Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-25
NEWS FROM: FATHERLAND
A Brief Resume Of the Most I'm.
portant Happenings In the
German Empire.

sixty-year jubilee as an officer in the |
army.
The petroleum monopoly bill of the
German government was roughly
handled by the reichstag, and it's fate
is uncertain at this writing.
Kaiser Wilhelm ordered a two-week
national mourning, on account of the
death of Prince Regent Luitpold Of
Bayern. The reichstag adjourned I'M
til after the holidays.
The cannon boat Luchs has been
sent to the Philippines to look after
the interests Of the German subjects
who were affected by the recent
typhoon in those islands.
The German government is closely
watching the attempt of the American
tobacco trust to enter the German
market. The anti-Semitic party in
the reichstag want the government to
oppose the trust, but the government
will take no steps in the matter until
the petroleum monopoly bill is out of
the way.
Richard Beckmann, a Koln aviator,
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start at the Azores for flight across
the Atlantic ocean next spring. He is
going to use a One-decker having steel
ribs and gigantic wings. He proposes
to fly from Portugal to the Azores, a
distance of 1000 miles, and after this
stunt he will make the 5000 miles
across the Atlantic.
Herr Won Jagow, the energetic pol
ice president of Berlin, who has made
an International reputation by his
drastic measures, has just caused
something of sensation by refusing
to allow speeches to be made in Eng
fish and French at big Socialist
meeting in Berlin. In rejecting the
application Of the management to per-
nit English and French to be used, the
police president said: II regard the
purpose of internationally influencing
Germany's foreign policy as being con.
trary to the interests of the empire"
DR.. Friedman's announcement of his
discovery of cure for tuberculosis is
meeting with much skepticism and
criticism, and the medical profession
Is calling upon him to prove his
claims. The distrust has been aroused
over the refusal of Dr. Friedman to
| describe his remedy and make the
secret of his serum known. DR.. Fried
| man declared that he will continue to
refuse to engage in a controversy
| with anyone over the discovery. He
says he is curing cases of tuberculosis
| every day, except where they are too
Tar advanced. The doctor says he
will give his discovery to the world
when he thinks. the proper time has
arrived. He maintains that he has a
right to derive some profit from his
life's work, and says that to give out
samples of his serum would give away
his secret.
The worlds oldest acting ruler
passed away by the death of Prince
Regent Iuitpold of Bayern. He was
born in 1921. At the age of IS he
was called to the throne as regent on
account of the insanity of the king
Through all the intervening years the
king. his brother, remained a lunatic,
and this cast peculiar gloom around
the court OF Bayern. Luitpold cared
not fig for the trumperies of his
high position. His mode of life was
plain and simple. He rarely, even in
his later years, departed from the
habit of rising before sun up, and an
Ice cold bath always preceded his
breakfast of strong coffee and peas
ants rolls" After breakfast his pipe
was charged and lighted and except
At meal times it was rarely allowed
to leave his lips during the day. At
a. m. he devoted an hour to bust.
ness and then took a long drive and
paid calls, which were in most cases
anannounced. Returning to the castle
at II a. M, he received the state Sec
retaries, afterwards taking a second
and generally very hearty breakfast
Further state business occupied him
until his 2 o'clock luncheon, which
was followed by short nap. Then
came walk in the park, or a drive to
Nymphenburg, where he often would
take another cold bath. Supper was
followed by the inevitable pipe, an
animated chat, and bed by II. Hunt
ing was passion with the prince.
He gave it every hour of his spare
time, journeying all over his kingdom
In search of various kinds of game.
The hunt that pleased him most, how
ever, was that of the chamois in the
Berchtesgaden mountains. Even when
he was in his Goth year he rarely al
lowed himself the luxury of a hunting
cart or pony. During these excur-
sions he always gave up his Sundays
to religious observance, holding mass
In the open air amid the pines, with
great companies of peasants as his
fellow worshippers. AS a sovereign,
Luitpold did much to increase the
prestige and prosperity of Bavaria.
The royal income which he might have
received as king, he devoted to pay
Ing national debts, and when urged
later to take the crown and title, de-
clared he was too old to change"
The decision of Austrta-Hungary to
build three new dreadnaughts may be
followed by new additions to the Ger
man navy. It is felt that the triple
entente may succeed in attracting the
Balkan states, and the day may not
ne far distant when the very existence
of Germandom may be threatened by
the Slavs from the east and the
French from the west, and behind
them England with her all powerful