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The Detroit times., 1917-03-19
Three Have Narrow Escapes

Fire that started while they were
sleepinE. nearly cost the lives OF
Harry Ian. No. 35l windsor-ave
Windsor. and his family, early sun
day morning. Ian was awakened
by the smoke and flames and sue.
cesded In dragging his sick wife
and threeyear-old child to the
street A few minutes later their
escape would have been cut on. The
blaze started from an overheated
stovepipe. The cottage was outside
the are limits. and the road was un.
a. TO permit the passage OF the
truck carrying FIRE apparatus. The
home was destroyed.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-19

ned thru the front exit and into
the hotel. Burns WAS caught in
the lobby.
A. y. Eatenss tsiks1 % the u~srs1s
Newsboys' ssssetstieu SUNDAY sven-
ing on ''Newsboys OF different coun-
tries and their succsss" Miss Elsa
Mrs. n. A. HedgeA gave several
numbers and there were recitatlons
BY Maurice Hartman. Maurice
stein and Abe Abramowitz while
GARFIELD Harris gave whistling
solos A debate on Resolved
That universal military training be
adopted" will be held next sunday
evening. Louis 0ottIieb and Ben
Gerber will support the Affirmative
and Leo Mellsn and Mark Feidman.
the negative.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-19

cheering. whisslss a ~ G
boats. railroad sng1nes ~ q
factory along the river fsuos
loud blasts. and The big beIl q
Aiphonsus church took ~ ~ o1(
Of victory.
windsor eitissss coatsnd a. Il U1
drive BY Gen. Hsig wss the uDovo ~
predicted not long ago whsn ~ or11
that smash would be made a6n1ns1
the German front when he @ce
ready" N
The Detroit times., 1917-03-19
WINDSOR JOYOUS
OVER VICTORY

Windsor Joined In a noisy celebra-
ton OF Gen. Sir Douglas Haig's VIC
torious smash against the German
lines Sunday night. Brief news bul-
letfns were posted in conspicuous
places during the evening. and when
the news spread thru the city both
soldiers and citizenrv toined IN the
The Detroit times., 1917-03-19

George warrss. nveyear-old o1n
of August wsrrss. grocer at Ne NJ
~ Aubin-ave.. died saturday o1nw.
noon IN Harper hospital, . few hcuf.s
after he had been struck by . uo1or
truck driven by Louis walliok %
No. ISL Lovettst- The acciden& -
Cured AZ 81. Aubin and AlexanI1E1no-
avcs- WAilick was detained 81
Chene-st station on - 900 bond. WS-
nesses declared he ala not sopn6 ~
horn 10 warn the Lad.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01
CHAPTER XVI.
The Queens Call

It would be difficult to estimate the
mingled rage and horror that swept
over London that night when the news
came of the admirars treaty.
The admiral felt that he had rid
the world Of a dangerous menace for
a bagatelle. But the feeling in the
Admiralty was one Of humiliation and
vindictiyeneSs.
"The scoundrel!" muttered the sec.
ond sea lord, clenching his fists. "Who
knows that he will fulfill his pactr'
He must" said Donald.
"Why. sir?"
Because the moderation of his
terms shows that MacBeard has no Ill
terror motive. I think" he added,
shat the admiral did perfectly right
"And Miss Kennedy" inquired the
sea lord.
Sacrificed herself for her country
as others have DONE" Donald replied.
But the second sea lord did not under.
stand.
The news Of the expected. arrival of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01
CHAPTER XIV.
The Battle of the DoCder.

