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VOL. 50 NO. 19. titml tM.CIiw MitUr May It, I Ml. it Onaka P. 0. UaMf Art ( Mtrck . II7S. OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1920. ' By Malt (I ir). lailda ito Ion. Dally an Suadu. : Oallr 0t. M: Sunday. 14. Oultiat 4ta Zom (I vaar). Dally aao Suada. lit: Dally Oaly. 112: Suaday Oaly. It TWO CENTS OnWDI OMASA AND cotm cu, BLurr. nvi cxkti. TWO BANDITS ARE CAUGHT The Omaha Daily Bee ULTIMATUM OF ALLIES IS ACCEPTED Waterloo Bank Bandits Captured By Mere Boys Look What's Coming G. 0. P. WILL NOT NEGLECT GREAMVEST Republicans Plan to Establish Campaign Headquarters in San Francisco to Look After Pacific Coast States. f ... ' " ' - v ff rjr too hi f VBY FIVE BOYS Highwaymen Who Looted Wa terloo Bank of $1,500 in Cash Are Nabbed by Posse After Short Chase. CASHIER BOUND AND GAGGED BY OUTLAWS In Hurry to Escape, Several Thousand Dollars Was Over lookedYouths With Rifle And Revolver Effect Capture. It took five turn, srmed with a revolver and a .22 caliber rifle, loss than three-quarters of an hour to capture two highwaymen who, after robbing the bank of Waterloo. Neb., at 10:30 vesterdav morning, escap ed in a Ford car. Not one shot was fired either !n j the robbing of the bank or the cap- . Hiring of the bandits near the A. D J C'ompton farm, three and one-ln!f ' miles, southeast of Waterloo. The men gave their names as i Oscar Yost of Grenada, Colo., and I John Can. Newmeyer hotel. Council j Bluffs. They were brought to the I county jail here by Deputy Sheriffs I lames Lindsay and Charles Hove, I who arrived in Waterloo three hours. I aHor the capture. Tim n ,,.., 1 .1.., I 1. i . i iiv, inu linn 1 nil 1 HI lilU UctlilV when A. T. Stratton, cashier, wa.. ' alone. They ordered him to throw up his baud. Stratton complice!. After tying his hands they marched him towards the open vault. He pleaded with them not to lock him in the vault. The men yielded, scoop ed $1,500 in cash from the counter in the teller's cage and fled 'through the rear door. Miss Many Thousands. Stratton managed to attract the . attention of Otto Wilson and Join; Hofcldt, who freed him. A posse was immediately formed. J. C. Moore, who saw the bandits es- cape, said the number of the car t was 49603 Iowa. The highwaymen overlooked thousands of dollars worth of se curities and liberty bonds in the vault. The bank of Waterloo was sold Wednesday to Morton L. Corey, of the Federal Land bank of Omaha, and Charles Sunderliti, attorney, 340 tfter Trust huilrlincr Roy Pound, president of the bank, who sold his holdings Wednesday and his cousin, J. Pound, vice presi dent, were with the two new stock holders in the First National bank here at the time of the robbery. They did not know of the rotSbery until informed by The Bee that the robbers had been caught. The bandits escaped in a Ford and were headed south on the Gretna road when they were blocked by the closing of the road near the Comp ton farm. They turned their Ford around ?nd saw the posse of five "men ap proaching. Both men leaped from the car, threw the money and their revolvers into the weeds beside the road, and fell flat in the field. Otto Wilson, John Hofedlt. Lun Hanger, Otto and Albert Snyder, X posse, cried to them to sur-r.-endef. f No Shots Fired. The two highwaymen rose, with arms stretched heavenward, and ap proached the posse, surrendering without a word. liot a shot was fired. 'Ml the ' money was recovered The men were turned over to Oma ha detectives and Special Detective (Continued VK Two. Column SI.) Afight for Removal of Babler From National Committee Dropped St. Louis, Mo., July 9. The fight for the removal of Jacob L. Babler as republican national committee man from Missouri was dropped to day, it was announced at a meet ing here of a committee of repub licans appointed at a recent mass meeting at Sedalia to demand Bab ler's resignation. Antagonism against Babler re sulted from the disclosure that he had participated in the distribution of $38,000 of Lowden presidential campaign funds in the state. Proctor of Kansas City, in a for- 1 tation of this matter is both un necessary and unwise." The committee suggested that "the Strongest and most representa tive state committee possible be chosen at the August primary to gurantee that the party will not be disgraced by money." Wilson Working On Call For League of Nations Meet Washington, July 9. The call to be issued by President Wilson for tne first meeting ot tne assemoiy ot the league of nations in November is now in preparation, it was said to day at the State department, and will oe issued within a short time. It is understood that the meeting ftill be either at Geneva or Brussels. rire uauses tsumatea Loss of $250,000 in Denver Denver, July 9. Fire, which de stroyed East Turner hall and the Scott Auto Body company plant late today, also spread to seven resi