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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-18

A new brick chimney was built last
week on the livery Darn of A. J. Has
brOuCk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-18

Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Schultz, of
Tomahawk, spent Sunday in this city
as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ora
O'Dell. SIR. Schultz is operator at
the station in that city for the G. NJ
& st. j. RY. Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-18

Invitations have been issued to the
public to attend the special Eyange-
listic Meetings to be held at the G. A.
r. hall beginning this evening.
Evangelist E. B. Barnes will preach
at each meeting, and good musical
program has been provided. ~+@z-
The new warehouse of the Centralia
Hardware Co. on Grand Ave. has been
completed, and the stock has been
moved into the same. This structure
with its large plate glass front adds
very much to the business-like appear
ance of this street.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-18

Joe Marsh, E. B. Bailey and Mr.
Shearer, Of Marshtield, accompanied
by b. #. Mcmillan, the well known
Mcmillan manufacturer, to this city
Wednesday in his five passenger, 35
horse power Ford car. They left after
a brief visit for Stevens Point.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-18
In THE LOCAL FIELD

The Woman's Club held their an
nudl banquet at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. E. Mullent Tuesday evening.
A fine program was provided and a
dainty feast was enliYened by speech,
song and music.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-18

Mrs. Il. LaHouette, of Third street
who recently suffered d second stroI e
of paralysis. is reported to be daneei-
Ously i'll at this time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-18

Emmett, tue little SON of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Burns, underwent an
operation last week He is reported
recovering nicely.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-18

Dr. and Mrs. Chas. Pomainville left
Saturday in their canvass canoe for a
trip down the Wisconsin river to the
DellS. This is the second trip they
have made this year, and it will 10
doubtedly prove the most enjoyable,
because of the autumn beauty or the
woods at this time of the year.
Mrs. A W. Young and her son and
daughter Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Green,
Of Duluth, arrived here Saturday after
noon on the Wisconsin Central, with
the remains of A. W. Yong, who died
in that city Thursday morning.
While here Mrs. Young was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Smith, and Mr..
and Mrs. Green were the guests of
Mrs. Beullh BirOn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-18

The steps leading down to the city
Jail in the basement of the Library
building, have been rebuilt and fixed
up until they are now in good cOndi-
tiOn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-18

F. A. Fitch, of Minneapolis, an ex-
pert automobile repairer, is in this
city doing some work on the T. E.
Nash machine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-18
DlSTlNCTIVELY A CREAM OF
TARTAR BAKING POWDER

ROYAL BAKING POWDER co., NEW YORK.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-08
Latest Lake Submarine, on Ways at shipydrd

replace new air from 10 pressure ac-
cumulatOrs. The temperature in the
boat was kept at /. comfortable de-
gree. however, ii was cold weather
Ice was floating here and there: in
summer II may be. 1t will be hot.
Trials were made with the diving
chamber with the fittings belonging
thereto. These proved t, work to
full satisfaction
Perhaps the best summary OF the
claims of the Lake Torpedo Boat for
consideration at the hands OF the
United States government may be
found in the following appeal -. 80.
Mr.. j C. Lake. vice president of the
Lake Torpedo Boat Company and
father of the inventor. presented to
the Naval Affairs Committee OF the
House of Representatives at q recent
hearing OH the Gardiner bill 10 approa.
pirate money TO purchase Il Lake sub.
marine. after it las undergone certain
Specified tests:
March 81, 1906.
take this means; OF addressing
your Honorable Committee in behalf
of The Lake Torpedo Boat Company
i'll connection with House Bill No.
lT,2aG, presented for the favorite con.
sideration OF Congress and now before
Your Committee. desire first to
consider briefly the question of "I,ac
Relation of Submarines to Battle.
ships" which will give you n general
Thorough condensed, resume of tho
present status OF submarines in the
United States and abroad
Could the United States submarine
boats attack hostile battlcships while
the batte-shiDs were at sea within
gun range of our coast cities?
Could hostile battle-ships get with
i'll gun range of orr coast cities and
yet be beyond the United States sub.
marines sea radius OF action?
If a United States submarine boat
cannot safely submcrgc in waters over
S fathoms deep and battleship could
lombard American coast cities from
ten to twelve miles at sea while In
deep water what protection woull
such submarines be. in case of war?
What good Is n submarine boat so
dangerous to its crew, that it must
not be operated even in shoal waters
without an attending surface derrick
must not operate at all (even
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-08

