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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
FIRST YEAR Of VAR
IN The WEST

The first month and a half Of the
western campaign was made up of
startling, swift moves. On September
Il, after the defeat on the Marne, the
Germans took up defensive positions
along the Aisne river. The ten and a
half months since then have seen a
long deadlock.
The battle line Of the Aisne and the
Disc quickly extended northeast to the
sea. Fighting has been continuous,
with tremendous losses. The general
situation has remained unchanged,
gains Of a few miles for one side at
one point Offset by minor gains for
the enemy in other sectors.
At the beginning Of August the
kaiser took possession Of the little
state Of Luxembourg and demanded
passage through Belgium to the Fran
co-Belgian frontier.
Permission to pass denied, Won
Einem attacked Liege august a,
while other German armies passed
around the city and swept over the
level Belgian roads at e terrific rate.
The little Belgian army yielded Brus-
sells and fell back to Antwerp and
Client
First Big Engagement.
Not until the Germans had almost
reached the French border did the
first important engagement take place
This is generally known as the battle
Of Mons-Charleroi (about August 20
30, but at the same time there was
severe fighting along the whole line
through Thionville in Lorraine and
along the Vosges In upper Alsace,
which the French had invaded with
temporary success.
This battle resulted in defeat for the
French and English.
While obtaining some successes in
counter-attacks on the advancing Ger
mans at Peronne and at Guise, the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
ndon Reached at Last.

Next they struck for the Brave val
ley and Istria.
So far the most notable progress has
been made in the Julian Alps and to-
ward Trieste. The Austrians had con-
strueted an elaborate system of forti-
fcations on the Isonzo river, but on
June the Italians found a weak
place in it and captured Monte Nero.
The wing on the seacoast pushed
forward Immediately afterward and
took the naval station Of Monfalcone.
with important shipyards. This force
1as come within sight Of Trieste
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

tente powers, but its terms have not
been revealed. At any rate, Italy on
May % declared war on Austria.
So far the campaign of the Italians
may be regarded as preliminary. They
had before them first the problem of
stopping up the passes to the forth SO
that the enemy could not send an army
either TO invade northern Italy or to
cut the communications Of the forces
operating to the eastward into Hun
gary. So their initial stroke was to
drive large forces swiftly into these
passes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

informed. They have sent out squad
rons of aeroplanes, as many as 20 at
a time, against various points in
side the German lines, and assert that
great damage was done.
The Zeppelin raids have been few,
and the destruction wrought far less
than that done by the aeropIane.
Their first exploit was the lombard
ment of Antwerp, October s, when
two or three dropped many bombs and
fired guns at various buildings. This
was probably the most destructive of
their raids, for it was then learned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

with Italians, but it formed a great
military salient on the southern slopes
of the Alps through which an army
from Austria would have splendid
natural advantages in attempting
descent on North Italy.
So negotiations went on for more
than nine months, Germany trying to
get Italy to reduce her demands and
to get Austria to eoncede something
substantial, and France and Great
Britain trying to get Russia to euro
Serbia's ambitions In the end an
agreement was reached with the en-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
kER0PLANES A REVELATION:
DlRIGlBLES Do LITTLE

IN the air the dirigible has been a
great disappointment, the aeroplane a
revelation.
When the days Of secrecy are past
and interested ones are permitted to
dig into the records of the aeroplanes,
many tales of surprising interest will
be found and much information, too,
for those who study the art of war
Most notable has been the achieve
ment of the aeroplane in overthrow
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
ITALY TRIES TO FORCE
WAY OVER MOUNTAINS

Italy UP to her entrance into the
war was the center of a great diplo-
matte contest Germany sent Count
Won Buelow, ex-chancellor. as ambas-
sador to urge her to fight for the triple
alliance or at least TO remain neutral.
The entente powers sent their ablest
diplomats TO combat the Germans.
Italy proclaimed her neutrality early
In the war. and afterward explained
she had refused to follow Austria be-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

much destruction, Of which the pub
lie has never been informed. Ger
man raiders have gone over Paris,
have attacked the headquarters of
General Jofre, have tried to reach the
king of Belgium and President Poin-
care when they were together, and
have frequently bombar1ed Dunkirk
and other British concentration points
They have also dropped missiles on
ships at sea.
Allied flyers in the west, however,
have performed the most spectacu-
lar feats, sc far as the public has been
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

ing the strategy of surprise in war.
Only on the Russian front, where
the German air corps has been supe-
rior, has it been possible to carry out
great surprise tactics.
The aeroplane has also been invalu-
able in the trench warfare in hunting
out the positions of men and guns.
Destructive raids have been made
also. Points OF concentration behind
the lines of the enemy, railroad sta
tons, trains. supply and ammunition
depots, and airship hangers have been
the target of bombs that have wrought
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

Gradisca was taken June 10, and the
Italians began attacking the impor-
tant junction Of Goritz
An attack by the center June 11-12
broke this line In two, the Italians
crossing the river near PLAYA, then
going forward and establishing them
selves on the heights behind the river.
From these and from Monte Nero Toll
mino was surrounded, and IL fell July
2. Thus Goritz remained as the only
stronghold in this first Austrian line
by the middle Of July, and the Italians
had won in the first roupG
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

cause the terms of the triple alliance
had been broken by the latter's attack
on Serbia and because Italy's interest
would be harmed by any upsetting Of
the Balkan status This policy was
welcome to most OF the people of Italy,
for their greatest anxiety was to settle
old controversies with Austria
Their chief grievance lay in the pos
session by Austria of the Trentino, Of
Istria. including Trieste, and of the
DalmatiaE shore and islands on the
east coast of the Adriatic, Not only
was the Trentino chiefly populated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

re in he Mes X the BATH
D.
g
o ptennbe Ia
II : how on map "a o. light rectan EI
OF trenc
Der
Bot extended lines twa
S8y the
sic was OmpIe etc from the to the sea
the Germans great drive into
French line the Meusea st.
words mark he he'd siege Ilne where
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

overwhelming victory there. Enor
nous captures of Russians were made
and the fortress of Gradno was at
tackled farther west, from Ossowetz
to Pultusk. The Germans retreated
to Mlawa and then tried to flank the
Russians at Przasnysz, which city
they took. But the Russians again
fanked the fanking party, as they had
done at LODI and won an important
success February 22-28).
In March and April, the Russians
pressed through the western Carpa-
THAN passes and entered Hungary.
Just when their future seemed bright
est, the Germans broke the Russian
line in West Galicia and let through
enormous forces.
Pressing westward irresistibly, they
took the Russian Carpathian armies in
the rear. The latter tried to retreat.
but vast numbers were captured.
Przemysl, which had succumbed to
the Russian besiegers March %, fell
again into the hands of the Austro-
Germans.
From Przemysl Won Mackensen
drove east through Mosciska and
Grodek and captured Lemberg, the
Galician capital. Then he turned
north and marched upon the Warsaw
Ivangorod -Brest Litovsk triangle
from the south.
At the same time the Russians in
southern Galicia, putting up desper-
ate resistance, were driven by Won
Linsingen first to the line of the
Dniester and then across the Gnila-
Lipa to the line of the Zlota-Lipa.
Reaching the vicinity Of Krasnik
in their drive to Warsaw from the
south, the Austrians sustained a Sc
we're check in the scene of their tri-
umph of the previous summer. Held
on this line the Germans attacked hot
" from the north and took the town
of Przasnysz July IA.
The Germans now began the grand
est maneuver ever seen in the history
of human warfare.
From the Windau river in the Bal
tic provinces all the way along the
border of East Prussia and in a gigan-
tic sweep through the vicinity Of Ra-
dom, west of the Vistula, and line
south of the LubIin-Cholm railway
they delivered smashing blows and
have reached the very gates Of War
saw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

ufactories, causing slight damage.
After two other scarss the big craft
May 81. It is known they were near
the Woolwich arsenal and unofficial
reports have it that they set great
docks afire.
After this raid the British censors
determined that no news of the Iocali-
ties and details of this or subsequent
air expeditions would be given out
on the ground that they did not wish
to give information to the Germans
that might aid IN future ventures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

that they must be wary Of airship
guns. Since then they have not ven
tured to fly so low.
London Reached at Last.
The first raid on the English coast
was made January 10 on Yarmouth
and other Norfolk towns, with less
than score of deaths.
With the spring came what prom
ised to be the beginning Of the great
raids on London. The night of April
10 Zeppelins flew within about twenty
miles Of that city and dropped bombs
in the region of some war supply man
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
On the Riuht Track,

while you were captive of the can
nibals, captain. why didn't you teach
'em not tc eat people up?"
well, 1 did have er try, youngster,
but the best c'u'd do was ter larn 'em
not ter eat wiz their knives PUCK
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
FIGHTING ON The SEA

At the end of the first year
Of war not a German fighting
craft, except submarines, is
known to be at large outside
the Baltic sea. The Austrian
warships are confined to the up
per Adriatic and the Turkish
feet to the Sea Of Marmora
and adjacent straits. The mer-
chant marine of the central
European powers has disap-
peared utterly from the ocean
highways. Sixty million dol
lars worth of German shipping
lies idle in the docks of New
York, while several times as
much is bottled up elsewhere.
At the same time the German
submarines have inflicted enor-
nous losses Of allied shipping.
While both sides have prob
ably concealed many losses,
the following is a fairly accu-
date summary of the number
of craft which have been de-
stroyed:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
Prefers insanity.

