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BRIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS "BUZZARDS OF THE WORLD ARE GROUPED AT PARIS." New. York, June 3. Declaring that the "Buzzards of the world are grouped at Paris," Michael J. Ryan, of Philadelphia, returned delegate of the "Irish race in America," to the peace conference sounded a call to the millions of Irishmen in the ccuntry to "educate our fellow Americans" to the "danger" in the United States "binding herself to England, in the league of nations." "The. league of nations, in ,my humble judgment, is devised for the preservation forever of the British empire as it stands today," Mr. Ryan said. VANDERLIP RESIGNS TO ENGAGE IN "USEFUL WORK" New York, June 3. Frank A V?n derlip, for ten years president of the National City Bank, one of the coun try's greatest financial institutions, lesigned today, according to his own statement, to take a vacation and to "do useful work." "All I can say is that I have re signed," Mr. Vanderlip replied, to c;tiestioners. "I am going to get ac quainted with my children and take a long vacation without any date at the end of it and I am going to do useful things. I intend, neverthe less, never again to put myself under such an executive load as that at the National City Bank." The retiring financier said he wculd spend a month or six weeks ii a speaking tour after which he would take his children west for "a good vacation." Mr. Vanderlip said he was leaving the bank with "the warmest friendly feelings" prevailing between the directorate and himself. Mr. Vanderlip became president of the National City Bank in 1901. He assumed the presidency of the institution eight years later. Mr. Vanderlip is a director and trustee of numerous financial, indus trial and civic organizations and the author of several volumes on finance and economics. He is 54 years old. CO-ORDINATING FINANCE OF U. S. TO AID EUROPE. New York, June 3. Initial steps in the direction of co-ordinating the financial and industrial resources of the United States for extending credit to European countries were taken at an informal meeting of 20 executives from the largest national banks, trust companies and private banking houses in this city at the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. today. CAPTURED U-BOAT WILL CRUISE UP MISSISSIPPI. -""New Orleans, June 3. The UB 88, one of the five German subma rines surrendered to the United States, will leave New Orleans Fri day on a cruise up the Mississippi river to St. Louis. On its return from St Louis the U-boat will mak.; a trip through the Panama canal U Seattle. "woman election judge is charged with fraud. Chicago, June 3. Fourteen ekc-J tion omciais, one 01 uic;n a wuuidu judge of election, were indicted to day for alleged frauds in countiiis; the vote in two wards at the elec tion last November. PENNIES IN BIG DEMAND; MINT WORKING OVERTIME. Washington, June 3. Every mint in the United States has been put to work by Director Ray Baker turn ing out one-cent pieces in an effort to keep pace with the enormous de mand for this coin". By instituting a 24-hour dav, the output has been pushed to 90,000,000 cents a month. THREE WOMEN TESTIFY FOR HENRY FORD IN LIBEL SUIT. Mount Clemens, Mich, June 3. Three women, wives of soldiers who joined the colors for service on the Mexican border in 1916. testified to dav for Henry Ford in his $1,000,000 libel suit against the Chicago Tri vbune. Thev were Mrs. Mabel Rich ards, Mrs. Floyd Bertraw and Mrs. Gertrude Baker. Mrs. Baker, admitting on cross examination that sjie had lied to get her husband out of the army under the dependency law, asserted that the ends of justice sometimes re quired a lie, and added: "Uncle Sam, doesn't always tell the truth either." The husbands of each of the worn . en were Ford employes and two of them testified that they, began to receive relief ' payments from the Ford Educational department about a month after mobilization of the guard. 98 DEGREES OF HEAT IN BOSTON AND SCRANTON, PA. Washington, June 3 Tempera tures of 98 degrees, recorded offi cially today at Boston and at Scran lon, Pa., marked the high points in the first hot wave which has over spread the east and middle west since last Friday. NAVY'S NEWEST DIRGIBLE PASSES OVER WASHINGTON Washington, June 3 The navy's new dirigible,C-8, en route from the naval air station at Akron to Cape May, N. J., where it will be placed in service, passed over Washington it f :50 p. ni. today, having made the llight over the mountains at a speed af 47 miles an hour. The C-8, which has just been :ompleted at the Akron station, is i non-rigid airship of the largest :ype now built by the navy. GOVERNMENT SEIZURE OF BOOZE AUTOS PROTESTED St. Louis, June 3. Protests against government confiscation of autofhobiles carrying liquor into "dry states were voiced in resolu tions aalopted by directors of the National Automobile Dealers' as sociation here today. After cars have been seized, they either are sold or destroyed, the resolutions state, and this procedure has been upheld by the United States circuit court of appeals for Georgia, j . Simitar cases are pending in Colo rado, Washington, Virginia and "a!iVrni:i.