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Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
Four Clues Being
Run Down in Hunt
for Manacle Man
State Sheriff Sends Out Posses
to Investigate Reports That
Brown IL in Various
Places.

Lincoln. Tune Especial -
Posses directed by State Sheriff Gus
Hycrs, are running down four clues
received by his Office late in the aft.
crnoon regarding the whereabouts OF
Fred Brown. Benson manaclc man.
who assaulted two girls and chained
Up their would-be rescucr Sunday.
Jess Stargo Of Lincoln. who knows
Brown personally. informed the
state sheriff thst he saw Brown
driving east on o street in big
green automobile at 6 tonight.
A woman residing in the neigh
borhood, where Brown is known to
have been hiding, is positive that she
saw him about dusk in the same
ueighborhood.
]. II. Granger, wealthy farmer
near Ashland, telephoned Hyers that
as he was driving in cows from his
pasture tonight man answering
the description Of Brown leaped
from the undcrbrush and accosted
him. He says the man was carry
ing a bundle and kept one hand in
his pocket, apparently holding a
gun.
A request 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 60 that way but
sought someone to ferry. him
across.
The county sheriff is leading q
posse which will meet with one from
Schuyler in an effort to apprehend
the man.
A posse OF 800 men near Wymore
is securing the vicinity where q man
said to answer the description OF
Brown was seen.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
Oser. Declares He
Will Wed Mathilde
Wedding TO Take Place DE.
spite All Obstacles = Says
Riding Master.

Zurich, June l.-(By A. P.)-
MAX 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 hanacee's mother. is
that the marriage viii take place in
spite Of all obstacles.
Although he said he was natural
" disappointed over the delay, he
was proceeding with preparations
tor 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 SwiaEer-
land. Consequently it i. considered
here that whatever the American
court might decided concerning the
guardianship of Miss Mathilde. the
consent 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 LA determined
battle to prevent the marriage Of
Mathilde Mccormick. II, prospective
heir to millions, to Max Oscr, Swiss
riding master, was begun in court
yesterday by Mrs. Edith Rockefeller
Mccormick, the girls mother and
divorced wife of Harold F. McCor-
mick, millionaire head of the Inter
national Harvester company.
Asking = 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 Vaccinations and intrigues Of de-
signing persons" She added tina!
Oser, . poor man, desired the mar
riage primarily" because he believed
''in 50 doing he will secure large
sums Of money and financial gain.
The motion was made in Mrs. Nc
Cormiek's answer to the application
of her daughter for appointment 0,
Mr.. Mccormick a. her legal guard.
i'm. Under the Swiss law, consen,
OF the guardian or both parents of I
minor Is Necessary for marriage
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
Former Heads Of Defunct'
Packing Company Indicted

Redheld. S. D., June l.-Indict-
ments charging three former Off
GERS of the defunct Midland Pack
ing company Of Sioux City, Ia, with
using the mails to defraud. were
returned by a federal grand jury at
the last term of court at Deadwood,
5. D., according to an announce-
ment tonight by Wesley Clark,
United States district attorney for
South Dakota.
Tic officers indicted. Mr.. Clark
stated, are: Fred, Sawyer, former
president of the company. Ben I.
Sallinger, former vice president, and
c. Fl. Burlinghame, former secre-
tary-treasurer. There are IA counts
to each indictment, he said.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
War Fraud
Fight Bobs
UpinHouse
Representative Campbell De.
clares Attack on Dsugherty
Only Way Democrats
Gould Serve Crooks.'
Garrett Answers Charge

