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IM. CITIZEN THE WEATHER: Partly cloudy and colder -Monday; Tuesday fair. CITIZEN WANT ADS . BRING, RESULTS PRICE FIVE ; CENTS VOL. XXXVI, NO. 69. ASHEVTLLE, N. C. MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1919. THE ASH f 3I WO PERSONS ARE KILLED NEAR IRE VICE-REGAL LODGE lieutenant Who Goes to In vestlgate the Shoot ing Is Killed. NO DIRECT ATTACK ON LODGE WAS MADE .Intruder Is Killed by Sol- W diers Other untoward Incidents. DUBLIN, Dec. 28. (By the Asso ciated Press) An officer of the guard and one member of a band of intruders were killed early this morn- . . I MM .. J DL..!. ing in a snooting ,:- 1 1 park, a short distance from the vice TP regal lodge. In some quarters the be- 5 n- .u that an ftttrk was lii. vw a. a g.jii .uwwu v..hv In preparation against the lodge. Bight men are . believed to have made up the band of interlopers. Four arrests were made. At' 1:30 o'clock this morning shots were heard In the neighborhood of the vice-regal lodge. They continued intermittently at intervals for nearly an hour In that portion of Phoenix park between the lodge and the mag azine. There was no direct attack r.n the vioe-regal lodge itself. The ln , tk. injuria flmt thoucrht the 01M..WV -..w - O " - , w shooting was connected with some ort of holiday revelry. Am . a flvinrr nArlatj(1 However, a military guard, consisting of nn offi cer and two men, turned out and searched the grounds. Finding noth ing unusual there they went through the park near the main road. While traversing the center of the park they engaged in a sharp exchange oi nr- in with the intruders and Jjleuien ant Boast who was leading his men fell, shot through the heart. Civilian KJTicrt One of the attack party also was killed. He was a civilian about; ev veara of age. According to some re ports-he was wearing portion of, a soldier uniform. No weapon was found on or near his body and up to the present the man's Identity has not been ascertained. Pool of blocd were found on the scone which about half a mile from the lodge. After the shooting the Intruders fled In the darkness. The four men arrested were not,tkn Into custody near the -scene-of the ehootlng, but , ..e..pai-Jt about two loar wer. . . They, denied, having nan 'any- connec ' tin, iwith the; atfrav. and it 'is re ported' that no Incriminating evidence Was found on them. -After the shootin"' the' -military brought a machine gun to the scene. This was fired hv the . direction in r . which it was supposed "ih men had '. taken flight Nobody -was hit by the bullets. The bodies , of the dei l men were taken to the' George V. Hospital, where an Inquest will be neld torn or- row. Ueu tenant Boast was nn!y, 20 years old. Ho was mentioned in. Sat L-'JWday's court- -circular "as having rr hneit invltod to dine with VM(' , Mar. 4 . ,s anal,. Viscount French, lord lieutenant ana governoiu-generai oi ireiana, hju Urday evening. On Saturday he had bidden, -farewell to . his . parents who naajoeen paying mm a visit. There was great excitement in the city when the newspapers announced s thet ocouranoe. Crowds- visited the T i; inmii (Turin fn - iftapnnnn : In the absence, of: all official, in for. ; mation, the theory late tonight is that .no ram ui mt tm Mm.n inii i , was intended. . It is supposed that an , isolated' shot was. fired which-Lleu- ' . tenant Boast and two privates went to investigate. It is not thought that V they reached .the person who flred the shot and became involved in a strug gle wim a. passeroy, wao With the lieutenant, was killed. - - i-.v-A - f . No official report has been made by m poma on me, occurrence t which will be explained at the' military in quest The military officials refer all inauirers- to xnc police.' - - k- . ' The name of , the civilian killed is . saia to De jjaurence Carey, who re-ti- ' sided at Iiucan. near PhmnlT iurt f n, ABcurainir to one version or the atrue. - le. Carey Ignored the Challenge to halt and when the soldiers approach L led. Carey seised Boast, whereupon the soldiers fired their pistols, ; killing This version does not ilnt i,i,i.it ( Bourn. r '.