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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29

SLAMS. whom the Germans have driven
mad, have done outrageous things. but
refuse 10 believe. except IN the .v.-
dence OF my own senses. that the Of
fences charged against German troops
and German officers can be true.
suppose on the great accounting at the
end of she war some of the sufferers
viii sim be alive and can be produced
Meanwhile. II the Germans are dis
turOed about the charges they ought
to be told they should no; be So child
ish az 10 offer the testimony OF "A dozen
reporters who have been all over Rel
GUM and seen nothing. OF offer to APP
point an impartial Judge to lnvesti-
gate.
TWO OF the various German appeals
TO America deserve special mention.
The first, called THE Truth" reminds
me Of a saying of Lessing's that II the
gods held in one hand the truth and
in the other the pursuit OF truth the
wise man would say: GIVE me the
pursuit OF truth the truth is not FOR
mortals.' should advise Herr Bal
lin and Prince Buelow and their assoc
ciates 10 ponder on this observation
and instruct their editors 10 get out an
~
their pamphlet as soon as possible.
Hundreds Of people have returned
here from Germany within the pas,
SIX weeks who, until they got The
New York papers at Quarantine, be-
hevcd that all the English ports were
closed Ivy German mines; that there
were no English ships coming TO
America, that the people in the south
p,,l L..
had been destroyed by Zeppelin bombs,
and that there was a rebellion IN
India.
! have, however. been surprised at the
number of native Germans who say
The Kaiser is dead wrong this time"
and who are not German sympathzers
in this war at all. Among the native
born Americans the feeling is almost
wholly in favor of the Allies. and among
the hundreds and even thousands OF
Americans also Ike myself who have
lived and studied in Germany believe
the fact to bo that the overw helming
majority now think of the Fathorland as
they would think of an old friend who
had gone out OF his mind We believe
the Germans to be Crazed by militarsm
and the contemplation of their own
greatness and power
The most dangerous of the delusions
under which, az | view it, Germany 10
now laboring is about colonies and a
colonial empire. Tho loudly Increasing
cry in Germany for the past few years
that she must have a place under the
sun. which | at first thought meant we
must allow without dcmur the individual
German 10 steal our seats in the railway
carriages and hustle and crowd our
daughters away from their places in
foreign galleries, really means that Ger
many must have great colonies which
can relieve the pressure Of hct i,up,,ln-
ton and where the emigrants can still
remain German and find, as Bernhard,
says, German way. OF living.
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Germans have nunE away Their man
nerS. At first they maltreatcd Amerl-
cans on the theory that hey were Eng
lish, quite abominably. ! know Ameri-
can ladies who were in Dresden two
weeks after the outbreak OF the war
They were insulted, arrested az Russ ia n
spies, and one of them who was perfectly
well known To certain tradesman, had
her face slapped by him. At that time
the population seemed TO have gone
completely daft, and the Government
made no endeavor to restrain them, but
after a few weeks orders from Berlin
were gwen. IN consequence of which
Americans everywhere found nothing
too good for them, The treatment by
The German Government OF the former
French and Russian Ambassadors when
they left Berlin and Of the poor old
Dowager Empress OF Russia IL almost
incredible. and the Germans exhibited
to them the kind OF culture that existed
in their country IN tho days before
Grotius was born.
| know OF an American lady who was
nj a hotel IN Belgium the evening the
Germans came in early In August. The
order was given to shut all Windows
the thermometer was 90 degrecs-and
they were told that any one who looked
ont would be shot one man was shot
In that hotel during the night. and
early the next morn ng twenty odd peo-
pie, including women and old men were
lined up and shot. There are many
well authenticated reports OF similar
occurrences, and the Figaro on Septcm-
her - printed copy OF proclamation
which Leon Bourgeois the former
Premier, found affixed to the walls OF
Rheims Cathedral. The proclamat ton
was signed "hy order OF the German
authorities" 1t says In part:
"In order TO secure the safety OF the
troops ana in order to assure calm
among the population of Rheims, the
persons named below have been taken
as hostages by the General in command
of the Germany army and VIII he shot
on the least attempt at disorder. In ad-
dition the town will he entirely or par
TALLY burned and the inhabitants hanged
II IA single infractlon of the preceding
instructions occurs" This is followed
by the names Of n number of prominent
citizens
As We remember the burning OF the
library at I.ouvain, as We read the
p'IeT udN w nltneN arTeNS account
OF the destruction OF Rheims Cathedral,
which, remembering the position OF that
editce, could only have been deliberate.
We regard the Pan Slavic peril with
perfect tranquility for we are sure Il
cannot he more odious than the Pam
Germanlc practice.
l say nothing of the nnspeakable out
RACES and mutations which are
charged, ! can conceive that the Bel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29
Frederick " Whrge Gives Frank and Sincere Opinion of Results of En-
animation Of Kaiser Postion- Calls Colonial Empire One
Of Cernanys Most Dangerous Decisions

