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The Omaha Daily . Bee f V1 (I ' ' t VOL. 51-NO. 2M. War Fraud Fight Bobs V- Up in House Representative Campbell De clares Attack on Daugherty Only Way Democrats' Could Serve Crook.. Garrett Answers Charge VYathiugton, June I. The war frauds fight, raging for days in the senate, broke out with unexpected fury in the houe today, 10 minutes after the ruin committee had rescind ed it action in giving: right of way to a republican resolution for in vestigation of the lack of govern ment prosecution of alleged War grafters. Chargci by Chairman Campbell of the committee "in a word to demo crats" that th;ir attack on Attorney General Daugherty wat the only way in which tltev could "serve war crook" threw the house into disorder. There were cheers from the repub lican side at the charge was flung in shouting voice at the democrats, all of them silent save one who hissed. It brought from Representative Garrett, the democratic leader, the assertion that Chairman Campbell who, in the first instance, had voted to put the investigation before the house, had been induced by the at torney general to "change his vote and vote not to investigate the De partment of Justice." Seek Work for Soldiers. Curiously enough, the row started during; consideration of a measure which sought to find work for idle . soldiers and as a veteran member expressed it, "they were off after that," Amid democratic rheers, Mr. Gar rett declared that Chairman Camp fbell "as an excuse for his own turn coating, for his own weakness of will, for his own lack of intellectual integrity and courage, assails the ' democratic administration." After Mr. Garrett presented a let ' ter from former Attorney .General Palmer, courting an investigation by (. congress. . Representative Mondell, republican leader, dectared he was glad the committee had rescinded its ' action. ' "A congressional investigation at -: this time," Mr. Mondell said, "could ,. serve no Other purpose than that of delay, of preventing prompt action , of the grand jury and courts.. I am not surprised that ' gentlemen . whose, flames may figure in in vest i gitiotw before ' grand juries prefer ' a congressional investigation to ac : tion by grand juries and the courts. That is their only hope." , " Hopes to Halter Crooks. ,Tn his speech Mr. Campbell said the activities "of a man in the Chi- co convention will not operate In 1 his defense in the grand jury room" anj that "a presentation of a nomi nation to .a , San Francisco conven- - tion. will not except his name from presentation by the grand jury." . In -this 'connection the chairman x aid that in cases now being pre sented to the grand'jury at Wash . ington, the attorney, general hopes ; to "put the halter on the conspicu . us crooks who conspired to defraud . and rob the government during the war, and lead them to the peniten- tiary" " "' : ' Oser Declares He WmWedMathUde lreddirig to Talse Place "De - spite All Obstacles," Says -'. " Riding Master. . Zurich. June 1 (By A. P.) . Mix Oser, Swiss riding master, is in frequent communication with Miss Mathilde McCormick, it was learned today. The only comment Oser will make Upon the opposition of Mrs. McCormick, his fianacee's mother, is that the marriage will take place in spite of all -obstacles. , ; Although he said he was natural ly disappointed over the delay, he was proceeding -with preparations for the wedding. The -Swiss law requires that girls , under 20 years of age, whether of Swiss or foreign nationality, must have the consent of both parents be fore they can be married in Swiae er land. Consequently it is considered here ' that whatever the American court might decided concerning the guardianship of Miss Mathilde. the content of her mother would still be necessary. But the wedding might take place in another country in which such consent is unnecessary. -'.- Determined Battle. - . Chicago, June ' 1. A determined battle to orevenf the marriage of Mathilde McCormick. 17, prospective heir to millions, to Max Oser, Swiss riding master, was begun in court yesterday by Mrs. tann Kocxeiener McCormick. tbe girl's mother and divorced wife of Harold F. McCor mick, millionaire head of the Inter national Harvester company. Asking a' restraining order from probate court to prevent the mar riage, Mrs. McCormick declared that because of her "tender age," Miss Mathilde might "become the subject ' of machinations and intrigues of de signing persons." 