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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 '* *
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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. |
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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. , [
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I* j j
f MAN WITH RIFLE FINED IN COURT M
4 * *
|T Samuel Dean, 1651 Vernon street, '
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®j* damages in p< • this afternoon 1
<s* r
e - the window of Mrs.^ Harvey Adams. • J
' ed the window '
' • -ad ;It Mrs ; ns on the leg, inflicting a slight wound ij J
< * tg mark in his yard with a 22-calibet ,* *
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X GERMAN" COMPEL POLES TO RETIRE !
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Warsaw . ;-o German divisions attacked Polish |
forcet -n last Thursday ancl by the use of gas 1 5
ev ' *
( lie Poles to retire along the line of |f
* * Nowy Toms\ west of Posen 1 *
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PEACE CONFERENCE ADJOURNS *
I I London.-— The Pt ri\ has decided |
*s* ' no Clemen- ' '
4* ' % 1 *
0 y ceay, says an E> 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
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