The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18
GERMANY PLANNING
GREAT SHIP CANAL
Part of the River Rhine is to
Be Made a German
Stream. I.

BERLIN april l3.-The River
Rhine. the German Rhine" as the
Fatherlahd's national song describes
it, may eventually be made a German
stream fro mthat corner of the Black
forest where it first enters the empire
to its mouth. Plans for a great ship
canal to open the streams way en-
tirely through German territory to the
North Sea, first preached when Bis
manck was in power and known to
have had its approval5 have now been
prepared, with full engineering and
financial details, and will be laid be-
fore the government, the Reichstag.
the parl,aments of the federated
states and the municipalities inter
ested in the project.
The canal, according to these plans,
will leave the Rhine near Vessel, fol-
low the boundary of Holland closely
and join the River Ems not far from
Leer. The city of Emden, at, the mouth
of the Ems, would thus become the
harbor city of two great German
rivers, and shipping which now en-
tiers the Rhine through Dutch territory
would need fear no embargo by hos
tile navigation or tariff regulations.
The estimated cost of the undertaking
is $5s,75o0OO, some 100000 less
than that Of the Rhine-Hanover canal
now under construction Apart from
the advantages which this new mouth
to the Rhine would afford shipping in
terests It would result in the recla-
nation of considerable stretches OF
moorland, the so-called Boortanger
Moor, through which the canal would
run for its entire length. This, it Is
believed, will appeal strongly to the
government, as the emperor in his adj
dress from the throne last year an
nounced the governments intention
OF Systematically pushing the recla-
nation and settlement OF moorlands.
Frying is recognized as a regular
profession, and professional aviators
employed by German aeroplane build
ers are held entitled to the benefits
OF the state insurance act if killed or
injured in flights executed in testing
or selling aeroplanes by a decision
Just given by the Imperial Insurance
Tribunal. The case was that Of
George schendel, one of the best
known German aviators, and his me
Fchanician. August Voss, who were
killed at Johannisthal June 0, 1911.
While attempting to break the worlds
record for height. The widow of voss
claimed for herself and child from
the Union of Skilled Mechanics and
Electricians. to which her husband
belonged, the insurance provided by
law, namely, an annuity equal to two
fifths of her husbands annual wages
In view OF the extreme risk in this
profession. twenty-six German avia-
tors having been killed already, the
union appealed to the insurance tri-
bunal for decision. This is to the
effect that while the union Is entitled
to refuse to pay the legal accident in.
surance for casualties incurred in
sport competitions, it must pay when
It's member Is injured in the regular
performance of his duties as a purely
technical employe of an aeroplane
firm. The court took the ground that
the high ascent was a necessary ties.
OF the ability of the machine. further
than Voss, as the mechanician ann
not the aviator, was not responsible
for the extreme to which the test was
carried.
The United States Consul-General
A. NJ. Thackara, and his stan have
been soundly scolded by an indignant
German for writing to him in English,
and the organ of the international
German Language Society, large
branch Of which exists in New York,
has approved the scoldIng. The COM
plainant wrote to the Consulate-Gen-
eral asking certain information re-
garding United States tariff sched-
uies. This was sent to him, but, as
is customary in the correspondence
of all United States consulates in
Germany. in English. The recipient
protested and the acknowledgement
wrote an explanatory letter. pointing
to the regular custom of the office
and the fact that no complaint had