dence and a nrint cfinn raitatnv an estimated loss ot au.uw. Keports that a fireman was buried beneath a crumbling wall were erroneous. John Cau of Council Bluffa and Oacar Yot, Granada, Colo., bandits, captured 45 minutes after thoy had robbed a Waterloo, Neb., bank yes terday mornlnj of $1,500 in cash. The outlaws surrendered to five boys armed with a small revolver and a 22-caliber rifle. AY START CAMPAIGN IN WESTERN STATES North Dakota Men Urge Gov-; ernor to Spaek at An nual Corn Festival California Active. Dayton, O., July 9. That the west may be developed into one of ; the chief battle grounds early in the national political campaign was the inference drawn from today's developments here. Governor James M. Cox, demom acratie caindidatc for president, stated that many requests that he open the campaign in the west have been received and i his talk with newspaper men. the goevrnor left the impression that he, at least, was interested in the proposition of an early invasion for the west, if not in foct favorable to it. : He stated, however, that capmaign arrange ments are in the hands of the na tional committee and that he could say nothing definite until he has conferred with the committee. W..W. Blain. president of the Corn Palace, Michell, S. D., headed a delegation that called on the gov ernor today, urging him to accept in invitation to speak at the festi vnl, the dat of which is September 27, to October 7. Charles E. Mor ris, the governor's private secre tary, telegraphed from San Fran cisco that he was being beseiged by California delegations uring that the campaign be opened in that state, Mr. Morris told the govmor that California democrats are cer tain they ca ncarry the state for him. Considerable interest now is cen tering in the conference of the na tional committee with the governor July 20. It has not been definitely established whether the meeting will be held at the governor's home at Trail's End or in Columbus but the governor said he would wire Chair man Cummipgs that the plans made for the committee meeting here seuned satisfartcory to him. The date and place of holding the official notification ceremonies are expected to be determined at the conference. Governor Cox intimated that some time between August 15 and 20 would be a satisfactory date for the notification. The fact that Franklin D. Roose velt has stopped over for a 24-hour rest at Glenwood Springs, Colo., makes it probable that he will not reach Ohio for a conference with his running mate before Mandoy. In such case, the governor said the con ference probably will take place in Columbus as he expects to go there Monday to look after matters of the executive office. Eight Workmen Killed by Lightning in Louisiana New Orleans, La., July '9. Eight workmen employed on the state industrial canal were killed today by lightning striking a pile driver under which they had taken refuge from a storm. Letts Assist Poles. Copenhagen, July 9. The Letts have gone to the assistance of the Poles around Dvinsk, according to the Kovno correspondent of the Bcrlingske Tidende. The Poles re quested the Letts to take war ma terial, which the Poles were unable to move in their retreat. Youth Kills Brother , While Attempting to Emulate Movie Actor Broken Bow, Neb., July 9. (Special.) The 11-year-old son of Harry Weatherly, living four miles north of Callaway, who was acci dentally shot by his 9-year-old brother Monday, died Wednesday morning. The boys had seen a moving picture recently in which one of the performers shot the buttons off the other's coat. Monday morning, while the father was away from home, the younger boy attempted to repeat the trick with a small rifle. The bullet en tered the older boy's ches XICAN STATE OF CHIAPAS IN OPEN REBELLION Number of Former Gonzales Officers in Prison on Charge Of Plotting Against Government. Washington, July 8. -Advices to the State department today from the American ambassy in Mexico City said a number of officers for merly on the staff of Gen. Pablo Gonzales were in prison on the charge rf plotting against the gov ernment, that the state of Chiapas was in open rebellion, and that Gen. Francisco J. Murguis, who was de feated for governor in the state of Michoacan, had raised the flag of rebellion. The Mexican embassy has receiv ed official advices which it made public today stating that Gen. Jum Barragari, Alfredo Ricauelt, Lucio Blanco and Col. Palino Fontes had returned to Mexico from the Unit ed States where they fled after the killing of Carranza. The embassy statement said: "The authorities in accordance with an order by the government have not prevented their entry in order to pursue them in due time, so as to cut their possible retreat." Mexico City newspapers received here today give prominence to re ports that two of these generals, Blanco and Ricauelt, together with Ignacio Bonillas, formerly ambas