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NOVEMBER 27, 1923.City Doctor, Millionaire Year*iff• *Ago9Goes HungryinGermanyGolfers Take toDr. Carl E. Drohl, Widely Known in Thi* Vicinity, Tells ofILinks at TheirSuffering of German People in Letter to Dr. A. D.Own Risk, RulingAlvarez; Left Middletown Burdened With Riches;Now Has NothingNew York, Nov, 24 The refusal of» Jury to award John B Harrle, a1hond snlesman, 115,000 for Injuries suffered when struck by n golf ball driven by Henry Coe, Jr., and the charge of Justice Georg* H, Taylor, Jr., to theJury In the Supreme Court yesterday fstabllsbes a legal precedent for the fart that when a golfer goes on the links he assume# the risks of thei!Igame,The accident happened on the course of the Bumson Country Club at Heab right, N. J, In July, 1920.Justice Taylor In hla charge to the jury aaid In part:When a plaver goes on the linkshe does assume the risks of the gameas It is played by a reasonably prudent and careful person. He knows that thi beat of players may tnakc plt;Kr shots and that less experiencedplayers will make them A player, however, does not assume the risk ofnegligent nr wilful Injury by anotherplayer.In determining the degree of care to he observed by the driving player he followed. The driving player must use ordinary care not to Injure the player In front of him, but the player ahead must also use ordinary care In not being Injured.The bitter experiences of Dr. Carl E. Drohl, well known In Middletown and Sullivan county towns as a chiropractor and amateur wrestler, who returned to hla native Germany abouta year ago “a millionaire in marks.were related to Dr A. D. Alva re*.prominent chiropractor here andfriend of Dr. Drohl, In a letter dated Bii.mi)«rg, Germany, received today.The deplorable economic conditions In Germany and the treachery of the mark have blasted the hopes of theman who left tho “old home town, ashe termed thla city, armed with his knowledge of chiropractic, 222 millions In German marks and the will to succeed. The depreciation of Reich currency to- almost nothing has left him nearly destitute.♦ ♦##Acme Five inEasy Defeat ofWarwick TeamWarwick, Nov. 24 The Middletown Acme five Friday night defeated the Warwick Triangles 85 21 on the Y. M C A court h»re in the opening gam*of the local basketball season. Warwick was outclassed from the start, the first half ending 18 9 in Acme's favor, lewder and Gardner substituted for Stanfield and Gottacholk In Rio Middletown lineup in the second half.The lineup and point score follows: the the the the the tahee ah the theeAcme Five.Wittman, F .................. AOmahelm, F ....... 10Cullinan, C ......... 12Stanfield. G . .................... 2T.awder, 11 0Gardner, Cl 2Gottarhalk. ft tWinter Is before the door, wrote Dr. Drohl. “There is no wood and winter food supply. If there is no f charge fcr the better soon, I tell you j many peopl* will dir from hunger.And where does chiropractic comeIn.” he asks Dr. Alvarez, “when Himmedical man Is starving to death?”“The doctors here,” he explains, who a few years ago had fine automobiles, are today practicing for on«egg a call; bread, flour and other commodities. They are the poorest peopletoday in fJermany.*’Everything in Germany Is prohibitively priced, Dr. Drohl continues. It J Is impossible for a common man to buy a suit of clothes or a pound of butter. Cigarettes cost three million marks each; a flefcl rabbit, a billion marks; a pound of honey A0lt;) millions, and a pound of meat 500 millions.“You have no Idea how the peoplu are suffering,” Dr. Drohl adds, “of how hungry they arc nor how depressed their minds. Yet If 1 am compared with them, I have no right to complain, although I am suffering, too. Of clothing and shoes I have enough--! brought live trunks full from the good old U. H. A.,- but my main Borrow Is. From where do we get our food?”The letter, whtclkcarried 400,100,.900 |*ostaglt; |n marks, follows In pfkTtt“Dear Friend:You do not know how much your kind and welcome letter surprised mo today and I do not know how to thankyou for your kindne-s»#Total8«**#*■***• »*•»#«* * * * ♦ ** *Triangle#Hall. F ....! I^oydon, Fj AI Smith, C ......................! Jessup, G ...Art Hmlth, G*7**4ftT*U1 . , ...............William Mldritaton.f rank N Vandftrhoff, ttm*rA I1 Mullen, •eorar• # * * «• •1C. H. Jones NowtDoctor, It is no fun at thla time to be in Germany and believe * mewhen I tell nu that times here ate something awful. If It does not * hange for the better soon, lots of p*»«ple WU| die, and are dying, from hanger Everything Is so high priced, especially clothing and foodstuffs, that It would be impossible for a common man to buy a suit of clothes or a pound of butter. • • •“The doctors here, who a few- years ago had fine automobiles, are todaypracticing for oae egg a call, breadand flour and such things, and theyere the poorest people today In Germany. Where does chiropractic com** in when a medical man is starving todeath?M1stLieutenantAlvarex, old friend, stay whereyou ate and stick to your good practiceIIField ArtilleryJust think of the money 1 had when I was over there and what 1 , to buy betterhave today. Hungry I go at times, Ijw-j lieve me. When 1 finished my residential course at the Manhattan Col-lege of * hiropracttc in New York and got my diploma. I left for home; thought I could do fine over here. I had 222 millions In marks, which wat a considerable amount at that time. Millions Dwindlod to Nothing.“1 bought a fine house here which belongs to me yet and In which 1 iru now living. After my arrival tho j German mark began to fall, and day by day my millions decreased to nothing. Today I am not able to pay theI taxes on my house, and I will Just keop on living in it until they put me out.! “The oniy worry here is food. Doctor, you have no idea of how the pov pie are suffering, how hungry they are and how depressed they are feeling InBlind *“I have no right to complain at ill if I compare myself with them; still I :un suffering too. Of clothes and shoes 1 have enough, * • but myonly worry and main sorrow* is: From where do we get food.Winter is before the door—-no wood and no winter food supply. “Believe, me. Doctor Alvarez, your ! present of $4 00 came Just like from j Heaven today and It helped me a lotII bought already 200 pounds of good potatoes and have $2.00 left Withi dollars you can get anything you , want. Home, day 1 will return It to' you.Dreads Cheeriest Chrietmaa.Today, not alone am I a poor man, but our yvhole Germany Is poor—and Is hungry. What will it be on Christmas? Perhaps I shall die of hunger.Htill, I have no f«ar of that, for Godhas been good to me many times andHe will be good to me again.! If I could only reach Bremen orHamburg, but the railroad fares arc; enormous.If you should ever seo Mr. Davis, the clothing store man In Middletown and a good friend of mine, please beg j for me a few dollars. 1 have donslots of business with him and he always liked me. 1 am sure he will allow me a few dollarsPcetsge Too High To Write.There are lots who would do some, thing for me if they knew. Postage is terrible high in mark* and therefore I am unable to write much. Pleas*, tell Officer Herbert that 1 an\ here andUP1that ! am hungry. He sure will not forget me. He Is a good friend ofmine. See O. B. DavtS, the cigar-maker. They all will do something for me, if they know 1 am hard up I In Germany. ,i When I return I will make rvrr^ thing good again. The Timrs-Pres* and Cairo-News was sure a gift to me. How glad I was to learn again some news from the okl home town.| Please write to me again soon. Give my best regards to all 1 know in j Middletown and best wishes to you 1 old pal. Forget me not. Your good friend,| PK CARL K. DROHL.” zAt the close of the letter Dr. Drohl excuses the quality of paper on which he writes, We are all poor peopletoday, he said, and cannot affordi«*lt; Ml V full 11¥ ¥i in n¥17
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