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RIEF BRIGHT REE Z Y B.TS OF NEWS 100 MORE YEARS' WORK ERE, DICTIONARY REVISED. : fan's. Dec. 27. Christmas and New Year's day will set French academv back, two weeks in. their work of revising the French diction ary, which, according to the best estimates, will be completed in 2020 or 2025. The two holidays this year happen to fall on Thursday, the only day of the. week on' which the Forty Im mortals assemble. Academy members began the re vision in 1878 and have reached the letter "F." SANTA CLAUS SENDS QUEER, BELATED GIFTS. New Milford. ' Conn., Dec. 27. Three naval men, Ensigns Kloor. Blackwcll, Flcidncr. appeared in the unnei; branches of a huge Christ mas tree on the Rogers Brothers' farm in t!ii VJirplr farm rtictrirt and hundreds of" people gathered about the tree, rubbing their eyes to better discern the belated pres ers Santa Claus had dropped from tlit clouds. The thret ensigns went-up in a testing balloon at the Rockaway jiaval aviation .station on Long island at 1 o'clock in the morning. A brisk southwesterly wind carried the balloon oves Long Island and Long Island Sound and up along the Houstonic valley. ' Then the gas leaked out of the balloon and they Were plumped d"wn in he Christ mas tree's branches. "We're faniished" as wolves," said one of the ensigns as they were beloed from their lofty perch. t Thev partook of an after-Christmas dinner with Mrs. and Mrs. Charles Roger's on their camp meet ing woods estate. 1 FAITHFUL HANDMAIDEN RECEIVES RICH BEQUEST. Boston, Dec. 27. The faithfulness and kindness with which Miss Agnes Jane McNevin cared for Mrs. Mary C. Knight during the many years she served her as a maid were re warded when she was given the Knight home, its furnishings and funds, the total of which was esti-, mated at $250.000. . OPERATION KILLS CANADIAN ACE. Toronto, Dec. 27. Maj. A. M. Mc Weever, M. C; D. S. O., one -of the best-known Canadian aces in the great war, and credited with the de struction of ' 45 German machines, died in the general hospital here as .the result of an operation. Vlri an automobile accident near Mrattora, Unt.. some time ago, ne suffered a broken leg and internal injuries. He was 25 years of age. HOLD EVANGELIST AS FELONY SUSPECT. San Bernardino, Cal., Dec, 27. "Three Fingered Jack" Godwin evan gelist and said to be a former I. 'W. W,i'wh arrested here and booked as a felony t suspect. God win's arrest -follows,, police, investi gation of the 13 fires here 'on the night of December 19. when two men were burned to death and damage of $2,500 done. , . , WIFE KILLS HUSBAND AS HE HOLDS CHILD. St. Lnuis. Mo.. Dec. , 27. Mrs. Hattie Walker, 41 years old, shot and killed her husband. Perry M. Walker, while he was holding thejr 3-yar-old daughter in his arms, jn . Llltll null b laiVi iu i g ii amvt arrested and, according to police, asserted she and her husband have been estranged and she feared he w,as trying to take the child from her. OMAH THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS THE TALE OF A FAMOUS CAT. Paris. Dec; 27. Gen. Philippe P.erthc'.ot tolls the true story of the now famous cat that is the mascot of the French foreign office. Re covering from a slight indisposition, . ctaiscd by the change of climate, Premier Clemcnceau shortly upon his arrival it. London, asked 4he gen eral "Where are you going?" "To buy a cat," answered the gen- eral. ' , "I'll go with you," said the pre mier. -' When they got to a shop and had decided on a particularly orctty feline. Cli-menceau asked: "What'll ve call it;" . "Your presence at this solemn mo Anient in history." said Berthelot, "dictates' my answer. I ask per mission to call her 'Tigrette.' " France's ;'Tigcr" laugkingly consented. VESSEL SHIPSHAPE BUT LACKING CREW. 'London, Dec. 27. Shipping men have slight in vain for an explana tion of the mystery ot tne Marion G. Doughs, a Novia Scotia built vessel., found off Shinman Head, Brirhter Island, Isle of Scilly. with all beats aboard " and sails fur'ed, but with no trace of a crew. The mys'ery is similar to' that of the Marie Celeste of many years ago. The vessel is a three-masted schooner laden with timber and Atnrrnr r( c i n L-1 n o" Sll p WS m 1 1 w unnRvi v .......... . w- was seen to be behaving erratical ; ly ard a party put out from the island and brought her in. They expect liheral. salvage from the owners. Why the crew left the ves- rf mA n-linf liarinnpH trj them has J v. ....... . r - not been ascertained. E (MA IA UNDAY Bee VOL.