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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-18

is borne her by the six stalwart sons
and the dainty daughter who affec-
tionatelv address her as "Mutterchen."
Princess Louise was reared with al!
the care and tenderness that "A loving
and practical mother n father could
shower upon an adored daughter. h
must know and be able to do all that
any we'll educated and well trained
girl might be called upon to do. She
was as carefully trained to be woman
ly in all her traits as her brothers
were taught to be manly. AS sweet
and unselfsh as this little girl was
from infancy, nevertheless h ruled
the imperial roOst with n rod of iron
ana her father was no less a victim
of her fascination than h others.
Seemingly she loves the things that
her father cares for most. She is a
splendid horsewoman. an accomplish
ment doubtless inherited just as much
from her mother as from the Kaiser.
She is a Soldier" in every sense of
the word and her favorite costumes
are the uniforms of the regiment
which she, as honorary colonel. heads,
Loved \ Pretty Face.
As united and beautiful as the home
life of Emperor william Is today,
many recall that in the early years
of his marriage there We're secret and
bitter tears shed by his beautiful wife
because Of his inherited love of pretty
womcn The father Of the Kaiser
"Unsor Fritz" was notorious for his
fonduess for the beautiful women OF
his court and his wife. the daughter
Of Queen Victoria. of England, had
beer reared IN an atmosphere where
any breach on the part of husband
or wife was regarded with holy hor-
ror. Therefore when she realized that
her royal conso was paying cour
to other women she suffered in silence
as Ions as she could and then went to
Empress Augusta, her husbands
mother, for solace.
"My child" said the fine old EN-
press. who many times before had suf.
fered uncomfortable half hours in tax
ing her royal consort to task for hi
open i%nfatuation for other women
my child, you have married a Ho-
henzollern. What Will you? Every
man of the House of Hohepzollerr
has n taste for beauty. Your hus-
band would not he a scion of the
proudest house in history If he were
not. with all his daring courage. his
magnificent manhood, a connoisseur OF
pretty women"
The Crown Princess was clover
enough to understand so she suffered
in silence and waited for the tickle
prince to return to the heart that re-
NAMED faithful to him.
So ii can be seen the present En-
peror had but inherited traits tina,
, had been handed down To him through
a long line of monarchs. IT was onl,
natural then that the pretty Grown
Princess. the girl he had found sleep
(. ing so TRANQUILITY IN her hammock
should also have suffered pangs o.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-18
By A. r. ~PARKHURST, JR.)

NPt ~
- INCE the great world war sbroke
'N with all It's fury scores upon
~ scores of newspaper correspond
ents have attempted to draw
pen pictures" of Emperor William of
iermany. To those who have come in
lose ontac with him as a ruler. the
dominant factor in a war that all but
ftaggers humanity, and as a man, It
s remarkable how few of them agree
rs to his chief characteristics. In pre-
Fonting this long distance pen por-
RAFT Of the Kaiser it might be we'll
20 preface II with a. thumb nail
ketch" OF the man, thus briefly set
ing before the reader the main events
n a life so fruitful and so full Of STIR
ing deeds.
Frederick William Victor Albert,
ldest son Of the late Emperor Fred
rick Ill. was born in Berlin January
I, 1853. He Is the ninth monarch of
he House of Hohenzollern to rule over
he Kingdom Of Prussia. and the third
T the House to rule over the Em1ire
f United Germany. ON his fathers
ide he Is Hohenzollern; on his moth
RS Guelph, she being a daughter Of
he late Queen Victoria of England.
While French blood flows trough his
ems. Louise de Collgny. daughter of
he great Admiral, being an ances-
ress.
The Empire of the Kaiser consists
Z -four kingdoms - Prussia, Bavaria.
axony and Wurtemburg-six Grand
)uchies, five Duchies, seven Principal
ies, the Free Towns of Hamburg
Bremen, and Lubbock and the Province
Z Alsace-LOrraine. now being so bit
erly contested. Ills salary comes to
i'm wholly from his hereditary King
ON of Prussia, and amounts to about
=, 100000 a year. AS head of the
figning house. however, he is in pos
ession of a vast amoun of private
%roperty. com prising castles, forests,
hnded estates, etc. the revenues from
htch mainly serve to defray the ex-
enses Of the court and members of
he Royal family. He has made huge
inns in private ventures and Is re-
arded as a shrewd business man. He
WINS a big interest in one of the rams
%tlantic steamship lines, and holdings
+, nearly all Of the well paying rail-
avs In Germany. He will have alb
''H'''N '''i4HS " bp WIN ventures
{ a speculative nature, and in all
h~atters pertaining TO business his wife
his most trusted adviser.
On February 81. 1881, the young
rince married Princess Augusta Vic
bria Amelia Louise Marie Constance,
laughter of the Grand Duke of Schles.
Fig- Holstein = Sonderburg = Augusten.
urg. Six sons and one daughter re.
lifted from this union.
A Soldier From Infancy.
The son of a stern and serious ia.
rer, Williams early boyhood DAYS
ere like those of any youth whose
aiming from infancy was such a one
might fit him TO take his father.
ace. Fro the moment he coulc
(ddle around, his toys consisted o.
pose things hat foster and cultivate
love for the life of "A soldier. A
eformity-a withered arm--in a way
Foved a handicap. Tor IL was soor
Falized that the young Prince was a
disadvantage When he attempted
ose feats which every boy physical
perfect seeks to excel in. Yet de
ute this he, early in life. manifestet
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-18

