The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-08-04
IN The FATHERIAND.
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.

penings in the Land of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.
The Tyrolese Matterhorn, the
Grossglockner, 21,454 feet high, near
historic Innsbruck, the most popular
mountain in Austria and the Tyroi, has
been privately sold to a German
named Weller of Bochum, near Essen.
The purchase money varies according
to different accounts from $4,000 to
nearly double that amount. The news
has fallen like a bombshel1 among Al
pinists, and all the Alpine clubs are
strongly protesting against what they
consider the sacrilege. 1t seems that
Herr Weller wanted private Alpine
reserve in which to raise game for his
own purpose, and he bought the noun
tain and the adjoining slopes AND for
ests from the communes that owned
the territory. There is a notion that
his intention is to prohibit Alpinists
and the public from entering his es-
tate in the future, decision which
amounts to building a high wall
around the Matterhorn, but it is be-
ieved that he can be induced" to part
profit.
Prince Adalbert, Kaiser Wilhelm's
sailor son, has not been seen in pub
lie for some time, nor has he attended
recent family gatherings. His absence
from Kiel during regatta week was
much commented on in view Of his
naval rank, and court society Is eXer
cised over his romance. He has been
staying at Carlsbad as the duke of
Hohenstein and 1t is asserted that his
retirement is due to his love affair. He
became engaged two years ago to a
Hungarian counts daughter, but the
match was broken off in its incipient
stage by the kaiser. Ever since then
the prince has been nursing his grief,
frequently approaching his father, but
in vain. Matters reached a crisis when
Adalbert learned that a morganatic
marriage had been sanctioned in the
suggested, that, determined not to be
dictated to any longer, Adalbert went
through secret marriage ceremony at
Budapest short time ago.
Relations between the courts of
Vienna and Berlin are strained as a
result Of a letter which Kaiser Will
helm sent to Kaiser Franz Joseph, ex-
pressing establishment and vexation at
the treatment extended to the children
Of Wllhelm's friend, the late Archduke
Ferdinand, who were not allowed to
attend the funeral of their parents
The kaiser declared himself strongly
on the subject and announced that he
would not attend the funeral himself. |
The venerable Austrian ruler keenly
resented such a letter from a fellow !
monarch many years his junior. When
Wilhelm learned the effect of his letter
he feared that perhaps he had gone
too far and suggested that he come to
visit Franz Joseph at the latter's coun-
try castle of Ischl. Franz Joseph,
however, is reported to be unappeased
and has shown no desire to see vii.
helm at Isehl
'The sailor prince" Adalbert, third |
son of the kaiser, wants to visit the
United States with the German war
ships, going there for the opening of
the Panama canal next year. Although
official announcement was withheld it
was generally understood that the
kaiser would accede to his wishes and
would shortly elevate him in rank to
corvette captain for the voyage.
The German war feet will accom-
pany the American vessels through
the canal and visit the San Francisco
exposition
In France, SIP fewer babies were
born in 1913 than in 1912, according to
official figures. This is the lowest
birth rate ever recorded in the coun-
try except in 1911 Births exceeded
deaths in 1913 by 41,901, or an aver
age of 10 births in excess of deaths
for every 10000 inhabitants This
compares with an excess of births
over deaths in Germany Of 127 for ev-
cry 10000, in Austria of 107, and in
Hungary of $780, There were 298, 760 |
marriages in France in 1913, or 1859
fewer than in 1912.
Crown Prince Wilhelm's trip through
the German colonies, which he desired
to make this year, but to which the
kaiser refused to consent, may be
made in 1915. According to a usually
well informed source, the consent of
the kaiser has been gained, and all
that now remains to be done is to in
duce the reichstag to appropriate $45,-
600 for expenses.
Germany's growing population is IL
Illustrated by a statistical chart at the
Stuttgart hygienic exhibition This
chart shows that in Germany: One
child is born every 16 seconds, two
sets of twins are born every hour, one
person dies every % seconds, thirty
five infants die every hour, one vic
tim of tuberculosis dies every four and