-,it-wac Said. - - Vol 48. no. 30i. yvju Ml PEACE PACT IN HANDS OF INTERESTS Treaty Given Out by American Representatives at Paris Senator Says, But With- . held From Senate. Washington, June 3. Senator Lodge chairman of the senate foi eign relations committee, told the senate today he had seen in the hands of business interests in New York a copy of the treaty with Ger mary, given out by an American representative at Paris,- but with held by the State department from the senate. The statement caused a sharp de bate upon the course of President Wilson and the State department re garding publication of the treaty text. "The treaty is in New York," said Senator Lodge. "I saw a copy of it yesterday. I was offered a copy but I refused to accept it saying it could not come into my hands without be ing published. I heard of four copies in New York How many more there may be throughout the coun try I do not know. As far as I can make out the only 'place it is not allowed to come is the senate of the United States." Asks Origin of Copy. Senator Swanson of . Virginia, a democratic member of the foreign relations committee, inquired wheth er the Massachusetts senator could tell where the copy he saw came from. "Copies were given out in Paris," replied Senator Lodge. "They found that some of-them were coming to this country and it was stopped." i "By whom were they given out? asked Senator Swanson. "By our representatives there." "What representatives?" "I presume by some of the presi dent's followers." The first suggestion that the treaty text was available in New' York was made by Senator Borah, republican; of Idaho, when a request was made by Senator Johnson, re publican, of California, that his reso lution asking the State department for the text be allowed to go over until tffe woman suffrage amend ment was disposed of by the senate. Senator Swanson asked the au thority for this statement, and it was then that Senator Lodge an nounced he had seen the treaty Senator Swanson said an Associated Press dispatch had stated President Wilson had agreed not to make the treaty public at present, and argued that the Johnson resolution would amount to a request that the presi dent break his word. Public a rtaction abroad, he' said, was due probably to the fact that some one else had broken faith. Wants Resolution Referred Back. Senator Swanson urged that the resolution be referred to the foreign relations committee. Senator Lodge said neither the British nor the French parliaments had been given official copies. "Because Germany broke faith is no reason for the senate to ask the president to break faith," said Mr Swanson. "Regardless of any agreement, I assume that when the president learns the New York interests have it in their possession the president will no longer feel under any obliga tion to keep faith," Senator Borah interrupted. Does Not Want Investigation. Senator Swanson, suggested that the committee investigate. "I doVt want any investigation," said Senator Borah. "I want the president to know that those people in New York are using it in a seirn public.way for their private informa tion. "If the president made an agree ment not to give it out, there isno reason now why the president shouldn't advise us of that fact, if it is a fact. If it is true that copies have gone into the hands of special interests, I think the president would feel relieved of his agreement and give us the treaty." Austrian Delegates Leave St. Germain With Peace Treaties St. Germain, June 3. Dr. Karl Renner, head of the Austrian peace mission, accompanied by three , of the leading members of the mission and two secretaries, carrying 60 copies of the allied peace treaty in German, French and Italian, left St. Germain for Paris at 6:15 o'clock this evening. Iri Paris they will take a train for Innsbruck, there to meet members of the Austrian govern ment. Dr. Renner probably will re turn to St. Germain Saturday, BEE WANT ADS WILL HELP YOU TO THE JOB YOU SEEK OR TO THE MAN FOR THE JOB. Tm Omaha Daily Bee Entered at mend-elm aatOr May 2S. 1906. at Oaaha P. O. aadar act March S. 1879. cm M Iowa Boy Tells Fiendish Tale of High Seas That Recalls KidcPs Brutality Testifying - Against Skipper