Washington. June 1.-The war
tsauds fight. raging for days in the
senate. broke out with unexpected
fury IN the house today. 10 minutes
after the rules committee had reseind-
ed its action in giving right OF way
10 a republican resolution for in.
vesiigation OF the lack OF govern.
ment prosecution OF alleged war
graf,ers.
Charges by Chairman Campbell OF
the committee ''in a word to demo-
Gratis" that their attack on Attorney
General Daugher,y was the only way
in which they could "servc war
crooks" threw the house into disorder.
There were cheers from the rcpub-
lican side as the charge was flung
in shouting voice at the democrats,
all OF them silent save one who
hisscd.
Ii brough, from Representative
Garrett, the democratic leader, the
assertion that Chairman Campbell
who. in the first instance, had voted
10 put the investigation before the
house. had been induced by the at
torncy 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 measure
which sought to find work for idle
soldiers and as veteran member
expressed it. "they were off after
that"
Amid democratic cheers. Mr.. Gar
rctt declared that Chairman Camp
bell "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 let
ter from former Attorney General
Palmer. courting an investigation by
congress, Representative Mondell,
republican leader, declared 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. l
am not surprised that gentlemen
whose. names may figure in inyesti-
7 gstioHs before grand juries prefer
congressional investigation to ac-
ton by grand jurics and the courts.
That is their only hope"
Hopes to Halter Crooks.
In his speech Mr.. Campbell said
the activities "of man in the Chi
caSo convention will not operate in
his defense in the grand jury room"
ani that "a presentation of nomi-
nation to . San Francisco conven-
ton. will not except his name from
presentation BY the grand jury"
In this connection the chairman
said that in cases now being pre-
sentcd to the grand jury at WASH
ington, the attorney general hopes
to put the halter on the conspicu-
GUS crooks who conspired to defraud
and rob the government during the
war, and lead them to the peniten-
tiary,"
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
Michigan Posse Stays Two
Bandits With Machine Gun

Flint, Mich, June 1.-Two ban
dts who participated in the robbery
of the Metamora State bank al
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.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
Steel
Is
Announced
Midvale, Republican and In.
land Companies to Be Uni.
fled Under Single Big
Corporation.
Plan to Pool All Assets

NeW totk, june III lnoNas u.
Chadburne. attorney. late today an-
rouneed adoption OF a plan whereby
the properties OF the Midvsle Steel
and Ordnance company, Republican
Iron and Steel company aud 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 500 per share, is to
be 7 per cent cumulative, is TO be
redeemabIe at Sis per share and
accrued dividends, and is to be con-
vcrtible for II 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
te 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 q separ-
ate company with a capacity Of s00,-
600 shares without par value.
Participation in the new stock
will be as follows:
Under the plan Midvale company
stockholders will receive IS per cent
new common stock and Is per cent
stock in the company formed to
take over the Nicetown 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 in new preferred stock.
Republic Iron and Steel common
stockholders are to receive Is per
cent new preferred stock which is
to be purchased from them at SOS a
share and IS per cent new common
stock. ~
To Provide More Capital.
1T is intended to provide $20,O0O,-
900 additional cash working capital
from the sale of common stock"
Negotiations are pending. Mr..
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 viii 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 bolt aud nut works
at Muncie, Ind; special mill at
Davenport, Ia, and small plant
at Chicago.
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
Coatesville 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, 4 and iron in the lake
regions.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
.Airplanes
Aid in Hunt
for Brown
Benson's Manscle Man Still
Outwits Great Number Of
Searchcrs-Abandoned
Car Found.
Police Exhaust All Clues

The manhunt Tor Fred Brown, es-
capped manaeie man, is still OF.
While state, county and city po-
lice. with the aid OF airplanes and
speed cars spread web in the yicini-
IS OF Benson yesterday afternoon.
the criminal cievcrly eluded his pur-
sacrs. Efforts vii be made by State
Sheriff Hyers to have mail planes
aid in the search for Brown today.
Chief OF Police Dempsey took per-
sonal charge a, police headquarters
last night and concentrated extra
forces at places Brown is likely 10
turn up. Q
At the Benson fire station a speed
car and four officers. whose courage
has been tested under guniirc were
lett. Big cars with four men in each
were also posted on the principal
roads leading into the city and pa
trolls have been stationed on the less
freQuented thoroughfares.
In the northwest part OF the city.
where females have been alarmed BY
false reports of Browns presence in
the neighborhood, mobile squads are
placed.
Plane Flies Low.
The last tangible clue that may
lead to Browns capture was that
man, accurately described as Brown,
was seen lodging through brush
wood near Sevcntieth and Center
streets, toward Ak-Sar- Ben field Z.
5 yesterday afternoon. Section Ia
torers on the Northwestern railroad
crossing on West Center street, also
reported to State Sheriff Gus HyeYs
and Deputy Sheriffs Charles Hoyc
and Nick Halter that 4 man answer
ing Browns description, was seen
running east en- Center street. Oc-
casionally he would stop as if for
breath and the pace On again, the Of
ficers were told.
Hyers, who came Ito 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
hoped off Tor Lincoln at S yester-
day afternoon and is expected back
in Omaha today to resume the
search.
Dozen Clues Run Down.
At least , dozen clues were run
down in vain yesterday BY the Of
ficers who sped Here and there armed
with pump euns in hieh-powered
cars,
Immediately upon Hyers' arrival
at Ak-Sar-Ben field At 1890 yester-
day ID an airplane piloted by Erold
6. BAIL Of the Lincoln Aircraft COM
pany, he was rushed in Cadillac
car driven by J. H. Hansen, to Ben
son, where Brown is said to have
abandoned = 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
coin. Crumbs found in the car
strengthened Hyers' belief that
Brown stole the car from within !
block of the scene Of his gun battle
with an officer in the capital city.
Brown Buys Food.
Brown had bought dozen cinna-
mon rolls, some cheese and bottle
OF milk before he escaped from Lin
coin, Hyers stated.
Following search, Of the grounds
in the vicinity Of Browns habitat in
Benson Gardens, where he held two
girls over last Saturday night and
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Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
Mistaken Identity Brings Out
Name of Wrong Taxi Man