5he added that Oser, a poor man, desired tbe mar riage "primarily" because he believed "in so doing he will secure large sums of money and financial gain." The motion was made in Mrs. Mc Cormick' answer to the application of her daughter for appointment of Mr. McCormick as her legal guard hn. Under the Swiss law, consent of the guardian or both parents of a moor w Bcrasary lor marriag' f Mm M laMMCKai IUW Politeness on Bridge Costs Man His lite Marcus, Wssh., June 1. Polite, ness cost George Ody, 42, his life. He wat crossing the bridge ove th Columbia river here and stepped wide to permit other pe destrians to pass. At he did so, he stumbled on a protruding spike, losing hit balance, falling into the river, where the swift current carried him under. Woman Enters Into . Blackmail Death Mystery Ex-Yank Says "Blackmailer" Morning of Death, Declared Married Man Trying to Steal His Girl. Philadelphia, June I. Guy A. Phil lips, world's war veteran, reiterated here today that he saw ' Clarence Peters, slain by Walter S. Ward, in Philadelphia at noon. May 15. and at 8:.k) a. m. May 16. Peters body was found near New Rochclle, N. Y.. on May 16. It was while on his way to a rail road station on May 16, he said, he tell in with Meters, who accosted him because he wore a service button. Peters appeared to be nervous. Phil lips said: The young man said he was in trouble with a married man and a girl. This man, he said, had a pretty wife and was trying to win his girl from him. He showed me a sun he carried in his inside pocket. Then he said a man was in the city look ing for him. Fondling the revolver, lie said it would help him to get the man who was trying to get him. Later he asked me where he could get a train for Elizabeth, N. Y. I told him to go to the information window, which he did." "I'll Get Him." Phillips then related how he saw the man next morning at the en trance to the Bellevue-Stratford ho tels He wore a brown ' suit and a gray cap. Peters spoke to him, he said, and again showed him the pistol and said: "I will get him unless he gets mc first." 1 Phillips said -he say Peters walk to meet a very well "dressed young man who came acress the 6treet. They talked for a few seconds and then started for an atitomobilc. When Phillips was reminded that Peters body was found on the 16th he expressed -(He opinion that he might have been killed near by and his body-carried, to where it. was found. " . No" Evidirie of 'Gun Fight ' ' j Whte -Plane; Y- June 1. The entraricevof one group, of detectives brought . into the ward-Peters kill ings caie bje District AttoVney Weeks tp inyc.se jgater every angle, of the mys terious blackmail and shooting af- -fait, apd- the exit of another group that now declares that their failure to find-the "Ross" mentioned by Ward as black-mailcr-in-chief convinces them that "Ross" is a .pure myth. marked the 16th day since ex-Sailor Fctcrs was found shot to death on the Kensico reservoir road, v: .. . . The search of the Ward home was declared to have failed to disclose any evidence of a gun fight there. 1 , ..i Once Sued Ward. ! Los Angeles, Tune 1. Miss 1 Mar tha Kendall, who Once filed a suit charging criminal conspiracy against Walter S. Ward, now held by the White Plains (N. Y.) authorities, following his confession that he killed Clarence Peters for alleged at tempted blackmail,, has been located in the Hollywood district by the. Los Angeles .Times. ' Miss Kendall, a modiste,, said she had not seen Ward for several years, since shortly after his father, George S. Ward, a wealthy baker, settled with her out of court on her $10,000 suit for damages against his son. She asserted the younger Ward had broken into her apartment and: at tempted to kidnap her. J , British Steamer With 100 Aboard in Danger Auckland, New Zealand, June 1. (By A. P.) The 12,000-ton British steamer Wiltshire, with a crew of nearly 100 on board, is ashore on the New Zeatand coast in a perilous po sition today, with small prospects of rescue because of the tempestuous seas' running. '. Tbt Wiltshire struck near the Bar ricr reef last 'night. . ' She was full of water this morning and had broken in two." Relief par ties on the cliff could see the crew, but were unable to get out to the- ves sel because of the terrific breakers. Attempts made' by some of those on board to swim ashore have failed. MWMMMMWMMMIMMMMmnMt BEE "Want" Ais Find Buyers Sell your old clothing; it only feeds the moths and takes, do good space when you leave it stored . away in trunks and closets. DisDose of it the nrof- iUble Bee "Want" Ad wav. and have the money for new er, nicer tilings. v ' ' ' mtH timd baby UytttM, chit- . aWa'a aprwu, mw, casts : mmt furs tar wu, uit ma4 ' mU for Etta, mm tbtr m44f aaVnte ( waariaf apaarat lUtai for Sat Ttry fraquaBtly ta BEE "WANT" ADS They're Always Busy ' s .... AT Un tie 1000 Mu M, I Mi. at Move Made ?k t,.lSIl riild Labor Permanent Organisation It Formed at Conference Held in