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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-14
LADYSMITH'S FIRE LOSS SMALL
City Makes Fine Showing in This Re-
spect in Recent Years

In letter under the date of Aug
ust IL to Fire Chief Manley, of this
city, Commissioner of Insurance Her
man L. Ekern says:
ga remarkably good showing is
made by the State of Wisconsin With
regard to fire losses. This cannot fail
to be due in large part to the active
and efficient work of the fire depart
ments in making inspections to pre-
vent fires. Begun in this state some
time ago, it is now required all over
the state under the law passed two
years ago. This work costs but very
little in addition to the regular cost
of the fire department, and the city
councils and village boards can well
afford to be liberal in making neces-
sary provision for doing this work
most thoroughly The cost is trifling
compared with the saving in possible
fires, and even compared with the
ordinary fires from year to year. Be
sides, as this work is carried on and
perfected from year to year, the
property owners will benefit i'm
mensely in reduced fire insurance
premiums. In this connection, the
public should be given to understand
that it is the intention of the insur-
ance department to insist that prem
inns ho rnducad accOrdinolV and to
ask for the necessary legislation
which will bring this about.
For your information and the in
formation of the public, the following
statement is given of the fire insur-
ance premiums paid and the money
returned for losses in Ladysmith dur
ing the past three years, as shown
by our records:
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-14
GRANDMA USED SAGE
TEA TO DARKEN HAIR
She made up mixture OF sage lea
and Sulphur to bring back color
gloss, thickness.

Common garden sage brewed into a
heavy tea with sulphur and alcohol
added will turn gray, streaked and faded
hair beautifully dark and llxurlant, re-
move every bit of dandrutf, stop scalp
itching and falling hair. just few
applications will prove revelation II
YOUR hair is fading, gray or dry, scrag.
CIV and thin. Mixing the Sage Tea and
Sulphur recipe at home, though, Is
troublesome. An easier way is to get the
ready-to-use tonic, costing about SO cents
a large bottle at drug stores, known as
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Rem
edy," thus avoiding lot of muss.
While wispy, gray, faded hair is not
sinful, we all desire to retain our youth
full appearance and attractiveness. BY
darkening your hair with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur, no one can tell, because it
does it so naturally, so evenly You just
dampen a sponge or soft brush with it
and draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at time: by morning
all gray hairs have disappeared, and,
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, glossy,
soft and luxuriant q
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-14
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DOG DAYS ARE HERE

There is at this season of the
year a greater number of mad dogs
than at any other Indeed, practical
ly all cases occur in the summer.
People should therefore be acquaint-
ell with the nature of the disease.
While there is no warrant for being
hysterical about mad dogs, still
there is good reason for being pre-
pared to meet danger that is still
too common to permit us being en-
tirely comfortable.
According to report of the state
board of health, 22S persons We're
treated at the state hygienic labora-
tory between the opening, November
ID, 1909, and June 80, 1912. These
patients were, for the most part, bit
ten by dogs actually known to have
been infected with rabies This forms
sufficient evidence that the possibil-
ity of danger in this direction is not
remote.
Rabies is an absolutely fatal dis
ease, when once developed, and death
is accompanied by the most horrible
agony. Science, however, has provid-
ed an absolute preventive known as
the "Pasteur Treatment" Any per-
son who has been bitten by a dog
actually mad, should undergo treat
ment. While it is not necessary that
every person bitten should have the
Pasteur treatment, is is of the great
est Importance that every individual
bitten by an animal actually rabitic
should be so treated.
on suspicion that it may have the
disease. Instead of this, suspected
dog which has bitten someone should
be locked up or chained long enough
to learn it's condition. A dog killed
upon suspicion may prevent the pos
sibility of making certain as to
whether or not it had the disease.
For this reason it becomes difficult
to decide as to whether or not it is
absolutely necessary for individuals
bitten to undergo treatment. The
brain Of suspected dog should be
sent to the hygienic laboratory for
examination. If it is determined at
the laboratory that the case is &C
tu2lly rabitic, all individuals bitten
by such dog should be given the Pas
teur treatment.
Where it is impossible to decide
with. absolute certainty whether or
not the dog has been rabitic, it is
infinitely better to take chance of un-
necessary treatment than to assume
the positive certainty of an agoniz-
ing death from the untreated disease.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-14
that deep ruts do not form to hold