Within the next three days a series
of phenomena occurred which left no
doubt as To the dangers which were
menacing the human race.
Before noon messages began to pour
in from all parts of the country and
from the fleet The admiral in COM
mand Of the home squadron wired that
a torpedO-bOat destroyer had ap-
preached him under flag of truce.
with the singular statement that the
ocean had receded all along the Baltic
littoraI. leaving a vast swamp of mud
dy sand, in which ships were embed
ded. The Zuyder Zee no longer exist
ed. A spur of land extended from the
d0gger bank nearly to Ostend. He pro-
posed a temporary armistice.
By evening reports were telegraphed
that an army Of the monsters had
landed upon the shores of Lincolnshire
and Norfolk, had crossed the Wash,
which became first q swamp, then an
inundatiOn, and was moving along the
river beds toward Cambridge, strip
ping the land of vegetation.
COMMUNICATION
tween London and the eastern counties
had ceased. The telegraph poles were
washed out Of the sodden ground The
approach of the herd was measured
by the haze.
Already poultry and domestic AMI
mails were being devoured. There were
reports that children had been seized
from riverside houses. The docks, the
shores of Essex and the Thames estu-
airy were abandoned. The flats We're
a level stretch of water, above which
the steeples of the churches stood out
as isolated landmarks.
Everywhere the war had been halted
by a short arinistick The governments
of the civilized world devoted their
whole attention to the consideration
and solution OF this new and stunning
problem.
In the meantime there had been a
good deal of activity on Fair Island.
The tidal surge created by the depar~
ture Of the herd soon subsidized, break"
ing into a choppy, turbulent sen. The
F55, tossed and battered as she was
by the waves, nevertheless held tight.
The locked rudder prevented her from
submerging.
Within the messroom the queen Of
the swarm was housed securely.
She was almost invisible, and not
at all visible by daylight. A silent,
phantom figure, she created fear and
awe in each of them. They did not
know what her connection with the
swarm might be. They knew she had
not human intelligence.
4
From his position upon the highest
point of Fair island, MacBeard saw
the swarm vanish at sea. He saw
the F55 start in their wake, and threw
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01
CHAPTER XIV.
The Unheeded WARNING.

On the evening of the same day
London was stirred by a sensation
which eclipsed even the interest in the
progress of the war. The evening
newspapers contained, in full, DOnald's
narration of the approaching ruin Of
the world.
The second sea lord, receiving Don
aids name, came to the conclusion that
matters of the most pressing moment
must have brought the unknown young
American naval officer. He rose from
his desk and shook hands with him
cordially "Sit down, Mr.. Paget," he
said warmly. Then he noticed that
Donald was dressed in a nOndescript
diving suit and that his looks were de-
cidedly wild.
Donald sat down and plunged in
stantly into the STORY of the world
danger. 1t did not lose its dramatic
interest in the manner of its telling.
"You must stop the war at once, y
Donald ended. unite all nations of
the earth, for that is the only way to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01

iim1y beginning TO .IBdsfsfand that
this vas some unknown natural force
and not a contrivance of the enemy.
They did not know until Donald pre-
scented himself in the Office Of the sec
Ond sea lord at nine o clock
The second sea lord gTaSped him By
the hands.
There isn't time to say more than
that I APOLOGIZE he said. THE gov
eminent has been searching for you
since daylight. We've cabled Washing
ton. and they have placed you at our
disposal. You are the only man who
can advise US. and-the prime minis
ter wants you Immediately. And that's
no joke this time"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01
COUNTY OFFICERS

County Judge-W. J. Conway.
Sheriff-John E. bennington.
Under Sheriff-Aihert Natwiek.
County Clerk-Sam Church.
County Treasurer-Claus Johnson.
Register of Deeds-Henry Ebbe.
Clerk of the Circuit Court-A. B.
Bever.
District Attorney-John Roberts.
County Highway Commissioner
L. Amundson.
Register in Probate-Mrs. Nellie
Dolan.
Surveyor. W. Severns.
Coroner-H. II. Helke.
Superintendent of Schools-Georgs
A. Varney.
Assessor of ncomes-Andrew P.
Zen.
Superintendent of Poor Farm-Jas.
Case
Superintendent of Isane Asylum
L. E. Gibson.
State SENATOR. P. Witter.
Member of Assiembly-Byron Whit
tingham.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01

