The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22

The Hansa Continues to Make
Two Trips Daily.
PLAN SEVERAL new STATIONS
They win Be Constructed ia
Accommodate Two Vessels.
The Population Of Berlin Is De-
creasing Rapidly.

Berlin. Nov. 22.-The two disasters
to Zeppelin airships in September ana
October are not to result In checking
the use Of these craft in Germany.
This is the decision apparently reacn-
ed by the government, the concerns
be called the aerial travelling public.
The recent fatal accidents In the
North sea when fourteen men were
killed, and at Johannisthal, Wnen
twenty-eight persons lost their nves'
have not reduced the number OF sail
ings in the vicinity of Berlin OF tho
Hansa, stationed at Potsdam. This
airship is still making two trips daily.
and only recently it celebrated It's
three hundredth flight. Moreover. the
which owns the Hansa and two other
airships, is preparing for q much more
extended schedule of sailings- To the
company's eight stations. located
Frankfort, Baden-Baden. Gotha, Leip-
zig and Friedrichshafen. are to be
added eight more-at Emden. Bre-
men, Hanover, Brunswick. Dresden
Stuttgart, Munich. and Copennagen.
It is also intended later to establish
stations at towns in the more eastern
part of the empire, such as Breslau.
and probably at Dantsic and konigs-
berg.
From a recent issue Of the "aerial
time table" it appears that regular air
routes and fixed sailings will be main
tanned. Between Friedrichshafen ana
Copenhagen the airships will sail eth
er via Hamburg and Brunswick, or by
way of Brunswick, Potsdam, Leipzig.
Gotha and Stuttgart Another line will
connect Dresden and Hamburg by way
of Potsdam and Brunswick. Vessels
travelling between Bremen ana Emoen
will follow the same course as TAR az
Brunswick. Between Dresden and
Dusseldorf the route will also be by
way Of Brunswick. The last named
city is thus to be a sort OF central sta
ton for the whole system.
Owing to the large number OF sta
lions that eventually will be in opera
ton, it is expected that the aircraft
will be able to find ready refuge when
surprised by bad weather. Most OF
the stations are constructed to ac-
commodate two ships.
The population of Berlin Is decreas-
ing. Not only are the 1aboring classes
moving out to the country to find
the city for more pretentious homes
in the nearby suburbs. The exodus
has been SO steady during the past
Fights months that Berlin today has
over 1900 less Inhabitants than 1t
| had on March 1.
| The present year Is the only one to
| how a decrease in population since 1873.
| For six years past the rate OF increase
has been comparatively slow. but as
recently as 1906 there was q gain OF 54,-
600 in IL months. Now the tide has
turned the other way. and the NUM-
| cipality is alarmed over the departure
of 10 millionaires. in the German sense.
| in the three months ended June 30.
The city's tax receipts are correspond
ingly reduced.
| The loss this year appears to be not
wholly due to the movement OF the
people into SUBURBAN towsn, for such
prosperous neighbors as CharlottenburG
and Schoeneberg also show small losses
and the gains in other adjacent muni-
cipalities are not large enough to &C
count for the removals from the cap1-
tai. The demand for labor in Greater
Berlin this year has been very slack
and in spite Of the emigration to fields
where work can be secured. the mum
Der Of the unemployed is assuming
alarming proportions. Even the build
ing trades, which normally employ
thousands, report very limited activity
W. W. Husband, an agent Of the Uni.
ted States department Of commerc,
and labor. has just returned to Berlin
after an 5000 mile trip through the in
} terror of Russia, investigating the CON
ditions of Russian emigration to thu
United States on the spot
This work Of Mr.. Husbands indicate,
the attention paid by the department t.
questions OF this nature. Emigration
of the orthodox Russians, in distinction
from the Russian Jews who have fol
years made up so large a portion OF
the stream Of human trafnc to the Uni.
ted States, began only recently and thu
department empowered Mr.. Husband t.
make this extended trip to discover the
conditions which were leading them Il
seek the United States: whether they
were being induced to do 50 against thu
provisions OF the law on contract labor
and whether they would probably form
permanent elements Of the American
population. 1t is understood that on
the first point satisfactory, answer
was received. It would appear, how.
ever, that these Russian emierants
like many Of the Italians, 70 to the
United States only with the intention
OF remaining long enough to hoard Ut
little fortune which will enable them
to return and i've in comfort in their
home country
MI Husband was accompanied on his
trip BY Samuel Harper. son Of the late
as Interpreter. He Is now starting for the
Balkans on 9 similar trip Of investfeation
come suniciently settled. after the war.
to enable him to get the information n.
sired by the department.
A new hunting field Of vast area. stfl]
untouched by the rifle Of the white sports
T man; has been found W,.: IN East Africa By
Berlin Mr.: white calls. this terrifory
country lne n x tse aast pig n hunt
Mr. White, Accompanied by his wife
e esn 1seg .fsr
his experiences that he returned recently