Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-27
NEWS FROM FATHERLAND.
"A Brief Resume Of the Most In.
portant Happenings In the 4
German Empire. 81.

German Empire.
The agrarians complain loudly be.
cause the United States has put
punitive tariff" on German split peas
aid German rye flour.
A light metal shield claimed to be
capable of rendering infantry practi.
cally invulnerable against rifle bullets
is said to have been invented by
German engineer named Schaumann.
Germany's literary world has cele.
brated the 1iftieth birthday of Gerhart
Hauptmann. The small town Of Salz-
brunn. Where Hauptmann was born,
did not participate in the celebration,
majority of the town fathers pro.
testing that he has never done any.
thing for the place of his birth. a.
The kaiser took pride in exhibiting
q speaking clock to some friends the
other night. Timing himself exactly
he let them into a dark room and said
suddenly: II wonder what time II
Isl" Before anyone could answer the
speaking clock replied: "Three-quar
ters of eight" At the same moment
the emperor turned on the electric
light and the astonished company be.
held the clock in the act of CONVEX.
sation. The clock was made by
Berlin inventor and tells the time,
hours, half-hours and quarters OF
hours, in clear voice.
The French press is continually
teasing the Germans because the
Turks, who received their military
training from German officers, are
making such a poor showing. To
make the matter still worse the Turks
are using Krupp guns, while the Bal
kan allies are using mainly French
ordnance. The Berlin Lokalanzeige1
could not stand the teasing so we'll
as the rest of the press, and suggested
that the French try their firearms on
the Germans just for the fun of it.
The paper significantly added, 1--WE
keep our powder dry"
The German mothers tn-law ought
to be in cheerful mood, the supreme
court having practically ruled that a
mother-in-law has a right to employ
detectives to keep track of her son.
[n-laW in his own house. The case
involved professor whose wife and
mother-in-law found fault with his at.
tention to the female servants of the
house. Their aim was to get basis
for a divorce suit against him, and
his mother-in-laW hired two detectives
| to watch his movements. He turned
around and sued his mother-in-law for
violating his rights as master of his
own house. He won the case; but
his mother-in-law appealed to the su-
preme court, which reversed the de-
:ision of the lower court. And there
| the matter stands.
The end was written to the myster-
ous, tragic story of Archduke Johann
Salvador Of Austria, better known as
Johann Orth, with the sale, at Ber-
lin, of all personal property included
In the long missing nobleman's es-
tate. How anxious the Austrian rul
ing family was to expunge Johann
Salvatore name from it's memory was
evidenced by an order against the
holding of the sale in Austria and by
the emperor's failure to save from it
even the mementoes and personal gifts
10 the archduke from his own rela-
!ives. Archduke Johann Salvador was
the closest friend of the late Crown
Prince Rudolph. Immediately after
The latter persisted, either by murder
or suicide, the archduke resigned from
the army, gave up his titles, took the
name of Johann Ortiz, left Austria and
was last heard from as commanding
small vessel supposed to have been
lost off the South American coast,
though numerous Johann Orths have
since reappeared from time to time.
processing to be the original arch.
, luke.
The following appeared in Ameri.
tan newspapers to show how Germany
Is being "socialized": A German lab
prer may begin life attended by a ply
sician or nurse paid by the state; he
Is christened by a state clergyman;
Is taught the rudiments of learning
md his handicraft by the state. He
Is drafted by the state into the army
aevoting two of his best years to the
lrill-sergeant. If he falls i'll his sui
tering is assuaged by the knowledge
that his wife and children are cared
tor, and that his expenses will be
paid during illness, and he spends his
convalescence in sumptuous state
hospital. If he falls victim to an &C
cident the ample insurance, even il
be be permanently injured, is a balm
Of his suffering, says the Worlds
Work. If he gets out of work, city
and state unite to find or make w0rl
for him. If he wanders from town t.
town in search of work the cities
through which he passes offer hin
free hospitality. If he wishes to move
10 another part of his town the munich
pal bureau will be glad to help hin
ind a house or even lend him none!
10 get one of his own. If he is il
dispute with his employer the govern
ment furnishes a court of arbitration
It he is sued by his master, or wishe,
TO sue him, the state has provided I
special industrial court. If he is il
trouble the city places lawyer a
bis disposal. >.c. H.. s..
There was 4 fatal riot between
groups of German and Russian stud
, ents of the Technical university a
Darmstadt. One Russian student wa
killed by stab in the temple, Will
several German and Russian student
were wounded by pistol shots, one Q