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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 , 1951 THE DAILY T IMES-GAZETTE PAGE THIRTEEN Assassination Witness Keeps Record Straight ® Lg Buffalo, N.Y. (AP) -- Myths \bout the assassination of Presi- lent McKinley are Louis Babcock's specialty.' He likes to scotch them. The 83-year-old attorney was an eyewitness when 28-year-old Leon Czolgosz fired two shots at the president during a public reception at the Pan American Exposition here Sept. 6, 1901. McKinley died Sept. 14. Even now -- half a century after the tragedy -- Babcock is asked to disprove myths about the assassi- nation. Most of the time he can rely on nis own keen memory. But should that fail him, which is rare, he can refer to the most complete private collection of documentary detail sn the assassination. Babcock's 100-year-old home -- only a block from the Wilcox house where Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as president the dar after McKinley's death -- is crammed with newspapers, pictures and minutes of the assassin's trial. Babcock, who still practices law, has made a hobby of running down the '"vaporings," as he calls them, that still turn up on the assassi- nation, Only recently a local restaurant jowner who was a waiter at a luncheon for McKinley the day be- fore he was shot claimed that if the president had allowed him to open a door to let in fresh air they would have found the killer lurking in the corridor. "Not so," says Babcock. "After hearing the president speak that day, Czolgosz returned to his room and spent the rest of the day prac- ticing holding the gun concealed in his handkerchief." During the excitement after the shooting, a man named Jackson gained notoriety by claiming he had prevented the firing of a third shot. "Not so," says Babcock. "The secret service men had Czolgosz on the floor instantly after the second "shot was fired." Babcock has a large: collection of newspaper stories about McKin- ley's death and his "last words." "He had no last words," Babcock says. "I visited him every day and he was behaving like any cultured, intelligent invalid when he sudden- ly had & relapse, passed into a coma and died. : "He could not have uttered the words, 'Father, they will, not mine, be done,' because he was in a coma." | As a general of the New York State national guard and marshal of the exposition Babcock was re- sponsible, with others, for the presi- dent's safety. . Here's his story of the assassi- nation, as he told it in testimony at Czolgosz' trial: . % "I had taken three or four steps " when I heard the muffled sound of two pistol shots very close together. Babcock was only a few feet from the president. Wheeling around, I saw the president, deathly pale but standing unSupported. A thin veil of gas from the revolver was fading 'away. In the foreground was a struggling mass, forcing to the floor a young man who apparently was offering no resistance. The president was helped to a-seat and an am- bulance called. The president said, 'Be careful about my wife. Do not tell her' and 'let no one hurt him' the assassin." Czolgosz had passed 14 guards, three Buffalo detectives, 11 artil- lerynien and several trained presi- dential guards without attracting attention. Babcock points out that Czolgosz had an innocent appearance and ~ was neatly dressed. Because of the humid weather, almost every- one in the line had a handkerchief out wiping his face afd dgying his hands before shaking hands with the president. . When Czolgosz stood before Me- Kinley, he extended his left hand to the president and passed the cheap cotton handkerchief over his brow. He then quickly whipped the hankedchief to one side, lower ed. the gun and fired twice. An angry mob tried to capture Czolgosz as he was being taken away in a police carriage. He was brought to trial and convicted of first-degree murder. He died in the electric chair at Auburn state prison Oct. 29, 1901 -- 53 days after he fired the small nickle-plated gun. The gun, handkeychief and bul- lets are in the permanent collece tion at the Buffalo Historical So- ciety, the only Pan American build- ing still standing. . Babcock owns one of the original signatures on Czolgosz's confession which reads: "I killed President McKinley be- cause I done my duty, I didn't believe one man should have so must service and another should have none." One of Babcock's most dra- matic stories is of a conversation with John Hay. They rode together in a Victoria to the Milburn house where McKinley was being treated, Babcock told Hay the-doctors were confident that the president would recover. "The president will not live" Hay said. "I was one of the secre- taries of President Lincoln. He was shot and died. I