Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 27, 1919, Page 1

VOL. LXI—No. 310 WILSON ORDERS THAT SEVEN BX- LINERS BE TURNED OVER TO GREAT BRITAIN Abrupt End to Controversy Between the Shipping Board - 2nd British Officials Over 51& Vessels Used to Bring Back American Troops and Now Held Idle In New York Har- bor—Had Been Retained By the Board Pending Return ® the Standard Oil Company of 12 Tank Steaumm,I Formerly Under the German Flag, But Now Held By Great Britain By Order of the Supreme Council. ‘Washington, Dec ‘wersy between the 1 British officials over possession of meven German linefs used to bring Back American troops and now held #dle in New York harbor, ended ab- ruptly today with the announcement that President Wild1 haq ordered the vessois turned «® - to Great Brit- ain. The transfer will be made with- out delay and the ships assigned to passenger service on British lines. No cxplanation of the order was made beyond the statement that the state department had found there was no warrant for holding the ships now that the object for which they were assigned by the inter-allied shipping ecommission to American use—the re- turn of the American army—was ac- hipping board and complished. The eighth ship of the srou the Imperator. has already been turned over to the British and is being operated In announcing cision, Chairman ping board made by the Cunard line. the president's de- Payne of the ship- his lefter to in- The . ected by the president to comply with the -‘equest contained in your letter transmitted to me this day from the White Iouse and to advise that the seven ex-German ships. iraf Waldersee, Zeppelin, Pre- toria. Cap Finistere. Mobile Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, and Kaiserin Au- guste Vietorin, now in the harbor of New York be delivered to the representative of Great S00u as the proper perso ed to receive the same.” The unexpected action of the ship- ping board last September in refuse ing to deliver the Tmperator to the British was understood to be connect- Britain as n is designat- to tank steamers formerly separately, its obligation to turn chips over to the British remains in doubt. preme council ed today, on the conditios United States would Britain, France, Italy her acceptance the day af transmitted. No explanas veported withdrawal was In the absence Barton Payn | today were disposition of the world-wide would be a hardship States, it w an owned vessel over to other countries. ] e tankers. to ci rations commission. and to the tankers, it cannot be considered : temporary. The contro-|eq With efforts to induce”the return the Standard Oil Company of 12 under German flag but now held in British custody in the Firth of Forth, by or- der of the supreme council. The state department took the po: tion, however, that these were separ- ate questions and must be dealt with the United carrying o the G Meantime the fate of the tankers Chairman. Payne recently made a proposal to the su- that pending adjust- ment of titles the tankers be put at the disposal of the Uniteq States and that Great Britain be given use of the former German liners. Great Britain agreed to this proposal, it was learn- n tha furnish Great and Belgium with oil. but it is reported, withdrew t of fter tion obta; i ¢ of Chairman John officials of the board out knowledge of the In vi hortage of tankers it the declared, if these Amer- should be turned Under the Versailles treaty, final de ision ag to the titles of all craft re- quisitioned from German harbor ter the armistice rests with the repa- The present di pute, both as to the passenger vessels was a; definitel tled. the present disposition being only 000,000. of the Madrid. ation., the | on cach person. United States. erman weer given in that pence an ounce in with $1.33 in New teriologist, t the sale of copper wil et o Lh(){ ble. pared with close. 100 iew of United | gtate budget for wages for Major Sing Sin. a vious close. serted, | Y set- | ment” of clauses i Jecti i mable to fore — — In conference’ at Dorpat. veached Bulletin’s columns for two cents daily: al eached an INVESTIGATION VINDICATES ALL COAL STRIKES CALLED agreement on the question of frontiers Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total MERCHANTS OF LARENCE OFF IN KANSAS DISTRICT and military guaranteeing. 4 R = Saturday, December 20.. 2 182 155 354 591 Lawrence, Mass., Dee. 26.—The| Pittsburg, Kansas, Dec. 26.—A mo- Efforts of a fleet of tugs to float the Lawrence chamber of commerce in a|tion calling off all coal strikes now in | stranded Old Dominion steamer Madi- Monday, December 22. 79 122 302 503 letter sent today to William M. Weod, | effect in the Kansas district that had |son proving unsuccesstul. the = pas- Tuesday, December 23. %0 109 210 409 precident of the American Woolen | been called by the executive board of | sengers were removed to Norfolk. 300 5 company. it has found “pothing|district 14, Uniteq Mine Workers of Wednesday, December 24 00 to warrant” his recent charges that! America, was adopted by the bhoard Civil guards: in Spain suffered se- 356 584 gome of ihe merchants in this city|today. . All striking miners are af- | verely during ihe year. Tisht. wers|] « 1hursday, . December 25 Wero charging, excessive . prices for | fected ang: ave, ordered fo return to|lildied, 34 wounded aAd others Friday, ‘December 26 32 504 mecessarie: work tomorrow, fought off attaeks' withput injury. .. i s — The letier, in explaining the cham- | The action affects thirteen es in £ — ® L3 . T ” — o~ ber's re:zgggg,;gf-_no\ submitting com- | which. appro¥imately 1,500 are Forty-two New York ciey new: 1848 3091 arati®® “price lists requasted by Mr.{employed. papers advocating sedition and over- ood at a conference with the mer-| The conference today w held in | throw of the B L e e R ) :}._ nts, says: conformity with the promise given ! ment will be thoroughly investigated We have cncountered in our inves- | Federal Judge A: B. Anderson of In-|by the senate. Hgation =0 man and irregularities ‘e In Lawrence and wther ciiies, arising from conditions entirely beyond the control of mer- ehants of any community, and attrib- utable solely to the variation in man- ufacturers’ prices, that we have final- 1y discarded the entire list. While Lawrence prices for certain arth are higher than in some other citias” the letter says. “there are a mumber of instances where articles in other cities are higher than in Law-: @ifferences in pr rence. This is inevituble under pre: ent unstable conditions. with manu- facture: prices advancing daily and the retailer forced to advance his prices with every new invoice of goods.” MEXICANS REPRESS FACTS CONCERNING MURDERS Texs, Dee. ht to repress cerning the murder of American avia- tors, Lieutenants Cecil Connolly and Frederick Wuterhouse, whose bodies were found buried in the sand on the Baya de Los Angeles, Lower Califor- niu, according to testimony at & near- ing today. The testimony was given by Joe Allen Richards of Chicago, th American who discovered the bodies on Sept 21, Richards testified to finding the bodies when he landed from a Mexican steamer to get water, He said the captain of the steamer warned him not to make public his discovery and was arrested at Santa Rosalie on Sept. 26 because he had not kept his discovery to himself, Accprding to Richards' testimony, Connolly was stabbed to death’ and Waterhouse evidently died from a broken skuill caused by impact from a heavy iron bar found near the bodies. Richards accompanied the ex pedition on the United States destroy er Ward which recovered the bodies. SAW ONLY ONE PRISONER MALTREATED UNDER DETZER New York, Dec, stating at a preliminary investigation last July that barbarous methods of the @epartment of criminal investigation at Le Mans made Bolshevists, Leo J. Rasche, of Oakland, Maryland, for- mer lieutenant in the D, C. I, testified today at the trial of Captain Karl W, Detzer. on charges of cruelty, that he bad only seen one prisoner mistreated while serving under the accused offi- cer. The case of ill-ireatment he re- e was when Sergeant Frank Hoyt stru prisoner ,for which, he . de- clared, Delzer had the sergeant trans- ferred. —After Under cross-examination, however, Rasche admitted he had made the etatement about Bolshevism to Lieu- tenant Colonel W. L, Culberson, in- #pector general, and that he had ex- ressed the same opinion to Captain etzer, Licutenants Marlow, Flaig and Butliff and several enlisteq men. U. S. AND JAPAN REACH AGREEMENT ON SIBERIA Viadivostok, Dec. 26 (By the A. P.). — A common ground on which to base joint action in Siberia has been reached by the United States and Japan, according to an announcement Fiven out here by the Japanese official publicity bureau. The announcement said: “Genuine satiefaction is expressed in