war, at .taSt with Great Britain. and
there l. sufficient amount OF evidence
to make IL equally clear that Germany
had long been preparing for the war and
intended To have It At about this time
before wen the particular prcteXt for It
was found. | know of four cases during
the month Of July in which orders were
given in preparation for war, and the
view 50 earnestly pressed in Germany
that the three Powers fell upon Ger
many without warning is AN idle tale.
What IL not clear is how Germany
allowed herself To- be- so grievously de-
ceived as to the status of those she was
about to make her enemies, the British
Empire in particular. and as To the man
n"r In which her violation of Brlgium's
neutrality would be appraised by the
world, She apparently believed that
the French army was in as bad way
as an orator in the French Chamber de-
ciared II to be- The issue has almost
proved the orator To be wrong. She
believed the reorganization OF the Rus
sian army could not he completed for
another two years. She believed that
there would bc civil war in Ireland
within six weeks, that there would be
rebellions in India and Egypt, that South
Africa would rush TO her with omen
arms, and that Great BritaA would
never voluntarily fight. II at all
What has happened? The French
army snaus to no In col ,orr, ,,o D.
slams annoar "a. bo,a an ahun,as .
tronns and IN rngIard roh, -,
has s1rg "r,,,d So .ia IIna',, ~, W,
minister and * now to,,,na he oo,e,,,,'
ems in the south ~ IrcIa~d th,, ha hod
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His care are unloaded and his
chickens are weighed, but before they
reach his market many of them die. 1t
IL n little thing to wiring the neck OF a
chicken, and where men are handling
hundreds of crates 1t Is hard work To
detect a hand reaching into n crate and
destroying the market value OF Miss
Chicken.
Barnett Ban had this experience and
others with the chicken handlers. SO
many OF his horses died of poisoning
hat he had to get automobile delivery
trucks. He tried once 10 take Into the
yards his own gang OF handlers. They
we're a tough lot, these men. but they
were az schuolboys in the hands OF the
men whose places they ;ried to take.
There was nothing for Ban to do bu,
70 back to the old gang.
For the most part the chicken hand
lers are gangsters OF the smuggling Kind.
Their rows among themselves no longer
at ract much attention. A railroad man
said yesterday that he had seen hum
dreds Of fist fights in his time. When
new man comes into the yard he gem
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Most OF thes" men are of the same
nationality Their gang spirit il incia'
as we'll "a occupatipnnl They have
grown up with ths business and have
formed certain ideas about II that ar"
hard to overcome. Down at the bot
tom OF this business hey hold their ny
enviable own.
some OF the dealers who have known
them and who fear them think il viii
he good thing II the responsibility for
this murder Ia definitely iixed upon
some member OF the gang. They think
that would impress the police with the
fact that they are a real menace To
men who want 10 carry On their buSi-
ness IN a decent way
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29
A Washington Market chicken
stall.