up his hands and raVed. Coward as he
was, he could not let his last hope slip
from him like that.
He was the lOnelieSt man in the
world, as he had always been. But he
had not known it or cared. He had
rebelled against the human race. He
was the modern Cain; he had plotted
the ruin of the world, over which he
was to rule, godlille. But that was be-
fore he had set eyes upon Ida Ken
nedy.
The thought of her renewed his cour-
age. He found his mOtOrbOat upon
the shore, uninjured by the inundation,
since the point of rock had acted as &
breakwater and protected it. Within
a few minutes he had filed his great
gasoline reservoir with supply suffi-
cient for several days. and set out in
pursuit of the herd. He knew that he
could easily outdistance the subma-
rine.
Presently he came upon the mon
sters. Their first wild dash had taken
them in all directions, so that little
beginning to congregate. and a wall of
black cloud, rising in the distance, in
dicated their direction.
The monsters made no effort to mo-
lest him, but they would not, at first,
heed his tuning fork. Later, however,
he managed to assemble a small
bodyguard about him.
MacBeard pursued them down the
east coast of England. His boat, hid
den in the cloud, remained undetected
by the patrol vessels.
1t was not until the second morning
| that he guessed where the herd would
make its main rendezvous.
It was simple deductive process,
| though nobody else had thought of it.
| 1t was the Dogger bank, swarming
with fish, which would provide the
monsters with food.
He believed that, once the first dash
of the monsters was over, they would
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01
SHIP CHRISTMAS
PARCELSEARLY

A campaign for early shipment of
Christmas packages was inaugurated
at a joint meeting of the American
Railway Associations car service
committees of Chicago, Milwaukee
and South Bend. Cooperation in this
campaign was promised by represen-
tatives of the National Industrial Traf-
fc League and the Chicago Associa-
ton Of Commerce.
Each railroad is to do everything
possible to promote early shipments
of Christmas packages, whether by
mail or express, according to reso-
luton adopted by the car service COM
mittees.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS

Regular meetings of this board Is
held on the first Monday of each
month at 7:30 o'clock p. m.
LIST 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
5th Ward-Otto Beine and Carl
Nord
9th Ward-Rev. H. B. Johnson.
Johnson.
7th Ward-C. A. Hatch and Mrs. 3.
L. Brown.
9Th Ward-J. w Natwick, C. A.
Meilicke.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01
Gentle, Quick, Thorough
Ito be continued.)

When one feels bloated, bilious, Ian
guild, has sick headache, sour stomach
coated tongue, bad breath, or other
condition caused by clogged or irregu-
lar bowels, a Foley Cathartic Tablet
will give prompt relief. 1t is a gentle
wholesome, thoroughly cleansing old
fashioned physic that leaves no bad
after-effects. Sold everywhere.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01
CHAPTER XVII.
The Pursuit.

Within the coming tower Donald
could hear distinctly the chugging OF
the engines of MacBeard's motorboat.
Had he risen to the surface both yes
sells would have been invisible IN the
hydrogen gloom; but then he might
have lost his quarry. Under water he
could hear the sound greatly increased
in volume, and could better determine
it's direction.
He surmised correctly that Mac
Beard. having followed the swarm,
would attempt to lead it northWard by
means of his tuning-fork.. And the
swarm, sensing the presence of the
queen, would accompany the Foo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01
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
kins, 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, 1917-11-01

All subscriptions to the Wood Coun-
ty Reporter will be discontinued at
the expiration unless renewal is made
before expiration time. Watch the
label on your paper and if it is not
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

President-F. J. Wood.
Treasurer-I. P. Witter.
Secretary-Mrs. ]. E. DAILY.
Commissioners. 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, 1917-11-01
RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL BOARD OF
DIRECTORS.

President-Geo.W w. Mead
Vice-President- Mrs. l. P. Witter.
Secretary--Mrs. C. E. Boles.
Treasure-Mrs. Geo. w. Hill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01
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, 1917-11-01

500 Line.
No. 801, Lv. Grand Rapids-9:25 a. m.
No. 801, Ar. st. Paul-----4:00 D. m.
No. 803, Lv. Grand Rapids-3:55 p. m.
No. 803, Ar. Chippewa Falls9:05 p. m.
NekOOsa Branch
Lv. G. Rapids $40 a. m, $40 p. m.
Ar. Nekoosa a. M, 3:55 p. m.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01

For reliable NEWS read the WOOD
COUNTY REPORTER.
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Green Bay & Western Ry.
Going East.