influential quarters that a common ground’ has heen and America for basing Jjo! in Siberia. This is p: pleasing to those who have observed with regret that Siberia policies of the ,iwo countries at times seemed to fol- {low divergent courses int strike ended. Hirni Mine since Dec. 18. strike. New York, Dec ed States was - contained message follows: i liberty., ill be sustained. T v see the republic of and then final victory aft Work and pray, and self, are doing our du cltizen. BODY OF CAPTAIN HO London, Dec. to Australia flight, who foot of a beautiful moun: despatch to Liloyds day’'s date. und Howell, has not yet and salvage the bad weather. AUSTRIAN CLAIMS HE Greenwich, Conn., Dec. Boehimer, an Austrian, w! has not to the pol manded that he be locked Chief Andrew Talbot up any way. He desires to he deporte is that of a tailor and to make further inquiry case. 26—A 26.—The Captain_Frederick Ernest Howell, one of the ‘Rritish airmen in the London istand of Corfu on Dec. 12, e dashore on.Corfu and buried at that not put in a cell he would go out smash windows and get into the I The man had pa: dianapolis by Alexander H. Howat, president of the distriet, that he Hale Holden, would use his influence in having the| the No action was _taken on the strike in effect on the Bronzon, Rogers and This was called because of the refusal of the men to work with a former mem- ber of the union who had worked with PREDICTS RECOGNITION OF “REPUBLIC OF IRELAND” in a Year's message cabled to Arthur Grif. fith, “acting president”, by Eamon De Valera made public here tonight. “Greetings to the persecuted people of Ireland from the many millions of Americans who love liberty, and ad- mire people everywhere who wil not i Endure yet a while. he Ir ciaglly recognized by the United States, er 750 Everyone, colleagues ty. Wi our affectionate regards to every I “DE VALERA. WELL HAS BEEN WASHED ASHORE 1 st h ked was tain English chaplain. according to a er W The body of Henry Fraser, a skilled mechanic who accompanied Captain been Howell's airplane is a complete wreck is impossible because of HAS NOT SLEPT FOR FIVE YEARS pt for five years, walked in- station yesterday and de- OBITUARY. i s Wit 5 he woulg collect the money Dbefore : 29 cams he olution was adopted - condemning | that it had not been claimed convinces| FBaltimore, Md, Dec. 26.—General T T gov_ | her all the more that someone who | D: mntullj agedt 80, e & up. He told |ernment as being as reactionary as|Might have known about the money, do_fl,?]mn lodue's (""ener-el ‘T he was |any other form, g had waylaid the surgeon. ied here today. G a d. F he has been employed by a local tailor who form- erly had a New York city Judge Mead today asked the police store, into ONE OF THE LARGEST OIL WELLS IN TAMPICO CLOSED 26.—Another American oil well, one of the largest in the Tampico region, has been closed by order of the Mexican government, the state department was advised to- ‘Washington, Dec. der to Rear Admiral A. M. Knight to DR, VERMILYE SINCE NOV.{cease fighting at Appomattoz Court-, day. The well, it was reported, had | reconvene the board, “my examination P louse, prolonging the fighting for been producing for ‘more than a year [into the subject has convinced me Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 26.—Dr. John M. |some time after General Lee had sur- and was drilled in strict compliance |that there are a number of cases re- | Vermilye, an- Atlania physician, ' said | rendered with all the- regulationg in force at|quiring further examination and there|tonight -he had not heard since Nov- After the close of the war General that time. have been additional recommenda-|emper from his father, Dr. William | Cox served several times in congress Full particulars concerning the re-itions since your hoard adjourned|( v Vermilye, former naval surgeon,!ang was secretary of the United ported seizure have been asked by the state department. prediction that 1920 may see the recognition of the “Republic of Ireland” by the Unit- hody Austrian authorities Christmas gift of one loaf of bread for shilling CERMAN Condensed Telegrams United States Grain made no flour purchases this week. Government operation of railroads for two years shows a loss of $500,- Fire virtually destroyed the palace Dutchess of Manzeneda in Louis F. Swift was elected a diredtor of the Green Star Steamship Corpor- arranged Complete embargo on shipment of arms to Mexico was announced:-by the Pittsburgh bankers estimated Christ- mas bonuses amounting to $10,000,000 city. Bar silver was auoted at 77 1-2|y London, York. During the month of December the is estimated, amount to at least 300,000,000 pounds. 