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VOL. LX. NO. 21,451—DAILY. To Be Sure of Getting The Evening World, Order in Advance from Your Newsdealer ARRESTS FAIL 10 CLEAR UP ~ MYSTERY IN KIDNAPPING OF NORRISTOWN, PA, BABY Police Unable to Connect Woman Suspect With Crime, May Release Her. PARENTS GET NO WORD. So Far as Known Abductors Have Not Made Demand in Any Way for Reward. (Goecial to The Evening World.) NORRISTOWN, Pa., June 6. — No trace has been found of Blakely Coughlin, thirteen-months-old son of Mr, and Mrs, George H. Coughlin, who fas kidnapped from a crib in his parents’ home at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. ‘But this is not the only cause of worry to the parents. It de- velops that at the time of Its disap- pearance the child was {lI with con- eestion of the hings and was under @ doctor's care. ‘ft ts the concern for the child’ condition, the thought that perhaps he will suffer intensely from. ¢x- posure, that he will fall ill from leck of attention by the abductors, that prompted the father to offer a reward of $6,000 for its return. But the announced ransom moncy hasn't brought a single response, won| cording to the family. No letter, no telephone call, no word of any kind that would show that the child was taken with the hope of reward. This puts a more serious face on the ease. | It carries the conviction that the child Wes taken for revenge or other sinister, motive, It is true that two suspects are in cells in City Hall here, but after hours spent in interrogation and in investigation, Catharine Dundon and Yames Malone, the suspects, are in a fair way of being released for lack of | evidence. | The arrest of Mrs. Dundon was! prompted by the fact of her former | employment jn the Coughlin home as cook. She stayed but three days, at) the end of which time she proved herself incapable and was sent away, | When she was looked for at her’ Conshonocken home and was . Rot | found the detectives were s0 Joubt- | ful that when she did turn up she was immediately locked up. During! der interrogation by the police she maintained that at the time of the kidnapping she was twenty miles away at the home of James Malone, No, 107 North Bighth Street, Phil delphie, Because of the woman swory Malone was taken into custody coo, Search of Malone's, room re- Wealed that he had been in the army, where hé served in the Rainbow Di- vision, An expert from the Philadelphia Police Department took the finger- prints of Mrs, Dundon und compared them with prints found in the room} where the baby slept. The result has | not been announced. Major C, Lownley Laraclere, at- terney for the Coughiins, who has been taking leading part in the search for the stolen child, denied flatly that ransom had been de- manded, ———-——- CHEAP SHOES IN CHICAGO. Olly to Pay June 6.—Shoes CHICAGO, talling at from $9 to $16 will be sold to women employces of the olty hall for 4.50 @ pair next Tuesday, Aldermen (fax Adamkowski to-day suid he had naw re- arranged with a lange Chicago shoe tompany for the sale. Men's shoes \ater will be @old to city NORMAN H. DAVIS TO SUCCEED POLK IN DEPT. OF STATE Nomination Expected to Go to Sen- ate Before To-Day’s Ad- journment. (Special From a Staff Correspondent of The Evening Werld.) WASHINGTON, June 5.—Norman H. Davis, well known in financial ciroles in New York City, where he has maintained an office for several yéte, will be named Under Secretary of State to succeed Frank L. Polk of New YY. His nomination is ox- pected to come to the Senate before adjournment this afternoon. It has been know: in admin‘stra. tion circles for several weeks that Mr. Davis, whe has been acting as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, winding up foreign’ fiscal affairs of the United States, had been offered the post to be vacated by Mr. Polk. He tendered bis resignation as As- sistant Secretary of tho Treasury some time ago, and had been making his arrangements to resume hig pri- vate business, which he gave up early in the war, to become one of Mr. Mc- Adoo's volunteer assistants in the Treasury Department as an