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PERSONALS.

Talbot Montgomery, who had been
home for Easter, returned to Carroll
college on Monday.
Master Clifford Mennen returned
20 his home in Milwaukee this MORN
ing after visit with his cousin,
Master L. John Dern.
airs. w. W. Albers who had been
visiting in Manitowoc and other
places in Wisconsin tc~ month past,
returned home on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Yawkey and
Mr.. and Mrs. APP. Wec2soh left
Sunday evening for Chicago, on a
business and pleasure visit
Mrs. j. f. Goodrich of Antigo,spent
Thursday in Wausau, returning home
in the evening. She was the guest
OF her father, Leander Swope.
Mis- Ruth Albers who has been
visiting during the Easter holidays at
her home in this city returned to the
State University yesterday.
Mrs. Finlay Mac Donald and grand
son, Gordon Patterson, who had been
visiting with the Misses Armstrong,
returned to Minneapolis on Satur-
day.
Miss Lydia Gebert of Merrill,
came to the city Saturday and re-
manned over Sunday with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Gems
man.
Wayne G. Gilbert of Grand
Rapids, Mimi, who is attending
Beloit college, spent his Easter vaca-
ton in WauSau, the guest of rela-
tues and friends.
Geo. NJ. Winnie and family of Chi
cago, arrived in the city Saturday to
make this city theip permanent home.
They will occupy the home Of Mrs.
T. G. Ryan on Grant street.
Miss Phoebe Jones and Miss
Marie Bird who visited at the home
of their parents during the weekend,
returned TO Madison yesterday where
they are students at the university.
Miss Helen Lewis of Rhinelander,
spent Wednesday with relatives in
Wausau, on her way home from PoI-
tage where she gave a reading. Miss
Lewis gave an entertainment in Wau-
sau during the holidays.
Miss Allie Pitts of Waukesha,
who was guest at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. B. A. Benson, returned to
her home yesterday morning. Miss
Pitts is sister of Mrs. w. O. Car
rier, former Wausau resident.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Heinemann and
daughter, Miss Belle, who have been
in Chicago for the past few months
for the benefit of Mr.. Heinemann's
health have returned TO Wausau.
The latter is considerably improved.
F. Seehafer, VIM. Koenig and II.
Belize, three of the progressive young
farmers of the town of Stettin were
in Wausau Saturday. They report
the maple sugar season this spring
very poor on account of the cold
weather. They hope to begin spring
seeding in about two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Wilson have
rented rooms at the home of DR.. and
Mrs. A. w. Trevitt on Fourth street
They took possession on Friday and
are now nicely located in their new
quarters. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have
recently occupied one Of the Nc
Eachron houses on Warren street.
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Miss Blanche Armstrong, Special
Magazine Representative. Subscrip-
tions taken for all magazines at low
est clubbing rates. SIC Mcclellan st.
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SScSSS SSSSSSSSSS
first shot and had reached Tor his re-
volver. Lean Jake had dropped lat
on the ground behind bowlder, but
before Big Ben could return the fire OF
the Oncoming boats from the Hilarity
he vas confused by a shot from an
other quarter. and through the reeds
of the marsh there pushed a narrow
steel gray motorboat, In which stood
tall man with a soft hat and a loosely
knotted cravat-
A stranger! And he was nearer to
the helpless June than her pursuers
from the Hilarity! She ran toward
him like deer, and as his driver drew
close inshore June sprang into the
boat.
Hurry" she cried. please hurry"
The man. evidently an artist. from
tue 6uhfASCS SoSCA IL A'D
boat. followed her terrified gaze as she
glanced back. her terror divided be-
tween the murderers on the island and
the men in the boats. The artist lower
cd June to a seat beside him. and, with
q word to the driver. they darted away
toward the channel. shot whizzed
over their heads as they started. and
shot after shot resounded from the mp
per channel
The man with the white mustache
paid no attention to Big Ben as he
sreered his swift little cutter around
the island and struck into the lower
channel after the artist and the beauti-
full young girl who had escaped from
the attic. Nor did the man with the
black Vandyke waste any time upon
the astonished thieves as his boat, too.