Doctor recommends baseball as
cure for insanity. HIM. 1t strikes u
that the last state of anyone takin
that course of treatment would
worse than the first.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
And So Ii Is.

What do you consider the greatest
human paradox"
"a secret session of a woman's
club. "-Philadelph Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
The Kind.

Don't you want your son to make
his mark in the world?"
Certainly, if it's a dollar mark
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

Labor laws for women have recently
been enacted in Kansas, Maine, Massa.
chusetts and Wyoming.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
Not ALWAYS.

Hot water is good for the health"
Nothing of the sort. And ought
to know, for I'm always in it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

There is a time n the life of every
man at which he becomes a publicity
agent for union underwear.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

You have heard the expression:
Hes got no room to talk" None of
US have, for that matter but we all
do it
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

The homely girls face is her
chaperon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

Don't judge Of mans politenes
till you see him in his OWL home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

If you make cats paw of frien
you are apt to get scratched.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
Entente Allies.

Entente Allies.
Brit Rus
ish French sian
Battleships 10 2 :.
Cruisers ......12 1 2
Submarines Il 8 =.
Auxil cruisers 8 1
Gunboats, de-
stroyers, and
torpedo boats 4 6 2
Total Japanese and Italian
losses, seven vessels of all
classes.
Teutonic Allies.
Ger Aus
many tria
Battleships ........... l E.
Cruisers ............18
Submarines ........ 8
Auxiliary cruisers ....19 =.
Gunboats, destroyers,
and torpedo boats 20 l
Total Turkish losses of yes
sells of all classes, four.
Total tonnage en-
tente allies ........376,770
Total tonnage,
Teutonic allies .....224,746
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
WHAT THE WAR COST

: mHhI lHE Nan GuSI
: Only approximately accurate .
: tables of the killed, wounded
: and missing in the first year of .
!: the war are possible, because
. France and Russia and Austria .
Z Hungary do not give out their
. figures, while Germany has :
: changed her policy recently TO
: one Of secrecy. Great Britain
: still tells her losses from
7 month to month.
: The following estimates are
{ believed 10 give fairly cor
: rect idea of the casualties:
Teutonie Allies.
: Germany 2, 800, 600
: Austria-Hungary 1900, coo :
: Turkey ............. 100000 .
1Oid1 :, 4oU,UUu
/. Entente Allies.
T france !, zoe, 000
: Russia Gncluding pris-
{ oners, 1,175,O00) $4,000 :
: Great Britain ....... 4So,0o0
Z Belgium ......... 100000
! servia ........ 24O,000
: Japan ...- 1910
: Italy (no reports of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05
Drink Denison's Coffee,
For your health's sake.

Ire is the worst half of satire.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01

Now, guard, said Mr.. Pilkington
to the English railway official. re
member if | have this carriage all to
myself for the entire journey. you will
receive whole half crown from me. :,
Very good, SIR said the guard. and
he locked the door and went toehis
brake to think how he could invest
that half crown when he got it. All
went we'll till they got to a station
about the middle of the journey. and
then an irascible gentleman pulled at
the door of Pilkington's carriage
Guard, guard" he called, open
this door! l know your tricks. I've
got the right to travel in this carriage,
and mean to do it!
The guard hurried up; but. wonder
of wonders. he whispered a few words
to the irascible gentleman. after
which that gentleman went quietly
away to seek room elsewhere
How did you manage it?" Pilking
ton asked the guard at the end of the
journey. as he pressed the promised
half crown into his hand. How did
YOU manage to get that bad-tempered
old chap to go away SO quietly?"
"Oh. that was easy replied the
guard. 81 only just told aim you were
a bit wrong in the cad
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01
somewha, Sarcastic.


An Idaho guide whose services were
retained by some wealthy young East
erners desirous Of hunting in the
Northwest evidently took them to be
the greenest of tenderfeet. since he
undertook to char them with a reci-
tai something as follows:
1T was my first grizzly. so | was
mighty proud to kill him in hand to
hand struggle We started to fight
about sunrise. When he finally gave
up the ghost the sun was going down" !"
Z At this point the guide paused to
note the effect of his story. Not a
word was sad by the Fasteners, so
the guide added very slowly. for the
second time"
Il gather. then" said one young gen
tleman, a dapper little Bostonian,
"that it required a period of two days
to enable you to dispose of that griz-
zly."
Two days and a night" said the
guide, with grin. That grizzly died
mighty hard"
Chopped to death?" asked the Bos
tonian.
"Yes. SIR" said the guide.
Pardon me-" continued the Hub
ite, 'but what did you try to get hin
to swallow"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01
Where MackereI Are CHEAP.

