Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02
USED RIFLES TO SHOOT PURsUERs
Captain of the Stolen Boat Killed by
the Desperate Thieves.
FIVE sEAMEN ARE WOUNDED
Government Dispatch Vessel Required
to Capture Pirates.
KAISER UNDERTAKES BIG TASK
cial Language in All Documents
of His ReaIm-NObIemen
in Bad Business.
81 MALCoLM CLARKE.

BERLIN. July l-CSpecial to The Bes)-
crime which has shocked tie country
occurred recently at Kaiser Wilhelm
Hoog. where two boys b. came pirates.
They are a ships apprentice named Ernest
Voigt, Il years old, and George ITEM. a
chemists assistant They seized a fishing
smack. ran up the black flag. killed the
captain and held at bay a fleet of pur-
suers. wounding five sesmen
The boys boarded the fishing smack as
il lay at anchor and found only one man
on duty. Him they overpowered and threw
into the river. The seaman succeeded in
reaching the shore. After hosting the
pirate flag at the vessels mainmast the
boys set out for sea. Voigt acting as nav
igator. Captain Sci noerner skipper of the
smack. learning that il had go1e down tn
river. hired a mot0rb- at and went after it.
More than one rifle must have been in
the armory of the young pirates and they
used them at short range with precision.
Schooner was killed and the owner Of II e
motorboat abandoned the chase and landed
the body, afterwards notifying the police.
Then four fishing yawls took up the chase.
but the pirates kept them at bay with
their rifles ard succeeded in wounding FIVE
persons. A government dispatch boat over
hauled the smack and a detachment was
sent on board The boys even then were
not prepared to submit meekly. II was evil
IDENTIFY fight TO the death" with them.
and desperate struggle took place before
the officers were able 10 make them pris-
oners.
Demand for More warships.
The annual meeting Of the Navy league
at Nuremberg on Sunday resolved itself
into a demonstration in favor of the addi-
ton OF one large cruiser more year from
1919 onwatds than is included in the pro-
gram Of construction. The Vosa schs
zeitung recently published a leading arti-
Gle severely criticising the league. COM
planning that a representative of the Ad-
miralty attended the meeting and arguing
that the irresponsible Chauvinism" Of the
organization was calculated TO produce a
fresh disturbance of public opinion, espe-
cially IN England.
Railway Bars Long Hatpins.
/ The railway administration OF Saar-
I brucken, Germany. has given orders 70 its
officials that women whose hats are
! transfixed with long hAtpins are to be re-
quested to remove them, and II they de-
cline they are 70 be prevented from travel
ing in the trains and TO be called upon to
leave the stations. II they refuse they will
be arrested
Kaiser Undertakes Big Job.
The kaiser aims at nothing less than the
elimination Of all Latin phraseology from
scientific nomenclature and the substitution
therefor OF German words. II the kaiser
is successful, II will mean the complete re-
writing for all scientific works in German
The present Latin forms are comparatively
simple and easily understood. For instance,
the term "franktjonierte distillation' tfrae-
tional distiIlation) as IL now appears In
German, would become -'bruchstuckweise
nussige verdampfunEsstoffauf Eu
vsrschiedenen warmestArken-"
NobIemen IN Bad Business.
Recent revelations concerning the nobility
are causing almost as much Of stir as
the famous round table disclosures, and
criminal prosecutions probably win be in
stituted against noblemen who have en-
tered into nominal marriages for money
with women Of shady regulations
The zeitung says there are no less than
seven genuine countesses whose aequaint-
ance can be made without any particular
ceremony in the red light quarter. They
Ilshed recently Advertisements stating that
several barons, counts 4 marquis, desired
TO wed women who have money. Seven
women applied, while two other women
inserted Advertisements In the same paper,
giving a regular schedule OF the prices
they were prepared TO pay for the titles.
The prices were not high, but they got
number of answers and arrangements
for the marriages were soon In progress
The marriage contracts contained stipula-
lions that the parties should separate af-
ter marriage and the husbands should not
interfere with the manner Of life OF their
wives, nor make inquiries into their con-
duct"
Later, the barons secured undefended or
ooliusive divorces II il said this gang OF
noblsEnen have married dozens Of women
J and are getting rich in the business.