willing to turn trick If the money FOR
was forthcoming.
But your hard grained and expert
.enccd chicken pulcr regards il as his
particular prcroEative To steal all the
fowls he can lay his hands on. He
steals for his own use He steals and
sells To- other people.
Railroad men will tc. you that men
Of no other C.ass working in the yards
have To h. watched 50 closely as these
men. Every poultry dealer in the big
markets Will tell you that he figures on
having So much uf his property stolen
every year. 4 great many OF them are
frank to confess that they now take il
as matter of cours" and make no ef-
fort to trace tn IN fe1thcred live stock
In the Investigation conducted two
years ago by the District Attorney
many sidclChts Were thrown on the
chicken puller. There VAS a great deal
said then about sanding chickens
The chickens would he starved while
waiting In the railroad yards for a mar
ktt and would then he fed with a pasty
food that contained liberal quantities II
sand They weighed more after that
kind of feeding and it was the chicken
pullers who got the job of feeding them.
The gang OF chicken handlers has
proved especially effective when il was
desired To teach some dealer a lesson
Every once in while there crops up
dealer who takes 1t into his head e.
do business in his own way. For him
there il no such thing as making ;h-
market once a week" He buys and h.
sells just as he ploascs He doesn't
belong To any organization. He Is
rank outsider. content with quick sales
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~ brochure by Frederick W
Whtrldgc, issued 10y T.. T.
Dutton 4 Co, 1t j. "A frank. forclplc and
absolutely sincere reply To the German
appeals for American sympathy.
No mincing Of matters: no eX1ggera-
ton; no subtle arguments. no propa-
sanda Just candid examination Of
the German position as !, looks - an
able American lawyer. who admits hav-
'ns spent the happicst years of MS life
n Germany.
In the prcsen; great European con-
hict. says Mr.. Whtridge. the United
states il neutral, and under any cir
Cumstances Of which / can conceive. il
ought To and will remain neutral.
Why. therefore, the sSmpathies and the
opinions of America should be Il i'm
portanCe to any Of the contestants, |
do not understand am Informed.
however. that. the German Govern
ment has established here very per-
sistent expensive and, Of course.
efficient publicity department, which is
appealing 10 Americans for their sym
pathy and endeavOring to make them
believe n number OF things which at
present they do not believe at al.
For many years certain German
day OF reckoning with England" They
have not been very explicit about the
account on which the reckoning was to
he had, but generally the day OF reckon
ing was that upon which ii was decided
whether many desirable things in the
possession OF England should he taken
away and made German. For nearly
ms many years also the youth Of Ger
many, especially IN the navy, have been
drinking 10 the toast Of The Day
The Day has a. last come, and
brought with it the most gigantic and
the most wicked war Of the whoe
Christian era.
Germany has made an elaborate for
NAL statement Of its position. England
and Russia have published in full the
correspondence leading up to the war
and from German sources or from the
friends OF Germany many appeals have
been made for the sympathy and ap-
prevail Of America Professors have APP
pealed 10 the universities, clergyman TO
the churches, the professional German
Americans to everybody, and among
many others, one pamphlet with no less
title than "Truth' has been issued
over the signature Of Herr BALM of the
Hamburg American Steamship Com
pany, Prince Buelow and IA number of
important names, to the countrymcn of
Washington and Lincoln.
1t might ho sufficient answer 10 all
o. these appeals point out that the
Tripl" Alliance wa, hv its terms. for
Offensive purposes, and Italy. the third
member OF TN" alliance. when appealed
TO by the Others replied: "IIut y0u have
not been attacked. lOn have taken the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29

"IIE murder If Barnett Bafi last
Tuesday night has brought the
police face to face with "A kind
of gangster who j. Just u bit
different from those whose exploits
have filled the records at IL adquafterS.
They have known of his existence, but
Il required q murder to make them I'M
derstand what he was really capable Of
There have been all sorts of gangs in
New York. Generally speaking they
have usually been bound together solely
by the personality Of their leader When
the leader was shot or Stabbed or sent
80 prison for long timc the gang
broke up and it's members shifted about
until they found "A new leader. These
gangmcn were drawn from many
sources. They might bo employed in
n great variety Of Calings Their bond
OF union was never a particular en-
ployment.
Now the attention OF the police is
suddenly directed to a crowd Of men
who all make their living N the same
way. II is tine clau of the Chicken
pullers.' and a numerous and powerful
clan 1t is.
The job Of ChiCi,.r pul."r does not APP
peal To the youth nf serious Intentions.
Those who follow it are mostly ignorant
and shiftlcss men. To take chickens
from a freight car ard transfer them
10 crates requires about is lit,le intel
ligence as any employment N the
world. Hence 1t is that those who un-
load the thousands of chicken laden
cars that reach New York AMI New
Jersey every year are drawn as a rule
from the lowest and ch-ipes, clements
in the community.
The men who work with them always
refer to them as "gori,las." "gophers"
or "hyenas"; that is. they refer t. them
in that way when the chicken pullers
are not around. These appellativcs
imply that these men are about as
nearly untamed as men living N civ
ilzed society can he. They have
achieved their reputation. /. has not
been thrust upon them Any man who
has been in the poultry business VIII
tell you that they live up to it.
New York city is great consumer OF
poultry. Its immense Jewish population
makes the demand here larger than IN
any other city and "a grca; deal Of the
poultry shipped her" Is live poultry.
Last year the receipts were nearly 5000
carloads and they would have been
much greater but for the floods in the
year. The live chickens reach the rail.
road terminals in Grated cars. They
have to be taken out. weighed and al
lotted to the cons!gnee~. They are
taken from crates ia the cars. handed
out TO the car door and chucked into
other crates. That Is the job Of the
chicken puller.
These men are not employed by the
railroads. Each big dealer in the City
has his crowd of puilers and a gang of
pullers may work for number Of deal
ers. They travel from one railroad
ward TO another as their services are
needed They don't make very much
money and their work leads them into
temptation.
The chicken puller has long been rec
osnized as a factor In the poultry bust
ness. II is business where cumpeu-
ton Is keen and whore methods are not
always held up to high standard
Where dealers inclined to crookedncss
do not care to besmirch their own hands
they have found the chicken pu!lers
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DIED RESCUING HER PUPILS.

