The Brooklyn Citizen from Brooklyn, New York • 1

ite If ttfifeai WEATHER INDICATIONS 4 O'CIock Edition Fair and Warner To-night aad Tomorrow, VOL. NO. 49. BROOKLYN. EDNESEAY, FEBRUARY 19.

1919. PRICE TWO CENTS -TiTT7inR A fir. TnTTTnnffnnT? 10 EPI1EIK IF CHIE BR OJ.jILiui GERMAN PRESS BITTER WOUND NOT SERIOUS, THE PHYSICIANS SAY ACTIVE POLICE END TALK OF CRIME WAVE DANIELS ACTS II) NAVY FRAUDS Charges Made Against Local Officers. KAISER'S TRIAL PUZZLESEIIVOYS Peace Programme Discussed by AIliesTVday. EXPECT TREATY WILL BE CLEMENCEAU WOUNDED BY FRENCH YOUTH One Bullet of Eight Fired, Hits Aged Premier.

WOUND INFLICTED IS BUT SLIGHT Three Arrests Here and Confessions Made To-Day. i LEACH COMMENDS 4TH AVE. POLICEMEN PAIUS, Feb. I. The fot-lowlng official statement regarding the attempted astassl-nation of the Premier waa issued to-day: "Premier Clemenceau was In his automobile In the Boulevard de Lesclt when a man Bred seven shots at him.

The Premier was struck In the shoulder. Several bullets entered the clothing; of the two drivers, but they were not wounded. "Dr. Graussec after an examination, stated that 'the Premier was not seriously wounded." RECORD JANUARY EXPORT. Figarea for Heath Reach $623,.

Hark. WASHINGTON, Feb. H. January exports set a new high record for American commerce. The export figure for the month was I62J.000,- 000, the Department of Commerce announced to-day.

Only twice before have' American exports reached the $oo. 000,000 mark, the department records show. Although Seventy-seren Years Old, French Statesman Active, Healtby and Unless Infection Occurs No Serious Result Is Anticipated. Captain Coughlin's Good Work Ends in Concession from Arrested of Men Moved to Crime by News-paper Accounts. PARIS, Feb.

19. Georges shot and slightly wounded Clemenceau, Premier of France, by a boy named Cottin, as he entered a motorcar in front of his residence this morning. His assailant was arrested. The problem created by the recent apparent increase of crime in Brooklyn is in a fair way to solution by the Three men have been arrested, charged with having held up and robbed a storekeeper in South Brooklyn and after they had been questioned at Headquarters, confessed that they had committed ihe robbery they had been accused of and admitted; alsoJ, have been at the "It's nothing, was the "Tiger's" only comment, after he had walked back into the boose, unassisted. puzzled the police.

BALKAN. CONFEDERATION WASHINGTON THINKS -STORIES EXAGGERATED JadC Advocate Clark to Probst Aeeaiarlaaa Agalast OSdals Iawalv4Thr Mess Directly Imvalvea SeaauiaA WASHINGTON, Feb. la-Semtarr of the Navy Damn-is to-day ordered Admiral Clark, Judge Advocate, to draw-up efaarges against naval officers ia te third district. New York, iavelviag at-leired bribery aad other hrregnlarilies ia enlistments. He ordered Clark to to the bottom of the casr." Disenmiag the di.

tuts to-day. Secretary Daniels developed these paints: Two officers at least win have chars filed against them and be tried brfotw a court martial," Oae officer, apparently arranged for the transfer of aa enlisted maa a saf doty. tne man. technically in the service, had his ran to daty repeatedly pUt noned. One ymniaa is regarded aa inrolred.J and sroap of men.

while not rnvfer arrest, are aot permitted to lrar flka service, as they amy needed later, as prisM-ipale or The only payawota the aavy baa a far aaeanbed are one sf UNO; oae of KaO am another cf Daniels denoted reports that the bribes ran an to from STMXOOO to ejtiaOOQi Jwdse Advocate Clark fat eeaviaeed that he has mfficient evidence to coart- martutl three or four persons. Whether the still aader way. ia chars of Major John G. Mnir, win develop farther etmita-martial, it was impossible to sa jrto-day. Among other alkcations it is charged that saea whs were a boot to be drafted into the Army were enrolled ia the Nary: that ssea who sot into the Navy ia this way were assigned to shore daty far from the pneMKlity of assgeroaa aev-riee; thst saen were pnanttrd to atteatd to their private hasians from day to day, altbsagh supposedly ia the Naval service: that a system nutvd whetvfcy ae anfit physically were ea-Osted ia the Navy; that awn were shifted from one aasiawmeat to another hi order to free them from sea duty, and that after the stamina; of the araii- rv naea with saineieax diorharged from an datiea aad sMstered oat of ahtsHsioa.