that deep ruts do not form to hold
and carry water.
These few rules are simple, but we
will guarantee that if they are car
ried into effect in any town, having
a soil suitable for the use of the
split log drag, the general condition
of the roads in that town will be as
toundingly good and satisfactory even
to those who have been used to
throwing up their hands and saying
that any system of maintaining dirt
roads would be a failure.
Conclusion
1t is hoped that the common sense
Of the people of Wisconsin would de-
feat any effort to seriously hamper
the present state aid law or to ham
per the State Highway Commission
in it's effort to produce proper re-
suits.
There may be some points in
which the present law can be
strengthened; there may be some
points in which it can be changed
with consequent value in results Sc
cured, but in it's essentials, the pres
ent law has worked out WELL and
any return to the county aid system
will inevitably result in a tremend-
Gus decrease in the amount of road
improved, in efficiency of construc'
ton, and almost inevitably in in
creased total cost.
If there is one topic in the world
| which every man deems himself able
to discuss intelligently it is the topic
of road improvement. In so much dis
| cussion there is bound to occur wide
differences of opinion as to how tC
proceed to get the best results. We
| believe that there is practically
united view that if anything perman
ent is to be achieved it must be
achieved along the general lines
now pursued in Wisconsin, Those
who really favor road construction
may have honest differences as tC
less important details, as to proceed
ure and construction, but it is nee
essary for each and every one tC
yield some of his pet hobbies for the
good of the whole proposition. We
believe that if every man who hon
estly desires road improvement will
cooperate with the State Highway
Commission and the County Highway
Commissioner in his county to Sc
cure proper and permanent and eco
nomical results, the present law viii
work out to the satisfaction to al
cOncerned-as far as it is possible
for any one law to suit diversified
conditions in a state and the diver
sified ideas of it's citizens.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-14
Losses
$5,9O2.60
ALTA
2,639.91
Total 35,44566 $8,95425
Of fn

Total $35, 44566 $8,95425
Ratio of losses to premiums paid,
2669 per cent.
The losses for any year for a sin
gle city or village will, of course,
fluctuate, but on the whole for any
large territory and for a period of
three, five or ten years, the ratio Of
losses to premiums is fairly constant.
For each 800 in premiums paid to
the stock companies in the United
States during the last ten years there
has been returned in losses about
$54, and in the state of Wisconsin
during the last ten years SAB, and
in Wisconsin in 1912 $3S, and in 1913
1884,
In other words throughout the
United States the stock companies
collected $1S5 for each 500 of loss
es paid during the past ten years,
ard in Wisconsin during the same
time they collected 1898, and in 1912
1868, and in 1913 1894 for each 500
paid for losses. 1t thus appears that,
comparing a ratio of "a per cent for
the United States with 43 per cent
for Wisconsin, the premiums charged
in Wisconsin should be about 80 per
cent of the present rate. In other
words, on the ten year average, the
people of Wisconsin are entitled to
an average reduction in fire prem
iums of 20 per cent. This means
that the people of Wisconsin have
been overcharged more than $15,000,-
900 during the past ten years.
There is no doubt that the most
profitable business to the companies
is the dwelling house and other small
properties, and that the largest re-
duction should be made on these
classes of property.
The per capita loss for the Unit
ed States for 1913 is $21O while that
for the state of Wisconsin is $161.
However, there is enough room for
fire prevention work in that the per
capita loss in foreign countries is
only small proportion of even the
small loss in Wisconsin. Thus the
per capita loss for 1913 in Russia
was SO cents, France 40 cents, Eng
land 33 cents, Ireland % cents, Aus
tria and Italy rs cents, Norway %
cents, Switzerland Is cents and the
Netherlands II cents.
To say that this is due to differ
ence in construction will not hold
as to Switzerland, Norway or Rus
STA. In, Germany the large cities
have grown faster than ours. Only a
small part of the fires start from
defective construction. The great
cause is carelessness. This is cured
by inspections. A fire prevented is a
loss saved. An inspection is not so
spectacular as a fire run, but it
costs less and it may be worth more.
The fire departments of the state
are entitled to great credit for the
efficient way in which they have ia
ken hold of inspections, generally
without increase in the force or in
crease in pay. Reports of losses will
be the basis for finding out where
losses can be prevented and where
the fire insurance rates can be re-
duced. The cooperation of all means
millions saved in fire losses and in
lower insurance premiums
Yours very truly,
HERMAN L. extern,
Commissioner of Insurance"
Mnfina 20
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-14
THE ROAD PROBLEM
IN WISCONSIN
What Has Been and is Being Done
to Better the Public Roads of
the State
BY A. r. Hirst, Chief Engineer of
the Wisconsin Highway Commission.
Continued From Last Week.

