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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
COACHMAN MURDERS
f. A. BEAUMONT, JR.
Body Hacked and Buried Under
Hay in Barn at Langh1rne.

Philadelphia. July 10-Edward A.
Beaumont, Jr., a tile and brick deal@"
of this city, was murdered ar his ia III
at Woodbourne, two miles northeast
of langhorne, Pa. by his negro coach
man.
The body was found by W. =. New
bold. a neighbor. Ir was lying In Il
box stall covered with hay. The skull
was crushed with a hatcher and the
threat cut with razor
An hour after the gruesome dis
covery, the state police from Bristol
arrested the negro coachman, Frank
Bland. seventeen. He confessed, after
being grlled for more than an hour.
Bland said he killed Beaumont dur
ing quarrel in the entry of the barn
and then dragged the body to the
horse stable, where he covered 1T with
hay. He said he then went to the
house to bed.
According to the coachman's confess
sion, Beaumont accused him Of steal
ing a diamond scarf pin. He said
Beaumont took him to the stable TO
give him instructions about some re-
pair work.
While the two were stading in the
entry Beaumont again reprimanded
him about the scarf pin. Bland said
he attacked his employer when he be
came enraged, and after throwing him
to the cement floor, but his throat
Then he dragged the body to the box
stall and covered 1t with hay.
A short time later he went to the
house anG TO bed, but snid he was
awakened about midnight by the
means Of the dying man.
81 went to the barn again." the ne
gro is alleged to have confessed 'an6
finding Beaumont was still alive hit
him on the head with the Ratchet IN
Ill he was STILL
The negro said he went back TO bed
again and SLEPT until six O'Clock, when
he went to the barn and cleaned UP
the blood on the floor and walls. After
eating his breakfast he went about his
daily duties without concern.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
Catarrh is Real Enemy
and REQUIRES Vigorous Treatment

Throw these makeshift remedies to
the winds, and get on the right treat
ment. Go to your drug store to-day,
get bottle of S. S. S., and commence
a treatment that has been praised by
sufferers for nearly half century:
S. S. S. gets right at the source OF
Catarrh, and forces from the blood
the germs which cause the disease.
You can obtain special medical advice
regarding your own case without
charge by writing to Medical Direc-
tor, % Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. Ga.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
U'ROAT BASES BOMBED AGAIN
Three British Planes Defeat Seven
German Machines in Fight

Three British Planes Defeat Seven
German Machines in Fight.
London. July 10.-British naval air.
planes in the period between July 4
and July { dropped six tons Of explo-
Sives on German works at Ostend.
Zeebrugge and Bruges.
Direct hits were observed on build
ings and vessels. The official state
ment says:
Near Zeebrugge four torpedo boat
destroyers and four torpedo boats were
attacked.
Sixteen hostile machines attacked
one Of the formations. Three enemy
machines were destroyed and three
were driven dOTn out of control. All
our machines returned.
Seven hostile machines attacked
three of our large seaplanes. In an
engagement lasting fifty-five minutes
two hostile airplanes were destroyed
Our machines returned safely. though
damaged
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
RIanned on Entente Agents.

Amsterdam July 10.-Comments In
the VosSiScfa Zeitung. the Lokal An
Zeiser. the Nor'ttleutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung. ard other German newspapers
tend 10 assolve the Soviet government
Of Russia Of responsibility for rhe
murder of Count Won Mirbach.
The newspapers hint at an intrigue
of the entente governments, to SOW
distrusf between Germany and the So
Wet government.
The VnSsSche Zeitung expresses the
have "Pr;t;Sh over-cleverN IS has
again .foduced one of those follies
which may result in the exact "pn"-
site To what was intended
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Do Not Neglect It.

When you use indicated sprays,
atomizers and douches for your. Ca
tarrh, you may succeed in unstopping
the choked-up air passages for the
time being, but this annoying condi-
ton returns, and you have to do the
same thing over and over again.
Catarrh has never yet been cured
by these local applications. Have
you ever experienced any real benefit
from such treatment?
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
100 LIVES LOST
IN TRAIN WRECK
Head-On Collision Near Nash
vile Followed by Fire.
GOTH ENGINE CREWS DEAD
The Passenger Coaches Were Torn
to Bits and the Inmates Crushed to
Death in Seats.

