Show TRACE SPOILED RIPE OLIVES IN STATES i i Federal Food Men lIen Frantic in ill Effort to Save Public From Fatal Poison JJr Q r s r Pres Chicago Feb 21 Federal Federal and state I food tood Inspectors in two fifty t towns of ot j eight states aro are making frantic ef efforts efforts efforts ef- ef forts tonight to locate and destroy dozens dozens dozens doz doz- dozI I ens of or bottles of ripe olives containing the thc deadly bacillus as a re result re- re suIt sult of or deterioration re-j re A single case caso of pf olive olivo poisoning at Kalispell Mont which led to discover discovery I er cry ery of or the danger is the tho only onh one ono re reported reported reported re- re ported so far Federal chemists who I I I I uncovered tho the widespread distribution of tho the poisoned fruit are bending every effort to reach and confiscate the tho betties bottles bottles bot bet ties and a warning has been sent broadI broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast advising housewives to return unopened unopened un un- un- un opened all containers holding holdin suspected brands Takes Take Up Olive Olivea Tho The olives es packed in 1918 were sol solto sold to tho the retail trade trado through Sprague Sprague- Warner Co local wholesale grocery house MaJ J. J A A. Sprague head of ot the tho firm linn and antI federal fair price commissioner commission commissIon- er or for tor Illinois has furnished a record of or all sales to federal authorities and ha has instructed his salesmen to callon call callon callon on every customer and take tako up tho the olives Five dozen bottles of ot tho the poisoned fruit have been distributed to dealers in seventeen Illinois towns It is not known how many dozen are arc In at stores res resin in the other states state Brand Are Arc Mode Public Brands Involved are Batavia ell and Richelieu Only ripe olives stuffed with pimentos and sold in bottles bottle are affected J J. J L. L McLaughlin Mc- Mc McLaughlin Laughlin superintendent of ot tho the illnois IllinoIs Illinois Illi ill nois division of ot food and dairies said investigation disclosed that no blame blamo attached to n neither packer wholesaler or retailer Labels on the bottles show they were distributed b by th the Chiea Chicago o firm irm but do not carry cun tho the packers packer's name Tho bottles contain sl six sin ounces o net are of ot tho the No 10 size according to tho the labels Towns in which olives are known to have o been distributed and the tho number r rot of ot bottles in each arc are Where Goods Arc Aro Located Nebraska Richelieu brand brand W Wahoo Wa Wa- hoo boo 12 1 Kansas Kansas Richelieu brand Pittsburgh 2 24 il Holton 12 Wichita 21 Iowa Iowa Iown Richelieu brand IDes Des MoInes 12 Boone Doone C G Ode Odebolt bolt C Sioux City 12 12 Fern rand brand Des Moines olnes 30 20 Sioux City 36 Marengo 8 S Earlham 3 Waterloo Waterloo Waterloo Wat Wat- 12 Batavia brand bran Atlantic 6 Indianola 12 Spencer 6 Boone 1 Ida Grove 4 i Dennison C. C Montana Montana brand Dillon 24 TI n 1 1 11 1 1 In n w ol on l Is h Deadly Bacillus a deadly poison first discovered in a 0 ham in 1899 appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap in ripe olives last fall tall when five tive persons died after atter a dinner at a n Canton Ohio OhIo club The deaths were traced to olives s. s Several other cases have been reported with fatal results Prior to th the tho disc discovery very of ot tho the present case easo federal authorities according according- t to Mr McLaughlIn believed that tho only dang dangerous rous olives on the tho market were tho the whole ripe olives packed in glass Investigators of ot tho the department o or of chemistry Washington ton uncovered unco a fatal u. ca case e of or olive poisoning at Kalispell Kalispell Kalis Kalis- pell poll Mont while Investigating nus eases cases in New cW York Their Investigations traced the poison polson to th the stuffed olives shipped from hero here Spoiled d Good Smell Bad IJ Mr tr McLaughlin warned housewives to beware of ot preserved goods having an unpleasant ca cant nt odor Tho The affected olives olive have hae a n. noticeable smell and an aro are usually usually usually ally soft sort Tho The germ it is believed can Ijo be killed b by boiling canned goods am and Mt rr McLaughlin advises ad housewives t to cook all food from tin Un or glass c con con- Of sixty-four sixty cases of ot tho poisoning reported since 1899 four fifty hare hav been In California Mr McLaughlin I says A number of or the cases havo have been caused by homo home I canned fruits am and vegetables I I |