Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-07-10
NEWS FROM FATHERLA

/ Is Brief Resume Of tho Most I'm.
portant Happenings In the
German Empire.
81 Mulha usen. Herr schadt, a German
aviator, was killed here while testing
q military aeroplane. The airman, fly
ing at a height Of $50 yards, made
curve too sharply and the machine fell
and crushed its occupant.
It Is learned from an authoritative
source, in spite OF all attempts at de-
,nial. that the health Of Kaiserin Vic
toria is causing anxiety to her physi-
clans. Attending physicians advise
completes withdrawal from all repre-
sentative functions. sss Il 80
z The popularity of the feet is SO
great that the remotest villages send
their contributions for ships with moth.
Ing less than delight, against the day
when more glorious treaty shall be-
added to that Of Frankfurt, and there
shall be one kaiser and one empireiE
Germany also has dreams OF some day
obtaining control of the fine Austrian
army and navy, and adding them to
her military establishment.
!. Altona.-Benno Koenig, the German
aviator, died as the result of injuries
suffered when he made a violent land
ing in clump of bushes. He was par.
tictpating in the northwestern aviation
circuit Of 425 miles, which was re-
sumed here after having been post
poned on June 2, owing to the deaths
of Albert Buchstaetter, one of the best
known German aviators, and his. pas
senger, Lieutenant Stille of the Ger.
man army, soon after the start. Three
other professional aviators taking part
in the contest also were injured by
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Two army officers who started in an
aeroplane at Leipzig were overtaken
by storm which seemed to make it
impossible to avoid death. Both of
them fought, however, with that fran.
tic energy which imminent death alone
can arouse in conscious being: A
dozen times the frail machine seemed
to be oh the point of darling to the
earth, but every time the. men
wrenched it back into workable po-
sition. Gradually the storm abated,
and the ayiators could hardly believe
their own eyes when they landed with
safety at the DoberitZ drill grounds.
A Swiss crusade against the tariff
wall and the consequent dearness of
living was started two years ago by
the people. One result was that many
cooperative societies were founded,
but the citizens have found that the
working expenses" of these societies
are so heavy that they are not OF
much benefit. The people of Locle,
near Neuchatel, numbering $4,000, aft
er suffering with high prices for some
time, are in open revolt, and have de-
cided to band themselves together and
buy wholesale, leaving out the middle.
man. They have formed a co-opera-
tive society against the ever-increasing
dearness Of food. II they succeed, all
the local shops may have to close. II
Misunderstanding at dinner at
the German hospital In London, at
which the new German ambassador,
Baron Marchall Won Bieberstein was
guest, Lord High Chancellor Hal
dane paid remarkable tribute to EN-.
peror William. He said William II.
was more than an emperor-he was
great man gifted from the gods with
the highest gifts they could bestow.
He was~a true leader of his people in
spirit as well as in deed, the chancel.
lor continued. He had guided them
through nearly quarter of q century
and preserved an unbroken peace and
history would look back upon his reign
as remarkable development of the
German people in every direction of
intellectual and moral activity.
Prof. Kuestner of the Bonn Observa-
tory has established the presence of
uranium and radium In the recently
discovered new star Of the constella-
ton Gemini. Further study along the
lines of his observations may prove
the discovery one of tremendous i'm
portance as throwing new light upon
the constitution Of the sun and the
fixed stars, which are themselves the
suns of far-off worlds. The finding Of
radium in the analysis Of its spectrum
may, in view of what is already known
Of the light and heat-giving properties
Of that element, be the first step to-
ward comprehension Of the develop
ment Of the solar system and Of tho
undiminishing heat and light Of the
sun.
| The kaiser 10 giving enthusiastic
support to tho project Of Karl Hagen
beck. the veteran Hamburg animal
king, for the establishment Of a great
geological garden in Berlin. Herr Ha-
genbeck has novel scheme for ar.
ranging the garden In distinct geo.
! graphical sections. One Of the princt
pal sections will be devoted to the ami
mails and wild beasts which flourish
in the United States. That division
be devoted to national convention dele.
gates II the facetious suggestion Of q
Berlin comic weekly. The various geo.
graphical sections will be constructed
SO as to resemble as much as possible
the original haunts Of the particular
animals which have their habitat
there, in order that visitors may get a
life-like object lesson in not only
zoology, but also geology and topogra-
ply as we'll.
The ingenuity Of tho detractors Of
Germany is amusing on account of its
inconsistencies. One day they tell us
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