1. it Gold was sold in Londan at 100 shill- ing and three pence Wednesday, com- at previous Provision is made in the New York an increase Lawes, The dollar was cuoted at 10 francs and 50 centimes in Paris. with 10 franes nd 31 centimes at pre- General Obregon, candidate pro pres- idency of Mexico, will pledge amend- n constitution igners, Esthonian and Bolsheviki deleqates order to give the strike rested. covered. New The A report from R ey = e for nearly an hour. Earlier: in the| A $5,000 prize is offered by Italy to r 020 | Tors e K ALY o2t | weele he visited A. L. Brendell, ‘an|the: winner of (he international Sea- presented. A league of states will be | 154st New York real estate dealer,;planc contest to be held in that coun- Sceninad. ’ “|and wished him the season’s Zreetings. { try. vears. e send A. T. announced accept. as on. of TES OF ADVOCA ey w York, is life off the orn and seditious acti found. 5 cutive session that sian Workers , th . Soviet government trade Washington, . partment’s board vened Monday, Ja this val awards, which ! Zuished service ommendaticns _ of of officers.’ the result of conferences he'd decided to hold a meeting at Helsing- regional director of Central West, declared the gov- ernment must spend $5.900,000,000 in|bla of a “red.” ‘This fact, he added, public adequate | Suggested the possibility of radical acuvities being responsible for = Dr. transportation service. Perfection of a method of “wired wireless,” by which at least ten and possibly more conversations may he the state volunteers during the re-|carried on by persons thousands of cent general strike. Howat stated | miles apart is announced. that the board would not act on the A great Bolshevist- conspiracy was discovered at Riza and 100, with principal subordinates ‘were ar- Instructions for carrving on Red campaign in America were dis- Cyprus, which furnished copper for the civilized world centuries ago. may in a few months be turning out thous- ands of tons of metal with the aid of modern mining machinery ed in the United States. iga states that Frank Hedley, president of the I. direc- tors of the company were willing to the basis of negotiations with the city,-the transit plan present- ed by Transit Commissioner Delaney and Public Service Commissioner Nix- he apd the ANARCHY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES 26.—Advocates chy and plotters against the gov- for several months. Evidence was given at today's exe- nion of Rus- the U e organization which a large proportion of the radi- calg recently deported on the trans port Buford belonged, includes of Russia in antagonism to all forms of authority.” !George J. Starr, an investigation of DANIELS ORDERS BOARD OF the recent recommendations as to na- bhave been source of a controversy brought to a head a few days ago by declination of Admiral Sims to accept the distin- medal, while awards remained as at present. “While approving in the main rec- the board awards,” said Mr. Daniels in his or- Corporation warden of compared leaders purchas- it was ies in New York DECEMBER 27, 1919 i o App For fis W son, Mass.,, Bel 2 William Grey Vermilye, Her Fiance, Will Yet Show Up. J Monson, Mass, Dec. 26.—Dr. William Grey Vermilye of New York, a former naval surgeon, failed to appear for his wedding with Miss Ruth M. Keeney of this town yesterday, and today his absence was still unexplained. Miss Keeney, who resigned as professor of Spanish at Bucknell univeristy to marry Dr. Vermilye, was reported ill at the home of her parents, but bear- ing up under the disappointment with the beiief that her fiance would yet appear. i Guests at the expected wedding who crowded the Methodist church were dismissed by Rev. Herbert B. Buck- ingham with the word that Dr. Ver- milye had not been heard from since he left a New York hotel, supposedly on the way to be married. Rev. Mr. Buckingham this morning said family of Miss Kenney had had no of Mon- i for performed, would be at the Kenney home. Mr. Buckingham said that he and iss Kenney's family felt that lence. The ex ected groom, he ex- plained, had been engaged in federal Dr. Idenio Nagauchi, Japanese bac- |service in rounding up radicals since s expected in Mexico City | his discharge from fhe navy and ar- to make a study of yellow fever. Dr.