- ■ ■■ ' - / . . r . ■ fyartacam Bombard Rotterop, a Town in Westphalia Sends Help to Quell Uprising HARRISBURG lf§ljl|| TELEGRAPH (Ae Btor-McpcnML • LxXXVIII— No. 43 16 PAGES Ua U,uer C a p t t S h U e n p o y .t omlVYi HARRISBURG,- PA. THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1919. "SMSSIKB KnYmSilX** 9 6 WS 3 HOME EDITION CLEMENCEAU TELLS i OWN STORY OF HOW COTTIN SHOT HIM France's Premier Says Adversaries Are Poor Shots and Clumsy; His Assailant Great Novel Reader POLICE OF PARIS WARNED AG A INST ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF WAR LEADER By Associated Press PARIS, Feb. 20.—"The premier certainly is seriously hurt, his condition is as satisfactory as possible," Georges Mandel, Premier Clemenceau's chief clerk, is quoted as taying early this morning. The quotation is attributed to the clerk by Marcel Hutin, in the Echo De Paris. PARIS, Feb. 20. —Good news came early to-day from the sick loom of Premier Georges Clemenaeau, where he was being at tended for the wound inflicted on him yesterday by the anarchist issassin, Etnil Cottin. The announcement was made that the tged statesman was resting comfortably, that no fever had de veloped and that no complication had appeared. Wound Necessarily Serious Nothing definite, however, can be known as to the probable j vaults of t!i premier's juries untilO in X-ray photograph of the wound i aken this morning is developed and examined by the doctors. The wound j n itself is slight, but oecessarify 1 lerious for a man as old as he. The ihysicians, however, say liis heart l iml arteries are young, and they! joint out that he has been a lifelong; ibstainer, lias not smoked for twen y years, and lias followed a careful! ule of living. This has resulted in lis being extraordinarily vigorous 'or his years. lie lias triumphed jver the usual ills to which old age s subject, wlille as a stimulant to lis recovery lie has the knowledge >f the hcu'-tfelt sympathy and good visiles of liis own and every other •ivilized country. The premier rested quietly through! be night and did not awake until S ! ■'clock. His first remark to Sister' fheonesse, the Nun, who is attend- j ng him was: Late Getting Vp "1 am a lazy man. That Is the first | lime in twenty years that I have j been so late getting up." His own story of the attack upon. him as lie told it to callers is given In the Matin to-day as follows: "Yesterday •when I was passing, that spot at the corner of the Boule vard Delessert 1 remarked a strange silliouletted figure upon the pave-, ment showing some one examing me attentively. The silhouette was that; uf a rather ovil-looktng man. I said' lo myself, 'Hello, that fellow is irp to no good.' This morning at the same! spot I perceived the same silhouette find immediately thought. 'Why, Mint's my friend of yesterday.' Shot Hits Window "1 hadn't time to continue the re-, flection, for tlie individual's arm was raised, revolver in hand, and he fired at the door of the automobile and i hit the window, i didn't reflect tiiatj Ihere were perhaps other bullets in! I lie revolver, and as soon as the first' shot was fired leaned forward to sec.' Other shots followed rapidly one aft- j pr another, and I fcit a sharp pain! low down the back of my neck. The! pain was so intense that I could not I help crying out. I realized perfectly! that T had been hit. "What followed passed with I lightning-like rapidity. The orderly! seated beside the chauffeur on tliej front of the automobile had at the! first shot pulied his revolver out of! his pocket. The chauffeur at the Hanie time put on speed and got us out of range. Then lie turned and brought me back home. Now I feel absolutely nothing." The premier paused here and then added sarcastically: Adversaries Very Clumsy "My adversaries are realiy poor shots. They are exceedingly clumsy." To Stephen Pinchon, the foreign minister, he said: "Am I not a good prophet? Do| 1 not arrange things ahead? I had I arranged to havd no meeting of the conference to-day so that I could get a little rest. Well. I've got it." Entile Cottin. who yesterday at letnpted to assassinate Premier , fflemenceau, was taken to Santeij Prison last night. An examination af the automobile in which the pre mier was riding when he was fired upon showed seven distinct bullets. Cottin's father and mother are simple working people. His father ind seventeen-year-old brother work In a factory In Issy les Moulineaux. j ■ Assassin Great Novel Reader Neighbors of the family describe i Emile Cottin as being addicted to J neither smoking nor drinking, but my he was a great reader of novels ind books on astronomy and sociol ogy. His father tried in vain to com- i bat the anarchistic ideas of his son, j but the