sador to the United States, attended a "junta" recently held at San An tonio, Tex., for the purpose of prac ticing a new revolution looking to the restoration of the Carranza gov ernment. These accounts said it was decidet' first to obtain the release from pris on of Manuel Aguirre Berlang?., minister of the , interior and head of the Carranza cabinet, who, those attending the junta claimed, was the legitimate successor to Carran za by virtue of being the highest executive officer of the government after Carranza's death. - Coolidge to Receive Formal Notification Of Nomination July 27 Northampton, Mass., July 9. Pre liminary arrangements for the offi cial notification of Governor Calvin Coolidge of his nomination for the vice presidency on the republican ticket were made here today in a conference between representatives of the republican rational commit tee and the Coolidge home commit tee. The ceremony will take place at Allen field. Smith college. July 27, at 3 o'clock, or in case of rain, in John M. Greene hall at Smith col lege. The idea of using the porch of the modest two-family house where the governor has his home was discarded in favor of the recreation grounds of Smith college because of the better facilities at the college for staging the ceremony. It was arranged to have a meet ing of the full committee of notifi cation, which is headed by William Allen White of Kansas as chairman, on the morning of July 27 and to ac cept the governor's invitation to have the committee at luncheon with him later. Poland Ready to Make Peace on Original Terms Warsaw, July 9. The foreign office today announced that the Polish government had forwarded a note to the conference in Spa de claring that Poland s now, just as before and always, ready and will ing to make a peace based upon the principal of self-determination of nations. Switzerland Signs Treaty. Berne, Switzerland. July 9. -Switzerland has concluded a new commercial treaty with Germany, under which Switzerland will get about 40,000 tons of German coal monthly. Switzerland lately has been using American and British to' ELMER DOVER, TAC0MA, WILL MANAGE AFFAIRS Work at Chicago Much Farther Along Than in Previous Years Harding Prepared to Make Speeches if Necessary. By D. F .SULLIVAN. Chicago, July 9. There will be no repetition this year of the "blunder of 1916," when the republican cam paign managers went to sleep elec tion night, satisfied of victory, to awaken the next day to find Califor nia had gone for Wilson and that Hughes had been defeated in the "surely republican" states of the far west. This was assured today when an ncuncement was made at the repub lican national headquarters in Chi cago of plans for the establishment of republican national headquarters in San Francisco. This headquar ters will conduct the republican cam paign in the Pacific coast states and will be given as much attention as either the eastern headquarters in New York or the middle west head quarters in Chicago. Elmer E. Dover, who learned poli tics as private secretary of the late Marcus A. Hanna and was secre tary of the republican national com mittee during the 1904 campaign, will be stationed at the San Francis co headquarters. Mr. Dover, a for mer Ohioan. now makes his home in Taconia, Wash. His title will be itgionna campaign director. Several Men on Hand. Raymond Benjamin, who has been in charge of a headquarters in San Francisco as regional assistant to the chairman of the republican national committee, will continue in that ca pacity and will be "associated with Mr. Dover in the management of Pacific coast affairs. Several mem bers of the republican national com-n-ittee from the Pacific coast and Rock mountain states, including John W. Hart of Idaho and Ralph F. Williams of Oregon will be at the San Francisco headquarters. Chairman Will Hays will wind up his conferences with middle western leaders in Cricago tomorrow and leave for Marion, Ohio, where he will confer with Senator. Harding. It is probable that he will go'east from Marion, returning there July 22. the day set for the notification of ih: presidential candidate and will then return to Chicago. Work Will Advance. Mr. Hays leaves the work of the Chicago headquarters well under way and much farther advanced than it has ever been before at this tima of the year in a presidential cam paign. The organization which Mr. Hays started two years ago is now on "high speed" and is ready for any kind of campaign activities. Among the questions which Mr. Hays will probably discuss with Sen ator Harding at Marion is that of the "front porch" campaign. In spite of the objections of Ohioans there is no present disposition to depart from the "front porch" campaign idea for the present. The campaign managers are now committed to the idea, however, and if at any time they deem it necessary for Senator Harding to make an important