A case of mistaken identity
brough out the name Of Harry
Herschman, Blue taxicab man, in
connection with the attempted sui
eide Of Mac Rogers in Apartment
No. of the SweetwQod.
The girl swallowed poison after a
quarrel with another Blue taxicab
driver. Hersehman was in no way
connected with the case. Neither
was he, the occupant OF the apart
ment, as reported. He lives. instead,
at l25 South Thirtieth street.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
Lloyd George Entertains
William Randolph Hearst

London. June david Lloyd
George, British premier. today en-
tertained William Randolph Hearst,
the American publisher, and Mrs.
Hearst at luncheon. 1t was said at
the premier's official residence that
the luncheon was a private party
with only few of Mr.. Lloyd
Georges personal friendA present
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
Autoist Battles Wildcat.

San Diego. Cal, June Henry
Fenton, grading contractor, struck q
wildcat with his automobile while
travelling in the Laguna mountains,
back Of San Diego, yesterday. He
picked up the apparently dead ami
NAL and put it on the seat alongside
him for the trip to the city.
Fenton noticed the cats eyes just
as the animal made jump for him.
He stopped the car, threw laprobe
over the cat and, after a struggle,
oyercamc it. Fenton was badly
scratched.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
Caterpillars on Track
Stop Coast Train

0rovslaAd. Cal. June Ia
plague Of CATERPILLAR thssstens 70
interrupt operations ef the Hsteh-
Hssehy railroad. The cssssplllars
crawl along the rails, covering
them somstimss Tor . distance d .
mile. makias shsm % siippssy that
the engines esnnot pull the trains
up ths grades. Many times the
crews have had 10 cut the snsine
from the train and run over the
caterpillar covered rails TO coat
them with sand bsioss the train
could be pulled through.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
Pope Celebrates Birthday

Rome, June Pope Plus cele-
brated his 65tll birthday yesterday.
He received numerous congratula-
tory kilograms and best wishes were
sent to him by all the cardinals and
archbishops. The vatican presented
. festive aspect
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
Crane to Sail for u. S,

London. June /. - Charles R.
Crane will sail Saturday for New
York. 1t had been understood he
intended going TO The Hague before
sailing, but he had decided not to
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02

Msreus. Wash. June i.-Poli,s-
ness cost George ody. u. his lie.
He was crossing the bridge owe
the columbis river here and
stepped aside to psrmis other Pc
dsstrians 10 pass. A. he did 90.
he stumbled on . prosruding spike.
losing his balance. falling into
the river. where the swift current
carried him under.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
Woman Enters
Into Blackmail
Death Mystery
Ex.fank Says "Blsckmailer, "
Morning Of Death, Declared
Married Man Trying to
Steal His Girl.