whizzed around the curve. Lean Jake
raised up from behind his bOwlder as
the boat shot by, and the Unreliable.
Big Ben and Jake-looked at each
other in bewilderment. Another boat
came swishing down past the island.
1t was driven by blazing eyed little
chauffeur with tiny Inustacbe. and be
was shouting at the top of his voice.
Behind him sat stiff1y a woman with
high cheek bones and a wilderness OF
gums, and she. too. was shouting:
VOLTA. VOLTA. Voila,''
Another boat. In il were two men
and woman, the driver plump faced
littlSman with deep concern upon his
brow. the woman hystericaI and the
other man with his teeth and fists
clinched
For ten minutes Babe and Big Ben
and Lean Jake stood there in dumb
stupefaction. waiting for another boat
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edge. In the skiff were three rough
looking men and a roughly dressed
woman, who sat huddled in the bow
All four were silent, but their furtive
eyes royed constantly over every YES
sci around which they crept In the
bottom Of the boat were huge bundle
OF celery and loosely piled tarpaulin.
Suddenly the woman leaned forward
and touched the nearest man on the
knee. He was a big. rawboned man
with bronzed face and a deep scar
on his chin. The woman pointed, and
the man turned his evil eyes in that
direction. Surrounded by black coal
barges was a shining houseboat with
brass rails, mahogany cabin and all
extravaganza could devise
The man at the stern, lean. why
fellow with a hooked nose and a. lean
jaw which ended in a big knob on each
cheek, slowed down the engine until
it was noiseless. They completely
circled the two adjoining docks before
they came back to the slip where coal
barges lay; then the skiff glided in
beneath the overhang of the barges,
and the big man with the scar on his
chin knocked on the hull. No noise
from within. The man picked UP a
cub and pounded. No stirring.
There was not living creature in
sight except these four early morning
birds of prey.
"All right Babe" growled the mar
with the scar on his chin.
The woman looked up at the house
boat as If she were estimating for
herself its plan, arrangement and all
the mysteries which it might contain
She slowly rose and cast aside her
shawl. She had been beautiful once.
She still bore traces of it, would have
shown more traces had she not been
unkempt and in frowsy clothing.
Its a wonder Jake wouldn't take a
chance on the break-in once I'm awhile"
she complained. Hes as light on his
feet as / am
But / amt so quick in the head"
hastily complimented Jake.
"That'll dor growled the leader of
the party. "Up with you, Babe"
The woman shrugged her shoulders
and put her roughly shod foot into the
big mans outstretched palm. He raised
slowly and lifted the woman straight
up so that she could draw herself on
board.
She disappeared. The three men sat
silent.
"All right, Ben" The woman's face
peered over the rail. "Say, it's a nes-
selrOde?'
The lean Jake stepped forward
promptly and climbed up over the big
mans back, perfectly contented now
that he knew the silken hung house
boat to be empty. The third man with
little patches of half formed beard on
his face took the rudder; then the huge
Ben jumped up, caught the deck rail
and drew himself upward.
For the hundreGth time Ned put his
head out of the window. At last they
were coming! He seized his coat and
hat hurried down to the street and
jumped into the mechanics seat of
Bobbie Blethering's roadster before 1t
had come to a full stop; then they
turned and whirled away toward the
docks. HonOria Blye in her electric
coupe was headed for that destination.
too. and on the yacht Gilbert Blye was
experimenting with impatient energy
the loading of the gasoline tanks in
the two small boats.
The thoughts of all these people
were bent upon the poor little runaway
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splinter IL need be. Within an incredi-
bly, short space Of time they had the
skiff piled high with the richest and
the best which the houseboat had con-
Gained: thea they spread the tarpaulin'
over their plumber and disposed their
punches of celery SO that the green
leaves protruded in fringe from I'M
der the edge of the tarpaulin: then the
heavily laden skiff, with its four pas
sengers and its loot. wormed its way
clumsily from amid the barges, look
ing like an innocent farmer boat.
The sun. now golden ball in the
eastern mist. looked down upon a
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GOT A DUCKING.