POINDEXTER PRIMED WITH ON NEW CONDITIONS BERLIN. Feb. lTba German press generally takes the position thai MatUiaa Erzbeiger, chairman of the AruiiMice Commission, should have refused to accept the new conditions, re gardless of ths government's attitude. Some newspapers, however, throw the entire blame on the Entente; assuming that Ersberger had no other recourse than to sign the 'drastic" term. "Erzberger led the conference neither strongly not expertly," says the "Tageblatt" The "Taglische Ruudsehao" would hare had the Government refuse the new conditions "because the Entente wants to drive as into the unrest, and then march into Germany.

That would leave with the Entente complete re sponsibility for a new world war, which both her troops and her people would dislike. This new blow is starting a wild flood, which is bound to everflaow the borders of the Entente. BASLE, Feb. 19. Captain Voa Sclow, naval representative on the German armistice' commission, has resigned because of the severity of the new conditions, it was reported in a Berlin dispatch to-day.

WIFE USED CLUB. DETROIT, Feb. 19. Mrs. Tana Wood clubbed her way ont of matrimony, i Her.

husbsqd told the judge sue had' slugged him every day for 6 re weeks with a club and the court ex- pressed bxntjna severe. AGAINST LEAGUE thoughts? they hare expressed privately. "A frightful compact, a fatal which will steal away American national sovereignty and make this na tion part of a great international soviet, was the' description of the document given the eSuate by Poindcxter. Opening discussion of the league, Poindcxter said it marks the end of oar traditional policy of "mind year owa business" which we have applied to ear- selves and to other nations alike. Analyzing the constitution, article by article, he declared: That the constitution, as drafted, pro poses a world government modeled along the.

lines of the Russian Soviet government. That it is part of the same interna tiohalism which the I. W. W. and Bol shevist is striving for.

(Continned on Last Page). NO WIRELESS FROM WILSON SHIP TO-DAY No srord by wireless was received from the Gcorse Washington, on which President Wilson rcturntns: to the United States, The latest report yestenfaf was that the vessel was an-, proachina; the Asores, and was experiencing; pleasant weather. ALLIES DRIVE REDS RACK LONDON, Feb. Allies hare forced a Bolshevik retirement on the Archangel front, it waa admitted in an official wireless dispatch from Moscow to-dny. "In the, region of the rincga Hirer, under enemy pressure, we retired to said Monday's communique.

The communique for Friday said: "After a stubborn light we attacked with the bayonet and ousted the enemy from Prrrovskoe, capturing many trophies. We are pursuing the retiring cueiny." HITTER VOW MARK QOTTS. Feh. voa' Ma n. i ii of Murine.

3, to Ihr A': READY BY APRIL Stay AbolUj Coaseriptiaa ia Ger- asaay for Tea-Tear Period Oatliaina of Hew Boaadaries Will Ceatiaaa. PARIS, Feh. 19. American, Britiah, Freack and Italian delegates discussed the programme for preliminary peace to-day, with the intention of having the outline completed soon after President WDsoa's return to Paris. Belief was expressed that the act might be ready for 6 Ml discussion ythe middle of April.

The hngth to which the sessions will eoatuOe after the Germans are called in is pmbleniatical. though the delegates are aopcful of effecting ine general peace settlement by Jane, allowing for delays that possibly may be necessitated by the Germans desiring to refer certain aoestiona to their government. I the meantime, disenssion of boundaries in which the Allied Powers are concerned mat -eoatjaosr-bw- jwt necessary that aa agreement will have been reached before the preliminary peace is presented. The Committee on Responsibility for the War was reported to-day to be encountering difficulties in considering the ease of the former Kaiser, aa there is precedent on which to proceed. The enettioa ef poosib'e extradition, for in stance, necessitates the closest examina tion.