Labor Federation Head Quarter! at Washington. Gompers Is Chairman Br TfM AaaaftaM rrraa. Washington, June I. A permanent organisation to work "absolute aboli tion of child labor in the United States" was formed here today by representatives of a number of na tional associations called into con ference on the subject by Samuel Gompers, president of the .American Federation of Labor. The meeting followed the recent decision of the United Slates supreme court holding that special excise taxes on the product of minor labor were invalid. Spokesmen for the new organiza tion, after a conference at the Amer ican Federation headquarters, ap peared before the house judiciary committee to urge legislation pro hibiting or regulating employment of children in mines,' factories and simi lar arduous occupations. Represent ative Chandler, republican,. New York, said it was the opinion of him self and other members of the com mittee that the supreme court's rul ing had made it impossible to ac complish anything by legislative reg ulation unless and until a constitu tional amendment had been adopted. Gompers Named Chairman. The organization formed to insti tute a campaign for such an amend ment will be known- as "The Per manent Conference for the Abolition, of Child Labor." Mr. Gompers ac cepted the post of permanent chair man. . A committee of 10 was appointed to draft a constitutional amendment and the best form of law to meet the situation. - This committee-will re port to the conference at a later mecting, when action on its recom mendations will be taken.' The con ference adopted a resolution, intro duced by President Cmners which declared that the ' "conference ex presses itself determinedly-organized to abolish child labor for . profit throughout the United States, its possessions and territories.'.'' . in addressing the conference and commenting on the hearinsr on child labor befor.e the house judiciary com mittee. Air. Gompers said that if the attitude of the committee is a guide to congressional sentiment, we have a fight -nota hands, strange and mid-victorian as that may seem." - - .-'J ' Rapt Congress. ' He said congressmen were en grossed in matters they deemed of more consequence in "the stern busi ness of getting re-elected." It is ' -amazing and astound in r that it should be necessary, to ask congress to protect childhood," he said. ' "Congress ;ought to be eageif to perform this duty. Expressions' from, committee, members this morn ing, however, indicated much more a desire to find a way out than to t:nd a way through to success.- But congress will get no rest.; The is sue is before the country.. We are prepared to fight' the issue through to a conclusion that Shall he final and that shall at la'st br,ng freedom to American childhood." ,. . ,. Farmers Have Money and ray Big Taxes ; Fairbury,,"Neb'., June 1. (Special.) More money was collected in the ' treasurer's office of Jeffer"S!i county during May this year than has ever been collected in a previous month in the history of the office. Approx imately $275,000 was paid. Of this amoaiit the state receives more than i $54,000. The real estate taxpayers' contributing the largest amount were Frank E. Warren of Reynolds, who ! paid on .tft.e"eStafelf George S. War ren, his father. $4,441: A. H.. Colman. a. resident loli Flirhury, whose pos- 1 sessions are mostly -arcuaia Diner, $3.558;;. Chester, Andrews: of Steel City. $2464; Kilpttick Bros, of Bea trice, wWse Jand.is near Plymouth, $2,007; W. S. ! Corsa. owner of the "Happy Hollow" ranch' near Paykin, will pay over $2,500. : About 100 farmers f the. county will pay more than $1,000 real estate tax this year. Former Heads of Defunct' Packing Company Indicted t Redfield, S. D:, June I. Indict ments charging three former offi cers of the defunct Midland Pack ing company of Sioux City, la., with using the mails to defraud, were1 returned . by a federal grand jury at the last term of court at Deadwood, S. D., according to an announce ment tonight . by Wesley Clark, Lnited States district attorney for. Scuth Dakota. ' - . Tfic officers indicted. Mr. Clark stated, are: Fred, Sawyer,- former president of' the company;. Ben- I. Sallinger, former vice president, and C. H. Burlinghame, former - secretary-treasurer. There are 14 counts to each indictment, he said. Autoist Battles Wildcat. ; San Diego, Cal., June 1. Henry Fenton, grading contractor, struck a wildcat with his automobile while traveling in the Laguna mountains, back of San Diego, yesterday. He picked up the apparently dead ani mal and put it on the seat alongside him for the trip to the city. Fenton noticed the cat's eyes just as the animal made a jump for him. He stopped the car, threw a laprobe