- XLIX NO. 28. SIT." R & JTS "&S- icS OMAHA, ' SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1919. B Mall (I yur). Dally. WOO: Bunaay. S2.S0. Dally and Sua.. M.00: autilda Nan. ntUa intra. FIVE CENTS. THE WEATHER s Generally fair Sunday and Monday; somewhat colder Sunday. Hourly truirterntiuMS ( S a. m .....81! 1 p, m .....r.S a. m ...S7I t n, m.......... .89 .! 3 i m... ,,,'MSV 4 p. m..., T . m a . . m.. U k. m XI, R n. m .. 10 w. m P. m... ....... .K 11 ft. m 81 1 p. in M I noon 3t! - ) WILL PROBE AWARDS TO NAVAL MEN Full Investigation of the Con troversy Brought to Head by Sims Has Been Ordered By Congress Committee. NAVY DEPARTMENT TO REOPEN MATTER ALSO Daniels Says Due Considera tion Will Be Given to Objec tions Voiced by Officers Who Criticized Some of Awards. "SAME OLD DOLLAR" DESPITE ITS VALUE. New York", Dec. .27. Although the purchasing power of a dollar mav be but half, or even less than " half what it was before the war, -the law still regards the dollar of today, a the same old dollar so far as it affects degrees of larceny. This was' settled by County Judge McMahon in Brooklyn, when Mrs. Mary Jansk of 183 Avenue A, Man- - hattan. appeared to answer a charge of xtealig $59 worth of goods from a Brooklyn department store here. Her attorney asked to have the charge reduced to petty larceny, on the ground that a dollar is not worth a dollor., ' "In the matter of crime." said ,lhe court." I will have to look upon . the dollar as the some old dollar, r even though it m?y not go as far as it formerly did m meeting - ouf want" ' Washington. Dec. 27 Fuji inves tigation of the controversy over awards of decorations for war serv ice to naval officers, brought to a head. by Rear Admiral William. S. Sims' recept protect against the ten tative list issued by the Navy de partment, will be made both by con gress and bv th; department. t On the heels of Secretary Daniels announcement that the naval board, headed by i Rear Admiral Knight, had been ordered reconvened to re view its findings on recommenda tions for medals or othei decorations. Representative Uifkir.. republican. Massachusetts, of- the house naval mittee, which does not nee dspecial of the senate committee and stated that a ioint committee would take up the ciucslion when conpress con vened. Representative Lufkin said Secretary Daniels, Admiral Knight, Admiral Sims and other officers would be called before the joint com mittee which does not need special authorization for its inquiry. Changes made by Mr. Daniels in the board list of awards, as well as the action of the board, in each case, will be examined, he said. ,' "" To Consider Ohiections. Secretary Daniel said today.-that in revising the list of decorations and in passing on new recommendations for awards the Knight board would be instructed to follow in general the policv he adopted in revising the original lists, giving due considera tion to the objections voiced by of ficers who hava criticized some of the awards. The names of Admiral Henry B. Wilson. , who commanded Amer ican naval forces in French waters during the war, and of Rear Ad miral H?nrv T. Mavo. who was in eomman d of the Atlantic fleet dur i" the o"iod of hostilities, were ru'der todav to the list of officers who have written the secretary re wt'oiv the awards. Other officers who have mHe prop'sto include Vice Admiral T'larv P. Tones. , cortl mander of Smtadron 2 of the At lantic flet: Fear Adnvral Decker, cpnirrrndi""' tVe Seventh naval dis trict Key West.. and Cant. Raymond T). Wihroi-W comrr -ander of the bat-tlech-'n Minnesota. Admiral Tones and Caotai" Hassock refused the navv cross for which thev had been "commended, supnortinp- the posi tion tt-en by Admiral Sims. . Hoes for Acceptance. The ob'ect'ons voiced hv these "ffieprs will be