There ia no desire to take action that might possibly result in Wilhelm being east in the role of a martyr. The terms would 'include delineation of German boundaries, definite estab lishment of her military, naval and eoaoaric status and fixation of the amount ef reparation and methods of payment aOe plan has been suggested, aad said to be meeting with favor, for abolition of conscription in Germany for period of ten years, with simulra shoos reduction of her fleet. Thin not only would be expected to hsve a good effect ia Germany, where every energy could be bent on rehabilitation and peaceful pursuits, hat other nations might find that conscription is unneces sary aad would lose the "war habit. Farther steps tom-srd fixing a basis for a preliminary base will be taken in the sew armistice conditions wbH-h may presented to Germany witbin week. fonr casual officers and other casuals, two enlisted men and thirty-two civilians.

Total army personnel on board ambers 614. Only one Brooklynite arrived yesterday among the forty-one officers and sueo on the steamship Hicksville. which docked at the Bush Terminal. He wa Sergeant Karl Cohen, of No. 347 Hart street.

Sergeant Cohen waa thirteen aaonths oversease with the medical persoant of Base Hospita. No. '2. IJeutenant Francis M. Simond.

formerly of Flushing. who has five planes to his cxetlit. wss ss-oigned to the 147th French Aero Squadron, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre, was among other Brooklyn and Long Island aaea who srrived on the Canonic to-day and others were: J. hroeder. No.

129 Huron street. Replacement Company No. 3: Ctupany H. IfHii Infantry. laid Wahlman.

No. 810 Park ave-nse. Company A. ITEM Infantry. Corporal lavul Strinirsteiii.

No. ililford street. Fifty -third Pioneer Infantry. Max Put terms a. No.

KM Greene ave-l ai. Company l. l2d Infantry. Freak Natron. No.

312 Kighteenth teen. Replacement Company No. 3: three moutlis in France. --'om J. mrir nimuiiiiril.

I. I. Lieutenant Harold Uilnian, No. 453 Se Tenth street. I Paul M.

frood. No. 8514 eirty-nttn strr-ci. with amtin C. I'-J-i "tnpj'it- in- A policeman grabbed Cottin.

Another man, whose identity is not yet known, rushed to rCottlh" "assistance A 'en I quickly gathered snd attacked the two men who were battling with the polity-man. Cottin waa badly mauled and the policeman, was slightly wounded. Ths assailant, who refused to moke any statement regarding his motive. i about 18 years old. He is a French Ch ilian, and is said to live in Cotnnu As Clemenceau was seating hinis-ii' iu his limousine, Cottin suddenly ti.ru forward and) fired seven shots fro a a pistol.

Six of these hit the front of tin-car. Two bullets penetrated the glass; door, one striking the Premier on inner side of the right arm, near thn shoulder, inflicting a flesh wound. Clemencean, refusing offers of a-s; snce, walked back into his home. A minutes later a telephone call wim to CoL House, announcing that Premier's wound would prevent I from keeping an engagement r- had at the Hotel Crillon this mott with House, and Foreign Secretary i. four, of Great Britain.

Premier's Brother Says Wonad I Not Serious. Hubert Clemenceau, the Premier" i brother and secretary, said that ei wound was not serious at present, thst the only danger would be from possible infection. Ths first foreign officials to ca'l ibe Premier's residence to inquire b. his condition were Premier of Greece, and Ambassador De Leon, Spain, Clemencean, aa permanent cbainu. of the Peace Consress, is the figure ia Kurope at present He In-, -i Premier Nov.

1,6, 1017, and despite In, 77 years has survived several bitter battles since that time. By he is given equal credit wn'i Marshal Foch for the Allied victory. I is popularly known as "the Tiper," has lived up to thst name duritis i -Peace Conference. Has Met With But Oae Defeat i Politics. The.

Premier met with but one sr ous defeat in politics, and that ministered by President Poincarr. is said that Clemenceau will nevi-r give Poincare for winning the IV. dency over the Clemenceau can-1; -I i- M. Tames. After the peace prcliminaritu der way, Clemenceau created an silently embarrassing situation by I the Chamber of Deputies he v.

favor of retention of the "bal: power" system, st precisely the time President Wilson was Mlhi. British in Manchester tliat tin- snce of power" must give way League of Nations. It has since valoped that Clemonceau merely seeking to obtain guaraolees i Fraace's future security siramst aion. "The Tiger" was horn in 141. ing the rcisn of l.oiiin cniue a fighting Republican d'n oleon r.inie.

a I r- bottom of two others that had j.ue jpon rs tunvriv tjmiui. a yt. old, of 428 Fofty4ishth street; David tictaer, of Noi 254 Fifty-fourth street, and Charles Larson, 32 jests old, of No. 428 Thirty-eighth street Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, in speaking to the reporters, said that he -was well satisfied with the accomplishments of the police force, "I wish especially to commend the officers of the Fourth avenue precinct," said Mr.