Nashville, Tenn, July 10.--0..e hun
dred persons, most of them negroes.
are believed to have LOST thci. lives in
6 head-on collision between two pas
senger trains on the Nash file, Chat
tanooga and st. Louis railway, seven
miles west of Nashville.
In one car every one was killed.
There are said to have been several
women passengers in this coach. Their
bodies are still in the wreck.
Nashville hospitals are crowded
with the injured, who number more
than eighty. AS the engineers and fire.
men of both trains were killed. the
cause of the collision may never be
known. One of the trains is said ia
have disregarded orders.
Six passenger coaches in ali were
demolished and two ears OF the
through train caught fire and We're
burned up. Wrecking crews and vol
unteers worked heroically in the
wreckage to rescue the Injured. or
forty injured brought to Nashville by
the first relief expedition from the
wreck, several died almost as soon as
they reached hospitals.
The wreck occurred on the Dutch
mans Grade, seven miles from Nash
Vile. Every doctor and nurse avail
able In the city was rushed 70 The
scene with all the ambulances.
One train was eastbound from Mem
phis and St. Louis and the other from
Nashville to Memphis. Both engines
and two baggage cars were completely
wrecked. A combination coach on the
local, filed with white and negro pas
sengers, was ripped from end to end.
Several other coaches were telescoped.
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This. is being gradually developed

This. is being gradually developed
by the Teuton press into a great anti
German movement backed by all those
men whom Germany has found 10 he
h,ldrance~ ia her rians at aggression
III Russia.
4 Moscow telegram circulated by
The Wolf News HiIreau OF Berlin SAYS ::
"Savirknff is considered to he re-
spnnSihln for the decd. He is said 10
he closely connect,< with the Czecho-
S!ovak and Social revolutionary move
,ncnTS
The murder of Count Won Mirbach
has caused great excitement In Ger
many. Al the German newspapers
use violent expressions In commenting
upon the event They are generally in
agreement that the Bolsheviki govern
.neut WAS not connected with it.
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BOARDING ASTOUNDS READING
Former Mayor Shanaman Accused Of
Storing Up SUGAR.

Reading, Pa, July 10-Political and
business circles were astounded when
It was found former Mayor William
F. Shanaman was accused Of sugar
boarding by Charles Davies, food COM
missioner for Berks county
Two hundred and eleven pounds Of
sugar, much Of 1t in ten-pound car
tons, was said to have been found at
Mr.. Shanaman's home OF this amount
1856 pounds will 60 to the Home for
Friendless Children. with the compli-
Dents Of the government
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r. e, Lee Gets War Cross.

Chicago, July 1O-Lieutenant Rob
ert E. Lee, a grandson of the famous
confederate general, has been cited
70 rthe Croix de Guerre, according to
a letter Just received from him by
his wife II is assumed that Me ci
tatiOn was for an exploit several
weeks ago in which the lieutenant and
his company captured machine gun.
the lieutenant being wounded
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AuatriAns AGAIN Rapulsed-

Rome, Jsly 10-Austrans again at
lacked the Italian positions at Corone.
between the Frenzela valley and the
Brenta and again met with repulse
according to the war office statement
There was artillery fighting and ar-
'ivity by the Italian patrols at vari-
rns points along the remainder of the
'YoDt
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
Fear General Anarchy in Moscow.

The Hague. July 1o.-Germans re-
turning from Moscow recently,s says
the Vossische letting referring 10 the
Won Mirhach case, have expressed fear
Of complete anarchy there.
It gives the following alleged que
tation from speaker at railway
strike meeting In Moscow:
.It is time to throw off the moose
Won Mirbach has put around our
necks, otherwise shameful death
threatens us. Away with German cap
ital! Away with Won Mirbach and his
whole counter revolutionary band -
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
Typhoon Deyastates Guam

Guam was devastated by typhonn en-
July s. Captain Roy Smith. governor
OF the island. and commandant of the
raval station. reported to the navy de-
,:artment. Captain Smith said half
:he inhabitants are destitute Crops
have been destroyed and much ma
terial damage done. Steps have been
taken TO feed the destitute
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
Are the Packers PrOfiteerS?
Plain Facts About the Meat Business

