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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
By Assoc.alea Press

Mount Clemens, Mich, December g7.- Convinced that jealousy was the motive behind the staying last Tuesday night troit manufacturer, authorities today in stituted a search in Ohio and southern Michigan for two men and woman, the latter. who gave her name as Mrs Dolly Bennett, being detained at Sandusky O.
 Further investigation here brought q statement from Lloyd Provost, who was held as a material witness, but later re- leased. duplicating the three. One of the men, it was said, was soldier stationed at Camp Custer. The other. a civilian was presumed to be in some Ohio or southern Michigan city. Both of them. Provost told Sheriff Caldwell. were infat- uated with Mrs. Bennett, to whom, he stated Brown had paid court before his death. This. accersing to the statement, led 10 threats Of violence against Brown.
 Sherlfg Caldwell stated tonight Mrs. Bennett would be brought here for ex- animation and that he had her promise tc aid in clearing up the mysterious death or Brown, who was found Wednesday morning shot to death at the wheel Of his automobile on the road between De- trot and Mount Cismens.
 A sheriffs deputy left late today for Battle Creek for the purpose of taking the soldier into custody.
 The sheriff announced tonight Provost and Mrs. Ruth Provost Brown, young widow of the slain man. has been defi- ritely eliminated from the investigations Both of them had been held as material witnesses and were released today shortly after writes of habeas corpus were grant ed at Detroit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
GERMAN VESSELS FORMALLY HANDED
 OVER ID BRITISH
By Associated Prs,,

New York, December 27.-Seven former German ships now anchored in New York harbor were formally transferred today by the United States shipping board to the British ministry of shipping in ac- cordance with the order signed by Presi- dent Wilson. No formal ceremony marked the transfer. Skeleton British crows were placed aboard the vessels and the American flag was repiaced by the Union Jack.
 The transferred ships are the Graf Waldersee, Pretoria, Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. Zeppelin, Mobile, Prinz Fried rich Wilhelm and the Cap Finsterre. For the last Il weeks British seamen have been here waiting to go aboard the vessels.
 Although no official information was obtainabie, it is understood the Ships will remain here about two weeks loading cargo. and then go to an English port, where they will be overhauled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
CLUE UNIMPoRTANT

Atlantic City, N. J., December 27- The county authorities do not attach much importance 10 the latest clue in the Dansey case.
 < Assistant Prosecutor Herbert voor- hees stated tonight that he had re- eeived many letters such as the one sent to Edward c. White. father of Charles S. White, accused of the mur- der of Billy Dansey. from collinsville. Olxia.
 The letter declared man and wo9 man were under surveillance al Col- linsville having in their possession a boy swering the description of Billy Dansey.
 White received the letter a week ago and answered it, but has received no further word in connection with il.
 The elder White stated tonight he expected definite word from the Okla homa authorities early next week. He said according to the letter the boy believed to be Billy Dansey was put on a train at Tulsa, Okla, by d man and woman. On reaching Collinsville the boy was placed in the care of an other man. The police have taken charge of the boy and are holding him pending their efforts to identify him. Meanwhile the man Is under surveil- lance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
7S PERSONS DEAD AND SCORES BLIND DUE ID DRINKING
 POISONED WHISKY
" Department of Gov ; nment Will Cooperate in Effort to Run Down Dispensers of Wood
 Alcohol "Whisky"
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New York, December 27.- Seventy-eightper have died during the past 48 hours and scores of others are suffering from paralysis and blindness due to drinking wood alcohol whisky" according to reports received tonight from seven eastern cities and Chicago.
 The toll of poisonous liquor is the hgh- est in New England, where 62 deaths are recorded. Two women at Chicopee Falls, Mass, and one at Springfield. Mass, are included in this list.
 In connection with the New England deaths and six reported in New York City, police, internal revenue officers aud agents of the department of justice are seeking Adolph Paranen, importer and commission merchant, of this city, who they assert sold F barrels of the poison- ous liquor. The police charge that the whisky" was concocted in Paraneli's store in Bleecker street.
 In Chicopee, Mass, 34 men and two women died; in Springfield three men and one woman; lfolyoke, six men, and in Greenfield, Mass, one man. In Hartford, Conn, u persons died of the poison.
 There were two deaths at Thompsonvillc. Conn.
 Chicago reported eight deaths from the drinking of poisonous beverages.
 Two deathe were announced at Newark, N. J., by the police.
 Three deaths in Cleveland, Ohio, this week brought the total there to IA for the month.
 District Attorney Martin of Bronx county said tonight he had received a telephone message from his assistant, who is in Hartford, Conn, stating that the barrel of wood alcohol whisky which was responsible for number of deaths there was originally purchased from Greenwich street warehouse in New York. The liquor. he said, had been bought by man from the Bronx vesoid to Hartford parties and deliv- cred by auto truck.
 The district attorney said he had the name or the man srofu whom the liquor was purchased 3nd of several others who were implicated in the deal Detectives are now looking for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
WSCOUNT GREY ID LEAVE TUESDAY ON
 TRIP ID ENGLAND
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Washington. December 27.-Viscount Grey, British ambassador. will leave Washington next Tuesday for New York to sail for home after Saturday. He will be accompanied by his per- sonal suite. Sir William Tyrrell, Rom aid Campbell and Major Crauford Stuart.
 When he came to Washington oc- tober 1 Viscount Grey was under temporary appointment to the embassy for the special purpose of attempting to deal with certain large questions that have arisen or are impending as the result of the world war. It was thought these might be adjusted on a fair and permanent basis by inti- mate agreement between the two gov ernments on lines of common policy Delay in final action on the peace treaty by the Senate has made it un- profitable to undertake such negotia- had President Wilson's health per- mitted. Developments in England also have brought to the fore many ques- tions in which Viscount Grey is vitally interested and in the settlement of which he desires to participate.
 Labor negotiations are not expected to be affected unfavorably by the Wis., counts departure. They may be fa- cilitated, it was thought. by the light he will be able to afford his govern ment upon thessituation here.
 Nh to IA 1. sf. been chosen, but in his absence the business of the embassy will be con- ducted by MT. Ronald C. Lindsay the counsellor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
TRIAL OF
 STATE PROHIBITION
 INSPECTOR MONDAY
By A,,aciat.a Pres,

