Williams news., 1914-04-09

 will have to prepare for defense. "Compatriots. true eitizens! Who can i'll the executive chair more satis- factorily than the one who, throughout her whole life, has been prepared for 1t? I call to you and ask you to give your best judgment for the cause and with one heart and ono thought nomi. nate for the continentalist candidate the daughter of Prudent. Astra Pru- dent"
 Here she was interrupted by haayy voice laundering:
 No female rule for me.
 That was all he could gay, = his voice hattened out behind . healthy slap delivered resoundingiy on the dis turbers mouth. The hand and arm that administered this rebuke belonged to Napoleon Edison. With a strong jerk he turned the surprised man toward the door and he was carried on and on as if he were . wreck be- ing tossed by stormy waves. When tinued:
 With all my heart trust Miss Pru- dent will be the nominee of the con. tinentalists. Those who agree with me, kindly stand up!"
 As one body the audience rose and 50.000 voices thundered "Hurrah! for the continental nominee!"
 Then the oratrix sat down. Astra, in her own room in the erys. tai palace. saw and heard through the electro-stylograph the whole proceed ings of the New York continental party in the Hippodrume. She had raised her hand to diseonnect her ma- chine when a man from the audience asked for the right to speak. According to the rules of the party. all who desired had the right to make an address. 70 this request was readily granted. Since no one asked for this mans name, 1t was not disclosed. He walked calmly forward. closely fol- lowed by . short, fat man who stopped only when his tall friend mounted the platform. This tall man was dressed in a gray travelling suit. instead of mourning, but on his arm was . broad black band.
 | All the attention of the great audi ence was centered on the athletic fig- ure and the sunburnt, frank face of the young man. Astra's instrument showed these details to her as plainly as if she were sitting in one of the boxes, and she was thrilled as his eyes seemed to look straight into hers.
 Ladies and Gentlemen" he began. q have a message to deliver to the political party in which. believe; do not ask me how I happen to be the instrument that was selected to con vey this message to you, but beg of you to seriously consider my words.
 You have all heard or read about the warning that came to our dear dead. the ex-President. Hannibal Pru- dent"
 | There was silent emotion in his voice when he mentioned that name.
 That warning is only too true. Our enemies. defeated fifty years ago. have found way to break through our iso- lation; they have spent these fifty years planning revenge! We can. through Hannibal Prudent's efforts. put ofY their invasion for one year. which will give us little time to pre- pare for defense. Continentalists. my brothers in conviction. spread strength and faith through the mighty land. a | God has given us, just as he did fifty years ago, a man to hberate this coun- try from the oppressor's hand. God. | in his infinite goodness. has given us another instrument to repel the storm | ing enemies"
 His voice nlled the great hall: his I words were convincing through the sincerity of the orator.
 | AS he opened his mouth to speak show many colored zig-zag sparks and the audience watched 1t in apprehen- sion; the whole, atmosphere was charged with an inexplicable feeling of expectation. Not person moved un- til the man on the platform stepped quickly down to the operating table of the electro ro-stylograph and adjusted the instrument into the right receiving socket. The sparkling ceased and blurred, but discernible, picture ap- peared.
 AS the audience stared the pictures became somewhat clearer and they saw what appeared to be tremendous sea monsters lying immovable on the bosom of the ocean. The huge bulks of metal. showing unknown forms of warfare, were pointed menacingly at the silent audience, which was repre- sentative of the fifty years just past: the comparison showed clearly that the science and genius of the Euro peans had only produced perfection of death-dealing instruments. while the Americans had advanced in sci- ence, art, literature and general de- velopment of the human race.
 The great audience. which had bsen SO enthusiastic. now sat as motionless as a bird that has been charmed by Q snake, intently watching the wonder full picture that moved and changed necessarily; huge airships of an i'm proved type, resembling the old style Zenpelin 1lfttered brightly. as they