The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
OFFICERS ARE NOT 50 GAY NOW Army and Navy Bulldozers
 Taken Down HISTORY OF A LEGACY Caused Considerable Amusement in Reichstag Debate - Emperor Holds Attempted Suicide Can-
 not Be Punished


 insult or assault civilian with im- punity Such is no longer the case.
 Recently a naval lieutenant at Will helmshaven had words with a commer- cial traveller in a bar and was struck in the face by him. The officer en- deavored to return the blow but was restrained by another civilian. He thereupon procured pistol with which he fired several shots at the traveller, none of which struck him, though the barmaid was slightly wounded. He threatened to prosecute the civilian, who declared he wouldn't let the En- peror himself hurl an insult at him.
 A few months ago two petty naval officers were sent to prison for fiend- ish treatment of an enlisted man.
 And now there is some more of Herr Jagow, our unique and eccentric police chief; he has been at it again. He is the man who caused the slashing of Amer ican newspaper men who were sent to cover the now historic Moabit labor troubles and thought this same think akin to a joke. Max Reinhardt's latest play, which turns on the accidental dropping of a lady's garment, was cen sored by the police. After alterations the play was allowed.
 The police president attended the dress rehearsal and there made the ac- quaintance of Tilla Durioux, a star at the Deutsches theatre. Next day he wrote to her that as he performed the ft,p of dra, tio l I to get into touch w-th stage circles and, therefore, begged permission to call upon her.
 Frau Durieux handed the espistle to her husband, Paul Cassierer, art dealer. who wrote an indignant letter to Ja gow. The latter sent a friend to give explanations which would prevent the husband from jumping to false con- clusion.
 Herr Cassierer declared himself satis- ned. There IS now another development to the incident. Cassierer is publisher of weekly paper called "Pan,i' and Jagow. as literary censor, recently ordered the impounding of an issue of this period ical on the ground that extracts which It printed from the diary of Gustave Flau- bert were indecorous.
 Now the conductors of Pan" have ob- tained possession of the correspondence between Jagow and Herr Cassierer, and declared their intention of publishing it.
 In the course of a debate on the army estimates in the reichstag, Major Gen. eral Wande director of the war depart- ment, declared, in reply to a question whether it was true that corpses had been shot at by soldiers at Spandau, that some years ago firing experiments were carried out on corpses with the object of ascertaining the penetrating power of modern rifles.
 These experiments which, moreover, were made on anatomical exhibits, not on naked corpses, were, said Wandel, es- sential in the interests of army surgery. None of the soldiers who were shooting saw anything of the exhibits. which were wrapped In linen or hidden behind linen. The socialists severely criticised the ex- periments, saying it was dastardly to in- fict wounds on a, dead body unless 1t was on a dissectihg table.
 A curious incident is reported from Wurzberg, Bavaria, In connection with the celebration of his ninetieth birthday of the prince regent. Professor Regel, of the local geographical institute, was as- signed the role of calling for three cheers for the Kaiser
  references to his majesty that many army officers and officials gave vent 10 their disapproval.
 The professor declared that it was an obnoxious necessity" to have to call for three cheers for such people as the Kaiser. about whom there were so many objectionable things"
 The Chemnitzer spinnerei, one of the | loo nounces that substantial progress has been made with the utilization of "ka- pok" as a substitute for cotton. The company states that 1t has been unable hitherto to operate with "ka- polk" on a large scale. but experience so far justifies hope for its future. Much amusement has been caused | among members ct the reichstag by the history of legacy left to a so- cialist member by an admirfhg fel- low socialist. This man. humble tail- or, left all to the politician, having no relatives except his widow, and desir- ing to mark his esteem for the prin- ciples of socialism. The total value | of the estate was proved to be about sS50, which was duly handed over to the legatee. Then his troubles began. The widow who had been separate
 
 estate; and though her legal rights were nil the socialist gave her $175 for which she asked. Shortly afterward tha authorities came forward and informed the legatee that as the tailor had re- ceived poor relief for some time past there was an amount of $10O due from the estate. This was thereupon hand ed over, leaving the socialist member with only s75.
 His troubles, however, were not vet ended. One day there arrived at his house a large case, for which he had | to pay sum of s72.5e. Refusal to ac- | cept the case was impossible. as n | was explained that it contained an urn | in which were The ashes of the de- ceased tallor, Who, In accordance with | his expressed desire, had been era mated, with the result that his estate was liable for the crema torium fees and the legatee was properly tb Q owner of the ashes. The socialist r,an,1 l Der has thus found his legacy reduced 10 B and as there Is still some stamn duty to be paid he will probably nnS himself out of pocket before the mat . ter is ended, while there appears al ways to be the rise of fresh ciafrna being put in.
 Freak matrimonial advertisements eeros out so frequently that the Royernmeef i, likely to take action in respect to ss4 authors. Here Is the latest sceesss.s s.. Young man of good family in Pornsrzrsfs acquainted with many nobisrnen, sgxees to marry bride with half q million zi least. She may be deaf. dumb, blind lame, crippled or deformed. II does n.,i matter. provided she has the required fortune.
 Five years ago Herr Gruenthal. man. ager of the note department of the i'm nerial nrinfinor offica