a love for out OF door life. He ex-
celled as a horseman, riding with the
dash n skill OF a centaur; proved to
be a dead shot, always returning bags
that compared favorably with the best
big and little game hunters in his set,
and even proved his prowess as a
swordsman, he being a fencer of great
skill M courage.
AS a true Hohenzollern he was edu-
Gated more with reference to the du-
ties of q soldier than TO the demands
which might be made upon him as a
statesman. He was placed in the
hands of private tutors and these were
his constant companions until he en-
tered the University of Bonn, the
alma mater of his father. once free
from the restraining influence Of his
august sire and the corps OF tutors
who had logged his footsteps, the
young Prince 'cut loose as It were,
and for a time his escapades and
pranks made choice topics of gossip
for his fellow students. Blest with n
keen and active mind n a healthy
body, he demonstrated that he could
play and work at the same time. He
stood splendidly in his studies and
shone as a student Of the classics. He
had an eye for the beautiful and was
always regarded as susceptible.
Just prior to leaving the University
of Bonn the academic rector publicly
stated that the young Prince had
shown all those good qualities by
which his ancestors a become great.
HIS fellow students proposed his
health with honors, including the sing
ing of the famous old song, "Bemoos-
ter Bursche ziet ich aus" Then the
young Prince made his first speech
and some say that this, his first pub
lie utterance, was the inception OF
what has since become "A habit
His father. who became Emperor
Frederick III shortly after William
left the University, also had studied
at Bonn, tho Duke of Holstein being
a classmate. 1t was during his stay
at Bonn that the young Prince met
and fell in love with the daughter OF
his fathers old classmate and that
romance later so ripened and culmi-
mated In marriage.
Tie Prince Meets His Fate.
Many are the stories told of the first
meeting OF the Prince and the comely
girl destined to become his Queen. one
relates how he stood tranaliNed watch
Ing lie Princess playing tennis. and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-18
Z&e SO 1e
~S@N~7T Z00egT

Wilhelm II Of Germany,
the Despair Of His Every
Biographer, for To Each
and Every One He Pre-
SCENTS a Different Side e
AS The War Lord He Is
the Embodiment Of Mil
6tarism andAll That That
Means, While the Human
Side Of Him Is Fraught
With Many Lovable and
Kindly Traits.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-18
Tie Prince Meets His Fate.