| the later word. The wedding, he said. if Dr. compared | Vermilye's absence was due to vio- 14 PAGES—98 COLUMNS [AI's Well Aboard | -~ Steamer Buford Wireless From “Soviet Ark” Says the “Reds” Are Con- tented and Everything Is 0. K.—No Disorder of Any Kind. Washington, Dec. 26.—A wireless message from the army transport Bu- ford on which a number of radicals were deported from the United States, received at the war department today, said everything was well on board the ship and “the Reds contented.” All dealings between the ship offi- cials and the passengers are carried on through Alexander Berkman who, before the Buford sailed, was chosen by the deportees as their ieader. The radiogram, dated “At Sea, De- cember 24" was as follows: “General Hines, Washington. “The Reds are contented and every-| thing is O. K. Even on leaving the island (Ellis Island) there was no dis- turbance and no cursing as stated in the newspapers. They are allowed on deck for exercise in the morning and again in the afternoon. They are obe- dient ang respectful. The weather is moderate with rai the ship steady ayerage eight knots. Her course s southward for the Azores that rough seas may be avoided. Dealings with the Reds are through Berkman, the leader. There are no signs of sea- sickness aboard. Mess for all classes is excellent ,the chief steward and and attractively, a wide array of in to “remind” you of your intended In this way advertisements in and helpful service. ob- During the past week the fol! Vermily’es non-appearance. at South America two years ago. mer. tion at German universities. CALLED ON FRIENDS IN New York,. Dec. Grey Vermilye called on Hrooklyn, where he formerl last Tuesday to wish them Christmas,” but said prospective wedding, today. He is about 65 years of age, and a son, John Vermilye, is pra ticing medicine in Atianta, Ga., it said. He called Tuesday on A. Heinmuller, lived, nothing of as wedding. ledge of Dr. Vermilye's Shortly after his movements. was informed that the waiting for him at the paymaste of MISS KEENEY BELIEVES night she 3 can Legion had been active in <~ | Her convictions, she said, are con-|.preaking” the strikes of the New the | firmed by press dispatches, in which} york jongshoremen, the Boston police- its | it was said that money due Dr. Ver-|men and the Kansas miner: smilye has not been claimed. Keeney stated the doctor had told h for some time, duc to his | : iy AWARDS TO RECONVENE|the United ¥ruit steamers, his survived by his widow (Mrs Dec. -26. — {val service and trip * to South ! Hedson Frmlmnnl\: two s toai ered % { America. but she said the doctor had Stanton, of Los Angeles, Daniels toaight ordered the navy de-|i o) his headquariers at the Brooklyn and Andrew Denison Stanton | e 2 e Sregh | address and she had been able to com- Md.; two daughlers, Mrs. C. the phone. the to Monson to be married. °flSON HAD NOT HEZARG FROM hich require examination by a beard'who failed to appear yesterday for his wedding at Monson, Mas Service You Should Not Overlook Day after day The Bulletin's advertisements present, forcefully - The suggestions are always seasonable and thus are almost sure They remind you. perform this service faithfully day after day. You cannot afford to do business without using The Bulletin's advertising columns any more than you can afford to fill your wants without looking over its advertisemq rived in New York ldst Friday from a|steward’s crew being South American trip in which he had | Spec.al attention is being paid to ven- supervised. the. deportation to Colom- Miss Kenney and Dr. Vermily'e n;;zt ° was a visitor at her home last ‘sum- The couple had much in com- mon, both graduated from middle west colleges ,and . completing their educa- BOOKLYN LAST TUESDAY 26.