oTaced. before the K"irht board and Secrrjnrv Daniels said today that he honea the revised awards made by the board could be accented without chanrre. He indi cated that he would send them to the president -or his nerona1 approval. Letters Made Public. The department made public to night copies of letters as to the awards received bv Mr. Daniels from Admiral Tones. Mavo and Decker and Caotain Hasbrouck. That from Adnvral Tones goes at some lentrth into the service rendered dunng the war. herinr"'ne' as comm?rder of a sonadron'of the oatrol force, later of snu?dron of the cruiser force still l?ter as commander of the NeV nort Nf'S division, cruiser and tranenort force, and finally as ad ministrator of harbor floating equip ment in Hmnton Ryids district. "Tt is submitted." the better said, "that if th disch;rtre of these high ly reoonsihle and larpelv independ ent duties were so successful as to meet the detriment's aonroval. the' responsible officer should be recog nized comme"surate1y; and those subordinates whom he recommended as having contributed directly to that success should also be recog nized. If, on the contrary, the du ties outlined above were not success fully .carried out to the satisfaction of the deoarrment there should be no award of decorations." ' Admiral Jones Refuses. In view of these considerations Ad miral Jones said he felt it "my duty (Continued on Page Two. Column 81x.) Wilson 63 Years Old; May Celebrate Event Washington, Dec. 27. President Wilson will be 63 years old tomor row. . His daughters, Mrs. William G McAdoo, and Mrs. Francis B. Savre, expressed a desire a week or ten days ago to be at the White House for his holiday anniversary and they jnay come. The president is expected to spend a quiet day. Rear Admiral Grayson, the presi dent's physician, said today his pa tient':, r.-acrcsa continues and that line rencicnt was in food spirits. America Is Today . Facing Most Dangerous Period in . History, Says Famous Writer Effort to Minimize Seriousness of industrial -Unrest And Growth of Class Peeling "Mistake, Declares v Ray Stannard Baker Will Seek to Show Way Out by Presenting Facts and Issues as Found by Him in -Study of Conditions. (Editor's Note This is the first of a series of articles by Ray Stan nard Baker on the present fight between capital and labor. Mr. Baker who needs no introduction to the reading public, will make a first-hand study of conditions as he finds them. His articles in Omaha will appear jxclusively for The Bee.) . - . By RAY STANNARD BAKER. ARTICLE I. . We are facing dangerous days in America; in many ways the most dangerous in our history. A tendency exists among great numbers of our people to take violent sides upon the chief problem confronting us the relationship of capital and labor without a clear understanding of what that problem really means, or what such a division portends. It is true that class-feeling has been growing in Amer ica for some years. No honest observer can have failed to see it; but while actively stimulated by certain groups of radicals, it has hitherto been resisted or minimized by the more responsible leaders upon all sides. The sinister aspect, of recent developments lies in a new and powerful drift to ward a tacit and helpless acceptance of the idea of an inev itable "head-on collision." Radicals Oppose Compromise. How many times in recent weeks has one heard expressions something like his "It's bound to come; we might just as well fight it out first as last" .The other day when I was in Chi cago a radical college professor said to a large audience: "We are past that stage in which capital and labor can sit down and discuss their grievances. The recent industrial conference called by Pres ident Wilson was "significant be cause it showed that there is no mid dle course. Bqth sides are now strug gling for the control of industry. And there can be no compromise on that issue." We are just emerging from two of the greatest .strikes the country ever saw, the steel strike and the coal strike. In both cases the losses in wages, in production, in earnings are stupendous, and in the case of the coal strike the country has been (Continued on Pare 6-A, Column 1.) Kiy Stannard Baker. ATTEMPT MADE TO KILL MANAGER OF STEEL PLANT As a Result of Attack in Colo rado State Troops Will Come to Pueblo. Pueblo. Colo., Dec. 27. An at tempt was made at 6 o'clock last night on the life of Frank E. Parks, manager of the Minnequa plant of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com pany, according to announcement by Mr. Parks today. As a result it is understood that state troops have been asked to come here and take charge of the situation. The attack on Mr. Parks was made by two men as he was return ing to his home from his office. Mr. Parks did not believe the shots were intended for him unj:il he noticed his automobile this morning and found four bultet holes through it. Striking vteel workers have been responsible for riots this week, fol lowing resumption of work at the plant. Denver, Dec. 27. A request for troops to protect workmen at the Minnequa plant of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company at Pueblo was received here. Adjutant Gen eral Spangler immediately began preparations for the dispatch of a detachment of the national guards. Omaha Schools Reopen Monday Morning After Five Weeks' Vacation Public schools will be reopened Monday morning, following a vaca tion, which was extended on ac count of the coal situation, and then lengthened by the .Christmas holi days. The schools have been closed since Thanksgiving day. When the coal shortage became acute, the Board of Education announced that schools would be closed until Janu ary S, and when the restrictions were lifted earlier than expected, .the board decided to reopen tomorrow. Many teachers went to their homes in other towns. They re ceived full pay for the long vaca tion. , i On account of the time lost, the usual vacation of two weeks will not be had. Fire Destroys Camp Pike , Mess Hall and Barracks Little Rock, Ark.", Dec. 27. Fire starting late Saturday afternoon at Camp Pike destroyed two mess halls and two barracks buildings and par tially destroyed two additional bar racks buildings. All were unoccu pied. The origin of the fire is un known. The fire was put under con trol in less than an hour bv the Camp Tike fire department $100,000 SALARY OFFERED OMAHA LAWYER, REPORT W.- D. McHugh May Become General Counsel for Harvester Co. William D. McHugh, prominent Omaha lawyer, has been offered the position of general counsel of the International Harvester company, according to reports current here and in Chicago. It is one of the biggest positions in the legal fuld, said to carry a sa!ary of close to $100,000 a year. "I don't want to say anything on the subject at present," Judge McHugh said yesterday. "Nothing is settled and I won't know for 10 days yet whether I shall take the position." In Omaha 31 Years. Judge McHugh will move to Chi cago, headquarters of the big cor poration, if he makes the change. He has lived in Omaha for 31 years. His present home is a handsome one at 120 . North Thirty-ninth street His offices are in the First National bank building. His family consists of Mrs. McHugh, a son, Wil liam, jr., and a daughter, Mrs. Claire Itaird. Judge nMcHugh's rise in the legii field has been rapid. He now has numerous' corpcra'ic-ns among his clients He is spec al counsel for the Omaha Gas company, n the present litigation between it and the city. He was uiiorney for the Creightou heirs in iKe settlement of1 the big estate of C. unt Creighton He was one of the attorneys for the Internatio'.-al H.-.m cter company at the time of the l;t:;-a;on between it ard the federal govetnment. Judge McHugh is a self-made man. He was born in Galena, 111. His parents apprenticed him to the shoemaker's trade at which he worked for five years. He kept studying, however, and attended col lege a year at Illinois State Normal school. Then he taught school three years, was admitted to the bar in 1883 and practiced in Galena, III., from 1883 to 1888 and then came to Omaha. . He was appointed a federal judge by President Cleveland in 1896, the appointment, however, not being confirmed. The present general counsel of the International Harvester Co., is