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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15
MAY Be IN TOUCH
WITH ABDUCTORS
COughIin Ready to Pay S12,-
600 For Return of Baby.
GETS ANOTHER LETTER
LIZ tier
kidnapers Are Thought to Have For
warded Proof-communicaton is
Signed "the Crank"

NOrriStOWn, June ia statement
indicating that George II. Coughlin.
father of Bakely Coughlin, who was
kidnapped from his crib on June 9,
has entered into negotiations with the
abductOrS was given OUT by the father.
1t was given to the newspapers
with the request that it be used lust
as he dictated it, indicating that he
was acting under Instructions.
The statement was short one. In
the first paragraph he tells of receiv-
ing a letter and a demand for S12-
600 from a man signing himself "the
Crank" The father believes it au-
thentic. In the short second para
graph the parent signifies his willing
ness to negotiate.
The father said he would take no.
body into his confidence, including the
police, relatives, friends and his law
yer. He wants the baby, he said, and
will run no risk of being the cause
for injury to Blakely.
The abductors are believed to have
complied with the fathers demand
that they send picture of the baby
to show that they really have his
thirteen-mOnth-Old son in captivity.
The fact that he has departed from
the rule he made not to give any
statements regarding mail received
until such proof was furnished is
ed beyond a doubt that he is dealing
with the abductors.
From sources other than the family
it was learned that Mr.. COughlin re-
ceived letter demanding ransom
from Atlantic City This is believed
to the one signed 'the Crank" but
the kidnaperS are not thought to he
near the shore resort.
The demand for $4,000 ransom is
! in excess of what the father announc.
ed he would be able to pay last week
At that time he offered $4,000 for the
return of his son. The sum, he said
: was all he could get together
The letter from 1.-THE Crank" was
culled from more than thirty received
as the genuine demand for ransom
Others sought to impose on the grief
stricken parents and get money with
out returning the child.
A letter was received last week from
! the Crank" it is said, and the last
one contained the proofs the father
deemed necessary before going furth,
err into the affair. The nature of the
answer the father gave to the first
letter is not known.
In the last letter the kidnaper said
that Baby Coughlin had completely
recovered from the cold with which
he was suffering when abducted. A
detailed description of the COughlin
home and grounds and other proof is
said to be in the letter.
Baby Coughlin was stolen about two
o'clock in the morning A ladder was
placed against the Coughlin home on
Sandy Hill road, near the nursery
window The kidnapers entered by
the ladder and stole the baby
Mr.. COughlin heard the noise, but
when he finally found that Blakely
was gone, the abductors had made q
clean getaway No real clue to their
identity and hiding place was found
The police have virtually abandoned
the chase because of the absence OF
clues
Mrs Coughlin and her husband snf;
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ARMY SERGEANT
SHOOTS DESERTER
Youthful Bridegroom Probably
Fatally Wounded.
POLICE ARREST ASSAILANT
Young Man Was Shot as He Waves
to Former Comrades From a Truck
He Was Driving.

