrival at
the ordered rendezvous, received call
from some ship using our secret call
and signing as a friendly man-of-war.
First he asked in plain language for
our position, but as we did not answer
him, he repeated his question, this time
using the merchant code without the
cipher. This message also remained un-
answered. He then called us and said
he had an important message for US.
We gave him the word to 60 ahead with
it. This was answered by his asking
US again for our position. To this we
paid no attention"
Extracts from the Navy Departments
reports of these steamers may be
chosen almost at random, as interest
ing reading with a thrill In it. These
are fair samples Of what 1t means to
make the Atlantic voyage, which is no
longer 4 commonplace, soothing "ocean
ferry"
1.-THE lookout In the lower crows
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perfect in many respects, and espe-
cially Is it still greatly deficient IN
the social relations within the o.gan-
ization and toward the general public.
II an efficient cooperative government
is to be built up from the industrial
corporations. the industrial corpora
ton must first become united within
itself-that is, the indifference and
antagonism within the corporation
must be overcome, and the same coop
erative feeling brought about between
the shop force and the administration
which exists and always has existed in
most corporations between the Office
force and the administration.
That is, the welfare of the corpora
ton must be made just as much TO
the interest of the shop force as 1t is
to the interest of the Office force.
With absorption Of smaller corpora
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Nv Kasers Sharks Dread the Yankee Merchant Gunner

befell this steamer on the return voy.
age.
There were several other ships ia
the vicinity" runs the report, "includ-
ing two tsnkers and a destroyer and
two or three tramps. Suddenly peri
scope was sighted a quarter Of mile
away, showing up plainly in the streak
of moonlight on the water. The sub
marine seemed to be just coming up
and had probably misjudged the speed
CT the steamer, having seen her some
time earlier. Before a torpedo could
DE fired or the guns manned, the
steamer was right on top Of the sub
marine, which submerged. The chief
officer threw the helm hard over and
went straight for him, hoping 20 ram
him. But no shook was felt when the
ship passed over the spot, so in all
probability the submarine was able to
dive deep enough to escape being hit.'
There was precious little room TO
spare in this adventure, but it was sur
passed by liner, formerly a favorits
ship among Atlantic pilgrims, now car
rying cargoes to the Allies. A blanket
of fog covered the sea in the early
morning. II lifted trife, and q very
much surprised submarine popped up
dead ahead Of the lunging prov. She
let fly a torpedo in a wild furry, Ct
such an angle that it glanced along
the steamers side without exploding
A moment later the submarine itself
went Dumping and scraping along the
other side of the vessel, whose officers,
sailors and gunners stared straight
down at 1t and uttered the deep and
hearty curses of the sea. They would
have snapped their souls for few
bombs to drop in remembrance. Grimy
stokers poked their heads through the
open ports and spat at the coming
tower, or passionately scrambled Tor
Jumps of coal and slice bars TO heavs
at the blankety blank thing. Then the
fog swallowed it up and the incident
was closed.
The Way Of the Sea
Brief items like these serve to EN-
phasize, like tragic etehings, the SIMS
ter chronicle Of German piracy;
ain the morning picked up S o
calls from four ships that had been TOR.
pedoed within two 10 three hundred
miles from our position"
Passed corpse with life preser7sf
on"
Received several S o S calls. All
hands slept near guns"
at is not an uncommon thing 70
pass four or FIVE ships during voyage
which are either being chased or have
been torpedoed by submarines. Ipe
men fear being shelled in tho open
boats more than the torpedoes."
"The submarine opened fire at ones
and fire was returned. Tie ship out.
ran her. The submarine would run OUT
fully exposed and then partly SUB,
merge. moving with decks awash, arc
only the guns above the surface. lhe
crew seemed 70 be standing in water
part of the time while they were she'll
ing u.s."
"Three ships were seen on the besfn
where they had been driven by guear
from submarines. A transport OF
foreign power, loaded with troops, was
torpedoed just ahead OF us. Two ships
were sunk astern Of u.s.
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However, in our nation it would re-
duire NOT merely that the political
government take over the industrial
control, aA~was the case in Germany,
but a government would first have to
be created capable TO do this, prob
lem which is far more difficult than
that which Germany solved, and ap-
pears impossible with the democratic
temperament of our nation. 1t pre-
supposes powerful, centralized gov
eminent of competent men, remaining
continuously in Office, and no political
government Of this kind can exist in
the America of to-day-nor in the
America Of tomorrow.
The large industrial corporation is
to-day by far the most efficient or
ganization, in spite of the inefticiency
forced upon it by the political govern
mert. 1t is still very crude and i'm
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the Dutch East Indies, where a strictly
enforced neutrality compelled them to
shift ashore with their guns. Then
they loafed among the spicy islands OF
the mysterious Orient until the ship
returned from a eoastwise trip and
picked them up again for the long road
home.
The American passenger liners, main
tanning their service almost as regular
ly as in times Of peace, would naturally
run the gantlet much oftener than the
same number Of cargo boats. They sail
on an express schedule and spend lit
tie time in port. It is no secret that
they are fast and we'll armed. able to
whip q submarine in fight with guns.
The deadly torpedo is another matter,
but speed has so far been saving fac,
tor. It is what the gunners on board
call "the sporty life" nor can 1t be