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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05

without exception find their source in special privileges and governmental ia voritlsm which legalize injustice. |, is not strange that the humble mem bers of society complain, but 1t Is strange that conscience does not more often restrain the rich and the DO tent from asking for such unfair ad. vantages.
 Points Out Remedy.
 "The commandment Thou shalt moi steal will not have the weight that i, ought to have among men until 1t is so construed as to bring the feeling ei guilt and shame to those who draw from the common store more than they add in service. If we can but create sentiment which will make men ashamed not only of wrongdoing, but of idleness as well, and fill them with an earnest desire to make generous re turn to society for all the blessings that society confers, it will be easier to prevent those varieties of larceny dlc So uliuIult to uChhV oAh which the officers of the law find ii hard to detect and punish"
 Answers For Taft.
 Secretary Taft's reply to question asked in Cooper Union several weeks ago as to the problem of caring for the army of unemployed was called up by a question. Taft then said in reply to the question: God knows. I do not"
 Do you know, MT. Bryan?" was ask ed of the Nebraskan. The reply was that tomorrow relief should be pro- vided for the unemployed and that per manent provision should be made against a recurrence of the conditions by changing the laws so that few men could not in future reap an un. fair proportion of the results of the toll of all the others.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05

1 The duty must be voluntary"
 Instantly every man, from the vet eran Trendon to the paymaster, volun- | teered.
 That Is what expected" said Gap tain Parkinson quietly. But I have still word to say. I make no doubt in my own mind that the schooner has twice been beset by the gravest of perils. Nothing less would have driv- en MT Edwards from his post. All of us who know hiln will appreciate that. Nor can free myself from the darkest forebodings as to his fate and that of | his companions. But as to the nature of the peril I am unable to make any conjecture worthy of consideration. Has any one theory to offer?"
 There was dead silence.
 MT, Barnett? Mfr. Trendon? MT. i Ives?'
 "Is there not possibly some connec- tion between the unexplained light which we have twice seen and the double desertion of the ship?' sug-
 
 "I have asked myself that over and over. Whatever the source of the light and however near to it the schooner may have been she is evident ly unharmed."
 "Yes, sir,' said Barnett. That seems to vi;iate that explanation "I thank you, gentlemen, for the promptitude of your offers" continued the captain. "In this respect you make my duty the more difficult. I shall accept MT. Ives because of his familiarity with sailing craft and with these seas" His eyes ranged the group.
 T beg yo"r pardon, Captain Parkin- son." eagerly put in the paymaster, ! 'but I've handled schooner yacht for several years and I'd appreciate the chance of''s-
 "yery well. MT. Mcclure, you shall be the second in command"
 Thank you. sir
 You gentlemen will pick volun- teer crew and go aboard at once. Spare no effort to find records of the Echooner's cruise. Keep in company and watch for signals. Report at once any discovery or unusual incident, however slight"
 Not so easily was a crew obtained, Having in mind the excusable super stition of tte men, Captain Parkinson was unwilling to compel any of them to the duty. Awed by the mystery of their mates disappearance. the sailors
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05
WAIEkBukY FIRE ALARM.

