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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04

girl. in it was Ida, miraculousfy saved
out of the great company of those who
had died. His heart beat q pean of
joy; at the sight Of her his love awak-
ened, and he knew that this was no
transient passion, but an enduring one.
But just as he reached the boat he
saw the sailor at the oar stagger blind
ly toward the edge, 1t seemed as if he
were being dragged overheard against
his will! He whirled his arms and
plunged into the deep with a hOarse
cry that rang out far above the waters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS

Regular meetings of this board is
held on the first Monday of each
month at 1880 o'clock p. m.
1st Ward-Mrs. E. P. .Arpin and w.
H. Reeves.
End Ward-J. R. Raglan and Jacob
Searls.
3rd Ward T. w. Brazeau, w. F.
Kellogg.
4th Ward-Guy o. Babcock, Pres,
Mrs. Sam Church
9Th Ward-Otto Beine and Carl
Nord.
9th Ward-Rev. H. B. Johnson.
Johnson.
7th Ward-C. A. Hatch and Mrs. B.
L. Brown.
9Th Ward-J. W .Natwick, C. A.
Meilicke.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04
DEP ARTMENT
Of COMMERCE
August Foreign Trade Shows Big I'm
prOvement
(To be continued.)

Exports in August were valued at
$490,OO9,828, a gain of $115,5Q0,0O0
over July, according to statement
issued today by the bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce. The total
exports for the II months ended with
August were valued at $4,000, 219, 805
For the previous twelve months the
total was s4,759, 285, $50.
Imports for August were valued
at $270,509 ,379,. a gain of s45,000,000
as compared with July. For the II
months ended with August, American
purchases abroad totaled $2,773,751,-
498 an important increase over the
81, 294, 1878, 989 of the proceeding u
months
Merchandise entered free Of duty in
August amounted to 72.1 per cent of
the total.
The imports of gold in August were
S18,692,17 and the exports S46,049,-
3O6.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04

Inc engines stopped. The subma-
rne glided in. The single boat
seemed empty. No! There was a
woman aboard, and a man pulling
wildly upon one oar.
Donald took in the situation instant
ly. He turned to his aid, Davies, a
little, keen-faced MILDLY who was max
Ing bis first voyage in command of
men.
TOW US, or run for Fair islands"
he cried. Then, f1inging off his coat,
he leaped.
A few strokes carried him to the
whfrling boat And now he realized
that he had known all along that the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04
CHAPTER V.
The Sea of jelly.

He sank like q stone. No glimpse of
him could be had. No rescue was pos
sible.
Donald chung TO the edge of the
boat and scrambled in. He saw the
amazed recognition flame out on Ida
face. He knew then that she loved
him, and his impulse to seize her in
his arms was almost ungovernable.
But at the same instant, looking
past her into the sea, he experienced
the same illusion that had beset him
within the house in Baltimore and
again outside it-that of q wOman's
misty form outlined upon the water
Donald made cup of his hands.
Davies, fling out a rope" he
bawIed.
But the submarine was some dis
lance away, and in a moment wall
of fog came down, blotting her out.
Ida Kennedy watched Donald with
approval. She had always liked him !;
shaken as she was now, his advent
seemed the work of Providence. She
had questioned her heart before she
future was of her own choosing,
whether 1t was to be spent with him
or no.
Donald continued to call loudly, but
the F55 was drifting in the mist and
quite invisible. 1t was in fear Of this
sudden happening that Donald had
told Davies to make for Fair island
If he could not get rope to the boat.
Fair island, less than six miles
away, was. the secret rendezvous
where the oil-ship and biplane were
to await the F55, the former to re-
plenish her fuel supply, the latter to
accompany her back to the mother
ship.
Donald picked up a pair of oars
from the bottom. He realized that he
would have to pull toward Fair island
alone as soon as he got an inkling of
its direction, with the chance of being
picked up by the submarine when the
fog cleared. But it was approaching
shutdown, and the probabilities of their
spending the night in the boat seemed
strong.
He sat with the oars in the row.
locks. AS he allowed one to drift
through the water he discovered, tC
his surprise, that it was apparently
plunged into a mass of some jellylike
substance. He dipped his hand into
1t and seooped some of it up.
The water was apparently curdled
like thickened milk, and on both sides
of the boat, which rolled in it heavily
and high in the viscOus medium.
AS he withdrew the oar Donald had
the sensation of pulling it from be
tween the clinging fingers of a child
He looked down. 1t occurred to him
that he might have got the blade en-
tangled in some marine growth; but
the water was clear, almost black, and
of the same strange, jellylike consist
ency everywhere.
Then, to his amaZement, he realized
that the boat was moving!
1t was not like the pull of a tow
line, which is q sequence of creScendO
and diminuendo, of starts and jerks
as the rope grows tight and slack al
ternately. 1t was a constant impulse
1t was an intelligent impulse.
1t was beginning to grow dark, and
to row seemed useless until the fog
dispersed. 1t was impossible to gauge
the direction. Besides, to pull against
that force would have been ardEous
and to pull with it might have led to
unexpected difficulties.
Donald backed water in experiment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04
CITY OFFICIALS

