The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-03
(By Associated Pressl

I COPENHAGEN, Aug. 2. What
 purports to be hitherto unpublished | facts relating to the assassination of
 archduke Franz Ferdinand, of Aus.
 uia' showing that he had strong
 premonition of approaching death. are | contributed to the Berlin Taeeh,att by its correspondent at the Austro. Italfans front,
 The correspondents lnformants. ac. eording to this dispatch. are persons or nigh standing. some of whom were eye witnesses to the Serajevo tragedy which has been described as havins supplied the match that set the world aflame.
 Indications of the archduke's nm. easihess, 1t is asserted. were appar. ent while he was driving along the quay at Trieste to board the steam. Ship serajeyo. He repeatedly glanced up at houses fronting on the water. as II suspeeting bomb plot. At Cumaia bridge, in Serajevo, however. when Gabrinovitch hurled a bomb which landed on the collapsed top of the heirs carriage. the archduke showed remarkable presence Iot mind in sweeping the death.dealing
 missile away with his hand. Failing
 to the ground. the bomb exploded damaging the third automobile in the line Of the parade and e@oundfng the ad1ntant, Lieutenant Colonel Count
 Merizzi After the injured officer had been
 removed to hospital the archdueal
 pair proceeded to the city hall. At the conclusion of the ceremonies there. consultation was held as to the ad.
 visibility of carrying out the program
 which had been announced for the royal visitors. Contrary to the ac-
 cepted~ version of the episode, which described Ferdinand as insisting that
 the program be carried out despite the urgent advice of memb bers of his
 party in oppistion to the plan, the heir
 to the throne is now quoted as having
 asked
 What shall We do now? Shall We continue to permit ourselves to be
 shot dead?"
 General Potiorek is said to have
 proposed either that the city should
 be punished by the cancellation of the
 program or that the streets be cleared
 and the ceremonies carried out as ar ranged. To the latter proposal. the
 archduke, after brief reflection, is said
 to have replied:
 ITO carry out the program after |clearing the streets doesn't suit me.
 We had better drop the program 'en- tirely. I only wish to visit Morizzi. In deference to the archduke's wishes, the party was divided. the roy al pair proceeding on their way to
 the hospital to visit the wounded ad. ljutant In the prevailing confusion, according to the latest version of the tragedy, the chauffeur assigned to the archduke's car disregarded his instrue-
 tions. Count Harraeh. the officer who
 had been detailed to the archduke's
 machine. appeared on the running
 board of another car on the opposite
 side of the street. When the arch
 dukes chauffeur. started off in the wrong direction. Count Harrach, il is
 said. called to him to halt, thus af-
 fording s. expected opportunity to fire the fatal
 shots at Ferdinand and his wife from
 distance Of only few feet. The Tageblatt's correspondent as. serts that after the bomb outrage Tn which the adjutant was injured. Gen erai Potiorek assured the archduke there would be no further attempt to |assassinate him, as plotters all had been arrested. Ferdinand. however. Is described as having looked at him somewhat skeptically and saying q don't believe it. We will get sev-
 eral bullets yet"