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When Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm was married in 1905, Prussian cities banded together and ordered a wedding present of a set of silver table decorations. The present was so elaborate that more than ten years were were required to complete the order. When it was finished, however, the Crown Princess was unable to take over the present and had it deposited for safe-keeping in the vaults of the Deutsche Bank. A few weeks ago, the ex-Crown Princess tried to obtain possession of the present, but the matter was referred to the Berlin Council which, last week, split violently...
...Republican Consitution in 1919), true to prediction, joined forces in support of coalition Candidate Wilhelm Marx, ex-Chancellor and leader of the Catholic Party. The Socialists gave in on condition that their leader, Herr Otto Braun, ex-Minister President (Premier) of Prussia, be re-elected as head of the Prussian Government. This was conceded and effected. The Democrats, opposed to a fusion with the Socialists, at first flirted with the Monarchists, but to no avail; later they definitely joined the Catholics and Socialists in support of the Republic...
...first German Presidential Election was a quiet, stolid affair, members of the Cabinet voted at a little beer house in the Taubensi The first to arrive was Prussian Minister of Justice Zehnhof, follow by Acting President Walter Simons, to vote for a successor to himself. Next came Foreign Minister and Frau tav Stresemann. Dr. Stresemann began to make out his ballot on a table, was told by a clerk that he must do it in a booth. With a sigh and a terrific squeeze; the portly Doktor entered a small booth. At Potsdam, Prince Friedrich, second...
...bromine, Is this important? Yes, if photography, especially moving pictures, are important. Bromides of silver and potassium are essential to their welfare. Yes, if ethyl motor fluids are important; if certain medical sedatives are important. The world is short of bromine, and the chief sources?salt deposits in Prussian Saxony, brines in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Chile ?do not bid fair to replenish the supply...
...Otto Braun, former Prussian Minister President, is the Socialist candidate. Dr. Braun is supported by the strongest individual party (130 Reichstag seats) in Germany; but there is no possibility of obtaining political allies and, therefore, he stands no chance of being next President of Germany...