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unique. The father was instructed to 20
to bridge that spans the Lehigh River
Mt bethlehem, Pa There, the letter read,
he would find hidden in q certain spot a
small bag with string attached to it.
The money was to be placed in the bag
and the bag thrown into the river
Apparently the plan was for the author of
the letter to be at the other end of the
string some distance away and haul the
bag with the ransom out Of the river.
Within two weeks after the baby was
stolen no fewer than thirty offers to re-
turn the missing child for a ransom were
received by the parents. How much these
false clues added to their anguish only q
father or mother can appreciate.
At last there came a letter which showed
such an intimate knowledge OF the interior
of tho Coughin home and of various facts
concerning the kidnapping that MIR. Cough
lin and his wife were firmly convinced
that only one who had had share in the
crime could have written it, 1t was signed
''Thc Crank" and il promised to return the
child for $4,000.
After asking the police and detectives
to withdraw from tho case. Coughlin be-
gan long series Of personal negotiations
with the man signing himself 1.-THE Crank"
The father exchanged messages with him
through the newspapers and by telephone,
and the character of every reply he e.
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The county commissioners offered a re-
ward OF $1,000 for tidings of little Blake
ley Coughlin His parents, frantic with
grief employed an army OF private dctcc-
tives to hunt for him. The search covered
nos only the whole State Of Pennsylvania,
but the entire nation.
10 make the torture tho grief-stricken
parents were undergoing NIL the more
cruel. they began to be tantalized with
letters Offering to return the boy alive if
paid sums ranging from $4,000 to $4,000.
All these lettcrs-which raised such for d
hopes only to turn them to disappointment
Are believed to have been cruel fakes.
Tho plan outlined for the delivery Of tG o
ransom in one OF these letters was quite
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CoughIn Showing the Ladder
Which Baby Coughn Was

.orc. hs Mr.. Coughlin recalled, about a
week before. he had found. leaning against
the side Of the house one morning lust
beneath The nursery window, a wooden
hiI'o about eight feet long, such aa are
used by children to play on lie made in
pnrcs and found that neither Of his older
hpya or anyone else about the house had
placed the slide in this position It was
quite clear that a man, or even n woman.
with Il little agility could have by this
ncans reached the gecond.story wndov..
EIt although the incident Of the s,itr
rave proof that the crime had len
planned long IN advance. /, did no: ID
cs'abilHh tho identity or the kidnnppers Or
locate the whereabouts OF the stolen cr lid.
LCL 1920. Inlc1nhllo unl Eontl,rc Scrricc In.
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little Baby Coughlin, the Kidnapped Child.


W. ''S' HeoI se IL ooushln' OF
" No'i'S'o"h' "a, sang her thir-
zee" months Ola naoy TO sleep on
VIC ''S"tHs % June iast she little
,-''' "ou'a never lay eyes on
on'!u asalh-that before morning
"'"'u nave Nahlsheu as
o. '"S caltn Aau opened ana
Nun up
'''a is eNact!E what happened
.''''" au'inE 'he nigAt kidnappers
"p i"u"e' ana through the
80, .ne S'eeP'ns ooy
- anu ieu MN away with
t'"' 'ii"l moment ali trace or lit
No"s"ii" Is ioS'
''."" NV" months nave gone by,
CIV S'''' Gus ''ioSl cruel most pathetic OF
'u't' 't'i'"''lS mystery
-" =! US ie""r"S oheFed, de-
'he !ehgth ana
800" " '''o '''iu' thousands OF dollars
~ o' ''ie search not lhclud-
i'R me Siz'o"o winch the distracted father
was oNpeN INTO giving swindler quite as
hcartlcss as the wretches who stole tho
child I'm all in vain No. o 80 49,
;,,,,,..,,,. W. oHc Vi inc
WHY" Ha'o been run
"""" mas re'r.ied Tue whereabouts of
E'akeiey Couwhli!f or given the distracted
parents any real ground for bono -. a..
hah, vii, a,..,. ,,..i' ~ '''pe '''a' the
" ~ i''"'ito 10 their arms.
Where me DahE was taken, who it was
that stole him, whether he Is dead or
alive-these are ouestions c,b;cr :, ,,,a
,,,,;,-o,,. III, which 1t seems
~, go ne answered 1t is not
what motive WI
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Great britain Rights Reserved.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
.jOHN D'S GIFTS
$5O0,0O0,0OO
Oil Kings Latest Donation Of
500, 1853, 1857 Gives Him
World Record.