CHRYENNr. Wyo.. Nov. os Hernia
Rhcinhart, school teacher. died from
burns received in rescuine her pupils from
prairie Are, Miss Rheinhart taught "A
country school near Horse Creek. where
a cloud of smoke, pierced with tongue
Of flame, heralded the approach of the
fire, She realized that the blaze. driven
by high wind WAS rushing straight for
thu schooihouse,
Sending the children 10 rncky hin
near by Miss Rheinhart went out TO Nght
tina ilames IN frontier fashion by hurn,nE
OFF a strip OF prairie In front OF the main
fire, She succeeded thus in dlvertlng the
blaze from the schoolhouso. In the mean
time, however, several OF the children had
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29
q angsters Combine
Chicken Handling With
Theft. Violence, Black.
mail and Poisoning

"IIE murder II Barnett BaR last
Tuesday night has brought the
police face to face with a kind
Of mnnrsinn Mhn 1. iuai a bit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29
V4ERS ANSWER GERMAN APPEAL AMERICAN

w Ne Americans opinion Of the
European War" IS the title -,
~ a brochure by Frederick W
Mhifrllpn issnn.l IN L, l.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-12-05
Ceciltop

Miss Lillian Warren, of Earleville,
is the guest of Miss Marion Griffith.
Miss Ada Davis, of the Maryland
State Normal School, Baltimore, spent
a few days last week with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Davis.
Messrs. John w. Coppage and j. A.
Watts were Baltimore visitors re-
Gently.
Mr.. George G. Morgan has been
visiting relatives in Baltimore.
Miss Mary E. Richard spentThanks-
giving with relatives near Porters.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. D. Wilcutt, OF
Dover, spent Sunday with relatives in
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Smith and
daughter visited relatives near Earle
vile, on Sunday.
Mr.. George Mccullough, of Durham,
N. c.. and Mrs. A. M. Moore and chill
dren, of Fayetteville, N. c., visited Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander Wilson last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Anderson visit
ed relatives in Wilmington Thursday
of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Taylor, Of
Philadelphia, spent several days with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Taylor.
Miss Alverda Ferguson, of the
Maryland State Normal School, Balti-
more, spent the holiday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ferguson,
of near town
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-12-05
Perryvine

Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Anderson, CT
Berlington, Iowa, has been spending u
few days with Mr.. Harold McCom-
mons and family.
Mrs. Alexander Craig entertained
the Ladies' Art Circle on Wedne sday
afternoon last.
Miss Edith Smith and Mr.. Arthur
Baker spent Thursday last in Wash
ington.
Mr.. ano Mrs. Harry White enter
tanned at a dinner on Sunday last Mr.
and Mrs Amos Schlosser, Mr.. and
Mrs. James A. Berry, Miss Elizabeth
Xmas and Mr.. Earl White, Of Viii
mington. Mr.. and Mrs George Pyle,
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd White and ldaugh-
ter Mildred, Mrs. Sarah Berry and
Miss Sarah Price.
Mrs. Ida Jones is spending a few
days in Wilmington.
Mrs. James Little is visiting her
son in Philadelphia.
Miss Stella Good is spending few
days in Philadelphia
Mrs. DIR. L. G. Taylor was Balti-
more visitor last week.
Mrs. William Taylor, Mrs. Charles
Crawford. Mrs. Howard Watson and
Mrs. T. NJ. Owens attended the Cecil
County S. S. Convention in Rising Sun
Tuesday, December !. Mrs. William
Taylor was sent as the delegate from
Perryville NJ. E. Sunday school.
Miss Laura kreider and Mr.. Russell
krieder spent Sunday last in Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gallon were
Philadelphia visitors last week.
DR.. and Mrs. Harry SINNERS and
Mr.. Walter SINNERS, Of Chestertown,
visited Mr.. Z. H. Owens and family OF
Sunday last.
Mr.. John Bax, of Philadelphia, was
the guest Of Mr.. Hazlett o. McMullen
Sunday last.
Mrs. Joseph Devon and Miss Sarah
Price visited Kennett Square, Pa,
last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Clancy Wilson and
daughter were Oxford visitors last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hackett Mof4itt, of
Rock Hall. spent part of last week
with Mrs. Motitt's father, Mr. James
Satter6eld, en- their wedding tour.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-12-05
Executive Department