Three submarine boats came to
the Navy Yard last spring for repairs.
Heaven only knows when they will
get away. AS soon as you repair one
end of the craft, the other end needs
rebuilding. The insides have been
wholly rebuilt, and the only thing |
can see to do with them is TO build
new hulls. | should object to doing
that, however, when the subject
comes up for consideration. | prefer
TO let them sink where they are"
Thus the advocates of the diving
submarines may denude the United
States Treasury in trying to bolster
this false theory of the diving type,
but they will never be able to make
such q craft a reliable, everyday.
workable submarine boat at sea. even
with the aid OF surface attending
derrick"
The diving submarines are rarely,
if ever, seen without aconvoy and are
usually towed from port to port, even
then with serious results in several
cases, as with the adder" Mecca
sin and "Plunger," which entailed
thousands of dollars for salvage and
repairs.
Therefore, whether or not submar-
inc boats are useful weapons of war
is yet to be determined in the United
States, but in view of the fact that
other countries are building them,
and the more the subject is investi-
gated abroad. the greater appears the
possibilities of such craft OF certain
type, the best interest of the Unit
ed States demands the speedy deter
mination of the question, in order to
secure the best type for It's own use
and thus keep at least abr. st OF
other nations in submarine matters
Extracts from an article by Lieut.
j. IL. Tomb, U. S. NJ, in Proceed
ings of the Naval Institute" Deem
Der. 1905, follow:
There are two main types OF sub
marines. the diving type as typified
by the Holland boat and the even.
keel type rs the Lake boat. - at Is
by competition that the greatest pro.
gress is made. IF we had one of
the Lake boats on the East
coast and one on the West
coast to compete against
the Holland boats, am confident
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-08

Firing Torpedoes and Proving Their
Ability for Cutting and Clearing
Mines, Etc.
After these performances they were
accepted and paid for; and it is q sig
nificant fact that out OF all the other
submarine boats OF six different types.
including German, Russian, French
and American, subjected to competi-
tive trials by said Government and
in the face of the keen competition
OF every submarine boat builder in
Europe and America, The Lake Tor
pcdo Boat Company was the only one
that received additional orders for its
boats. and after the said Government
had tried out practically every promi-
ncnt type of submarine 5oat known,
including the very boat Fulton"
which The Lake Torpedo Boat Com
pany had tried lin vin) for two
years TO get into competition with In
the United States.
Naturally. The Lake Torpedo Boat
Company feels proud of this interna-
tional achievement over all competi.
tors, and thus making sales and Sc
curing contracts aggregating several
millions of dollars.
Yet, the pride of many mericans IS
hurt and their feelings stung by the
fact that Simon Lake, whom they be.
licve to be the inventor OF the only
reliable, safe, practical and working
submarine boat with fighting efficl-
ency in any sea, in any part OF the
world could not have had opportunity
to achieve this international victory
ii his native land, which he las been
striving for both faithfully and honor
ably for these many years.
Congress enacted a law for 1904
i'nd 1905 providing that "Any Ameri.
can inventor may have his, her or its
suHsnrface or submarine torpedo boat
tested by comparison or competitiaa
or both with Government subsnrface
or submarine torpedo boat, or any
private competitor, provided there be
any such" Prior to the awarding Of
contracts for submarine boats.
The Lake Torpedo Boat Company
has, at its own expense, presented
two practical submarine boats. tho
Protector" and Simon Lake x" and
demanded competition with U. 8.
A. Holland submarine, under said
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-08

