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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12

The Amsterdam Telegram reports
that the Germans are preparing to
leave Antwerp. 1t asserts that nu-
merous trains are leaving with Ger
man baggage, and that all patients
have been removed from the hospitals
Guns were heard at RozendaaL
Germans Pierce Allies Line.
Berlin, via Amsterdam, Nov. Ser
man troops are making progress IL
their campaign TO reach the French
coast, it was announced here, but Il
was stated that their progress Won: d
necessarily have to be slow because
the allies are using all their available
forces and have constructed strong
defensive works The Russian claims
that they have taken thousands d
prisoners and many guns from the Ger
mans in Poland were officially den'ec.
An official report from the GeImSn
general staff states that the allies ine
mas been pierced, that sortie from
Newport was easily repulsed and hat
steady progress is being made IN the
German attacks from Ypres to the
Vosges.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
NURSES FACE DEATH
Women Work FearIessly Amid
Bursting of Shells:
Correspondent Describes Trip Into a
Burning Town to Resc&e Wounded
SoIdiers-GirIs Take Risks
With Laughing Courage.
BY PHILIP GIBBS.

Furnes.-The staff of an English
hospital to which mobile column is
attached for field work has arrived
here with a convoy Of ambulances and
motor cars. This little party of doc
tors, nurses, stretcher-bearers and
chauffeurs has done splendid work in
Belgium.
Many of them were in the siege of
Antwerp Lady Dorothie Fielding, one
OF Lord Denbighs daughters, won
everybody's love by her plucky devo-
ton to duty in many perilous hours.
This girl takes all the risks with
laughing courage. She has been I'M
der fire in many hot skirmishes.
In defiance of bursting shells a fly
ing column of the hospital was pre-
pairing to set out in search of wound
ed men on the firing line under the
direction of Lieutenant De Brogyille,
son Of the Belgian war minister. Lady
nurses stood by their cars waiting
for the word.
De Brogville invited me to accom-
pany the column in car, which
shared with another correspondent.
We set out from Furnes at noon.
We were asked to get into Dixmude,
about sixteen kilometers away. We
passed many refugees and German
prisoners. AS we approached within
two kilometers of Dixmude we heard
the boom of the cannon and saw many
villages in flames.
Close to us, across the fields TO the
left, Belgian batteries were At work,
and rife fire came from many
trenches. We were between two fires
and Belgian land German shells came
screeching across our heads.
Farther down the road we left two
of the cars in charge Of Lady Doro-
THE Fielding and her two nurses. Two
of the ambulances came on with our
light car We went forward at what
seemed to me a crawl, shells bursting
around us now on all sides.
Then we came into Dixmude. 1t
was wrecked from end to end as
though by an earthquake.
Soon we had a full load of wound
ed men. l put my head outside the
cover and gave the word TO the chauf-
feur to start back. As I did so shrap-
mel bullets came past my head and
striking a piece of iron work fattened
out and fell at my feet.
There was an incessant cannonade
and crashing of buildings Mitrail-
leuses were at work now splitting out
bullets. Along country roads the
fields were still being plowed by
shells. In the half hour since we had
left the town, Dixmude had burst into
flames and was a great blazing torch.
By this time there were five towns
blazing in the darkness. The enemy's
bombardment was now terrific.
At the gate of a convent were some
Belgian ambulances which had come
from another part of the front with
their wounded. A wounded man put
his arm around my neck and then
with a dreadful cry collapsed A third
man, horribly smashed about the
head, walked almost unaided into the
operating room. Now he lies dead on
a little pile of straw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12

