Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-27

connected with the privations the pco-
pie are forced to endure and the shifts
they are reduced TO in order to allevi-
ate them. There seems to be no longer
any way out OF this fatal maze.
Where all classes are corrupted it
would be strange indeed II the army
were free from the general tant All
the German soldiers ! ever talked with
complained bitterly that the only way
they could obtain leave was by bribing
their all-powerful noncOmmissioned Off
GERS. There Is great deal of bribery
going on in the dcpots. where GONZALES
cent soldiers arc stationed until they
have recovered sufficiently from sick
ness or wounds to be sent back again to
the front Young men who can afford
to present tho "Fcldwcbcl" with a couple
Of hundred marks from time TO time re-
main indefinitely in these dcpots, With
out ever being ordered to rcjoin their
regiments. Many medical officers have
been Cashicrcd for accepting bribcs and
prOnOunCing Rblebodicd men unnt for
active service Soldiers who have rel
tVcs or friends engaged in the uulaw-
ful food trade and who are consequently
able 60 provide their superior officers
with good dinners need have no fear Of
being sent TO the trenches and are sure
Of some pleasant post well behind the
danger zone. quito lately it seems That
a habit is also spreading i'm the army
Of surrcptitiously selling supplies scut
ont from Germany 10 traders who resell
them to the civil population in the great
cities This would have been hCinous
crime from tho prussian military point
Of view i'm tho old days ono often reads
ln inc German papers now "l so'hl"rN
brlhE arrested jor Trying y" N'h 'n'"
'o"ts ana accoutcrmcnts !" 'nc Nr'".'
hn 'n'"H'Dlc sign 'nn' the hrhH' 'o"' -
"i''h'eErahhE mor"hA'
y freight train stopping at Dorimuud
aroused the suspicious of the station
master because ono of the ears, which
was guarded by sergeant major ana
two soldiers in uniform, bore In" nm.
uaH'l inscription, tuScS Tor S"''.E'
I' SoluI'IS opSIIl"l''E I'lu''" w ~" 81
'"e car nut lu' Sla'loh muster 'IS.S,'"'
"Iu It vas lou'u " Sou'''" ~ l,",-
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''"IE Slo''@ anu .,'''lIu'u ~ ~" i" N'".-
''7 IN i'rI'n l'' ''r!,au p"pDIS "''
constantly rocoru'hs S'nlIar ino'"'"''
\Cw Forms of Crime
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lrcN new forms OF 'rl'n'. Ep'-
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nread tirN'iS' Inns Is uon" on u Ny'N
extensive scale an over germany, LOT
nrcad tcN'lS are not very ulil'u'l p
initiate. IN one wcek A"'"oo forged
bread tickets were put into circulation
ia Berlin. representing about lSOVVO
pounds of bread. Tho Berlin bakeries
were flooded with these tickets and the
municipal supplies Of nOur FOR the week
were exhausted i'm twcuiy-fUur hours.
+ Nu investigation led 10 tho discovery
of three bread ticket factories in
Riolcrcld that were turning out thou
sands Of tickets a day. The tickets were
I sold by the rorgcrs and their agents
i'm Berlin at from three to four marks
| ariccc. which shows how extremely
/ profitable this spccics Of forgery is.
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7 bC exchanged for bread If the baker Is