The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
IN THE FATHERLA1D
TERESTING 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.
Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary is
still alive and active, despite constant
reports spread by enemies that he il
dead. He is eighty-siX years old. Acv
uvity begins in the imperial household
at 80 n. m., when, according to q
newspaper, the emperor's valet begging
the morning toilet. The emperor then
goes to the new bathroom in the pail
ace, where maSseur attends upon
him. The royal barber comes three
times week He has been mustered
into the landsturm. but continues his
duties, coming to the palace in his uni
form, which he changes TO 3 frock coat
before using the razor on the imperial
countenance. Several times the ems
cause the barber has been on guard
duty, but the ruler has ordered that
under no circumstances must the bars
Der be remiss in his military work.
Breakfast consists of tea and choco-
late, cold meats, rolls and butter. The
emperor seldom drinks coffee. The
first adjutant of the palace guard ar
rives ut Z a. H., just after the visit of
the royal physician, who asks the en-
peror the state of his health. The en-
peror's usual reply is: THANK you,
feel we'll" Franz Josef eats lunch
at IL 30 a. m. and dinner at 5 80 p.
m. The luncheon of the ruler is OF
soup, beef, baked potatoes and cooked
cereals; the dinner, of soup, chicken
or game roasted and champagne Ice.
The latter is his favorite dish With
the roast is served asparagus or arti-
chOkes. He eats lightly and quickly.
He remains at the table for breakfast
not more than ten minutes, for lunch
twelve, for dinner fifteen minutes.
SO widespread and considerable has
been the rise In the prices of Dutch
stocks on the Amsterdam bourse since
its reopening after six months idle,
ness in February, 1915, that list Of
100 of the principal banks, industrial
concerns, oil, development, rubber, to-
bacco and shipping companies SHOVE
q total gain in value of over $122, 900.
600. This figure is arrived at on tho
basis of the difference In quotations
and the respective amounts of issued
capital. 1t is true that there has been
a 10 "A tn, 10
certain other stocks, but the present
position is on the whole q striking one
in view of the fear and anxiety with
which the reOpening of the stock eX-
change was viewed. One shipping cons
pany's shares have risen over 700 per
cent, and q number of stocks OF
various kinds have advanced 100 and
200 per cent With a rise of PIT
points in the IS months, the Holland
America lines stock is today worth
SO, 100000 more.
The Austrian authorities have been
making an apparently Intellectual fight
against an alleged bullet protector"
that is widely sold, but which, it is
claimed, is dangerous rather than
helpful in any way. The protector
is nothing but curved piece of metal
that is hung about the neck inside the
tunic, and which. its producers claim,
will stop or lessen the force of a bull
let fired at long range. In practice,
the authorities claim, it is merely
menace because bullet at short range
as most Of them are-will not only
pierce it easily, but fatten out In the
process and often carry bits of the
metal on into the body. Some half q
dozen dealers In the protector" were
hailed before the courts recently on the
charge of endangering public safety.
Each claimed that the metal shields
will stop bullets fired at q thousand
yards or more. They established sat
isfactoriIy that they never had sold
the shields under any other pretense,
and therefore could not be held for
fraud.
Switzerland finds the maintenance
of it's neutrality almost as costly as
participation in the war would be. An
official report just published shows
that the expenses for guarding the
frontiers Of the republic up to June 30
amounted to nearly $125.000,000. Be
sides this, about S60,0O0000 has been
spent for new war material since the
army was modified two years ago.
The Countess Won Bernstorff, wife
of the German ambassador to the
United States, arrived from Germany
in Copenhagen August II and sailed
on board the ndinavian-American
liner Frederick VIII for the United
States. Representatives Of the Ameri-
can and German legations were pres
ent at the pier. The Countess Won
Bernstorff has been In Germany since
August, 1913.
Although the real herring fishing
season has not yet begun. Dutch fish,
ermen are already reaping q golden
harvest as q result of the absence of
the German and a large part of the
British fishing fleets from the North
sea and Of the enormously high prices
in Germany for the catches.
One fortunate man brought in catch
Of herring estimated at value Of
S14 900, or three times as much as it's
owners make in the whole of d normal