Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-16
LAUDED IN BERLIN
Wilbur Wright Hailed as Path
maker of the Air.
REGULATION OF TAxICABS
Kaiser Establishes Seashore Home
for Berlin Children-Tests in
Dropping Bombs.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.


from tho German press the most sincere
and ungrudging praise accorded to an
American for long time. On his per-
sonality as we'll as his great service 10
aviation the most appreciative comment
was made. and many German papers
pointed with pride to the fact that. from
his mothers side. he inherited some Ger
man blood.
Only rarely does the German press give
as much space to biographies, whether
of Germans or Americans, rs was devoted
to Wright's life. his experiments in ny
ing and his final success. tnaualitied
acknowledgment is made of he fact that
aviation owes more to him than 20 any
other man. His name Will live in his
tory for all time" says 4 typical COM
ment. HE was the pathmaker.'
Limit on Taxicab Power.
Herr Won Jagow, chief OF police of Ber-
lin, whose efforts 10 regulate socislis =.
women's hats and hatp!ns, the color ct
automobiles and the morals the sta &c
haze made him the most dis .lsscd man
in Berlin next to the emperor, has issued
a new regulation, aimed At tie sW.:t
t. xicabs beloved of the Berii Ter heart
No automobile of more than ten horse
fcwer will hereafte lie licensed for cab
purpose in Berlin, Herr Won Jagow's eX-
Eer:s having reported that tus IS all that
is necessary for deVelor,ng the speed of
sixteen miles an hour, wnich is the legal
l!rnit in the city streets.
Seashore Home for Children.
Emperor William has established at his
own expense fresh-air home foc the
children of Berlin workmca on the shore
of the Baltic sea, where between 100 aud
500 city youngsters may be taken each
year, in monthly numbers o. 80, from
the crowded tenements and asphalt
streets of the Berlin industrial quarter.
Although the emperor Is interested in
many charities. this is the first enterprise
for children in which he has taken the
entire initiative and provided all the
funds from his own private purse.
German Empress Better.
Empress Augusta Victoria. whose ply
steal condition this winter was not at all
satisfying to her physicians. has returned
to Potsdam, greatly benefited by her two
months treatment at Bad-Nauheirn and
Homburg. Whereas a ten minute walk
was about the limit of the empress ab1l-
ity when she arrived at Bad-Nauheim,
she can now take pT0DlenddeS ldSlln5
hour or more without any difficulty or
particular fatigue, and her physician, DR..
Groedel, who made a special trip to
Castle Homburg TO examine her before
her return, is we'll pleased with the re-
suits of the treatment. The empress Is
in her fifty-fourth year, three months
older than Emperor William.
Dropping Bombs From Aircraft.
Just before the adjournment of the
reichstag over the summer the socialists
and radicals made motion in the budget
committee that Germany take the initia-
tive in trying to secure an International
agreement TO prohibit throwing bombs
from aircraft of all kinds. The other
parties gave no support to this proposal.
and no action was taken.
1t will be remembered that such a pro-
hibition was adopted by the first Hague
peace congress for period of five years.
but this was not renewed at the second
congress. The prohibition was in force
during the RusSo-Japanese war, but any
nation is now free to throw bombs from
aircraft without coming into conflict with
obligations. In fact, Italy
has been experimenting with bomb
in Tripolf, and according to the
Italian military dispatches the effect upon
the Turks and Arabs was exceedingly ter
rifying. These reports, however, have
been received in Germany with great
So far as flying machines are concerned,
the German military authorities are not
any considerable Importance to
them for purposes of throwing bombs;
they have officially declared that they are
encouraging the development of them
solely as means for accommodating an
enemy's positions.
Experiments Unsatisfactory.
1t has also been noted in Germany that
the enthusiasm of the French military
for flying machines as bomb
throwers has been notably cooled in con-
sequence of recent unsatisfactory expert
ments there. German military and aerial
authorities lay great emphasis upon the
practical difficulties of using aeroplanes
successfully for attacking an enemy's
forts or other defenses. They say that
it is well nigh impossible, too. for a man
even an extensive target on the ground,
since the bomb must be thrown during
the fight of the craft, whereas the bomb
thrower can know neither his height nor
his speed with any accuracy; nor could
he accurately estimate, in the brief time
at his disposal, the exact angle at which
to cast off his bomb. even il he knew his
speed and his height. This difficulty is
enhanced, too, by reason of
the fact that the aeroplanist must fly
high enough to be out of range Of the
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