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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
STUDY WAR LESSONS
Congress viii Wait for Results
in Europe.
To Take No Action for National De-
Tense Until Proof of Offensive
and Defensive Efficiency Is
Produced.
BY EDWARD 9. CLARK,

Staff Correspondent of the Western News
per Union.
ington.-Congress is giving at
tention to the matter of military pre-
paredness.
Through speeches made in congress
and through the hearing before the
rules and military committees facts
are coming out concerning the navy
and the army Of the republic Nc facts
are attested which have not been at
tested before, but today there is SO
much interest In the general matter
Of preparedness that the committee
proceedings are getting wide publicity
while in years past when the same
thing was told the committeeman,
little or no attention was paid to them.
The war; in Europe has changed the
whole situation.
UnQuestionably congress will make
a study Of the lessons of the European
war by the military experts before it
appropriates money for specific types
Of big guns or of battleships. 1t does
not seem likely that the dreadnaughts
- y w PGAooJ HAkhOo5A II uOOS oSS1u
likely that the submarines will be
given much more permanent place
in the plan Of defense. Small field
howitzers may give way to big
field howitzers and it is barely pos
sible that the big u and 14-inch sea-
coast guns may lose their emplace-
ments to the 16-inch guns, but before
final decision is made the efficiency
records of the ships of the war fleets
and the range and penetration and
general destructiveness of the differ
ent types of artillery weapons must
be determined The present war is
depended upon to produce the proof
Of offensive and defensive efficiency.
If the people of the United States
want to get in nutshell the answers
to the question, What is the matter
with our army?" let each Individual
write to his representative in con-
gress and ask for senate document
No. 621 printed with the title, What
is the Matter With Our Army"
These answers of high ranking Off
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
STOP EATING MEAT IF
KIDNEYS OR BACK HURT
Take Glass of Salts to Clean Kid
neys II Bladder Bothers YOU
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other, says well-known authority,
because the uric acid in meat excites
the kidneys, they become overworked:
get sluggish; clog up and cause all
sorts of distress, particularly backache
and misery In the kidney region; rheu-
matte twinges, severe headaches, acid
stomach, constipation, torpid liver.
sleeplessness, bladder and urinary ir-
ritation.
The moment your back hurts or kid
neys aren't acting right, or if bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take a tablespoonful in glass of
water before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid Of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
tor generations TO flush clogged KID
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity; also to neutraliZe the acids in
the urine so it no longer irritates, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone:
makes delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.-Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
In THE HAND OF FATE
WASTE OF GOOD TIME TO PRE-.
Mediate FRIENDSHIP.
Best Plan 10 TO Be Friend ard Thus
One VIII Attract Those Whose
HeIpfuiness VIII Be Natural
ano Beneficial