Mayor-E. w. Ellis.
City Clerk-Joseph Wheir, Jr.
City Treasurer-Louis Schall.
Assessor-Clark Lyon.
City Attorney. J. Jeffrey.
Justices of the Peace-F. w. Cal
lins, Edward N. Pomainville.
Chief of Police-R. S. Payne.
Health Officer-Dr. J. J. Looze.
Supt. of Public Works-E. Mccarthy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

President-F. J. Wood.
Treasurer. P. Witter.
Secretary-Mrs. J. E. DAILY.
Commissioners-E. P. Arpin, Mrs.
G. j. Kaudy. The three officers also
act as commissioners and Prof C. w.
Schwede is an ex-officio member.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04
COUNTY and
CITY OFFICIALS

In this column will be found the
names of county officers, city off,
GERS, school board and library board
and other officers for general infor-
nation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04
RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL BOARD OF
DIRECTORS.

President-Geo. w. Mead.
Vice-President-Mrs. I. P. Witter.
Secretary-Mrs. C. E. Boles.
Treasurer-Mrs. Geo. M. Hill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04
Going Southwest.

No 406, Lv. Marshfeld---4 a. m.
No. 406, Lv. Grand Rapids a. m.
No. 406, Ar. Fond du Lac8:50 a. m.
No. 406, Ar. Milwaukee--10:50 a. m.
No. 416, Lv. Marshfeld- 1905 p. m.
No 416, Lv. Grand Rapids-12:48 p. N.
No. 416, Ar. Fond du Lac--4:20 p. m.
Chicago Milwaukee & st, Paul Ry.
Going North
No. 25, pass. (Sun. only 11:10 a. m.
No. 5, pass. D. lex. Sum- 6:27 p. m.
No. 1, D. lex. Sum- ------5:19 a. m.
Going South
No. 2, pass. daily--------9:41 p. m.
No. 6, pass, d. lex. Sum- 1919 p. m.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04
TIME TABLES OF
PASSENGER SERVICE
Chicago & Northwestern Ry.
Going Northwest.

No. 433, Lv. Milwaukee----7:50 a. m.
No. 433, Ar. Fond du Lac-9:53 a. m.
No. 433, Ar. Grand Rapids--1:55 p. m.
No. 433, Ar. Marshfeld----2:35 p. m.
No. 400, Lv. Milwaukee----5:10 p. m.
No. 400, Ar. Fond du Lac--6:55 p. m.
No. 400, Ar. Grand Rapids 1927 p. m.
No. 400, Ar. Marshfeld- -11:30 p. m.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04

That rubber ring you put on pre-
serving jar helps you to stretch your
income
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04

locked the entrance to the coming
tower, but it's only a question of min
utes, sir,'
Donald could hear the monsters
straining at the door, He felt sure
that the steel plating. thin as. it was.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04
CHAPTER vi.

The Siege Of the Submarine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04
Green Bay & Western Ry.
Going East.

500 Line
No. 801, Lv. Grand Rapids-9:25 a. m.
No. 801, Ar. st. Paul-----4:00 p. m.
No. 803, Lv. Grand Rapids-3:55 p. m.
No. 803, Ar. Chippewa Falls-9:05 p. m.
NekoOsa Branch
South Bound
Lv. G. Rapids, 11:30 a. M, 2:15 p. m.
Ar. Nekoosa--12:01 p. M, 2:50 p m.
Going North
Ar. G. Rapids 1915 p. NJ, 800 p. m.
No. 4, Lv. Grand Rapids daily
except Sunday----------6:50 a. m.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04

Another man ran painting up to them.
It seemed strange afterward, wnen
Donald recalled it, how the three
seemed to be aware of each others
presence in the little cabin.
It was Sam Clouts.
They've got US, sir y he cried. st
fought to the end, but the rest are in
the sea, and I'm the only one left I've
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01
MILTON, IND.

