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THE DAILY C06S BAY tlH ESf. MARSHFIELD, ()BEG0N, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1908.
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PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE.
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Makes Annual Recommen
dations to Congress.
ATTACKS ANTITRUST LAW
Sherman Act Should Bo Amended to
Permit Combinations Which Are In
the Interest of the Public, Says the
President Urges Legislation to
Safeguard the Wageworkers Dwells
Naed of Protection For Forests.
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YUjwaFon tho Army and the Navy.
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oampanied by an effort to bring about
a larger share in mo ownersnip uy
io.r.wnritpr of railway, mill and fac
tory. In farming this simply means
,n nm uriah to aeo the farmer own his
man lnnd. Wo do DOt Wish to SCO tho
farms so largo that thoy become tho
property of absentee landlords wuo
farm, them hy tcnanis nor yut bu buiuh
that tho farmer becomes liko a Euro,
peon peasant.
Ttoo .depositors In our savings banks
nmr number over one-tenth of our en-
tiro population. Theso aro all capital
ists whq'-. through tho savings banks,
tnn thnlAmonev to the workers that
Is, In many cases to themselves to
earrv on their various industries,
Postal savlncs banks will make It easy
for the poorest to keep their savings
In absolute safety. The regulation 01
tho national highways must bo such
thnt thov shall serve all people with
equal Justice Corporate finances must
bo supervised so as to maue it mr
eater than at present for tho man of
small means to Invest his money In
stocks. There must bo prohibition of
child labor, diminution of woman la
bor, shortening of hours of aj) me
chanical labor. Stock watering snouw
Je,Whlblted, and stock gambling, so
r far aste possible, discouraged. There
should Do u progressive inheritance
tax on large fortunes. Industrial edu
cation should bo encouraged.
Protection For Wageworkers.
There Is ono matter with which the
congress should deal at this session.
There should no longer be any palter
ing with tho question of taking caro
of the wageworkers who, under our
present Industrial system, become kill
ed, crippled or worn out as part of the
regular Incident's of a given business.
Tho object sought for could be achiev
ed to a measurable degree, as far as
those killed or crippled are concerned,
by proper employers' liability laws.
As. far as concerns those who have
been worn out, I call your attention to
tho fact that definite steps toward pro
Tiding old ago pensions have been
taken In many of our private Indus
tries. Pending a thoroughgoing investiga
tion and nctlon thero is certain legls-ln-ttn
which should bo enacted at
Sd;Bl The law passed at the last ees
d iifit' tno conres3 granting com
VJ -.tjl5n to certain classes of em
'ftji .is of tho government should bo
oiC'nded to include all employees of
tho government and should be mado
more liberal in its terms. In this re
spect' tho generosity of tho United
States toward its employees compares
most unfavorably with that of every
country in Europe oven tho poorest.
Tho terms of tho act aro" also a
hardship in prohibiting payment In
cases where tho accident Is In any
way due to tho negligence of tho etn
ployoo. It Is lnovitablo that daily fa
miliarity with danger will lead men tc
take chances that can bo construed
Into negligence.
I renow my recommendation made
In a previous mossago that half holi
days bo granted during tho summer tc
all wageworkers in government era
ploy. I also renew my recommendation
that tho principle oftbe eight hour
day should ns rapidly and as far as
practicable bo extended to the entire
work being carried on by tho govern
ment. Tho Courts.
I most earnestly urge upon the con
gress the duty of Increasing tho totally
Inadequate salaries now given to our
Judges. On tho whole, thero is no
bodv of public servants who do as
JUQ
bod
rew
.tti'io work nor whoso moneyed
reward so inadequate compared to
their work. Beginning with tho su
premo court, tho Judges should have
their salaries doubled.