speech in some big city he will be prepared to do so. They are even prepared for a series of such speeches, but there will be no "barnstorming" tour by the candi date with rear-platform speeches. Head of Red Cross in Russia to Meet Sen: Harding Next Week Marion, O., July 9. Unable so far to estimate the length of his forth coming speech, Senator Harding said today he hoped to hold it with in three printed pages It was also rnderstood that while , the speech would deal with the senator's inter pretation of the republican platform and the more important issues in volved, it would not be an "omni bus" affair, the senator desiring to leave certain subjects for more com plete discussion in subsequent speeches, v While the "front porch" cam paign calls for the delivery of a lim ited number of set speeches during the campaign. Senator Harding said today his plans were incomplete and that no invitations to speak had been accepted so far. Announcement was made today that among the callers scheduled for next week would be Raymond Robins of Chicago, head of the Red Cross mission to Russia, and L. J. Tabor of Belmont county, O., head of the Ohio Grange, both of whom will see him Monday. Picture Salesman Held Elmer P. Grimm, picture sales man, Carlton hotel, held at South Side police station on a charge of assault against Mrs. May Cuevas, 2404 N street, was bound over for trial to the district court Friday un der $750 bonds. Hat Makers Get Increase. Orange, N. J., July 9. Five hun dred hat makers were granted a 25 per cent increase on piece wofk rates today after a conference of manufacturers and labor leaders. The increase will bring the pay up i to approximately $10 a dav REORGANIZATION 1 OF EDUCATORS' BOARDIS VOTED "Prussian Tactics" Used to Control National Education Milwaukee Association, President Says. Salt Lake City, July 9. Re organization on a delegate plan was voted and virtually all other "ad ministration" plans were carried through, including election of Fred M. Hunter of Oakland, .'al., as presi dent at today's business meeting of the National Education association Miss Ethel Gardner, president of the Milwaukee Teachers' association, who had been nominated as one of 12 vice presidents, withdrew. She said she had not been consulted- re garding the matter. Miss Gardner charged "Prussianism" had been used in welding the Utah members into an almost solid unit in favor of reorganization. Miss Margaret Haley presented several amendments to the reor ganization plan and made a bitter fight in behalf of each. She was unable to secure its change in any important particular. Contrary to her statement last night, the opposi tion to the plan centered around her, ind not in the Utah delegation. Two Killed, Several Injured When Santa Fe Trains Collide Phoenix, Ariz., July 9. Two were killed and six or eight injured in a collision of a southbound Santa Fe. Prescott & Phoenix passenger train and a northbound cantaloupe express train between Kirkland and Hillside, Ariz., at 6:30 o'clock this morning, according to reports re ceived here. Names of the dead and injured had not yet been received at the Santa Fe offices here. The injured were taken to a hos pital in Prescott. Most of them were believed to be passengets. One of the dead was a brakeman on the cantaloupe train. . Reports re ceived here said the baggage car on the passenger train was splintered in the crash. It was a combination car, containing a passenger com partment. Youth Who Attempted to Kill Egypt Premier Hanged Cairo, Egypt. July 9. The 19-year-old Egyptian, Ibrahim Mas soud, who on June 12 attempted to assassinate Tewfik Nessim Pasha, the Egyptian premier, was executed today by hanging. Sentence upon him had been pronounced .two days previously. The attempt upon the. premier's life was by means of a bomb thrown at the automobile in which he was driving. Expermental Station of Bureau of Mines Moved Washington. July 9. Decision to move the Golden, Col., experimental station of the bureau of mines to Reno, Nev., where improved facili ties will be available, was announced today by the bureau. The slate of Nevada will contribute $30,000. it was said, for a new building- to house the station, which will be con ducted in co-operation with the state university' school of "mines. Name Mexican Financial Agent to the United States Mexico City. July 9. Robert V. Pesqueira has been appointed Mexi can financial agent in the United States, with headquarters in New York City. DRAFT EVADER TO JOIN COUSIN IN MILITARY PRISON David Goertzen, Wealthy Ne braska Farmer's Son, Loses Fight for Freedom. David D. Goertzen, draft evader and farmer of Henderson, Neb., was denied the right of a civil trial by Federal Judge Woodrough yester day morning and will join his cousin, John B. Goertzen, who is now serving three years in Leaven worth for deserting from the army. Both men were convicted