New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-07-15

man race. Recently Admiral Breus-
ing has been telling spellbound
Stuttgart audience that not only is
the German navy Inadequate to pro-
tect German interests, but he is look
ing forward to the time when the
German navy will sweep Great Brit
ain from the ceas.
GIFT AVAILABLE IN 1854.
Herr Sieferth, mayor Of the little
Saxe-Weimer city of Weida, has made
donation to the city which has set
mathematician to figuring compound
interest problems of an unusual sort
The donation consists of $50 and it
is to be invested and the interest
compounded regularly for $40 years,
or until 1854. In May of that year
20 per cent of the accumulated inter
est is to be at the untrammeled dis
posal of the municipality. The re-
naming 30 per cent is to be similar
ly compounded for further 100
years, when the total shall vest as
an absolute. gift to the city. Esti-
mates of the sum that will be avail
able in 1854 vary, from $1,250,O0O to
SIS, 100000, always assuming that
financial conditions do not very great
ly from what they are today.
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HARD BLOW TO GERMAN.
The majority of the German news
papers take pessimistic view of the
consequences of the assassination of
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, whose
loss from political standpoint will
be felt more keenly in Germany than
among the high nobility by whom he
was not loved. Eve hear the future
thunder rumbling. None can now see
the consequences of this dastardly
Decd" says the Berliner venesten
Nachbichten. Some of the newspa-
pers even profess to see in the as
sassination the seeds of the dreaded
war between the Slavic and Germanic
races through Austria.
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FARMER LADS ARE FIT.
OF every 100 persons subject to mill
itary duty in Germany $50. per cent
Of the farmer lads are fit for service,
against 31.9 per cent in Berlin prop
er, which shows the smallest percent
age Of ablebodied youths Of any place
in the empire. The statistics, which
are for the year. 1912. have just been
made public. Wilmersdorf, one of the
Greater Berlin municipalities, which
has the lowest death rate Of any other
large city in the country, recruits for
service among every 100 men ex-
amined figure exceeding that of any
other large city in the country.
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DAMAGES FOR BAD PHONE.
Buzzing, rafting and other unusual
noises In a telephone may so affect
ones nerves as to make him an in
valid and such cases are covered by
accident insurance policies. according
to ruling by the German imperial
supreme court. The case came on ap-
peal from judgment against an in
surance company. The defendant
contended that the plaintiff was of
neurasthenic pre-disposition, and that
the effect of unusual telephone
noises upon him was psychic eff
feet" which was not covered by an
accident insurance policy. The court
held otherwise.
EXPLORE EARTH BY WIRELESS.
The latest wireless marvel is the
employment of the Hertzian waves
for the detection of ores, water and
other substances in the bowels of the
earth. Doctors Leimbach and Loewy
of the University of Goettingen an.
nounce that they have invented a
wireless system for the exploration
of the structure of the earth and the
detention of subterranean springs
and ore deposits without boring.
OBJECT 70 EVENING DRESS.
\ German walters have decided to
put ban on their uniform of evening
dress. They. contend that most of
their figures are not good enough for
such attire and that they look ridicu-
lous. They also declare that people
in restaurants generally make
laughing stock of the walters in eve
ming dress.
AUSTRIA PREPARES FOR WAR.
A dispatch from Belgrade, Servia,
says extraordinary military activity
is being displayed in Austria Hungary.