latter ridiculed him as being' old fashioned. When he heard the news of the attempted assassination he was at work, but felt a presenti ment. it is said, that the criminal was his son. Emile Cottin has bten under treat- j ment for an affect'on of the heart ind a disease of tho larynx. Was the attempt on Premier Clem- J [Continued on Page 2.] THE WEATHER] For Hnrrlsbtirg and vicinity! In creasing cloudiness nnd warmer ' to-night, followed hy anow or rain In early morning! lowest temperature to-night about 2K degrees! Friday rain anil ! warmer. For Eastern Pennsylvania i In ereusing cloudiness and warmer to-night, followed liy snow or rale In early morning) Friday i rain or snow In north, rnln In ■ south portion! wnrmrri moder ate northeast to southeast winds. WILSON CABLES "TIGER" SYMPATHY By Associated Press. On Hoard C. S. S, (icorgc Washington. Feb. 20.—President Wilson sent the following mes sage of condolence on learning of the attack upon Premier Clern enceau: Lansing. American Mis sion. Paris: Please con toy to Monsieur Clenicnueau my heartfelt sympathy and iny joy at his escape. 1 sin cerely hope that the report that he was only slightly in jured is altogether true. I • was deeply shocked hy the news of the attack. RECONSTITUTE NATIONAL GUARD ON OLD BASIS Adjutant General Beary Is sues General Orders For Reorganization The Pennsylvania National Guard division will be reconstituted when the Keystone Division returns from France in the same form as it'was when it went into the Federal ser cise in August, 1917, according to general orders issued to-day hy Adjutant General Beary, following a conference with Governor Sproul. The orders will become effective at a date to be decided when the Penn sylvanians are mustered out of Fed eral service. The plan was worked out after consultation with officials of the War Department. The order means that the Guard will consist of the same organiza tions as far as number and desig nation are concerned ns in the sum mer of 1917. There will be an au thorized strength of about 10,700. The infantry units will be in three brigades of three regiments each. The regiments to be reconstituted will be the First. Third, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth Thirteenth, Sixteenth and Eighteenth Infantry; the First. Second and Third Artill ery, the First Cavalry, the First En gineers, the Motor Truck Train, in cluding motor transport and ammu nition; signal battalion; four field hospitals and four ambulance com panies together with other auxi liary units. Provision for equipment will be made. The war strength of the division would be over 2 7,000 men. Republican Club to Give Reception in Honor of Frank A. Smith The Harrisburg Republican Club will give a reception at the Sec ond street clubhouse this evening in honor of Frank A, Smith, Republi can candidate for the State Senate at the special election February 25 to fill the vacancy caused by the elevation of Senator E. E. Beidle man to the lieutenant governorship. The custom of the club is to enter tain in honor of all Republican can didates previous to election and the affair for Mr. Smith, who as com mitteeman and county chairman made many friends among the club members, will be one of the largest ever held. Emerson Collins, deputy attorney general, and Auditor General Sny der have accepted invitations 'to speak and Lieutenant-Governor Beidleman also will be a guest of honor. There will be music dur ing the evening and supper will fol low the speaking. Wilhelm's Youngest Son, Prince Joachim, Arrested as Plotter, Munich Says By Associated Press. Copenhagen. Feb. 20.—Prince Joachim, of Prussia, youngest son of former Emperor William, lias been arrested, according tp a dis patch from Munich. The dispatch states his urrest was on suspicion of his being cotnnected with "cer tain intrigues." Doesn't Sound as Though He Was Hardly Done Yet MAY NOT SHIP DEAD OFFICER TO WIFE'S HOME Lieut. Crockett Must He Bur ied nt Once For Four of Contagion The body of Lieutenant L). H. Crockett, aged. 28, who died at the Marsh Kun Hospital yesterday, will Ite buried to-day in the National Cemetery, Gettysburg. Lieutenant Crockett's death was due to anthrax, according to Major Hauff, the sur geon at the Marsh Run army depot hospital. Anthrax is a form of bloodpoisoning, which developed from an infected wound, he said. Officials would not say how the wound was inflicted. The law prohibits' the shipping by rail of a body where death was caused by anthrax, and therefore the body can not be shipped to the [Continued 011 Page 15.] ————— # City Council Sits in Judgment on Police Council met in special session late this afternoon to decide whether charges against Theodore Magnelli, Edward E. Schmchl