The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-08-11
IN The FATHERI.AA[)
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHAT'S DOING IN OLD HOME.
summary OF the Most Important Hap
penlngs In the Land Of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.

/ keeps the cleanest dairy In the world.
and he sells the milk for the use of
children, The cows are scrubbed and
day. The mixers, after thoroughly
washing themselves, put on clean
white oyeralls and use a special, fresh
ly sterilized milk pail. This pail has
a side opening to prevent the possible
dropping in of foreign matter. 1t Is
equipped with removable fine wire
| ciotn stralners, covered with new ster-
1llzed cotton batting so that the milk
is fnstantaneously filtered. The milk
Is Immediately taken into the cooling
room to be pumped over chilling ap-
paratus, where the temperature Is re-
| duced to about thirty-nine degrees F.
1t Is then poured into sterilized bottles
and stored in an ice chest whence
they are sent out to customers, COW
cred with an insulating jacket of cor
rugated paper.
The Irish seem to be disappearing
| from baseball and their ancient and
|
seem to be horning their way into
basebalrs hall Of fame that once was
peopled almost altogether by the sons
of Erin One of the recent lists OF
averages for the American league
shows only two out-and-out Irish
names among list Of so pitchers.
Against these there are Is pitchers
who have unmistakable German
names and about six others whose
names may be German-and may not,
But whatever they are, they aren't
Irish Forty-five pitchers were in the
National league list and only four had
Irish sounding names. Fourteen real
German names appear in the pitching
list and there are about seven other
German flavor.
The radioactive treatment of deep
seated cancer, once a sensation, has
virtually been abandoned In Germany.
DR.. Ernest Bumm, director of the
womeC's clinic IN the University of
Berlin, and DR.. X. Warnekros an
nounce In a medical weekly that the
results obtained In two years con-
vince them that the treatment Is eff
fectiVe only for superficial growths.
1--WE have proved" they say, "the pos
sibility of the harmless treatment OF
cancerous tissues by Roentgen rays
to a depth of ten centimeters $50
inches), but internal organs like the
! c-4n To-
not be subjected to radioactive treat
ment deeper than two or three cent?
meters (8 to 8 inch) without hurt
ing the neighboring tissues" DR.. Aug
ust Bier who, with DR.. Bumm, Is the
greatest cancer expert in Germany,
also has abandoned the radium treat
ment Of deep cancerous growths-
DR.. Alvin G. Kranzlein, the Ameri-
can trainer in charge of the German
Olympic games organization, has re-
turned to America with his wife and
family. Circumstantial reports are In
circulation that Mr.. Kranzlein, al
though he entered into a three years
contract with the Germans, is dis
Both he and the Olympic managers
deny this, but it is admitted that his
leave of absence Is indefinite. DR..
Kranzlein says that he has every rea-
son to be satisfied with his first years
experience In Germany. His work has
been entirely preliminary and funda-
mental, having been devoted mostly to
the selection and instruction of train
ers. Next year he will devote him
self to the athletes themselves and to
the formation of German team for
the 1916 games.
Berlin has established Each
schulen," where most of the special
subjects taught are recognized trades
which are subject to fixed laws. But
this city has also branched out into
the teaching Of all sorts of loose and
unorganized occupations. The munich
pality has just opened a college for
saIeswomen In stores and here for
most classes Of girls employed In or
apprenticed to Berlin stores, attend
ance Is compulsory. Already there
are $500 students. These are taught
how to attend on customers; how to
keep goods In order; how to dress
windows; the technical characteristics
Of products; and even the insidious
art of blarneying the public into buy
Ing what 1t does not want. In other
German towns are nine such sales
women's colleges. The Berlin school
with it's forty nine classes Is the big
gest.
Germany will refuse to accept Sec
rotary Bryan's proposal for general
treaty under which all disputes would
be arbitrated before resort was had
to war The ground taken Is that the
uncertainties of Europeon politics re-
quire a free hand for speedy mobili-
cations
Official announcement has been
made of the betrothal of Prince VIII
helm Of Hohenzollern, father-in-law of
former King Manuel of Portugal, to
Princess Adelgunde, eldest daughter
of King Ludwig of Bayern.
1t Is many years since the people
Of Berlin suffered so much from the
heat as they have done this summer.
The cool meadows at Tempelhofer are
a favori.e resort in hot weather. But
this summer the rush to this resort