that our Submarine Navy would soon
rank among the first in the world,
instead of holding the fifth or sixth
place as it bids fair to do The
main features Of the even.keel type
are superior TO the diving type. and
seeing this. it is nescessary for our
Navy to develop that type if 1t wishes
to have an efficient and capable Sub
marine Navy in the future"
The United States could and should
have been first today.
This Government now has eight
submarine boats of the diving type
which are not satisfactory las dis.
closed by the derrick episode) ana
even if they were, II more satisfac-
tory one should be accepted. 1t Is
reasonable and proper that the Unit
ed States should now try the other
typc-the Lake evcnkcel-now being
Offered to the United States without
q dollars risk to the latter
Attention is directed to the fact
that the sale of the Protector" and
five more boats of the Lake type to
a foreign government was made upon
conditions of guaranteed qualifica-
tons and performances similar to
those now being offered the United
States by The Lake Torpedo Boat
Company, and the said Government
subjected them to rigid trials includ-
ing:
Submergence to depth of 1877 10 Feet.
The Entering OF a Harbor From the
Open Sea in Broad Daylight Undis-
covered
A Run of $50 Miles Under Their Own
Power in Rough Sea.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-08
! Invention "Turned Down" by United States
, Gains Remarkable Victory Over Competi=
ors i'm Fair Contest in Foreign Waters.

ing nor hear any sound. - that the
sea bottom was probably very smooth
most likely of sand. Another advan-
tagc of the wheels is that with the use
of them one can navigate in such
shallow waters. which would be i'm
passabe fer other submarine boats.
Trials were made with dropping The
anchor down 10 the sea bottom and
hauling the boat down to them. This
was practicable without difficulty.
The engines ana motors acted with
great satisfaction undc all trials
made. ] am on me whole under the
Impression that these machines can
be managed quite ;,a easily as steam
engines of milar size The big air
comprcssing pump acted very well un.
der the trials made Machine, pumps,
and other apparatus worked excellent
ly under the whole trials without fail.
ing. and IL should be specially noticed
that under propulsion with the gaso-
line engines one did not observe any
smell of ;s"sOllnc inside the boat
There arc no ventilation fans. AS
long as the craft runs with the gaso.
line engines the air is sucked In with
such speed that It is continuously ce-
newed. 1t Is, therefore, only when
under propulsion under water with
electric motor that no change OF air
takes place. Under these circum-
stances one can. if necessary, procure
fresh air by letting tho air compress
Ing pump pump air from the In
ncr part of the boat outside her and
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-08
IT LAKE SUBMARINE CRUISER WILL BE A rlARVEL
MECHANICAL INGENUITY AND DESTRUCTlVENESe

the list of fatalities is large. Disas-
ters have been frequent abroad and
innumerable narrow escapes have
been recorded in this country.
Among the disasters to the diving
type of submarines abroad (Which are
of the same type us the United States
Submarincs). those of the English
al" AS" AS" are notable. many
lives having been sacrificed on those
vessels.
Crews of diving submarines are
restricted in their movements to Ger
tain specified and confiEing limits,
which is fatiguing and dcmoralizing
to their nervous senses
1t is not SO long ago that crew
of United States sailors refused to
submerge i'll a Government diving
submarine at San Francisco, consider
ing it too great a risk of their lives.
Did these men display good judge
ment? Were they courtmartaled for
INSTRUMENTATION?
The diving submarines have been
tried and found wanting in so many
important particulars in nnumerablo
accidents, that the assertion of their
utter impracticability cannot be sue
ccssfully disprovcd The very action
of the Secretary Of the Navy con
corning the derricks tells its own
story.
Rear-Admiral Coshlan, u. S. NJ,
Commandant OF the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. charactcrizes the Government
submarine boats as practically use
less. In public address he is re-
ported in the New York press to have
said:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-08