adviser on loans to the allied governments. Mr. Davis and Thomas W. Lamont took a prominent part in drafting the financial provisions of the peace treaty. Later Mr. Davis was appointed by the peace conference to member- ship on the Reparation Commission, Bernard M. Baruch and Vance Me- Cormick being the other American members. MAYOR IN FAVOR OF CITY PAY RAISES Civil Service Forum Submits Plan for Increases to Hylan and La Guardia, The Salury Committee of the Civil Service Forum, an organization repre- senting 60,000 city emptoyees, called on ayor Hylan and President La Guardia of the Board of Aldermen yesterday to plead for pay increases out of the $5,000,000 available, ‘The two offictals did not commit themavlves, but both, it is. reported, were favorably impressed with the For- um's programme. ‘Two days ago, it daas learned, Comp- trollpr Craig met the committee and agreed with its plan for proportionate increases for all classes of employees, regardiess of any particular depart- ment. Borough President Henry Cur- ran did likewise over a week ago. ened ed Cece tees Prevost In ity of First Dearee Murder, MOUNT CLEMENS, June §.—Lioyd Provost was found guilty last night of the murder of J, Stanley Brown by a jury in Cireult Court here. The jury was out approximately three hours, ‘The verdict returned was “guilty of murder in the firsy Yegree. _—_—_—_>—_—_—_ ORLY RESTAURANT, today, Naturday, “June 5, 1920: Sioa ci th Name aie soni 10 0c, tate Aho foot, Buibling. —Adrt, VACATION TIME The World’s Great Annual Summer Resort and Travel Number will be published to-morrow SUNDAY, JUNE6th employees A\ a harp reduction. “se added. - | tala dave ————— WHAT 15 JURE RELIEF. re Weollamy tex A remarkable list of places for the vacationist to consult. Copyright, 1920, by The Press Oe (The Now York World). | SQUAD” TAKES 35 INORY RAS HERE | Shevlin Says Bogus Permit System Got Out 1,000,000 Galléns of Whiskey. MUCH LIQUOR SEIZED.| | Ringleader in Large Sales Es- capes Trap as Truck Load of Booze Is Captured. A brand new force of Prohipition en- | forcement agents are at large in New York to-day, and they have already jhad some effect. In many places | where drinks have been sold openly to} | | all comers there were signs of caution this morning. You could still get a drink if you were known as @ regular customer, but for strangers there was | nothing doing. | Fifty revenue agents from the Ken- tucky moonshine districts and twenty local agents were divided to make seven squads. James Shevlin, super- | vising enforcement agent for the dis- ‘trict, declared he was going to make the town bone dry if he had to im- port many additional squads. The plan is to us®|6aéH group of dgents until its members become too gener- ally known to be useful, then send out |a new batch of strangers, | Thirty-five men, mostly saloon- | keepers and bartenders, were arrested |up to midnight and released in $500 ‘ball each for their appearance Mon- day before United States Commis- ploner Hitehooek. “We are going to break up the system of getting whiskey on false permits,” sald Shevlin, “This system |has already resulted in the with- drawal of 1,000,000 gallons of whis- key for lilegal sale.” Herbert Lane, an enforcement agent, heard @ man say in a cigar store Thursday night that he could deliver 500 gallons of whiskey for $23 a@ gallon. Lane expressed a desire to stock up, and the whiskey was to be delivered at a house in 87th Street, near Riverside Drive. At the appointed time a truck ar- rived. Enforcement agents were hid- ing near by, When the whiskey had been placed on the sidewalk they came out and arrested three men who described themselves as Harry Raab, No, 1640 Park Avenue, Walter Scott, No, $10 West 14th Street, and Joseph Lee, No. 759 Union Street, Brooklyn. The man with whom Lane had bar- gained was not among them. Shevlin says he believes this man, who is still missing, was one of the leaders of the group ‘that obtained 1,000,000 gallons by false permite, AUTO KILLSONEGIRL, LEAP SAVES OTHER Typist Run Down While Walking Under “L” Structure to Avoid Rain, Katherine Fay, twenty-one, a