Many are the stories told OF h first
meeting OF the Prince and the comely
girl destined to become his Queen. one
relates how he stood translated watch
ing the Princess playing tennis. and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-06

CREW LEFT
BURNING
VESSEL
REBELS ATTACKED ARSENAL
BUT WERE REPULSED; AU.
THORITIES ARE IN CONTROL
(By Associated Press,l

Shanghai, Dec. 6.-The mutinous
crew of the Chinese cruiser Chao Ho
abandoned the vessel after 1t was
bombarded and set afire. Rebel
bands attacked the arsenal at mid
night, but were repulsed. The au-
thorIties appear to have complete
control. Three mutineers were
killed and five wounded. Thirty or
forty rebels attacked the chapel sub
police station, armed with rifles and
bombs. Three bombs were exploded,
and one policeman killed and three
wounded. Regular troops appeared
and the rebels disappeared.
1t was learned today that the
cruisers crew didn't mutiny, but
was oyerpowered by forty rebels
who boarded the cruiser from a
launch which put ont from the for
eign concession yesterday afternoon
and covered the crew with revolvers
and forced them to open fire on 9TH
er warships and the arsenal. The
officers threw the keys to the six and
four-inCh magazines overheard,
making 1t impossible to use the
heavier guns.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-06
STATE DEPT. IS ASKED WHY BOY-ED
IND Won PAPEN ARE UNDESIRABLE

cesses with the hint that they might
later be better known in Britain, a
safe and indefinite suggestion in the
circumstances
Similarly it is equally vague to
make suggestions with regard to the
large royal family IN Petrograd, but
all the gossip selects no mate either
for the Prince of Wales or Princess
Mary. The cleverness of the Hohen-
zolleIns in placing their children in
so many of the royal families of Eu-
rope has been the subject of many
articles in the British press during
the war and it has been pointed out
how this has affected the diplomatic
situation in Holland, Sweden, Bull
garia and Greece. Meanwhile there
has been no wedding in the immedi-
ateroyal family since the Kings sis
ter Maud married King Haakon VIII
OF Norway In 1886.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-06
PRESIDENT RECEIVES SUFFS

Washington, Dec. 6.-The Presi-
dent today received a special audi
ence Sarah Bard Field and Miss
Frances Joliffe, representatives of
the Woman Voters convention re-
Gently held In San Francisco, who
presented a petition urging nation
wide suffrage for women. Thousands
of suffragists met the suffragists on
the outskirts of the city and es-
cortcd them to the east steps of the
capitol, where the army of women
were addressed by Senator Suther-
land of Utah, who, later in the sea-
son, will introduce in the Upper
House the Susan B. Anthony ma
tional suffrage amendment. Three
hundred women were admitted to
the East room, while the others
waited outside for the return OF the
ENJOYS Tomorrow evening a recep-
tion will be given for the delegates
at which Miss Helen Todd will
speak and Madame Aida sing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-06
ROYAL Marriages
BRING FORTH MUCH
SPECULATION

London, Dec. 6.-Speculation as
to royal marriages, always lively
topic of gossip, has been increased
since the war began, for the field of
possibilities so far as the royal
houses of Great Britain and Russia
are concerned has been narrowed by
the war. Thoughts of marriage be-
tween the princes or the princesses
in Buckingham Palace with anybody
of IIohenzollern associations are now
out OF the question Meanwhile the
Prince of Wales is in his twenty
second year, his brother Albert will
be twenty on Dec. Ia, and the prin-
cess Victoria passed her eighteenth
birthday in April last. The three
younger brothers range from fifteen
to ten years of age so their brides
need not cause their royal parents
any concern yet awhile.
The choice of the next Queen of
Great Britain Is of such Importance
that even this great war cannot OBJ
scure the popular interest in the Sc
lection of a wife for the Prince of
Wales, and it is recalled that while
he is % now, his father was mar
ried TO the Princess of Teck when he
was 2S years old and his grandfath-
er married Queen Alexandra when
he was not as old as the Prince is
now The exceptionally late age at
which King George was married may
in part have been due to the fact
that the heir to the throne, the
Duke of Clarence, did not die till
1892, and his brother, the present
king, was married the next year.
That there are five boys in the
royal family here is fact that wild
ems the field OF speculation A
weekly paper in its last issue. for
example, published the portraits Of
the two beautiful Rumanian prin-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-06
DECLARE BANKERS MUST
HELP UPBUILD U. S. COMMERCE

