The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
Dresden VIII Have Marvellous Bulla-
Ing For Entertainments
Of Various Char
aeters.
FIREARMS IN BERLIN
Police Arc Now Armed With Repeat
ing Gun Besides Their
Regular sa.
bres.
EBy Herbert A. White. Berlin Cor
respondent Of the Unite Press

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BERLIN, Sept. A wonderful
theatre, opera house and circus arena
combined Is springing into existence
In Dresden under the uspices OF the
Saxon ministers of education and f.
nance. The building with its wonder
full seating accommodations and It's
peculiar mechanical appurtenances
may In few hours be turned from a
concert hall or theatre into a circus
arena or even an amphithetre in the
center OF which sports, horse shows
or other contests may be carried on.
The architect responsible for all
this is Herr Stosch Sorrasani, a gen.
tleman who has had vast experience
in the building Of arenas and coli
seums. For the new building, the
Roman amphitheatre also forms the
ground scheme; but at one side of the
vast arena with its tiers Of seats, sit
uated scientifically like smaller cir
Gle just within the circumference of
larger circle, an enormous dome SO
yards in diameter Is being built. Be-
meath this dome will be an ordinary
theatre stage with all the usual equip
ment, while hidden orchestra will
divide the front OF the stage from the
arena floor. Thus one day, the open
ring may be occupied by the tumbling
clowns and performing elephants in
the circus. The next day, the arena
floor may be sunk few inches by
hydraulic machinery. the frauteuils
extended right across the orchestra
and Wagner opera may be played be-
fore five thousand people. AS soon
as Lohengrin and his swan have dis
appeared, the fautenils can be clear
ed away and the arena floor sunk to
It's greatest depth, from which mag
nificent tier of terraced steps will rise
to the highest point Of the stage. Here
the singers and musicians of the
Ninth Symphony can be provided with
an ideal resting place, or Mark Antony
from the steps of the capitol on the
stage itself, can look down over all
Rome to the outside limits Of the
arena floor. The magnificent posi-
bilities of the mountain like show
place have induced Herr Reinhardt
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join forces with Herr Stoech, and
Dresden in the future will witness
some of the most colossal of spectamu-
ular productions. For instance, the
three stored "Faust"-Heaven, Earth
and Hell-will be produced here on a
scale which has hitherto been impos
eible.
Herr Won Jagow, the Berlin presi.
dent OF the police, has again brought
himself in for good deal Of criticism
by reason of decree recently issued
to the members of the Berlin police
force For some time past, the free
use made of firearms by criminals in
Berlin in their encounters with the
police has been a cause of concern to
the authorities, and in June last every
member of the force was provided
with Browning repeating pistol in
addition to the ordinary sabre carried
by the German policemen.
Despite the new arm, however,
policeman was recently shot dead In
night fray with housebreakers. Herr
Won Jagow then issued an edict to
the effect that any policeman who
made use Of his pistol too late would
be punished. The results of this
"shoot first and look afterwards poll
cy soon became apparent. The very
day after the edict was issued an in
nocent man was severely injured be-,
cause policeman took him for a
burglar and fired at him through a.
house door without any previous par
ley. Now all Berlin is up in arms
against the police president for 1t ar
gued that perfectly harmless people
are liable to be shot down any mo-
ment by policeman who happens to
mistake them for lawbreakers. The
police themselves are In a quandry,
for II they don't shoot they may be
punished. and If they do shoot they
may find themselves confronted with
a charge of murder
A man whose name, years ago, was
Infamous throughout the world, is to-
day one of the city fathers of Brussels,
and tomorrow NAV he navor nf that