Turkish fleet has been driven from
the Black sea and is now effectively
bottled up in the Bosporus, with the
Russian Black sea feet standing qua
at the entrance
The Temps at Paris has received a
report stating that American marines
have been landed at Beirut, Syria. for
the protection OF American interests.
Both Sides Claim Victory.
On the Caucasian frontier Turkey
is stated to have massed 100000
troops. Gen. Sanders Pasha is in
command of this army, which already
is reported to have taken numerous
villages along the frontier.
The Russian foreign Office, on the
other hand, declares officially that the
Russian Caucasian army which is in
vading Turkey has advanced several
miles into Turkish territory and has
occupied several Turkish villages,
driving the Turks before them.
Great Britain formally declared war
upon Turkey
England also formally announced
the annexation of the Island of Cyprus
in the Mediterranean. Cyprus, though
nominally owned by Turkey. has been
practically a British possession for
years because Great Britain has ad-
ministered it since 1878.
France has followed the lead Of
Great Britain and declared war on
Turkey.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
LOOK FOR NAVAL CONFLICT.
British People Look Anxiously for Z
Decisive Battle at Sea


London, Nov. 6.-Battleships and
battle cruisers, detached from the
British grand feet, searched the
North sea for a German squadron of
four battleships and four cruisers
which slipped from Wilhelmshaven
for a raid on the English coast.
There is intense interest here, with
the hope everywhere enthusiastically
expressed that Admiral Jellico's fleet
can locate the German battleships and
cruisers and destroy them.
Fail to Bottle Up Germans.
There is, however, a disquieting
side to the report. 1t appears that
the attempt to bottle up the German
warships in the Kiel canal has not
been altogether a success and that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
SERVIAN DIES HERO.
CHINESE BEAUTY TO MARRY
Lily Tong of San Francisco viii Soar
Through Life With Aviator
Tom Gum.

San Francisco.-Miss Lily Tong is
one of the most charming and petite
of the Chinese bellies in San Francis
co.'s Chinatown.
Her suitors have been many, for
her beauty has attracted scores of
lovesick Chinese SWANS who have
laid their all at her feet and wor-
SHIPPED at her shrine She would
however, have none of them, for she
had promised Tom Gum, the San
Francisco born aviator, that she and
he would soar together through life.
Tom Gum is the young Chinaman.
whose daring aerial fetes witnessed
by Gen. Lau-TienWei, when the
Chinese general visited San Francis
co, resulted in Gums appointment as
chief aviator of the Chinese republic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
RETIRE ALONG
BELGIAN FRONT
German Forces Continue Their
Attack on Allies From New
Points.
EXPECT NAVAL BATTLE
kaiser's Fleet Rumored to Be Pre-
pared to Meet British at Sea-NavaI
Victory Credited to Teutons Off
Chilean Coast-Russians Claim
Continuous Victories in
the East.

London, Nov. "a general German
retirement along the whole Belgian
front from Bruges to Thielt was be-
gun, according to a report from Am
sterdam, which says that heavy can
nonading was distinctly heard at
Client.
An aerial raid in force ives made by
British and French aviators. who
dropped bombs on the headquarters
positions of the Germans at ThfeIt, at
Bruges and at RouIers. The state
railway works at Bruges were SO bad
" damaged as to be of no use to the
Germans, and the German general
star is declared to be moving it's
headquarters to Client to escape the
continuous attacks of the British ar
mored aeropIanes.
Germans Take Many Prisoners.
The heavy losses of the Germans
in the fighting east of the User and
about Roulers are indicated by the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
MOST ANY TIME.

A country road, trees, sky, summer
homes, lake in the distance A
steam railway line crosses the road
at right angles
Enter, up the road, an automobile,
we'll loaded and running at high
speed.
Enter at the far right an express
train. s
Both automobile and train are rush
ing toward the crossing.
Owner of automobile to chauffeur:
Can you make it?"
The chauffeur, speeding up: Sure
can make it,"
He don't.-Cieveland Plain Dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
RUSSIANS IN FORWARD MOVE.
Advices From Petrograd Say Germans
Are in Full Rtreat.