New York, Dec. 6.-The part
whicl. bankers must take in up
building the commerce of the Unit
ed States will play an important
part In the discussions to be featured
at the International trade conference
which began three-day session
here today The disarrangement Of
the foreign exchange market due to
the war. and the abnormal amount
OF exports over imports has affected
manufacturers as well as bankers
and other business interests. The
solution of the foreign exchange
problem will be discussed In refer
ence to dollar exchange drafts on
New York. Drafts on New York or
any other American city are not
new, but their use in the past has
been very limited, and one of the
objects Of the conference is to dis
semiuate Information among Ameri-
can business men as to the value of
New York exchange Among the
speakers on the program are Benja-
min Joy, vice president of the Sha-
NUT National Bank, Boston: J. J.
Arnold, of the First National Bank,
Chica 90, David H. Benny, Irving
National Bank, New York, and "
| Gonzales, banking adviser of the N.
A. NJ, and member of the Interna-
tional High commission.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-06

Tna Postal Service estimate is
receipts are turned back to the
treasury. That leaves 1863, 9,492,929
as the actual total of appropriations
Coneress is asked to make. or $751;
$50. .i0l more than last year
Not a single establishment of the
go,ernment asked FOR less than was
given last year Many requests were
made for increases because of devel-
opmcnts of the war in Europe.
The State Department asked for
many increases, including $4,000
for additional clerical force in the
department, $4,000 additional for
the salaries of charges de affairs and
s25. 400 for transportation and sub
sistence. and s2Oejo0O instead of
the S75 900 asked before to enable
the President to meet unforeseen
emergencies arising in the diploma
tic and consular service.
A large item in the Treasury De-
partment's increases is $4,000, 900
for collecting the income tax. an in
crease OF 100000 over last year
which, among other things. will be
used to hire ass deputy collectors
at $4,000 per year compared with
I27 collectors in 1915. The same
department wants $4,000 to en-
force the cotton futures act.
The Department of Commerce
asked for many increases for gath
ering information at home and
abroad on commerce. industry and
manufacture. Among the items in
cluded are s250,000 to promote and
develop the commercial interests OF
the United States and 100000 to
be devoted to the same ends with
particular reference to South and
Central America. For commercial
attaches abroad 1925 900 instead OF
100000 was asked; and 100000
was asked in place of $4,000 to
| investigate the cost of production
and distribution of all articles which
are or may be made the subject oi
tariff legislation with special refer
ence to the prices paid domestic and
foreign labor, prices of raw mater
ials with the conditions in foreigr
and domestic markets affecting the
American product together will
all facts that amy be necessary IL
fixing import duties or aiding Off
GERS of the governments in the ad
ministration of the customs laws.
The same department asked $4,000
to use In collecting statistics Of in
ternaI commerce and $4,000 to in
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-06
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Dec. 6.-Am bassa-
dor Bernstorff presented to the state
department a communication asking
its reasons for asking the withdraw
al of Captains Boyed and Won Pa
pen. II Is stated authoritatively
that no request will be made for a
safe conduct, as Germany figures
that the United States must safely
return them to Germany If the Ar
chibald and Hamburg-America in
cidents are the only matters con-
sidered in the request and the Ger
mans contest the Withdrawals, the
action Is considered contrary to
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-06
CONSCR|PT|ON IS
SERIOUS MATTER
TO ENG. QUAKfRS
(By Associated Press }