Ed gar Addison Bancroft, who has held the' position since 1907. It is said that he wishes to retire be cause of ill health and increasing duties in other corporations. Detroit Sunday Papers Advanced to 10 Cents Detroit, Dec. 27 Beginning Jan uary 4 Sunday editions of the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press will be advanced in price to 10 cents. Advancing cost of publication was civeu as the reason for the 2-ccnt iucrease - - 1 - " 78 ARE DEAD, The Passing Show OWNERS "ggs BLIND MAN HURT BY CAR IN FALL TO SAVE CHILD Struck by Automobile Driven By South Side Woman Seriously InjuredChild Is Unhurt. In an effort to save his 3-year-old child from injury in an automobile accident at Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth streets yesterday aft ernoon, F. A. Franks, 2215 Leaven worth street, partially blind, was struck by an automobile and serious ly injured. An instant before the accident oc curred, Franks attempted io leap out of the path of the car, driven by Miss Louise Watkins. 2514 E street,! South Side. He let the child fall from his arms ahead of him just as he was struck, according to wit nesses. The child was uninjured. Franks was rushed to the Central police station, where it was learned he suffered a broken 'eg and a sprained1 wrist. Later he was taken to the Lord Lister hospital Miss Watkins and Miss Ramona McElroy, 370 South Twenty-third street , a companion in the car. were i 11 Tiyf T IO taken to the police station by Po- MlSS Maty Leetiy, W, 4 Franks was attempting to cross KlUl UOWn and Killed me sireci wnen ine accident oc curred, witnesses told police. Miss Watkins was driving her car north on Twenty-fourth street, she said. Another accident was reported to police yesterday afternoon when E. R Lathrop. Eighteenth and Jack son streets, was run -over by a mov ing van. He suffered a possible fracture of the right leg, according to a police surgeon. The accident occurred at Eleventh and Howard streets. Lathrop accidentally slipped in front of the van when he sought to apply the brakes while walking beside it. The van was drawn by a three-horse team. Lathrop was taken to the . Lord Lister hospital - ARREST MAN FOR INDECENT CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN Self-Styled "Little Master" of Cult of Sun Worshipers Caught After Long Chase. Chicago, III., Dec. 27. Ottoman Zarr Adusht. Hanisch, self-styled "little master" of the Mazdaznan Cult of sun worshippers, was ar rested Saturday night and started for Los Angeles, where he was in dicted on June 4, 1918, several revolting offenses against young children being charged, Hanisch was convicted in the federal district court here in 1913 of sending inde cent matter, his cult hook, "the in ner circle," through the mails and was sentenced, to six months in jail. Hanisch and followers were said to be celebrating a holiday fete known as "Eahan bar" in a private home when Lieut. Charles A. Jones of the Los Angeles police and local detectives invaded the place. The cult's high priest was attired in white flannels and golden slippersj and, according to the police, roared a profane protest at their intrusion. At the detective bureau Hanisch agreed to waive extradition declar ing: "They have nothing on me in the west." By Grocery Auto Truck Onetime Bluffs Stage Driver, Aged 106, Dies at Poor Farm Rawlins, Wyo., Dec. 27. James "Dad" Shcrrod, 106 years old, died this week at the county poor farm near Dixon. His funeral will be held Sunday. "Dad" Sherrod was born in Harri son county, Ohio, June 26. 1813 For many years he drove the South Platte and Council Bluffs stage. He was present at the Thornberg mas sacre and was om of the defenders of the white colony ii. that desperate battle against the red men . Villa Hints at Reprisal -.For Angeles' Execution El Paso. Tex., Dec. 27. Gen. Francisco Villa, in a letter addressed to The Associated Press at El Paso, expressed sorrow for the execution by Carranza troops of Gen.. Felipe Angeles, intellectual leader under Villa, and hinted at reprisal on those who had part in the "assassination." Miss Mary Leehy, 63 years old, 1411 North Eighteenth street, a cousin of Dr. T. R. Mullen, Six teenth and Douglas streets, was run down and instantly . killed at . 