-. ,-t ., Boast hegaft .as 'a drummer W In the Lancashire -regiment and won his , :; commission jot conspicuous service; in f. mm in- fh. attm . tti- , ". i ji, iuw - ruse ' xrom me TWTOWARD INCIDENTS. WW WC Z8. Several . unto- .ywudhwbiV rvpunea iromi Ire land by the Sunday Evening Telegram. a .iui uneiniit w maae xo assas naie a constable- a.t Bailybofey, Cou nty Donegal, -a The assailant -. Meed a Pistol from, th trAt.t . stable, who was sittinir with his fam ily, in oca room. - nobody was In jured but the .bullet,: struck a bed a few Inches from- a sleeping infant - A band of men raided farmer's ,nou at, v ictoria Bridge and carried off' rifles. At .KllUirney.fi constable ,..'wa "not and wounded Christmas eve. t,., will . ..Irila ' . t .'QueH rourh n4 fu'mblejk fight be J rftweea soldiers an cfvlljans. v ' 0; It Is reported , that 20.000 rounds of ammunition, haAre been stolen from the- Dangarven-railway etatlon. -The , oonsignvment It it believed, was .in I . tended for the njlllUry authorities. , ! BODY WAS RIDDLKD. , . r IiONDON, Dec, 2-A-- dispatch" to V he Exchaae Telegraph from Dublin w says, that the officer killed in the at- lack on the vloeregaI ledge Jn Phoe , nix park was gieutenant Boast The member of the attacking; party killed was dressed in an old uniform of a nrivate in the British army. His body is reported to have, bee rlddlf d wjfl bullets,'.',- . . - , ' The Exchange Telegraph's corres nondent .eays it 'Is understood that p Iping at -the -Tice-regal lodge con ued -only for. a few-minutes and t the firing; took 'place from the A in road at a distance of nearly a -j rter of a mile from the lode. VERMILYE'S WIFE LOCATED; DOCTOR REMAINS SILENT "I Have Nothing to Say," His Reply to Bequest 4 for Statement. MISS RUTH KEENEY -1 LEAVES HOSPITAL Physician's Wife Located at Harrisburg, Pa., Living With Daughter. NEW YORK. Dec. ?8. Dr. William Crey Vermilye, who failed to appear Christmas day to marry Miss Ruth M,. Keeney at Monson, Mass., and Is now a patient in the Cumberland street hospital, refused to make any comment tonight when Informed that his wife had been located In Harris burg, Pa., .where she is living with her daughter. Information that Dr. vermilye had a wife with whom he had been liv ing up to the time -the physician gave up private practice to take a position with the united states snip ping board in the. south, was given by lira p. E. Zlndell, of Brooklyn, wife of. a son. of Mrs. Vermilye by a previous marriage. She said that Dr. vermilye and . his . wife had lived in Brooklyn, but Mrs. Vermilye had gone to Harrisburg six months ago to visit her daughter and was still there. Miss Keeney. who has also been a patient in the hospital-since, last night, when she fainted and became hys terical because Dr. Vermilye refused to see her or explain his failure to appear for- the wedding, left the in stitution today. She and her father again attempted to interview Dr. Ver milye before leaving the hospital, but he refused to see them. When hospital officials, who say the physician is there to undergo a slight operation, informed newspaper men that he would see no one except rel atlves, they sent Dr. Vermilye the following note: "Your, wife, said to be located, in Harrisburg. Pa., has made charges wnicn perhaps you would be glad to clear up. Will you please make a definite statement and clear up the wnoie matter. ' Vermlljre's Reply. ur. vermiiye's reply, which was written on the back of the note, was "I have nothlnr to sav." ' Then Mrs., Zlndell, who lives at the Vermilye home in, Pacific street, was asxea J I it u.uue that the physician ''It: Wlaer nua J ;llrf. William isying' wiio aaugnier : at . Harris burg. Pa." t'Has' Dr.' Vermilye