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back presently, and we must be out of their way. What room is that beyond the chimney?"
 Tt was used by the housekeeper. Do you know where Parson Nichols was left?"
 Tn the room at the head of the stairs; why yes, your room. Could they have killed the man?"
 1 pushed open the door, which stood slightly ajar, and looked in. Nichols had partially lifted himself by cling ing to the bed, and his eyes met mine The marks of the savage blow with which Cowan had f1oored him, were plainly evident, and the man appeared weak and dazed. Yet he instantly rec ognized me. and crouched back in ter TOT. stepped into the room, and gripped his collar.
 Stand on your feet, man! Oh, yes. you can; you're a little groggy yet, no doubt, but with strength enough for that. Come; I'll hold you. Now, out into the hall. Miss Harwood, may trouble you to open that door-yes, the housekeeper's room; we'll hide ourselves in there. By love, that sounds like a regular volley!"
 l pushed the man forward, and flung him down on the bed, still retaining my grip on his collar.
 Not move, or a sound Nichols! Attempt to betray us, and your life is not worth the snap of finger. Miss Harwood close the door, and lock it."
 The same instant vividcaash of red lit up the whole interior, the light glar- ing in through the unshaded windows, and refecting from the walls. Nichols started up with little cry of terror. but forced him back.
 Tt is not the house. I said sternly. They must have fired the stable. Keep down out of sight. Miss Noreen, creep across to that ne0rest window and take glance out-be careful that no one sees you. I'll keep guard over our preacher friend"
 She left us quietly. crouching close against the wall until she could safe ly peer out from behind the fold of chintz curtain. The glow from without reddened the entire room. Nichols be- gan to groan, and mutter. but whether the words were those of prayer. or not, I was uncertain. That the fellows brain tottered on the brink of total collapse was evident, and 1 was too fearful he might create alarm to de- sert my guard. Eager to learn what had occurred I called across to the girl:
 'Is 1t the stable, Miss Noreen?"
 Yes" with quick glance back ward. "The whole west end is ablaze. I think there are horses picketed be- yond in the orchard, but am not sure yes, there are men there with them The fire. as 1t blazes up, gives me better view"
 Can you tell how many?"
 No. but didn't suppose Anse Cow. an had so many with him, did your"
 Why, really I cannot tell, for have no conception either way. There must have been dozen altogether in
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asked to volunteer. Only a brave man
 would assume such a risk; only man who believed in himself, and his cause. Fl like you better because you have told me. 1 believe you are honest with me now. 1 did not know what to do, or what to say before. 1 knew you were not Raymond, and that you were acting lie-but could not guess your purpose. What made it
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ain't gone fur in this storm Enyhow thar's one thing sure-they aint a hidin up yere. Cum on boys, let's take a mother look round down be- low"
 We heard their feet on the stairs, and the light which had streamed up through the crack in the scuttle, faded aaAy, leaving us in utter darkness.
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where in the distance, and a grun voice spoke.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Confederate Sergeant Wyatt of the Staunton artillery is sent as spy to his native county on the Green Briar by General Jackson.
 CHAPTER II-Wyatt meets noun ta1neer named Jem Taylor, with whom he rides to house beyond Hot Springs.
 CHAPTER III-1n the house Wyatt and Taylor meet Major Harwood father of Noreen and an old neighbor of Wyatt Who is sent to bed while the two other men talk Wyatt becomes suspicious. and nnds that Taylor has murdered Harwood and escaped
 CHAPTER Iv-Wyatt changes to the U. s. cavalry uniform he has with him and rides away in the night, running into a detachment of Federal cavalry to whom he identifies himself as Lieutenant Raymond, Third D. S. cavalry. by means or papers with which he has been pro vided Captain Fox finds Harwoods body and follows Taylor's trail.
 CHAPTER v-Fox and Wyatt believe Taylor to be old Ned Cowan. The de- tachment is ambushed. Wyatt escapes to the Green Briar country and goes to liar woods apparently deserted home.
 CHAPTER vI-wyatt finds Noreen Harwood alone In her home. She does not recognize him. and he introduces him beiI as Lieutenant Raymond
 CHAPTER VII-Parson Nichols comes 10 the house and tells Noreen of her fla ther's death.
 CHAPTER VIII-Wyatt forces Parson Nichols to confess that he has been sent Tn advance of Anse Cowan. who proposes to marry Noreen at once, and so quiet title to the land in dispute between the Cowans and Noreens dead father.
 CHAPTER Ix-Anse cowan and his gang arrive and find the preacher bound in closet. Wyatt and Noreen have con- cealed themselves In the attic.
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CHAPTER I-Confederate se,ge.nt Wyatt of the Staunton artillery is sent as spy to his native county on the Green Briar by General Jackson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
JAPAN SENDS ULTIMATUM
TO THE CHINESE REPUBLIC
Mikado's Note Gives Nation Forty
Eight Hours in Which to Corn
ply With Demands.