Leach, "who have made the arrest; those- two patrolmen, Murraine and Pulau, and the two detectives of the same precinct, Donessnd Mc-Oowan, deserve all praise. This arrest that wa made yesterday afternoon, is one of the biggest factors in wiping away the so-called 'epidemic of crime' supposed to be infesting our borough. The police force of Brooklyn is doing excellent work as is shown by the arrests mads in the past few days, snd it all goes to bear out my opinion that there never was any crime wave at all in Brooklyn." The men who bad been arrested at Yiret refused to confess that they had taken any part in the robbery of which they had been accused. Captain Cough-lin presented the evidence against (hem and showed that the case against them strong. The men admitted first to having turned thieves for a single haul Ther 'were Cross examined a little lougor and they confessed to two more robberies in which they had taken a hand.

The police, however, are not en tirely satisfied, and have asked recent victims of thieves to come to headquar ters and see if they can ideutjfy the two men. When Larson and Gernor were asked how it happened that they had always worked together, they said that they had become friends some years ago, when th ctrio. including Smith, first. come into existence a few years sgo after the three men, who were working on the same landing dock for steamers. When the war broke out Smith joined the nary, and as soon as his discharge wns secured he hastened back to the sides of his comrades.

Wanted to Live a Pleasant, Horn a ntio Life, I.nrxon tells thst of late he had been Trading many talcs of the "sllck-up-nion" in the newspapers and that as he IimiI always lived a pleasant, romantic nfrt of life and that they mere seldom abort of funds, he thought the game miht hold something for him also, be ciiOived the papers to his friends and I lie tlirre decided in the pursuit of wealth. When they were arrested, all three men wore heavy ovrcoata, pure wool snd fur-ljncd snd were clad In suits which showed prosperity. Gerner i married. The men were arrested yesterday aft--liruoon by policemen of the Kourtli itit precinct. At 10 o'clock last i.tsrlil Flmon ('old, a jeweler of No, 55 1 I ir.l Hvi'iine.

rvm Ih'-liI up in his store -A In- "lis liboilt to pull tiie lilitHl GREAT POWERS tion of a clause permitting defensive alliances. Although the commission refused to Insert such a clause In the draft. It did not prohibit such alliances, merely providing in Article XXIX for the registration of such treaties. The Confederation, as a result, ia plsuinnig on being the first croup to submit its defensive alliance treaty to the league for registration and. at the aams time, demanding that one of the four places on the Executive Council, which remain unfilled, be aasiamed to a deelgate representing all the Balkans.

KING GEORGE SENDS MESSAGE Shocked at Dastardly Attack on Life of Clemenceau. LONDON, Feb. 19. King George today sent the following message to Premier Clemenceau: I am shocked to hear of the dastardly attack. I earnestly trust thst your injuries are not serious and that, thanks to your splendid energy and courage, yon will soon be restored to health, and will continue your great and valued efforts for France and her Allies." SMITH WANTS TO KNOW.

(SPECIAL TO THI CITIZEN. AL.BAXT, Feb. 1. Governor Smith has demanded a statement from ths various departments and bureaus of the State government as to what la the exact character pt the wNjrk performed by the separate counsels employed by them. The inquiry 5s tnvuab4 Joseph Wilson, secretary of the Budget Bureau in the Executive offices.

The questionnaire sent out by Secretary Wilson asks for a statement relative to the work of special counsel, together with a summary of their activities for the past year, and whether they are engaged In outside practice of the law. Governor Smith has recommendedl the abolition of all the special counsel. Senator Sage. of. the Senate Finance Committee, act- ins under the Governor's .4 tin Uf nut nil r.ftk.l 1,419 HERE OH THE CAIIOPIC TV0 OTHER TRANSPORTS DUE PLACE BESIDE PARIS.