Pedersen and His Son, Charged With Murder of Seaman They Drove Overboard by Cruelty, Cabin Boy Recites in Detail Circumstances Leading Up to Tragedy. New York, June 3. Seafaring of the sort that flourished in the early eighteenth century, when a foremast hand was virtually a slave and his brawny skipper, armed with a belaying pin, his undisputed master, was described in federal court here today by John W. Campbell, a 22-year-old high school boy of Maquoketa, la., who answered the call of the sea and ran away from home to ship with Skipper AdolpK C. Pedersen as cabin boy on the antiquated barken tine Puako. Campbell was the first witness for the government which has charged Pedersen and his son, Adolph, mate ! of the Puako, in an old-fashioned indictment, with the murder on the high seas of Axel Hansen, a sea- I man. They are alleged to have driven Hansen overboard by cruelty and to have left him to perish in the sea. An old English style prisoner's dock had been constructed in the courtroom 4o match the antiquated form of the indictment which used to carry the penalty upon conviction of hanging on a public gallows. Campbell was asked to recite what happened on board the Puako on the morning of August 6, 1918, as the little vessel clipped through the waves with all sails set for Cape Town, South Africa. "I came ( on deck at 4 a. m. to stand watch," Campbell began. MUTILATED BODY OF AMERICAN IS FOUND IN MEXICO Report of Killing, Sunday, of Miguel Otto Confirmed by Discovery of Corpse With Bullet Through Head.' Nogales, Ariz., June' 3. The report of the killing, Sunday, of Miguel Otto, an American, by Yaquis, near La Colorada, Sonora, was confirmed today when Otto's body was found stripped of clothing, mutilated and with a bullet hole through the head. OMo 4iad been making his home with a Mexican family at La Colo rada. His body was discovered a short distance from their camp, which he had left on a hunting trip Acting under istructions from Washington, Col. Earl Carnahan. commanding the military subdistrict cf Nogales, accompanied by Collec tor of Customs Charles T. Hardy and former Mayor Wirt G. Bowman of Nogales, crossed the internation al border yesterday and obtained the permission of Presidente Cardenas of Nogales, Sonora, for officers of the United States army in uniform to enter Nogales, Sonora. This of ficial announcement was made here today. The presidente gave the American officials a warm welcome and im mediately granted their request. The visitors also were received by Gen eral Alvaro Obregon and Collector of Customs Diaz of Sonora, both of whom announced they were pleased to see the United States re newing its effort to promote friend ly relations with Mexico. Bolshevists Fearing Demoralization on the Petrograd Front Omsk, June 3. A bolsevist radio dispatch from Moscow dated May 24, gives the text of a proclamation of the executive committee of the bolshevist partas follows: , "The Petrograd front, until recent ly, was for us a matter of secondary importance. During the last few days the situation has changed en tirely. The enemies of blshevism have decided to take Petrograd and the Finnish and Esthonian White Guards are moving against them. "This unexpected attack has brought about great demoralization in our ranks. Every minute counts. AM of us must rise to defend the Red Petrograd." No Advance Made in Price of Ice in Council Bluffs Ice users in Council Bluffs will pay the same price this summer as they did last year, 50 cents per 100 pounds. This was not the original intention, however, for it is asserted that a price of 60 cents was practic ally agreed upon by dealers several weeks ago. On this basis all bids to supply the municipal ice at the city building, fire station and else where was contracted for at 50 cents per 100, all of the bids being iden tical. The break in the prices is alleged to have been due to the action of Droge Brothers, whose new plant will enable them td furnish ice at the price of last vear. despite the increased cost of production. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1919. (Ml "Jack Joe, Henry Riley and Hansen were in the same watch and were already on deck. "The captain's son, who was in charge, told Hansen to go aloft and lcose the royals. "Hansen went aloft and loosened the sail. He then came down and I saw him talking to the mate. Slipped and Overboard. "Suddenly I heard a sharp sound as of one man slapping another's face. Then I saw the mate strike and kick Hansen and Hansen came racing down the deck with the mate close behind him. -When he got to the starboard side, near the ftern, he slipped under the rail and went ovToard." "The mate," Campbell continued, ran, to the wheel and ordered Jack Joe to bring the ship about, but a moment later Skipper Pedersen ap- (Contlnued on Fae Two, Column Five.) WINNIPEG POLICE TO STAY ON DUTY DURING STRIKE Promise to Co-Operate in , Every Way to Maintain Law and Order; Labor Out in Vancouver. Winnipeg, June 3. Oil of media tion was poured on the turbulent sea of industrial unrest in Winnipeg today and efforts to forestall possi ble rioting were continued. The local police problem seeming ly was disposed of. The policemen promised to remain on duty during the present trouble and co-operate in every way possible to maintain law and order; word was received from Toronto that a settlement of the strike there was imminent; pa rading by strikers and strike sym pathizers came to an, abrupt end when more than a thousand returned soldiers decided not. to participate; an officially sanctioned parade of re turned Soldiers, who have not ap proved the methods of the central strike committee, was tentatively ar ranged for tomorrow, and executives of the railway brotherhoods acting as strike mediators have succeeded in obtaining proposals of settlement both from the metal trades council and Winnipeg industrial employers. While the negotiations conducted by the brotherhood mediators have been strictly secret, it was under stood tonight that the .principle of collective bargaining was outlined in both settlement proposals. Walkout at Vancouver. Vancouver, June . 3. Westward tides of strikes reached the floqd at Vancouver today when nearly every branch of organized labor except men employed in public utilities quit work shortly before noon in com pliance with the general strike order of the trades and labor council. 1 Wild Scenes on 'Change When Call Money Goes To New Record Figures Turn Over More Than Two Million Shares of Stocks, Some of Which Drop From Three to TwentyxPoints; Break Follows Weeks of Abnormal Prices. New York, June 3. The stock market experienced today one of the wildest sessions the exchange has known since the days of the "war bride" boom. An advance 'in call money rates after noon to 11 cents, a new high figure since the establishment of the federal reserve banks, precipitated a sharp break in prices, the swelling stampede continuing almost uninter ruptedly until the close. some of the stocks' which have been speculative favorites dropped from 3 to 20 points. The turnover was more than 2.000.000 shares, 600,000 of which changed hands during the final hour, congesting the official report ing facilities to such an extent that it was 28 minutes after the closing time when the last sale appeared on the ticker tapes. ' .There were unconfirmed reports I " v TWO DEAD, 13 INJURED IN TOLEDO DISORDERS Riots Among Automobile Com pany's Employes Culminate in Fatalities; Mayor Wires Governor for Troops. Toledo, O., June 4. Two men were dangerously wounded in a riot weredangerously wounded in a riot growing out of the labor disturb ances involving 13,000 employes of the Willys-Overland automobile company. The victims, presumably idle employes of the company, were killed by discharged soldiers who are guarding the plant. The killing was the culmination ofTKree riots today and tonight that resulted in injury to thirteen persons. The killing occurred in front of a fire station near the automobile plant, where a discharged soldier, with a woman companion', had sought refuge from a threatening crowd. Soldiers Answer Calls.' Calls for assistance brought two motor truck loads of soldier guards from the automobile plant. When they arrived one of them fired a pistol into the air. The guards then fired their rifles and pistols into the crowd. Mayor Schreiber at 1 o'clock announced he had applied to Gover nor Cox to send troops here and that he expected the governor would comply. The house adjoining the mayor's was stoned and its windows smashed presumably by sympathiz ers of the idle automobile workers, who apparently mistook the home for the mayor's residence. Mayor Wires for Troops. Colubus, O., June 4. At midnight last night, Mayor Cornell Schreiber" of Toledo wired Governor Cox say ing, "Send troops immediately to Toledo." ' The mayor said all available dep uty sheriffs had been sworn in but that he was "unable to cope with the situation." Charles E. Morris, secretary to the -governor, who received the mes sage, said he would inform the' mayor that Ohio at present is with out troops and that all it can do is to request the government to lend soldiers. He said he would not make this request until he had con sulted the governor, who is is said to be out of the city. -f Mr. Morris said he thought there were 3,000 troops at Camp Sher man awaiting discharge, who prob ably would be available. At 1 