Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-27
Emperor William SIS Today;
All Germany Celebrating
He Is Still Hale and Vigorous
in Body and
Mind.

BERLIN, Jan. 27.-Emperor Will
lam celebrated his fifty-fifth birthday
today, hale and vigorous in body and
mind, and able still, as was shown by
his recent housekeeping exploits, to
undertake the physical work of man
in the prime of life. All classes of his
subjects Joined in observing the day,
celebrations being held by the uni
versity and technical school students,
by the academies of arts and sciences,
by army and navy officers, by civic
organizations and by municipalities
and veteran associations throughout
the empire.
The day in Berlin was ushered in
by the traditional sounding of a
choral from the lantern of the cas-
tie dome by a corps of tTumpeters at
a. M, and by the Grand Reveille"
by massed military bands, which
marched from the castle to the
Brandenburg gate the whole length
of the crowded Inter den Linden and
returned.
After divine service in the royal
chapel his majesty held a birthday
levee and received the congratula-
tons of his ministers, of the ambas-
sailors and ministers accredited to
the German court, of the high mill
court society.
Greets Ambassador Gerard.
In the progress of the diplomatic
corps through the Linden to the cas-
tie, always a great attraction for the
spectacle-loving citizens of Berlin, the
| United States ambassador, James w.
Gerard, in an automobile and wearing
civilian attire without gold braid or
decorations, was a conspicuous figure
among the foreign representatives all
| In gorgeous uniforms covered with
orders and riding in their carriages of
state. His majesty had a cordial
greeting for I'M. Gerard and con-
yersed for several minutes with him.
The levee was followed by a GUS
tomary military event. the giving out
of the password for the day, which
was, as always, Long life to his
majesty" The Emperor, attended by
his six sons and followed by a gilt
tering suite walked from the castle
to the guardhouse near the arsenal,
where all the officers in Berlin were
assem- bled for the ceremony.
There was the customary display of
| street decorations, principally of bunt-
| ing and evergreen festoons, and ap-
| parently every business house in the
city had in its show windows a bust
| of the Emperor surrounded with
| flowers.
High Honors Conferred.
Elaborate Examinations, particu-
larly of the Linden and the Friedrich
and Leipsiger streetsc, have been ar
ranged for this evening.
There was a long list of birthday
honors and decorations, promotions
being awarded lavishly throughout
the army and navy services, but the
lions share of the distinctions was
conferred on men belonging to the
business and artistic worlds.
The highest distinction of all was
given to Prince Guido Henckel Van
Donnersmarck, who received the
Black Eagle.
A newspaper publisher, August
Scherl, proprietor of the Lokal An
zeiger and numerous other publica-
lions, was honored with the second
class of the Red Eagle with the Star.
The same decoration without the
star was conferred on Prof. Paul
Enrich, the eminent physician.
| DR.. Wilhelm Bode, the director of
the royal museum, was raised to the
hereditary nobility.
A gala performance at the opera
was arranged this evening, for which
| invitations were sent to all the for
| eign diplomats.