The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07
IN THE FATHERLAND
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHAT'S DOING In OLD HOME
Summary Of the Most important Hap
penlngs In the Land Of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.

After rising from a farm laborer to
the rank of\a cavalry officer, Lieut..
Albert Scnueschke has given his life
for his country. He entered the army
In 1901 and became a corporal three
years later. When the war broke out
he went to the front as sergeant and
in one OF the first battles be won the
iron cross. Last spring he was made
a first sergeant and during the cam
paign in Poland he distinguished him
self greatly by his bravery and abil-
fly. When all three officers of his
squadron were killed in a battle near
P1nsk, he took command and put a
much larger Russian force to fight,
thereby preventing a flank attack on
the forces of Won Mackensen. For this
victory the gallant first sergeant was
proposed for a lieutenant's commits
sion and three weeks ago he became
an officer of his regiment Two days
later he was killed in an engagement.
Germany will not know accurately
until late in the fall just how large
the 1915 harvest Of grain has been and
whether it is big enough SO that it
will be possible to increase the allow
ance of feed for horses as we'll as the
amount of flour for human consump-
ton. Recently the report went the
rounds that the harvest was so large
as to leave surplus of 00,000,G00
tons of grain, and that in consequence
it would be possible to increase the
feed allowance for animals by at least
100000 tons. Hopes ran so high in
consequence of this report that the au-
thorities have had to issue an official
statement of the case. The surplus,
this statement declares, is only esti-
mated and is as yet impossible of veri-
hcatiOn. Until all returns are in no
one may be permitted to alter exist
ing regulations.
The American embassy has request
ed the British government to release
Emil Miehlke and Herman Krauss of
Chicago, naturalized Americans Of
German birth, who were taken from
the Norwegian-American liner Kris
tianiafjord when it was detained re-
Gently at Kirkwau. The two men are
now confined in Edinburgh. Their
passports are correct, but the British
authorities are making practice Of
OBTAINING naturalized citizens who are
unable to produce their naturalization
papers. Washington does not admit
the British authorities have any right
to go behind American passports for
further proof of American citizenship
and will take the stand that there
must be no discrimination between ma
tive born and naturalized citizens.
Fur muffs for soldiers are the lat
est recommendation of the versatile
General Won Buelow The recommen-
datiOn is made in reply to an inquiry
which the Tageblatt addressed to all
the German army commanders asking
for suggestions as to the most appro-
pirate Christmas gifts for soldiers at
the front. Won Buelow replied that
muffs would be very useful on the
eastern fronts, to be used by men on
duty in the trenches. Old and worn
out muffs, he adds, would be just as
useful as brand-new ones.
Bulgarian Finance Minister M. Tan
chef, who has been in Berlin for sew
eral weeks, has made arrangements
for an advance to Bulgaria by syn
dictate of German bank headed by the
Disconto Gesellschart. This advance
will be converted later into a govern
ment loan
The Association of German Mechan-
ical Engineers held its annual meeting
in Berlin. President Won Rieppel adj
vocated betterment of the positions of
workingmen by giving them greater
chances for advancement and recon-
mended adoption Of the American
school system, which gives equal priv
ileges to all in elementary education.
Even the enemies of those words in
the German language which are "for-
e1gn -chleny English and French
have been surprised to find by care
full count that there are in use-and in
the directories-100, terms that can
be said to be un-German. The dis
covery was made by Ernst Brues of
Dusseldorf, well known writer, and
was announced to the Dusseldorf
branch of the General German Ian
guage association at it's last meeting.
The members gasped.
The cost to Switzerland to the end
of October of guarding her neutrality
was $51,000,000.