that might be fatal to the imprisoned
crew. even in inland waters. and
which would be impossible nine times
out OF ten in the open sea where a
submarine must operate in time Of
war to be of any practical use.
Thus an attending surface derrick
does not afford the diving subma-
rinc adequate safety either in peace
or war ~ surface attending derrick
for submarine boat has been charac-
terizcd as huge joke.
W.. this peculiar derrick sugges-
ton? Because these diving subma-
rnes are dangerous to their crews
for the reason that they are prone to
dive at an unexpected moment with
fatal results even while running on
the surface with their matches open,
owing to their insufficient fore and
aft stability, as in the disaster to the
English diving submarine, on June
Sih, 1905, Ga striking exampe), all
but two of the crew having lost
their lives in that accidental dive,
and the two saved were on the out
side of the coming tower when she SO
unexpectedly dove.
They are also dangerous to crew In
diving in unlimited depths of water
Cor greatcn than eight fathoms) as
they are apt TO get beyond control OF
the crew and plunge TO depths which
would crush the boat or cause sucn
severe leakage that the pumps would
he unable to control same, thus
quickly destroying their slight reserve
buoyancy and rendering it impossible
FOR them to return to the surface. as
in the case Of the United States sub.
marine Porpoise when she placed her
crew in peril of their lives by an un-
controlled dive. which carried her to
the bottom and would have proved
fatal had the waters been but a few
feet deeper.
Thus the wisdom and humanity OF
the Secretary of the Navy in issuing
the derrick prccaution is apparent.
Thcn why spend more money on
ms same type of boat? Why is 1t
not time to try another type that can
and does operate in waters OF any
depth without an attending surface
derrick or convoy?
Accidents have been numerous on
the diving type of submarines and
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-08
win a dcrricl.yn waters over eigh
fathnms Of dY IF?

WIN derrickp n waters over eight
fathons Of d%
Are million, Of dollars being vast
cd by the United States Government
in its purchase Of Il discreditcd ana
type of submarine boat,
of no practical value as vel! as be-
ing dangerous 10 navigate?
These questions and many others
arc suggested, and the answers are
dcrogatory to the United
states Submarines, by the rccommen-
datlon Of the Navy Department.
That the United States Subma.
rincs must not be submerged in waters
of over ,c!~,lt, falhoms in depth ami
shall be va" f'nied by a surface at
tending III TO raise them in case
they fail to1s.rrn TO the surface"
Such an operation as to raise a
helpless submarine to the surface by
means of a surface derrick cannot be
without first locating
the submarine, which experienced
wrcckcrs know, is very difficult un-
'lcrtaking, sometimes taking weeks to
accomplish; and even when located
they must have the aid of divers to
make the necessary connections to the
sunken vessel. This requires time
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-08

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, 1906-10-25
A HAPPY WEDDING
OF POPULAR COUPLE

Mr.. Hans @. Bang, the well known
Union Pacific engineer, and Miss Al
ma Schroeder were married at s
O'Clock last evening, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson, on
Garfield street, about forty-five guests
being present. The bride was attended
by Miss Matte Mikkelsen and the
groom by Mr.. Ankor Johnson, the
brother of the bride. Rev. Oscar
Woods, pastor of the West Side church.
performed the ceremony. The bridal
party afterwards repaired to North
Star hall, where the wedding supper
was served, a dance following. The
bride received many very pretty and
useful presents. Mr.. and Mrs. Bang
will reside with Mr.. Johnson for the
present, until they can get their own
house ready. The Republican and
hosts of other friends extend %congratu-
lations.
Hans C. Bang, the nephew of the
bridegroom, arrived this morning on a
belated train, having left Fremont,
Neb., several dasy ago.
, 1906-10-25
FORMER RESIDENTS
Welded IN OGDEN.