and his wife uvea nere witn you T "Yes." she responded. "Mrs. Ver muye - left this ' house about five months ago because her husband was in tne service." , . - "Have you-ever heard of Dr. Ver milye or his wife settino- a d "No; so far as I know they are still married." Mrs. Zlnde.il said she did not know Miss Keeney, but had "heard she- is a well' educated girl." When questioned further whether inere waa any doubt as to the woman in ' Harrisburr belnsr Dr. Vormfiv " ml a. .inuvii repneu; "I have no doubt it n iin;tt.i she ts,hls,wife." , ,- She said 'that Dr. v.rmii Mrs. .Vermilye had ' hen m.rru about 25 years. , .... Mrs. Vermilye,, it .was ' learned, to nigh Via the second wife of the piiy- slclan,' his first ,wlfe' having died. . MARKS ; NO OTATEMEWT. William Orty. Vermilye, who says she Is the wife of the Brooklyn physician who disappeared on Christmas eve. wnen supposedly on . his way to wed Miss Ruth ; M. Keeney. of . Monson. a'BrookJyn honnKal ''H.iir.. night tomake any statement m regard to Dr.- VnrMllv....p.i. v u "Mrs. - Vermilye has been . ham t. eome time on-a visit to her .rairH. daugh(err ,and it was said that she probably would return tn m. shortly., Major E. R. Bains,; her son- in-iaw,. said that Mrs. "Vermilye had never heard of Miss Keeney before ui me tamiiv vu . i.m.. It was said at the hom nr Ur. v... milye's daughter that rir -v..'i. had visited here about three months ago, -and that he has kept In con stant .touch "With Mrs. Vnrmilv. h. II 1 L .... . . J . J "'"p ww imw oeing-received wm ago. ,me nrst account Mrs. vermuye received , of the pht-sieian's it warn saia. was 4hFinH uiruu(u,vug aowspapers. . -, . . , .-. Major Bains aald that Dr. and Mrs. vermuye were married In 195. liiBAX:W.E;COX BURIED AT BALEIOH RALEIGH, N.i C, Dec 28. Confed erate veterans ana Masons , of North Carolina unted today In paying last honors to General W, R. C one of the ranking officers of the confiutar. acy who idled t in Richmond,' Friday iiiku'. nn , lunerai , too place 1 at Christ Episcopal .church this i after noon ai o ciock and the hurlai m in. Oakwbod' cemetery.' ,' ' The grand lodge et North. Carolina Masons met In'special communication Just pridr-to the funeral service and took charge v of the burial after' the eompleUon of the rites of the Episco pal church. In' the absence f th grandmaster, t Mr. "R. Jv Noble, past Grandmaster, of Selma. N. Cu nrtA as grandmaster. . , . The active pall bearers were mem bers of the William O. Hill Lodge No. 211. of Raleigh,, of wbcih General Cox was senior . pastmaster, and all but two were pastmasters, , these, be in resnecUvely .master ,ad senior warden. n . r. fc HALET SUXSS Vt ' KXWANEEv" liU ' -fDec- 11. Rav Haley, formerly catcher with the Phil- aaeipnta , Americans, nas . signed to play - with" the MUwadfcee clus- la -the'- Amarinaa Association., j:.- - ..i The Wallflower RAILROAD BILL TO BE TAKEWJJP TODAY At Two Meetings Held in Washington, D. C. Brotherhood Heads to De cide on Attitude To wards Cummins Bill. WASHINGTON, Deo. 28. Pending railroad -legislation will be discussed at two meetings to be held tomorrow In Washington, while at a third the question of advance in railroad wages Is to be dlsoussed. ' Foremost am6njr the 1 meetings wUl lwtr7efi)e.aeMle4w three 'clock by. Samuel-(tampers, .president of the-American Federation of ' Labor at which chiefs of the fdui railroad orotnernooas ana neaas -?r iu . ani llated trades' are expected : to decide, on the attitude to be assumed by or ganised railroad workers toward the anti-strike provision of the Cummins railroad bill. None of the four broth erhood chiefs had arrived' in Wash Jr? as to the action. to be taken- at the conference.. The view was rather generally expressed,, - however, that the railroad workers , would adopt a declaration of principles, in. accord ance with the stand taken by the rail way machinists union, which has vot ed to strike if the more