Manassas, Va, December 27.-The
 second trial of William c. Hall, state prohibition Inspector, charged with The murder of Raymond Shackleford and Lawrence Hudson, alleged boot leggers, on the Valley turnpike near Fishers Hill. in Shenandoah county, last March, will be held here Monday in Prince William circuit court. with Judge Samuel c. Brent presiding. Shackleford and Hudson are alleged to have been transporting an automo- bile load of liquor from Baltimore to Petersburg when they were inter cepted by officers.
 Hall, Deputies Harry F. Sweet, Sr., J. H. Sullivan and W. B. Dunleavy were indicted for the killings. HalL whose case thus far has been the only one to go to trial, was released on $10,000 bail when the jury at his first trial here last September failed to reach verdict.
 HalFs case was removed from Shen- andoah county on the plea of the de- fense that he would not be accorded a fair and impartial trial in that juris- diction because of the feeling against him. Intense hostility was manifested in the Shenandoah valley against the officers after the killing of Shackle- ford and Hudson and when the dep- uties and the Rev Sidney J. Peters, state prohibition commissioner, sought refuge in a hotel in Winchester the building was surrounded and stoned by an angry mob. At the preliminary hearing at Woodstock state troops were on guard as D precaEtion but no threat of violence was In evidence.
 venire of 36 has been summoned to appear Monday and officials believe the ilrv will ba Salacfed from fhfS number, More than 100 witnesses have been subpoenaed and it is expected the trial will consume the greater part If not the entire week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
EUROPE 4SPO|LED" BY LAVISH HELP,
 STATES MULL|GAN
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New York. December 27-Europe needs red blood more than relief and shows symptoms of having been spoiled" by Americas lavish assistance, according to William J. Mulligan, chairman of the Knights of Columbus committee on war activities who has just returned from abroad.
 'The people of Europe are not as badly off as many would have Americans be- lieve." he said today. While there are distressing conditions in places. one de- tects symptoms of spelling through Americas lavish assistance.
 Europe needs red blood rather than relief, and it would not be unacceptable if gratitude was shown to America for what she has, Europe will take all VI have to give and certainly we should give something. But we should ask for an accounting of everything We give and insist that the statesmen of Europe get down to business if they want to con tinue receiving our help There is tol much talk and not enough work in Eu- rope"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
Source WoodALcohoLWhis Which Has Caused Scores of Deaths, Is Traced to Gotham
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New York December 2Nw York detectives seeking the of deaths the East within the last days tonight expressed the opinion hundreds of barrels of the liquor made in this by band Italians and shipped Connecticut and nearby states They predicted number of would be made
 The detectives made this prediction after raid on what is believed illicit still bottles marked whisky flavor and whisky extract found concealed among used in the manufacture of Italian and Spanish Orda also dis covered according bottles labeled brandy extract The proprietor of the basement which the alleged still office hunting contraband boot1eggers
 liquor
  in Connecticut.
 The health department of deaths this this poisoning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
Stringent Steps Ordered To Preuent mtoxicants Entering
 Country From Foreign Ports
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Washington
  country from ships arriving from foreign ports
 Liquors properly listed commodity sealed by the of the No of such be removed under seal for while the ship United States the regulations state which denies foreign the ration of served with meals on ships under other flags. liquor stores no longer being dutiabe subject to vessels changing from the foreign to the eoang trade be t the officers trade being delayed another of the line possibility
 
 believed liquid there would be small booeggng
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
OFFICER FAILS ID PUT IN APPEARANCE
 WITH BILLY DANSEy
By Associated Press