A couple of men, working for the
Wausau Box & Lumber Co., who
have been crossing the river on the
ice to reach their work, went through
into the river the other day and had
a hard time getting out. The men
working in this factory use boats in
the summer time and the ice in win
ter to reach the factory. They can
go by bridge and land but it Is long,
round about way. There is a crying
need for a bridge up in that part of
the city
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ELEVENTH EPISODE.
In the Clutch of the River Thieves
CHAPTER |.


@lHERE was a wild Changing Of
bells on the yacht Hilarity as
the sun pushed its scarlet rim
- up into the edge of dawn. Al
the foot of the landing stairs beautiful
June tWarner, her big, lustrous eyes
widened In terror, had cast off the
swift little motor tender, and the dark,
handsome face OF the black Vandyked
man, peering over the deck rail, was
distorted with rage. He shouted again
his impatient commands to the officer
ON the quarterback.
Sleepy sailors were on deck now
fumblfng with the davits on each side
From one swung little covered cutter
and from the other a long, narrow
racer. Blythe sprang to assist the
sailors lowering the racer.
On the dock as the sun pushed its
scarlet rim up into the edge OF the
dawn. stood thewen known and justly
famous private detective Bill WOLF, his
short, thick body stiff with the chill Of
the long night, and by him stood az
overcoat and cap Bill Volts round
face and the visor Of the cap were
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CHAPT Err II.

|lHE three river thieves in the ex-
quisitely furnished houseboat
worked with defI rapiGity. 1t
49, was the woman's swift, intui-
tive part to discover hiding places: the
lean Jake'S to discriminate in values;
Big Ben's, with nippers and hammer
and screwdriver. 10 rip off brasswork,
to open drawers. TO rend and tear and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
THE HEART
is THE DYNAMO
OF LIFE