It Is earnestly to bo desired that
pomo method should bo devised for do
ht' v-,y with the long delays which
now obtain In the administration of
Justice and which operate with pecul
iar severity against persons of small
means and favor only tho very crimi
nals whom It is most desirable to pun
ish. At the last election certain leaders
of organized labor mado a violent and
sweeping attack upon tho entire Ju
diciary of tho country, an attack
couched in such terms as to includo
the most upright, honest and broad
minded Judges no less than those of
narrower mind and moro restricted
outlook. Last year before tho house
committee on the Judiciary these same
labor leaders formulated their de
mands, specifying tho bill that con
tninod them, refuslnc all compromise,
stating they wished tho principle of
thnt bill or nothing, xney insisted on
a provision that In a labor dispute no
injunction should Issue except to pro
tect a jrropcrty right and specifically
provided h!int tho right o carry jm.
business should not bo oyustrucd ns a
property right, and In n, second pro
vision their bill ninde legal lu a labor
alspute any net or agreement by op
between two or more persons that
would not have been unlawful If done
by a single person. In other words,
this bill legalized blacklisting and boy
cotting in every form. The demand
was made that there should bo trial
by Jury In contempt cases, thereby
most seriously Impairing tho authority
of tho courts. All this represented n
course of policy which, if carried out,
would mean tho enthronement of class
privilege in Its crudest and most
brutal form and the destruction of
one of tho most essential functions of
tho Judiciary in nil civilized lauds.
The wngoworkcrs, tho workluguieUj
tho laboring men of tho country, by the
way In which thoy repudiated tho ef
fort to got thorn to cast their votes In
response to nn appeal to clnss hatred
have emphasized their sound patriotism
and Americanism.
Courts Imperiled by Judges.
But tho extreme reactionaries, the
persons who blind themselves to the
wrongs now and then committed bj
the courts on laboring men, should,
also think seriously us to what such i'
movement as this portends. The
courts are Jeoparded primarily by tho
action of these federal and state
Judges who show Inability or unwill
ingness to put a stop to the wrong
doing of very rich men under modern
Industrial conditions.
Thero are certain decisions by va
rious courts which have been 'exceed
ingly detrimental to the rights of
wageworkers. This a true, of all the
decisions tJmt decide that men and
women are by tho constitution "guar
anteed their liberty" tQ, contract to
enter a dangerous occupation, or to
work jib undesirable or improper num
ber of hours, or to work In unhealthy
surroundings, and therefore cannot re
cover damages when maimed lu thai
occupation and cannot bo forbidden
to work What the legislature decides Is,
an excessive number of hours, or to
carry on tho work UB'ler conditions
which tho legislature decides to be un
healthy.
Thero Is also, I think, ground for
the belief that substantial Injustice is
often suffered by employees in conse
quence of the custom of courts issu
ing temporary Injunctions without, no
tice to them' and punishing them for
contemptof court In Instances where,
as ft matter of fact, thoy have no
knowledgp of any proceedings. Pro
vision should bp pjado that no Injunc
tion or temporary restraining order
issuo otherwise than on notice, except
where Irreparable Jnjury would other
wise result, nnd in such case a hear
ing on the merits of tho order should
be had" within a short fixed period,
and if not then continued after Tiear
Ing it should forthwith lapse. Deci
sions should be rendered Immediately
and the chanco of delay minimized in
overy way.
Tho courts are to be highly com
mended and stanchly upheld when
they set their faces against wrong
doing or tyranny by a majority, but
they aro to bo blamed when they
fall to recognize under a government
Ilko ours tho deliberate Judgment of
tho majority as to a matter of legiti
mate policy when duly expressed by
tho legislature. The people should
not bo permitted to pardon evil and
slipshod legislation on the theory that
the court will set it right. They should
be taught that the right way to get rid
of a bad law is to havo the legislature
repeal It and not to have the courts by
Ingenious hair splitting nullify it.
People Themselves to Blame.
For many of thp shortcomings of
Justice lu our country our people as a
wholo aro themselves to blamo, and the
ludges and Juries merely bpar their
share together with tho publlo ns a
whole. It Is discreditable to us as a
peoplo that thero should be difficulty
In convicting murderers or In bringing
to justice men who as public servants
.bave been guilty of corruption or who
have profited by the corruption of pub
lic servants.
Tho huge wealth that has been ac
cumulated by a few Individuals of re
cent years, In what has amounted t5
a social and Industrial revolution, has
been as regards some of these individ
uals mado possible only by tho lraprop
or uso of tho modern corporation. Cor
porations nro necessary instruments of
modern business. They havo been per
mitted to become n mpnaeo largely bo-
taiiso tho governmental representatives
of tho peoplo havo worked slowly In
providing for adequate control oyer
thorn.