Miss Bell Scott, Mrs. Charles Will
son, Mrs. Nettie Howe Wilson, Miss
Lizzie Hinshaw, Mrs. Beeler, Mrs
Mary Davis, Mrs. Charles Davis, Mrs
Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Jones anG
son, and Mr. and Mrs Shuman Jones
of Richmond, Mrs. Ella Hubbard OF
Indianapolis, Mrs. Ella Beard OF Cam
bridge City, Mr. and Mrs. Aleck Jones
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Jones of Deel
Creek, were in Milton Tuesday to at
tend the funeral services of Mrs
Minerva Jones. Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Will Wallace OF
Milton, and Mr.. and Mrs. Russell War.
rem of Saratoga, have returned from
fishing trip at Wabash. They report
general good time-one day 81 fish
were caught at YelloWbanks =. Mont
Needler of Hartford City, spent Wed.
nesday evening with Rev. F. c. Nc
Cormick and family. Frank Gala.
way motored to Muncie Thursday with
Mary and Hattie Stills There will
be services morning and evening at the
Christian church Sunday. Sunday
school at 9:15.. The Jolly "a Club"
met Friday afternoon with Lois and
Daphne Daley east of town. All had
fine time. -. Miss Nellie Jones has
been spending a few days with Miss
Dora Wallace, south of Milton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01
CIRCUS HAS RED
CROSS SERVICE

There are two departments Of the
Jess Willard Buffalo Bill Wild West
show and circus which the public rare
ly comes in contact with, and yet they
are of the greatest importance in the
conduct of the big enterprise.
One of these departments is the Red
Cross service The other is branch
of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. In performance
like that given by the Jess Willard
Buffalo Bill show, which depends for
its success upon the whirlwind riding
and the often reckless courage of the
cowboys, cowgirls, and other strenu-
GUS people, accidents among the per-
formers are inevitable. The show
grounds are often so rough that even
the most sHre-footed horse will STUN
BILE and fall, throwing the rider to the
ground; and in the bucking-broncho
exhibitions the wild horses make
every effort to dismount and injure
their unwelcome riders, and some
times they succeed.
When a rider is thrown and stun
red or any other mishap occurs in the
arena, there is never any excitement
among the cowboys. The audience
has not been aware of the fact, but
Just behind the canvas wall that sep
arates the arena from the dressing
tent, a corps of Red Cross men, in
Khaki uniforms, and with a stretcher
ready for instant use. has been on
guard, and without the loss of mo-
ment they hurry into the arena, gently
place the injured cowboy or cowgirl
on the stretcher and rapidly disappear.
There is scarcely a hitch in the pro-
gram; the program uninterruptedly
continues, while DR.. Warner, the
shows resident physician examines
the injured one and decides whether
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01
Retail Coal Prices