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-The worlds
record for stupenGous public bene-
factions is held today by John ID.
Rockefeller, whose latest gift OF
$50, 763,357 to the Laura Spelman
Rockefeller Memorial, brings his
total donations up TO nearly half
billion dollars.
CARNEGIE FAR OUTsTRIPPED.
The aggregate amount given away
by AIr. Rockefeller to various institu-
tions and organizations IL estims ted
at SI75. 0O0.OO0, which exceeds the
late Andrew Carnegie's gifts by
Sl25, 900. 900.
The donation TO the Laura SpelmSn
Rock efeller Memorial, an organiza-
ton founded In memory OF the oil
msgnate's late wife to carry on re-
ligious and charitable work 3" which
she Was interested. was bounced
by John ID. Rockefeller. il. Women
and children will be chiefly benefit
ed. The money will be divided among
more than twenty different institu-
tions.
Announcement was made that Their.
will be no religious limitations upon
the distribution of the money. Some
OF il will be used for m visionary work
abroad; part will be used for the re-
lief of poor Italian families at Cleve-
land, Ohio. and part will go TO the
Palisades Interstate Park Commits
sion. The foregoing use up only a
fraction of the whole, however.
SOME RECENT GIFTS.
Mr.. Rock donations for
philanthropic work up to 1915 totaled
$3.50. 900 900. The gifts announced
since then follow:
Rockefeller foundation. $50 600. 900 4:
general education board. $4,000. 900 (;
Rock efeller Institute, $10.0O0,OOU 4.
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial,
500. 163. 900.
A large proportion OF the aggregate
donations is for scientific work in
fighting disease and for the spread
Of education.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
RED CROSS CLOSES
ROLL CALL TODAY
Faithful Workers Turn In
Quotas and Many Commend
ed for Untiring Efforts.

The fourth Red Cross roll call Of
the District of Columbia Chapter will
como to an official end today. Al
though headquarters at l41t r street
northwest will be closed, number
Of teams will continue soliciting in
an effort to assist the committee in
reaching tho chapter quota of 5000
members Headquarters will be open
tomorrow and Saturday to receive
returns from the Government depart
ments and other sources who have
not as yet reported.
The work Of tho auXiliarics ceased
last night and to the faithful per
formances of the women connected
with them much of the favorable 70
suits SO far attained can he trac"d
TO other energies. They We're on duty
day and night at'thc Union Station.
the hotels. banks, thcaters, stores.
and office buildings.
Volunteers from national and Pc
tomac division headquarters can
Nassed the city yesterday afternoon
and helped TO swell tho membership
roll. From National there came Mrs
l.. McWhorter Mrs. r. =. Richardson
Mrs. Bertha Knee. and the Misses II.
Haskell. l.. Bateman. Gertrud"
Fletcher. Pauline Drathcragc. Camil-
la Soldano. @. Wright and Rose
Prentice. From tho Potomac division
there were Mrs. Amy L. Van Ripper.
Miss Mary Graf. and Miss Bertha
Pcyson.
Among the volunteers. whose work
at Wardman Park Inn and the Will
lard Hotel caused commentator was
MS j. a. Selby. In one night she
secured SI5 at the former place.
Miss u. Z. Patterson sent in her
Checl; FOR SiOo a. her donation for
chapter uses. Freedman Brothers en-
rolled 100 PEI cent.
Assisting Mrs. Mary II. Harvey OF
the Piney Branch auxiliary during tho
roll call We're Mrs. !. \. Chamberlain
Mrs. Edwin NJ. Hasbroucll. Mrs. Il. l..
Hackenberger, Mrs. Harry Livingston.
Mrs. Frank Burger. Mrs. W. r.
kirkam. Mrs. VI. o. Ericsson. Mrs. NJ.
G.. Gibbs. Mrs. Percy Adams. Mrs. ],
G. Mcdowell, Mrs. An4 Scott Wolfe
Miss Isabel Oldfeld. PISS Marie Car
land. Miss katheru Aqen. Miss Julie
Eckel. Miss Elcnor Inch and Miss
Grace Chamberlain.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25

