The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05
GERMAN EXPERTS REJECT
ADMIRAL SCOTS VIEW
Cruisers Obsolete Because of Sub
marines and Hydroplanes.
UNIQUE DONATION TO CITY
OF Every 100 Persons Subject to
Military Duty, $50 Per- Gent OF
Farmer Lads Arc Fit Against $40
in Berlin Proper.

Berlin. July A view recently en-
pressed by tho British admiral, Sir
Percy Scott, that the development of
submarines and hydroplanes made
Dreodnoughts and large cruisers OBJ
soletc has caused much discussion in
German naval circles. So far as their
public utterances go, German naval
experts unanimously reject Admiral
SCOTS view.
The German Fleet Society has pro-
nounccd itself decidedly against it.
and now Admiral won Brcusing has
published an article taking the same
position. lie admits that the subma-
rinc has recently made great progress
and now exceeds the hopes that were
at first held for it. and he also adj
units that tho means Of protection
against the submarine had not been
developed AT an equal pace Never
ihelcSs, the submarines range Of ac-
tiNity is a limited ono. Even if il
should put the DrcadnouShts out of
commission ia shore waters. tn" lat
ter would still be needed FOR opera
iions on the high seas, whereas yet
nobody expects that tho submarine can
venture. owing 10 its constant need
40 repl-nish supplies.
BuzzinS, rafting and other unusual
noises in telephone may SO effect
ones nerves as To make hii an in
valid, and such cases arc covered by
accident insurance policies. accordlng
10 ruling by the Imperial Supreme
Court. The case came on appeal from
a judgment against an insurance com
pany The defendant conteuded that
the plaintiff was Of ncurasthenic pre-
disposition and that the effect OF un-
usual telcphonic noises upon him was
81 psychic effect" which was not COW
cred by an accident insurance policy.
1t could not be denied, said the court.
that many objections could he urged
10 the plaintiffs claim. II might, he
questioned whether his invalidsm was
not due TO imagination. following dis
iutbances which. as lie asserted had
the effect upon him of "A severe clcc-
trio shock Nevertheless, il could lie
ability that the noises complained or
ability that the onises complained OF
had such a shattcrnc effect upon the
plaintiffs nerves that his subsequent
maladies could properly DC considered
as due to an accident within the terms
OF his accident poiicy.
DONATION TO CITY
OF UNIQUE CHARACTER
Herr Scifcrth. Mayor of the little
SaNc-Weinnr city Of Weida. has made
donation TO the city which has set
mathematicians TO figuring compound
interest problems of an unusual sort.
The donation consists of $50. and il is
pounded regularly for 3i0 years or
until 225i In Mny OF that year 20
per cent OF the accumulated interest
Is TO be At the untrammcled disposal
of the municipality. The remaining
20 per cent is To be- similarly com
pounded for Il further 100 Years. when
the total shall vest rs AN absolute
gift III the city. Estimates OF the sun,
that viii lie available in 1850 vary
from Sl..So.ooo to slo,noo.0 900. always
assuming that financial conditions do
not vary greatly from what they are
to-day.
The antivaccinationists arc about To
lose their strongest argument. Their
most telling objection against vacci-
nation has long been that it Was i'm
possible to get absolutely pure vac
cine matter; Notwithstanding tho
greatest precautions. like the use OF
calves kept under specially sanitary
conditions. the lymph obtained would
not iufreuucntly contain dclcterious
germs. According to the German
Medical Weekly, however a way has
ut last been found for sterilizing
lymph 50 thoroughly that its purity
can always hc relied upon. This has
been accomplished by Professor T.
l'riedhcrger and Or. r.. Mironcscu. who
have awaited themselves OF the we'll
known principle that the ultra violet
rays Of light arc destructive OF b;,c-
terial life. The virus is put into small
tubes Of quartzglass, which are then
exposed TO the ultra violet rays from
an electric lamp. In twenty or thirty
minutes there is not "a live germ left
ia them.
SMALLEST PERCENTAGE
OF ABIE-DODlE:D YOUTHS
OF every loo persons Suh&.Ct totmii-
itarN duty ia Germany, '.nSg. per cent
OF thc farmer lads are Ill for Service
against 3le per cent in Berlin prop.
cr, which shows the smallest pcrcen-
tage OF able bodied youths OF any
place IN the empire. The statistics,
which are Tor the year 1872. have Just
been made public. Wilmersdorf one
OF the Greater Berlin municipalities,
which has the lowest death rate OF
any city OF Germany, furnishes as
recruits FOR service among every Toe
inen examined. a figure exceeding that
or any other large city in the coun-