Real damage has been done by the
manifold and conflicting interpreta
tions of the interstate commerce law.
Control over tho great corporations do
ing interstate business can be effective
only If it is vested with full power Jn
an administrative department a branch
of the federal executive, carrying out
a federal law. It can never bo ef
fective if a divided responsibility is
left in both the states and tbo nation.
It can never bo effective if left in the
hands of the courts to be decided by
lawsuits. I
The courts hold a place of peculiar
and deserved sanctity under omj form
of government. Respect for the law Is
essential to tho permanence 'of our in
stitutions, and respect fcr tho law Is
largely conditioned upon respect for
tho courts. Rut we must face the fact
that there are wlso and unwise Judge3,
Just as there aro wise npd unwise ex
ecutives and legislators. When a '
presldent.or governor behaves Improp
erly or unwisely the remedy is easy,
for his term Is short The same Is
true with the legislator, although not
to the samo degree. With a Judge
who, being human, Is also likely to
err. but whoso tenure is for life, there
is no similar way of holding him to
responsibility. , Under ordinary condi
tions the only forms of pressure to .
which ho 1 in any way ,Umenob,0 nro
publlcMoplnlon and the actlon or hlg
talawgSudgw. It Is tl . ,nst whleh ,3
most immediately c active and to
which we should loo!;, for the reform
of abuses.
Fort.s.
If there is any on . duty which moro
than another wo pr .. i, tn -ni.n.imn
and our children's children to perform
at once it Is t.o. snro tlle forestg of
this country, to' r they constitute tho
first and most important element In
the conservation of tho natural re
sources of tho country.
Shortsiglitor j persons,,, or persons
blinded to th.0 fUture?ljy desire to
make motir. y jn every wny out o tho
present, t, ome times speak ns if no
great dnjjago would bo done by the
reckless, destruction of our forests. It
la dtftUyjit to havo patience with tho
arguments of these persons. Thanks,
to our own recklessness In tho uso, of'
our f.piendld forests, wo have .already
crowed tho verge of n timber famine
in 'this country, and no measures that
wtj now take can, at least for many
years, undo thq mischief that has nl-
rcauy been rone.
Rut wo enn nrnvont.
further mischief being done, and it
would bo in tho highest degree repre
hensible to let any consideration of
temporary, convenience or temporary
cost Interfere with such action, espe
cially as regards tho national forests,
which the nation can now at this very
moment control.
LTlio president hero cites in support
of his contentions tho great destruc
tion wrought In China by tho denuda
tion of the forest nreai.l
What has thus happened In northern
China, what has happened In central
Asia, In Palestine, lu north Africa, In
parts of the Mediterranean countries
of Europe, will surely happen in our
country if wo do not exercijo that
Wise forethought which should be ono
Of ttlP chief marks of any peoplo call
ing itself civilized. Nothing' should be
pormltted to stand iu the way of the
preservation of tho forests, and It Is
criminal to permit Individuals to pur
chase a Uttlo gain for themselves
through the destruction of forests
when this destruction Is fatal to tho
well being of tho wholo coumry in tho
future,
inland Waterwys.
Action should be beguu forthwith,
during tho present session of congress,
for tho Improvement of our Inland wa
torwaj's action which will result lu
giving us not only navigable but
nnvlgated rivers. We havo spout
hundreds of millions of dollars upon
thesp waterways, yet tho traffic on
nearly all of thein is steadily declin
ing. This condition is tho direct re
sult of the absence of any compre
hensive and fnrseelng plan of water
way Improvement. Obviously wo can
not continue thus to expend tho rev
enues of tho government without re
turn. It Is poor business to spond
monoy for Inland navigation unless
wo get It.
Such shortsighted, vacillating and
futile methods are accompanied by de
creasing water borne commerce and
Increasing traffic congestion on lnnd,
by Increasing floods and by tho waste
of public money. The remedy lies lu
abandoning tho methods which have
so signally failed and adopting new
ones In keeping with tho needs and
demands of our people.
In a report on a measure Introduced
nt tho first scsslou of tho present con
gross tho secretary of war said, "The
chief defect In the methods hitherto
pursued lies In tho absence of execu
tive authority for originating compre
hensive plans covering tho country or
natural divisions thereof." In this
opinion I heartily concur.
