The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30


the treatment.
al grew more f1eshy than had been
for long time, and now call myself
well"
vided us with fleet. The studious
youth who does not fulfill the task of
being German. Christian and soldierly
| is contemplate. The German sword is
Gormany's power. The army md the
navy are worthy of our cheers" Tho
festival took place in Krol 3 theater,
which was overcrowded with represen-
tativcs of the army and navy, court
chaplains, professors and students from
| all parts of Germany,
Sailed Eggs for Kaiser.
President Taft5s big Christmas rincc
pie was not the only national dish pre-
sented 10 a ruler by admiring con
| stituents Kaiser Wilhelm has been
enjoying Halle sausages and picked
eggs presented 10 him by the salt work
crs at Halle. 4 committee of three
Halleres attired in their own costume
of red coats and knee breeches, ac-
cording to the custom which has OBJ
| tained since the reign Of Frederick the
! Great, waited on the kaiser with their
| gifts They were timed to arrive while
the imperial family was lunching, and
had the honor Of serving their annual
gifts of sausage and pyramid OF salted
eggs, the kaiser, in his genial way, set
ting an example by tasting the deli
cacies. The HalIeres brought lso pounds
of sausage (each one weighing a pound)
and 200 picked eggs, which is spe.
cialty In Halle, The men remain In
Berlin for ten days at the kaiser's ex-
pense, having the entrees to the the
aters. and returning with his maiesty's
gift of serviceable horse and other
things This is an annual custom, and
the Halleres stick tenaciously to this
ancient right.
Many-Sided Man.
The kaiser is a many-sided man. For
instance, his majesty has Just received
very comfortable check, representing
dividends. on stock held by him in a
Hanover brewery. This is only one OF
the many enterprises in which the
Kaiser takes an active and profitable
interest, His pottery works are famous
and he takes the same personal, active
interest in them that any successful
business man would The emperor
trades openly under his own name and
frequently takes orders for his products
IN person.
Had Change of Heart.
Every possible attention was paid
to the Chinese imperial naval commits"
sion while they were in Germany, Moth
ing was left undone, recording to the
direct orders of the kaiser, to impress
favorably the commissioners, on whose
report to the Chinese government large
naval orders are likely TO depend. The
attentions shown by official Germany
TO the Chinese visitors contrast strange
ly with the German emperor s own con
victions Of the yellow peril which his
majesty expressed pictorially some
years ago IN striking cartoon. This
picture, drawn by well-known Ger
man professor from the kaiser's own
design. showed an angel pointing out
to the assembled European powers n
hldeous yellow dragon. Beneath was
written the exhortations "Peoples of
Europe, defend your most sacred pos.
sessionsI' The emperor presented au-
tographed copies of his cartoon to mum.
bers of personal friends. including at
least one embasador i'll Berlin,
Robbed the Tax Collector.
Geinsheim on the Rhine is still vain.
ly searching for her Captain Koepenick |
and the tax collector of that Darmstadt |
village is bewailing the loss of his $l25. |
One evening recently young man pre-
lage tax collector as an auditor from |
the cXchequer office at Darmstadt the |
capital of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, |
to which Geinsheim belongs On the |
strength of letter (Which he pro-
duced) purporting to give information |
of Irregularities in the village tax office.
he inspected the books and cash, aided |
by the tax collector. The bogus audi |
tor declared the books were in order
and, with many apologies, took his
leave. The tax collector subsequently,
looked at the cash box and found $125 |
was missing. Inquiries at Darmstadt |
showed that Geinsheim had shared the
fate of Koepenicls
Novel Kind of Airship.
A patent has lust been granted here
for novel kind Of airship The in
vcntors propose to construct a combi-
nation of dirigible balloon and an
aeroplane, The balloon proper will be
of the rigid type. The car will be con-
structed to fly as an acroplane. indie.
of the balloon, The rela.
lively large supporting surfaces will
be made of freproof material, consist
ing CHIEFLY of mica and asbestos. The
car itself will contain two motors, each
driving propeller If both motors
Should happen to break down at the
same time, the supporting surfaces
would act as a parachute and the com.
blnation of balloon and aeroplane would
Gllde 10 earth,
Zeppelin Airship Fund.
The German imperial committee that
was formed after the disaster to tht,
Zlppelln airship near Echterdineen in
order TO organize q national Zippelin
airship fund, has now issued its Of
fetal report The total sum subscribed
TO the fund exceeded 100000 marks.
The subscription list was headed by the
kaiser with 10000 marks.
Slew Eight People
The American police have been asked
to search for young Russian Pole who
murdered eight people in Prussian Pc.
land under most atrocious circum-
stances. and who is believed to have fled
to the United States. The man arrived
at the little village of Pleschen, in the
province of Posen, and declared that
he had escaped over the Russian Dor.
der because he was found sleeping at
his post as sentinel at Russian prison.
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