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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.
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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
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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
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