Tulsa, Okla, December 27.-
 Chief of Police Robert Auton of
 Collinsvilie could not be located
 early tonight by either county or
 ciy police officers, although ad-
 vices from CoIIinsvilie are to the
 effect that he left there on nm
 evening train for this city.
 Police and detectives who met the train, however failed to locate the eollinsville officer. The whole city was thrown Into intense excitement this afternoon when he announced in an afternoon paper that he had lo- cated the missing Billy Dansey in this city and would be here tonight to res- cue the kidnapped child and appre- bend the kidnappers. Collinsville is a town of 5000 persons located 20 miles northeast of Tulsa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
.OLCHAK RET|RES FROM COMMANDOF
 ANTt-RED FORCES
By Associated Pres.

Vladivostok, Wednesday, December 24-Admiral Kolchak. commanding the an-Russian governmental forces op- posing the bolsheviki in Siberia, has retired from active command because of i'll health and has appointed Gen. eral Semenoff to succeed as com mander in chief. according to a mes sage received here today by General Semenoffs secretary.
 The message. quoting Admiral kol- chak's order. said:
 Tn order to unite all armed forces fighting to make secure our political organization, I name General Semenoff commander in chief. with headquar- ters in the Irkutsk and Trans-Baikal Russian military. districts. All mili- tary commanders will be subordinate Q him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
SHIP NEARLY LOST
 AS CHIEF ENGINEER WORRIED ABOUT JAM
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New York. December 27.-The pas senger liner Princess May of the Di Siorgio Fruit Line almost foundered at sea when ''tne bilge water pumps were stopped while the chief engineer wor- ried about jam for his bread. accord- ing to Mischel R. Meyers, general traffic manager of the line, who ar rived here aboard the vessel today. The ship was lowed into port after a belated voyage from Kingsto !, Jamaica.
 When the liner reached port the fires were out and the ten passengers and B members of the crew were suffer ing from cold
 Their only source of heat was from several small oil stoves.
 With the aid of these and by exer- ,isinx and drinking up the ships ram supply, they had managed to keep warm since last Tuesday, he said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
England Faced By Its Most Critical
 Shipping Situation
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Washington, December H.-England is confronted with one of the most critical shipping situations that country has ever known. despite the increase in the num- Der of ships flying the British flag the secretary of the port and transit com n,ittee of London today informed the department of commerce
 Labor trouble and She shortage of rail- way cars, the report said, are holding up the movement of cargoes and has created such congestion at the docks that some ships are allowed to lie in the harbor from seven to eight days before discharging their cargoes. Increases in the price of foodstuffs and raw material result from the heavy demurrage charges.
 The shortage of railway cars is esti- mated at 3o0.000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
CANADA AFFECTED
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 Winnipeg, December 37.--Moonsh'n . CTS. wood alcohol peddlers, and boot leggers not only have coat the federal and the western provincial govern ments hundreds of thousaIds of dol lars, but also have taken their toll of Iycs in t'.s Canadian noffhwe--.
 For three months the principal ac- tivity of the royal northwest mounted police has been the pursuit of vio'a- tors of liquor laws. The wiids of On- tario and the border country of AL Lerta aud British Columbia have Ice n tie scene of many raids by the scailet riders
 Several hundred stills haye been To- cated and smashed. In Calgary the janitor of a church was arrested charged with operating moonshine plant in the basement of the church. Hundreds of thousands of gallons of il- licit hquor have been seized-
 No official estimate regarding deaths resulting from beverages concainins wood alcohol have been given cut. but it is declared the victims included a number os ,ndians in the wlids of the northern region.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
1919 SHORTAGE TO
 KEEP BEEF PRICES :. UP NEXT 2 YEARS
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Chicago, December z7-A shortage of [. To,000 cattle in the year just closing will cause high prices for beef and beef products for at least seven years more, it was declared by NJ. F. Horine, statistician GOT the Union Stockyards, in his annual report today.
 Mir. Horine said it will be impos- sio,e to make good the shortage of 1919 before 1927. and that the depart mens of agriculture report concern ing the number of cattle in the United States was roo optimistic.
 An increa SC of 377,000 animals of all Sinds received at the Union Stock yards for the year 1913 over 1918 was -eoorted. Cattle receipts, however, ds- creased 29o.0Ol.
 Decreases in cattle slaughter were also reported by the markets in Kan sas City, Omaha, St. Joseph, St. Louis md Sioux City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
GOVERNMENT TO ACT