The Federal Trade Commission in its report
profits stated that the five large meat packers have been
profeerng and that they have monopoly of the market
These conclusions if fair and just matters OF serious
only to those engaged in the meat packing
business but to every other citizen of our country
The figures given profits misleading and the state
that the packers have monopoly unsupported by
the facts.
The packers mentioned in the report stand ready prove
their profits reasonable and necessary.
The meat business is one of the largest indus
Any citizen who would fal1arze himself with It's
details must be prepared for large totals.
The report states that aggregate profits large
packers were SI4o,oooooo for the three war years
This compared with $I9oooooo the average
nua profit for the three before the making it
appear that the profit SI2I 100000 greater than
the pre-war profit
This compares threeyear profit with one-year proft-a
manfestly unfair method of comparison 1t is not only
nisleadng but the Federal Trade Commission apparently
has made mistake in the figures themselves.
The aggregate hree-year profit of was earned
on sales of four and half billion dollars 1t
about three each dollar of saes-or frac
ton OF cent per pound OF product
Packers profits negligible factor in prices of live
stock and No other large business is conducted
upon such small margins of profit
portion of this profit has been paid dividends The bal
has been put back into the business had to be-
you realize when you consider the problems the packers
have had to sove-and solve qucky-during these war
years
To conduct this business times with higher
and the necessity of paying three times the former
prices for live stock has required the of two three
times the ordinary of working capital The addi
tonal profit makes only fair return this and has
been stated the larger portion of the profits earned has
been used to finance huge stocks OF goods and to provide
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
GERMANS WILL
! AvENCE M!RbACR|
Assassination is Blamed Or
Entente agents.
NAY SEIZE MOSCOW
General Savinkoff and Others in ke
rensky Cabinet Are Under Arrest
Murder of Ambassador Caused Sen
eation in Germany.

London, July 1O-German newsp;r
pers are preparing the public for
radical Prove against Russia as pun.
iShment for the ASA SsinatiOn Of touni
Won Mirbach, the German ambaSsa,
dor.
Exactly what this move will be is
not as yet indicated. Dutch and Scan
dinavian newspapers hint at march
on Moscow.
Dispatches are printed showing Ger,
man forces now are about 300 miles
west Of that city and are being heavt
~ reinforced
count Won Mirbach was assasslnat-
ed in his office in Moscow, Saturday,
by Social revolutionaries (anti-Bolshe
viki)
A Russian wireless dtopatch asserts
the uprising in Moscow has been sup
pressed completely.
The tone of the message indicates
the suppression was accomplished with
sanguinary violence. the orders being
that all who showed resistance to the
Bolsheviki should be 'shot on the
spot
The rising which occurred Sunday
was reported in dispatches from Ger
man and other sources as counter.
revolution against the Rolshevtki re-
gime. II was the work Of the Social
revolutionaries, and apparently met
with some success before it was put
down.
German newspapers are pointing to
General Savinkoff, war minister in the
Kerensky cabinet, as the man behind
the Won Mirbach plot.
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Cxechs in New Drive.

Shanghai, July 10.-After. disarming
the Bolsheviki forces at Vladivostok,
says a despatch from that city, dated
July S, the Czecho-Sloyaks advanced
to the westward They defeated a
mixed force of T'''sheviki and ~Austro-
German prisoaC : and occupied Nfko-
layevik. naval station on the Amurri
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
The Strong Withstand the Heat of
Summer Better Than the Weak.

StIIIHioT oottcI IHHsH 01IO ;"
Old people who are feeble and
younger people who are weak, will
be strengthened and enabled to go
through the depressing heat of sum-
mer by taking GROVES TASTELESS
chill TONIC. IT purifies and en-
riches the blood and builds up the
whole system. You can soon feel its
Strengthening, Invigorating Effect.
60c.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
LANCASTER BREADLESS
Supply curtaiIed When Food Head
Closes Bakeries

supply OUrtdIIeu Wheh FOOD Head
Closes Bakeries.
Lancaster, Pa, July 10.-Hundreds
of homes in the lower end of Lancas-
ter county were breadless as a result
of the closing Of the big bakeries of
A. F. Buch and Harry Lefever, at
Quarryville
The bakers were charged by Food
Administrator Bushong with failing to
use sufficient substitute -four. They
were the only bakeries ip the entire
southern section, and large quantities
of bread are being shipped out of this
3ity to relieve the situation.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
Directors Get Twenty Yearz.

Rockford. H.. 1rly 10.-Twenty-year
sentences in the federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth were given to four con
scfentious objectors to army sD.'ce
by court-martial at Camp Grant. All
are from Chicago
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
New U. S. Destroyer Overseas.