London, May IA Japanese ulti-
matum to China" cables the Tokyo
correspondent of the Central News,
grants a delay of forty-eight hours.
Washington, May China has
given her final reply to Japan. She
expects an ultimatum to be presented
and will reject it. Japan then must
make good her threat to use force or
back down.
This, in nutshell, is the situation
in the far East. 1t has aroused the
Hveliest concern in Washington and
London.
Everything of an authoritative char
acter that has come from Peking es-
tablishes that President Yuan Shi Kai
has decided to accept war rather than
humiliate his country by acceding to
demands which destroy it's sovereign
ty. In this attitude he is backed up
by practically all of the people.
That China alone can successfully
resist the Japanese is of course i'm
possible. An army of 100000 men
has been created, but it is short of
ammunition and two of the three
arms and cartridge factories are at
points accessible to Japanese men-of-
war. 1t is believed in Picking, how
ever, that resistance will be valuable
in arousing the people and that the
great interests of foreign powers will
cause them to intervene. Japan has
a million troops ready for service.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
"PURE PIRACY" SAYS T. R.
Former President Roosevelt Makes
Emphatic Comment on Torpedo
ing OF Lusitania.

Syracuse, N. Y, May 8.-When in
formed Friday night of the sinking
of the Lusitania, Col. Theodore
Roosevelt made the following state
ment to the Associated Press:
81 can only repeat what l said a
week ago, when in similar fashion
the American vessel Gulfiight was de-
stroyed off the English coast and its
captain drowned. | then called at
tention to what l had said two
months previously when the Germans
established the war zone and an
nounced that with mines and subma-
rines they would commit the deeds
that since they have actually COM
mitted, and that these deeds could
by no rule of international law be
regarded otherwise than as pure pir-
acy.
This represents not merely piracy,
but piracy on a vaster scale of muir
der than any old time pirate ever
practiced. This is the warfare which
destroyed Louvain and Dinant and
hundreds of women and children in
Belgium. 1t is warfare against limo
cent men, women and children. tray
cling on the ocean and to our fellow
country women, who are among the
sufferers.
at seems inconceivabIe that we
can refrain from taking action in
this matter, for we owe it not only
to humanity but to our own national
self-respect"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
BRITISH TROOPS ADVANCE
AGAINST THE TURKS
London Says Forces Gain on GaIIipoii
PeninsuIa-Smyrna Ready to
Give Up?

London, May 6.-British troops are
advancing into the interior of the
Gallilpoi peninsula according to an Of
fetal statement issued on Tuesday in
London.
The statement is as follows:
During the night of May 1 and 2
and the night of May and 8 the
enemy launched in mass against our
positions, constantly bringing fresh
troops.
Not only did the allies repulse
every attack, inf1icting enormous
losses on the enemy, but we assumed
the offensive, drove the enemy out of
their positions and are now advanc-
ing into the interior of the peninsula.
In a dispatch from Athens received
by the London Exchange Telegraph
company the declaration is made that
the vail of Smyrna has entered into
fresh negotiations with the allies for
the surrender of the town.
A Tenedos dispatch to the Daily
News says:
Fierce fighting continues day and
night in the Dardanelles. The ships
of the fleet are working in shifts and
the bombardment is incessant. In
spite of desperate resistance, we have
made steady progress, both on land
and sea. The most vital points Of
the enemy's defenses now are strong
ly invested
The bOmbardment of tho Turkish
forces on the Gulf of Symrna has been
resumed, according to messages re-
ceived at Athens from Mitylene, and
the warships of the allies continue
their lively Smelling of the forts on
the Dardanelles.
The allies are reported to have eff
fected landing near the site of an
cient Ephesus, 35 miles southeast of
Smyrna.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13

Named by Secretary Bryan Un-
der Special Treaties.
REAL PURPOSE TRIP SECRET
All information as to the Object of the
Missions Is Denied at the State
Department at the
Capital.