Until the work of river improvement
Is undertaken lu a modern way It can
not havo results that will meet tho
peeds pf this modern nation, Thesp
needs should bp uipf wfthont further
dilly-dallying or delay. The plan which
promises tho best and quickest results
js that of a permanent commission au
thorized to co-ordinate tho work of all
tho government departments relating
to waterways and to frame and super
vise the execution of a comprehenslvo
plan. The tlmo for playing with our
waterways Is past Tho country de
mands results.
National Parks.
I urge that all our national parks ad
jacent to natlnunl forests be placed
completely under the control of the
forest service of the agricultural de
partment, Instead of leaving them, as
they are now, under the Interior de
partment and policed by the army.
Pure Food.
The pure food legislation has already
worked a benpflt difficult to overesti
mate. Secret Service,
Last year an amendment was Incor
porated In tho measure providing for
tho secret servleo which provided that
thorp should bo no detail from tho so
cret service and no transfer therefrom.
It Is not too much to say that this
amendmont Iwh boon of benefit only,
and could bo of benefit only, to tho
criminal classes. Tbo ameudmeut In
question was of benefit to uo one ox-ceptlng-
to criminals, and It seriously
hampers tho government In tho detec
tion of crlmo and the securing of jus
tice. It prevents the promotion of em
ployees In the Bocret service, and this
further discourages good effort. In its
present form the restriction operates
only to tbo advantage of the criminal,
of the wrongdoer.
Tho chief argument lu favor of the
provision was that the congressmen
did not themselves wish to be Invest!
gated by secret service men. Very lit- ! u,y marks a process absolutely now In
tlo. of such Investigation has been done Asla uot 01llJ' ft8' regards Asiatic colo
In tho past, but it Is truo that the work nles of European powers, but as ro
of the secret service agents was partly ' Barda Aslutlc possessions of other Asi
responsible for tho Indictment and con a'1c powers, and Indeed, alwuys ox
vlction of a senator and a congressman opting tho striking and wonderful ex
for land frauds in Oregon. I do not ample afforded by tho great Jtmplro of
bcllovo that It Is in the public Interest JnPam It opens an oitlwly now do-
to protect criminal in any bwnob of
tho public service, and exactly as wo
havo again and again durltig tho past
seven years prosecuted and convicted
such criminals who were lu tho execu
tive branch of tho got eminent so In
my belief we should be given ample
means to prosecute them If found In
the legislative branch. Rut If this Is
not considered desirable a special ex
ception could be made hi the law pro
hlbltlng the use of the secret service
force in Investigating members of the
congress. It would bo far better to do
this than to do what actually was done
and strive to prevent or at least to
hamper effective action ngainst crim
inals by tho executive branch of the
government
Postal Savings Banks.
I again renew my recommendation
for postal savings banks, for deposit
ing savings with the security of the
government behind them. The object
13 to encourage thrift and economy In
the wage earner and person of mod
erate means. It Is believed that In the
aggregate vast sums of money would
bo brought Into circulation through
tho Instrumentality of the postal sav
ings banks. Postal savings banks are
now in operation In practically all the
great civilized countries with tho ex
ception of tho United States.
Parcel Post.
In my last annual message I com
mended the postmaster general's rec
ommendation for nn extension of the
parcel post on the rural routes. The
establishment of a local parcel post
on rural routes would be to the mu
tual benefit of the farmer n::d the
country storekeeper, and It Is desirable
that the routes, serving mqre than lo.
000,000 people, should bo utilised to tlu
fullest practicable extent.
Education.
Tho share that tho national govern
ment should take In tho Lrcad work of
education has not received the," atten
tion and the care it rightly deserves.
I earnestly recommend that this un
fortunate state of affairs as regards
tho national educational joffico be rem
edied by adequate appropriations.
Census.
1 strongly urge th.it the request ol
tho director of tho census connec
tion with the divo::nIal work so so .
to be begun be compiled with and that
the appointments tu. the census form
bo placed under the civil sen Ice law.
waiving; tho ideographical requirements
as, requested by the director of the
census. The supervisors and enumer
ators should not ho appointed under
tho civil service law for the reasons
given by the director.