WHEREAS, Having been advised by the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board that the
running at large of dogs. accompanied by
hunters. or otherwise. in the counties of Bal
timore. Allegheny. Washington, Frederick,
Carroll, Hartford. Cecil. Howard, Montgomery,
Prince Georges and Anne Arundel is a largely
contributing cause to the spread of the Foot
and Mouth Disease among cattle, and
WHEREAS, authority is given by statute to
the Live Stock Sanitary Board to make and
enforce regulations to prevent the spread If
such diseases and
WHEREAS, i have been requested by said
Board to issue proclamation prohibiting the
running at large of such dogs
NOW. THEREFORE, ], PHILLIPS LEE
GoLDSBORoUGH. GOVERNOR OF MARY
LAND, do hereby issue this my proclamation
prohibiting the running at large of dogs, eli
Their accompanied by hunters or otherwise, in
the areas of those counties above mentioned
in which the cattle are affected by the Foot
and Mouth Disease. All persons are therefore
warned that it is unlawful to either hunt with
dogs in the above mentioned areas, or to
permit dogs to run at large therein.
Given under my hand and the
THE GREAT Great Seal of Maryland. Done
SEAL ct the City of Annapolis, this
OF 18th day of November, Nine
MARYLAND teen Hundred and Fourteen
Signed,
p. L. GOLDSBORoUGH.
BY the Governor
SignedROBERT p. GRAHAM,
Fl nov-2ts' Secretary of State.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-12-05
'$ Frame Dwelling House

and a good frame barn with stabling; frame
granary, wagon shed and other necessary out
buildings. There is small apple orchard on
this farm in good state of bearing. This farm
is well watered and well fenced and conven-
iently located to churches, markets. schools,
cts. About 267 acres of this desirable farm is
good, arabic land and the balance is wood
land.
These desirable farms must be sold for the
purpose of settling the estate, and there is now
an excellent opportunity offered to any person
desiring first-class farms as investments
THE TERMS OF SALE, as prescribed by the
decree. that one-third of the purchase
money shall be paid on the day of SALE and
the residue in two equal instalments in six and
twelve months respectively from the day of
sale. Credit payments to bear interest from
the day of sale and to be secured to the salts
faction of the Trustee.
The costs of the deeds shall be paid by the
purchasers.
]. GROOME STEELE,
Trustee.
WILLIAM S. EVANS,
Attorney.
Harold Steele, Auctioneer. 21nov-ts'
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$ Frame Dwelling House

good frame barn with stone foundation walls
and stabling, frame granary and other neces-
sary outbuildings. There is also apple or
chard thereon in full bearing. Nearly the
whole farm is good, arabic land and in a high
state of cultivation, well watered and well
fenced. and convenient to markets. schools.
churches, etc.
No. All that farm or tract of land. situate
lying and being in the Second Election District
of Cecil County, containing
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-12-05
492 Acres of Land

BE THE SAME MORE OR LESS, and is now
in the occupancy and possession of Frank S.
Clayton. and is the same farm tract of land
which was conveyed by John M. Thomas, Ex-
ecutor, to Lavinia E. Clayton, by deed dated
the LIST day of February. 1900. and which Is
of record in Liber ]. G. w., No. i, folio
Sill. etc. one of the Land Record Books for
Cecil county aforesaid. The improvements
consist of a good two and half story