The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
By As.oeIa,sd Prs.s

By Associated Press
 Newburyport, Mass. December 16.- For the first time in a decade this city went wet at the municipal election today The vote on license was: Yes, 1s16; no. s6s. Because of the coming of prohibition the v9te will be without effect. All but two of the sS Massa- chusetts cities have voted "yes" this year.
 Baltimore, Md. December 16.-The demand for whisky for medicinal pur- poses is expected by Baltimore distiu- CTS to furnish the field for the dis posal of the stores of whisky now in bonded warehouses, according to an official of the Melvale Distilling com pany who said today that the medicin- al demand will probably prove better than export business.
 Havana. December 16.-AIbert Pie. dra. son-in-law of Juan Montalvo. sec retary of the interior, was shot this afternoon in the office of H. D>Nr- leys Brown, president ofN the Cuban American Jockey club, and manager of the Oriental Park hippodrome at Marianao, a suburb of Havana. The shooting occurred during the running | of the fifth race and created great ex- ! citement Piedra declared to the po- { lice that Brown shot him. Brown re- lFfused to make any statement until he 1 has consulted with his attorney. l London, December 16.-The resigna- | tion of Ignace Jan Paderewski as prime minister of Poland was the outcome of i administrative difficulties, During his occupancy of the premiership, M. Pade- rewslxi is declared to have demonstrat- l ed more ability as a statesman and negotiator than as an administrator 1 this being especially apparent in his dealings with the supreme council in | Paris.
 Washington. December 1s. = Ex Ichange of press dispatches and com mercial messages by radio between California and the Hawaiian Islands Guam, the Philippines and Japan on a much more extensive scale will be- come possible when arrangements re- gently completed by the navy depart
 ment become effective December 2o
 Chicago, December 16-District Attor. ney Cline tonight said he would investi- gate the nature of utterances of Victo, Berger, one of the five socialists unde' sentence of 20 years in prison for viola. tion of the espionage act, in an address at Milwaukee Monday night If it were true that his remarks were of the sort which Berger and his four companions lagreed to discontinue while on bail pend l ing the result of their appeal, Mir. Cline said he would ask Judge Alschuler of tht court of appeals to cancel Bergers bond
 Macon, Ga, December 16.--The gift O
 $50, coo in Liberty bonds to Wesleyan col
 lege by l.. T. Conner of Millhaven, Ga.
 in honor of his mother, Mrs. Catherin, T.. Conner was announced at the colleg
 today. The gift is to be used as an en
 dowment to aid girls in securing an edu
 cation. Mrs. Conner. mother also of ex
 Gov. B. E. Conner of Alabama, was on
 of the first graduates of Wesleyan, bein
 of the class with Admiral Benson mother.
 Geneva, December 16.-The inter
 national Red Cross here has received message from Constantinople stating tha the bubonic plague continues to sprea
 alarmingly in the city, especially in tn
 poorer quarters. There have also bee cases in the European quarters. Tn government has placarded the streets de
 manding that the people undergo vacci
 nation, and has ordered the closing
 the schools, mosques restaurants, cafe s and public buildings and the suspensio , of the tramways.
 z Paris, December 1S.--Baron von Lesne , head of the German delegation. con , menting on the peace settlement, sai , that hope was entertained in entente eli cles that notifications would be eS changed and peace would become effec
 i've before Christmas.
 : Washington, December 16.-The secon national industrial conference, now session, voted today to recess from D, -