London, July 10-One of group Of
a rev type Of Ar:er:cau destrOyers
has arrived in he submarine zone
sfter n remarkable voyage, 1t is the
starter Of an endless procession from
American shiphuilding yards.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
Noted Evangelist Operated Upon Fo


Hernia at Rochester, MINI.
Rochester. Mimi, July 10 Billy
Sunday, the evangelist, came here TO
andergo a serious operation ri a local
D. spital for hernia.
Before going to the y Spital S"nday
announced that his prep Sad trip to
France had been Sldctinitaly post
Doned,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10

additions and improvements made necessary by the
demands of our army and navy and the Allies
III you business you will appreciate the sgnlf
of these facts If unaCquanted with Business
talk this with business acquaintance
with banker sayand ask him to compare profits OF
the packing industry with those of any other large indus
try the present time.
No evidence is offered by the Federal Trade Commission
support of the statement that the large packers have
MONOPOLY The Commission report shows the large
number and Importance of other packers.
The packers mentioned in the statement stand ready to
prove any far-minded person that they in keen
competition with each other and that they have power
manipulate prices
If this they would dare make this posi-
tive statement
Furthermore government figures show that the five large
packers mentioned in the report account for only about
one third of the meat business of the country
They wish possible interest you the details of
their business Of how for instance they sell dressed
beef for less than the cost of the live animal owing to utl
zaon of byproducts and of the wonderful story of the
methods of distribution throughout this broad land we'll
as in other countries.
The five packers mentioned feel justified in cooperating
with each other to the extent of together presenting this
public statement
They have been able to do big job for your
its time Of need; they have all time den ands
promptly and completely and they willing to trust their
the "Reminiscences of the American people with
the facts before them
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-10
The Ntnati-I

nc ~ L'fiS-''-t
Forecast for this section Fair to-
lay ana tomorrow northwest winds
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-12-05
WRIGHT SCHOOL

Mrs. VIM. Bradley entertained her
father from st. Louis Thanksgiving.
Mr. and Mrs. Chef English and
children are all i'll with @grippe. Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Donovan are caring
for them.
Mr.. and Mrs Giles Isham and Mr.
and Mrs Ed. Vancore spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Isham near
Pompeii.
Mr.. and Mrs. KANT were Elwell
visitors Friday
VIM. hartley made business trip
TO plymouth last week.
School started Monday after five
weeks vacation.
Mrs. VIM. Gerard is spending the
week in Detroit, the guest of her
daughter
Miss Louise Hainhne and cousin
were guests Of Miss Frances Priest
in Alma Friday.
Mrs. Wesley Webb is sick and
under the care Of doctor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-12-05
ST. LOUIS

Henry Z Pattengill, who recently
died IN Lansing, was well known in
st. Louis, having held the office Of
years after his graduation from the
L. Of NJ. For 80 years his old pupils
have held reunions every year in
Gratiot county at which Mr. patten-
ill had never failed TO be present
Lieutenant Fred c. Thorold was
home from Camp Taylor. Louisville,
KY, 10 spend Thanksgiving with his
wife and baby
Edward Yost was home from the
u. Of NJ. for short time last week
visiting relatives
Dr. Delta Andrews has taken the
place of his brother, DR.. Dee, at the
( Park hotel, DR. Dee having gone to
Warsaw, Indiana, to practice medi-
cine.
r. W Burgess Of Saginaw is here
visiting his niece. Mrs Henry Shaw
Mrs Glenn Raycraft was in Sagi-
nav last week Tuesday.
School has been closed for at least
this week and perhaps longer on
account Of the influenza epidemic.
Mrs. /. T. Doxey is visiting for q
few days with her sister. Mrs. a. r
Richardson, Of Detroit.
Mrs. George Young and Miss
Blanch Gray have been visiting THEN
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Gray
Of Croswell
Private We're Num- is spending 3
furlough from Camp Beauregard
Va, with friends and relatives in thi.
city.
Howard Wilson, Frank Monroe anC
Carl Greening from the $. A. T. &
Of NJ A. G. spent Thanksgiving al
home.
Mrs. Fred Hughes spent Thanks
giving with her daughter, Mrs
Ehlers, Of Detroit.
The Dorcas club Of the Methods
church gave a chicken pie supper a
the church Wednesday evening.
Mrs Blanche Nichols has left L
! spend the winter with her daughter
Mrs. J. b. Mckeon, Of East Tawas.
n Miss Rhea Wilcox spent Thanks
\ giving with her father in Flint
Sigmund Seitner and family O
Flint spent Thanksgiving with Jos
Klein and family.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-12-05
SUMNER CENTER


The town hall at the Center is
nearly completed 1t is Of brick and
is a very nice building.
Lena Johnson ate Thanksgiving
dinner with her brother, Leo. at the
Lansing Training Station. Leo has
been confined to his bed for five
weeks with pneumonia resulting from
influenza.
Frank Gees entertained relatives
from Lansing Thanks giving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Null have gone to
spend the winter with their daugh-
ter near Alma
Burt Martin viii move 10 Alma
soon.
VIM. Lowell will return to his home
at Elm Hall next week, after visiting
here for several days
Albert Robinson and family ATE
Thanksgiving dinner with Charles
Num- al Riverdale.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-12-05