London, Dec. 6-For the English
Quakers the possibility of conscrip-
tion in Great Britain offers very
serious problem. 1t has never been
suggested that there is danger of
a split in the ranks of the church.
A committee from the central or
ganization is now engaged in sound
ing every male communicant of mill
tary age as to his intentions toward
the society in the event of conscrip-
tion.
A circular which has been sent to
these possible subjects of con Grip
tion by the committee ays:
Whatever the future may nave
in store for us we are at least faced
with the possibility of military or
industrial compulsion. Should this
actually come about, we assume that
friends will stand fast to their be-
lief in the sanctity of human per-
sonality, and to the principles of
Jesus Christ as they undertand
them. be the consequences what they
may. We must uphold liberty of
conscience, a right won by much
suffering in the past. and not light
ly to be relinquished.
''Should friends in any proposed
legislation receive favored treat
ment, which is not extended tt Oher
Conscientious objectors (as has been
the case in the Militia Acts) we feel
we should be in difficult position
We should wish to support those
outside our membership as far as
possible. and some friends feel it
might be right for them to resign
their membership to this end.
This is a practical method which
merits earnest consideration; but it
should not be forgotten that 1t might
prevent us serving the Society in
other directions. and its desirability
must he carefully weighed against
the force of the argument that II
Quakers are given, and accept, ex-
empti1n, there is every reason why
the convictions of other conscien-
tious objectors should be similarly
recofnized.
Each recipient Of the circular is
asked a series of questions as to his
! intentions "in order that those who
wish to tand out in the event of
concription may be able to keep in
close touch with the committee for
i rapid communication of advice and
assistance"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-06
AGED RECONCILED LOVERS
TO WINTER IN FLORIDA

st. Petersburg, Dec. 6-The final
compromise Of lovers quarrel
which occurred 60 years ago ended
in the marriage of James Thorin.
ton, so years old, and Mrs. Amelia
Bailey, rs years old, at Lowell, Ind,
last Thursday, and the happy couple
left Immediately for Florida and will
spend their honeymoon in this
city.
He was 20 and she was Is and
they were sweethearts years ago. At
that age the course of true love
never runs smooth, and they quar-
relied. Unlike most quarrels which
strew the path of the targets of
CUPID. 1t was not made up overnight
and a space of 60 years elapsed be-
tween the quarrel and the final
understanding. In the meantime she
had married and become a widow,
while he. his love rtill unshaken, re-
mained true to her, and the old say
ing that ''absence makes the heart
grow fonder" is proven by this
event. One consolation that the
happy couple have Is that they have
never had but one quarrel, but If the
young people of this city took as
long TO make up as did Mr. and Mrs.
Thorington many hearts would be
filled with sorrow. The bride and
in this city and have the best wishes
from their many friends.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-06
CELEBRATE DEFENSE DAY

Washington, Dec. 6.-Under the
auspices of the Defense Society, to-
day Is being observed throughout the
United States as Defense Day." CO.
incident with the formal opening of
Congress. Congressman and sena-
tors have been besieged with mes
sages from all parts of the country
in which they are asked to use their
influence on behalf Of better defense.
Many mass meetings have also been
planned, at which prominent men
and women will speak. 1t has been
requested that a flag be hung from
every home in the United States to-
day as one of the features of the
celebration.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-06
u TELLS CONCR| RUSSIA IS
LOOK NC TO j. S. FOR CAPITAL

the low cost of labor and your eff
cient manufacturing methods, there
would be no fear of compentition
from any quarter.
GArmany's advantage of cheap la
Dor prior to the war, condition
which enabled her to command the
Russian markets, the speaker be-
lievcd would be swept away by vir-
tue of heavy taxation which Ger
many would necessarily impose and
to meet which higher wages would
have to be paid the German work
ingman.
Speaking OF the effect OF prohibi-
tion in Russia, Mr. Behr said: Our
country has been reiuvenated. The
increased efficiency and production
of the Russian workingman is al
most incredible. Personally | know
of manufacturing plants employing
from 10000 to 10000 men where,
despite the fact that from ten to
fifteen per cent of the workers have
been called to arms and their places
not filed, the production of the
plants has not been diminished.
Thus with efficient, high-class labor
which can be employed at WAGES
averaging 25 per cent of the wages
paid in America, with an inexhaust
ible store of raw material, coal and
water power those who come to de-
yelop cur resources. having the
who'c support of our people can
not but reap a splendid reward"
Russian ignorance of American
affairs and conditions, and American
ignorance of Russian affairs and
conditions he limited as the one
great obstacle in the way of closer
relations between the two countries
It was to remove this obstacle
he said. that the Chamber of Com
merce was established at Moscow
and to further the work he proposed
to establish the Chamber her. What
city would be selected for head
quarters he did not state.