The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
NARROWLY AVERT
 REAL TROUBLE German Naval Maneuvers
 Very Successful
 A PECULIAR FRAUD.
Sold Securities to Same Bank From Which They Were Stolen-Sus- pected Espionage Parties
 Released on Bond

1 Berlin, September 14.-(Special. )-Anglo- 1 German discord very narrowly missed
 something real to wrangle about while the entire German fleet was cruising with in gunshot of the English coast. Dur l ing a fog the large cruiser Moltke was I on the point of running down a British
 tnerring smack when, fortunately, the l lookout hailed the fishing skipper in 1 time and she wore around out of danger l The autumn naval maneuvers are pro- nounced so far very successful. The sec
 ond squadron and the small cruisers of
 the scouting division led the fleet around 1 Skagen into the North sea. There they
 were joined by the big warships like the
 Moltke and von der Tam. Squadron evolutions are still being continued. l While the Emperor William was in
 Frankfurt he visited the old town hall, which consists of a group of build l ings known as the Romer In the group
 is the old Haus gum Romer which was ! the town hall in the fifteenth century. l This hall and the ancient Goldener 1 Schwan were decorated with old flags
 and garlands of fir, and on the Em- peror's arrival the guard of the town | COuntil WdS tdlieu tO dfI11S dDQ pre- | sented their halberds. The Emperor
 subsequently, took luncheon in the old
 Kaisersaal, where in former days the newly elected Emperor used to dine with the electors. After observing the l tra adition by appearing on the balcony, his majesty drove In motor car with 1 Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse to 1 Kron berg, 10 miles away, and dined at the Schloss F'riedrichshof. The Crown Princess of and other were invited.
 Captain Kostevitch has been released on bail to the amount of S7500, which was found by the Russian consul at Leipzig The circumstance that the Prussian ar tillery officer. Lieutenant Damn, who has been in prison at Warsaw on charge of
 espionage, was likewise released simul-
 taneously on bail to the same amount has given occasion to some newspapers to
 accuse the government of making conces- sions to diplomaol at the cost of justice.
 The Cologne Gazette insists that Captain
 Kostevitchs release rested simply and solely with the supreme court of the em- pire, rather with the judge d'instruc- tion, but admits that the foreign office would only be taking proper steps for the protection of a German subject if 1t re- covered Lieutenant Damn by "an ex- change of spies.'
 A bank fraud, remarkable chiefly for the artless simplicity of the methods employed in it's commission, has been brought to light here by the managers of the Schaafhausenschen Bankverein, | one of Berlin's larger financial institu- 1 tions. trusted employe named klotsch, 1t is disclosed, has been for
 some time taking Prassian f per cent consols from the vaults where the banks securities are kept, disposing of I them by the simple process of selling l then to the identical bank with which
 he is connected and having the money deposited to his credit there When he tried to get rid of conSols to the amount | of S1750 in this way the bank of f1cials became suspicious, and began an
 investigation which led to his arrest. l The total amount of his peculations,
 which extend over a considerable pe- riod, is estimated at $65,000 Klotsch
 tried to shoot himself when he was arr
 rested, but the police interfered in | time
 | Interesting discoveries have been made l by certain Major Alfredo Olympic Filho,
 now in Berlin, who has been exploring | for some eight months in the northwest : | ern regions of Brazil. He traversed l parts of the forest which have never been trodden by civilized men, and found l on the River Liberdade. not far from 1 it tribe Of cannibal Indians. These peo l pie he describes as "Indios Itapyrapes. l The women are light bronze color, and l of fair height The men are tall, with long. shaggy hair, almond-shaped eyes, | thick lips and high foreheads. The tribe | goes about absolutely nude, though they
 have some moral sense. When well treat
 ed they are docile and easily convinced but if maltreated they devils incar- | nate. They are poiygamous. each man being allowed five wives. When the ma 1 jor arrived in their midst he was obliged l to strip naked and allow himself to lie painted with kind of natural red ink l He stayed amongst them some time. and l found them very friendly and intelligent During his wanderngs he found that carnauba wax abounded as also mag
 nifieent pasture lands He also eneoun-
 tered emus, deer and small game in l q bnndance