The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-05-02
MARTIN LIUT HERS
FAMOUS LETTER
Is to Be Placed on al Pedestal
in the Luther Hall in
Berlin.


Berlin.
BERLIN. April 2s.--fMarun Lu-
Tiers famous letter OF explanation to
Charles v, saved to Germany by the
generosity Of j. Rierpont Morgan, !.
to find a place In the Luther Hall at
Wittenberg upon a pedestal presented
by the Emperor. The commission tc
make this pedestal has just been given
{ to the sculptor Paul Juckoff. 1t is te
be OF light limestone in late Gothic
style. Mr.. Morgans representative
bought the letter for a trifie more
than $4,000 at a Lelpsig autograph
sale last May. and the fnancie,
promptly presented 1t TO the German
Emperor. His reward was the order
Of the Red Eagle, first class, one OF
the highest decorations in the gift OF
the Emperor. The letter which EN-
peror william valued so highly was
written by Luther on hds return from
the Diet of Worms in. 1921. 1t de-
scribes the proceedings of the diet and
defends the writer's course there
Charles v never saw the letter, ac-
cording to note written thereon by
that monarch's archivlst, setting forth
that nobody had dared show it to the
Emperor
The sweeping victory CT the Amer
lean yachts in the international son
der class" races at the Kiel regatta
last year is revolutionizlng conditions
in the German sonder-class fleet.
Among the yachmen who are havlnr
new, yachts built on the admitted
superior lines OF the American boats
with which the American designer
beat the German constructors In thei
own waters. the German imperia
family is well represented. The Crown
Prince, the most enterprising sailo
Of the family, who has alleged his in.
terest in the sport to wane for year
or two. Is having yacht built in
Hamburg, which will soon be ready
for It's trial trips. Prince Henry, Of
Prussia, brother of the Emperor, Is
again co-qwner of this years "Tllly."
whose predecessor was one Of the
German representatives last year, and
Prince Eitel Fritz. a younger broth
er Of the Crown Prince, is also having
a yacht built.
-.
THE government sees no objec-
ton to the introduction OF tax on
cats" is the serious beginning of a
seriously meant ministerial decree
just addressed to the municipalities
OF Greater Berlin, which for several
years have been anxiously searching
for new source Of revenue to meet
the constantly growing cost Of munlc-
tpal activities. The Minister of the
Interior and the Minister Of Finance
graYely continue that the cost OF cat
licenses must be in proper proportion
to the license tax now imposed on
dogs and that not all the regulations
OF the latter should be copied in any
cat-tax ordinance, the Identification
Of licensed cats by collar and tag
being particularly impracticable since
many cats, owing 10 their habits,
would inevitably get hanged by their
collars and perish painfully.
Five years ago there were no max
ers of aeroplanes in Germany and
until two years ago none that had
achieved any real success. Today the
great exposition. hall In Berlin's 20
illogical garden Is filed with an ex-
habft of German flying machines,
German motors and other flying ac-
cesSories which is hardly less than
astounding The comparison is en-
phasized by the presence of the orig
inal biplane with which orvllle
Wright, early in September. 1909,
made on the Templehcf Field, south
OF Berlin, the first successful flights
ever made in Germany This biplane
now the property Of the German Mu-
scum at Munich. stands beside a
Wright machine just made for the
German army The comparison is
striking. The old machine has two
light propelers and its equipment
comprises only the indispensable
things. The ne wmilitary machine
has but one propeller and 1t is equip |
ped with wireless telegraph appara-
tus. With its 5000 horsepower mo-
tor the military Wright weighs but
77O pounds.
One of the exhibits that attracts
general attention is the Euler biplane
in which Prince Henry gained his avi-
ator's license. Besides the Princes
machine stands the military Euler,
the "aeroplane destroyer" Upon it
IS mounted machine gun. or, rather
a machine gun was mounted upon it
once. The mounting is still there, but
the war department has evidently not
cared to have the gun publicly exhib-
tied.
One monoplane exhibited has three
propedlers. and another presents some
thing new-two propellers moved in
dependently of each other by two