drastic labor provision of the Cummins bill, are placed on the statute books. The first meeting of the three ''In volving phases of the railroad, sit uation will be held at 10:10 o'clock, when the members of the congress ional conference committee on the railroad legislation meets to iron out differences between the Cummins and Each railroad . reorganisation bills as passed by the senate and house. respectively. Members of tne com- mitee ' said tonight- it- was not to be expected that any definite ' action would be taken tomorrow and cer tainly not on the anti-strike section of the Cummins measure whloh- is to be , postponed - until after the other' disagreements are eliminated. The question of an Increase in .the ,y ofshop : employe,, pressure for pay the settlement of which was postpon ed last fall at the suggestion .of. Pres ident Wilson pending the govern ment's efforts' to -reduce living costs. will come up at. the conference which committees renresentlng six shOD trs des plan to have , d uring the . day with, Director-General Hlnea. Should the appointment: with . the, director general conflict with - the : ' general meeting of the railroad . workers, it was i said that the wage - -conference mlght.be postponed until Tuesday. - POWELL GREEN LYNCHERS DENOUNCED BY GOVERNOR Whole Power of State Will Members of Mob, Declares Bickett-Coroner's Jury V' Examines-Witnesses. . ," . ' RALEIGH, . Dec ; 28. - The whole power of the, state, will be exerted to apprehend the - lynchers of Powell Green, In FrankUnton, Saturday night, declared Governor T. i W,' Bickett' to nlsht. The lynching ' took place in Governor Bickett' home county , and lathe second within ut year m mat coumy. -, - A coroner's Jury this afternoon ex amlned six witnesses, but railed to tm nlicate anv one In the lynching. It developed, however, that, the chief of pouce- oi j ranaunion - wh . noiuens the negro, when, he -ehot JU M. Brown, the. white-, man whose- murder; led . to the -lynching. The Jory will contlnse Its Inquest Tuesday. V ; 4 5 "The-whole state Is shecged and humUiated, by r this horrible -Outrage on oar laws, said the governor. v . ."Such- deeds put to open shame eur boasted white- civil lzatioa and make the name of southern chivalry a by word stnd reproach. It, is true that tne -crime -committed-was- an atro- eioua, wi, for ' he -shot doers without cause and - without Drovocation one 3, MMIGRANTS ATGATESWU.S.A. Hundreds Detained on Ships for Examination. Greatest Number, Are Italians Many Greeks Are Also Being Held. NEW YORK. Dec 8. More than 3,000 ' Immigrants were clamoring at the gates of New Terk tonight for admission1 Into the United States. Ellis Island Is congested and many 'hun dreds of the Incoming passengers -are being ' detained on toar4 ' steamships loreiuiiiniuun,.. r ' i ' I eoaras oi inamry .. are wurjwnr uur ie.nn -BigRi.e relieve tne unproceoeniea , . . . !- ... . ... . conaiuoni. in toe meantime, nunareas of JTriends and relatives of the pas sengers front 'Bjll over the country are assembled' here Impatiently . awaiting the release of the Immigrants, i Police and coast guards are on duty at the piers, and the Ellis Island' ferry entrance to. hdld In check the crowds attempts, have been. mad. by friends and' relatives of the i detained passengers to storm the piers ' Jn. an effort to reach the ships. They cannot understand the- delay , and fear their friends are, to be deported.. - Immigration- officials claim, that their work is -delayed to a large ex tent on Ellis Island , because, of t'the congestion there;. due to the. detention of a large , number of radicals and un desirables, .being, held tor deportation. GREEKS ALSO HELD. ' The -greater number- of ythe immi-J grants .being d etalned are Italians, it wass stated, i, Several hundred ' Greek passengers .are also held. - . Although the steamship Patria has been In ' port five' days, ,- 78 ' passen gers from the 1.880. that came from Italian - ports.) are-still -being detained. 