Show STEAMSHIP BIRWIND IS GIVEN CLEARANCE j i W ASHXNGTON Dec Assistant : e retary of t e Treasury Peters ton ght nstructod Co lector of Customs Ma lone at New York to grant clearance papers to the American steamsh p Berwind re cently detained bj customs author ties there pe ding an Investigation to deter mine whether she had v iolated the ne rallt laws. The Berwlnd was charged with furnish ing contraband articles to a German warsh p o tslde the three ml e lim t tpon nvestlgation howe e the teas u department fo nd it had no ground pon which to hold her The es el it nas said here Is clearing for Charles I on to take aboard a cargo of cotton for B enen One result of the In estlgation b tl "Sen To k authorities was a fine of $a00 o t e Berwlnd & owners fo making out a fa se manifest in fa I ng to declare certa n arti Jes on board during the voy age wh c led to tie inqulrv The J 00 was pad unde pro est |