William Stuyverson and wife have
moved TO Elkhart, Indiana.
John Baney recently received word
from France that his son, Howard. is
in the base hospital as result Of
being overcome with mustard gas.
James Leslie was in Saginaw last
week Wednesday.
Archie Humm and wife are visit
ing in Detroit and Cincinnati.
Miss Mary Roosevelt spent Thanks
giving at her home in Decatur, Ill
Mrs. Maud Rowland has been visit
ing for short time with Mrs. Nellie
Fields.
Miss Louise Tuger visited her sis
ter in Saginaw last week.
Clare Madden from the u. of NJ.
spent Thanksgiving with his parents.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-12-05
WEST PINE RIVER

Miss Mae kycs Of Alma was nome
over Thanksgiving.
Miss Beatrice Barry of Alma was
home for Thanksgi giving.
Cha~ Williams and family of Alma
ate Thanksgiving dinner at the home
of 4 " Cohoon.
Misses Marion and Mildred BARLEY
Of Ithaca and Mt Pleasant respect
ively, were home over Thanksgiving.
George Hatch Of Grand Rapids,
who has been visiting here the pas,
two weeks, has returned home.
r. NJ Kyes and family received
word last week that their cousin, Mrs
Albert Dayton. Of Grand Ledge had
died of influenza.
Victory Bread best by taste -69-4c
Smoke the best, Wanigas.- 64-tf
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-12-05
HE66010sy MHs5As0n1

I'M the house physician you
u should send for Immediately
when one Of youl water. steam
or gas pipes go on rampage
or when you have made up your
mind 10 install some new kitch-
N or bathroom conveniences.
That supply line is where we
shine.
T.. J. HU BIB ARD
POI w. Superior st.
Uu,On 66 Bell 249
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-30
MiIIerS Nearly
Al Ne1C Players

Hr,nnaspolis. Nina, April 30.--Yir--
tuaiiy An entire new team VIII kFget
local baseball fans this year Wnen ~ W
Minneapolis club swings into 49,
AmerIcan association pennant rae.
Tudring by preseason training al9
nractfce games the pitching 49,
looms up aa the strongest department
OF the team. go. 7,t~hard
ssAfiittH VSiMinma, @. II. Ihieman Al ~.
claude Thomas, OF last year tsALh'
ffharies Robertson and Paul MusseLs
rerentiv obtained from the Chicaso
Americans. and ID. -. ponalasohs
Yeertiit from Pittsburgh. Frank 0Wea ~
JF. Casey, and Bachant VIII ~
barbeton duty. The inneld Will ~
nicked from Jack knight gaEl Paw Paw
Yer. Harry Wolfe. S. Weidell, >. WeF
deli and Kelley. -. ,,et-
me 5utaeld will consist OF the Yss-
eran. Dave Altizsr, and two others "
ba obtained from major league tst 1Ils
Instead of going 20 Hickman. hs.'
for spring training els In former yea n, =
The WiTlers have been working ont ~
the local ball park. Warm WeaAa .I
cnunled with the late opening ~ 80
hasebaiI season, has enabled the PLY
era to round into excellent shape LOT
the getaway.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-30

FARGO HIGH
TO HAVE TEAM
DESPITE LOSS
Coaching Work VIII Be In
Competent Hands,
Eghe Announces

The fact that Ia u. Heinz, athletic
director OF the Fargo high school has
been called for military service ana
leaves tonight for his home at cam
eron, Mo, will not halt Fargo highs
preparations for a track and neld
team for the state meet at the UnlveF-
Hity or North Dakota at Grand FORKS
"a May, 1t was announced today by. y.
G. Tighe, faculty director Of athletics.
cit Is. Of course, unfortunate thaI
we must lose Mr. Heinz" Mr.. Tighe
said, "but we shall continue our prep
Rrations for d track and field team 70
represent Fargo high IN the state
meet ct Grand Forks in May. While
no successor II 20 be named Tor Mt.
Heinz, I am safe IN saying that the
coaching OF the team will be placed IN
competent hands.
THE interciass meet on Dacotah
field al the agricultural college this
afternoon will give US a chance 20
select the most promising team from
the so athletes who are out Tor the
team"
Mr.. HeinEg call came Monday morn
ing after having been delayed IN the
malls ten days. The order was 10 re-.
port at once.