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning Mr. Morris said he talked with Mayor Schreiber at Toledo on the telephone. He said the mayor told him rioters had driven him from his home by threats and that he was under guard in his office at the citv hall. The mayor told Mr. Morris that no attempt would be made to op erate the plant today. Petitions Asking Votfi on Prohibition Stolen Seattle, June 3 Several signed petitions which were ready to be submitted to the secretary of state asking for a referendum ote on the state's ratification of the federal prohibition amendment, have been stolen, an attorney representing the California Grape Protective associa tion, which is directing circulation of the petition, announced here today. tonight that another so-called "money committee" would be cre ated with a view to curbing the spec ulative tendencfes which, during the past few months, have aided in car rying quotations steadily upwards. The rate on industrial collateral rose to 10 per cent late yesterday, but this .circumstance did not deter professional traders from continued speculation and this afternoon sev eral of the leading banks called loans in large amounts, causing the quick advance in the rate on mixed collateral. Several financial houses with spec ulative proclivities recently have ad ded largely to their loans and have been advised by federal reserve bank managers to reduce these commit ments on the ground that the situa tion was becoming undesirable. Record-breaking prices have been reached in recent weeks and the market had been declared in some quarters to be in a sensitive position. By Malt (I yar). Daily, H.H: Baaday. MM; TWO PtTTCTS Dally and Saa.. U-M; aalilda Nak. awtag ttra. X YV KJ ldlVJ.O. UUfnlUti ASQUITH GIVES LIE TO FORMER ARMY LEADER Replies to Criticisms of Vis count French Who, in Book, Charged Inefficiency. London, June 3. Herbert -H. As quith, who was British premier at the outbreak of the war, replying in a speech today to critcisms by Viscount French, first commander of the British forces in France, in his book concerning the government in the early days of the war, said that prior to the visit to France of Earl Kitchener the intended move ments of Lord French had filled the cabinet with consternation. The movement, Mr. Asquith added, would have had, in the judg ment of the cabinet, the effect of leaving the French army in the lurch in the moment of supreme need. This consternation, Mr. As quith declared, was shared by the French government. In reply to the charge of Lord French that he was not supported by the government in the suppl of munitions, the former premier read a letter he received from Lord French at the time of the formation of the coalition government. In the letter Lord French said: "I am sure that in the whole his tory of the war no general in the field has ever been helped in a difficult task by the head of his gov ernment as I have been supported and strengthened by your unfail ing sympathy and encouragement." ALLIES CONSIDER TV0 CHANGES IN HUN PEACE PACT May Accept German Proposal to Pay Indemnity of Hundred Billion Marks; Other Refers to Coal Mines in Silesia. Paris, June 3. Two changes in the German peace terms, one ter ritorial and the other financial, are being considered by the Council of Four, it became known today. The financial question is the pos sibility of the acceptance of the Ger man proposal to paty an indemnity of 100,000,000,000 - marks, which would involve dissolution of the al lied financial commission, to which the Germans strongly object. It is understood that this proposal has strong support in certain quarters The second proposal is for a ple biscite in Silesia and a guarantee to Germany of a coal supply from the Silesian mines. Experts to Prepare Answer. 1 Experts of the United States. France. Great Britain and Italy, on the invitation of the American peace commissioners, are expected to meet as soon as possiWe to exchange views regarding the answer to the German counter-proposals. President Wilson conferred today with the American commissioners and experts. Their role will be that of mediators. Great Britain favors a number of cohcessions while France remains firm in her stand to make no con cessions. It is believed that as a result of the steps taken today the reply to the German proposals will be ready within 48 hours. It is understood that the Ameri cans are not averse to minor con cessions, but not to the extent fa vored by the British. Won't Sacrifice Territory. Berlin, June 3. Rumors in circu lation in Germany that it is willing to sacrifice parts of German terri tory threatened by the peace terms if the counter-proposals are ac cepted, are denied by Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, in an interview with the Versailles correspondent of the National Zeitung. The head of the German peace delegation asserted he was eager for a better opportunity to convince the allies of Germany's honesty and honor than was offered by inter changing notes. Formation of New Rhenish Republic T HP IT" Is lermed l reason Berlin, June 3. The German ar mistfee commission has handed Marsha! Foch a note for the allied powers protesting against French support of the proclamation of a Rhenish republic as high treason against the empire and complaining of Colonel Pinot's threats and ac tion at Wiesbaden. The note con cludes: "The action on the part of the French occupation authorities is in sharpest contradiction to the ar mistice conditions and represents the grossest violation of obligations legally undertaken. I he German government makes the sharpest protest against this behaviar." In response to Dr. Dorten s no tification of a republic, -the Ger man chancellor, Philipp Scheide mann, has ordered the prosecution of Dorten and the other members of his government for high treason and declared all the official acts of the new government void. 3 POLICE BENDING EVERY ENERGY TO FIND TERRORISTS Each of Eight Cities Visited by Destructive Bomb Agents Thoroughly Comhed for Suspects by Secret Service and Federal Operatives; Philadelphia Believed Headquarters of Nihilist Group. Washington, June 3. Investigation of the bomb ex plosions in eight cities which were intended to kill public men has convinced secret service chiefs here that the out rages had a commonsource and that they probably can be classed as an unsuccessful attempt on the part of a still un known anarchistic group to resume a campaign of terrorism begun with the May Day attempt to deliver a series of in fernal machines throu"h the mails out of New York. & Washinfftonoolic tnHiv ArvntrA FINAL VOTE ON SUFFRAGE PUT OVERJNE DAY Chairman of Suffrage Com mittee Insisted on Holding Senate Until Outcome of Bill Determined. Washington, June 3. Final action in the senate on the house resolu tion for submission of the Susan B. Anthony woman suffrage amend ment was prevented today, by de bate, principally by suffrage oppo nents, and by discussion of the peace treaty. The resolution was made unfinished business and it is believed that before adjournment tomorrow the last roll call will be reported, with adop'tion .apparently assured. When managers of the resolution, which was " adopted by the house two weeks ago, 304 to 89, gave up hope of a vote today Chairman Watson of the senate woman suf frage committee announced that he would insist upon holding the sen ate in session tomorrow until the final vote Was reported. Senator Watson spoke less than a minute in favor of the resolution. Senator Lenrott, republican, of Wis consin, also urged its adoption. Senators Reed of Missouri and Un derwood of Alabama, democrats, and Borah, republican, of Idaho, made the principal address against the measure. The senate rejected, 58 to 12, an amendment by Senator Harrison, democrat of Mississippi, limiting benefits of the proposed equal fran chise to white citizens. An amend ment by Senator Underwood, left pending when the senate adjourned, would provide that popular state conventions instead of state legis latures should act on the proposed addition to the constitution. Speakers against the resolution took as their argument that the franchise measure would abridge state rights and impair popular gov ernment. Senator Lenroot, in re plying to Senator Borah, denied that popular government would suffer and asserted that it would be pro moted instead. In opposing the resolution Sen ator Reed denounced it as an "out rage upon our' form of govern ment." "It is as undemocratic a thing as ever was attempted," said the Mis souri senator. Young Girl Robbed, Throttled, Assaulted, by Negro in Bluffs Ida Terp, 20, was assaulted and robbed by a negro at 11:10 last night near a schoolhouse at 721 Willow avenue, Council Biuffs. Miss Terp was on her way home when a large negro accosted her, she told police, throttled her and dragged her into the school yard. Miss Terp told the police that he assaulted her. The negro took $20 from Miss Terp's purse and left her lying on the ground. The -girl lives at 307 South Eighjh street. Council Bluffs. A negro answering exactly the description of Miss Terp's assailant crossed the Douglas s-eet bridge early in the evening, 1 according to the toll-taker there. At 1 'clock this morning he had not recrossed and the search for him was con fined to Council Bluffs. Hoover Says Europe Needs Large Amount of Wheat Paris, June 3. A preliminary sur vey of the import necessities of Eu rope, except Russia, shows that the area will need 700,000,000 bushels of wheat and rye at a minimum, or 850,000,000 bushels at a possible maximum, Herbert C. Hoover, the head of the allied relief organiza tion, said in a statement issued to day. The export surplus of wheat and rye from the larger exporting countries indicates that the needs of Lurope can be met' Mr. Hoover stimates the exports of the United States at 470,000,000 bushels. THE WEATHER: Unsettled, with showers probably; not much change in temperature. Hourly tmprraturat Hour. A it. n ft. n 7 a. n II ft. n ft. n 10 ft. ii 11 ii. n IS m. Ira-. Hour. I. ...A3 ...AS ...AH .j.M ...SB ...BO A0 1 p. m. . . . t p. m., . , S p. m. . . 