The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-28
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHAT'S DOING I'M OLD HOME
Summary Of the Most Important Hap
peninss in the Land Of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.

room The blaze was extinguished
with chemical apparatus withC t
needless destruction Of walls and fur
niture An examination showed that
the fire started from hot coal which
had dropped from laundry stove in
| the attic and rolled upon an unpro-
| tected wooden floor. The tenant
proved that the stove was an appoint
ment of the building, provided by the
| landlord, and that 1t was neither his
| duty nor his privilege to change It..
The landlord proved that he had re-
| Gently purchased the building under
| the usual guarantee that all laws and
| ordinances had been complied with in
construction and appointment, that
| this stove had not been changed, and
that his attention had not been called
! to any condition involving a fire risk.
| The builder from whom the owner
| purchased was then called and had to
| admit that he was responsible for the
| setting of the stove as the police had
| found it, and that he had violated the
| law in neglecting to provide suitable
| metallic hearth Of the required kind
| and dimensions between it and the
| floor. This responsibility was brought
| home to him by the assessment
| against him of the damage, together
with the cost to the city OF responding
to the alarm and extinguishing the
| fire, rounded out by an exemplary fine
| of 500 marks as a reminder that Ger
man laws are intended to be OBJ
| served. This great care to place the
blame where it belongs largely ex-
| plains why fire losses in Germany are
only one-tenth as large as in America.
1t is understood that the German
| crown prince and princess are making
plans to visit the United States next
| year. It has long been the fervent
wish of the future German empress to
do this, but it couldn't be arranged, as
| the crown prince was too busy with
his military command at Danzig. In
his flying visit next year Prince Fried
rich Wilhelm, the future German SOW
| ereign, will probably see New York
| Washington and several other big
! cities, and go to Panama, as he has al
ways showed the keenest interest in
the great work on the canal. 1t has
been learned that the crown prince
and his wife will sail on the Impera-
| tor with only small party of equer
ries and ladies in waiting, and the
trip will be of an entirely private char
acter, the prince probably travelling
incognito. When in Washington he
will probably stay at hotel instead
of at the German embassy, but may
suspend his incognito in order to Tisit
President Wilson.
The Russian premier and minister
Of finance, Vladimir Kokovsoff. went
| to Berlin to confer with the German
imperial chancellor, DR.. Won Beth
mann-Hollweg. The reason for the
visit is generally assumed to be the
financial side Of the railroad construc-
ton and development OF Turkey
KokoYsoff was the guest of Kaiser
Wilhelm at luncheon and afterwards
dined with the imperial chancellor.
Kokovsoff stayed in Berlin three days
The German legation in Mexico City
again urgently advised the Germans
residing in Torreon and Durango to
leave those cities on account of the
expected hostilities there The Mexi-
can diplomatic representatives have
made financial and other arrange
ments for the purpose Of assisting
them to depart.
A young lioness, while on exhibition
before the boys of a classical school at
Koeslin. escaped and seriously in,
iured q seven-year-old schoolboy and
caused a panic among the other pu-
pills.
This hot story came from gay Paris:
a. Boerner, German inventor. has
organized a $5,000,000 corporation to
build a feet of six $500 600 passenger
carrying dirigibles to ply between
Paris, London and New York, at
speed of 70 miles an hour The in
Yentor says the specifications for his
dirigible have been passed upon by
lSdOlIS II SllCIl anu NJCl IIdl
experts, and all have agreed that his
design presents the greatest possibili-
tise for long ocean voyages. The ,ir
cruisers, according to the plans, will
be 500 feet over all, so feet in beam
and about 100 feet high Each dirigi-
| BILE will accommodate 800 passengers
and the Injuries provided will vie with
the equipment of the Imperator
Two and half million dollars have
been paid to retain for the kaiser
newspaper mouthpiece The money
was paid to the August Scherl News
paper company, proprietors Of the
Berlin Lokal AnZieger, in return for
pledge to keep the paper constantly
at the disposal of the government.
This influential journal was in dan
ger of falling into the hands of Ru-
dot Mos6e, owner of the Berlin Tage-
blatt If it had it would have involved
a change in politics which would have
left IT, imperial party without an or.
gan of circulation.