 Boston, December 27.-Every depart ment of the government will cooperate in this great emergency in rounding up the guilty. said Thomas J. Boynton. United States district attorney. today in obsnmenting on the reports from Connec- tfcut valley cities of approximately 5e deaths believed to be due to drinking liquor with a wood alcohol base.
 Tt looks as if it would be case for the state authorities. but the federal government will do it's share in plac- ing responsibility and preventing fur ther distribution and manufacture or the deadly poison. wood alcohol, soid in the guise of whisky" he declared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
EIGHT DIE IN CHICAGO
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Chicago. December 27.-Four per- sons. two of them women, died today from drinking wood alcohol. making a total of eight such deaths in Chicago in 4s hours, or 34 since July 1. The authorities were thoroughly aroused and several arrests were made. Drinks containing wood alcohol were called ..coroner's cocktails" by Coroner Peter M. Hoffman. who issued a public warning against the fatal draughts, and said he would attempt to band coroners and other public officials throughout the country to prevent the sale of poisoned liquors. Both the cor oner and the. city health commissioner, pr. John Dill Robertson, said wood all
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
CRUSADE BEGUN
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Mineola. N. ", i5e seu.ner 27.--Waltci H Reynolds, director of the war camp community service of Nassau and Queens counties, announced today he had begun a crusade against persons who are selling hard cider and "imita- tionr whisky to soldiers stationed at the aviation fields around Camp NILS. n some cases, it was alleged, wood alcohol ad been sold. Officials "t Nassau county are co-ops atins, Mir Reynolds said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
CYST OF THE NEWS

Pndexter declares he Is break the solid south
  during 1919 Worlds Associated Press New given major leagues
  be Hornady of Howard college of Birmingham o s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
G. o. P. Convention In
 Roanoke on March IF
By Associated rrsss

Roanoke, Va, December 27.-The state republican convention will be hold In Roanoke March IT, the repub- lican state executive committee de- cided today at meeting held here. The convention will nominate a can didate for United States senator and also will elect four delegates at large. two from the Ninth congressional dis trict and one each from the other nine districts to attend the republican na- tional committee in Chicago in June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
WOMAN IS IMPLICATED

Sandusky, Ohio, December 27.--A woman giving her name as Mrs. Dolly Bennett' and her home as Battle Creek, Mich. was arrested here this afternoon by Sheriff Perry on request of Mount Clemons, Mich. authorities who are Investigating the murder of C. Stanley Brown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
Search for Drifting Vessel
 4v Assoeiated Prsss

Mobile, December 27.-The coast guard cutter Tallapoosa left port this morning in search of the schooner Jean L. Summerville. reported adrift in the gulf since December IT with her captain dead and no one aboard able to navigate the vessel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
THREE IMPLICATED
 IN THE MURDER OF
 ]. STANLEY BROWN
By Associated Press

Battle Creek. Mich.. December 27.-Mrs. Leona Bennett Smoke, former wife of Clyde Bennett, and whose arrest hns been reported in Snndusky. Ohio. Is in Battle Creek. Tonight she indignantly denied all connection with the case and snid she had no Idea who the woman Is who was arrested in Sandusky.
 Mrs. Smoke has made her home in this city for three years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
.16 CONVICTED ON, CHARGE OF SELLING. U. s. GOODS ID HUNS
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Mayence. Thursday. December B. The trial of IT persons, army officers and civilians. in connection with the sale to the Germans of goods from the American war stocks purchased by the government, ended yesterday with the conviction of all but one of the pris- oners.
 The accused included captain, a fi,St lieutenant, three second lieuten- ants, a gunner, two Germans who fled rather than face trial and nine civilians, one an American named Lep- mann The court-martial hearing the case found all of the accused guilty with the exception of one second lieu tenant, who was acquitted.
 Lepmann was sentenced to two years imprisonment. and was fined 5000 francs. The officers who in civil life were commercial men, had each won distinction during the war. show ing, as the presiding officers of the court martial said. more bravery than probity" They were condemned to various terms of imprisonment ranging from two years to five months.
 The civilians also received prison sentences of varying length with fines of from one to five thousand francs The chief charge against the officers was that of accepting commissions to allow cars of goods to pass through to Germany while the civilians were charged with offering the bribes.