his nose smashed, az ! was able to
sec.
james Macdonagh got two sharp
cuts with whip on tho bare flesh
and Informed me that the indignity
was worse than the pain. Several
other young fellows whom 7 met had
been kicked as we'll az beaten.
"A family Of four young men. named
Feeney. living with their widowed
mother on a farm at CORDIALLY. had i
worse experience the night b"foro.
found them all at home. and their
story was obviously truthful.
tom. the eldest. was greeted oy
tho raiders-two of whom had black.
ened fac~s--as "A notorious rebel lie
had a halter put around his neck, and
his trousers taken down before he
was beaten with n ropes end on Lho
bare skin. willy and Martin were
also whipped and otherwise maltreat-
ed. the former being so violently
struck with a revolver butt that he
nearly lost consciousness.
zone OF the raiders said to Tom
Feency, You've had your day We are
going to have ours now
The party is reported to have worn
Scotch caps, and presumably belonged
therefore to the Il. !. c. auxiliary
corps of ex-officers.
1T seems to have been the same
party which an hour or two later car
red off John Raftery. licensed
grocer. from his home at Corofir
(where ! personally verified the facts
and. after similarly assaulting him
left him to walk home as best he
could at o'clock in the morning.
These incidents, it should be noted
have nothing to do with reprisals
They are simply disciplinary meas
ures.' Old police, new recruits and
auxiliary cadets all appear to be
equally involved.
Examples could be multiplied to
the point OF tedium.
There is such a mass of evidence
on the whole system that no possible
doubt about its deliberate application
can exist in the mind OF any visitor tc
Galway. Az ! have already said, il
probably will succeed up to point
and for time.
80 also did the Russian knout."
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
GOAL UMPIRE TELLS
OF KILLINGS AT GAME

LONDON, Nov. 25--James Murphy,
who took part as goal umpire in the
football game at Croke Park. Dublin,
last Sunday, declares to a Daily News
representative that the police began
the shooting that had such fatal re-
suits and that there was no provoca-
tive firing either at the outset or
later, by any one taking part in or
watching the game. Murphy insists
too that an impartial inquiry would
reveal that the number of persons
killed or wounded is higher than that
made public by the English authori-
ties in Dublin.
play had been in progress about
eight minutes" says Murphy. "when
police auxiliaries appeared on the top
of the railway embankment that
oyerlooks the ground and Immediate
~ opened fire Unfortunately. Two
OF my chums, who were standing near
the goal posts, fell dead. They, like
myself, served in the South African
campaign and in the late war
ITO the cry OF Let them have it"
the police auxiliaries fired into the
crowd as it stampeded for the exits,
trampling those who fell. The cries
OF those who were shoot or trampled
were pitiful to hear. l saw several
knees to escape the fre."
IF only government would begin.
its beginning would serve as an act
OF repentance for England's long mis-
government of this country" said
tho archbishop Of Tuam in an inter-
view he gave yesterday to ID. w.
Nevenson, the Daily Herald's special
correspondent in Ireland. First, in
the conditions Of a truce, would be
The withdrawal of the Black and
Tans; second would be the reservation
OF the Catholic workers in Belfast. I
think the Labor Party's suggestions
might form basis of agreement. but
in view of the principles laid down
Ivy the recent Irish peace conference
ne Irish people would never go back
on their demand for such a measure
of autonomy as would secure recogni-
ton of their nationality and self
government"
The British secret service has dis
covered extensive plots organized by
The Sim Fein against citizens and
property in London, Manchester
Liverpool. and other parts of this
country, the Daily Graphic states.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25