Washington, May 10.-Charles R.
Crane of Chicago has been appointed
by Secretary Bryan as one of the com
missioners under the Bryan peace
treaty with Russia, which was signed
last October. He will go abroad on a
special mission for the state depart
ment. It is presumed he is to go to
Petrograd. But all information as to
the object of his mission is denied at
the state department and refused by
Mr.. Crane.
Former Attorney General Richard
Olney of Massachusetts has been
named by the state department a COM
missioner under a similar peace treaty
with France. 1t is not known whether
Mr.. Olney is to be sent to France on
any special mission in connection with
his appointment
Secretary Bryan conferred, with Mr..
Crane at some length as to plans for
his work abroad. Later Mr.. Crane
saw the president. He denied infor-
nation as to the character of the con-
versations, the nature of his special
mission or to what country he was
going. There was a rumor that Mr..
Crane might go to China. It was based
on the fact that Minister Paul S.
Reinsch is returning to this country
from Picking. The reported amicable
agreement reached by Japan and
China as to their contentions makes
this unlikely.
1t is more probable that Mr.. Crane
is to go to Russia. The recent repeal
of the commercial treaty between the
United States and Russia, carrying
with it the cancellation of passport
privileges, has been a vexatious sub
ject. At one time it was asserted
there could be no peace treaty signed
by the two countries until this diff
ference had been adjusted Mr.. Crane
may go on the special mission of ar
ranging a new commercial treaty
with Russia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
CAPTURE
TARNOW AND DUKLA
$1,000 Russ Taken Prisoners by
Austro-German Armies.
MARKS NEW EPOCH IN WAR
Germans Maintain Offensive From
Baltic to Roumania and in France
and seIgium-Has Few
Reverses.

London, May S.-The Germans, in
consort with their Austrian allies, are
putting forth an effort the extent of
which has never been approached ID
the history of war
Throughout virtually the whole
length of the eastern front they are
engaged with the Russians. while in
the West, in addition to their attacks
around Ypres, they are on the often
siVe at many points. At other points
they are being attacked by the French,
British and BeIgians.
Far up in the Russian Baltic prov
inces, heretofore untouched by the
war, the Germans are attempting to
advance toward Libau and Riga; on
the East Prussian frontier they are
engaged in series of battles, and
with big gun are bombarding at long
range, as they did at Dunkirk, the
Russian fortress of Grodno; in cen
trail Poland they have had to defend
themselves against a Russian attack;
in western Galicia they are attempting
with all their strength to smash the
Russian flank and compel the Rus
slams to abandon the Carpathian
passes, which they gained at such
cost during the winter
In this western Galicia battle the
Germans claim to have made a still
greater advance and to have crossed
the Wisloka river, which is well to the
east of the Dunajec river, which un-
til few days ago formed a part of the
Russian front, and to have put their
hands firmly on Dukla pass. The Aus
TRANS announce the capture of Tar
now.
In conjunction with this attack from
the west the Austrians are attempting
to drive the Russians from Lupkow
cess, according to the German account.
In all. the Germans claim to have
taken 10000 Russians prisoners since
the offensive was undertaken last Sat
urday night. The Austrians put the
number at more than $4,000 and ex-
press the belief that the whole Rus
sian Third army will be destroyed
These reports show that the Austro-
German blow is meeting with the
greatest success on the northern
slopes of the western Carpathians, for
toward the Upper VistuIa the Russians
appear to be in their old posi-
tons
Despite the claims of the Austrians
and Germans, the Russian representa-
tives in the European capitals reiter-
ate that the victory has been greatly
exaggerated, and the public is waiting
to hear what Grand Duke Nicholas,
commander in chief of the Russian
forces, has to say about it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
ITALY ON VERGE OF WAR.
Guns on border; German Ambassa-
dor Ends Negotiations.