1t is the perpetual motion of exist
ence.
One OF the commonest symptoms of
heart disease is ShortnesS of breath and
weakness upon the slightest exertion,
with swelling OF the feet and sometimes
abdomen. Many cases of heart disease
exist in persons who are apparently ro-
bust and who are not supposed to have
anything the matter with them. Heart
disease occurs as complication of
Bright's disease, the heart becoming very
much enlarged and gradua.ly weaker, as
life advances. Rheumatism is also one
of the commonest causes, of heart dis
case.
If you are conscious that your heart
is any more a part of you than Your
foot, it is matter for immediate con-
sultation with DIR. Turbin the expert
specialist and surgeon. Prompt at
tention oftentimes saves serious after
trouble and possible death. The
chances for recovery depend largely
upon to what extent the disease has
progressed. With the. aid of suitable
heart tonics which will act on the
muscles of the heart and enable it to
perform its functions, patients are en-
abled to live to an old age with COM
parative ease and freedom from pain.
Dr. Turbin has specialized on the
heart for twenty years. He has seen
every phase of heart weakness; has
treated everything in the shape of a
weak heart He has found that often
the So-caled heart troubles are not
from the heart at all. He can show
Won wherein VOur hone NAV lie
Have you fluttering of the heart?
Have you skipping of the heart?
Have you palpitatiou of the heart?
Have you pain in the region OF the
heart?
Have you pain in side of shoulder
blade?
Have you shortness of breath?
Have you weak, sinking cold or dizzy
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turned toward the river, where in mid
stream streaked the speedy little mo-
torbOat Flash, which had been stolen
from that dock while the overcoat and
cap peacefully slumbered. In the boat
at the wheel sat natty little figure
with a chauffeurs cap and a tiny mus
tache. Upon his face was a beatific
smile. and his eyes sparkled and snap
ped with the exhilaration of this divine
moment Behind him sat, stiff as a
ramrod, a woman with high cheek
bones and an expression of grimly pa
tient determination on her lips.
VIOLA, Nile. Marie!' cried the little
chauffeur as he cut a long. graceful
curve between two slow moving barges
"Did not say we would swish?"
Marie's stiff lips worked for a mo-
ment, so that she could enunciate.
''VoilaT' she hoarsely uttered. VOLTA.
Henri
For only a moment the well known
and justly famous private detective Bill
Wolf looked after the swiftly swishing
Henri; then he turned and pounded up
the dock, racing for the nearest tele-
phone. First of all he called the Eagle
Eye Detective agency and secured a re-
port from its wireless department;
then he reused out of slumber a sharp
faced, long nosed woman with high
arched brows, who caught up her bed
side telephone with Instant alertness i'm
her beady eyes.
'Well, 1 got him. came the hoarse
voice OF Bill Wolf Hes on board the
yacht Hilarfty. and, say, with the
girlr'
Immediately Honoria moved very
swiftly.
The sleepy eyed steward stepped out
upon the deck OF the Hilarity with his
uniformed jacket buttoned askew.
BEG your pardon, sir" he said.
Don't lower the boats for a moment"
''What!" shouted Gilbert Blye.
'-The gasoline sir. 1t did not arrive
until an hour ago"
~And there's no gasoline in these
tanksY' roared big T. F. Edwards.
pushing forward.
mo, SIR
you internal IDIOT" yelled Grin Gun
ningham.
Lower those boatsT' shouted Gilbert
Blye. wilkins, get downstairs. You
can I'LL those boats In the water" And
he looked out across the waves. The
escaping beauty was rounding the
point
In the pretty apartments which Ned
and June Warner had fitted up to be
their nest Ned rose from the couch
where he had fallen asleep with the
miniature OF June In his hand and rec
ognized the rasping voice of Honoria.
well, we've located your darlingF
And there was a shrill cackle. shes
on board the Hilarity with my hus-
band. And the yacht is anchored out
side the bay. Good morning"
Ned wasted no time. Bobbie Bleth-
ering had a stanch little boat, and Bob
bic was routed out OF bed Immediately.
yawning and wondering why the world
could never be at peace. But he was
ready, Though 1t took his agitated wife.
Iris, seven minutes 10 make him COM
prehend that the Hilarity was a boat
She had TO suppress all her ebullient
emotions to do 1t, but she relieved her
self somewhat by telephoning June'S
mother and father at their beautiful
home In Brynport
AS the sun pushed its scarlet rim up
into the edge OF the dawn and stared
In pleased surprise at the beautiful
girl who was speeding toward the
marshy shore a low, gray skiff with a
portable motor attached TO its stern
skipped IN and out Of the GimnesS
among the black hulls at the rivers
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the brass stopcock of a waShbasin
rolled out of one of them. The woman
carried silks and fine linens in her
bundles, and the lean little fellow was
loaded with silverware. AS they de-
posted their burdens on the floor the
other man came in and sat heavily on
a bench.
"Well, Babe, you sliced me, all right"
he grinned, and, throwing off his coat,
he loosened his shirt at the neck and
barred his left shoulder There was an
ugly wound near his armpit. and it was
bleeding profusely.
June clapped her hand over her
mouth to prevent hysterical outcry,
while her senses swan. She was see
ing phases of life that she little dream
ed existed.
The woman made laughing reply
and after the people exhibited differ
ent articles of jewelry, clothing. etc.
they started cooking a meal.
The men were at the table an in
food. and then. tired and sleepy, they
lay down on straw pallets for few
minutes of honest rest. while the cold
and starved little runaway bride in the
attic looked down with ravenous eyes
on what they had left. The odor of the
hot coffee made her feel faint. Only
terror kept her on the alert.
The important thing to June in her
predicament was to devise some mode
of escape. but the opportunity to do
so was ter1ifyingly remote.
CHAPTER III.
|lHE woman below was acting
strangely as she cleared away
the remains Of the breakfast
- and washed the dishes. From
time to time she passed near her hus-
band. bending over slightly, and finally
she stopped beside him and listened to
his breathing. but she shook her head
and went away. Big Ben was quite
plainly fast asleep, sprawled in COM
plete relaxation, while lean Jake was
snoring with great energy. The wo-
man stopped and touched her hus-
bands shoulder. He moved slightly,
and she went back to her dishes. The
next time she came he did not even
twitcn at the touch, and with def fin
gers she reached into his Fest pocket
and extracted a little chamois bag.
So that was how one woman solved
her money problem, and her burning
eyes told with what bitterness she had
resOrted TO this bold step. OF more
value than her husband. even in his
low profession. she was still his supine
inferior in the rights OF possession.
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bride, who was at that moment skirt
ing the marshy shore and hunting a
place, no matter how desolate, in
which to hide.
There was an inlet among the
marshes. She ventured into it a short
distance, but it led to nowhere. and
she hurried out again to the open wa
ter. A small boat rounded the point.
and for a moment June's eyes dis
tended. Involuntarily she crouched.
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SjNlio
Have you rheu-
matism?
II a We you
throbbing of the
heart in excite
ment or eXer-
ton?
If any of these
questions apply
to your case, it
would be we'll
for you to take
immediate steps.
Consult with DR..
T ur b n. DIR.
Turbin is an ex-
pert ors health
and medicines.
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UfFlIlAL DENlAL. ssess Land n in ca" SI

The report that,a war tax is 70 he placed on
Homestead lanes in Western Canada having
been given considerable circul alton in the
states, this is 70 advise all enQuirer> that no
such tax has been placed. and there IS no in
tention 70 place a war tax OF any nature on
such lands (Sianedl W. D.. SCOTT,
Supt. of immigration
0ttowa, Csn., Mar. Is. 1915 SSm4ws
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(Continued nexi week. }

This story is being illustrated By
moving pictures at the Grand Opera
House every week.
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WAUSAU SHARPSHOOTERS.