over the cat and, after a struggle, overcame it. Fenton was badly scratched. OMAHA, FRIDAY, Fight for Prompt Passage of Bonus Due to Open Today Proponents of Measure Plan to Clear Way for Action in Senate Republican Leaders Look for Long Battle Chairman McCumber . , Optimistic Over Outlook. ? By GRAFTON S. WILCOX. Washington, June 1. When the soldier bonus bill, at agreed upon by the senate finance committee, is for mally reported tomorrow, the fight for its prompt passage will be on in earnest. With the tariff bill blocking imme diate consideration of the long-delayed measure, and anti-bonus sena tors esger to take advantage of this situation, the first problem of the senators who have the success of the bonus legislation at heart wilt be to dear the way for action. How far the anti-bonus senators will go to block progress of the bill cannot be predicted, but, in tome quarters, it is believed that the oppo sition will be inclined to be persist ent. - McCumber Optimistic. Senator McCumber, North Da kota, chairman of the finance com mittee, is optimistic over the out look, however. As soon as he sub mits the formal report on the bill he will make an -effort to obtain right of way for it over the tariff bill and seek to push it with alt pos sible speed. Tonight many republican leaders were regarded as opposed to dis placing the tariff to make way for the bonus, on the ground that they fear it will be difficult to revive the tariff once it is-sidetracked, and also OregoniansFlee as Forest Fires Burn Vast Areas One Known Dead in Path of Flames, Which Destroy Log ging Camps, Sawmills, Schools and Houses. Seattle, Wasfc, June 1. One per son was known to be dead, another was believed to have perished, scores were homeless and vast areas of tim berland in western Washington and Oregon were blazing or smouldering wastes today, as a result of forest and brush fires which late yesterday got beyond control. Leo McDonald, employe of a lum ber camp near Cedar Falls, Wash., was kilted when a burning tree fell on him as he was trying to escape trom a flaming thicket. Mrs. Paul Hensell, Alder, Wash., was believed to have perished, attempting to save belongings. She was missing early today., Damage in Washington was estim ated at from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. At least 25 homes in and near Cedar Falls have been razed by fire. A special train load of provisions and fire-fighting apparatus was held in readiness to be rushed to Cedar Falls and other ' points if necessary to aid refugees. Logging camps at Stillwater and Cclleclc had been burned and the towns of Palmer, North Bend, Forbes and Kansaskat were .threatened- A sawmillr a schoolhouse and several farm houses were in ashes near Corbett, Ore.,, and many perj sons were fleeing. - At Egypt, Ore., a schoolhouse was . burned. Four hundred men ' were fighting the flames near Bend, Ore., where 2,000 acres had been burned over. Caraway Continues Attack on Daugherty ' . ii mi in Washington, June 1. The attack on Attorney General Daugherty was continued in the. senate today by Senator Caraway of Arkansas, who assailed Mr. Daugherty for what he described as "inspiring" a defense of his Connection with the pardoning of Charles . W. Morse, ; New York shipbuilder, and for deceiving" newspaper men; Mr. Caraway read; into the record an article by a spe cial Washington writer, which he said gave "abundant 'evidence" of having been inspired by the attor ney general as "his latest smoke screen " -:s l. . '-' ' - n . Commenting on reports of the at torney general's activities in the prosecution of war fraud cases.. Mr. Caraway declared that the pressure of public opinion was being felt by the Department of Justice and added: "If anybody goes to jail, though, it will be because of the attacks on the attorney general." Pick of New England Fighting Cocks Stage Bloody Battle Royal Springfield, Mass., June 1. The greatest cock-fighting derby ever held in New England was staged Tuesday night Although 100 or more had traveled far to sec it, there were no spectators because the fight ing pits were raided by state troop ers. , -. :: - ' Sixty gamecocks, the pick of fan ciers from Rhode Island to Vermont,- held an unwitnessed battle royal in a hen yard, esterday the bat tlefield was found littered with dead and dying, while, the survivors, scarred and bleeding, strutted about crowing new challenges. Forty of the fowls lay silent in the dust, their last fight fought The Surviving 20 birds were pacing about tne pile oi slain, exhausted after a sanguinary night of combat. The 81 men who were rounded up with the fowls -were taken to court and fined a total . of $1,215 $15 apiece, JUNE 2, 1922. because tome of them