AdVices From Petrograd Say Germans
Are in Full Rtreat.
Petrograd, Nov. 6.-The following
official communication from the Rus
sian general staff headquarters was
given out here tonight:
"A sudden change has been noted
since November 3 on the east Prussian
front where the enemy, which recent
Iy has been on the defensive almost
everywhere, has begun to fall back at
certain points. This retreat is pre-
cipitate on the left wing of the en-
envy which was vigorously thrown
back toward Biala and Lyck. Our
troops took Bakalarjevo, capturing a
large quantity of arms and ammuni-
ton, and making prisoners of a Ger
man company.
con the left bank of the Vistula
the Germans continue their precipitate
retreat towards the frontier Their
rear guards have been dtslodged from
Kolo and Przedborz.
Admit Austrian Retreat.
Berlin, Nov. 6.-An announcement
given out in Vienna says that Aus
trian forces in Poland, after holding
the Russians in check on the Lysa-
CORA, continued their retiring move
ment to positions previously selected
by them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
NEARLY TWO THOUSAND LOST
German Warships Sink British Cruis
ers Off the Coast of Chile.

q man w al SIl % OHM D4i|4Sfi ~ N'S-
ers Off the Coast Of Chile.
Valparaiso, Chile, Nov. 5.-Offcers
of the German cruiser Scharnhorst eX-
pressed the belief that nearly two
thousand British officers and sailors
had been killed in the naval engage
ment of Coronel The British cruiser
Monmouth. which was sunk, carried
complement of CTS officers and men,
and the cruiser Good Hope, the flag
ship of Rear Admiral Sir Christopher
Cradock, which is believed to have
gone down Immediately after the bat
tie, carried 600 officers and men. In
addition the British cruiser Glasgow
and the transport Ontario were struck
by shells from the German ships and
damaged.
If, as believed, the fire stricken and
shell riddled cruiser Good Hope went
to the bottom in the gale that was
raging during the battle, it is certain
that Sir Christopher Cradock, who
was commander of the British squad
ron in Mexican waters, lost his life
Only Two Men Wounded.
The German cruisers Scharnhorst,
Gneisenau and the Nurnberg, which
came into this harbor on Sunday
night after the engagement, showed
but little effect of the fight and Ad-
miral Graf Won Spec, commander Of
the German fleet in the Pacific, re-
ported that only two men had been
wounded on the Gneiseneau. There
were no deaths, so far as could be
gathered.
German Warship Sunk; 500 Die.
London, Nov. 5.-The German cruis-
er York struck a mine and was
sunk in Jahde bay, near the mouth
of the Weser, and her crew of 500
officers and men are lost, according
to dispatch received here from Am
sterdam. The scene of the disaster
is near Wilhelmshaven, a German
naval base of Importance. The York
classed as an armored cruiser, had
four 8.2-inch and ten six-inch guns
IA 24-pounders and four maxims, be-
sides four submerged torpedo tubes.
The displacement was $3.50 tons and
the length 304 feet. This is the larg-
est German vessel sunk in this war
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
GIRL MARRIES HER RESCUER
Philadelphia Saves Young Woman
From Sea at Atlantic City-Wed-
ding Is Result.

PHILADELPHIA romance which be-
gan three years ago, eliminated in the
marriage of Katherine A. Murphy and
John F. Mullin.
Mullins meeting with Miss Murphy
was dramatic. He was walking along
the beach at Atlantic City one August
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
MARCHES WITH THE TROOPS
PestiIence Usually Follows in the
Wake of Armed Hosts
In Warfare.

PesuIenCe usually treads close after
the rear guard of a great war, says the
Boston Transcript. Armies are great
disease spreaders and the regions in
which they campaign not infreQuently
show in the increased mortality among
their civilian residents Immediately
after peace that nOnCombatants are
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
HONOR TO FRENCH SOLDIERS
All Saints Day Celebrated in Paris by
Numerous Patriotic Services
and Flowers.

Paris.-November >. a beautiful fall
morning. the streets of Paris were
given q brighter aspect than they had
had on any day since the war began
BY thousands of flower girls with the
throngs brought out to celebrate the
solemn fete of All Saints and honor
the soldiers who have fallen in their
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
HAS A WINGED PARACHUTE
Shopman Invents Life PreserVer for
Airmen-May ReVolutionlze
Navigation of Air.