He Was Driving.
Philadelphia, June ia youthful
army deserter was shot and probably
fatally wounded by sergeant of the
guard when he dashed past the camp
of his former comrades in a motor
truck and waved to them.
He is John j. Stevens, nineteen,
1427 Panama street, a former private
in the air service, more lately a truck
driver and bridegroom of month.
The man who shot him is Sergeant
Roger Gay, of Balloon company IS,
street and the Parkway, on recruiting
service
81 feel mighty bad about it," said
Gay, who was arrested by the police
and turned over for military court
martial to his officers, who said he
had done his duty.
Yes, | deserted" gasped Stevens
in an ante-mOrtem statement, accord
ing to the police, at the MedicO-Chi
rurgical Hospital. Il heard the SER
geant yell at me to halt, but l didn't
have time to stop the truck"
Hes just a kid and didn't know
what strict rules there are in the
army" said his mother, Mrs. Mary
Stevens, 2411 Delaney street, who
with his young bride, went to the hos
pital.
Stevens was shot through his left
lung The shooting occurred as he
drove his truck down the Parkway
for the second time during the day.
When he first went past the camp he
was recognized and orders were is
sued to the guard to get him if pos
Sble The police of the Twentieth
and ButtonwOod streets station also
were mortified. On the return trip Ser
geant Gay ordered Stevens to halt,
drew his pistol and fired once in the
air and a second time at the truck.
The bullet went through the seat and
hit Stevens.
Stevens enlisted Il year ago in Bal
loon company IS About eight months
ago he was transferred to Balloon
company Is. Last November, accord
Ing u HIS blllteiS, lit was put III Nuo
tody for assaulting non-commission-
ed officer and was sent to the army
hospital near Baltimore under guard
to undergo an operation.
Shortly afterWard he returned 70
this city, telling relatives he had been
given leave to see his mother. Off
GERS said he had no leave. He did
not return to The hospital, instead.
getting job with the motor truck
hauling firm of John P. HOrlacher,
Twelfth and Vine streets. month
ago he married Miss Marie Cooper.
Sergeant Gay, who was arrested,
had a hearing before Magistrate Car
ney. He will be sent to Aberdeen,
Md, for court-martial, in custody OF
Lieutenant Emerson, Of the balloon
company.
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PREDICTS THIRD PARTY
Amos Pinchot Says Roosevelt Follow
ers Will Have Candidate.


Chicago, June 15.-Declaratior by
Amos PlnchOt, member of the commit
tee of forty-eight, there positively
would be a new party presidential
candidate in the field. rumOrs Senator
Lafollette would head ticket as
presidential candidate, and announce
ment the campaign in behalf of Sena-
tor Warren G. Harding, Republican
presidential nominee, would be start
ed, promptly were the outstanding de-
velopmentS following the Republican
national convention.
The statement by Mr.. Pinchot de-
clared the Republican party has driv-
en- out of representation in its coun-
ellis the millions of vO!ers who follow
ed Roosevelt, Johnson and Lafollette,
and that the new party will represent
these voters and present a definite
and constructive program"
Reports concerning Senator Lafol-
lette's possible candidacy were less
clearly defined and in some instances
were linked with declarations made
in behalf of the committee of forty
eight.
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B0ISNEvIk FORCES
POURING INTO KIEV
Thirty-three Divisions Have
Been Identified.
ave

Warsaw, June 15.-The BOlshivikl
are pouring into the kieV region,
backed by the greatest number OF Ill
visions the Poles have ever faced
The Poles are Withdrawing their main
forces.
The BOlSheviki are entering the
Kiev district from the south through
territory first oyerrun by the cavalry
of General Budenny. Opposite kleV
the Bolsheviki have encountered diff
culties in crossing the Dnieper owing
mainly to the fact that the bridges
had been destroyed by the Poles.
Polish troops which were with
drawn from Kiev now occupy line
running from the lower Pripet river
through Malin and Jitomir to Berdi-
chef. The battle is continuing.
Heavy fighting is reported at vari'
Gus points in the region, the Poles
giving up ground only where they are
outnumbered.
The BOlshevik concentration for the
recapture of kiev has been in progress
for a month.
Thirty-three divisions have been
identified in the concentration through
captured prisoners.
On various parts of the front re,
Gently German handgrenade throwers
have been captured and also a num-
Der of orders written in German.
Some of these Germans were brought
up against the Poles after the defea:
of General Denikine.
The last word from the American
Red Cross workers was that they
would evacuate Kiev with the Poles.
The Americans had several automo-
biles and it is believed at the Warsaw
headquarters that the Americans are
safe, even if the railroads have been
cut. The Americans include Major
Bruce Mohler, of Fremont, o.; Major
Alfred Plankers and nine others.
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Standing of the Clubs.
Why Colds Are DangerOus.

