Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-03-06
Domestic

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The state flood warning service re-
ports at Harrisburg, Pa. that the snow
In Pennsylvania varies from two to
forty-eight inches on the level, that
streams are bound with six to twelve
inches of ice and that conditions pre-
sent potential food possibilities"
The Protestant Episcopal church Is
ready to provide pensions for its cler-
gymen. This developed when bill
was introduced in the legislature at
Albany, N. Y, to incorporate the
church pension fund" Mcneil Sayre
was named as incorporation.
The Ward line steamer Esperanza
arrived at New York "a hours late, ow-
ing to rough weather. Forty-eight
hours after leaving Havana the Esper-
ANA experienced gales with a velocity
of 80 miles an hour and great seas
smashed matches and disabled the
wireless so that communication was
cut Off
Edwin Pulien won the fifth interna-
tional grand prize race over 48 laps, or
403 miles, of the Santa Monica course
The winner gained his place by seri
GUS accident which jeopardized the life
of J. B. Marquis when his car turned
turtle at a turn and seriously crushed
him.
York by the storm, which swept the
Atlantic coast, isolating Boston from
communication with the west, except
by cable to Nova Scotia.
Open war on monopoly was advo-
Gated by United States Senator Borah
Of Idaho II an address at Columbus,
Ohio, before the Republicans of Ohio
at a "get together" luncheon, The
time has come for remedies, not pal
liatives," in dealing with industrial
monopolies, he said, and urged Wig
orous policy on the part of the Repub-
Iican party
Effective March /, announcement
was made at Portland, Ore, that James
J. Hill, head of the Hill Electric rail-
ways of the west, had granted to his
conductors and brakemen on the Ore
gon Electric & United railways wage
increases greater than ever before
known In the railroad history of the
West,
The body Of Orrawell Williams, for
mer superintendent Of the money order
division of the Salt Lake City post
office, was found in the swimming pool
Of a Salt Lake City bathhouse. Will
liams, who had been employed at the
post office 20 years, was suspended
January 5 for alleged irregularities in
handling funds.
The Republicans will hold conven-
ton April Is in Nashville, Tenn. to
nominate candidates for governor, rail-
road commissioner and supreme court
justice.
Practical instruction for city firemen
will form part of the educational
campaign to be undertaken by the Illi-
nois fire marshals' department, with
the aim of decreasing annual fire losses
in Illinois.
An attempt was made to wreck
Santa Fe train No. 1, the Overland
limited, at Gallup, N. NJ, but a switch
man discovered the open switch.
An earthquake was recorded by the
seismograph at Marquette university
at Milwaukee. 1t was estimated the
main SHOCK was 1000 miles away. Dis.
patches revealed that seismographs In
Seattle, Cleveland, Mobile and Wash
ington recorded the quake.
The Republican state executive com
mittee of West Virginia issued an ad
dress to the people of West Virginia
reaffirming the Huntington platform
of 1912, which was practically the
same as that adopted by the Progrec
sives that year.
The Illinois laborers' compensation
law was denounced as being made
quate for state conditions in the an
nual report of Duncan Mcdonald, sec
retary-treasurer Of district No. IL
United Mine Workers of America, a,
the convention held at Peoria, Ill.