The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-02

Won Buelow to surrender without q
nght, and. therefore. the people OF
Berlin are prepered to witness q repe-
tition OF the stirring days Of 1913.
An infaIiible omen Of what Is 20
come, IL the fact that the Government
IA quietly strengthening the Berlin and
Potsdam garrfsons and the weii-to-do
and; rich are withdrawing their depos-
its from Berlin banks and investing
heavily In England and French bonds.
Apparently the Kaiser 10 serene ana
undisturbed. interested only In his COM
ing trips to the Mediterranean and
Norway but In court circles 1t is whis.
pered that he is well aware that ne
cannot leave the country at the pres
emit time or In the near future--it would
look too much like a. flight.
A Wave Of Crime.
Political riots are not the only sign
Of the waning power Of the authorities
In Berlin. A wave of crime Is sweep
ing this city. formerly one OF the SAT-
est and most orderly Ia Europe.
Monday night an attempt was made
to murder q captains widow. named
Conrad. An her house in Sehastians-
trasse, City Frau Conrad. who IL aged
"a. lived alone In q small nat several
OF which were vacant. A respectfully
dressed man applied for one, and while
the landlady was getting the lease he
struck her repeatedly on the head and
shoulders with an from rod.
Frau Conrad Just received q large
sum for rents, and the ruffian, who was
driven OF by neighbors, was evidently
acquainted with this fact.
! In lonely part OF the Tempeih omeld
the body OF woman, named Giaesser.
aged 40, was found on Tuesday morn
ing. the woman had been gagged, OUT
ragged and then strangled.
A domestic tragedy took place Tues
day in the city. Rudulf Friek, car
penter, shot his wife and then himself.
All the efforts of the police TO dis
cover the murderer Of the child. Elsa
Miehke, have proved unsuccessful and
tina arrested suspects have been set At
liberty.
A Gern,an Tax Scheme.
In it's attempts to find suitable OBJ
jects of taxation the Kaiser's govern
nent has at last hit upon scheme
which is sure to meet with no Oppose
ton from the Taxpayers.
It IL planned 10 form government
monopoly in petroleum, kerosene, and
In doing so the government VIII XIII
two birds with one stone. It viii get
a new source of revenue and Will ut
the same time put an end to the plum
dering Of the public by the Standard
OIL Company
John d. Rockefeller 10 being looked
forward to with great interest although
IL is q foregcne conclusion that the oil
king will come out second best.
Cloud Upon the Horizon.
Another cloud II looming up upon
the political horizon and Is being mace
the most OF by the English press which
insists that present conference between
Ruaaia. Germany, Sweden ana Dem
mark have for their purpose TO make
the Baltic Sea "a mare clausum.
ThA Initiative to the Conferences was
taken by Russia, which drst opened
negotiations with Sweden and later In
vited Germany and Denmark to take
part.
terrifying Of the AAlends Island 81 tine
entrance to the Bothuic Bay.
according TO the Paris peace confer
ence which ended the Crimean war. and
the treaty between France, Great Brit
Ain and Russia Of March 80, 1885, no
forfifications, barracks or naval depots
were to be built on these islands.
with the silent consent Of Sweden
Russia has, however, stationed there.
strong military force, to prevent the
smuggIing OF arms into Finland by the
revoiutionists and the Car now en-.
beavers to get International approval
OF this step and has therefore opened
negotiations with the nearest powers
drst, ana not with any intent Of slight
ing.
Great improvements have beeIi MADE
in the wireless station at Nauen. Bran
denburx.- where, the xperiments In the
TaIefuIffe 3ff-s ssteHRl bong conduct
ed. -,
The experiments already made thia
wear show exceptionally good results
some weeks ago kilograms were re-
ceived from Nauen at small portable
military station at Kornenpurg near
Vienna and the steamship Cap Blanco'
az the Hamburg South American line
on the voyage from Hamburg TO Buenoa
Ayres daily received telegraphic news
from Nauea... aa.
The last Telegram reached her aI
Teneriffe, Mhetl she was eight days
out from Hamburg, at q distance OF
more than Eooo miles,
American aeronauts will, It lie hoped
compete for the 10000 marks prize Of
fered by the directors OF the great IN
ternational exposition which 10 70 take
place ct Munich this year. '.f
The prize will so to the winner OF
long distance race for aeroplanes and
the Kaiser has promised to be present
at the opening Of the race. DR.. Ganz
President Of the balloon branch OF the
Bavarian automobile club, is enthusi-
astic over the plan and hopes 1t will
give Germany inventors the impulse 10