Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
AS INSURANCE RISK
Offer of Excessive Premiums is No
Inducement.
IEAT EFFORT TO KEEP SECRET
Investigation Of Friedberg Bomb
Worries the Police.
PLOT TAKES ON DRAMATIC PHASE
Germany at Present Leads All other
Countries in the Number of
Labor Disputes - Wages
the Main Issue.
RL MALCoLM CLARKE.


BIZ MALCOLM CLARKE.
BERLIN, JULY 16-(Special Dispatch to
The Bee.)-tMuch has been written about
the kaiser's health, but 1 am in possession
of facts which tend to show that his ply
steal condition is worse than is generally
believed. About eight months ago his maj
esty was told by physicians that his sym
toms were such as to excite alarm
The kaiscr's first thought was of his fam
lily and he Immediately opened negotiations
! to purchase a life Insurance policy for
100000 upon his life so that adequate pro-
vision might be made for his younger
children In case of sudden death.
| Medical experts were sent by the In
surance company to Potsdam castle where
they made searching physical exarina-
ton of the Emperor Within a fortnight
word was conveyed to the ruler that the
company would not care to take the risk
of insurtng his life. His majesty attempted
to purchase the policy by agreeing to pay
$500, 600 annually in premiums. At this rate
the company would be reimbursed for the
100000 in ten years but even this aliur-
ing offer was rejected.
1t is reported in official circles that over
lures have been made to all the big in
surance companies OF Great Britain Eu-
rope and America and not one will place
risk upon the life of the emperor This
puts an entirely new, aspect upon the mat
ter of the kaiser's illness. Extraordinary
attempts have been made to keep the true
facts from becoming public and the agents
through whom negotiations with insurance
companies were carried ON were all sworn
to secrecy.
Bomb Outrage Interestihg.
The imperial Investigation of the Fried
berg bomb outrage and its accompanying
/ attempt to plumber, the Imperial bank, has
now attained to the point where the Ger
. man secret service branch is pow working
In hand With the international representa-
tlyes upon the continent and they are en-
, gagged in unravelling the last threads of
the most perfectly laid plot that has
come to their attention in many years.
story of the Crime.
B In view of the possibility OF further
l developments, 1t will be advisable briefly
to recapitulate the details of the affair SC
r far as they have become known. To pick
UP the first thread of the story one must
go back to June a. At 1915 on the evening
, of that day, policeman on watch in the
2 Frankfort Bockenheimer Landstrasse
where the merchant princes Of the Main
' have their town palaces, noticed a mar
0 emerge from the garden of the banker
e Herr A. Mayer, mount bicycle. and ride
e off with all speed. Possible the constable
$ would not have paid particular attention
v to the occurrence had Il not been that 4
a few minutes later the stiffness of night wal
s broken by a tremendous report, followed
/. by the crash of glass from score Of win
! dows An explosion had taken place JUS
outside the bankers house on the path
leading up to the tradesmen.s entrance
There was brief struggle, during which
) the manager received several blows on thu
d head with some hard object, evidntly ;
: pistol. The noise attracted other peOpl
= In the building, who were heard approach
ing. Then the stranger appeared to realiz
that his enterprise had tailed. He brok
loose and made for the door, but tarrie
in his flight to fire a couple of revengefu
shots at his opponent One struck tn
manager on the forehead. and the othe
: grazed his nose.
Flight and Pursuit.
The miscreant was encountered in tn
doorway by several persons who had hear
. the reports and stopped to see what wa
, wrong. With the utmost sang froid h
= told them that somebody had been shot
"a and that he was off to fetch doctor
He mounted a bicycle which was standin
~ outside. and fastened away. But as luc
iS would have IL, the pursuit was speedii
" taken up. Bystanders urged the drive
of an empty mOtor-car to join in the chase
8, He was indifferent to their appeals. an
~ soon disappeared. The police, however
~ were fortunate enough to secure the SCI
Vices OF another car, and overlook tn
"a criminal just outside Nauhelm. He had 4
" the meanwhile fired two more shots Q
~ persons who. rather by accident than do
sign, had interposed themselves betwee
n him and safety. One deaf and dumb DO
y of 10 was struck in the lower part Of II
abdomen. but the wound has not prove
~ fatal.
When the fugitive, who was plainly el
hausted by his desperate efforts to escap
10 saw that the pursuers were close on h
re heels, he jumped off the bicycle and too
40 10 the fields He was. however, pverhaule
re and after having directed q shot at Il
DC policeman nearest to him, sunk down 9
.. his knees and fired his last bullet throus
v his own brain.
M Labor Tr0ubles Many.
RS According TO statistics just published
ay the German Imperial Labor Gazette
ID. Germany leads in the number OF strike
on From the figures given Il would see
N that the German workmen are usually 4
ks from satisfied According to the figur
as there were 1.Sl7 strikes in Germany
1903 alone, against $50 in England. Fran
and Austria had respectively 1913 and 4
" Germany too. had far more strikes I'M
any country In Europe la 1909.
Nd OF LAS German strikes for higher vag'
z55 were successful. AS partly so. and
failed The German trade unions disburs
.ch on account Of strikes in 1907 the sum OF ,
ibo 10000 or 81 per cent OF their total exps
len diture for all purposes; while the Britt
yen unions In the same period paid out OF
nm S6s5. 900 for strikes, or 81 per cent of tn
1. Aggregate expenditure