Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
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in This Column in Answer
to Readers Questions. Your
Name Will Not Be Printed.
Let The Bee Tell You.
Ranking Generals.

Will YOU PicdSc SlV0 tuO HdIIles
OF United States generals and tell
just how General Wood ranks
e. r. H.
Answer. Peyton C. March, chief
or staff. and John j. Pershing, are
generals, in the United States army,
Hunter Lggett and Robert l.. Bull
lard are lieutenant generals. These
rankings are for the war only.
Among the 81 major generals, Leon
ard Wood ranks first in point of
service, having been commissioned
in August 1908. Except for two
other cases, all our major generals
have been commissioned since May
1917. There are 262 brigadier gem
erals, and also staff officers, including
II major and two brigadier generals.
Names Of any or all these groups
will be sent you upon receipt of
stamped envelope.)
Nebraska congressman.
Which Of our present Nebraska
congressman are serving for the
first time? "A READER.
Answer. Congressman A. w.
Jefferis, Robert E. Evans and M. o.
Mclaughlin of Second. Third and
Fourth districts respectively, are
serving their first terms in congress.
c. F. Reavis Of the First district was
member, of the sixty-fifth congress,
which ended March 4, last; M. P.
Kinkaid of Sixth district has served
continuously since 1903. William E.
Andrews, Fifth district, served from
1895 to 1897.
Coffin Assailant OF Clemenceau.
Here is a description of Coffin,
in connection with his trial and con-
viction for the murderous assault he
made on Premier Clemenceau.
The prisoner. fair, thin and very
pale. had a piping voice, but ap-
peared full Of suff1ciency. He
showed himself extremely proud Of
his library. on the shelves Of which
figured side by side Homer with
Marcus Aurelius, Auguste Comte
with "Comrade" Lorulot, Jean Grave
with lola. He had spent 500 francs
on 1t.
Il have been called a poisonous
flower" he said. This is the first
time have been treated thus. Those
who insult me in this manner are
poisonous themselves. This is per-
sonal insult, an insult to the whole
party"
"It is said I have received only a
primary education" he continued.
II was brought up bourgeois My
parents were not anarchists. :.
/ possessed the positive philosophy
of Auguste Comte and Flammarion's
astronomy. These are not anarchist
works. 1t has been said I had a
destructive system. That is not true;
I only wanted to destroy society,""
Captain Mornet Ito the accused).
What's your grievance against NJ.
Clemenceau He stopped our meet
ings.
the fields, at the cinema, in the
workshops.
But what was going on at that
moment?-We were disconnected.
What was going on" retorted
that the Prussians were so miles
from Paris, and that you chose that
moment for a striker"
Evidence was given that Coffin
had been dismissed from his work.
shop for anarchist talk. This Coffin
denied. The same witness-the chief
of the information service of the
Prefecture of Police-stated that
Coffin had said "Clemenceau is
brigand" when talking Of the visits
of NJ Clemenceau to the front when
the war was still on.
Dr. Roubinovitch next gave evil
dence as to Cottins mental state. He
declared that there was excitement
Of the nervous system, but no
psychical trouble. "He has an ex-
cellent memory and sometimes
judges sensibly. Coffin is not suf-
fering from persecution mania. He
is of average intelligence. but he has
been ill-guided and ill-directed. He
is self-willed, and has no aptitude
for speaking. He recognized this,
and to satisfy his pride resolved to
act"