One Of the things impossible to
know In advance Is who is going to be
of advantage to you. Hence the most
wanton waste Of time and effort in the
world is to cultivate people with a
thought to personal advancement.
The world is much like a Ferris
wheel-the bucket that is up today is
down tomorrow, while the one that
was near the ground at sunrise scars
to the top at the days decline. Moth
ing just now recalled is stationary
except the Sphinx, ana that enigmatic
lady has doubtless held her place by
keeping her mouth shut and trying to
propitiate no one.
Friends are gifts of heaven bestowed
for our joy and mental refreshment.
Men and women are so constituted
that the more keenly they enjoy any,
thing the more fervently they long for
some companfonable person to share
it with them. The most appetiZing
meal eaten alone induces indigestion.
The man walking beneath autumnal
trees, inspired by their splendor of
crimson and gold, signs for compan-
ionshfp. A book becomes twice vivid
and glowing when read aloud to
sympathetic listener.
But people sought as associates in
hours of leisure and pleasure must be
really companionable or their absence
is more to be desired than their COM
pany, and to wear ones life out trying
to be friends when impulse is not In
1T is waste of good time. Do not en-
deavor to make friends. Be one, and
you will suddenly find yourself sur
rounded by many bound to you with
invisible cords of kind feeling.
II people seek only those to whom
they are instinctively attracted, their
mutual helpfulness will be natural as
the response of the wireless receiver
to the sympathetic seeking of its who
less affinity. 1t is not when people are
trying the most, but when they are off
guard that they are making he real
Impressions.
The chance word may linger in the
mind when the premeditated one has
fallen unheeded Possible benefits
should be indeed forgot when friend
ships are in process of making The
only benefit one has a right to expect
of friends is loyalty and good will.
AS for advantages, they crop up
from such unlikely corners, such I'M
looked-for sources, and are often be-
slowed by such undreamed-of people
that to endeavor to foresee the chan
nels through which they will filter
into our lives is sheer impossibility
That we are benefited and blessed
through outside human agencies Is
true indeed, but that such benefits are
attracted our way Is chiefly because of
what we unconsciously are, instead Of
what we consciously endeavor to
seem. And will our friends prove ad-
vantageous to US or not? We can
only echo the Spanish question:
"Quien sabe?" We can only seek peo-
pie because we love them and leave
the rest to fate.-Baltimcre Sun
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
EMDEN'S CAREER
LIKE ROMANCES
Of SPANISH MAIN
Daring Raids of Captain Won Null
Ter Smack of Days of
Buccaneers.
SURVIVORS ROVE THE SEAS
Escape in Schooner of "Uncrovaned
King" Of cocos Island After War
ship Is Destroyed-EngIish Pay
Tribute TO Foes Bravery.

New YOrk.-Every lover Of sea TO
nance, every collector Of piraticaI lore,
every worshiper of Jean LATTE,
Blackboard" Lathobe, Morgan the
buccaneer and Captain Kidd and other
pirates, as well as of John Paul Jones
and Admiral Nelson was given new
and added interest in the great war
when on the morning of November II
he read that the German cruiser EN-
den, which had destroyed more than
a score of British ships in eastern
waters, had been driven ashore and
burned on Cocos island.
The Emden was not a pirate ship,
but small cruiser of the navy of a
big world power, perfectly accredited,
and in its actions and the actions of
its heroic commander something for
everyone with drop of the old Teu-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
Wild Geese Delay Trains.

Wild geese congregating along the
right of way of the Nevada, California
and Eastern railroad running out of
this city in the last week have inter
fered seriously with the operation of
trains. So numerous are the birds
that several times it has been almost
necessary to stop the trains that the
birds might not be run over.
The engineer has fastened their
flight by often blowing the whistle.
When the great fiocks of geese rise
from the track the beating of their
wings can be heard distinctly several
miles away.
The geese have been feeding in
neighboring grain fields and along the
marshes of klamath lake. The lack
of sand on the marshes, which the
geese require as an aid to digestion, is
reported to sportsmen to have driven
them to the railroad, where sand is
used as ballast.-Lakeview (Ore) Dis.
patch to the Portland Oregonian.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
WROTE WILL ON HAT BRlM
Did 1t in Lucid Moment Before Killing
Himself While Surrounded
by Posse.

Lewistown, Mont.-After having
run amuck and burned camp wagons
and a sheepshed belonging to Walter
Winnett, by whom he was employed.
w. S. Baldwin wrote his will on the
rim of his hat and sent a bullet
through his heart. At the time he
was hiding under a cut bank and was
surrounded by party of men who
were closing in on him, reason evil
IDENTIFY returning to him in a measure,
as in his will he left all his money,
two horses, a homestead claim and
his dog to Mr.. Winnett.
Baldwin was a native of Texas, thir-
ty years old and unmarried He had
been with the Winnett company about
five years, being employed by Mr..
Wir.nett as a herder. He apparently
came under the delusion that he was
being prosecuted and fred the wagon
and shed. He was armed with a rife
and automatic and but for his suicide
might have done a lot of mischief.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
california Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels,

