Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-03
CONDENSED
WAR NOTES

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Berlin, July 13.-The art Of 'con-
Quoting" street car through the
crowded thoroughfares Of Berlin is
being taught to women in five schools
for conductoresses," which graduate"
each week total of between 800 and
400 female conductors to take the
places Of men gone to the war.
Not since the earliest days Of the
electric car in Berlin have pupils who
were candidates for positions on the
back platform proved as apt as are
the women who once were considered
as absolutely untitled for this sup
posedly masculine work. Between $500
and 5000 women are now employed
and incidentally every one who has
applied passed the premlinary ex-
animation. A large percentage, how
ever, cannot stand the strain and have
to seek other work.
The women are given theoretical
course Of three days. eight hours
day in one of the five schools that are
located in Charlottenburg, Treptow,
Lichterfelde, Lichterberg and Weis-
sensee. suburbs of Berlin. This is
followed by a longer period of practi-
cal training. during which they are
accompanied on genuine trips by ex-
perienced conductors, learn the names
Of the streets, and have a chance to
put their theoretical training into use.
The Berlin public has cooperated
heartily with the street car authorities
In it's introduction Of women on the
cars. There has as yet been no
single case recorded of an insult to one
Of the female conductors, and it is
rare that passengers have not cheer
fully been willing to put up with
''greenness" and inexperience.
Budapest, July Austrian military
authorities estimate the Italian losses
during the first six weeks of the war
at 100000 men, including 10000 pris-
oners.
London, July 15-Women mail car
riers made their first appearance in
London this week. when twelve young
women were assigned to replace male
postmen in the Golder's Green district
! in the northwestern part Of the city.
They are being paid at the same rate
as auxiliary male postmen.
| Constantinople. July 10.-The re-
ceipts of the Turkish governmental
tobacco monopoly for May, 1915,
dropped to 100000 piasters. For
the same month in 1914 they were a.
100000 piasters. The war is held re-
sponsible for the big drop.
/
Berlin, July 13.-That Courland is
.oday not another Belgium in ruins is
due, in the opinion of the military au-
thorities, to the wholesome influence
! of the Lvonian newspapers, which
j., have steadfastly counselled their read
ers against franc tireur methods.
| London, July 15.-Lieutenant Gun
cher Pluschow, a German naval Of
ficer who has just escaped from the
internment camp at bennington Hall.
has had an adventurous career. He
escaped from Tsingtao in an aeroplane
/ during the siege Of the German town
in China. Later he was found at
Gibraltar on board a Japanese trading
ship.
The police description of Pluschow
states that he has a Chinese dragon
tattooed on his left arm.
! Berne, July 5.-The effect of war on
the trade Of Switzerland is shown by
the figures of imports and exports for
the year 1914. Imports decreased by
SIS, 10000, 900, and exports decreased
| $3S, 0OO. 900. The exports of watches
alone shows a loss of s10.000.000 as
compared with 1913, while machinery
sold abroad was s5.o0O.OOO less, and
cotton goods s10000,O00.
Imports for 1913 were $3S4.000, 900:
for 1914, s295,OO0,00O. Exports for
1918 were s275, 900, 900; for 1914, $685.
OO0, 900.
| Zurich, Switzerland, July Sat a
meeting of the German Reichstag
early in August, Finance Minister
Helfferich is expected to submit pro-
posals for third German loan. which
will probably be floated early in the
autumn. The Imperial Finance Minis
ter has already discussed his plans
with the finance ministers of all the
states of the German empire.
London, July 15.-The rules govern
! ing the new Munitions Tribunals.
/ which are to enforce the compulsory
truce between employer and workman
have Just been announced. There
are two kinds of tribunals, designated
as first class, and second class.
| A tribunal of the first class will deal
with general labor problems Of far
reaching effect. such as strikes. The
second class tribunal is local in it's
character, and will deal with minor
offenses in the workshop, settle local
questions, such as the problem of the
individual Stacker" possible local OBJ
jections to employment of female
labor, and so on. The second class
tribunal may fine workman and or
der the deduction of the fine from the
offenders warges. No person brought
before a second class tribunal can be
represented by counsel.
| In each class. the tribunal will con-
sist of a chairman appointed by the
Minister Of Munitions. sitting with as
sistants known as assessors" drawn
respectively from an employers panel
and from a workmen's panel.
| Berlin, July 13.--The Red Cross Is
arranging for the celebration through
out Germany Of August /, anniversary