Lct Hc u'S"rloc nov III" system
which produces this strange result of
des,royjnr tho machine and increasing
$500 ,,., =,
''' '"'p'N - o"e "'''''''3''
Is comparatively simple system to
work once the prellminaries have been
arranged. By the usual methods OF
beleaguered governments. whether in
Ireland or in Russia. fairly complete
and accurate list OF active revolu-
tonaries has been secured. Win TINS
as a chart. the police methodlcaily
set to work more than month ago
not, as Sir Hamar Greenwood puts H.
to prevent and detect crime and TO
arrest the criminal. but to strike ter
ror with so savage mana INTO the
heart or the whole community as I"
force II 10 evacuate, so to speak, It's
bad mem
They started by indiscriminat" mr.
ing and rather more discriminate
bombing. They have reached during
the last few days the stage of whole
The Washington times., 1920-11-25

exile with John Earlcycorn will have
a shining mark at which to shoot.
President-elect Harding isn't a
hard-boilcd addict but he does enjoy
a good smoke whenever he feels like
INDUCING. He's very versatile; any
kind Of a weed, provided II lie a good
ono. satisfies his cravings. Many ash
trays probably will be placed con-
veniently about the Presidents pri-
rate suite to- catch tho ashes that
have never been allowed to drop on
tho carpets for twenty long years.
President Mckinley used 10 enjoy
smoke hut Colonel Roosevelt Ia.
boued u all his life. The doctor
intcrfered with Mr.. Taft's occasional
cigars and he never INDUCED after
he entered the white House. As foe
President wilson-horrors'
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
love PIRATE
FACES ARREST.
Conrow to File Statutory
Charges Against Wife and
Richard Bodmar.

The tangie of domestic strife in
the Bodmer -Conrow case is slowly
unraveling.
A sick nine-yesr-old child named
Richard Bodmer lies in Children's
Hospital awaiting an unknown fu-
ture. He is a private patient at
tended by private physician and
the hospital refuses to disclose the
nature of his illness.
Little Amelie Conrow. who IL al
legged to have been sent to Holy Cross
Academy AS "Amelie Bodmer" and
tor whose possession her father Is
suing By means OF a habess corpus
Is alleged TO be in Chicago In. the
custody OF a young lady"
Amid the barrage OF suits and
counter-suits involved in the case,
Bodmer and Mrs. Conrow have an
bounced in Chicago that they expect
to get married December Z. following
the granting OF permanent decree
OF divorce TO Conrow on December 3.
In the meantime Detective Charles
II pa, =, Looao,a.tars haS
,a.o,od Thy - ~ nrsn.red m
1,. II, =
o',S.od,. s,a,u,a,u char.a nre.
ras.oI 49,, hw Sonrow
pnhar, NJ McNaiI Counsel FOR Mrs
Conrow. declares there is no ground
for the statutory charge ana SAID
the couple went to Chicago solely on
business. inasmuch as Mrs. Conro"
is treasurer OF the national bureau
or education, or whlch Bodmer 10
president
LIVED AS MAN AND WIFE.
7, i, L, ho,,ovor ,bat tho
49, ~ 80 ,i,,o as MAN
,,ira y, En,,;naton N,nor Third
sr,haas, ,o-rer,y
", ;r,on ca,,aaa ,ir,s school
go ara;,,, housc rrn nv +
-, q" 800 p.n,is, n,;nis,er A
,,i, w. hahaa. corn,,. was ask cd
aair., Nan.fu
na,;,o "a Coz, that ,,o civil for whose
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
JAIL 21O IRISH.
IN DUBLIN RAID.
Rioting Follows Troops Wake
and Typhoid Deepens Misery
in Skibbereen.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
death OF British soldiers and con-
stables probably would continue.
The British government is making
q strong appeal to the public to sup
port its Irish policy. Documents,
which were said TO have been cap
tured from Sim Feiners. are being
made public to support the charge
that the Irish planned to extend their
violence to England. Government Of
ficials charge that England was to be
the seat of a great campaign of ter
rorism within a few months. includ'
ing incendiarism, assassinations and
the dynamiting Of property.
BLACK AND TANs ACTIVE.
Raids by British troops and Black
and Tans continue throughout Ire
land, and the jails throughout the en-
tire country are rapidly filling to
toverflowins.
Two Roman Catholic priests were
arrested at Carrick on Shannon. More
than fifty persons were arrested in
military raids at Athlone.
Sir Hamar Greenwood will not rec
ognize the invitation to testify before
the unofficial American committee at
Washington investigating Irish af-
fairs.
IGNORE U. s. INVITATION.
When a query as to whether he
would go to Washington was sent in
TO the Irish secretary, he replied that
he could not discuss the matter at all.
Speaking for his chief, Sir Hamar's
secretary said:
"The matter is hardly worth con-
sideration at all. 1t is hardly likely
that a reply will be made to 1t. 1t
is certain there will be no official
answer. 1t is judged to be merely an
attempt on the part of the self-ap-
pointed American committee to ad-
Vertise itself. The idea that any rep
rcsentations will be made to the com
mittee by the Irish office, or that any
! representative will be sent TO testify
before an unofficial body SUCH as this.
is absolutely ridiculous"
Lord French, lord lieutenant OF Ire
land, who is at Dublin, also is expect
cd to ignore the invitation sent to
him to go to Washington to testify.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
IRISH BOARD ASKED TO
PROBE NEGRO KILLINGS