stenog- rapher, of No. 153 East 48th Street, was killed early to-day when she was struck by ® three-and-one-half-ton truck in Third Avenue, between Slat and 624 Streets, The truck is owned by H. & L Newman, fruit dealers, of No. 405 Bast 103d Street, and wae driven by Max Ruden of No, 821 East 100th Street. Helen Carmody, twenty-three, @ sten- ographer, of No. 157 Bast 49th Street, escaped injury by jumping to one side as the truck atruck the Fay girl, The two young women were walking under the “L' structure to protect them from the rain, and according to Ruden were carrying an umbrella which pre- vented them from seeing the approach- ing truck, Ruden says he blew bis horn and applied the brakes when It was ap- parent that the young women aid not ear the warning. Ruden was arrested. An unidentif ie about fifty-five was killed by an @utemobile delivery wagon at 12th Street and Fourth Ave- hue early to-day. Thomas Kehoe, % Jumaica Avenue, Brooklyn, chauffeur, sald the mar seemed to hesitate in crossing the street and stopped in front of the machine. Edward Herrahoft. etght, of No, 3434 Park Avenue, the Bronx, received Incerations of the left log ‘iat night | | 1g he was ana down an auto oblie ‘owned and operat Leste | Benediat of NO 1036" College Avenue, | tue Bronx ' an hes (Sy y as " cZZI wlll. | \ ar J A QUERS FIRE 150 MILES A BREAKS OUT IN WOOD'S Che Circulation Books Open to All.” CAM To-Day's Weathor—RAIN. ASS WP lt = NS UN A NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1920. NEW "MOONSHINE, FIRE ON LINER BERGENSEIORD PUT QUTIN ‘SHP CONT Flames 150 Miles From New York Cause Excitement Among 1,241 Passengers. CALL FOR HELP SENT. Vessel Starts Back to This Port, But Turns About When Blaze Is Controlled Twelve hundred and forty-one pas- sengers on the steamship Ber- gensjford of the Norwegian Line, which sailed from New York yester- day afternoon for Norway, were in peril early to-day 180 miles est of Fire Island, when fire broke out fol- lowing the bursting of an c.l pipe in the after stokehold. Officers and crew fought the fire for four hours, That they were suc- cessful was shown by @ report re- celved here at 8 o'clock that, instead of returning to New York as had been the original intention, the Berg- ensjford was, proceeding to Chris- tlania under steam from four boilers, The first. 8. O. 3. from Capt. Ole Bull, received by the Naval Com- munication Station at 4:32 A. M., an- nounced the position of the ship as latitude 40:16 north and longitude 70:36 west and said: “On fire and in need of assistance.” Radio operators flashed the signal in every direction, asking other ships to go to the vessel’'s'assistance. The steamer Lapland of the Red Star Line was believed to be standing by. Some time later the following mes- wage came from the Bergensjford: “Fire of fuel ofl. Ot! pipe burst in after stokehold, causing very danger- our fire, Fire now under control; extent of damage unknown, but com- pels us to return to port. At least one boiler out of commission.” ‘This was followed a little after 8 o'clock by the more reassuring re- port that the ship was on her way to Christiania. On board the Bergenasjford are 136 first cabin, 224 second cabin and 880 steerage passengers, Among the first cabin passengers are Bishop Anton Bast, Consul Bent Falkenstjerne of Chicago, Rear Ad- miral David Kindelberger, U. 8. N., and Mme. Ragna Linne Strobel| of the Chicago Opera Company. Ae message received by offictals of the line from Capt. Bull said the fire had been confined to the engine room, where one boiler was rendered use- less. A pipe exploded, causing con- fusion among the passengers for a time, they sald, No one was injured and after dan- «et from the flames had been averted Capt. Bull decided to proceed on his way. ‘The Bergensfjord, which was built in the yards at Birkenhead, England, in 1913 Is 612.4 feet in Jength, 61,2 in width and 29.4 in depth, Bhe sailed from here yesterday, She in a twin screw, steel ship of 11,000 gross tons register, She was registered from the port of Christiana. During the war period the Bergens- fjord was the object of