and Victor H. Bihl had been sustained by the evi dance given at the recent hearings and to take action to dispose of the cases. Commissioners said before the meeting that no vote had been taken at the conference Tuesday af ternoon as it was agreed to have the councilmen announce their decisions at an open meeting. LAWMAKERS GIVE NO THOUGHT TO MAN'S PERSONAL LIBERTY Taking Away Booze Is Least of Abuses of Free A mericans "Personal liberty!" exclaimed John Newton to-day. "There is no such thing. These fellows who com plain that the closing of the bar rooms is taking away their liberty don't know what they're talking about. They ain't had any liberty since the day they were born." Mr. Newton was in a particularly sorrowful mood this morning, lie hud just been warned by a police man in Second street,-that he must bo less emphatic in his plaints against the lawmakers of past present und future times. "For," said Xewton. "when 1 declared that as a free American citizen living un der the Declaration of Independ ence, the copper told mo some one had abridged my right to profanity REDS BOMBARD ROTTEROP TOWN By Associated Press, Copenhagen, Feb. 20.—Sparta ean forces are bombarding the town of Rotterop, in Westphalia, with artillery, according to a message received here from Atucnster. Assistance to the de fenders of Rotterop is being sent from Aluenster, the message adds. MEXICANS HELD FOR ATTEMPT TO ROB WINDOW Out of Work Three Cast Brick Through Glass to Reach Jewelry Another downtown business house was the victim of wlndowbreakers last night whose apparent intention was robbery. Three Mexicans were given hearings in police court to-day on the charge of breaking the win dow. Tausig's jewelry store and pawn shop at 420 Market street, was tho scene of hie night activities. An tonio Dias, Jose Morales and Mignel Rara are the Alexicans. It is shld they have been employed as track hands by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and have been retired be cause of lack of work. They said they contemplate returning to Mex [ Continued on Page 15.] A Dead Letter? •ftjhn Newton figures out that "personal liborty" is a dead let ter. His experiences with the laws of the state, the city and the nation are those of eveiy man. "Figure it out for yourself," says Newton, who, with the men engaged in the manufacture and consumption of booze, sees the Declaration of Independence as a dead letter. and that each cuss word might cost me sixty-seven cents in fines." Cause For Complaint Additional cause for complaint was furnished to Mr. Newton at the corner of Second and Market streets. A friend of this man. des titute of personul liberties, was en joying a chew of a particularly fine grade of tobacco and was expec torating ruther carelessly, Mr. New ton maintains, when the policeman again approached and proclaimed, "no spitting on the sidewalk," gl- - RARE DISEASES MAY APPEAR IN j. WAKE OF WAR Returning Soldiers and Im ported Laborers Exposed lo New Hazards | City Health officials have received a report of r, death caused by pallogr j ra, a disease not'common in this part ■ of the country and usually found to j be prevalent where persons us© much j rice for food. Dr. J. At. J. Raunlck, | city health officer, said the Harris j burg Hospital authorities reported | that a Alexican died there from the | disease. j He 'explained that during the ncx. few months scattered cases of ot > ! unusual diseases may develop at times. This will prdbab'.y be due he said to the discharge of many men Rom the army who have been in va rious parts of the country and abroad. He asserted that the Govern ment takes every possible precaution to prevent any disease, and has rigid j quarantine regulations always well j inforced, but now and then a soldier I may be released Just at the time a j peculiar affliction is developing. He reported that there are a few | influenza cases under treatment in various parts of the city, and that about twelve scarlet fever cases have I developed recently in scattered dis tricts. Life's Difficulties A re Pointed Out by John Newton ing emphasis to • his proclamation b>- adding "one dollar fine." "In the meantime 1 was lining my pipe and wa: striking my match on the mall box nearby." Mr. New tor continued, "when the policeman pounced on me. lie Informed mo that my liberties did not permit me to strike matches on mall boxes.™ "But that was not the end. We were ordered to move on by the overbearing officer. 