Every mother realizes, after. giving
her children California Syrup of
Figs that this is their ideal laxative.
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with.
out gripping.
When cross. irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have we'll, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache.
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a.
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a So
cent bottle of California Syrup of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

everyone anxious to do and dare,
watching silently and grimly as their
ship sailed away from the tropical
island with its cocoanut trees and its
hinterland of jungle, and then their
hasty consultation with the three lone
officers left to them.
This group of coral islands in the
Indian ocean furnished Charles Oar
win with the typical example OF an
atoll or lagoon island A dense veg
citation of ironwood and other trees
and shrubs, together with forests of
cocoanut palms decorates some of the
islands.
Facing Desperate Situation.
AS the lone little party of 40 stand
staring out at sea and listening to the
diminishing sound of the battle they
look back at the employees of the
cable station, the new British inhab-
itants, all of whom they have treated
with respect. MyTiads of sea fowl.
frigate birds, boobies and terms from
| the neighbortng uninhabited islands
wheel and scream challenges in the
air. The afternoon waRes and there
is no return of the Emden or the men
of the Sydney. BY now the little party
begins to fear that the victory had
f-llen to the Australian ship with its
longer range guns. They will be COM
ing back-but the 40 men cannot fight
the crew of a big cruiser They must
get away. But where? How?
True seamen feel safest with the
tossing deck under them-no matter
what sort of deck. At the shore, her
keel hung heavy with tropical sea
weed and her weather bleached rig
ging almost as white as dead mems
bones, was the crazy old schooner
Ayessa, perhaps a relic of the pearl
fisheries, perhaps worn out in the
eocoanut trade. With extreme polite
ness, doubtless, the young officers in
quire and learn that she belongs to
Mr.. Ross, the ''uncrowned king
1.-THE Uncrowned King" of Coccs.
They have heard of Mr.. Ross, as
what sailor man of these seas has
not? He is descendant of the Scotch
man, ]. Ross, who two or three years
venturer, came in 1923, settled on the
southern island. Ross had command
ed brig during the English occupa-
ton of Java. He settled here with his
family (who continued the occupation)
on Direction island, and his little col
ony was soon strengthened by Hare's
runaway slaves. The Dutch govern
ment, had, in an informal way,
claimed possession of the islands since
1929; but they refused to allow Ross
TO hoist the Dutch flag, and accord
lngly the group was taken under
British protection in 1856. In 1873 it
was attached to the government of
Ceylon, and in 1882 placed under the
authority of the governor of the
Straits settlements. The ownership
and SUPPLEMENTARY continued in the
Ross family, of whom George Clunies
Ross died in. 1910, and was succeeded
by his son Sydney.
So the old rattletrap schooner sIeep-
ing at the jetty on the edge of the
| coral lagoon belonged to him, and he
was the ''uncrowned king" and
British, and so they seized quantity
Of clothes and stores very necessary
to them, got aboard the old sea tub
and as the purple tropical sun sank
| into the sea beyond the far stretches
| of coral reefs and the Indian sea
night shut suddenly down in its glory
Of starlit stretches of brilliant sky
they sailed away into the magic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