OTHER ROADS-The State High
the main travelled highways in the
state, amounting to something less
chan 20 per cent of the total mileage
in the state. The problem on the
other so per cent is just as acute
IS it was 20 years ago There has
been a general change from the Ia
this change in systems was not ac-
companied by a real desire for road
improvement and by the formation of
an organization in the town cOmpe-
tent to properly plan and execute the
work, the change from the labor to
the cash tax system has produced re-
suits little, if any, superior to the
old labor tax sytsem, except that it
has made every man pay his road
tax.
1t behooves the towns in the state
| to take up energetically the mainten-
ance of the dirt roads in the town,
which must remain dirt roads for a
long period of years.
The only program that will accom-
plish any results is program of rails
| ing a reasonable mill tax each year,
taking a portion of this mill tax for
permanent grading work on the worst
places in the towns roads, a portion
of the tax for permanent bridges and
culverts, and portion of the tax for
the ordinary maintenance which must
be carried on. Each year with some
permanent improvement made as to
grading and some permanent Gull
verts installed, the problem of main
tenance will become less and less
until at the end of series of years
the problem will come down to keep
ing the culverts and bitches cleaned
out and dragging the road with split
log drags.
We have preached the use of the
split log drag in this state for six
years. Here and there we find a com
munity which has taken up it's use in
diligently and persistently and that
community today invariably has bet
ter dirt roads than the communities
that have not used it.
If the persistent use of this drag
could be made legally obligatory in
every town, the dirt roads in the
towns could and would be kept in
good condition for practically every
month in the year, but as long as
towns insist upon confirming their
road construction to day or two OF
work each year on every mile OF
road, and as long as this days work
consists of running over the road in
the dry season with a road machine
and spelling an otherwise fairly good
center surface, nothing will be &C
complished. Before the road drag will
accomplish the desired purpose, roads
must have a slope from the center
of the road into each ditch; the
bitches must be so dug that they
will carry water to some culvert OF
other point where it can get away
from the road, and the surface OF
the road must be kept smooth by
the use of some smoothing tool sc
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-14
Notice to Farmers

The Cash Department Store is now
ready to purchase your butter and
eggs and will pay cash for same.
E. M. WORDEN, Prop.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-14

Carbon paper at the News-Budget
office, sheets for 5 cents.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-09


, -DISARMlNG BEGINS IN THE
COLORADO AFFAIR
Trinidad, COL, May 9.-At noon to-
day, Major r. C. Cabel, in charge of
the work Of disarming strikers and
mine guards in Southern Colorado
under the proclamation issued yester-
day by Col. James LOckett, would
make no estimate of the number of
rifles and other weapons that had
been turned in.
Trinidad, COL, May amy mem
Der of the United Mine Workers who
refuses to comply with the order to
surrender arms to United States
troops will be stricken from the un-
ions relief list and debaTred from
membership in the organization"
William Diamond, strike leader
here, made this announcement to-
day, when advised that operators had
accused union leaders of not intend
ing to disarm their men.
Under Colonel LOckett's proclama-
ton, the hours of disarmament be-
gan at a. m. and viii expire at 8 p.
m. Miners began turning in their
arms before 8.
Denver, COL, May e.-Lieut. K. E.
Linderfelt, one of the military com
manders at the battle of Ludlow,
when six men, two women and eleven
children were slain, was not then a
member of the state militia.
General Chase today wrote Gov.
Ammons that Linderfelt was relieved
from command April 8, twelve days
before the battle. Chase promised,to
make public soon the roster of
Troop A" Linderfelt's company,
which was made up of mine guards
and other employees Of the coal com
panies.
-O-O-
MARJORIE MAYES MISSING
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-09

