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Show oeKll Seventy - eight D i e i n 48 Hours; Scores Are Suffering From Paralysis Paral-ysis and Blindness. Scattered Towns Tell of Cases of Probably Fatal Issue; Government Govern-ment Agents Busy. NKW YORK. Dec. 27.K-venty-:ght persons have died during" the past forty-eight forty-eight hours and scores of others are suffering suf-fering from paralysis and blindness, due ti drinking wood alcohol "whisky," according ac-cording to reports received tonight from seven eastern cities and Chicago. The toll of poisonous liquor Is the hlgh-f-'-t in New En gland, where sixty deaths are recorded. Two women at Ohicopee Falls, M.'uss., 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 and agents of the department of Justice are seeking Adnlph Baraneli, importer and commission merchant of this city, who, they assert, sold twelve barrels of the poisonous liquors. The police charge that the "whisky" was concocted in Para-r.eli'n Para-r.eli'n store in Bleeeker street. In Ghicopee, Mass., thirty-four men and two women died; in Springfield three men and one woman; Holyoke, six men, and in Greenfield, Mass., one man. In Hartford, Hart-ford, Conn., thirteen persons died of the poison. Chicago reported eight deaths from the drinking of poisonous beverages. Two deaths were announced at Newark, New-ark, J., by the police, and two in Pittsburg. Three, deaths in Cleveland, Ohio, this week hroufcht the total there to fourteen for the month. ARRESTS ARE MADE FOLLOWING DEATHS IN ALCOHOL CASES CIIICOPE10, Mass., Pen. 27. Wholesale Whole-sale distribution of liquor has been traced to Hartford, where four men have been arrested, charged with murder.; Charles Perry, brother of Alexander Perry, proprietor of the American house of tlds city, who had disappeared, and William Barker, a bartender, are under arrest, charged with manslaughter. The hotel was closed yesterday. District Attorney Ely today refuse-! to accept bah for Alexander Perry, whose bonds were placed by the court at $10,000. Alexander Perry, proprietor of the hotel ho-tel where the police helleved many of the victims obtained the liquor, gave himself up to tlie poll co today. He, his brother. Charles, and William Baker, a bartender, barten-der, were arraigned, charged with manslaughter. man-slaughter. 'Ah pleaded not guilty and were held In $10,000 bonds each for a hearing. Technical charges of selling liquor illegally also wore placed against them. Thomas Oezkwski, proprietor of a saloon sa-loon in Chicopoe Center, nlso was placed under arrest today, charged with manslaughter. man-slaughter. The first death in Greenfield was reported re-ported tonight and Jt was stated that s-.-veral other persons are hi and have symptoms of wood alcohol poisoning. It was said the dead man and those nil went to Holyoke on Wednesday night to buy the liquor and look it back to Greenfield for the holiday. District Attorney Kiy of Westfield todav to-dav questioned several saloonkeepers and hotel owners in this city and Holyoke. Alexander Perry, owner of the Amerl- ( Continued on page 3, Column 1.) WHISKY DEATH ! s fL BMOUimNG of78 Deaths Reported I Various Sections United States. j $55- I '',l,nx.e ku)1k, who was 1 .-ouoLtlo..l. but no orU 5itrtci Attorney k,l us .:.'.. oitv !nl HolyoUo .'J ':" oriA'on by tho police ; ;-'':!.;..llstrU'J attorney . ll;ly and early ev- I'ilS Si ' to tb, hospital. Oi ; ,: ' v .-uses entering Me vi .V ono had die.'. anJ t.u ! :- -'.! ' was not ejected :o r STEPS TAKEN MOVEMENT TO ; Skeworld DRY ' .- pjj, As a s:cv it! til j '.''tv'cc-r.t. MUw Anna A Jams 'ert of t" XatiomO V.'o:i:- rera;e-:a 'e anion. :r..d pcan, editor o." liso Vnloa ' ".-..niration'n oiYioif.'. puX- '' VVe 'c.'.a. oriental. A:nc:n I .fr..s tri;. l Gordon ' teiae. l':iss-Jor:s to Ka- i ''.":' j ut't i- o'rtHineu. i ' "" ce '"III '0 '. t'.'".i'. . i ' Vjon Vita. :o ! follow.; ' il.c- oner.', toiii.; -.