Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-03

EN- 6Y . mr. NO0ncoV0NOGNS
pointed Lord Mayor of the beautiful
western suburb of Berlin, in order
to counteract the evil effects of their
long hours Of desk work. All the
younger officials are granted an hour
leave on one day every week. during
(which they are put through a course
of athletic exercises in the playground
of one of the city schools under the
direction of the schools gymnastic in.
istructor. Every official is expected to
participate in the training If the med.
+, ical officer reports him physically fit
; to undergo the exertion, and regular
attendance is compulsory.
| Herr Dominicus, who was formerly
in charge of the evening Continue
ton School in Strassburg, effected by
a similar scheme a vast amount of
improvement in the health of the
scholars. He first started gymnastic
classes for the tailors' apprentices,
who, he considered, by reason of the
close confinement of their occupation
stood most in need of physical train
ing, with such excellent results that
the master shoemakers came and re-
quested him to do the same for their
young workers. Before he left Strass-
burg Herr Dominicus had the satisfac c.
ton of seeing physical instruction
made compulsory for the scholars of
all the Continuation Schools in the
city, which all boys are compelled to
attend until their eighteenth year, and
he has already secured its partical
introduction in the Schoeneberg Con-
tinuation Schools.
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The perennial struggle between Ger.
mans and Poles for the ownership of
the soil in the eastern provinces of
Prussia finds striking illustration in
the fact, just made public, that about
42,50O acres of land in the provinces
of POsen, East and West Prussia, and
Silesia have passed from German into
Polish hands within year. This &C.
ours twenty-five years after the Prus-
sian Government inaugurated its great
system of colonizing Germans in the
Polish provinces, a policy that has
cost something like $9O,O00,OO0.
The efforts of the government have
been partly counteracted by Polish
activity in buying land. There are
special Polish banks for assisting
Poles in acquiring parcels of land,
and their work has been so effective
that for some years most of the land
bought by the Prussian Settlement
Commission for dividing up among
German peasants has been acquired
from Germans themselves. In order
to enable the commission to carry for
ward it's settlement plans in a sys-
tematic way and extend the borders
of German settlements already estab.
lished, the Diet, or Prussian Legis.
lature. passed in 1908 law permit
ting the commission to dispossess Pol
ish landholders, within certain limits
under the law of eminent domain. This
law, however has never been enforced
The continued acquisition of German
lands by Poles has called forth a
strong demand that it be put into
operation at once.
LONDON, June 3.-The American
Consul General, J. L. Griffith, asked by
the state department for a report on
the number of Americans resident in
London has given an estimate of about
1000 but candidly says this is simply
guess. Several attempts have been
made to determine the number of
Americans living permanently here
but never with any great success.
Only 375 Americans are today regis
tered at the Consulate General. Amer
lean directories have also been pub
lished but they contained even fewer
names and those only of the we'll
known Americans.
Mr.. Griffith's estimate is considered
quite conservative. Americans are
found in every walk of life in London.
They are, however, widely scattered.
In the first place there are a great
many Americans in business in Lon
don, but only small proportion of
these are kindred organizations and
the others, not generally known to
their fellow countrymen, are swallow.
ed up in the great vortex of London's
population of seven millions.
Another element adding greatly to
the American population of London is
the large number of young men EN-.
ployed as managers or experts, in
British business houses and factories.
This is particularly true of electrical
concerns. The headquarters staff of
the United Railways, which controls
a great underground system, miles of
tubes and connecting street railways,
Is composed for example largely Of |
while the Central London |
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