TELEGRAPH BRIEFS
New York.-Ten men in jury box
to try former Lieut.. Charles Becker
for murder of Herman Rosenthal
when court adjourned until Monday.
Three jurors secured yesterday were
excused.
Washington. - Rep. Henry of
Texas announced today that he
would be candidate for senate in.
1915.
Albany, N.,Y.-Gov. Glynn and adj
iutant-generaI's Office deny that the
war department asked how long it
will take to mobilize the New York
National Guard.
Racine, Wis.-Michael Buccieri, q,
veteran of Italian-Turk war, plead
ed guilty to roBbing factory of copper
riVets. Sentenced to 2 years in re-
formatory.
Cleveland. - Vaughn GIazer, a
stock company actor, swOre out war
rant charging A. P Waters, Detroit,
with obtaining money under false
pretenses. Said Waters sold him stock
In patent sprinkler company without
authority.
Leeds, Eng-EiIIian Lenton, mill
tant suffraget, convicted on charge of
having set fire to Westfeld House,
Doncaster, sentenced to 1-year i'm
prisOnment.
New York.-John c. Calhoun
Mayo, Democratic national commit
teeman from Kentucky, dying Of
pneumonia.
Fort Smith, Ark.-Frances Spanke,s
16, rescued Mary Oberlee, 9, when her
foot caught between railroad ties, but.
was killed herself.
Sigourney, La--CleVe Weigner shoti
and seriously wounded Mrs. Emma
Lamb because she refused to drinks
with him. He attempted suicide byI
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-09
MARJORIE MAYEs MISSING

mAFNJOhIE MA IEO HIOOiiNO
Police today are searching for Mar
joTie Mayes, II, daughter Of W. H.
Mayes, 1899 Indiana avenue, who dis
appeared while on her way. to a
church social May 1.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-09

ing young girls in his hotel with men
and then was fined the maximum,
$500 and costs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-13
AMERICAN RED CROSS
UNITS ARRIVE AT BERLIN
Six Surgeons and Twenty-four
Nurses Reach German Capitol.

BERLIN. Oct. 10.
The American Red Cross expedition ar
rived here yesterday.
II consists of six surgeons and q
nurses. with them came As tons OF
equipment They all came on a special
train from The Hague, where they ar
rived last Thursday. Minister Van Dyke
made the arrangements for the special
train.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-13
MYSTERY IS MADE
OF LOADING TRUCKS
ON BRITISH VESSEL
Detectives and Police Guard
Docks as 400Heavy Motor
Vehicles Are Put on Board
Ship.
NEW YORK, Oct 10.

NEW YORK, Oct ID.
New Workers may have not noted the
fact last night, but every now and then
down Sth avenue, 5th avenue and other
asphalted streets accessible to the East
River bridges rolled peculiar-looking
motor trucks.
These trucks finally under their own
power brought UP at the Fabre Line pier
at the foot of 3ist street. South Brook
lyn. There on the pier they Joined other
motor trucks, not one or two or a dozen.
but about 300 of them, ranging from one
ton and a half to five tons and every
once in a while a truck would swing
around, strike a track and move for
ward where 1t was In reach of the der
rick OF big crane. Then the crane would
lift tho truck, no matter what it's weight.
high in the air and landing 1t on the deck
or in the hold of the Barker liner Suruga.
just out OF tho Far East and due to sail
Saturday. whittier no one seemed to
know.
New York policemen yesterday after
noon for some reason prevented monde
script citizens from approaching the pier,
No one seemed to know why the police
men were there except to preserve order.
but later last night they had gone away
and only private detectives were to be
seen.
These men seemed to think that some
foreign country had ordered lot of
farm wagons. They knew nothing
further. Then as Packard motors, Gar
ford motors and motors OF other makes
rolled In they said they had other things
to do than to answer questions.
1t has been announced already that the
Packard Company, with the White. the
Pierce-..rrow and three other companies
have contracted to sell 176O motor trucks
to France and England for $5,O00.O00. To
this list has been added the Ga"ford
Company, which is said to be shipping
all the way from $50 to 800 five-ton trucks
to Russia.
None of the trucks which jammed tho
big pier last night are designed for night
ing, but they can be utilized for carrying
supplies. or. at pinch. for transporting
men. Their cost is said to be $500 each.
The Suruga flies the British flag Men
of her crew at the pier last night said she
was going 10 start somewhere on Satur-
day. They did not know where she was
going, but they believed a British war
ship was going to see her safely on her
way. They estimated that about 400
motor trucks, fully equipped and ready
for work, will hll her holds and crowd her
decks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-13
STRUGGLE ON AISNE
ENDED, NEW BATTLE
RACES, SAYS WRITER
Field Marshal French Re-
ported to Have Said Pres
ent Engagement Will Be
Brief and Decisive.
PARIS. Oct. 13.