."Mackerel, 1s.' Such is a line on
the club menus, and the supply one
gets for the sum stated is one mack
erel, without bread or butter, sauce.
or vegetables. To Scot this seems
an extraordinarily high price to pay
for a single mackerel, seeing that in
the North they are considered expen-
sive Just now at 11sd each, while tons
are daily returned to the sea as not
worth while taking to any market.
Loeb Fyne at present is packed with
mackerel and free from the vaunted
fresh herring, and the mackerel are
regarded only as a nuisance by the
fisherman. The other night | saw
hundredweight after hundredweight
cast into the sea by men without
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01
putting II Another Way.

A feminist asserts that willful in
fertility to intellectual women is de-
fensible II they contribute to the world
literature or works of art more valu-
able than the offspring they might
produce. Putting it another way, de-
fensible upon the theory that their
children might have proved as bad as
the books they write or the pictures
they paint.-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01

Il learned afterward that every
one suffered from these hallucina-
tons There was no check now: we
galloped on and on, mile after mile,
over stones, dropping branches. Just
leaving it to the horse. Those spien-
did horses! They were far saner than
we were"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01

come to light that the kaiser is not
wasting $4,000 torpedoes of 10000
yard range on little 9O0-ton coast
ing steamers and trawlers.
The Germans, as soon as they en-
barked on their famous submarine
blockade, began turning out torpedoes
in five months time. These, instead
of carrying 25O to 500 pounds of gun
cotton, carry a charge of 100 pounds
or less. They have range of only
1000 to 1.500 yards, so that much Of
the intricate steering and propelling
mechanism is omitted. These new
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01

guests. The armory and the drawing
room are so rich in curios that many
most interesting museum in Scotland.
The novelist's study and his library
are just as he left them. The 20,.
900 books which bank the walls of
these two rooms from the floors to
the beams of the ceilings did not lose
their usefulness at his death; to per-
sons with the proper credentials they
are available for circulation.-"Ina and
Around Edinburgh" by G. P. Cushing.
In Travel.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01

To settle the argument, the guardian
of the police invited them to the po-
lice station. On the way one of the
women attempted to surreptitiously
drop small bundle in the gutter. The
man who had been touched picked it
ap. my bankroll," he ioyously ex-
claimed. He counted the bills rapid
ly. Then he counted again. He rubbed
his nose thoughtfully. Strange" said
he. Il only had $3.50. and hera find
$162." What" exclaimed the girl
who had dropped the roll. "S1s2r
That 50 Ia mine" Then she -~---sa-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01
HARDSHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA
Soldier Fighting Under 6otha Tells
of What Force Was Called
Upon to Endure.

An incident illustrating the great
feats of endurance performed by the
men who composed General Bothas
force in German Southwest Africa is
described in letter from lieutenant
who was with one of the columns.
They made forced rides, he says,
through barren sandy country fer
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01
HAS CUT COST OF ToRPEDOEs
Germany Is Now Turning Out For
midabIe Weapons at Compare
lively Small Cost.

The fact that it takes from ten
months to year to construct tor
pedo may account for the sparing use
of them by some of the belligerent
nations. Germany's reckless expendi-
ture of this highly expensive and te-
diously-made instrument of destruction
has amazed the world, but it has just
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01

three nights and days with very little
sleep, and continues:
The fatigue became awful. be-
gan to get light-headed The sky
seemed to become a straight wall in
front of US, and the effect of the moon
light through the dust made me i'm
agine saw great palaces and
churches. with the stars as little win.
dows.
Then | would pull myself together
and look at the men riding in front,
and they would turn into funny old
giantesses dancing in the moonlight
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01
scott's Romantic Home.

II any other literary man ever
owned a home more magnificent than
this romantic palace OF Sir Walter
Scott, the globe-trotters haven't seen
IL. From everywhere in Scotland
came stones and carvings and metals
To adorn It, and the construction of
Abbotsford went on slowly and fan
tastically, after the fashion Of a
rambling cathedral. Scott became the
sheriff OF the county. the kings local
representative. and delighted to have
the place always crowded with
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01

knowledge as to where mackerel could
be disposed of at profit, says a
writer in the London Chronicle. The
faint, and it seems that there are diff
ficulties in the way of transportation
to far-off markets, mackerel being a
fish that perishes very soon after be-
ing taken from the water.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01
Which They Got.

II understand the Twobbles were
greatly benefited by Mrs. Twobbles
visit to the seashore.'
81 can see how Mrs. Twobble might
be benefited, but how about the other
members of the family who stayed at
homer"
"Oh, all they needed was a rest"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-01

miniature torpedoes cost only s2.500,
and are amply able to blow up the
small merchant vessels which have
been the chief victims of the blockade.
Germany, too, manufactures a sort
of intermediate torpedo, with range
of 1900 to 1000 yards. that costs about
$500.