Publio Health.
The dangers to puMlj health from
food adulteration mid from many oth
er sources, such as tho menace to tho
physical, mental and moral develop
ment of children from child labor,
should be met u::d overcome. This na
tion ennuot afford to lag bohlud In the
worldwide battle now being waged
by all civilized peoplo with the micro
scopic foes of mankind. The first leg
islative step to bo taken Is that for the
concentration of tho proper bureaus
into ono of the existing departments.
Statehood.
I advocate tho -Immediate admission
of Now Mexico aud Arizona, as states.
This should be done at tho present ses
sion of the congress. The people of
tho two territories have made It evi
dent by their votes that they will not
copjp In as ono state. The only alter
native Is to admit thom as two, and I
trust that this will bo done without
delay.
Foreign Affairs.
This nation's foreign policy Is based
on the theory th.qt right must be done
between nations precisely ns between
individuals, ftnd in our actions for tho
lust ten years wo have In this matter
proved our faith by our deeds. Wo
havo behaved and aro behaving to
ward other uatlons as In private life an
honorablo man would behave townrd
tils fellows.
Latin American Republics.
Tho commercial and material prog
ress of the twenty Latin American re
publics is worthy of tho careful atten
tion of tho congress. No other section
of tho world has shown a greater pro
portionate development of its foreign
trade during the last ten years, and
none other has more special claims on ;
tho lutcrest of tho United States.
Panama Canal. x
Tho work on the Panama canal Is be
ing done with a speed, efficiency aud
entire devotion to duty which make It
a modul for all work of the kind. No
task of such magnitude has ever before
been undertaken by any nation, and no
task of tho kind has ever been bettor
performed. The men on tho Isthmus,
frqni Colqpel Uoethals and his fellow
commissioners through the entire list
of omployees who are faithfully doing
their duty, have won their right to the
ungrudging respect nnd gratltudo of
tho American people.
Ocean Mall Lines.
I again recommend the extension of
the ocean mall act of ISO! so that sat
isfactory American ocenn mall lines to
Sputh America. Abla, the Phlllpplues
and Australasia may bo established.
Tho creation of such steamship lines
ihould be the natural corollary of the
voyage of the battlo fleet. It should
precede the opening of the Panama
canal.
The Philippines.
Real progress townrd self govern
ment Is being made lu the Philippine
Islands. The gathering of a Philippine
legislative body and Philippine assera
imriuw wnon oomparea witn nnythioa
wmen aas nappenea among Asiatloi
powers which are their own masters,
wo nave given tho Filipinos constitu
tional government, n government based
upon justice, and wo have shown that
wo have governed thtMii for their good
and not for our aggrandizement
At the preseut time, ns during the
past ten years, the inexorable logic of
facts shows that this government
must be supplied by us nnd not by
them. We must be wlso and gener-1
ous. We must help tho Plllpinos to i
master tho difficult art of self con-
trol, which is simply another name for '
self government. Hut we caunot give !
them self government save In the ;
ZZ m f '' ?,g m S '!' frad'l
unlly they may, if they are able, learn I
to govern themselves. No one can '
prophesy the exact date when It will
be wlso to consider Independence as
a fixed ahd definite policy.
Porto Rico.
I again recommend that American
citizenship bo conferred upon the peo-
plo of Porto Rico.
Cuba.
In Cuba our occupancy will ceaso lu
about two months tlmo. The Cubans
have in orderly manner elected their
own governmental authorities, and the
island will be turned over to them.
LrCUPmMn D CCaS,0n ,
lasted a little over two years, aud
Cuba has thriven and prospered under
It. Our earnest hopo aud one desire
ls that tho people of the island shall
now govern themselves with Justice,
so that peaco and order may be se
cure. The Fleet's Reception,
I tako this opportunity publicly to
state my appreciation of the way la
which n Japan. In Australia, in New
Zealand and lu all the states of South
America tho battle fleet has been re
ceived on its practice voyage around
tho world. The American government
cannot too strongly express Its uppre-
elation of the abounding nnd generous
hospitality shown our ships In every;
port tney, visited.
