The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-19
FATEFUL CAMPAIGN
OPENS IN GERMANY
Elections for New Reichstag
Will Mark Era in History
of Fatherland.
SOCIALISTS CONFIDENT
Expect to Double Their Pres
ent Membership in Par
lament of Germany.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.
Cable to Tho Tribune.


Special Gable TO The Tribune
BERLIN, Nov. Is.-What may be the
most momentous campaign in the history
OF modern Germany has been formally
opened by the announcement that the
elections for the new roichstag Will be
held on January IL
The date OF the dissolution OF the pres
cnt reichstag il said TO depend on the
II Is taken for granted that the disso-
luton VIII take place about the end OF
this month.
There is every indication OF a great
Increase In the Socialist vote. Just how
great this Increase will be 1t Is impos-
slble TO forecast. There is reason 10
believe, however. that despite the In
equities OF the German election laws
the Socialstlc representation in the
reichstag will be doubled and that they
VIII cast more votes than any other
single group,
How this will affect the naval pro-
grainme Is a question. 1t Is believed
however. that the government Will he
able 10 carry out its desires for a heavy
increase In the navy II is also possible
that the new rcichstag will insist on a
revision of the tariff In the interest OF
cheaper foodstuffs. The present German
tariff is the work of agrarlans and the
Indus sUsalists are convinced that II has
had TOO much 10 do with the great In
crease in the cost OF living;
II the Socialists and Liberals should
secure n majority of the new reichstag
there is little doubt that tariff revision
VIII nave prominent place in their pro-
Sramme.
Oppose Child Farming.
on1 Following ,,Ih the publication Of pook
came from the pen OF a former female
police assistant Sister Hcnrlette Arendt
(who alleges that thousands of German
state OF affairs differing little from nlav-
ery), the Berlin authorities have decided
to make thorough investigation into
| the charges.
Sister Arendt bases her assertions on
! her professional experiences. and de-
| clares that the authorities. AZ we'll as
sT,hd sne private children protection societies.
disregard state OF things OF which they
cannot possibly be ignorant She directs
her chief accusations against adoptiou
homes and private maternity hospitals
declaring that every year these concerns
for stipula ted fee get rid OF lar%e
plumbers OF unhappy little mites The
another OF cases OF which the Ntiter
has personal knowledge,
one OF these adoption homes In reply
10 letter OF Inquiry stated that Il was
able TO send from Germanv To- France
Belgium. Holland or Switzerland 1900
discreet children monthly. This state
probably exaggerated for the sake of ad-
Vertiscnent, hu; in any case IL Is an
admission that the concern in question
IS Prepared to negotiate the procuring
\ female employment agent I'm Ber
IN admitted that she sent children
abroad az prices ranging from $75 To
$500. particularly large number going
to Russia. Only few weeks ago child
was sen, 10 Russian baron for $500.
but in this case the child came OF good
stock from aristocratic parents. and was
well worth the price paid for II. Tho
average buying price for "A child OF work
ng class parents In Berlin is said TO be
So. while for children OF better class
anil
1900 and s2500.
|. The publication Of the hook has Gre
ated SO great a scandal that the police
authorities have been obliged by the pres
sure OF public opinion to open a thorough
Investigation into the alleged trading in
children. and are making exhaustive in
quiries Into each single case mentione5
in Sister Arendt's book.
Tax Bachelors and Old Maids.
The diet OF the German prlneipality
passed resolution imposing a surtax
on the incomes or unmarried men and
women more than 80 years old
The father Of the measure is himself
a taxable bachelor and wanted to apply
the lar 70 chjldless married couples.
w'dowers and widows. but he had 20
abandon this part of the scheme In con-
sequence OF the ferce opposition OF his
two chief opponents. who are also bache
lors. One mombcr threatened a general
exodus Of welto-do bachelors from
Reuse. tneTe p"lHe %HfDti -siS OF tHeoo
desirables in GreiZ. the capital
Another member pleaded the cause OF
taxable spinstcrs. who could not be sX-
pected TO take the initiative In the busi-
ness OF getting husband The surtaT
Is = per cent on the income tax or in
comes up to cSo0 and 10 per cent on
larger incomes. The population OF Reuse
Is between 10000 and 10000.
Is Worlds oldest Woman.
Frau Dutkiewicz, residing az Posen,
hes celebrated her 125th birthday. So
far as official records go. she ~ The old
est woman In the world. She Is tail and
thin but bent and very feeble. although
not absolutely hcdTidden.
and "A half decades. She is almost blind
and deaf. and suffers rheumatic pains.
rnpE trcSses or perfectly white hair give
her a patrarchal appearance She is n
Densioncr On the bounty OF the local Ro-
ma1 Catholics
Her son. aged 50. was nriest of the
Jesus church In Pcsep. Rv a strange
rorc thc altar on his mothers ip5th birth
dav hs fr!l dead from heart disease.
Frau putkiewiez was married over
ninety wears ago. and rms been widow
for for'v-ave wears. She gave birth 10
zen children nnd her descendants now
number more than 200. She nNssesses
'wN crca'--reat- great gran fH'ldren.
-ric wars and the final fan " NAPOLEON
Those far-ofT events AZ ,ho rn~innsng or
tho nineteenth century are clearly I'M
Drrasc3 On her -'emory whereas many
INCIDENTS OF the last quarter of GEN.
sury have been entirely forgotten
TiF'v vrav- Sexton,