Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-09-18
NEWS NJ FROM FATAERLAND
A Brief Resume Of tho Most I'M
portant Happenings In tho
+ German Empire.

I've families near Posen ate pois-
onous mushrooms. The result was
terrible. Seven of them died in
short while, and several others were
not expected to survive.
Kaiser Wilhelm has gone on record
for lationalized golf. That is he told
the ministry of agriculture that he
favors grant of government land on
Lake Griebuitz for a course.
Prince Adalbert, the third eldest
son Of Kaiser Wilhelm, attended ban:
Quet given to Kaiser Wilhelm in
Zurich, Switzerland. The prince at
tended incognito, and it took hours
before it became generally known
that he was present.
The latest record made by the
Hansa, a Zeppelin airship, is wonder.
full indeed. The ship Is constructed
for starting and stopping either on
land or on water. Competitive races
were arranged for at Heiligendamm,
q popular watering place on the coast
Of Mecklenburg. The Hansa carried
AZ persons, including the crew and
many noted experts who watched
everything with a critical eye. Sew
eral times the ship settled on the
water and rose again with perfect
ease making a series Of revolutions
on every trip through the air. An
Immense concourse of people wit
messed the beautiful sight.
When Gornoonv hoord ~ +ho Foot
that our government has commenced
to wash old, dirty paper money the
German government wrote for particu.
lars. The kaiser's people were in.
formed by Director Joseph E. Ralph
of the bureau of engraving and print.
ing chat If they would like a sample
of Uncle Sans work they might have
it by sending the goods to experiment
on. Shortly afterward he received
about 1900 German bills, $1,000 marks.
1t was thought that the texture Of the
bills might not permit the same vigor-
Gus treatment as is given United
States money, but the wash looked
beautiful" Germany now wants some
of the machines and Director Ralph
expects they will be used by all coun-
tries within short time.
Germany is preparing a big effort
to capture the South American trade
when the Panama canal opens by
means of lavish display and an ener.
getic advertising campaign at the San
Francisco exposition In 1915. German
representation at the fair has the di.
rect support of the imperial govern
ment and the kaiser himself takes a
keen interest in the coming campaign
Of German traders. Speaking at Ham
burg recently he said: where they
lead I will follow" The North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship company is
launching four new cargo liners des-
tined exclusively for the South Ameri-
can trade. Germans realize that the
American tariff bars them from de-
veloping an export trade with the
United States, but does not prevent
their starting campaign for the in
vasion of Latin America.
Two Berlin doctors have raised their
voices in defense of that much abused
garment, the corset. Professors Felix
Hirschfeld and Adolph Loewy declare
that for a certain type of physique
that is especially prone to consump.
ton the use of corsets may act as
preventative of that disease.
"Paralytic thorax" is the name given
to the type of physique capable of
being benefited by the corset, length
and fairness of the chest being it's
characteristics. Exhaustive expert
ments with the Roentgen rays on the
respiratory organs of persons of this
class resulted in the conclusion that
whereas the corset diminished the
depth it increased the frequency of
breathing, so that the total amount of
air taken into the lungs remained the
same. They pointed out that in cases
where the disease has already at
tackled the lower portion of the lungs
the corset is directly harmful.
Our government in Washington is
taking much interest in the recent
reports from Ambassador Leishman
on the system Of rural banks in Ger.
many, which furnish credit at low
rate to artisans, workmen and the
small business men of Germany. These
banks have a large capital, and in
consequence they arc able to do gen.
eral banking business. The primary
object Of these banks is to furnish
their members with cheap, quick
money. They lend on current account
and for stated periods. Workmen or
small tradesmen needing this aid are
able to secure it on the guarantee
of their fellows in the association.
Ambassador Leishman reports that
these banks find no difficulty in Dor
rowing from the large banks at rates
averaging less than per cent on their
total working capital and they pay
dividends to shareholders of from to
per cent, as a rule. In some in
stances they have been even more
profitable. They deposit their funds,
which are not needed for current bust
ness, with the larger banks in the
cities, thus maintaining relations
which extend financial mobility
throughout the entire system.
The government of Bulgaria has or
dered several double-deck airships of
the albatross type. This order is the
more flattering to German industry
hooouco tho authorities Of Conhio