The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-20

number Of the larger cities of the
country. .-
Baron Won Willebrand, but his argu-
ments were without result. The only
way by which Russian officials can
carry their point would be to prevent
the Firms from going to Berlin. If
they could induce them to go under
the Russian banner Russia would be
one Of the formidable ~contenders
among he nations.
Vienna, June 2O.-The. city coun-
Gil Of Vienna is proposing to float a
loan Of $4,000, 900 at once, to be ex~
pended mainly upon the development
OF existing municipal ownership UNDER
tak1ngs. 1t is proposed to spend $780,
100000 on subways around the con-
gested districts Of the inner city, where
up to the present there has been only
an Indifferent service of horse omni-
buses. The bus business, which the
city purchased at about so cents on
the dollar from a bankrupt private
company, has been run at a great loss
each year. Vienna's experiments in
other fields Of municipal ownership,
however. have been more successful.
The electric light and power plant has
paid a clear profit Of two millions dur
Ing the past year, a return of about
IL per cent on the city's investment,
but it has been done in the face of
general complaints that electricity Is
dearer in Vienna than in almost any
large city in Europe.
Toxic, June 20.-The battle cruiser
Ibuki and the scout cruiser Chikuma,
which have been selected to partici-
pate in the opening Of the Panama
canal, will leave for the United States
on or about Oct. Is. Both the Ibuki
and Chikuma were built in Japanese
yards and will suffice to show the
progress Of Japanese industry in the
line of ~shipbuilding, though the Ibuki
Is of a somewhat old type, having been
built in 1907.
The Chikuma is a fine ship. She rs
said to be second to 10 other vessel
OF foreign navies as an ideal scout
ship. Her displacement is only 4,450
tons. The Ibuki is larger and will
serve well for the receptions which
will be held on board.
Captain Kanji Kato, who has been
made the commanding officer Of the
Ibukt, Is n Of the ablest officers
Of the Japanese navy and was more
than once designated for the post Of
the vice minister of marine.
Captain Sakamoto of the Chikuma.
for a long time occupied the post of
director Of military affairs at the navy
headquarters n is we'll acquainted
with the formalities of foreign matters
and etiquette.
The warships will proceed directly
to Hampton Roads and Joining there
with the American fleet and warships
of other powers, will pass through
the Panama canal to San Francisco.
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ConstantinoI1e, June 20.-Alfred
Rustem Bey desBilinski, who has just
succeeded to the post Of ambassador
to the United States, has received
widespread commentator in the
Turkish newspapers because he re-
Gently embraced the Moslem faith. He
has Polish blood on his fathers side,
and his mother was a Miss Sandison
of an aristocratic British family,
which has been settled in CONSTANT
nople for two or three generations,
Rustem Bey, Upon becoming convert
ed to MohammedaniSm, substituted the
name Ahmed for Alfred. The sultan
received the neophyte with great IA
o and presented him with a jeweled
watch and chap1et.
RuStem Bey has recently been a. con-
tributor to British magazines on Euro
pean political topics. He has had a
varied career, including service at
dSnluS ION several years g as COun~
sellor Of the embassy. During the
regime of Abdul Hamid, when the Tur-
ktsh diplomats away from home found
their pay day a hollow dream, Rustem
Bey was a strike leader with the slo-
won the fight, the government punish
ed him by dropping him for a time.
Colone. Germany, June 2~0.-Cologne
Is about to add $4,000 to its population
and thereby become the third city in
size in Germany, only Berlin and Ham
burg ranking above 1t. Through the
Incorporation of Muehlheim and Mehr-
helm. both lying on the right bank Of
the Rhine, the city's population will
rise to $685. 900. It's total area will be
more than IS square miles, or three
times as much as Berlin. Cologne's
city limits, will reach far out into the
country and embrace some two dozen
towns and villages.
In connection with the incorpora-
ton, the Cologne newspapers are re-
tween that city and Muelheim, from
which it appeared that the sharpest
trade and political rivalry between the
two cities existed some hundreds Of
years ago-a rivalry that took on
conflicts between boom towns in the
United States. Plunderings, murders,
and burnings were the regular thing
in the fight between Cologne and Muei-
Berlin, June 20.-German and Aus
trian alpinists are alarmed by the news
that the G~rosslockner and it's sur
rounding region are to be practically
closed to tourists owing to the fact
that the whole territory has been sold
to a rich capitalist of Bochum, a Prus-
sian mining and iron center. The
Grossglockner group Is the favorite
point of the Tyrol for high mountain
climbers: and the German-Austrian AL
pine society has erected one or two
refuge huts on 1t. The members IL
that society. are now filling the columns
of German and Austrian papers with
their protests against the closing Of
the mountain paths and roads. Their
indignation has only been increased by
the Observation-Disclosures report that the
buyer intends to stock the region with
the ibex and convert it into an ex-
elusive hunting preserve.