continual watching both by British and Ger- man naval forces. On Sopt. 14, 1916, she was stopped by a German U-boat and one of her passengers, a British subject, wes taken off despite the protests pf officials. On July 15, 1916, she was stopped at sea by a British cruiser and a search made for con- traband, At that time the British authorities were extremely vigilant, duc to repeated rumors that she was carrying war supplies to Germany via} UES ON ITS WAY ~—. UR-HOUR FIGHT; LIST OF NEW YORK PASSENGERS ON THE BERGENSFJORD Rear Admiral Kindleberger and His Wife Among 1,241 Travellers On the Liner, Among the passengers on the Ber- gensfjord, those from New York are: First Clase—Bishop Anton Bast, Mr. and Mrs. J. Berg-Johnsen, Mr. and Mra, Peter Berge and infant, Miss Soivies WOOD MAY NAME CANDIDATE FHS NOMINATION FAL Would Enjoy Being Secretary of War If Next President Is Republican. LOGIC A BIG FACTOR. Hughes’ Chances Depend on General's Strength—“Old Guard” for Lowden, By David Lawrence, (Special Correspondent of The Eve- ning World), CHICAGO, June 6 (Copyright, 1920).—Logic.is an irresistible force | “Circnlation Books Open to All.” LAST MAIS A. SOS runweeeee 8 POR ENC ORES | ae ¢ Berge, Master Per Berge, Mrs, Fannie Dahigaard, Master Harry Dahlgaard, Miss P. A. Hornburg, Mra. Betsy Horn- burg, Rear Admiral David Kindleberger, U. 8. N., Mrs, Kindelberger, Prilip Kin- dleberger, Misa Johanna Knobler.’ Molzau, Arne—Henry |. Muhrman, Cap (Henrik Normann, Miss Ruth Norman, Miss Harda Normaan, Wrling Owner, Fredrik Olsson, Mrs. Jennie Pedersen, Mrs, Nora Perlera, Master Joveph H. Perlera, Mr. and Mre. Christian Simonsen, Loster Si- monsen, Miss Edith Gvendsen, R. Tan- burn, Master Stephen Tanburn, Mrs, Hildegard Thygesen, Master Walter and Mester Arthur ‘Nhygesen. From Sea Cliffe, L. 1: Mrs. Inga Ob sen and the Misses Atrid and Anna Olsen, Second Class: Mrs, Gudron Aanestod, Master Lorence and Master Norman Aanestad, Miss Albertina Amundsen, Andrew Anderson, Mrs, Edvarda, Miss Josephine M. Christoff and Bast. M. Anderson, Carlen George, Mrs, Esther, Mrs. DeNeck, Mrs. Kle and Miss Dan- i, Miss Mansy Erlandsen, Miss Maline Grandal, Gustav Gustavsen, Mra, Gud- \run Hagen, Miss Edith and Miss Murial Miss Sina Hansen, Mra, Fernanda Her |mansen, Jacob Jacobson, Axel Johai | sen, Miss Selma, Miss Ellen Johnson, |Miss Martha Johnson, Miss Emma Johnson. Kristensen, Mrs, Thorvorg, Miss Helena and Master Ragnar, Mra. Hilda Korn- stad, Miss Dora Lillilund, Miss Signe 0. Myren, Mrs, Esther Nielsen, Miss Nan- cy and Mr. William, Xenia Nordlund, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nelson, Mias Mar- tha Olsen, Mrs, J. Opffer, Miss Marla and Mise Martha Person, terahein, Mr and Mra, Petersen, H. Peter and Miss Eleanor Peter H. and Miss Eleanor Peter, G, Ransland, Mra, Signe Lund, Robart, Miss Asiaug Sagen. Miss Florence Sandin, Miss Ellen Svenson, the Rev. Oscar Svendsen, Mrs. H. B Schwab, Misses Gunhilda and Gyda Thorjesen, Mra, Anna and Master Phillip Torjuson, Mrs, Mathilda and Mise Lovise Ulstern, Mra, Robert P, Wilden, Misses Elizabeth, Dorothy and Ruth E. Wilder. seal eit tras JOHNSON EVEN IN BETTING. Shortening of - odds: on the dark horses {s the rule in the Wall Street quotations. On the Republican side Johnson was fuvorite and was held an even money choice. Lowden, from @ previous price of 3 to 1 against, went up to & to & against, while Wood, against whose chances 8 to 1 were previously of- fered, yesterday was quoted 2 to 1. Hoover went from 6 to 1 against to 4 to 1, and Goolidge from 15 to 1 to 8 to L For the Democratic nomination, McAdoo still held first place, with the odds quoted against him at 6 to 6 Se et More Plague Cases im Vera Cras. VERA ORUZ, June 5.