The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
IN THE FATHERLAND
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHAT'S DOING IN OLD HOME
Summary of the Most important Hap
penings in the Land Of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.


Readers.
Germany wants to divert the mouth
of the Rhine from Holland to its own
territory. 1t wants to make a second
mouth to the Rhine which will lie in
German territory, and thereby to cut
out the Dutch port Of Rotterdam,
which at present has a monopolistic
control of Rhine traffic and can stop
all Rhine commerce in time OF war
The diversion OF the Rhine is an en-
terprise fit to rank with Panama. for
the new river will be 215 kilometers
long, which is more than twice as long
as the Panama canal and half as long
again as the Suez. Also the cost will
be on a Panama scale, for the mini
mum estimate is 100000, 600. 1t is
proposed to run the canal from Duls-
burg on the Rhine to the seaport of
Emden society has been founded
at Coblenz with the title, Dem deut-
| schen Rhein die neue deutsche Muen-
dung" 1t is under the presidency of
| General Kosch and Reichstag Deputy
L
This society is having the plans made
and hopes to start a corporation under
| the control of the state, to carry out
| the plan.
Berlin keeps 400 children of limited
mentality in forest schools" outside
| the city. They leave home at 1870 in
! the morning and go by street railway
to the school. The parents are sup
posed to pay the car fare, but in the
/ case of very poor families the city
pays. They get something to eat I'M
| mediately upon their arrival and have
! four other meals during the day. The
| periods last half an hour and no child
has more than six; those who are less
strong have four or five. Although
they are given shorter hours they are
able to keep up to grade and beside
this their health is safeguarded. Scat
tered around over the grounds are
groups of desks and benches where
classes are held with no shelter but
the great evergreen trees. Every
child has it's garden spot and by this
means practical botany Is taught.
There is a space fenced in where the
children take sun baths Five times
q week every child goes tc the air
bath and swimming pool. Every aft
ernoon they get a nap in the open air
,or couple of hours. This institu'
.ion costs the city $4,000 a year.
|
A further mishap in connection with,
he ill-fated Schroeder-Stranz arctic
expedition was reported in telegram.
The message told of the sinking Of
the relief ship Loevenskiold, which set
out In search of Lieutenant Schroeder
StranZ and his party, many of whom
disappeared in Spitzbergen and some
of whom are known to have persisted.
The relief expedition was commanded
by Captain Lerner and comprised five
German explorers and a crew of eight
sailors. They reached land safely and
are continuing their search in the
ships small boats and on sleds. They
have thus far found no traces Of the
missing explorer or his companions.
Captain Staxrud, the Norwegian lead
er of a second relief expedition, sent
wireless dispatch also reporting he
had found no trace of Schroeder
Stranz in Northeastland. Lieutenant
Schroeder-StranZ,w with three compan-
ions, left the other members of his
party last year to make a practice
trip on sledges across Northeastland
and they have not been heard of
since The object Of the expedition
was to try to discover a northeast
passage. None Of the eleven Germans
fnd five Norwegians composing the
party had had any arctic experience.
Charges OF unprofessional conduct
have been preferred against DR.. Fried
rich F. friedman, originator of tuber-
culosis serum, and he may have to de-
fend his conduct before a court OF
honor of physicians and surgeons
Julius Benjamin, father Of DR.. Harry
Benjamin, who went to the United
States with Friedman as the latter's
assistant and who, as a result of his
association with the creator of the
turtle tubeTcular vaccine, was left
stranded in New York city without
funds, is pressing the charges.
Kaiser Wilhelm has always been in
favor of Germanys participation in
the San Francisco exposition, and this
fact makes it much easier for the 9th
ers who are in favor of it to keep or
hammering at those who are opposed
to it.
Four section men were surprised
and crushed TO death by a train in 6
tunnel near Kassel. Defective signals
we're the cause of the catastrophe.
Seventeen persons were drowned a
Swinemunde by the capsizing of 8
sailing boat fitted with an auxihar,
motor. The boat was hit by squat
while proceeding to inspect Kaiser
Wilhelm's yacht.
A new danger for aviators wa:
chronicled by the German airman, Vic
Tor Soeffler of the Johannisthal aero
drome, who reports that his biplant
was caught in a shower of meteor: