Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-28
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| the European War

lllt European wal
lPetrograd, April 27.-self.goyern.
ment for all municipalities in Polan';
is put into effect in a law just prom,
ulgated here. This is one of the first
steps in the autonomy which the EN-.
peror OF Russia promised to the from
tier kingdom. Z
The municipal autonomy granted in
Poland is equivalent to- that enjoy.
ed by Russian towns. Particular
care Is to be taken to give the jew
ish population of Poland, which il
proportionately larger these than, any
where else in the world, a consider
able degree Of representation.
The question of languages Is set
tied in a manner which appears to
meet the approval of Russian and P0'.
ish newspapers alike. Official CORE.
spondence with the capital OF the En-
pire, as also with the public bodies )r
private persons outside Poland, must
be in Russian. Municipal proclama,
tons, ,placards, and notices must be
in both languages in parallel columns.
Debate in municipal councils or com
mittees may be at the speakers dis
c%retion, but the presiding officer is
obliged to explain the substance OF
the speech ii any member present
announces his inability to follow it
Minutes Of meetings and most official
documents MUST he recorded in both
languages. In cases Of disputed in.
depreciation where both languages
have been used, the decision shall BE
according to the state language, Rus.
sian. ,3
London, April 27.--Captain William
Archibald Howard Kelly, Of the cru,s.
er Gloucester has been awarded theI
honor of appointment as Companion
Of the Order of the E'ath, in recogni
tiont Of his services during the chase
OF the German warships Goshen ant
Breslau in August.
Two official description of Captain
Kc!,y's services says: Il
The report of the Gloucester shows
that the Goeben could have caught
and sunk her at any time had she
dared to turn upon her. The GOeben
was apparently deferred by the CLIQUE
ester's holiness, which gave the i'm.
preston Of SUPPORT close at hand.
The combination of audacity with re-
~straint, unswerving attention to the
principal military object, namely, 20
hold on to the Goeben without tempt.
ing her too much-and strict conform
ity to orders constitute a naval ept-
sode which may Justly be, regarded as
almodel." a tpaa ."G .Is+%,@. svoI
fPetrograd, April 27.-Thesrre are ar s;til!
considerable numbers of Austrian ~
serterspicked up along the Russian
front. Most Of these are soldiers Of
Serbian or Polish nationality, whom
the accident of locality has placed In
the Austrian ranks. 's%
1t is asserted that for months past
it has been a common thing to find
bodies Of Austrian troops, varying
from three or four to a score Of indt.
yiduals, turning r]yup in unexpected
places to submit themselves to cap.'
tivity. n as:t tgf 3sgf
London, April 27,TToo much war
time knitting and sewing is respon.
sihle for the appearance in England
Of amalady which may be compared
with writer's cramp or tennis elbow.
The physicians, call it "knitter's neu.
ritus." It affects the upper arm and
shoulder rather than the fingers and
seems only to afflict those who knit
with difficulty, not having practised
the art in their youth.
The only treatment is to give up
knitting indefinitely.
when any unframed set of muscles
is suddenly called upon to repeat in
definitely a complex and unaccustom.
ed sequence of movements" says a
London physician, " a spasmodic par
alysis is very likely to develop. Knit.
ter's neuritis begins with the worker
feeling that the usual wrist ard finger
movements cannot be followed with
the customary ease. Then the mus.
cles get stiff, and in the later stage
develop q spasmodic cramp as soon
as the knitting needles are takenrin.
to the fingers. Although the fingers
are thus affected whenever at.
tempt is made to knit; there ID no in.
reference with other varieties of fin.
ger movement" .s EIa.s |
London, April 27.-Chiropodists in
uniform as a necessary and honored
part of the British army is proposed
by a London paper, inspired by the
marching record Of a Lancashire regi-
ment which obasts a well known CHR.
opodist among its ranks. This regi.
ment has made the hardest practice
marches without,a man dropping out.
The reason is the fine shape the regi.
mental feet are In.
Detached from the humdrum rou.
tine OF duty, the soldfer.chiropodist
spends his day peeling and pairing. If
every regiment had the same advan-
Etage. such things as retreats e'thrqe from