—Six new cases of bubonic plague were disovered in this city yesterday, and two of the viotima died during the day. In addi- tion five suspicious cases are under ob- servation. —— “Living Skeleto: Broken by an Auto. PONTIAC, Mich., June 5. — ‘ Arthur Moll, the “iiving skeleton, i mived day when he was struck by an «uto- tle, He was born tn 1889. dead an the romult of injuries rece i ties he made his trip on the Hergena- fjord. Henry Ford, after the tally of his Buropean “Out of the Trenches by Christmas” movement, returned to the United States on the sume vessel. On Jan. 1919, the Bergensfjord figured in a thrilling rescue of forty- Scandinavia, When Count von Bernstorff was| ordered back to Germany by the United States Governmont aaqppori- seven men who had put off in boats from the sinking American steamer Castalia, which was wrecked off Gable Igiand on Jan, 11, 1919, f | when ‘onte a Republican National Convention ts assembied. Logic picked Hughes in 1916 be- fore it was known whether he would resign from the Supreme Court te become @ candidate. Logie will select the next Repubit- WOOD FORCED 10 REPUDIATE « CHARGE OF “STEAM ROLLER” STARTED BY HIS OWN MEN : J ‘Microbe of Disturbance Planted by ‘Hell-Roaring Hi’ Johnson Infee Many Delegates, and Senator Moses of the Wood Camp Makes | Charges Against Chairman Hays. — oe i > § z ee (Special Despatch to The Evening World.) } CHICAGO, June 5.—The fermentation of the very live yeast trouble brought to the Republican Convention by “Hell Roaring Hit Johnson’ of California and his untrained band of insurrectos has already begun cropping out in unexpected places. An immediate outbreak i hostilities in the Wood organization, never notable for teamwork, was tow day's first outward and visible effect of the working of the Johnson gets .n the councils of the rival candidates, ' i * can nominee for the Presidency and will reject all aspiranta, except Charles Evans Hughes, William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, Leon- ard Wood, Gov. Sproul, of Pennsyl- vania, and Gov. Lowden, of Ilinols, ‘These six men are committed to the ratification of the ‘Treaty of Versaill and Covenant of the League of Ni tions with the Lodge reservations, and are at the samo time in accord with the conservative and traditionally vital principles of Republicanism, Senator Hiram Johnson doesn't come in that category on the peace treaty, and he ‘5 considered radical on questions of taxation and other matters, He will try to stampede the Republican Con- vention, but as witnessed in 1912 and again in 1916 the regular Republican National Convention ta stampede proof. EARLY DEADLOCK BETWEEN WOOD AND LOWDEN. Taking each of the six men men- tloned above and analyzing their re- spective chances, the first ballots should isclose @ deadlock between Leonard Wood and Gov. Lowden, Pro. longation of the balloting will mean the gradual elimination of both in favor of another set of contenders, Herbert Hoover, former Justice Hughes and former President Taft would profit by the tendency to turn from Lowden or Wood. Should a nomination still fail to be made after several ballots, an extraordinary op- portunity will come to the Penrose-led or Penrowe-directed delegation from Pennsylvania to exhibit to the Con- vention the progressive record of Gov. Sproul, He is a “Dry” on the liquor question, has made a good record as | Governor of Pennsylvania and is a! brilliant personality who would keep things humming during the campaign. Republicans in, both conservative and radical] groups like Sproul, but the old line politicians put up the pro- verblal objection about “Coming from | Pennsylvania,” which is supposed usu- ally to have some bearing upen the | sureness of Pennsylvania's vote any- | way and the proverbial necessity of (Conti WOOD IN LEAD WITH 245 VOTES; NO. NECESSARY 492 Johnson Third With 167 Votes. W be decided, the appar- ent line-up of votes in the Wood Lowden. Harding Pritohard Lowden Is Second With 194 and CHICAGO, June 5. ITH {fifty-six contests to Republican National Convention ia as follows: Johnson Sprout Sutherland .. Poindexter 245 205 167 76 48 2 6 “ 982 492 ——————-——t The old timers to whom the ARE SUMMONED IN SLUSH FUND HUNT Colonel to Be Asked About Selection of a Republican Delegate From Texas, thing over and let's eee what's der it” tactics might do. ‘They feared the worst because of the di- vided and subdivided allegiance of the men who hive come to the Com vention, instructed for a favorite son, pledged