Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-22
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Thorough-going courses in CONVEX
sational Turkish are to be begun ear
ly next month in Berlin, for the
benefit of those who appreciate the
growing need for this language in
their business or social life. The
German-Turkish association is be.
hind the move, and will import
or provide competent Turkish teach
ers. A course, which VII be offered
for five dollars, will last three months
and contain three hourly lessons week
ly. Tle need of Turkish is increasing
ly felt, it is maintained.
Something in the nature of a coun.
ter-plan is the proposal to install at
the Turkish university in Stamooul
| fourteen German professors, who, in
Turkish, are 10 give instruction in
psychology, pedagogy, the history OF
the Oriental. languages, geography,
geology. mineralcgy, botany. zoology,
organic and inorganic chemistry, law
economics, finance and Semitic Ian.
euages.
London, Sept. PA critical exam
nation Of the air in the central part
Of London city was begun by the city
corporation a year ago, and the re-
suits of twelve months OF ~lnvestlsa-
tons with various scientific instru-
ments on the roof of the city mortu.
airy in Golden Lane have just been an.
nounced. Similar observations are
being made on the Thames embank-
ment and at points in the residence
districts. l.
Although the presence of much i'm
purity in the London atmosphere had
long been known, the results have
astonished Dr.. Howarth, the city me
dical officer. In December alone the
amount OF deposit registered as fail
ing in the comparatively small area
known as the "city" amounted to "a
tons. OF this total, 81 tons was solu.
able, including sulphates Of ammonia
and chlorine while 20 ton were in
soluble, consisting OF tar, carbon and
grit, No dense fogs have yet been
tested. ,l. .
Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 21.-The
inspector OF music in the pubic schools
has requested the minister OF educa-
ton to bal in the future all the ltaliln
expressions that heretofore have been
used in music.
In addition, the Music Pedagogical
Society Of Austria is endeavoring to
interest the proper authorities and
Danish "andante," allegro and all
the other phrases which have an
equivalent in German but which have
grown into general use. Similar ef.
forts are also being made in Germany,
though as yet with little success.
Munich, Germany, Sept. $3.50
many of the male inhabitants of the
town Of Absam have been drawn into
the war that the municipality has
been left without sufficient protection
against fires and has had to organize
a female fire department. Thirty
five young women and girls have vol
unteered their services and now are
being trained to do the wCrk of the
men. Other towns in the neighbcr.
hood are initiating Absaln's action.
Berlin, Sept. 21.-Forty prominent
figures in the present war, ranging
from Emperor Francis Joseph Of Aus.
tria to the commander Of a German
submarine, had been, up to August
/, decorated with the order POUR le
merit, the highest military service
medal within the gift Of the German
emperor. Eight Of those forty have
received the additional gold oakleaves
with which the order Is sometimes
decorated as a mark of Epecial favor.
The order is now IT'S years old,
but it has only been since 1910 tina;
1T has been conferred exclusively for
extraordinary service in raj King
Frederick William III in that year
stipulated that ne would not loan
it for any other cause, and three years
later created the oak leaf complement
to the order.
The names of those who have
earned the pour lie merite in the pres
ent war are almost without exception
known all over the world though
many Of them, probably the majority,
had never been heard Of before the
present conflict began. Many
not even known in Germany. Here
is the list: rl
Emperor Francis Joseph, General
Won Fnlmich, Genersl Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg, General o Zwehl,
Lieutenant Won der Linde, General