1 On the Gluseppl i' -Verdi, 'another ItaHan liner, approximately , 700 steerage- passengers - have .been held for fdrther 'examination. , ' Less than 800 -of -the 1.820 nasaen. gers-on boards the lfner -Europa which aiTrived . December ' l-a, have- had a r"wtw;; and ,,-W '50. of -the "Steerage complement of the Mauretanla are. detained. , . ' Another steamshlD:' the Mesras.Hnl las, the last ship Of. the national -Greek line,-is. tied up in Brooklyn with 188 of -her, 418 steerage ' passengers still detained on board.. Many others are reported , to be detained on smaller steamships, . including several paaen gers on the Ward line steamship Mbn- lerey, wnicn arnvea today from Alex lco and Havana. - ; , , . Be Exerted ' to Apprehend of the bests citizens of ' FrankUnton. This naturally aroused, great indigna tion, but it affords no semblance of ex cuse for a mob taking the law Into Its own nisdftv,' ",. , U.u,"- !r ' "Trhe'nesTO. "above all others, is en titled to', the protection ' of the law. He has no voice In. the making of the law; he has no hands in its execution. All the ' power; and all .the processes or the law are in the- bands or white men. And yet this mob.eavaa-ehr da nled- to a helpless negro the right to go before a. white judge and a white jury and receive a -white man's jus tice. The sad truth is that. the men who did this negro-, to death - gave way to -the- same barbarous and bru tish - passions that ' made the negro shoot down his victim without cause.. "The members; of. that - mob cruci fied the- elementary principles of jus tice for which white men hare fought and bled and Vied through a, thou sand 'years. They -have assaulted the very citadel' of our civilisation and all the. rower 01 the state win e exerted to ,prehnd them and make them suiter the full penalty of the-law."-. ' By Billy Borne WALLACE MURDER WAS UNPROVOKED Says Account From Firm Which Employed Him. - American Shot Down Cold Blood by Mexi can Soldiers. in WASHINGTON, Dec. tS. Claims of the1 Mexican , government, as ' re cently presented to the" American em bassy, in Mexico City, .of the .killing near : Tamptco late "In i NOYemberj,' et Jamas Wallace, an American citlien.1 eiaalted rramls&aiura terhee4-4hI ls4f:rKmBda4a pyrfte warnlhar of so Mexican, sentrv are de nied In an account of -which reached Washington, today .from Agulla Com pany,' of which Wallace, was an em ploys. The killing of Wallace caused the state' department to make an urgent Inquiry , to' the . Mexican government as,' to the circumstances. The Mexi can foreign-office In Its1 reply charged that; Wallace, while intoxicated, pass ed a sentry stationed at , what was called a ; "dangerous spot" and falling to halt, was shot' and 'Killed. - .The ' Agullar Company's . report, which was presented at a meeting In Tamplco of oil company, managers. and which ; is the nrst- aetaiiea ac count of the American's death to reach Washington, says: , , ' 1 ' A nrvmnt of - Death. "On the morning of the 26th,' of Knvunhir.iMr. : James j Wallace, em ployed by 14s as. for man on our earth ern . reservoirs - at Protreo Del Llano, was riding from the office down to the tank farm,, a distance or aoout eu meters.-On the road w'as ?an outpost of:- four 1 government Ulcers, with a machine-gun. As far as we.have been able to ascertain, Wallace's horse reared while passing' this outpost and kicked the machine gun, whereupon one of' the soldiers ..shot -Wallace, killing him- Instantly. None of our men actually saw -what ' happened. Some of ,. them had been talking to Wallace a 'mlriufe - or two before and' heart Ag the , shot i'they , ran -;out , of ' the - office and, found Wallace lying on the groundr-dead. - '. ' ' '' The anldlera save ' the explanation that Wallace Insisted on , passing the machine -sun and a sentry, that his horse -refused to go forward, for which one of the