El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-16
PIGRELHbJBE
To BE PUT
ASIDE
New and Less Shiny Helmet
Is to Be Put on German
Soldiers.
SELF DESTRUCTION
IN SAXONY GREAT

1
! elhaube," the spiked helmet of the Ger
man soldier. viii be replaced soons
probably by a lighter headgear with
out the polished surface. Several NOD
els of new helmets have been tried by
various detachments OF the army re-
Gently. and, though none has been
found to give complete satisfaction the
test VIII be continued
Two material changes may be eX-
pected in whatever style is chosen
There viii be no polished spike at the
top. nor viii the helmet itself be pol
ished. permitting the reflected rays OF
the sun to easily belray the position
Of the troops. At present this disad-
vantage Is overcome during maneuFerss
by wrapping the helmet in canvas.
Taxes Bachelors.
MeckIenburg-Sc hWerin has followed
line. and adopted a law imposing an
additional tax upon unmarried males
Unlike Russia'S law however. which
taxes both men and women, the Meek
lenburg law applies only to bachelors.
Unmarried men above 80 viii hereafter
pay an addition of % percent. to their
regular tax unless they support de-
Suicides OF sarony.
Inc kingdom Of Saxony, which for
many years. has shown q disDropor-
Tomato number Of suicides over most
OIner countries, comes again to the
'front.' Of the German states in the sta
Jlst1cs Of 1903, for which year the king
dOm's yearbook has just been issued.
IN thaL year there were, in q popula-
Lon OF ABOUT 1900, 600. 1921 suicides
reported. Of which 35S were women
Inc cause given in 474 cases is de-
sponuencE or general WEAKNESS OF
me, suffering from disease resulted
IL 20 suicides. while an injured sense
o. 1onor led % persons to make way
with themselves
Reyiving shipping Dues.
hos
revive the shipping dues on -C.a~r,sr
naVlgable rivers. which were sbolissn-.r
Win enthusiasm about so years ago
Inc plan originates with Prussia a-d
- connected with the canal LEGISLATION
OF about 10 years ago
IN 1893 the Prussian rovernua7e
tIleu unSuccessfully to induce the diet
70 pass a-laW providing for the Con-
sIrucuOn OF canal IL oo,r-se+ -
L---llle Win the Elbe. starting from
near Dusseldorf on the RniSa go
Ing me Elbe near Aagdeburg.
me aSrarlan interests. which -,rs
~ Ll-lhate IN Prussian legislation TOOK
- a the plan, believing that zror
e- CalaI would facilitate the import ~.
lelSn sraln into the heart ~ c.
many. and the bill was raiaofsJ -
E.al years later however q o-,----,-5
III providing for the bufTdf7V ~ A.
TallaI from the Rhine In a rof-t 80
e+-1re5 was passed but the aa-rarfs-7.,
go. e.leu provision to tie r,sss---'
49, s--Duil not be put into 0Deraffor,
- lois mad been reiufro7rros(7 -
$50 - ~ v ssole streams Of the emDf-e ~
lendlng This as a furTbe- -,s-. - m
-egklng the shipment or fT15o-to-l
sI1in INTO the Interior leu
upon the Prussian crovs-,-,.-e
20 WORK to obtain the coor3.-sf5,--
~ cue olher German states for -
55SSaSe OF law reVfvfua rsvf-s So,
1IsS- me assistance Of Bavaria 80
-. 'S1-llDers was obtained bv h01diD-
81 HOpes that the Main and NecI-ss
--eis would be improved in fhei- -,
- course, so that those states v-o'--ff-g
tie advantage of water cor,r,,,,
-s-+ - WIN me sea Ham burgss CON
f0ry 1s,S,,., famed Dy trade Of terri
Dor area -ie mar
r. Fails in One Respect.
~ one important respect tho 49,
f,N -a-ls 20 meet the expectations -
s7,-,-, - a lsiiS In order 60 obtain +be
MANS - sle otner states for ffs
IL - --ssta was obliged 10 a-ro-
80 tHe lolls at a very low fie7rre
- u1-Ce lney viii not prove a 80,
-ii-s check TO foreign grain T.
predicted by the opnonan+s -
no. 49,, NAT the rates as fixed nil
sss-rT,s,I ~ y so much revenue a.
- -, ny tue government. and 4hs-
-. ~ nave TO be consfdara5,ir- -
~ 80 ~ the promised imDrovs-,s-e
=. ne aIIluents Of ehe Rbine ~ -
carried out - 10 De
viii 1IIeI 65 this law can take effect T.
~ secure an agreement va I5 -li1.9-l-
= y ia Win which Countess 60
r-s-5S ms treaties guaranteefno 49,
stvss.--t OF navigation on fbs 80
~ - LEI TONED As both coI1nf-f.s
-beiT +Ulsly opposed to barteriny ava
81 tam that the law win 49, .lLleans
INTO operation. ever oe put