was a close friend of Garfield, who tendered me a post under him. He was shot and died. Now I am secretary of state under President McKinley, He will surely die for it has been the fate of presidents with whom I have been associated to be assassinated." PEERS NAMED PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR Ottawa (CP) -- Roy G. Peers of | Montreal is appointed vice pre- | sident of the Canadian Commercial Corporation and will go to Wash- ington to corelate Canadian-United States defence production. Appointment of Mr. Peers Canada's "super salesman" help get U.S. defence orders for Canada had been forecast for some time. It was confirmed today in an announcement by defence production minister Howe. From 1941 to 1944 Mr. Peers was general manager of War Supplies, Ltd., a former Canadian Govern- ment agency created during the Second World War. He also served as executive director of the Can- adian-U.S, joint war production committee. Mr. Howe said Mr. Peers' new [task will 'be to facilitate the in- as to | tegration of Canadian and United | States defence production much as he did during wartime with these organizations." Mr. Howe also announced the ap- pointment of H. J. Sissons, director of the priorities dicision of the de- partment, as co-ordinator of the materials branch. J. J. D. Brunke, Waterloo, life insurance company executive, succeeds Mr. Sissons as director of the priorities division, Mr. Sissons was loaned to the government by the Ontario Hydro- Electric Power Commission in February. Until now the deputy minister, M. W. MacKenzie, has been acting as materials branch co-ordinator. right holding the gun draped in a THERE OUGHT-TO BE A-LAW ~ By Al Fagaly and Harry Shorten f SAUER RAV NER SPOONS? GIMME "A CLEAN ONE, : = DEEL HAS, I Ered 7) iL \, V7 Berlin Runs Charities To Millions By SAUL PETT New York (AP) -- "Don't get me wrong," said Irving Berlin, "I'm not knocking money, But I'm more impressed with accomplish- ment." Money or accomplishment, the 63 - year - old composer can find satisfaction in either direction. He has written more than 800 songs, dozens of which have engraved themselves into American culture as permanent hits. This has earned Berlin a fortune and has made more than $10 mil- lion for others as well. That much has been earned by music which Berlin turned over to various charitable organizations. Thirteen years ago, when Kate Smith introduced '"God Bless Am- erica" over the air. Berlin gave it away, with all its royalty rights, to a youth fund he set up. Since then, that patriotic ballad has earn- ed $194,000. But that's small stuff, in the Ber- lin book of philanthrophy. The biggest single item is 'This is the Army," the morale - pump- ing Berlin musical which opened on Broadway in 1942, played all over the world for three years and then was converted into a movie. All the income from that one show was assigned to the army emergency relief fund. Since the opening night in 1942, 'This is the Army" has earned, from all sources, $9,555,586.44, plus $350,000 7.5 for British charities. Berlin provided the exact figure because he's justly proud of it. No other single show - buiness ven- ture ever brought charity more money, he pointed out. Here's a list of other Berlin songs and the amounts they've earned for various organizations: 'I Threw a Kiss In the Ocean," $19,000 for navy relief; 'Freedom Train," $9000 for the American Heritage Foundation; "Arms for the Love of America," $3000 for army ordnance personnel; '"'Any Bonds Today," published non-com- mercially for the treasury depart- ment but its recordings earned $6000 for ordnance personnel; "An- gels of Mercy," $9600 for the Red Cross; "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor," $3000 for "The God Bless America Fund." You can't beat the pride of ownership you feel when you're driving the Hillman. It performs just the way your friends think it's performing, when they see you flash by in it! 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The greatest single factor in re- ducing the number of highway deaths here, Messner believes, is a law automatically suspending a driver's license for three months on conviction for speeding in ex- cess of the 50 mile limit. The law has been in effect since 1938, The year before, deaths on Pennsylvania roads totaled 2632. In the first year of its operation fa- talities dropped 23 per cent to 2035. By 1950, despite greatly in- creased traffic and faster cars, the highway death toll fell to 1534 and the commonwealth won the grand award of the National Safety Coun- cil. The state rate of 5.5 deaths per 100 million miles travelled, compares with a national rate of Another factor has been constant hammering away by press and ra- dio in emphasizing