by court martial in Fort Omaha two weeks ago. Attorneys for David instituted habeas" corpus proceeding's to pre vent his being taken to the Leaven worth prison. His brother was taken to the penitentiary before he had a chance to seek any recoup,, in civil courts. The meu were found guilty of evading the service by remaining in Canada after being notified of their call into the army. They promised draft officials that they would re turn. Both men are sons of wealthy farmers and are Mennonites. The government was represented by Lt. Col. Henry Stiness, judge advocate at Camp Dodge, and As sistant LTnited States District At torney Frank Peterson. William Schall and Frank Howell were at torneys for Goertzen. The chief point raised at the hearing was whether Goertzen was notified of being inducted into the army. Judge Woodrough ruled that Goertzen had ample time to report for duty and was given the cus tomary notice of induction into th? service. Army officers from Fort Omaha were to take Goertzen to Leaven worth yesterday. Attorney Schall said he is undecided whether an ap peal will be taken to the circuit court. He said this is the first case of this kind tried in Nebraska. David Goertzen was married just one year. His wife and 3-month-old baby and father-in-law were in the court room. Propose Emergency Orders To Relieve Car Shortage Washington, July 9. New emer gency orders to relieve car short age were proposed to the Interstate Commerce commission today by glass manufacturers, industrial sand producers, building, highway con tractors and others, as substitutes for the commission's order requir ing that preference be given, coal mines east of the Mississippi in the assignment of open top cars. In general, the shippers proposed distribution of the cars according to industries' ability to ship, in crease of demurrage charges, com plete embargo on export coal or its movement only on permit, and prohibition of coal shipments on open order. Confession of Negro Frees Prisoner From Life Term Dallas, Tex., Julv 9. Green Hunter, alias James Brown, negro, was legally hanged here today for attacking a white woman at Hale Station Friday, May 28. He con fessed and yesterday admitted that he was guilty of another attack on a young white girl for which Ben Perry," negro, is serving the eighth year of a life term imprison ment sentence. The Weather Forecast. Saturday partly cloudy; not change in temperature. much Hourly Temperature. C a m. 6 a. . .65 . . .71 .72 .72 P. m. . 7 a. m. . a. m.. a. m. . 10 a. in.. It a. m. . 12 neon , p. m. . p. ni.. p. ni.. p. m.. !. m.. p. m.. P. in.. fi. C. L. WORKERS SPENT TIME IN HELPING PALMER Government Employes Used People's Money in Boosting Attorney General, Wit ness Says. St. Louis, Mo., July 9. Charges that persons employed through the attorney general's office, ostensibly to aid in reducing cost of living, really were 1 working- to hare A, Mitchell Palmer nominated for presi dent at the democratic national con vention, were made before the senate committee investigating presidential campaign expenditures today by Miss Olivia Brueggeman. Miss Brueggeman formerly was executive secretary of the Missouri women's committee to reduce the high cost of living. Miss Brueggeman said workers supposed to address meetings on the high cost of living actually spoke only on Palmer, telling "what a fine man he would be for president." These workers frequently traveled at government expense, she declared. "I was dismissd from my office because I was a republican," she said Senator Kenyon, who conducted the questioning of Miss Bruegge man, asked concerning efforts by the Department of Justice to reduce living costs. Price Committees Farce. She said the fair price committees were farces and that frequently a merchant on such a committee would fix the price on his own goods. Miss Brueggeman said there were eight organizations in the country similar to the Missouri one and that she understood they all were run on the same plan "to support Palmer." The total cost of operating them was "probably more than $100,000 a year, she said. Miss Mary Scott, mentioned by Miss Brueggeman, then was called to the stand. She said the principal object of the bureaus to reduce liv ing costs was to teach the people to do away with nonessentials. She admitted a charge by Miss Brueggeman that she used govern ment money to go to the democratc state convention at Joplin. She said the plan was to urge H. C L. re duction at the convention. , There To Help Palmer. Senator Kenyon asked it she had not attended the convention to "hurt Reed and help Palmer." "Partly," she answered, but added she also talked over the "H. C. L." with women there. Miss Scott said the government paid her railway fare and allowed her $4 a day on her trips to the Jop lin convention and the republican ccnention at Kansas City. "Can you justify this use of tax