-.r.er. , "irce.-.-'n ia tan:. '., je a sarvey 01 t..f ...sa- -' .'.'i'v-'ries a.- i: i.o.v l" --.-i.u , - ""V.'e v;ll! carry tbe en'.i.u- ! ,v .'a : taen., aid tlieia In j -I V" -,u rl: t'nroasr the or-. or-. --NiP'-ia eiicil coun-I '.'i 0-- ;r.e res.r.: ol.Utiiuu , ;.. ;he world TV. C. T. U. I ""iufiua ia Apr::. lli.'l. Miss Ar.d M'.us Dean :voa:d ! .;r;.'" iia-'iarJ. retarainfr lo :o Hf.end :..e i.atior.a' o:a"ea:ion at Atlantic City .. :--K. as toon a:'ter taa: :oar ol' tile other oj-ju- It i-.r:eu. I ; ?;,:d that t'.'.c W. C. T. V. j the Inrreasi'a? number rt'ura I'-.rouiili drinking o: v :ir.d iiiat poa-.c-thia soon j r: aioJt it. She added. i:ow-- i:ow-- ;.:'.uvr o: deaths canted by , . Ti'ild nut compare witii v t " : o I I.y di-inltins so-cu.ii.-d I ) OF ITALIANS MTED SELLING I WNOUS 'WHISKY' I'ec. v.7. Xev York de-tao de-tao so.rce of "willsky" rr: v. oxi a'coaoi, vaicii i --ores o:' dea'.bd in the east . Ur' tv;o tonic!,! os- ; ie-.se d ,,o opudon that imn.lr.da of h.,r- i L'; ";'!ku1 "Wr were ma.lo n f Italians and Hhh.p.-J .red .'VU'"; :,,!"' '"---'-V states. Tiu-v bo inado M!m,,er a''ests soon vould In.i,uty r.evoiv.i i-oi:e -tor neovse L. ne'v in ,-vh J-ra bis -ents J, , ' " l""1"ly 'a.f!.l in rnnnin-,-iiil" t ,",',Vv m'S "'",l,!Sf ' !-,'VV- - !'.'!,'1,r:,:,Kt:- s-'a'. day "U l ". -l. although eorseious. liav,- nw,'.!, PI,X'l;'.!,,,.,,I sluro 'ariat,nas eve u a !, H oi dr;n;ln;,- a pint of wi-.iK'.tv. The aq..or i' as ir.n-clnise,; in Manhattan, ho ca d and arrests ,,,-r.. evaect.-d. .Miles also ,u-o. ai-ed that the ro'dce of .lie A.eximder menus station today Rave, unn .or analyst a butfe o,' whLskv se'.red ai a salc.on near her.-. Sulphuric aeld had 1 .-eon us,-,, I,, the liquor to e.jt tho color- tint niu.ter, Mr. Miles sa'd. and ono smell ot It was .ihne-t sufficient to ethor'.re a I por.-.u:n T.:e dep-.uj collector explained l.ial il a jierson dran'.c tho lvh:sv and cn: out of doors on a cold nlK'at lie would c;u.ck.y develop pueumonln. I a. Hon predicted a ,vholcs:iie closing of saloons In Xevv Yorl; ,.-;tv durliiLT tho net lew days, l-'orinor patrons of too places he said, would not en.1v.iuer . their lives by dnnltiiiK the "al.e.f.d wblsk---- l.elnK soid aua the .sales of "near beer" would not 8 sufficient to t:. oft t'.'.c cu'.OOilfi. CONGRESS MAY TAKE STEPS TO SAFEGUARD WOOD ALCOHOL SALE 'W'ASIIIXCSTOX. D. ST. S-.tcsostior-.a .'..at coacTfss nil-tht take ; tops to safeguard safe-guard tlie sale ,.f wood alcohol made today to-day by officials of the bureau ot internal revenue on hearir.? that a large, number of deaths had occurred ::-oin the b-ver-ajo use of this poison. The bu-ean has f-o spt.-lal pov.-fr to deal with, such cases, officials salii. but it is undertaking to have ail "'.'Ooti.-.-vs" prosecuted viRor-ous'.y viRor-ous'.y whether they t,e" w-tiishy that is pure or tiiat vrhich Ires boon potsot-.ed by wood alcohol. Tho btr:;t rlvo r.?..i -,:f.c'.or:a.;eu a can:-pais can:-pais n of publicity to educate the public to t.;e dar..-r of buj-h-.tt contraband Honor. WESTERN CANADA NOW OVERRUN BY BOOTLEGGING GANGS c r s . woo-- a o n o ! pcilu!crs a:: a b a o ; : e z -?crs have not only cot the feden'! :no t -.e western provinoicil provernrnents hun-Jieus- of tr.o'.Uitndy 01" doriars, but aiso h;f o :'.'? vi tlu-ir toll ot lives tn t'.ie Cuna-u'lHti Cuna-u'lHti north west. l'or thre1 moiit'.is the principal activity o;' the Uoynl Northwest Mounted police ha.i Leon the pursuit of vSVator-s ot the liquor laws. The wilds of Ontario and the Lordc;- countrv of Albertu and Kntish I'oiumbia have boon the cene ci' many raids Ly the t'arhit riders. Several hundred s;ths avo Leen Jorattd rnd sniHsheil. llirndredH o; tliounands of g-alloius of illicit liquor have been seir-.od. Ni official estimate resanllnc doaths re.snlt;ns from beverats containing woid nh-obol and other co:ieoetions have been . S'.ven out. but it is declared that the vic-j