Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-09

| inc darker areas, appearing Olly rare
ly, If at all, in the high lights Of the
original scene. The transmitted pic
ture is, therefore, far truer to nature
than in the earlier process Of trans
mission, in which the picture was re-
produced in lines OF varying thick
ness.
Prince Frederick Sigismund OF
Prussia, cousin of the German emper.
or, Is the inventor and builder of a
successful aeroplane, but he has been
forbidden by both his father and the
emperor from going aloft in the prod
llct of his ingenuity. When his ma
chine flies the prince stands on the
ground and watches his paid assistant
reap the sensations OF success that
rightfully should be his.
Piloted by Aeronaut Krieger, the
former chief chauffeur of the empcr-
or, the princely flying machine this
week was put through its PAGES in the
air for the first time. Krieger made
several rounds OF the Eornstedter fly.
ing field and then proceeded overland
to Potsdan and return.
Police dogs have not justified the
| eXtravagant claims that were made
for them when they were introduced
into the German police service They
form a valuable adjunct to the serv-
ice Of detections, and their mute ties.
timony cannot be implicitly credited.
These limitations have been recent.
ly admitted by police officers in
charge Of the training OF the dogs.
The sentence of an alleged murderer
was reduced from life to ten years
imprisonment at recent retrial in
| Frankfort-on.the. Oder, owing to the
Testimony or Berlin police lieuten.
| ant discrediting police dogs which had
followed the man from the scene of
the murder, and now comes Lieuten.
| ant Most in charge of the police dog
training institute for Eerlin, with the
statement hat the animals are absO
lutely dependable only as defenders
OF lie officer with whom they are
| working
The best of dogs, declares Lieuten
ant Most is likely to abandon Grim
malls trail for the fresher trail Of
some third person crossing it. The
animals scent depends also in nc
small degree on his mood and condi
ton of health.
| The likelihood of police dogs fail
ing when put to the most important
tests is, Of course, serious limita
ton of their usefulness. espite this
however, they will continue to form a
valuable arm OF the criminal service
In England.
London, March S.-A plan for a sys
TEN of imperial scholarships, to serve
as the converse of the Rhodes schol
ars foundation, is expected to taxi
shape here in short time. In addi
ton To the self:governing dominion
lofss Great britain, it is believed tn.
United States will be brought int.
the plan, which will be supported a
first by private philanthropy. Later
lattempts will be made to interest tn.
various governments concerned, will
the idea of making the plan part O.
their public school systems. -
Some time ago several wealthy mel
of the United States were approached
in behalf of this plan. They promised
substantial aid, and the campaign
here has progressed so far that the
committee in charge of the movement
will soon announce the details of the
Ischemc.
1t is recognized that English pub
lie school boys suffer from form O.
insularity, which only study abroat
can cure, and that such foreign in
struction must come if England ex
poets to remain an empire. The plan
as tentatively formed, contemplates ;
system of travelling scholarships, opeI
to English boys for study in Ameri
can, Canadian and Australasian in
situations.
! Dogs Of high degree, the aristocrats
of the canine world OF Great Britain
are competing this week in large mum
bers for the, yearly allotment of blue
Ribbons .bnt the most popular, the
most admired, and the most petted an
imals at the Dog Show at Agricultur
al hall are a group Of sixteen dogs
without lineage, each of which has
saved human life. The aristocrats
who have nothing but ancestry and
form to commend them to the dog
loving public, are passed by for the
"mongrels,' who have proved theil
worth.
Under the ordinary rules practical
ly all of these sixteen hero dogs
would have been excluded from the
company of the 1000 highJbred ami
mails which occupy the benches OF
the show, for with two or three ex.
ceptions the heroes boast no pedigree
and must be described as just plain
dog" The advocates Of eugenics and
the Mendelian theory have been rath.
err subdued in the presence OF these
mongrel life savers, which have re.
ceived more attention from visitors
than the pampered champions. 70
yer, apparently a cross between an
Irish terrier and sheep dog, was a
great favorite, for it was tsated that
during heavy gale he had rushed liz.
to the water off Straw island, caught
a drowning man by the clothes, and
dragged him ashore. He belongs to
the keeper of the Straw Island light,
where he is counted an extremely val
liable assistant. The most aristocrat.
ic dog of the lot is Duke, a collie. said