6:35 last night while attempting to cross Eighteenth street at Charles, by an auto truck of the Tuchman grocery driven by Harry Fitzgerald. The chauffeur said he swerved to avoid a pedestrian, and ran into Miss Leehy. The body was carried by the chauffeur and bystanders into Cavanagh's grocery, and later taken to the Dodder undertaking parlor, Twenty-third and Cuming streets. Fjtzgerald was held for in vestigation. Miss Leehy lived with a brother, Michael, and leaves another brother, John, living in Washington county. Captured Ships Formally Turned Over to Britain New York, Dec. 27. Seven for mer German ships now anchored in New York harbor, were formally transferred by the United States shipping board to the British ministry of shipping in accordance with the order signed by Presi dent Wilson. No formal ceremony marked the transfer. Skeleton Brit ish crews were placed aboard the vessels and the American flag was replaced by the Union Jack. The transferred ships are the Graf Waldersee, Pretoria, Kaiserin, Auguste Victoria, Zeppelin, Mobile, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm and the Cap Finisterre. For the last 11 weeks , British seamen have been waiting to go aboard the vessels. It is understood that the ships will remain here about two weeks loading cargo, and then go to au English port where thev will be completely overhauled WOMAN IS HELD ASSUSPECTIN MURDER GASE Officers Convinced Jealousy Was Motive for Killing, of J. Stanley Brown -Widow Freed. . MANY MORE MADE BLIND Others Are Paralyzed Due to Drinking - Wood Alcohol "Whisky" Toll Highest in New England States. NEW YORK COMMISSION MAN SOUGHT BY POLICE Asserted That He Sold 12 Barrels of Poisonous Liquor Which Were Concocted in His Own Store. Mount Clemens, Mich.. Dec. 27. Convinced that jealousy was the mo- tive behind the slaying last Tuesday night, of T. Stanley Crolvn, son of a l'ornier Detroit manufacturer, au thorities have instituted a search in Ohio and southern Mxhigan for two men and Mrs. Lena Bennett is de tained at Sandusky, O. Further investigation here brought a statement 'from Lloyd Prevost, who wsa held as a material witness, but later released, implicating the three. One o. the men it was stated, was a soldier stationed at Camp Custer. 1 Both of them, Prevost told Sheriff William Caldwell, were infatuated with, Mrs. Bennett to whom he stated Brown had paid court before his death. This, according to the statement, led to threats of violence against Brown Will Be Examined. Sheriff Caldwell stated that Mrs. Bennett would be brought here for examination and that he had her promise to aid in clearing up the mysterious death of Brown who was7 found Wednesday morning shot to death at the wheel of his automo bile on the road between Detroit and Mount Clemens. A sheriff's deputy left for Battle Creek to take the soldier into cus tody. , , ' . ' The sheriff announced that Pre vost and Mrs Ruth Prevost Brown, young w'dow of the s'ain man, had been dorinitelv eliminated from he investigation. Both of them had bedn hld as material vwtnessc;- and were released shortly after wr:ts of habeas corpus were granted at De tro.t. Will Be Taken Away. ' Sandusky, O., Dec. 27 AMiputy sheriff arrived here -and will take Mrs. Leona Bennett, 24 years old, to Mount Clemens Sunday. According to Sheriff Perry Mrs. Bennet in quired ii she was suspected of the murder and was told fiat she yas wanted only as . a w tness. T'ir wman appealed much worried, the sheriff said. Shi told thr .-heriff that she reached Sandusky Christmas dav' ' " . Deputy Sheriff Lowenstein ot Mount Clemens declared that his cf fice had information that Mrs. Bin nett had a suitor at Hattie Creek, het home ,ano that Brown had also oid her attentions Fall of 1919 Healthful One for Large Cities New York. Dec. 27. Health con ditions this fall have been the most favorable in years throughout the country, reports the -Metropolitan Life Insurance company. The rec ords of states, cities and iife insur ance companies show no sign of a recurrence of the influenza epidemic. The unusually low death rate, the report says, is due to the fact that many were more or less immunized by contracting the disease last fall New York, Dec. 27. Seventy eight persons died during the past 48 hours and scores of others are suf fering from paralysis and blindness due to. drinking wood alcohol' whisky, according to reports re? ccived tonight from seven eastern cities and Chicago. 