The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-04-21
IN THE FATHERLAND.
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHAT'S DOING I'M OLD HOME
Summary OF the Most Important Hap
penlngs in the Land of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.

dustrially and are about to open an
Anglo-German coal mine at Harworth
The mine lies near the edge of the
rich and busy coal district around
Doncaster. Much Of the machinery
used will be German. The invasion
Of the Yorkshire coal field by the Ger
man company working on German
methods has been regretted In Eng"
fish mining circles, but the opportu-
nifty Of acquiring the property was
first offered to and declined by Eng
lish coal owners. Herr SHINES then
stepped in, and company was formed
with capital Of $2,500,000, which was
fully subscribed, chiefly II Germany,
but partly in England. The complaint
that British mining engineers have
been ignored is also hardly justified,
for two English engineers have been
retained by the company, and Arnold
Lupton, also a mining engineer, is
one Of the two British directors. The
contract for the sinking of the shaft
has been let to German firm.
Count Zeppelin, the untiring pio-
neer in the field of aerial navigation,
has added a new and very important
feature to his dirigibles. 1t is sound
muller. Being equipped with the
new invention, the army airship II
Is" passed over Berlin, and the noise
which it made was hardly audible.
The success of the invention was the
more striking, because the passenger
ship Hansa passed over the city i'm
mediately afterwards. The rafting and
whirring Of the machinery Of the
Hansa could be heard for miles ahead
of the ship. The invention will be Of
very great Importance in case Of war
in the air. In cloudy weather an air
ship equipped with a sound muff1er
will be able to steal close upon the
enemy without being discovered
Count Won Moltke, a nephew Of the
famous strategist Of the FrancoPrus-
sian war, and the general staff OF
the army are planning for next au
tumn the largest military maneuvers
the world has ever seen in time Of
peace. Six army corps and y divi-
sions, approximately 100000 officers
and men, and $4,000 horses, will take
part in the maneuvers. The kaiser
will be the chief umpire in the final
three-days' battle. The woods, hills
and valleys of the west side Of the
Rhine will reverberate with 1,056 field
guns and 500 machine guns. The field
Of operations will cover a large area
in a triangle between Frankfort, Gies-
en- and Cobienz.
The latest crown prince incident"
the sudden and unexplained abandon
ment Of the projected trip to the Ger
man colonies in Africa by the kaisers
heir, is causing much comment. 1t IS
felt that there must be some serious
reason for the abrupt abandonment Of
the scheme Persons searching for
the truth even go so far as to sug-
gest that fears Of international COM
plications may have determined the
kaiser to keep the crown prince In
Europe.
1t is regarded as morally certain
that when the. special committee deal
ing with the aerial traffic bill makes
it's report, recommendations Of a far
reaching character will be advanced.
Germany now has 20 airships, aero
planes 'fto a number which is known
to the military authorities" airship
Oh oil "a
grounds everywhere, 80 factories man
ufacturing aeroplanes, and 80 balloon
clubs.
For some time Berlin policemen
have been endeavoring to obtain per-
mission to form a union. When some
Of them began to make arrangements
to follow the example of the fremen
(who have union) Herr Won Jagow.
the police president Of Berlin, issued
a prohibition and as a disciplinary
measure" had the moving spirits trans
ferred to positions away from Berlin.
Kiel-Prince Adalbert, third son of
Kaiser Wilhelm, has been stricken
with an acute attack of stomach and
intestinal catarrh. The prince was re-
moved from the German cruiser Koln
to his villa here.
Berlin.-A railway engine was
brought into play at the station Wies-
sensee, near here, to subdue an ele-
plant which had escaped from its
cage with a travelling circus.
VALPARAISO, Chile-The German
dreadnaughts Kaiser and Koenig Al
bert and the cruiser Strassburg ar
rived here accompanied by steamer
loaded with German coal. Great
crowds gathered to see them and ex-
tensive preparations have been made
to entertain the officers and crews.
The newspapers here for more than
a month have published advertise
ments stating that German warships.
steamers and shipyards are the best
In the world. Prince Heinrich OF Prus-
STA and his wife are in Chile.
Professors and high railway Off
Gals in Saxony have just held meet
ing to protest at the methods OF
handing out decorations and orders
On the part of the kaiser. They an
nounce they will accept no orders at