4 p. m. . . . 5 p. m.. . . p. an. . , . 7 p. m.. . . A p. m.. . . Al Al AO AO At AS M their efforts to reassembling frag ments of the man who was killed iast night at the door of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's home while attempting to plant his cargo of explosives. Mr. Palmer himself dismissed the incidents today as ""ut ter failue to terrorize the country and stay the hand of the govern ment," which purpose he ascribed to the authors of the outrages. Police at New York,. Philadelphia. Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Newtonville, Mass.; Boston, and Paterson, N. J., were engaged in the widespread hunt. Detectives were sent from Washington to the first two named cities in order to connect up opera tions. The hat of the Washington bomb planter, purchased in Philadelphia, and other details, indicated a possi bility that the conslgnmeat of ex plosives had been sent out from there. Another connecting link in the view of authorities here, was the similarity of the anarchistic hand bills found near the scene of the explosion in several cities. Think Two Bombs Exploded. Government experts on explosives, " after surveying the site of the ex plosion here and the partially de molished dwelling, came to the con clusion that two separate bombs ex ploded, probably when the man car rying them tripped over a stone step at the entrance. . V In both houses of congress, mem bers began the preparation of meas ures providing new and severe pen alties for convicted perpetrators of such crimes. References to the out rages were made during debate in both houses. Curious crowds filled the side walks and streets for a considerable distance around the Palmer resi dence in Washington's fashionable northwest district all dav and police, were forced to rope off and guard the area. Attorney , General Palmer , and -members of his family took up tem porary residence with friends. 'Mr. Palmer personally directed com mencement of repair work today. Postmaster General Burleson, in a statement tonight referring to pub-' lisbed reports that he had received anonymous letters threatening him with attacks, said like all public men . he had received anonymous letters, but at no time had paid the slightest attention to them, not even referring to the inspectors division for investi gation. : " "The outrages of last night," said Attorney General Palmer, in a for mal statement, "indicate nothing but the lawless attempt of an anarchistic element in the population to terror ize the country and thus stay the hand of the government. This they have utterly failed to do. The pur poses of the Department of Justice (are the same today as yesterday. i nese attacks by bomb tnrowers will only increase and extend the activi ties of our crime-detecting forces. We are determined now, as hereto fore, that organized crime directed against organized government in this country shall be stopped." Secretly Working Hard. New York, June 3. Working be hind a close veil of secrecy, police and federal agents were bending (Continued on Pace Two, Column Oh.) Asks Drastic Action , of Committee on Daylight Saving Washington, June 3. Repre sentative Mondell, the republican floor leader, asked the houte inter state commerce committee today tc report the bill repealing the day light savings act without recom mendation. The request was opposed by members of the committee who de clared such action would be a "re linquishment of their delegated rights." Representative Webster, republican, of Washington, declared the republican floor leader "had no right to make such an unusual re quest." , , Opponents of the daylight sav ing act made another unsuccessful effort today to include in the 1920 agricultural appropriation bill an amendment providing for the reoea' of the act. Opponents of Prohibition -Open Western Headquarters Chicagq, Tune 3. Western head quarters of the Association Op posed to National Prohibition opened today following a confer ence of representatives from nine middle western states.