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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1919
Page
1
Premier Georges Clemenceau wounded by rifle bullets in an attempted assassination. The incident targets the French head of state during a tense period in France. Authorities investigate the attack and secure the premier.
Feb 19 Georges Clemenceau, aged premier of the French Republic, was shot while entering his auto. Five shots fired. initial reports said head wound but later reports indicate back and shoulder injuries. The assailant was said to be Russian carrying false papers. The incident occurred at 8:58 a.m. as he left his Rue residence.
An assailant shot Premier Clemenceau as he arrived at the war office. the bullet struck his shoulder but health officials say the wound is not dangerous. The attacker, named Moemile Cotton, 25, may be Russian, with police noting the suspect’s papers appear mislaid.
The Chamber of Deputies backs Premier Clemenceau as he shifts from radical image to a moderate leadership role. Critics accuse him of imperialist leanings, yet his representatives back the covenant with reservations. At 76, the “tiger” endures long peace talks with evident vigor.
The annual York Rite Masons assembly in Wichita features the dedication of Kansas Masonic Home on Maple and Seneca, a Moorish style building completed after a year of construction costing about 300000 to replace the one lost to fire in December 1918. A Masonic procession preceded the ceremony as out of town members joined events from Monday through tomorrow.
Salina Metin reports from the Salina Boys conference read at the Hi V club meeting. Andy McDonald of Lawrence High, now with the 35th Division medical corps in France, sent a report urging what the group should gain from such conferences.
Dr. V A Young president of the Fraternal Aid Union returns from a forty seven day California visit boasting that Kansas would attract more tourists if its roads matched California. He notes influenza quarantines, costlier travel, and cold, stormy conditions including a three day train delay through Russell where Red Cross workers provided meals, shelter, and entertainment for stranded passengers.
Topeka Kan February 18 Observers and members describe the present session as harmoniously united in the upper house. Democratic senators joined in approving the extravagance resolution, vote unanimous. Early in the session a decorum dispute over pictures of Wilson Pershing and a new flag sparked debate but did not become factional strife.
Fraternities and sororities protest newly imposed costs and reporting on parties as university senate seeks budgets and costs. Students send a representative to Topeka to challenge Senate jurisdiction over campus organizations. George Strong chairs a mass meeting at Fraser Hall to draft a resolution.
London residents protest heavy cleaning and whitewash of historic buildings as changing the city’s charm. Letters in papers argue washing will erase London’s character and resemble Paris or New York. The London Water Board set a 4 dollar fee to scrub the Griffin at Temple Bar every six months.
A fifty fifty gathering of fathers and sons from the First Christian church marked the Father and Son Week events. The evening featured a musical program with Paschel Popperwell on cornet, Lee Sorey at the piano, a community sing along, and talks by Dr. Arthur Brayden and George C. Foster on father and son roles.
Lawrence voters will decide in the spring on a bond issue for a new Liberty High School to memorialize World War I students. A unanimous board vote directs a special committee to frame resolutions urging a mayoral call for the bond election, with all action timed to the upcoming spring election.
In Lawrence a liquor raid led to fines of 100 dollars and 30 days in jail for Crecencio Buherez and Ecarna Estrada after police captured two with 32 pints of whisky. Two other Mexicans fled. witnesses claimed they escaped into the woods near Nuria.
Herman Bernstein told the senate propaganda investigating committee that Russia is more downtrodden under the Bolsheviki than under the czar, aided by Germany. He said Bolshevik suppression extends to speech, with no news permitted to leave Russia as truth disarms them.
In Weimar on February 19 the cabinet initially rejected allied terms for renewing the armistice. After talks with party leaders the decision was changed and orders were issued to sign the armistice on Sunday night.
About a thousand of Kansas Live Stock association members are set for the two day annual convention in Hutchinson with producers packers and officials on the program. George Donaldson will give the president’s address, speeches from Tom Wilson and others follow, with banquets and governors as speakers before adjournment Saturday.
Major Lynn Mason announced candidacy for city commissioner in March primaries. He joins W. W. Holyfield D. R B. Hunnicutt and Charles Starkweather, with Mason noted as Bell Telephone manager and Lawrence native and 1902 electrical engineering graduate. The Western Retail Lumbermen’s Association convention at Boise was canceled due to health conditions.
Washington February 19 Senator Poindexter Republican of Washington in a prepared Senate address on the League of Nations argued that U S entry would surrender rights and Monroe Doctrine. He called the constitution vague and warned it could lead to war and loss of sovereignty, urging full discussion before any ratification. He deplored peace treaty delays and praised French leadership while noting two public opinion camps on postwar order. He also touched on assassination threats amid a broader foreign policy debate.
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