4-Cor South Main and Grand sta
 5-Scovill Manufacturing Co. (Pl
 6-Cor Bridge and Magill sts.
 7-Exchange Place.
 S-Euclid and RoselaEd avenues. & Bro. (P) l3-Cor East Main and Niagara sta. 14-Cor East Main and Wolcott sts. 15-Cor High and Walnut streets. 16-Cor East Main and Cherry sts. l7-Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21-Cor North Elm, Kingsbury sta 23-Burton street engine house. 24-Waterbury Mfg Co. (P) 25-Cor North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke sts. 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 28-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine sts. 29-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow sty. 31-Cor Bank and Grand sts. 32-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. 34-Cor w. Main and Watertown I'd. 35-Conn. R. & l.. Go car house (Pl 36-Waterbury Brass Co. (P) 37-Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. 3S-Cor Grand and Field sts. 42-Cor South Main and Clay sts. i3-New England Watch Co. (P) & Burnham Mfg Go (PD Buckle Co. (P) 47-Cor s. Main and Washington sta. 51-Cor Baldwin and River sts. 62-Cor Franklin end Union sts. Clock Go, case f'ty. (Py 54-Rose Hill house. 56-Cor Liberty and River sts. 67-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts. 58-Cor Luke street and Sylan ave. 62-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin st 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts. 73-Cor N Willow st and Hillside av. 74-Cor Johnson and Waterville sta 142-Wolcott st above Howard. 153-Cor Walnut and Wood sts. 162-Cor East Main and Welton sta theater. 212-The Platt Bros. & Co. fP) 213-Shoe Hardware Co. (Pl Clock mvt. factory. fp, 216-Cor Cherry and North Elm sts 251-Cor Round Hill and Ward sta 263-Farm street. cor St Paul. 254-Cor Etna and North Matn sts 26l-Junc Cooke and N. Main sts. 263-Cor Abbott and Phoenix ayesL 272-Groye. Central and Holmes ay. 31l-S. N. E. Tel Co building (Pl 312-Cor Bank and Meadow sts 313-Randolph & Cloves. (P) 314-P,ume & Atwood (P) 315-American Ring Co. fPl 316-Electric Light Station. fp 31S-Holmes. Booth & Haydens ID, s21-Cor Bank and Washington ay 322-Cor Green and N. Leonard s,. 323-Cor Wash ton ave Portland st 324-Cor Charles and Porter sts. 32G-Cor Lafayette. Washington sv 327--Riverside Park, near brewery. Lumber and Coal Co. (Pl Bros tPl t23--Cor Clay and Mill sts. 432-Cor Liberty and S. Main s,s. & Johnson Mfg Co. (P, 572-Cor Baldwin and Wilmington sts 5S2-Cor Baldwin and Rye sts. 742-Cor Ridgewooo and W'yille stsL
 (P) Private.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05

Rich and splendid streGmers of light
 spfrnled up into the hoduens.
 hung back. Finally by temptation of extra prize money a complement was made up.
 At 10 o'clock of puffy, mist laden morning q new and strong crew of nine men boarded the Laughing Lass. There were no farewells among tho officers. Forebodlngs weighed too heavy for such open expression.
 All the fates of weather seemed to combine to part the schooner from her convoy. As before. the fog fell. only 10 be succeeded by squally rain show CTS flat cut out the vista into a check erboard pattern of visible sea and i'm penctrable grayness. Before evening the Laughing Lass. making slow way through the mists. had become separat- cd by a league Of waves from the cruiser. One glimpse of her between mist areas the Wolverine caught al sunset. Then wind and rain descend ed in furious volume from the south east. The cruiser immediately headed about. following the probable course of her charge. whish would be beaten far down to Issward- It was a gloomy mess on the warship. Tn his cabin Captain Parkinson was frankly seasick a condition which nothing but the extreme cf nervous depression ever in duced in him.
 For several hours the rain fell and the gale howIesi Then the sky swiftly cleared. and with the clearing there rose a great cry of amaze from stem to stern of the Wolverine. for far to- ward the western hgriz0n appeared such a prodigy as the eye of no man aboard that ship had ever beheId Prom a belt of msrvslous. glowing eold rich and splendid streamers of fight spiraIed up into the blacknesz Of the heavens-
 In an the colors of the spectrum they rose and fell blazing orange. siIken. vonderfuL translucent blues and shimmerfnz reds Below a bTuad hand of paler he. IfEs sheet lightning f1ed to rigidisy. vaversd and rippsed Al the aur0-as of the ns-thIand bssnd- e1 ia o1s c1uld bzt have pzled laHay before the splen5or of that terrific ce- lsStssl aTp1rf-ss1
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05

