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Show tiTTMAN PROPOSES COVENANT RESERVATIONS: Leader of Gang Still at Large; Ambassador Is Urged to Secure Withdrawal With-drawal of U. S. Troops. Americans Following Trail of Kidnapers Deeper Into Mexico, Plane Message Says. MAEFA, Texas, Aug. 21. One bandit was believed to have been killed and two others made ' prisoners, pris-oners, since American troops crossed the Kio Grande into Mexico Mex-ico Tuesday morning. A report received here last night told of an' American cavalry sergeant who rodo to the border after dark and reported that Captain Matlack had captured two bandits, believed to have been implicated in the capture cap-ture of the aviators Peterson and Davis. Neither man was Kenteria, the bandit leader, he said. One Mexican Mex-ican was killed Tuesday when American aviators returned their fire when they saw three bandits near the border, one of whom was seen to fall with his horse. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Mexican Mexi-can Ambassador Bonillas has been urged by the Mexican consul at Presidio, Texas, to obtain from the war department an order for withdrawal with-drawal of the American forces now In Mexioo. The consul's telegram, made public at the embassy tonight, to-night, said that, since Mexican f ed-erai ed-erai troops were in pursuit of the bandits which held two American aviators for ransom, withdrawal of the American troops would "avoid difficulties. ' ' MARFA, Toxas, Aug. 20. An airplane arriving at 1:15 o'clock this afternoon brought this message from the American troops in Mexico: "Still following trail." Reports from Presidio, delayed because of storms that put field telephones out of commission, told of a meeting in the field yesterday between General Pruneda, his officers and American commanders of the punitive expedition. Following the conference con-ference American troops continued in pursuit pur-suit of the bandits. A meeting Is scheduled sched-uled again for today. Tho Mexican commander of the Ojinaga district expressed a desire to co-operato with tho American troops in catching the bandits. MEXICAN CONSUL SENDS MESSAGE. A message was received today by Colo- nel Langhorne from the Mexican consul at Presidio, Texas, giving information obtained by Carranza scouts in the Ojinaga district as to the possible whereabouts where-abouts of the bandits who held the American Ameri-can flyers. Although Aviators Davis and Peterson i had been rescued almost 21 hours, a Carranza force from Ojinnga, under Gon-! Gon-! oral Pruneda, left at 9:30 o'clock last night to carry out General Dieguez's orders or-ders to search the Ojinaga district for tho American aviators, according to a message received here today from the Mexican consul at Presidio. The Mexican consul at Presidio reported this afternoon that General Pruneda, with a column of Carranza cavalry, had gone to CuchiUo Parado, forty miles up tho Conchos river from Ojinnga, in search for bandits in the Ojinaga district where tho American troops are operating, PRECAUTIONS TAKEN TO AVOID CLASH WITH AMERICANS WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. To avoid possible contact with American troor.a on the trail of bandits in northern Mexico. Mexlinn Tctc-c; v. er-1 not sort after the (Continued on Pne 3, Column 3.) American Institute of Packln?, Its Washington Wash-ington offices, and activities, as vVll as entering into the subject of profits. "Isn't the institute .office here to fight any kind of regulation?" Senator Kenyon asked T. Davis Hill, who headed head-ed a delegation of independent packers of Baltimore. "I'm not an officer of it," Mr. Hill said, "but I .suppose they want to be on the ground to be familiar with all legislative proposals affecting the industtry." "Understand, I am not saying they are wrong," Senator Kenyon said, "or that there is anything wrong in their methods, hut do you know about their agents and publicity men here, or who is going to pay for them?" "I suppose there will lie dues assessed for that," Mr. Hill eaid. "That's the usual way." , "W'c are now passing through a period of inflation," Mr. Hill said, in making' his objections to tiie proposed regulation. "Prices are abnormal, business Is abnormal. ab-normal. This is no time to regulate. Wait until we get through It and have our fec-t back on the ground, and then see what drastic measures are necessary." neces-sary." The witness said he bought hogs in competition with the big packers in Kansas Kan-sas City and Chicago and was sure the big concerns could not control prices. Soionion Greenwald of Baltimore asserted the same thing was true of other livestock. live-stock. Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, Democrat, Demo-crat, took up the questioning from another I angle. "We've been told the big packers are going into everything," the senator queried, "controlling the sale of some TOO other products. Do you think it would be a good thing to have them put all these other smaller men out of business and establish a monopoly in foodstuffs?" "No, but I'd say to license the other and )ct the livestock industry alone," (J r e e n w a 1 d responded. "Thpse are just the sort of objections that were raised to meat inspection when that law was proposed," observed Senator Sena-tor Kenyon. All of the independents appearing said their business had i eacbed the apex of prosperity under food administration regulation during the war and this aroused the interest of Chairman Gronna, who j asked: I "If that was true, when you were be- ing controlled, why do you-object to con-i con-i trol now?" ! Jacob Shafer of Baltimore responded t that they endured the food ndminiotra- t io:i control without question because "it I was only temporary." Mr. Hill said : "A man wants to feel he is doing business in a free country, I I'd have no pride in my concern if it were run under anybody's thumb." ID URGES BIS (Continued from Fase One.) ::. i that many made ?0 a week, ,L- :.ic average wa3 about ? b.i. ;: v.;:s Bai'l that a pair of shoes sold . n mimifacturer for $3.50 was dis- . -) in :i store 400 yards from tiie fac-t fac-t ;. m.cked Hided in Cleveland. I,"t;LA.D. Aug. 20 .-eorge W. ? ::.! in.-:. !or;:l re p resent at iv of the i" . .'nmia 'Fruitgrowers association, was I' toikiy, charged with violation of t. :t:ue antitrust law. by tiie grand jury l,.-v-.;:,ri;:K aiiegod food price prcfiteer-i'. prcfiteer-i'. in Cleveland. 0A' ARREST MADE iV CHICAGO FIGHT TO REDUCE PRICES 1 liirAGft. Aug. 20. One arrest was ft ' iijiiay arid a conference of state ! :'Mir-; from ninete-' n Illinois cities s ; Tumd.-s with District Attorney Clyne didrl r.'lative-to co-operation in prose-!:: prose-!:: u- iur.r'lers and profiteers in the gov- 1 c ii !!t'. campaign against the high cost C i.Ullf,'. i-'irt;.' Sheehan. president of the ; ir;il .npar company, of which sovoral : c nli wnre mrt under charges of profi- , t'" r in PittMmrg recently, was arrested ' -" (M1 similar charge. lie was re- ; y-'Mti bonds of S;.ui'0. It is charged ! 'i Sliroiiaii's firm bought a quantity of; ' - r for :i hundred pound?, and : it U a:iothr company for 312. 7f. j i ,;el"ict Attornev Clyne refused to dip- ! ! ' llt-' plmis being evob-ed in his meet- I I'rv.ith the rotinly prosecutors. I i ! '-s of governtnenl foodstuffs con-' : ' ' p today in department stores and :r,,'Kl postal stations. More than ! i ''.""" anriy blankets are. on sale at the j , ir'i:;; lni'tormaitcr's depot. JDE COMMISSION ! EVIDENCE ATTACKED i M PACKING INQUIRY .''Msinx.lTox, Ana. :.-lnclepondont '; '' 'I'l'i'anng Wore the scnatn nsrl-(, nsrl-(, n-mrAitiee today cballenKrd most 'v.- mtnu "f li,e federal trade ,,. 011 Which proposals for i rl"-!l.T.lon of tho five dominant .. 1 in In- iiHlifitr- are based. . . "'U-en It-iH reprowmativos insisted tf u'".,v nttins and fumlithiiiK -, , : ..' "': '"lilion at botli ends of the - - .,v,:'' ,hl', purolmw of livestoek for I- - IS 'u,,; in t'ie sale of meals to .. i ... r Ayi expressed tiie I'onehi-, I'onehi-, '; '" of suiMJlv tsnd demand . Jv:,.',;,,.,f'!:k,ien:ly to proteet the ; ' !':r vl-w .s.;piiiemente.l : .- .r"5..', '1. r '!;l';l buteioT and Kiven ' .. ' r"r' m the appearance of a !. ,i '''"'."'"y r.a)i-es,..-.iiaiivo ami I lie : .. ,.:'" i-onrtrnsiiiK lmsiness to ob- ' -.nm S '"'""S provisions of tiie ' 1 ' : tl'.'i 'i w '' "u'' r''" "onld ap- '.,.' I'l'siiiess if pot ciianced. " '" K.,,v,'me ''.wln''":''s' rai-lienlarly ena-:' ena-:' ' : . '". I'.epubli-an. mhor '''' r.v i "" ""'if'ire, and Senator ; ft -r r,.,r U,S'ls- KPMl'H.-in. put to the : ! ' n"''"1:Uivos pointed questions |