The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-08
PLAN MARRIAGE Of
PRINCESS Louise
Kaiser Dug Up PLANTED
Statues
DIED" TO ADVERTISE
World Famous Anerbachs Wine Gel
lar Is to Be MISUNDERSTANDING
Proudly Possesses 1888
Football Players

| Berlin July 6-(Special.)- Germany
finds pleasure in the fact, now freely
admitted in royal circles, that the choice
of the pretty, wnsome much beloved
Princess Louie of Prussia, the kaisers
only daughter and constant companion,
has fallen on the heir TO the dukedom Of
Mecklenburg Strelet, a fine, manlike,
breezy hammered soldier OF the kind called
good fellow" One thing above ell
others to render him acceptable to Eng
llshmen and Americans is that he is the
first alround sportsman in Europe. The
| consent of the Kaiser has been at last
| obtained and only the usual official an
nouncement remains to complete the
pretty love story.
| All Berlin is amused at the Joke played
on the Kaiser by the authorities at
| Corfu, where he recently spent holi-
| day Knowing the interest he takes in
archaeology, the authorities had several
| statues planted, lin different parts of the
| island. Excavation work was started.
and when the Kaiser arrived on the
| island he was Informed of this, and I'M
| mediately became interested He himself
spent some days in digging and of course,
made finds. What adds insult to injury
is that the antiques" were made in Ger
| many.
| The Crown Prince of Saxony has left
| Dresden on a tour in the cast, and ne ~
| to visit Ceylon, India, China and japan,
| and will return home through Canada. 1t
| Is expected that shortly after the Crown
Prince returns he will be bethrothed to
an Austrian archduchess.
William Weight. he who in the borrowed
uniform of a German military dignity
commanded a regiment of soldiers and
| scared Mayor Koepenick into surrender
ing the towns treasury, has fooled Ger
many again with hoax that would do
credit to the cleverest of American press
agents only a few days ago the news
paper told the story OF Weights death in
London hospital with the immediate
result that the story of his world famous
exploit was revived and rewritten by
every newspaper in the country. But 1t
is now learned that Weight, so far from
being dead was very much alive and at
Lauscha in the Duchy of Saxe-AIeinen-
gen as head-liner in a vaudeville troupe.
Hs himself for the purposes of advertise
menS has engineered the story of his
death.
A world famous curiosity is about to
disappear at Leipsic. This is Auer-
bach's cellar, or drinking place. which
owes It's special celebrity TO the fact
that Goethe located in 1t the scene in
Faust" in which Mephistopheles, stand
ing upon wine cask, takes his flight
into space, TO the stupefaction of the
drinkers. The old building in which
| the cellar is found was built by DR..
Stromer d'Auerbach between 1880 and
| 1888, and the worthy doctor began by
putting there the wine which he intend
ed for his own use. Later. as tibet wine
was good, he conceived the ideal OF
selling 1t, and in this way established
the tavern to which his name has since
been attached
One sign of the New Germany" is
| the revelation proudly circulated that
the fatherland now possesses a total OF
l1s7633 football players. who are formal
Nv associated with the National Foot
ball league. These, of course, are prac-
tically all amateurs The number rep
resents an increase of % per cent over
! the total registered year ago The
game fiourishes most in South Germany.
but is making rapid Roadway In all
parts Of thee ountry.