Green Bay & Western Ry.
Going East.
No. 2, Lv. Grand Rapids daily,
except Sunday--2:13 p. m.
No. 2, Ar Green Bay-----5:45 .. m.
No. 4, Ar. Green Bay----11:2O a. M.
Going West.
No. 1, Lv. Grand Rapids daily,
except 1927 a. m.
No. / Ar. Winona- p. m.
No. /, Ar. Minneapolis---5:15 p. M.
No. 1, Ar st. Paul-----4:5O D. m.
No. 8, Ar. Grand Rapids,
daily, except Sunday---8:30 p. m.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01

CHAPTER II-At the club, the March
Hares," Masterman explains his theory
to Paget. The recital is interrupted by
the arrival of lifelong enemy of Mas
terman, Ira MacBeard, and the former is
seized with a fatal paralytic stroke.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01

CHAPTER IV-Paget proceeds to sea
on his submarine, the F~55. He encOun-
ters and sinks a German cruiser which
had just destroyed the steamer Beotia, on
which Ida Kennedy, Paget's fiancee, was
a passenger. Ida escapes from the Beotia
in a small boat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01

CHAPTER III-Fron Masterman's body
Paget secures documents bearing upon
the discovery and proceeds to the home
of the scientist. There he discovers the
specimen of the strange race which Mas
terman had described. While examining
1t Paget is struck down by MacBeard,
who had followed him. NacI3eaTd robs
Paget of the documents, and escapes. The
Specimen dies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01

CHAPTER Naval Lieutenant Donald
Paget, just given command of a subma-
rine, meets at Washington an old friend
and distinguished though somewhat &c
centric scientist, Captain Masterman.
Masterman has just returned from an
exploring expedition, bringing with him
Of whose species, ne asserts, menaces the
human family.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01

CHAPTER V-Paget swims to the boat
and attempts to reach the submarine.
strangely impeded and he discovers that
a horde of the creatures which Master
man had discovered had surrounded the
boat. They are invisible while alive. One
invades the boat and Pagst kills it. At
death the creature becomes visible. PaGet
and Ida are picked up by the submarine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01

CHAPTER VT-The F-55 is invaded by
the swarm and all on board devOured eX-
Davies and a seaman, Sam CIouts, whose
hobby is the playing of the mouth organ.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-01

CHAPTER VIII-Paget and his party
are stranded in the submarine on Fair
island which MacBeard had made his
submarine, which had been damaged,
sinks, and the party, in diving suits. aban-
don her.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-02-16
Queer Laws.

There are in force In Switzerland
certain laws which, In the hands of
the INSCRIPTIONS, may work great
havoc with personal rights and liber-
ties. This is point concerning which
there can be no dispute. For instance,
in most cantons men and women may
be punished not only for what they
have actually done in the past, but al
so for what may possibly result In the
future from what they have done.
Suppose man is spending week by
week all he earns. Then the local au-
thorities, acting in conjunction with
the police, may send him to a penal
workhouse, on the pretext that his
conduct is such that he may later be-
come destitute and therefore be bur.
den to the community.-Buffalo News.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-02-16
FLY HAS ITS OWN TROUBLES
Naturalist Says Problems Of Life Are
Proportlonately the Same In
Every Stratum Of Life.

To the naturalist or to anyone nc
customed to observe nature closely,
the fact is apparent that the problems
OF existence are proportlonately the
same in every form or stratum Of life.
Even the common house fly, which
seemingly has nothing else to do but
to crawl lazily over whatever is left
uncovered and then go happily on Its
way, doing Its best to bring about an
afiiliation between the clean and the
unclean, occasionally meets its nemesis
In the form of tiny crablike creature
which attaches itself to the fly's legs.
These little creatures are known to
the scientist as pseudo-scorpions, or
chelifers. They may sometimes be
found between the leaves of old books
that have stood unused for a long
time, and also beneath the bark Of
trees and In MOSES.
Although they are called false scor-
pions, they resemble the true scorpion
closely In general structure except for
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-02-16
SOME ORE DEPOSITS YOUNG
Such Famous Mining Camps ~
Goldfield and Tonopah.