You are oIten told to beware of
cold" bat Why We will tell you:
Every cold weakens the lungs, low
ers the vitality and paves the way
for the more serious diseases. Peo-
pie who contract pneumonia, first
take cold. The longer a cold hangs
OIL the greater the danger. especially
from the germ diseases, as a cold
prepares the system for the recep-
ton and development of the germs
of consumption. diptheria scarlet
fever and whooping cough. The
quicker you get rid Of your cold. the
less the danger of contracting one
Of these diseases. Chamberlain
Cough Remedy has a great reputa-
ton as a cure for colds and can be
depended upon. 1t is pleasant to
tske.-Adv.
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Davis For Folks Post.

Washington, June 15.-Norman Fl.
Davis, Tennessee, was appointed by
President Wilson to be under secre,
tary of state. He will assume his du-
ties today, succeeding Frank L. Polk
resigned. Mr.. Davis resigned last
week as assistant secretary of the
treasury to accept the post. He was
one Of the advisers to the American
peace delegation at Paris.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15
Aohoken Shows Decrease.

Washington, June 16.-The census
figures show: HobOken, n. j., 6S,l66,
decrease, 215S, or 81 per cent; Re
we're, Mass, 2S,S23, increase 106O4, or
$50 per cent; Granite City, ILL.,, A.
1857, increase 1854, or 40 per cent ;
Moundsville, w. Va, 1O,669, increase
1851. or 1875 per cent; Sandusky, o.,
22.S97, increase, 2909, or 145 per cent :
Cumberland, Md, 29,837, increase,
-0oo or 26 ner cent
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15
SUGAR EMBARGO PLANNED
Exports Since January Are Placed
at 100000 Tons.

Exports Since January I Are Placed
at 100000 Tons.
Washington, June 15.-An embargo
on the export of sugar is included in
the plans of the department of just
ice for relieving the nationwide sugar
shortage.
A. w. Riley, special assistant to the
attorney general, so announced.
Exports during 1920 already have
exceeded exports for the whole of last
year, Mr.. Riley said. Exports for
1919 included 211,OOO tons of Ameri,
can owned sugar, while from Janu-
ayy l to May 81 exports of American
sugar amounted 20 100000 tons.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15

fered collapses last week, but are
bearing up better now thai they be-
lieve their baby will be safe at home
as soon as arrangements can be made
with the criminals
Mr.. Coughlin repeated his promise
not to prosecute the kidnapers.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15
A Timely Suggestion

The next time you have cough
or cold try Chamberlain's Cough
Kennedy. 1t is pleasant to take and
you are sure to be pleased with the
relief which it affords. This rem
edy has a wide reputation for its
cures for coughs and colds.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15
BOMB AT CARUsO OPERA
Several Members of Chorus Injured
By EXPLOSION in Havana.

BY Explosion in Havana.
Havana, Cuba. June 15.-Several
members of the chorus and persons in
the audience were injured, one seri-
ously, when bomb was exploded dur
ing a performance at the National
Theatre.
The explosion occurred in the sec
ond act of the opera Aida" shortly
before Enrico Caruso was due to ap-
pear for his last performance here.
The police have arrested the thea
tres painter on suspicion.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15
EIeeinn Storm. Killed in Tunnel

V'eIkeS-Barre. Pa, June 13.-Durin2
the terrible storm, Robert Murray
fortv-tivr years Old. of Askam, sought
shelter IN the tunnel of The Wilkes,
Barre and HazletOn railroad. He fell
against the third rail and Died in
SANITY. The body was found several
hours later.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15
JAIL FOR DEFYING COURT
Prison Governor Given Years Sen.
tence For Contempt

tence For Contempt.
Montreal, June 15.-George S. Mala-
pert, governor of the st. Vincent de
Paul penitentiary, was sentenced by
Justice DuclOS to a years imprison-
ment for contempt of court in refus-
ing to produce two long-term prison
prs on a writ of habeas corpus OBJ
tanned by their counsel.
Malapert said he refused to pro-
duce the men on the advice of the
minister of justice and disputed the
jurisdiction of Justice DuclOS.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15
s75O,OOO,OOO IN INCOME TAX
This Estimate on Second InstalEment
nnA TndaM