art In no hurry to gnnt the bonus. They look for a long fight over it, during which time the tariff would have to remain at a standstill. Despite Senator McCumber' t op timism, it is stated in soma repub lican quarters that he will not nave much success in his efforts to reach an agreement with the anti-bonus forces. The minority opposing the bonus is opposing it fervently and wholeheartedly and grasping just such situations as the one which now exists in the senate to push their fight tgaintt it. Will Give Him Time. Nevertheless, pro-bonus democrats expressed willingness to give Senator McCumber a chance to reach the agreement he is seeking. They are willing to wait several days to give him time to confer with Senators Borah, Glass and others. . But if he failt to obtain such an agremvit end republican leaders re fuse to lay aside the tariff, the demo crats will begin making motions to take up the bonus. Such motions will be made whenever the parlia mentary situation permits, according to Senator Simmons, North Carolina, ranking democratic member of the finance committee. They are de termined to put the republicans on record as many times as they are able to do so in favor of delay in action on the bonus, and their effort to side track the tariff may succeed. President Hsu Hands Resignation , to Parliament Urged to Continue Until Reg ular Session at Peltin Program Aimed at Uni-. fication Adopted. . . ' Br Tna Aaaactatcd Pratt. Pekin, June 1. President Hsu-Shih-Chang tendered his resignation at an extraordinary session of par liament He was urged to withdraw it until the parliament convenes at Pekin. If a vacancy occurs before a new president takes office Acting Premier Chow Tsn-Chi will act. -" The old republican parliament of China, which has the backing , of Gen. Wu Pei-Fu, recent -victor over Chang Tso-Lin, convened at, Tien tsin today for the first time since it was dissolved in 1917 and adopted a program aimed at the unification of China. '.'-.. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house issued a statement in which they said the old parliament planned to publish a man ifesto declaring President Hsu-Shi-Chang deposed. They then will offer the presidency to Li Yuan-Hung, who was president from June, 1916, to July 1, 1917, and who was forced out of office" by the militarists. . Members of the old parliament who are at Canton and Shanghai have been urged to proceed to Pekin with out delay to take part in the deliber ations. . It was announced today that during the sessiont at Pekin the roilroad be tween the capital and , Tientsin wilt be unfler guard to prevent interfer: ence from possible, obstructionists. . Another Big Slash in 7 Rail Wages Planned Chicago, June 1. Delay in com pilation of the minority report by the labor members of the board is i that withholds announcement oi another slash of $50,000,000 from the wages of railway employes by the railroad labor board, it was said today. 1 Details of the reduction affecting 400,000 shop crafts employes have been completed, it was said. Tint cm., which is to follow the $50,000,000 reduction in the , wages of 400,000 i maintenance of way employes, who are threatening a strike as a result, i s,ill affect all blacksmiths, machin ists, boiler makers, sheet metal work ers, electrical workers, carmen and helpers in the service of the nation's: railroads. , . , , . , ' The scale of reductions is said to range from 5 to '9 cents an hour. Among the decreases in the impend ing decision are . said to be the fol- ' lowing: " ' ", . ' .' 1 - ' Apprentices, 5 cents; : helpers, .5 cents; mechanics, 7 cents; passenger carmen, 7 cents; freight carmen, 9 1 cents. Lion Bonding Receiver " Is Restrained Jy Court . Acting on a , mandate form the circuit court of appeals. Federal Judge Woodrough yesterday rein stated a pitition of A. J. Hertz and John Levin of St Paul, federal re ceivers for the Lion Bonding com pany, for an -injunction' to prevent Amos Thomas, Omaha receiver, from disposing of any of the company's property until further order of the federal court of the Minnesota dis trict; then he granted the restraining order. . ,. . . a Thomas was made receiver by the state court on ; recommendation of Nebraska department of trade and commerce. The conflict of jurisdic tion will probably be taken to the supreme court for settlement Pope Celebrates Birthday Rome. June 1. Pope Pins cele brated his 65th birthday yesterday. He received numerous congratula tory telegrams and best wishes were sent to him by all the cardinals and archbishops, The Vatican presented a festive aspect , , i . ' . .. -:' .; Mtl " M4 . mtw tS MM il Big Steel Merger Is Announced Mid vale,' Republican and 'In land Companies to