The score of the regular Sunday
shoot was as follows:
GLASS A
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Miss Blanche Armstrong, Special
Magazine Representative. Subscrip-
tions taken for all magazines at low
est clubbing rates. SIC Mcclellan st.
Phone 1911. n24-tf
Evening journal., 1915-10-16
JURY SAYS VOORHEES,
CAR HIT Mr.. MATCHETT

The jury summoned by Coroner
Lattomus last night to probe the case
OF William S. Matchett who was run
down and fatally injured on the Ken
nett turnpike last Friday night heard
a number of witnesses and returned
verdict thai Mr.. Matchett came 10
his death by being struck by an auto
mobile owned and operated by Will
liam L. Voorhees,. Mr.. Voorhees,, who
lives in Kennett Square. is under
$1,000 bail to answer a charge Of
manslaughter before the Grand Jury
at the November term of the Court
of General Sessions.
Samuel j. Blackwell, Hugh NJ
Smith, Miss Catherine Ryan, Detec-
tives King and Benson also gave testi-
mOny.
Yesterday Mrs. Matchett entered
suit in the Superior Court for $50 900
damages for the death OF her hus-
band. In this action Mr. voorhees, is
made the defendant as he is alleged
10 have been operating the automo-
bile which struck and fatally injured
Mr.. Matchett. The suit will be heard
at the November term.
Evening journal., 1915-10-16
Give UP women FOR
TRIAL IN PENNSYLVANIA

Mrs. Laura Geisselman Of Glass
boro. n. j., and Mrs. Bessie Grebe OF
Norristown. Pa, were turned over 10
Lawrence II. Doran, county detective
of Camden county. n. j.. by Deputy
Judge Joslyn in City Court today at
ter the officer had produced the ne
cessary requisition papers from Gov
ernor Fielder of New Jersey The
women are wanted on a charge OF
atrocious assault and battery on
James Riley. Carney's Point work
man.
II is alleged that the women with a
man who has not been arrested, met
Riley on a boat going to Philadelphia
on September % and decoyed him
to Camden and hiring taxicab took
him 10 a woods about six miles from
the city and assaulted and robbed him
of SIG,
Detective Doran said the women
we're wanted in Norristown on a
charge Of highway robbery and that
the Mrs. Grebe had served time there
Evening journal., 1915-10-16
RAILROAD VETS ELECT.

At the seventh annual meeting OF
the Veteran Employees Association Of
the Delaware Division OF the Penn
sylvania Railroad. held In the base
ment Of the railroad Office building
today an interesting historical sketch
OF railroadlng in this State was read
by John Maloney. a retired super
visor. MIR. Mahoney dealt with con
struction work and his sketch dated
back 10 1S4S.
The following officers we're re-elec-
ted; E.. B. John. president; ]. y.
Book, vice-president; Alga Smith
chaplain; II. +. Smith. treasurer
Wellington G. Simmons, secretary
and W. r. Redmile. chairman OF the
executive committee The members
took dinner at the II tel DUPONT.
Evening journal., 1915-10-16
costs ONE $40 FOR
"SKINNING The CAT" ETC.

Nathan Levy told in City Court to-
day. how a gang of young men mad
damaged a store property OF his at
Eleventh and Heald streets to the ex-
tent Of $500. He stated that all the
window lights in the building had
been smashed and the locks broken.
When the gang finally broke down the
iron awning posts in front of the
store, Mr.. Levy thought it was time to
act and had Howard Salter, Louis
Maciejewsh and Stanley Wisneskt ar
rested.
A number OF small boys said they
saw the men loafing around the store.
One OF them stated that he saw Wis
neski Skin the cat" on the awning
frame before II was broken down.
Wisnesld said; IT skinned the cat
only once"
Maciejewski was dismissed and the
other two each fined $40 and costs.
Evening journal., 1915-10-16
next chicken SHOW
here IN DECEMBER

Members Of the executive commit
tee Of the Diamond State Poultry AS
sociation held meeting last evening
when the dates for the ninth annual
exhibition we're decided on and Off
cials TO manage the coming show
we're selected. The association de-
cided to hold the exhibition during
the week of December Z, the place to
be selected. The committee OF ar
rangements is headed by Lewis S.
Fell. while Frank NJ. Smith was
selected as show secretary.
The poultry department will be in
charge OF Alfred c. Willing and his
assistants will be Fred r. Campbell,
William Loveless and William II. So
yier.
The pigeon department will be in
charge of Augustus f. Wahl and his
assistant will be Thomas B. DON
nelly.