Philadelphia, June l.-Guy a. Phil
lips. worlds war veteran. reiterated
here today that he saw Clarence
Peters. slain by Walter S. Ward. in
Philadelphia at noon, May Is, and
at $40 a. m. May 10. Peters body
was found near New Rochelle, N.
y. on May 10.
IL was while on his way TO a rail-
road station OH May 10. he said, he
fell in with Peters, who accostcd him
because he wore a service button.
Peters appeared to be nervous. Phil
lips said:
THE young man said he was in
trouble with 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 gun he
carried in his inside pocket. Then
he said man was in the city look
ing for him. Fondling the revolver.
he said it would help him to get the
man who was trying to get him.
Later he asked me where he could
NJ d ~ gill IoI LHLdOCtN, AN. l..
told him TO 90 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-
tel! He wore a brown suit and a
gray cap. Peters spoke to him. he
said, and again showed him the pistol
and said: III will get him unless he
gets me first"
Phillips said he saw Peters walk
to meet very we'll dressed young
man who came across the street.
They talked for few seconds and
then started for an automobile.
When Phillips was reminded that
Peters body was, found ON the 10th
he expressed the opinion that he
might have been killed near by and
his body, carried. to where it was
found. :
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
No Evidsns< of Gun Fight

White Plans, n. Y, June 1.-The
entranceSof one group of detectives
brought into the Ward Peters kill
ing cake by District Attorney Weeks
to inyes4igate,every angle of the mys-
terious blackmail and shooting af.
fair. and the exit of another group
that now declares that their failure to
find the Ross" mentioned by Ward
+as Observation-Disclosures convinces
them that "Ross" is pure myth,
marked the 10th day since ex-Sailor
Peters was found shot to death on
the Kcnsico reservoir road.
The search of the Ward home was
declared to have failed to disclose
any evidence of guns fight there.
Once Sued Ward.
Los Angeles, June l.-Miss Mar
tina Kendall, who once filed a suit
charging criminal conspiracy against
Walter S. Ward. now held BY the
White Plains IN. W 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 $4,000
suit for damages against his son.
She asserted the younger Ward had
broken into her apartment and at
tempted to kidnap her.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-02
TheWeather

Forecast.
Saturday. probably showers, some
what warmer.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-05-12
WATKINS
HAS BEEN CAPTURED
One of the Con Men Who Operated
Here With Sharum Over
Year Ago

The authorities, both state and fed
eral, are doing everything in their
power to clear the state of "con" men,
who have been working in Florida for
several winters past. By evidence OBJ
tanned in Ocala a number of these men
have been caught. The evidence OBJ
tanned in the Pointer case, directly
and Indirectly has led to the locating
of several. The latest to be appre-
hended was Crittenden c. Watkins,
alias John Davidson, who was arrest
ed April 80, at Wichita, Kan, and will
be tried in that city May Is, on the
charge of swindling Otto K. Hanben-
reiser out of $4,000 at Daytona Beach
Jan. z, 1922. Watkins was a frequent
visitor to Ocala in the season of 1920
1921 and an associate of jeff Sharum
and John Bull, con men under indict-
ment here.
Thorugh evidence obtained in Ocala,
Watkins was trailed to his home in
Wichita by inspectors. He admits he
was in Ocala in 1920-21 and he also
admits being in Florida in 1922,
but denies that he was in Daytona
Beach at this time.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-05-12
KINGS DAUGHTERS

The regular monthly meeting of the
Kings Daughters was held yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Charles Rheinauer
had invited the organization to meet
with her at her home on North Lake
Weir. Ten of tn members left Ocala
yesterday afternoon about two o'clock.
Regular routine business was trans
acted after which the remainder of
the afternoon was enjoyed in conver-
sation. Mrs. Rheinauer served de-
licious supper about six o'clock. Mr..
and Mrs. Rheinauer are cordial host
and hostess and the afternoon spent
at their home proved to be one that
will be long remembered by those
present
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-05-12
CAMPAIGN ITINERARY

The following appointments have
been made for democratic campafn
meetings:
Moss Bluff, Thursday, May 18.
Sparr, Friday, May 19.
Eureka, Saturday, May q.
Fellowship, Friday, June 10.
Communities desiring campaign ap-
pointments should Immediately notify
the undersigned, so as to avoid con-
fusion in dates.
Democratic Campaign Committee,
12-tf Ocaal, Fla
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-05-12
TROOPERS
GUARD THE TOWN
State of New York Sends Big Force
To Hold Down Negro
Strikers

Haverstraw, n. Y, May 12-(By
the Associated Press) state
troopers were ordered here today TO
guard the town against outbreaks OF
1000 negroes who are on strike In
thirty-five brick plants here. More
troopers are expected from Albany
and Troy this afternoon. The troops
are patrolEng the streets and keeping
the negroes moving. A dead line has
been fixed around the business sec
ton, except for persons having busi-
ness there.