siren frantically to recall the men, for
the Australian cruiser Sydney was
coming up The Emden did not wait
for the 40 men ashore, but put about
and tried to escape-and right there
begins another chapter that is even
more fascinating to the loversof adVen-
ture and stirring deeds than anything
the plHcky little German cruiser had
done The story of the 40 men and two
officers will live in song and story
wherever the Rhineland songs are
sung or wherever brave men honor
true courage and initiative in other
brave men. The Emden sailed away
to be driven ashore and destroyed.
Survivors Capture Schooner.
And so the great naval duel passed
from our sight" wired an eye witness,
''and we could turn our attention TO
the portion Of the German crew that
had been left behind. These men had
put off in their boats, obedient to the
signal of the siren, but when their ship
steamed off without them they could
do nothing else but come ashore again.
On relanding they lined up on the
shore of the lagoon, evidently deter
mined to fight to a finish if the British
cruiser sent a party ashore, but at six
o'clock p. N. the German raiders en-
barked on the old schooner Ayessa,
which belongs to Mr.. Ross, the 'un-
crowned king Of the islands Selling
a quantity Of clothing and stores,
they sailed out and nothing has been
seen or heard Of them since"
1t was all as fine and colorful as in
more reminiscent old days when men
fought with smooth bore guns behind
the walls of their bandbox ships, their
bulWarks dashed to those of the enemy,
and the personal dash and bravery OF
the men as they fought with cutlass
and knife, breast to breast and face to
face, decided the victory. One sees
the big blond Germans, some of them
probably nothing more than boys, but
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
Left Il to the Horse.

The Swede knew that he was in
competent, but he needed the job very
badly indeed. The farmer saw at a
glance that he was a green hand. but
he was urgently in need of help.
So an arrangement was made. After
dinner the farmer sent his new hand
down to plow a field, and few mo-
ments later followed him. Peering
from the concealment of a clump OF
bushes, he observed for some time the
frantic but futile efforts of his hand
to run a straight furrow. Finally the
Swede came to discouraged halt,
mopped his brow and addressed the
horses YEARLY.
"Oh, well, then, go wherever you
please" he said. ut all ban got to be
plowed anyway"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

GERS and Of high civilian officials were
contributed some time ago to a New
York publication. A senator of the
United States secured permission to
have the answers printed as q public
document. Until recently there were
comparatively few calls for this docu-
ment, but IT can be secured today and
in it can be found just what high
officials, military and civil, think is the
trouble with the land forces of the
United States.
For instance there is an answer to
the question made by former Secre-
tary of War Henry L.. Stimson. He
cites examples of the troubles and
says that they 'tserve to show our
lack of intelligent system in dealing
with our army" Then he adds:
These are all matters for US. They
demand the intelligent interest of the
citizens just as much as they involve
his ultimate safety and welfare"
The answers originally appeared in
the New York Independent and the
opinions of the officials at the head
of the articles in answer to the ques-
ton were put into few words. These
condensed are some of the answers to
the query: What is the matter with
our army"
1T lacks concentration" Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood.
1T is needlessly expensive" Major
General w. w. Wotherspoon.
ct lacks organization" Brigadier
General Clarence r. Edwards.
Its alienation from the people"
Colonel Hunter Light.
Its piecemeal development and
divided control" Major George H.
Shelton.
The national failure to realize it's
purpose" Brigadier General Robert
Evans.
" The congress of the United States
at this session will attempt to find out
whether these officers are right or not
and it seems likely that the people
as a result of congressional debates
will be able to determine for them
selves just where cur armed service
stands -....
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