Whenever the question of excessive retail
prices comes to the front for discussion, extrava-
CANT charges and counter-charges in order.
The coal dealers today find themselves on the
defensive, trying to meet the accusation of the
government and the public that excessive prices
have been charged for this fuel. The public, as
is to be expected insists that the margin of prof
it taken by the dealers is in excess OF reason and
justice. The coal dealers answer that not they,
but the operators reaped the superlative profits.
The coal dealers of Richmond and other cities
are having hard time to explain their position
to the public. The federal report shows that they
were party to the excessive exploitation of the
public during the last few years. How far the
local dealers actually went cannot be ascertained,
but prices here about the same as those in
Indianapolis. Investigation at Indianapolis dis
closed excessive profit taking by the dealers
The dealers are using the argument that it
costs tremendous amount of money to deliver
coal in Richmond. The truth of the contention
cannot be answered until the books of the deal
ers are examined All of us know that the con-
sumner pays fifty cents ton to have his coal
delivered from the street to the basement. We
suspect that the who carry the coal do not
receive fifty cents ton for their work, and that
wide margin exists between the wages paid tor
the work and the charges made for it. The diff
ferentia goes to the coal dealer.
The Indianapolis News editoriay sizes up
the situation in manner that does not give much
sympathy to the dealers. 1t says:
The public will stand squarely Garfield
his that the ultimate consumer gets the ben
eft the reduction of coal prices at the mines The
pie only indirectly interested in the price of coal at
the mines but they deeply and personally interested
the retail price. Long and bitter experience has
taught that low prices for the producer does not
lily low prices for the If real relief
is to be given the the coal must be followed
cry step of the from the mines to the home bins by
the closest scrutiny prevent the taking OF exorbtant
profits by iddlemen The have not been sole
y the high coal prices Retailers and other
middlemen have at times seemed to act together in
served their interests at the expense of the
public The effect of interference should be
altogether any possibility Of illegal combina-
ton
difficult task may be encountered in the regulation
retail prices. The federal trade commissions report
Indianapolis conditions showed that it
other companies Should the rate of profit be allowed
efficient and successful business should it be
based average cost?
In either companies will be obliged either
to reorganze their business quit business altogeth
No matter what policy pursued there certain to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01

finest cared corn in this section. He
has a fine field of blue grass for stock.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01
All! Pesky Phone
Brought on Error;
Babe is Roscoe's

+ ECONOMY, Ind, Sept. 1.-The tele-
phone was at fault. The boy baby that
was given Mr.. and Mrs kelso Menden-
hall Sunday afternoon in print, really
belonged to Mr.. and Mrs. Rosco Men
denhall. With due apology to all.
| The annual reunion of the Oler fam
| lily Thursday drew a crowd Of 100 rela-
tives. Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Union
| City. Richmond, Cambridge, Hagers-
town. Greensboro, Williamsburg. Econ
| omy and Dublin had representatives
present. New officers: President, w.
E. Oler; vice president, Tommy Nor
| rison; secretary, Mrs. Bessie Morris
on and treasurer, Frank Oler.
There were ITS attended the an
nual reunion Thursday at Perice's lake
of the Jordan relatives. One of the
best programs ever rendered was the
one today. 1t was was decided by the
committee to hold the 1918 reunion at
the same place and the last Thursday
in August. Officers: President, Will
Jordan; Secy-Treas., Mrs. Maud
Clevenger.
The Northern Wayne bank is grow
ing with a rapidity that makes one
wonder where SO much money comes
from. John Manning, cashier, said.
"The bank is more prosperous this
year than in any previous year with a
deposit of 100000.
Adam Southers, road superintendent
~, 6icfv had nj
ing gravel in town on the streets Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs o. L. Hiatt returned
from visit with Henry county rela-
tives Wednesday.
The R. T. B. Sugar Grove church
, members picnicked at Glen Miller
park Friday. They left at $3.50 a. m,
from the church in autos and did not
return until late in the evening.
Weyl and Shellenbarger were the
first to make apple cider and apple
butter this season.
Miss Grace Garrison went to Muncie
Saturday to meet Miss Thelma Gaskill
Oh MCHtDSlleT, WHO VIII ne d pupii III
the Economy high school this year.
Mrs. Hannah Pierce is visiting at
her son Byram Pierce's this week.
DR. Howard Ballenger, Chicago, is
here for the day
Harold Fenimore will teach school
at Bethel this year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01
Sheriff Goes After
Confessed Auto Thief

In response to a telegram received
Friday morning from Chillicothe, O.,
Sheriff Carr left for that city Friday
afternoon to arrest Virgil Johnson,
who it is believed stole an automobile
belonging to Jesse White from in front
of the Westcott hotel last Wednesday
night.
According to the telegram, Johnson
was arrested by the Chillicothe police,
and after being questioned admitted
that the new automobile in which he
was riding was stolen at Richmond.
Johnson is not known to the Rich
mond police.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01
SCHIFF APPROVES PLAN
FOR SOLDIERS INSURANCE

BAR HARBOR, Me, Sept. 1.-The
federal war risk insurance bill de
signed to provide for the dependents
of American soldiers and sailors, now
pending in congress, was heartily en-
dorsed in statement issued here to-
day by Jacob H. Schiff, the New York
financier. Mr. Schiff said he was of
the opinion that hardly any execu-
tive measure now before congress de-
serves greater support than the war
risk insurance bill.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01
TO GET THIRD CUTTING