Be Uni fied Under Single Big Corporation. Plan to Pool All Assets ' Br Ttea Aaaarlalae Fraaa, New York, June 1. Thomas U Chadburne, attorney, late today an nounced adoption of a plan whereby the properties of the Midvale Steel and Ordnance company, Republican Iron and Ste:l company and Inland Steel company will be unified under ownership of Midvale. The name of the new corporation will probably be the North American Steel cor poration. The terms of the plan were out lined as follows: "All existing obligations of the three companies are to be assumed by the unified company. Existing preferred and common stocks will be changed into preferred and com mon stocks of the unified company. The new preferred stock is to have a par value of $100 per share, is to be 7 per cent cumulative, is to be redeemable at $115 per share and accrued dividends, and is to be con vertible for 12 years into new com mon stock at the rate of 5 shares of new common for 4 shares of new preferred. The common stock is to be without par value. To Pool Assets. "All assets of the three companies are to be owned by the unified com pany except ' the Nicetown plant (Armor making ordnance and forg ing) of the Midvale Steel company, which is to be transferred to a separ ate company with a capacity of 500, 000 shares without par value. "Participation in the new stock' will be as follows: "Under the plan Midvale company stockholders will receive .75 per cent new common stock and 25 per cent stock in the , company formed to take over the Xicetown plant. "Republic Iron and Steel preferred stockholders are to receive dividends in cash to date when the new pre ferred dividend begins to accrue and 100 per cent innew preferred stock. "Republic Iron arfd Steel common stockholders are to receive 25 per cent new preferred stock which is to be purchased from them at $95 a share and 75 per cent new common stock. . , To Provide More Capital. "It is intended to provide $20,000,- 000 - additional' cash working capital from the sale of common stock." ' : Negotiations are pending, fr. Chadbourne said, 'for the' acquisition of other properties, but irrespective of the outcome of these negotiations Midvale.,-Republic and Inland com panies propose to proceed with these merger plans. - ' Financing - will be handled ' by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. The Republic- Iron & Steel Co. has blast furnaces at Birmingham, Ala.; and ' Youngstown, O.; - steel works, tube' works and sheet and bar mills and a bolt' apd nut works at Muncie, Ind.; a special mill at Davenport, la., and a small plant at Chicago.- r " The company has coal mines in Alabama and .Pennsylvania and iron ore deposits in Alabama and "the lake- country," including Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Midvale locations are at Coatcsville ;- and Johnstown, ' Pa., with coal deposits in Pennsylvania and iron ore in the lake country. -The Inland plants are at Chicago, with coal in Pennsylvania and south ern Illinois,", and iron in the lake regions. . - . 1 f . '.,"'.' 3 Killed as Auto Hit V by Passenger Train ..Hammond, Ind., June 1 Clarence of Portland, Ind., a student at Val paraiso university; Mrs. Madeline S;ii7nc ' ?4 9nd' Vir " 4-vpar-nM daughter, were instantly killed when their automobile was struck by a passenger train near Yanatah yes- tcraay. -. ;. , - San Bernardino Cal., June 1. Miss Leah Miller, a Los Angeles nurse, was killed, but her employer, Thomas F. Cantwell, and his 2-year-old child escaped serious injury when an automobile in which they were riding plunged 800 feet over i cliff' in the San Bernardino moun tains yesterday. Cantwell - wa? thrown from the car after it ; had. rolled about 200 feet, while the child was carried dowu -400 feet. , . .. ' Drys Ask Removal of Frisco U. S. Attorney's Aide v San Francisco.' June J. Removal of ' Robert H. McCormack, special assistant United States attorney,, in charge of prohibition ' violation cases, has been requested by the Anti-Saloon League of ' Northern California. A telegram to that ef fect has been sent to Attorney Gen eral Daugherty. The Rev. A. H. Briggs, superin tendent of the league, charges that McCormack has been negligent and that eases of violation of the pro hibition law had. piled up in federal court.. Briggs said that detailed charges had been laid before Pro hibition i Commissioner Haynes at Washington several weeks ago. , Lloyd George Entertains ' William Randolph Hearst London. June 1. David Lloyd George, British premier, todav en tertained' William Randolph Hearst, the American publisher, . and Mrs. Hearst at luncheon. It was said at the premier's official residence that the luncheon was a private party with only a few of Mr. Lloyd George's personal friends, present. Ml , tUt. MM tM tt M4 IllSai. 