GreenvilIe, Pa.-Stephen Banjo, a
resident of this city, has an invention
which may revolutionize navigation
Of the air. It is a Ife-preseryer for
an airman, and is so eontrived that it
can be worn about the body at all
times without inconvenience 1t weighs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12

only six pounds, and when in opera
ton opens, the extended canvas wings
acting a preventive from a severe
fall.
Banjo is also working on an automo-
mile sled, which is nearing completion.
He is an employee Of the Bessemer
shops, and can speak but a few words
Of English.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
The New Cult.

"She wears futurist gowns, you
know"
mo, l don't know thing about it.
What is a futurist gown, anyhow"
"You can search me-perhaps they
are gowns which are yet to be paid
for"-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12

by the sale Of vodka has become in
short period as somber in tone as
nocturne.
The streets are quiet and almost
deserted at the hour when the night
life used to begin. In the restaurants
all the guests could be comfortably
gathered around one large table.
The capital is, of course, saddened,
like all cities of Europe, by its losses
and by all the misery which GIBBS back
from the front
In the general staff offices the daily
lists of the dead are published. Ii
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12

front OF this structure a line of peas
ants stand helpless and afraid. Some
OF them have found relatives in the
published lists and others, morbidly
apprehensive, are afraid to go upstairs
and look
But the end of the first two months
of war is the occasion for the kind of
celebration which usually accompanies
a great anniversary or a holiday. The
Russian papers have assisted in this
by careful reviews Of the fighting
along the German and Austrian from
tiers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12

Mrs Cunning am going to meet
my husband this afternoon to select
some decoration for the drawing room
in our new house.
Mrs. Gossip-What do you want
him with you for?
Mrs. Cunning-Well, in case they
don't turn out right can say it is his
fault
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12

Der dress Of the long files of men and
women who were going to decorate
graves
General Gallieni, military governor
OF Paris; NJ. Delaney, project of 10.
lice, and the League of Patriots Went
to the cemeteries at Dantin. Ivrv-Snr-
Seine and Bagneaux to place flowers
on the monuments to the soldiers of
the present war.
A detachment Of the aviation corns
cruised over the city throughout the
day to prevent interference in the
ceremonies through hostile afrsbips
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12

No Cop Near, Either.
The fastest man
I've lately seen
Owed all his speed
To gasoline.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
PETRoGRAD is SOMBER NOW
War Has Greatly Changed the Aspect
of the osce Gay Capital
of Russia.

Petrograd.-Probably in no capital
of Europe have the first two months
of the war wrought such a change in
the aspect and character of a city IS
in Perograd. What was additionally
regarded as city of dissipated ener-
gies and midnight gayety quickened
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
Not Cenulne.

who is that irrepressible individ-
ual?"
"He edits the joke department Of a
family magazine"
"Ahi his gayety proclaims him
humorist"
at proclaims quite the contrary.
Humorists are sad men"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
Gone. But Not Eorootten.

''Whither away, Dobson?"
I'm going to attend the obsequies
over $4,000 of my hard-earned
money"
81 don't understand"
THE stockholders Of a defunct corr
poration are to hold meeting"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
citv Vaccination Proved Costly

delphia.-Camillus c. Howard,
a negro, obtained verdict of $4,000
against the city, after alleging care
lessness by the municipal physician
who vaccinated him. The defense
claimed Howard neglected the sore.
Blood poison developed and his right
arm was amputated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12

tradition, introduced cholera into Eu
rope in 1S30-31. It had returned from
triumphant campaign in Turkey to
suppress the Polish instruction. One
of the earliest and most nIustrious
victims of cholera was Marshal Die
bitsch, the Russian general in chief
whose death focused the attention of
the world on this new plague After
crossing Germany cholera then en-
tered Great Britain and was broueht
to North America by Irish immigrants
international quarantine may be the
first duty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
Misleading the Public.

I've taught my dog number Of
smart tricks"
For instance?"
when I go into a saloon for drink
l make him walk down the street and
wait for me in front of a soda water
store"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12

Mrs. Meeks-This paper says the
life Of the domestic horse is about
twenty-eight years, while that Of the
wild one is thirty-eight years.
Mr.. Meeks-Now, dear, you see what
happens when one is being continually
driven.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
Water Needed.

