Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-22
DOES NOT TAKE IN RESERVES
This Years Maneuvers Planned on a
Vast Scale.
KAISER BUSY ON NEW YEAR DAY
Received Butchers Guild at Quaint
Ceremony.
OLD HUSBAND GIVEN A SURPRISE
Young wife Locks Him I'm n Room on
Innocent Pretext. Then RObs His
safe and EIOpes with Her
Lover,
BY MALCOLM ]. CLARKE.

BY MALCOLM j. CLARKE.
BERLIN. Jan. 2l-Cspecal to The Bee)- |
That Germany is able to send 100000 SOL
diers and sailors into action is the start
ling statement made in a paper by Colonel
Gaedke whose calculations are based on
the census taken December 1.
Colonel Gaedke calculates that the nation
will have actually under arms not less
than 7l4,CO) soldiers and sailors, land prob
ably more" Without calling upon the
substitute reserves" Colonel Gaedke
states, Germany can at any time now put
100000 trained men in the field from
among the 6O64,OOO who have done serv
ice with the colors by land and sea during
the last twenty-five years.
The North German Gazette in a descrlp-
ton of this years maneuvers, which are
to be on an extraordinarily extensive
scale. says that the theater of war will
embrace Schleswig- Hosten, Mecklenburg-
| Schwerin and Mecklenburg- Stretz and
Pomerania, Hanover and Bradenburg. The
maneuvers will consist OF joint opera
! lions between the army and navy. The
| battleships and cruisers of the high seas
| fleet will all take part The navy's opera
| lions will be off the east coast of southern
! Schleswig Holstein and Ruegen.
Tired of Old Hubby.
An elopement unique in the history of
| domestic infelicities occurred here recently.
| There was a robbery in connection with the
! crime.
| y merchant who is well-to-do and sc
years of age, has been living in ideal hap.
| piness with his 2J-year-old wife since their
marriage in 1905. He did not suspect her
affection for bookkeeper who entered his
employ, and the young man was invited to
join the family festivities Christmas eve.
| Just after the merchant had handed his
| clerk a purse and his wife collection of
| Jewels the lady asked him to hide himself
in his bedroom for moment and he
would see how she wanted to carry out
little surprise for him" He laughinglv
complied and offered no objection when
his wife cried merrily to him, For safetys
sake. l am going to lock you in"
The merchant waited patiently to be
called, but as the minutes rolled on he be-
came impatient and called to the servants
to let him out. with the aid of a locksmlth
his release was effected, and then to his
horror the merchant discovered that his
wife and the bookkeeper We're missing, to-
gether with money from the safe.
New Years Ceremonies.
New Years day was one of the busiest
began at o'clock with a trumpet fanfare
followed by the traditional parade oe the
Life Guard.
The family at 10 o'clock attended a
service in the castle chapel. Then fol-
lowed the brilliant "congratulation levee."
one of the kaisers favorite occasions for
confidential chats, Later the kaiser, ac-
companied by his sons, went to the. arsenal
in Inter den Linden. to hold his annual
secret council OF war" with commanding
generals and admrals.
Luncheon az the castle was the occasion
for one of the quantest of Hohenzollern
customs-the presentation of New Year 8
salt eggs and sausage by the ancient Mas
ter Butchers guild.
Immediately after the soup three butch
ers were ushered into the luncheon hall.
Their spokesman greeted the kaiser in
verse. The kaiser caused the sausages to
be served to his guests, and after he had
partaken of them himself he addressed
jocular words to the deputation.
NewIyweds Plant Trees.
Princess Augusta Wilhelm. wife OF the
D kaiser's fourth son. has set herself the
I task of reviving some of Germany's oldest
e customs that according TO which newIl
3 welded couples Immediately after the mar
p riage ceremony plant a couple Of oak sap
lings in a park or by roadside of their
native town. \ municipal official appears
4 at the church door after every wedding
$ and invites the bride and bridegroom e
I drive with him in a carriage to a new road
near the town and there plant new OAK
L saplings.
u German wives Must obey.
1 one of our magistrates who sought re.
10 lief from tho MARRIAGE tia avplaInad a.
9 the court that his wife. in order 10 wear
G a hobble skirt with grace. had taken
r ! strenuous measures to reduce her weight
% She lost thirty pounds in a few months
b and in doing so, he maintained she ''rclned
l. her complexion, her digestion and her TEN,
10 per- This course was persisted in. de-
spite his remonstrances. and was sufficient
70 cause for divorce. The judge granted Inf,
n application on the grounds OF disobedience
d Wilhelm burned His Mug.
}. Prof Karl Roechling has painted for tn,
- officers convalescent home, near Wies
!, baden. representation of the kaiser
burning himself in tasting a bowl Of sour
as served 10 the troops at maneuvers Thu
l incident actually occurred. The kaiser
as usual, insisted on tasting the rations
and burned his mouth, whereupon he OBJ
served in Berlin dialect. Ach! William
thou hast properly burnt thy mug"
student Dies of wounds.
, Another student has died of wounds re
E. ceived in a duel near Halle. Arno Hesse
o member OF the Leipzig University stu
n dents corps, received a slight insult from
a fellow student, whom ne callenged q
. a duel with heavy sabres. Since no stu
n dent duelling is allowed i'm Leipzig, IN
a disputants went TO Halle, where convent
!. ences' were speedily placed at their dis
pOsal.
A new rifle bullet is 20 be adopted 10
the use OF soldiers emlpyoed TO keep orde
in strikes and civil disturbance This bul
G. let on leaving the gun breaks into frag
e ments which al a distance under 400 yard
becomes practically Harmless