payers' money?" asked Senator Kcnvon. "Yes, before God I can," inter rupted Miss Scott, "for I did gov ernment work. Georgette Waist and Silk Hosiery Scored By Women of Kearney Kearney, Neb., July 9. (Spe cial.) Goodby glad rags for girls in the High and Junior High schools here. Uniform clothing of middy blouse and plain skirt is de manded for girl pupils in a peti tion signed by 300 women and five men presented to the board of education. No mention was made of $18 shoes or silk stockings. Teachers were also criticised in the petition for wearing party dresses in the class rootr German Delegates Agree to Franco-British Plans for Dis armamentSignatures Are Made Under Strong Protest. THREATENED INVASION OF RUHR REGION IS AVERTED Action Follows Telephonic Communication With Berlin Reichstag Leaders Take Up Question of Prosecutions. Spa, Belgium, July 9. (By The Associated Press.) Germany's dele gates signed at 11:45 o'clock this morning an engagement accepting the terms of the allied note relative to disarmament presented yesterday. This action was taken under pro test by the German representatives. I he allied not demanded that the Germans accept the terms presented by noon today, and stipulated that, it the Germans Jailed to carry out the provisions of the demands, al lied forces would occupy parts of Germany. Decision Unanimous. The Germans protested that the Versailles treaty did not oblige them to acquiesce in further territorial oc cupations except for failure to ful fill the treaty terms regarding rep arations. The German cabinet unanimously decided to obey the allied demand early this morning. The vote was taken after a telephonic communi cation with reichstag leaders in Ber lin. The German protest was submitted in writing. In it the delegates denied authority to consent to occupation of German territory except as pro vided for in the treaty of Versailles. When the German delegates in forrned the conference that they were not empowered to agree to allied occupation if the disarmament conditions were not fulfilled. Pre mier Lloyd George, as spokesman, said: Warned of Intentions. "We do not ask your agreement to the penalties we reserve the righ to take in case of nonexecution o' your engagements. We simply warr. you of our intentions. Jt is notifi cation.- w ' have iriven vou. nnrelv and simply, of the measures yov under the conditions specified. To these conditions, we ask your ac ceptance so as to adopt them with common accord. To sum up pen alties are for the allies alone, while we are making disarmament a two sided matter." The conference took up the ques tion of German prosecutions of the war guilty immediately after the disarmament protocol was signed, but soon referred the mat ter to experts for clarification of certain details which it was expected would be completed this afternoon Carl H einze, German vice chan cellor and minister of justice, told how he had begun preparations for the prosecutions, but had encoun tered legal difficulties and no ar rests had yet been made. Henry Ford Agrees to Run for President On Third Party Ticket Chicago, July 9. Henry Ford will accept the nomination for the presidency at the hands of the third party if tendered to him, it is an nounced here today by Charles F. Hoffman, personal friend of Mr. Ford, who returned from Dearborn, Mich., today, where he had a con ference with the automobile manu facturer. Mr. Hoffman is a mem ber of the executive committee ot the "committee of 48," which has called a third party convention in Chicago for Saturday. Fiume's Prominent People Repudiate D'Annunzio Rule Fiume, July 9. (By The Assort ated Press.) Repudiation of Gabri ele d'Annunzio's authority as com mander in Fiume was voiced by a group of influential Fiumians who sent a protest today to the national council. Dr. Antonio Grossich, the president of the council, promised to take up the matter with the poet. The bearers of the protest answered: "So far as we are concerned, you are our government. We do not rec ognize the poet's command." Soldier Killed in Brawl, Start Drive on Whisky Chicago. July 9. Private William Pike of New York is held, charged with stabbing Private Sam Chesslcr of Detroit at Fort Sheridan while in toxicated. Private Ivan Fox of Ga lena, Kan., also is in custody. The stabbing was said to have occurred outside the general hospital during a brawl As a result of the soldier's death, a crusade against "bootleg ging" liquor purveyors near Fort Sheridar, was started by army au thorities. Court Reverses Conviction Of Publishing Company New York. July 9. The appellate division of the state supreme court today unanimously reversed the con victions of Clinton T. Brainard, president of Harper and Brothers, and the company for "unlawfully possessing an obscene book." The information against the defendants was filed by the Society for the Sup pression ot Vica f I V