—Dr. William friends in “Merry a it was learned as an artist, who is living in the former Vermilye home, and chatted with him He told -neither of them of a coming Representatives here of the board said today they had no recent know- return from South America, where it was understood he had gone with an insane patient, his expense account was audited and he money was office. He did not come ‘.’if\rr the money, and it is awaiting him, it was said. the former naval surgeon, was Dost- poned Thursday after the bridegroom- elect hag: failed to show up, stated to- s still convinced that the to|doctor has either met with foul play ! or has been injured in an accident. Miss Miss Keeney also said she realized the doctor had not lived in Brooklyn | municate with him by letter or tele- In fact Miss Keeney stated she had communicated with the home vesterday and servants at the house informed her that Dr. Vermilye spent the night there Tuesday and left Wed- | nesday morning, stating he was going commodities for your consideration. purchase just at the right time. The Bulletin render you a valuable They guide you. And they ents. lowing matter has appeared in The exceptional. tilation and the berth compartments are strictly.clean and orderly. * ¢ = NINE BEST AIRMEN WANTED FOR CONTESTS NEXT YEAR New York, Dec. 26—A call for the nine best airmen in the United States to represent this country in inter- national aeronautical contests next vear, was issued by the Aero Club of America tonight. National elimina- tion races may be the method of select- ing the best flyers in three branches, {airplanes, seaplanes and balloons al- though the Aero Club, as the represen- tative of the International Aeronautic Federation in this count is empow- ered to make the selections arbitrarily. Organizations affiliated with the Aero Club of America have been asked to express their preference on this point. The international balloon races will be held in this country. The date and place for the start and the three pilots selected will be announced by the Aero Club shortly. Trance will be the stene of the inter- national airplane races. The rules and | regulations will be decided on by the; International Aeronautic Federation | soon. FORBIDDEN TO HOLD MEMBERSHIP IN A. L Detroit, Mich,, De: Members of the Detroit local, Automobile, Air- craft and Vehicle Workers of Ameri- ca, were forbidden to hold member- ship in the American Legion by an amendment to the by-laws of the v ke ment have spread their tentacles hicle workers' organization aaoptec Nt the |and found adherentg even in the rural FIANCE HAS MET ACCIDENT | ( crui"days ago, it was announced by an|communities of New York state, ac- : T 26_Miss Ruth | tonight. The action was taken, "Torta | cording to an official statement issued | Monson, Mass, sDechstondins r";)‘:‘ cbrding to I. Paul Taylor. seeretary of ednes- | tonight by the legislative commitiee | M. Keoney, whose wartiage 10 DF|the union, because of {he “uses to “"|which has been investigating radical| Willlam Grey Vermilye of Brooklym | yiqy the ' ion has been put by cer- tain faction: The amendment was adonted, it was said, upon recommendation of the board of administration after it had considered allegation that the Ame was breveted brigadier zen- . Seward of Wilmington, Del. and Mrs. Paul C. Sommerwell of this city. Brigadier General W. R. Cox. Richmond, Va. Dec. i General William Ruffin Cox, the ranking officers of the Confed- erate Army( died here tonight, aged 78 years. General Cox was credited as having | been the last Confederate ofilcer to| $lorate Army) died here ton . and republican administrati aged RALYAY NACHINSTS " DEFANT 10 CUNMG Serve Notice to Cpngreu, Through Their President, m They Will Not Submit to Enactment of the Bill With Its Drastic Anti-Strike Provision—98 Per Cent. of the 125 000 Members of the Union Have Voted to Walk Out In Event of the Bill’s Passage By Both Houses of Céngrei; ‘Washington, Dec. 26.—Organized railway machinists, through their president, served notice on congress today that they would sumbit to enactment 6f the Cummi i bill with its er: vision. Voting more than a month ago. 98 per cent. of the 125,000 members of the union favored an immediate walkout in event of the bhill's passage both houses of congress, but the r sult was not made known through fe: that the brotherhoods might appear in tre light of attempting to coerce the lawmaking branch of the government. The machinists, according to Wm, Johnston, president of the Internation- al Association, are the only railway employes who have taken a strike vote, but the heads of all the brotherhoods, fourieen in all, have been summoned to meet here Monday to consider pend- ing railway legislation and define pre- cisely their position on the clause in the. Cummins bill which would pre- vent strikes and put strikers in jail The call for the conference was is- sued by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, but