Ore deposits ranging in age from the
time when the most complex living
thing on the earth was crablike crea-
ture down to the time when mammals
were highly developed have been found
In this country. Among the younger
deposits Is Q gQup known TO gsclo-
gists Us the late tertiary veins.
These veins are widely distributed
and are Of particular interest not only
because they have given rise to famous
mining camps such as Tonopah, Gold
field and Comstock, but because, owing
to their comparative youth, the surface
on which they crop out is not greatly
below that whoch existed at the time
Of their origin. Thus by considering
the surface conditions and by labora-
tory experiments the phenomena they
present can be interpreted more accu-
rately than those OF older deposits
which are at greater depths and are
more deeply cut by erosion.
Many of the late tertiary veins In
this country, all inclosed in lava rocks
or closely associated with them, are
found In Nevada.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-02-16
DOCTORS SONS WIN RENOWN
They Are Brought Forward as Rivals
Of the Progeny OF Both Farm
ers and Ministers.

At last rival to the farmer and the
minister in the role of famous father
hood--or fatherhood of the famous
Is brought forward, the New York Eve
ming Sun observes. The changes have
been rung on the parentage of men
like the two chief candidates for the
presidency In the recent election and
Of other leaders. But 1t remained for
William Browning, writing In the Med
ical Record, to contend that among
eminent personages a large number
were sons of physicians.
There Is food for thought in this,
and as the author gravely prophesies,
"the more embryonic science of his
tory may yet find activators." He IL
Illustrates his theory by list af the
men about Lincoln In the Civil war
times. The vice president, secretary
Of state, secretary Of war, speaker of
the house and the organizer Of the
Unien forces-McClellan- oil doc
tors sons. In the same group we find
David Davis, the close friend and ad-
wiser Of Lincoln; John Hay. his private
secretary; Stephen A. Douglas, his
leading opponent In the contests be-
fore the war.
Exactly what part In the preparation
Of these leaders for high station their
fathers may have taken we are not in
formed. But good case might be
made out Of clenr thinking related to
prompt action and of unselfish devo-
ton to the needs Of the public. 1t
may be said that the old-fashioned
family physician was away from home
a good deal, but certainly his charac-
ter might well make deeper impress
sion on the children than the repeated
precepts Of man Of another type.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-02-16
CORN, OATS, WHEAT FOR FEED
Interesting Experiment at Wisconsin
Experiment Station With Three
Lots Of Heifers.

In IN experiment Mt the Wisconsin
experiment station three lots of heif-
ers weighing about $50 pounds were
fed equal amounts of nutrients. For
one lot the nutrients were wholly from
the wheat plant, another from oats
and the third from corn. All lots grew
ut about normal rate, but after few
months 1t became easily observable
that the wheat lot was not so well
nourished as the others. This was EVIL.
dent from the appearance of the coat.
The corn and oat-fed lots bred earlier
than the wheat fed one, showing that
the latter were depressed In some de-
gree. The corn-fed lot produced calves
which were of normal size and full of
vigor. The oat-fed lot produced calves,
which were of about normal size but
with very low vigor, while those from
the wheat lot were about half as large
as the normal calf at birth and were
dead or ready to die when born. When
half Of the roughage of the wheat lot
was replaced with alfalfa hay the
calves were normal.
No reasons have yet been worked
out as to why these foods should act
so differently but it is important to
know how they affect animals.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-02-16

horses and mules, saddle mares, draft
and saddle foals, two-year-Old FLIES
and three-year-old geldings divided
into pairs. Each animal received the
same grain ration consisting of corn
two parts, oats two parts, bran one
part. One of the animals In each pair
of the growing and idle horses re-
ceived alfalfa hay as its roughage, part
Of which was fed at night and part In
the morning. The other animal in
each pair received alfalfa hay In the
morning and corn silage at night. The
draft animals at work were fed the
same except that timothy hay was
used instead of alfalfa. Some diff
Guilty was experienced In getting the
animals that had been on dry feed
previous to the test to eat the silage.
With two exceptions the animals re-
ceiving silage were In a more thrifty
condition at the end of the trial. The
silage-fed mule was kept in better
condition as shown by the hair, skin
and general appearance, and yet cost
less to feed than a mule which re-
ceived no silage.