The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
GREAT GERMAN
 MILITARY REVIEW Elaborate Plans Making Fo
 Fall ManeuyerS KAISER TO BE PRESENT Census of the Unemployed in Berlin Organized by Socialists Turns Out to be Fraudulent-They
 Claim 100000.
KAISER TO BE PRESENT
By MALCOLM CLARKE.

By MALCOLM CLARKE. Berlin, March 1S.-Aceording to the wish of the Kaiser, the great military movements which are 10 take place next autumn will be held in the region lying between the towns of Stuttgart Heilbronn and Crailsheim in Wurtem- berg; they will be on a scale far more important and imposing than any ma neuvers held hitherto. About one-fourth of the German army will take part in these maneuvers, and all the troops will pass in review before the German Elm peror. All the Bavarian troops belong Ing to the German bank of the Rhine will take part, and a special feature of the maneuvers will be the trial of steer able balloons, motor cars, and in fact of every recent invention in the art of war. The census of unemployed in Berlin organized by the Socialist party a few weeks ago turns out to have been en- tirely fraudulent in character.
 The Socialists. who desire to demon strate the disastrous economic condi- ton of their country, declared that the census revealed the presence of 100000 unemployed in Greater Berlin An off, cial census organized by the municipal authorities now reveals that there are only 2S.oo0 unemployed in Greater Berlin.
 One device adopted by the Socialists to falsify their returns was to include all persons who were unemployed owing to sickness. The official statistics reveal the fact that on February 1 no less than 10000 persons in Greater Berlin were receiving sick pensions from the state. There remains to be explained where the Socialists found the remaining 37000 who were not discovered by the trained of fcial counters
 Herr Johann Behrens. who died re- gently at Sude, in Schleswlg- Holsten, left the very modest fortune of s125; but. under the terms of the will the heirs are not to be allowed to enjoy their inheri- tance until the sum of $S0000 has accum- ulated.
 Financial experts calculate that at an ordinary rate of interest the descendants of the heirs alive today will be called together in the year 2179 to receive their shares of the accumulated money.
 After experiences and changes lasting for some years, theh German military authorities have decided at last upon lighter and smaller type of pistol than the present revolver. The new type of pistol is loaded In the manner of the Browning by means of a magazine. which is filled before it is put into the pistol.
 Neurasthenia claims an ever-increas- ing toll all sections of society in St. Petersburg. Surprising numbers of peo- pie tired of life" end existence with bullet or poison, while the more fashion, able journey to Finland to fling them selves in the romantic Inatra Rapids. Strange clubs and societies are in exs- tence. The newspapers speak of one of these societies that has recently been formed for the purpose of playing the game of tiger and hunter"
 Two members, man and a woman. draw lots to decide who shall play the tiger and who the hunter The tiger Is given a little silver bell, which is hung round the neck. and the hunter takes loaded revolver in his hand. The room (which must be a large one) Is darkened. the onlookers hide in safe corners. and the hunt begins.
 The hunter has his eyes bound so that he can only trace his prey by the sound of the bell. He must fire six shots. and If then he has not hit the tiger the latter becomes hunter and shoots until blood flows.
 Another society of the world-wearv arranges 'champagne evenings" at which among 20 bottles one is drugged with morphia. Then there are nights in which outbreaks of secret suicide o. cur. for which no plausible explanation can be made They give rise to the sus- picion that the victims have belonged to some league of self-destruction
 For half a year now cholera has been our guest, and we feel assured that 1t Is not to leave us very soon for the city's water supply is thoroughly in- spring the daily number of victims will increase.
 St. Petersburg cannot be said to agi- tate itself over the epidemic but for years now they have been used to all kinds of catastrophes. Moreover, Rus sians are fatalists, and console them selves with the thought that cholera is pleban disease, which only afficts the submerged" classes and really helps them on to better fate.
 A terrible domestic tragedy occurred last night at Johannisthal just outside Berlin. A locksmith named Musslick. aged ss a steady and industrious man. had been brought to the verge If bankruptcy In consequence of continued bad trade Tn addition to this both he and his wife were delicate. thS latter being i'll in bed, while their two children were down with measles.
 This combination of misfortunes so preyed upon Mussliclxs mind that he de- termiIed to make an end to everything. His apprentices arrived this morning as usual. but as their master did not appear for some time the door of his bed room was burst open, revealing a terrible spec tacle.
 On one bed lay Musslck with bullet through his heart and his little son of with his throat cut. On the other bed were the bodies of the wife aged 30, and the daughter, aged S. The pulse arteries of both had been severed and they bled to death.
 The deepest sympathy is expressed by the whole neighborhood for the man. who is regarded as being the victim of circumstances.
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