Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-05 | Page 2 | Nation-Wide Search Made for Hitchcock

NWI0F. CHICAGO, Doc. -I Mystery surrounding sur-rounding the whereabouts of Milan M.J Hitchcork, former postmaster of Ber-1 win, whose activities in nppraising properly in connection with tho build-Ing build-Ing of a hospital at the Chicago speedway speed-way are said to be responsible -for his disappearance more than a week ago. deepened today. Following roports that Hitchcock, for whom a nation-wide search has been instituted, had boon located at Mitchell, Mitch-ell, S. D., where his brothers Abncr E. Hitchcock and Herbert Hitchcock1 live a telegram .was roceived in Chicago Chi-cago from Mitchell saying that he was not in Mitchell and that tho brothers said they did not know of his present whereabouts. The Edward Hlnea Lumber company com-pany which is said to be interested in the ?2.50n,000 hospital which it was expected would be used by the government, gov-ernment, has begun an inquiry into Hitchcock's disappearance. Officials of the company are said to havo hinted hint-ed that a "ring" was trying fto pro-1 vent the Illnos company from being awarded the hospital contracts. ' 00