The Army,
As regards the army, I call attention;
to tho fact that, whllo our lunlor oiil.
cers and enlisted men stand very high, j
the present system of promotion by-'i
seniority results tu bringing into tho-
higher grades many men of mediocre-
capacity who have but a short time to-
serve. No man should regard It as-i
Ills vested right to rlso to tho highest
rank In the army any more than l
any other profession.
Tho scope of retiring boards should
be extended so thnt thoy could con
sider general unfitness to command
for any causo In order to secure n far-
more rigid enforcement than at nres-
cut In the elimination of officers for'
mental, physical or temperamentnl
disabilities. But this plan Is recoup !
mended only If the congress dos not
sec fit to provldo what in my Judg
ment is far better that Is, for selec
tion hi promotion and for elimination
for age.
Now that tho organized mllltla, tho
national guard, has been Incorporated i
With the army as a part of the national
forces It behooves tho government to " , With ono bound Marin reached the
do every reasonable thing in its pow- Run on tho wall, took It from Its sup
er to perfect Its efficiency. i ports, cocked It and fired at random at
A bill Is now pending before tho I the sack. There was a spasmodic mo
congress creating n number of extra i tlon: then all was still again. In nn-
officers In tho army, which, If passed,
as it ought to be, will enable moro of
ficers to bo trained as Instructors of
national guard and assigned to that
duty.
There should bo legislation, to pro
vldo n complete plan for organiz
ing the great body of volunteers be
hind the regular army and national
guard when war has como. Whllo
tcams representing tho United States
won the rifle and revolver champion-
ships of tho world against all comers
In England this year. It Is unfortunnte-
i uuo mac cue great Douy or our cltl- best to secure assistance, gathered a
zens shoot less nnd less ns tlmo goes num'ior of men who lived along tho
on- road, and, nil well armed, the party
To meet this wo should oncourago wont to the houso. Opening tho sack,
rifle practice among schoolboys and they found the dead body of a man
Indcod nmong nil classes, as well as with a charge of shot In tho breast.
In the military services, by overy Ono of the men present prouounccd
means In our power. him to bo Plotro Carried.
Tho Navy. From tho bandit's neck hung n silver
I approve tho recommendations of whistle. This indicated that his ns-
tho general board for tho increaso of "lstnnts were at hand. Putting out aU
tho navy, calling especjnl attention to "shts, tho company kept quiet for a
tho need of additional destroyers aud 'ni0, T,1cn Rnssanlo went out In front
colliers and, above nil, of tho four bat- ot tl10 bouse, and a shrill, sharp whls-
tleshlps. It Is desirable to complete tl0 ruu& out on tho still night nln.
ns Boon as posslblo a squadron of eight Presently footsteps were heard, and;
battleships of tho best existing type, several men enmo down the road.
Tho North Dakota. Delaware, Florida Tbey had no sooner passed tho gate-
and Utah will form tho flrsl dlvlsiota than they were seized from behind
of this squadron. nnd disarmed.
I most earnestly recommend that tho A messonper wns sent to Count Bar
general board be by law turned Into tlnelll with the news of Currlccl's death
n; general staff. The Is literally no and the capture of n part of his band,
excuse whatever for continuing tho Ono of the bandits on premlso of a
present bureau organization of tho pardon agreed to guide a force of gen
navy, The navy should bo treated as darmes to the place where Lulgl Har
n purely military organization, and tlnelll was held captive. Tho exped
utcijiiiuiff snouiu ne subordinated to,
the ono object of securuir milltarv
odlt'k'iicy. A system of promotion by
merit, either by selection or by ex
elusion or by both processes, should bo
Introduced.
Nothing better for tho navy from
every standpoint has over occurred
thau tho cruise of the battlo fleet
around the world. Tho Improvement
of tho ships lu overy way has been ex
traordinary, and they havo gained fur
more experience in. battlo tactics than
they would have gained if thoy had
stayed In tho Atlantic waters. I do
not believe that there Is any othor
service In tho world in which tho
nverago of character and efficiency In
tho enlisted mon is, aa'hlsh as Is now
the case in our own, I believe that the
samo statement enn bo mado as to our
officers, taken as a whole, but there
must be a reseryatlon made In rogard
to those in the highest ranks and In
regard to those who havo Just entered
tho service, because we do not now
get full benefit from our oxcellont
naval school at Annapolis,
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Pletro Cnrricci was a famous bandit
Plotro's success lay In strategy rather
than fighting. He would got up in-
I Benious devices to induce people to
walk "S"1 mto n trap nnd then hold
them for ransom. The country round
about his lair suffered from many of
his tricks, but tho bandit never used
tho same ruse twice, so that ouch new
ono workc(1 ns we ns tlle preceding.