BOSTON, Nov. 25.--A request that
the Committee of One Hundred,
which is conducting hearings in
Washington on the Irish situation,
continue in session after the compile
lion of it's investigation for the pur-
pose of conducting hearings on the
1ynching OF negroes was sent to Os-
wald Garrison Willard, of New York.
and MISS Jane Adams, OF Chicago,
today by the Rev. NJ. A. N. Shaw.
president of the National Equal
Rights League. Tho request asks for
"a gathering of the facts of racial
injustice and mob murders"
The Washington times., 1920-11-25

President Roosevelt insugursted a
new era OF "smokeless days" at the
white House when he assumed office
in 1901. upon the death Of President
Mckinley, who courted Lady Nicotine
assiduously. Under the Administra-
ton OF William Howard Taft. Lady
Nicotine again was conspicuous by
her absence In the quiet Of the Presi-
dents study
Mr.. Wilson brought typewriter
into his private office. but he didn't
need the persuasive influence ~
either pipe ~ ciror to help settle the
momentous questions weighing on
his mind.
Nov things are going to he differ
ent. Vsrious ti-tobacco organlza-
ticns, which propose 90 make Lady
Niesttss . oompasion In perpetual
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
81 Marriage Licenses In
One Day Break All
D. {. Records.

Dan1 Cupid. the infant with tho
mprderous bow, has something to
be thankful for today.
The same being an honest days
work.
Yesterday DanI ovcrdid himself.
After he got through firing tho
marriage license clork found that,
by tho close Of business yesterday.
SS2 had been collected for licenses.
at 81 n throw. THIS number ex-
cceds ny - the largest previous
days record.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
MRs. MINNIE DRESSED.

Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie
Dressed. formerly Of Washington. wNc
died Tuesday morning at her home In
New York city, will be held tomorrow
morning at I0:3o o'clock at tho
chapel Of Frank Gcier's Sons con,
pany, TIA Seventh street northwest
Into rment will b" in NJ. Olivct Gene
terry. Mrs. Drcssers brother Law.
renee Ne johnson. Is manager NJ the
Hotel Pennsylvania in New York.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
BURSTING BOILER HURLS
BODIES BLOCK DISTANT

MADISON. Wis. Nov. @5.--Five per-
sons. four men and one woman, were
killed yesterday when large boiler
In the condensarV of tn" marketing
plant at Stoughton. Wisconsin, OK.
ploded.
The bodies we're blown almost q
block by the force Of the impact and
were so mutila'cd that idcnt fica ton
was difficult. The "a nse OF the IS.
plosion has not yet been determined.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
Hardir,g's Pipe to Be
First in White House
Study For 20 Year.