to another's ia bank roll, and inwardly and secretly hoping for @ compelling excus@ te vote for somebody else. JOHNSON MICROBES NOW IN- FECT MANY D GATES, ‘The statement of Senator Moses © from Wood headquarters ¢! bad faith and steam roller against young National Cl Hayes in the interest of Lowden regarded as a direct result of Injection of the Johnson breeding microbes, guaranteed ; from genuine Reoseveit cultures, Moves 1e something of an expert im Making @ noive himself at tkneg when Public attention Is easily to be ca! by striking statements uttered out regard for anything bat dateexcitement, His deliberate ef fort to declare the President of the United States a hopeless mental in~ competent i» not forgotten, i He 1s also « careful student of the Roosevelt appendix to the old estab- shed book of rules for working poll. ticlans. One of these read: “If you believe your opponent is going to do something effective, have somebody tell the world about it, 4 a8 @ dirty and underhanded trick, sumably tainted with corrupt When this has had its effect, ate the statement. WASHINGTON, June 6—Col. E. H. R. Green, son of the late Hetty Green, has been summoned by the Senate committee investigating cam- Paign funda to tell what he knows about the selection of a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Texas. A subpoena aiso has been tasued for William Loeb jr secretary to the late President Roosevelt, who, it has been testified, collected $225,000 from New York men to help finance Gen. Wood's campaign. The committes has been informed that Mr. Loeb strated on a trip several days before his name came into the inquiry. ‘These witnesses will not be heard until after the convention, The question of extending the au- thority of the committee to inquire into expenditures in the Presidential and Congressional campaigns ending ‘in November ts expected to come be- fore the Senate to-day, Senator Pom- erene’s resolution authorizing this in- quiry is before the Contingent Ex- pense Committee, with the under- standing that it will Le reported to- day for # vote, At yesterday's hearing at least $74,390 was tacked on the Geh. Wood slush fund when the committee a; plied its microscope to the accounts of Horace C. Stebbins, Wood trea: urer at the New York headquarters. At thé hearing last night Warren Gregory, President of the Hoover Republican Club of California, de- clared under oath that nothing a; proximating the sum mentioned by McCabe had been raised or expended, Gregory placed the total of Hoover campaign expenses in California at $87,210.72, A portion of this was spent for Mteraturé and in sending men through some of the Western States # they really planned it or not) it has been discredited in The official repudiation of the tion clears you of making It.” Moses charged Hays with favoring Lowden in the seating of twenty: / eight delegates in an effort to Re) ize the Lowden and Wood forces. He. put forth & thinly velled threat Wood and Johnson might throw thelr forces together rather than & steam roller destroy them both the interests of the Olé Guard Lowden or any other candidate able to big business only. WOOD REPUDIATES THE C MADE BY MOSES. It wae not necessary to page fam Loeb jr. or any others of “trial statement” men of the decause velt regime to get this fo to @o missionary work. working, And it may be only @ " rye me oxi incidence, but the official roomie jewed Hold-Up Men eurt. lion o e - ae tees hike eee ali of Hoses by Leonanl Wood: already put in ciroulation, Wood said to-day: “Senator Moses's statement has: Just been brought to my atten. tion, All contests are handled through the machinery provided by law and appedia. qvhioh are believed to be will be handled through instrumen: ey nope So far as Weat 63d Street, and Edward Ryan, No, 221 Ninth Avenue, were arraigned to-day in the West Side Court, charged with grand larceny and receivi goods, William MoCulkan, der for Thomas Pitgpatrick at No. Ninth Avenue, accused the men of going intb the saloon yesterday ternoon with two others, one of levelled a gun at him while 176 from the cash drawer nara)