WS Lulgl. oldest son and heir of
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Count BnrtlnGll. known to bo a
BUltor for tuo nnn(1 of Bontrlcla Car-
' rono- wuosc ratuer nan other plans ror
her. One day Lulgi while walking on
a road near his father's villa was ac-
j coated by a man. who asked bin: If
ho were not Lulgl Rartlnclll, and when
j he said yes tho man told him thnt a
man a short dlstanco up the road was
looking for him with a letter from a
lady, marked "Immediate." Lulgl, be
lieving the note to bo from Boatrlcla,
started In the direction ludicated, ovcr-
i tnntf n mnn wlinm tm aimnnaivl in hft
tu messenger, but was directed to go
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fnrthcr- In thU wny the young mfln
I wns pnssed from ono Pcrson to nl
! othor im ho catno to " lonely place,
where he found ono who admitted ho
was tho messenger. He said mock
ingly that the letter was from Scnoritn
Carrono, who instructed him to pay to
I Carried the bandit S40.000 for n ran
. som, Luigl was taken to tho robbers'
I inlr, wnence ho (,iSpatchcd a letter to
. hla fntlmr strut tii .n it v i.
posstblo for tho count to raise so much
money immediately, nnd tho case
dragged.
One evening Maria Bassanlo, daugh
, t0r of a farmer dwelling near Count
Bartlnelll's estate, was left alono by
her father, who .did not expect to bo
nt home till midnight During tho
evening, lumring a knock nt the door.
, she opened It. to find a strantror enrrv-
Injr on his buck a heavy sack, under
which he stafgeied and seemed vot'y
weary lie hogged a lodglug for tho
night, but the girl refused. Then ho
bogged permission to leave his sack
till uiornlnr. to which she consented.
Depositing It on the lloor beside tho
fireplace, ho departed.
Maria sat down beside a table and
began doing some ' noedlew .irk She
looked nt the sack, wondering what It
contained. While she was linking at
it she fancied that not far from lis
I center there f-eemed to be n very sllyi'it
rising nnd falling motion, ricr heart
stood still. The motion was doubtless
produced by come one breathing '
Maria's first motion was a quick
glanco at the wall whe-e her father al
ways kept a gun. aianclng ngiln at
tho sack, ph" saw something gll-non In
the lamplight. It was the point of a
knife protruding through the sack.
In another moment tho blade hegan to
! move, making a silt In Mie sack.
i other moment something red stained
the sack and trickled through I on to
tht; floor. It wns blood.
Terror stricken. Maria rushed to tho
door nnd out to the road, down which
she fled ns If on the wind. Sho had
not gone far before she ran right Into
tho nrms of n man. So frightened wns
she that she did not know him till ho
eagerly begged her to toll him what
had happened, Then, recognizing her
father, she lost consciousness,
But not for long. Reviving, she gavo
her experience. RaFsnnlo. thinking it
tlon wns successful, The lulr and all
In It were captured, and tho youna
man was released without ransom.
Count Rartlnelll realized tho fact
that but for Marin's courageous act ho
would either have lost hi sou or that
son's ransom. He at uuco gave her a
quarter of the ruiiMutu nnd pledged
himself to give tin equal amount foe
a dowry the day she married. There
was it reward of 510 000 offered by the
government for Carried dead or alive,
nnd this Mnrlu received also,
Lulgl Rartlnelll. who for weeks had
been In terror for his life, had no soon
er regained his freedom than ho de
sired to sot the girl who had killed
his captor nnd made the destruction of
tho band posslblo. lie found n modest,
dollcnto creature who wondered how
sho, who had been so terribly fright
ened, could have excited the admira
tion of all Italy. From tho time Lulgl
sot eyes on his deliverer he began te,
forgot his former love, and a year late
his father, the count, paid the pram
Isod dowry to his own dnughter-ln-law
ADIQ.UL TREAT.
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