Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-01

1derlies who were captured when the
fortress fell.
The captured stores and munitions
have not yet been completely inven.
toried. Much of the booty in the
fortress was concealed or buried and
is only gradually coming to light. The
quantity, however, is said to be
enormous. Over nine hundred guns,
many Of them still in good conli.
ton, have been inventoried. Thous-
ands of Austrian %bayorets, which are
highly priced by the Russian sol.
diers as knives, have been distributed
among the victorious troops.
The River San is being dredged
for quantities, OF arms and ammuni.
ton which we're thrown into it be,
fore the city capitulated. Hundreds
Of soldiers spend their idle hours
fishing for this booty with hook ana
line or with a small graphing hook
dragged through the water from a
roWboat. '.E
Rotterdam: Holland, April 30.-The
Rockefeller Foundation, from its
Dutch headquarters here has provided
necessitous Belgians in their own
country with no fewer than 1,41S,312
garments.
Among the Belgian refugees in Hol-
land i. has distributed over 800, 00V
pieces. The Foundation has also look
ed after the welfare Of the Belgian
refugees in the Dutch camps by pro.
viding them with employment, Sew
ing classes have been formed in IS
camps and AS sewing machines have
been placed at the disposal Of the wo.
men. 5000 of whom are engaged in
making clothing for their FELLOWSHIP.
ferers from the war. ..- ~"
Stockholm, April S0.-The estab.
lishment Of a Scandinavian Customs
league is confidently predicted in the
newspapers as a result OF the closer
relations between the Scandinavian
countries which the present war has
brought about. "This new pan-Scan.
dinavianism,"' says one editor, us
| based on common economic and intel
lectual interests, while leaving each
partner liberty and political indie.
p%endence."
The newspaper A.lehanda states
that King Haakon of Norway las
communicated to the King Of Sweden
a desire to pay a visit to Stockholm
as soon as circumstances permit, and
il possible during the present year.
Sydney, Australia, April 3O.-Not-
withstanding the war, work on Aus
tralia's new capital, Canberra, is be-
ing pushed for ward rapidly. A site
has been chosen for the construction
Of a dam to lock the water from the
Queanbeyan river, in order to force a
continuous stream into the Moionglo,
which flows through the federal capt.
tai territory. The cost Of the dam
will be amout $780, 900.
The electric power plant, which will
generate sufficient power for lighting
and industrial purposes in the city, is
to cost 100000. 1t is now approach
ing completion.
The Planting Of trees which are to
beautify the streets and avenues or
the new city, has been begun"
The so.called federal Capital Ter
ritory," all of which is to be held by
the Australian government and oaly
leased to occupants comprises an area
of 900 square miles.
Strassburg, April 3O.The most rig
ID steps have been taken to separate
Yeutrala Switzerland from Upper A.
SAGE. 4Along the border between the
two, two lines of barbed-wire fencing
have been built, constantly patrolled
by soldiers with orders to shoot per-
sons attempting to get past.
The two fences, both Of which Of
course are on Alsatian territory, en-.
close a so.called neutral strip OF
land, into which only a limited num-
Der of persons with the proper passes
are allowed to enter at specified times
of the day. The soldiers are ordered
to shoot anyone who comes within 20
yards Of the barbed wire.
Nothing may pass from north to
south, that is from Alsace to Switzer-
land. From s a. m. to 5 p. M, how
v food from Switzerland may be
admitted into Alsace. The senders
must deposit it with the guards at the
b%arbed.wire nearest the Swiss border,
who in turn send it on beyond the par
allel fence and distribute, it to the
ccnsignees. Attempts to smuggle let
tiers across are punishable with death.
Glasgow, Scotland, April 3O.-The
serious situation which has arisen DIV
ing to the dearth Of physicians is en-
phasized by a notice issued by the
Scottish Emergency Medical Service
Committee appealing to the public to
refrain from calling upon doctors un-
necessarily. The appeal says:
"It will help materially to relieve
the great strain now imposed on medi-
cal practitioners remaining ct their
posts throughout the country-many
Of whom are at present working ff-
teen or. sixteen hours a day-if pa
tients will send for the doctor early
as possible and so allow him to ar
range his daily round with a view to
economy of time. When the case is
not an urgent one and 9 visit the
mex: day would suffice, this should be
stated.
Local educational authorities are
asked to note that, important as is
medical inspection Of school child
rem, it is not nearly SO urgent as the
care of those who are dangerously i'll.
An appeal is therefore made for the
release of school medical officers en-
tirely or in part during the present
mergency."