Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-17
Mr.. Gerdrd'S Goods COurt-MartiaLed
BY Our Special Correspondent

Mr. m R2@sePG& osGs 6aS .ots5 f@5e& d. in
German GOvernment.--Ncws dispatch
A GERMAN CAPITAL, April l7.--Pro-
ceedings were today by court.martal
upon the household goods of the late ann
bassador of the Vereinigten Staten, James
w. Gerard, instituted. Your correspondent,
by Disgusting himself a trainer of mill
tary dachshundseand keeping all his verbs
well to the rear, admission was able to Sc
cure and the censor to foil
Great indignation has been in this city
apparent for some months at the fact that
the exceedingly sumptuous domestic ef-
fects of BotsChafter Gerard in a warehouse
still stored were, and the rumor was that
many nourishing foodstuffs were in the
collection included.
The Court Chamberlain presided, and
said it was the personal will of a very high
parsonage indeed that Mr.. Gerard's goods
be to strict accountability held for the
msdeeds of their master. O.
THE first item to he called to the bar
was half pound of white sugar. Amid
universal silence and awe this for the use
of the imperial household sequestrated was
Three housewives in the rear Of the court
with emotion tainted.
Much excitement was caused by the eX-
animation of Mr.. Gerards art collection
including some excellent oil paintings by
Fontane Fox, Glare Briggs and other old
masters. The representative of the cul-
tusministerium, who present was, pleaded
that these valuable objects be removed to
lo l,,,t l,o
sdlus popuR Subrema lcr. The Chamber.
lain insisted that the canvases. containing
rich and fatty oils should be 10 the Food
Minister turned over, for reduction into
soup. Some of the best families oc this
city have applied for permission to include
the paintings of the Botschafter in their to.
n!Nrrows menu.
number of double.barreled fowling
pieces were found, The War Minister his
delight expressed and said that with these
re-enforcements there would be no doubt
as to success on the western front "These
so treacherous weapons" he exclaimed,
(which have cost the lives of (deleted by
censor) German pheasants and ducks. will
now be turned against the perf1icus
breasts OF their owners countrymen."
A NUMBER of articles exhibited were
(which the catalogue listed as "antique
vases" but it to your correspondent evil
uent was that these nickel.plated cuspidors
were. The Minister of Turning Everything-
to-Valuable- Military Use demanded these
for helmets, and they were so requisitioned
sharp discussion took place between
the Chamberlain and the Minister. for-De-
vising- -Victuals- from What Was Formerly
Considered -Uneatable. The subject Of the
argument was a very highly enameled por-
trait of the imperial dachshunds. formerly
TO the Botschafter by a very high person.
age given. The Minister-for- Devising.Vic-
tuals claimed that this portrait had a kich
value in calories, and that it could into
quite useful synthetic sausages be termed
which, even If not eatable, might be dis
played in shop windows TO revive tae
spirits of the populace. The Chamberlain
insisted, however, that SUCH a portrait
could best serve the interests of the empire
IL sent to the front to terrify the enemy.
A LEGAL point Of much subtlety arose
"A The question at issue was, these house.
hold effects. OF whas crime are they guilty?
Are they BY the same stigma attaching to