The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22
YOUNG WIFE LEAVES HER RICH HUSBAND But Robs the Safe Before She
 Goes Away WITH HER YOUNG LOVER GermanyAIs Able 10 Send 5,200,000 sol- diers and Sailors Into Action
 in the Event of
 War 

Just after the merchant had handed hls
 clerk a purse and his wife a collection of
 jewels. the lady asked him to hide him.
 self in his bedroom for moment and
 she would see how she wanted to carry
 out a little surprise for him." He laugh l lngly complied, and he offered no objec-
 tion when his wife cried merrily to him:
 For safety's sake I am going to lock | you in!'
 l The merchant waited patiently to be
 called, but as the minutes rolled on he
 became impatient and called to the ser
 wants to let him out. With the aid of a
 locksmith his release was effected, and
 then to his horror the merchant sdiscoy-
 cred that his wife and the bookkeeper
 were missing, together with money from | the safe.
 | On table the merchant found a letter
 from his wife saying that her love for husband more than twice her own age had grown cold and that she had decided
 10 flee with the real object of her young affections.
 | New Years day was one of the busiest
 in the busy Kaisers calendar. The day began at s o'clock with trumpet fan fare, followed by the traditional parade of the Life Guard.
 | The family at 10 o'clock attended a
 service in the castle chapel. Then fol- lowed the brilliant "Congratulation Lev
 ee, ''one of the Kaiser's favorite occa- sions for confidential chats
 | Later the Kaiser, accompanied by his | tn ip d. | Linden. to hold his annual secret 'coun- ci of war with commanding generals and admirals.
 | Luncheon at the castle was the occa- sion for one of the quaintest of Hohen- | zollern customs-the presentation of | New Years salt, eggs, and sausage by the ancient Master Butchers guild | Immediately after the soup three butch
 CTS were ushered into the luncheon hall. | Their spokesman greeted the Kaiser in verse. The Kaiser caused the ,.sausages 1 to be served to his guests, and after he
 had partaken of them himself he ad-
 dressed jocular words to the deputation That Germany Is able to send 5,o0O, 600 1 soldiers and sailors into action, is the startling statement made In a paper by
 Colonel Gaedke, whose calculations are
 based on the census taken December l. Colonel Gaedke calculates that the na- | 1 less than T4,000 soldiers and sailors, "and probably more" Without calling upon | the substitute reserves" Colonel Gaedke states Germany can at any time now
 put 4,S00,000 trained men in the field from
 among the 6,064,0o0 who have done service
 with the colors by land and sea during | the past 25 years.
 | The North German Gazette in a de-
 scription of this years maneuvres, which l are to be on an extraordinarily extensive l scale says that the theatre of war will embrace Schleswig-Holstei Mecklen- burg -Schwerin. and Meckenburg- -Strelitz
 and Pomerania, Hanover, and Branden- | burg. The maneuyres will consist of l joint operations between the army and
 navy. The navy's operations will be off | the east coast of Southern SchlesNg- | Holstein and Ruegen.
 | Princess August Wilhelm, wife of the | kaisers fourth son, has set herself the
 task of reviving one of Germany's oldest customs, that according to which newly | welded couples immediately after the marriage ceremony plant couple of | oak saplings in a park or by a roadside l of their native town. Muchausen in I Thuringt is the first to respond to the l princess's appeal. municipal official appears at the church door after every wedding and invites the bride and bride groom to drive with him in carriage | to a new road near the town and there plant oak saplings. The tree planting
 idea was started by former elettor of Brandenburg with the object of repair ing the ravages caused by the Thirty Years war. The elector forbade young
 persons to marry until they had planted l fruit trees.
 One of ouiN magistrates who sought
 relief from the marriage tie explained to the court that his wife, in order to wear a hobble skirt with grace, had taken l strenuous measures to reduce her weight.
 She lost theee pounds in a few months, and in doing so he maintained she | ruined her complexion, her digestion, | and her temper" This course was per-
 sisted in, despite his remonstrances, and
 was sufficient cause for divorce. The judge granted his application. Deterio-
 ra<ion had been caused not through ill.,
 ness. but the deliberate disobedience of the wife.
 h,sls go NkChief m-.5Gi ku..-hhmm Professor Karl Roeching has painted for the officers eonvalescent home, near | Wiesnaden, repro sentation of the >I<ai- ser burning himself in tasting a bowl of soup as served to the troops at maneu- vers, Tho incident actually occurred The | Kaiser, as usual insisted on tasting the TatiCns, and burned lis mouth; where upon he observed in Berlin dialect: "Ach' Willima. thou hast properly burnt thy mug. The detailed report is being prepared ny the military and naval authorities on tho prcca utions in force for the pre-
 vention of espionage in order to ascertain how the operations of Lieutenant Bran | don and Captain Trench were possible and on the measures necessary to rem der espionage more difficult in the fu- ture. It is added that an alteration of the legal penalties for espionage is being considered, and as further preventive the increased use of searchlights, the better lighting of important points at night, as well as the separating of de- fence works from places accessible to the
 public by means of fences. is proposed.
 The Tageblatt reports that three work men employed at a local steel works were smothered with molten metal from
 vessel which dropped from It's hang
 ings In the casting room Their bodies
 are eplbeded in the mass of metal, which
 will Probably be buried, as 1t is impos-
 sible to recover the mems remains from
 1t.
 Another student has died of wounds
 received in a duel near Halle. Arno
 Hessc. A member of the Leipzig Uniyer- city Students corps received a slight in-
 suit from fellow student. whom he
 Since no student dueiling is allowed in LeipzlS. the disDutants went to Hellc. ss s s sZ;sss:s