Feb. 19. The Balkan Confederation will demand permanent representation on the Executive Council of the League of Nations, along with the five great powers. It was, learned from an authoritative source to-day. This group, comprising Greece, Serbia, Rumania and Chechoslovakia, waa organised by Premier Veniseloa for defensive purposes, a common Balkan policy and, especially, enforcement of peace in southeastern Europe.

It Is not known that Beniaelos. during discussions of the League of Nations, urged adop RADICALS TRY TO FREE RADEK 4 Spartacans Attack Moa- bit Prlson, But Are-Repulsed. STOCKHOLM, IS. Sparta- can mobs, in an attempt to free Karl Radek. the Russian Bolshevik emis sary, attacked the tamous Moaou Prison, In Berlin, twice Saturday, ac cording to dispatches received here to-day.

Both attempts were re pulsed by Government troops. Other dispatches reported Sparta- can outbreaks in Bavaria. Premier Eirner's secretary is said to be en couraging the Spartacans there, who already have succeeded In arresting severs! Government official. SOUTH NEEDS LABOR. Serioaa Shortage on Account Negroes Ooias; North.

WASHINGTON, 1. The South will face a serious shortage in agricultural labor during the coming season, acocrding to present Indications, officials' of the Federal Employment Service stated to-day. The reason for thia shortage, while other sections of the country are overflowing with labor, ia that a ma jority of the negroes who shouldered a gun are refusing to go back to the cotton fields. The lure of hicher wages in the Northern industrial centers ia attracting tliem. although there Is already an over-supply ot labor in these placvs, tNimo North lf-? csf fef ur Many others the Inch ARGUMENTS WASHINGTON.

Feb. Poindcxter, Washington, is to launch in the- Senate a campaign frankly aimed at 'the defeat of the League of Nations plan as outlined in the constitution agreed to in Paris. "Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, indicated early to-day that Poindexter's refusal to abid? by the President's wish probably wonld force him to enter the discussion. Hitchcock intended to call attention emhpatically to the facTthat Poindextcr and other critics, if any others speak, are seekingto have the country prejudge the league, witohut giving President Wilson, its principal creator, an opportunity to explain how it will affect American interests. In their preesnt temper Senators were believed likely to display intense bitterness in the debate became general and prolonged, and if they gave rein to AVARDEDIIOIIORS Wins Croix de Guerre and Cited by Petain for Bravery.

PARIS, Feb. Evan M. Johnson, of the 154th Infantry, has been signally honored for distinguished services in the campaign through, the Argonue Forest, by tch French Government, through the awarding of the Croix de Guerre for his heroic leadership of bis brigade comprising the 307th and 308th Infantry Regiments, and Machine' Gun Battalion of the Seventy-seventh Division. General Johnson wss also cited -by Field Marshal l'rtalu for bravery ini the final days of the war. General Johnson comes from a distinguished line of ancestors well known in Brooklyn.

lii father having been State Comptroller and well-known Democrat about sixty years ago. His Rrnndfnther, known "llominie Johnson," was a rector of St. Ann's Kpiscn-pa) Church in this borough. The social and political prominence ttf the ftuttily in the CHrly history of ltd In tlin illUMM'tinn itl' liuY- -'Ml IKUIH iu One thousand four hundred sad nine-. twa troops amvro steamship Caaopie.

ah do. sr Pier No, Son Kiw- for, lO odock. Aboard the vessel were the Mlowiag encaaisatKWS: lh-t lafantry, FkU 1 Staff. Headomrter. M-t; Department Companies A.

sd nd det-eat of ,11 oe--, of thirty-fonr on awa: and ther ca-K eigkt 'T enlisted sad Thro were ar aboard twenty two omcer. aad two civilian navy Two other transports They are ntonths in France-. i i afteraooa. eaP Belcrso. The Headriw s-" rier No.

i. H. board- The wtrawAip La toraiae. wsica to dork at 4 oVtoc at lint o. 57.

Hudson River, has abwrd the M- tscaiiqaarTrw -J im, ivnL fortv-thres o(S-1 hr'-I rleria seSl- I Hiartees treee. er.J IB eiilit nwa: Bfa e-1 if ni, IVi'ioa. ii -t 11 Ff) ri, Sfr.te hiida for conn- int Iwrt.ng that iiw iiourn.it's1 loi ct' 1..