El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-08
.BEIM ILIAN
SURPRISES
GERMANS
Abandons Military Career
For Important Position as
Parliamentarian.
SCIENTISTS STUDY
STRENGTH OF SUN

Berlin. Germany, July S.-Great in
terest has been excited throughout
Germany by the unusual case Of a Ger
man prince, in direct line Of succession
to the throne, preferring a parliamen-
tary career to a military one and with
drawing voluntarily from the army.
Prince Macmillan, Of Baden, hold
ing the rank Of major general and
commanding the 2Sth Cavalry Brigade,
has retired from the army, according
to an announcement in the official
Karlsruhe Zeitung," because his re-
sponsibilities. as president of the upper
house of the parliament of Baden left
him no time for his military duties.
So remarkable was this step in Ger
many that the official version received
scant credeuce, and rumors that the
Princes retirement was due to. per
sOnal con ztct with emperor William.
the over Warlord, were current until
formally denied by the military super
Tor of prince Macmillan.
A Liberal Leader.
Prince Macmillan, as president Of
the Baden house of peers, has shown
of peers. coming out strongly in favor
Of an act On village administration, in
dorsed by the Socialists and the Baden
ministry, but rejected by the house of
peers.
Crown Princes Present.
Though more than six years have
passed since the marriage of the Ger
man crown prince and crown princess,
the wedding present of the Pruss1an
II - l.
now approaching completion. It will
PROBABLY be presented this autumn, be
fore the departure of the crown prince
to take up his remote military COM
mand at Danzig.
It consists Of an ornate silver fable
service, designed by a number of the
leading German artists and sculptors,
one artist, for instance. working out
two groups of elephants and obelisks,
bearing the names and arms Of the
Prussian cities, another designing a
series of male and female figures to
represent the months and the season,
while still others labored on Candida
bra, candlesticks. bowls and orDamen-
tai figures Of horses and riders, cattle,
etc Under these circumstances it was
difficult to obtain uniformity Of design,
and while some Of the pieces have re-
posed several years in the vaults of the
imperial bank, others have been cast
and recast and are even now unfin-
ished.
Determining Sun Heat.
Professor T. Kurlbaum, of the tech
nical university in Charlottenburg, has
Just made an expedition to Upper
Egypt, for the purpose of determining
the heat Of the sun His observations
were made on a hill near Assouan,
more than 500 feet above the sea level.
It was necessary to take the observa-
tons in the driest possible climate, near
ular rays, and at an elevation so as
20 operate in an atmosphere where
conditions are equable.
The observations were made only on
days which were perfectly cloudless
and showed a minimum of moisture IN
the atmosphere. The method Of OBJ
servation. which was too technical to
be described here, consisted in compar-
ing the radiation Of heat from certain
black objects with that of the sun.
The results Of the scientists observa-
ton showed temperature of between
1885 and $500 degrees celsius. This
was according to an older scale of
measurement, but according to a scale
adopted in 1907 the measurements
would range between 6002 and 1882
dtE rees. The estimates of two other
scientists had already shown -empera-
tures of about the same intensities as
Prof KurlbaUm's, but DR.. Goldman
mer's estimate is 10000 degrees.
Police Learning English.
On account OF the great number Of
foreigners who visit Leipsig during the
annual fair. the Leipsig common coun-
ell has decided to instruct a number of
policemen in English and French, and
also to appoint TO the police force non
commissioned officers from the army
familiar with the more difficult Rus
sian and Polish languages. The lin
guistic officers will be distinguished
by a chevron with the flag of the land
whose speech they understand and VIII,
it is hoped, be in service during the
fair this year
China Studies Sanitation
The chief Of police OF Pekin. China.
an amiable man named C. c. Chang,
has been in Berlin for some time max
ing close study Of the systems of
paving, sewerage and disposal of gar
bage. 1t is supposed that his visit here
portends an attempt to modernize the
Chinese capital, the sanitation of which
leaves much to be desired