1 'The toll of poisonous liquor is the highest in New England, where 60 deaths are recorded. 'I wo women at Chicopee Falls, Mass., and one at Springfield, Mass., are included in this list. , In connection with the New Eng land dcath.4 and six- reported in New York City, police, internal rev enue officers and agents of the De partment of Justice are seeking Adolph Paraneh, importer and Com mission merchant of this city,' who they assert sold 12 barrels of the poisonous liquor. The police cha-ge that the ''whisky" was concocted in Faraneli's store i.i Bleecker street. In Chicopee 34 men and two women died, in Springfield three men and one woman, in Holyoke six men and' in Greenfield, Mass,, one man. . In Hartford 13 : persons died of the .poison. . ; . i .f our jjeatns in inica?o. - . i - i . i . . , . . tuicago. reporiea eigne aeatns from the drinking of poisonous bev erages. ' ' ' : , Two deaths were announced' at Newark, N J., by the police. Three deaths in Cleveland, O., this week, brought the total there to 14 for trie month.. Two deaths arc reported in Pitts-1 burgh. Two nt'en were found dead and two seriously ill tonight from what is believed by physicians to be wood alcohol poisoning, m a Fulton street hqH. When ouestioned by the police the hotel proprietor' denied having sold the men whisky and gave the officers a bottle from his stock for analysis. Confesses Buying Liquor. Chicopee. Mass., Dec. 27. Dis trict Attorney Ely of Westfield. who has been investigating the deaths of more than 45 persons in the Con necticut valley as the result of drink ing wood alcohol contained ' in whisky, announced tonight that Alex Perry, proprietor of the American house in Chicopee Fails, had con fessed to buying 50 gallons of the concoction in Hartford, all except five of which were sold. The district attorney also stated that five other gallons of the. liquor had been traced to the.rolski hotel in Hql yoke. . - According to the district attorney, who had refused to grant bail of $10,000 to Perry earlier iii the day en the charge of- manslaughter. Perry stated he bought the liquor through Sam Darling of Hartford, an expressman, who is under arrest in that city. Perry told the district attorney he liad no idea the liquor was poisonous. Following the con fession the district attorney allowed Perry to be released on bail. The list of dead was increased to 46 in the Connecticut valley toniprht with the death of another Chicopee man, Maurice Murphy, in Mercy hospital. Springfield. The ' deaths are now divided as follows: Chico pee. 33 men wand two . women; Springfield, three men- and one woman; Holyoke.' six men; Green field, one man. ' - ' . -13 Dead in Hartford. ' Hartford, Conn., Dec. 27r-Death lists here as a result of. drinking "whisky" said to contain wood al cohol, remained at 13 tonight, with only two new cases of liquor poison ing reported Hospital reports show four persons in serious condition from the effects of poisonous liquor. The cases of the four men held continued to next Wednesday in po lice court. Jacob Brunerwine, one of those held, is regarded" by the' police as a leader of the "whisky" finer and te altpcprl in fiav mnA 'i profit of $75,000 from illegal liquor sales since July 1. 4 Twelve barrels of materials brought from New, York City, the rolice say, were made into 24 bar rels by the use of water, and then distributed over the bar here and sold in bulk to persons in Chicopee and Holyoke. Mass. Fifty cents a drink or $7.50 a quart was the price of the "liquor" here. Floods in Belgium. Brussels. Dete. 27. Heavy floods are reported in all parts of Belgium. The Scheldt river has risen over six feet and the Sambre more than seven. The lower parts of Charleroi and. Motis are inundated. Rain con tinues '