7 MS EStImate on Second 1nsta11mentJ
Due Today.
Washington, June 15.-Second in
its taxes for 1919, due today, will
yield the government $75O,OOO,O00
This was estimated by the bureau
of internal revenue.
Collections Of income and excess
profits taxes during March amounted
to nearly s919,OOO,OOO. This repre-
sented the first installment of income
and excess profits taxes and collec-
tons on account of additional assess
ments on 1917 and 1918 returns.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15
Irish Raid Masnnic Hall

Belfast. June 15.-Thr Masonic hall
Inch Island, North Donegal. was
attacked !! raiders. The insignia
was mutilaced, Rfhle torn 10 pieces
and the furniture badly damaged.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15
ASPIRIN

"Bayer Tablets OF Aspirin" is gen
uine Aspirin proved safe by millions
and prescribed by physicians for over
twenty years. Accept only an I'M
broken "Bayer package" which con-
tains proper directions to relieve
Headaches, Toothache, Earache, Neu-
ralgia Rheumatism, Colds and Pain.
Handy tin boxes of IL tablets cost
few cents. Druggists also sell larg-
err "Bayer packages" Aspirin is
trade mark Bayer Manufacture
Observation-Disclosures of Salicylicacid.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At Observation-Disclosures, 6;
Philadelphia, l. Batteries-CoOper,
Schmidt; Gallia, Tragressor.
Al New York-St. Louis, Z; New
York, 4. BatterieS-Schupp, Dilhoe-
fer; Nehf, Snyder
At Brooklyn-BrookIyn 8; Cincin-
natl, 7. Batteries-CadOre, Kruger;
Fisher WingO.
At Boston-Chicagoi {; Boston, |.
O'Neill
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15
Two Killed in Dynamitinq Fish.

TWO NT11eU TT DyHdIIIITITg TOT.
Miami, Fla, June 15.-Two men
were blown to atoms and third bad
ly injured when eight pounds of dy-
Mantle exploded on board their boat
at Middleriver. The party had been
dynamiting fish.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15

Tentirelv relieved. I also took the NtSe-
table Compound before my last baby
came and am thankful to say that it re-
klieved my sufferings very much and L
shall never be without it at such times.
l have told others of its great worth
and shall keep on telling it."-Nlrs. ED.
THOMAS, Box lS4, Morrice, Mich.
Women should rot continue to suffer
dav in and day out and drag out siekly,
falf-hearteG existence, missing three
:aurths of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
= geta5le Compound.
II Won would like free confidential ad-
vice address Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., YIN, Mass.
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with dizziness every
morning so that I
could hardly get
around. I had heard
from other women
about your medicine
and had read letters
about it so my hus-
band got me Lydia
E. Pinkhan's Vege-
t q lie Compound
which 7 took accord
ing to directions and
in a short time ! was
r 49, +ooly 4ho Nonn-
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mrs, thomas
' il'y':o3, Fl WOMEN
49,. l.. g Great Good Lydia
Z. .@ii in. :; Vegetable
Ger, DC l4nd lid For Her.

Morricc. Mich--''About a year after
nv second baby was born l suffered
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-15
BEAR OH.
For Your Hair

YotE asvsr sa,O q bald I.didn
They don't use perfumed lotions.
For ages they used bear oil, with
other potent ingredients from
the fields, moors and forests of
Nature. A reliable formula is
koTALko. Indiana elixir for
hair and scalp. Astonishing sue
cess in overcoming DANDRUFF.
stopping FALLING HAIR: and
inducing NEW GROWTH in
many cases when all else failed.
Investigate $500, money
sYaroHtss. For men, women,
children. Keen this advertise
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ment. Show others. Positively wonderful Buy
kATAlko at the drug store: send ~ cents
(silVer or stsmps) for proof box and guarantee to
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IF THIS COMPANY
WERE YOURS