WILLIAMSBURG. Ind, Sept. L.
Grant Watkins has taken two cuttings
from his five acre field of alfalfa, and
will begin the third cutting some time
next week. He has thirteen acres in
corn the ears of which neighbors say
are hard to reach. 1t is the tallest and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01
Catarrh and Bronchitis

Mrs. Rosa A. Kiss, 31S Clinton
Place, Kansas City, Missouri, writes:
II was very sick with Catarrh
and Bronchitis. ! also had cold
in the head. / used Peruna and am
well pleased with the results. It
has done me great deal Of good.
do not need any other medicine. I
can cheerfully recommend it to any
one who is troubled with catching
cold frequently or any one who has
a chronic cough or chronic catarrh.
Those wishing further particulars
concerning my case may write me.
Be sure to enclose a stamp and I
will answer"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01
Masonic Calendar
Saturday, Sept Loyal Chapter No
40 o. e. S. Stated meeting, 1880.

the patient shall be- sent to local hos
pital or can be treated in the shows
infirmary. Fortunately, in the major
ity of cases the injuries are slight and
little immediate relief" treatment is
all that is required.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01
NOTICE. BuGLERs!

All members Of the Bugie and Drum
corps are requested to meet at the
Court House Monday at 1870 o'clock
to form in line for the parade.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01

be howl from the coal The public will be pre-
pared this and will give the dealers fair hearing
sympathy will be the side of Mr. Garfield
The coal have merited this attitude by their own
policies.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
NAME COMMITTEE
TO AID YOUNG GIRLS
Sixty Persons Attend Meeting
at City Hall to Safeguard
Wayward Youth; Mrs.
Ohaus Chairman.

\ movement to safeguard the
morals and welfare of the young girls
OF Omaha was definitely launched at
a meeting held in the Juvenile court
rooms in the city hall last night. In
terest and enthusiasm marked the
meeting, which was attended by more
than fifty women and ten men.
A committee of three women and
two men was appointed by DR.. Jennie
CalfaS, chairman of the meeting, to
draw up a plan for the formation of a
permanent organization and to con-
slider the ways by which delinquent
girls and boys may best be assisted
Those appointed were: Mrs Rose
Ohaus, Mrs Samuel Foote, Mrs. A.
L. Fcrnald, Judge Ben S. Baker and
Probation Officer Gus Miller. who
was named chairman,
1t was admitted that permanent i'm
provement can come only through the
home and that the parents of delin-
quent children should be made to see
the necessity of giving those children
better care and supervision.
it was also shown that women not
trained tvr the work would not be
able to do tn good they could do if
they understood the proper method
of approaching and talking to way
ward girls.
The committee is to report the re-
suit of its work on Saturday, October
10. when it is expected that the ju-
venile court room will be more crowd
ed than it was Saturday night.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
York College.

The joint reception of the Christian as
sociations to new students occurred Friday
evening. September q, and was success,
zoo guests being present
The arrival of Ernie Frank as coach has
added TO the enthusiasm manifested by the
foot ball team and students. The team is
working hard and the students are back
of 1t.
Clyde Reynolds has been elected captain
Of the 1917 foot ball team, to fill the
vacancy caused by the enlistment of Mr.,
Jahn.
The York college band has begun to
work with hopeful prospects for a successful
year.
The Young Women's Christian association
has been holding group receptions for all the
girls in school during the last week.
Each Saturday afternoon girls Of the
Young Womens Christian association go to
the Mothers Jewels home and s"end an
hour telling stories, or playing games with
the children. They are planning to carry on
the same work among the children at the
Odd Fellows home.
Enthusiasm Is running high in the literary
societies and work along this line has
started.
Class organizations are rapidly being per-
fected and plans are being made for work
which will cause some rivalry and effort on
the part of each class to Outdo the other
in athletics, debate and oratory.
The Nebraska conference of the United
Brethren church has brought a number Of
visitors to the college, among Othe's Paul
Porter and John Rollings, Of the class Of
1915
Thursday afternoon the classes OF the pc
rlod were dismissed In order that the stu
dent body might attend the educational
rally at the conference and contribute to
the program.
The school has been favored In the way
OF chapel speakers Tuesday morning State