The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

spurious captain, koepen1ck has been | once more shaken out of It's suburban repose by a strong drama of misused au- | thority. In this case insanity and not crime was the actuating force.
 | For 45 years Wilhelm Doerdel, station master of Koepenick had performed | faithful services on the state railways, | but a few weeks ago his health broke down. and his doctor ordered him to rest but he reappeared at the station and re- sumed control. His subordinates now re- member that his manner was strange and his orders little perplexing. Towards midnight, however Doerdel, who had retired to rest, emerged from his residence, imperfectly attired, and
 wandered restlessly about the station till
 he found a ticket collector, whom he at
 once set to abusing with great vehemence. One by one he tackled all his subordinates and told them that as soon as he had taken the steps necessary to counteract their treachery, he intended to commit his complaint to paper and forward 1t to the Emperor.
 The staff was at first non-plussed, but It gradually dawned upon them that their chief had taken leave of his senses, and they made efforts to induce him to retire to bed
 Their persuasion, however, only height ened his mania, and the situation became really grave when he began to rush about
 
 declared were necessary to remove the
 disorder in the traffic occasioned by the strike.
 Fortunately police sergeant who hap pened to be at hand possessed not only presence of mind, but also ingenuity. Procuring a sheet of foolscap paper ne approached the demented stationmaster, and urged upon him the necessity or drawing up a report on the strike Tor the Emperor before the movement had spread further At the same time he pointed out that the place where he would pc 1east likely to be disturbed in his work py inc molestations of the strikers would uh- doubtedly be the town hall. The station master fell into this trap and allowed himself to be conducted thither Though he ealmed down it has been found neces- sary to consign him to an asylum.
 Six thousand Catholics met here re- centIv and passed resolutions denouncing Mayor Nathan of Rome for his anti- Catholic speech. They drew up protest which they sent to Nathan and the rope Otto Cyriacus, a partner in a iong-es- tablished firm of book sellers, shot nm self, following the discovery or spose- age in his accounts amounting to 4oo'- 000 rJo Cvriacus was only 34 years of age. lie reIonged to an old family. One Of the mariners came across Cyrlacus lrresu iar,ties by accident. The firm decided to dcnounce him to the police Herr Cyriacus, in the meantime, leit HIS bome at Zehlendorf and wandered aim lessly in the neighboring countrysioe.
 He applied for lodgings at taverfS fin L<lein Machnow. At o'clock next morning the landlords family were alarmed by the report Of revoiVei, | The strangers room was entered anu | Cyriacus was found dead. The cause oi | his ruin is believed to have been specu- | lation. ,.,,,a ,,no,un the motive for it was in every hody's mouth. While the man was Weai inc himself out in his wanderings' ai,
 audit of his firms books has reveaieo defalculations on his part Herr Cyriacus
 ,,as eenerally liked and trusted, did not, os far AS Is known, indulge in extrava- | gance of any kind. and the object of ms sneculations has not yet been discovereu.
 n |. hinted that he had speculated un- 1 wisely.
 .erhe, steady building up of our fleet IS
 the answer Germany snoulo give lo M st
 po,four.s Glasgow's speech" says the Nauaste Nachrfchten. Germany is now
 to he held down at all costs. for the undarlving principle of German naval | nolicv-to be so powerful that even tne r,iohtiest naval antagonist would FISK nis sunremacv in war with us even though he won-runs directly counter to Engiish naval policy Viewed from this stand no,nt MT. Balfours attack, despite ms false statements, is comprehensiple ana must be taken seriously. "Iu view of this state or aHalrs, now evar we must constantly keep before our sves that there Is only one means at our d;snosal to command Englands respecV and nreserye peace and that is the steaoy buildiug up,of our fleet, the making reaoy our new material, and sleepless and com nrehensive training and practising or that which we already possess.
 The German Theatrical association mas published a warning to aspirants to the dramatic profession, to the effect that It l ;s already so evercrowded and salaries are so low that this sphere of activity or fers unfavorable prospects to young men and women. There are approximately 1Q,- oOo actors and actresses in Germany, Aus | tria and Switzerland and of these one Hfth have regular employment at the higher class theatres. Few earn more I than P75O per annum, and the average
 salary is e25O per year. Of the remaining
 eooo members of the profession one-quar- fer are permanently unemployed, and often in Restitution. Six thousand actors
 and actresses have precarious employ ment and earn on an average of B | week.