PARIS, Oct. l3
The line Of battle now covers 200 miles
1t forms a letter z, beginning almost at
the sea, passing north of Lille, running
south toward Compiegne. ending near
Verdun. The axis has changed. The
battle front Is west and north.
FOR three weeks the Germans have con-
centrated their forces on the west Day
and night they have striven with might
and main to make a breach In the oppos-
Ing ranks The heavy artillery and rifles
have rarely been silent. The French
have not merely recovered every foot of
ground lost in the long series of actions
fought about Roye, but have also de-
veloped with astounding rapidity and sue
cess their advance toward the north.
To meet this advance the German
cavalry Is operating north of Lilo. NOV
Ing westward It's purpose is to threaten
this exposed flank and mask another en-
veloping movement. These familiar tao
tics are not likely to succeed. 1t is no
secret that for some time the Germans
have been Withdrawing men from the.
Aisne In order to strengthen their right
wing, which constantly has been engaged.
When the advance began two days ago
many of the enemy's trenches were found
to be empty. They must have been aban-
doned for several days, though the Ger
mans kept up the appearance of un-
diminished strength by continuous rifle
fire, much noise and a daily concert, in
which the accordion was the chief Or
chestral instrument.
This is a trick the Japanese often
played with success In Manchuria, but
tho ruse served no useful purpose. The
allied armies on the Aisne were await
ing developments elsewhere and chose
their own time.
In the last few days tho Allies right
flank has been strongly reinforced to
meet the new change of battle front
which we have imposed on the enemy
and not the enemy on us.
The moment has now arrived for re-
newed activity. On the south near Soils
sons the French began by getting a bat
tory into position that enabled them to
enflade some German trenches on the
plateau,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-13
MINOR HORRORS OF WAR
TOLD in VARIOUS INCIDENTS

The following is from n letter written
ON Sunday, August 30 by Otho Bromfeld.
of the Signal Section (Territorials), Royal
Engineers:
I'm doing and going as I'm told, not
worrying, but taking things as they
come. I've slept in barns, wool stores.
cinemas, casinos, dock sheds, and for a bit
had the stars as a counterpane. The
lighting has been very fierce and close
We are outnumbered. sometimes 10000 to
1000, but our boys stick to them. The
Maxims have cut them down like corn,
and when we charged with fixed bayonets
run Ike rats. They will get no quarter
from our mob Their dead were so thick
that their reinforcements couldn't advance
over the top. or course. we lost too"
Fred Wilson. Of the 5th Royal Irish
Lancers, who was wounded at Mons and
reached Leeds invalided, says he has seen
the Germans bayonet British wounded
as they came across the field, and force
women and children in front of them
as they passed our guns. He reckons
nothing of the fighting powers of the
Germans. They are,' he says, simply
whining. bowling towards. They were
fairly peppered in five charges, and when
their cavalry saw us coming they whined
like dogs. Our blood was UP after wit
Messing their terrible atrocities" The
British soldiers he adds, sing and Jest
while bullets are flying thick and fast.
William Henry Farrol O reservist Of
the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who
was wounded in the battle at Mons, says
he had not been long in the field hos
pital, where there were between 200 and
300 wounded soldiers, before the order
came for all men who could walk to
clear out at once, as the Germans we're
firing on the hospital. and he had not
been out an hour before 1t was completely
blown up, and many officers and men
must have perished.