1 1 I Caterpillars on Track Stop Coast Train Orovcland. CaL. June 1. A plague of caterpillars threatens to Interrupt operatloM of the Hetch Hereby railroad. The caterpillars crawl along the rails, covering them sometmsea for a distance of a mile, making them to slippery that the engines cannot pull the trains up the grade. Many timet the crews have had to cut the engine from the train and run over the cater pillar -covered rails to coat them with sand before the train could be pulled through. Four Clues Being Run Down in Hunt for Manacle Man State Sheriff Sends Out Posses to Investigate Reports That Brown Is in Various . Places. Lincoln. Tune 1. (Special.) Posses directed by State Sheriff Gus Ilyers, are running down four clue received by hi office late in the aft ernoon regarding the whereabouts of Fred Brown, Benson manacle man, who assaulted two girls and chained up their would-be rescuer Sunday. Jess Stargo of Lincoln, who knows Brown personally, informed the state sheriff that he saw Brown driving east on O street in a big green automobile at 6 tonight. A woman residing in the neigh borhood, where Brown is known to have been biding, is positive that she saw him about dusk in the same Tieio-hhorhood. . J. H. Grainger, wealthy farmer near Ashland, telephoned Hyers that as he was driving in cows trom nis pasture tonight a man answering the description of Brown leaped from the underbrush and accosted him. He says the man was earry inir a bundle and keot one hand in his pocket, apparently holding a gun. A reauest was made for directions for crossing the Platte river in order to reach Schuyler. When advised to use the bridge the man said that he did not want to go that way but sousht someone to terry, him across. , The county sheriff is leading a posse which will meet with one from Schuyler in an effort to apprehend the man. A posse of 300 men near Wymore is scouring the vicinity where a man said to answer the description of Brown was seen. Gage County Sheriffs Searching for Brown -' Beatrice, June 1 .(Special Tele gram.) A man answering' the de- -i t- I n senpuon oi ricu diuwu, lususyw man, who escaped - from Omaha, hought several articles in a drug store at Liberty this morning and Sheriff Emery and his deputies are investigating this case on the suppo sition it is Brown, who is headed for Kansas Citv. - The ' finding of av. percale dress light wrap and some underclothing hanging from the limb of a tree along a creek bank east of Adams caused considerable excitement among citizens ' there. ' Posses dragged the creek, fearing1 that some young .woman met foul play at the hands of Brown. Sheriff Emery has dispatched two deputies there, on the theory that Browyi may have driven to Adams from Lincoln in woman's attire and then discarded the dress. McLaughlin Hopeful of Pullman Rate Cut Washington, June 1. (Special Telegram.) Representative Mc Laughlin is hopeful of obtaining fa vorable action upon his motion to have thev committee on interstate commerce discharged from- further consideration of. his bill removing the surcharge upon Pullman berth charges. This would mean that the bill will come directly before the house. The chairman of the com mittee has informed Mr. McLaughlin that there is little likelihood of the committee giving any hearings' on the bill this session. : i - - The Nebraska congressman is con fident' if he can get -it before-the .house, his bill will be passed over whelmingly. It proposes to remove the surcharge of 50 per cent. It is desired .by the Pullman company. The company claims that 'the exces sive charges for passenger transpor tation is causing a falling off in - its business and that instead of making money by the surcharge it is losing, this applies to all passenger travel. Mr. McLaughlin points out that, while the average capacity of a coach is 64, the average per coach now is . 16. . ' , - .' . .. ; .v Michigan Posse Slays Two . Bandits With Machine Gun Flint, Mich., June 1. Two ban dits who participated in the robbery of the Metamora State bank at Metamora, near here, this morning, were shot to death this afternoon by possemen ' using; machine guns, according to a telephone message received here. A member of ;'the posse was wounded in the exchange of firing. - r ' . . The Weather ' Forecast : - ; Saturdhr. nrobablv ahower. hum. what warmer. Baariy Tamaorataraa. . S a. m. e a. m. 7 a. hi. a a. a. a. m. a . at- .S5 .SS .se ,ss .ec ,.e .is . .7 I a. a, .. .". .. Jt at. .. S p. m. .. .... le a. at. II a. aj. IS m. ... . .4 4 .ft .J s . . .. HlrhMt Tatrrdar. Chaycnna ........I Danvar St Dts Melnea ...... ta Puehta Salt Laka .. Bant Pa . . ftharldan ... Dodca City