Charlevoix county herald., 1918-03-29
GERMAN WOMEN
BEAT BUTCHER
INCIDENT ONE OF MANY ARISING
OUT OF FOOD SCARCITY AND
DEALERS "Foop UsuRY.'
COCOA MADE OF HUSKs AND SAND
Farmer shaves Hls Pig to Prevent
odor OF Burning 5rIstles, But
u Caught

Ooor OF Burning Sristiees out
70 Caught
Berlin.-The appointment Of food
dictator for Germany came at time
when the practices of food usurers
and the inability ofsmany persons, es-
pecially the poor. to get the food they
wanted. were causing serious out
breaks. necessitating In many cases
the calling Of the police. Here are
some of the instances Of food troubles
which have appeared In leading Ger
man newspapers:
The Berlin Tagiiche Rundschau
says that Charlottenburg citizens had
observed that a butcher. after dark.
removed meat from his shop to an
adjacent building. One evening he
packed bacon and sausage in wash
basket and was sending it across the
street by children when neighbors
opened the basket and discovered the
meat beneath o lot Of shirts and
stockings. The police. says the paper.
were summoned. and the meat was
sold in the shop by them at reduced
prices to an eager crowd. The mob
Uf women" then, according to the ac-
count dragged the butcher from a cafe
into the back yard and there beat him
r. absolute unconsciousness. The 40
count continues:
"The enraged avengers then repair
cd tn the butchers house." where the
butchers wife was violently assaulted
and subsequently ducked In big els
tern, then rolled by the crowd in .
heap Of still smouldering cinders."
The Munich Post tells of man
who sold to number of dealers a to
tai Of 10000 pounds Of what was term
ed finest imported Dutch powdered
cocoa When, at the request Of Col.
ogne firm, what remained Of the stock
about 20 small kegs, was analysed. 1t
was found to consist solely of COCOA
busks, sand and other articles con-
tanning no part OF cocoa. Not less dis
graceful than the conduct of so des-
picable a wretch as this man IVES tho
leniency of the Dussel-
dorf court, which merely inflicted on
him fine of $3.50 and ordered tho
seizure Of the few pounds of cocoa
which remained, says the paper. The
man we understand Is well connected.
A lady customer at leading meat
store purchased a ham, or which the
butcher demanded 1925. The lady.
having only 81 in her purse. paid
that sum as deposit, and promised to
send her servant with the remaining
s2.25 to fetch home the ham, accord
lug to the Frankfurter Zeitung.
The conversation was overheard by
, man who was in the shop. He left
hurriedly and handing the first SER
want girl he encountered in the street
The $2.25, with a tip, he dispatched
her to the shop to demand the ham
already partly paid for by the .origt
raj purchaser who was not personal
y known to the butcher. BY this au-
dacious stroke the man secured q
1925 ham for $2.25.
The Frankfurter Zeitung tells how
cided to defy the law as to the pri-
rate slaughter of food animals:
The farmer killed his best fat pig.
and in order to prevent his act becom-
ing known through the pungent odor
caused by the burning of the bristles,
.he man carefully lathered the animal
Ill over and then gave it clean
shave.
All went well until the mysteries OF
bacon curing began, when the betray-
ng odors penetrated the nostrils OF
some passerby, who promptly inform
ID the authorities.
A gendarme was dispatched to the
,arm, but the farmer flung on his head
he contents of kettle Of boiling wa
.er. The gendarme's bowls Of pain
,oon brought to the spot number OF
who made furious assault
IN the house with pickaxes and 9th
sr implements, and the premises in
! very short time were reduced to
-uins.
The cured and uncured parts of the
neat were then seized and conveyed
n q cart, escorted by an excited,
mob, to the town hall. The
'armer received serious injuries In the
ray; the genarme's face and hands
Fere scalded.
The government recently denied re-
ports that egg rations were contem-
dated. The rumors had led to whole
ale boarding of eggs all over tho
,ountry and to unprecedently high I
prices. Dealers In some town estab-
ished a semi-rational system by de-
aiming to sell more than four or five
,ggs to any one customer. Official as
were made that there was no
LANCER Of an egg famine. as hens
Eere doing their full duty.
Must Pay 500 for Spanking
Washington, Pa.-Being spanked
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