soldiers beat It sev eral times with the butt of his rifle, and thatWallace then threw his horse over ( on V the soldiers, nearly . upset- tin the machine gun. They also claim Wallace hit 'the soldier with an axe handle which' he was carrying, and furthermore, made the statement that Wallace was Intoxicated. , The statements are not- substantiated by facts. , Apart from- the -companies that have never known waiiace to ee m tnxicatad during the ten months he amnlnved hv US -and that it IS In any case very unlikely a man would be under the Influence of liquor when sain to work at-'t in the - morning, we, know positively that'Wallace was absolutely sober as several 01 our mw were - talking wiin:mm min utes before he was killed. - . - strapped to saddle. . "km rmmmrim Wallace having as- .i. i anldler with an -axe han- rile tha .tack of foundation for. this statement Is proved by the fact that the axe-handle wnicn ne was carry ing down to the tank farm was still fAimit atranned - to the saddle When the horse Wallace had been riding Was brought back to the corrali. Fur thermore, it is extremely unlikely to say the least, that a man armed with only a sstlck should attack -four sol diers with rifles and" a machine gun. Another circumstance which- proves the soldier who killed - Wallace did not act In self defense is that the na ture of the wound, according to med ical evidence, shows, beyond any pos sibility of doubt that Wallace w shot from behind." ; , "; r ' , . ? TO STCDY CASK.. MEXICO CITTK Deer XI. Justice Urda Pilleda has been relegated by the- Mexican suprsme court to study in the case of W. O. Jen kins, the United States consular agent at Puebla. and to decide as soon. as1 poesibls whether the state courts or the federal tribunals have jurisdiction. This atcn was taken because of legal complications which have arisen overt the ejueeteei-g jwrumruuu. - ; .- -, DEATH LIST DUE TO : POISONOUS WHISKEY IS STILT Heads of ' Wood Alochol' Gang Arrested in N. Y. NEW YORK. Dec. .- Federal ageiils late tonight arrestml five men whom they rialmed to be the heads of an organised band which has been responsible for the recent widespread sale of wood alcohol ooneootlons tiirough - live states. One of the men arrested was de scribed by the government agents as "the king pin of the ring." Two of the men In custody were de scribed as New York business men. For ten days, since the first fatal ities were reported from wood al cohol poisoning, Colonel Daniel L. I "ort or, supervising revenue agent for New York, and H. B. Dobbs, special federal agent, have been working on the theory which has ceased scores of deaths through out New England and New York originated In this city. The arrests tonight were made In widely sepa rated parte of the city. PUN IS1 TIL Commission to Feel Out Sentiment on System. Complaints Say Plan Tends to Prevent Decrease in the H. C. L. WASHINGTON. Dee. 21. Business, labor unions and ths publio generally are to be sounded out as to the senti ment ln regard to the - guarantee against price decline system, eald to be In use by . many manufacturers and wholesalers In the sale of goods, the federal trade . commission -an nouncing tonight that It had sent out several thousand letters Inquiring as to tne opinion or the plan. The1.' guarantee against price de cline. system amounts, to a guaran tee by manufacturers and wholesalers in selling goods that should decline in price, occur before delivery of , the goods the buyer shall benefit by the decljn but if the market bentd rise R""e, deUvan'. h snanuiaetnieie1 vnoiesaier would aM me, tne loss. ? , 'Complaints lodged with the- com mission , assert: that working out of life pian to prevent a decrease in the cost of living.