The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

Tageblatt, the writer threatening that
 German girls will compete with their
 English cousins for Canadian husbands,
 owing to Prussia's obsolete franchise system.
 The writer, who appears to be suffra-
 gette, with keen insight into the political affairs of the nation, says:
 q see by the newspapers that Canada is looking for 5000 brides, and that there are 5O,Oo0 eligible bachelors there without
 suitable feminine acquaintances. Give us the fullest possible information about conditions In Canada, because we intend going there to find husbands. We do not see why young English women should snatch the best catches from under the very noses of us German girls. ~
 Since the German government pays no attention whatever to the colossal surplus of German girls, and as the high price of meat is making. 1t increasingly difficult for respectable girls to get mar ried, the girls of our circle have unani- mously decided to become British sub jects, and to emigrate to Canada in or der that the aspirations of the Canadian bachelors may be gratified. The Prussian
 government will then realize that through it's obsolete franchise system the young
 women to whom the vote is refused have
 been driven into the arms of England.
 One of the most extraordinary stories that has ever come before a court of law was told in a remarkable blackmail case which has just ended in a fashion able young woman, Emma Helm, being sentenced to three years Imprisonment. The prisoner made living by charlatan- ry, accompanied by a certain amount of skill in hypnotism and palmistry, with the aid of which she pondered to the cravings for sensation and excitement of @ number of the idle rich. She rented d handsome fiat, furnished with luxury, one room of which was decorated fur nished and draped entirely in red, and it was here that the seances took place at which Emma entertained her fashionable cliente.
 t. The trial arose out of an action for ex- torting money brought by former ser want girl named Kruger and it was this witness who gave the evidence which led to Emma's conviction.
 [ The sum of SIPS, GOO was recently left by an octogenarian woman named Lizler, who has died and the bulk of it goes to the Catholic church. The remainder is for railwaymens home and a blind asylum. Deceased, the widow of a rail- way stationmaster, had been blind since her ssth birthday. She saved most of the money herself.
 Herr Hue, who represents an Essen attacked the firm of Krupp He admitted that the firms expenditure on 'social'' institutions was large, but said the profits were enormous. He call culated that the krupp family alone had cleared S11, 100000 in the last three years, and declared that the industry had squeezed the whole district out like a lemon. According to the report of the Essen house inspection. 4o per cent of the dwellings consisted of two rooms, in many cases with one bed for four or five persons. s
 Telegrams from St. Petersburg stats that the Krupps are negotiating for the establishment of extensive armour. plate works in Russia. Considerable opposition to the project exists, as its realization would be considered fresh manifesto ton of the German danger The new profits of Krupps for the past year amounted to f1,071,s59, as compared with eS5S, 115 year ago. The dividends on the capital of s9,0Oo,O0O has been increased from to 10 per cent. s~$ ssr
 The stockholders are crying for more and boom the scheme to establish an inn mense branch in Russia The concerns gross profits for the year are e1, ,sO0.O00. half of which is written off and the rest devoted to the reserve, to dividends, and to contributions to the invalid and pen- sions fund for the employees, which now aggregates E1,9Oc 600. The employees, in addition. have on deposit with the man agement s1,75oooO. Krupp's contribution to the workmen's state insurance fund amounts in 1910 to f264,ooO