The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-22
GERMAN SHIPS ARE SENT ID SCRAP PILE Result of Observation By Kaiser
 William THREE NEW BATTLESHIPS Will Replace Three That Are Declared to Be Unworthy for Future serv-
 ice in the German
 Navy.
THREE NEW EMPHASIZES
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.

Special Cable to The Age-Herald> from
 the Hearst News Service. Copyright,
 1907. by W. NJ Hearst.
 Berlin. September 2l.-Three German battleships are to be sent to the scrap as result of observations made by the kaiser during the recent naval maneuvers in the North Sea, and they will be re- placed by three first-class battleships, the Pomeru. Hanover, and Kaiser Barba- rossa.
 The three discarded ships mount thirty four heavy guns all told, while the sub stitutes mount fifty-eight At the same time the kaiser will ask the reichstag for a large appropriation to make possible the building of two battleships surpass- ing in strength the English Dread nought."
 The German High Sea fleet will be in- creased with one more first-class cruiser and two protected cruisers, which are to take the place of older vessels. This will increase the aggregate tonnage of the fleet oy 10,60O and the speed of the scout ing division from 21 to 23 knots
 The German consul at Pekin. China, re- ports that the Chinese court is suffering from panic caused by the truculent atti- tude of students who have imbibed Japa- nese ideas There are 15.000 Chinese resi- dent in Toklo, and those who return bring back with them rebellious ideas about the Chinese imperial dynasty, sometimes even attempting to smuggle arms and ammunition into China.
 One of these students, Hsu Ginning, succeeded recently In assassinating the Manehu governor, En Min. The crime was regarded by the government IS part of a great conspiracy against the imperial house, and therefore is to be visited with exemplary punishment. They not only had Hsu Ginning beheaded and his heart torn out but sentenced his whole family to decapitation.
 Before he died the assassin confessed to being a member of the Yangtse Valley Revolutionary association, one of the ganzations that are largely led and d- rected by students returned from Japan.
 Very practical sympathy with the 'com- mon people, was shown by Princess Pau line of Wurtemberg at Rorschach, summer resort on Lake Constance. On arriving there from Freidrichshafen with her suite, the princess noticed aged porter trying to drag heavy truclload of baggage uphill. No one attempted to help the old man with his load, and the sight of his efforts went to the heart of the princess.
 Handing her gloves and parasol to her lady-in- waiting, the kings daughter went anu yoked herself with the old porter to the baggage truck and together they dragged the truck to the top of the hill. There she shook hands with the old man, who was profuse in is gratitude. Mean while the princess suite were petrihed with astonishment at her unconvention- al way of helping the toiling poor.
 curious lawsuit has just been decid- ed in Bohemia, the defendants being the well-known health resort Franzeiubad whose wonderful intoxicating baths are known throughout the world.
 The action was brought by the Saxon government, which has a watering place aLso with mud baths, Bad Blister. Some time ago Bad Blister entered into nego- tations to purchase a large area of ground containing mineral mud deposit near Franzibad. This fact soon came to the knowledge of the Bohemian town, an. they promptly decided to keep their Saxon rivals out of the field. According ly they bought up all the laid themselves. The Saxons immediately protested against Franzibad's attempt to "corner' the mud of the district, and the result was a lawsuit before the Eger court.
 During the trial 1t was stated that al- though Franzibad possessed an inexhaus- tibl5 supply of the wonderful mud, they had spent over a million crowns in buy ing up all the surrounding mud lands in the country in order to have possession for all time of this valuable healing rem edy. Bohemia has no antitrust law how