Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-05-01
NEWS FROM FAIHERLAND.
A Brief Resume Of the Most I'M
portant Happenings in the :
German Empire.

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minister of the German empire.
Following the example of Russia.
the government Of Japan has bought
an airship made at Bitterfeld. The
ship is called "Parseval 49,"
Two Frenchmen landed in q balloon
at Spalt, Bayern. They claimed to
be civilians, but they were apprehend-
ed by the authorities as spies.
Social democrats from Austria and
Germany held convention In Buda-
pest. They passed resolution
against the arbitrary government Of
Croatia during a local uprising.
The Zeppelin dirigibles Schwaben
and Victoria Louise approached each
other above the city of Mannheim
and made a series of graceful move
ments which was greatly enjoyed by
tens of thousands Of people on the
ground below. = 49,
Konrad Haussmann, member Of the
reichstag from Wurttemberg, has
written a newspaper article in which
he accuses Admiral Won Tirpitz, Sec
rotary of the navy, of being respon-
sible for the mad race with Eng
land in the construction of new bat
tleships. The article created SEN
sation. 49,. -.
Great enthusiasm has been aroused
by the raising of money for military
airships by many of the large cities
of Germany. In the kingdom of Sach-
sen, for instance, King Friedrich Aug
ust is keenly interested in the move
ment and when the subscriptions have
been collected he will go to Potsdam
in person to hand the money to Kali
ser Wilhelm. -.
: 1t is said that the Hamburg Amer
lean Steamship company is going to
build steamer having a displace-
ment Of $4,000 tons, 5000 tons more
than that Of any ship ever built be-
fore. Kaiser Wilhelm thought that
it was about time for Germany to
have the biggest ship afloat, and so
did Balm, director general Of said
line. The ship will cost $10,000,O0O.
Mathilde Schedo, of Kassa, Hun
gary, has gone the way of all flesh.
This woman distinguished herself by
her fondness for--or rather devotion
to-dirt and filth. For thirty years
her only housemates were dogs, cats,
an ass, and COW, and time and again
she paid fines rather than keep her
house clean. In the midst of all the
dirt she kept library of German
classics, with which she was well &C.
quainted. After her death she was
found to be worth $4,000.
The Continental Times, which il
the organ of the American colony
In Berlin, has published q warning to
American parents not to send their
daughters to study art or anything
else in Munich, Paris, Vienna, Prague
or any Italian city. These cities, &C
cording to statements In the Times,
abound in American girl students who
are exposed to evil influences by the
utter. absence Of safeguards against
the Bohemian atmosphere and envi.
ronment. Berlin and Dresden, alone
among the European cities, offer rea-
sonable prospects that young Ameri-
can girls will not suffer from bad In.
tluences during their student days.
Schweitzingen-The II passengers
carried by the schuette-L LAM dirigible
balloon on it, hrst flight this year
had q narrow escape from death near.
here. When the dirigible, with the
inventor. Professor Schuette, acting
as pilot, had reached an altitude Of.
a few hundred feet, the vertical steer.
Ing gear jammed and the airships
plunged ct full speed TO the earth,
whore 1t buried It's bows and the for.
ward gondola In the ground. Six Of
the inmates Of this gondola, together
with Professor sohuette and me-
chanic. were thrown out with great
violence, but nobody except. the me-
chanic, who had his breast crushed
In, suffered any serious injury. The
dirigible, with the remaining passen.
gers, then again rose rapidly. The
water ballast containers had bean
smashed and the atrshlp was blown
helplessly to the other side Of the:
Rhine. where q descent eventually
was effected without further mishap.
The River Rhine may eventually
be made 8 German stream from that
corner Of the Black Forest where It
nrst enters the empire TO ito mouth.
Plans for great ship canal % open.
the streams way entirely through
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