Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-09
KINGS CELEBRATE
 CENTENARY OF
 kRUPP FOUNDING
Preparations for Event Go, ing on for Two Years: Emperor William Heads
 SovereignS

BERLIN, Aug. S.-The celebration of the centenary of the great firm of
 krupps, for which preparations have
 been going forward for nearly two years, began today at Essen. The celebration is attended by the En- peror William at the head of a bril- liant galaxy of his fellow-German soy- ereigns. generals, admirals and civic dignitaries.
 The celebIStion will lest an entire week and will be 2f a most imposing and memorable character. The chief feature -Will-be a great pS geant which will symbOlize the substitution of fire arms for the old weapons of She Mid de Ages. The principal scene 7f the pageant will be ap. episode froII the life of the Emperor Maximilis l.. and 2S0 retired officers Of the Ger man army are to play the parts of knights.
 Dnring the period Of the cel,.hration the, EmperoF and other royal guests are quartefed at the Villa E.ugel, the splendid country home of FerT KrGPp von Bohlen-Halbach, who by marrying the elder daughter of the late Herr krupp became the head of the firm. The siils-4s--4sossed- just outside Els sen. The other notable guests at the celebration are being accommodated at the hotei in Essen maintained by the kruRp eqlaIlhIly exclusively for the accommodation Of foreign buyers of their guns armor and ships, who are always at Essen in large numbers.
 The strong personal interest that the Emperor is manifesting in the celebration is not surprising in view of the fact that the firm Of KrupDs is almost government institution. The armament branch of its business is in direct touch with the German army and navy and studies their in terests before anything else. The firm Is in short an integral part of the German Empire and during the past decade or two it has done more for the military power of the empire than any commercial firm has ever before been able to do for it's government Its patriotism needs no better proof than the fact that the firm, while making guns and armor for nearly all Of the leading nations Of the world. has steadfastly refused to do any business with France since the Fran. co-Prussian war.
 The foBhdation of the world-re- nOwned firm was laid in 1872 by the first Alfred Krupp. But it was his son the second Of the name. who gave the works their international character. This he succeeded in doing only after seemingly insurmountable difficulties had been overcome. According to his own statements Alfred Krupps prof it's for fifteen years were no more than enough to pay the wages of his workmen, and frequently he was at a loss to pay the postage of his cores, poudence. ..s
 Alfred Krupp saw the possibilities Of the great exposition to open in London in 1851 and decided to take advantage of it. He had made lm- FOrtant discoveries in the casting Of large masses. of Bessemer steel, which had been an insurmountable task pre- viOus to his time. The exhibit he sent 10 London fairly astonished the world and it at once established his reputa- ton. Orders began to pour in and soon there was plenty of work to do at the Essen foundries
 The making or heavy ordnance, which has made the name of these works famous the world over, was not