caution behind the steering wheel. The governor's committee has cited the full co- operatiod given by the Pennsylva- nia Newspaper Publishers Associa- tion and by some 60 radio stations. A further factor cited by officials as aiding in accident reduction is the automobile inspection system. Some 10,136 private inspection sta- tions, regulated by the revenue department, check twice a year on all operating vehicles. Last year, only two and a half per cent of highway accidents were due to de- fective or inefficient equipment, while throughout the nation the percentage was 13, Headlining the state's drive against speeders is the license sus- pension list which in 1938 totaled 7206 and by last year had zoomed to 19,892, the highest ever. Penn- sylvania has three million regist- ered motor vehicles and four mil- lion drivers. Attempts to ease the law, either by reducing the period of suspen- sion or by meeting out a suspen- sion only after a second offense, have been beaten down in the state legislature. Contrasted to the revenue depart ment's strict faith in the 50 - mile an hour speed limit is the stand taken by the Pennsylvania Turn- pike Commission which controls] the 267-mile toll road between the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas. It permits a top speed of 70. The commission maintains that accidents on the pike are due not to speed but to the 'human ele- ment' in driving. Looking to the future, the state legislature now is considering a measure to set up a standardized | driver training program in publie | schools throughout the state. The | auto learner's permit fee would be | increased from $2 to $4 to provide | additional funds for setting up the | courses. | Prince Philip Is Advocate 0f Team Sport By EDWIN §. JOHNSON | Canadian Press Staff Writer | London (CP) -- When the Duke {of Edinburgh visits the Dominion in October with Princess Elizabeth | Canadians .will meet one of Bri- tain's keenest sportsmen and a | man who revels in rugged re- | creation when he can get it. | As president of the National {playing Fields' Association, Prince | Philip has striven for years to en- | courage a diversity of team games among Britain's growing genera- | tion, and himself has had a fling at | hockey. An all-round athlete he still has [a modest collection of trophies won {for swimming, diving and high- | jumping during his school days. In | more recent years, however, he thas devoted the meagre spare {time available to him in pursuit of | his favorite sports, yachting and | polo. | He has his own racing yachts, (the "Coweslip," presented to him {by the people of Cowes, famous | yachting centre in. the, Isle of Wight, and the dragon class "Blue- bottle," a wedding gift to the Royal | couple. He is particularly fond of {this craft and has sailed it him- | self ih many races in home and | continental waters. In 1948 he presented a trophy bearing his name to the Yacht Racing Association, which has be- come one of the most prized awards at the annual Cowes regat- RUGGED POLO PLAYER Encouraged by his uncle, the Earl of Mountbatten, the Duke likes polo. Although he has figured in several spectacular spills Philip is regarded as a rugged player, forceful in attack and possessing a Heroine of Near-Drowning fine, driving shot. He is the owner of some of the best ponies in the country, including. three highly- bred performers, presented to him by the president of Turkey. At Dartmouth College, where he received his early training, he was picked for the school's first soccer eleven and usually found himself playing in goal by reason of his height and agility. Later, while attending Gordon- stoun School in Scotland, he was selected to lead the cricket team. When he subsequently became president of the Marylebone Crick- et Club, he captained all - star '|teams in special charity matches, mainly for his pet hobby--more and better playing fields for the nation. As a spectator, the Duke partic- ularly favors motor - speedway racing although he is also a keen race horse fan, particularly since the Princess became an owner. He makes a special effort to attend one of the major events of the Ascot fall meeting, the running of the Duke, of Edinburgh stakes, a late test for two-year-old fillies. In season he is fond of shooting and also rounds up his friends for an occasional game of squash racquets, his favorite indoor sports diversion. . When he returns from his Ca- nadian tour, he will have less op- portunity than ever for sports di- versions. He will then assume ad- ded responsibilities as Royal re- presentative at home while the King, Queen Elizabeth and Prin- cess Margaret are away on their tour of Australia and New Zealand early next year. 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