On board the cruiser all hands stood petrifed, bound in a stricture of speech less wonder. After the first cry si- lence lay leaden over the ship. It was broken by scream of terror from for ward. The quartermaster who had been at the wheel came clambering down the ladder and ran along the deck, his fingers splayed and stiffened before him in the intensity of his panic.
 'The needle! The compass!" he shrieked.
 Barnett ran to the wheelhouse with Trendon at his heels. The others fol lowed. The needle was swaying like a cobra's head. And as cobra's head spits venom, 1t spat forth thin steel blue stream of lucent fire. Then so swiftly it whirled that the sparks scat tered from it in tiny shower. It stopped, quivered and curved itself upward until it rattled like a fairy drum upon the glass shield. Barnett looked at Trendon.
 'VOlcanlcE ne SalQ.
 "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,'" muttered the surgeon in his deep bass, as he looked forth upon the streaming, ra- diant heavens. "It's like nothing else"
 In the west the splendor and the ter TOT shot to the zenith. Barnett whirled the wheel. The ship responded per fectly.
 T thought she might be bewitched, too," he murmured.
 You may head her for the light, Mir. Barnett" said Captain Parkinson calmly. He had come from his cabin, all his nervous depression gone in the face of an imminent and visible dan ger.
 Slowly the great mass of steel swung to the unknown. For an hour the un- known guided her Then fell black ness, sudden, complete. After that ra- diance the dazzled eye could make out no stars, but the lookout's keen vision discerned something else.
 Ship afirer' he shouted hoarsely.
 Where away"
 1.-Two points to leeward, near where the light was, sir"
 They turned their eyes in the direc- tion indicated and beheld majestic rolling volume of purple light. Sud- denly fiercer red shot it through.
 'That's no ship afire," said Trendon. "Volcano in eruption"
 And the other?" asked the captain.
 "No volcano, sir"
 Poor Billy Edwards wins his bet" said Forsythe ill a low voice.
 God grant he's on earth to collect it, replied Barnett solemnly.
 No one turned in that night. When the sun of June 8 rose it showed an ocean bare of prospect except that on the far horizon where the chart show ed no land there rose a smudge of dirty rolling smoke. Of the schooner there was neither sign nor trace.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05
TELLS DEM0CRACY's AIM.
John Sharp Williams Attacks Parts of
 Presidents Message.

John Sharp Williams Attacks Parts of
 Presidents Message.
 Washington, Feb. B. = John Sharp Williams, leader of the house minority and senator elect from Mississippi, in a speech in the house outlined his atti. tude toward the questions of the day. He made this speech after consultation with MT. Bryan and MT. Culberson, the senate leader and said that he spoke for them as well as himself. It was evidently intended in a manner to be forecast of MT, Bryan's first mes- sage to congress if he should be elected president.
 MT. Williams said that if given the power the first thing the Democrats would want to do to prevent panics would be to build up in the treasury by a tax on the banks redemption or insurance fund of about S15,000,000. A tax of one-eighth of 1 per cent, he thought, would be sufficient Mir. Will Hams served notice that the Demo cratic party is going to insist upon legislation to accomplish the following objects:
 The publication of the names and postoffices of all persons contributing to campaign funds, five days notice to the opposite party before a writ of injunction involving property rights can be sued out, the right of any one charged with contempt of court com mitted outside the view of the court to be tried before a neutral judge. the election of United States senators by the people, investigation of the white paper trust, restraint of overcapitaliza- tion of combinations and an amend ment of the interstate commerce act so as to further do away with destructive methods of crushing competition.
 MT. Williams said he disagreed with Mir. Hepburn's statement that the pres ident's message met with the approval of the entire American people. Indeed, he said, "there are things in it sensa- tional, federalistic and dangerous to the American republic" ....
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05
LAWS OF WAR.
The Code That Governs Hostilities Bs.
 tween Civilized Nations.

The Code That Governs Hostilities Dc.
 tween Civilized Nations.
 The 'laws of war" as at present for mulated by the civilized nations forbid the use of poison against the enemy; murder by treachery, as, for example, assuming the uniform or displaying the flag of foe; the murder Of those who have surrendered, whether upon conditions or at discretion; declara- tions that no quarter will be given to an enemy; the use of such arms or projectiles as will cause unnecessary pain or suffering to an enemy; the abuse of a flag of truce to gain infor- nation concerning an enemy's posi- tions; all unnecessary destruction of property, whether public or private.
 They also declare that only fortified places shall be besieged, open cities or villages not to be subject to siege or bombardment; that public buildings Of whatever character, whether belonging to church or state. shall be spared; that plundering by private soldiers or their officers shall be considered inad- missible; that prisoners shall be treat ed with common humanity; that the personal effects and private property of prisoners. excepting their arms ana ammunition, shall be respected; that the population of an enemy's country shall be considered exempt from par ticipation in the war unless by hostile acts they provoke the i'll will of the enemy.
 Personal and family honor and the religious convictions of an invaded people must be respected by the in vaders and all pillage by regular troops or their followers strictly forbidden.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05
BRYAN 0N LARCENY,
Says New York Stock Exchange
 Is Worse Than Monte Carlo.
OUTRIvALS FAGIN'S SCHOOL.

