The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-11
LAKE WATERS
TAKE PLACE OF
A MONASTERY
FIFTEEN ACRES OF WOODED
MOOR, WHERE STOOD MONKS
HOME, HAVE DISAPPEARED AND
WATER COVERS sPoT-TERRI.
FLYING NOISES ALARM RESI-
DENTS AND TOURISTS.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

earth in a night IN punishment for the
sins of the monks, appears now very
possibly founded on fact. The legen-
Diary occurrence has just been repeated
on the reputed site of the ancient mon
astery near Rheine, but this time with
out involving modern sinners.
Fifteen acres of a wooded moor, still
called "the Holy Lake" in commemora-
ton of the waters beneath which
monks and monastery disappeared and
which in turn slowly silted up first into
marsh and then into moor, have
dropped cut of sight. On the spot is
now a lake thirty feet deep, with only
the tops Of the higher trees appearing
above the surface.
The legend speaks Of a rumbling
subterrarean noise which warned the
population of the fate overtaking the
monks, and the same sound, accom-
panied by a noticeable trembling of
the earth, during the night Of April Is
carried the news of the new wonder to
the villages around the moor. When
the spot was visited the next morning
1t was found that fifteen acres had
sunk bodily some forty feet, the sub
sidence occurring so evenly and grad
ually that birches and pines were still
erect In the soil. though already we'll
below the level of the surrounding
land. Streams of water were pouring
from the almost vertical sides Of the
cavity, which soon filed to the depth
of about fifteen feet and then, after
an interval, to about thirty feet. The
flow OF water still continues, but the
waters seem to have found a concealed
outlet, for the level remains fairly con-
slant
Thousands Of sightseers are visiting
the miracle" including many geolo-
ST xz1 al dU dx1ar fI,oJx
explanations OF the phenomena. The
country here is underlaid with beds of
limestone, which, the biologists as
sumo, is subject to erosion by strong
underground streams Of water. Into a
cavern thus formed an area of stone
corresponding to the new lake has pre-
sumably fallen and the present sinkage
may be only the beginning of further
subsistence.
Anton Won Werner. Germany's cele-
brated painter of battle scenes and
honorary director Of the Royal Art
school. contributes this month an in
t6festing sidelight on the history of in
ternational relations during the recent
European crisis, illustrating the pre-
cautions taken in Germany to avoid
sharpening the situation.
For some time rumors concerning
withdrawal from exhibition of some of
Werner's paintings for political reasons
have been in circulation. These have
now been confirmed by the painter
himself, with the addition that the
withdrawal was at the request Of the
foreign Office, which was anxious to
avoid anything which might stir up
hostility in France. Last autumn Wer-
ner was invited to participate in the
jubilee loan exposition OF German art,
to be held to celebrate the twenty fifth
anniversary of the accession of En-
peror William to the throne. He placed
at the disposition of the organizers a
number of his historic pictures, deal
ing with scenes of the Franco-Prussian
war and with events in later German
history up to the death of General
Count Won Moltke, the military genius
OF that conflict. At the same time he
suggested, in view of the strained po-
litical conditions at the time, and the
fact that the pictures dealt with mar
tial scenes of perhaps provocative ma
ture, that the director secure the per-
mission of the emperor to the exhibit |
ton of the paintings.
He was told in reply that at the re-
quest of the foreign office the pictures |
would not be exhibited. The fire. eat
ing section of the German press nat
uraIly RACES at this interference with |
German art, but the action of the |
foreign office is generally applauded by |
the public as well as by Prof Won Wer- |
ner himself
The Biggest Ship.
Germans usually attribute to Amer |
leans a craze for everything that is big, |
but Germany makes some things big |
ger than any other country in the |
world. When the Imperator starts on |
her trial trip she will be the biggest |
final work on the mammoth vessel has |
been done with the biggest crane in |
the world, which was completed about |
the beginning of April.
Hamburg broke the worlds records /
in cranes twenty-five years ago, but |
il later lost this pre- eminence. Now |
a German firm has built there a crane |
that can handle loads to a maximum |
of 2T5 short tons within a radius of
But its working reach is even greater
than this, for the movable arm is tt
self surmounted by small crane that
can lift ten tons at distance Of $50
feet from the center. Thus, for
weights of that size. the crane has a
total sweep of $50 feet. The machine
Is operated by electricity, and only two
men are required TO serve ii. The
chief operators in the central booth is
provided with searchlight so as to
enable him to work at night.
German manufacturers of cranes
claim that their machines ecxell those
made in other countries, and that or
40 big cranes in the world. more than
half were built by single German
firm.
At a time when Germany Is about
10 make big increase in her army, it
is OF interest to note the economic eff
feet of the present peace footing upon
a typical peasant family This aspect
OF Germany's military burden has been
made the subject of Investigation, and