vic-j t'.ind induced r iiuniber of India::? of tho i wilds o: the northern region. NO ANTIDOTE FOR j THIS POISON, DOCTOR IN CHICAGO ASSERTS CHICAGO. Dee. 17. Alarmed by six deaths from woo) alcohol In forrv-etsat hours, and the fact that more than a d-zen persons are In h critical condition al t'-.eir homes or In hospitals as a result of drinking the drus, authorities Issued new warnings against the dangrer and re doubled their effort3 to ytumo out the evil. All of the Chi-iatnifls victims of the poison Orank horne-bri-wed liquor while celebrating the liollday ae.i!.on. 1 'r. John PHI Hobtrtson. In a Btntment, I si.ld there was no known antidote for ood alcohol poisoning, and t!-.at persons who dilnk a iurffe tpaantltv of t'ao drus are certain to o blind or die. "The only thins to do is to use a stomach stom-ach pump at on.o," Dr. Robertson Maid, "and in many cass even this in ineffectual. ineffect-ual. Tlv symptoms of the polsonlns are ttreat excitability, the kidneys, are af-' lected oiiil there Is severe pain In the btomach. l!lndne-a follows In most cases, an dlf the dose Is in force quantities death Is certain to result." Coroner Hoffman said thei-e have been I t enty -seven deaths in ChlcaKQ from drinking- wood alcohol as a beverage since I July 1. FOUR REPORTED DEAD IN CHICAGO; 1 AUTHORITIES ACTIVE CHICAGO, lice. 17. l-'our persons, two of them women, died today from drlnkinpf wood alcohol, malting a total of eight such deaths in l'orty-eljrht hours, and thirty-four since July 3. Several arrests have been made. I'rlr.ks containing wool alcohol -were called "coroner's cocktail;" by C'orune-Peter C'orune-Peter M. Hoffman, who Issued a public strains: aeainst the latal drauehts and declared lie would attempt to band coroners coro-ners and other public oniclals throughout I fbo country to prevent the sale and cor.- sumption of poisoned liquors. Both the coroner and the city health commissioner. Dr. John Dill Robertson, bald wood alcohol drinks, were :iure to ic.ult either In hllndiu-ae. or death. The police arrested the rr.nnaKer o." I the drur department of an outlylns department de-partment store at vhose establishment pint bottles of wood alcohol had been 2'veti av.ay with fl! Christmas candy purchase--. The widow c, a saloonkeeper who died yer-terday was arrealed. ami she Is said to have admitted ml.-dn wood alcohol j t-lth other ilouors. 'Iic said the Poison was purchased from e drugglit who also I ,v,,j arrested. .KEEPING WATCH ON INCOMING SHIPS FOR ! INTOXICATING STUFF t j WASHINGTON, Deo. 27. Strlng-ent regulation were issued today by the treasury to prevent intoxicants from entering en-tering tho country from ships, arrivine from foreign port". Liquors properly listed as Koa GthreH must be placed under seal by the boarding board-ing offtctT of the O'jPtumrf seiTico and kept sealed during- the entire tlino of ! the vesdel'8 stay In port. No part of such stores may bs removed from under neal for any purpose wUite tho .ship is i: United statea v.areri;, tho regulations state, which denies to foreign crcwa th ration of wine sen ed with meals on borne ships under other ilagtj. Kxcessi'.-e liquor c-1 tores, no longer being be-ing dutiable, a-e subject to seizure. Llquura properly carried may be returned re-turned to a foreign port on tln vessels char.ffing from tho foreign to the coat-inK coat-inK trade, or may be trantif erred under supervision of the customs officers from a vessui In foreign trade, delayed in rKTt for any cause, to another vessel of the same line or owner. Customs officials are not areatly con -cerned over the possibility of diuug-grllns large stores of liquors into the country, and the new orders are believed to close the last hole through which intoxicants might reach domestic consumers. With all liquid refreshment under seal. !t w a.-i said, there will be small opportunity for "bootleR-RlnR" to bo cirricd on around tho wharvi-'ri. |