For the first time in twenty years. after March 4, the
Presidents private study in the White House will be filed
with the aromatic fumes of mady nicotine. They will
from the soothing pipe of Warren G. Harding.
Lady nicotine banished from the private suite of
Presidents in 1901, returning to favor with the
Administration.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
N. w. Suburb Gifts to Meet.

A special meeting OF the Northwest
Suburban CitI1cns' Association will
he held tomorrow night at the Ten
Icy school for discussion OF tho new
park proposition. All residents OF
thch community ara asked to attend.
Luther T.. Derrick IL president OF the
association
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
BIOLOGISTS to Meet.

Tho biological Society Of Washing
ton will hold It's slsth regular meet
ing at tho Cosmos club At o'clock
saturday night. \ council meeting
will be held Immediately preceding
tho regular meeting. illustrated Ice
lures will he given by !. Chest ~
BRADLEY and W. e. stafford. Spcci.
mems will be on exhibit.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
Constabulary Seeking
To Terrorize Irish.
London Writer Saws

LONDON, Nov. 25.--Iiugh Martin. in dispatch to
The Daily News from Galway. disputes the claim of the
government authorities that the Sim Fcn machine has been
smashed He declares shooings, kidnapping and similar
Outrages increasing.
His article. in part follows:
The Washington times., 1920-11-25

which have an intimate relation to
every ramification of civil, POLITICAL.
and social life.
GIANT TASK AHEAD.
America has had a very providen-
tial career so far, and to serious stu
dents the onward look is Of dis.
tinct divine purpose. The land has
had a supreme task to form it's vari-
Gus elements into a strong composite
nation.
There are innumerable "asons
for believing that we stand on the
threshold Of an important and vital
part in the destinies Of the human
race.
But Americas duty. North and
South, is not to rely on any notion of
abstract goodness or the strength 81
natural impulses. or on it's innate
might and Sbility.
sour trust in God and our convic-
ton that humanity's greatness comes
from Him, will support our onward
progress and secure our advancement
to the front when we shall inspire,
encourage, and direct every move
ment to the observance of civil lib-
eralities and the recognition of hu.
man rights.
WILL SAVE WORLD.
"The principles to which we have
sworn allegiance. and which, we pro-
claim, always govern our efforts, will
cause us to be be hailed as leaders
in saving the world and nations from
confusion and disorder.
And those principles are those
which rest on eternal Justice. and
have their origin In the recognition
OF divine sovereignty and the absolute
dependence OF divine help.
Among those present were Sec
rotary OF state Colby. Under Secretary
Of state Davis, Secretary OF AEricul-
ture Joshua Alexander. Secretary OF
Interior John II. Payne. Maj Cen.
Joseph A. LcJeune, Chief Justice
White. Justices McKenua, Gould and
Stafford, and AdniraIs Benson. Coontz
and MCGOWAN and other Government
officials.
DIPLOMATS ATTEND.
Ambassadors from Brazil. Chile.
Argentina, Peru, ministers from
Guatemala, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador,
Colombia, Costo RIGA, and Uruguay
and charge de'araires from Bolivia,
Panama, Nicaragua and Haiti were
present
Father Thomas. vino 10 pastor Of St
Pstrick's. gave . Luncheon 10 the dip
Ionasts following the mass.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25
PRIEST HELD PRISONER.

E-ON-SHANNON. ireland,
Nov. 25.--The removal of we'll
known 6cal priest to an unknown
destination by military officers
created great excitement here yester-
day.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25

A RMENIAN women Joined
their men folks in the re-
cent defense of Adana, Silesia,
when Turkish forces were be-
sieging the city. This girl sol
der left the cook house Of
the Near East Relief in Adams
10 fight.
The Washington times., 1920-11-25

ROBERT MURRAY. twelve.
Of Tacoma, Wash, who
possesses what Is said to be
the most remarkable voice in
the world. The ease with
which the boy sings notes
which have never before been
reached by the human voice
startled the experts gathered
TO hear him.