Charlevoix county herald., 1918-02-22
GERMAN WOMEN
BEAT BUTCHER
INCIDENT ONE OF MANY Arr sine
OUT OF FOOD SCARCITY AND
DEALERS "Foop usURY.'
COCOA MADE OF AUSKs AND SAND

CUCUA MAUI Vi hUSkS ANU SAM
Farmer shaves Hls PIG to Prevent
odor Of Burning erlstIss. But
10 Caught
Berlin.-The appointment Of food
dictator for Germany came at a time
when the. practices OF food usurera
and the inability of many persons, 90
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 Tagliche Rundschau
says that Charlottenburg citizens had
observed that a butcher. after dark.
removed meat from his shop to an
| adjacent building. One evening he
basket and was sending 1t across the
street by children when neighbors
opened the basket and discovered the
meat beneath 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
Of women" then, according to the sc-
count dragged the butcher from cafe
into the back yard and there beat him
& absolute Inconsistencies. The 40
count continues:
1.-THE enraged avengers then repair
ed to 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 ciuders."
The Munich Post tells of man
who sold to a number OF dealers q 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, II
was found to consist solely Of cocoa
husks, sand and other articles con-
tanning no part of cocoa. Not less dis
graceful than the conduct Of 30 des-
picable a wretch as this man was tho
inexplicable leniency OF the Dussel.
dorf court. which merely inflicted on
him a fine of $3.50 and ordered the
seizure Of the few pounds Of cocoa
which remained. says the paper. The
man we understand Is well connected.
store purchased ham, OF 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
s225 to fetch home the ham. accord.
iLg to the Frankfurter Zeitung.
The conversation was overheard BY
o man who was in the shop. He LETT
hurriedly and handing the first ser.
want girl he encountered in the street
the 1925. with tip. he dispatched
her to the shop to demand the ham
already partly paid for by the origt'
raj purchaser who was not personal
" known to the butcher. BY this an
dacious stroke the man secured
1926 ham for 1925.
Nemesis waited on a farmer who do
c;ded to defy the law as to the pri-
vate 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.
the man carefully lathered the animal
all over and then gave 1t clean
shave.
All went well until the mysteries or
bacon curing began, when the betray.
ing odors penetrated the nostrils OF
acme passerby, who promptly Inform
Ell the authorities.
A gendarme was dispatched 70 the
farm, but the farmer flung on his head
the contents of kettle OF boiling wa
ter The gendarme's bowls OF pain
soon brought to the spot u number OF
nelghbors, who made a furious assault
on the house with plckaxes and 9th
or implements, and the premises IN
q very short time were reduced to
ruins.
The cured and uncured parts OF the
meat were then seized and conveyed
In a cart, escorted by an excited.
shouting mob. to the town hall. The
farmer received serious injuries In the
fray; the genarme's face and hands
were scalded.
The government recently denied to
ports that egg rations were contemc
Ilated. The rumors had led to whole
sale boarding of eggs all over the
country and to unpreeedently high
prices. Dealers In some town estabr
lished a semirational system by de-
clining TO sell more than four or five
eggs to any one customer. Official A.