Mr. Gompers ahd other 1abor lead- ers refused to discuss probable action by the brotherhood leaders. President Wilson’s Christmas eve announcement that the roads would be handed back to their owners March 1, was a dis- tinct disappointment to labor leaders, who had been pleading for a two year extension of government control. They agreed however, that if ‘the roads were to go back it was a good thing to let it be known. SAYS THAT RAILROADS MUST HAVE HIGHER RATES Philadelphia, Dec. 26. — President Samuel Rea, of the Pennsylvania Railroad in a statement tonight on the return of the railroads to private ownership. said it is essential that higher rates be approved by the in- terstate commerce commission to save the country from broken down rail- LIQUOR BOUGHT IN HARTFORD HAS CAUSED 32 DEATHS Chicopee, Mass., Dec, 26.~Thirty- two deaths had resulted tonight from the drinking of liquor bought in 'Hartford, Conn. and drunk in this city, Holyoke and Hartford. Yesterday, last night and today seventeen men and one woman died in Chicopee, ‘tern men in Hartford and four in Holyoke. A number ‘of othér men were -in a critical condition tonight at hos- pitals in Holyoke and Springfield. Four men were under arrest in Hartford and three in Chicopee, pending the result of autopsies .to be held late tonight. & Police investigations in Hartford indicated that the liquor which was sent to that city from' New York contained wood alcohol. Part of it was sold at a bar in Hartford, part was bought at that place by persons who carried it away and part was sent to a hotel in Chicopee Falls. State and federal authorities ‘in Massachusetts and Connecticut were aiding the police of.Chicopee, Hartford, Holyoke and Springfield tonight in their efforts to determine responsibilis for the deaths. The police and physicians believe there are many more ill as a result of drinking the liquor who have not yet been reported. It was learned that considerable of the liquor was sold in this section. As soon. as it was evident that some form of liquor was probably using the deaths, word was dis- ‘patched to every loon in the val- <e certain that no more placed on sale. The Am- ican House in Chicopee Falls was closed by the police and a special i e was detailed to keep Springfield. Mass., midnight the Chicopee acunced that charges slaughter had’ been ic: Dec. police of POISONOUS LIGUOR COST 81,000 A BARREL Tartford, Dec. 26.—Police officials deciare the compound sold here, some of which was shipped to Holyoke and Chicopee, Mass., and which has caused 29 deaths. was wood alcohol, colored anq diluted. It was purchased in New York at $1,000 a barrel and brought to this city by motor truck., Twelve Dbarrels were owned jointly by the four men charged with murder, according to the police. They are Frank Rose and Jacob Bromerwin aloon keepers, and Saul Joseph and Nathan Salsber; peddlers. A motor truck driver als is held on charges of intent to illegal- ly transpert liquor. Collector of Internal Revenue Jan J. W communication wit New York officials in connection w thie cases. State’s Attorney Tugh' ) Alcorn said he would conduct o s tigation into the “whiskey 24 went to Dan- Fiiow tonds amples of liquor loon where it was aileged poi; iguor was sold. No arrests were made there. IN MANHATTAN 27 DEATHS FROM WOOD ALCOHOL New York, D seven deaths from dri alcohol and sever: 2 occurred ember 1 and Dee. 20, accordi cial de public ' teaight by Chief Medical Examiner Charles Nor- ris. Dr. Narris declared that. in his opinton, these figures did not nearly represent the full toil in death and ckriess due to faking the poison’ as a be e as hc believed that many p: I roads and insufficient facilities amgd service. Mr. Rea said the raflroad bill pending in congress should defii- itely provide the following essential tures: _“1—That adequate rates be at &l times maintained to prevent the rall roads from getting into the positien from which they are now. trying te emerge. For this purpose the adoption of a rate making rule, or, if that. 48 not aceeptable, the fixing of some min- imum rfeturn is essential for the pos- guidance of the commissions h _regulate rates. [ —Fund the war indebted- ness to the government, which chiefly consists of expenditures made by the government for additions and better- ments essential to carry the traffic of the war period and protect the life of the nations; and