Rome, May 10.-Prince Won Buelow,
the German ambassador to Italy, Wis
tied the pope and the king.
The report was Immediately circu-
lated that these visits were for the
purpose of paying farewell as the
negotiations with Austria have failed.
The German ambassador refused to
discuss this report, but it is believed
he and Premier Salandra have ended
negotiations.
The king by royal decree postponed
the converting of the senate and the
chamber of deputies from May II to
May 20.
The railway administration has an
nounced the suspension of 40 passen-
ger trains on the main line. This &C
ton is taken to facilitate the move
ment of troops and munitions of war
to the concentration bases.
Italy will not go into the war with
its eyes closed to it's possibilities. Tel
egraphing from Berlin, the kaiser no.
titled Prince Won Buelow that Aus
tria's cause is Germany's, and that
Austria's enemies must be Germany's.
Because of this should Italy come into
the war it will be opposed by great
German army.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
LINCOLN SAYS PAY is SMALL.
Admits $3.50 Is Not Decent Wage for
Pullman Porters.

Washington, May 6.-Robert T. Lin
coin, chairman Of the board of the
Pullman company, testified on the con-
ditions of sleeping car porters and the
company's financial condition before
the United States industrial commit
tee on Tuesday. The company's CAPT
tai stock, he said, was $120,00O,000
and eight per cent had been paid an,
nually since 1900 Total cash divi-
dends of the company, he said, have
amounted to $159, 116,775. The total
assets last year were $133, ,261. In
1912, he said, the pay of Pullman con-
ductors was raised to $40 a month for
the first six months. Salaries of con-
ductOrs on special trains, he said,
were 500 a month. The average, he
thought, should be increased
do you think the salary of S27.50
now paid negro porters as a minimum
is enough to maintain his family in
comfort and decency?" asked Chair
man Walsh.
Absolutely not" Mr.. Lincoln re-
piled
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
LINER LUSITANIA SUNK BY
SUBMARINE; 1000 ARE LOST

on the ships of Great Britain or her
allies do so al their own risk.
Among the we'll known passengers
on the Lusitania are Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt, Charles T. Bowring Of
New York, head of the firm of Bow
ring Bros; Alexander Campbell, gen
eral manager for John Dewar & Sons,
London; Ebert Hubbard, publisher
of Philistine; D. A Thomas, the veal
thy Welsh coal operator, and his
daughter, Lady Mackworth, an Eng
lish suffragist, and the Rev. Basil w.
Maturin of Oxford, England.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was among those
credited with receiving anonymous
letters Of warning. All deprecated
the possibility of danger to the ship,
and Charles P. Sumner, general agent
Of the line, announced at the time
that the Lusitania's speed of twenty
five knots made it immune from sub
marine attack.
Washington Stunned BY Loss.
Washington, D. c., May DE
structipn OF the Lusitania with the
loss of many lives shocked officials of
the United States government and
spread profound grief in the national
capital.
Although it was not known how
many, if any, of those lost were
Americans, the view was general that
the most serious situation confronted
the American government since the
outbreak of the war in Europe.
The warning of the United States
that Germany would be held to a
''strict accountability for the loss of
American lives" irrespective OF
whether they were aboard belligerent
or neutral vessels when attacked, TO-
cussed attention on the White house,
where President Wilson until late in
the night read the dispatches with
grave interest. The president made
no comment Officials said facts and
circumstances would have to be OBJ
tanned by careful investigation dur
ing the next few days before any an
nouncement could be made by the
American government.
Claim Liner Carried Arms.
At the German embassy here, while
no comment was made as to whether
it was known there that the vessel
was to be destroyed, it was said the
embassy knew the Lusitania carried
arms and ammunition, and being adj
vised of the resolution of the German
admiralty to attack ships that carried
such contraband, officials had be-
lieved it would be attacked. There
was a disposition on the part of the
| Germans to inquire whether the Lusi-
tania carried any guns on her decks
which might place it in the class of
warship and make unnecessary, &C
| cording to the laws of international
warfare, the giving of a warning.
The officials at the state depart
ment said they had not heard that
| the Lusitania carried any guns. At
the British embassy it was revealed
that early in the war, after the United
| States government had been consult
ed on the question of small guns for
the big liners, the advice was given
by the state department and needed
that no guns be carried on the decks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
lEEOzzcEECzEoHEC
MARKET REPORTS |
MILWAUKEE. MAJ 8 1Q15