'No loaling on the corners is permitted.' he warned." Mr. Newton said, in re lating tlie story of the infringe ment of his rights. The adventures or a friend rroni a 'cross river town were related by Mr. Newton, to give emphasis to the complaint that he is prac { Continued on Page 15.] COLONEL GROOME ! CARRIES HIS CANE | ONCE TOO OFTEN j Commander of Stale Police Is "Called Down" by Ser geant in London WALKING STICK IS TABOO Fur Collars on Uniforms ol Major General Also Goes on Scrap I leap By Associated Tress, j Buuilon, Feb. 20. — Major-Genera I Blddle. commanding American forces i In Knghual. has been good-naturedly, i i but firmly reminded by a sergeant of I j ihe military police that he was not con forming to regulations of dress. Dike- j j wise Archbishop 11. Brent, ut' lloslon, j I an army chaplain and Colonel John C. 1 IGroom, of Pennsylvania, at one time j ' head of the military police In France, j ! have been numbered Hinong many o!H --leers that have been "called down" fori I not adhering strictly to uniform regula- I tions. Fur is not allowed anywhere on the j American uniform. But in choosing a | now raincoat General lslddlc selected I one with a very comfortable fur collar, i The first time lie stepped out of the entrance of American headquarters inlo 'an automobile waiting to take liini to l-.ecp an ottieiul appointment he was | stopped by the military policeman at the ; door. No I'm- Collars "General, 1 must inform you that the [ - fur collar that you arc wearing is a j violation of the uniform regulations." | tlio sergeant said. The best the general could do was to smile anil hurry into the car, as lie was late for Ills appointment, but the fur collar is no longer on lite coat. Archbishop l-irent also erred us re- Surds fur collars. Col. Ciroouic's Cane ' Colonel Groom on coming over from ; Paris acquired a Cane, cvldentally in i l'Liienced by the almost universal custom : among. British officers. When entering! headquarters lie was told that otlicers j were not allowed to carry canes and' when he left lie was conforming to'regu-1 ' iations. j Colonel Groome is commander of the ! Pennsylvania Slate Police and has been } serving in France for eighteen months I The colonel always has been known in I Harrlsburg as a stickler for regulations j and with news of this little episode in ! Condon with the cane caused many smiles at the capital. Thieves Make Haul i of $40,000 Worth of Silk; | Bandits Fire on Towerman Srranton. Pa., Feb. 20.—A gang lof thieves boarded a Delaware. ! Lackawanna and Western Railroad ; westbound freight train as It was i leaving East Stroudsburg early this i morning, breaking open a car load | ed with silk between Gruvel Place | and Analomink. They dumped out [ many bales of silk valued at $40,000, ! which confederates loaded onto two j trucks and made their escape. Fourteen bales were left behind. The towerman at Analomink drop ped and locked the gates at the highway crossing against the bandits and.saved his life by fulling on the floor when fired on, the bandits de touring into the woods nearby. Argonne General Denies Allen's Charge; Says Attack | Was Against Crack Boches By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 20.: —Major Gen eral Peter E. Traub, who command ed the 35th Division in the battle of the Argonne, denied before the House Rules Committee to-day the charges of Governor Allen, of Kan sas, that the men ol the division, Missourians and Kunsans, were sac rilled by failure of artillery support. "We were up against three crack | Boclie divisions." said the general. | "but we advanced twelve and a half kilometers on a two or three kilo meter front and held it. Tn the first three hours of the battle we had I taken what the French bad been up against for four years." Eight: German Ships to Bring Yankees Home Washington, Feb. 20.—Definite in formation reached the war depart ment to-day that eight German steamships, including the Imperator, had been allocated tb the United States for transporting troops from France. American ships with a total ca pacity of 110,000 men per month are now being used in the transport service, in March, American bot toms will bring 140,000 men, and in j April 145,000. As more cargo ships I are eom-erted the American total | is expected to pass 200,000 a month! j during the summer. hint n UKA i, KRS TARDY Only one llyuor dealer In the coun ty has lifted a 1919 license since the, court grunted the petitions yester day. The 1919 license will date front March 1 and county officials said that | som e of the dealers may delay pay- I Ing the annual tax until It Is deter- I mined what action the legislature may i take op refunding part of the license j I charge should the July 1 "dry" order i remain in effect. COI,. WAIIiIKX JiESIGNS Washington. Feb. 20. Colonel j I Charles B. Warren, senior officer tin- ' 1 del- Provost Marshal Gelieral Crow-1 j der, and detailed us a legul adviser | to the American delegation to the peace conference, has resigned from the service, effective upon his return from Paris. BIG MILITARY PLANE CAPERS OVER THE CITY Aviator Front Middletown Gives Unannounced Thrill to People in Streets MORE Wild. FOLLOW Machine.