Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-06
TAINTED SAUSAGE
AND TAINTED coin

Special Cablegram 10 The Star.
BERLIN, August Gin various sausage
manufacturing centers the German police
have discovered the abuses which, IL not
80 scsndalous or on so large scale as IN
Chicago. should make importers or Ter
man sausages and timed "delicacies very
careful Among these abuses Is the large
and growing use OF horseffesh, ana In Duis-
burg. on the Rhine, where large quanti'ieS
of sausage for export are manuiac'ureu'
the police have happened on large quaint
ties of disgusting stuff which II was IN
tended TO work into these articles Russia
and tho eastern provinces of Prussia are
the main sources of supply. In some cases
the old-fashioned jokes about the sausage
makers grinding up the favorite cats ana
dogs OF the children for sausage meats are
no longer reckoned as jokes. inasmueh as
cases Of this kind are not infrequent In
fact In one case at Duisburg IN particular
II was the destruction of the canine ana
feline pets of the children and the protests
of the little ones TO the grown-upS VINCE
led TO the investigation of certain sausage
factories and will. it is stated. result In a
new order of things all around.
A great society scandal at Munich is
ciety. One royal prince two dukes, about
twenty counts. and many lesser members OF
the nobility are involved in the scandal,
which has overwhelmed many leading Ba-
varian families with grief and shame. The
root of the whole evil appears to be a
fashionable club at Munich. which Is noth-
ing less than a gambling resort OF the
worst type. Heavy losses have ruined
many promising young officers OF the Ba-
noblemen and members OF the civil service
Some of them unable to face the disgrace
of not paying debts incurred at the caro-
tables resorted to all sorts OF swindles 10
secure sufficient funds 10 enable them to
continue attendance at the club.
Others committed suicide to escape the
consequences of their folly. The suicides
Include Count May Preysing, who was un-
able TO pay gambling debts exceeding
kJ00. 900.
Prince Francis Joseph of Bavaria, who
was accustomed to play at this cluo IS
implicated in the scandal, owing to the tact
that number OF officers forged his sigma
ture to promissory notes. whereby they OBJ
tained large sums of money by fraud.
Investigations have shown that sums up
10 $3.50 900 have changed hands within the
club in one night. Some unscrupulous
members resorted to systematic card sharp
Ing In order to fleece inexperienced players.
One young officer has been arrested in con-
nection with the scandal, but the precise
charge against him Is not known.
The campaign against trailing skirts, be-
gun some weeks ago by the Nordhausen
Town Council, is being continued by the
municipal authorities at several Silesian
summer resorts The local commissioners
responsible for the administration of af-
fairs at Salzbrunn issued a public appeal
10 lady visitors at this favorite health re-
sort to abstain from wearing long skirts.
This appeal being disregarded, the local
commissioners have now passed bylaws in
fictinG penalties for the wearing of trail
ing skirts The local commissioners at
warmbrunn, also in Silesia nave followed
precisely the same course.