El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09
7 TEMPERANCE
URGED BY
KAISER
William Urges German Stu
dents to Quit Their Drink
ing Practices.
PRAISES AMERICAN
STUDENTS HABITS

Berlin, Germany, Sept emperor
William now seldom misses an oppor-
tunity of warning German students to
moderate their drinking habits, and to
adopt rather the American model Of
student life Several days ago, upon
the occasion of presenting a flag to
the gymnasium at Cassel where he was
prepared for the university, in order
TO commemorate his connection with
that school. he made brief address
to the students of the senior class, adj
v1sing them, when in the university,
to use less alcohol
The traditional drinking customs, he
said. were no longer adapted to a time
In which Germany must struggle for
Then he praised the abstemious life
OF American students, and he had
often been impressed, he said, with
their ability German students, his
he has often said to other student as
semblies. must give more attention to
sports of all sorts. including fencing
and rowing. instead of trying to create
new records for the amount of beer
that they can swallow.
The Sleeping Sickness.
Emil zimmerman, German writer
who has recently been travelling in
portant fact bearing upon the spread
of the sleeping sickness in that col
ony. Hitherto it had been supposed
that the tsetse fly, the cause of the
disease. bred almost exclusively in
grassy or lightly wooded strips of land
bordering on lakes or rivers, keeping
about the paths where animals come
to drink. Hence the chief method of
combating the pest has hitherto been
to cut down the trees along the lakes
and rivers and TO prevent the Shorthand
from becoming overgrown with high
grass and reeds.
zimmerman found. however. that
the fly finds one of it's fayorite haunts
in groves of the oil palm. He mem
tions the case of two huge palm groves
aggregating SOC, trees situated near
Usambura at the northern end of Lake
Tanganyika, in which the natives are
rapidly dying off.
There was formerly a dense popu-
lation in the groves, but now there are
only about 200 persons left. and the
physicians say that fully half of these
are affected. and it is only question
Of Time and not very long time, till
the groves will be completely depopu-
lated and revert to wilderness. All
this is of no little economic signiff{
canoe for the colony, where the Ger.
mans have been vigorously exerting
themselves to promote the cultivation
of coffee, Sisal grass, cotton, rubber
Kings Gift Is Lacking.
The generosity of the late king
Chulalongkorn of Siam has brought
the little town Of Homburg. the en-
perors favorite watering place. into
some trouble Upon the occasion of
his last visit to Homburg, several
years ago. the king announced a gift
to the city of a temp1e-like pavilion to
cover a spring which had been named
sum of about $500 for erecting it after
its arrival from. Siam ItNwas built and
shipped according to promise, but the
king died before sending the money
fnr nd 10 0ff W &c
wondering who will bear the expense
of putting 1t up.
1t is announced that the Bayreutl
summer opera season will be repeated
departed in this instance from it's
usual practice of having. the operas
given only on alternate years. The
reason for this change appears to be
Parsifal copyrights at the end of 1918.
after which that famous opera will
naturally, be placed upon the roper
toire Of all the leading opera houses
of Germany.
Improving the Service.
The state railroad administration is
determined in future to keep its per-
sonnet In the highest condition of
physical and mental fitness. and thus
to avoid as much as possible the oc-
currence of accidents on it's system
arising from breakdowns of the mems
health.
orders nave just BEEN issued for the
holding Of a series of, stringent tests,
to which all locomotive engineers.
firemen, signalmen switchmen and
other track employees are to be i'm
subjected. Up to the age. of
45 these tests are to be repeated every
five years, sight, hearing and nervous
condition being submitted to thorough
After the age of IS the examine
ton Is to take place every three years.
a
in case Of doubt as to any mans con-
dition he will be sent before the ex-
aiming board much more frequently.
and in the event of deficiency of some
kind being confirmed he will be PEN
stoned.