The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-07-28
IN THE FATHERLAND
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.

taken. The minister of the interior has
issued an order to the president of the
police that Il p. m. shall be consid-
cred the proper closing hours for
cafes and amusement resorts. How
ever, where there appears to be a
real necessity" the police at their
discretion may permit an establish
ment TO keep open until a. NJ, but
under no circumstances will they
grant concessions beyond that hour.
The measure Is said to be aimed par
ticularly at resorts which do not open
until 1, 2, or a. M, and at smaller
drinking places called "kniepen." A
part Of the Berlin press is protesting
loudly, asserting that the city's night
| life Is what has made the kaiser's cap
ital magnet and has caused an i'm
mense increase in American and Eng
! lsh tourist trade, not to mention that
Of provincial visitors, diverting from
Paris a large portion Of the stream Of
| gold that Is spent by Americans in
Europe.
Plans are being laid for further de-
velopment of Germany's canal sys-
| tenn. Experts are starting a study of
! all phases Of a waterway to connect
| the Rhine with the North sea through
| German territory. Two projects will
| be taken into account, one of which
would restrict the canal to internal
traffic. A depth Of about fifteen feet
is provided for, which would also be
necessary to deepen the Rhine be-
| tween Koln and Vessel. The whole ex-
pense is estimated at about one hum
| dred and twenty-five million dollars.
| The other project has been worked
and provides for a ship canal with a
depth of water sufficient to enable
ocean-going steamers to reach Koln
from the North sea- This project
would entail the expenditure of a
much larger sum Of money, but it is
considered to be feasible and has
many influential supporters.
Kaiser Wilhelm will return from
Norway to Swinemunde early in Au-
gust to prepare for the greatest war
game ever played in Germany. This
has been called the Kaiser Maneuv-
ers" and when the German army, or a
very big part Of it, assemblies in the
Taurus valley the third week in Sep
| TENDER they will operate under the
eyes of four kings and kng-to-be.
These include the kaiser himself his
royal allies Of Saxony and Wuertem-
berg, King Constantine of Greece and
the Crown Prince Rupert of Bava-
ria. More than two hundred thousand
men. with q corresponding force of
horse, guns, airships and aeroplanes
will wage four days warfare round
Bad Homburg, which will be the ma
neuvers' headquarters.
A fine point in law has been raised
at Vienna as to whether person can
be convicted Of attempted murder
when blank cartridges have been fired
in the belief they had bullets. The
case Is that Of a young woman who
bought pistol from a dealer who pru-
IDENTIFY charged it with blank shells.
The girl then shot at her lover without
doing him the slightest harm. On ar
rest she admitted her intention to
murder the man, but her lawyers have
now raised the point that g. person
cannot be convicted of shooting with
intent to kill' when it is impossible
to carry out the intention. This point
Is now the subject of ingenious argu-
ment on both sides.
Kaiser Wilhelm seems to have a
pretty safe and. sane view Of sports.
He said not long ago: Il desire to di-
rect attention to matter as to which
/ believe our nation Is on the right
track. This is an endeavor to confer
the chief benefits Of sport upon the
whole people, to bring the masses up
to high plane of physical develop
ment, and not to sort out Individual
frst-class performances from the dead
level, which remains generally lower"
The recently reported revival OF an
order effective up to 1903, requiring
recruits from Elsass-Lothringe to be
enrolled in regiments outside their
home provinces, has evoked much dis
content and some indignation in the
reichsland. 1t is considered by a part
of the population as a punishment for
the events Of Zabern.
The Vienna Reichspost says In plain
words that Russia inspired the muir
der of Archduke Ferdinand and his
wife.
The American muskrat is invading
Germany. He has not come directly
from America, but by way of Austria
About nine years ago large landown-
or of Bohemia imported ten pairs Of
the animals from America and turned
them loose on his estate, which lies
some twenty-five miles from Prague.
They propagated rapidly and soon
overran all Bohemia Recently they
have crossed the Saxon frontier into
Germany, and now it is regarded as
only a question Of time when all Ger
man streams and lakes will be infest-
ed with them.
The Society of German Engineers
has just built for itself a new home at
cost Of nearly five hundred thousand
dollars 1t now has more than TWEEN
ty-five thousand members and it is