ton blood in him to be proud of. But
in its desperate cruises, its daring at
tacks, it's sailing of the high seas
without fear and without let from the
mighty power of England's navy,
there was a suggestion of John Paul
Jones-and there was something of
the old, free, devil-may-care spirit of
the buccaneer days
In the name of the islands where
she was finally driven ashore there
was a wealth of historic suggestion
of the years when the pirates Lath-
ODE, Morgan, Kidd and Latitte sailed
wherever they listed, battled under
the flag of the Jolly Roger and took
what prizes they cared to in spite of
the navies of the civilized world ar
Tayed against them.
Held Seas Against Forty Warships-
The gallant little 3.5O0-ton cruiser.
knowing the whole time that she was
inexorably doomed to destruction,
calamity held the seas for three
months against fully forty hostile
warships, sinking in that time $4,000
tons of her enemies shipping, looking
for trouble by bombarding Madras,
looking for more trouble by sinking
two hostile warships under the guns
of hostile forts, and, as the London
Daily Telegraph pointed out, her cap
tain showed himself always an off
Ger and a gentleman" and wrought
the Teuton vengeance upon his Brit
ish enemy without the loss of a
single life"
In the IA weeks she had sent terror
into the heart of every British mer-
chantman's captain and had done a
damage estimated from four to twenty
millions of dollars 1t would have
made any of the old pirates turn over
in their sea-washed graves to have
heard such a sum mentioned, and Paul
Jones, the yankee skipper, who did a
little twisting of the lions tail in his
day. would have taken off his hat and
struck palms with sturdy, boyish look
ing Capt. Karl Won Muller of the EN-
den.
The story of her raiding the ship
ping of the allies reads so much like
the stories of the days when the free
sea rovers attacked, rolled, scuttled
and sank ships that the collector of
data about the pirates would be
tempted to give the gallant and legiti-
mate little Emden a place in his gal
lery of buccaneers and when he came
to the end of the Emden the tempta-
ton would be almost irresistible but
that the Emden was 8 legitimate war
ship.
The End of the Emden.
The Emden, which had been COM
pletely lost sight of after her action
with the Russian cruiser Jemtchug,
arrived at keeling, or Cocos island,
and landed an armed party to destroy
the wireless station" the dispatches
stated. Here she was caught and
forced to fight by the Australian
cruiser Sydney, Capt. John Glossop.
A sharp action took place, in which
the Sydney suffered the loss of three
men killed and Is wounded. The EN-
den was driven ashore and burned.
Her losses in personnel are reported
as very heavy"
Three officers and 40 men had been
landed, all fully armed and having four
Maxim guns. The cable station was
seized. the instruments smashed, the
operators we're turned out and guns
were set over all the buildings. The
electrical stores were blown up. At
this point the Emden sounded her
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
MYSTIC LETTERS ON AN EGG
Much Puzzled Excitement Caused
Among Atlanta People by Hens
Remarkable Product.

Atlanta.-"R. W. Y. NJ" These mys-
tic letters, appearing on an egg laid
by hen belonging to G. T. FARRELL,
have been the cause of much puzzled
excitement among folk who reside
near Mr.. JarrelPs home on the South
Decatur car line.
The egg was laid a week ago by
large red hen, breed unknown" which
Mr.. farrell owns. On picking up the
egg Mr.. farrell noticed a queer inden-
tation in the form of a circle, which,
On closer examination, proved to be
the letters quoted above.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
Powerful StimuIant.

The leaves of the kat plant are
common stimulant among the natives
of Abyssinia and Arabia. They are
chewed when any special or long-con-
tinued effort is to be made, and their
effect is to produce an agreeable
sleeplessness and stimulation-a kind
of intoxication Of long duration-with
none of the disagreeable features of
ordinary inebriety. They enable
messengers and soldiers to go with
out food for number of days They
sometimes produce a state of drunk
enness, like the alcohol of Europeans,
but overindulgence is rare, the eff
fects of abuse of the habit being
tendency of the body to dry, and
emaciation of the visage, with trem-
bling of the limbs and other nervous
troubles. In some places merchants
chew the leaves two or three times a
day, the habit being fairly comparable
to the use of tea in the United States
and elsewhere. The plant is specially
cultivated as dwarf shoots, shrubs and
small trees-the dwarf plants being
not more than sixteen inches tall and
yielding the most tender, popular and
high-priced leaves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
PUZZLE FOR THE PHYSICIAN
Careful Patient Wanted to Have Full
Particulars as to Prescription
Ordered.

He was very particular young
man. despite his ignorance Details,
however minute, never escaped him.
Nevertheless, despite all his care.
he became run down"-not through
overwork, but from overfussiness.
THAT tired feeling" held him in it's
clutches, and he had to consult doc
tor
After an examination, the doctor ac-
quainted him with his malady.
Its very prevalent illness nova
days" said he What you need is
tonic in the shape of sea air"
Hum! Is that 500 Well, before
we go on any further, would you kind
ly oblige me by showing ne the &C
tual shape of sea air?"