YOU WOULD WANT give good telephone service.
YOU WOULD WANT to keep the property good and
expand the requirements of the public
YOU WOULD WANT pay sufficient wages to maintain an
efficient and conented organization.
YOU WOULD WANT SUFFICIENT REVENUE to do all
this and give you fair return your investment
WE WANT TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS; in fact
consider them all part obligation. AT present.
however, find that for fixed by
public reguaonae barely sufficient operating
expenses with enough remaining for the
capital invested IN business
WE MUST BUY AND BUILD equipment market
prices We must pay fair wage employees and
the money borrow. We must do all this In
order provide continuously satisfactory quantity and
grade of
THEREFORE,, when things reach pass
barely operating expense, must do
doing Go before the authorities and apply for
sufficient keep up standard and
yield
THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC
TELEPHONE COMPANY
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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-09-17
SCHOOL AGAIN.

Ever since the time of Shakespeare
we have been reading OF the winning
schoolboy" who drags YEARLY and re
sentfullv to school under the sharp
goading of compulsion.
A good deal of this has been bun
combe.
! OF course there are schoolboy5 and
schoolgirls who dislike school ana
have to be driven. Nut it is no more
fair to take these as types than to
assume that every child has the ambl'
ton of a prize scholar whose booNs
are his only JOY
& The fact is that there are all sort
4 of children in the schools, just as
there are all sorts of adults in the
world at large. In the registration
lists this fall are the names OF thoo
sands of children who are as anxious
to learn as the copybooka tell them
gthey ought to be.
/ And even when there IS rcluctance
to go to school it is only tar to re
member that children are as conscrVd-
tive as their parents Many Of them
have been thinking in terms OF Naca-
ton life and hate to change.
The ideal way. according to small
uhcv. would be to continue vacation
and do his duty by his books at the
same time. Boys and girls have no
monopoly on the desire to be doing
two things in two places at one ana
the same time.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-09-17
OUT OF "PLUM g."

There is one thing the world needs
Pre- eminently--th sense OF proper
ton That was lost during the war.
This monstrous thing happened
that men who ordinarily would not
hurt fly found themselves, with gun
IN their hands, killing their fellow
creatures, which whom they had ne
quarrel whatever, and being pFaiscU
I for doing It. There was an immense
moral topsy-.urvcy. All the regllia
lions of orderly life were Knocked al
What the conscience OF mankind hau
4 considered crime was regarded a.
worthy of all praise
All the high sanctions and but
stresses of life lost their meaning And
when the war. was over millions ol
mon. luoscd from the task of killing,
found themselves lacking in the sense
CT proportion. The whole world in
sisted upon q new life formula
There was to be the minimum OF
WORK and the maximum OF enjoyment
All the desirable things of life were
to be had for the asking. Large bod
lies of men made their demands,
which outraged every economic law
The corporations. which kept the in
dllstrial world going. had to submit
or close their plants.
Sobriety of thought had taken flight,
. The sense Of order and proportion wa
lost Because, during The war, the
chief thing in the world was force. OF
aanTed industrial bodies threatened
the economic fabric
L.. = ,,FI
and if the demand is not complied
with there Is a strike, accompanied
with violence.
The HIGHER the wages the higher
tho nricos or the ncccsgarics of life
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-09-17
NOT AN INSULATED CASE
Many Similar Cases in Ottawa and
ViCtnity

This Ottawa woman story given
hero is not an isolated case by any
means, week after week. year att"r
year, your ncighbors are telling SINH.
lar good news.
Mrs. John Dcis. lilS Illinois Ave,
Ottawa, says; i have found Duan =
Kidney Pills a reliable medicine and
] recommend them to everyone Sultcr.
ing from kidney trouble had u
sore and lame back and ! had pains
through my bladder. My kidneys
acted very irrceularly. got quick re
lief from all those symptoms Whom !
used Doan's Kidney Pills
Price COO, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy --
get Doans Kidney Pills--the same
that Mrs. Deis had. Foster-M'l-
burn Co., Mira., Buffalo, \. \
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-09-17
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