Mrs. Bacon see this paper says
a glass of water placed in the bottom
of a piano viii help to prevent the
wood warping and keep the instru-
ment in tune.
Mr.. Bacon-Well, mother, before
Sadie tackles that piano again, for
gracious sakes give it a glass of wa,
teri
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
WORKING Overtime.

81 wish that tiresome old Judge Blank
wouldn't carry court practice into the
street with him"
What do you mean?"
''Why, l never meet him but that he
arrests my progress, and then he tries
my patience"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
country defense.

The services in all the churches
we're of a patriotic character. Tributes
to the soldier dead were paid at Notre
Dame, La Madeleine, st. Augustin,
Sacre-Coeur, La Trinite and Notre
Dame des VICTORIES.
As soon as the masses were con-
cluded the pilgrimage to the GENE
teries commenced. In the brilliant
sunshine the flags of the allied nations
were flying everywhere and multi
colored bouquets relieved the melan-
choly impression made by the SOM
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
A Pretty Decsption.

Crawford you found package
of old love letters you wrote your
wife years ago. What did you do with
them.
rabshaw-Change the dates and
sent them to her while she was away
in the country.-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
Expects Iona Life at 4o3.

Kindred, \. D.-The oldest man in
North Dakota, Ole P. Pytten, has just
celebrated his one hundred and third
anniversary. He is mentally alert
and active, and seems as much inter
ested in public matters as he did half
a century ago. He was born in Hal
lingdahl, Norway, and has been a resi-
dent Of this country many years. He
insists he will live for many years.
He is deeply religious and finds his
greatest pleasure in discussing reli-
gious topics.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
Caruso Sings to Aid Italians.

Rome, ltaly.-An extraordinary per-
formance was given at the Costanzi
theater for the beneft of needy emf
grants who have returned to Italy
1t yielded over 100000 lire (about s20-
OOO). Among the singers who appeared
was Enrico Caruso, who had not been
in Rome since 1903.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
Deserved a Reward.

Daughter, saw you last night.
yes, ma"
what induced you to give that
young man a kiss?"
well, he had listened to my sing
ing patiently for an hour"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12

81 don't believe Shakespeare turns
over in his grave every time a rant
ing actor butchers his lines"
q don't either. l can't imagine
;hakespeare acting like squirrel In
revolving cage"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
TURKISH FLEET SHUT in
Russian Warships Prevent Offensive
Movement of Sultan's Boats.
London, Nov. 6.-The Russian adj
miralty announced officially that the

by nc means exempt from the penalty
Of the presence of great contending
hosts. Occasionally we read in the
dispatches of the appearance of choI-
era in the eastern theater of war. It
is said to have manifested itself in
the Austrian camps and if the report
is true close contact with the Russian
army may account for this new at
Fiction on a country already terribly
disturbed. Cholera turks in The East
and not a few of the Russian trooDs
have been drawn from its abiding
place. A Russian army, according to
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PardonabIe Pride.

"Who started the fight?" asked Mr..
Dolan.
What difference does it maker" re-
sponded Mr.. Doolan. 'Startin' a fight
is easy. I'm the fellow that brought
it to a finish
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
Duchess Welded; Back TO War

London, England MiIIicent, OUCH
ess OF Sutherland, who recently went
to tha war zone as head of a Red
Cross hospital, and Maj. Percy Fitz-
gerald Of the 18th hussars were unite
in marriage at Roehampton
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
Await Great Naval Battle.

Valparaiso, Chile, Nov 6-The next
great sea battle in the Pacific will
probably be fought between the Ger
man cruisers which defeated an Eng
lish squadron off the Chilean coast
and Japanese warships which are re
ported to be on their way toward
American waters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
Not Fishino. BUT Got BITE,

Rhinelander, Wis.-While washing
his hands from the dock at Moen
Lake, Herman Hall, twelve years old,
was bitten by a huge fish. The hand
was badly IaceTated from wrist down
to lower knuckles.