Replies to Query Which Secretary Taft
 Failed to Answer In Cooper Union
 Regarding Problem of Caring For
 Army of Unemployed.
 New York, Feb. 5.-William Jennings Bryan addressed the Civic forum in Carnegie hall, New York, on the sub. ject, Thou Shalt Not Steal" Bank. CTS. lawyers, representatives of busi- ness interests and of labor and citizens from all political parties were present. Edward NJ. Shepherd presided.
 Mir. Bryan declared that, while the law recognized two general forms of larceny, petit larceny and grand lar ceny, there had been disposition re- gently to subdivide the greater crime. "So now," he added, i've are inclined to think of stealing as petit larceny, grand larceny and glorious larceny"
 So great had become the tendency to overlook rascality in amaZement at the genius of the man who had stolen
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05

second officer, to Dr. Tren- don, as they stood watching the growing smoke column, lis a worse hotbed of rumors than down east village. That's the third sea gull we've had officially reported since breakfast
 As he said, three distinct times the Wolverine had thrilled to an imminent discovery, which upon nearer investi- gation had dwindled to nothing more than a floating fowl. Upon the heels of Carter's complaint came another hail.
 Boat ahoy! Three points on the starboard bow"
 "If that's another gull" muttered Car ter. "1ll have something to say to you, my festive lookout"
 The news ran electrically through the cruiser, and all eyes were strained for a glimpse of the boat. The ship swung away to starboard.
 Let me know as soon as you can make her out" ordered Carter
 Aye, aye, sir"
 "There's certainly something there," said Forsythe presently. "I can make out a speck rising on the waves"
 "Bit O wreckage from Barnett's der elict," muttered Trendon, scowling through his glasses.
 Rides too high for a spar or any thing of that sort" said the junior lieutenant.
 She's q small boat" came in the clear tones of the lookout. ''driftin' down"
 Any one in herT' asked Carter.
 Cant make out yet, sir. No ones fin charge though. sir"
 Captain Parkinson appeared. and Carter pointed out the speck to him.
 Yes. Give her full speed" said the captain. replying to a question from the officer of the deck. Forward leaped the swift cruiser, all too slow for the anxious hearts of those aboard. For there YVES not one of the Wolverines who did not expect from this aimless traveller of desert seas at the least leading clew to the riddle that oppressed them.
 "Aloft there.'
 Aye. aye. sir"
 ''Can you make out her buildy'
 Rides high. like a dory. sir
 Wasn't there a dory on the Laugh ing LassT' cried FOrsythe.
 "On her stern davits." answered Trendon.
 Tt is hardly probable that unat- tached small boats should be drifting about these seas" said Captain Parkin- son thoughtfully. If she's a dOry. she's the Laughing Lass boat"
 That's what she is.- said Barnett. "You can see her build plain enough now
 "Mr. Barnett. will you % alOft and keep me pOstedF- said the captain.
 The executive officer climbed to join the lookout. As he ascended those be- low saw the little craft rise high and slow on a broad swell
 Same dOry.~ said Trendon- 'I'd swear tO her ia ConStantinOpie.-
 What else eoald she beE' muttered ForSythe-
 sSomethin' that looks ike a man in the bottom of Der" sang out the crows nest Two of 'em. think
 For five minutes there was stiffness aboard. broken only by an occasional low voiced conjecture. Then from si0ft-
 Two men roIIia' in the bottom
 "Are they aiiTeZ 'yn. sir Not that I can sec The vFr1 whfeh had been extremely
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05
SIGNALS.

1. one stroke caiis superintendent ts
 the City hall. 1-i. Two strokes. fire out. recall. 1-I-1. Three strokes 12 m ( D. In. 1-l-l-1-1-1-1-1-1-i. Ten strokea
 quick will indicate a general alarm
 and will call the entire force Into
 service.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05

