The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24
ARCHDUkE FRANCIS HAD PREMONITI0N
 OF COMING DEATH
Eve Witness to the Seraj jevo Tragedy, Persons of High
 Standing Think So

E COPENHAGES. Jul. What pur- ports 10 De hitherto unpublished facts relating 70 the assassination Of Arch duke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria showing thai he had 3 strong premon- ition ot approaching death. are con tributed 10 the Berlin Taggehlatt by i its correspondent al the AustroItalian front
 ] The spondent's intormants. ac- eo-diag to this dispatch are persons ot high standing. some Of whom were eye witnesses 10 the Sera!evo tragedy which has been described as having supplied the match that set Ihe world a:lame
 Indications ot the Archduke-s uaeas- mess ], is asserted. were apparent T1ile he was driving along the quay zt Trieste 70 board the steamship for Sera.eyo. He repeatedly glanced up 2. houses fronting oa the water, as if suspec,ing 2 bomb p,o; II Cuma!a Bridge. il Sera:eyo. however, when Gabrinoyiteh hurled . bomb which landed or the collapsed top ot the Aus tro-Hulga-.aa heirs carriage. the Archduke showed remarkable presence 5t mind by sweeping the death-dealing Eissia away with his hand Falling 10 ne ground, lhs bomb exploded, damag- .ag ths third automobile in the line q the parade and wounding the ad!u- ta1t, Lieutenant-Colonel Count Meriz- zi.
 Ate. Jhe injured officer had been removed D hospital the archducal pair proceeded 10 the City Hall Al the conclusion Of rhe ceremonies there, consultation was held as to the ad- stability ot carrying out the program which had been announced for the roy al visitors. Contrary 10 the accepted version ot the episode, which describ , d Ferdinand as insisting that the pro gram oe carried out despite the urg- ! ea- advice Of member Of his party in oposirioa to the plan, the heir to The throne is now quoted as having asked
 'Wha, shall we do now: Shall we continue 10 permit ourselves 10 be sho. dead:
 General Potiorck is said 70 have proposed either tha- the city should oe punished by the cancellation Of the program or that th estreets be clear } ed and the ceremonies carried out as arranged To the latter proposal, the Archdiuke, after brief reflection, is said 10 hare replied:
 To ca-rT GU, the program after clearing he streets doesn't suit me. We had better drop the program en. tirely only wish 10 visit Merizzi."
 h ds.erence 10 the Archduke's wish, the party vas divided, the royal pair proceeding On their way 10 the hos. p!ral 10 Fisit inc wounded adjutanr. In The prevailing confusion, according n The lates- version Of the tragedy. th. chauffeur assigned to the Archduke's car disregarced his instructions. Count
 ia-rach, rhe officer who had been de tailed 10 the Archduke's machine an lpea-ed on the running board Of ano,he, car on The opposite side os rhe street When the Archduke's chauffeur start ed oF in The wrong direction. Count Harrach. it is said. called him to halt thus asording The assassin, Princip, ar unexpected opportunity 10 fire the ia tal shots al Ferdinand and his wife rom . distance Of only few feet
 The Tageblatt's correspondent as serts that, after the bomb outrage 1T which the adtutant was injured. Geuer al Potiorck assured the Archduke there would be no further attempt to assa sinste him, az plotters all had been ar rested Ferdinand. however, is des cribed as having looked al him some what Ecep-ically and saying
 T don't believe it We will ge. sey 3 er>t r,fgfTs-- -e.