Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-21
LUTHER-ECK DEBATE
Controversy in Leipzig Which
Led to Accommodation.
Thirteen DAYS OF TALK
Great Reformer Failed to Convince
Royal Audience.
PAPAL BULL SOON AFTERWARD
All His Writings Ordered Burned.
Similar Act in Reprisal
at Wittenberg.
PAPAL BULL SOON AFTERWAR]
By WILLIAM Z. CIRTlS

By WILLIAM f. CURT1s
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
| There is much in Leipzig and vicinity to
remind the historical student of Martin
Luther and the reformation.
If YOU will take a pencil and describe a
circle of fifty miles around Leipzig sou
will inclose nearly all the places identified
| with his career, except Worms. Rome and
one or two other cities visited by him.
Within that circle you will find the places
where he was born and died and where he
spent his entire life.
Any one who wishes to spend a fort
night in historical research, combined
with pleasure. can hire an automobile at
Leipzig-or at Erfurt, where the terms
are eheaper-and make an ideal excursion
through what may be called the Luther
country. The automobile will cost $50
day, the hotel bill of the chauffeur will be
$50 a day, and YOU will find neat and
comfortable inns in every village at cor
responding rates, and excellent hotels in
the larger places.
The excursion will take you through the
Thuringian forest, one of the loyeliest
parts of Germany. and across great, plains
upon which were fought some of the
greatest battles in history during the
thirty years war and the invasions Of
Napoleon Bonaparte. You will see some
alsc-and many castles, monasteries, abb
beys, fortresses and other structures OF
the middle ages. which abound in tradition,
romance and history-the scenes Of Wag-
ner's operas and the plays OF Schiller and
Goethe. and the most fascinating legends
of German folk lore. Manyq castles are
still occupied as residences OR as bar
racks, and are in good condition.
Many Luther Tablets.
Luther lived an active life. Nearly all
of it was spent in few little towns and
cities, where every house and church and
ether building that was associated with
him is marked with a tablet. Local guide
books, full of historic information, are
furnished in English and French as well
as German. His memory has been cap
italiZed i'm successful manner. like
that of William Tell in Switzerland.
When Luther was thirteen years old
his father sent him to Magdeburg, then.
as now. an important city, residence of
the archbishop. headquarters of an army
corps and seat CT great cathedral.
Magdeburg has a population Of about
10000.
Headquarters of the beet sugar indus
sugar factories of Germany is manufac
tured there. and many other kinds Of ma
chinery. 1t is about thirty-fve miles from
Berlin. At the intersection OF several
railways. it has become an important
shipping point
Magdeburg has been a commercial CEN
ter since the beginning Of the ninth GEN.
fury, and is indebted for its early pros
perity to the patronage of Emperor Ohio
the Great. His consort. Editlla, a pious
woman. founded a Benedictine monastery
there in 937. She was a daughter Of King
Edmond Of England, and must have been
a woman of great ability and enterprise.
The Emperor Ohio. who died in 973
and Editha, who died in 947, are buried in
the choir of the noble old cathedral. There
is a monument to Ohio in front Of the
Rathaus, erected by the municipality in
1890. In the same neighborhood is a
statue Of Luther in bronze, erected in
1856.