-hIINduhee, May o. 1919.
Butter = Creamery, extras, 2Sc:
prints, 29c; frsts, 25026c; seconds
23q24c; renovated, 220221sc; dairy,
fancy, &c.
Cheese-American, full cream, new
made twins, 141a@15c; Young Ameri-
cas-. 150151ac; daisies. 15Q15hcs
longhorns, 15@151c; limburger. fan
cy, 15k016c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as to
quality, 1S01S1sc; recandled, extras,
1919 Q20c; seconds, 15@16c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 151ac; roost-
ers, lie; springers, fancy, 171ac.
Wheat-No. 1 northern, 1.620164;
No. northern, 1590161; No. nor
thern, 1.4OQL54; No. l velvet, 1910
LOB.
Corn-No, 3 yellow, 771a@7Sc.
Oats-No. 8 white, 560561ae; stand
ard, 5639c; No. 4 white, 55@56c
Barley-No. 8, 77Q7Sc; No 4, 700
7772c; Wisconsin, 75@7Sc.
Rye-No. I, lis.
Potatoes-Wisconsin or Minnesota,
red stock on track, 3003Sc; white
stock, SAC.
Hay-No. l timothy, 15.50016.O9:
No. 2 timothy, 13.OO014O0; clover and
clover mixed, 12.500145O; red top
mixed, 11.00012.50; rye straw, $3.50
$50.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 1900
7.45; fair to best light, 7.00@7.5O; pigs,
5.50@6.50.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, 6.7508.25;
feeders, 4.0O@5.75; cows, 3.OOQ6.5O;
heifers, 5.00070O; calves, 7.500S.25.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
KEN0SHA MAN ON LUSlTANIA
Chas. T. Jeffrey, Automobile Manu-.
facturer, on Way to Close Big
Contract for Cars.

Kenosha, Wis, May S.-Charles T.
Jeffery of this city, president of the
Thomas B. Jeffrey company, manu-
facturers of automobiles, was a pas
senger on board the Lusitania.
Mr.. Jeffery left Kenosha a week
ago Wednesday and sailed for Lon
don to close up contracts between
his company and some Of the warning
nations.
No word was received from him
since he sailed and nothing was re-
ceived at the offices of the Jeffery
company here Friday afternoon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
DOCTOR RONALDS is FREE.
Court Instructs Jury to Acquit Physi-
clan Held as Wife Slayer.

Nation, H., May 8.-The last
chapter in the ruby poison" mystery
was written on Thursday when the
jury in the Dr. Howard a Ronalds
case was instructed by the judge to
return verdict of not guilty. Ronalds
had been charged with numbering his
wife on New Years night. The mys-
terry remains as deep as ever. Mrs
ROnalds was found dead in her home
on January 2, following a night of
drinking and carousing. An investiga-
ton of the organs revealed a ruby
colored poison. The coroner's jury
held Doctor Ronalds to the grand jury
which charged the physician with muir
dering his wife.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
GREATEST PEACE ENGINES.
Inventor Describes Power and Posi-
biIities of Submarines.

Milford, Conn, May 1O.-Milford
Lake, inventor of the even keel type
of submarine torpedo boat, said:
Each successful submarine attack,
while horrible in itself, only serves to
prove the contentious of those who
know the submarine and it's capabili-
ties that it viii prove the greatest
peace agent that science has yet pro-
duced"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
Spreading the Scriptures.

1t is estimated that the Bible, or
some part of it, has been published
in 600 distinct forms of human
speech. Since its foundation in 1909
the British and Foreign Bible soci-
ETY. has issued over 253.0O0, 600 copies
Of the Scriptures, Of which more than
SS,000,oG0 have been in English.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-13
1000 FRENCH ARE CAPTURED.
Germans Are Slowly Advancing in
BeIgium-Losses Heavy.

BeIgium-Losses Heavy.
Berlin, May (by wireless) Over
two thousand French prisoners were
taken by the Germans, and the French
were forced to evacuate a position in
the ALLY forest, it was officially an
nounced here. The French casualties
were extremely heavy, it adds.
London, May 8.-Aided by the
smashing fire Of big guns, which have
battered the British entanglements to
pieces, the Germans are slowly ad-
vancing in Belgium. The losses on
both sides are enormous
The Germans continue their use of
poisonous gases, taking advantage of
the strong winds that are blowing di-
rectIy from their trenches across the
line held by the British.