Wednesday afternoon, October II, at
4 o'clock, at the residence of Hon. and
Mrs. j. T. NJ. Kingsford, Morton Ter
race, in Ogden, Utah, Mrs. Nellie Folk
of Los Angeles was united in marriage
to Hon. j. E. WATSON, a prominent
mining attorney of Montana. Among
the invited guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Bintz of Salt Lake, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. B. Milan, Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
Rogers and Mrs. and Miss Lucy Ritter
of Ogden. The bride and those of the
guests named are all old residents of
Wyoming and well known in this city.
Mrs. WATSON is a daughter of the late
Colonel J.. T. Webster, several years
ago in tho newspaper business in Lar
annie and later in the Black hills, and
a niece of Mrs. William Brands of
this city. Mrs. Milan and Mrs. Bintz
were both old-time popular Laramie
girls. Immediately after the ceremony
the newly welded couple left on a
visit to New York.
, 1906-10-25
RECORD BREAKING CROWDS
AT WONDERLAND PARK

The Wolfe Stock company played,
THE Weak Against the Mighty" to
two record breaking crowds in Wonder
land theater yesterday afternoon and
last night. Never in all the eighteen
different bills this company has played
here has it produced one that seemed
to please the people as well as does
this one. Every line of it is interest
ing in itself and every part of it is play
ed to perfection by the members of
the company. 1t frequently has been
remarked by patrons OF the theater
that Miss HUFF appeared to her best
advantage in this bill. When this fact
was mentioned to her last evening Mr..
Wolfe's popular leading lady replied
Il like the part" 1t is very possible
that this explains why she is so sue
cessful in it.
T. Ashton Magrane, the other mem.
Der of the company who has distin-
guished himself by his splendid work
in this play, must like his part, too,
though it is entirely different from his
own nature. His is an extremely diff
ficult role to interpret correctly, but
congratulations have been showered
upon him ever since the first nights
exhibition for the manner in which ne
his part.
The patrons Of the park will be al
lowed to choose their own plays for
next week and it is pretty safe to wag-
er that The Weak Against the Nigh
ty' will be one to receive a whole lot
Of votes. At the Opera House next
Monday night.
, 1906-10-25
MATTER Of TINE
CUTTING FIGURE
SOLAR TIME OR STANDARD TIME
QUESTION INVOLVED IN BIG
TEXAS LAND CASE.
Jury Returned Verdict Three Minutes
After Midnight BY Standard and
Fifteen Minutes Before Midnight
BY solar, and Courts Disagree as
to Which is Correct.

Austin, Texas, Oct. 25.-The state
supreme court gave d decision that So
lar time, and not railroad or standard
time must govern legal proceedings.
Land Deal Involved.
The case involved a valuable tract
of land. The jury had brought in a
verdict three minutes after midnight,
measured by standard time, or fifteen
minutes before midnight, by solar time.
Court Had Adjourned.
The trial judge held that the term
of court expired at midnight, standard
time, and refused to enter judgment.
Supreme Court to Rescue.
The supreme court ordered the en-
tering of the verdict, on the ground
that solar time governs courts. Judg-
ment was so entered.
, 1906-10-25
NOTED ARMY MAN
DYING OF FEVER
CAPTAIN TAGGART SAID TO BE
QUITE ILL IN PHILIPPINES
AND MAY NOT RECOVER.
Word Kept from His Aged Father at
Wooster, Who is Also Not Expect
ed to Live-Captain Secured Di-
vorce from Wife After Most Sensa-
tional Trial in Courts.

Wooster, Ohio, Oct. 25.-During the
night news reached this city that Cap
tain e. F. Taggart, United States army,
was dying in the Philippines of fever.
The news was withheld from Taggarts
aged father, who is dying today.
Divorce Startled Country.
Captain Taggart's divorce trial last
year startled the country. He named
six correspondents, %inccuding four army
officers, whom he charged with being
intimate with his wife, Mrs. Taggart,
who was the fashionable Miss Grace
Culver of Chicago.
Divorced Wife in Europe.
He secured a divorce, but the wife
spirited away the two children and is
now supposed to be in Europe. The
dying captain asks that his body be
brought to this country for burial.