- The commission -In a letter to boards of trade, etvio. bod ies, trade organs and papers, labor groups and - farmers associations. made-public today, says: , "ine question 01 guarantee against price declne ; has been the subject of so many complaints before the com mission seems to be so diverse that the commission has determined to go into tne. wnoie matter tnorougniy. "As a basis for the necessary expen ditures attending upon such an In quiry, such-formal complaints have been Issued presenting various phases or tne subject, to the-end that ev ery party sat' interest may- be fully represented, , the. commission is Invit ing, generally, producers, . manufac turers, merchants (wholesale and: re tail) and consumers-to'declare - their Interest so that the commission , may knbwvwhat parties should be repre sented. " -' -..,. . . "The commission 'is asklnr vou. therefore,- to communicate as sneed- ily and as, widely as . possible, with your, membership advising them of the inviutloft and -to notify the com mission of the nature of their inter est In th,e subject, if any. - . as soon , as this, list , of parties ; at iniorsnc . in ins ; matter, can , De .oom Piled. It la 'the nurooaa at th , - mission to Invite each or any of them to submit " his , observations In writ ing. . This follows the . custom of th commission in t numerous ,other slml- 'A reasonable time limit 'for. th ei. mg oi written statements will be giv en, after, which they will b aaium. bled and as far, as possible c&aaatfli and 'each correspondent Will be fur nished,with a copy of the wjiole doou- iiivilt. .;, -. . ,, ; - . - i ...... "As soon thereafter as Is possible, it is the purpose of the commission to call a general hearing at Washington at which parties at Interest may be present In, person, ' by representative or by counsel, and an orderly method for hearing the matter will be laid euf."--, .... r ; .. ... , Members ef the commissioij said the proposed . hearing probably, Would be held about the middle of March, CITY OF ODESSA BEING EVACUATED LONDON, Dec. 2l.-r-Odesaa. ia n. Ing evacuated by , the civilian popula tion owing to the rapid advanea of the bolshevlkl In southern Rusala. ac cording to a Constantinople -dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. ' 1 Sees 'Danger Signal' In Wood Alocohol Fatalities Columbus, owo, Dec is Deaths . throughout the , United States due to the drtnklnf of wood alcohol will prove a "danger sig nal" to the people of tne country, according to E. - H. Cherrington, secretary of the Anti-Saloon lea gue of America. "It wfll load them to be more careful of what they drink, whether intoxicating or non intoxlcatlng," he said. ' "I believe that , the targe num ber of fatalities will lead to a wide-spread - Investigation and remedial -legislation affectlag pois ons which are. now 'readily obtain able and Which are most injurious to ths public at Ierge , 1 , t " 'The number of deaths . also, ehile seemily-large Is by no means aeerly as many -an were caused by alcohol in- a' similar, period under the eld regime.? . t ... , -, u, -.j ..... ; ... ,, . V" ' S f -' . tW GUARANTEE PRICE MOTTTSTTTIMfi Many Arrests Made in East Federal Officials Start Investigation. a' CHARGES OF MURDER IN SEVERAL CASES Additional Deaths Occur at Chicopee, Holyoke and Other Places. . , CHICOPEE, Mass.. Dec. J. -Unit- ed States Marshal Edward J. Leyden today arrested four men on ' federal warrants two charging violation of the war time prohibition act and two, Il legal transportation of liquor from state to state. The arrests resulted from his investigation into the deaths of more than SO persons In the .Con necticut valley since Christmas from drinking wood alcohol contained in a mixture sold as whiskey. - - Four more deaths had resulted since early this morning from alcohol- pois oning,, three in Holyoke and one In Chicopee,; bringing the total : for', the Connecticut i valley,- , not;-' Including Hartford, to S3, divided-as follows: - - Chloopee,lt,- Including two -womon; Holyoke, nine: Springfield, four., w- eluding one woman; Greenfield. one and Thompsonvllle. Conn,, two.y t Those