t Martt platta ...Y.til Valaatlna Mnfltr l Sioux Cltyk . TWO CENTS Airplanes Aid in Hunt for Brown Benson Manacle Man Still Outwits Great Number of Searchers Abandoned Car Found. Police Exhaust All Clues The manhunt for Fred Brown, es caped manacle man, it still on. While mate, county and city po lice, with tlio nid of airplanes and speed cars preid a web in the vicini ty of Benson yesterday afternoon, the criminal cleverly eluded his pur suers. If forts wil be made by State Sheriff I Iyer to have mail planes aid in the search for Brown today. Chief of Police Dcmpsey took per sonal charge at police headquarters lfet night and concentrated extra forces at places Brown is likely to turn up. f ' At the Benson fire station a speed car and four officers, whose courage has been tested under gunfire were leit. Big cars with four men in each were also posted on the principal roads leading wito the city and pa trols have been stationed on the less frequented thoroughfares. In the northwest part of the city, where females have been alarmed by false reports of Brown's presence in the neighborhood, mobile squads are placed. Plane Flies Low. The last tangible clue that, may irad to Brown's capture was that a man, accurately described as Brown, was seen dodging through brush wood near Seventieth and Center streets, toward Ak-Sar-Ben field at 3 yesterday afternoon. Section la borers on the Northwestern railroad crossing on West Center street, also reported to State Sheriff Gus Hyers and Deputy Sheriffs Charles Hoye and Nick Halter that a man answer ing Brown's description, was seen running east en Center street. Oc casionally he would stop as if for breath and the pace 6n again, the of ficers were told. Hyers, who came; to Omaha by airplane to direct the search for Brown, made low flight over the territory surrounding the place where the man was last seen but re ported nothing suspicious. Hyers hopped off for Lincoln at 5 yester day afternoon and is expected back in Omaha today to resume the search. - . v ; - - , Dozen Clues Run Down. - At least a dozen clues were run down in vain jresterday by the of ficers who spednere and there armed with pump gons in high-powered cars. ., ' , Immediately upon Hyers' arrival at Ak-Sar-Beir field at 12:30 yester day in an airplane piloted by Errold G. Bahl of the Lincoln Aircraft com pany, he was rushed in a Cadillac car driven by J H. Hansen, to Ben son, where Brown is said to have abandoned a car stolen in Lincoln the night before.' The state sheriff identified the abandoned Ford roadster as the car in which Brown is believed to have made his escape from Officers "in Lin coln. Crumbs found in the car strengthened Hyers' belief that Brown stole the car from within a block of the scene of his gun battle with an officer in the capital city. ';-:y. Brown Buys Food. Brown had hought a dozen cinna mon rolls, some .cheese and a bottle of milk before he escaped from Lin coln, Hyers stated. - - a, , Following a search of the grounds in the vicinity of Brown's habitat in Benson Gardens, where he held two girls over last Saturday night and . ; (Tr ta Paca INra, Cataaaa ran.) Woman Blows Off Head With Gun Small . Daughter Hears Report and Notifies Father Sui cide Leaves Note. Beatrice,; Neb.,! June 1. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Charles Kozak committed suicide, at her-home one and one-half milee northeast of Vir ginia, Neb., by blowing the top of her head off with a shotgun after at taching a piece of binding twine to the trigger, and to the side of the manger. v ; ' . She left the -house telling her -7- year-old daughter she was going to shoot hawks. The daughter heard the report of the gun in the barn and notified her father who was at work in the field. He hurried to the barn where he found the body. ill health is supposed to be the cause. , Mrs. Kozak left a note say ing "it probably was for the best." In it she asked her husband to take good care of their daughter. . Mrs. Kozak was' about 35 and an old resident of the Virginia vicinity. Mistaken Identity Brings Out ' Name of Wrong Taxi Man A- case of -v mistaken-' identity brough . out . the name of Harry Herschman, Blue taxicab man, in connection with the- attempted - sui cide of Mae Rogers in Apartment No. 1 of the Sweetwopd. The girl swallowed poison after a quarrel with another Blue taxieab driver. Herschman was in no way connected with the case. Neither was he-the occupant -of the apart ment, as reported. He lives, instead, at 125 South Thirtieth street. Crane to Sail for U. S. London. June- I. Charles IL Crane will sail Saturday for New York. It had -been understood he intended going to The Hague before sailing, but he had decided not to do so. v , v