Show efforts to be made to cancel patents seattle wash oct 16 two bills to cancel patents to timber lands in this state aggregating more than acres were filed in the federal court today by united states district attorney and directed against john A benson and F A hyda who arc accused of obtaining title to the lands by fraud the defendants are the same persons against whom indictments ere found in washington city in february 1904 tor a similar offense it Is alleged that the defendants secured title to the lands by means of scrip which was fraudulently issued to school land locators in oregon and california who in turn transferred it to these operators by a prearranged agreement conceived wholly for the purpose ot defrauding the government the patents held by the defendants embrace timber lands in all parts of western washington and the holdings are estimated to be worth many thousands ot dollars jt is the purpose of the suit to cancel the patent to every claim secured by means of the alleged fraudulent scrip in order that it may be again thrown open to entry to bonafide fliers |