M early on the morning of June . HW he found pr. TrendOn already O up and staring moOdily out at the Laughing Lass. As the night was calm the tow had made fair time to- ward their port in the Hawaiian group. The surgeon was muttering something which seemed to Barnett to le in a foreign tongue
 Thought out any clew. doctor?' asked the first officer.
 'fetit Chel pshaw. JoIle CeIi- meme. No" muttered Trendon. Ma rie-Marle-Tvc got T.. The Marie Celeste"
 ''Got what? What about herr"
 Parallel case" said Trendon. sail ei from New York back in the seven iIes. Seven weeks out was found dere- IicE Everything in perfect order. Captains wife's hem on the machine Beats all accounted for. No sign of struggle. Log written to within forty eight hours"
 "What became of the crev?'
 wish could tell you. Might help to unrayel our tangie" He shook his head in sudden. unwonted passion.
 Evidently there's something cTini- r=i Ia her record said Barnett. frown- Iag ct the fusty schooner astern. 'Oth- srwise the name wouldn't be painted o1t-
 Painted out bong ag7. See how rus ty it Is. Schermerhorn's work. may le.~ replied Trendou- Secret expetli- ton. remember"
 ~Tn the name of wonders. why should he do itT'
 sSecrct expedition. wasn't itg'
 ~rm-ah: that's true said inc other tb0uEhtfuIly. Its quite possibIe-
 ~Captain wishes to sec both of y0u gentlemen In the warirOom. if you please came a u1esssse-
 Below they found all the officers gathered Captain Parkinson was pac- inE up and down In fH controlled azi- tatf5n-
 GentIemen-- hs said. we are fac frE a problem uhfch % far as know fS wfthout paraIleL It Is my izte1- tion to bring the schooner which ws have fa tow to port sf HO1olulu- In tse present unsettled Wsatker ue can not continue to tow her I wish two oExrs to take ch-r-e Under the cir euustzrcss I sszI isSze 70 orisrS
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A hurried succession of orders stop ped further discussion for the time. Ives was sent aboard the schooner to lower sail and report. He came back with a staggering dearte of informa- tion. The boats were all there; the ship was intact-as intact as when Billy Edwards had taken charge-but the cheery, lovable ensign and his men had vanished without trace or clew. As to the how or the wherefore they might rack their brains without guessing There was the beginning of log in the ensign's handwriting, which Ives had found with high eX- , citement and read with bitter disap- pointment.
 Had squall from northeast" it ran. sDouble reefed her, and she took it nicely. Seems a seaworthy, quick ship. Further search for log. No result. Have ordered one of the crew who is a bit of a mechanic to work at the brass bound chest till he gets it open. He reports marks on the lock as if somebody had been trying to pick it before him.
 There was no further entry.
 .sDr. Trendon is right" said Barnett. .'Whatever happened-and God only knows what it could have been-it happened just after the squall."
 .'Just about the time of the strange glow" cried Ives.
 It was decided that two men and petty officer should be sent aboard the Laughing Lass to make her fast with a cable and remain on board over night. But when the order was given the men hung back. One of them pro- tested brokenly that he was sick. Trendon after examination reported to the captain.
 Case of blue funk, sir. Might as well be sick. Good for nothing. Oth- CTS aren't much better.'
 "Who was to be in charge?"
 "Congdon," replied the doctor, nam- ing one of the petty officers.
 He's my cockswain," said Captain Parkinson. "A first class man. I can hardly believe that he is afraid. We'll see"
 Congdon was sent for.
 "You're ordered aboard the schooner for the night, Congdon," said the cap tain.
 "Yes, sir"
 .Is there any reason why you do not wish to goT'
 The man hesitated, looking misera- ble. Finally he blurted out not with out certain dignity:
 q obey orders, sir"
 "Speak out, my man," urged the cap tain kindly.
 '.Well, sir, it's Mir Edwards, then. You couldn't scare him off a ship. sir, unless it was something-sometEing"- He stopped, failing of the word. ysYou know what Mir. Edwards was, Sir, for pluck" he concluded.
 ''Wasw cried the captain sharply. "What do you mean?"
 ''The schooner got him. sir. You don't make no doubt of that. do you, sir?" The man spoke in a hushed voice, with a shrinking glance back of him.
 twill you go aboard under Mir. Ives?
 Anywhere my officer goes I'll go and gladly, sir"
 Ives was sent aboard in charge. For that night, in a light breeze, the two ships lay close together, the schooner riding jauntily astern. But not until morning illumined the world of wa ters did the Wolverines people feel confident that the Laughing Lass would not vanish away from their ken like a shape of the mist.
 CHAPTER V. G.IiHEN Barnett came on deck very
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05
CHAPTER V.

fr,TlHEN Barnett came on deck very
 M early on the morning of June :
 U he found Dr. TrendOn already IJ up and staring moOdily out at
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-05
CHAPTER VI.

'T~1HIS ship" growled Carter, the I'll second officer, to Dr. Tren-
 I'll don, as they stood watching the growing smoke column,
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CTO be COntinuedl.