The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-20
IN The FATHERLAND
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHAT'S DOING IN OLD HOME
Summary OF the Most important Hap.
penilgs in the Land of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.

The president and Mrs. Wilson at
tended requiem high mass in St. Pat
rick'S church, Washington, d. c., No
vember %, in memory of the late
kaiser of Austria. Arrangements for
the memorial services were made by
the state department at the request of
the charge d'affaires of AustriaHun-
cary. The members of the diplomatic
corps representing the central powers
and neutral nations attended in full
uniform, the ladies of their missions
wearing black. Officers of the army,
navy and marine corps, also in uni
form, acted as usherS. Cardinal Glib
bonS Officiated, assisted by a score of
high church officials. The president
and Mrs. Wilson occupied the first
pew to the left of the altar, all other
seats in the front row being vacant.
In the second pew were the charge
d'affaires of Austria and Nine. Zwie-
dinek. Across the aisle the diplomat
ic contingent was headed by the Ger
man ambassador and Countess Won
Bernstorff, Admiral Dewey, Maj. Gen.
Hugh Scott, members of the cabinet,
the committee on foreign relations of
the senate and foreign affairs of the
house and other high ranking officials
and their wives were seated in the
body of the church. President Wilson
sent large wreath of white chrySan-
themumS. A wreath of red roses was
sent by the Austrian embassy, bearing
the inscription: 'In memory of our
dearly beloved emperor
The Germans will go through the
winter without change in their present
ratiOns of important fOodstuffs except
a reduction in potato ration. 1t has
been determined to adhere to the pres
ent allowance of $50 grams OF
bread daily. 25O grams of meat and
80 grams of fat weekly and 750
grams of sugar monthly and use
any surplus, either accumulation or re-
serve, for the hard Iaboring classes,
such as miners and foundrymen. The
grain harvest shows an excess of s.
years experience has proved that the
present ration is adequate. Oils pro-
duced from homegrown sources, such
as beechnutS, sunf1Ower seeds, fruit
pits and similar products can, for the
same reason, not be used for the gen.
eral civil population, although cOnSid
cradle stocks from beechnuts alone, for
example 100000 quarts of salad oil,
have been gained from these hitherto
unutilized sources.
The German submarine commander
the loss of six American lives, has re-
ported to his government that he mis-
took the vessel for transport. Ger
many has asked the United States for
information of the status of the ship
and is ready to offer amends if the Ma
rina was entitled to immunity. 1t is
understood that if the United States
can inform Germany that the Marina
was not in the British transport serv-
ice and was entitled to the immunities
of q peaceful merchant ship, the Ber-
lin government is ready to acknowl-
edge an error and make offers of set
Element satisfactory to the United
States.
The statement of the Imperial Bank
Of Germany, issued November %,
shows the following changes: Total
coin and bullion increased 1,497,O 900
marks, gold increased 1,478,OOO
marks, treasury notes decreased 49,,
5000 marks, notes of other banks in
creased 2,5O6, 600 marks, bills discount
ed increased 152, $4,000 marks, invest
ments increased 1896, 900 marks, other
securities increased 26,349,0 900 marks,
notes in circulation decreased 513, 332,-
600 marks, deposits Increased 240, 49,
900 marks, other liabilities decreased
&c, 10000 marks total gold holdings,
2,518, 100000 marks.
Kaiser Wilhelm will send to Presi-
dent Wilson as a Christmas present
q de luxe set of American authors spe
cially prepared, printed and bound at
the royal printing works in Berlin,
according to a Budapest newspaper.
The German submarine Deutschland,
the newspaper says, will carry the
gift to the United States on it's next
trip across the Atlantic.
The Krupp company has declared a
dividend of II per cent, the same
amount as last year. The company,
however, will withhold six per cent as
a ten-year loan, explaining that the
war tax and extensive additions to its
plants in filling war orders necessi-
tateS this.
Negotiations have been begun by the
Brazilian government for the acquiSi-
ton Of the German merchant vessels in
Brazilian ports. Thirty eight German
and four Austrian merchant vessels
are in Brazilian ports, their estimated
value being between $15,000,0O0 and
S2C,0OO,OOO
Count Szeptycki has been appointed
commander of the Polish legions. The
count is a brother of Rev. Anreas
Szeptycki, former archbishop of Lem
berg.