als return the roads with sufficient working capital to resume operations. The government found it essential to have w capital, and the raiiroads were callsd upon to previde a large part of that working capital at the beginning of federal control both in money and ma- terial ,and supplies. o “3—Continue the standard compen» sation as prescrib by "the federal control act and contract until the rail~ road situation has been stedied hy adequate rates and stronger credit. - “4—Provide sufficient capital to fine ish additions, betterments and equip- ment already authorized by the Unmit- ed States railroad administrator to finance new work and equipmeat, that should be authorized in 1920, and also to erable the railroads to provide for. securities maturing in that yearl “The government,” Mr. Rea i is not asked to make a gift to the railroad by such funding of past ex-. penditures or-for such new capital, 5t it wall receive from the railroads the obligation evidencing such debts, and requiring their payment in say tén years with suitable jnterest. public interest should be protected in this way; otherwise new. equipment and facilities cannot be provided im 1920 WIDOW HELD FOR DEATH OF J. STANLEY BRdW!! Mount Clemens, Mich, Dec. 26— County authorities investigating -the killing last Wednesday of J. Stanléy Brown, son ef a millionaire manufacturer, today detained as mg=« terial “witnesses” ‘Mrs: H~ Prevost Brown, the slain man's young widow, and Liyod Prevost, her cousin. ' Mrs. Brown and -Prevost, the latter of whom was regarded as- ome-of Brown's closest friends, were question- ed agdin this afternoon separately. Decision to hold them as witnesses was . reached after three hours' devoted to interrogating Prevost. 3 A safe deposit vault -containing Brown's papers was opened this after noon and found to contain securities worth $16,000. This, according to Wil- liam T. Kelly, an attorney who.acted as financial adviser for Brown, is $12,- 000 short of the amount of securities his client was understood to: have-had in his possession. No record of their having been disposed of by Brown could be found today. t Brown frequently carried large sums of money and securities on his person. The -authorities, however, scout the theory that robbery was the meotive for his ing. Sheriff Caldwell de- clared he was convinced that jealousy was the cause. In explaining _this theory today he said he believed a man and a woman accompanied Brown. on the automobile trip which ended in his death on a country road four miles from here. .In support of this opinien he pointed to the fact that four bulléts Lad been fired into the young man's neck from behind “so close”, the sher- iff added, “that there was no Gharnce of missing.” Pursuing his theory, .the sheriff expressed the conviction: that the shooting was done by a man enger= ed because he ‘believed Brown was-at- tentive to a young woman in whom he himself w: interested. an estrangement between Brown and his wife were denied By Mrs. Brown, who pointed out that he had given her $50 as a Christmas gift Tuesday evening. FIRE IN THE PLANT OF WINSTED DAILY CITIZEN Winsted, Con Dee. 26—Fire in the plant of the Winsted Daily Citizen tb- night caused a loss estimated at $10,- 000. Damage was done to the presses, but firemen prevented loss to the print tored in, the building. Loyis editor of the Citizen, said that the paper would be pub! row. SHOT HIS WIFE WHILE p CONVERSING WITH HER Danbury, Conn., Jec. 26.—Harry Webb, 34, a driver, shot his wife 1::{ night while in conversation with her In front of the home of her parents. The woman is in the Danbury hospital with a ‘wound in her side hut will proba- recover. Webb has made no ex- ion of the reason for the shoof- He and his wife have been liv= apart, but last night attended the tre together. deaths and reported as due iilne: to. apeplexy. acute abdeminal trouble and other causes were really cau: by drinking wool alcohol concoct The ,official figures show _that only five deaihs from drinking wood aleg- hol were reported in nhaitan " for the year 1818 and o four in Brook- Iyn for eighteen months prior to. July . _Dr. Norris said that two ounces ef ordnary wood alcohol were frequentiy sufficfent to cause death and . .. taken on an empty stomach, cons crably less'mizht produce blindness > fatal, WOOD ALCCHOL KILLS . FOUR MEN IN CHICAGO rinking wood alce- whiskey ,oR ing to the po- and two te-