The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
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.

long life to more than q moderate
degree. He says man does not die
primarily Of disease or of other avoid.
able causes, but because the stock OF
energy given him at birth Is finally ex.
hausted. To Rubner, man is not a
perpetual motion machine, but an en-
CINE fed with a fixed, not increasable
stock OF fuel; and such an engine must
cease running when the fuel Is all
| consumed. The law of energy Is put
by Rubner thus: Living substance
keeps alive only as long as 1t is pro-
ductng energy from the consumption
OF food. But the capacity OF living
substance to do this is rigidly limited.
| Every animal can produce a fixed
amount OF energy and no more; and
when Its capacity to produce energy
! Is exhausted 1t dies" The theory con-
| fiicts with all current doctrines of the
| cause of death.
| What took place between the United
States squadron and the German
squadron at Manila in 1898 has been
discussed at great length in the Ger
man and American press. Admiral
| Won Ttrhitz, secretary of the imperial
navy Of Germany, issued the following
statement as a revised and amplified
version Of the assurances he has al
ready given the reichstag in regard
to the episode: Concerning the
statements in the autobiography of
Admiral Dewey, severely attacking
| Won Diederich, who commanded the
German squadron at Manila, l desire
to say that complete expose Of the
events Of that time which Won Dieder-
ichs Is about to publish, will, SO far
as my information goes, make unmis-
takably plain the entire clearness and
correctness Of Won Diederichs course,
and also that of his subordinate Off
GERS"
The Hamburg Amerika line pub
Hshed recently a provisional balance
sheet for 1913. 1t shows q net profit
of about $4,000, 900, as compared with
92,675,000 in 1912 The report says
that in view of the state of affairs in
the North Atlantic trade 1t is consid-
cred desirable greatly to strengthen
the fund for fighting competition"
and also to increase reserves, but it is
affirmed that these provisions do not
imperil the prospect of satisfactory
results in the next business year. The
company will declare a dividend of
ten per cent, as year ago, and will
place 92,750,000 to reserve, as COM
pared with e 100000 in 1912. The
net profit of G3,OO0,OOO is the largest
ever earned by the company, but the
dividend has to be paid on additional
capital to the amount of more than
100000.
The resignation of the whole gov
eminent of Alsace-Lorraine headed by
the Hberalminded statthalter of the
provinces, Count Wedel, provoked a
sudden and unforeseen crisis, which
neither the kaiser nor his chancellor
was prepared to face, and, very much
against their will, they were forced
to beg Count Wedel to remain in Of
|
it has been duly considered whether
it be safe to throw down the gaunt-
let to the South German states and
the great majority Of the citizens Of
Prussia by a complete surrender to
the reactionary demands of the junk
ers and the army officers.
Stiefvater, a noted aviator, flew a
race with a train carrying Crown
Princess Cecilie What made the race
the more interesting was the fact that
flying apparatus used had been made
by Prince Friedrich Sigismund, a son
! of Z brother-in-laW of Kaiser VIII
helm. At the close Of the race the
crown princess stopped at a cottage
near Danzig, and the aviator flew over
the cottage and dropped a bouquet at
her feet Prince Friedrich belongs
to the army, but he is taking great
| interest in aviation.
The Ehrenhaus family is probably
| the record breaking preacher fam
| lily" of the world. For 800 years the
| eldest son in each generation and
| often several other sons have I'M
| interruptedly followed the footsteps
| of their father as preacher Of the
gospel. John Ehrenhaus in 1913 was
| the first preacher of the family. His
| descendants have just held their three
hundredth annual celebration and re-
union as family Of preachers"
The farmers convention In Berlin
| was the largest IN the history Of the
| farmers association. They passed
| resolution against the advancement OF
democracy in all fields Of endeavor,
and pledged themselves to the support
of the authority Of the kaiser.
Crown Prince Wilhelm has had
slight attack of tonsilitis. His physi-
clan declared that it is not serious,
but he ordered his patient to stay il
| bed for some time. Three of the four
sons of the crown prince at the same
time had the whooping cough.
The kaiser has ennobled Dr. VIII
liam Bode, director of the Kaiser
Friedrich museum, in recognition of
his work in securing Hugo Wander
goes famous painting, THE Alteration
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