■; Assembled at Big Warehouse to Be Tested in Trial Flights .Major S. M. Deck i. of the Mid dletown aviation debet, gave Harris burg a thrill to-day by circling over the city, looping the .oop, and doing hair-raising sttin's it. a military air piano. •Major Decker icached the city this morning in wiiui is said to be the iirst machine assembled at Mid dletown which has been tasted In the air. lie looped the loop and performed several stunts over the northern part of I lurrisburg, later looping the loop over the Capitol grounds. Asked to-day whether this is the lirst of a series of testing flights of llcers til the Middletown aviation de pot said this was noi likely. There may lie one or two nioie flights by various machines liicv predicted. Rusr Brother: Purchase Big Typewriter Plant on South Nineteenth Street Tlie Kin s Brotheis Tee Cream Company had purchased the large three-story building at Nineteenth and Manuil" streets* irem the cred-J tors of a fl"fnnci typewriter com pany, and . i'l con' it it tnto a mod ern ice ci" I'm rarii. y, it was an nounced to-day. A" addition will be built and new machinery will be in stalled. The building was originally built for a typewriter factory but lias never been used. It will be open ed in April, officials stated. The present Buss plant at Six teenth and Walnut slieets, has been purchased l>y George A. Hall, and will be converted into a garage. No consideration on t lie two sales were made public. _ lUlUXiaUlttUUl| i** MINT. WORKERS MEET GOVERNOR > g 4 —Presidents of the five mine union dis- 'JL * jX t ■ .vania, er-- : tie hard and soi. j* * ijfr* -oal fields,'called upon Gover ' and Attorne; | !§ Genera] Shaffer this afternoon to urged upon them th '* * LL * * j i ints to the l's compensatio. * * ! T W which they recommend. Roger Dever, of Wilkt-. ' Barrc. the arguments. Th'e principal change- < | 2 urement a -prion by Penn j* ' e requiring pay C * J Hty so tha: I community. | t *' * Phf.a'delphta.—Roy Grover, of Seattle, second base- I • * IT "nan, has signed a contract to play this season with the fa 4 "i* I rican League Baseball Club> according j* ■ Tb •*' anPrtrrtcer te r made to-day by Connie Mack, manager V 1 * ieary, of Cincin k 2 lei Idle of last season te joi; *J * *3* the army. , [ * !■• I* j j f MAN WITH RIFLE FINED IN COURT M 4 * * |T Samuel Dean, 1651 Vernon street, ' T 11 ®j* damages in p< • this afternoon 1 frym Paris ► S " ,s MARRIAGE LICENSES '• f wmAw, „„„ B . *' ,4, lliimltn >u n-ti.|ii .Inxeph W. Flaher and Mary M. Demirr, Rap. " T f. rlabMrm .loi-i>li lli-tnrlltr and Gertrude K. K\steelier, Henkcxi I m T < link 11. slic..l. iinil Almrda C. Snarta, Harrlsbnrui Frank 'l'han— . | 4| banner ami Vane H. Vt'alta, Unwnoni William W, Virtue. Barrlav f T" burn, and Kntberlne K. Culp, J.rhanon. H RIVER SURVEY IS ORDERED BY U. S.MNGRESS Appropriation of Quarter Mil* lion Dollars Authorized For the Work NO TIME TO BE LOST First Step Is Taken to Makq the Susquehanna River Navigable i The rivers and harbors Mil, a> propriating $250,000 for a survey of the Susquehanna river and several other streams to determine the feas ibility of making- them navigable* has passed both House and at Washington and, while the bill itself is in conference committee, there is no dispute on the Susque hanna item, and it will be part of the measure when it is signed by President Wilson and becomes a law. "The movement started by th® Harrisburg Rotary Club for deepen ing the Susquehanna after an ad dress by Major William B. Gray be fore that body is responsible for the passage of this appropriation with which to make a preliminary sur vey," said Congressman Krcider, who telephoned the news to the Harrisburg Telegraph to-day. Set tlic Movement Going "Shortly after some of us at Wash ington had recommended that Major Gray be granted leave of absence with permission to address the Har risburg Rotary Club on this Ques tion," Congressman KreVder con tinued, "I became very much inter ested in the movement. A sever® cold prevented me from attending the meeting addressed by the Major, ] but the Telegraph's account kept me 1 informed us to what had transpired, | and 1 was much impressed with I Major Gray's views on th® subject, I especially since I knew Htm to be a practical man of wide experience, So, while crossing the Susquehanna with Congressman Greist on our way to Washington shortly there after the subject of deepening the river came up and it was agreed be tween us that, since the Susque hanna traversed so much of the dis [ Continued on Page 9.]