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Show H MAKE ATTEMPT ON H LIFE OF PREMIER. Hj Tokio, Jan, 13. Count Okuma, the B Japanese premier, had a narrow es- B cape from death early today at the B hands of assassins. He was returning B from the royal palace shortly after B midnight, when, two bombs were hurl- B ed at him. The premier was not in- Hl jured. B Okuma's chauffeur caught a glimpse B of the bomb-thrower as he was about B to launch his missle and put on speed B so that the bomb exploded behind the B machine without causing any damage. B A second bomb was thrown, but it B failed to explode. |