under arrest on federal war rants are John Nasalsewskl, of Chi copee and Harry Shapiro, of Spring field, truck drivers, who are charged with bringing the liquor to -the val ley; Adam Ostrowskl and John W. Starssyk, both of ' Holyoke, charged with violation of the war-time prohi bition act They will be arraigned be fore a United 8tates commissioner Monday morning. All were released under $500 bonds. Marshal Alfred Caron. of the Chi copee police, left this afternoon for New Haven, Conn., with warrant charging murder against? four- men who have been arrested in -h The warrants were sworn ut. th police say,, on information given bv William Baker, of this town, who ie held on a manslaughter chars. , and Harry Shapiro, of Springfield. Although several new cases of the poisoning were reported- today in- the valley, the number decreased consid erably over Friday and Saturday. The, numeer increased in Holyoke, giving urn impression tnat some of the liquor beurht, in- vtiat city mav . hav hn consumed since Fiidav. whn thm vim. signs- of 'he poisoning , became evi dent. rt", , ' , . M0 - ' ; SIX ARRESTED. NEW HAVPIV r-n.n - ti- Six men wert irrmitii ii.i,. connection with the sale of wood al- , v . . . hioi im al leged to have shlnnaut frnm iki. 10 cnicopee, Mass, The arrests were made at the request of the district at torney of Westfleld. Mass.,. who tele. . graphed that th man . ..... ,n Maacbusetts., Two barrels of a compound betiev-' ed to contain wood alcohol weio con- -flscated in a bam on tne outskirts of the city. According to the police four barrels of liquor were shipped .,,0 uwo 10 L.nioopee, Wass., where a large number have died from drinking wood alcohol mixture. . The six men held are alleged to r.V!- . enutn owne" ot the liquor J50 brel for the four, barrels sent A to Chicopee, it Is said. " , ! ' NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS . . HARTFORD. f!nn - Tmxm. mm .,- I ZIr. V " ' rom wood alcohol Fif0.nlnrer reported here today, the list of dead remaining at 13, the v total recorded Sautrdav for.nLt moro cases ot person Buffering from the effects of poisonous Uqnor - were listed in hospitals, , making , eight , per sons known to be ill, here from that cause, j Four of these were . reVrted tonteht in a.crttical condition. , .ill?US?er w,re hare today.' Seven men are held In con nectlon with the wood alcohol "whui- wlfh rnTdeT ' f ' man died in. wo"' . -i.7 T' ""' m in eireots of poisonous liquor, T MAKING "PEUFCME" - NEW TORTf Tu. mm . attributed to wood alcohol polewiinr SSSs JT ,n 'h SsHhreS' n Jtatml I""" to manutec. iLpfum.rJr nv Issued to thomlUua Iy ,,2M0 P'reons. ot whom, it Is said. , . , of Anrmil.t0 thVc hold-reft .Permits -are .entitled to-buy what' la known as "coin.. .i-...T . . otC n1n? who: bought It fer : hav7 m.d- the m'kln ot P'rtumea hS5,I5!dJ?, T?rch& amounting to huridreds of thousands of dollar ' ' . Another death In New yorlc from poisonous liquor was reported teda that ef Eugene Masslello, who drank moiow Ut'P'y "wl"; N t John C. Vareh ".. 'v . . tai im fc-nl. wen to a Jieapl. tu. is. believed also to have been a vlcUm of wood alcohol udTwW fsio be the subject of autopsy' ANOTHER DEATH . ' -.CHICAGO.. Vtc- Another man JllfVOrtei iMd todayas a result of drinking wood alcohol. . If authenti cated as a poison liquor death. , Chi cago's total of Christmas poisoning, to date number nine, or 15 since July 1. Todays victim was 71 years old ;. Employers were asked today by Coroner , Hoffman to, address th.it worker tomorrow and: 1 warn- them against the use of wood alcohol and other questionable ; subsututea for whiskey, The coroner and member . of his staff also will make a tour of . industrial plants. Issuing warnings against poisonous liquors. . , - - . Many of the deaths- occured among . laboring men whom the community .CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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